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Friday April 14 1922
MIAMI RECORD-HERALD
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$2 COMPROMISE
RATE EFFECTIVE
FROM APRIL 1ST
Order Received by Mayor
ACTION IS SURPRISE
Preference Expressed by Citizens of
District at Hass Meeting Here
Week Ago Ignored by
State Body
i (Tuesdays Dally)
Mayor' W L McWilliams received
notification Tuesday morning of the
raise in gas' rates in Miami and com-
munity from 60 cent per 1000 cu ft
rate to $2 for the first 1000-cu ft
and 60 cents for thd succeeding 1000
cu ft The Increase Is effective as of
April 1 according to the order
Miami Douthat and North Miami
are the towns mentioned as affected
by the raise It is believed that Pich-
er Commerce and other towns of the
district also are included in the or-
der The order reads!
Wherefore the commission being
fully advised In the premises and hav-
ing given full consideration to all the
facts and conditions Involved it Is or-
dered that the Consumers Gas com-
pany establish a' rate in Douthat
North Miami and Miami mine field
of $2 per thousand for the first one
thousand cubic feet used by each con-
- sumer 60 cents per thousand cubic
feet for the next 149000 cubic feet
40 cents per thousand cubic feet for
the next 360000 cubic feet all gas
used In excess of 600000 cubic feet
for gas engine purposes to be charg-
ed for at a 30-cent per thousand cu-
bic feet and all gas in excess of 500-
000 cubic feet for other purposes to
be charged for at 26 cents per thous-
and cubic feet
Reduction Possible Later
“This order shall be In full force
and effect from snd after April 1
1922 until further order of this com-
mission but In any event for a period
of not less than 1 2 months except
that the rate herein prescribed tor gas
In excess of 1000 cubic feet will be
reduced proportionally should the
commission be able to make a reduc-
tion tn the town border rate Decem-
ber 1 1922 or at any other time
' 1 The order granting the Consumers
Qas company the compromise rate
came as a surprlt'6' to Mayor McWill-
iams Campbell “Bussell chairman
of the corporation commission came
to Miami about two weeks ago and
' held a meeting with city officials cit-
izens and representatives of the gas
company for the purpose of reaching
some conclusion and seeing what
could be done for Miami and other
towns In the community
Were Promised More Time
On leaving Miami he is said to
have told the city officials here that
the order would not be written Imme-
diately but that the city officials
would have time tO'meet with the cit-
izens of Miami Commerce Cardin
and Picher to see which rate would
be more satisfactory ' the 63-cent
schedule or the compromise rate The
meeting was held a week ago last
night in the city hall It was the
general opinion that the compromise
rate of 32 for the first 1000 and 50
cents for succeeding 1000 cubic feet
of gas would work a ’hardship on the
small consumer especially in the mild
-temperature months
An investigation was made by one
citizen who gave figures of gas con-
sumption by his family for one year
A resolution was then drawn notlfy-
V Ing the corporation Commission that
this city and other cities of the dis-
trict accepted no raise but preferred
the 63 cent rate as the lesser evil
Council to Discuss Action
“This order shows plainly the
stand the corporation commission has
taken" stated Mayor McWilliams
Tuosday “It made no difference as
to our preference The commission
gives the gas company what It aBked
fo“
Mayor McWilliams stater the order
would ba discussed at the adjourned
meeting of the city commissioners to-
night “It wilt be s Jolt to the small
consumer” said the mayor “To the
heavy consumer the cost of gas at the
compromise rate Is less than at the
63-cent rate We can do nothing un
til we get a new corporation commis
sion With this commission the gar
company will have its every wish
gratified” -
Liquor Law Places
Man in Jail Again
From Monday s Dally
"Doc” Vanderpool 46 was arrest-
ed In North Miami Sunday by Dep-
uty Sheriffs Newt Cox and Ed Lee
on a charge of possession of liquor
He was brought to Mldml and lodged
in the county Jail
Vanderpool has been In tojible
before according to the county of-
' fleers and Is under bond on a grand
Jury Indictment charging him with
violating the liquor law
DOUBT EXPRESSED
THAT GAS ORDER
APPLIES TO MIAMI
Ap-'word Received Today From
01
Bartleaville Indicates City
Is Not Included
EDICT MISLEADING
“Mining Field" Hold to Imply Dis-
trict Outside of Cities Where
Cse Is Principally for In-
dustrial Purposes
s (Wednesday’s Dally) ” -
R EHanna of the service depart-
ment of the Consumers Gas company
announced Wednesday morning that
he had received word from Bartles-
ville that the order of a raise In gas
rates as received by Mayor W L
McWilliam did not affect Miami
The raise announcement made Tues-
day by Mayor McWilliams to the
newspapers followed receipt of notice
from Bartlesville
Mayor McWilliams stated Wednes-
day that he had received notice Wed-
nesday that the order increasing gas
rates did not affect Miami Mayor
McWilliams stated that ordor read:
"Miami mining field North Miami
and Douthat” The notification of
the rate raise was to the mayor of
Miami and mayor of Douthat
Hanna stated Wednesday that the
order affecting the mining field did
not effect Miami Cardin Commerce
and Picher He stated that the 'gas
company here had also received an
ord(r Tuesday which read the same
aa the one received by Mayor Mc-
Williams He said that he interp-
reted It to affect Miami He said
however’ that Tuesday night he tel-
ephoned Bartlesville concerning the
order and waa told that it did not af-
fect Miami Vhother this la official
remains to be seen Mayor McWil-
liams stated that as no order haB
been received the one now in his
possession in his opinion will be the
only one to be issued by the corpora-
tion commission
Council Discusses Order
The possibilities of cancelling the
gas franchise In Miami and other
towns in this district and the use of
electricity tor cooking were dis-
cussed by members of the city com-
mission at the adjourned meeting
Tuesday night A member of the
board stated that the only way to
defeat the gas company In enforcing
the raise is to refuse the company
permission to operate In the city
Charles Ellis superintendent of
the light and water department here
stated that he was expecting the ar-
rival of an electric cooking stove
which will be used In demonstration
ind experimental purposes here
Superintendent Ellis stated that al-
though he did not believe electrical
heating practical in Miami homer
because of the arrangement of the
homes here it was his opinion that
the use of electricity for cooking pur-
poses was practical Mr Ellis stated
that various electrical companies In
advertising electricity for cooking
say that 3-cent electricity la as cheap
as 50-cent gas
Huts to be Permanent
R E Hanna representative of the
gas company who has attended prac-
tically every gas rate meeting held
by the city commissioners told the
members of that body Tuesday even-
ing that although the compromise
rate waa an experiment of the gat
company It was his belief that the
rate would be a permanent one tor
this city Hanna stated that by prop-
er burning of gae the monthly gas
bill of the average Miami home for
the next year will not bo larger than
that of the past year
“We expect to have represonta-
tatlves here from tho service
extension department to conduct
a campaign to Bhow Miami-
ans how tdy reduce the size of their
gas bills" he said “Some house-
wives light the gas stoves and then
open every window and door In the
house Gas cannot be consorvod In
this manner Others Instead of ex-
tinguishing the gas fire after water
has begun to boll let It (roll from
16 to 30 minutes longor than they
should Thore are niiny ways In
which the waste of gae can be dimin-
ished end the gas bill lowered"
County to Seek Bids
for Filling Cave-in
(Wednesday’s Dally) '
Bids for the tilling of thO cave-in
on the Commerce road will be let at a
meeting of the board of county com-
missioners April 22
The cave-ln is expected to cost the
county more than 9600 to repair
A temporary road running around
the cave-in la now in use
Fifty-five per cent of all motor
vehicles are tn towns of 5000 popu-
lation or less
Stork Lost Ground in'
Miami During March
' (Sunday’s Daily)
For the first time In several
months tho number of births report-
ed by local phyblclans during March
alId to triple tho numter of deaths
according to figures of V D Coop-
er acting registrar The report shows
seven deaths and 19 births
The nafties of the parents of the
new arrivals are: Messrs and Mes-
dames B B! Wyatt girl James F
Smith girl Jamse F Kelly boy C
A Rader boy J E Webb girl Al-
bert Dawson boy A E Dyer boy
3 M Johnson girl M C May boy
J L Poe girl Charles C Judd boy
Willis McNaughton boy S C Full-
erton girl Hiram Wyatt girl John
Duff girl William O Weeks boy
George Curtis boy John F Mode
boy Charles Lookout boy
MAN SAVES WIFE’S
LIFE BY SNATCHING
POISON FROM LIPS'
Mrs Ella Donald' Burned by
Liquid Spilled During
Melee
SUICIDE INTENDED?
Exact Cause for Act Is Unknown
But Two Are 'Said to Huve
Quarreled Previous to '
Attempt
i (Sunday's Dally)
Mrs Ella Donald 22 suffered in-
ternal burns and painful burns about
Uie shoulder and chest late Friday
night avhen she Is alleged to have at-
tempted to drink lysol Her
husband' Tom Donald is said to
have saved her life by snatching the
poison from hdt lips
Mrs' Donald attempted to drink
the poison about 9 o’clock Friday
night at her home on K street in the
southeast part of town The exact
cause of the attempt' is not known
Neither the police nor the county off!
cers had been notified Saturday noon
of tho Alleged attempt The only
report was that of Dr G E Sinythe
a local physician who was called to
treat Mrs Donald
According to the report Donald
and his wife had bad a quarrel
Donald refused to divulge tho sub-
stance of the quarrel but the name
of another woman Is alleged to have
been mentioned Mrs Donald while
In a heated temper entered another
room of the home and taking a four-
ounce bottle of lysol placed It to her
lips
' Her husband saw her and attempt-
ed to tear the bottle and lta contents
from her grasp The woman Is said
to have fought for possession of the
poison and tn the tussel the acid was
poured on her throat and chest and
a quantity spilled on Donald's face
and neck Dr Smythe stated Satur-
day that neither Donald nor his wife
was In a serious condition
Most cars of the first automobile
show of 1900 were “one-lungers"'
had only one cylinder
One pound of silk Is said to be the
product of 2300 silkworms '
Tuyn down grease cups every time
you take your car out
CALLS OTTO KING
The Primate of Austria Cardi-
nal Cze noch has declared thut
Otto eldest abn of former Ein-
peror Charles of Austria Is now
King following the death of his
father A Legitimist proclamation
In Budapest refers to the former
Crown Prince as Otto II King of
Austria r ough temporarily
prevented from coronation The
picture shows Cardinal Czeraoch
HAWKINS CLAIMS
BLUE RIBBON MINE
HAS EXTRA LEAD
Product Is Premium Stuff and
Aline Is One of Best Dis-
trict Has Known
’ From Wednesday’s Diilly
Harry Hawking owner of the Blue
Ribbon lead and zinc mine at Hock-
erville Okla questions the report
that lead from his property is unsat-
isfactory for radio receiving set pur-
poses He hasn't received any defi-
nite wbrd from scientific sources to
the effect that it is all right but he
is inclined to question the report for
the reason that his lead is as pure-ps
any produced In the district 'and
ranks much higher In metallic con-
tent than most
Hawkins stumbled on a real bo-
nanza unawares in the Blue Ribbon
That is the way he puts it himself
"I don’t claim that it la any particu-
lar credit to me for having opened
up such a rich property” "ho says
‘It is Just a matter of luck that’s
all" But it Is a real bonanza He
has taken out approximately a thous-
and tons of lead airoady and' has
never had a mill ’ The lead from the
shaft paid-for the original Invest-
ment he made In the property
Last week he took out 23 tons of
lead and over and with only three
men tn the ground All of his op-
erations to date have been carried
on with a very modest working force
At present ho is erecting the Lan-
caster mill on the property and- he
will be able to turn out ore faster
after it Is completed His miners tell
him that he has not less than 3000
ton of lead In sight in the ground
which meanB some mine f
However after the mill le com-
pleted which will be In about thirty
days It Bprlng rains do not Interfere
too much he plans going below the
rich lead run for a time This lead
is found mostly at about 145 foet He
has a shaft sunk to the 240 foot level
and plans working for a time at
about 160 feet Then he will go
down to the 240 foot level or what-
ever the bottom of the ore Is found
to be and will “glory hole" the prop-
erty working it for the entire face
from this deeper level
An Interesting feature of the de-
velopment of the Blue Ribbon is that
Hawkins put down Ills first shaft
without drilling a single hole There
had already been some drilling done
and he talked with the wife of tho
man who had done the drilling and
when he found that this woman’s
husband had come home night af-
ter night and told her that he was
still in rich ore Hawkins decided
that no further drilling was necessa-
ry "I didn’t belioya a driller would
lie to hie wife” he said And this
shrewd deduction on human nature
saved him the cost of preliminary
drilling
REPUBLICANS NAME
CITY COMMITTEES
Meetings Were Held Monday
Night in All Miami
Precincts
' From Tuesday’s Dally
Miami Republicans held precinct
committee meetings Monday night in
the seven precincts of the city Tho
following committeemen were elect-
ed: t
Ward 1 Precinct 1 — Ed Foster and
Mrs George Rice
Ward 1 Precinct 2— J B Harpor
and Miss lone Alexander
Ward 2 Precinct 1 — Dr L Mc
Williams and Mrs Charles Hale
Ward 2 Precinct 2 — L B Mc-
Williams and Thomas Hazlip
Ward 3 Precinct 1 — Vern Thomp-
son and Mrs George Sullivan
Ward 4 Precinct 1 — George Gib-
son and Mrs George Niceley
Ward 4 Precinct 2 — W C Jenni-
u Delegates also were named fer the
county convention which will be held
at 10 o'clock next Friday morning in
the Grand theater
Wife Asks Custody of
Child in Divorce Suit
(Tuesday’s Dally)
Alleging that her husband T H
Peterson was unable to support Wes-
ley Thomas Peterson 9 one of five
children Mrs Ida Peterson in a pe-
tition for a divorce asks that the
court give her custody of the child
According to the petition the two
were married 27 years ago in Klrby-
vllle Mo The plaintiff alleges that
Fetation deserted his family about a
year ago taking the 9 year old son
with him The plaintiff Btates that
Bhe has had to rely upon her son-in-law
for support The plaintiff also
objects to the defendant leaving the
child In the care of a full-blood In-
dian family which she alleges he has
done on frequent occasions
Negro Prisoner Smiles
With Bail in Prospect
(Tuesday's Dally)
Jimmy Vann 45 negro of Vlnlla
smiled late Monday afternoon for
the first time In three days
The smile appeared when Tom
Rldgway manager of -the Sandera-
Rldgway stores appeared before the
cell door of the county Jail and greet-
ed the negro
“I hvae known Jimmy for 21 years
and he's always been as straight as a
string" stated Mr ' Ridgway as he
prepared to furnish ball of' 3500 to
secure the freedom of the negro who
was held on a charge of stealing bil-
liard hall equipment at Afton
FLAN TUBERCULOSIS
SURVEY OF COUNTY
u
Field Secretary of State Asso-
ciation and Local Commit-
tee to Co-operate
From Wednesday’s Dallly
Miss Henrietta Hart field secreta-
ry of the Oklahoma Public Health as-
soclation announced Wednesday that
an association nurse will be sent to
the mining district from Oklahoma
City to make a survey of the tubercu-
losis conditions In the mining district
Miss Hart spoke before the Tri-State
branch of the American Zinc institute
Wednesday noon'
The public health committee com-
posed of Harry C Ballinger chair-
man Mrs J P Lightfoot secretary
H B Cobban Mrs F J Bertholf Dr
J T Wharton Miss Agnes Drum-
mond W O Cralle Talbert Taylor
and G M London met with Miss Hart
and discussed plans for increasing the
Interest in the workjn this county
An active program was suggested by
the field secretary but no action was
taken In this direction
N
Examination of miners for the pur-
pose of forming a plan of combating
tuberculosis in the district is the aim
of Misa Hart She stated that she was
surprised when she learned that no
provision Is made for miners who are
sick or who are suffering from tuber-
culosis “If a man is injured by a falling
rock or breaks an arm while at work
he is compensated” stated the field
secretary “But the man who has
contracted tuberculosis has not even
a physician to examine him and tell
him fils condition This must be rem
edled In some way” y
Firemen Fight Blaze
Fanned by Windstorm
(Tuesday’s Dally)
Despite the strong gale blowing on
Monday night the fire department
made a quick run tn response to a fire
call from the residence of H E Nor-
ton at Second and F streets South-
east A blaze had been discovered
in tho upper part of the house The
fire department reached the place
promptly extinguishing the fire be-
fore it burst through the toof Had
the blaze broken through it very like-
ly would have meant complete loss
The origin of tho fire was unknown
The tire department took special
precautions in readiness for fire im-
mediately after the strong wind com-
menced blowing yesterday afternoon
It was well they did because tle
terrific gale of last night would have
presented a serious fire fighting prob-
lem Charles Ogden who together with
his parents left several months ago
for Glendale Calif returned Tuesday
tor an extended visit with relatives
and friends here and at other points
Automobiles were 0 barred from
Central park New York In 1900
§4 Mifm'
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April 27 will see the centenary celebration of the birth of former President Grant and from the hum-
ble cement porch on the left of this scene President Harding will address the notables gathered In the main !
street of Point Pleasant Ohio Through the medium of the wireless he will he heard by many thousands' j
living on the main streets jind byways of the worl4
RECEDING SLOWLY
TRAFFIC RESUMED
Flood Causes Slight Damage to
Bridge Approaches Board
Reports After Inves-
tigation
(Wednesday’s Dally)
The waters of the Neosho rivor
were slow In receding Wednesday
due to the flood condition of the
Grand river The water dropped
slowly on Tuesday making slight Im-
pression on the standing of the high
waters here
It was estimated Wednesday after-
noon that the Neosho had not fallen
over five feet at the most Traffic
was resumed over the Neosho river
Bridge Wednesday morning for the
first time sipce Sunday Members of
the Chamber of Commerce staked out
the pathway of the road this morning
for the benefit of tourists and others
crossing the road
The approach has suffered little or
no damage according to members of
the board of county commissioners
who conducted an investigation Wed-
nesday Rumors that the approach
had been damaged preventing travel
over the bridge caused the commis-
sioners to investigate One of tho
members of the board stated Wednes-
day that the approach is holding
much better than was expected
WOOD CASE TAKEN
TO APPEALS COURT
f
Petition for Habeas Corpus
Writ Is Filed at Okla-
homa City
(Wednesday’s Daily)
A petition for a writ of habeas cor-
pus asking that C B Wood be re-
leased from the county jail here has
been filed in the criminal court of
appeals by Gus Sewel and F W
Church Wood’s counsel The court
has given the Wood’s attorneys 10
days In which to prepare a brief on
tho case -
County Attorney Ollio Mason has
returned from Oklahoma City where
he went to be present when the peti-
tion was filed before the criminal'
court The petitioners claim that the
discharge of the I Jury following
Wood's last trial was conducted out
of the presence of Wood and operated
as an acquittal of the prisoner
1051 Attendance Mark
Set by Sunday School
(Tuesday’s Daily)
An unusual record was set in Sun-
day school attendance at the Christ-
ian church Sunday when 1051 per-
sons attended the morning exercises
The Sunday preceding 699 people at- Morion Applegate Hazel pampbetl
Lincoln ocliool — Virginia Blake
tended Sunday school at the church
An effort was made to Bwell the at-
tendance to 999 which was considered-
an unusually large attendance
The collection Sunday was 34541
whild the receipts a week ago
amounted to 32181 The attendance
a year ago was 363
Anglers Prepare for
( Spring Fishing Trips
(Wednesday’s Daily)
High water of the past week is ex-
pected to make fishing good In many
creeks and lakes over Ottawa county
according to local anglers The past
two dayB of sunshine have caused the
anglers to make preparation for a
busy season
A meting of anglers of Miami and
THIS IS MAIN STREET POINT PLEASANT OHIO
“v
GIFT TO BRAZIL
The people of the Baited States
are to give this statue to Brazil
lo commemoration of the hun-
dredth anniversary of the found-
ing of the Brazilian nation next
September
52 PUPILS ARE ON
List for Second Term of Sec-
ond Semester Announced
by Instructors
(Wednesday’s Daily)
The honor roll of students of high
school classes and the Lincoln and
Roosevelt schools was announced
Tuesday Tho honor roll Is made up
of students receiving a certain grade
for the six-week'terms i
Tho following aro tho names of the
students receiving the high grades for
tho second terra of the second semes-
ter: Seniors — Charles Beck Reby Chen-
oweth Harold Webb Pearl Niksch
Georgia Dakcr Madaline Myers
Sophomores — Cecil Akers Carleton
Wright Katherine Wright
‘ Juniors — Dana Jones Ruby Adams
Edna Groom Willie Dresia Grace
Minor Lorena McGliee Louis© Nu-
gent Freshmen — Doris Arvin Albert
Trudgeon Dora Wyer t John Loop
Madelyn Hobbs Raymond Harkln
Mary Harkln Hazel Kimberling
Eighth Grade — Miami Standefer
Isabella Edwards Donald Perry Jo-
seph Howell Holland Douglas Rob-
ert purant Gorrell Biles Halo Da-
vies Grace Hopson Rosebud Smith-
ley Esther Laue Carl Howard Wan-
da McGhee Davis -Mosby Raymond
Miller
Seventh Grade (High School) —
lane Worley Lena Higginbotham
Dudley Ross
Roosevelt -School — Hazel Cox
Eilone Henning Eugene Moore Les-
ter Euglo Georgia Hamilton Elina
Merrls Eddie Simpson Ernest Lank-
ard Low-flying swallows indicate the
approach of rain If they fly high it
is a sign of good weather
A legend about the swallow is that
If its nest is on a bouse it will bring
good luck to the dwellers therein
Subscribe for the Rerord-IleraM
other rod and reel artists of Ottawa
county has Lon called for 7:30
o’clock Wednesday night ill tho Mill-ner-Fribley
hardware storo'hore
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