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OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
MIAMI OTTAWA COUNTY OKLAHOMA" FRIDAY FEBRUARY 27 11)20
LARGEST CIRCULATION WHOLE NO VOL XXXVUI NO 84
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PRINCE AND PRINCESS CHRISTOPHER OF GREECE
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Making Everything Spick and
Span First Essential in the
Beautifying Plans
AFTE WEES EARLY
Three Committees Suggested by Geo
Webster to Give Impetus to H19
Work— Campaign Will Bring
Better Health
“The City Beautiful” was the topic
for discussion at the regular noonduy
weekly luncheon of the Miami Cham-
ber of Commerce at the Hotel Miami
Thursday Harry Plummer a mem-
ber of the board of cuy commission-
ers and Ceorgo Webster attorney
were the speakers
Mr Plummer declared that if Mi-
ami Is to be “a city beautiful” It
must 'first clean up Clean back
yards clean alleys and streets are es-
sential If a oily Is to be made at-
tractive and beautiful he declared
Mr Plummer asserted that In mak-
ing a city beautiful the residents In-
directly Improved the health condi-
tions of a community to a great ex-
tent The elimination of manure
piles Pin cans rubbish and weeds!
means the elimination of the fly
which Is tho cause of many disease
epidemics The Bpcaker said the an-
unal clean-up day or week is a good
thing but each day in the year should
be a clean-up day
The speaker said it is a matter of '
small expenso and mostly healthful
work for persons to level off tlisir (
parking plant grass set out trees
and build attractive flower gardens
He said most men were in the habit
of going to thoir homes one certain'
way each day Ho said home owners'
should approach- thoir homes in as
many different ways as possible and
by so doing they would find some lit-
tle defects If Improved would tend
to make their homes more attractive
and beautiful - I
Weeds Show Sloth " !
Mr Wobster declared that weeds
were the great menace to a city beau-
tiful and that If these are removed
and kept down a great change would
come about Tho speaker said the
civic organizations of Miami should1
appoint three committees whose work
it would be to see that tho city is
made beautiful and kept beautiful '
The first committee he said would
be known as tho “appreciative com-
mittee” and Its duties would bo to
visit the homes of persons who were
endeavoring to beautify their prem-j
lses and encourage them tell them
how much the city appreciates their
efforts
The second committee Mr Web-
ster said would bo known as the sug-
gestive committee The duties of
this committee would bo to visit
those persons who aro without civic
prido and endeavor to have them fol-
low tho examples of tUelr more
thrifty neighbors in beautifying their
homes
The third committee would be j
known as the "prosecuting commit-
tee" and it would be up to this com-
mittee to devise ways and means of
making persons take moro Interest in
tbolr homes and beautifying them
Mr Wobster declared the city of-
ficials should appropriate a weed
fund of one or two thousand dollars
and use this money to cut weeds
Thoy should oxerclse their rights by
law to cut weeds aud then have the
county collect the costs from the
property owners by taxation Tho
city would got the money back and by
so doing tliortt would be a weed cut-
ting revolving fund at all times
JM HUTTON BUYS
CLUB CAFE HERE
J M Hutton a veteran restaurant
man of Joplin has purchased the
Club cafe from Mr and Mrs Earl W
Cartwright He is now in charge
Mr Hutton was the owner of the
Horseshoe restaurant on Main street
for fourteen years and has followed
tha business for twenty years Mrs
Hutton will assist him at the Club
and the family will make Miami their
new home
Mr and Mrs Cartwright who have
made the Central avenue cafe one of
the most popular eating houses in the
city will take an extended vacation
and rest before going back into business
DA I LA H MAY PUT
ON HD SUNDAY
DALLAS Feb 26— Sunday
will be Sunday — and nothing
more If Dallas pastors have thoir
way
Resolutions usklng support of
all local churches to enforce the
closing of Sunday amusemonts
here will be presented to the
General Pastors Association Rev
W C Johnson said today 1
Fort' Worth amusement places
drug sttireB cigar and fruit
stgnds were practically all clos-
ed last Sunday following “blue
law" enforcement agitation and
now Dallas ministers would fol-
low suit
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McGhee Collected
Million in Taxes
Since Last July 7
Over $1000000 in tax money has
been collected by Roy McGhch coun-
ty treasurer since ho assumed the
duties of Ills office on July 7 1919
Sounds big doesn’t It but Miami
and Ottawa county taxpayers should
not permit themselves to become
frightened as the cne million or more
dollars does not represent wtaatt the
taxpayer has paid the county for
taxes on his home The money col-
lected by Treasurer McGhee ropre-
Bents money collected from all towns
in the county for sewer taxes delin-
quent taxes on paving in Miami shlfe-
Walks here and in other towns in the
county weed cutting and all special
assessments
Mr McGhen has not figured up the
exact amount which has been paid as
current taxes but the amount is less
than one-quarter of the total col-
lected since last July
' E B Einenhiser deputy State ex-
aminer is here checking up the rec-
ords in the county treasurer's office
The check is made about two times
each year Ten deputies visit each
county and examine the books and
records of tho county treasurers
"I deslro to udd to what Mr' Mc-
Ghee has said about the special as-
sessments” Mr Emenhiscr said
“Special assessments should not lie
looked on as taxes Tho government
looks on the special assessments as an
asset to one's property and for this
reason In making up your income
lax returns the government demands
that the assessments bo Included and
taxable
"It is like this: When the street
In front of your home tn paved or a
curb and gutter' or a sidewalk put in
and you pay for tho Improvements lu
speoial assessments the government
feels that it is just the tame as build-
ing a new home or making othor im-
provements which adds to tho value
of your holdings”
ELM CREEK FARMERS '
HEAR VINCENT TALK
George Vincent in charge of the
extension work at the Agricultural &
Mechanical College at Stillwater
Wednesday night addressed a meet-
ing of farmers at tho Elm Creek
school houso northeast of Miami and
discussed the co-operative plan which
has been adopted in this county
Other meetings are to be held
throughout the county and will be
addressed by Mr Vincent
Sent Husband to War Only to
Have French Girl Win Love
I’arallel to Spiker Case Revealed in Kansas City When I’aris-
enne Beauty Breaks up Home of Lee Shippey I’oet
and Writer— -Wife's Health Gone
KANSAS CITY Feb 26— In tho
latter days of tho war with Germany j
Leo Shippey poet writer and lectur-j
er went to France as a YMCA j
secretary He was almost blind his
wifo having been his eyes for twelve
years She was offered a trip to Eu-
rope 'by a large magazine because!
she too was a writer but she sent
pirn
She decided that her husband
should have first chance He could
not go as a soldier because of his
partial blindness While he was away
she kept up the homo with her liter-
ary work and waited longingly for
his return
In Paris Shippey met Mile Made-
line Bubiin a pretty French girl He
became Infatuated with her When
he returned to New York his wife
met him and returned to Kansas City
with him
Now an international scandal has
come to light which Is even more un-
usual thun that of Guy Spiker Ship-
pey the French girl and Mrs Ship-
pey aro the principals' Shippey has
t’r'o-ess Anastnslo of Greece fotmerly Mrs William Leeds is ihe only American woman who has the
rig'll to the title of H-r 1'cval H lanes Tha marriage of Mrs Leeds who only a few davs previously bad been
(brlsiened seeorMng to Greek form Anastasle was ranrrie to prince Christopher brother of the present
Kir) ! Crce-e la the little Russian church at Vevey recently The civil ceremony was at Geneva
140000 TEACHERS
QUIT LAST YEAR
PAY NOT ENOUGH
CLEVELAND Feb 26— Figures
presented at the National Education
Association convention here Showed
that 140000 teachers quit the schools
during the past year The compil-
ation was made by 1792 public
school superintendents In 48 states
Hugh Magill field secretary for the
association and former state senator
in Illinois warnod against contlnu-
unco of the exodus w'hlcll he blumed
on inudequute pay
"Salaries before tho war were low"
he said "Tho sanm money now has
less than half of its purchasing value
j And as the teachers salaries have not
j kept pace with the cost of living they
have beon driven from tho class I
rooms by the thousands I
AWARDED $7000 j
FROM RAILROAD
A Jury in the Ottawa county dis-
trict court late Wednesday afternoon
returned a verdict allowing Mrs
5arah E lfnrron a sum of $7000 as
damages against the M O £ G rail-
road Mrs Harron had sued the
railroad company lor $25000 dam-
ages She alleged that she hoarded the
train In Miami and a collision occur-
red in the Miuml yards She claims
she received numerous injuries which
will prove permanent 1
KKW YORK — When a burglar
called on Miss Anna Shaffcr early to
day she gave him a chair She did i!
with such force and accuracy that
I she knocked him through a window
lie was an easy victim for a cop
been discharged from a Kansas City
newspaper and is In California Mr3
Shippey is ill with a brain disease
as a result of the shock and her hus-
band's betrayal of her love Milo
Babin is to he sent back to Fruncoj
by immigration officials
A misplaced letter which was road
by Mrs Shippey in November reveal-
ed thut Mile Buhin was in Kansas
City and her mother and sister on
the way to America Shippey con-
fessed everything to his wifo then
and asked her to divorce him because
of his great love for the Paris girl
He added that ho wanted to give a
numo to a child the girl was soon to
become a mother of His wife refus-
ed However Bhe offered to take the
child and rear it as her own Ho
would not hear to that He then
left home and deportation proceed-
ings were begun
Mrs Shippey now lies helpless and
stands little chance of recovery Mile
Babin says Shippey was very kind to
her and her mother and -lsters in
Paris and that she would do nothing
to hurt him
WLL LIFT BAN AT
Neil Harr ahcrlff Thursday re-
ceived word from the warden of the
stale penitentiary at McAlester that
the quarantine which was placed on
the institution several weeks ago on
account of the prevalence of influenza
is to be lifted March 1 and prisoners
will be received at that time
There are five or six men being
held in tho Ottawa county jail here
who have received sentences hut who
wero not taken to McAlester on ac-
count of the authorities there refus-
ing to accept prisoners Among them
are E Steolcy A Sappington Joe
Smith who aro to servo for one to
three years each
The prisoners will be taken to Mc-
Alcster Sunday the sheriff said
LABOR WILL VOTE
FOR ITS FRIENDS
NEXT NOVEMBER
JACKSONVILLE Flu Feb 26—
The executive committee of tho
American Federation of Labor iu ses-
sion here is planning the most ex-
tensive program in the history of la-
bor to elect congressmen next Novem-
ber who will vote for the legislation
the workers want
President Gonipers said the politi-
cal plans were progressing favorably
He was expected to attack congress
and perhaps Hiy something about the
railroad bill when he speuks tonight
at a mass meeting Ho intend to
explain labor's position in politics
With four million votes leaders of
organized labor are studying presi-
dential possibilities
For tlie purpose of comparison the
Department of Agriculture takes the
value of tho crop of 1909 as 100 The
total for lit 1 2 stood at 109 that for
19U at 115 that for 1915 at 126
that for 1917 at 226 and that for
1019 ut 292
Kimball Resigns
as Police Officer
Hill Kimball a member of the po-
lice department working on the night
shift lute Wednesday afternoon
turned lu his star ann announced he
had resigned
Kimball was tho oldest member of
tho department ho serving on the
force about eight or nine years
Mr Kimball gave as his reason for
quitting tlie fact that by right of be-
ing the oldest man in point of service
on the force he was entitled to a place
on the day shift which hud been de-
nied him
Afton Couple Married
Kvorelt M Estes and Miss Susan
Frances Brisco of Afton were married
WedneBduy evening at six o’clock at
tho Rockdale country home of the
Reverend A L Jones Mr and Mrs
James Victor accompanied then)
These young people will make
their home in Alton
THE WEATHER
Fair warmer
UNION MEN URGE
WILSON TO VETO
RAILROAD BILL
WASHINGTON Feb 26 — A dele-
gation of fifteen railway union offic-
ials called at the White House today
at boon and asked the President to
veto the railroad bill which has Just
been passed by both the House and
Senate and is now at the White
House
The delegation left u resolution
with Secretary Tumulty which was
adopted by tlie railroad labor repre-
sentatives In session here several
days ago It requested the President
to send the rail bill back to Congress
without bis upproval Representa-
tives of the fanners' national coun-
cil also handed Tumulty a memorial
addressed to the President and urg
ing him to veto the measure
The union resolution said that the
request for the veto was made be-
cause of the Arm belief in such a
coure to settle the problems now con-
fronting the American people The
farmers’ council memoriul declared
chat the return of the roads involved
an increase in freight rates and an
increase in tho cost of living
WITHHOLD DEBATE
ON ARTICLE ltf TO
SPEED UP ACTION
WASHINGTON Feb 26 —The situ-
ate adopted a motion of Senator
Lodge today to postpono discussion
of reservations to urticle 10 in the
League ot Nations covenant until all
other reservations ure disposed of
Thero was no debate in opposition
to the Lodge motion In reply to a
question he stated that the motion
was made to save time in debate-
Senator Reed in opening debuto In
tlie treaty declared that "tills serpent
of treason” must ho killed for the
second time
Senator Grance of Maryland intro-
duced a resolution' which provides
tor u referendum at the coming elec-
tion on the league by providing un-
less a pro-league president be oiected
tho war bo declured terminated and
an International conference called to
settlo world ufl'airs
MAN FOUND MURDERED
OVER MEXICAN BORDER
LAREDO Texas Feb 26— Mexi-
can authorities are investigating the
death of a well dressed man who was
found riddled with bullets and hang-
ing in a true Robbery is presumed
to have been the motive
The body was discovered by an
American patrol on the Moxlcan lido
of (he Ilio Grande
Wife Asks Divorce
Mary E Frledleln Thursday filed
suit In the Ottawa county district
court for a divorce from her husband
George IV Friedlein whom she
charges wljh abandonment The
couple were married at East St Lou-
is 111 In Feb 1905 and lived to-
gether until May 1 1916 when he Is
alleged to have deserted his wife
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Final AdoptiAn by Slate Legis-
lature Expected Today When
Senate Ballots
WILSON ASKS ACT
Upper Houso Passes Deficiency Ap-
propriation Rill and t'ninplK-il
Bussell Asks to Prove His
Charges
OKLAHOMA CITY Feb 26— The
suffrage amendment passed the lower
house of the legislature late yester-
day afternoon after six hours of de-
bate The bill went directly to the
senato where favorable action Is ex-
pected this afternoon
President Wilson sent a message to
both houses of the legislature ex-
presing hope that the amendment
would be approved He said:
"May I take the liberty of express-
ing my earnest hope that Oklahoma
will join the other suffrage states
in ratifying the federal suffrage
amendment II ra demonstrating anew
its sense of justice and retaining its
place as a leader in democracy"
The senate passed yesterday after-
noon the dif'lclency appropriation hill
as amended by the appropriation com-
mittee carrying items for total ex-
penditure of $52428236 and passed
also the bill appropriating $15000
for payment of members of the legis-
lature and expenses of the session
Both bills were brought up in the
bouse of representatives for their
reading here
Aj originally introduced the defic-
iency appropriation bill appropriated
$19440022 Amendments attached
by tho committee added the other
item' s of the state’s indebtedness for
payment
Campbell Russell informed the
house that he would send it full offic-
ial data on the parole system of Gov-
ernor Robertson's upon further re-
quest Tells How to Save
News Print Paper
NEW YORK Feb 26 — The news
print (amine will not end hut will
grow worse until publishers realize
the suggested plans tor economy and
coneervation are directly applicable
to them declared L B Palmer man-
ager of the American Newspaper
Publishers Association today
The trouble lies in the fact that
most publishers feel that they are ex-
empt he asserted Palmer advo-
cates cutting down the number of
pages and editions in daily Issues and
the plugging up of all leaks In circu-
lation BINGHAM LECTURE
DREW BIG CROWD
Ralph Bingham the humorist
lectured Wednosduy night to one of
the largest crowds that has ever at-
tended an entertainment ot its kind
in Miami The letctirc was the last
of a series given under the auseplces
of the Miami Chamber of Commerce
and it was estimated that between
four and five hundred persons at-
tended Mr Bingram is among the wittiest
of wits and ills talk kept the big
audience in laughter during Us entire
course Ho is a member of the Ro-
tary club and Wednesday night the
Miami Itoturlans gave a dinnor in his
honor
Small Hiilil Dies
Millon B Coleman 13-months old
son of Mr and Airs Edmund Colo-
nial) 30 2 K street died yesterdaj
at 2 o'clock Funeral services wers
hold this afternoon with Rev Willj
officiating
COLBY MAY TAKE
OFFICE AT ONCE
WASHINGTON Feb 26 —
While the confirmation of Bain-
bridge Colby as secretary of
state may be held up in the sen-
ate there is nothing to prevent
him from taking up his new du-
ties
Mr Colby will not make a
statement until the senate acts
on his appointment It is expect-
ed that Frank K Polk acting
secretary of state will resign
soon
Allied Premiers Have Asked Re
port on Conditions There be
Made by March 22
LEAGUE TODO WORK
Action at London Conference H-
garded as a Compromise With
Lloyd George Winning Out
by Taking Middle Course
LONDON Feb 26— The Russian
3ovlet government has sent notes to
the United States Japan and Ruma-
noa offering to make peace with them
a Moscow wireless said today
LONDON Feb 26 — The counoil -of
premiers will lose no time in ob-
taining its report on condition In
Russia The council It was under-
stood has requested Albert Thomas
director of the International bureau
of the League of Nations to report
on the Russian situation March 22
The report It was said will be for-
warded through the league
These developments followed of-
ficial announcement of the council’s
decision to encourage trade with Rus-
sia and its endorsement of the propos-
al before the international labor bu-
reau which is a branch of the League
ot Nations to send a commission of
investigation to Russia to "examine
into the facts”
May Recognize Russia
In many quarters here today It
was forecasted that the council’s rec-
ommendations for political recogni-
tion will follow Thomas' report pro-
vided that the report show that the
“Bolshevist horrors” have come to
an end
The press generally considered the
council's announcement as a compro-
mise with Premier Lloyd George tak-
ing a middle course between the de-
sire of Premier Nitbl of Italy for
much freer relations between the Al-
lies and the Soviet government and
Premier Milleand’s stand for com-
mercial relations only with absolute-
ly no dealings wth Lenine and Trot-
sky The compromise was viewed a a
victory for the British premier who
was expected to meet violent opposi-
tion from Millerand when the conn-
cll convened Some observer be-
lieved that Lloyd George was Inclined
to go even as far as Nitti wished but
temporized to prevent any bad feel-
ing on the part of the French
"Judged between its good and bad
features the good undoubtedly pre-
dominates” the Dali? News declared
iu commenting on the council’s an-
nouncement The Dally Herald saw the flecision
as a "long step toward peace" with
Soviet Russia while the Dally Chron-
icle agreed that the Allies have en-
tered the path which has "peace at Its
end"
X-RAY MOVIE IS NI6W
FRENCH INVENTION
PARIS Feb 26 — A combination
X-Ray and moving picture apparatus
is announced by tho "lntranslgeant"'
It Is the Invention of Drs Lorinon
and Commandon With the combin-
ed apparatus pictures of animals can
be thrown on the screen and the
movements of the various organs
shown It is expected that with mod-
ifications the apparatus can be used
with human beings as the objects
photographed
COURT PERMITS CARD
PLAYING ON SUNDAY
NEW YORK Feb 27— City Mag-
istrates came to tho defense of the
man who no longer can spend his
leisure hours with his foot on the
brass rail Official opinions were ex-
pressed in the cases of 129 men ar-
rested In the charge of suspielon ot
gambling and arraigned In different
courts Of tho number 117 were
released eleven fined $1 each and one
was assessed $3 The eleven were
fined only because they pleaded guil-
ty to the charge
- Missing Girl Found
TOPEKA Feb 20— A girl whom
Topeka authorities think may have
formerly been a student at Kansas
university is being cared for by the
Topeka Provident Association while
the most expert alienists ot the city
seek some clue that wtlj lead to her
Identity She walked Into the police
station Tuesday and asked that the
officers help her to discover who she
is and where she belong