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SECOND GERMAN NOTE
SAID TO BE ON WAY
' TO WASHINGTON
Reply to President Harding’s Re-
fusal to Act on Reparations
Question Politicians in Ber-
lin Sore at Action
LONDON April 23— (By the As-
sociated Press) — Germany has sent
aa answer to President Harding's
note in which he refused to accept
the post of mediator between Ger-
many and the Allies for the settle-
ment of the reparations question says
a Central News dispatch from Ber-
lin '
The terms of the note had not been
divulged to the party leaders up to
Nnoon today and the contents are not
to be made known until later in ttie
day
Leading politicians are declared to
be angry because the members of ttie
cabinet did not consult them beforh
tfie original communication yvas sent
to the American government a
Washington
PARIS April 23— (By Associat-
ed Press) — It is understood here that
Germany’s new reparations proposal
will be dispatched to Washington to
y night according to a Berlin dispatcti
GERMAN CABINET IS
' ANGERED AT FAILURE
TO CONSULT MEMBERS
Rumors of Crisis Said to be More
Apparent Than Ever Minister
Simmons Position Said to
be Imperilled
EERLINVpril 23— (By the As
sociated Press) — Rumblings of a cris-
is in the cabinet continue to grow in
volume as a result of the disco-
tent among official circles because
of the government’s failure to first
consult the Reichstag before asking
President Harding of the United
States to mediate between Germany
and the Allies relative to the rep
rations The position of Foreign
Minister Simmons is particularly Im-
perilled ONE BANDIT DEAD
AFTER FIGHT YITH
- TULSA POLICEMEN
Two Others Arrested Police Say
Bandits Held Up Pedestrians
on Street Tvo of Sus-
pects in JaiL
TULSA April 23 — One man Is
dead and two others are in jail her
as a result of a pistol duel between
the police of this city and a gang ot
bandits last night
Charles Norris is the name of the
man dead and roy Shelton of Okla-
homa City two of the alleged bandit
have been arrested
According to the police tho three
men held up and robbed three pe-
destrians last night
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PREMIERS OF FRANCE AND ENGLAND
DISCUSSING PROBABLE OCCUPATION
I5 OF THE RUHR BASIN OF GERMANY
LYMPNE England April 23—
(By the Associated Press)— Premier
Lloyd George of England and Prem
ier Briand of France are tngaged in
a discussion of the French proposals
FORT WORTH WITH 150000 PEOPLE
BUILDING 250 HOMES DUNCAN WITH
8000 PEOPLE BUILDING 300 HOMES
Everybody knows that Duncan is
growing but everybody does not
know just the significance of the
building movement here
The Federal census of 1920 gave
Forth Worth a population of little
more than 106000 - The same census
gave Duncan a little more than 3-
000 population The population ol
Fort Worth is now probably 115 OOo
The population of Duncan is probably
8000
In Fort Worth with a population
115000 less than 250 residences are
now under construction according to
a statement of the city building in-
spector — and Fort Worth says this is
indicative of a great building era
Three Hundred Here
In Duncan with 8000 population
approximately 300 residences are un-
der construction — and people take It
as nothing out of the ordinary
In Fort Worth there isn’t a single
new business building project undet
way though there are two or three
started a year or so ago which are
still under construction
In Duncan there is more than a
dozen business buildings under con
struction
Roscoe Ady industrial commission
er of the Fort Worth Chamber -of
Commerce" In an interview the other
day said great things were in stor
for Fort Worth in 1921 that the
building program now assured would
amount to $2000000
In Dbncan the municipal building
program alone amounts to $1450000
and the private building program will
run the figures to $3000000
5hows Rnl Prosperity
This invidious comparison is nov
intended 83 a knock on Fort Worth
It is simply intended to show the real
prosperity that obtains in Duncan
and to bring home to the people here
the immenseness of the building pro-
gram which is’ under way
It is also intended for the purpose
of showing prospective investors just
what is really doing in this oil metr
polis and to convince them that op-
portunities in the so-calied smaller
Crimmins Here
As Emissary of
Big Interests
Gene Crimmins of Tulsa promin-
ent oil operator is here looking over
the local fields Crimmins represents
the conservative end of the eil bust-
ness and is in the field for a bunch
of operators who have played since
the days of Bradford
He has given out no definite in-
formation but says he is well pleased
with the outlook here and purchases
by him will indicate that the most
conservative operators have definit-
ely approved the Duncan district
Of the Union met with Mrs Fer-
guson with nine members present
There were three new members and
one visitor Mrs Ferguson read from
ths 96th Psalm and this was followed
by a prayer
A donation of $140 was made Re-
freshments of fruit cake and coffee
was served
for the occupation of the Ruhr Da
sin in the event of Germany’s fail-
ure to fulfill her reparations obliga-
tions and the German note on repar-
ations says -an official statement Is-
sued shortly after 6 o’clock tonight
towns are greater than in the cities
Fort Worth’s situation is compared
with that of Duncan simply because
the Fort Worth situation is-well
known to the writer It is probable
that figures from any other south-
western city would show the same
thing
Values Here Tripled
Realty values in Duncan have tripl-
ed in less than a twelve-month period
and yet those who have studied con-
ditions are convinced the real estate
enhancement here has only started J
The real estate market is more
active in Duncan thn in any other
city or town in the southwest There
are more deals being made than in
any other town or city
And yet with the building which
is under way the real needs of this
city from a housing standpoint have
only been scratched There is room
for hundreds more residences
The municipal building program
will mean the coming here of hun-
dreds of workers Many of these
will fall in love with Duncan and re-
main here permanently They will
demand homes The man who holds
the real estate will garner the profit
Many New Additions
- New additions are being opeifed to
Duncan on every side and they are
selling fast Big profits have been
made in real estate far distant from
the business section and the time
is coming when these additions will
be the most valuable sections of the
city
Yet with all the building under
way here profits which are stagger-
ing are being made in Duncan real
estate
An example A man bought some
lots on South Ninth street less than
six months ago He sold them a few
days ago for $6400 and had not
expended more than $200 in addition-
al improvements
The wise ones are buying Duncan
real estate No maihas ever lost
a dollar in city property here There
isn’t a chance to go wrong and th
activity is only starting
NEW YORK SUBWAY
FLOODED BY BREAK
IN BIG WATER MAIN
Passengers in Stalled Trains Be-
come Frantic in Struggle to
Leave Cars No Fatalities
Big Pumps Used
NEW YORK April 23 — Lexing-
ton Avenue subway near Spring St
was flooded last night by the burst-
ing of a water main
Wild excitement followed the dis-
covery of the water in the tunnel
and the passengers madly fought and
scrambled from the doors and win-
dow in the coaches of the stalled
trains The train between the Grand
Central station amrooklyn bridge
was halted by the automatic -safety
block system
The passengers on one of the stall
ed trains became frdntic according
to a Ye port to the police and women
screamed and feinted in the struggle
to get out of the train
Gigantic emergency pumps were
used to drain the tube
Mr and Mrs J M Browning and
Misses Mildred and Lucille are in
the city the guests of Mr and Mrs
S II Williamson and other friends
Mr and Mrs J T Doak of San
Antonio are in the city visiting Mr
and Mrs Monroe Harris and other
friends
Member Associated Press
DUNCAN OKLAHOMA SATURDAY APRIL 23 1921
BACKSTOP BILL RARIDEN SAYS
RELIEF PITCHER IS VALUABLE
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Bill Rariden iiij be old enough t retire to his farm forever as be
threatens to do but he knows a lot of wise things He saya:
"No matter how good a club’s pitchers may be there are bound to be oft
days when they get knocked out or days when your team don’t lilt and It’s'
the right move to send someone u to hit for the pitcher If you have a good
relief pitcher or two around you are fixed A hurler who can go In there for
a lead or stop the other fellows Is worth more salary than any other pitcher
If you have not such an animal as a relief pitcher around you must send In
one of the regulars and thus break up the segular ’order In which they are
being worked or worse yet send In some pitcher who doesn't fill the bill
There’s nothing more effective in a pitching way than to have four men who
can te worked in regular order A good relief pitcher enables a manager
to keep his men going that way Relief pitching is a trade all by itself If
more pitchers specialized In it or were trained In it we would have tighter
baseball"
JURY DRAWN FOR
CRIMINAL WORK
OF DISTRICT COURT
Case of Mrs Conklin In Connec-
tion With Marlow Killing May
be Heard During Week
Beginning May 9th
The criminal docket of the Dis-
trict Court of Stephens county will
be called again on Monday May 9
according to announcement of G A
Witt court clerk A number of crin
inal cases are still on the docket
among them' that of Mrs Conklin
charged with murder of Roy Garvin at
Marlow This case will probably he
called during the week set apart for
criminal cases
The list of jurors for the criminal
session follow :
R E Shrap Duncan J B Ander-
son Loco Web Fowler Duncan Zeb
McGuire Comanche G W Bradley
Comanche Hugo Kendrick Marlow
M E Ooley Duncan M C Spencer
Comanche W A Nelson Harrisburg
G H Shaffer Duncan Lawrence
Edwards Marlow J W Talley Mar-
low Jno W Jackson Comanche F
E Hillery Comanche Alf Darmon
Marlow S L Glenn Comanche Tate
Smith Cruce J Elliott Jr Duncan
Wm Carmichael Duncan Jno Gard-
ner Comanche Joe McArthuiy Mar-
low J W Hightower Duncan E
C Butler Comanche Harry Smythe
Marlow Roy Simpson Comanche J
M Montgomery Marlow Perry Rub-
endail Marlow Bert Brown Dun-
can O P Boyd Loco J Ad Wylie
Marlow D E Dobkins Marlow M
E Binck Marlow J F Pruett Co-
manche C T Hyde Duncan Jew
Thompson Marlow
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Miss Louise Weaver cf Waxahach-
le Texas is spending the week end
with her brother L T Weaver Jr
HAYWOOD TO HEAD
SOVIET PROPOGANDA
IS LATEST REPORT
Said to Have Been Recommended
for Head of Bureau by Radi-
cals WTio Were Deported
From United States
CHICAGO April 23— Federal of-
ficials here said they had received in-
formation that “Big Bill Haywood
I W W leader who is believed to
be in Russia had gone to that coun-
try to become the head of the proy-
ganda bureau of the Soviet govern-
ment ‘We have information that
Haywood has been chosen for this
work by Leniene after being com-
mended by 'certain radicals who have
been deported from the United
States’’ said United States District
Attorney Clyne “We understand
that the first fields for Haywood
propaganda will be Poland Sweeden
Norway and Finland He will at-
tempt to bring about an uprising
there' we believe"
Haywood's time limit for reporting
to the Leavenworth penitentiary
where he isscheduled to serve a twen-
ty year sentence for obstructing the
U S war activities will expire Mon-
day o
Musing of a Married Men
- The house that seems too small
when one is buying or renting it turns
ut to be too large when the spring
housecleaning season arrives— Tole-
do Blade
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Can't Cat Deliveries Over Wire
If that telephone line to Cuba had
been a pipe lirte there wouV be more
interest in its completion — Pittsburg
Cazett-Times
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ORGANIZED REBELLION AGAINST THE
SOVIET GOVERNMENT REACHES STAGE
WHERE OVERTHROW IS VERY PROBABLE
Peasants Openly Joining Ranks o( the Revolu-
tionists-Many Towns Have Peen Taken
Bolsheviki Army Falling
Back tb River
Stockholm April 23 — (By the Associated
Press — Organized rebellion against the Russian
soviet government is growing with renewed force
in the Ukraine province according to telegrams
received from Petrograd
ANOTHER PROPOSAL
' REGARDING GOLD
Neither Refuses Nar Agrees to
Demand That Gold Reserve be
Sent to Occupied Regions
of the Rhine
PARIS April 23 — (By the Associ-
ated 'Press) — Germany instead of
either agreeing or refusing to com-
ply with the Allied Reparation Com-
mission’s demand to transfer the gold
reserve of the Reichsbank to the o-
cupied territory of the Rhineland
has offered instead not to export oi
permit the exportation of gold from
Germany before October first next
o
Night Clerk at
Wade Hotel Will
Open Restaurant
E C Glover for several months
night clerk at the Wade Hotel has
resigned his position and with W J
Pursley of Birmingham Ala is op-
ening a firct-class cafe in Oil City
Mr Glover is perhaps the best
known hotel and restaurant man In
this’ section to the oil fraternity and
is very popular with the operator
He announces that he will conduct
a sanitary and up-to-date restaurant
in the new oil town and has secured
a central location The new business
will be open by next Wednesday
The Sunday Hamer
Beginning Sunday April 24 The Banner will
begin the publication oi a Sunday edition
It is the intention of the publisher to issue a
real Sunday newspaper
The night report’of the Associated Press will
be featured in this newspaper No other Duncan
Sunday Newspaper is getting a Night Press Re-
port s
The Sunday Banner will carpy feature stories
on things of interest in and around Duncan
It will carry a spqrt section a magazine sec-
tion for women and an oil section giving the latest
from the wonderful Stephens county oil fields
As The Banner has dominated the afternoon
field in both circulation and advertising so it ex-
pects to dominate the Sunday field
Those who read The Banner and those who
patronize its advertising columns otf week dayst
are our recommendation for the Sunday edition
Progressive — Independent — Fearless — Of and
For a Greater Duncan
THE DUNCAN BANNER
PRICE FIVE CENT?
The peasants have openly joined
the ranks of revolutionists and have
taken many towns between the Dnet-
per and Dneister rivers at whies
point the movement is most pronounc-
ed and proceeding with the greatest
showing of determination The revo-
lutionary force are reported to be
engaged in a massive operation that
is intended to force the Bolsheviki
eastward to the left bank of the
Dneiper
In the lozovo district the rev-
lutionary forces have torn up the
railway lines running between Mos-
cow and Crimea
Western Union
Business Shows'
Big Jump - Here
Three months ago the Wester
Union Telegraph Company had two
persons working in the office and one
messenger boy
Now it has qjx persons working In
the office and has three messenger
boys boys and its business is running
around $3500 per month and stead-
ily increasing
Although it has been snowed under
with business the management has
at all times given good service herv
and there has been but little com-
plaint from any source
That’s No Joka Eithar
Say Congress cut down every-
body’s income tax about half and y)u
will be cheerfully allowed to dq al-
most anything else you like — Saint
Louis Globe-Democrat
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