The Leedey Times and Herald (Leedey, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 29, 1917 Page: 2 of 12
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BOV BAH SMITH
frRST MORTGAGE CATTLE
LOAN COMPANY GOES
ON THE ROCKS
SOLD HIS BANK IN A HURRY
Then Disappeared Just Before Aval-
anche of Creditors Descended
On Him— Last Seen Headed
For Mexico
Oklahoma City — Between $400000
and $600000 of the funds of the First
Mortgage Cattle Loan Company of
this city are not accounted for
Alva E Smith so-called “boy bank-
erM has been missing from Oklahoma
City lie was last seen In Fort
Worth Texas with his wife and baby
daughter Reports have reached Sher
Iff O E Johnson who Is seeking him
to serve writs of garnishee as a re-
sult of the financial tangle that he
Is going on a visit to Mexico Smith
Is president of the First Mortgage
Cattle Loan Company
Until less than two weeks ago he
was president of the Western National
hank It has deevloped that be was
forced to sell the bank at a great loss
to the American National Bank fol-
lowing a visit of Federal Bank In-
spector Fllson of Guthrie who was
called in on report of an official of
the Western National Bank itself
A dozen banks of this and other
states are holding paper of the First
Mortgage Cattle Loan Company
against which suit was brought In
the United States district court alleg-
ing that the company Is wrecked and
In a bankrupt condition
One of the petitioners in the suit
is B R McLlsh of this city an of-
ficial of the C M Keys Commission
Company which ousted Smith from
Its presidency shortly after he dis-
appeared Smith was also president
of the Western National Bank until
recently
W L Smith is one of those who
signed the petition asking that the
loan company be adjudged bankrupt
He is out $16450 Other petitioners
were R R McLlsh of this city seek-
ing $6800 Pollack and Tucker of
Kiowa who need $5800 to get even
Atwell McLlsh Bromide $6000 W
W Williams Springer $1600 the
First National Bank of Qhickasha
$5000
Several hundred thousand dollars
worth of securities of the cattle loan
company are alleged to have been
sold to banks outside the state Tho
Southwestern National Bank of Com-
merce of Kansas City and the City
National Bank of New York two of
the largest banks In the country are
holders of the paper In the wrecked
company
How It Was Done
J M Robberson a banker of Loco
and uncle of Alva E Smith had about
$30000 Invested In the Western Na-
tional Bank and the cattle loan com-
pany Many notes and mortgages
have been found In the records where
there were no actual transactions and
where the cattle loan company never
paid out money to legitimate stock-
men J W Perry president of the South-
west National Bank of Commerce of
Kansas City said that the bank car-
ried $170000 of the Smith paper but
that it got word In time and seized
cattle enough to make good the
amount He said the bank lost noth-
ing through the operation
The Western National Bank of this
city while Smith was was president
of both the bank and the cattle
loan company bought some of these
fictitious loans
Some of these loans were for large
sums more than ten per cent of the
$100000 capitalization of the Western
National
It was this excess expenditure which
brought on the federal Investigation
as it is against banking laws to make
a loan of more than 10 per cent of the
bank's capitalization
Suits Pour In
Two suits were filed in the court
last week against Smith for approxi-
mately $6000 A C Enochs alleged
In his suit for $1554 on a note he
signed to the cattle loan company se-
cured by 184 bead of cattle that be
cold forty-one bead of cattle and ap-
plied $1654 on the note but that no
credit was given Smith Is charged
with fraudulently appropriating the
money
R M Johnson of Norman alleged
In a suit filed In the district court that
be bought a fictitious note from Smith
for $3980 secured by a mortgage on
483 head of cattle
Alva E Smith's banking career In
Oklahoma has been spectacular In
verv
I WW WRECKS FRISCO TRAIN
THREE OF TRAIN CREW IN-
STANTLY KILLED
Btee Bar damped to nan uitcnes
Engine Running at High
Speed
Henryetta Okla — Three trainmen
were killed and three passengers
hurt when the Frisco’s express The
Meteor out of SL Louis traveling at
high speed plunged Into obstructions
placed on the track ten miles south
of here
J S Robertson of Sapnipa engi-
neer of the train stayed with his
engine when ha saw tha obstructions
steel bars chained to the sides of
the rails and died as a hero
The engine ploughed Into the trap
at terriflo speed then toppled over1
a steep embankment and rolled 20
feet Into a hollow The engineer and
a student fireman and the regular fire-
man were burled under the great ma-
chine The dead are:
J S Robertson engineer Sapulpa
Okla
W H Wyre student fireman
Bert Ford Sherman Texas fireman
A posse of 100 sheriffs deputies
home guardsmen and state prison offi-
cials from McAIester Henryetta Ada
and Hoidenvllle Is searching the sur-
rounding country with bloodhounds
for the men who osused the wreck
Officials who made a hasty Investi-
gation declared In their belief that
the wreck was plotted and executed
by 1 W W men who have been
active In this section of the state for
weeks
Robertson had been fifteen years
an engineer for the Frisco and was
the oldest engine-driver In point of
service in the employ of the rail-
road The Missouri Oklahoma & Gulf de-
pot at Henryetta burned to the
ground a few hours before
Eighteen alleged members of the I
W W have been arrested la Henry-
etta during the past two days and of-
ficers declare they had been warned
of threats to destroy Missouri Okla-
homa & Gulf railroad property The
railroad runs through the district
which was the scene of the anti-draft
uprisings of last summer and during
the riots numerous attempts were
made to blow up Its railroad bridges
TEN KILLED IN EXPLOSION
Infernal Machine Explodes In Milwau-
kee Police Station
Milwaukee Wla— Ten persons are
known to have been killed a number
injured and several are believed to
be missing when a bomb exploded
with great force In the central police
station
The bomb was taken to tha station
by an Italian who diacoverd It In tha
basement of the Madonna Del Pom-
peii Catholio church In the third
ward an Italian settlement Detective
Bart Maloney placed the bomb which
was enclosed In a black box on a
table in the waiting room while he
took the man Into the office of Lieu-
tenant Flood
Detectives were on the second floor
of the building at the time respond-
ing to roll call When they came
down the stairway and noticed the
black box one picked It up to examine
it The bomb then exploded
The lower floor of the building was
shattered and every window through-
out the structure was broken by the
shock It is believed that many of
the prisoners may have perished
EASTERN ROADS A UNIT
In Control of Committee Regardless
of Ownership
Washington — Operations of all rail-
way lines east of Chicago as one cen-
tralized system was decided on by the
railroad war board to obtain a maxi-
mum of efficiency in trafflo movement
Cars and trackage facilities will he
pooled regardless of ownership of the
railroads’ individual Interest
It was adopted as the best and read-
iest means of meeting a situation that
has threatened the production and dis-
patch abroad of war materials
Diversion of locomotives employee
and machine tools from western to
eastern roads
Utilization of repair shops on west-
ern lines for repairing eastern equip-
ment Pooling of all tracks and equipment
in the east wherever practicable
Pro-rata distribution among eastern
roads of open top cars oq a basis of
tonnage carrying capacity of tha
equipment in the pool
Diversion from congested lines of
all freight that can be handled by any
open routs
WHERE GREATEST
Smashing Forward on a 82-Mlle Front
Haig Surprised the Fee and Won
Tbe battle lino (1) extended from the River Scarpe to San Quentin
Hie entire German line from Bapanme Cambral road (2) to tbe Canal da
Nord (3) was captured Noyelles (4) was one of the advanced positions
cached by the English
F
E
GREATEST SINGLE ENGAGE-
MENT OF THE WAR IS
FOUGHT NEAT CAMBRAI
ATTACK IS COMPLETE SURPRISE
Without Usual Artillery Preparation
Byng’a Troops Advance Six Mies
Along a Front of Nearly
Forty Miles
London — The great HIndenburg
line upon which the German com-
mander In chief had bunded his hopes
on holding the British from Inroads
Into the open territory beyond has
been smashed And the task appar-
ently waa an easy one
Attacking over a front of thirty two
miles extending from the Scarpe riv-
er east of Arras to St Quentin Field
Marshal Haig has made one of the
most rapid and spectacular drives of
the present war catching the Ger-
mans completely by surprise in tbe
uu I oTournai
LeQueaooy 1
Pounnfes
Map showing the Cambria district lo
fetation to tbe general battle line
onslaught capturing numerous posi-
tions which were regarded as impreg-
nable and taking in addition thou-
sands of prisoners and numerous
guns
Triumphant in their brilliant stroke
against the HIndenburg line British
troops are pushing on Cambral now
only three miles away lying to the
east of the old line midway between
Arras and St Quentin Here having
taken tha towns of Marcolng Anneux
Gralncourt and Novellea the victor
loue armies took the village of Fon-
taine Notre Dame less than three
miles from CambraJ the great rail-
road Junction
Ia two days tha British have gained
as much ground as ia the first four
months of the battle of tbe Somme-
The advance is from five to eight
mllea
At the same time tha French troops
attacked In the region to the north of
Craonne and Berry-au-Bao on a front
VICTORY WAS WON
In an Unexpscted Quarter General
Britain's Biggest Victory of the War
Ulil I
ri(Miuiw5
of about two-thirds of a mile and pen-
etrated the German positions to an
average depth of about 400 yards cap-
turing strong defenses and taking 175
German prisoners according to tha
French official communication
Surprised Germans Signal for Aid
The British drive was begun with-
out tbe usual artillery prelude and as
the tanks and Infantrymen made their
way through the wire entanglements
and pressed into the German first po-
sitions the surprised enemy began
sending up signal rockets calling for
assistance Seemingly tha surprised
Germans fled in disorder leaving all
kinds of equipment behind and In
most cases did not even take time as
is usual to ply the torch to villages
they evacuated
General Maurice announced that
the operations In Palestine near Jeru-
salem are continuing with complete
success The British troops are still
six miles from Jerusalem fighting In
the hills of Judea he said and it
would be unwise to make any anticlp-
tory statement regarding the fall of
the city
In Italy
Headquarters of the Italian Army —
The fourth Italian army under Gen
Robllant Is meeting the full force of
the tremendous shock the enemy has
concentrated between the Palve and
Brenta rivers In authoritative quar-
ters tbe correspondent waa told that
tbe enemy forces delivering this blow
are in the proportion of three To two
as compared with tha Italian forces
and this is virtually the relative
strength of the two wings of Brents
where General Pcorl commands tha
first Italian army and the right wing
along the Plave where the Duke ol
Aosta bolds the enemy as In a vice
Reports are coming in from the in-
vaded Venetian district of fearful acts
committed by the soldiers but this Is
stated under reserve as it Is Impos-
sible at present to give confirmation
Paris — In an attack In the Verdun
region the French troops captured
first and second German lines of de-
fense Including deep dugouts and also
took 800 German prisoners according
to the French official communication
issued this evening
YANKEE SAILORS SINK SUB
Entire Crew Surrendered After Scutb
ling the Diver
Washington — A German submarine
captured recently by two American
destroyers was sent to the bottom by
members of her crew opening cocks
below while their shipmates stood on
deck with hands raised in signal Of
surrended Ail of tbe crew were
taken prisoners
One of the Germans drowned while
being transferred to a destroyer and
another died The latter was buried
with military honors
There was a report in naval circles
that approximately forty men includ-
ing five officers were taken off the
submarine If this were true It was
pointed out the vessel undoubtedly
was one of tbe largest to be operated
by tbe Germans
Tbe action occurred In the war zone
several days ago and the submarine
went down when one destroyer was
attempting to tow her to port
LEON SPRINGS
COMMISSIONS
One hundred end ninety OkVahO
mans were commissioned at Leol
Springs all lieutenants except H Kj
Peck of Oklahoma City a captaincy
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peMotte L W Ini Weatherford
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ay E C Inf Pawhuska
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Bradshaw, A. C. The Leedey Times and Herald (Leedey, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 29, 1917, newspaper, November 29, 1917; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1934382/m1/2/?q=mineral+wells: accessed June 13, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.