The Oklahoma News (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 31, No. 110, Ed. 1 Monday, January 25, 1937 Page: 3 of 14
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SET1ER SLATED
12: TO SEARCH FOR
'ffin 1 POLICE CROOKS
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MONDAY JANUARY 25 1937
Corruption Within Force to
'Be' Aim of Prospective
1
Sleuthing Job
Police ChieFJ-Z-Watt revealed
today that the reason for the pros-
pective appointment of County
Y Registrar Nash Setzer as a police
department invesigator was to
probe alleged corruption in the de-
partment '
Mr Setzer an appointee of State
t Sen W C Fidler was suggested for
1 the investigating post by Mayor
Frank Martin the chief said
Chief Watt said he "wasn't inter
ested in the political implications"
but that he "was willing for Mr
Setzer or anybody else including
Sen Fidler to investigate the de-
1 partment
1 ' Knows of No Crookedness
'The mayor told me that it might
be a good idea to have someone
work as a free lance within the de-
partment and I told the mayor it
t was all right with me if he wanted
' Mr Setzer Ill see Mr Setzer again
some time this week So far as
I know bell be paid out of the po-
lice budget
"I say frankly that if there is a
crooked officer in the department
's I don't know IL"
Mr Seltzer served as g police in-
vestigator under former City Man-
1 ager Albert McRill Chief Watt said
"He told me that he might have
to-give up his job as registrar and
t that he wanted time to think it
Over" the chief added
Will Likely Get Back
City Manager F G Baker echo-
ing Chief Watts statement said he
welcomed an investigation of the
department
Chief Watt said he probably
would lift the suspensions of R A
Sanders and Clyde Pierce city de-
tectives who were suspended with
six Other officers two months ago
Their reinstatement would leave
f Only George Harrison and Robert
Steffey on the suspended list Coun-
t cilman Jack Moore ill at his home
today said he was ready to move
for Mr Harrison and Mr Steffey to
I be given a public hearing any time
their attorney Ross Lillard asked
the City Council for a hearing
Will Quit County Job
3 Mr Setzer today said that he
Would surrender his pob as county
t registrar if he accepted an investi-
gator's post with the city police de-
1 partment "The law says an em-
ploye cannot draw salary from the
city and county both" he corn-
4 'rented
Mr Setzer denied that be would
take the investigator's post at Sen
i
'idler's behest
"Everybody knows that I've been
close friends with Sen Fidler and
for that matter wits Mayor Martin
and city Manager Baker too for
1 years" he said
"It was complete surprise to me
when Chief Watt asked me about
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"I told him I wanted time to
think it over We were supposed
to get together this morning but
both of us were busy and couldn't
keep the appointment
"I have had considerable experi-
) ence and I think I could be of some
assistance to the chief I was an
investigator for the city some four
or five years ago I also served as
chief city quarantine officer I was
aergeant of the county highway po-
lice until its abolition I was form-
erly city clerk at El Reno and I
lb have worked for the state as a reve-
nue and invoice man I also worked
I for the U S Internal Revenue De-
: BUS PEOPLE URGED
To HIT FAKE RISKS
Insurance Board Member
Asks for Co-operation
Operators of trucks and busses
today were urged to co-operate
with the state Insurance Board in
driving out unreliable insurance
'4 firms by Sharpe W Philpott sec-
t retary-member of the board
Speaking before the convention
'II of the Associated Motor Carriers of
Oklahoma held at the Huckins Ho-
tel Mr Philpott commended the
t safer driving of trucks and busses
which he said has brought about a
reduction in basic liability insur-
ance from $285 to 8168 a year
Other speakers at the season were
4 Ray G Atherton district director
of the Bureau of Motor Carriera di-
I vision of the Interstate Commerce
Commission and W A Hill chief
of the section of complaints for
4 the bureau
3 A truck and bus parade through
downtown streets was scheduled
this afternoon with election and
installation of new officers of the
4 association later in the day
SCHOOL CHIEFS IN CAPITAL
II
Reiff Wilkins and Stearley Seek
U S Fund In Washington
Three city school officials were
In Washington D C today to aid
in obtaining a $458000 federal PWA
grant On a $1100000 local building
program
They are C K Reiff superin-
tendent of schools Frank Wilkins
school board attorney And J G
Rear ley clerk-business manager
They expect to return late this
week
A I THRIFTY SERVICE I
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MAY LAUNDRY
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I PHONE Mill
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Board Wdltes Up to Find
$100Claim Is Now $1600
Commissioners Discover Judgment Too Late to
Appeal and Anyway One of Their Own
Forgot He Testified
County commissioners 'learned the full significance of
the 16 to 1 ratio today when they were confronted with
what seemed to be an iroliclad judgment for $1600 on a
$100 claim they had turned down last year
Attorney Gordon Schaul obtained the judgment last
Jan 5 but it somehow got lost in
the labyrinthal maze of courthouse Judge beorge Giddings Jr ruled
records until today when the corn- that although 33 feet on each side
missioners discovered it and angrily of a section line road must be dedi
demanded to know how it happened cated to the public the removal of
The time for appeal has expired any materials from this strip must
and Assistant County Attorney a be paid for unless the materials are
C Logsdon advised against it any- used to benefit the affected prop-
way but the commissioners said erty
they were going to conduct an in- And in the case at hand alas the
vestigation rock was hauled about seven miles
Turned Down $100 Claim away from Mr Schaul's land
Mr Schou' obtained the judgment
on the grounds the county had re-
moved about 800 tons of stone from
his farm northeast of the city on
the Guthrie cutoff The atone was
to be used in a WPA road job and
Mr &haul at first had no objection
to its removal
Later however he discovered they
ha l cut so close to his fence line
thit the posts were about to col-
lapse Modestly he went before the com-
missioners and asked for COO to
repair his fence
The commissioners seemed to be
shocked by this request which'sas
promptly turned down
The Forgetful Mr Dobbs
Then Mr Schou' sued Commis-
sioner J V Dobbs was called as a
witness but said he wee only in
the courtroom a few moments and
promptly forgot all about the case
And so today the judgment ap-
peared in the little wire work basket
of the commissioners Mr Schaul
said he had discounted it to W M
Williams investment banker
Mr Logsdon told the commission-
ers he considered the judgment good
and had felt all along that Mr
Schaul's suit was well taken
In deciding the cme District
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Judge beorge Giddings Jr ruled
that although 33 feet on each side
of a section line road must be dedi-
cated to the public the removal of
any materials from this strip must
be paid for unless the materials are
used to benefit the affected prop-
erty And in the case at hand alas the
rock was hauled about seven miles
away from Mr Schaul's land
RILEY STILL HOPES
TO GET APPOINTMENT
Supreme Court Justice Not Ready
To Concede to Murrah
State Supreme Court Justice
Fletcher S Riley has not conceeded
the roving U S federal judge ap-
pointment to A P Fish) Murrah
city lawyer he revealed today upon
returning to his office from Wash-
ington D C
Illness in his family was the
cause of his return to the city leav-
ing Mr Murrah in Washington be
said
"Sen Joih Lee Is going to stick
with his recommendation of Mr
Murrah for the position" he said
"However other factors will be con-
sidered and I by no means feel that
I have been eliminated"
DAN HOGAN TO SPEAK
Dan Hogan banker and cHairman
of the natural resources committee
of the city Chamber of Commerce
will speak before the Chamber of
Commerce at Duncan tonight on
the subject "What Builds Communi-
rc:
FUND CHARGES
DENIED BY RAY
Young Democrats State
Head Says Treasury Not
Used to Aid Candidate
State President' 'Harden Ray of
the Oklahoma League of Young
Democrats returned from Washing-
ton today to deny indignantly he is
using league funds to promote can-
didacy of John Monk of McAlester
for election as state president at
the annual meeting in Tulsa
Feb 22
Three County League presidents
Clarence Tankersley of Pottawato-
mie Frank Mahan of Osage and
Finis Gillespie Jr of Kiowa had
demanded that Mr Ray file an
accounting of league dues collec-
tions of about $7000 a year
"I received the letter signed by
the three league presidents this
morning" said Mr Ray "Abso-
lutely no league funds have been or
will be expended to advance any
candidate for league office A com-
plete financial statement will be
submitted at the Tulsa convention
and this would have been done had
this demand not been made"
Forces opposing Mr Monk are
supporting John Shaw of Fairfax
a state Highway Department em-
ploye Mr Ray has a clipping from a
McAlester newspaper in which
leaders of the Pittsburg County
league asserted every cent of the
money used in financing Mr
Monk's campaign Is being supplied
'by that chapter
CIVITANS TO NAME CHIEF
Hoord Will Choose Suecesoor To
P E Gomm
The executive board of the
Civitan Club will meet tomorrow
noon to choose a new president to
succeed P E Gumm who died last
week
It is probable the group will ad-
vance E B Jeffery elected first
vice-president to the president's
post said Becretary J B White
cod Mina come in
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Mosier Raids City Hall Office
And Takes 'Toys' to New 'Yard'
Removal Is Not Discovered Until Successor Calls
For Thermos Jug and Employes Try to
Learn Time of Day
' The little glass thermos jug is covered with dust
But steady and staunch it stands
(At least it did prior to this disclosure)
Now it's missing from the manager's desk "
And they're putting the blame on Mosier
When Eugene Field wrote of the little boy who kissed his toys and
put them away and was never able to take them out again he provoked
sympathetic sighs throughout the republic and they were echoed today
at the City Hall when it was discovered former City Manager Orval
Mosier had sneaked the thermos Jug and the electric clock off the city
manager's desk
No wrong was charged for both
the handy little implements were CIVIC CENTER TO GET
Mr Mosier's personal property But
they had been on the managerial $10 000 TREES SHRUBS
desk so long everyone had come to
regard them as public property in Planting Will Begin Just as Soon
which every citizen proudly could As Warm Weather Comes
claim a share of ownership
The loss was dscovered early to- The first stretch of warmer
day when City Manager F G
weather will find the city park de-
Baker roared for his thermos jug
and astonished secretaries searched Pertinent ready to plant about CO-
the premises in vain loudly corn- 000 worth of trees and ghrubg in the
plaining that they were not only Civic Center City Park Supt Don-
thirsty but that they couldn't tell
ald Gordon said today About two
the time of day '
Meanwhile Mr Mosier was on thousand trees including 500 12-
his way to Dallas where the foot Mount elms are at the Lincoln
furnishings of his office as execu- Park nursery and will be planted
tive vice-presdent of the Braniff
Airway include an s are expected to when the frost disappears Mr Clor-
electrc clock and a perfectly dandy don said
little thermos jug Plans for construction for a $15-
WATER RATE CHANGE DUE
Reduced City Schedule Will Become
Effective Tomorrow
e a
The first stretch of warmer
weather will find the city park de-
partment ready to plant about CO-
000 worth of trees and shrubs in the
Civic Center City Park Supt Don-
ald Gordon said today About two
thousand trees including 500 12
foot Moline elms are at the Lincoln
Park nursery and will be planted
when the frost disappears Mr Gor-
don said
Plans for construction for a 815-
000 reflecting basin illuminated by
lights will be discussed this week by
the park board The pool will be
constructed east of the City Hall at
the Civic Center and will cost about
615000 Mr Gordon said Present
plans call for it to be 26 feet wide
and 80 feet long
Oklahoma ' City's reduced water ana Ou rect long
rate schedule will go into effect to-
Cooling Relief
morrow City Water Supt Tom O --
Banks said today The change sub- le
ostitutes 1000 gallons for the 50-cent For Itchy Skin
to S3 fees that in the past were
listed as service charges The say- Call It magie if you like but g000
old Blue Star Ointment sur'e relieves
ings will average 20 cents a month I the itching of eczema rash tetter
for consul rs I
rirtgworm and those itch torturing
The rate Was voted by the Oity !skin conditions Your money back
Council it first Jar does not satisfy Try it1
PASTORS ASK
BANK NIGHT BAN
Ministers Charge Violation of
Anti-Lottery Laws Hear
Mission Leader
Abolition of "baiik deposit award
nights" here was demanded' today
in a resolution passed unanimously
by the Ministerial Alliance
The resolution charged the prac-
tice Is a direct violation of the
spirit of the anti-lottery laws both
federal and state that it is carried
on for the sole purpose of increas-
ing the profits of individuals to
the detriment of the public welfare
that it has brought about 'condi-
tions which are in direct violation
of local ordinances governing as-
semblage in a place of business
violating :!re laws and public safety
and that the practice would be con-
strued as criminal negligence in
case of fire or accident
The statement was to be sub-
mittt 1 to the chief of police the
chief of the fire department the
mayor the county attorney and the
press
"If ever Christianity had its
chance it is today" Dr John Mc-
Dowell head of the department of
social welfare of the Presbyterian
Board of Christian Education told
members of the Alliance at the
meeting
Dr McDowell said that national
and international conditions show
that human resources at their best
are unequal to the demands of the
hour He was to speak at the Bust
ness Men's luncheon at noon At v
2 p m he Dr E P Westphal of
Philadelphia and he Re Maxwell
Adams also of the national church
board wele to inaugurate a three-
clay pastors' conference ot the First
Presbyterian Church
M A N GOES TO JAIL
WHEN SICKNESS ENDS
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Liquor Seller Given 60 Days in
Which to Recover
Grady N York of Asher 'charged
In Federal Court today with sale of &
liquor to a restricte Indian was
sentenced to six months in the
county jail and fined POO by Judge
Edgar EL Vaught
Judge Vaught granted York 33
years old 60 days to recover front
a recent illness and to take care of
his wife who now is
Beware Coughs
from common colas
That Hang On
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cold or bronchial irritation you can
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Serious trouble may be brewing and
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of the trouble to aid nature to
soothe and heal the inflamed mem-
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Even if other remedies bave
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