The Cushing Daily Citizen (Cushing, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 117, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 24, 1931 Page: 1 of 8
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OKLAHOMA CITY Mar 24
—(UP)—Gov W H MurraP
today charged that Lew H
Wentz republican highway
commissiones would spend
half million dollars to have him
impeached
"Wentz would do this if he had an
opportunity W G Skelly and Har-
ry Smith and all the crooks of both
political parties would help" Mur-
ray said
Skelly is republican national com-
mitteeman Smith is secretary of
the Mid-Continent Oil and Gas As-
sociation Won't Yield "Damned Inch"
"But I am not going to yield one
damned inch on my position" Mur-
ray said "I am going to stay put"
Rumors that anti-prorationists had
furnished him the money to purchase
an additional one fourth interest in
the Blue Valley Farmer were denied
by Murray
The Blue Valley Farmer was Mur-
ray's campaign paper last year
Mutray announced last week that
he and his second cousin Cicero
Murray had purchased the one hale
Interest of O A Brewer and J R
Armstrong
Tells How He Bought Paper
This gives the governor a one half
interest in the paper The remain-
ing one fourth interest belongs to
Sam R Hawks now highway com-
missioner and Murray's campaign
manager in last year's election
"I read in the Tulsa Tribune un-
der an Oklahoma City dateline that
Murray did not state where he got
thc money to buy the Blue Valley
Farmer and he was not asked"
Murray said
"I also understand that much
whispering is going on assuming to
know where the money came from
SG in ord?r to satisfy the public I'll
State where it came
No Company Mixed Up
"In the first place one fourth
shares owned by Brewer and Arm-
etrong each was valued at $1000 I
offered to give each of them $1000
or take $1000 for my share
"The money paid was a small
amount of the balance I had and the
Tesidtle Was made up of friends of
mine whose names are Joe Matti-
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SWANK IS SPEAKER
AT LIONS MEETING
Congressman Says Effective
Way To Abolish War Is To
Remove Profit Element
The most effective way to put an
end to war is to take the profit out
of war said F B Swank Oklahoma's
fifth congressional representative in
an address to the Lions club at the
regular meeting held today in the
lintel Cushing Grill
'I favor the American Legion
peace plan" said Swank The Amer-
ican Lcgion plan urges that menu-
facturint and other businesses that
stand to profit by war be prevented
by the government from taking a
profit on their products and that
the heads of such industries be paid
regular soldier salaries the congress-
man explained
The United States should enter
any sort of peace treaty with foreign
nations that will further the interests
of world peace but the government
must be careful that any such treaty
tines not endanger in any way the
natural rights of the United States
Swank pointed out
We must not give any world court
the right to order us to lift our im-
migration bars or deport from the
Monroe Doctrine he said The United
States should maintain an army and
navy large enough to protect itself
at all times he said and care must
be taken not to create too large a
military force Swank explained
that the purpose of his visit here is
to help any of the veteran soldiers
who need assistance in filling out
their loan claims and to discuss the
bringing of a federal building ie
Cushing possibly next year with
the local Chamber of Commerce
Three former Lions attended the
meeting today They were: J M
Grubbs Rev Ivan Young and James
Cochran Other visitors were Con-
gressman Swank and 11 W GOWIIIIS
of the personnel department of the
Tulsa school system
Rev Young and 'Rev J W liol-
unit made announcements relative
to the Coming of Tom Elsie to Cush-
ing Elsie will arrive Sunday and
opliver several lectures oil the sub
ject of MEX
The next zone meeting will be held
In Cushing The date of this meet-
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MANY ATTEND LAST
RITES FOR MILTON
THOMPSON SUNDAY
Numerous Cushing People Go
To Lee's Summitt Mo To
Attend Funeral -
' Cushing friends who attended final
rites for Milton Thompson formerly
a resident of this city which were
held in the Methodist Church at Lee's
Summitt Mo Sunday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock returned home late yes-
terday An unusually large crowd is re-
ported as in attendance at the serv-
ices more than seven hundred being
unable to get in the church and going
to the cemetery instead Services
were conducted by Dr I M Hargett
of the First Methodist Church of
Tulsa Rev Harney of the Methodist
Church of Nevada Moand Rev Wilt-
see of the Lee Summitt Methodist
Church John Embry of Oklahoma
City gave an address at the services
The various speakers took occa-
sion to praise the 'deceased for his
outstanding ability which made it
possible for him to make such an un-
usual success for his leadership in
many enterprises for his progres-
siveness and efforts to improve con-
ditions in his community and his
general helpfulness to those in need
Those attending from Cushing
Mrs H T Carver Mrs J II Bellis
Mrs John Hadley Mr and Mrs Price
King Mr and Mrs William PAlis
Mrs Edith Taylor Homer Carver
T C Foster Gene Kile T Murphy
of Avery Mr and Mys Robert Par-
ker of Stillwater Mr and Mrs R C
Jones Itt and Mrs Earl Wyatt Mr
and Mrs 11 L Par!er Poaca City
Mr and Mrs E E Waters MisoNlary
Thomnson and daughter Cushing Mr
and Mrs Frank Cullison Guthrie
and Mr and Mrs Frank Bailey Wich-
ita Other veil known pe:sons attend-
ing the funeral were: John Embry
Oklahoma City Senator James A
Reed of Missouri and Dr I M Har-
gett Tulsa
The pallbearers were: R C Jones
Frank BiliPay Earl Wyatt Earl Wa-
1 rers William Bellis all of Cushing
L Parker l'onea City Frank Cul
lison Guthrie and Harry Holbert
Lee Summitt Mo
Dr Bennett To
Be In Rotary
Governor Race
Clarence E Hull presidtpt of Om
Stillwater Rotary- Club ha 4 notified
A B Intel president of the Cushing
Rotary Club that Dr H G llennett
is being formally presented as a can-
didate for GOVOITIOr of the TweVth
District subject to the Shawnee Con-
ferenee They ask that the matter be
presented to the Cushing Club
The Twelfth District Conference k
to be held May Ilth and May 12th
in Shawnee The Covernor will be
elected at that time The Internation-
al Conference this year will be held in
Vienna Austria All district gov-
ernors are expected to attend
WASHINGTON' Mar 23—UP)—
Thp ttnprente eourt adjourned today
until Monday April
E CUSHING
LIVEST DAILY LARGEST CIRCULATION BETWEEN OKLAHOMA CITY AND TULSA
Entered aa Second-Class Matter May a 1926 at the roll Office at Cushing Okla Under tha Act of March 8 1011
"Made Up"
Son of Wealthy
Texan Kills His
Wife Then Self
BROWNWOOD Tex Mar 24--
U9—Nelson Wakefield 20-year-old
son of one of the NIea th iest famil-
ies in this region today killed his
bride of five days and then took his
own life at the family home here
officers said
The couple were marriett ihMex-
ico five days ago Theogiok
merly Miss Dorothy Craft alum 20
Nomotiv ? for the tragedy had been
determined
VALUABLE JEWELS
LOOTED IN STATE
Bandits Obtain $6000 Worth
Of Gems From T J Milan
Of Oklahoma City
OKLAHOMA CITY Mar 21
—Two bandits looted the he of T
J Milan of $(3000 in diamonds to-
day after menacing the family and
servants with revolvers
The robbers escaped in an auto
The bendits drove their car into
the driveway One went to the door
with a letter asking Matti Haynes
a maid for the "lady of the house"
"You'll do" the bandit said threat-
ening the maid with a revolver
The intruders forced their way
to the house Th maid was forced
to accompany the men to the bath-
room where Mrs Milan Was dressing
"We want whisky" the robber de-
manded of Mrs Milan
When told there was none in the
house the bandits demanded diam-
onds he gave them the rings she
WWI wearing and the bandits took
another from the table A diamond
earring was jerked from Mrs Milan's
ear
Milan who was outing breakfast
with his aged mother WaS attracted
by the noise Diamonds and watches
were taken from Milan wealthy real
estate operator
After taking all the diamonds in
the house the bandits warned the
family- to sit still for In minutes
They escaped in their auto
County Legionnaires
Gather Here Monday
Arrangements to accommodate 125
nesons Rt the Legion Hut here on
thp night of Monday March 30 are
being made by the Cushing unit of
the American Legion it was reported
today The occasion will be a meet-
ing of Legionnal7es frOITT all Payne
county
A special program is being prepar-
ed Seniors Set Date
For Weiner Roast
1
At the Senior class meeting this
morning the date for the annual
Senior weiner roast was set as Fri-
day A pill aril Ripley Illuf fs has
been choosen as the site and they
plan to leave at ti $0 P m
It as definitely decided that caps
and gowns be WON during com-
mencement wvek Plans for the
week have not bLen vompleted
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GUSHING OKLAHOMA TUESDAY MARCH 24 1931
ails Talks In Liquor Case
Second Trial
For P VRuch
Is Under Way
Former Tillman County
Attorney Is Charged
In Dry Law Case
GUTHRIE Okla Mar 24--(1P)--
Bud Walls former deputy sheriff
testified today that Former County
Attorney P V Ruch was a willing
participant in an alleged conspiracy
to manufacture and seq whisky in
Tillman county
Walls waz the first government
witness in Ruch's second trial on
charges of conspiracy 4 violate the
national prohibition law4
"The conspiracy was conceived
July 1 1929" Walls testified "R
S Rogers former constable and I
decided we could make some money
on the liquor line if we could "fix"
Sheriff Charles Wages : and Ruch
This was done" Walls testified
First Split Was S50
"Our first split was a four way
division of $50 from Delmar Couch
and Blackie Noel who were running
a still The four of us took $1250
each"
Walls pleaded guilty to the con-
spiracy charges
Walls testified he accompanied
Ruch to the state capitol where he
obtained a commission from the
state bureau of identification He
said they also saw Attorney Genera!
Dabney in connection with the com-
mission Walls' testimony frequently was
intatiomted by clashes between ' de-
fense counsel J B Dudley and Her-
bert K Hyde assistant district at-
torney —
GUTHRIE Okla Mar 24—U9—
Opening statement of defense counael
J B Dudley was given in federal
court convened here today to hear
the second trial of P V Ruch former
Tillman county attorneycharged with
conspiracy to violate thenationnt pro-
hibition law
He is alleged to have hared in the
profits of a liquor ring that flour-
ished in Tillman county under offi-
cial protection Ruch was one of 30
men including other county officials
indicted by a grand jury His first
trial last December at Oklahoma City
resulted in a hung jury
(Continued on page 5)
HUNDRED QUAIL
RELEASED HERE
Are Liberated on Four Refuges
Near Cushing Part of Plan
To Replenish Stock
One hundred quail-50 pair—were
received here Sunday and liberated
on four refuges near Curbing ac
cording to Orstille Brigham secre-
tary of the Izaak Walton league
which organization interested itself
in the state game and fish depart-
ment's plan to replenish the quail
stock of Oklahoinit
In all four directions from Cushing
there is a quail refuge The largest
is to the east and comprises 4S0
acres The others contain 100 liens
each On each refuge 25 quail were
released Each refuge is markA by
a sign which states that it is unlawful
to enter with gun or dog
According to Mr Brigham each
refuge is leased for 10 years by the
state By this means there is affJed-
ed a measure of protection to the
birds
Two hundred quail were allotted
Payne county by the state Half
were sent to Stillwater and half here
The quail were purchased by the
state game department from a Mexi-
can hatchery They were nurchased
with money received through sale of
huntine licenses as all the other pro-
jects of the department are financed
Mr Brigham said
Three Awaiting
Sentences Today
For Bank Theft
MUSKOGEE Okla Mar 24—(U)
—Three men today awaited sentence
in court here on convictions of rob-
bing the American State Bank Por-
um of $3400 on Jan S
A t Witham 32 Seminole alleg-
ed third member of the band of three
interrupted the defenw trial late yes-
terday by rising and crying out that
like wati guilty
HALF 11 1:7ILLION TO 11:7PFSH
AMY CITIZEN
SURVIVORS OF
SEA DISASTER
VIVI am Wi "
SAFEIN PORI
Rescue Ship Sagona Stearns
Into Port at St Johns N F
Bearing 29
MANY CRIPPLED
Injured Are Taken To Hospit
ale Other Survivors Soon To
Arrive
By JOHN T MEANEY
( ?tiled Press Correftpcmdmil
(Copyright 1911I by UnitettProtd)
ST JOHNS N F Mar 24
--(UP)--The tragic story of
the sealing steamer Viking
blown apart by the terrific de-
tonation of 120 tons of powder
the icy wastes off Newfound-
land was told today for the
first time when the rescue 8hip
Sagona reached here with 29
mutilated survivors
It wag revealed that Varick Fri--
sell N'ew York explorer and' Ar-
thur E Penrod his companion prob-
ably were blown to pieces with the
ship
Carelessness Wag Cause
It wag charged by the suffering
survivors that the aleadle cargo of
Powder was hattlied with extreme
carelessness unguarded spilled on
the floor and exposed to the hazards
of lights and men smoking
It was revealed that even at the
moment of the disszter Frissell con-
cerned at the tisagor fie the exposed
powder wag lettering a sign "Pow-
der—Danger" to place on the doa
of the magazine Henry Sargen
of Boston the American survivor of
FrisselPs expediti to make motion
pictures of the sealers at work told
how he was sitting in the cabin with
Frissel and Penrod when the explo-
sion occurred
It wag a dramatic tale of suffer-
ing and heroism in the crud ice of
the north that the sirrvivors brought
back They told how they were con-
cluding an informal Sunday evening
player and hymn service when as
the words of "Nearer My God To
Thee" faded the teriffic blast tore
oft the aft part of the shin and left
L10 1tr 0110 pt" VI IA lir rtp
them to scramble to the ppm ice
ST JOHNS N F Mar 24—(1P)
—The rescue ship Sagona steamed
into port here today bearing a tra
tContinued en page 2)
Auto License Tags
Issued Now Total
Nearly 2500 Here
Exactly 1720 autoninbile license
tags have been issued from the of-
fice of L J York authorized license
tag agent for Cushing since he was
appointed to that office Those is-
sued previous to his appointment by
W A 1)rake will probably make the
total run nearly 2500
Attention of all motor vehicle
owners is called by Mr York to ths
fact that the proposed bill to ex-
tend the time of payment for auto-
mobile licensee has failed of passagt
and that in accordance with the law
now in foice the customary penalty
of 10c per day will be affixed to the
tax of all who have not paid by April
lst
EWill Saus
BEVERLY HILLS Cal Mar
2:I—Two fatal plane crashe here
yesterday with a man and wom-
an in each plane and both acci-
dents avoidable But members
of each couple thought they were
pilots and got in the air and tried
to prove it to the other One
couple a man and wife wee ar-
guing who was the pilot when
they took off
That's one way the auto la
head of the plane a woman
sit in the back seat and do all the
"crabbing and gabbing" she wants
to but she cant reach the wheel
If you are going to do any argu-
ing with your wife or lady friend
you'd better get it over before
you get in the air Two people
just cant land a plane
Yours
WILL It OtlEIK
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PRICE 6 CENTS EVERYWHERE
Legislative
Acts Slowed
By ()timing
Passage of Cigar And
Cigaret Bill Appears
To Be Assured
By FRANK O 11111
(tifrf Pro Staff ro I
OKLAHOMA CITY Mar 24---413)
—Investigations overshadowed vital
legislation today as Muriay admin-
istration leaders made frantic efforts
in both houses particularly the sen-
ate to shove administration hills then
in the closing days of the 13th ses-
sion As the investigation of the high-
way commission continued In the
joint legislative committee other pro-
bable inquiries were rumored
A special house committee was
ready to begin its investigation of
the state capitol cafeteria as re-
ouested in a special message sent by
Gov W Ii Murray to the legisla-
ture Administration leaders in the scm-
ate said they would move today to
reconsider the vote by which the ci-
gar and cigaret tax bill failed to pass
by one vote last Saturday if a suf-
ficient number of senators was pres-
ent To Reconsider Seed Bill
The senate was to reconsider the
bill appropriating an additional WO-
ON for free seed to tenant farmers
An attempt WaS made to kill the bill
vesterdsy after it was returned to
the legislature by the governor with
a request to make certain changes
so the seed might he tistrIbuted mnr
quickly
These changes were expected to he
made today
Although the senate passed the
free textbook commission bill the
measure was amended in such a
etanner that the real purpose was
thwarted As it WAS amended tbe
bill merely provides that the present
eommission shall recommend texts if
the state adopts the free text hools
law It was intended to have a new
commission with the governor as a
member
The bill now goes to the house
Urgea Income Tax l'assage
Gov Murray repeated his requests
in a special legislative message for
passage of the net income tax bill
and the measure providing that the
state gasoline tax shall be collected
(Continued Oh page 4)
AMERICAN WHEAT
ON STEADY DROP
New Low World Price Levels
Appear Inevitable Anxiety
Is Expressed
WASHINGTON Mar 21---(9)-1
A steady decline toward low world
price levels today appeared inevit-
able for American wheat
Among growerq and traders there !
was an added anxiety It was the!
question rapidly nSsuming the as-I
recta of one of the government'
biggest pr)blem of what the Ee4-1
eral Farm Board would do with thy!
vast stores of wheat acquired through
its stabilizetion operations
The board's chairman James
Stone WaS asked about thia Ile rtH
fused to go beyond the announce-i
ment by which the board madei
known its decision to abandon wheat
purchases after July
"Stabilization supplies of wheat
ill be handled in such a way as to i
impose the minimum of burden upor!
domestic and Ivorld prices"
At the time Stone spoke wheat)
prices had broken from 2 to 12 centI
on the Chicago Board of Trade
A general of the gov-
ernment wheat estimated variously'
up to 2300110000 bushels would de-
moralize the market Even the fact
that the government owns it accord-
ing to Senator William E Borah
rem Ida is a menace to the farni-1
or
"If this condhion is permitted to
continue" Borah aid "it will not
(lily greatly depres the market but
it will greatly clobarrass—the farmer
in the matter of credits witri the
local banks It seCIIIS to me the very
least the government can do is to
give the absolute tisuratice that this
wheat will not be put upon the mar-
ket until the world price had reach-
ed at least $150 a bushel and then
only in such amounts as will not
!materially lower the price I can seo
nothing but the greatest embarrass-
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NUMBER 117
WENTZ ISSUES
ATTACK TODAY
IN ROAD QUIZ
Re publican Commissioner Tells
Of Alleged Cement Meeting
In Kansas City
DISTRIBUTE CONTRACT
Wentz Testifies That Compan-
ies Agreed To Limit Bids
Fix Same Prices
OKLAHOMA (ITY Mar 24
--UP)—Alleged efforts of the
Blackwell Chamber of Commerce
to induce Sen W T Clark rep
to support the Henderson bill va-
cating the office of Highway
Commissioner Lew Ii Wentz
rep was investigated by the
joint legislative investigating
committee today
W S Whaley secretary of the
Blackwell Chamber of Commerce
testified that CR BellattiBlack-
well publisher and presidmt of
the Chamber of Commerce and
W F Vickery visited Clark in
his home at Medford while the
bill was pending in the legisla-
ture OKLAHOMA CITY Mar 24--(UP)
—C D Nichols of the Oklahoma
Prt land Cement Co attempted to
have the Monarch Cement Co agree
to maintain cement Pri("7: in the Eeb
3 biddiag Commissioner Lew H
Wintz charged today before the joint
legislative investigative committee
Vit H Wulf nresident of thi! Mon-
arch Co informtid him of this and
will he in Oklahoma City tomorrow
to testify before the committee
Wentz said
Wentz' s charge came after M O
Matthews general manager of the
Oklahoma Portland Co had testified
his company would not have bid "un-
der the market" Feb 3 if they had
not feared the Monarch would cut
prices
Wentz Tells of Alleged Meeting
Matthews said that he made no ef-
fort to get any company to maintain
the price and that as far as he knew
m official el his company made any
-mill effort
Matthews testified that all com-
ranief bid the same price in 1929 but
was not the result of an agreement
hut because all companies bid the
market price
Wentz in his testimony charged
that cement company representatives
-net in Kansas city and arranged dis-
tribution of the contract each com-
pany agreeing as to how much cc-
moat it would bid on
"This had to b done to line up the
outside companic-" Wentz said "The
:aw in this provides that when
nrices are firma! Oldahoma compan-
ies shall ha c preferenre
Agreed Jo Limit Bids
"it was agriT that Oklahoma com-
panies would iiimt the amount of
their bid to for e the awarding of
tontracts for -l'el090 barrels of ce-
ment to uutside
Matthews declared that the state
had unt saved any roomy by rejertion
tif Feb 3 bids alt hwigh March 9 bids
wire 11 hout $9-te owl below the first
bids
prnpr"d c(t f f Feb 3 had
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Joint Meeting Of
Junior and Senior
C of C Monday
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It vias decided yoderday at a meet
ing of the CI ir of Cfmmeree
Board of Directors to call a joint
meeting with th Junior Chamber nf
Commerce on Moeiltly March 30 in
(irder to discu“ plans for the corn-
in year
A nominating committee wag liaM-
ed to nominal vatioiiieles for the
Board of Tho plan is to
nominate 11 noin and rulonit these
names to the liWnlb of the Board
to he voted um 1 Sloven will he eke-
bid from thil filtein nominated The
rnmtinatinei iiitionitteo panted was E
J Blank Rev 1111 J Young and W
A Drake
A commit toe W a ao named to
tit make plans for the coming-
belFhip drive This committee will
eomprise Eatii'nmeyer Joe
Thompson and I inton Hinds
It FATHER
Fair with probable frost to
night Wednesday fair and warm-
er in northwestern portion Max
' imam temperature yesterday 61
degrees :tlininium early today
41 degrees
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