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SENATE TURNS DOWN WILSON'S
flEJECT MANDATE
BY2T01 COUNT
Upper House Turns Down
President's Appe.il;
Vote 52 to 23.
democratjTopposed
Scarcely a Voice Is Raised in
Favor of Proposal Only
Few Support Wilson. '
HITCHCOCK PLAN BEATEN
Measure to Delay Considera-
tion Defeated Refuse In-
ternational Commission.
WASHINGTON June- 1. Presi-
dent IWlson's pica fur nn American
mandate over Armenia was rejected
In the senato toduy by a vote of
trore than two to one
Thirteen democrats enst their
votes with the united republican
membership on tho final roll call
and the resolution which "respect-
fully declines" to grant congression-
al authority fur the. inundate was
adopted 52 to 23 In the form dratt-
ed by the republican loaders.
The resolution will be tent to thj
house tomorrow and tho leaders
there plan to adopt It without
change on Thursday. They say they
hope for as decisive a majority as
the meaiure was given In the senate.
In the debate today'th'tIerrtb.
rratlc senate leaders counselled ito-
lay. and tried In vain to' put over
the decision until the next session of
congress. Scarcely a voice was
raited In out-and-out ndvosicy of
accepting tho mandate; and on mo-
tion to amend the resolution s'i that
the reueiqted authority lie given
only 13 senators all of them demo-
crats voted In the affirmative lie-
forded against the motion wore 23
democrats nnd 39 republican.
Senators Heed. Missouri; Shields
Ttnnrsscc Thomas Colorado and
Williams Mississippi democrats
Voted with the solid republican line-
up against tho motion.
By a vote of 43 to 31 the tenotc
rejected a plan of democratic lead-
ers to delay congressional action on
the proposed mandate until after a
pence settlement had been effected
itli tho centril powers
I The vo t was on a motion iy Sen-
ator Hitchcock democrat. Nebraska
to recommit tho resolution denying
authorization of the mande.to with
Ins ruclons to report it after ratifi-
cation of tho peaco treaty with the
initial powers.
The scnae also voted down II to
3t. an amendment by Senator Hitch-
ck democrat Nehraskn. tn author-
ur creation of an International com-
imsMon to supervise Armenian eco-
nomic rehabilitation.
In order to put tho democrats on
record Senator Ilrandegee. repub-
lican Connecticut moved to amend
the resolution so as to iiuthoriio a
nir.nd.tte. Tho motion got the sup-
CONTI.S'UKD ON TACJK NINri
EIGHT ESCAPE PRISON
Inderal Prisoners nt Atlantn Make
Getaway After Sawing Way Out
of Cell lltoc k Throe Mctnkcn.
t ATLANTA Juno 1 Eight prls-
oners escaped from the Atlanta fed-
era) penitentiary late today by saw-
Ins their way out of a cell block. It
WJ announced at tho penitentiary.
Threo of tho men were rocaptured
soon after they got out nnd search
as Instituted at once for the others.
AH were said to bo serving long
terms. Investigation ilso was begun
to ascertain how saws reached tho
prisoners.
Two of the five men who wero
'lli at large tonight had escaped be-
fore Hector sherrlll and John Duffey
laving got away from the Atlanta
prison last year and remained nt
inerty about two months. The othor
three were Richard V. Dodge
".llle. Harry Cook and Thurman
' Ilrown. tho latter a negro. He.
vards of $60 each wero offered for
'heir arrests.
Sherrill. a native of Texas but
"note residence Is given as Detroit
W'ls serving six years for counter-
K'llug. Ho was a sailor 26 years
''d of medium build and with chest-
nut hair and eyes
New York Life
Insurance Co.
Farmer &DuFan
SPECIAL AGK.VTS
203 Palnco Hlds riiono J5t
General Wood's Chances
Improve Latta Reports
Leaders Smooth Outbifferenccs at Conference; Pur-
pose of Campaign Probe Directed at General-
Spending Made Necessary by Primary System
To Drop One Oklahoma Contest.
Ity THOMAS A. LATTA
CHICAGO June 1. A notable change for tho better has taken place In
the Wood organization during tho past 24 hours. This resulted from sev-
eral conferences between the Wood leaders. First Cloner.il Wood Senator
Moses and Col. William Proctor camo in from the east l.ito Mondav
afternoon nnd tho general Immediately
organization i nave tne impression
result of the friction existing between
Wire Flashes
WAHrtlS'iiTO.V. Jun 1. Anthracite
mln.ra and operator fnrmallv announce!
loday acceptance of rrerlrKnt Wilson's of-
fer for the appointment of a commission
to decide their i(f controversy.
vmiA cnt'Z. Juno 1 rirn. Canrtldo
ARiilUr Roernor of Vera Crux and son-in-law
of the lala President Carrara liaa
eurrrndr reil to ilm n. government and
will be allowed to leave l lie country.
LONDON. June 1. Thirty Ilrltlsh sol
diers who were guarding King's Inn at
Dublin were surprised ana iiiaarnte! oy
Mnn Kelners today aalit a Central .News
dlirpalrh from Dublin. Tha Mlnn-1"
! elnera
captured two machine sum.
WASHINGTON. June 1 The supreme
court failed airaln today to decide the
validity of the prohibition amendment and
portlona of the enforcement act and re.
teased until nent Monday when the preaent
term will close.
WAS1HNOTON. June 1. Governor da la
Huerta l In Meslrn City 'ready to take
up hta dutlea aa provisional president of
.Mexico today tne state department was
ndvlaed lie Ia Huerta has expreeaed hla
friendship for the united States and luar-
anteed protection to all foreigners. . t
NIJW YORK. June !. Illlhu Hoot.
American member of tha organizing com-
mittee of the permanent court of Inter-
national Justice of the league of nations.
salted for Kngland today to attend the
firat meeting of the committee In London
two weeks hence.
NHW YOlllv. June 1 Owlnr to uneer.
talnty regarding the atatua of the contract1
the board or managera or the New YorK
cotton exchange at a meeting held early
this morning decided to suspend trading
for the day anil there was more or less
uncertainty rate today aa to whether the
exchange would re-open for business to-
morrow. WASItlNOTON. June t The rrealdent
la directed to "aupprena domeatlc violence'
and to prevent "armed civil warfare" In
Wt Virginia by the terms of a resolu-
tlon Introduced In the tenate late this
afternoon hv Senator Prance of Maryland
The resolution lalla upon the president to
take atepa to prevent recurrences or me
recent riots In Weal Virginia.
WAHHlNflTOS". June 1 Th aurreme
court today fixed October 11 next for hear-
ing arguincnla In appeals brought by the
government In proceedings to let the
constitutionality of the I.ever set aa
amended In 1815. On the same date the
court will hear re.argumenta In appeala
from Kansas involving tne vaiuiuy or. int
farm lean act.
ST. LOUIS. June 1. Mrs. Kate Wcharda
O'llare aoctallat. - released .Sunday from
the Missouri atate penitentiary at Jeffer-
son City through presidential commutation
of her flve-yenr sentence for violation of
tne espionage laws aiirr srivii .in"
more tlran a year waa hack with her four
children and her husband In her St. Loula
home todiy. declaring nerseii to ne iv
tlmea more a pacifist than ever."
KANSAS CITY. June 1. Having clipped a
half hour from the rrevloua air Una record
between Tulsa and Kanaaa City L. II.
Terry Tulsa oil man waa "resting up" at
a local hotel today The air trip from
Tulsa made In a Curtlsa plane pllaled by
K. A. Mclntrye. consumed exactly two
houra. The Journey according to Perry
waa purely a business one.
WAtHlllNfJTON June 1 Charges that
llauor1 waa being kold over the bar In
New York at exorbitant prices and that
federal prohibition agenta apparently were
connected In some way with violations
were made to the benate today by Senator
t'alder. republican of New Turk lie aald
he had reason to believe much money was
being made by counterfeiting certificates
authorising- withdrawal of liquor from bond
and that eome government officials were
profiteering personally by the practice.
THE WEATHER
TL'LSA June I .Maximum
mum. J. south xiiids. cloudy.
13: mini
nl-
OKLAHOMA. Wednesday unsettled
cooler In east and south portion Thura.
day probably fair
ARKANSAS Wednesday unseitled. cool
in and north portions Thura
day probably unsettled mmewliat cooler
in east portion.
vimhah Partv cloudy Wednesday and
Thursday cooler In southeast portion
Wednesday. t
rI.KM.ll ! tlVKNTf.
Luncheon ot becolym club Y cafeteria
13 o'clock. I
notary cluh luncheon rrlvate dining
room Hotel Tulsa 11:10 o'clock.
Heal estate exchange luncheon Kennedy
o cloc
uui
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restaurant i: u clock
Finish ot commencement eierclses of
Kenilall
Senior clsss play
'.Monsieur nauclre'
high
school auditorium. I o'clock.
House Votes to Quit
Work at 4 Saturday
Washington. June 1. without
a record vote tho housn today
adopted resolution offered by Rep-
resentative Mondell of Wyoming the
republican leader provldng for a
sine dio adjournment of congress at
4 o'clock suture.-."-
placed hlmslt at the head of his
mat no lound this necessary as a
his chief lieutenants.
At nny rate there was a noticeable
stiffening of tho line everywhere
and nt a lato hour laat night Vice
Chairman McOraw announced that
ho and Hitchcock had romo to a
perfect understanding isirlng the
day n tho remilt of n conference
hetweon tho two tho first they had
held for weokn. It Is an open secret
that prior to yesterday Hitchcock
and McOraw had not into lion to
each other for moro than a fort-
nighL Mr. McOraw assured mo that the
Wood organization would run
smoothly until tho convention was
over nnd this morning Chicago pa-
pers rjiioto Krank Hitchcock to the
same effect no that It appears that
a substantial advance has been
mndo by tho Wood people. Another
result of tho harmonizing hesslmi
wns rc statement given out by Sena-
tor Moses of New Hampshire who
lion charge of tho Wood campaign
from Washington.
Wood Xiilloiutl Candidate.
This statement calls attention to
this fact tha tlencral Wood Is tho
only natlonul candidate that ho has
led decisively Ip !Very test of senti-
ment in overy section of thu United
States that ho will have a majority
of tho votes from lfi states on the
first ' ballot moro than twice tho
number of his nearest opponent and
will draw heavily from other states
on succeeding ballots.
Of tho senate Investigation being
conducted at Washington Kcnator
Moses said;
"Tho animus of this Investigation
has been clear from tho first. It wiibj
designed especially to discredit
tleneral 'Wood In which purpose It
has utterly failed. It has been
shown that expenditures In behalf
of Oeneral Wood whllo largOst
weto wholly legltlmato rind neces-
sary duo to tho modem mothod of
conducting pro-convention cam-
paigns methods by tho way which
wero tlevlbeil and advocated by those
now conducting tho Investigation."
Tim national committee dlrertly
beneath two hugo flags draped from
tho celling of tho big commlttoo
room In the coliseum annex con-
tinues its labors in nettling contests
anil disputes for the purposo of
making up tho temporary roll of the
convention. Pertiaps tho most nota-
ble nnd epochal event that has tthus
far transpired In a campaign that
many profeix to bellevo will bo tho
most Important in American history
was tho unanimous decision of tho
commltteo to east customx to tho
winds and throw open tho doors of
tho comlttco room to tho American
publla that It m?ght watch the
board of directors of the republican
party whllo making its decision.
ScmmIoiih Ani Oikmi.
It was a democratic president
that enunojated tho doctrlno of open
covenants openly arrived nt but It
was tho republican national commlt-
tre that 'vitalized that .octrlno by
practice. Tho result Is thut all the
news associations and scores of pub.
Mentions havo representatives pres-
ent to oboserxe every move that In
hutng made. One of tho regular nt-
tendnnts nt nffalrs of this kind
said t Ills afternoon "that had tho
commltteo of 1912 practiced a simi-
lar policy history would road dlf."
forently.
Tho nnto-room of tho rAimmlttco
Is filled with tho usual motley
crowd a crowd 111 which black nnd
tan and even finer shades of color
predominate. Hut among them on
every hand. In the hotel lobbies one
hears nothing but praise for thn
CONTINl'nD ON PAOK MSB
Referendum on Prohibition
and Suffrage Is Ruled Out
WASHINOTON June 1 Tho
supremo court In an unanimous
opinion today held thnt federnl
conhtltutlonal amendments cannot
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endum provisions In their const!-
tutlnn
tutlnn.
Tho method of ratifying amend-
ments the court held is a national
power specifically granted b)' tho
federal constitution nnd thn statei
have no authority to provldo
otherwise. In so holding tho court
declared Inoperative provisions of
tho Ohio state constitution author-
izing submission of fedora) amend-
ments to a referendum for ratifi-
cation and overturned stato su.
premo court d'rees dlsm'tslng
Injunction proceedings brought by
fleorse 8. Hawke. Cincinnati at-
' forney Jn a tax payer's suit to
FIND OIL PRICES
DUE TO DEMANDS SUFFRAGE ACTION
Varying Conditions Rc-I National Committee Re-
sponsible Trade Com- quests Immediate Rat-
mission States. ification.
PROFITS ARE LARGE!
Unnblc to Say Whether Ad-
vnncca in Refined Prod-
ucts Disproportionate.
DISCbVER NO COMBINATION
Pessimistic Outlook for Sup-
ply One Reason Condl-
' Hons Reported Better.
WAHIIINOTON Juno 1 ftecont
advances In tho prlco of gasoline and
other petroleum products wero
ascribed "moro to varying condi-
tions of supply nnd detrtnnd In tho
light of emphasized and pessimis-
tic statements ns to tho future sup.
ply than to a combination In re-
strnint of trade" by tho federal
trndo commission tonight In a re.
port to congress.
Strong demand is the primary
cause of tho higher prices tho com-
mission said adding the conditions
In tho oil trndo now nppenr to be
greatry Improved with rqspCct to
producllon nnd Import.
Tho commisiion said it was un
able
ii v.nr.11.-. i'iicn
tho refined products wero "dlspro
pomonatA" to advances In crude oil
prices land likewise Itnposrtbln to
report on tho companies' profits for
tho current year though In 1911)
"the profits of many of tho largo
oil companies whether producers
refiners or distributors of oil wero
largo "
Tho report 'of the commission
wns submitted to response of n
resolution adopted by tho house di-
recting an Invvntlg'atlon of price
advances and other facts relating to
the oil trade.
Tho commission recommended
that encouragement bo given Amer-
icans to obtain and . dnvelop oil
properties in foreign countries The
commission suggested thnt congress
consider the advisability of an em.
bargo nRiilnst export of crude oil
nnd Its products on the ground thnt
the export of oil contribute to In-
creased prices.
other recommendations wero that
efforts through state legislation or
otherwise bo mado to stop wasteful
methods of drilling for oil that eon-
gress provldo funds for n study of
tho possibilities of oil shnle nnd
that a government bureau bo crette(i
to furnish Information regarding
changes in the Industrial nnd com-
mercial conditions in tho oil trado.
GETS 5TH BIG WELL
Mnrtnnd Prills In Another In Osage
for .10 llnrrels nn Hour Dally
Output In County n.Ono IVinrK
The fifth big well of the Mnrland
Ueflnlng company. Kny County Oas
company. Kenny-Cleary Oil company
nnd Tom Jnmes compnny came In
yesterday afternoon nn their Win-
pasha leaso 13-22-8 flowing 3D bar-
rels nri hour. It Is No. R on I he
lease whoso producllon Is over 1000
barrels a day.
Tho Marl.ind production In thn
Osagn Is now between S.OOO ami
P. nftn ri.irrl n Anv Tho tntnl Mnr
ijand production Is nbout 14000 bar
rels a any.
The Murlnnd production In IlkT
Osage Is of Itself an answer to thcen-
crltlrs who declared that Marland
had ovcr-plnyed his hand by his big
purchases oil men snv
Prorer Meeting Tonight.
enjoin submission of tho prohi-
bition and woman s suffrage
amendments to a referendum
vote. '
Next to the cases Involving the
validity of tho prohibition amend-
ment and tho enforcement tho
Ohio refei endum rases were con-
sidered tho most Important before
tho supreme court. Had tho court
ruled otherwise the decision would
havo most likely resulted accord-
ing to court officials In tho re-
opening of the suffrago nuoslion
In approximately a dozen states
and tho filing of petitions for a
referendum vote With 3fi states
ono less than the constitutional
three. fourths having already rati-
fied tho suffrage amendment an
opposlto decision would unques-
tionably havo banlshod nil hopes
of ratification prior to tho No-
vember ejections.
REPUBLICANS ASK
SEAT WOOD DELEGATES
Two Favorable to General
Win District of Columbia
Contest at Chicago.
SLOW PROGRESS IS MADE
Go Into Georgia Contest but
No Decision Between Low-
den and Wood Is Made.
CHICAGO June 1. On motion of
T Coleman Dupotil of Delaware
tho republican national committee
toduy unanimously adopted a resolu-
tion calling on republican Maton
whlrh have not done co to pnso the
woman suffrage constitutional
amendment.
Another slow session with little
progress In actual lesiilts marked
tho work of thn republican natlonnl
commltteo' today In Its coursn of do.
elding the claims of contesting dclo-
gatlons The seating of two regularly rep-
resented delegates from tho District
f Columbia said to be favorabln to
Mnjor tleneral Wood nnd n ex-
tended hearing of thn Georgia con.
test Involving delegates pledged to
Wnrwt ilTlft nnnthf.r f-rnlm onimlnt nw
"irnvoralI to Iitvdfn was tho prin
cipal nusincKS of the day At tho
samo time the committee declined to
reopen lis action of a year ago by
which It seated Kmllo Kuntz of .Vow
Orleans as national committeeman
from Louisiana. Tho nppral of
I'Vnnk C Iviblt of New Iberia wns
denied.
j Delitv I'lorlda Derision.
At tho oulset of today's session
tho committee expected to hear tlm
report of a subcommittee nnd close
up tho threo-cornered fight from
I'lorlda begun on Monday. Hut the
otiestlnns of law and fact turned out
to bo so voluminous that the com-
mltteo reported that the only con-
clusion It was prepared to report
today was that the Florida delegates
hended by A L. Church of Jnck-
snuVllln had nn claim on which the
copimltlee could act.
As the contest between the regu-
larly teported faction led by Na-
tional Committeeman Hean nnd the
other headed by It. L. Anderoon of
Jacksonville the subcommittee
recommended n rehearing which
probably will como tomorrow.
In tho District of CoVumhla con-
tests the committee voted to sent
tho regularly reported delegates.
Frank J. llngan nnd James Cobb "f
CONTINUKD ON PAflK NINK.
2 HURT IN COLLISION
Oil Sinn In Auto Palls to Rco Tlopo
OlntriHlInn Harold ("ioodiicli
Seriously Injured.
Harold H. Goodrich local nil mnn
and geologist 1B2S Houth Cincinnati
was seriously Injured nnd Mrs
Goodrich wns severely cut about h"r
face and arms when nn automobile
In which they wero riding ran Into a
ropn stretched ncross Houlder ave-
nue st Ninth street shortly ufter 5
o'clock yesterday nftornoon. Tho
rope had been stretched to prevent
traffic from Interfering with a
"block" party which was In prog-
ress nenr thn First Christian church
Mr. Goodrich who was driving
djd not sen the rope. It caught tho
machine snuajcly on thn windshield
pushing the shield hack several
Inches. Splintered glass flew In all
directions but was mainly directed
toward Goodrich. Ills face arms
shoulders and chest were badly
lacerated The most serious Injury
was caused when a pleco of metal
the windshield support bent and
pierced his chest just below his
throat. Whether his lungs had been
plerred had not been derided last
night at the Tulsa hospital to which
ho was removed.
Mr. and Mrs. Goodrich wero on
their way homo when tho accident
occurred Ills Inlurles ir. not con-
sidered fatal. She was not confined
to thn hospital.
The top of the car was demolished.
TULSA's POPULATION
Is 80 In favor of tho Open
Shop and the principles advo-
cated by it. When you spend
your monoy with an establish-
ment displaying the Open Shop
tard you urn patronizing a friend
3f the Open Shop movement.
RXKCUTIVK COMMITTEH
Tulsa Open Shop (S'uaro Deal)
Association
ARMENIAN APPEAL
miss Toft to
M htt !4VWaV'lkalBa.VTO 'JT A IMfJ-iS SjTataTaTaWI''T!: 11
Mia Heln Taff.
NKW HAVUN. Conn.. Juno 1 Mr. and Mrs. William II Tnfl todav an
nntmrn thn ongngement of their
.Manning .Mr Msnping is an instructor in history In Vnlo University. lie
was a member of tho class of 1916 In Vnln and was until ileptomber 1319
a first lieutenant in the field artillery. Thn niarrlago will tako place In
-annua in juiy.
Three Are Killed
and Two Wounded
iniugntatmianu
MIAMI okla. Juno 1 Throo
ro deail nnd two wounded as a
result of sn attempt of three al-
leged thieves to escape In a mo-
tor car l.etwecu Commerce Okla
ami this city early this mnriilnir
Tho dead are Norrls Chandler
manager of a wholesile grocery
company here; O. 11. Vanderpdol
a Joplln Mo. detective and J J.
Lynch of this place ono of tho
alleged thieves.
W. M. . Hawkins of Miami and
G. 11 Woods a richer Okln..
grocer nro wounded nnd held In
tho county Jnll hero In connoctlon
with tho case..
I.yich Hawkins nnd Woods
wern arrested when a truck
loaded with sugnr believed to bo
a part of an amount stolen fronfa
wholesale house reached tho
Woods grocery early today. Hand-
cuffing Lynch and llnwklns to.
gether lliny were placed In tho
Chandler car with vandcrponl In
the back seat and Woods in front
wllh Chandler. With Frank Hyrd.
a United grates deputy marshal
driving thn sugvr car tho party
started for Miami Hyrd picking
up Charles Wurner pollco chief
of Commerce.
Lynch Is said to havo drnwn a
revolver overlooked In a search
nfler they left Commerce and
killed Vallderpnol nnd Chandler
and Was himself fatally wounded
In a gun fight with Hryd and Wur-
ner. Lynch died In a hospital hor
this afternoon Hawkltss anil
Woods worn slightly Injured.
Babies Need Ice and
Milk Right NouArc
You Going to Assist?
Tho prlco of two "cokes' will
buy a rpiart of milk for some un-
fortunate baby In Tulsa. Tho
prlco of a cigar will buy enough
Ice tti keep the same baby's milk
Ico cold nil day
Perhaps you do not relish sweet
mtlk Hut there ore hundreds of
kiddles right hero In this city
little fellows thut nre perhaps un-der-nouilshed
and under-fed to
whom a quart of pure ilch milk
would be a godsend. It would
moan b'sdy-uulldlns sustenance to
them.
There are hundreds of little fol-
lows who are seeing tho seamy
side of life. They need help-
not tomorrow or nent weok right
now'
Donations sent to The World
ar turned over to A. M Welch
county humane agent who siys
11.000 Is needed.
Previously reported $65 Oo
N G HenHiornn. Jr 100
John llcnlhorno I 00
Muxi 100
10800
wed injuiy
daughter Helim to Kroilorlck Johnson
POLICE ANNOUNCE
mSjQ MEASURE
Open Warfare "to the
Last Trench" Declared
on Undesirables.
CENSUS BEING TAKEN
Department Will Make Rec-
ord of Loafers in Sus-
pected Places Over City.
Rtveeiilnc orders nrobably tho
most Urnstlo In scopo of uny over Is-
sued in unv city of thn United Klntes
wero 'Issued yesterday by Chief of
Pollco John -A. oustarson ami inspec-
tor Charles W. Daley to every man
on tho forco.
Theso orders wero a literal decla
ration of open warfaro on tho crimi-
nal and undesirable elements In
Tuluaa war to tho last trench It
was declared Tho police depart
munt Is dutnruilncd to either rtil tills
city ot undesirables or figuratively.
din in thn attempt mo cniet crn
claretl I ant night
Action to this end was further
Htlmtilated last night by the shoot-
ing of W. C. Meacham a former
merjiber of tho pollco department
by an alleged hl-juckttr.
A consiu Is being taken of pool
halls rooming houses' and other
places usually -inder suspicion.
Names of professional pool playors
ami nominal frequunteis or pool
halls will go Into tho record ns will
tho number uiul names of women
living In looming bonnes and Infor-
tunium as In whether they aio reg-
uiuriy employed at omo userul occu-
pation. Any perron man or woman seen
on the streets after 1 o'clock wjiy
be approached by a policeman and
asked to give his or her reasons for
remaining out so late. Unsatisfac-
tory explanations will result In a
trip to the pollco station.
Joy riders or others driving
through the streets after midnight
are subject to tho same procecduro.
"We nro going to mid every room-
ing houso In thn city every night
If tills Is necessary." Inspector
Dalev declared with vehemence last
night. "We will go Into til" pool halls
and Into any other place If necessary
to carry out our plans. Kvory mun
on the force has been given most
evplli'l Instructions livery man
knows what is expected of him Ho
Is rcponslblo for his beat and his
nlone. And he Is entirely responsible
for It. Our men know that. Whllo
they are instructed to bo polite and
cnuileous. they aro not to lose sight
of their duty.
"U'e don't care who It Is. Hank or
prominence will mako no difference
Tho rich man nnd the poor man looi
nllko In thn sight of thl.f department
i There's no distinction.
I Tho new rulca tako effect lmmo
i dlatelv.
ASSAILANT MAKES
ESCAPE IN CROWD
Tries to Make Arrest of
"Bad Man" at Main
and Archer Streets.
CONDITION IS CRITICAL
Victim Has Slight Chance for
Recovery Had Resigned
Fcv Hours Previously.
"TIPPED (OFF" TO BANDIT
Sought to Mako Big Haul-
Turns Head After Arrest
When Shots Are Fired.
IV C Mrnclvtm. until nix houlrs
previously a plalnclothesman on tho
pollco force was shot threo times
and possibly fatally Injured by an
miiiifniiiic.il man at thn northeast
corner of Main nnd Archer ntrots
about 7 o'clock last night whllo ut
icmpiing in make an arres
.Merichnm had icslgncd from tho
force yestirday noon drawing his
pay up to that tlmo. Chief John A.
Gustofson said last night.
A friend of Mnacham's whoso
name was withhold for obvious rea-
sons by thn pollco department
"tipped" him off that there was a
man. In Tulsa who wns a vcf-cop-fi;d
lil-Junker nnd all-around
"bad" ninii This bud man he said
hail confided In Mm on several oc-
casions hut had told him If he ever
"Ifnye him away" ho would kill hint.
Chance for lllg Hunt
Apparently ho decided to glvo
Moacliiinj un opportunity to make a
hlg haul. Meacham hud accepted a
Job ns pollco officer at Hlghcart.
sflcr having been recommended by
Chlvf tlustafson as n courageous
officer. .Ho was to lenvo for lllir.
heart today. Though no longer a
member of tho Tulsa force Meach-
am decided ho would arrest the bad
man before ho left.
According to tho version of Chief
Guslafsuil and other officer'. Moach-
am approached t lio unllcntlfled bad
mun whllo hn was talking to a friend
nt tho Main and Archer lnterset?-
lion. Covering lilm with his gun
Meaehnm conducted a hasty search.
'Ho found a largo caliber revolver Ih
thn hud man s hip pocket and trans
fcrred It to his own pocket
.shot While Not looking
Thtn hn turned to the nollco call
box' which Is located on a pole only
a few ffiet from where tho nircst o .
ci.rred to call tho pollco patrol. As
hn gave thn order to tho station his
gun which was still covering tho
uad man wavored slightly Tho al-
leged hl-Juckcr. soelng his enntor's
attention momentarily distracted
readied stealthily toward a hip
pneknt withdrew another gun
Meacham had overlooked an au-
tomata the pollco bellove nnd
shot three tlmci In quick succes-
sion. Two bullets entered Mencham's
abdomen tho third grazing1 his left
shoulder. An Instant after ha fired
thn would-be assassin Jumped ba
hind a large signboard Just behind
him nnd Into nil old excavation
which U located on thn north :0e
of Archer street mnklng hl ecape.
Tho patrol arrived a moment later
Menrhnm unconscious was quickly
removed to the Tulsa hospital
where ho underwent an oporatloh
Immediately afterward
In the meantime thn friend who
had "tipped" Meneham offered his
svrvlccs In searching for the fu-
gitive. Pollen squads began scouring
pool halls rooming houses nnd oth-
er places where the fugitive might
be In hiding early last night con-
tinuing tho search until early this
morning. At last reports their ef-
forts had been fruitless.
Has Chaiico lo Lhe.
Dr A. Itay Wiley who attended
Meacham said last night his
chances were about "one In four
for recovery. Meacham possessed an
Iron constitution ilnd Doctor "WUoy
declared thnt but for this fact the
wounded mnn would have died In-
stantly Hoth bullets that entered
his nbdomen punctured his Intes-
tines In numerous places One bul.
rONTINUF.f) ON I'AflK NINK
WORLD WANT
ADS LEAD
The World Want Ads nro a dally
testimony to the men and women
who never Indulge In thut worst of
all sins discouragement. Those
who mako big success are thouo
who nro persistent. They try and
try again never considering effort.
Tho movie picture which you en-
Joy so much was weeks In prepara-
tion and ono of the best scenes was
probably worked over in detail for a
month yet. In Its perfection how
easily how uulcklv It Is a'
pllshed. -Ideal
This Is a lessen to the. ft
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