TULSA DAILY WORLD SATURDAY DICCEMBLR 1G 1922
DENYING GUILT 'Coue Christmas' Planned 'FIGURES REVEAL
BOY IS HANGED For San Quentin Convicts  BETTER BUSINESS
By Woman Social Worker
Myron Corbridge Pay-
Penalty for Murder of
Reformatory (Itmrd
READ POEM THEN DIED
Youth Displayed Granite-Like
Stoicism Kncing Dentil.
Scaffold Borrowed
Little "Cue String Willi Two Knots" Formula Attached to
Be Giv:n Ench of 3500 Who hy Use of "Better and
Better" System May Finally Gel Out Is Belief.
Field
Exchange Trust Co
Meet Here
i-oVTlAC. Ml.. Dec. 14. Myron
Oorbridge wa hanged at :07 o clock
ilil morning in a diwry auctioneer
tent in tho Jill yard.
The SS-year-old boy Pld the pen-
nnr of the law for the murder of
sol" .f onH. a guard over him at tne
llllnola state reformatory nr.
which wvuried exactly Mx month
Iti'uds "IN-Hlli lNx-ni."
on the siuffold borrowed from
Conk county. Cotbildge read a poem
nnd died denying hl guilt.
lie what follow of thy hang-
man profession on 1 1 'good hang-
hie tall well-built and he
dropped to the end of tho ropa wllh-
oot. any nllp In the arrangement".
Ifo whs pronounced dead a fw min-
ute later. ly Or. O V llainllton and
. K f. Bawden.
This hlld or the Jail who ha
eoent halt the. year ot hi lire n
penal Institution and who would
have had hi twenty-second birthday
tomorrow if he had lived displayed
a granlle atolclsm at the approach of
dentil. He stopped out without fal-
tering n ho accompanied this prleat
lather J. 11. Cannon Sharif f li. M.
ttttugurl and the deputies on the
dfnth inaicli.
Init Wish diluted.
Corlirldge'a last wish thnt he e
hfo hrothor before he died canto true.
Fred Corblldga of Jacksonville ar-
iWihI early today at at ti:IS o'clock
tgo condemned boy vm awakened to
se him and to prepare for th hang-
ing. Ho had olept eoiindly for almost
four hour having retired at 3 n. m.
lSnrly In the evening he had played
card with the guards nnd at mid-
night ho uto a hearty supper ot ham-
burger rolls coffee Ice cream and
ginger nlo.
Jt wa the first banging In Unvlng-
ton rounty In 10 yean. A deter-
mined young sheriff. lee M. Jthugnrt
vljio took office only 11 days ago
aliperviaed the arrangement.
C'orbrldgo waa convicted of maul-
ing tho life out of HulU vnn Jones un
ifllnolfl sluto reformatory guard with
three feet of bum pipe. Hut to tho
last lie denied hlo guilt.
AGENTS PROPOSE
BORDER PATROL
Guard Along Rio Grande
Urged to Suppress
Narcotic Trade
As'AHl I INO.TON Deo. IS. Creation j
t a border patrol along the Hlo
Orando rlvor to upprss thu smug-
Kline of aliena und the importation
of narcotic und to nld In prohibition
onforcemont was recommended to-
day by Hoerelnrv of Uibor Davie by
Sffleclnl Agents ChnrlrH T. O'Connoll
njld 11. Wirton who hnvo Just eom-
liloted an extensive survey ot eon-
ditlona along the Mexican bordor.
In urging creation of tho patrol
O'Connell and lluitoli declared tho
many alien Mexican Uborera Illegal-
ly. In the United Hiatus rnenaco Amer-
lun labor and cominutilUoa and civil
Hfflclals. because of tho largo num-
bUf of undesirables.
".Mexico i a vast reservoir." ild
t1e report "filled with n Kreat army
ot tinskllled Impoverished labor with
three principal outlet to the United
Htute on tho Mejclcnn border from
liloli polntrt imiiiy laterals lend to
the north east and west.
yTho principal ports of entry listed
hi' the repot t were Kl I'aso. Kasle
UnB Ijiredo nnd Brownsville Tex-
its; DoubUu. Nco and Nognles
Arlr.. nnd Calexico. Cal.
- -"Unreetrleted admlttanca of Mex-
ican unskilled labor would eventual-
ly reatilt In supplantlnK American la-
liUr" tlvo reported warned "JUst as
fltbm uonernl observation opinion
njid comment unrestricted Imml-
BriiUoii or t:nineo ana japanwe un-
jkllled labor would eventually hup- j
plant both"
NTot only would the border patrol !
"ftoncern Itself with preventing
ABiugRlliig of aliens." accordlm; to
tllo leport "but It would also serve
to suppress Importations of llquorn
aSld narcotics Into the United states.
It would he veted with authority to
enforce all laws on the border now
enforced by various government
branches.
HIR0HIT0 IS BETTER
-N KH A N 'IWO Ver. If.. The
I .H() men and women shut up be-
hind the grav walls of Nun (Jueotln
mid Kola no slate peiilletillui les
iniiny for life -are to hae n Cone
( 'hi Isttnn.
Through the effort of Paulim.
.tarohsnn ell-Hnown writer and
social worker the two CalKouila
prisons sr tn he converted Into
great human laboratorlew to test
Ihe efficacy of the formula Of the
noted I'arislan doctor.
Ml Jaenbson with the sjwlstsnce
of other social and welfare work-
er I now bually engaged In pre-
paring for the prisoner' Coue
I'hrtetma. hiach prisoner will re-
ceive Christ maa morning a Couo
string tied Into two knots with an
appropriate printed explanation of
Its purpose and the method to he
followed Pot tor Coue mlvlses
th se who would heal themselves
t put one of these string under
tlielr pillow each morning and
each knot while
the Coue formu-
menlng finger
(lie ll4i repeat
1 1
I'av hy day. In every way
I rn trettltig better and better."
The knotted cords Ml Jacob-
Son ixplalned today will be of gay
roloi
"We want to provldfi a bit of
aunlittht for the eye as well n th
oul" he said. "Hehlnd the pris-
on walls there Is no magic tn tlt
the blood. Kur little Chrlntma
gift will carry a message of new
hope. It will open the way for the
prisoners to find pnealbllltles with-
in themnelve. The Coue string
will hoW the Way to freedom.
Just think of the posslbllltleH of
fi)0 prisoner twlee daly ok-
Ing the word of the Coue formu-
la. It will mean a modern mir-
acle" Next year Ml .Tacobson plans
to extend th-- four Christmas pkin
to every prison and penitentiary in
the country
RIVER TREATY ON
FILE SVy Tuliut letter
    i Than California Clinic
lluglict Hi'cchcM t Opj tif Xgri'timoul .
I'roui ('ommcrci' Secrclitr Hoover i
WASIIlNtlTON. Dec. 15. Secre- Cillfnriiin Is wonderful but Tulsa
lary of Htato llughea today received ! Is li
x t l ns.v h rd f'.r farmr to got
'id)' at 'l.p hiirinti and as a ronse
.i i n oil mffered but  indltlons
t w am 1-tter than 'hey have been
sttii e tlio rin'in. 1 li I depression cleorge
c i - field ri pi esentntlve from
that part of tho state said. Terrl-
I tory covered by Wiley Is made up of
 . .'.Marshall. Johnson Ilryan Choctaw
Representatives Ol and Mccurtain counties.
.MniiiclH coon.
fienernllv paklriB. conditions In
flttrvln McClnln ami Murray coun-
ties are 75 pr ient better than they
were last year. It. W. 8ugg. eald.
I'arnesrs have been able to pay their
Interest there Is plenty of feed to
run the crop o i It Is oaler to get
money and as a oneiiicnre the
prospeiti are good arid the farmers
more optimistic than they tiflvn been
In u long time. There has been
more cotton In this part of the state
too than growers had anticipated
and they got a good price for it.
Much the same condition hold
good In Giadv. Canadian Caddo
Oklahoma and Cleveland' counties A.
K. Suggs field man from that teril-
tory said. (' "millions are better In
(Irady than perhaps any of the other
countlea. with marked Improvement
over last year In all of thetn.
IJko the man who ha been
drowning and suddenly finds him-
self In shallow water out ntrabl to
trust himself to solid round the
farmers In the territory eurroumlliic
Muskogee oie but gradually realis
ing; just how Immensely improved
Money Is easier credit is better
the crop outlook I more promising
and condition generally over III
state are better than thfey have been
In years according lu Information
gathered yeaterday from field repro.
setitailvcs of the mortgage loan de-
partment of the Kxchruige TruV
company. The field men were here
for the annual session nf the mort-
gage loan department held last night
In the director' room of the Kx-
ohange National hank.
The northwestern part of the state
ha an outlook that I tho beat In
yea re both financial and agricul-
tural. J. T. Neebltt from Knld stated.
Financially the farmers are In good
condition their winter wheat is two
or three Inches tip and doing floe
and the farms generally In splendid
shape.
Ilommlni- I -i.
In Okfuskee Hughe. Seminole
and Okmulgee counties the farmers
are borrowing less money than they
LIIBII liiey  r . t - u...
have had to do heretofore and their K'""""""Z'' r;L T.V' 1 ...J
nnaldernhlr. money Is easy and there
eredlt in better. It. K. Curpentet.
representative from that purt or the
state said The farmers haVo baen
able tn pay off their debts Kenernlly
speaking and have a little money
with crop outlook for tho year good
lenerally things are In polbly 100
per cent better condition thnn they
were Inst year and tho farmers are
In frrtriil unlrltu frhnr l u is.wmI
tier luiording to Mis Annabel ( . llf U.tr tOWlng being ilone
nnd deposited In the slate depart- homo city
ment's archives the original copy of
the Colorado river committee pact
between representative of the fed-
eral government and the state ot
Arlxona California Colorado Ne-
vada New Mexico Utah and Wyom-
ing. The slate department will be qus-
todlan of the historic "document
signed at Santa Fo November 21
ami which mnrks a new era In fle.
velopment of the Colorado basin.
find Million ItiiMslitit Children.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 111. The
American Hellef association I now
feeding a million und a halt IltisHlnn
children. Hei retnry Hoover bend of
the orgHlilxatlon aald todn . Mr
Hoover expressed tho opinion how-
ever that them would he a law
Increase In the number for Willi ll
the association will have to proWdo
fond before next June. He believes
the number mny reach "nao 000
from Hecretatv of Commerce Hoovei i l.nllmi-r who returned to her own I and everything Is up In good shape.
f i i no coimn crop in uin sounieu;ii-
ern part or tim state nittier to the
surpuse or tnc inrmcrs. wns n as in
fiO per i etit "inp and after two yeais
of little or no crop It means a tre
mendous boost for that teiltor
Is plenty of money to loan on good
security. Crops generally nre good
arid the outlook splendid.
Acting Governor I
frapp Pardons ;
One Man Paroled
Ily the Annoclaitd Press Btste Wirt
OKLAHOMA CITY. Dec. 1 -
Two iiardons and one parole were
Issued today by Acting Gov. M
IS. Trapp to men 'convicted of
manslaughter in Creek Stephen.;
und Okmulgee counties.
Albert Taborn convicted In the
superior court ot Creek count v
Kebrunry 6. 1921 and sentenced
to serve eight year In the pent
tontlary was imroled on the re -ommendatlons
of the trial judge
the sheriff the state penltentlrttj
physician and 100 Creek coutit
cltheons.
15. it. RhackMord convicted In
the district court of Stephens
county January Si. 102:. In con-
nection with the killing of J. C
Huff nnd sentenced to servo 10
years was granted a pardon on
the recommendation of the mayor
.of Duncan the trial Judge. 10 of
the Jurors who tried him. the state
senator from that dletrlct the
sheriff ami editor ot the Duncan
Hanncr.
Isom Roams sen'.encod to serve
four years when convicted In the
district court of Okmulgee county
May 7. 1921 wa pardoned on the
rer otnmendutlon of the trial Judge
the inuntv attorney and Victor M.
Lock" superintendent of the Five
Civilized Tribes. Ho was piroled
Ann- 20. 1922
Friday morning after
IB-months' tay In tho flolden Mate
Mir Ijitlmer fiald thla compliment
In a firm voice though accustomed
to n balmy breee; she wa shivering
at Tulsa' wintry welcome. Miss
Ijatlmer I well-known here as u
newspaper woman and a singer. She
Is the daughter of Mr. and Mr. S. M.
IJltlmei .
To enable mush Inn to bold vio-
lins comfortably and without fa-
tigue an Arlr.ona man has Invented
a pnititcd rest that extends from tho
collar bone to the shoulder.
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b IIP A!nx
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offer
V. i VilUllH. lift
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1'ntll six or eight months ago it was 1 decNion
Stiiudaril Abandons Slovakia.
I'AHIS Dec. 13 The Herald uy j
today that the Standard Oil company
has abandoned its plan for devel-
oping the oil rcKiiurcei ot Czecho-
SloMiki.u Difficulties in reaching an 
ui cement with ihe Prague govern-
ment over the nomlnntlon of dlr"c-
tois of the company which it was
pioposed to form there arc given by
the neuHpnpir as t!ie reason for the-
INTER-STATE
DOCTORS
Chronic Stuhborr IiiM-ntcs of p
Men and Women
Sec testimonial In other column
21S-2I0 Sltt'MUTY lll.DC
Corner Second nnd Main
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Itim-curlng Kuilcincnln Is-ucd Fnun
luiHrlal IMliu-o foiiccriilng Hcgcnt.
TOKIO. Dec. 15. Ueassurlng
stutementH came from the Imperial
household todaj . concerning the con-
dition of Hlrohito. the prince regent.
It wa announced that the report
current In Toklo that the young ruler
wa a vicilm of typhus were un-
founded and that the physicians In
attendance had confirmed the dlag-
nosH as a bad case of measles.
His temperature and pulse were
repoited leceding today.
Vlthouah .u cording to the an
tioum incut. lm w.is not conldered
danger Hie nation :n deeply 1011-
 erued over lus conditio".
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season with a new suit and overcoat. At this store
you will find an unusually fine assortment to choose
from.
Warm comfortable Overcoats and handsomely
tailored Suits priced at
$25 $30 s35
Fine fabrics and careful tailoring make those truly
great values at these prices. Don't watt until the
last day come in now nnd make your selection.
Our ftiruLsliliig goods department ofter a ootnploto army of
tilings for mini ill eorroepondlngly low prior. S1JI3 t)Ult
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An excellent quality of Broadcloth Japanese and
Eagle Crepe in a substantial weight. A complete as-
sortment of colored satin stripes on white grounds as
well as white with self stripes. Same grades priced in
other stores $8.50.
SILK TIES at $1.95
Four-in-hands carefully made from the finest
silks supplied by the looms at home and
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SILK TIES at $1.65
Four-in-hands of heavy silks and satins of for-
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are ties of exclusive design in practically
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And Hundreds oi Other
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of the finest silks
$27.50 and Up
BLANKET BATHROBES
$4.95 to $14.75
CORDUROY ROBES
with contrasting
trimmings
$12.50
HOUSE COATS
of silk or wool
$7.50 to $45
HOUSE SLIPPERS
$3.50 to $6.50
SILK HOSE
nnd garters' to match
in box
$1.25
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HANDKERCHIEFS
3 in box
75c to $3.75
BELT AND BUCKLE
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$1.50
KNIT JACKETS
in heather shades
- $6 to $8.50
SILK PAJAMAS
all colors
7.50 to $15
SHIRTS '
of imported white
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$4.95
SILK NECKWEAR
in new club check and
pencil stripes
$1
CUFF LINKS
a great assortment
50c to $5
MUFFLERS
silk or wool
$4 to $12.50
GLOVES
for dress and drnrlns
plain or fur linod
$2.65 to $15
MANHATTAN SHIRTS
$2.50 to $7.50
SWEATERS
Jumbo and Shaker knit
coat or pull-over style
all colors
$8.50 to $12.50
FANCY BELT BUCKLES
plated or sterling
$1 to $6
POKER SETS
in handsome cases
$2.50 to $18
SHAVING STANDS
$9 and $9.50
TRAVELING SETS
in leather cases
$6 to $25
' MILITARY BRUSH SETS
in leather case
$2.50 Up
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