Mountain View Times (Mountain View, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, January 26, 1923 Page: 2 of 8
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BATTIESHIP W
WILL BE TARGET
THE MANEUVORS WILL CON-
TINUE UNTIL ABOUT
MARCH 31
WILL BE RADIO CONTROLLED
Secretary Denby Announce* the Newly
Constituted Naval Organization
to Hold Winter Maneuvers
at Panama
Washington, D C—The newly con
htltmed United States fleet, consisting
ol both the Pacific and Atlantic naval
forces will rendezvous at Panama l' ‘h-
juary 19 for winter maneuvers aud
pieat gun target practice against the
old battleship Iowa which will b« ra-
dio-controlled during the firing In
making public the maneuver schedule,
Secretary Denby also announced the
assignment of shipH under the new
consolidated fleet plan.
The battle fleet commanded by Ad-
miral Eber’e, whose ling will My from
the U. 8. 8. California, will Hull Uoin
Paciflo' coast porta February 9, for
Panama, while the scouting fleet and
train left oast coaat po.is on January 3
for Guantanamo buy in Join the battle
fleet at Panama. Vico Admiral Mc-
Donald, aboard the U. S. 8. Wyoming,
will command.
Three Divisions
Admiral Jones, commander-in-chief
of the fleet, with his flagship, the
Maryland, and the battleships Arkan-
sas and Florida, will leave the Atlantic
coast after the scouting fleet to par-
ticipate In the maneuvers which Will
continue until March 31.
Ab now assigned, the battleship di-
vision of the battle fleet will be com-
manded by Vice Admiral Shoemaker
aboard the New Mexico, the New Mex-
ico, Idaho, and Tennessee forming the
fifth division, the Arizona, Mississippi,
Pennsylvania and Nevada, the fourth
division, and the New York, Texas and
Oklahoma, the third division.
Burrage Heads Destroyers
Hear Admiral Burrage. aboard the
old crusler Charleston, ns flagship,
will command the destroyer squadrons
of the battle fleet, which, for the
maneuvers, will employ two squadrons
of nineteen destroyers each, the uutts
being designated as squadrons 11 and
12. In addition, the battle fleet, in-
cludes light cruiser, submarines and
aircraft divisions, none of which are
now in commission.
Battleship division No. 1 is assigned
to the scouting fleet and includes the
Utah, North Dakota, and Delaware,
with the Florida and Arkansas to join
later. With the scouting fleet will be
destroyer squadron No. 9, consisting
of nineteen destroyers and the flagship
Richester.
The U. 8. 8. Wright is assigned as
flagship and tender of the aircraft
squadron*, scouting fleet, Captain W
R. Gherardl, commanding. The ship
left January 7 for the rendezvous, go
ing via Key West, Florida. The
plane equipments will be seventeen
scouting planes aud eighteen torpedo
planes.
another RIVER dispute up
Charles B. Pike of Chicago, who has
been appointed chief olvlllan aid to the
secretary of war. Mr. Plke'a selection
wee made after he had been noml
nated by the Military Training Camps
association. „ „
debt funding parley waits
DELEGATES LACK AUTHORI
TY TO PROCEED
SEIZE BARGES
TOJOVE COAL
MINE OWNERS ORDERED
BEFORE A COURT
MARTIAL
GERMANS HOLD POSSESSION
Premier Poincare Wlehee Italian
Troopa to Take Their Place
Along Line Vacated by the
American Forcee.
Settlement will be the Greatest Finan.
clal Transaction In History of
the World.
Washington, D. C.-Negotiations be
tween the American and British debt
commissions concerning the refunding
of Great Britian's wqr debt to the
United States have reached a stage
regarded as making desirable person
al report by the British to the cabinet
at home before the continuation of ef-
forts to reach even a tentative agree
ment on terms.
The conversations which have been
going on here recently were suspend-
ed and the British have sailed.
Still Hope for Settlement.
In both British and America It was
emphasized that there would be only
a suspension of the negotiations; that
settlement of the debt, the greatest
single international financial transac-
tion in the history of the world, would
be reached.
Whether an agreement In princlplo
will come in time for final action on
It by congress at the present session
cannot be foretold. The Americans
are extremely hopeful that It will for
otherwise the agreement could not be-
come effective under a year as Presi-
dent Harding has often slated his de-
termination, not to call an extra ses
sion of the new congress.
Paris .France.—The French military
authorities seized the burbot's of Ruh-
rort and Duisberg Barges and boats
are being requlstioned along the
Rhine to carry coal and coke supplies.
Min* Owners Face Court Martial.
Twenty-one owners of German coal
mines In the Ruhr have been notified
to appear before a French court mar-
tial to explain why they refused to
obey the ordvrs of the Franco Belgian-
Italian industrial commission to de-
liver coal for shipment to the allies.
An official representative of the
German government conferred with
the coal section of the inter allied rep-
arations commission at Essen. The
outcome of the conference was not re-
vealed.
An Essen dispatch said that German
coal and iron magnates were "impa-
tient to be arrested and imprisoned so
that they would appear as martyrs in
the eyes of the German people.”
Despite the change of attitude on
the part of Rome, France was under-
stood to be sounding out Italy to as-
certain if a regiment of troops would
be supplied to take the place of the
American army of occupation
1b leaving Coblenz.
Premier Poincare pointed out to the
Italians the advantage of showing an
unbroken front to Berlin. He wishes
Italian troops on the Rhine to take
their place along the French, Belgian
and British troops holding positions
there.
Mines Still In Hands Of Operators.
Ruhr valley coal operators, who
thought for a time that the French
were to take over the mines, found
themselves still in possession of their
properties and learned that only coal
mined and above ground came under
the revised requisitioning order of the
French.
The economic commission in reach-
ing its final decision on the policy to
be followed concluded that because of
the shortage of technical experts It
would be better to requisition only
coal ready lor delivery and to reroute
to France all shipments intended for
German domestic consumption.
Mlse Donna Ruth Crissinger, da ugh.
ter of Comptroller of tho Currency
and Mrs. Crissinger, whs la clever with
her pen.
OKLAHOMA CITY STORE GUTTED
Coming as a big BurprlBe to every
one. Governor Walton appointed Brig-
adier General B. H. Markham of O
lahoma City adjutant general, to suc-
ceed Charles F. Barrett. It had been
freely predicted everywhere that this
appointment would go either to Joe
Campbell, former Oklahoma City po-
liceman ,or to Charles Daily of Tulsa.
Markham is now rapidly recovering
from injuries sustained in the bar-
becue parade when the horse he was
riding reared ami fell backwards on
him, pinning him to the pavement
with the horn of the saddle. He
reported us resting easily -at the hos-
pital altho not recovering as rapidly
as was expected. Physicians have not
as yet decided as to an operation.
At first it was feared that General
Markham was fatally injured.
Governor Robertson promoted the
general to his present rank shorlly
before he left office, raising him from
a colonel. Markham was closely con-
nected with the national guard all
thru the administration of Robertson.
which
BOOTERIE SHOE SHOP IS
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Damage Done to Building and Stock
of Shoes is Estimated at $255,-
000 According to Proprietor.
ANOTHER HOUSE WRECKED
Attempt is Made at Life of Rock
land Boilermaker Foreman.
VALUE INCREASES 5 TIMES
Standard Share Worth $600 In
Now Quoted at $3,000.
1911
Arkansas Claims Area Including
Shreveport And Oil Field.
Shawnee. Okla. — The wwme of
George M. Petty, boilermaker foreman
at the Rock Island shops here was dy-
namited recently. No one was at the
Petty home when the explosion crash-
ed in the rear wall of the kitchen and
completely demolished a tear purch
This is the sixth explosion that has
quaked Shawnee In the past two
months In all of the explosions, no
one has been injured.
New York. N. Y—The increase in
values of the stock of the Standard
Oil companies that were segregated
from the old Standard Oil company
of New Jersey when it was ordered
Washington, D. C.—Following the
decision of the United States supreme
court in the Red river bed cases, in
which the south bank of the river was
held by the higher court to be the
original boundary between the United
States and Mexico when Texas was a
part of Mexico and the decision of the
supreme court as to what constitutes
the south bank of the river, it was an
uounced here that Araansas is con-
templating litigation with Louisiana
over the boundary betweeu those
states.
According to a special assistant to
the attorney general of Arkansas, that
state has a claim to approximately 2.-
400 square miles in the northwest cor-
ner of Louisiana. Including the city of
Shreveport and Caddo oil field The
claim la that the original survey for
the boundary between the United
States and Mexico extended up the
Sabine river “to the thirty-second de
gree of latitude and from thence due
north to farthest part of the thirty-
second degree."
ARE TOLD OF A MELON CUT
Sinclair Oil Declared Huge Dividend
Stock Value dat Fifty Cents.
Washington. D. C — In two declara-
tions last year the Sinclair Consolidat
ed Oil companies declared stock divi-
dends aggregating $4,329,003 with
stock valued at 50 cents a share. Har-
ry F. Sinclair, chairman of the board
of directors told a senate investigat-
ing committee recently.
dissolved by order of the supreme
court in 1911 is shown by the fact
that an original share of the old com-
pany which carried with it on dissolu-
tion of the parent company fractional
shares of thirty-three subsidary com-
panies, has increased in value from
$600 in 1911 to around $3,000 today.
When the old company was dis-
solved the shares of the Standard Oil
company of New Jersey were quoted
at $300 and the accompanying rights
to fractional shares in thirty-three
subsidiaries were also quoted at $300.
Today the original one share of Stand-
ard Oil of New Jersey which had a
par value of $100 in 1922 amounts to
twenty shares of $25 par value each.
Oklahoma City, Okla.—Fire of unde-
termined origin destroyed the building
occupied by the Booterie Shoe Shop
at 119 West Main street. The total
loss was estimated to have been $250,-
000.
The building, which is owned by J.
M. Nobel, was completely gutted. Only
a small portion of the front and back
ends remained standing when the fire
was reported out. The value of the
building was estimated at $25,000 and
was not covered by insurance, accord-
ing to Nobel.
Most of 8tock Insured. .
Stock of the Booterie Shoe Shop
waB valued at about $225,000, accord-
ing to the proprieto. About 80 per-
cent of this was covered by insurance,
he said.
Office equipment and stock of the
Wilson Dentists and J. H. Woods, pho-
tographer, who occupied the second
floor, was completely destroyed. This
is estimated to have increased the
loss by another $5,000.
Fire-proof walls on either side of
the building are said by firemen to
have aided in preventing the fire from
spreading to Pettee's Hardware store
and to the Walk-Over Shoe store
which adjoin the Booterie Shoe Shop.
Two hours’ hard work on the part of
the city firemen was equired to con-
fine the Are to the one building and
extinguish it.
Entire Block Was Threatened.
For about an hour it was thought
the entire block was threatened by
the fire and only hard work on the
part of the city firemen prevented it
from spreading at a much greater
loss to the city and private business
firms, according to witnesses.
A modern building of the sky-scrap-
er type probably will be erected od
the site, Nobel announced.
E. T. Bynum, Oklahoma City attor-
ney. will be named as assistant at-
torney general and assigned to the
office of the governor, according to
the governor's secretary, if the legis-
lature will appropriate the funds
necessary. The appointment will not
be mnde, unless the way Is cleared
by the legislature by making the ap-
propriation, Blake further stated I
num was prominently mentioned for
the office of state banking commis-
sioner, to which position Strain was
named, nnd at the present time is as-
sisting Governor Walton In a legal
way.
Joe H. Strain of Wann, former state
seuator and candidate for state treas-
urer, a member of the Farmer-I-JAbor
Reconstruction league, was named
state bank commissioner by Governor
Walton. This appointment came us a
surprise, since E. T. Bynum, supposed
to hold a chair close to the heart of
the new administration, had made a
strong bid for the place, confiding in
several friends the fact that his ap-
pointment might be expected.
With the appointment of Strain, dis-
position has been made of a post of
great responsibility in view of tho
Oklahoma banking situation, and at-
tacks on the state bank guaranty law.
As author of the amendment to the
oil law preventing the piping of gas
outside the state, Strain made a not-
able contribution to the enactments
of the first legislature. He was chair-
man of the committee on oil and gas
and also member of the tollowing
committees: Public health, immigra-
tion, timber, oil and coal lands, fin-
ance, military affairs, state affairs,
public buildings, senate and legisla-
tive affairs.
The following minor appointments
■were also announced.
Dr. C. G. Spears of Altus, health
officer of Jackson county.
Dell Wilson of Wilson, superinten-
dent of the state farm at Aylesworth.
Rev. W. H. Smith of Caney, chap-
lain of the state penitentiary.
Charles McNally of Coalgate, store-
keeper at the penitentiary.
Dr. J. M. Porter of McAlester. state
agent at the Pryor Orphans’ home.
Former Milwaukee commissioner of
public works. F. G. Simmons, will
take over the office of state engineer
under Paul Nesbitt, newly elected state
highway commissioner. He expects
to take over his new duties about
February 1st. According to Nesbitt
Simmons was selected without regard
to his political affiliations. Simmons
for the past year has been engaged
in Arkansas and Oklahoma
building.
George Clark has been appointed
first assistant state auditor by C. C.
Childers. Clark has served as chair-
man of thb state board of affairs and
is a member of the newspaper fratern-
ity. Childers’ pollTy is that the de-
partment should be run like any or-
ganized business institution and “de-
liver the goods” is his pet maxim.
Emerging silently from the avlatioa
field east of the state capitol several
automobiles drove up and stopped be-
fore the east door of the capitol, and
quietly a class of ten Ladles of the
Clu Clux Clan in regalia got out of
Charles A. Rhodes, Oklahoma City, I automobiles and mounted the cap-
road
was appointed chief clerk of the state
board of affairs. He succeeds U. S.
Russell. Rhodes is also secretary of
the farmer-labor reconstruction league.
G. E. Johnson of Durant, a farmer
and a member of the. executive board
of the farmer-labor union, has been
appointed head of the Granite refor-
matory.
itol steps. They were protected by
two men in civilian clothes.- A large
American flag was unfurled. Placing;
themselves in a semi circle about the
flag the class of ten quickly saluted
and went through oath of allegiance.
"I swear allegiance to my country and
its constitution—," was heard.
Mrs. W. B. Young, Checotah, has
been named by Governor Walton as
pardon and parole clerk.
Succeeding Dr. A. R. Lewis, who
held down the office during the en-
tire Robertson administration. Dr.
Albert E. Davenport of Oklahoma
City has been appointed state health
commissioner.
U. S. STEEL ORDERS DROP
Production Increase and Weakened Da-
mand is Shown
ENLARGES FRENCH CAPITOL
American Steam Shovels are Raising
the Walls of Paris, France.
Paris, France.—American steam sho-
vels, left behind in France by the
American army, are speeding up the
work of demolishing the fortified walls
of the old city to such an extent that
It will probably be completed in five
years, Instead of tho twenty-five years
FEED CATTLE ON INCREASE I it doubtless would have taken by pick
~ * and shovel.
According to Dan Lackey, chairman
of the inaugural-barbecue committee,
they are shy some $16,000. The com-
mittee hopes to collect this by the
first of February in order to take up
all obligations.
Appropriating $5,000 for the searctx
and $5,000 for the capture and deliv-
of Fred Dennis, missing bank
commissioner, the house reversed
[itself and passed the bill as had been
recommended by administration lead-
ers. After a spirited debate previous-
ly, the house had amended the bill
to offer a flat reward of $10,000 for
the capture and conviction of Dennis.
Stovall of Hugo, offered an amend-
ment. placing $5,000 of the amount
in the hands of the governor as a
contingent fund for the capture, de-
livery and prosecution of Dennis,
which was adopted and the bill
passed as amended with but two dis-
senting votes on the roll call.
Increase Greater West Of Mississippi
River, Report Shows.
Bulgaria Denies Warlike Attitude.
SofitL, Bulgaria—Representatives of
the entente tn Sofia have drawn the
attention of the Bulgarian government
to rumors current In Europe of a con-
centrating of Bulgarian troops in Ru-
manian frontier. The government
said Bulgaria had no army. The en-
tente waa assured that Bulgaria was
opposed t° ®D) war.
New York, N. Y —The United States
steel corporation in its monthly state
ment Issued recently, reported unfilled
orders on its books as of Dec. 31. last,
of 6.745.703 tons, against 6.840,242 on
Nov. 30. last, a decrease of 94.539 tons.
Seeks Theater Control.
New York. N. Y.—Control of the
majority of the theaters in the United
States showing legitimate enterprises,
aud not those of New l ork City alone,
was thought to be one of the alms of
the proposed merger of the Interests
of the Shuberts and A. L. Erlanger
and perhaps several of the independ-
ent theater owners. The plan Is said
to involve approximately $50,000,000
and calls for sale of part of the stock
to the public. It is estimated that
the Shuberts and Granger already con
I trol about four-fifths of the theaters
Chicago. 111.—There were 25 percent
more cattle on feed in the eleven corn-
belt states on Jan. 1. 1923, than on
Jan. 1. 1922. according to an estimate
issued by the division of crop and live-
stock estimates of the United States
bureau of agricultural economic*.
This 25 percent increase is indicated
for both groups of states-those east
Dec. 1. 1921—the six states west of
and those west of the Mississippi riv-
er. The estimate of December 1
showed an increase of 27 percent over
the river an Increase of 30 percent
and the five states east an increase of
20 percent.
The movement of Stocker and feed-
er catfle during December continued
heavy. Available information Indi-
cates that these cattle in December.
1922. were of light weight, with the
percentage of heavy feeders much
smaller than during the preceding
months.
The work started in 1919, and its
end seemed so far away that no One
concerned himself with the outcome.
Now the end is virtually at bund, due
to the efficiency of American machin-
ery, and the astonished people of Par-
is foresee the inevitable battle be-
tween Paris and its suburbs over the
extension of the city limits to include
the entire department of the Seine.
As soon as the wall is down a law
will be introduced into parliament
consolidating the suburban towns of
Boulogne. Neuilly, Levallois, Saint
Denis. Pantin, Charenton, Vincennes,
lvry and a good many others with
Paris. The suburban communities
say this is too much honor. They pre-
fer to go on living a modest suburban
life, to share in the splendors of the
capital. Besides, they reckon the cost
will be greater than the honor.
Paris replies that the suburbs will
enjoy the Improvements that will be
made on the site of the fortifications,
and that therefore they should come
in and share the expenses.
A cement plant bill, the second of
the key bills of the farmer-labor pro
gram has been initiated in the upper
house of the legislature by Floyd A.
Calvert, Nowata.
The bill provides a $500,000 approp-
riation makes it mandatory that road
building materials be purchased from
It by the state, counties and cities and
creates a commission, comprising five
members.
The location of the plant is made In
the bill, Nowata county being chosen.
The first of the bills which might
be said to be a farmer-labor measure
is the $2,000,000 warehouse bill by
Harry Cordell, Manitou.
The commission created in the Cal-
vert measure will be known as tho
Oklahoma State cement plant commis-
sion. It shall be the duty of this body
which will consist of five members to
be appointed by the governor to con-
struct it and provide for its complete
operation. The governor is ex-officio
member and chairman of the commis-
sion. the provides.
The products of the cement plant
It is provided, shall be furnished to
the state and shall be used in all con-
struction work done in its behalf.
The bill says that the products shall
be furnished at the cost of production,
plus a profit of 5 percent. The pro-
ceeds derived from sales shall be paid
over by the commission to the state
treasurer. i tg
Five hundred thousand dollars Is
provided and commissioners are au-
thorized to spend necessary portions
of this fund in buying materials and
defraying traveling expenses for them-
selves.
The anticipated fireworks expected!
when the printing report was placed
before the house failed to materialize.
The chairman brought In a unanimous
report from the committee, awarding
the contract to the Great Western
Printing company “upon the lowest
and best bid.” An amendment by
“Bun” Phillips, Cleveland county, was
adopted that any sub-contracts made
should be approved by the house
rather than the committee. A saving
of between $15,000 and $20,000 was
accomplished through rejection of the
first report.
The bill now in the senate calling
for maximum speed of thirty miles
per hour in or out of the city, also
allows a $25 minimum fine for viola-
tion and a maximum $1,000 fine, while
jail penalties of from ten days to sis
months are also provided.
Epidemic Rafle in Refugee Centers.
Athens, Greece.—Epidemics of ty-
phus, smallpox and cholera have
reached such alarming proportions in
the refugee centers throughout Greece
that of the government forbade the
admission of more unfortunates from
Asia Minor until the crisis is brought
uuder control.__t
Wyoming Quake Is Felt.
Sheridau, Wyo.—An earthquake
shock was felt in the Big Horn moun-
tains lu Sheridan couuty, Wyoming,
receuiiy.
Prairie Earnings $20,000,000 in 1922
Washington. D. C.—Net earnings ol
approximately $20,000,000 by the Prai-
rie Pipe Line compauy in 1922, ou a
capitalization of $27,000,000 were
shown in testimony given at the sen-
ate oil’ investigation by Clark H.
Kountz. of Independence, Kan., presi
dent of the corporation These earn
ings added to surpluses of $5,359,000
on hand at the end of 1921, enabled
the Prairie company to declare re
cently Us stock dividend of 200 per
cent. Mr. Kountz asserted.
Twelve Injured in Explosion.
Crowley, La —Twelve persons were
reported injured aud a number of
buildings wrecked at Scott, La., twen-
ty miles from here, as a result of an
explosion of dynamite. 700 pounds of
dynamite blasted in a garage where it
was stored with gasoline Someone
niting the gasoline which caused an
entered the garage with a lantern ig-
explosion setting off the dynamite.
The blast was felt here and also at
Gueydan. twenty miles south of here.
The
OLD COLLEGE HALL BURNS
Rock Hill
Catholic School
land Burns.
In Mary.
Baltimore.—Only the gray granite
walls of Rock Hill college at Ellicott
City, near here, the last of the not-
able Howard county Catholic institu-
tions, remain standing as a result of
the fire recently, destroyed the Ad-
ministration building and the college
dormitory. three-story structure*.
Brice, Harper and Elam were
named members of a special Investi-
gating committee authorized under
the Elam resolution asking for ap-
pointment of a Joint committee to in-
vestigate into coBtB of roads building
materials.
In the debate on the resolution,
Elam had charged that a variance
of $23,000 a mile had existed in n con-
tract awarded in Osage county and an
award In a neighboring county, both
passing through the stale highway de-
partment. Osage county has a credit
coming of $17,000.
Payment of the first half of ad
valorem taxes for 1922 would be ex-
tended until April 1, 1923, under a
concurrent resolution reported from
the committee on revenue and taxa-
tion and adopted by the house with-
out a dissenting vote. The senate
also voted to extend time to ad val-
orem taxpayers following a fight over
senate joint resolution No. 1, spon
sored by W. H. Woods, Purcell.
According to Aldrich Blake, Govei
nor Walton’s secretary, the executive
has ordered the attorney general to
Investigate fraud charges in connec
tlon with the municipal primary elec
tion at Tulsa last spring. *
pa-
by
Governor Walton revoked the
role given to Henry Rumbough
Governor Robertson in September.
Rumbough was convicted in Grady
county of robbery. As a result ol
having his parole revoked, Rumbough
will serve two consecutive terms of
five years each In the state reforma-
tory.
Mrs. Pat Nagel has been appointed
as a member of the state board o
affairs by Governor Walton.
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