Mountain View Times (Mountain View, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, February 15, 1924 Page: 2 of 8
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L£ICH C. PALMER
Important Actions
of State Legislature
MAIMIE 3ZE
L« Qh C. Palmsr, formerly »n sd-
surai n th« United State* navy * r d
n charge of the bureau of navigation
during the World war, ha* been made
pr**.dent of the Emergency Fleet cor.
po ration,
FOURTEEN DRIFTS ON ICE CAKE
FERRY BOAT MAKES FUTILE
ATTEMPT TO RESCUE
Firat Ice Bridge in Twenty-five Year*
Attract* Party Then Crumble*
Under Their Weight
(Jucbcc, Can.—Fourteen fri-rson*
ware adrift on r-akt-* of Ire In the
•welling water* of the Ht. Lawrence
river and effort* of a ferry boat to
reach them were futile. The four-
teen member* of a party of aeventeen
were standing on an ice bridge be-
tween i/riehec and Util when It
snapped and broke away. Three were
rescued.
Hurriedly formed reame partle* net
out for Quebec bridge, toward which
the Ice floe* were drifting In the hope
that they could re*/-ue the victim* with
rope* a* they panned beneath them.
From point* along the *hore, It wa* re-
ported a* many a* nine or ten penton*
had been *een on one cake of the float-
ing Ice.
The Ice bridge, the first formed here
tight and hundred* of person* entered
eight and hundrd* of penton* entered
to wltne** it. The person* were car-
ried away when It broke when standing
uhout the middle of the stream, making
effort* at rescue all the more difficult.
HUERTA FLEES, THEY SAY
Evacuation of Vera Cruz Confirmed In
Dispatch To Mexico City.
Mexico nty. M<-x.—The capture of
Oorrlorba by federal force* commanded
by <ienenil Fauslo Topete ha* been of-
ficially confirmed according to ad-
vice* from General Kugcnlo Martinez
to Arriulfo Gomez, military command-
ant of Mexico City.
According to Gomez, Vera Cruz I*
being evacuated by the rebel* and
Adolfo I>e |>a Huerta I* planning to
depart aboard a rebel warship for
an unknown destination supposedly
I'rogrcsfo or Frontera, both con-
trolled by Insurgent* Gomez also
sai»i that Vera Cruz revolutionist*
are withdrawing northward prob-
ably Intending to go with the rebel-
lious force* in Tuxpntn.
McCormick Nam;d for California.
Wnsliltigion. 11 C. i’aul J. McCor-
mick was nominated by I'roHiiJcnt Cool-
idge a* lulled State* Judge for the
southern (list rid of < 'idifornia.
PRES. FAVORS MARKETING
Crop Mortgages, Tenantry is Problem,
Carl Williams Tell* Convention
Washington, I). <’.—Endorsement of
the co operative marketing movement
by President Coollilge and addresses on
various angles of the i|iie*tlon marked
the ripening session of the three-day
enriferonee of the Nntionul Council of
I'tirtnera Co-Operative Marketing asso-
ciation*
Sick Woman Carried Over Hills
Parkersburg. Pa T\v nfv eight men
working in relays, were required t«
carry Mrs. Hay Pnint.v <m a cot front
Oxford, a remote section of Ititelde
eonnty. to the rnllrond station at Toll
Oflte. In order that she might he
brought to a hospital here. Impassable
roads over mountains nnfftbtough vnl-
le.vs made the journey necessary, after
the village doctor had decided she
needed hospital treatment. Mrs F’run-
ty suffered from exposure hut hospital
physicians suld that she weald recover.
Inapff-- i rat of CL C. CUidtn. state
ai^tw. ta r*r«euDcfk4t>d In a minority
of :h* bout lavestigatloo coce-
■ittee.
The tsiwifltf report efurfH C1JI-
<%rn with lMVjCDp^*-ocy. B*gl«1 of do-
ty tad DOf<ti turpitude. Tbe majori-
ty report propose* Impeachment of J.
A Whitehurst. pr-ni-p-nt of tbe state
board of agriculture.
Tbe majority report aubroltted by
Disney ijs-i not aak for the Impeach-
ment of Childers but recommends that
til b# tfSAUftKl
Following i* an excerpt from the
majority report of the hou*e investi-
gation committee.
-We beg to report that we have had
under invest gst on the following of-
ficer*:
R. A. Sneed. *ecretary of etate;
Mabel Bassett, commissioner of
chantie* and correct.on;
M. A. Nash, superintendent of pub-
lic instruction;
William Franklin, clerk of the su-
preme court;
Ed Boyle, chief mme inspect®r;
A. 8- J. Shaw, state treasurer;
Joe Cobb, corporation comm s* o-er;
E. R. Hughes, corporation commis-
sioner;
Frank Carter, corporation eornmis-
Sinner;
“We beg to report that we have
made an investigation of said officers,
and find that samejvave been efficient-
ly and honestly managed and conduct-
ed. and the said incumbents are en-
titled to due consideration and com-
mendation therefor."
The majority report provide* for
the Impeachment of Whitehurst on
six counts and his censure on four
other*.
The six count* were the Otey short-
age at A. k M. college, splitting the
padded payroll with Arthur Kleeman:
hiring h board member a* a field
agent; tubercular cattle transactions :
paying Leslie Bu*b expense fees and
salary when the committee found
Bush did not work, and paying men
working In one department out of
fund* of the other.
He l* censured for the activities of
his brother. George Whitehurst for
using Seed Analyist W. J. Lackey as
a collector of clothing accounts; for
paying $6,000 for an electric generator
that the corftmlrtee says could have
been bought for less than 83,000.
The minority report submitted by
Wren of Okernah for himself and his
associate* provides that the house read
(he testimony of the attorney general's
transaction*, the evidence of his bank
account and then draw its own con-
clusions as to what action should be
taken as to Short.
The bank account of George Short
was made a part of the record of the
majority report but the report de-
clares "that Mr. Short came before
the committee and satisfactorily ex-
plained the same." The report does
not state what Short’s explanation
was.
The report shows that beginning
with May 0. 1920, that,.Short deposited
840.fl3b.fi0 up to January 1, 1024. Of
this amount 812.100 was In currency.
With the exception of a 810,000 de-
posit on June 17, 1021. none of the
currency deposits totaled more than
$500.
Short’s total deposits in 1920. be-
ginning May fl. were $1,250. His 1021
deposits were 843,230.10, 1022. 811.-
748.32 and 1023 deposits were 812,-
411 27. Explanations given by other
state officials about their hank ac-
counts were Included in the report.
The majority report of Short's cam-
paign expenses is lengthy Ir.’t no
opinion Is expressed by the signers in
the report nor Is any recommendation
made.
\uiong the findings of facts in the
majority report concerning C. C.
t'hllders state auditor, whom the re-
port asks tie censured, is that n
daughter of Fred Parkinson, state
examiner and Inspector, Miss Doris
Parkinson, an employe of the audi-
tor’s office .was sent to Muskogee to
check some records at the Indian
agency there at the request of her
father and herself.
The work was valueless to the
state, and Miss Parkinson worked
only part of the time, and had the
super!nlendent been asked for the re-
port. it would have been furnished
tly state free of charge, according to
the majority report.
Part of ttie censure of John White-
hurst in tho Disney report is hnsed
on activities of George Whitehurst, a
brother of the president of the board
of ngrlculfure.
Tn the finding of facts It Is stated
that George Whitehurst Is In the em-
ploy of the Oklahoma Gns and Elec-
tric company at a snlnry of $4,000 a
year and that he was given this em-
ployment twelve months ago upon
recommendation of the general coun-
sel for the company and bis services
i' ■
; by rv**>e. of soc& neea '
m."
company la a pcblic aerrW
a&. la a public utility cor-:
p’-racUiB—its assessed valuation la
aivr-iilsjtdi $7.Oa>.‘Xi0. aid la a*
*od cqosijzttl by tbe n’t
t*«rd of equalization of which Jobs
Whitehurst 1* s aMOibsr. Tbe attor-
ney who recommended tbe ecoploy-
r.,ea* of George Wh.return repre-
sents tbe said company before tbe,
equalization board In tax matters. <
• That since his employment, tbe said 1
George C. Whitehurst baa assisted in
the negotiation of tbe sale of elec- ,
tricity to tbe A. and M. college at j
Stillwater through the board of re-
gent* of that Institution, of which
‘ John A. Whitafcorst is president,”
The Disney report also allege* th_*t
during Hrjl George Whitehurst **- j
, *i*ted E. C. Eisman in selling the stars
7 three cars of cattle dip. for which ha
was paid a fee of 10 cents a gallon.
I The money, 8f8jO. was paid Whitehurst j
I in currency, according to E:sman’s
j testimony before the committee ,
Whitehurst testified that he did not re- ;
cetve this much of a fee.
JRY THE
fATCH
TEST
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LEONARD EAR OIL
mInttmbark Head Siimiisod Dal-
i M*. lairdK back af aa/. aed
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Far Sal, E*«»r»b«e
Infer 11 r i d—crrptrrr Wdlf,
art uonn mfnrrt
A. O. LEONARD. lee.
7* hi A»r
Naw Yack
Catnip
Thoma*—I'd give my life for you.
dear.
Maria—Cheap t-katel Nine or noth-
ing.
Maimle Sze. the
year-old daughter
attractive sixteen-
ef Mmieter and
The ninth session of the legislature,
; including the regular session, tbe first
special session and that part of the
second extraordinary session, up to
February 1 has spent more than one-
tblrd of a million dollar*.
According to a summary of ex-
penditure* prepared by C. C. Childers,
state auditor, tbe total cost of tbe leg-
islative session from January 2. 1923
to January 31, 1024 baa been $397,704.-
n.
The total amount of salaries has
been 8278.000.19.
There has been spent for traveling
expense* a total of $19,772.81. For
communication the expenditures,
which Include* telephones, telegraph
and postage, was $11,218.84.
The priming bill ha* been a nice
little sum. The amount spent as
shown by the summary, has been $51,
477.80.
Other expenditure* were:
Sundry, $3,813.95; stationery and
supplies, $18.303 43; Equipment $6,711.-
27, and improvement*. $7,437.7’.
Oklahoma’s “Little West Point”
Is threatened with extinction by the
proposed reduction state schools
which the senate survey committee of
the Oklahoma legislature is said to in-,
tend introducing during the present
session.
"Little West Point” Is the Okla-
homa military academy. It is one of
(the show places of Claremore. The
academy Is on the site of the East-
ern university preparatory school.
Established In 1919 through an ap-
propriation by the state Iegislatnre ft
was Intended to provide a junior col-
lege where military training would
be combined with academic and vnr-a-
tional work. At present the militarv
academy is a transition from high
school grade to Junior college rank.
The bill prepared by the senate sur-
vey committee of the Oklahoma legis-
lature would abolish the state military
academic at Claremore, together wMh
four other state Institutions, because
I of the need for strict economy, Sen-
ator John Carlock of Ardmore, chair-
man of the committee says.
The elimination of the five srhools
will save the state several hundred
thousand dollars In appropriations
land remove the source of constant
drain on state funds, without crip-
pling the educational Institutions of
the state. Carlock said further.
Tn 1023 the legislature appropriated
$84,519 for the military academy, ac-
cording to the records for the state
hoard of education. Tn 1021 the ap-
propriation was $42,572.75. The ini-
tial appropriation voted in 1019 when
the academy was created was some-
thing over $250,000.
Abolition of the Institution would
save the state more than $42,000 of
the appropriation voted last year for
maintenance and salaries for next
year, the education department au-
thorities said.
Directors of the state historical
society have elected the following of-
ficers: president, Jasper Sipes; first
vice president. Judge Thomas H.
] Doyle of the criminal court of appeals;
second vice president. Paul Nesbit;
secretary. Joseph Thobum ; treasurer,
Mrs. Jessie It. Moore. They are all of
Oklahoma City.
Senator J. W. Harreld’s bill In the
United States senate, to repeal the
one percent gross production tax on
royalties received by Osage Indians
from oil and gas production Is op-
posed In Oklahoma.
The state Senate adopted a res-
olution asking congress to defeat Har
reld’s bill. •
Madame &z* cf China, who is spending
the winter in Wash ngton with her par-
ent« at the Chinese legation.
42 ARE TRAPFEDIN ORE MINE
WHEN WATER GUSHES INTO *
SHAFT WITHOUT WARNING
MOTHER!
Child's Rest Laxative is
"California Fig Syrup”
Miner* Perish Like Rats In a Trap
When Bottom Drops From
Muddy Lake.
Crosby. Minn.—Forty two miners
perished when tbe bottom fell out of
a small pond and flooded the workings
of tbe Milford iron mine Dear here re-
cently.
Caught in the lower levels of the
small mine, only seven of the crew
of 40 at work were able to gain the
safety of a skip and ascend to the
surface.
Like rats In a trap they died, suf-
focated by slimy mud and water that
gushed through the workings, soar-
ing in the ghaft within a few feet of
tLe top within fifteen minutes.
There was no extended warning,
Jurt a crumble like a thousand auto-
mobiles roaring down a distant
road,” one survivor said. Then the
leaping black wave of death engulfed
them, buttering its victims against the
walls.
Night found the shaft opening
crowded with scores of wives and
mothers and children, some in fran-
tic tears, others dry-eyed and staring,
as helpless as were the men about
them to snatch, from the murky
waters the bodies of their loved ones.
JUSTICE TAFT PUT TO BED
Chief Justice, and Former President
Has Attack of Indigestion.
Washington, D. C.—Chief Justice
Taft, by direction of his physician. Dr.
A. C. Clayter, has cancelled all en
gagements for the future and entered
upon a period of complete rest. This
course was determined upon after the
chief justice had suffered an attack
of indigestion. Although the attack
was yielding to treatment lie followed
his physician's instructions and went
to bed.
Because of his illness Taft was un-
able to attend tbe funeral of Wood-
row Wilson, for which he had been
named an honorary pall bearer. At
tbe same time Tie decided to abandon
a trip to New York and New Haven
which he had planned.
WINKED OUT WITH WILSON
Farmer, Born on Same Day As War
Chief, Died At Same Hour.
Washington, D. C.—S. J. Tinsley, a
farmer of King George county. Virgin-
ia, whose birthday wa* the same as
Woodrow Wilson’s and who became ill
at the same time the former president
was last stricken, died two minutes
after Wilson, it was learned here
recently. Death was due to pnen
tnonia. Burial was at Petersburg, Va.
Three daughters and a son, all of
Washington, survive.
GOODYEAR EARNINGS HIGH
Six Million Is Total Figure After In
terest Has Been Deducted.
.■ \>
New York, N. Y.—Net earning of
the Goodyear Tire and Rubber com-
pany after deduction of interest and
other charges, totaled $6,507,245 in
1923, an increase of more than $2,000,-
000 1922. E.- Or. Wilmer, chairman of
Xhe beard asneuqced.
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Hurry Mother! A teaspoonful of
“California Fig Syrup” now will thor-
oughly clean the little bowels and in a
few hours you have a well, playful
child again. Even if cross, feverish,
bilious, constipated or full of cold,
children love its pleasant taste.
Tell your druggist you want only the-
genuine “California Fig Syrup” which
has directions for babies and children
of all ages printed on bottle. Mother,
you must say "California.” Refuse any-
Imitation.
One can't avoid responsibility by-
thinking that a planet influences hip
conduct.
The housewife smiles with satisfacy
tion as she looks at the basket of
clear, white clothes and thanks Red
Cross Ball Blue. At all grocers.—Ad-
vertisement.
Money is probably called "dough” be-
cause a man needs it for his daily
biead.
Sure Relief
FOR INDIGESTION
6 Bell-ans
Hot water
Sure Relief
ELL-ANS
25$ AND 75$ PACKAGES EVERYWHERE
i
PARKER’S
HAIR BALSAM
RemoT** Dandruff-StopaH&irFalllnE
Restores Color and
Beatrix to Gray and Faded Half
60c. and Sl.no at Druirclsta
RwoosChem- Wkg.PatchoEUi-.lt.T.
HINDERCORNS tymorea Corns, CSal-
.ouses. etc., stops all pain, ensures comfort to tha
feet, makes walktng easy. 15e. by mail or at Druff-
Clsta. Hlscox Chemical Works. Patcbogne, N. X
To-night
Tomorrow 1
Alright
IQ A vegetable
1*1 aperient, adds
tone and vigor to
tbe digestive and
eliminative system,
improves the appe-
tite, relieves Sick
Headache and Bil-
iousness, correct*
Constipation.
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Chips off *Hie Old Block
K? JUNIORS—Uttla Ms
One-third the regular dose. Made
of same ingredients, then candy
coated. For children and adults.
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