The Carter Express. (Carter, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, May 6, 1921 Page: 2 of 8
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THE CARTER EXPRESS
, DAK GELE8RATED
CITIES AND TOWNS OVER
STATE SHOW THEIR
PATRIOTISM
D. R. CRISSENGER
PARADES AND CELEBRATIONS
Mott Places Over the State Had the
Mott Jubilant Time Since the
Armistice wat Signed When
All Showed Their Loyalty
Oklahoma City. — Americanization
(t)a, was truly observed as a holiday
•at Oklahoma City where practically
(all business and public institutions
stopped for a day to show their re-
spect to old Glory and welcome the
chance to honor the flag of their coun-
try in a very lage paade and dem-
onstration that surpassed everything
isince the signing of the armistice.
; Flags floated from thousands of
homes, business houses, and ev-
ery car in the parade was decorated
■with the flag which cheered our army,
streamed in light over soldiers’ heads,
crossed waters, and gleamed in the
cold morning with victory and a new
hope. "How divine its meaning,” said
'Henry Ward Beecher. "Mpde in* lib-
erty, made for liberty, nourished in
Its spirit, carried in its service, and
never, not once, in all the earth made
to stoop to despotism!”
100 Percent American.
Practically every civic organization,
club, fraternity, sorority, war organi-
zation, the schools, American Feder-
at ion of Labor in all its union branch-
es Boy Scouts and innumerable lodg-
es and societies were represented in
the parade. Some went in floats;
(others in decorated cars while still
others walked, but the main fact is—
they went. The Red Cross had a
•float representing the "Greatest
Mother in the World;” the Junior Red
Cross had a float with girls in uni-
form giving examples of their work;
boys’ and girls’ clubs of consolidated
ischools were parading in floats with
club emblems and American flags for
[decorations; cars filled with repre-
sentatives of every nationality in Ok-
lahoma City were lavishly decorated
with the American colors and banners
proclaiming to the world that they
were “100 ^r cent American.”
Ed S. Vaught, Senator Luther Har-
rison, S. H. Barkett, and General Roy
Hoffman were the speakers. Mr. Bar-
kett spoke on “The Privilege of Be-
ing an American Citizen.”
0
mints'
President Harding nominated D. R,
Crissenger to succeed John Skelton
Williams as comptroller of the cur.
rency, and the senate confirmed the
nomination. Mr. Crissenger is one of
the President's Marion (O.) friends.
MISSISSIPPI TWISTER GETS 18
MANY ARE INJURED AND
MUCH DESTRUCTION
DONE
TEXT OF GERMAN
NOJEJO 0. S.
IS SENT FOR TRANSMIS-
SION TO THE ALLIED
NATIONS
ro SETTLE WffljiO BILLIONS
To Give Proof of Faith Germany Is
Prepared to Immediately Place
at Disposal of the Commis-
sion $250,000,000.
MRS. HENRY C. WALLACE
Muskogee Has Torch Light Parade.
Muskogee.—Muskogeeans paused
paused to recite the American’s creed
In observance of Americanism Day.
Members of the American Legion de-
livered patriotic addresses at the city
schools. A torch light parade was
staged at night before Congressman
W. W. Hastings of Tahlequah, ad-
dressed a mass meeting on “Ameri-
canism” at convention hall.
It Is the Belief of Many That There
Is Lifeless Bodies In the Ruins
of Buildings.
Jackson, Miss.—Eighteen bodies
had been recovered from the ruins of
buildings wrecked in the tornado at
Braxton recently and with several
persons still reported missing, it is
believed the toll of dead will be in-
creased.
More than thirty persons were in-
jured, several perhaps fatally, accord-
ing to reports from Dio, where they
were taken to a hospital.
Advices received here indicate the
storm swept an area of approximately
forty miles.
At Wesson two persons were in-
jured and property damaged to the
extent of approximately $75,000. A
church there was blown down and
west of Wesson, a sawmill destroyed.
Two persons also were injured at
Pelhatchie, where a number of houses
were demolished. Heavy property
losa is reported from Glover also.
Dr. W. S. Letehers, secretary of the
Mississippi state board of health, ac-
companied by two other members of
the board, are at Braxton and several
nurses are there to aid in the relief
work.
Tulsa Gives Silent Pledge.
Tulsa.—Tulsa made a silent pledge
of allegiance to the flag as its part of
the state wide Americanization Day
program. Industry everywhere in the
city was halted for a full ‘minute at
11 o'clock while an American creed
was whispered. Every siren whistle
•in the city blew at 10:59 for sixty
seconds, ushering in the city wide
program. Schools held patriotic pro-
grams at which American Legion
members spoke. The legion had a big
parade in uniform.
McAlester Also Has Celebration.
McAlester. — McAlester, heeding
special request of local post of Amer-
ican Legion 'obeerved Americanism
day with special programs in all pub-
lic schools. The same Interest was
shown in many of the mining towns
of the McAlester district when a
large percentage of the foreign popu-
lation is naturalized.
AUTO THIEVERY CHARGED
6ix Are Indicted In Probe of National
Order In Landis' Court.
U. S. CREDIT TO FARMERS
Treasury Heads Are to Confer on
Plans With Reserve Board.
Chicago—The federal government’s
crusade against an alleged national
“auto theft trust” resulted in indict-,
ment of six men by the federal grand
jury in Judge K. M. Landis’ court.
The indictments were returned under
the Dyer act, which prohibits inter-
e'nte commerce in stolen automo-
fbiies.
District headquarters of those in-
dicted, it was alleged, is Indianapolis,
ito which city scores of automobiles
iwere said to have been sent for re
pa-n ting. later being sold in Chicago.
The men indicted are William Bea
(v;'le, Chicago, and his brother, Steth
of Dayton, Ohio; Roy Rapp, Fred So-
baik and Fred Snyder all of Chicago,
jind William Price of Dayton, Ohio.
Washington.—“Sufficient credit to
pull the farmers out of the hole," and
allow him to continue operations, will
be allowed by the government’s pro-
gram to aid producers, Comptroller of
the Currency Crissinger declared.
How the credit reservoirs are to be
afforded new capital to the farmers,
already loaded down with debt, and
unable to sell their crops, except at
great loss, is to be determined at a
conference between Comptroller Cris-
singer, Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon and members of the federal
reserve board.
“There must be immediate assur-
ance given the farmers of the coun-
try that his requirements for fertil-
izer, seed, implements and labor, will
have the greatest measure of support
through the banks,” Crissinger said.
Comptroller Crissinger’s plan pro-
poses that the federal government
and the federal banking structure
must stand solidly behind the indi-
vidual bankers in their extensions to
larmers of badly needed credits.
DEMPSEY BEGINS TRAINING
Road Work and Sparring Part of the
Day’s Program.
New York.—Champion Dempsey be-
gan formal training at Summit, N. J.,
for Ills match with Georges Carpen-
tier in Jersey City, July 2. Discard-
ing his haphazzard open air phiy
schedule, he did both roadwork and
sparring.
In the first set-to he faced Joe Ben-
jamin for four rounds and then met
Jimmy Darcy for a similar distance.
From now on Dempsey gradually
will increase the amount of work he
will do dally until he is following the
routine which led up to his fight xvi’h
Jess Willard. "Kid” Norfolk and
other light heavyweights will Join
in the camp in a fey? days.
1— Germany fixed her total llabil-
Isy at $12,500,000,000 gold payable in
suitable annuities to total $50,000,-
000,000 gold.
2— Germany will immediately issue
an international loan in which she
Will participate, and of which the
value, rpte of Interest and scale of
redemption shall be subject to agree-
ment, the proceeds of the loan to be
put at the disposal of the allies.
3— Germany wHl pay, according to
•her capacity, in labor interest and
redemption, the total sum to be paid
which is not covered by the interna-
tional loan; she considers in this con-
nection that it will be possible to pay
only 4 per cent annual interest.
4— Germany is disposed to permit
the allies to share in an improvement
of her financial and economic situa-
tion. The redemption of the remain-
ing sums will have to take, therefore,
a variable form, depending upon im-
provement: It would be necessary to
draw up a scheme to be based on an
Index to be used, should the situation
become worse.
5— In order to clear herself as
quickly as possible of all her strength
in the re-construction of tlje devas-
tated regions; she regards recon-
struction as the most urgent basis of
reparations and the most direct rem-
edy for mitigating the hardships of
the war and hatred between peoples.
She will reconstruct towns, villages
and townships designated,, or coop-
erate by supplying labor and ma-
terial, or in any other way agreeable
to the allies.
6— With the same object in view,
Germany is disposed to pay in kind
to states which were viotims of the
war, in addition to reconstruction, ac-
cording to a scheme as far as pos-
sible purely commercial.
7— In order to give undeniable
proof of her good faith, Germany is
prepared immediately to place at the
disposal of the reparation coiun.ls-
Bion $250,000,000, comprising $37,500,-
000 in gold and silver in foreign ex-
change and $212,500,000 gold and
treasury notes, redeemable within
three months in foreign exchange or
foreign securities.
8— In the event the United States
and the allies so desire, Germany is
willing according to the extent of
her ability and capacity to assume the
allied obligations to the United
States.
9— Germany proposes to negotiate,
with the assistance of experts, as to
the way in which German deliveries
for reparations will be reckoned, as
against the total- of Germany's debt,
particularly respecting the way in
which the price value will be fixed.
10— As security for the credits ac-
corded her, Germany is willing to
pledge public revenues and proper-
ties, in a manner to be determined be-
tween the contracting parties.
11— With the acceptance of these
proposals, Germany’s other repara-
tions and obligations will be annulled
and all German private property in
foreign countries will be released.
12— Germany declares the present
proposals only capable of beiug car-
ried out If the system of penalties is
discontinued forthwith and she is
freed from all unproductive outlays
now imposed on her and that she be
given freedom of trade.
Official photograph of Mrs. Henry C.
Wallace, wife of the new eecretary of
agriculture. Washington life is new
to her. Her home town I* Dea Moines,
la. She has six children, is a famous
cook and gardener of flowers,
MELLON SEEKS TAX ABOLITION
UNITED STATES TO SPEND
LESSJVI0NEY
Secretary of Treasurer Advises Con
gress to Search for a Substitute
To the Transportation Levy.
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TREATY ON EXTRADITION
Child Desertion Made Cause For Ac-
tion Between U. S. and Canada.
Washington.—The treaty between
the United States and Great Britain
to make desertion of children an ex-
traditable offense between this coun-
try and Canada was ratified by the
senate.
As originally negotiated in 1917, the
treaty proposed to make wife or child
desertion extraditable, but the senate
foreign relations committee declined
to make it applicable to wives, lim-
iting It to minor children and with
this modification ratified the conven-
tion.
The Benate also ratified a treaty re-
vising and extending a commercial
convention with Siam.
Night Riders Plead Guilty.
Jonesboro, Ark—Twenty-three men
tinder Indictment on charges growing
out of night riding here last fall,
pleaded guilty and were sentenced to
prison terms ranging from two
months to a year
Washington.—Four specific propos-
als for revision of the federal taxes
are made to congress by Secretary
Mellon, with a recommendation for
early action so the new taxes can be
applied to this calendar year. They
are:
Repeal of the excess profits tax
and the existing $2,000 income exemp-
tion of corporations, the loss of rev-
enue to be made good by a modified
tax on corporate profits or a flat addi-
tional Income tax on corporations to
yield an aggregate of between $400,-
000,000 and $500,000,000.
Readjustment of income tax rates
so that no income will pay more than
40 per cent this year and 33 per cent
the year after with a view to produc-
ing aggregate revenues substantially
equivalent to the estimated receipts
from the incohie tax under the exist-
ing law.
Repeal Luxury Tax.
Repeal of the so-called luxury taxes
together with the “nuisance” taxes,
such as those on soda fountain drinks
but retention of the transportation
and miscellaneous sales taxes.
"The treasury is not prepared,
Mr. Mellon says, “to recommend at
this time any general sales tax and
particularly if the general sales tax
is to supercede the highly productive
specific sales tax now in effect—on
many relatively non-essential arti-
cles.”
Mr. Mellon says also that he wishes
it were possible to recommend the re-
peal of the transportation tax, but
adds that it produces annually
around $33,000,000 and its repeal can
not be effected with safety "unless
congress has an acceptable substitute
to offer.”
The secretary of the treasury also
suggests to congress that it may be
"advisable” to take action by Btatute
or by constitutional amendment to re-
strict further issues of tax exeifapt
security, saying it is estimated that
there are now outstanding perhaps
$10,000,000,000 of tax exempt securi-
ties the existence of which "consti-
tutes an economic evil of the first
magnitude.”
ADOPT KNOX RESOLUTION
Vote Was 49 to 23 On First Step To.
ward’s Peace.
Washington.—The administration’s
first step toward placing the United
States on a technical, legal basis of
peace was taken by the senate in
adopting the Knox peace resolution.
The vote for adoption was 49 to 23.
Three democrats voted for the reso-
lution, and although no republicans
voted against it Senator Nelson of
Minnesota was paired against it. The
democrats voting for it were: Myers,
Montana; Shields, Tennessee, and
Watson, Georgia. Two other demo-
crats. Reed, Missouri, and Walsh,
Massachusetts, were announced as fa-
voring the resolution.
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Chlcksaha.—More than 75 per cent
of the cotton growers of Grady coun-
ty are membors of the Oklahoma Cot-
ton Growers association according to
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Cain, George W. The Carter Express. (Carter, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, May 6, 1921, newspaper, May 6, 1921; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc956576/m1/2/: accessed March 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.