GOTEBO OKLA., GAZETTE
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The Eighth
Oklahoma
Legislature
Senate bill No. 406 proposing to ap-
propriate $400,000 for aid to certain
idistricts in the state, the only meas-
ure up for final passage in the Okla-
homa senate Thursday, failed to re-
ceive the necessary majority for adop-
tion. The vote was twenty-one to
eighteen, but, on final passage, it is
necessary that bills receive a major-
ity of all members of the senate,'
which Is twenty-three. -—
Mrs. Lamar Looney of Hollis, sen-
ator from the fourth senatorial dis-
trict, who was principal sponsor for
the bill, lodged notice that on a later
legislative day she would move to re-
consider, thus saving the file of the
measure.
"100,000 Children Await Aid."
More than 100,000 school children
in the state, Mrs. Looney asserted,
are awaiting legislative action on this
bill to learn whether or not they can
continue in school for the rest of the
year. The bill proposes to give state
aid to those districts which have run
short of funds after levying the limit
of taxation.
After wrangling for more than three
hours Thursday night leaders in the
house and the senate of the state leg-
islature brought together by the de-
partment executive committee of the
American Legion refused to agree on
a site for the proposed tubercular
sanatorium. It was the opinion of all
of the representatives of the two bod-
ies present that no difficulty will be
experienced in finally passing through
both houses other relief measures
asked by the legion.
Placing the responsibility for any
failure to provide for the tubercular
veterans of the war squarely up to
both houses of the legislature H. B.
Fell of Ardmore, state commander of
the Legion, announced that the sol-
diers will tell the people of the state
if no agreement is reached that the
the war veterans who are dying from
the disease as a result of their service
to the nation were not provided with
hospital facilities because of friction
between the two bodies of the legis
lature.
Legislative authority overlapped its
bounds Tuesday to name a new judge
and then to direct the governor to
issue a commission to him. Bruce L.
Keenan of. Tahlequah called the at-
tention of the house of representatives
to the fact after it had passed a bill
containing the provisoin& complained
of.
In senate bill No. 312 passed by the
bouse Tuesday on final roll call, in
which the superior court of Muskogee
county is abolished and a new district
judgeship is created to replace it, pro-
vision is made that the present su-
perior court judge shall serve as dis-
trict court judge until the election of
J922 ag4 tbj ggvejnor shall Issue
a commission to nim as soon as the
act becomes effective.
f "This means that the legislature
not only is going beyond Its authortiy
to name a Judge, but that it is infring-
ing on the governor's appointing
power to dlreot him to issue a com'
mission to the Judge," said Keenan.
The bill will be sent to the governor
at once for bis signature.
Largest of the appropriation bills
considered by the house Tuesday was
No. 406 by J. L. Harris of Oklahoma
county and T. P. Cummings of Caddo
county. The bill originally appropriat-
ed $502,000 for emergency state aid to
public schools, but the house cut off
$185,000 Monday, recommending it for
passage with appropriation of $317,-
000. The house also reduced the
amount any single district may receive
from $5,000 to $3,500. The money is
to be distributed under direction of
the state superintendent of public in-
struction. Before it is passed by the
^iouse, a final roll call vote approving
lit will be necessary.
Other appropriations, recommended
for passage Tuesday by the house
^ committee of the whole included a
.deficiency of $100,000 for A. and M.
college, $400,000 for new buildings at
A. and M. college, $50,000 for a
freight rate expert of the corporation
tcommisaoin, $725,000 for a pharmacy
building at the University of Okla-
homa, $175,000 for new buildings at
the hospital for the insane at Norman,
and $85,000 for additions and comple-
tions to buildlngB at Oklahoma Col-
lege for Women at Chickasha.
Reduction of the Chickasha college's
bill from $193,000 to $85,000 was the
main slash wrought by the house In
(Considering appropriation bills Tues-
•day. The cut represented the estimat-
ed cost of enlarging and finishing
Willard hall, a dormitory. In the A.
and M. college building bill, $150,000
jjras get aside for a gjfla' dormitory,
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Governor Robertson on Thursday
signed one bill, house bill No. 318,
oreating an additional nominating dis-
trict in the twenty-second district, and
declaring an emergency. The dis-
trict is composed of Okfuskee, Okmul-
gee and Creek counties.
t Governor Robertson on Monday
signed the following bills:
Senate No. 151, creating a state
board of osteopathy. \
House No. 55, relating to exemption
from road work by the makin^bf cash
payment.
House. No. 206, providing for the
holding of free county and township
fairs.
House No. 214, authorizing the re-
gents of Oklahoma College for Wom-
en to sell certain tracts of land and
buy other land adjacent to the college
campus.
House No. 370, legalising the incor-
poration of the town of Gracemont,!
Caddo county, and declaring an
emergency.
House No. 419, relating to salar^s
of deputy county officials and em-
ployes in Carter county, and declar-
ing an emergency.
Governor Robertson on Friday and
Saturday signed the following bills,
all of which bear the emergency
clause making them effective imme-
diately.
House No. 92, providing for trana
fer of cases from district courts tq
superior courts and from superior
courts to district courts.
House No. 193, appropriating $19,-
351.55 for the negro school at Lang-
ston for the remainder of this year.
House No. 209, appropriating $15/
000 for capitol maintenance and for
printing.
House No. 249, authorizing the ap-
pointment of an assistant county at-
torngey of Canadian county.
House No. 254, appropriating $7,000
for the school for the deaf at Sulphur,
for the remainder of this year.
House No. 880. fixing the salaries ol
deputy county officials of Alfalfa coun-
ty.
House No. 151, appropriating $4,000
or the orphanage at Helena, Alfalfa
county, for th eremainder of this year.
House No. 201, abolishing the coun-
ty court at Muldrow, Sequoyah coun-
ty.
House No. 232, creating the office oi
county court clerk at Chelsea, Rog-
ers county.
House No. 252, exempting Craig
county from the application of th«
statute relating to fences on section
lines.
House No. 321, abolishing the coun-
ty court at Chant, Haskell county.
House No. 335, authorizing the ap-
pointment of a deputy couifty clerk in
Pottwatomie county.
House No. 341, authorizing the ap-
pointment of deputy sheriffs at Hook-
er and Texhoma, Texas county.
House No. 381, fixing the pay of the
county commissioners and county en-
gineer of Grant county.
House No. 398, providing for an ad-
ditional deputy county clerk of Wash-
ington county.
Governor Robertson signed one bill
which did not bear the emergency
clause, house bill No. 132, creating a
Grand river bridge fund for Mayes
comity.
The house disposed of forty-four
bills on final roll call, passing thirty-
six, concurring in senate amendments
or to conference reports on three
The general appropriations commit-
tee reported, reoommending $9,116,651
for operation and maintenance of all
Btate Institutions for the next two
years.
The appropriations committee reo-
ommended passage of only two bills,
which together carry $325,000.
The financial activity of the house
Saturday marked the approaching
completion of the appropriations com*
mittee's work on thte bill, making ap-
propriations for state institutions for
the next two years. The institution'
al bill has been agreed upon finally by
the committee and will be introduced
in the house Monday, according to S.
D. Bailey Of Snyder, Kiowa county,
chairman of the committee. Inability
of committee clerks to transcribe the
bill in form for introduction prevented
it from being introduced Saturday.
The total appropriation carried in tre
jill has not been totalled, Bailey said.
It is expected the bill will propose ex-
penditure of approximately $12,000,-
000.
Only salary, maintenance costs, re-
pairs and minor building operations
are provided for in the bill, Bailey
said. Decision of the committee Fri-
day night against including money for
any new buildings at state institutions
cauesd the rash to introduce new sep-
arate appropriation bills for buildings
In the house Saturday.
The largest appropriation bill which
the committee killed in its report Satr
urday was that by Eli L. Admire of
Oilton, Creek county, proposing that
the state spend $2,000,000 to establish
a system of oil storage tanks. The
biU was regarded always as* counter
claim from the oil men, in answer to
the grain warehouse bill which would
make the state lend $2,000,000 to the
tamers te build warehouses.
I
MADAWASKA WAS RAMMED
BY SHIPPING BOARD
SHIP
LIMPS IN WITH PASSENGERS
The Invincible Tore a Big Hole In the
Other Ship's Bow and for a Time
It Was.Feared That the
Vesesl Would Sink.
New York.—The United States army
transport Madawaska, which was bad-
ly damaged in a collision with the
shipping board steamship Invincible in
a dense fog, made her way to this
port, according to wireless advices.
The Madawaska, inbound from Manila
by way of San Francisco, had forty-
six passengers aboard. The captain
transferred the passengers to another
ship.
The Invincible tore a big hole in
the Madawaska's bow and for a time
it was feared the transport would
sink. Her crew succeeded in stop-
ping up the hole, however, and the
captain wired he would be able to
bring the vessel into port
The commander of the Madawaska
is Capt. Robert A. Bartlett, who com-
manded the vessels that took Peary
and Stefanson to the Arctic.
Immediately after the collision,
Captain Bartlett ordered his crew to
the emergency stations and had all
passengers don life belts. Prepara-
tions were made to launch the life-
boats at a moment's notice.
HOUSING CONDITION IS BAD
  y
Department of Labor Report Shows
Unemployment Increasing.
SECRETARY OF NAVY DENBY
Washington.—The number of pep-
sons employed in the United States
continued to decrease during Febru-
ary, the department of labor's employ-
ment service announced. The decrease
for last month as compared with Janu-
ary was estimated at 1 per cent.
The employment service made 'fio
attempt to estimate the size of the
nation's army of jobless workers, but
its figures showed that 1,423 firms,
located in the sixty-five principal in-
dustria centers of the country, had
in their employ February 28 a total
of 1,626,958 workers, as compared
with 1,643,253 January 31. This was
a net increase of 16,295.
Reports to the service showed de-
cided increases in the number em-
ployed in the manufacture of automo-
biles and land vehieles, textiles and
leather products, amounting to 18.8,
8.5 and 7.7 per cents, respectively.
These increases, however, were off;
set by decreases of 7.3 per cent in the
iron and steel industries, 6.6 per cent
in the railway repair shops, 6 per
cent in chemical plants, and 5.7 in
producers of liquor and beverages.
Denver, Col., with a decrease of 26
per cent on the basis of the service's
reports led the thirty-six cities in
which the numbSr of employed was
less at the end of February than at |
the close of the preceding month,
The percentage of employed showed
the geratest increase in Chattanooga,
Tenn., amounting to 67.6 over Janu-
ary. Detroit also was shown to be
recovering from the general depres-
sion the percentage of increased em-
ployed there at the close of February
amounted to 34.7 per cent over the
end of January.
The housing shortage was accentu 
ated in reports from Arkansas, Okla-
homa and Texas and in most cases
little or no effort was said to be in
prospect toward improving It.
RECOGNIZE GREECE SOON
Legation Employes Says Negotiations
Are Being Carried On.
Washington.—Recognition of the
Greek government of King Constan-
ts e by the United States is expected
to result shortly from active negotia-
tions whioh have been instituted by
the Greek government with the state
department through the Greek lega-
tion here.
Letters from £ing Constantino of
Greece and Queen Mother Olga, it be-
came known, containing formal an-
nouncement of the ascension to the
throne of the king, have been trans-
mitted to the state department by the
Greek legation.
One of the obstacles to recognition
ef King Constantino by the United
States, it was said by state depart-
ment officials of the last administra-
tion, was the lack of receipt from the
king of formal notification of his
taking over of* the government of
Greece. Upon this having been made
known to the Greek government by
the state department, the letters of
notification were pcmptly forwarded.
Mr. Edwin Denby of Detroit, Mich.,
who President Harding chose to be
the head of the United States navy.
iNiiuo^Aiili
DETERMINES DATE IN CON-
FERENCE WITH LEADERS
The' Date Is Very Acceptable To the
Senators Who Said They Pre-
ferred that Date to April 4.
Washington.—April 11 was selected
as the date for the special session of
the sixty-seventh congress, the first to
be held under President Harding's ad-
ministration. The announcement was
received with general satisfaction by
the senate leaders, most of whom said
they preferredtfhat date to April 4,
because of the additional week it fave
them to arrange plans for the coming
session. \ #
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, the
republican leader, notified the senate
of the president's decision after he
and Senator Underwood of Alabama,
minority leader, had returned from
the white house. They had gone to
the president with a message from
the senate that it stood ready to ad-
journ sine die unless there was need
for it to remain in session to receive
executive messags or act upon addi-
tional appointments to government of-
fices.
The president, however, requested
the senate to meet at 11 o'clock Tues-
day when he expected to submit
names of nominees for "important of-
fices" vacated by resignations of dem-
ocratic appointees.
TO SEEK BORDER TREATY
League Will Not Be Called Upon To
Settle Dispute With Costa Rica.
Washington.—A new basis of nego-
tiation, believed by officials of the
state department to be acceptable to
both Panama and Costa Rica in set-
tlement of the'ir boundary dispute, waB
outlined in a note dispatched to Pan-
ama.
Replying to Panama's vigorous pro-
test against Secretary Hughes' an-
nouncement that the arbitraral award
of Chief Justice White must be put
into effect in its entirety, the latest
communication while adhering to the
previous declaration regarding the
Pacific end of the boundary, opens
the door to amicable settlement by
agreeing to further discuss the At-
lantic end.
The note is considered by diplo-
mats here to have dealth a death
blow to any possibility that the league
of nations might be called on to act
in the question by citing provfsions of
a treaty drawn in 1915 whereby Pan-
ama and Costa Rica agreed to submit
disputes to the United States as medi-
ator. This treaty, signed by the three
powers, was negotiated by William
Jennings Bryan, then secretary of
state, as a means of safeguarding
American interests in Panama.
Monday's note was Interpreted as
meaning re-definition of the northern
boundary lie would be favored by the
United States.
TAXREVISION
EXPECT A REPEAL OF THE
EXCESS PROFITS
TO SUBMIT PLAN TO CONGRESS
Changes In the Rate of Large Incomes
and Increase In Exemptions Are
Also Under Consid-
eration
Washington. — Formulation of a
treasury policy on tax revision has
been started and probably will be
ready for submission to congress
when it convenes April 11 in extra
session.
Treasury experts have been engage
ed for some time in making a survey
of revenue sources and the extent to
which each may be tapped in bringing
money into the government's vaults.
It was' indicated that while Secre-
tary Mellon had not taken a public
stand with respect to the question of
whether revenue or tariff revision
should have -precedence in congress*
he desired to have the necessary data,
on the tax schedule ready for use
should congress committees call.
No Decision Reached.
Mr. Mellon said that no decision
had been reached on any questions^
pertinent -to the forms of next tax
laws but internal revenue expert*
ANOTHER BANK IS LOOTED
Vault Dynamited and Money Cleaned
Out of Bank.
Uniontown, Kans.—While residents
of this town fired occasional shots at
them, bandits dynamited the vaults of
the State Bank of Uniontown, packed
practically all the currency and secur-
ities into sacks and escaped, in a motor
car. The loot is estimated at between
$30,000 and $40,000. Before robbing
the bank the bandits cut telephone
wires into the town.
After looting ^the wrecked bank
vault, the robbers stood on the corner
for several minutes and talked, accord-
ing to residents of the town, who were
aroused by the explosion. Then they
walked to a motor car and drove
away. Bank officials said the loss was
covered by insurance.
Andrew W. Mellon
wer* understood to be preparing toj-
make recommendations .on tome*
phrases of the important problem.
Former Secretary Houston's viewsf
were that taxation measures shouldl
be considered ahead of all other leg*
ielation because of the effect on bus*
iness of changed tax laws. There haq-
been no indication of a change in pol*
icy in that respect.
Among the questions into which th 
experts have been delving is that off
a sales tax which has threatened sev-
eral times to cause a rumpus among
meinbors of congress whose opinion^
vary. The treasury expects to have
complete statistics prepared soon
showing the amount that can be ex-
pected from such a tax, together witlfc
data concerning its effect on prices.
Changes Are Planned.
Changes in the rates on larger in*
comes and increases in exemptions
also are under consideration, with a
view to demonstrating the aggregate
amount of revenue. Thejre has been
an insistent demand for raising the
exemptions of the lower salaried, now
placed at $2,000 for married men and
$1,000 tor single persons.
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IT MAY SELL AT FOUNTAINS;
Believes Order May Be Interpreted
Broadly By Physicisns.
Philadelphia, Pa.—The ruling that
physicians may prescribe beer "may
mean beer at the soda fountain, but
never again beer over the saloon bar
or in the hotel dining room," saift
former Attorney General A. Mltchelt
Palmer.
"The law has fixed one channel,
through which beer may be obtained
for medicinal purposes," said Palmer
in speaking of bis ruling on beer, re-
cently made public after he left of-
fice. "It says plainly brewers may
manufacture, wholesale druggists only
may sell at wholesale and It can be
retailed only by registered pharmar
cists on physicians' prescriptions.
That cuts out the bear parties and
the prowler.
"There was never any legal knot
to be untied here. Why it took peo-
ple Interested in it so long to ferret
out this advantage, I do not under*-
stand."