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rAur: SEVEN If You Haven't Registered for the General Election, Remember October 28 Is Your Last Chance FIRST IN ADVERTISING. FIRST IN CIRCULATION FIRST IN THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE AELY ,s3MOREITE WEATHER Today and Monday, fair and cooler. Southern Oklahoma's Greatest Newspaper. FULL LEASED WIRE ASSOCIATED PRESS ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1922 VOL. 29 No. 220 TWENTY PAGES CAFRAL WQHAN HELD F EfflMWlfi 3D 1 ESCAPE MM -JAIU 1 Prisoners Take Autos From Parties on the Street; Inmate Overpowers Jailor, Report.. MEN AWAITING TRIAL ON ROBBERY CHARGE .Alarm Ts Given By Men Who V Kef used to Leave Jail With Others. vl.MTA, Okla. Several posses head ed by officers are searching: for seven prisoners who escaped from the Craig county Jiill here and fled in two uuto Mies which were seized from motorists on Vlnitn streets. Virtually nil peace officers In the city are with the posses and no official announcement of the jail hreak hits been mado. It is known, however, tho,t J. C. Morris of Bartlcs vlllo, who was awaiting trial In connec tion with the robbery recently of a bank ni Centrnlia was among those who escaped. The escape was effected nhout 9 o'clock at night. A primmer who had been permitted lo enter the quarters of Claude Carmlcliutl, tho Jailer, to use the telephone, spired tho Jailer And took his keys from him. lie then released the other six prisoners. furred to Stop. Posm.-s were formed immediately. It was learned that about 'i o'clock thin morning tho men hi ono of tho fleeing automobile wero forced to stop in the river bottom between Clareuior and Tulsa, when their car caught fire. They lipid up a passing motorist, took his car from him ami continued on their flight, according to word received here from the possemen. All the men who escaped were said to bo waiting trial on charge of robbery, v 19 tei It was nnnnu'icfid that tho Xrlfttnt-lMl "ttlin Aa.tirMwfl . fit ftft.lltlrtn fn Majors, were Arthur Newton, held for trial on a chnrgo of automobile thoft; IUillh J arret t and Julius. Dykes, al leged hl-Jai kers: t 'Williams and Fred I Jones, federal prisoners held on a liquor , charge, rind John Wlxon, held for pet ' ly Urcny. Alarm (ilven. The alarm was Riven by two prison ers who remained in the Jail. After the other hud gone they shouted from their window to ft church across the etreot when a revival meeting wa In progress. .Men who went to Jail from the church found the Jailer Carmlchael bound and locked In a cell. A trunk in his room had been opened and three rifles and a quantity of ammunition etolec. C. F. Cleveland, owner of ono of the cars which was seized by the prison ers, was slightly injured when he was truck on the head with a revolver. Cleveland and his family wero return ing home from a theatre when three men sprang on the running board o his cur and demanded that the occu pants alight. Cleveland demurred and .was attacked by the men who forced him from the machine. Mine Victims Buried Early Saturday A.M. MciUTtTAIN This nulrt Utile mtn 1 Ir.K lamp today is living again through the blanket of horror that befell the I'omimiulty In 1IJ when il men and boy In the Han Unl Coal company's Jnlne fur tixlay McCurlaln Is burying tho dead who lost their lives In yester day's disaster at the Progreealvo Coal vompany's mine. The funerals of tlite of the eight tni'li who perished In the burnt e terday morning were to be held with in three hours of emit other. At It o'clock the funeral of Hob Edwards was to I hold. At one o'clock the tun erul of John Sander was to follow, while at two o'clock that of Kill Tay lor Wa to take place. There wasn't enough crepe In town to designate the home where the horror struck to that formality was dispensed with. Old time miners said today they were of the t pinion that Iturel Sprous. youngest of those who lost their live, nd whose body was not recovered until After mid night, wa accidentally drowned Instead of blng killed by the explosion. Spouse's body was found In the bottom of the aump of the mine approximately 300 feet firm Ihr point where the explosion te thought to have occurred. minded by the explosion, he was tin able to find bis way out of the mine, but walked into the watr and lost bis life. The regular reri crews, exhausted, quit work about midnight. It was then that tour Volunteer entered the mine, and with rake. ean.ht the Yaler until the body a found. I'lHir Iteporlr' lrd CHICAGO ivur men are report mI to have Uen killi.l by a limited (rain of the Aurora, fc'gln and Chica go st WeMmor. II mil's fi'Ht ChK. t;o this morning POSSES ARE N FULL PURSUIT LEPER REFUSES ANY OTHER AID; PRAYER TO CURE T iv I SI - v T.'- WW Si 3 " S WrTH HIJ WIFE Hfi . L..JL I RETIRED TO THEIIL, , t -j Ja T ? ' WOUVTED BANCK. f , I Mm) l "WAS 3TBIOIN ' WHEW B13UK5 W POUT1CAL PBCailtKlCa Ki-Seuator O.C. ALEE11TOX, Mont. Can the power of prayer overcome dread leprosy? Is enduring faith a potent a rem edy now as in the das when the Savior healed the lepers? O. O. Willett, former state senator, and for five years a leper, insists these are possible. And although ha has re peatedly been offered the famous Chatt moogra oil treatment, effective in many cases, he -steadfastly refuses It. Kven with state health officers say ing there is every evidence of the dread disease progressing, Wlllett clings, to his faith. All of Montana is watching with Interest the outcome of hie de termination that , divine power, not medicine, will cleanse his body of lep rosy. Was Prominent UHlet. a Spanish war veteran, con traoted the malady In the PhiUlplnes. He did not know this", however, until In 1917, after he had taken a prominent part In the Montana legislature ses sion, and waa rapidly rising in state affairs. ' The atricken man elected to retire to an isolated ranch on the Missouri river near here. His bride of eight month refused to leave him and she shares his lonely life. The stat board of health and V. S. publlo health service offered the Chalmoogra oil treatment. A divine healer, learning of Wlllett's keen stui'.y of the Itlble and his firm faith In pray er visited him about the amine time and promised a cure. "I would rather a thousand times fill a Ivper'a grave than submit my at If to a physician's care," was Wllletts declaration. "I would a soon bow my head to TUal as to submit to the god of medicine." Kefusea Cure. Out In their lonely home Wiltett and his wife have carried on their pray ers for divine assistance. Frequently representative of the stale board of health visit them to renew the offer of Chalmoocrra oil. Each time the offer Is re foxed. Today, aay thee physicians, Wlllett In growing worse. Hut his faith In di vine aid is burning aa brightly as aver. "The dlneaso Is progressing; steadily," declares Dr. W, K. Cogswell, who an eeoretary of the stat board of health Jibs vUited Wlllett from time to tlma "He is growing worm, beyond a doubt. He realise It, to does his Wife. Hut the senator still doe not feel disposed to take the treatment we are ready to give him the moment he asks for It." The neighboring ranchers shout greet Ing and converso from a safe distance a they pea the Wlllett place. Sup plied are taken regularly lo them. YOUNG MAN BADLY INJURED WHEN HE FALLS FR&M TRAIN IN YARDS Jame t'lckel. a Jroung man ap pa-enily about 10 aia of age. was severely Injured about 7 30 lat tiieht by being thrown from a hoi.h I nind Santa T rnlg train in tin lore I wauls. youth In rtvntr with an otlur nun wa attrntr.ing to board th train when In fmr manner he lost l.f hi Id n. wa thrown lo the urnind w'V.A raud him to TWOUGH CXTEBED TUt CUAUsXXA CMLTfeCATMEMXMC ' CUMCS IDUbS KA1TU Willelt Corps of Engineers Are Pre paring Plans for Highway East of City Tovard Mannsville. Hoy M. Johnson, county commission, er from the first commissioners district, announced Saturday that some real con structlve road building would begin in that section of the county at once. The stat highway department an nounce that it will advertise for bids for constructing the two miles of .con crete road from the city limits to wards Springer. The government aid money on this project amounts to IIS, 600, and the balance will be paid by the county out of the bond Issue. A corps of engineers ur.cler the state highway department aro at work on preliminary plans for the highway east from the city toward Mannsvlllo, to the county line. The first three miles of this high' way will be of concrete, and lh re mainder of lli distance hard surfaced after plans ate adopted by the depart ment. The government Is putting up lit. 000 on (his project and the county a like sum; It is announced that woiit will ba sin on this project till fall. This highway will begin at (lie north ern terminus of Washington stieei, con tinue east south of the rtflnerlea, and under the railway viaduct to tho city limit. The concrete work Will extend to the point where lh lierw)u road turn north toward the lllgnight school build 1'itf. - .NTItOl I) t'.Vl.l.KI) HOMK AlTOl'ST OK FATHKK'H DKATII J. J. Blroud, a member of the local polio force, ha recently returned front Kentucky, where he wu called m ac count of the death tf his fathir, Alei Hlroud, at Somerset, Kentucky. Another son, Walter Stroud, also live In Ardmor, and there 4a a eon at Chattanooga, Oklahoma. Mr. J. J. Stroud had not vlelted hi former home for 11 yeare. Deceased wan wnnwn In Ardtnor where he visited his sons on everwl occasions. eili tain a itevrfv eut on the head, and a badly bruised bock. The young man who Mid his par ents lived at lauls Valley, wss taken t the Hardy sanitarium for treatment, his Injuries though pain ful are rot necessarily dangerous. Ill rampanlon auceerded In '.oardmg the train and did hot et off when the young man was in-Jire.l. SOME REAL ROAD W i ll OPEN N DISTRICT ONE FINA L Carter County Democrats Active Saturday in Per fecting Plans for the General Election. YOUNG LEADERS HAVING A PART Number of Speakers Saturday Walton Defended By a Prominent Speaker, The fight of the democratic party in thin section of the state was given momentum by the meetings held here Saturday afternoon, wnen every com munity in this county, and other coun ties in this section had a representa tion present. That the democratic ticket will carry by a "normal majority" almost as great as that of the primary, wan predicted by spokesmen, who have been out canvassing the voters. Some entire communities reporting 100 per cent in favor of WaRon and the ticket. On the other hand it was reported that many of the noc.lalists and a f'! of tho republicans are swinglim into tho democratic column, while those democrats bolting appear to be excep tionally hmall. A mass meeting of democrats was held at the illbtrlct court room at 3.3" o'clock l'l lor to this lime the Vouna Democrats league held a meeting ami reaffirmed allegianeo to the democra tic party and the principle of Jefi'i.r sonlan democracy. Tho Women's di m ocrutic club held a meeting In the coun ty court room. These meetings merged Into tho mass meeting. J. b. Laughlin of McAlestvr, who was defeated for the nomination to con gress, held a number of meetings on the htreets, the on on I'aildo triet, at the Intersection of Tirnadway belns? the largest. He was well received by the great number of farmers that were Ui the city. Introduced by Woman, Hon. Uaxter Taylor of the state in-1 dustrlal commission was principal i speaker nt the mass meeting, of which U. U. Sneed was chairman, crowd filled the court! oom and The; the i speaker was well received. Mrs. Lennie Carpenter who lives four miles south of Ardmore, made a short talk and Introduced the speaker. Mrs. Carpenter said that fine had arisen early Saturday morning and cnokea breakfast, after which she did a big week's washing. She described the farmer as the backbone of the govern ment. Mrs. Carpenter had made a talk at the women's meeting and was received with much applause throughout her speech. She said that democracy had com from tho great common people and by them it should live and extend to all peoples. Wilson Is Kulogjied. The name of Woodrow Wilson wns applauded long and loud when Mr. Taylor eulogized the great statesman and thinker. Almost In the same breath the speaker brought In the name of Jack Walton nnd the applause was continued. He told of visiting Walton's office and of finding the plcturu of H.lly Sunday on one wall und Woodrow Wllson oa the other. "tiocK that im in he is a Catholin or anything other thm a democrat?" tho ipeaker asked. He praised Walton as n good and humane man, 'on Who ha In-friended nun.y person and in whose homo Christ Inn in fluences predominate. The work of Walton as chief execu tive of Oklahoma City w is lauded, im1 the speaker staled that Walton hn never had u chame lo reach the h ull Ideal to which ho has endeavored met aaplred. The Socialist Vole The MH-iiker said that when Stiiatcr Harreld received the socialist vote "it wa nil right, but now the democrats have lieal th in to It." Ho stacked he Hording udininlsralon and cnuimr.v ed he blunders hii have been mado dar ing th puat three eari, laying special ress on he pa.-t.ige nf he urlff bill and participation In International af fairs. "A VOt for Field is a vote fur the Harding administration," ho aald in closing. Women Attack Harding In a apeech to th women, Mrs. Car penter quoted President Harding (is saying that this ha come to be a "sixth grade nation." Then she quoted Vic President Coolidgo as say. Ing that "strikes spell prosperity." "That shows that Mr. Harding has an unruly slith giade student," she said sauvely, and the crowd applauded. She termed Ignorance a the grvalet-t bugatsto of this nation. I. H. Mason, kirby Fltxpatriek und Mrs. Waiter Young also soke at the meeting, which was presided over by Mr. Inez McMillan Lambert. Mrs. Arthur Walcott returned a report on what had been done over th country. Tt RK.4 SIGN ARMISTICE Til l'HO K I'tCACKAULK I' T "95 ANCSOILV. Th Ttirkifh signed th Mundanla armlst their Hceful Intention and' not because of prees HrltLMi. Flrelgn .NHnlster told (he national aw' reply lo Lloyd Ceorte BARRAGE LAID BY DEMOS IN HOME COUNTY hestr Knalaiut. TliaJJlillwZSrigi "citUem who appreciate RED TAPE? She Ends It; Cleans City ST, I'AVl The wheels of Justice have been speeded up to an amazing decree here, and St. Ptul has been made over night into an unhealthy place for criminals because a woman accepted a challenge. 'Constance Curry, superintendent of a ward neighborhood house, was drawn for grund Jury service. "I'm glad of It," she said. "I be lieve Hpuedy Justice and lens red tape will crush the crime wave." Theg" rand Jury organised. Miss Curry was made foreman. Bho knew nothing about grand Jury methods. But she considered she had lesn challenged, so she used her own ideas. Cases of 17 gangsters were before tho Jury. Six were also held on charges of storming a Jail in tho heart of the Vity, and freeing n member of their frsng. IK-lay in indictment made this possible. Miss Curry argued. Miss Curry became Rand Jury head :it 10 u. m. Six hours later, the grand Jury had been organized, heard 50 wit nesses and returned 6. Indictments a fainut the gangsters on aevcrul counts. The action came so quickly that three confessed und within 12 hours were sentenced to prison for robbery. The dirtrlct attorney caught the spirit, ar raigned the remainder that afternoon, and is rushing through their trials. Meantime, St. I'aul is unusually free from crime, following several months of repeated Rung outrages. FREELING HITS IN AN ADDRESS Former Attorney General of State Fires Broadside at - Democratic Nominee Saturday. CtllCKASHA, Okla. Carefully tra- ing the development of the Karnier- Labor Reconstruction League In Okla homa and the Shawnee platform direct from Marxism and cummunlsm, S. P. Freellng, former attorney general of Oklahoma, first of the leading demo crats of the slate to bolt the head of! the ticket, Saturduy night spoUe to an attentive audience here. "T hve not loft the tmrtv." said reeling. "The party or its nominee j has left me and others of my kfnd and I thull leave you to Judge." Kreelltig carefully covered the history of the socialist party 'in Kuropo and In the L'nlted States. He showed how it had failed as a party and had recently be gun "boring from within" tactics, which wrecked North Isikntii und is threat ening to take. a grip on the soil of Oklahoma. He analyzed the bonus act and styled it a mere effort on the part WALTON FORCES of the democrat-socialist nominee to I ,,'' aiiorney io hmiv Tunner proceru get votes. The entire credit of the I " " ' 'ie Mayfie' J trial at t'orsl- mat la pledged to thn payment of thiMf"na- measure he doclured, in event it Is held constitutional. "There wero 91.000 Ok lahoma soldiers In the world war," Kreeling said. "Thn measure proposed for Oklahoma would allot a maximum of I50.00u.000 to pay it bonus At the rate of 50 a month it would require Mii.Ouu.OU0 lo pay tin bonus. Who will say who lu left out? Wlio will decide i who I lo get thn money? "When did these sihiuiIIM beei.in In t ere tod In the soldier." I'rrrlitig asked. Speaking In the ltacontructlcntt un der hi own signature, the mayor said on Soptem 9ih; "Let mo lu.v that it was believed Dial the democrat !o parly wut the dominant pariy in the ktale and for thut reason the names of the men and womon suleclod at the Shawnee con- fAcnco will appear under the Insignia of that party at lh Augutt primary ' Traces Hani.. "After tracing the work of the Lank of North Dakota showing th ruin and impaired credit thut resulted, Vreellng drew his parallel. "I cull your atten tion lo the Shawnee r'alform on which the democratic nominee rlands Irrevo- blv. To eslabilsh a state hank whkhlMrx. Nuyes, was presented by the unv (Continued on Page Nineteen) j PRINCIPLE OR PIE IS ISSUE UP TO DEMOCRATS IN STATE CLAIMS CAMPBELL RUSSELL IN ADDRESS Campbell Kit-sell, coriHiration com missioner, held the cetiler of attrac tion for the Constitutional lmocrat at Convention hall last night, when he.atl.HMj ln,lf0 who weie asking fur gav out what was heralded as "In-, b,mus at the polls, side Information on Walton." n pointed lo Walton tenure of ef- Ills charges wer answered by O. fk, ftnd said that It might serv a a M. Searcy, of Muskogee, former pardon warning as to what will happen If the and parole offl-er. I niaor Is elotted governor, lie reeitet "The question before the people of Oklahoma now is ITlnciple not Pie. V editor of '"Ine Cat" Mid. "No "rat Is under obligation loauppoit i unless he does It as a matter . Therefore, ou must judge rlnclpl and poll. v. a needs etui n today . h Constance Curry HE LEFT MI TO SEEK OFFICE Candidate for Senator in Tex Texas Admits He Belonged to the Invisible Empire. CORHIACA'XA, Texas.- Karie B May field, democratic candidate for the L'nlted Slates senate, admitted today tnat he was once a member of the Ku Klux Kian when questioned as a witness In the htlgatlon in d;:rict court which seeks to keep hla name off the ballot. He said he Joined ut Austin, but resigned in January before he announced himself as a candidate for tho senate. A motion asking the supremo court to order the Corslacuna district court to stay lrs hearing of the Muyfleld In- (Junction case, until aftur the supreme i court has passed on the appeal from lh temporary injunction of the Corel- ,'""a rourt wa" filed in the supreme court by David B. Trammel), attorney for Ma field, this morning. Conflict ing Jurisdictions la alleged in the mo tion. Motion lo advance the hearing of the certified question submitted by the l ailas court of civil appeals was grant ed by the supreme court and the case set for submission next Wednesday. The ,:ni,rt announced It will also on the Mtiif day hear the motion filed by May i.m;sTi AND WOOD (OWHTl l) or KOHIIfcKY OKLAHOMA i 'IT V. George Livings ton and Waller Woods were convicted late yesterday at Say re. or having rob ld the lie khum County -National Hank of Sayrr of ll,Jti, on August 21, ac- cording to word receive! ut the attor ney general's office hero. Livingston was sentenced In 10 years and Woods to iX the latter sentence bulng sui priulid. Woods is IT years old, and relumed most of his shure of th loot to Ik- bank. ,-SO( lTI l I'llKSS IIKAD l'A KLM'KCT TO FRINTK TOlC to. Frank 1). Nuyes ef Wash ington, D. '., president of th Asso ciated Press, paid bis respect to Prlne Hirohlto. the regent, at the Imperial r.ilace this morning. Mr. Nye was presented by Charles 11. Warren, the American amki-xador. Afterward the American Journalist, sc.iimpunlud by Uisudor to the F.mpre. I and recognize their citizenship." Ife then told of the aftermath of the war I nnd the effect It had on all sections of the cixintrv. and In this measure the expen vf the ma)or's office and the Increase of recenl years, end delv ed slightly into th pst life of Walton Iwfore he imn Into the political lime light of Oklahoma City. Huei urs-nt some lime In defending til own rwed In offt.-e anil during the frimary rampAlgn In whk-h h de feated for re bouiltiatiou. YD MRS SHINNIS HELD ON CHARGE OF ABDUCTION Disappearance of Jack Ka ran May Be Cleared by Arrest of Woman in Illinois Town. WIFE OF LAWYER AT OKLAHOMA CITY Husband of Woman Admitted Child Had Been Taken Out of State; Had Cared for It. BENTON, Ills. Mrs. O. T. Shlnn. formerly of Oklahoma City, was plac ed in jail hero late Saturday after noon having been arrested at the home of he aunt, five miles northeast of this city, at the request of Sheriff Dancy of Oklahoma City, on a charge of having kidnaped Jack Karan, thce years old, of Oklahoma City. Mrs. Shlnn won met by Deputy Sher iff Doris of West Frankfort, Ills., ns she arrived ut her aunt's accompanied by the child, to spend the night. Iicft In September, Jack Karan, four year old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Karam. disappear ed the latter part of September anfl complaint was Immediately filed by his parents against O. T. Shlnn, local attorney, who was charged with ab ducting the child. Shlnn U in Jail here on a charge of contempt of court following his refusal to prtduce the child when ordered to do so by a dis trict Judge. Acocrding to Karam's story, Mrs. Shinn was paid by the Kar am's to take care of the boy when its parents separated, Young Jack was kept by the Shinns, it was said, for some eight months. Then Karam came for him, declaring that a reconcilia tion between him and his wife had been effected and gave the child back Into the keeping of lu mother. On Sep'embor 28, a . few .day later. , the child mysteriously disappeared. The -information charging Shlnn with kid napping the boy was filed and at a, preliminary hearing a small girl tes tified that she had seen th attorney drive up to Karam' home in an auto mobile and leave with the child. Shlnn then was ordered to bring the boy in to court. He not only failed to do so but refused to appear himself. Sev eral days later, be surrendeed, saying his wife had taken th child out cf the state but that he did not know where they were. Ruling that he wa In contempt of court, the court sentenced the atorney to sixty days in Jail or until h would produc the child. Search For CUM. While Shlnn wa making thro un successful attempts to procure bis rr lvas under a writ of habeas) corpus frantic but futile eforts wer being by young Jack' parents to locate th buy. County and stat officer Joined In th search but found not a trace l of either Mr. Shlnn r th lost bov. Then a letter was received by stats A-' torney CJeneral George Short. It was "Mr l'. K. Haag, route one, Whit tlngton, III no:." and said that the writer knew of the w hire bout of th child. She offered to divulge this in formation for $200. The attorney general acted at ones. Instead of forwarding Mr, tlaag th money he wired the sheriff of Frank lin nounty, Illinois In arrest th Woman and hold her fur OUuhou-a authorities. George Defends Acts As He Steps Down From Office LEEDS In a cturaclartalia speech before a sympathetic audience today David Lloyd Ueoi ge de.ende4 hi adjoin 1st ration but refrained t.4M rswallng bt program. II spok strongly of th Past, but vaguely of" th future. Ap parently hi plana are not yet formed. r he feel that th thn U net rip to disclos them. 1U promised th people that Wtii' ever th future might brine would do nothing mean or paltry, declaring: "I will play no patt that la uawrUr of the rvnfldenc pUced In by th peo ple of this country at th greatest moment In th em r Ire's history. PLAN 4 ArritOVKD TO IhbTH STOCK AND ItONtH WASHINGTON Approving plane for rem-gamMi., of th International Ureal Kortb.rn tvllen4 la Tiaa, in Interstate rAima.eru communion to day authmiatd th new cot Dotation created following a receivership sal lo Neu a total of 144.1(0X00 par Yalu In stock and bunds. Th proceeds will be applied to an Interval charge of fMtt.oto wbkh th aystem must meet annually, and th reorganised cumpatir will tcquit ownership by iiirlty etchange of lb Austin dam and suburban railroad and of IK UeU veston, Houston and llandervon road. The Seventh Day Advent 1st conduct ed rllioi worship In lb IVodoMtt ItillJing on tlat Broadway ?alrtay with a gviwd attendance prnl. J