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RELIABILITY CHARACTER ENTERPRISE THE MORNING OKLAHOMA'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER rr A NEWSPAPER FOR FINAL EDITION CIVIC PRIDE, THE HOME, i rtHKATEIt TULSA t .- "5- li VOL. XIV, NO. 107. TULSA, OKLAHOMA, TUESDAY, .JANUARY 13, 1920. M PACKS PRICE 6 CENTS. III HU a IB I fert Jfc W ..l C5giiVv cJiJ ill mi jii m rWA- YANKS IN SIBERIA COMEHOMESOON Government Decides to vJ, ll'nvc Next Month. JAPS TO AID RUSSIA Eastern Empires Alone to As sist Loyalists in ngnr, Agninst Bolshevists. REPATRIATE CZECH FORCES As Soon as Slovaks Return Our Hoys Start; Railway Commission Comes. B, Tro I""' 'fd l'rt- U ASIIIS' . ' "N- Jan. t-- i-recn- . ' i.. i. ilin Amnrlr-lln trnnns from Sil.irm upon thu coiiiplotlon of tho n tutruiton of tho Czecho b'ovak fe.m next month has been reached by tho American govem- The troop-! wero Bent to Siberia In aoci.r.l.iiH witn an agreement between tho I nited States, Jap.tn and tho tntn!o powers to aid tho r. tk ..n.i r.pi.t-t thn Hihorlun rail road, Jtid J.iiun has boon notified by the fnltnl States of thu cancel lation of that agreement in so far as it atfecm the presence of an American nnli' iry expedition. When the Czechs have been re moved, the Vnrrlcan railroad com ml's.on, In Hi- .1 by .lohn K. Htov enj, whi' h has been In Kussla sinco bofnre the fall of the former czar's cmrnment will leave for homo and the An.fr. i m soldiers under Major General Graves will follow nj soon as transports arc available. Presum ably the si me ships which nco to take tho Cz ho Slovaks across the 1'aLif.i, w.i, be usul Two of those iaaeln. ths Pri'slcb-nt (Iraiit and America are cxnecled to Ieao Now i York wl'hin a few days. Toklo to Aid With the departuro of tho Ameri cans, Japan will be left alone to as (lat the ii val ltussiatis to stem the eastward n arch of tho bolshuvlkl. The rapid progress mado by tho soviet forces has been a Bourco of apprehension in Japan and the cabinet at Toltio has been consl lur ing means of ci. nbattmg what tho Japanese ofru .a.s Renerully regard as a seriuus mi n.iro. uirgc5:ions ham been nido that Japan ln.rojbe hh force of 30,000 troops in Siberia and It has opened nesutiations with the American gov-trnn-.rm w.th that end in view. So far as was learned today, howovcr, r.o agreement has yet been reached. I'orcu Numbers 8,000 Tha American foreo niimtinrx bout S.ODO men and was sent Into Siberia last summer, its presence has been the subject of numerous spirited uVbatcs in tho senate and resulted, in the adoption of a reso lution ca,..n(; upon l'i esidunt Wilson 0r a stai. merit of tho administra tion a pn. in rPpiy t0 ,ll8 ro,0. luuon the stat- depintmont said tho purpuso of sr.,l.n the expedition ,?,ie.ly'0 assuil 1110 Czechs and o suard tho railroad In tho mean- INSANE NEGRO IS SLAIN Ttiarkann lihw.L- t,.i . . u.a out ls mutlly Shot by Itusc; Hid U AtUc, TKXAIIKavv t ... ""i Jan. .is. vuison, an lnano negro, wan om? aIf?.a"ernoon b- tt sheriffs hour, a. l f "hS arrest for 4i t I!'rsmD,fl15' , was riddled with U? hous- lJ 'n'Sf'f I" U10 attlo of its " Texarkana, mil dur- ou-d.,f" 'uclcd In slightly ten';, gnllL'"'J,v Khctf John Har .1 V,rir",,Cu.'.J,"y' TootaH. and VJr- re ,.i.elni' 'd l -nduco h 111 to sur- HONEYMOONERS GO TO JAIL T''l"cci,.Ycar.oM UllsIjam ihrro lnr, 0(cr a,,. It.,"" ."Uia.. Jan. 13. Tho h ..'. "rI U-yar-old dauchtor K'oorn u-? 8'8 "'year-old brlde- "ra's ),k. -e?,10 an1 UlB brid'J rio.d 1 ' Hll"am Tweedle, 62 V.T to'"1 uyq tha po. Shtr.lt J.f fkn?,ornin a"d tonight afrtea in f."'1" of Coal county, ,0 Colgate 6 ",Cm back tomorrow BdCV,riT,' '.I16 c-lrl's s'lry she 6 Haik-'rf,. dle Wfcre "larrlad in Ulnuier u-h' 8hop ln SaHlsaw by a r' m sha never had seen. LEFFINGWELL IS FAVORED rr C,aM wW)n nJ- Wai! nUne,lt of Succcwhor. 'mW hSn?P- ISI'resl. 7 0.aa. ,tc.d.ay "ummoned Secrc- i-vf.ierenc , , ".o uvuno iur a "Wtl a whlch 13 was undor- ,0 d.!cuC.c"'.0 Mr 1:las wan "fcto.i I toTr, r. "-PPolntmcnt Is hJi ,E5" 0,hat Mr. Glas can t?'cr aK"nci- to succ-ad the late Hr qS "n Virginia. M!" Ion e known to favor the "eu A,sl8'ant Socretary If- 'UaSi!ii? lch,f havo ured . - i'iiuiuuiicnu World's News Told in Condensed Form for Hurried Readers H.MEM Ore, Jan. 12 -The Orcein ieiti .'atari' in apei-ial ie-ion hire today ratit nl the atnetidinetit to tho fedenl con stitution, gtariims; suffraico to women. VOKT MI.KY Kn. Jen. 12 Gen. John J. 1'ershinc's chmln le here todiy Included sti Inspection of tbn old -cavry anil ar tillery pott of Vort Hile Hani largely (or hospital purposes it u r I n n thn war, Il.VnO.V, .Ian. It --Demand for tho ft tradition of the in karser will be made by Ibe allies wllliln 11 da's, the Ktenlnf Standard announced this afternoon, attribut ing its Information to an "authoritative lour ' .NKW YORK. Jan. IS!. Tho lait con tingent cf troops Quartered at tho mllltaty ramn at Ilrest arrifed here today on thn tranipirt Ocorje Washington. She Mouth! 2.17.offiers, trar workers and civilians and 015 troop. n.U.TlMOltE, ltd. .Ian 12 l)r, Frank J. Ooodnow president of .lohna Hopkins university and former constitutional ad riser to the Chinese republic, who suffered h broken leg last Saturday nlsht, v.as xe I'orted today to be routine comfortably. t)NnON Jan. 12 I-ord Kllmarnork, flreat llrltatn'a roy to Oermany. left Iin J no today. lord Kilmarnock will be the flrit envoy in the Urrmtn capital ainco Ausuit. I'.HV vhrn Tnitlaid entired the war. He -aa-4 formerlr aecraiary to the Ilrltlth etibanay at Toklo. KANSS CITY. Jan 12 The pollf" of Kanaas City Kan., this afternoon arrentcd a -Roman r amed Mrs. Aitnea Pierco on a warrant charging kidnaping, heriilco Hall, R-year-old dauirhter of Mr. and Mra, A. K, Hall, and who had been uillilok- since last Friday, aa with her. I.EflAN'OX, III., Jan 12. mat threattna to become a countrywide itrlke of achool teni-heri bepan thia moriunj: when the en tiro teaching forces of the Lebanon stiino'.v from s.uporintcJident down, walked out Kverv achool huildinc in the town la locked up and the 400 pupils are enjoying a forced holiday. - -MTTLK ROOK, Ark., Jan. 13 The Arkansns corj-oratlnn commission todav an nounced that tomorrow it will issue an order permitting the Kort t'mlth Light Traction companr to put 0-ceut car fare into effect at midnight January 10. The permit will extend for li months. CIIIfAnO Jan. 12 Mrs If. H Henore. Jr.. slater-in-law of the late Mra. Potter Pal mer, reidgned today as president of tho Women's Federal OH company at the an nual meeting of stockholder The report of Frank (1. Kasper. aecretsrv treasurer, showed rash on hand as $17 75, a bal ance In bank of 53c overdrawn, and a deficit o( 163.133. WAS'iltVOTOV, Jan. 12 The supreme court today ttnheld the r.nrtbaJs a (opted by the ostmatr general In filing com penaation of the transportation f mails, affirming a decision of the court of rUnns. Appeal from tins decision was mado by tiie Northern Pacific Raliway company, the ' Si aboard Air Line, the Ii New York tiestrai and the Kansas City Mexico .. Orient lUil way Hi UKItLI.V, Jan. 12 Dlplonalio relstlons betv.oe-1 (J.rirany and France will be forrnal'y opened tomorrow when tho French charge, d'affaires will arrive from 1'stis. It Is understood he is M. do Matclllv and tliat he will be Nuttplnnted by a regularly sccredited ambasaador within a few months M, Dutn&ta or M. Ioc'ieur are mentloued aa the first French ambassador. WASHINGTON Jan. 12 Tho number of Jews killed In wigroms In Ukrainla up10 and that halt of tho dolegjeH be to t'eptomber 0, 1919. was estimated tomeiu 29.000 by Dflgadler (leneral Jadwin of the ,. ,. -i.m.i,... n, i,.,i , ,.t.,i United States army In a report on his tour i -' Vi,. ili, , . ' W. ,oloc,e(1 of Inipeeikin of .the eonntrr last September. I r'l'"rmai. of Iho central coin- transmitted to the senate today by' I'resi .mittee, to succeed H. A. l'cliols, re dent Wilson In response to a resolution signed. 11. I I'ogg of PA Iteuo, was by Penator Spencer republican, Missouri, made treasurer. CHtrAflO, Jan. 12 The death knell of ' " nip liquor - after January in was sounded at the federal building here today Word ame from Washington that Danle! C lioner, commissioner of internal revenue, bad ruled that no one ran legally transiort liquor in any furin without a permit and Oeorgo C. Danlap, chief field deputy, said thU applies to Uytior carried personally. T)niSVII.IjF., Kjr., Jan. 13. Hwood Ilsmillon collector of Internal revenue for Kentucky, todav ordered an immediate In ventory of a. I whiskr in bond In the 117 dtsfdlcrr warehouses In the state. Itcvenue officers believe the inventory will show that large quantities of liquor have been purloined from the custody of the govern-1 ment and sold ln violation of wartime nro hibitlon. - BAN FitAXCUW. Jan. 12. Uepoblican leadera of Oregon. Washington, Idaho, Ari. rona, Nevada and California met here to day with Nalional Chairman Will Hays for a conference dealirg with the next cam-'l paign. Itepresentatives of women voters, ac companying Hays indicated the importance which the republicans view the inf.uence of women is Josephine Corllsa Preston, member of the nationsl executive commit tee, formerl) of Seatlle. WtSHINOTOV. Jsn. 12 Tho American legation at Peking has been directed by the state department to request the co operation of the French consul at Ynnanfu, in efforts to obtain the release of tho Itev. A. I,. She'ton. American missionary, cap tnred by briganda in Tibet, The iegstion also has bed irstrucled to take up the matter dlre-Ml? with the governor of the province of Vinan. in which the Itev. Mr LliBiton is 1 id. Reformers Meet to Organize for Battle Against All Vices Iiy MIM"IIED MOIlItlS. International ' n senlco Staff Correspondent. WASHINGTON. Jan. 12. Treot tenderly the vires you have left. It may not bo long beforo they are taken from you one by one legislated out of existence "Make our democracy puro hy 1930" Is the slogan of reformers gathered in Washington today to unlto on plans for a grand drlvo against sin lteformers of every kind and from everywhere tho biggest collection ever seen in these parts. They represent tho gathering of all national reform Organizations. Tho assembled roformersare hot for action against all manifesta tions of wickedness from prlie flghtlngto polygamy. They will hold "purity" mas meetings addressed, by William Jennings Bryan and Attorney General I'almer All of tho tennturs and congressmen havo been given reserved seats. Among tlio organizations repre sented aro the International Ite form bureau, tho W. C. T. U tho DEMOCRATS BSOE.JTiSX MMlrWUnM PHI I River Channel Case State Gathering Is Set for Muskogee on February 5, 120. STAND BY PRESIDENT Committee Calls for Ratifica tion of Treaty Without Reservations. SENATOR OWEN ENDORSED Presidential Candidacy Is Favored; Ilarreld Con demned for Vote. OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. 12. Tho democratic Hute conention will be held at .Muskogee on l-'obruary 5, U was decided heio today at a meeting of tho democratic statu central com aiu liu 'Ik sen either by precinct caucuses or county ma-s meetings, at the discretion of tho chairman In oach ctniniy. Tho committee passed -a resolution eiidoreiiig the UIU011 adtnlnlstiation, urged thu early adoption of tho pejeu tieaty without reKera:ions and went on record as favoring Hen. Hunt-it 1. Owen for the nomination of demo cratic candldato for president. A resolution was passed calllug upon tho republican mato central eommptert to repudiate Congressman J. W. Harrold of tho Fifth district on account of his voto in tlio houso in tavor (1 seating Victor llergur. "if oilier than interpretative rcs irvations aio m.tdo to the peucu tieaty, it will be invalid and another treaty will have to be negotiated with lieriiiariy," huid Koy IJ. Stafford, in defending iisjn a -stand on tho tioaty. "Thero Is a greater prosperity to day than tho country has ever known unit with a glorious record in con structive kglHl.itiun and thu conduct of tho war, the democrats have a piogr.un lii h 'they can present to tho people with 11 clear eonsclenco and wan ilie asiiii.inco liiat their ef forts aru uprpeuated." it was said fn the iiipor of the resolutions com mittee, approving the national ad- nilnlfctiatiMii. (Jovonior Hobcrtson'M utltlllliutl iltlon I also wus approved. Thu exeuutiva coiunlilteo , of the-) democratlc stalo central committee tt'iiu .-illlhiiri?ml 1t mi,.,. 1..T..... .. nr to perfect a temporary organisation lor tno stato convention of women voters. U'nmon of tho utato want e'flial representation with Iho men at tho national convention, according to 1 t-commndatious made by the com mittee. It insisted llnu the Oklahoma rtcleiratifm be lncrwuie,! fnun -a in INDICTMENTS . VALID Sonntor Xe.tt 1k Try .Must JVv Trial January 27 at (iriiml Ilaplils IxlfnU (Vinrt Kuliw. OUAND HAl'IDS, Mich., Jan. 13. Validity of tho Indictments against Senator Nowl;erry and 131 others charged with violating tha election 'arts In tho 1918 senatorial election was upheld by Koderal Judge Ses sluns hero today In dismissing a da murrer filed by counsel for tho In dicted men. Congress has tho right and power to regulate not only thn election, but the nomination of ILh members tho court held. Tho corrupt prac tice net also is held to lie valid and the court ruled that any fruad, re gnrdless of the hubjoct matter, whether In an election or ln any other activity, which alms to use the United States malls for Its further ance, conies clearly within tho main lug of boclluns 37 and 215 of the criminal code. Tho decision upheld the suf ficiency of all six counts in Hie first Indictment, whlc'i will bo mado tile basis for the trial scheduled for January 27. National Temperance) union and and the ImercliegUte prohibition association. They are holding separate and Joint meetings. They have dedi cated the week to Joy and thanks giving boiauto of the prohibition victory. Tho International Itcform bu reau, which boasts of a board of directors that includes such dis tinguished characters as Senntor Miles I'olndoxtor and Senator Sherman of Illinois, has an elab orate anti-sin program. It Is out to reform everything from mar riage to labor leaders. This year being the three hun rtreth anniversary of the landing of tho Mayflower, the. He v. W. bur F. Crafts, superintendent, says It should bo a flno year for putting purity across. However, he advises against ordering thn 1321 ad vanced styles in wings. It may bo another century or two boforo tho program of tne high cost of dress ing Js solved by wings. gcbamscher 115 16 ifayej- and Atkinson, Adit. architects, World'a Washington llureau. I os' lltiilding ASIUNUTON, Jan. 12 As slstiitit Attorney tlenoral Neliekcr today further explained his state ment or Saturday night thut tho government will buck the Okla homa claims for t-eitaln laud In thu lliirkburnett oil field, 011 teridlng Hint J ho course of the river bus shifted to the north ward since tho treaty between the l iuted Htatis ami Spain wan signed in ltOS. Needier said a claim would ba set up by tho Vuiled Stales In buhalf of Imli.iti nlloteos for approximately 1,500 ones of land. Oklahoma ptovlous ly had rimmed 0,1(10 aeres. Tho t'tilutd States will eliilm (or Okla homa ludlai ullotteis land up to what the government contends was the center of the stream when tho treaty with Spain whs mado 10U years ago. Texas at that tlmo was Spanish toiritorj and what Is now Oklahoma wits American ter ritory. The line which tho gov ommeiit ooiiW-uIh was tho 0rlul11.il treaty boundary Is near what Is known as Texas llluff and In cludes the mn in portion of thn sand area north of Texas Itlutf. Nchckor his there Is 110 doubt that tlits course of tho Irver and chageil to the northward and thu unanimous report of Iho river and lire experts v.a- that the rlvrr fchiflnd tiorthw.it d Tho suit ill leudy filed in the western district court of iiUluluMiia will lie modi fied to confirm wt'll tho cla.ins of tho government HAYS BACKS UP DENVER CHARGE Replies to Glass That Democrats Use. oBnd Mailing List TELEGRAMS PUBLISHED Treasury Secretary - and Re publican Chairman Kx change Messages. WASHINGTON. Jan. 12. Telo- -graphic correspondence between iWot rotary Glass und Uliairmun tiays 01 thu republican national eommllti-o centering about tho assertion of Mr. Has in Ills Denver speech last week that tho democratic udmlnlsttutloii had sent out "thousands of tons of propaganda to Liberty bond buyers, food raid signers, war wotkeis, etc.," whs made pulilic. tonight by the trcustiry serret.ny, who declined he regarded tho charges as "untimely, reprehensible species of defamation." Secretary Glass, In a toifgram to Chairman Hays last Friday, thu day following the republican chalt man's address in Denver, called attention to a dispatch nuotlng Mr. JIays as saving ' that the name of evorv buyer of Liberty bonds in the United States was put on tho dmocratlc mailing list for the forthcoming campaign," and asked that .Mr Hays either pro duce proof, "or publltly retract this slander upon tho treasury of thu United Slates." Heplylng tho following day In a telegram from Salt Luke vjity, Chair man ll.'ivH denied that ho had said tho treasury secretary "hail furnished tno names 01 ail buyers 01 iiunrty bonds for tho uso of thu democratic contmltteo as a mailing lltlt," but that ho did ray "that the democratic administration sent thousands of tons of propaganda to Liberty bond buy ers, food card slgnois, war workers, etc., during tho paper shortage, and while limiting the use of paper by tho preas, and that a largo part of It was democratic political propa ganda and that all of It was paid for by tho taxpayers' money." Thu republican chairman in his telegram said he 1 eslred to call the attention of Secretary Glass to what he described as 1 citable Information thai tho "democratic committee has even resorted to drawing drafts on bankers In whose banks government funds nro deposited, wiring such bankers that they d already drawn such drafts" and in conclusion said he hoped the treasury secretory would "Join us In an effort to mako tho coming campaign a con'est be tween two great political parties " Itoplylng to Chairman Hays today, Secretary Glass said the only part of the chairman's reply which was "pertinent" was the "apparent do nlal" uZ tho press dispatch. Aik Striker to Iti'tnrn nHItLLV, Jan. 12. (Via London ) The government has Issued a manl fcto urgently calling upon the strik ing railway men to resume work Im mediately, pointing out the eonsn (luenrcri of the strike on 100,000 war prlsonern "whom your action Is shut ting out the wife nnd family." Give happiness and live hap pily. . Man's beliefs should Iwi guided more by the "still, Bmall voice" within than hy the mat meet ing's tumult without. Tho only thing that a man gets that he doeB not earn is perhaps money, everything else comes as compensation for hist observance of tho law of living. The employer In 'ho fartofy. store or office senna out his rail for help through t h o "Help Wanted" columns of The World. Is your new boss ea'ng you to day'? I'hone Osage euuo. Thoughts To Think About SEES DESERTION OF PACT FRIENDS Recti In St. Louis Saysj Hoses Are Falling ( One by One j TELLS THREE CHANGES Taft, Bryan and Lowell Flop to Support of Opponents Declares Senator PUBLIC OPINION IS RISING Few Alore Weeks of Discus sion to Mean Rejection of Treaty Altom'tlicr ST. LOUIS, Mo., Jun 12 - Calling Htli'litlou to leeeiil statcmi'li's bv I'rwildent Lowell of llurvaul, fminer I'rosldent Tsft and William J llnan on tho league of nations covenant. United Htatrs Senntor Jiiiiich A Herd, democrat, of Missouri, spr.ik lllg here tonight befoie a baimurl of St. LouIm citizens opposed to the Ic.iguc of liHtimis, said. "Thus 0110 by one tho loses fall." "All three of these men hiive now siilil that AMlcIc X should not be adopted unaided." "In view of the fuct that the presi dent ha declared that Article X Is the biioltbone of the league, it op lie.irs that at viu brothers Lowell and Taft think 10 poorly of the scheme Hint they nro willing to lon.e It spineless " "... Having been defeated in his attempt to coerce the senate Into meek ktirteuder to his demands, the president is now willing l go to tho people," said the senntor "In point of fact thrtii f-elng no other plan to go ergo the people sro to havo their Inning ox necessltit." "A number. Including mvsolf, from the first have Insisted Hint American people should and niilsl be coiiHiiltcd. Now that tho picsblent has agreed to let thn people ilerddr, rverylhlii': ouuht to bo unnnlmoiiH b'or 1 us Hiimo those Heiiatois who have tegn larlv, onrh morning, reverently ex rlnlined 'we pi.ty thr, oh, most wise. tell us what we are tit oeiievr loiluy. will once more recognize their nms ter'r viae und obfleusiji, go to. heel.'-' After taking up thn 11 nmend ineiits one by one nnd explaining Ihelr memlng, Senator Heed said "The tld of public opinion Is rap idly tlslng (igaliist the rat Iflealiui of this league with or without amend menlH, .As evidence of Iho ti end 1 call attention to the fnct that Mr. Lowell, long nn advocate of the league, now announces that Aitlele X might to be rejected. Mr. Tart hns iiult denouncing the critics of the league as pygmy minded and hss turned to nliusllig the piesldent be cause li iIom not nicept all tho reservations And now comes the great commoner who wisely declares that tlio American people would never surrender their right to fight in their own defense and who at the same time renounces the provisions of Article X A f'"W more weeks of discussion and we may expect these gentlemen to move to the line where they demand that this un-American nnd treacherous document shall be utterly and Incontinently injected. brya0gesaction Commoner Tells I,lmln Club Nml Is ImiMTUllw for Action Still Denies WIIhou llnnk. LINCOLN, Neb.. Jan. 12. William Jennings Ilrynu told members of i tho Lincoln commercial dub here to- 1 day It was Infinately more Important that tho peace trriily be ratified be fore January 10 with concessions by both sides ln the treaty fight, than to continue a state of w.n for 1 1 months until the people could decide in favor of ratification at thu com ing t-Uctlons. Mr. Hryan expressed tho belief that tho senate would tutlfy tho treaty by next Friday co tho I'liltod Stales could enter the league of na tions at its first session on that duy. Mr. llryun reiterated his denial of a "break" between him and Presi dent Wilson avet ihe trialy. Nolther knew whnt tho other was going to say relative to tho treaty prior to Iho Jackson day hamiuLt recently hold at Washington, ho declared. To Ho Tried nn .Murder t barge. Trial of Shurldan Taylor, i bulged villi tho inuroer of Dick Lletka near K.xiiy on May II, set In district court eti(da. w.ii postponed on moliuii of counsel for tb'a defeii'linl uoiil tills inorti.iig Taylor is alleged to have shot Lietka following a (J.uicu at u farm 1iouh. Important DJeclinu of Joe. Car Hon Pont on Vcdnendau Night Joo Carson post, American legion, wll hold a very Interest ing meeting at the chamber of co.-nrnercc auditorium, municipal "bulHIng, at 8 o'clock Wednesday .venlng. CajK Clark Nichols of Kufaula, member of tho stalo executive committee, will be tho principal speaker. Tom Shea, post adjutant, wlli mako a report of thn Washington meeting of stato commanders with a committee from congress on legislation af fecting ex-scrvlce men The Wil-mot-Applegato uuarlet will sing and other members of tho legion will bo on the program. Thero will aliio bo plenty of "sriiikes." j Wilson Issues Call ! for League to Meet "' """ WAHIIIN'tlToN. Inn 12 drill V III 011 loilav Issued Hi 11 for the first meeting of the mm ell of Hie league of nations to I'" held nt Paris at 10 80 11 111 h 1 1 diiv. II ws directed o the mn biissndors of the rtilonte iii'Iohm which hnve become 11 party of the exchange of ratifications of the treatv of Nrrninlle and will mn be made public until Ii hits hern transmitted by tlim to tin 1 gov ei nmeut.l Tile cull, vvhlfh was wtv lulrf, was Issued liv the president In in corditiiro with the terms or the treaty. The I'nllrd HlHIee will 11.1t be tepreseiitrd al Iho meeting j.f the n noil, which Is expected o provide rnr'thP selling up or .1 number of eommlsisous, nn mediate cientloti of which to . ,'ii'ij out 1 1 1 lain pruv boons of the tn uiy 1-1 tnmidatiirv NILES TO DIRECT WAYS AND MEANS Tulsa Banker and Soldier Is on the (J. 0. I Re gional Coommittee. IS BIG JOB FOR SKELLY Local Man Elected On Industry Committee of Republicans Oil Impoituut steps in iho pmty or gnnUation of oklnhomu -for a repub IIuhii victory in the coming elections were taknli Jestetday noon at a litm-Iieon given by Juini j. Alotlraw. moniber of iho tepiibllcan national committee, and attended lei- icpub llfnn lutders of the slale. Alva J. Nlles, president of tho Br. curlty Htiitu bank, who saw active eorvlre with Ihe A Ii. I. in the ca pacity ,.f msjor, was the unanimous choice or thu gathering for the post Hon of state member or tho ways and moans committee of tho lepubllcun nulioiiiil committee. William (1. Skolly, prominent In tho oil riatemlty of the mid-coutl nrnt fld and well known tn politi cal circles, was fleeted by ni-e,nnin- tluiiWo fill. Uja, i.ffiuo of Oklahoma m'iiiner tr-"tllo oil Industry oom miller of the repubiiciin national committee. James J. Miilruw was presented by Mail V, Sinclair, who pi-eeddml nt the mreiing, ami Outlined tin. plans or the national commit!, o ror plac ing Oklahoma once and ror nil In the lepiiblli-an column during the coming campaign Mr. Mcflraw Introduced W. A. Kllng, regional director of tho ways nnd menus committee of thn lepilii llcun national commltteo for region Nn. A, which Includes Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana. Notwithstanding Iho bright out look for a sweeping victory which Mr Kllng derlaied obtained In every section of the country, I hi- messagr which Mr Kling brought from na tlon il head'iuiit t'-ts was thn an ently and complete parly organl.ttlon in Impernlive necer'iity In order to every precinct of the slate w.is all assure the apparent victory at the polls Find dn lnNcuT'FicUl In California Drilling KANTA. ANA, Cal . Jan. 12. Oil has been strui k In a new field, ac cording to nrmoonciijiieiit hero to day bv a eon, puny developing a well near the i mist at NevvpoM Mesa. A flow of about 100 Lain Is was struck nt the (I. pih of 2. 17b f et. Mysterious Oklahoma Malady Spreads; Four Die atSkiatook Special to The World SKIATOiiK Jan. J2.Tho mys terious malady that llns caused four deal lis hero ami has made more than 60 persons seriously ill Ui apparently" under control, through tho united efforts of Doctors O'Hrien, l'hllllpii and Hulls of thin city Thoy characterize the (IIkkism as "iiifluonmi of tho bownls," tiaylng that It also poaseses slight resem blances to dysentery, which wiia what many thought It was. Those dead aro: Mrs. Fred Deshaver. Mm. W. 12. Collins. Mrs Lewis Cox. Fred Kern. The doctors say that Mrs. Ward, who died on Sunday, did not dlu of this disease, but from old age. . Tho influenza, of the bowels, which In what SklAtook people rail tlio disease, Is not ronsidered dan-, geroiw unb-ss sudden heart action' develops. One of thn men now 111 caught the disease, at lieggs, and rams homo, finding many ill with It herr. Another man was in Texan and went from Ihero to Kansan, coming hero to t-capo it nnd caught It here. Miss llutli Natjeis, a" student of a Tulsa buslines college, reports she was taken 111 with the disease In Tin aa and came homo to bo with relatives. J. It. Iledgcw, editor of ttlo Sklatook News, says tha' reports i tnai tno water Here W bad are un true, as all of tho -'.'i00 i readouts ! hern use spring watu that has , boon tested for purity. j SHAWNUB, Jan. 12 Three cases of the unknown malady mid ASK WILSON S SANCTION Miller Is Reijarded Probable Selection as C. O. P. Secret an Cliuvniv II. Miller. CHH'A'Iti .inn Former' ("on grrssm.'lii I'laienco l Miller of llii lulls. Minn, is regiuiled as the cer tain choice as tho new secretary of lie ri piililu an national committer. He bus been engiged on special vvoik for Hie coihlnlllce James It. Itey uolils, rortner secretnry, has M-slgn'M to mituaue the riimpi'lgii of Governor I 'ah In t'oolidgii of MiiKS'trhusntls, for ihe pieKldeney. Mr Miller has sinned teinpoiarv i hnrgr. WETS AGAIN REVERSED Supremo Court Driilr Ni'vv .Irrw'y Appeal for Hearing oil t'oiiHiltu lloiial Dry Ameniliiii'ilt, WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. Htrpn to bring trt proceedings to determine tho constitutionality of tho prohibi tion amendment tn the federal con slllullnn, received a setback today when the snptomn court denied for want of Jurisdiction millions of the Iletitll Llmior Dealers' rixeocl.it lm of New Jersey, seeking permission to liistltiito nn original suit for that put poe. Tlio denial, however, does not terminate the efforts to oXpcillle de termination of the iiiiistlon for mo tions filed by tin. otato of Itllodo Island, unking simitar -per.iilsNlott, went argued lodnv and remain to be acted upon. As the federal amend ment becomes effiicllvo Friday nc tloiiou the Ithodo Island motion within the next few days is antici pated. No llvarTngViil He Given to Oklahomans fips'lal to The World, WASHINGTON. Jail. 12 Al Ihuugh a number or Oklahomnns have arrived here to ofrer their money for and against tho proposal to extend the mlneial right trust period of tho Osage, nation until Hid, t'hulrrnnn Homer P. Snyder of tho house Indian affairs committee, said today that no hearing will bo grunted at this time. Congressman Hnvdi r explained that n the present trust period dors not expire fot 10 years It Is useless to hold a hearing now when conditions may change wholly brtwoij, now and 1031. to be raging In othi r Oklahoma' coiiimunitins havo been reported near Shawnee. TOI'KKA. Kan, Jan. 12. -A mysterious malady similar to that roportod from Muskogee, okla., ha attacked a largo number of Topeka people. It wns staled by physician tonight. A conference of physicians la holng held at Which the situation Ix being dis cussed. No etitlmnta of tho num ber of case here could bo Benin ud tiarly this ovonlng. MUHKOGKIJ. okla., Jun. 12. A strango malady, dickired to bo similar to that which has been reported from Sklatook and other Oklahoma towns, has mado its np pearamu In Muskogio, according to doctors who discussed the iUs tJ In a meeting hero tonight. No estimate of tho number of oiuoti hero could bo mado, tho doctors said, although several de clared thut they had boon called to treat 10 or more putln'N suf fering with the disease. No deaths have been reported and tho ma jority of the physicians expressed tho opinion that tho dlseaso wad not of a fatal character. The majority of tho physicians present at the conrerenco tonight said they believud tlio disease to ho some form of dysentery, while others thought It a gastric form of Influenza one jibvslciun char a' terl.rl it as a ' bang over" from last year's influenza epidemic. Tho dlseaso first mado Itself fell, thu physicians declared, more than two weeks ogo. Republicans Say Com promise Must Have His Approval PROGRESS IS REPORTED Democrats nnd Mild Rcscr vationists Sny Parley Produces Results. BRYAN URGES ACTION Wants Ratification by Fri day So U. S. Can Enter League Session. WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. - Further progress Inward rompt utilising the soniit" peace treaty controversy wn teported tonight bv democratic lend ets and "mild reservation" republi cans, but spnltrsincn for the repub lican trillion favoring the Lodge res et viillons and thino nppoMng tho treaty doclnted they could sou no In dication of enrly action. Sennto lobbies nnd pilvntn offices seetheit ngaln today Willi Individual conferences, activity being principal ly on Ihe deiuoeiatlo side. Among ths "soiitpllng out" developments was further exehango of views be tween "mild reservation" republicans and Senators Kendtlck of Wyoming nnd AlcKellar of Tennessee, demo crats, regarding reservations sug gested by tho two deinocriils. Tho "iiilld" republicans exiuesecd confi dence that the Kondrlnk-MclCollnr dtufts would form tho busts for a definite, pirsonttitlon from tho doino crntlo side later with general demo emtio stippbrt. Another development wns tho designation of Senator Smith of Georgia by a group or dnmocnits to consult Senator Lodge In an attempt to adjust the dispute over nrtlclo 1U or tint league or niitllns covenant. Tho democrats must obtain Presi dent Wilson's approval of any com promise suggestions, republican spokesmen said, boforo ' substantial progress can bo mado toward ratifi cation. Telegrams from William J. Ilrynu, urging ratification or the treaty by next Friday, when thn Inaugural meeting or tho longtnj of nations: council Is In bo held, reached sev eral M'tialo members tinting the day. tlio tolegrnm follows: "Very earnestly bono Hint It may bo possible lo secure nn agreement on the reservations find resolution of ratification before next, Friday so that our nation can 'enter tho le.iguo or nntlouii at lis first session on Jan uary 10. Tim joy of iho American peoplo would. I am sure, be aa uni versal mm it was when tho armistice wuh nlgned." Mr. Ilryan s position on tlio treaty was discussed briefly In the senate. Henator King, democrat, I tab. ruld tho proposal ror compromise resolu tions "was not original with Mr Itryan," although a largo part of thu press was "disseminating tho Idea that the Ulan Is Mr. Ilryans and that a number of democratic seipitors nro now ready to abandon their pie- vious views ami ratiry tho treaty." "My own opinion Is that tho treaty will ba speedily ratified with certain resnrvatlnns." mid Senator King, "I also bI evo tho treaty will ba ratified promptly." romnrked Sen ator Aahurnr, democrat, Arizona," but I think It will bo ratified Booner bfrntin) Mr. Hryan ramo to town." Democratic sanatnrs who attended a conference last night at tho home of Senator Owen, democrat, Okla homa, at which compromise sugges tions were considered, said a number of points still wero unsettled ami that the conrerrnre would bo con tinued They said tho conference w.is In harmony wit I tho president H view of accepting reservations which wero Interpretative but not destruc tive Senator Lodge, th renubllcsn leader, expects this week to confer with many senators, including lead ers of tho "mild reservation" repub lican group anil democratic leaders. So far, however, according to the re- punurnn leauers. tno negotiations ror a compiomisn have not rrached a stage promising an early agreement. Korean A ring Captures Town From Jap Forces Hr The Assoelsted ITess. HONOLULU, Jan. 12 A Korean national army has cnissod the Si berian frontier Into Kori a and has captured tin Chin fiom the Japan ese provisional government forcei. according to a cablegram from Shanghai to the Korean national a, soclatlon here. To llury I'lomvr 'rucsdny 8HAWNKK. Jan. 12. The funera rervlcun for Dr. II. (I. Sanborn. i pioneer doctor of Oklahoma .no of tho oldest doctors In tho sta'o, wt 1 bo held hero tomoriow. Tlio boJ will bo hurled in Now Ham pull r.', at thu boyhood home. TUFWl'fATHEll TI.'l,ft, Oils . Jas. 13 . Masimum, II ralrdniam 2t : souls winds; rlgsr OKLAHOMA' Tussdsy and Wednesday generally fair AKKa.SHAI.' KAHT AND WEST TEXAtfi Tueadsjr and Wednesday fair MM IHIAN'A: Tur.iiar end Wednesday fsir KAN'Sl" Fair Tu.sdsy and Wednesday vritli nodsrste temperelore. A rood place to eat llermoue Cafeteria, Riecllenllr rallied food 1'opuiar prleea. S20H Koutti .Mun. Under Woo! worth's. Adst. 'v si