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RELIABILITY CHARACTER ENTERPRISE OKLAHbMA'S greatest newspaper ' THE MORNING VOL. XJ.V, NO. 331 TULSA, OKLAHOMA, TUESDAY, AUGUST &l, 1920 1(3 PAGES PRICE 5 CENTS. 4 k START PROBE OF CAMPAIGN FUNDS Senate Committee Takes Up Plans for Rigid Investigation. ASK COX FOR DETAILS Democratic Nomiiee" Will Be Given Chance to Provo Slush Fund Charge. ' FEDERAL JOBS AS BAIT? Alleged Offers of Federal Positions Also to Be Taken Up by the Committee. CHICAGO, Auk. U.t. Governor Cox, dcmocratli! presidential nomi nee, probably will bo siibpocimcil and compelled to npcnr lieforo trior kcimtri enmvnlgii committee which ttT:ir mminmtil plans for inwMIgiitlng tho irpuhllt-uii iiml 8 democratic national (iini.'il;nt mi lest ho oinict of his own free vttll. n memlMr of the committee) told tho A'tMK'lalcil l'ros tonight. CHICAGO, Aug. 23. Tho senate committee Investigating campaign expenditures today mado plans for wlint. It was announced would ba a "thorough and exhaustive Investi gation Into tho republican and de mocratic national campaigns." The' investigation, it was announced, will not only deal, with methods of pro curing and expending money In the campaigns, but would cover reports of alleged offer, of federal positions as an Inducement to political acti vity. Governor James M. Cox of Ohio, democratic nomlnco, was sent a tele gram by tho committee 'requesting him to appear before It next Mon day, wlii' It will reconvene, to pre sent any evidence 'he may havo to substantiate his charges In campaign speeches that tho republicans "wcro raising a campaign fund of Jl5,000, 000." i i .In addition, the comreltteo'ordered leaders in each party to nppear llo fore It with all books, papers nnd information In their possesion con corning the campaign activities, fin canclal or otherwise, of their party. Included In tho llt summoned were "Will II. Hays, chairman of tho re publican national committee: Georgo White, chairman of tho democratic national committee; Fred fpham and Wilbur Marsh, treasurers, re spectively, of tho republican and democratic national committees; Homer Cummlngs, former chairman of tho democratic national commit tee; Senator Miles iknlndexter of Washington, chairman of tho repub lican senate campaign committee; Tlepresentatlve Michael Phclan of Massachusetts; Congresman himcon Kess of Ohio and Guy Scott of West Virginia, members of tho rcpuhll can congressional campaign com mittee, and Representative Frank Dorepius of Michigan and W. A Oldflcld ofArkansas, at tho demo cratic congressional campaign com mittee Several other witnesses will be summoned bofnro tho committee scpslons begin. Chairman Kenyon of Iowa said. Kach witness summoned today was instructed to. hring any f' other person who might ho' able to furnish Information concerning tho campaign activities ot either party England and France Send Gold Shipments Here WASHINGTON', Aug. 23. -Gold Imports from England continued heavy-during- the first 10 days this month, figures mado public tonight by the federal reserve board showing ImportB from mat 'source or ,- G64 189 Franco, the only omci Kuropenn nation to export gold to the rutted States, sent if76,5nri in the same period. Total Imports of gold by the Un ited States from nil countries; be tween August 1 and August 10 ag greated I8.071.04C. (Exports during tho samo period wcro $8,430,743. l Silver Imports exceeded exports in tho 10 dnys covered by tho fig ures. Imports of tho white metal amounted to 11.441,014 against ex parts' of IS54.86J. i . , Police. Inspector Victim of Shot in Irish Riots :UnUN, Aug. 23. With the shooting of Police Inspector Hwanzy at Usi'n It i calculated that only one of the men hold responsible by republicans for the shooting o; Lord Mayor MvCurtaln of Cork now re mains alive. It Js true that It is alleged 40 irlon participated In that slaylngr but it 1h declared only tlw leaders nro being hunted, and the man who is said to be .still allvo Is hiding fn Klllarncy. Official Information is that 40 houses wero burned at Llsburn as a reprisal for tho killing of '-ani:y, and it Is feared tho disturbance will spread to Belfast. f,nvf Modal Score, CHICAGO. Aug, 23.- Mrs. Melvwr Jones, Chicago, made tho low luednl scorn in tho Qualifying round of tho Women's Western Golf nssinelatbin tod'iy, shooting 4 4 In each half. Mrs. n.ivld Gaut hf Memphh, Tenn., had a 97, which placed her In .t to wlrh .Mrs. K G Rtarbuck of Columbus. Ohio, Miss Francos Had fleld of Milwaukee and several local players for seventh position. Girl Shocked When Finds Father is Counterfeiter E. Kentner, 77 Years Old, Placed in JaiJ at Enid, When Young Daughter Finds Moulds for Making Silver Dollars While Cleaning House. , KANSAS CITY, Aug. 23. Dlscov cry in her aged father's room of moulds for making silver dollar caused tho daughter of J. K. Kent tier to bring about his arrest In Knld, Okla., accordltiR tu mi announce ment today by federal official". Kentner, who In 77 years old, was placed In jail In Oklahoma City to day to await action of tlia grand Jury, It wan stated. I Kentner was convicted of countor ffltlng silver dollars flvo yearn ago uinl runic need to servo fcoven years ALL ABOARD FOR THE BAND WAGON Mass Meeting Tonight to Plan Trip to State Convention. BATTLE CALL ISSUED Will Be no "Duds" j Coming Campaign, Says Chairman of Republicans. - '. i 1 All aboard for tho republican state convention in Oklahoma City Satur day, August 28! A mass meeting of Tulsa county republicans will be held tonight In tho district court room for tho pur pose of selecting dolomites to repre sent- this county aX tho state conven tion, according to a call issued yes terday by' K. O. Lingo, county chair man. The meeting will bo called to order promptly at 7.30 o'clock. W "Ths meeting Is erally tho oponlng 3 tin of the fall political campaign nnd every republican interested In tho'county, atato and national tickets should make it ft point to bo In at tendance, said Lingo last nimiti "What tho republicans accomplished In thu recent city election can be du plicated In November, provided the republicans pull together, and overy ono work for the success of the coun ty ticket. Lot's pack the" district courtfroom'' tonight." SUFfiTfOllGHT TO. BITTER END Arguments Will Be Heard Latter Part of Week in Tennessee. . IH:CATI'H. Ala.. Aug. 23.. LcadeiN of Iho Ixiltcrs of thi; Ten iieswo IintiM of lvjirtwrntnllvcs Mated today that Trimcco leg Motors now hem will po to Athens, Ala., on n sightseeing trip and re turn tu Deciitur tomorrow night. VAOtrVTT.T.VT Tntin.. Allcr. 2.1. Argument on tho order restricting stato and legislative officials from certifying TonnesEeo's ratlflcatun of the federal suffraKO amendment may be heard Wednesday or Thursday, it whs thought tonight, thouglt no agreement had been reached. The order was extended today to Include the chief clerkB of tho senate and house and was amended to cover the action of Iho house in transacting business Katufdav when it "was not at any time constitutionally organ ized. Meantime tho legislative machin ery of the Btato has come to a com plete standstill, tho more than a ncoro of anti-members who went to Decatur, Ala., icmalnlng out of Jurisdiction. Somo of the suffra gists In the- houso today attempted to dlspenso with a roll call and to ....,. ihmI hltta 1,nt n rnll-r.lll was .demanded, and a quorum being found lacking adjournment was tuken for the next few days at least. n..,n.. tnd.iv llint nn agreement had beon reached between suffrage , Ihn tinltnra nt Tlpn.ltllr ll'UUfin hum ....w - to return to Nashville and proceed with legislation under a pledge that suffrage would not bo rcferrej by cither faction, wero ucniea m uu quarters. The suffragists still maintain their action Saturday was legal In every respect and regard tho temporary In junction as mo oiy siumunuB ihuck In tho way of certifying rutlflcrttlon to Washington. Tho opposition declaring tho suf fragists acted Illegally, claims the . ...... ..till V. thn nn,AptlintlV in Hllunu nm, imn in" ,'(,u, ,ui,,t, . sclnd ratification nnd is urgng man meetings nftainsi ttuttruKu liiiuuKti out the stnje. Mexican Rebel Chief Is Holding Mah for Ransom ""MKOICO CITV, Aug, 23. Pedro Zamora has released six Americans who wero kidnapped recently by him in the stato of Jalisco., but la holding dne. American, W, A. Oardlnor, su perintendent of tho Fsperanzn Min ing company for 100,000 pesos ran som und W 11. Johnson, a Urltlsh subject for 50,000 pesos, according to advices received hero tpday. I'rtiniliUHii Couple Married. NASIIVILLU, Tenn., Aug 23. Major 13, II. Stabelman, publisher of tho Nashvlllo fianner, and Mlts Sarah Shelton, wero married today at the home of tno ormes urotnor-in ,law, Dr. John Overton- tcsb In tho federal, prison nt McNeil's Island, Washington, according to of ficials. Ho was released a few months ago, they ttuld, after having served flvo yeats of the seutenco and went to thu homo of his daugh ter In Knld. There, according to tho story told by tho daughter to thn secret servico agents, Kentner spent much of his time In his room. Whllo cleaning house, she said, sho discovered tho moulds for mak ing' tho spurious coins. GIRL CONFESSES ; PLOT IN TRAGEDY Mrfrie Harmon, "Woman in the Case," Reveals Hold Up Scheme. SLAYER IS IDENTIFIED Homer Nida Points Out Man Who iFred Fatal Sho on Lonely Road. N Tho mystery surrounding tho shooting of llpmer Nlda.-u taxi driver, at a lonely stretch on tho Tulsa-Sopulpa highway, near Tho Texas Company's tank farm, on the outskirts of West Tulsa, Saturday night, was cleared up lato Monday ovcnlng by Chief of Police Oustaf son, when ho obtained a comploto confession from Marie Harmon, tho "woman In tho case," giving full de tails of the plot that led to the trag edy and the wild midnight flight of tho criminals in tho car taken ,from tho victim. Following Nlda's identification of Owens nt. the Oklahoma hospital Monday morning, Marie Harmon contradicted her former statement Unit sho, knew nothing of tho affair, and tola ncr version 10 umui uus tafson, nnd Assistant County Attor ney Homer Montgomery from her cell in the county jail Monday after noon. Sho said that Owens anil another man camo to her rcsldenco at 1114 F.ast Admiral Saturday evening proposed that they make a trip to T.-na "n,.,.., ual,1 ftfut tllfl Wn would go to Sapulpa, where he had 0 car, which liewouid taKo fo ne trip," she said. "Ho then stat'jd that he 'had his eye' on a certain taxi driver here that wo 'might use to help our schemo along.' When wo had gone drtwn town ho wanted mo to go to Sapulpa, on tho Intciurbun, saying he would meet me theiv, but 1 refused, so we took tho taxi. "A llttlo way this side of Hcd Kork the tw men with me started the troublo 'with Nida to got con trol of tho car. After Nida had obeyed Owens' order to get out of tho car Owens shot him, th'rew him lo ono Isdo of tho road and drovo off In tho car. Wo did rot go tu Sapu'pa as ho had origi nally planned ut turned off on a lonely road to avoid Doing crn. About four miles northwest of Pa- puipa tho car rafi into a oa.-DOti wiro fence, Jamming tho machine so tnat it had to bo abandoned, Owens fled into tho woods: I walked to the Tancha station and came back to Tulsa on the tntci urban." Following tho girl s suggestion, tho pollco wont to the place indicated and recovered the car. Sapulpa po. lice had received Information from a farmer that the car had been thero all day. bit the farmer had not thought enough of the affair to notify them before about 7 o'clock last night. Owens was again questioned ny tho officers but refused to give any Informatlorr-regardlng the caso. no had answered all former querlos Jiy wlerdly contradictory tales, but pre ferred lo say noinmg artcr aim Harmon's confession, Homer Nida. th'o victim, was -rest-. lng easily at tno UKianoma nospitai last night, after ho had boon per mitted in tno morning 10 answer questions of tho offlcere, swearing to his IdenUflcatlnn of Owens as tho one who shot him. Car Shortngo Improve!, WASHINGTON, , Aug. 23. Tho greatest Improvement In th car shortago situation since January la now being accompiiBnna by me rail roads of the country, the railroad cor eervico commission declared tonight. THE WEATHER TITs. Am :3 Stnlrn 7; mlntotum nil OKMHftut- Tutvur ivi iumMf ru; rrir, ARKAS8A8- Ttirwlar and ttrin'wtar filr: vtrm. KANltst OVrinnllr flr Tuodir n4 Hln(tir! firmer Tuwur inn in mhmu ptruon neoneM.?. T4ty'i IkiI linti. fit eftmmlsrlon mecUDf. uunlrliiAl bullJlni, 10 '' J dull mtrtttif, Y. W. r. A., 1S:1S. RrpubUciti ntM nMlrc, district rourt room, 730 p. n. nl Cwiltloni. OKUntlJH C1TT, Aot :3. Cotiiinioru ot Oklf hnmi litcfivlrl. u uiopunced bn IvStf br tM blib'ir unct tt U) tUier bnrttu AltiK w4d! A!t MUh, mkMj In pUroj BlA II muiliir: llrldtnmrt UtMll tllitri pwll lVt. pir mwl'lr! Ctilrtt.h4 uwMyi Cleveland m.fldjr; Clla. t,n Wvbij , I'nuae iiif, ntii , r"iau. i'uihsii wy,.ui Piirant invt: Kit City niklily, El Reno mull); Knld ,M,,u, t-itri,l. r.ir rrMMh In nlip-a And diidri l.f.rr routh, muddr In plaerai HutlMi imkMiti bin rniuldr, Hdra'lUa muddr Ibdm trudi lliun ffwi !.! two. rtinaiwiw Dnnioj, i .i ura'jur, llflwiT foujDi aiiawi muaar, neaira mun'iri new tog, Kan rr.uddr; Oktalwna Cltf fair, nuddy lov plaeet! rtTT moddyi Tonea Cllr Bilddn foleail n rellenti r-jrrll nntl Ryan muddy Sapulpa muddy Shawnm muddy. Talon tery muddy; Tulta Buddy; t'nlon City rmiddr) HaurlU Itlr; Hldilla, Ku., KUdlll WUttt KMl. HEAR ARGUMENTS ON STATE RATES Corporation Commission Announces Decision Coming Later. DECISION INDEFINITE Auorncy ucnerai a uiucc kit - rtc' . Asks Time Extension to Examine Kates. INCREASES NOT OPPOSED Shippers Expressed Little Dis position to Fight Grant o'f Intrastate Rates. OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug 2.1 - Tho stat" eorporatloTT" commission lato today closed the hearing on tho application or railroads nperntlng In Oklahoma for Increased intra state freight rates, Nto conform with Increases on. interslato trafflce ro cently grantJdJ by tho Interstate commerce commission, nnd announ ced Its decision would ho made nt a liter date, Intorstato nltn will bo Increased 3K per cent Thursday, August 26, na ordered by tho interstate commerce commission. Art L. AValker, chalrpmn of tho stato corporation commission, ald tonight he was undecided as to the amount of thu Increase that should bo granted to tho railroads operas lng in Oklahoma nnd said ho dm not know, when the commission would bo able to reach a decision, on the application. "It is desirable, of course, that wo settle the iii'fr ns quickly as possible, as It will" ho unfortunate If wo cannot announce tho rates for railroad service within the stato bv tho time the now Interstate rates becomo effective," Mr. Walker said. "Tho commission Is heavily lirmlened with important liusiness however, nnd It may he several days before we can go ovrr nam pre nnt.il nn the rate question as Ihor oughly as It deserves. I am entirely unable to say when we can announce i doclston." "It, II. Echols, a member nf tho mmmlnliin exnressed n wlltln'gness o grant Klmer L. Kultpn, nsslstnnt to tho atUrnoy general, a. "reason able" tlmo to exaintno tno uaia pre sented by tho railroads In support of their nilpllcatlon. "Mr, Fulton's request for contin uance of tho cjiso until October ap pears unrensnnohlo, but I om In fa vor of allowing him a shorter time to go Into tho railroads' side of the rose in order that all rights may ho protected fully," Mr. Kchols said, Mr. Fulton put a motltTn for con tinuance of tho ease until October, at the ouisct of Oui hearing, "1 do not approve of Fulton's later suggestion that wo grant a tempor nry Increaso of 25 per rent Imme diately and nllowtho mnttor of per manent Interstate rates to bo do layod," Mr. Kochola continued. "A delay or a few days beyond August 2G wotild not work a great hnrdshlp upon tho railroads, and it would onablo us to settle tho matter final ly. I am unablo to say, however. What the commission's decision will bo or when it will bo announced." Shippers at Uio hearing today ex pressed llttlo (llspsoltlon to opposo an Intrastate felght rate Increaso, stating that their prfllcy was to pay for service, hut that as soon as tho Increased . rates wero In effect should they bo grantedthey ex pected to demand insistently that tho railroads Improve service to meet present needs. Clifford Thorne of Chicago, at torney for oil and Uyn stock ship pers, domanded the corporation com mission grant an incronno of only 26 per cent Instead of the 3G per cent asked by the, railroads. II. C. Mc Cord, secretary ot tho Oklahoma Stato Shipper association; Ijorset Carter, president ot tho Oklahoma Craal Operators association, wern among thoso who declared they would not opposo tho 30 pur cent In crpae. Tho stato corporation commls slon's Jurisdiction in rate matters was discussed at tho hearing. Tho act returning tho railroads to prl vato ownership provided that no rntcH could bo reduced by a state corporation commission until after a six months' period under prlvato ownership, which will explro Septem ber 1. Some pf tho shippers con tended tho commission had no right to chango tho rates In any manner until September 1. . Discussion of methods of distrib uting cars for grain shipments, also scheduled to take placo today, was continued until rcptemer s. Texas Police Capture Suspect in Trunk Case FOKT WOIITII, Texas, Aug. 23, said by tno ponce to ru tne uescrip tlon In many particulars of ISugcno Loltoy, wanted In connection with the trunk murder mystery of Now York nnd IJctrolt, a. man was held hero tonight as he stepped off ft train from Mcrklo. Textm, Ha ga'o n name Mrnllar to that of tho Dotrolt fugitive nnd admitted ho also went under nn alias, accord nc to offl- clals. H gave hU rcsldenco, among other places, as that of K'mporla, Kan., and Atlanta, Ga., said police, Tho authorities here havo wired for a more complete description of the Leltoy sought by Detroit and New . -1- 1 1 1 - .via uitivviu. HH PWtlHBWPPll' - ' tr-tw?" ,T,atJ tut y - .- " . ,iaalMajsais Girl Reporter Takes Dizzij Climb; Tries Out Structural' Steel Life Vi .... Lillian Collier, reporter for a Chicago nuwsirUper. tried nut tho other day as a structural Ironworker on tho 'steenth floor nf a Chicago building. When thero was nothing but air botween hur and tho groiliid ho culled lt a day. Teachers Mag He, Given Temporary Ccrtif kales I OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 3. The lencuer suoriagc in UKianoma uu not Ion vied standard requirements of teachers' ceitlricutts, nccordlpg to It. II Wilson, stato superintendent of schools. Temporary certificates havo been granted In somo oases, ho said today, to candidates who had ful filled requirements approximately, with the understanding that lacking work would bo mado. up later, MAYOR OF CORK BOUND TO SINK Refuses Aid and Will Die ior Cause of Freedom of Emerald Isle. MARTYR IS WEAKENING Will Not Sacrifice Liberty of Ireland, Is Heroic Stand of Patriot. LONDON. Aug. 23. Lord Mayor TcrenciMacHweney, of Cork, who Is in Prlxton Jail, luidon, on a Hunger strlko,' was reported weaker today but still determined not to abandon tho strike Answering those who tried to per suade him to change hut mind, Lord Mayor MacSweney declared: . "it Is useless to compare my caso with that of others. I feel that an lord mayor of Cork, and their chief magistrate, my cuso Is different. If 1 i:lvn wav now. I shall itive away the cause of IrMi liberty. I would rath er die than do that Archbishop Mnnnlx of Australia, with tho blnhops of Hallyftrd and Kll- Ian visited the lord mayor In tne prison this afternoon. When the three departed a crowd whloh had gathered Inquired iIh to the lord may or's condition. Tho bishop of Knilao replied orieny, "lie is very pros trate." VFAV YOKKintS KTAGF, lU'tii; nn.MONSTllATIO.V. Ni:W YOltK. Au. 23. -A "dem onstration" was staged today in front of the Drltlsh consulato on White hall street by a handful of women who naraded uu nnd down the side walk bearing signs protesting agalntt imnrlRonmeni ot Tcrenco .Macawe- ney. lord muyor of Cork, who was convicted of sedition oner a trial ny court martial In Corktthls month. The signs, referring to MacSweney, whoS has bten on a hunger strike Mtice bis conviction, rend: Shall two mii'on of Cork hn mur. dered lo sustain Ilrltisll rulo?" "Khill MacSweney die? Shall Mac Sweney die?" "Twenty minion irianrnen win know tho reason why." one of the women said sho was fir. (lerlrudu- II. Kelly, ftn officer of tho Irish woman h council. Anted what organlatlon they represented, iho women declared tliey reprcut- cd "American women." Tho police niado no attempt to In- lerrcro wnn mo picKniing, merely oelng ttt it that the crowds did not collect. MacSweney, who was deported to Hncland on a deatroyor. Is now con fined In prison In London where he Is reported to lie in a critical ronuuu-n nufforliig from starvation. Thn llrlt. luh authorities havo refured to re' lcnn hlin nnd Dlaco upon him tho en tire responsibility of his ljunger ttillte. MucSwenoy was found, guilty of having under hta control tno secret unlleo clnher. nf hnvlug in his PO- session iirftumenU nlcdglne tho Cork eorpniatlon allegiance to the Pall Klreen, or "Irlih republlcah parlla tnont." and or having maun a seqi tlous speech on the occasion of his election. 1 l HARDING PLANS CAMPAIGN TALKS Popular Candidate Will Take Counsel With Party Leaders. LEAGUE IS DISCUSSED Col. Georgo Harvey Visits Nominee .for Several " Days' Conference. f INITIAL SPEECH .SATURDAY i Railway Labor Problems Will lie Considered During Planafor Campaign. MAtION, Ohio, Aug.. 23. Coin- ctdent with, the preparation this week of some of his most Import ant campaign iipecches, Senator Harding will tako counsel with a number of mon prominent In na tional affairs. Including Charges 15. Hunhes, who was tho republican presidential nominee in 1914. It Is understood that Mr, Hughes, whojwfll see the nominee tomorrow, wlll'como ntSenator Harding's in vitation to discus the league of na- nuns ami various niuer issues along with practical problems In the ftpn duct .of a presidential Campaign, Another on the list Is Henry P. Davison, head of tho American Hod Cross and a partner of J. J', Mor gan. Mr. Davison's appointment Is for Friday; and In addition to tho league, of which he has been a sup porter, It Is expocted various finan cial Issues will be talked over at the confoience. former Senator Oeorxe Ruther- land of Utah, president of the Ameri can Ilur iisioclallon. will sea the nomlnco Thurulay. As an eminent lawor and student of International relations, his ndvlcb Is expected to o sougiit by tne nsmlneo In connec tion with certain details ot the lea gue Issue. Another cal or Krldav will bo Fred D, Underwood, president ot tho Krle railway, who will kIvo Senator Hard, lng his views on transportation prob leins nnd related (uibjocts. On the sumo day tho senator la to make a Hpeechjn Gallon, Ohio, at a picnic of Krle employes. Colonel (loorgo Harvey. Now York editor, who spent the week-end ns mo guest or tno nominee. Is expected to remain several days nnd to seu Senator Harding frequently, It was said nt Harding headquarters that mo eoionors errand had to do with the league Isiue, hut no details have neen uivuiged Aside from the flnllnn sneeeh. whic h' Is expected to touch on railway moor prouierns, me icaguo will oc cupy most of tho senator's working time during tho week, Benaior Harding saw only a few callers today and In tho afternoon motored to Mansfield for a game of golf. Among those with whom ho conferred waa W. C. Cook, national commlttcemanVrom South Dakota. Raiding Squad Gels liig Haul at Officer's Home QKLAIIOMA CITY, Aug. 23.-Tho entity attorney's raiding squad to. day raided thn home of Vernon a, r.nlllter, a mounted policeman of the Oklahoma City forca and confiscated between IE nnd 20 gallons of vhls wey, according to O. A, Curylll, dis trict attorney. CITY FIGHTS GERM SPREAD COX SPARS FOR TIME TOANSWER No Response to Committee for Particulars of "Slush Fund." WILL THINK IT OVER "I Shall f.lvo Out Information ns 1 Sco Fit," Is His Viikuo Dccisldm' DAYTON, Ohio, Aug. 31. Devel. cpnients In connection with III l charge Hint a "slush fund" ot $16,. Ofil.iino whs bring inlsod for thn re publican campaign and "perianal -affairs today engaged Governor Cox, democratic presidential candidate. flovernnr Cox received a telegram from Konntnr Kenyon, republican of lown, chairman of thn sennto cam paign fund Investigating r.ommltteo, which resumed Its semlous today at Chicago requesting Information. No reply was mado by tho gover nor as ho had tent Senator Hood of Missouri, ft democratic member of Iho Kenyon committee, ft telegram last night, promising to trnnsmlt in formation In Hie near future. ' Declaring he did not oxpect to ten. tlfy before the somite committee, Qnvernor Cox mldt "I shall send tho matter to the committee lojer. All of tho Informa. Hon I have wlM be given to tho pub lic, ami, mcrciore, i no noi sea any use In going before tho committee. I think also the cqmmlttso will roc ngnlto Hint as a cniidldata I should glva It nut In such a munner ns I ree fit, but I have no disposition, of course. lo conceal anything from them that I have myself, "I shall glvo nnt my Information ns i minx tun pubiio intereit de mands nnd I think 1 should ba the Judgo ns to when It Is to bo given." Governor Cox added Hint no ro snonser had rnmo from Will II. llnvi. i iiairmnn ol tne republican national Aommlttet), .to Ills request yesterday for information regarding alleged mvision or tno country by the ronub- Means into subdivisions nnd Imposi tions oi comriiminn quotas. POLES Witt NOT GO INTO RUSSIA Victorious Armies Will Not Pursue Advance Beyond Frontier. SITUATION IS BETTER American Government Sends Note Favoring Preserva tion of Russia. WASHINGTON, Aug, 23, Com plete assurance "will bo given tho United States, It was stated today in I'otlsh official circles that Poland's victorious armies will not pursue their advance beyond tho natural frontiers of tho reconstituted repub lic. An early communication from Warsaw lo this effect waa expoctp,d by these officials, Ileptesentatlons witting forth the views ot this government have been made through the logatlon nt War naw, the state department announced today, the communication reiterating tho stund taKcn by Kiicratary Coiny In his recent note to the Italian am bassador. Tho position of tho American gov ernment ns outlined then wui that tho allied and associated iwwon should unite In a declaration favor hie, tlio preservation of the Integrity of IluHsl.'i, stich a declaration to be iicromparrrtd "by tho announcement that no transgroeslon by rotund whl bo permitted." Thu I'olinli reply, legation officials sifld, would set at rest any susvlc Ions thai Poland was contemplating tho prolongation ot hostilities Into an effective war against Itussla, Assurances of this nature ,lt was added, already had been given the soviet government envoys by the Polish peace delegation at Minsk. No formal representations havo been exchanged with the allies by the United States regarding the poa sIMo transition ot tho Polish opera' Hons from an offensive to a defen slvo character, The American gov eminent Is understood to be satisfied with tho situation us set forth In tti note and representations mado to the Polish government nave been oniy nil elaboration of the principles enunciated In that document. Great Ilrltuln, however, through Premier Lloyd Ocorge, already has unnouueed her opposition to any truuflgioslon by Poland of Kunalun territory. For the present, It U bo- I eved. tho llrltluli government will rest on tho announcement of the Ilrltlsh position by Uoyd CI cork In the house ot commons before tallng up a possible formal rejoinder to tho American note to tho Italian am bassador In which the Invitation was issued for a declaration by the allied and asuoclatcd powers ot their atti tude toward Poland and Russia. Negro Given Deuth Penalty. KAN3AB CITV, Aug, 21. Tho death penalty .was Imposed upon Walker Lee, negro, by a Jury In criminal court tonight, which found him guilty of having attacked Mrs. .ICIlzabeth Dahni, 6t years old, a wnita woman. Two Small Dairies Arc Ordered Closed in Anthrax Scare. INSPECT DAIRY 'HERDS Health Authorities Say No Immediate, Danger From Milk Supply. VICTIM IS TREATED! HEflE Collinsvlllo Farm. Lad Has Mllrf Attact of tho Disease. Drastic measures 1mvo beon adopt ed by city health officials to prevent Any possible spread ot anthrax tho dread dlncnso In Tulsa, It was an notinced last night by Dr. C. L. Pr ca non, city superintendent ot health. two small uairiea nave ocen ior hlddcn by tho city health department to dnllvtr milk in Uio.clty and aim liar orders may bo Imued to other dairies. It wan sold, pending rigid In SDCctlon of dairy bonis for any. DOS- llilo trace ot nuthrax germs. "There is really no immedtato aan ger of the spread of this disease through milk," Dr. Prosson stated lust night, "but wo are determined to take every precaution to protect tho publlo health, and for this rea son strict supervision la being main tained over the dairymen who sup ply the clty'a milk." - Anthrax made Its first nnoearanco In Tulsa when George Hussy, HT, wan nrougnt nure Monnny nignt from wn father's farm t'lenr Collinsvlllo to bo treated far a slight oaso ot maUdy. After rutllo attempts to Dlaco mm in a local hospital ho was taken to tho hospital for contagious alaoases, lo cated near tho fair wound. The sudden appnarace of tho dis ease found local and stato authorities unable to copo with it, with neither equipment nor serum to be found anywhere In the stato. Doctors h .v wlrd to Now York for; special or ii m, which they expect to arrive In two or tnraa a ays. liujsey contracted tne,,. malady whllo removing tho hide of & cow that had died fm'm tho dUrAs. Tha Infection was not noticeable until last Wednesday, n week after ho had iuiiii.iiiii .t,w ,na, i-iu,i small pimples appeared on hu arms. ivoining was tnougnt or tno arcair until tho marks began to cauro moro than ordinary Itching. An elimina tion by Doctors Hughes and Smith of Collinsvlllo last Saturday rulto(p In the conclusion that ths malady was anthrax, ana tho caso turned over to Dr. Charles 3. Wood of Tul sa, Tho Knoblock-W6od laborato ries have carried on extensive invest igations, ending with tho promise of rorilm through n. largo Kansas City Tho spread of anthrax seema to have )on checked at Collinsvlllo, where tha most serious cases have boen reported. Two other men bo sldo Ilussey havo beon reported as having symptoms, ot tho disease. County authorities are guarding cat tle carefully to prevent further dan ger from that source. Stillwater J? arm Congrdsq Ready Formal Opening i 1 STILlAVATKIt. Oklo,. Aug. it. Preparations for tho Oklahoma Utats Farm congress hero were nearly completed tonlg-ht, although rainy weather nnd muddy roads fjad mado difficult the transportation ot exhi bits, Demonstrations will bogln torm a,lly Tuesay morning. County farm ngontn will hold a meeting then. Dr. H. J. Wators of Kansas' City and n, II. Wilson, stato superintend ent nt scnoois, wcro principal speak ers nt the first session ot the con gress today. Army Slacker Assigned lo Stone Gang Detail LTCAVENWOHTH, Kan., Aug. 53. Ervln Itudolnh Tlergdnll. wealthy army slacker, was brought to the dis ciplinary barracks at Fort Leaven worth today to servo a four-year term. Io Is to he put to work with a stone gang tomorrow. Bergdoll made no romnrks nnd was Indiffer ent whllo undergoing dressing In. Cotton Quarantine Modified. ANSTIN1, Texas, Aug. J3, Gov ernor W, 1'. Hobby's secretary an nouncedHodiiy that all itatea except Louisiana which have declared pink boll worm qunrantlne against Texas cotton havo either abandoned, modi fied tu conform with federal quaran tine, or agreed to modify their quarantines. Dunes Ilepudlato Itndlcnl, COPKNHAGKN, Aug. 33 The radical Jorgeniicn, who represented Denmark In the third International at Moscow, huh not bton allowed to return to tho country. Ill was sent back to llussla when he attempted to re-enter Denmark from Germany. NewYorkLife Insurance Co. Parmer & I) a ran 9 SPKCIAL AGHNTS H SOS Palaco llhlg. Phono 1S1 I