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RELIABILITY CHARACTER ENTERPRISE THE MORtflNG OKLAHOMA'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER VOL. XV, NO. 71. Tl)LSA, OKLAHOMA, THURSbAY, DECEMBER 1), 1920. " " 20 PAGES PRICE 6 CENTS. STILL FREE, FAILS TO SUBMIT But Prosecutor, Antici pating Capture, Changes Charge to Murder CONFLICTING REPpRTS J5 Paso Dispatch Says Father ' of Fugitive Not at Fort Worth Conference ATTORNEYS STANDING PAT Insist That Clara Smith's Par ent Discussed Her Surren der With Them B; Aiiotnlfd 1'reM Plate Wlr. AHDMOHH. Okla.. Dec. 8. What is characterized a the next move In tho pursuit of Clara Ilarton Smith, alleged slayer of tho late Jike L. llamon. oil magnate, was rr.idc lat today when Itusscll Ujn. county attorney, wired W,rlff fifth ti. Orndorff of Kl Paso uklng lilm to advise immediately shcther liu know of her wherc tbouts. o will take any and all steps to apprehend her when advised by ;ou that ou know1 of her whore tbouts," the message aaid. "Please Co not let nnyono k'vo you the Im preeslon that we do Hot want her." Tho telegram followed published reports from Kl Paso quoting the sheriff on stating that he had lo cated Miss Smith Just across the lint In Mexico, but had received In formation virtually declaring; that the Artlmore authorities did not want her and that consequently he lUJ not! pressed tho pursuit. Before ho sent the- telegram, Mr. Urown placed a (star go of murder .(licit Mies .Smith, 'explaining that he u doing so because ho was hopeful tho had been definitely lo cated, and that .it would bo easier for officials to handle tho case in the ertnt of capture If she waa charged with murder Instead of as fault with Intent to kill, the charge made after Hamon was hhoL The .hooting, described by Hamon and hi, friends an due to the accidental discharge of a revolver he waa load ing or cleaning, took place Novem ber 21, at the hotel hero at which hi and Mlsi Smith had their homes. Mlas1 Smith dlsupeparcd tho next day. llunon died In a hospital here November 26. Tho murder charge wan placed rainst "Clara Smith Hamon," the name the young woman took when he was married to Frank L.. 'Hamon, nephew of Jake D. Hamon, and who obtained a divorce from b'r at Weathorford, Texas, May 23, 1I7. While awaiting a roplv to Mr. Brown's telegram to the Kl Paso nerlff, officials tonight discussed press rcportH from Fort Worth and U Paso concerning u reported con ference at Fort Worth yesterday be tween n man descrlbod as Miss Smith's father and a firm of promt "nt Port Worth attorneys. The purpotc of tho conference, accord Ins to tho Fort Worth dispatches. J ii to arrange for the surrender of ' Smith at Kl Paso. On the hand, El Paso dispatches Woted Miss Smith's iatjiof as say "I that ho had not seen his daug r for somo time and denying that he had been in Fort Worth. Tho l'aso dispatches quoted the piMior of M Smith as also deny me tho report. However, when MMd whether tho Fort Worth man rnlsht not have been a reprcsenta- of tho family, tho brother was aid to have replied: "Well, he .CONTINUED ON PAOH KIVP, An Appeal to Conscience ! it conceivable that among tho ninny men insldu tho tepuhllcan Party in Oklahoma who supported tho late. Jake 1.. llamon for nntlonal committeeman thero fire not rtome though'tful and reflective enough oral! a halt on any plan that dntgH tho life hn led and tho death ho net through every political controversy In the state for the next four l't come? ih i wns nl unselfish friend during his life that will now advocate in election of his widow' as his succes.or on the natlonul committee? no is her unselfish friend that will Invite her M the central figure to miuatlon that drags from tho grnvo hln Ufa and body nnd make of tt land' tnln 'or ealv ut ev',ry man, woman and child In the A place on tho national committee would bring Mrs. Hamon no dis tinction, but It would bring her notoriety purchased ot tho prloo of an uncovered life and ah ever open grave. hvcry man, regardless of how ho htm llyed hlsvlifo, pulls up at tho approach nf Imminent death and his first anil no doubt his last thought 'the protection nnd tho uhleldlng nf those to whom under every law M'?1 nni nmn !e owes a first duty. Jako H(tmon, . with n bullet through that part of hlw body niih his own intelligence told him meant death, walked down fllghtB or nalrs, two blocks to a hospital, and Htuggered In with tho declara tion that ho had accidentally tmot himself, and let tho statement stand eMi enA n vfa'1 nnklne; tho Inw and the world for tho sake nf his cniiiiren and their mother to bulluvo his story and thereby end hln life's PuMlclty at tho grave. ' .u Now what manner of man. of what stuff can he be made, who dls "Harding the dead, urges a political prefcrmtnt that can mean tfnly "i (.hulning of the widow and mother of an 11 -year-old girl to k sor 'at that the husband und father In hU dying breath wanted for vjr forgotten? in tne light of all that ba been revcalod: la the light of all that Is .11 3 Ia ha Aanl. .. t.-M ei4pn flmlth fttininn tUa ..f lat., . ' " ' I. I I UllU n,..t Vll U P . 1 1 .. . V P "W . -. " lamon's ilenrl hrnthpr. mn crni.ii ulion trlnl nnd tellri her ntftrv. Itt itll amjlflsh men and women take their stand on the side of the widow nd tho Httlo girl In hor, teens, and aasuro them that tho surest road jo any forgctfulnem, Contentment or happiness lies not nlong tho road W notoriety and publicity, such as a national commlteemanshlp would, rrlng, but along tho pathway of .modest retirement find modest hccIu IvenesM. . If the situation la one the widow ran not bo mado to see, then she f nut tho proper person for responsibilities, and the ttnirelflsh, thought rui people ot the stale and her unsolflsh and sympathetic frltnds nouij guvc her and Me r girl child from herself, I'd nothing that wllrkcep llfo ltmldo thin awful drama, but do every thing that will at the earliest moment draw tho mantle of oblivion oyer 'tall, and no man can do greater vlolenco to.JUmon's memory than to lo otherwise. AN IMPARTIAL, CONTItlllUTOR. 1 Killed. 2 Hurt As SOf) OiinrU Nitro Explodes WYNONA. oklu.. Deo. 8 Flro ... a nllr,n,r- this afternoon caused the explosion of 800 quarts of a hJff mod? c0,"Pn-. to and h. nil fro.m ntM' faulting Llo i .S'l"' -It-utla or mm cm" lu nf ?LU,?..prob.ble. 'ta In Jury of two others. i:r y tonlaht ncW "CM ,"41 ,,ot lrt" " -,i . dca'i H,", Injured. Kor a tho flro and then, apparently making no headway. fleS. Ti 0 explosion occurred within a few foot from the plant'. u "W . rhol.l,,a"1 wa" ''eard here and In the vicinity w.rc shat tered and many windows In Hynona, wero broken. The driver of u trunk convey- trie plant. Jumped and ran when ho Haw the fire. Tho nitroglycer ine ort the truck did not explode. lly The Associated I'rn ii iV.Smi"?. "ciillfk-il. HAI TTUCSVIU,!:. Oklt,., Dec. l'mrl 'J0.1".1.1 of I'awhuska wait killed and W. U leon und 8. Y. Hlnklo woro Injured when Soo cviartrf of nitroglycerine exploded at tho nltro factory of tho Osuge Torpedo company, eight ,nrs southwest of I'awhUHka between Pershing and Wynonu. early this afternoon. f CANADIAN DROPS BOMBATSESSION Says 50,000 Lives "Price Canada Paid for Euro pean Statesmanship' WORDS WORRY BRITISH Thrust, Coming From Domiiu ion Embarrasses Delegates o Representing London Dy The AsioclaUJ pri, GENKVA. Dec. 8, The llvelfca, session tho ussemblyof the league of nations has experienced was pro voked today by N. W. Howell of Canada, who expressed his views re garding European statesmanship In a way that startled diplomatists of tho old world. A sharp dobato arose over tho re commendation of tho commlttco on technical organizations that tho as sembly propose to tho government to xut up under tho auspices of tho leuguo threo new organizations, flnuncnit, transit and health, with an nual conferences i, i tliL'Ho subjects. Vr. Howell objected on the ground that it was lmpossiblo for distant 'countries to send their best men abroad (our times a year to at tend the assembly and tuo confer ences and declared that the result would be to throw these organisa tions under European Influence The assembly, he said, should oo eupy Itself with theso quostions. f Canada, at any .ate, ho said, fell that they were questions that should not be allowed to fall Into European control. ?I1io Prlco Canada. Paid, tv thousand Canuillan soldiers under tho sod In France und Flind ers. In the price Canada has paid for European statesmanship," ho cried, to the astonishment nf the cntlro as CONTINUED ON I'AOK FIVK HTANI.KV MeCUVItK 1'un.ral ntrecton. :0 H. Iloulrt.r. Phones O. ItZi-ltOO. Ambulance nrvlft. Advt. MAKE RICH PAY, HOUSTON URGES Would Better Distribute Tax Burden But Not Decrease Revenue FOUR BILLION A YEAR Scheme, That Would Yield Less Than That Unsafe, Warns Secreatry HITSEXCESS PROFITS TAX It Sould He Repealed at Once Treasury Head Asserts in His Annual Report Houston's Propomlft On Tax Problems as Outlined to Congress WASHINGTON'. rcUry Houston Ucc. 8. Sec proposala to Revision of Uii.cn which will distribute tho tn bill den with out reducing revenues. Liquidation of BuropoV $10. 000.000,000 debt to the United Stales through n funding ar rangement and tho conversions or "demand notes" Into long term obligation.. The question of a bonus for ex service men should bo finally settled before tax revision is un dertaken. Rigid economy consistent with cfflelunt administration. Opposition to "economic salva tion by federal help" and opposi tion to all plans for government loans to private Industry. , Hy W. II. ATKINS. I. N. H. Htuff Correnposdnnt, WASHINGTON. II. r... Ilrn 8 Tax changes that will better dis tribute the tax burden but not re duce government revenues, were recommended to congress today by secretary ,of ihu Treasury David iiuuBiun, in in annual report. Tho revised tax problem outlined by tho secretary strikes at tho rich who escape liability In tax free se- curities or In overcapitalized cor porations. His proposals aim to equalize llio tax burden to partner ships, through a more severe appli cation of tux penalties upon the wealthy who cloak thulr profits in "stock dKldtnds" which aro non taxable, Tho need of tho hour, Houston saiu, is tuo repeal ot tho excels proms taxes, readjustment 0r sur taxes and the adoption of some form of sales' or "consumption" taxes upon certain luxuries. Prpposed revision, hn urged, must be made to keep tho ImvcI of govern ment revenues up to ut leust $4,000, 900,000 through thn fiscal year and possibly a longur period, The sec retary Intimated thut present scales of taxes may not even be sufficient to meet the demand of the future. Four Illlllons a Year Necdttl. "Any scheme which would yield for several years to come. Irsa than 14,000,000,000 a year would be In compatible with safety nnd sound unance, said tuo secretary. "And the country should face tho fact that present taxes even may not In tho future bo relied upon to yield tho needed revenue." Protection of the treasury Im poses upon emigres tho duty to now sources of tax rnvunue for tho next two years. Secretary Ho-jkIoh said. und to replace losses which may como with' revisions recommended, he urges that part of the burden must be borne by "wasteful, non tax paying classes, throuuh luxury taxes. Hn recommends tax a.tlcs f.n general necessities. Shifting of ubout f 2.000. AOO.'iO of thn tax burdens from the shoul ders of thoM! least abln to bear It Is contemplated us the must bene ficial to the average consumer. Al. though tho aggregate tax load will be qs high, Its reapportionment will fall less heavy upon tho wngc-earn-Ing public, In tho secretary's opinion, ui'lH-Hi mciiw fronts tv Excess profits ta should be ro placed In large part by some form of corporation Profits tax. hn said, This Is based upon government hectlB and Upon grounds of equality. Bo long n, tax payers, other than corporations, are subject to n pro gressive income tax rising n-w to nvur 70 per cent, corpgratlon profits should not be allowed to escape with a single tax or tuny 10 per rent When the excew profit tax is ro pealed some equivalent and com pensatory tax should be placed upon the corporation In lieu of tho sur tax upon reinvested Income until by omor tax payers, he earn. "Ono partial substitute for" tho ox cess profits tax would h a lux on Undistributed profits nf corpora Hons, us nearly na pomllile equal to tho surtax Imposed upon the paved Income of thn Individual. It l.ldl C'ONTlNMKlt ON I'AOK TWKI.Vl! New York Life Insurance Co. Farmer & Duran SPECIAL AGENTS tot I"aJaco Uldg. Phote 1S1 'Musteru Woman' In San Antonio Caused Big Stir Ity The At.trlitrO l're. HAN ANTONIO, lire S -Dls. covery by Duke Cmvir, member of tho local dntectlvti force that it mysterious woman using a natno slmlliir to that of Clara llumoit, had been In San Antonio from November 27 tu Mnnduy of this week, Is bolleved to be respopilblo for vnrloun reports thm t'l.ira Harlot. Smith, wanted m Ardmurc, Okla,, In connection with tint death of Jake 1 llamon, had come to San Antonio, Tho woman who came here No vember 27, gnve, Denver, Colo., on her nddreHs and registered utidor a iiumo with tllo sumo lettnrs as "Hamon," but slightly transposed. ucrmdliiK to thn rict-ctlvc. December 3 shu leeched it tele gram from Tulsa, Oklahoma, say ing money was being sunt hern through tho postofflce, Carver said, Monday morning she checked out of u prominent local hvlel where she had been staying, leaving at an hou' at which no trnln loaves Ihu rlty. At noon Monday, a high powered niitumo bllo wnlch hud iioen In the city since Haturday nnd had Ifefii kept In an obscure garago also left town with a local c.rnuiffour driving. Hn had a man companion anil thn latter said they wore going to tho border. Tho chauffeur has not vrt returna to tno jity, according to tho clJi'ctlvc ALLEN SUCCUMBS AFTER HARD FIGHT Ex-Chief of Police Dies From Result of Injury in Auto Accident RELAPSE BRINGS DEATH Recovery Thought Possible in Improved Showing Shortly .After His Car Crash Charles E. Allen, ii years old, for mer Tulsu police chief, died at 7)46 o'clock last night at tho Tulsa hospital. Fur the pusl four weeks Allen has been In a pi u callous condition as .no, result ot an autuinobilo accident on thu night of November a, in wnlch lie butrered ;l fractured skuII und un Injury to thu biuln. IniprmcH, Nu Hers IU'Iiijiho. It wits ut first thuunt Impossible for him to survive but fvu days folr luwlng an operation hu ivcovercd consciousness and up until threo days ago showed steady but slight im jiiovemunl. Lntil two days ago ho recognized his friends ami often slloko u few words, according to tho unending physclan, Dr. Fred ti. itoso. Altuougn thu Injury to tiiu brain Kept mm in u siignt stupor most ut the tlmu he hud always slnco ii hours iiHter the uccldcni bean able to rttcogulzu his wife und formei business associates, " Tukea 'imrn for Worso. Two duvu ago. acL'ui dlng to Doctor HtJso, Allen becamu HUddenly worse and for tho first tlmo bluto tho im cldent lapsed Into completo uncoil- sclnusness, gradually growing worse until he died. Direct injury to the brain, which was bruised and crushed, caused thu former chief's death, Doctor Iloso said- A'.en wus born on a farm In Ne braska, in 1876. Ho entered police work In liartlcsvlllo ubout 1 4 years ago, serving as chief on tho Hurtles- vine force ror lu years. Hu came to Tulsu u bunt five years ago and entered the oil business here, lator becoming Identified with thu policu department and serving as chief for two years under tlio Hubbard admin istration. Ilcsldrs his wife, daughter, Mil dred, 17 years old and two suns, l.iwrcuco arid nunc, no is survived by his father, C. F. Allen of Geneva, Nubr., two sisters, Miss, Addle .1. Al I nil who lives with her father and Mis. M. C. Irish of Toronto, Canada. All of his relatives wore ut tho bed tddo when ho died. Funerul services have not been arranged, 'Don't Miss Any Kids, Santa,' Write Boy and Part of Christmas Allowance "A little child shall lead them," Contributions to the World Kmpty Storking fund are being mudu by generous-heurteil men anil women In every wuik oi life, of every age, from clubs, sun d u y school classes and busi ness firms. The forms which the offerings take vary from checks and currency of the, higher de nominations t o worn and wrin kled bills, nnd silver. llut the most ' frequent contributors n f all are the children and thn finest gifts, becnuso they represent tho Ideal spli-it nf Christmas, are the carefully saves collections ot peii n)es sent by theso kiddles. ' rvnlc.il of thu way tho Httlo ones feel ubout It Is tho letter which uCt ('.onipauiuil the donation of Margaret ud .Martin Nuyior. nil south iron con. "Wn urn a little boy and girl Bmpty otockino A' .. BRITISH CREATED REIGN OF TERROR Stirred Religi6us Hatred in Ireland Declares Miss MacSwiney 'AMERICA FELL DOWN' Pledge to "Make World Safe for Democracy" Not Made Good, She Says WASHINGTON. Dei.. S. Churns that the Hrlllsh government bus kept allvn und continuously r.tlrred religious hatred In Ireland and has sought thrutigh a "reign of terror" to starve that country Into Kiibmls mission, brought to a coiivlustou mission that she nnd Mrs. Murleal eight hours of testimony today by Miss Mary MaeHwIney, sister of the I.itu lord mayor of Cork, before thn commission from the committee of loo Investigating tho Irish question. Mlw MaeHwIney told the com MacSwiney, the lord mayor's widow, had como from Ireland to "aid the commission In obtaining tho true facts." She mado the prediction that Ireland would gain Its freedom, ! veti though "Knglund had to be beaten to the ground," Her slslor-ln-Iavv will be heard tomorrow. Miss MucHwiney punctuated her story of the movement for Irish freedom with the assertion that thu United .States had nut lived up to Its Ideal of "making the world safe for democracy." Wuiii Hrlllsh "to ClMir Out." "We ((ro not disturbers," tho wit neHs said, "we want Just to bo left alone. We aro not using rourlon and we will not bo coerced. We simply want Kncland to eluur out; we'll forglvo her of ever) thing, if she wlir only leavr us alone. "We are going to gel our free dom," she continued. "That, every Irish republican knows, for you can not keep In continual sluvcry a peo ple, everyone of whom is reudy to din for his country,' Miss Miu-Swlnry recounted In stance which she sald.prnved that tho llrltlsll' " government was de liberately tiring religion hatreds, nnd added timft thero would bo no re ligious dlffiruiico If tho Protestants and Catholics were left without out side Interference. Irish lVnwctili! XuImhI-, . The Irish have not persecuted anybody, she usserted, adding thut the neucc und prosperity of the large Jewish quarters in Cork anil Dublin attested to thut fact. The witness said that where "there ure no black and tan police" there "reigns peace and prosperity and it satisfied popu lation." "The Hrlllsh government. she continued, "has Instituted a reign nf tenor in Ireland. It seeks to de stroy property nnd to throw people out of work. It wants to starve us Into submission. The Irish people don't want war. If ICngli.tid will get out wn will establish prosperity In our republic. Wo will keep our ports open and prcimWe to let none use them ns a war base," Two HjsK'iiw of tourts. Senator Wulsll of Massachusetts, member ut thu commission, uiu- poundln(?Vi. scries of- questions, led the witness to declare that a do facto government had boon created In Ireland nnd that under It thn citizens of thu provisional republic seek to govern themselves. Also un der his questioning Miss MacSwiney said the Hrlllsh government courts sat beh nil barbed wire barricades and Handbags, surrounded by a regi ment of soldiers, waiting for cases which never come," whllo thn Irish republicans, she said, turn their con troversies ovur tho their own eotirts, sitting In secret and ulildn by their decisions without further litigation, Another uuestlon from the .Massa chusetts senator brought thn declara tion that th" history of the govern ment's creation found un exact nurullel In the Tlwlaratlon ot Inde pendence by tho 13 American colon lis. To this she added that, as was the euiiso with America's early struggles. Franco was looked upon as the best friend ot ire irizinren dorn inliveinent. Girl Who Give Santa always comes to our house und gives us thu Julllest tlinea on Christmas We want every boy nnd girl to have a good time, too, so we are Inclosing $2 of our Christmas money for your Kmpty Stocking fund. Hoping Santn hurries along and does not forget a single boy or girl, we are sincerely, Muigurct und Martin Naylor." Tho glf'-seriderH aro not thn only children who aro watching the Kmpty Stocking fund grow, for the poor children urn watching It. too, with hungry eyes und aro writing tho Tulsa Humane society not to for got them on the day of days. Thn sad look In the eyes of these latter children will be changed tn Joy and thelrmpty hands will bo flllud with Christmas toys and eutables when th Hmpty Stocking fund reaches a point where all the families ran bu provided for. Kn irrvluulr reported ... - I3!.t0 Kmpo,a Mltinctoiik Lumber (omtiuny , 1.00 K PrlHid of Hi" KM. lira ., , 2.00 A Prleii'l (.04 Kirk In.l Jark Aljfo MO In tni-mnry ot Hubert Davis 10.00 Wslib Kloctrlc C'iunlaiiy. ........ 4.0V J. R. Fogtt's I'tfclerl. 1,00 'BEST MINDS' NOW TO VISIT MARION President-Elect Ready to Begin Conference on World League HOOVER COMES FIRST Harding Expects to Got Much Real Information From Former Food Chief i iv jacic itovii:. t, N S) Ntatc forrfnpnnJfnt. MAIHON. Ohio. Deo. S Home again after a vacation Journey of iiioru inn ii n.uou tunes, rresiiirtit eltwt llnrdliig today was ready to plunge Into the chief prn-lnitugiirnl tasks- -selection of a cabinet nnd conference with thn "best minds of America" on a league of nations pol icy which tho vsrlous fftttloi a In the United Ktutis ran unite tltiori. safe guarding Ameilouli rights, Hut before untcilua on these mat ters, hn planned today to get his eyeglRHses repaired. I In broke his spectacles before ho got a chiiuco to read 1'resldcnt Wilsons massage to congress, so toibty hu found an old iiitr wliion did substitute duty while io perused tho presldentlul docu ment. Hooter, Hoot. TitH, Hughe Due. Senator Harding hopes to find a common ground with tlio foremost republican leudcrs on Intctnutlimul policies before thu Christmas holi days. Ho expects visits hero from Herbert Hoover, Kllliu Itoot, Charles Kvums Hughes and William II. Tuft. Tho conference with Hoover, th first scheduled, has been Hot for Hunday. Tho former food control ler Is expected tu bring not only a broad knowledge of present foreign conditions but u so Important views gnlncd as tho result of recent con ferences with American federation of labor lenders with whom ho dis cussed employment conditions, pro duction Mini industrial crriciHticy. During Senator Harding s brier stuy ut Washington bo enjoyed brief ronversutlons with thu Hrlllsh unr tmspudor, Wr AurRlund (Inddes. Tho president-elect admitted thut Dome of his Interviews with repub lican leaders ut. Wuhhlpgtou had to do witn patronage. To Avoid Cupltul. Washington probably will not see Senator Harding again until ho rides up Pennsylvania avenue Jo tnkn his plncu ns riuer executive, lie said today that whllo thero wero many tilings which ini woiiki iikc to uo in Washington before his Inauguration, he did not expect to reiurn4u the capital before March, Hn Indicated a belief thn senate would do little morn than murk time during this season. Senator Harding Is paired in the senate with Hunntor underwiiod, democrat, under an agreement by which thu latter will decline to vote on party measures but Is free to vote when untitled by Senator Lodge thut Senator Harding would not object. Few If any speeches', will bo de livered by Senator Harding beforr hu becomes president, he said, al though Invlliitloin, to speak have flooded his Murloii hcudquurtora. .virs. naming, it is said, plans a shopping trip to New York soon but thn president-elect- will not accom pany her, Tho Harding party had breakfast at White Oaks farm, J list outside Marlon ns thu guests of. Dr. nnd Mrs. O. K. Sawyer. Dr. Sawyer Is the Harding family physician. 'Human Nature' Beat Cox, Governor Says POltTI.AND, Ore, Dec. 8. "Hu- man nature" defeated Governor James M. fox In his tight for the piesldciicy. according to tho gov- iirnor himself. In u letter addressed to Miss Lillian Hackluniaii, secre tary of the Kx-ltoosevell club of Oregon, '"ox said; "I urn constrain ed to delicto It was again it case of humnn nature. Conditions were t,h'' same everywhere. The reactions 'of lite var broiignt resentment, preju dice and misunderstandings, but I 1 Us hope that lu the end things thut I ire vital will be conserved by the j result. i Tuhlcqimirs While Way. TAHLKQI'AII. Dec -Ornult street lamps lighted with electricity will bo Installed along the principal street In it short time. Thn new power plant will be In operation at no distant Into mid Hum Table quah's "white way" will become a reality. THEWEATHER TI'l-HA lire I .Mttlimim O, minimum 21, soul Ii n., rlair OKLAHOMA ThufxUr prtly cioicly. rarnieri KdUay partly clou,y, TOIlW'K "uil .tl, KIKNTS. t.lona clul,, Hotel Tales, It It, Pntltr Illnl Hh aii'l P.trln, Hours tn 5 30, 7 to I (C. I It In 10 SO p. in, Advl, OII'TH OK TOII.KT AltTK. I.liS Occastonnlly yotl meet girls who aro beautiful without effort; but most lovely people are luvejy be causu they regularly usu tho dainty toilet necessities) com monly lu use. Doesn't this suggest tn you thut some toilet urtlc.li) would bo highly appreciated ns, it Christ inas gift? Those Httlo things for milady's dressing tiiblo urn listed. fur your selection under "Christmas Gift Suggestions'' on classified page. Head thn Ads lu Classification t-A. Execute Bandits Who Refused to Loot U. S. Train SAN ANTONIO, Texns, Dec. K Mexican bamlltn ordered to wreck and lout it Hpcrlal train carrying American visitors front Mexico City where they attended tho In auguration of General Obregnu ns president of .Mexico, as the train passed through the state of Oua hulli, weii) executed by their chieftains when they refused to carry out the plot, according to infoi million brought to Hun An tonio today by it ranchman ot Mexico, Among tho passengers on the trnln which arrived In Han An tonio last night were Governor W. P. Hobby of Texas, Gove mor-clcct Pat Neff ot Texas, Governor Thomas IJ. Kllliy of Aliibitma, Lieutenant Governor Charles 1), Huffman 0r Kansas and Lieuten ant Governor Trnpp nf Okluhomii, The bandits retimed to cuiry out thn ordeis from their supnr loin, according to Hie story, be cause they thought thn train ham hnitlly gum ded. For their dlsu IhmJIoih e they were executed lust Sunday, It Is reported. The orders to four of their lieutenants were to wreck the train between Monterey and lirrdn, loot the passengers) kidnap tho governors and oilier high officials, burn the ears and abandon the rest of thn passengers In the open, according to tho story. BRITiTHWBAN ON U. S. PROBERS "Committee of Six" From America Wont Be Per mitted to Land JOHN BULL IS PEEVED Protest , Against Municipali ties Honoring DeValcra to Bo Made, Is Warning WASHINGTON. Deo. 8 The special commltteu of six. which the commission of the commltteu or lno. now holding hearing.! here op tho rinu qufniiun, nan nopou to send to ciiKinuu una jreianu to gattlior first nnnn inrormutloti, will not bo per1 milted to visit Great Ilrltaln. William McDonald, secretary of inn oommissiun, was Informed In a euer hriii louav iiv it. I. r?r,i,ri, ur.it secretary or tno llrltlsll om uassy, mat "trio proposed visit to llrltlsll territory Is not imrc.iii it, ins mitjesiy-s government," and that therefore the embassy would not vise the naseoorts Issued 'to kiuemuers or lite comiiiltteo by tho rxnirricaii siuto oeparimuiit. Crnlglo's letter utinareitilv nnu In reply to oho from McDonald making formal application for vise of puas porls. Passports llkued to thu members of the rommlttoo weru for "t ravel and study lu .Europe, Including Great Ilrltaln," or for uumuscs tdmiinrii- sluted, It wus said today ut the state department. Applications for tho passports were made by tho com mittee members Individually and thus tho uuestlon of whetlinr dm state department would grant pass. iun ior u coiiimiuee ns such to go to Kngland and irolund wus not raised. IIONOHS To IIKVAI.KHA MAKE KNGMKII PKKVKII. I, N. H. Hlalf Oi,rreion,lni, IXJNDON. Deo. 8 Tho Itrltl.l. government Is considering the gd- tinuuiiity oi miiKing rormal diplo matic representations to tint tinitn.i States lequostlon official action as a result of thn decorations made there y c ucvoicrn, president of the Irish republic. Offlcal uunotiiifiimmit to Hit.. ..t feet was miidn in the huiiso of C'tNTINfKII ON 1'AHIi KIVH ANNUAL CHRISTMAS BARGAIN OFFER In nrrorilnncn with our usual custom nt this time of the yegr we urn again making-a special Christmas Hurguln Offer lo our, many friends nnd subscribers in OIJMioma, whereby they may save money on their subscription to Oklahoma's Greatest Newspaper. On account of the Increase In print paper nnd other commodities, going to makn up a mcliopplltnn newspaper, the prlco afterJgn. I will be Increased to tn. no per year. Therefore, subscribe today ind save money. This offer Is good for old subscribers as well as new. Cut out this coupon and mall today. For mull subscribers lu Oklahoma only. Not good for carrier delivery lu Tulsa. TI'I.S. DAII.V WOltl.ll: I wish to lako udvantngn of your annual Christmas Bargain Offer checked below, I enclose remittance to cover. I . StK )K VaUy n,Hl Hundajr World, ono year. Tlrgular vwt rruo .oo, r i OK Only, I V?UiU 7.0O, nffir Jan. 1st. 1 save 1.73. v 0 OK Sontlay Only, World, mm year. Itrgular Prlco ipaaleaslU tS.OO, after Jon. 1st, 1 s:io 70 cU. s You Save $2.75 aJ tai Namo Address Postofflce Tina oi't'iiit KXPiin:a di:c. z, ipso. 50 PERCENT CUT IN COTTON, PLAN Bankers and Farmers of South Agree to Re duce Production? WILL ENFORCE MOVE Credit Restriction to Plant ers Not Agreeing With the Idea Is Determined AID FOR TENANT FAflMERS Landowners Asked to Accept it Part of Crop us Rent and Not Ask Fixed Sum MKMI'lllH. Tenn., Doc. 8. A SO per cent r.ut In cotton production tn 121 und reduction tn tho aoreago planted lu cotton to one. third ot the total nrea lit cultivation wag agreed upon at the conference hole today of southern bankers, mer chants und farmers, ilnd to inaVo the plan effective machinery was sot In motion to restrict wherever neces sary, credits to individual farmers, merchants, factors or banks unwill ing to agree la tho ocroagn r-;dur.-I Ion plans, Tho plan, embodied In tne report if tho acreage loduclloii commlltte, was adopted by n practically unani mous vote of the conference) late to lay. It Includes tho formation ot an organisation In. every township In the cotton stolen to secure the sup port nf the growers and their ad herence to pledges' ot reduction. Organization work pledged by tho bankers present will begin Immedl-- tieiy ami unuer inn provision or tno pliin, will be practically compUtul by January 16, next. Tii Mnforiv ilrttuctlnn. Tho resolutions adopted to Um -onfernnco call on the bankers nnd credit mtHchanls lu the cotton states "to use their utmost endeavor bring ubout thn enfoinemeut ot a, cotton acreugo reduction by mfuslng to itdvanco any money to nnyono In terested In farming of any Hind v. t.o noes not piani enougn io hi ana rood crops for their own use." landowners aro asked to snare In .vhutever crops may be ralJd on his gilds on a percentage basts ni not require any fixed sum of money or pounds of cotton for rent. A system of bonded warehbiiMU for lotton and it classification or rotton that will be ample to proteut It from weather damasre iinJ make-it n nufo collateral on which to borrow money was endcrscd. A SVNtem nf fii.oltrieatlvM lt,aete. Ing of crops was favored ,M.d tho Work of the Anioi'tian ilniinn utam.l- utlon In effort to stabilise tho price of cotton, bring about a reduction ot acreage, Improve marketing meth odss and In the educational cain. paign for diversification of cron.i, was approved. In addition resolutions nrarxi from the floor, and udooted. thu conference gave Its endorsement to 11.11 uAtll M..l.. l..nb - . .... .-, nuuuu iiiuim lUllKinv tor the extension Of Ion credit lo for. elgn customers of certain export cor porations now in process of forma tion," and also' to a bill to bo Intro duced In congress which will pro vide for a gavernnient census of nil untendorabU) cotton held In tho united Slates. . The ucrease reduction ntan. nr. fered b.v the committee nf whlnh ni. W, H. Thompson. New nrlenim um chairman, and composed of a banker, n uiuruiiaiii nun u, inrmcr ironi eacil ot tho cotton states, was udopled utter spirited dobato, Bomo orihe speakers stated they believed that the acreage reduotlon provided f. r was too imistic and snouiu tie madu SO per cent of tho land In cultivation next year. Al tne ciose or trie (iconic, iiiiw- nver, only it few dissenting votes wero rust ugulnst Its adoption At the morning session, addresses wore made by 11, T Stuart, ureal- riiNTIM i:i on I'Aiiw Tirsiivr after Jan. lex. I sato $2.75. World, orio year. Regular Prlco aged 0 and 4," they dictated. "Old Tout to dill , ttw.tn