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RELIABILITY CHARACTER ENTERPRISE THE MORNING OKLAHOMA'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER AVlinAOB BWOKN NET PAID CmCUL1ATIU.N1 A.1-UIU Daily ,.35,606 FINAL EDITION Sunday .-. 38J01 JVOL. XVI, NO. 214 TULSA, OKLAHOMA, TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1922 18 PAGES PRICE 5 CENTS GAS CONSUMERS PROTEST BILLS; WANTRATE CUT Company's Audacity in Charging 62 Cents Astounds Them BILLS ARRIVED EARLY Consumers in District One Received Statements Last Week MAY TAKE CASE INTO COURT City Attorney's- Advice .to Consumers Is to Pay Only 42-Cent Rate Gas consumers In district No. 1 More up In nrma Monday whon they received their gas. bills for April -iflgurcd at the rate o 62 cents a thousand cubic feet. They protested vehemently, declaring that In the face of tho federal court's decision of last week thoy should not have been charged inoro than 42 cents, which Is the old rate established by the corporation commission. On December 19, 1321, tho fed eral court granted tho Oklahoma Natural Gas company a restraining order against tho corporation corn mission prohibiting tho commission from enforcing tho 42-cent rate, and allowing tho gag company'a 20 nt increase, which brought tho price of gas to G2 cent. Hate Automatically llestoreil. Last week the federal court' dis solved this restraining order on the grounds that the Oklahoma Natural had not exhausted every effort to ward obtaining an increase In tho stato courts. Local attorneys aro of the opinion that this decision automatically restored tho 42-cent rate and mado it rotroactlve to De cember 13, 1321, since vhlchdatc consumers aro entitled to a 20-cont rebate. Consumers in district No. 1 were putzled over tho early receipt of Miclr gas bills for gas consumed dur ing the month oi April. Several explained they do not usually re ceive their bills until tho third to the flfth-ot the month following, but that this tlmo their bills ar rived promptly on tho first and In somo Instancca boforo tho first. City Attorney Frank K. Duncan Monday stated consumers should not pay tho 62-cent rato for gas con sumed in April. "I am advising all thoso who call me to offer tho gas company pay ment at tho rato of 42 cents," ho explained. "This 1 all that should be paid In tho face of newspaper leports concerning tho federal court's decision and a conversation I had with members of tho stato corpora tion commission. My opinion Is that tho 42-c"Mt rate Is now in force. If tho gas company refuses to accept payment at tho rate of 42 cents a thousand cublo foct consum ers should teko tholr cases Into court," Not Yet Effective Sharp. Gas bills sent out this month cover gas used prior to tho federal court's decision, It. C. Sharp, vlco presldont and general manager of tho Okla homa Natural Oas company, said Monday. "Our opinion is that tho 42-cent rate docs not become effective until the federal court's wrltton opinion Is returned." ho advised, "and until It la apparent that the federal court will not continue our restraining order against the corporation com mission. For there is a possibility that thlg order may be continued. Tho opinion probably will bo handed rtrwvn Wednesday or Thursdny of this week, at which time we will know our exact status In the courts. "However, consumers need have no reluctance in paying tho bills sent out this month. We aro ro quired by law to keep a sufficient bond, up to cover all rebates, which protects consumers from any loss." oharp Intimated tho gas company ylll expect consumers to pay tho full amount of tho April bills. ' To Insist on Enrly llcurjns. If It Is necessary to carry IW case to the state supreme court, Sharp said the Oklahoma Natural will insist that tho case be tried be ror' tbo spring session adjourns, ond H it ti impossible to obtain ft hearing then, to ask that it bo heard In October. Should tho gas company's request peiore the supremo court for a per '"Junction against the cor ?Iatl?",commlsilon bo refused, tho S?n.!on probably will Insist that ba pa,d through that body, according to sharp. imm1?umer ln district No. 1 have "heir blllstCnth f ',h8 month to pay ATm?!rE,.c"so Postponed. f,n?JLlB' I- Attorneys IK aarrett. ousted sheriff, stated this afternoon thut they have of nliaiwhen Jui5ro e- d- Oldfleld in ?ila,10m'1 county will como here of t h L motion for a new trlal i the ousted sheriff. WAlwTiilr' lMXV Appeal. . .WASHINGTON. May 1. Ignoring he, n,Tnl ,0 "",0 conscience" of motionP rmo,,tlurt. ioiCLy donlcu" tor Vit JX?ett A- Wldenmann m..h vi ow ot tno case he brought to J? WEATHER Chilean Turned Down by Actress moots Himself rAHIS, May 1. Gulllcrmo Er razurlz, attacho of tho Chilean le gation In Hrumols and a brother of tho former Mrs. Jack Do Saullos, who killed her husband nt Wcatbury, Long Ialand, ln 1317, proposed marriage to Peg gy Hopkins Joyce, nn American actress, before ho shot himself In the head ln Ills room In a hotel hero Sunday, says Herald today. Tho Herald quotes Miss Joyco as saying that Errazurir. had nsked her to marry htm ns soon as ho could arrnngo a dlvorco in Rome. Miss Joyco replied that pho was too tired to talk to him then, but added that she might be ma Med to him eventually. Errnzurlz then went into the samo hotel where Miss Joyco was stopping and shot himself, dying later from tho wound. NEW CITY REGIME . MOVESJN TODAY A d m i n i stration Headed by Newblock Takes Over the Reins TAKE, OFFICIAL 'OATH Outgoing City Officers Hold Last Meeting at Hall ,This Mornins It's moving day nt tho city hall. Shortly beforo noon Tuesday tho tenants of tl0 past two years will move out and turn over their offices nnd tho reins of government to a now administration, headed by II. I' Nowblock. The regular city commission meet ing will bo held as usual Tuesday morning, during which tho outgoing administration will dispose of thoso city matters that may bo expedited, passing to tho nowcomers tho busi ness thnt must bo continued until a later meeting. A Ah soon as this business is trans acted, the present officials will1 ad minister tho oath of office to their successors, following which tho Newblock administration will start on Its two-year trip, riding in tho lenther-upholstcrcd chairs turned over to them by thosor who return to private life. Evans Hrglmo I'ncks Up. Retiring clcctlvo officials nro T. D. Evans, mayor; J. M. Adktson, commissioner of nollco and flro: C. S. Vounkman, commissioner of wat er und sewers; O. A. Stelner, com missioner of streets and public property, nnd Mrs. Frank Seaman, city auditor. H. F. Nowblock, com missioner of finance and revenue, tokes tho mayor's chair. With him around tho commission table will bo A. J, fludd, commissioner of water and sewerc; J. C. Whiteside, com missioner of flnanco and revenue: J. M. Crutchflold, commissioner of streets nnd publlo property; Henry W. Klssknddon, commissioner of po lice and fire, and Itoy Garrett, city auditor. Trescnt officials spent most of Monday packing up tholr personal bolonglngs and preparing to leavo clean desks for their successors. Lit tle attempt was mado to transact any but routine business and an swer the questions or settle the dally grievances of Inquiring cltlzons. Evans Hack In Loan Dullness. Mayor Evans will return to the otflco of Hopping fs. Evans to re sume the farm loan business; Pollco Commissioner Adklson will reasso clato himself with .tho Insurance, farm and city loan firm of Adklson, Payne &. Honry; Street Commission er Stolnor again becomes active head of the Stelner Tiro, company;' City Auditor Mrs. Frank Seaman will bo a housowlfe. Most of the appointive positions have boen filled by the incoming administration. However, sovernl remain vacant and will bo filled within tho npxt day or two by heads of tho various depart ments. It was announced Monday that W. Ec Foresman will be pollco court prosecutor; O. O. Weaver, license Inspector; A. H. Martin, dep uty municipal court clerk; M. M. Shaver, chief clerk In the flnnnco department; A. J. Graham, .chief clerk In the water department; Q. D. Itankln, electrical Inspector, and Mrs. Clara Beattln, chief clerk in the Inspection department. Mrs. Heattlo Is the first woman to hold this position. At a recent mooting of the new CONTINUED ON PAGE T.WO. ALIEN LAND LAW IS VOID California Supremo Court Upholds Jap In Guardianship Case. SAN FRANCISCO, May 1, A de clslon declaring unconstitutional that portion of tho California alien land law forbidding aliens ineligible to citizenship to net as guardians of tho agricultural lands of their Amerlcnn-born children was handed down by the stato supreme court to day. Tho decision was in tho case of Hnyno Vano, a Sutter county Japan ese, who sought such guardianship over tho persqn nnd estate of his In fant daughter. The decision rovcrscd a decision of the Sutter county superior court, which denied Vano's application for silch guardianship. f Oklahoma's Sliaro Small. 'WASHINGTON, May 1. Appro val of 48 advances for agricultural and livestock purposes aggregating $1,188,000 was announced today by tho war flnanco corporation. Dis tribution of tho loans included Okla homa, $2,(100. COURT PROBES ASSAULT UPON LAWTONMSTOR Inquisitorial Body Gets Testimony on Alleged Kidnaping HOLD SECRET SESSION County Attorney Questions Church Members ns to Knowledge of Affair CHURCH OFFICIALS RESIGN Believe Persecutors Attempt ing to Run Irwin Out of the City, By the Associated rrtis. LAWTON, May 1. A court of In quiry was convened hero tonight by County Attorney Fletcher Itlley In an effort to learn tho Motility of thrco men who tho ltev, Thomas J. Irwin, pastor of tho First Presby terian church here, declares slugged him Inst Saturday night und carried him 12 mlleB away from town where they throw him In a roadsldo ditch, botind and gagged In a semi conscious condition, Tho minister and Frank Davis, II. II. McQuinn and A. H. Young, mem bers of tKe church session which tendered Its resignation in n body today wore summoned boforo tho court nnd subjected to lengthy ques tioning by tho county nttorney.-Tho Inquiry was secret. After adjourn ment lato tonight County Attorney Itlley refused to comment on tho testimony brought out. Tho county attorney declared, However, that ho Intended to con duct a most thorough Investigation of tho case. "I Intend to go to tho bottom of this u (f. -ilr," ho said. Tho, Inquiry will bo continued to morrow, Mr. Itlley said. Ho an nounced that subpoonna would bo Issued for suspended member's of Mr. Irwin's church nnd that thoy would bo tailed In groups ot thrco and four. It was understood that Bherlff Frampton wns furnished with a list of nbout thirty Individuals who ltuvu been suspended from the church with tho sanction of the pastor. It was Intimated "tho sus pended members would bo asked by tho county attorney to account for night when Mr. Irwin was abducted. Tho pastor und tho six members ot tho church session, who resigned nnd withdrew their families from tho church today in support of Mr, Irwin, wcro among tho first to enter tho county attorney's oflce. In re signing tho oxncutlvo board of tho church adopted a revolution con demning tho El Reno presbytery, which has ordered tho pastor tried by a church commission on May 9 on charges ot "conduct unbecom ing a minister." Tho resolution de clared tho presbytery In Its proceed lugs ogaliiRt tho pastor und tho session of the church had been "ir regular" and "unfair, unchristian and un-Presbyterlun," A bathing pool wedding at which tho minister officiated, church mov ies, funeral sermon preached over tho lato Jako I Hamon or Ardmore by tho pastor and alleged irregular suRponslon of members opposing Mr. Irwin aro among tho Issues which started tho church row. One fac tion domnnds tho pastor's romoval and on tho other hand ho numbers strong suppoiters. LAWTON, Resignation of tho ses sion, tho governing body of the First Presbyterian church here, with the announcement thnt It would complain to tho Oklahoma synod against what It termed the "perse cution" of tho pastor, tho Rov. Thomas J. Irwin, nnd a statement by tho minister that members of church faction wcro responsible for his abduction by thrco unidentified men lato Saturday night, woro the developments today in tho nttcmpt of a portion ot tho church member ship to havn tho Reverend Irwin removed. Tho Judicial commission of tho governing presbytery- will hear on May 9 charges against Mr. Irwin, alleging conduct unbecoming a minister. Presbytery "Unfair." Tho session which has supported Mr. ?rwln throughout beforo resign fug unnnlmously adopted a resolu tion declaring that tho El Hcno presbytery, which has Jurisdiction over tho local church, 1ms "been un fair unchristian, un-Prcsbytorlnn and Irregular ln nil Its proceedings against tho pastor and tho session." Tho resolution further charged that the action of tho presbytery consti tuted tho "darkest chapter ln fho apnals of Prcsbytorlanlsm in the United States of Amoricn, more cruel than the Spanish Inquisition." Mr. Irwin had recovered suffi ciently from his oxporlonco of Sun day night to talk about that affair. He reiterated that ho did not rccog nlzo any ot his captors who bound and gagged him and took him In nn automobile, to a spot near Medicine park, an amusement resort near here, whero he was thrown Into a ditch. He lay thero sovcral hours beforo being picked up by passing motorists. Wants Imcstlgntion, "Tho fullest Investigation of this outrage, must bo tnadc," declared tho minister. "Such tactics will not result In me deserting niy post. Thero aro Higher authorities thnn tho presbytery and to them I will tako my case." Mr. Irwin added that in his opin ion tho attack Sunday night had either been anticipated or carried out by members of a church fac tion, which, he said, had been try CONTINUED ON l'AOC KLBVUN Trotzky Warns Red Army to Be Ready tor War MOSCOW, Mny 1, l.eon Trotzky, tho soviet war minister, addressing tho Moscow gnrrlaon' nt the May day rovloiv In lied square, at which tho ml oath wns taken by all tho soldleis, de clared that nlllcs nt Genoa de sired conditions to which Husslii would never yield; tliervfmo ho asked the troops to bo prepared, "Wo offered to dlmim." ho Bald, "but the allies did not want that. Wo offered to lurgntn; wo offered to pay tho pru-war debts, but they Hgrced that they would rccognlzo us If wo abol ished soviet Russia and restored capltullf in. Wo answered no, and wo will always answer no." U. S. DRAWN INTO PARLEY AT GENOA Taft Will Name Chairman of Mixed Board for Claim Settlement INTO RUSSIAN MESS Tribunals to Be Established to Arbitrate Debts of European Nations My tho Associated Tress. OKNOA, May 1. Chief Justlco Taft of the United States supremo court will bo asked to namo tho chairman of tho mixed arbitral com mission to ho established for con trolling the debtn owed by tho litis- Man government to foreign bond holders, nccordlng to tho plan ar ranged today, Tho other members of this commission will represent all the bondholders and thu Rus sian government respectively. Tho commission will havo power to remit Interest and decide) all questions affecting foreign bond holders) and Russia's ability to meet her obligations; a tlmo limit will bo fixed ln which bondholders may mako their own nrrnngements with the Russian government if they desire. , Many New Courts. Mixed arbitral tribunals, ono for every Interested nation, will bo set up to deal with tho question ot tho property of foreigners which has been nationalized; the chairman of each will bo named by tho chairman of tho mixed arbitral commission. In tho plan adopted practically everything which havors of capitu lations or Infringement on Russia's sovereignty was waived. Tho French suggestion of a provisional admin istration, ponding Russia's establish ment of courts on tho basis de sired by western Europe was not ap proved. i May day was a leal labor day for tho (lenou. conference. Tho subcom mlsslon on Russian affairs rushed Its consideration of tho Russian re construction plans and cainn through lato tonight with approval of the draft of tho proposals. Thcso will bo considered again tomorrow for the purpose of final editing, nnd will probably be sent Immediately to tho Russian delegation. Ilolgliiiii Holds Out. Belgium nlono held out on the sec. ttou relating to tho treatment lo be given to tho property of foreigners nationalized by tho soviet govern ment. This Is a vital point In the proposals and has been stubbornly contested. Franco finally subscribed to tho project proposed by Ureal Britain, whereby tho use of the prop erty will bo restored wherovcr pos sible nnd in other cases compensa tion will bo arranged through mixed arbitral tribunals. Belgium stood firmly for tho prln. clplo of restitution nnd went on rec ord as protesting, declaring that the alyested Intercuts of Ilelglans In prop erty In Russia amount to 100.000,000 pounds sterling and that Belgians will never again Invest in Russia un less restitution Is made. In tho discussion relating to tho treatment of foreigners, tho admin istration of Justice and the general liberty of foreigners to travol and engage In enterprises In Russia, it was decided to abandon thoso sec tions of-lliu London experts' icpoit which referred to certain measures whereby tho Immcdlntn restoration CONTINOKI) ON PAHK KM'.Vr.N Better Homes Exposition and Cooking School at Convention Hall for Five Days Convention Hall, with practically every jivallablo Inch of floor space filled with ottractlvo exhibits, will present an unusual and most Inviting appearanco when Its doors aro thrown open to the women of Tulsa at 1 o'clock next Monday afternoon for tho be ginning ot Tlio World's Better Homes Imposition and Cool.lng School, Mrs. Florcnco Austin Chase, of Chicago, tho noted domestic, science and bettev homes authority, who is to conduct this exposition for Tho World, will give somo Interesting demonstrations of cooking nnd helpful talks on many other Important features pertulnlng to tho Improvement ot tho home. Tho variant) exhibits, which will bo tastefully art'anged and so placed that they may easily bo Inspected by evoryono, aro planned to Include every article of equipment thut makes for bounty und convenience In and around tho homo. Detailed programs of all sessions of tho exposition will bo pub lished by Tho World In advance. Admission to tho exposition will be free, all women of Tulsa und vicinity bolng cotdlnlly invited to nttend every fcCBslon. Don't forget the dates May 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Bring a pencil, notebook, spoon and saucer. OKLAHOMA LOSER IN BATTLE FOR RED RIVER BED U. S. Supreme Court Says Government Holds Ti tle to Property ONE SMALL LOOPHOLE Abutting Stale School Lands Hold Interest to Center of River Channel ANOTHER POINT TO SETTLE Fixing of South Boundary For Stream Will Take Land From Texas Iliff Loxh For State! H'P,'I1 InTlin Wml.l. WASHINGTON, May 1.- Okla homa gets nothing for all tho money It has spent In the bound ory suit. Attorney-Oeiierid mid later Special Counsel Freellng bnsed Ills case nn the fact thnt th liver was navigable. Tho court held that n river was not iingl gublo when It could not bo nnl gnted, Tha court held that wheru Oklahoma owned school laud abutting tho river It was entitled to llpiirlnn rights, but Justice Vnndevcnter called special atten tion to tho fact that this was given ns tho icsult of a conclu sion tho court Itself worked nut, and said that tho contention m;i'l: by Oklahoma whs In no sens" ngrerd to. Just what Oklahoma spent for Frccllng'a futllu foray is not known hero. By B. N. TIMMONS. World 8tn(f Corrniiondenl. WASHINOTON, May 1. The United States owns tho cntlro bed of tho Red river. 'I'exas has no proprietary Interest In tho bod of tho river, or In the proceeds of oil nnd gas taken therefrom. For pur poses ot civil und criminal Jurisdic tion tho cntlro river bed lies on Oklahoma. Placer mining claim ants havo no claim whatevor and their cases aro thrown out of court. Tho Red I Ivor 'In tho disputed ter ritory Is not navigable. Riparian owners on tho mirth bnnk nro given the land to tho middle of tho stream Tho stato of Oklahoma is allowed to sharo to tho mlddlu ot tho stream In riparian rights whero it owns school land abutting tho dis puted territory. . These six questions were settled today In a decision by tho U. 8. wupreiuo court lead by Justice. Vandeventer. It was tho second Im portant decision In tho famous case, tho court previously decided that tho south bank was tho boundary under tho treaty between tho United States nnd Upuln In 1S1D. Tho third and last opinion of tho court will determine just whero tho south bank Is. It Is r'egnrded ns probnhlo that tho court will do cldo tho third phaso beforo It- ad journs la Juno. CaK) Cleared Up. Tho court's doclslon today covered 20 pages ami cloared, matters up to whero many observers of tho enso regard It as certain that tho court has gono into all questions nnd can quickly render thu thrn decision. Tho court explained ln Its decis ion todny that at tho beginning of tho casa Oklahoma claimed tho en tire, river bed. Texas claimed half of It and tho United Stnfos entered caso claiming tho entire river bed. Various other claims conflicted with one another making the case of tho, mnt complicated that has ever been docketed with tho court. Tho court also set nut that although Texas has no proprietary Interest In the river bed and that tho claimants of river bed property under Texas patents havo no title. It la posalblu thnt when exact location of tho boundary along tho south link is determined It may dovclop that tho river Is holding somo land on the southern side ot that boundary. IllwT Not NitUunble. Dealing with Its decision that stato of Oklahoma has no tltlu to any part of the river bed except rONTINlIKI) ON I"A(1I3 TWO JOHN FIELDS TO RUN; 'BRING ON THE BLANK' HE TELLS SUPPORTERS He Surrenders! j JOHN riKLU.H STATE DEMOS IN SECRET SESSION Early Campaign Planned When Leaders Feel Selves Slipping Kptclm to Tim World. OKLAHOMA CITY, May 1. A meeting, of tho democratic stole, ex ecutive committee a-uh hold hero to duy behind closed doors. The only Information given out following the meeting was that a plan of or ganization from ree)rtcts up, sub mitted by Htnto Chairman Hcmans, was ndnptct'l by tho committee, nnd a thorough pool ot alt voters In tha stato arranged for. In addition to this, the (Into for enmity convention's to ratify nominations was set for August 8, and the stato convention for August 15. The unloctlon of nn unusually early dato for tho statu convention Indicates that tho domncrntla com mittee, bclluvrs It lias a hard fight on hand, and expects to loso no time nfter the primary on August 1. Ordlnnrlly, the democratic comlt teo has not begun Its campaign until September. Although It was rumored durlnn tho day that elimination of candi dates for governor was bring dls rtiHscii ns a iiiensuro against tho pos slblo nomination, chairman Kemuns denied after the meeting that such was tho OjiNii nnd said that tho nume, of no candidate for governor was even mentioned during the session, which lasted all duy. SHIP,LEFT TO ITS OWN FATE British Steamer Itcjxirtiil Complete I-o.kh North or Unlit. (iAIA'l.'STON. Texas, May 1. No additional advices hud been received hcio lato today concerning the fato of the British teaiushli Victoria d'i l.-irrlnngn, which Is reported lo bo a total Iokh on Mmicholr bank, tiO miles noi til of Haiti. All -til members of tho vessel's crew wcro taken off Sunday night and early Monday morning by tho steamship I.ako Fulrlle, en rnuto from (iiilvcKtott to S.iguu la (Irandn. Tho latter vessel Is now proceeding on Its courso after sending out a radio message stating that salvage of tho Victoria du Larrliiago, or Its curgo was Impossible Tho British vessel, according to Information in tho Murltimo Regis ter, was en route (com Jueuru to tho United Kingdom with cargo. She Is a vesel of -1 . C f S gross tons, and Is 40C feet long. - . C. C. Order Rebate 'aid lo Rip Company WASHINOTON, .Ty 1 Director General Davis aH uhc nt and the Kuiy and Texas Pacific railroads were to day ordered by tho Intel stale com merce, commission lo pay the Par kersburg rig V Reel Co. 1.752 fur overcharge on oil well supplies fiom Tulsa to Texas destinations. County Hues Defunct Hank. AHD.MOltK, May 1 The county uttoinv) has been authorized by the I boiitil of commissioners to start suit against tioiiilsmcn ot mo county funds being held in the defunct Stuiu Nuilonal bunk of Ardmuro and tho Wilson State bank of Wil son The county funds in tho banks total J 2 ll.i 03. LAND DEED BILL PASSED BY HOUSE Measure on Which Cros bie Case Hinges4 May Be Law in Month Sr.cll to Tin World, WASHINOTON, May 1. Tho bill validating actions of tlm secretary of thu interior In romuvlug restric tions ami approving land deeds fur the, flvo civilized tribes, which win Introduced several vtick ago 4iy Congressman T. A, Chnndlel- of Oklahoma, passed tho house, todny nnd was sent to tho senate. Tho bill was proposed to put a stop to In dian tltlu stilts such us thu now fa mous Closblii heights easo of Tulsa. That It will seivn thut purpose is the belief of Its f miner. In proposing hlH bill, Chandler snld thnt It would not only iiiiiko valid all such deeds us existed 111 tlm Croshln height casn Ml tprc vent uuii further sirtts. Tho Indian plaintiff un" the CrnshUi Heights case in the lower e.ourt but tho Judgment was set usld by the Oklahoma stato supreme, court Re cently. After tho bill had won In tho houso today, Congressman Chandler said that he was going to follow It Into the senato nnd urge Immediate action. It is his hope that thu hill will becomo a law within thu next month. WOMAN IS NOT GUILTY Wife) nf Mclford I'nnncr I'ounil Dead tin llesiill of I'oUlonlng, I'reeil lit .Second Trial. I'ONCA CITY. May 1. Mrs. Nellie Seller iik acquitted In Iho I Si si nt county district court on tho eltuige of iiiUMlerlng her hunbaoil. Comad Seller lust Juno by stiystiilno poi soning. This was her second trial, the first, last Ja runny, resulted In a hung Jury. Holier t Sullivan of Milwaukee, Wis., overseas eteran charged as being an hi ccswiry and held In the Medfnril Ja.l for a year was also ueiiultteil. At .Mm. Seller's trial, the state In deduced 73 letters Hn cards, al leged to have been written by Mrs. Holler to Sullivan, showing their re lations, her trips to meei him and delalU of their love affair. Home if the letters were addressed lo him as "My dear hubby-tn-be " The stme likewise showed trouble between Mrs. Heller and her husband and the fact that she had bought sti. It nine. The defense riialntnliicd thnt Sel ler was won led over flnamd i nnd domestic iiffHJru ai.d pioliub.r uok tho poison with suicidal Intern. Tho Hellers aio prominent in the fHim Inir community northeiist of .Med ford. I'loorl .Mipinprlatloii Appiouil. WASHINOTON, May 1 I'rstl dent llaidlng today jhvo lilx ap proval to an appropriation of 1200, onn to aid various seewnns of the t'nlteil States In preventing 'neck ing of levees along the Mississippi liver. The appropriation Is lo bn used nn levees no! under the super vision of the MlitiMsipp1 rii'i- enm-inl-sion. SI 00n "'"i h.i ulie ' b in set a-ddo Im the lui'i A lit h tho coiniiiiKMQil ba iuik II' i jii KTA.NI ICY X vrii.SK runfrsl rtrtors. to ft Uouliler Ph ni O. lilt 1CC0, Amliu'lDts sorvlco. Alt BIG AUDITORIUM '$ CHEER-SHAKEN WHEN HE YIELDS Publisher Capitulates to (. O. P. Demand That He Run for Governor MRS. FIELDS DID IT It Wan Only When She Join' cd 'Crusaders' That He Broke Decision HEPBUflN FIRES THE CROWD Tooplo on Knees Praying to Be Saved From Damned Crooks,' Ho Declares nv clauk o. lurnso.v Vv-orM RUtf rorrsponiint. OKLAHOMA CITY Mny 1, "JJriiiK on the blank!" Willi that " exclamation, forced from him after a night and a day of appeals, both personal and in mass forma tion, John Fields this after noon cut loose from all bar riers and declared his will ingness to become a candidate for governor, while- GOO men and women representing two thirds of tho counties of the state sprang to their feet with a veil that shook tho city au ditorium. "l'eoplo on Their Knees." The climax came after the meet ing of Fields' supporters had boon brought to u high pitch of enthu siasm bv a speech from Jim Herr burii, county attorney of Okmulgee county, who dramatically shouted: 'They say John Fields has sacri ficed his sharo for tha publlo good and that ho cannot afford to run, but I want to say to you that tho people of this state nro being sacri ficed uvory day, nnd thoy are down on their knncH begging nnd praying to bn savod from a bunch of damned crooks." Aflor the fighting prosecutor fiom Okmulgee, who gained fame In tho Indictments of Oovorpor Itobcrtsoii and Fred Dennis, de livered this fiery chaltcnge, tho crowil brokn into tumultous chects, and calls for Fields became Insis tent until Chairman Cobb could set no further and Flo Ids was brought to. the platform, lln was clearly overcomo with emotion produced by the. occasion, nnd after steadying himself a minute ho asked: 1'lrlds Capitulates. "Bo I understand that if I con sent to sign my name to an appli cation blank to run for governor you will do tho rest?" ""llo wna answered by a salvo f shouts ln tho affirmative. Then after a thoughtful pauso Fields spoko as tha tense audience hung upon Ills words: "Thero Is but ono person In this building who could havo ohanc.d my firm Intention not to become a candidate for anything over again. That person is Mrs. Fields." ln this he referred to tho fa., thnt during thu forenoon Mrs. Fields had Joined tho forces ot tho cniH.ideiM unit asked him to run. A ml it was then that ho shoutod, "Bring nn th- blank!' .Meet Too Big for Hotel. Lung before " o'clock, tha hour sa for tho meeting, It beenmo ap imronl that thu hotel could nut ' commiidato tho meeting as had In en first planned, and tho local committee secured tho city audi torium. A procosuiion started from tiro Hucklns hotel, ptrceded by n .hand, and marched to tho auditor ium through a ditzzllug rain just benue 2 o elocK. At tho appointed time the meet ing was called to order, and after Invocation by lloverend Stuvenson Mr. Cobb started tho hlsory and purpose of the call which the Ard more club Issued. In part ho said: "Down in Ardmore a few days ago a group of flvo men met by i -eldunt In an office Wo discussed the political conditions ln tho St.. to and decided to tako the initiative. There were but five days in will .f to conduct the cull for this meet lug. Thero wore no plans. It ha beon the most spomaiivoiis ot uuy meeting in tho history of this coun try, In Its call upon ono man to make a sacrifice for the public wel fare. "A Meeting (if tho People." "it I not rnoiely a republican meeting: It Is a meeting of all pur lin and In tiro Interest of all tho pvople. Wo could havo taken morn time, but we recognized the need to.- n'.ick nctlon beeuui tho pcnpls mr, already beginning to dilft about hopelessly. Wo fait mt tho o (jvemcrjr was In the hearts of tho lie-pin all over thu state, and that it needed I it to bo kindled to set a hi izo frum Cimarron to McCurtaln ihat will mean a victory for the