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TULSA DAILY WORLD, SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1922 STEEL MONOPOLY HELD IMPOSSIBLE Even Ruthless Competi tion Couldn't .Bring It Says Judge Gary CAN UNDERSELL REST Advantage 0f $.3 a Ton Over ' Independents Admits ; Competition Lessened. Swan Dance Is Pleasing Feature of Elks Festival NIJW YOIUC, Juno J. Kvnn n. campnlitn of rutlilevi competl'lnn could not Blve tho Btrnt Mllloivflnl lar United .Htnltn ntcol corporation nn nbxoluto monopoly of tlio lion nnd fitcol bunlnros of tlio United Htntr. JiidKO K. II. Onry. elialrmfin of tho Uiiltml S'nlM tenl corpora. tlon' rxccullvo board, told tlio lMck wood rgllatlvo lnvctlRalln(t com mittal todny. Judco (inry wns qticllonod by Knmui'l Untormcycr. coiinnol for tlio Lockwooil commlttnc, rcK.irdlnK tin lirouont'd Kickitwnnna-llnthU'liriii nnd the thrcn romnnny infruT an nounced by Tliouuin I,. Clmdbournc, when no toOK tno wiinoan ninnn 10, clay In tho r-auinoil uteri mKi-r hear nca befora tho commlttro. Judtto (Inry told Untnrtnoyor no would no Kind to rurnmn inn com mitten with nny of tho record of tho United Stale ateel corporation. declaring tho corporation wan a bo llevor In "nltlleH Diibllclty." In repono to Untormoycr'n query, tho atccl liwil nalil tho corporation' total outstanding stock Imiich nmnunt to 1860,000,000, of which t3S0.000.00O In preferred nnd that bond ImtU'n of tho company total 1600,000.000. Judge CJnry admitted that tho United Htntcn fiteel corporntlon lind an ndvantnRo of (3 per ton li tin M'lllnB prlco of utool product over imlopcndontn becnuta that blddlnK for structural teel will bo limited by the propoaed infrgorH of differ ent steel oompnnlen nnd admitted under questioning by Untorineycr that competition had boen lessened by tho formation of the Unltod Htn'.o Htecl corporntlon. Oary declared, In roply to Unler jneyer qucslloiiH that J. V. Mown mid company "certainly did not" dlrsct the United States steel cor poration and that J. I. Alorh'nti nlnnn was not Instrumental In appoint ments of directors and tho flnancQ commission, tho most Important committee of tlio orRnnlzntlnn. Un der icpeated and Insistent question Inp by tho Lockwood commlt'.eo counsel. Judire. Oary ndmltted that tho sanction of J. I'. Moritan was nought beforo such appointment)) wero mado. . Judge CI nry admitted that superior facilities enabled the United States nteel corporation to soil Its product from $3 to IG.chenpcr per ton thnn lta competitors, lie explained, how over, that most of the manufactur ing companies wero under contract or were otherwise bound to distrib ute their patronago among various steel and Iron comoanlen which made It Impossible for his company to Krab nil the American buslncus. Judge Oary estimated the United States steel corporation did only about is per cent or tno iron and ateol business of thla country. It was pointed out that tho profit in 1821 or tno corporation wero isg.oop.ooo. desnte stack buslnesa. Sir. anry explained that possibly tho 1921 proms naa been augmented by returns rrom sieamsnip ana ran CHAMBER'S GOAL 3,500 MEMBERS A Permanent Committee Appointed to Continue Solicitation Work With fillis 1', nearden chairman, a permane.it membership commit- l teo of tin Chamber of Commerce has Just been formed to obtain mini hern the year around, llcnrden head- i ed the temporary committee which was most active during tho recent membership campaign. Kuril momher of this permanent commlt'.eo Ih pledged to bring In nt least flvo new members a month until tho total membership' of the Chamber of Commerce renches 3,600. At thn committee's first meo'.lng nt the V. M. C, A. approximately half of tho mombatH were present. New members may bo added from tlino to time, according to Ilvarden. On th' committee nro M. J. Glass, I.. V. llltcli, Claude Hough, Harry Hellbrnn, l'hll 11. Moore. -Walter O'llannnn, Merlo C. l'runty. 10 I'rlw, flirt It. Adams, John H. Davenport, Murray Ilussell, Dr. T. W. Htnlllngs, T. A. Trusty, C. 1'. Yadon, Dr. A. Hay Wiley, Samuel Hoorstln, A, V. Davenport, Joe Mltcholl, 11, It, Ilosc, C. W. Davis, Itoy W, Dunlup, Dean K. l'oster, MIhs Cnrollno linker, Miss llcss llourland, 10. A. ltoblnson, I,. A. Kniifman, C. I'. Itcnder, W. II. Coke (Iirgn II. Stanley, Hen F. Finney, .lohn Athas, J. II. I'ortor, nnd C. C. Itnhcrtu. Tho women membprs of this com mittee are to solicit only women for tho Ohnmbor of Commerce. Accord ing to Heeretnry William llolden, It Is planned by tno Chamber ot com merce to establish a department of women's affairs as soon as mitflclcnt women liavo Joined to mako n size nblo department. Such a division for women Is provided in the gen eral plan of organization recently outlined for tho chamber by Holdrn, McCormick Resigns as Harvester Trust Head Miss llnimln 11') burger, (inn nr thn features of tlm first annual musical festival to bo given nt convention hall by tho Ulks lodge, Monday evening, Juno f, will bo the swan dnnco. Thlirwlll bo dnnccd to tho famous Saint Pnon.i "Swan" by Miss Honnlo Frybarger, 14-yc.irold daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Monto Fry bargcr. Jllsi Frybarger, a pupil of Mrs, Milton Hoe Habln. Is a talented young dnneer nnd hns appeared In other productions here In Tulsa. Ap nenrlng with her In tin- dance as tho nrchcr who hnstens tho swan's death Is Miss Knthryn Ankorson. way linen owned by t ha corporation nnd tho surplus fund. Hlg Dciiinnil fur I'. S. Steel. NEW YOltlC. Juno 2. Tho In- crmsed enrnlngs of tho United States steel corporation nnd tho ilcclnra', tlon ot Judge Clary beforo the IaicU- wood housing comtnltteo that tno e'.oel corporation had nn advantage over tno inuopenuniiB or 13 a ton In delivering Its products, led to excited buying of nltcd Htnten steel common on the stock exchange to day, sending tho issuo up 3 points to a now high for recent years of 103. Tho Florence Nlghtlngato school for nurses, the permanent memorial to American nurses who gnvo trelr liven In France during the World war. Is now noarlng completion nt Tnlcnce, Franco. No reiver thnn 278 American nurses died on duty In Frnnrn nnd 50,000 nurses In tho United States havo contributed to f" tund making this school possible. MYSTERY JN RAZOR ATTACK Man nnd Wlfti Found mi llnrlda llom-li vtltli Wrlm Cut. JACKSONVILLE. Fin.. June 2. Mr. unit Mrs. Henry V. Holly of JnmcHtnwn, N. Y., nged 74 and 04 respectively, wero found bleeding nnd unconscious In tho edgo ot tho water nt I'nblo bench near hero early today, both Buffering from cuts on their wrists which police said they thought wero solf-lnfllcted. Mrs. Holly alter regaining con scloiiancss. said sho and her hui band wero on tho pier over tho ocean uhnrtly after midnight when her hnt blow overboard. Holly, (he said, Jumped into tho surf after It nnd then told her ho had cut him self, Sho Raid sho followed him Into tho water and was slashed. Later sho told newspaper men1 she was "Hred of It all." rhislclani who ex nmlned tho wounds ot each said tho gnahCH wero apparently Inflicted with a razor but it was believed both would recover. iii'T.ix Pennsylvania avpkaii Court Hears Argument! on Union Kcpriwntntlnn nt Klcctlon. CHICAGO. June 2. Arguments In thn general appeal casa of the United Stntes railroad labor board from tho Injunction granted several weeks ngo to tlio rennsyivanlo. rail rood, restraining tho board from publishing nn ndvorso decision In a enso Involving tho l'ennsyvnnla wero begun today In tho court of appeals neroro Juugos uaner, isvans and ai scbuler. Tho dlsnuto wan brought to tho board nnd court relief sought by the 1'onnsylvnnla following objections ot union shopmen to n "popular" elec tion ballot. Tho unions contended that they offlcors who nro not In tho rosue cmpioyo woro tno snopmen s reprcsentnuves. CHICAGO, Juno 2. Harold F. McCormick today resigned as presi dent of the International Harvester company, snld to bo tho largest cor poration ot Its kind In tho world. His resignation was accepted at a meeting ot tho board of directors. The board thotf elected McCor mick chalrmnn of nn executive com mittee which will control the poli cies of tho corporation. Tho change, nccnrdlng to a statement Issued by Mccormick, has neon in contempla tion for sovernl months. Alexander Legge, vlco president nt.'d gonoral manager, was elected prrsldont, BROWN IS AGAIN TULSA CITIZEN Former Banker Organizes Company to Deal in Oil Properties "Once .1 Tulsnn, alt ways a Tulsan," This statoment, wollnlgh amounting to n rule, hns again been triumph- nnty demonstrated In tho teturn of W. k. Ilrown. formerly ono of Tulsa's most prominent citizens, hero to mako his permanent home, nftor n yenr's nbsenco In St, Louis. lirown resigned tho presidency of the llepubllo National bnnk ot St. IxjuIr to make tho change. Ilrown, his wife nnd daughter nro now here nnd will shortly be estab lished In thn Charles Douglas homo In Sunset park. Ilrown will begin his business enreer nt once, having organized tho W. K. Ilrown company, with suite No. 235 In thn Mayo build ing. The firm will deal In oil nnd gns properties and conduct a gcncrnl Investment busies nnd specinllzo In thn organizing and financing of oil companies. Ilrown wns previously president of thn Union National bank of Tulsa nnd vlco president of tho First Na tional bank nftcr tho consolidation. His activity In clvla matters nro commended by tho Chamber of Commerce In farewell resolutions. Ilrown hos decided thnt there's no plnca llko Tulsa anywhere nnd that It Is not only a most desirable city In which to cast one's business lot at present but promises much greater uungs ror tno ruturo. Slirinor Spcclnl KIIU Oklnhomnn. luVMAIt. Colo., Juno 2. Klchard Ilngshaw wns killed, Hurt llosman seriously Injurod nnd II. J. Kelly sustained minor bruises whon a Shrlner special on tho Santa Fo rail road crashed Into their nutomobllo nt Granada, 20 miles east ot this city, shortly before noon today. All threo men wore from Knowles, Okln. They wero waiting on a crossing for n freight train to back Into n siding when tho fast passenger train struck their machine. WARD SUSPECT IS PUT0N GRILL Cunningham Says Father of Young Ward Jilack mailed by Peters WHITE PLAINS, N. Y June 2 James J, Cunningham, race track hanger-on nnd former private cio- tectlvc, who was arrested as a ma terial witness after telling a story In which ho claimed to know the de tails of tho killing of Clnrenco 1'eters, ex-snllnr, by Wnlter S. Ward, mllllnnnlra vlco rrosldont of tho Ward linking compHny, wns ques tioned by West Chester county offi cials todny. Aceordlmr to Cunningham. It wn Ward's lather who was being black mailed by rotors nnd two men known ns "Hogers and "Joo" Juck- son. Cunnlnghnm said no llinugiu It was over un affair tho older Ward was alleged to have had with a" woman. Walter S. Ward, wns act ing as "go-between." Cunnlnghnm snld he did not see the shooting but learned of It from both Rogers nnd jac:un, wr.o nr- rlvcd at his homo In an automobile early tho morning of May 16 after rctor had been killed nnd his body placed In tho lonoly Kcnlsco reser voir rond. Cunnlnghnm hns told two stories. It was ho who revealed to tho New York Evening Journal that he wlt- ncsscd tho shooting which took place In the library of tho Ward homo nt New Hochelle. hut upon bo Ing questioned by Frederick K. Weeks, district attorney, Qcorgo J. Werner, sheriff of West Chester county, nnd other officials, ho changed his original version. KIIU Woman, Shoots Self. BAN FltANCISCO. June 2. Wal ter Trelantler, 36, shot and killed a woman with .whom, according to po llen, he had been living with m man nnd wlfo, ns they lay In bed nt their Gough street homo nnd then turned tho gun on himself, Inflicting a wound from which ho probably will die. The woman, according to the police, wns nlso known os Mrs. Nes bit. No cnuso for tho tragedy could bo learned by police Investigators. Moro than M0 war veterans have qualified during the past year for service with tho American merchant marine, according to a tabulation of students In navigation and radii) courses In tho Knights of Columbus evening school system. YAQUI UPRISING IS DENIED Indians Peacefully Tilling th0 Soli Says Emplmtlo Denial NOC1ALES, Ariz., June 2. Era. phatlo denial ot reports that rcb" llous movements wero under w. among the Yaqul Indians In Sonara Moxlco, was contained in a t.i ' gram received by International No wb service today from oone Francisco Manzo, chief of miiltsw operations in Bonora. n"try "All Yaqul'a nro peacefully I,. gaged In agricultural purtuiti there Is not tho slighter dl.tutbanc. If.' tho soctlon of the country th,, are occupying," General Mni0 , General Manzo said renorts rebellion wero being circulated hi enemies ft tho government In nn .7 fort to mlslend tho people. A 5,0Hf..,?r "'""vice men li nM paid In Oklahoma. Instead, tho ,tSt. provides a relief fund for the nV.l, tnnce for disabled soldier"; thl wives, widows and minor children 1 111 1 1 y 1 v m A safe reliable skin treatment' RESINOL Soolhinq &nd Hcinq Resinol Soap gently cleanses the clogged pores. Resinol Ointment heals the inflamed spots and blotches Try them, tx week. c-id watcK your skirv. improve Snappy Styles in Summer Clothing Showing some unusual values in Gaberdines and Tropicnl Wor steds, priced at ifcUl ' ' t! vi These suits come in Sport mod els, Belted backs and Plain, with a complete line of sizes and colors to select from. Silk Mohairs These Silk Mohair suits are hand somely tailored, cool and com fortable, they are real values at $17.50 Palm Beach Suits The finest display of Palm Beach suits ever shown at this store. They are handsomely tailored and good looking. Prices range from $14.65 to $16.50 Straw Hats Our display of straw hats were never finer, all sizes aqd shapes at prices ranging from $2 to $7 Holmes Clothes Shop 221-223 SOUTH MAIN ST. Special Purchase and Sale of $35 and $40 Tropical Worsteds at $2g.oo Here's some very unusual values, even, for this store. One of our best makers gave us a decided conces sion on 150 tropical wor sted suits, so that we can soil you $35 to ?40 suits at $28. New styles, new models, new fabrics and new shades. G?.t here early this morning for men will buy these as quickly as they see them. $3.50 Straws, $2.85 Here's a straw hat value you should take advantage of. $3.50 and 4 sennits in the newest styles and shapes, special at 2.85. Palm Beach Pants If you need a separate pair of Palm Beach trousers to match your coat, sec these new ones specially priced at only 4.25. $3.50 Shirts, $2.85 Get a supply of these $3.50 and $4 satin striped madras shirts while wo have all sizes and complete variety of patterns at $2.85. Bathing Suits Very attractive prices on all wool bathing suits today. One and two piece styles in all colors and combinations. 7m i B 1 a 1 i! i a 1 a a a a a la a a a a a a a a a a a a a ii a a a a a a HI 319-321 South Main Exclusive but Not Expensive Ono iLlnR jou aro nn of licro 1, Mtltfactlon. Wo .nanmtce It ulth picrj iinrchnBO or rt" funl Tour money. 1! I I a a il a i 1 a a a i a a a a a a a Most Favored for Summer Wear Fine Gaberdine Suits 25 An unusual value in every respect, finely tailored and silk trimmed. In light and dark shades of tan, new sport styles and conservative models. Our original assortment of these fine suits was all sold in less than a week. This new shipment is equally fine. Choose yours now. 1 All Investment That Endures I The 7 Cumulative I Prior Lien Stock of the PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF OKLAHOMA is offered to yield 7.7 net on the investment. Divi dends are paid quarterly. The business is safe, sound and sure. 1st. A universal necessity with an increasing demand. 2nd. Business is done on practically a cash basis. 3rd. Operating in growing and progressive communities. 4th. Sound financially and doing a prosperous business. Cash or convenient partial payment plan, $90.00 per share, par value $100. The stock is tax free from fed eral normal income tax and Oklahoma personal prop erty tax. Full particulars. Public Service Company of Oklahoma 111 East Fourth St. Tulsa Osage 2770 t