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OKLAHOMA'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER RELIABILITY CHARACTER ENTERPRISE THE AVKKAOE3 SWORN NET PAID FINAL EDITION CIRCULATION. JUNE V Daily a&,35(i (I Sunday 39,933 ) VOL. XVI, NO. 2S7 TULSA, OKLAHOMA, SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1022 20 PACKS PRICE 5 CENTS X JUSTICE KIDNAP THE MORNING STILL MISSING toirti inn if it i rif IYIIULANU VALLtT GUARD WOUNDED IN GUNJATTLE Attacked by 2 Unknown Tresspassers in Yards at Lefeber FUSILLADE FOLLOWS Whit fields Partner Conies to Rescue and Between 30 and -10 Shots Fired LOCAL SITUATION BRIGHTER All Pickets Go Off Duty as Injunction Papers Are Served by Officers J. C Whitfield, guard for the Mid land Valley railroad, was shot twice but not seriously wounded In a sharp I'lttle between two guards and three unidentified men. at the Midland Valley railroad yards and train des patching station at Lfeber, south west of Tulsa, last night. Hallroad authorities were unable to Identify the men either as striking shop men or "floaters ". Between 20 and 3o shots vero fired In the exchange. The shootlns occurred when two guardi, one of whom was Whitfield, me' two men at the lower end of the yards, and ordered them off the rail road property as trespassers. There was an exchange of hot words which came to a epeedv climax when one of the strangers struck at Whitfield. The latter avoided the Uow by dodg Ir.sr. Almost Immediately tho tres patser reached for his gun. Pay I'nknown Plrcd First. It was the trespasser who fired ths first shot, It was reported and this shot la thought was the one of the two which took effect In U'h tfield's body. The two guards emptied their guns, but It waa un certain whether either Of the two strangers were hit One fell but quickly regained his feet and kept firing When the two guards emptied their guns they fell back behind a t'"gV car to reload their guns. Whitfield, although wpunded twice, e'epfd out from tho box car and herin firing once more at the two men who began running from the i... uds and disappeared among torn- bushes nearhv. Whitfield na ked back to the dspatcher's of fl"e unaided. The Inlured man was taken to the Tulsa hospital where his in juries were dressed. He narrowly escaped serious Injury. One bullet cut the skin and burned and briused the flesh on the right side but did tin penetrate the nbdoincnal cavity. The other grazed tho skin on the hak of the left hand. Jf hn Moran. chief of the special rsi'road detectives at the Midland Valley yards, said that so far there 18 no more evidence that the men were striking shopmen than that they were "floaters" out for trouble, "land stated that so far the Investi gation has not disclosed any clues as to tho two men's Identity. Only Four on Strike. There were only four men at the Midland Valley yards that were af frted hv the strike, It vas learned Friday The small shops at Lefcher are used for onlv light emergency repa,r work, the general railroad fhops nf the Midland Valley being at Muskogee. The yards are about m l and a half long and arn used fcr the most part for switching oil tral-s for the Texas and other oil companies. A train ilespatcher's e'at.on is also at tho yards. Several houjes occupied bv workmen In the iarri make up a lit r . village. other guards who rushed to the assistance of their forces were un able to capture either of the two asrulants. At tho Midland Valley off.cei in Lefeber It was stated that 'li clash was not considered serious i and that everything quieted down inn ediatelv following th shooting. The driver of the Mltchell-FIem-lng ambulance which brought Whit field tu the hospital heie. said II was quiet in the little railroad communi ty of Lefeber less than half an hour after the exchange of shots. TILSA STHIKF. Ol IHT! HOAll M1-.S OPTIMISTIC With all the engines In the Frisco vards at West Tulsa in service ex cept two, yesterday saw the best "ndltions locally of any day since "ie railroad shopmen s sirike pecan Julv l nt.trances to the yards were deeer'ed for the first time since he strike, all strikers having quit meir p.cket duty In accordance witn 'he oider of the inlunctlon Issued hv Federal Judge Cotteral forbidding interference with or molestation of men employed In the Frisco yards All oil was moved vesterday by 4 o!.vk Normally freight shipments would have been mado earlier: oil Is usually out by 8 o'clock In the morning hut In view of the hand! . CCS'TIS'l'ED ON PACK TWEI.VH Information Por the atx'ouiniodatlon nf the iO.ikio or inure i-li-cuirs In Tulsa, rlic! World has prcpurcd a list nf II llieHil prci'liirt regit! rtirs ultli tliflr iiddri'ssi-s iiml plmne limn w'rs anil the hiimuliirlvs of tin' PriTlncts. This iiluahlr Inrnrmn- Ion ulll bo found on page 10 of Inls Issue of Tho World. Crowds Flock to Hear Movie Star Testify in Court But Gloria Is Not Called Stand; Conspiracy Ac tion Dismissed to LOS ANGELES, July 14 Gloria Swanson, screen actress, did not die- appoint the crowds which thronged Judge JtHes' division of the pro bate department of the superior court here today In an effort to tee her. She wan not called upon to testi fy in tho will contest involving her mother, widow of Matthew I. Hums, and attorney for Mrs. Burns said It was unlikely that she would ne asked to tako the stand at all. Charge that she and hor mother had conspired to bring about the latter';, marriage to Burns and later to secure h favorable bill were dis missed. The testimony offered todiy cen tered about the mental condition of Burns when he made the disputed will. LESKY EXPLAINS TARRING PARTY Guns Silenced Him When He Attempted to Es cape His Captors DEFENDED BY LAWYER Believes Bail Put Up by Him for Woman Who Shot Tuck er Prompted Kidnaping "How about thoso bonds signed lately for women?" you This question climaxed the series of Interrogations put to S. K. Lesky before he waj, subjected to a coat of tar and feathers by a mob of un masked men somewhere In the vi cinity of Tulsa Thursday night ac cording to a story as he told It to a vt orm reporter Frldav mnrnlnir Seemingly none the worse for the affair Lesky came to to town earlv In tho morning and transacted his business ns usual. When teen by a reporter he talked freely of the llttl party given In his honor for which he believes himself to be IndebUd llrov' "P ?'"! ed for a drink or to the "Invisible empire " I water. They stayed to buy seven Inlorriipti'd at Stipix'r. gallon of liquor. A fight Imme- 'I live at 715 South ulvmnln " llate'y followed, about which ac Lesky said "Abou? 7: is oock v"- Both Phillips and hi, Thursday evening 1 was eating dln-l,lf? ,w"? ?v""r beaten and Phil- a knock at the door which my wife , ""',. 1'h" "T l"." , ,atflenV answered. I heard a man inquiring '!?,irh i.p?.r,y ,BlU t0..k"1 th for me and went out on the porch ,h' ''f"or .. ,rSE?n. tlon-, 7h to see what he wanted. i Smith woman savs Phillips tried to The man asked m if my name ' ' " Th; liquor Is in ..., i i... --a i ...j ,. ..... ti pefsefsion of countv officers thVn inquired If I made It a Vac-I tire to go on bonds and I said that I did sometimes. He raid his brother nn, m ,h c,r in fmn, nt ,h hn, out in the car in front of the house had been arrested for automobile theft and he would llkei to arrange with me to go hla bond. He asked me to go out to the car and talk the matter over. "I went to the car In my shirt sleeves and without a hat. 1 was In troduced to tho alleged brother and they Insisted that I go to the court house at once with them. I protest ed that It was too late and that the court house was closed, stating that I would lake the matter up with them in the morning. Hut they in KSd f.d un'wT.h'the hsahder?f'2ndJ " K" runnlngboard 'and "returned been fiexd up with the sheriff undth. ..... ,h ,,-,, . county at'orney and they wanted the matter attended to right away. "Iiy this lime I began to become suspicious ana ,o,a in. mm .n..i would go imo ino nou . ' .1 my coat and hat. But they said that we would be back In a few minutes and there was no need of that. I began to back away and then the flie-works started. One of the men grabbed me and the others helped In hustling me Into the car. I let ' ...... nnbi out a yell I ami I two of them poked .n ".Vk. J S mar i .nok. a would be a dead man If I mJ word. They then blindfolded me and! ' wlter t'hev took mo1 but'wV ap'peSre'd iXon I ?orUmne! Vrp"B.5.r-AK,rr1 ' Lin HnkMnV Vo't I woVwas Snoken 11 k ' In the pasture I re- ln.,ih Ilrwl.ttr;.mK I could hear the men walking around but nothing was said until aftcr 1 had been led some 10 or n feet from the car. Then I was questioned as follows; What Is your name?" "Lesky." "What Initials?" S. K." "What Is your ocupatlon?" neal Kstato Dealer. "I used to work for the Frisco but for the past few months have been loaning money and dealing ln real estate." Do anything el?" "I sign bonds once In a while If I think they are all right. 1 Investi gate the bends as much as I CHn my. telf and mostly depend upon the at torneys 1 make tem for." "Who art the attorneys in most of these casss?" ' ""rossland and Ward." Where are they'" "Mayo bu.lding." 'That is the "n'y kind of an Inves- CO.NTIN'UED ON PAOE SEVENTEEN rtwifi a M'(rf F-uner.. l'rtor.. t Heuider HKon. Oir utMieo. Aiiibui.iic. itrvlcs. Aa. trllstint nt. COUNTRY BOY'S POSSE WOUNDS 4 ALLEGEDBANDITS Fight at Capital Road house Ends With the Flight of Auto PROPRIETORS BEATEN Woman Calls for Help and Boys Commandeer Truck and Pursue Assailants AUT0ISTS FIRE FIRST SHOT Shotgun Broadside Is An swer; Wounded Women Cap tured; Men Make Escape OKLAHOMA CITY. July It Broadsides fired point blank from automobiles racing thtougli the sum- mer twilight wounded two women and sent county and city officials searching for the husbands of the women, supposedly badly wounded, when threo country youths, In a com mandeered truck and using borrowed shotguns, matched their wits against the shooting skill of a party of Okla homa City alleged hijackers Friday night after a five-mile chase. Mrs. Walter Matlieny, about 40 years old, and her daughter, who gave her name as Mrs, Clara Smith, about 22, are In the county Jill. Somewhere In tho corn flelde 12 miles northeast of the city, the hus bands of the women are In hiding, probably severely wounded, county officials believe. Three boyn who broke up the Mathcny ride by effective use of shotguns ciu .!. K. Bone of Spen cer and W i:. Smith and Ouy Dyer. Tho battle had Its beginning at the it. u rniinps nance hall and chlcKen dinner place, near tire end of the Twenty-third street road right at Uo.nl Hntise. According to the etory told by Mrs. Phillips, the Matheny party ,to Z 'l' ".1 uhu' l?"'1 AL" ht' li h"m: Phillips dashed out in the road for help. She found It Immediately, none, smith and Dyer Joined in tho fight. They commandeered n delivery truck owned by Phillips nu rm racing nown me, road. They stopped at the first house and borrowed shotguns. Five miles away about two miles north and one mile west of Spen cer, the truck came tearing up alongside the Matheny car. Shotgun nroadsldc. "We ordered them to stop. They 1 began shooting and I climbed out , nf the youths The boys declare that the first shots were fired from the Matheny nf fir ers later found four emn. tv cartridges In the front seat nf ihA riddled car. The volley of pUtol shots was s,n-1 swercd by a deadly hall from the shotguns The touring car stopped but the truck went speeding (Irvn the road The three boys, accom panied by Mrs. Phillips, came back n""iFU ll irs. i-nuiiiis, came Th tourl Par wa dM.rterti Matheny and her daughter were Injured by the flying glass snd , Roth wer(J fhal hl frR the Brl "a" "b"' ln 'houlder "f, ,a .J''r,," Z VnnnlHnn of the windshield wd officers to bMleve the men are e. rlously wounded, A man hunt fol- , l0?2 'm,?:a'2,''y When the three boys reached th" touring ear the occupants fd. Through the twilight they saw a man and woman running arroM a field. Barking of a dog at a negro's house a short distance away led them to the place where the wom an had stopped. The brought the woman bark to the wrecked car The two men had fled, leaving thslr women behind Sentenced to Spend 2 Nights in Horse Stall HALDEN", Ma".. July 14. A sen tence to spend two nl3hts in his horse's stall, meanwhile turning the animal out lo pasture, was Imposed upon Uaymond W- Putnam of Wakefield. In the district court to day He was charged with hav.n? failed to niovide proper food aiid j shelter for his horse Judge IMcy i sain mat u m norse snowen im- I ITPVemt-nl al the end of two weeks n," would not set any tutthtr yen- I alt) Practically Certain Loal Miners Will Refuse Offer For Settlement of Strike Union Lenders Lcnvo White House After Conference With President Determined, It Is Said, lo Continue Walkout; Anthracite Fields May Resume Work. WASHINGTON". July 1 . A pr.ic tio'il certainty existed tonight that the United Mine Workers of AmerM will refuse president Harding' offer of arbitration to seltln tho coal strikes, both bituminous nnd .inthra file. . . John I. Lewis, president of Jhe union, William (!ren, secretary, treasurer, and William Murray. Mce president, left a flnol confoienen at the While House with President Harding and Secretary Davis lite to day, determined. It was understood, to recommend a refusal of the gov ornnient s ofler to the union policy committee which will meet heie to morrow. Although employers In the anthra cite region have accepted the presi dents offer practically without change, the union viewpoint Is that tho anthroiite. fields, with their po tential production of S.ooo.nnn tons of coal a week, should not resume work he .rise this coal supply would lessen p il'ilc pressure for a sulke settlement A U'hila TfnnuA ,1r1.ir.itirin tndnv asserted that President Harding felt no doubt he had power to operate ASSASSIN'S SHOTS MISS MILLERAND. French President Narrow-, ly Escapes Death at Hand ol Anarcmst SAVED BY CAR'S SPEED Nervousness of Would-be Slayer Also Factor in Mis carriage of His Plan PAltlS. July 14 An attempt was made here today to assassinate President MIHerand of the French republic by Gustave Bouvet, 23, seo retary of tho Paris organization of anarchists, premier Polncare was riding in nn automobile close to that of the president when the shots were fired In the Champs Elysee. Bouvet Wu Jimnt-uiateiy arrestea. ite at first said he had not Intended to kill either President MIHerand or Tre mler Poincare, but after vigorous questioning hi broke down and ad mitted to police he had tried to kill the president "to set an ex ample to the whole world." Uirrloil Two llciolu'r. When searched today two re volvers upon the prisoner were found. There were 23 cartridges In his pockets. He waa Immediately CONTlHL'En ON PAOfi rirTKEN Unu&ial and Interesting Features and Special Articles Will Appear in the Sunday World Here Arc Just a Few of Them Ills THiMnrsH BaliUIics the Vhip per. Her dress jnd depoit ment are now toned down as binks and corporations adn;t regulations dooming the ampy" types on the left In f.nor of the demure ones on tho right "The Master .Mummer, by T. Phillips Oppciiliclin. In a double-page Installment. To Find the roren ric t Tlint HniintH tho Pole. Explorer Amundsen sets out to freeie his schooner In the circling floes at the top of the world to verify the Eskimo legend of ghostly ships and perhaps to touih the pole. "The Soclcl Hug." Iiy Jack lalt. A full-page story. Why the Shah's Il.nl Ho" Was Ordered Home I'roiii Monlo Curio. A little dinner for four, ordered bv the heir ap parent to the Perslin throne, sounded fair enough to his roal father until he heard of the nymphs who arrHed In a golden barge to serve the cof fee nnd cigars Motles nt I.ust Supply the Key 10 Baffling "lteathll." Spools of film, Jut oxer from Europe, will make plain tho application of Professor Ein stein's theory. Illus'raung Its relation to the phenomena of Don't Miss Getting Your Copy of the Best Sunday Paper in the Southwest the mines In an emergency. The prcr-. lrnt might run the rlsli of Im poacliment In taking such j course, It ws Indicated, hut h w.i said not to fe.ir such a possibility. The union officials who have re mained In Washington slm c the break-up of the gcneiHl coal confer, once haw' made their position plain to officials In demanding that arbi tration as offered be made to apply to the omiunlnnlze.i fields of West VlrglnU and Pennsylvania. In Wash ington state ii rul In Mingo county. West Virginia. The geological mirvty reported to day a sharp drop in coal production III nonunlot. bltuiiilnoiM fields, fixing the total output Tor tho week of Julv 4 nt S.'iKO.nnu tons, while for the present week the figures are, not expected above 4.n00.U()( tuns. Governor IYciis of Minnesota, rep. resenting tho northwestern states, urged upon tho piosldont anil oilier cabinet members during conference hero todav and vetenlav. that mlneo be t ikcti io er and operated hv the government hmpt'liia In the 1 ike ... I. -In... ......Itllea m-ceM- ll'l' 118 1IJ 'I''" - siry to carry householders thiougii the winter 'CERTIFICATE CASE ACTION IS BEGUN Clark and Negro Charged With Forgery of 0. C. Justice Court !D0DS0N COMPLAINANT Resigned State School Secre tary Bases Information on Misrepresentation ny lh A,M-litl Pr wire, OKLAHOMA CITY, July 14 A criminal action was Instituted hero today against two men Involved In the alleged Issuance of state school teachers' certificates. W. R. flark of Norman, former superintendent of Cleveland county Isehoole, and Doctor Waksfleld, ne itro of llrlstow. were charged with forgery In the second cjegreo in an Information filed In Justice court by W. T. Dodson. former secretary of tho state board of education. Tho Information alleges that the defendants feloniously obtained from Dodson his signature to ceitaln state certlfl' ate authorizing Mattle L. Alex to teach school In the state. Search for the two men was started. Clark and Wakefield are charged with making false representations to tho board secretary concerning CONTINUED ON 1'AOB KIPTKKN life so simply that anyone can understand it "Cold Biggin" Pirates Ktntt n 'leuipi'i.tmeiiliil Teni'st In iriTiiwIcli Village. A tea morn cruise of artists and art models apparaled as bucan neers, la approved as the brightest Idea of the season, until th horrible discovery is made that there's money In It for the masqucrader. In addition to these Tho World will carry many other distinctive and unparalleled features in Its Hunday edition. The World's eomlra are unsur passed. An entire section Is devoted to std'e neus, local news and gen eral features. In addition there Is the dailv cartoon by Brlge. the famous true-to. life artist. Hubert Edgren, foremost sports authority In the world, writes an Interesting article each week for The World. As usual, the main news section of The World will teem with big nws of the minute, fur nnhed by the Associated Press, the International News Serylce the Central Press association mil special correspondents In Washington, Oklahoma City md other correspondents all iver Oklahoma. C BY CONFEREES TO END STRIKE Hooper's Mooting With Union Heads Is Not Conclusive NEW MEET PROBABLE Optimism at White House on Strike Outlook; Firm Grasp to Bo Taken by U. S. VIOLENCE IN SOUTHWEST Decision to Use Federal Troops Held Up Pending Investigation of Inspectors lly the Aiclat,d l'rr. HlCAiJ'). July II The e. ond wi k of the i.illivay shopmen's mi Ike ended tiinUht while the labor board, the shop crafts' representa tives and the railroads maintained silence regarding negotiations lock ing toward a settlement of the waU. nut. A four-hour conference between Clialrmin Hen W. Hooper of the labor board. II. M J'wrll, lici.j of the shopmen's organization, and Timothy Healy, who has authorized a strike nf stationary firemen and oilers, ended tonight without a state ment from any of the conferees. Chairman Hooper hurried to ths conference nfter n meeting with L. r. loree. preslflent of tut Delaware, & Hudson railroad, mid T. E. Crow, ley, vice pretddonl of the Now York Central lines. It was reported to night In labor circles that tho con ference this iiftornoon had to do with nuestlons which the unions must settle among themselves before further negotiations looking toward tho ending of the walkout arn held. Further conferences are In prospect. It wsh reported. ; ruble Will See Ifiinllng. Thui o were Indications elsewhere that the general trend of the strike situation was toward peace. E v. flnible, head or the United Brotherhood of Maintenance! of Way Employes and Itnllwsy Shop La boreis' who held a midnight confer eni hero list night with Jewell, left for WaMllngtnn today where It was H.1I1I he exptcted to see the president He reiterated Ills state ments that the 40(1, nno maintenance rt .en,, .,iiilnv.. tenOlH ,in, a,.IICA( despite the fact that some of his mu had Joined In a sympathetic strike with the shopmen. Following a cabinet meeting at which the mike was discussed nffl. rials at Washington close to Presi dent Harding said tho chief exec 1 tlve was ontlmlsilo regarding th ability of Chairman Hooper to effect , a sen lament. Mi-ellng N'ot Drial. While Hooper did not Indicate what action might be expected to follow In today's conference, Jewell said that today's meeting was not final and that further conferences mlcht be expected Among those attending today's conference besides Hooper and Jew. ell were a number of Jewell's Inter national presidents and vice presi dents, Timothy Healy, president of the firemen and ollera' organization which he nuthorlzed to strike; II. E Byron, president of the Chicago and Milwaukee railroad: Hale Holden, head of the Chtcago, Bur lington f.- Qulncv, James fjorman, president of the Bock Island, and C H. Markham of tho Illinois Cen tral The conference, according lo some nf those attending, was most heated. The ratlioad re.res rntntlves con ceded to some of tne union chief' demands Others were refused and the meeting ended when tho union executives refused to discuss a set tlement unless nil their requests were met. According to Hooper the unions asked that the railroads cancel the contract system of farming out shop work, trelurn seven rules which had been altered bv tho labor board, re- ! store tho wages ln effect before the cut by the labor hoard and establ sh national hoards of adjustment. The union representatives also asked that the seniority rights be restored to all strikers. The carriers, according to Hoop er's Ktntement. silirtfefcted ,hf thev ! would wipe out the contract system on all roads where it still exists nnl ! agreed to establish regional hoards of adjustment similar to those al ready In effect for train and engine service men No Wage Hrntorailon. The exciillves, however, rofii'ed to Agree to retore seniority rights and maintained that wages and working rules hoth i.ime under the Jurisdiction of the labor board. They took the stand, according to Hooper, that the shop crafts were at liberty to netitlon the board for a rehear ing on th" Issues. The carriers suggested that thev participate In this hearing and abide by tho re. subs. Jewell, however. Inlted on satis- I factory modification of wages Hod , t iles before he would consent to ' ti mle.ite the still n 'file ixceull' Id "ned to onlder this matter ox- 1 e.t tlie boird r hearing It wis ti cres'ed a prfl'rnlnary. Hr" :er Mutrrier.' said that tho la , boml re ' t'en 'ho lienr r-u held two (Weeks g uht ''e e h in ei'ened and when n'temi is were I being made 10 overt it Puce a hear CO.STl.'.Cr.D CN 1'AQB'TWi.I.tB State Officials Take Up Probe of Ilerrin Massacre Attorney-General Assumes Personal Chartrp of Ferret ing Out Slayers MATMO.V, III. July II AH. Oen. W. J. llriiml.ig of Illinois, departed for Chicago tonight aft er assuming a personal hand to day In tho Investigation of tilt mn mm ere of a score of noi, union workers at the strip mln of tho Southern Illinois Coal company near hern Juno 22. II" held a long conference, with State's Attorney Delos Duty and fherllt Melvln Tliaxlnn and announced that ho had obtained tlin full co-operation of there two Wllllumsoi, county officials In bringing to Juellco those responsible for the killings. "We already have Information that would make It Impossible to obtain conviction"," BrundagM said, "but w'O must not act ban tlly. We will use that Information to obtain additional Information. Thero Is no doubt that we will ob tain matiy conviction when the time comes " 2 DIE, MANY HURT IN 3 RAIL WRECKS Expressman Killed Texas Derailment; Panic Results in FIREMAN IS A VICTIM Vollision Near Joplin Fatal to One; Several Injured in North Carolina WHAKTO.V. Texas, July 14 Jako Herman, expreesmn.', was killed and seven passengers Injured when a (lulf. Colorado .fe Sanla Fo psssenger train ns wrecked is miles north of Wharton today The wreck Is I e llevid to have been caused by spreading of rails. The Injured were brought here for treatment. The baggage car, a passenger coach and a box car left the track. The train was carrying a mixed pas senger ond freight service. The nar.ser.ger conch, which slid down 11 six -foot embankment, was filled with children and several wom en. A iulo iirniiy renulleii before male passengers obtained the re lease of the women and children. Five mn and two women nrre only slightly Injured. I'HISf O rilKIRHTti COLLIKi: MJAH JOPLIN. JOPLIN. July 14 Flremai; C. J Stonor nf Fort Scott. Kan., was killed, and five other trainmen Injuted, one seriously when two freight trains of tho St, Louis iv. San Francisco sys tem met head-on t one end of bridge that npans Center creek, eight miles northwest of here lato today. nolh trains were travel ng about 2a miles an hour. Mixed orders, railroad officials stated totdght. are hellevod to have caused the wreck. AHHEVILLE. N. C July 14. Sev- oral persons were reported Injured, two engines disabled and a combina tion baggage, and passenger couch on tho Southern railway derailed to night near Hiluda, n. c , when the ex'ia engine used on Ih mountain grades broke from control ai.d struck the first section of passenger irain No 4. head-on, according to advices received here. Postal Clerks Granted Saturday Half Holiday WASHINGTON, J'Hv 14 Clrrks employed In the postofflres through out the I'nlted States during the re mainder of the summer season will be permitted eo enjoy a half holiday each Saturday. pio!dlng the work asslgmd to them has been com pleted by noon on lint day, under an order Isued today bv First As sistant 1'osfm.islcr (leneral llartl'tt The order will bo enforced at the discretion of the postmasters. Results of Acquatic Contests at Sunset The ai'ialle contests ot Suniet Plunge Friday night risulted In Le HemplH winning tho candle race, II. II. Wright the 100-jard swim In 1 minute and 10 seconds with Vernon second, and In Max Khuler cjpluring the first diving prlzo and Charles Hobson second In the women's contests Miss BUIIh O'Doiiiirll came out ahead In Hie 60-yard swlni with a time record of 1 minute and 15 seconds while Miss Ulllto Talmado came second and in diving honors weio divided betneeii Mla O'Uoii ne and Mlsa Jian King A life sav ing demonstration was given by M.ir tha Burke, baby champion swimmer. 77 i WKATIIHR fin- ' furl y r1 u1v KANSAS WnMtty fair Stturdty. id un4y, rmr Siturddy, 4 BIG CROWD WAITS AT 4T HAND MAIN BUT SEES NO FUN "Hot Tip" Draws Throng to Uornor anrl Jam Ke sults, but No Show VICTIM SHOWED FIGHT Ilallman, Former J. P., Bat tled Abductors Who Seized Him at Registrar's Homo WIFE FEARS FOR HIS SAFETY Husband Had Weak Heart; Might Have Collapsed After Scrap With Kidnapers More than seven hours after h had bnn overpowered by threo men and whisked away In a big motor car In the second kidnaping sensa tion for Tulsa In as many nights, H. ft. Hnllnmii, lid West Cameron, a former Justice of the peafe, was still missing at 1 o'clock Saturday morning. Following the abduction of Hall- man toporlu quickly spread that ha waa to be tarred and feathered and dumped out down town us R. K, Lesky had been the night before, A "hot tip" that the dumping w.n to be at Fourth and Main, .1 bloclc south nf tho excitement In the Les ky ease, caused n great crowd to gather there In anticipation ot the spectacle The thong remained Un til midnight when It begin to thin out, and at 1 o'dnck only 11 few of tho tnost persistent remained. A continuous elrtam of automobile wound up and down Main street all evening, traffic becoming so con gested that traffic officers wra re turned to duty aflsr 11 o'clock and remained for some time. Officer Kcaii'h, rind Nothing. Immediately after Ilallman was taken city police and deputies from Iho sheriff's office toop up tha search for him. Motorcycle offi cers scoured the city while the, county officers ranged the roads leading from town. Tho search was being kept up through the night, but at I o'clock not a trace of tho missing mnn had been found Mrs. Hallman was distraught an the hours slipped by nnd no word was received from her husband. She. told a reporter shortly after tho kidnaping that she feared the out come bemuse Hallman hnd a weak heart and she knew ho would fight lo the last She was afraid the strain would be too much for him. Kidnaping Spectacular. Tho kidnaping nf Hallman was spectacular. The formr Justlco waa seized as ho waa leaving the homo of Carl Southern, reglstrat for precinct No. IB. at 219 West Cameron, Just before S o'clock. Hallman had been helping Southern with some work on tho registration books. Hallman walked nut of the front door of tho Southern home and waa met on tho walk by a man who nsked him If "this Is where you reglter." "Yes," replied Hallman, taking the man by tho arm and starling to lead him Inside. Suddenly, according to Southern, the man seized Hallman and thoy grappled. Two other men who had followed tho leader rushed up an Joined In the struggle with Hallman who fought back with all hl strength Wlfo Tries to Help. Mrs. Hallmai. camo out of tho Hallman home at this Juncture It being almost directly across tho street, and went to the rescue of her husband It was reported that one of tho men slopped her How ever, the three men succeeded In dragging him to tho waiting car, whlih was reported to ho a Cadillac touring, and drove away. Two men had hnen sitting In tho car waiting for them. Onlv oi.e person of several neigh bors who wltnested the abduction ot Hallman made anv attempt 10 pre vent It. Thle wa Carl Southern tho registrar. When Hallman was seized Southern, who is a small man. leaped on the back of one nf the men t.ni tried to pull him off Mailman Th man shook him off and drew a gdn on him and ordered him to stand back and stay out of It llnllmaii Itfslgncil After How. Tho abduction of Hallman recalls his resignation from the offlco nf Justice of tho peace threo or f jur months ago whb h followed ths air ing of chare that ho was short In hi accounts wiill too county Hallman and F J. Have, special county Investigator, charged each COMUmit.D S I'AOE TWELVE . RADIO BROADCASTING Beginning next week tho Mid laud Iteflnlng-Tulsa World Broadcasting Station will broad cast on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. 7 30 to 9 p. m. WORLD RADIO EDITOR OSAGE 6000