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r -A T-i -n m mOO TULSA DAILY WORLD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1922 11 Time tor QUESTION OWEN'S 'INDIAN FEE CLAIM Senator in Suit Accused ,.f Fraudulent Padding Expense Account INDIANS ASK $21,875 Mississippi Tribal Want Legal Accounting of Attorney's Work . Thfi World. lioOCi:, Dec. 20. Suit for , was filed In district court ,ay against Robert L. Owon, JJ,:i- I ' 1' yfatcs (.etiator, and Wirt n In connection with the awa ms of approximately J 176,000 . fcdoral court of claims In Ei9'l n the Mississippi Choctaws. . , it. , ...... - (-...- . i it met aim in, i-d. v auuiiijeuu, SJ a!n inlstrator of the cRtatn of T. B, -an, brotiBht the milt charg ,n? 'lv v entered Into an agreement (iii rarlca V. mtim and Owen i, l- winreuy tney wcio to le-fourth of thfl lnnnty nl- 1 1(,im. l ijwon anu winton In nssist lg i ftalnlnB proper enrollment riii ., ;..!tncnt3 for the Mississippi Chu aws. t'li tries winton atou some time to nnti wirt winton is aamintstra g ft the estate. Held Contracts. Tho suit charges, In part, that: "In the early spring of 1897 NIel irA Suhvan of Carthage, Miss., en tered into a contract to assist in fiiunrp contracts with Choctaw In dians i'i Mississippi for a consldora- ion of one-fourth intercut In Wln- tun's und Owen's share of the re rtfvery, and that in May of 1903 they did secure a number of con tra ts in Joint name of Owen and Wt"t.. 'That in 1899 the brought Indians lefoi.. the Dawes commission at a 'ii-iri'ig held by A. S. McKennon In Mtcsiippl. That owen ana winton rued w.ih the court of claims of the I'nl' d States government against tho Vnltcd States for a large sum i! n.-npy and in 1921 the court awarded Owen and tho -estate of C. r Winton, $175,000. Disputes Owen's Expenses. "That the plaintiffs believe and have information that the defend daiits are malting plans and work ing to get control of all the money alii" d by the government. "That Owen, according to Infor mation, wrongfully, falsely and fraudulently claims to havo paid t ;t a largo sum of money, said to tc ajout $70,000 as expenses and attorneys' fees, which he claims to have expended in tho prosecution of ta suit, and which tho plaintiffs be lle, to be untrue." The petition asks that at account ing be made of all transactions In . 'inflection with the case; that Owen and Winton bo enjoined from dis posing of any money allowed by the federal court of claims; that a tec ivfer bo appointed, and that an award of $21,875 be allowed Niel aid Cadcnhead as their share of the contract fee agreed upon. Accuse Majors of Iloblxsry By the A undated Press. ELDQUADO, Kan.. Dec, 29. A warrant charging J. C. Majors, pris oner In the Ilutlcr county Jail here with robbery of the Towanda bank at Towanda. Kan., was eworn out tMj afternoon signed by Cashier Frank Robinson of the Towanda MTiV. Xffltnra 1 chrfrd ivlfVi first 'I Hfn Mhtinrv Tlio Afdpt nmnlinl of the loss was set at $24,014.32, of wMch $2,041 was cash. YRIG LAST -TIMES TODAY RUTH ROLAND in "The Timber Queen" ALSO JACK MULHALL IN "Pirates of the Deep" A Jack London Story AXD CENJOltY COMEDY. ADMISSION lower Floor 20o Balcony 10c Kiddles Always n Dime DANCE WILLARD ROBINSON'S DEEP RIVER ORCHESTRA Sunset Dancing Pavilion Stir Year's Jts, Detembet 11 I1ANCINO AJ.L NITJR uxndeij. cnirw, Mir. NEW YEARS EVE ALL-NIGHT DANCE ELECTRIC PARK SUNDAY1 NICJHT f.UtwhMlB U V. il. rre Spsclal iirunniati for J'l nithi sirvlc to and from park by Yllow Cab ompany. Admission Gentlemen $1.50 Ladies (50c Intloted rarllloB U'cU Heated Plsntx of harps, horns and otnsr notst-maksrs. Ths Elaotria Park Amaa ct aittoda wUtiaa for a "Ppy Now Tear to all. III Objections Government Ready to Approve Leases to Restricted Ore Land Sl".',',"i !,,'1'h,r . hn;e ik.Ii.Wiomm' in th. ,.i t leat.es on Ottawa county lndanu 1 nw a ul w hf sw 3-28-21, loo; John 'J bed late last night By nine minlnp; lands must make them with-1 Qu'inutv: ne tr 31 unit nw nw 35- j masked men, severely whlnlKd and in Hie next few daye, nccodlng to a ! 29-23, 200; Joe Buffalo: ne no of 27-1 ordered to leae the community "lie letter Juot issued by o. IC. Chandler. H!-!S. 40; Meh-sha-rnh-buh-nah fore (mother sunset," Recording to superintendent of the Qnapaw In- uranrteaRle, nw o.r and nw nw 1-18-dlan oaency hern. It la went out!- 200; Funnle Crawfish; it hf aw under dato of December 23, uddres-' and nw e 2-2S-2S, l!p; .Mary Orand )SJ "To Whom It May Concern." ' ne ir nhd ne Ac 4-23-23, 200; Officers land readi: Robert Thompson: no or and no f in accordance with the rules and i .cbumiiiMin Humming mo leasing ror , lead and liic mining operations and ! purposes oc nmricted Ind.an la .dH 1 In the Qnapaw agency tinder Section -'i c. t.ie act of congre appioved Jl.ueh J, 1321, H amended, you are hereby notified that all perrons !.av inn or claiming any tishta or Inier set in or under any leased, ub-1 lenses anu atrslunmenls of .a-ea cov. i er".ls.he following; described lands: .vxifiur isiiiinin nm-miv n..,i .. nr or. nt . , t " "v m J . i. 'm ,S J?nV lnt""Ison; ne , nZ . i ' ui AmIroV Own back: nw and o hf s-.v and w hf 34- iiornun yuapaw: ne nw 24-23-23, 40; Arthur Uuffalo. e hf ne 27-'.'3-23, 80; Frank Uuffalo: se sw and re qr 28-29-23. 2i,0; Hostoti Ilroi.n: s hf .i 34-29-23 anil w hf ;w ifS-29-23 nnd sw nw 3:.-29-; :'slnh :i.nk 'f sw end s Z--'--, 120: Isiiae Day I ght: Give-Away Dance Is Held by Olocs, With 5 Tribes as Guests PON'CA CITY, Dec. 2D. dally f olored blankotB, expensive shawls, and a hord of horses wore tho chief presents that were given nway by tho Oteo Indians last night in closing their annual Christmas camp on Hear creek, 10 miles south of Ponca City. The feas' nnd dinco continued all night long, with the white people of this portion of tho state Invited to ntteed us Buests. Iteprcwenln tlvos of the Tawnce, Ponca, Osage, Cheyenno nnd Arapaho tribes were present also. Wlllartl and Vnrmcr Jtox TACOMA, Wnsh., Dec. 29 Jeis Willard, 265 pounds or thereabouts, forpior heavyweight champion box er, nnd Frank Farmer, 17S pounds, from near Tiicoma, flayed each oth er for four short rounds with huge instructors' gloves In an exhibition here lat night. Farmer sized up like a pygmy alongside Willard, who Jn lie third round lot Farmer pum mel him In the midriff, with no vis! bio effect. TODAY THE MELODY GARDEN A Hew Jtulcal Comedy With a Plot and New Songs i SaV Songs i f t 8s: a '."- :l34fiMmf i3 DANCE Ogf riCTCKE 1 P l WwBm1- S ijj fWrfiay I Adults 20o Cliildrcn 10c i ain Street Theater STARTS TOMORROW to ' Close I" nw and sw nw 88-28-211, 120; Kaal ah CiandeaBle 2-28-2S, '200; Ituth doodengle: w hf nu w ni tw ;i4-i'j-i3, luu, jitnnn ureenMcK Glauber: ne ir 2G 100; Iiotay Oreenback: v nr 2ii--.t -'3, ICO; Harry Whlteblrd: ne qi 3J-20-23, 160; Alice UreenbacK: i" nw and se ir 8-29-23, 200;' .lulia Stafford Hhnpp: os nw un.l e hf sw and w hf n 35-29-23, 200; Will he allowed 10 daya from the date of tlili leUer In which to file with m any offjeotlon they may have to the ntiunaitvs ui till a iiutvijuii iir iu the approval of a new lease or ejeten- slon of any oxlstlns loaue of the lands l, i All papers now on file relative to the leasing of this laud will be cn sldeied nnd all applicants may stand on their present applications if they eleit to do so nnd submit FUch br: fs In ruppoi I thereof n on ill lo.is m their Judgment warrants, i.r submit new upiilir.itlons. SERVED 13 YEARS; FREED KoIiortMin Puritans Farmer Com luted Upon Circumstantial Hvldencx1. Kpeclal to Th World. DUUANT. Doc 29. Circumstan tial evidence lead to tho conviction of W. II. Foncres,' of this county, who was on of tho 31 prisoners in tho state penitentiary at McAlester. paroled by Governor Robertson at Christmas. Foncres was sentenced to life im prisonment June 22, 1909 for the murder of his wife, Mary Foncres, because a shotgun, belonging to Fon cros, was laying beside her in a ent where she had been shot to d ttii. Foncres raid he found his wife's body in the tent In which they.wcrc living near Hennington, the eastern part of this county. Foncres served 13 years of his sentence hefore be.ns pardoned. LLOYD IN "Get Out and Get Under" f STRAND Ij.ST TIMES TODAY ! HAROLD of Ottawa County KLAN WHIPS FARMER . Victim Amiotil by Musl.rd .Men of Mnuufninurliii; IUxm1 IVtunlo KIiixi-iiii .MusuoKei'. llr IK AMuetated 1'itan lot Wlra. HOLMS, Dec 29 i.-ranx Day. 88. a tenant farmer llvlne ix mlies W ht w hflnoithwest of here, wan taken from .lie story h told county authorltiea today. , The farmer said the men licensed ( him of manufacturing liquor and , other net. U did not rocognle any of his 'assailants, he said. Day had been arrwtd on chureea of vio- , latlng th prohibition act but tho . (.lav recently was dismissed. Ily th Awselowd l'rS stal. Wlr. MUSKOtiKK, IXic. I. Although they have frequently appeared in dis guise while on missions to glvs aid :o unfortnnate, last night was the first time In the history of the Ku Klus IClanswomen of Mu tkogee that their mombers annearud in nubile In uniform. When the curtain arose j on the mage of convention hall where the Sslvatlon Army gave n , ChrlflniHs oelebtdtlon to a l.OOti men, women and children, nine wo- men, clad in whit and we.nlni: black masks accompanied two 1 Ian 'men i.i full regalia upon the1 slage. Heretofme the klsnswomen I worn only nm"ks In public. They proscntml the army wllh boxes of ft nit, candy nnd toys. ELKS FIGHT DRUG EVIL Okmulgee Prntcnilty Asks llnnllng to Nnino Hay to Sinn I)rlo, Speclnl to Tno World. OKMUIXlKn, Deo. 29. In the na-tlon-wldo ight against narcotics now being waged, tho Okmulgee lodge No. 1136. H. p, O. Ulks has Joined In tho battle against the traf fic. The Oktnulifco lodge passed resolutions and adopted them, asking tno presiuent to net aside a national "antldope" week. In the losnlutlon nsklng for national aid In fightlnsi i drugs tlio lodge nsks and prays that every powdble government agency J whoso function it Is to stamp out , this evil, to be brought into piny, program, Just announced, which fol- ' They also nsk In the resolutions thut I lows n survey iriadu recently. Tho a national gathering of competent j estimates for tho additions and lm mcn and women confer in an effort provomonts havo been mndo and i to stamp out tho traffic, not only I allowed, tho material has boon pur- i in- vi nuea states, out in every country. rALLY in the kind of swift lovo comedy that has made him fa mous. Sparkling with laughs, warm with romance. Wanda Hawleyis tho girl. SCREEN TIME 11:30, 12:1.',, 2, 3:15, 4:30, fM5, 7, H:I5 9:30 Added Attraction WALLY in the V fe. ?' r Mlnuto diagrams of radio vibrations, nnd voice wives, compre tiCiitvo rr.njw of tills country and tli.i orltl il-iinliilni: (ho rndlu routes. An unusual aud lntcrcstltij; radio picture. Jtiullo fanx don't miss this. SPECIAL From 11 A. M. Today to 8 P. M. Monday, January 1 Roast Ypung Turkey Cranberry Sauce Show FlaKe Potatoes Creamed Peas Combination Salad Fruit Jcllo Marshmello Sauce Devi's Food Hot Bread Choice of Drinks faar jam 75c 11 A. M. to 8 Fried Tenderloin of Trout, Tartar Sauce Boiled Armour's Htar Ham, Cut Henna Stewed Spring Lamb. Qieen Peas Drained Short Klbs, Sweet Potatoes Chicken Fried Steak. Hash Brown Potatoes Asparagus Tips In Cream on Toast American Pot Boast, Coi n Fritters Chicken a la King on Toast Roast Lefj of fresh Pork, Celery Dresslnc Roast Prime Klbs of Beef au Jus Includes Vegetables, Hot BAKER'S ELITE CAFE 101 South Boston ft' ' btaiC H CinltH L9S8 .h a rounds. 11 til lirOUll Pcl1 to Th World MUSKOUKK. 1XC. 29. W. W. Oakley, Tannin farmer, claims to have the heaviest family In the state. The combined weight of himself and wiife and nine children Is 1.988 pounds, a fraction oltghtly In excess of ISO pounds average tor the 11 persons. Oakley, who was In MtwkogM recently, states that his children are products of Gooseneck (tend, this county. Oakley and his wife are natives of Mm lay county, Teun. He w.lgh 130 pounds and hla wife we r-h 2uo. Of thu da it liters, Mrs. Trude Brewer weighs 194. and Mrs Anna Rlgfrs wel.ths 194 and Mrs Palka Hoetrarnmel weighs 200. They live at Uraggs. Mr. Ollie Hornrldge, llaltlmore stredt, and Mi's. Mary Brown. Houston and C, city, daughters, weigh 196 and 184, respectively. A sixth daughter. Lesalo Jacobs residing at Whybark, la the small est in weight In the family. She weighs IDS pounds Of the sons, H. O. Oa'ney heads tho lint with 190 pounds. Me lives at Yahola Curtisa, living In riotisenoek Ilen.l, wcl;;hs ISO pounds and I-exfe, who lives at Yahola. welghn 180 pounds. The oakl y family lived in r!oiisenei.lt Ilend for 27 years. The children mngo In nge. from 28 to 41 yuars. All are married. A tenth child Is dead. Bring Experts to Put In Telephone Addition SpwIM to Ths World. , I'ONCA CITY. Dec. 28. The Southwestern Hell Telephone com pany bognn work here today with six experts, brought hero foin the Westlnghouse Kleclrlc plant at Pittsburgh, Pa., to Install 200 addi tional numbers on the local switch- board of tho company. It is call nuvtod that the work will roqulro 12 weeks to complete. This installation is in connection with a three years' chased nnd other preliminary work 'is being done. STAKTS TODAY JtJSt L. LAS KV ..... mtSlflTi "VIA RADIO" P. M. Luncheon 3dc Bread and Choice of Drinks Indian Lands Is IK. K. K. AND WEEVIL I I i ''Vxas People l'ms-it All Other roliloins but 'i'Ihho ol Itlnn , P'irl lnsc. , iti'MM to Th W.tia. V A8IllNOTiN. Dec. 29. Thore are two things oceupylnq Ihi at- t tsntlon of the people of Texas to- day. One Is the expected Hsu In the price of . otinn. which will bring prosperity to that state, and the other, Is the Ku-Klux Klan whloh can bring only disruption, In the opinion of ts. Dirk Hlaiiglitcr oi us jinn nnn new ora. owner oi uAieneiYvranen iufmib in lessn, nno Is atayiifft at the Hhnreham. "Although more th.in ft. 010,000 080 worth of product , exclusive of I oil. are taken from the soil of Texas , erery yenr. the prosperity of the state cstt be jnu -.ed largely by the' cotton markit." b" 'tld. "A yeae I ago cotton was sidling for 18 cent I a pound, now It Is selling for 21,1 and Texans are looking forward to 30-eent cotton, whlrh would mean great prosperity . "This rise in tho price of cotton Is due largely to the boll weevil, which often ents more of the cot ton during the night 'than can be grown during the dt If mui nun could Invent a method thnt would be a. positive exterminator nf the boll weevil, lie wou'd mnke himself wealthy, but w..j d inn1." it so eacy to grow cotton tb.it "tli This would bring the pi.io diuil so mt'.eh that it would be unnrofi' nblo to raise It. Kn it ml ht .e said that In some wnvs the dam aging Insect Is an advantage to th" grower. "All this cotton prosperity make tho vllblp empire of Texns so gren' thnt such an 'Invisible empire' n i tho Ku-Klux Klan In a danger There Is no possible excuse for the klan in Texas or elsewhere In tin United fttntcs. Wo havo no trouble X MftnMi"'. on- .,i., ?l aw t l.XT TMU'S Tt m UNDER Peter B.Kyne Helene Cliadmck. Claim Wladtcn Mat Dusch, Pat O'Mallejt Norman Kerrjl Programed With Wilj Rogers In The Ropin' MaJesUo Ornliestra and feature. other Screen time 12:30, S, 3:30, 0, u:3u, H, :nu LAST TIMES TODAY CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG In the Greatest Picture of Her Cnrccr "THE WORLDLY MADONNA" Added Comedy leature "CHRISTMAS" With Mr. and Mrs. Carter Do Haven I ' voiavryn I r r""n" J Brothers. ii 1 1 SiiV VinVtK1;1 ;.h?oS!: prmwnt. m thfl ktnn in tryinii m ii. If Mitt tI.,.il- , U sen. It ton prltirlnle, of the nr- ganlsatlnn are so American as they claim, why can't they unmask and let us know who they aro." .SCHOOLS NEEDING MONEY . tM . , ",V" "T7, . . . 1 VSf ,HI"1. "1 I t'KH to IuiIIhii Fiiiids,. . Wti to The werld 1'ICIIEH, Dec. 19. The school district!) of Plcher and Cardln, tho heart of the richest lead and alne nilnni ol the wot Id, are short on t funds to maintain their public scnoois nine months in the year, RtiperlnteniVmt ('. H. Woitman ot I'lche", told the American Zinc Insti tute chapter at Itn midweek meet- lite Thit is due to (ho fact that I much of the land In the dlrtrlet hi - I l.mgs to Indian vardi of the govoih- i menl nnd Is not lavnblc The grovs . prodtatlon tax on ore Is InsutTli lent, , It wns pointed nut, to properly main tain the si bools. Nome nun ndinc nl I In the law to remedy the sltutitlon Will be submitted to the slut.- leglsla tnie at tin. appmnhliip s,oon arawaiBMiwra-.'SiiaiiBi G iouds Sale Now On at he Quaker Lay Away Reservations Must Be Taken Up ' TODAY I solicit your hearty co-operation by you coming early Monday night. The doors will be op'on at 6:30 p. m. and the curtain will raise promptly, at 8 p. m. Tho reception! will start promptly nt 10:50 and you can enjoy yourself until 1 a. m. Tho check room will be open at 6i30 p. m. and you will be expected to check your wraps as you enter. "Up iii the Clouds" Will Give Three Performances Monday, January 1 ...... . Curtain 8:00 p. m. Tuesday, January 2 Curtain 2:30 p. m. Tuesday, January 2 ., . . . . Curtain 8:15 p. m. "Try to Get I T TTs i U 1 J. Vjr. JTVeiClltiX Box 321 Street .am THEATER IjAST Tl.MICS TODAY Herbert Rawlinson I.V "Uont Shoot" "Me and My Mule" Coming HuihIujt "The Lights of New York" Win, 1'ox hun'r Sechl. Hun In New Vcrk at SI llrre at 10c uml Juc ' Cut Short j 5a c wm open NCW A (118(18 DlVlSU nswn Jeelni to The World, j TUPF.KA. Kan., Dee, 29 Trains j will start operating January 1 on j the nowly ennstrueted Santa !-. brunch line from Matantn, llnsk ll ' entinty, in southwest Kansas t i Manter, IW miles wost, nccordln, to nn announcement at the general ofTlies of tho railroad here. Th. new line has been built during th past year. Manter Is a new t-.vn. established as ths branch terminus. The Hantanta btanrh will be a p.irt of the western division whbh his headquarters nt Ainnrlllo. Texas, with !'. A. Lehman geneial mana yr of etrn lliti s In . harg- r Clear Baby's Skin With Cuhcura Soap and Talcum n JiAST TIMES TODAY Max Tcuber's "Shadowland" A rantaatlo SprctMlf With Adele de Luc AM a t'eraraaj cf ISraatlfaUjr Formtl Color KhadOHi Harry Breen Tlio Itsiild lire Hone Writer Till: THOMAS TUIO Jlubci on the liars MANKIX Tha l"ror Ifan Leo Flanders and Geneve Butler Id "A Vauderlllo Conrt" ON THK HCItnRM Mildred Harris Chaplin la "Tli Wtimaa la Itis Itsuio" lttor at I, lS0 and I VauUalllU , 1:30 unU VilJ -CflinUic Sunduy Mildred Harris Chaplin in rr.nsoN Ntrond show nsit "timlnr nlsht will lie I lit) Anntuil 3llilulftit atatlnee, KlurU ut ill .0 mid ml at 12. Seuta nil risenedi n ale ruiM. IVtrm- cnflre luirrr floor ViHij balcony o5. liiWudlnf tin. 1