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4 TltlKE W(E2:tlltllSIP TULSA, l'l-ii. i u The U mpera maximum minimum IS 1 1 1 .. mils and i lou.ly. ITU. IJ -M U ,1:1 I ri 1 1 PRESS 111 i i )it i 1 m J J A it ii. i i HV.U WIRE 18SOI mi. PRESS 1:1 ii ii, i Ulic WeniUItotEiP w asiiinhton, l' i. 10 Fore- oil i 'laud) and solder Tueadai . w. .in. d) (tin VOX, VIM. No. 127 TULSA. OKLAHOMA, TUESDAY, L'KBRUARY II, 101.1 P R IC I. F I V E OE N TS I 111 6 DSi The First Cut EverMadein Tulsa Is Merc Shown lo Work! Readers IW I'M M. 1 IM. COMMITTEE BEC III I I.N TAKING ITK llooi. I, M LEASES, NINE LAWYERS Oil) IT 'Jrm of Mtorncys Comprise Oil Com. puny That Scoured the Vnlu able Drilllni Rights, l . , M'KEEVER.) is:. iff CorresjondOnt) OKLAHOMA ITY. Feb. 10. fSpe. elal i Although the house Investigat ing committee has shrouded its work la a wii uf mystery; it is known that during the put week II has been prob ing Into the leasing "f the state icl I land department of the river bed of th Arkanaaa river, about -,ooo acres, for i ll and pas purpaaei, to the Pol-lard-Hagan oil company, composed of nine lawyers of Oklahoma City. Thla hose was granted for a bonus i.r 1100, with an eighth royalty on oil nn.l $r.O for each gas Well. The Waterside Oil compafiy, com posed .,f Tulsa men, had b lease on 121 acres of thla land from the Indian glottee at the time t H !s lease wad made and in all probability had pro ducing wells at the time. Lovel Maokey. guardian for the allottee of this land, lias at Una lime nln.nl $30,- 000 deposited In the first National bank from oil produced from this land. Vttornoys and i i Men. Attorney mil Gilbert, ..f the firm of Stuart. Cruce & Ollliert, put In the hid for the Pollard-Hagan company at the time the 2.000 a, re-lease was granted iy the school land depart ment. Secretary John R, Williams of the school land department should he placed on the stand and asked if GIL bert did not put in the bid for the Pollard-Hasan company and If Gil bert is not one of the nine lawyers who ludd this lease, A, K. Bradshaw and o. n. McCul lough of the First National bank of Tulsa and Al Crown and Cyrus Avery both of Tulsa, should be lummoned before the committee to -lve testi mony as to the value of the 12S acres They oould also tell when the lense was made to the Waterside oil Co., and whether it was In existence be fore the Pollard-Hagan lease was exe cuted. Attorney ibn Rice of Tulsa who is now receiver l.r the 12S-acrc tract shouiii also be examined by the committee as to the value of the prop erty and whether or not is was worth more than $100 as a bonus. Was it advertised? John it. wininms could probably pir some valuable Information as to whether this traet was advertised to the public, SO that the people who were in the market for oil and gas properly would have an Opportunity to bid on the lease. mi m i mm m mm rc nnn i 1 llll ARC GS DOWN OK If NIK. Mil IB Photograph by World Staff Photographer. A view of ihe New Clinton building at Fourth and Koston, now Hearing completion, This photograph was taken yesterday afternoon by Hennie Wright, the World staff photograph er, who in the future will devote his entire time to "covering" news hap penings, the growth of Tu'sa, etc., with ins camera, The accompanying photo engarving was made In The World's Engraving plant, on the sec ond floor of the World Building, This is the only exoluslvt newspaper en- gravlng institution between Kansas city and Dallas and was Installed at I quite an expense solely for the pur pose of keeping up with the gtewth of Tu'sa and the correspondingly l rapid progress being made by The World, from tins time on nw ' World Will endeavor to Illustrate Its jmost Important news Itorlea with snappy photographs. Our new ari department is so equipped thai it will be possible to turn out a finished cut ready for printing, within less than two hours .from the time the photograph la taken, Local views of 'all kinds will be a daily feature of i the news columns In the future. MISSOURI, UtKANSAS M KAN BAS LEGISLATURES MAKE APPROPRITIOXS. AFTER LYING FOR NEARLY. A MONTH WITH SPINE CUT ROSS SUCCUMBS, STRIKE REPORT IS WITHHELD Firemen nmi Engineers' Action will lt KltOWn Today. NEW VOKK, Feb. 10. The action of president W. s. Carter, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fireman and Bmgihemen, in withholding the result of the strike ballot of the HO. 000 fir, men employed on 1 eastern rail roads until II ean be presented at the meeting tomorrow of representatives Of the men and the eonfereneo eom- mlttee of railroad managers, la taken as Indicating that both sides to the controversy hope an agreement may yet be reached and a strike averted. IBREE STATES ARE IN LINE ALLEGED SLAVES IS HELD Will Send special Train Loads of Ex hibits io Dry Farming Congress in October, Begin Nation wide Probe, CHICAGO, Feb. 10 Chicago today became the scene of the natlon-wldi Investigation begun aeveral months tie.. b Attorney General WlCkersham to saoertaln whether the Standard Oil rompany Is obeying the decree of dis solution Issued by the federal stt prepie court. The looal Inquiry probably will continue for m i ral weal IDE BUSINESS FOR "DDC" i n n PASSENG1 RS BAB TO QKT in ALTO CERTIFIC M i s TO I n II it VRK n- s. MUSKOGEE, okla.. Fib. m (Special. ) Fifty Muskogee people Monday, started to I'. rt Smith, Ark., on the Midland Vallay train In l.-nor-anre Of the fact that a health cer tificate was neccssiry 'o enable th"m to get by the quarantine which Fort Smith has established against Okla homa. Neither was the train crew aware that the quarantine had been established Sunday. At a way sta tion the paSSa&gefl wen flrnt appris ed of (he necessity of the health cer tificates and telegraphed .ahead and had u physician to meet the t.nln and hurriedly examine them fol evident of smallpox and In cat h MM the "platform physician" prowounced the passengers In good l.ealth, and Issued the certificates When the local licadiiuarter.s of the Intel national Dry Farming Congress received word yesterday that three states bad appropriated several thous and dollars each for exhibits at the forthcoming soils products exposition in Tulsa, there was genuine satisfac tion shown., it was news In keeping with the assurances that have been given all along with reference to the manner in which surrounding states were g.,lng to help make the Tulsa exposition the biggest thing of the kind the world has ever known. The Arkansas legislature last Sat urday passed the bill appropriating $10,000 for the sending of a state ex Mbit to the dry farming congress and soli product! exposition. The bill went to the governor Immediately af ter Its passage and was at once sign ed. A similar hill, but providing for only $.".'"ia passed both houses of the Missouri legislature yesterday and was signed by Governor Major, This sum will DS used in collecting the cream of the farm exhibits at the Missouri .state fair at Sedalia early In October and sending them to Tul sa. At Topeka yesterday the Kansas legislature passed a bin, appropriat ing $.'..ftiii) for the same purpose. It will undoubtedly receive the appro val of the governor when presented to him, Bach of these Hhree states will send a special train to the farm ex position at Tulsa and hundreds of farm en Will coma also. The various exhibits Wl'.l bC under the supervision of the boards ..f agriculture of the respective stale" Tie- bill appropriating $10,000 for a k'affir corn palace at the Tulsa show, to house the state ,ierieiiltura1 exhibit, will be Introduced in the Ok lahoma legislature Wednesday and seems sure of passage. MM, leretand Married, PRINCHTOX, Feb. 10. Mrs. Gro cer Clefeland and Thomas J. --Preston Jr . w. re married at 10:30 o'clock this HutMiliia be Ilcv. Preston Greer, at I Prospect, the executive residence of the l'nleristy. No preliminary announcement had been made of the marriage and the ! utmost simplicity was observed In the i e r tnoay R, It. Moore Held lor 4 rim. Both .Men Arc Well Known to the oil Fraternity, PRINCE KASTHURA RTOXEII IN I SEX ATI t'OTEJS TO REIH'CI iiii WOTT ti COMPAN. FOURTH TIME SfTATI LEGIKLAa THE STREETS! REKHiNA FROM THREE CENTS TO 8 1-1 IONS AT SOUTH POLI PER fUHE Tl'RNH UOIVM ls- I II in i i m win i. ' N'T MILE, sl l nit I null. I lli l in Hi n RILL. Mi KILLED IN RIOTS C. N. BASKELL WILLTESTIFY CAUGHT IN A BLIZZARD ClfRRY ON PROHIBITION Men rc Hubnuenaed to s. v caiiier i on, - n- Had Borne Tulsa ReprcHenutltve Takes Oeoasiou ci.iiancr Otlicc- re M lacl."d : I a 0. ' 1 ' """' '" p.ar in 1 1 . . i . -it , in it Trial Hung to I)., win. Ill Puled ui iMJuiure iiuu Prolilbitlon of Stale inliior. I 'ml ..i ibc I . ,iilon. I- a Faree, in, i iii Resign Hpodslied ui Every Hand. I The i hi ghlmpo ikcemenl that al Sll EXHIBITS M IF DUEL ii II mi DIES IT Hi TOKIO, Feb. 1' pnidirio m the annou an extraordinary meeting the cabinet decided to reslen. but that wis no confirmed and later it was announced thai the resignation "f 'he ministry was expected to be tendered cither ..n Tuesday or Wsdm iday. Blx porsons were i.iiie.i and sixty-1 the Injured In political rioting hen today. The situation tonight la srl ous. The premier of Japan. Prince ICat. sura, was stoned by .. tnoh In the streets. His reslgnatl h been de. mfcndod by the people, ' attacked the ottiecH of the bur... ratio depart ments and threatened d llings of the ministers, The)' burned and wrecked polios stations, tram cm and private buildings. Detachments of troops patrol the streets. Each newspapei office is pro. tooted by a guard of fifty soldiers, to whom bull cartridges have been ;-cr-ed. They have their bayonets fixed for instant use. 1 The minister of thdflmperall house hold announces that snurtls law will i.e proi latmed ir therJaro an) further attempts at Inei ndlanim. Uke orowds assembled around the building "f the newspaper Kokumln 8htmbun, with the Indention of burn ing it. The staff of the newspaper of fered strenuous resistance with Ure al ins, swords and kne es. ine of the rioters was killed by a bullet fired from Hie building, This only served to infuriate the mob, which then looted shops and attacked lite olliccs o foth. r newspapers, in a second attack on the Kokumln Khimbun, bundles of straw, BOaked in oil, were set on lire and thrown with in. The fighting became desperate. Two more persons were killed and more than a score wounded. BUffragCttCfi Break More Windows. LONDON, Feb. 10.- Militant suffra lettes raided the West End District i club. A number of women threw pieces of b ad and hard bre clay balls through Die windows of the I'atlton. the Reform and other political ami society c lub in Pall Mall Several windows were broken also at the residence of I'hlnce Christian of gohlesswloht-Kolsteln, a relative of King (Jeorge. NOWATA, Feb. 10.- (Special) Karl Koss, w ho was shot in the spinal Ooluntp ''V R. ft Moore,. Jr., January it, died at 1:16 o'clock this afternoon after living 16 days with his spina cut half In two by a revolver bulled. The young man lost consciousness early this morning and was In a state of coma until th. end. Days before the end the young man knew he could not live ami had i nine realgned to the inevitable. Immediately after the death of Koss was made know n Moor was arrested on a charge of murder ami held without ball until the pre liminary hearing which was set foi Feb. U. The shooting affair which resulted ill the death of Karl Koss occurred at six o'clock on the night of Jnnuary 17, and was the outcome nf trouble which bad occurred the same after noon between It. I! Moore and Mile Uoks. a younger brother of the victim of the shooting. Firs) l ight Stan, .1. It Is said that the younger Hoss bov had been making remarks derogatory lo one of Moore's step daughters, ano that when Moore met young Koss near the postofflce on the afternoon before the shooting that MOOTS at tacked Ross with his fists. Koss al though hut a boy In years. Is a giant In size and held his own with the oil man who Is bin. self a big man. It is stated that at that time Moi M attempted to draw a knife hut I parties were scparaed before nny one Wis seriously hurt. At about 0 o'clock Karl Itoss the older ope of the brother! and his father, Dell Koss local manager for the Kansas Torpe do conipnny, were passing Moore's house on the way to their own hone two doors past the Moore residence Mr. Moon- was on the front porch when, the couple passed In front of the house. At this point there .' eii to he a conflict In the tcstlomny of those who are said to have been eve wienesses, some claiming that HOOre started the shooting whllo others made the statement that the first shot came from the, road. Kleven shots were fired before the fusillade was over and when the firing ceased Earl Koss was lying on the Walk paralyzed with a bullet through the spine, I!, ft. Moore had been wound ed In the foot and a delivery boy who was passing the house when the firing occurred was struck In the hip. ID IK IN on or ii RETURNS s QUIE1 I V - 111; DE PARTED IS OXFIDEXT III: Wil l. TRIUMPH, CAPITAL IS NOW IN DANCER t in. I, on trsenal Mai Be Made Mils Morning Revolution Has Reached a Crisis, I III .1 V M M I I It l , stait i !orresponednt t OKLAHl i.m v riTY, Feb. la i Bps clal.) The senate late Ihls afternoon with. .nt a dissenting vide passed a iiii drafted by Senators Vundeven ter ami Thomas i rovldlng for a I I i ..i,i .. mite psssenger rat.- on all railroads in Oklahoma. Although tb nstttutton provides for a I cent taie, tic present rate is three cents, a1! the railroads excepl the ii,.n Mountain having gone into the federal COUI'I ami secured an injunc tion against tie- two conl rate from Judge Hook. The change in lb.- mte was sprung as a surprise fcpdaj when Benator Tb. Unas moved (b reconsider the vote by which Hie senate Baturdu) passed Senator Vandcvonter's bill providing f,.r Hie Issuing of mileage books at 2 1-2 cents a mile. Senator Thomas secured Hie at poliiluicnt of himself and Se:iat,,r Vandcwnter as a special committee t" draft a law reducing the passenger rate lo either 2 l-i jr '1 1-1 ..Ills. Commission Behind Mote. iii the discussion ii developed that ihe Corporation Commission was be hind the none and believed the) oou'.d go into court ami produce evi dence tliat would uphold the lower rate. l.ate tin the alien n this special committee reported out the bill and n was passed by a vote of ::t to o. 'i he house managers of the Im peachment trial i.r state Auditor Lao Meyer today filed with the sen ate a list of witnesses, Bubpoenaes were issu. d returnable Thursday fot the following mem Former fJaver. to .f V Haskell, former Secretary of siate Tom r Bmith ami judge Angel, of Muskogee; J. E, Bnow of Wodv, rdoi .1 W. Watts, f Wagoner and .-iite Treasurer Robert Dunlop, Ken .'" llll III.', by Pugh, Franklin and Mcintosh abolishing police Judge and treasurer in oltles under 10,000 and placing their duties on the mayor and city clerk occasioned some dis cussion but was finally passed to en grossment. A long drawn out debate on the Qraham "full crew law" f..r freight trains was in progress when the senate adjourn. .1 al 8:30 tonight, TITANIC MEMOItl M VI sll Potomlc Park t" He seem- of Monu ment to the Dead WASHINGTON, Feb, 10. Permis sion for the erection ..f a memorial structure here in Potomac park by tb.- Women's Titanic Memorial asso ciation was proposed today In a reso lution introduced by Representative TOWnaend of New Jersey. The asso . iati'.ii eXpei ts to et. ct a memorial to tin- nu n who b.st their lives in the Titanic disaster. Blevi out it,- Brains. PKNSAl'OI.A, Fla.. Feb. 10. Pensacoia was shocked ibis morning wh'-n the news spend thai Jbe B, Stlllman, former collector of or! and .me of ihe most prominent citizens of Western Florida had committed suicide. His body was found on ttlS floor of a room adjoining bis Office, a bulla! through his brain and a rc VOlver gripped in his right band. CITY I't' MEXICO, Feb. 10. President Francis, ,. Madeio is back In the national pslaoa and Benoi Madero is in Chapultspec castle, The presidents brief disappearance from the palace created a rumor that he ba.i taki a to flight, but it apps us that he was absent only a short time and since then has been spending his time In conferring with General llu. rta. BrnestO Madero, minister of finance, and othei ministers. Madero Is confident that the gov ernment wUH triumph and his con versation Is characterised by a happy smile and optimistic allusions. lb' , onslders the publi. is with the ad ministration ami lo I s forward to de velopments tomorrow as the final act In what lie regards is another fool hardy attempt of ilencral Portfolio DiaS'l nephew to ' ice the family name at the head - Mexico's official '1st. It is adinitt.,1 at the national pal aoa that General liianqutt has been prevented from reaching the city by cutting of the rallp ad be tween th' capital and Toluea. but some of his men have arrived and It Is confident ly believed that sufficient troops will soon be mobilized In warrnrt an at tack on the arsenal. This may be Initiated iarly tomorrow marring, but It Is not believed, even If Ihe choice of attacking Is Ifrft to the gov. eminent, that It Will lie before to morrow aft' ' aoon ROLE OF BARTENDERS TOOK V MAN'S MONE1 VXD TEEM I ORCEli HIM TO II IVE DRINK WITH I II I M, To be held up an. Wa robbed of his money by two masked I audits and then forced to take a " lable drink" with the footpads, was the wicrd ex- I me early Sunday morning of IV rl Kike. ,, -..unu; man residing in College Hill addition. Hike, who is I'" ars old and mar ried, earned $30 last week and had ot collect the man. , from a man ar rlMiig on a lite Frisco train Saturday niunt. lie met his employer, got his 110 and siart.-d home on t'e I .si cur. While waiting for a ear at the fair grounds switch just outside tie city limits, Kike was confronted by two BIS I ed no a who shoved a gnu in his face and COmamnded him to "folk up." The robbers look his 111 and his MtCh 1 later returned the time piece Ii. they thought It was too cheap n irtl. le for high t lass crooks to "monkey with." After returning the watch the robbers prod 1 a bot tle of whl nd asked Kike to Join them In a ible drink. F arlng tho Whisk .. drukged Kike hesi tated at i Ii i wis forced by tho bandits to drink me of the liquor. I.' IN I '. INi Feb. Ill '' ly ii . details are yet a illabl " the Hcotl polar tragedy, ranking disastrous results witii tic ill ta Franklin expedition, y News of Ibc death Of - lam llob erl I1'. Sett and Ills four brave com panlons, who succeeded b u final dash In teaching the south pole, nnll io find proofs thai Amundsen had forest .lied them, came 111 a brief dis- 1 patch from Lieutenant O, It, Fi nis of i le Itoyal navy, who was in com mand when Ho . xpedltlon started ami wii.. now signs as "commander" of Hi . expedition, The message was signalled from ihe ferranlva, returning from ihe Ant arctic regions while passing Oaniaru, N 'Ibc staggering effect of the news on i be public mind is a u the greater, as it was believed that modern science ami recent experience bad completely div.sie.1 polar , xploratlon of Us form er terrors, No great .surprise would hat e I ii geU had 'apt. mi S. oil failed to roach the pole but thai he should perish In bis hour .,f triumph was Ibc very last thing thai could be anticipated, No detailed facts are yet known but It Is believed Ibc re, or, Is of the Scien tific material coleeted, together with tb.- explorers' bodies have been re covered, II Is also understood that gallant attempts were mad., by other mem bers of tbe expedition to succor tb" s.ott party, bul these were defeated by severe weather conditions and lin k of food. It seeniH practical) certain thai the explorers starved lo death Dr Khrleh .Marshall, who was SOT- geon io ibc Shackteton expedition, suggests thai the Scott parly, i i the terrible bllxxard, may hue missed one of its SUppl) depots Which are generaly market by an upturned sledge with a flag lashed to II. The fact that Captain Amundsen reached bis base from the pole in 11 days while tile Scott pally bad been traveling more than three months when ibe disaster overtook them, is teliev. .1 lo show thai Scott must elth- have met some misfortune, possibly io a crevasse, or encounterod a suc cession of blizzards. a message ot sympathy to tbe geological society from Hie king was read, in which his majesty saldi "I am deeply grieved to hear tho very had news '"ii give me of Hie loss of Captain Scott and four of bis parly. Just when we were hoping shortly to welcome them home on their return from their great and ar duous undertaking. I heartily sym pathise wiib th.- Royal Geographical society In Us loss to science and dis covery through the death of this gallant explorers." The message from the king was in reply to a notification of Ibe tidings from the Antarctic, transmitted to In-, majesty by Lord Canon of Kedleston, president of tbe sod. ty. The regular program of the meet' Ing was abandoned, ami members of Hie society list' ro d sadly to heart felt tributes to the explorers, MORE BAH) FOR DYNAMITERS Judge Baker Approves Rond of Three of the Com IctOd Men. CHICAOO, Feb. 10, Kail for three more of the labor men found guilty at Indianapolis of conspiracy to transport explosives Illegally WOTS approved today by Judge Francis K. linker, presiding In the Fnlled Stites circuit court of appeals, The men affected were Janus K. Kay. PeorlS, 111, sentenced to one year. Bond 110,000; Edwin Bmythe, Peoria, sen tenced (o three years, bond 110,000: .i ii. Barry, st Louis, four years, bond tio.ooo. THE OUNROAT W s VLMOHT RUXK III i M'KEEt I It ( Si i ff i on e .pond, nt i OKLAHOMA CITT, Feb, io (Spei ni l The fourth i fforl slnoa statehood I., abolish Ibe office of county attorney ami substitute that of dlstrli t uttorney met the same fata as the three previous attempts when the lion .. b) a v ole of H t,, , i rsfUS- e.i I,. pass tb, measure whan it enivv up for final passage today. I 'i . Kid dle .,r Qrady county was the author of tile bill. Representative furry made a strong speech igaiii-i ihe bill on the ground thai ii provided for ibe appointing Of assistants In each county Instead "i elei nut; them e inch he declar. d building Hip of a Mr. i 'in rj took 01 - prohibition in his that prohibition would enable the political machine. . ualon t.. hammer remarks, dei Is i Ing was i farce. Mailer of siiame, "I fe. l ashamed." be said, "wli. n t look over Hie list of nun who voted for that bin iiiie felony liquor bill) Hie other day and sec how many men voted again it their convictions. Tbo district attorneys will do like our oilier officers .1... sit down and draw their breath and salary and let tho assistants do the work." Representative Pinkham made a powerful appeal ngainst the measure while OlagCO, taking the other side, declared H would save the slit,. $70,- (100 a v. or, Ten bills were passed on final roll call today while the Pruett bin pro viding for lb.' election by the peo ple of the hoard of agt leiilturc was sent back to Hi.- committee for re draft Ing. Among the m.,st Important bills passed were the Barrett bill provid ing for th. est iMishin, nl .r railroad hospitals, which has alrca.lv passed the senate. Hie I I II 1 -Telle. hill de signed to protect Indian minors from the professional guardians and Ihe Randall bill known as law." ihe full craw II in ID IN STRIKE RIOTS, Mining Trimble Leads lo a Battle ill Woii Virginia District CHARLESTON, W. Va.. Feb. io. . T. a persons ate dead and a score were WOUnded as a result of a battle today between siiikers and authorities near Mucklow, W. Va In the Kntiawha coal district. Seven of the dead were strikers and three members of the untie guards and railroad police. Of Ibe injured, fifteen ate said to bo strikers and the other guards. Cnn'l Trace ok Letters. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. Efforts to trac unpublished Inciters that passed between John d. Arch bold of the Standard OH company and members ,,f the senate a ud house proved unsiic cessful today vh. n the senate com mittee Investigating campaign ex pi us, Interrogated Charles Blumellng of New fork, Hie man who Is sai l to have sold tbe Arrhbold letters to tho ii, arat newspapers. Vickaburg wi i lie Placed iii Drj Dock tor Repairs, SEATTLE, w.sh. Fob, lo. The gunboat Vlckaburg,whlch was rammed and almost sunk at the Puge) Sound navy yard today by th" naval tug For tune, will be placed In dry dock to. morrow. The steel prow of the tug cut u gash fifteen feel long and more than a foot wide In the Vol. sleirg's starboard quarter. mow Rank safe. NA&HVILLE, Feb. 10. A Jasper Tenn., Special says the Marion Trust It Kinking company's vault there was blown this morning by yeggmen and about $.ooi) in cash and $160 In Jewelry taken. A telephone opera tor was held up to prevent al alarm. avai Kin Today, WASHINGTON, Fen. 10. The na val program will he voted upon to morrow by the house committee m naval affairs, Indications point to a t wo battleship appropriation as in the Usual program for minor craft. Unix Noam Pclllioiiers. LITTLE ROCK. Fob. 10 -The ., kansas legislature today flna'lv pass ed a hill requiring selOOOlStS aft. ) ! . mber 13. 1H1I. to obtain majori ty of white adults to petition isking for saloon permit. The act pracfi rally means prohibition and bars BSgroel from signing. Pass Webb I l.pior Kill. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. The sen ate tonight passed the Webb l,Uor bin already passed by the ho is.. , ,( substitute for tho Kanyou-Sheppard bill. DEPUTY SHERIFF IS FREED GENE FLOWERS ICQVI1TKU Of Ml LING I ORM1 It --III Kit F I.I Tlll.lt OPRV. WAGONER, Okla., Feb. 10 (Spe claL) Deputy Sheriff Gene Flowers, kiibd ex-Sheriff Luther opr- in self defense, was the jury's verdkt today in Hi" dlstrli t court here. The killing occurred last fall in a street duel between the two men. In which one bystander was also shot, and grew out of Opry havlnx been defeated for re-election as sheriff of Wagoner county. The Jury twice repotted to Judg De Graftenreld, they were unable o agree, befor. fin illy bringing In a ter dht. Flowers. It Is understood. Will con tin i- is oic tf Sheriff Lung's depu