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El ff SECTION-A. TULSA DAILY WORLD, SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 1920 I. ) STATE FARMERS EXPECT PAYMENT Nearly 18 Million Dol lars Proposed in Pending Bill. SOLD WHEAT TOO LOW Wheels of Grand J urn Hailed While Members Go Home for Week-End TEACHERS START FIGHT i. Loss Incurred From Selling of Grain in August, 1917, Dealers Say. nr Awwlsted Press Htnl Wire OKLAHOMA CITY, April 17. 1y mciit of lictucen $15,000 0(10 iinil f 15,000.000 to the wheat farmer of Oklahoma Ht th o rale of 60 ciukh a 1ii ?ili o 1 for wlnVit nlcl by Ihcui Ht ictliii'nl rates In AiiKunt. 1917, at tho tiPKinnltiK of foil eru 1 food cou ncil will lip the romilt of pntiiRC of H bill llItl'OllUcel III CDMRI'fMrf 10 (l(l)H by ltcpi esenlullve Tlnclicr of Khii wid, uerorillntf lo (. I'rouly, neerc tary of tint Oklahoma drain IXlll oril' IISlXK'latlOII. "Statcmcnto by thr food ntlmlnlA trillion curly In AugiiHt, 1917, said Hint nit prices of wheat must lower materially." I'ronty mild. today. "On AuRUel 31, papciH announced that thn government fixed pilco for uhrat in $.'.20 a lnmhct at ('Ul timo. The situation from August 13 to AuK'int A I win utter paraljsls of the uhra't market, for there Whh no nufe plan under which trading could bn done. "The price, fixing hoard virtually compelled nil thnsn who owned wheat on Aug'iiU 12, 1917. ,to ac cept CO emits Icbs ii'lmsliel Ihan the wholly legitimate early August :iiur- kel. I I'pnn the theory that tho fixing! of prices In August, 1917, tepro-j-entcil government confiscation, a! group of IS representatives of thei wheat growing slates visited .ItllliiR Hitrncs of the grain corporation and I later lam tile mutter liennc con- preKM, with the result that the Tlnch-i er.blll was Introduced recently. I lick O'ltitlin.lll nf llfirntnni-r. 'i-rtfii,. 1 entcil Oklahoma on the delegation. I & "The piovlslonV of the bill as Jjunled ptomlso to call for the ex-1 pi'iiilltui e. In protection of all eiiureui of Interest, of about ?300. 000,000, 99' nci- , i llt of which will bo to thol farmers of the fulled Slates. The simple result or the bill, If enaet'-d, means that tho government will inskp an additional payment on all wheat of tho 191" crop not sold before wURUst VI. No owner will bo exempt." Tho federal Brand Jury which has been In session all week ad journed at noon jesterdiiy until Monday, and many of the members ii'turni'd to their homes for Hun day to see If tho flies had been kept burning while they Investi gated tho criminal weaknesses of mankind. During tho past week they have had under consldeiatlon pretty nearly all the offenses common to tho federal court, and expert to complete their work by the last of the coming week No report Is expected until all of the ' easel presented have been In vestigated. Considerable attention has been glkon to profiteering and more witnesses along this line ate to bo hputd this week. The Invest i lions have not been confined to nry particular town or clus of bu a ili'sc, but Dfelrlrt Attn my Itei ils nli'd lib! assistants are go ug thoroughly Into e.ry comp.aint which has been filed In his ufine The great majority of lanea pre sented lo dale have hem Viola tions of thn ll'iunr and narcotic I laws. violations w lu h Judge Williams stressed upon w hi n he mstructo.il the Jury Parthenia Park Mecca i of T ulna' Summer. Girl Several groups of girls rnlnjctl' the out-ilnors tit the Y W r A I camp at 1'urlh.cnl.i Park sitterd,i (ilrl reserves from the .Mark Th.Hii school spent I'YIday evening and ( Hnturday at the lodge accnmpaulcd , bj their feacher-leiiilers Miss l.etlni Watiipler ami Mlt-s tlraco Mel'iiiu Droups which had all-day picnics on I the camp grounds yesterday were Ulrl reserves of Seiiuoyah si-hoo', I chaperoned by Miss Mlhlied Kilng assistant girls' work secretary of tin ' V. W. C. A ; girl reserves of Osage school, chaperoned by Miss Myrtle llalmer and Miss Vera Thompson , and a class of Osage school boy-, nr companlcd by MlbS Grace llllsworih J 1 tilt in 1 1 c Petition- for Higher lav iv Put In t'lr. Cllllltlllll. Ity Amoi latc.l I'rM Rt1 ire OKLAHOMA CITY. April .'17 Initiation week, itenlnnateil by the Oklahoma K.liiciillnnal association for obtaining signatures to the Initia tive petition to permit the levy of a r mill t ti" i school fund will begUt M.-ro' i v H")nn ttu week it is licped lo h,ni' inure Dim .to one MKIlllttilcs I nllllt.il to plrti e llie iiuestlon mi the pallet for vote next Noienibcr. V. (' I'anterbtiry, seete tal of the HMiiclatUMi, sabt today A i ' l'n rsiuis of the I'nlvoridiy of liklahoma, president of the rtssocln flon. Is i redlted already with having set a record mark for obtaining sig nature. Within 17 minutes after re reiving a supply of blank petitions from the postofflce last week, Par sons bad obtained 20 signatures to fill one liltink, hftd tlia petition cer tified before a notary ami JmiI uiHtlril It Pack to association he.nl iu,it i"is in )kl thoimi I'll) Unix a few hundred signature ll III i I 'I I I I III IU ,l I i lit I ' 1. 1 4 . 1 I I S m t. ii i ' inii'i luu said lml. n The iiiain iffi it is in P.- niude tlu neck A large t hh Jot 1 1 of, the leaehein ot lite slate, It is eypt'eteil, will take part In the circulation "f petitions Illegal ('inner Claimed. N'liW, VOItK. April 17 - Knurls In Sttlt Motor stock taken off Hie New York stock exchange by Allan A. Hyan, chairman of ths companj, after the exchange suspended trading In It. announced today that Uiey did not mushier ibemseUes ohllKcit to il,' I i v i r stock thev mi!i -hurt be i,iii.i 111 m w i- in U'oiial i otner IN MEMORY OF VAIL All Seriliv nil 'IVIephoiie lni u Stop Olio .Minute lit Honor of lalo ( liilli limn of lloniil. In leverence lo lbs memory of Thcinl,ore N. Vail, ehaliimin of the board of directors of the A mot loan Telegraph ,v Telephone tW.. wsrvlee in all departments of the compntiv wilt l.c ills, Dinliiiied for one minute at 10 o'clock this inoinlnn. amnd mi I . an ii'i huh i-iiii mi ni ul M s h i .l.i i. il I' P. II I'icii in inam r u th. Pumri r Telephntle eompany Till- ills. "Illiliuiiii. e of service, for one mliiule will be nalion-vvlde, Mr Hell said. It Is estimated that morn than 12. ooo.ooo phones will be out of serv ice teinporarly, and moro than 21, uoil.ooo miles of telephone wire will be silent. Mr. Hell said. This Is a thing never before attempt ed by any company, he slated. Timp ani approximately 215,000 eniploes of the Hell system, who will stop work for onu minute, Theodore N utl, was cliatiiiiau of ,-the hoard of dluciois of the Am-r-i' an Telcgiaph .V. Teh phone to ,,l Hie time of his dia ll II. ua-i nr- idinl or that company n i It.1 June when he resign. .1 P ' oi ,r chairman of the boanl of .hr Thn great suecess nf the f .n.o.i y was large due In Mr mt- ,r s In organisation and hi-- ihcr m Hie rilllll n of (he teeiboi.e Marsliall Helurim. WAHIIINUTON, Apiil 1, ,o Piesldent, n ml Mrs. Mae-h.i.l it Itirned to Washington todav from Seollsdille, Arl.., where thev lno been visiting Mrs. Marshall n i ilhcr Th" vlre piesldent will go ti Si it York Monday and will M" .k .t 'he annual luncheon of tiiei nin it ttit, so. la'eil Press Iherr 'ar I MEN'S OXFORDS HSpcca. JIS. j i7M '1' BOSTON I ' I) a r I." b r o w n, ' , ) f l.ugllsli a ii tl s M roiiml toes. U ; j Af M Start House Cleaning, SHHAHTOPOU April 17. Oen etui Wrangcl, who recently succeed ed Oeneral Dencklne as commiinder of the antl-holshevlkl forces In southern Hussla. began a wholesalo house cleaning by discontinuing 291 various staff organizations and com mittees and sending their members to the front five, days after assum Mng command. Two officers haio'ul riady beeu executed ffir violation of discipline and it has been made dear that Insubordlnutlon will mil In tolerated. K. C. FIRM LOCATES HERE W. II. I, hoc lliii-. llie I'miil; (ioisl man laiggagi' Shop on South .Main. Announcement was made lVlday morning by W. II l.uce of the l.uce Trunk comp,'in. Kunsas City, that his firm had purchased the stock and fixtures of the Frank Ooodman luggage shop at -It I South .Main street, and, that the store, would open ut once under the new management In an interview last night Mr l.uce was very optimistic tibout the future of Tulsa. "The members of lila firm, ho said, had chosen this lo cation only after they bail considered several cities of much larger size than Tulsa, Including Dallas, Ilous ton, St l.ouls and Memphis, To keep a man and his hunch ot keys together nnd eliminate the dis advantages of ii key .chain an In ventor hriH patented a spring rc.l attachment that permits u key to le used at arm's length. Our Big Opening Day Monday, April 19th To the First 50 Customers We Will Give Absolutely Free a Bis sell's Carpet Sweeper Wc are offering' you special bar gains on furniture, rugs, stoves, etc. Come in and be convinced and find out how to get as a pre mium, one of our Bissell's Carpet Sweepers. It will not cost you a cent. - Watch for our circular which will explain more fully our Big Open ing proposition to you, Feldman Furniture Co. 24 East First Osage 5755 Mm heels. Dress Oxfords lllinl. itacii Kitl sK''lal . $3.95 71 Upstairs Stores in 51 Cities SHOE SHOP When yon wit Ik tip prices come tlown 320' : South Main, Upstairs over Wool worth's , : Starting Tomorrow Morning The Boston's Midseason Demonstration Sale of 71 -store buying power, offering choicest styles in good Footwear representing savings of $1 to $4 a pair! We advise buying early while sizes are complete in all styles High ImiIs EYELET TIE PUMPS PATENT PUMPS High Louis heels, long vnrnps, special, ' Ulack nnd broun. hand- r"tt Jt3l turned mi1o, licautlfiil heels, HlHHVlSw' M it&l) a a t DH CMMi $10.85 vSlYn!v' 'tk' Wnlklns heels cojirour ).roui)s Icalhei Xf OXFORDS H n - VV Dnrk brown nnd H wmmmmmmmmm r ' hlnck kitl street H 'jo 8PCC'ftl I lv',,--''v. 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