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TULSA, OKLAHOMA, SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 1921
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TULSA LANDS BIG
WHOLESALE PLANT
Phanotax Chemical Com
pany to Put Up 7-Story
"Building Here
WILL COST $400,000
f
tructuro Will Be Tulsa's
Largest Trade Serving
Institution Here
BUY LOT ON EAST FOURTH
Architects at Work on Plans
for Modern Manufacturing
and Wholesale House
Tho Phanntnx chemical company
wholesale drtigglstH and manufac
turing chemists, which hns recently
como to Tulsa from Memphis Tonn.,
has purchased the ono-half block
300x150 feet on Fourth strcot, frotn
Frankfort to Dlgln. and will build
a seven-story wholesale nnd manu
facturing plant, estimated to cost
1400,000, on which work will ho
begun as soon ns piano, on which
architects aro now at work, aro fin
ished and tho contract let. Tho
building will havo nvfrontago of 300
fct on Fourth street, IBo feet on
Elgin, and 150 fect on Frankfort.
iho btilldlnfc, whlcn will have
seven stories and basement and will
be fire-proof wth complete modern
equipment, will bo devoted entirely
to tho Phanotax plant. Tho com
pany will carry a completo stock
of everything handled by southwest
ern retail druggists, comprising re
tali drug storo fixtures, soda foun
tains nnd supplies, surgical Instru
ments, physicians and dentists' sup
plies, staplo drugs and patents,
standard pharmaceuticals, drug
sundries., painta and oils, etc. Tho
plant also will manufacture a com
pleto lino of dontal and toilet spe
cialties and staplo non-secrets and
pharmaceuticals. '
TiiImi Logical Center.
Tlio unprecedented opportunity
offered by the virtually untouched
field hero induced tho officials nf
the company, whoso wholesale
houso has boon located In Mem
phis, to como to Tulsa. Tho estab
lishment of Its plant hero will mean
tho first wholesale drug business In
Tulaa, and tho first really largo con
rn of Its kind In tho state. Asked
further In regard to tho rea.-wns for
tho moving of Its business to Tulsa,
K. 0. Jopllng, the company's vice
president and general manager, said
lut night:
"Tulsa's geographic! location, its
railroad distributing facilities and
lw great spirit of business aggros
Hveness, with tho following Indis
putable facts confronting tho retail
druggist of this whole territory
namely, money wastage through ex
orbitant freight rates from out-or-the.tatn
ccntors and resulting nec
essity of carrying heavy stocks of
merchandise, further meaning
heavy losses through tho nccumu
uion of dead stock, and also heavy
ntertst on money no Invested
ifteso facts aro convincing evidence
that the commercial Ufa of tho en
ure stato will wclcomo our movo to
lulia.
Million Llvo Ncnr Jlcrc.
.."2?? Population within 125 miles
;Zflsa Js estimated at moro than
1,000,000, whilo tho population of
Jhu Memphis territory within a
Mml ar radius is less than 600.000.
M It supports three of the largest
na most successful wholesalo drug
houses in tho onUro south, has two
'r.M . exclusive pharmaceutical
manufactures and 20 or more man
Jiacturlng chemists of various
Products. Wo will havo the Tulsa
"rrltory, with virtually no competi
tion nearer than Kansas City, 325
miles distant, and tho said terri
tory s purchasing power is estimated
approximately SE.000,000 annu
W'y. It is a well known fact that
"P to tho present time about 90
t,tic,eni of tllls business Is con
trols'1 by Kansas City, St. Louis,
wucago and otlior up-tho-country
12 "; ,wyl Principally becauso
7l . " merchants have no re
T I'i1" 10 8c"d tnelr millions out
"'heir home state,"
.iT", building Bite, purchased from
th, J Nllca nnd I,, and J. Lyons
Whltesldo & Whiteside, In
"function with Murray lluusoll,
II1" Purchased ten months ago
f?SmS Whiteside & Whltesldo
fie.. "lD "inouo cnurcn ny its
ff' owners, who resold It to tho
"notax comnanv. Thn considers-
n wm $72,500.
MiSIn' v'co-Prcsldont and gon
ne. 7 nn.Rcr llns uccn tho busl
"ocut. : 'cars' 'living been as
of Mn fLor cn w't Mansflold
hftiemhlB ono ot tho largest
couM,al0 ,drUB concern) In the
M fiv.yV Ho wl mova Ills family
InV Ahf,r? Bliortly, nnd is expect
,n to build a home In Tulsa.
LIBERTIES SOLD AT HALF
'S"kn n"nli Sold Cheap Yorccrt
ou tho Market.
ewPnJ.9UK- Marc H. Dlscov-
; "mi a uiock or stolen Llb-
old ini u ,7Vn to,ooo had boon
Irlct A,r. laU that Price caused Dia
tr whn .rney Lcwlg ot Kin" coun
ting "nauciing an Invest ga-
ttl1."1' aUKa bond "ring" to
action, fc.Ti mmon u,al ,ucn trans
i. "or" Had fnrenrl ik.
4urw ,hct prlco of liberty bonds
II J .pa,t two 5'oars'.
Prt or .t " oei ovea tho srrcater
Sir T ""' uucea prices.
on tortv' 50nUnun the lnvostl
bond? !?2 tr,aced ft number of tho
"oker. had in 'i,1nanlal Wheeler, a
Abe rni? hla, POMcsslon. back
sterdav m ,who wa" arrested
"ot eea .,lr'A6w' ld io had
lonfls, r Cohe'J haapsurcd
Doctor Evades
3-Kegaed Fake
in Booze Deal
A man whn gave his name as J.
J. Kline of Joplln Is In tho city
Jail and a prominent physician,
namo withheld, Is nursing a soro
foot the result of what proved to
be an attempt Friday on tho part1
of Klmo to sell tho physician thrco
keggs of water, purported to bo
45 gallons of Canadian whisky, for
11,400. '
According to Captain Gcorgo II.
Illnlne, who mnde the arrest and
who was called by tho doctor,
Klmo visited tho physician's office
and let tho doctor sample his
goods from a. quart bottle. "I'll
sell you 45 gallons of It for
$1,400," said Klmo. The doctor
was Intorcstcd and was led to tho
radio, an abandoned shuck on
West llrady, where ho started to
load thrco kegs Into his car. Ono
dropped on his foot, hit was forc
ed to return to town and sent a
friend to got the liquor.
The friend w misplclous and
wanted to sample the content!) of
tho kegs, but Klmo demurred,
whereupon tho doctor's friend,
tiamo also withheld, withdrew,
whisky-less. A consultation was
held and Captain Dlalrio was
called in. lie visited thu houso,
tappod tho three kegs and found
unter. Nearby he found a quart
of "genuine."
Klmo had arranged to meet tho
doctor. At tho appointed tlmo
Illalnu appeared as a proxy, how
ever, and madu the nrrcat. "I
needed money and, well every
body's thirsty." Hiitd Klmo In ex
planation of his attempted coup.
ANOTHER OFFICIAL
IS HIT BY PROBE
Private Positions Held by
Freeling's Helper,
Is' Charge
FILE ON TRAPP MONDAY
One Democrat Is Named on
Committee of Prosecutors ;
Matthews in Charge
!)) Aninclatrd Vrna Stti Wire.
OKLAHOMA C1TV, Okla.. .March
11. A charge that Clcorge V. Short,
assistant attorney general, Is em
ployed as attorney by stoekholdcrn
in nrlvato corporations or OKiannma
was mado In a report of the Okla
homa liouno investigating commit
tee filed lato today,, Tho report de
clares Mich connection between a
stnto employe and n private cor
poration Is "contrary to tho best In
terests of 'the state," anil recom
mends to the governor and the at
torney general that notion be taken
Immediately to romeuy tho condi
tion.
No Action Itecommenrtr!.
No specific recommendation for
action was made In the report,
which said that tho committee had
rocelved no reply to a request mado
to tho nttorncy general to remedy
tho condition. No action was taken
on tho roport today.
Articles of Impeachment ngalnst
Lieutenant Governor Trapp, ndopted
yosterday, will bo filed In the sen
ate Monday, It. II. Matthews, chair
man of the committee appointed to
prosecuto the case. Bald today.
. Tho committee of prosecutors was
appointed lato today by George
Schwabe, speaker of the houso.
Members, In addition to Matthews,
aro Harry Jennings, Porter New
man, W. T. Drako and W. A. Kco
field. All-nro attorneys and New
man Is tho only democrat.
Short Answers.
In tho report concerning Short,
tho committee Bald he was an em
ploye of D. V. nicrks nf the
niodgett-Dlcrks Ship company and
that the company does business In
Oklahoma. It t-ays that tho firm
owns tho majority of stock In tho
Choctaw Lumber company which
operates In southeastern Oklahoma.
"I don't know of any business the
lumber company has had In tho
stato of Oklahomn for tho lust five
years, and I am at loss to under
stand how tho Interests of a ship
building company owned by non
resident men doing business outside
the state could affect or conflict
with tho duties of any person, either
citizen or official, to tho stato," Mr.
Short said Friday night.
Tho headquarters of thn ship com
pany wero said by Mr. Short to be
at Pascagoula, Miss.
RAIL WORKERS OBJECT
IroKwvI Cut In Wages In Con-
detuned: Say llcdiictlotm Will
iUiwU to llUh Officials.
CHICAaO, March 11. Action
looking towards tho wholesalo re
duction ot wages of railway em
ployes was aHriallcd tonight by
union loaders.
Tho railway executives wero unan
imous In declaring that the reduc
tions were necessary to pavo tho way
for lower freight and passongur
ratta and said that the wage cuts
would begin with unskilled em
ployes, but would finally reach the
highest executives.
In replying to this, J. C. Luhrsen,
president of tho American Train
Dispatchers association, asserted that
the train sheets would show that the
railroads were not economically
managed, and In a Ictcr to Sonator
A. n. Cummins, chairman of the
senato Interstate commerce commit
tee, ho called for a winatorial In
vestigation of the transpr nation
system "so ns to avert serious s.Jrjfe
ovor wage reductions.'
PARIS REFUTES
LEAGUERUMORS
Says No Attempt Is Being
Made to Interest Hard
ing in the Pact
PRESS MISINTERPRETS
Ex-French Ambassador Com
ing Here But Officials Keep
Silent on His Mission
HARDING POLICY OUTLINED
His Object Is to Court Latin
America And Decrease En
tanglement in Europe
1'AniH, March 11. Tho French
foreign office formally denies a re
port circulated In tho United States
that negotiations havo been opened
with tho American ttafio depart
ment by tho French embassy nt
WaHhlngton in an effort to Induce
President Ilurdlng to accept n modi
fied league of nations. i
Iladly .MIsuiMlcrMood.
"Any correspondent who under
stood Thursday's official statoment
(communique) to the American
press to mean that the French um-
bassador had begun negotiations
with Washington to induce Presi
dent Harding to accept a new plan
nf a leaguo of nations.) misunder
stood tho statement badly," it was
announced at the foreign office.
In denying the report that former
Premier Itenn Vlvlanl was going to
tho United States on such a mis
sion. It was pointed out by the for
eign office that tho league of nations
and similar matters "aro within the
scope of tho duties of tho French
ambassador who may bo expected
to concern himself with them at tho
proper time."
It's Up to Vlvlnn.
Asked bluntly If M. Vivlani's mis-
sion had anything to do with th
league of nations, tho foreign office
spokesman tald:
"That matter Is entirely In tho
hands of the French ambassador,
who has for a long time, as every
one knows. Interested himself In
Amcrlra's position toward tho leaguo
of nations.'
ny ononoi: n. HOLM ICS,
I. X. K. Kurt Cnrreipondent.
WASHINGTON. March 11. If
tho world policy of President Hard
ing could bo summarized In a few
words they probably would be: "In
crease American prestige In Latin
America and decrease American en
tanglement in tho affairs of
Europe. '
Sotith-Confml America Flint.
Those who know the new presi
dent best confidently believe that
this expresses generally tnn prin
cipled by which America's course In
world nrroirs will bo cnarten, tor tnc
next four years at least. Tho)o who
haw tn!kd with President Harding
In tho weok he hns been president
havo been struck with the great Im
portant which ho attaches to mat
ters affecting South and Central
America.
As ovldenco of tho new adminis
tration's determination to strengthen
our relations with the republics of
tho western hemisphere, it was
pointed out here today that no
sooner had Harding been elected
than hn mado a trip to tho Mex
ican border and to Panama to ob
servo at first hands tho conditions
thero and also, nnd more Important
that tho first two moves In world
affairs by the new chief executive
wero directed, not at' chaotic
Huropo, but at Latln-Amercan coun
tries. Hla KxccutlTo Course Cited.
Tho second day tho now adminis
tration was In office, It took prompt
nctlon to stop hostilities between
Panama and Costa Illca which were
threatening t" crento an ugly situa
tion In America's backyard. On the
sixth day of thn new administra
tion, tho president sent a special
message to tho senato requesting the
ratification of tho Columbian treaty
which has long heon a prollflo
breeder of suspicion and distrust of
(ho United States among the small
ropubllcs of tho'south.
President Harding has viewed
wltlf concern tho encroachments
made In South American trndo bj
tho nations or Kurope. Ho nan con
fded to somo of those with whom hn
has conferred nt the white houso
this week that ho Is resorvlng some
of his most Important dlplomntlo
appointments for th nations to th
south. Diplomats aro not to bo
shunted off to South Amerca Just
because tho administration has no
other place for them,
While tho actual hostilities be
tween Panama and Costa Itlca have
ceased, thern Is still a situation thore
fraught with ronsderable peril to
America's Latln-Amnrlcan policy.
This will be enhanced If the league
ot natons enters tho situation In tho
attempted rolo of mediator.
Tonn Man Changes Faith
Before Pauing for Crime
RAWLINS, Wyo.. March 11.
"My Jesus, mercy!" wero the last
words of Ye Cleow, Chinese tong
man hanged at tho Wyoming peni
tentiary here this morning for thn
murder of Thomas Holland In Chey
orine Inst September. The drop of
six feet was Insufficient to break tho
victim's nock berauso of his light
weight, tho murderer weighing less
than 100 pounds and the death
strangulation consumed 13 minutes,
Qeow renounced the Huddlit re
ligion before hln execution.
RTAM.KT JB MrCUNK
riin.rat director!. StO S. rioulder. rhono
o. n::.ioo. Atnbuiioc rYlct.r-Aavh
Jake Hamon's Doctor
Tells 'Inside' Story
Sped.) to The Wori.l
AKUMOKKi M.irch 11 - Impor
tant parts of the testimony of Doctor
Wnlter Hardy, head of thn Ardmore
sanitarium, follows verbatim;
Direct examination by Mr. Free
ling: Q. Doctor, will you stato your
namo to tho court and Jury?
A. Walter Hardy.
Q. What Is your business or pro
fession? A. Practicing medicine.
Q. Aro you the head of nny sani
tarium or hospital In the city ot
Ardmore?
A. Yes, sir.
. What place Is that?
A. Hardy sanitarium, right across
the street over here.
Q. Do you do surgery?
A. Yes, sir; my work Is almost
exclusively surgery now.
Were you acquainted with
Jake L.Hamon during his llfoUmo?
A.
Q.
A.
y.
A.
a. m
hero.
Q.
I nil .
Is he now living or dead?
He's dead.
When did hn dle7
On November IIS, about 7
at my placo of business over
Doctor, when did you take
him
for treatment In your lnstltu-
tlon?
A. On Sunday night, November
21, about 8:30 p, in.
Q. Was ho brought to your hos
pital or did ho como by himself 7
A. Ho walked Into tho hospital
alone.
Q. Did you see him before he
camo In Doctor7
A. Yes sir, I eaw him on the
step.
y. How was ho drcsned?
A. Ho had on an overcoat and
full dress suit.
Q. What wns thn condition of
his fnco with reference to being pale
or whlto?
A. It wns white.
y. How did ho walk Doctor,
straight up to you?
TRUCE POSSIBLE
IN PACKER FUSS
Workers Will Deluv Vote
If Packers Put Off
Pay Adjustment
CHICAGO. March It tho fed
eral department of labor can ob
tain from tho meat -packers of Chi
cago a promlBO to defer enforce
ment of their new wago nnd hour
adjustment, effective Monday, tho
omployra also will deter strike bal
loting, It wan announced tonight by
Dennis Lane, secretary-treasurer of
tho Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
Uutcher Wnrkmca of North Amer
ica. .
Mr. Lane mado tho announcement
on being informod of tho offer from
Washington of mediation by the
department of labor. Mr. Lano had
not yet, he ald, recelvod Secretary
of Labor Davis' telegram asking his
organization to name two rcpresent
ntlveu and agents of tho labor de
partment. "Wo have always been ready nnd
willing." said Mr. Lane, "to meet
with tho department of labor au
thorities. That's because It Is this
branch of tho federal government
which negotiated our last agreement
with our employers. We will bo glad
to mcot anyone Mr. Davis desig
nates." "If Mr. Davis," he continued,
"can got from tho packer 'issurance
that thoy will maintain tin rtatui
quo, not enforcing the wag.j nnd
hour proposals effective Monday,
wo In turn will be glad to deter out
votn for a strike."
The labor chiefs an Id the strike
ballots would probably bo mailed
out tomorrow, "unless the statu
quo Is agreed to."
CABINET MEETS AGAIN
DcpiirimcnVW Organization, Pris
ing Problem (IImmimmmI: AilviMirs
Lunch With President.
WAHHINdTON, March 11 Prob
lems of departmental organization
ami pressing questions of public
policy wai dbcuHsed by President
Harding and his cabinet today at a
thren-hour meeting.
Tho threatened strike of packer
employes nnd tho selection of a new
shipping board nrn understood to
havo occupied first attention. Tho
president then asked each secretary
to report conditions In his depart
ment ns revealed during thn first
week of the new administration.
Tho replies started several extend
ed discussion, so prolonged thu ses
sion that Mr. Harding took tho
cabinet, members to lunch with him
In thn white houf4
Departmental patronage Is said to
hare been left out of tho canvass,
and although soveral of tho secre
taries wore ready to recommend Im
portant appointments within their
departments, their suggestions wero
put over to be discussed privately
with tho president.
Held Up Four Times, But
He Saves Some Money
Special to The World,
PONCA CITY, March 11. Al
though held up four times last night
by four different parties of hl-Juck-
crs, between Pawnee and Kaw City,
Field Superintendent Parker of tho
Sinclair OH company arrived at Kuw
City with money tin his pockets.
Each time the hold-up men went
through him but failed to get all
his monoy and ho reached home
finally with 5 in his vest.
A, Yes, sir. I was standing up
about 25 feet from the door and I
saw him coming In. Ho approached
mo perhaps SO feet Inside before 1
Hpoke to him.
y. Ho came directly to you?
A. Yes sir.
y. Did he stagger up to you?
A, No, hn came along.
y. Doctor, dlil you speak to him
first or did he speak to you?
A. I spoke to him.
y. What did you say?
A. I asked him how he wan feel
Ing No I asked him what was the
matter.
y. What did he do then?
A. He (tuiih right towards me.
y. What did ho do when ho
reached you?
A. He threw his arms around my
body nnd kissed mo on tho fore
head. Mr. McClean: Wo object to this
love affair being related.
Mr. Freellng; Wo object to the
remark of counsel ami move that
i bey be ftricken.
Tho court: Objection sustained,
1't tho remarks of counsel be
stricken from tho record.
y- Doetor, oh ho klmeil you what
did he say to you, If anything?
A; Mr, McCleun: If the court
pleaw, t understood the court to bus
tuln thLi klxoliiK. Tho court sus
tained thu objection,
The court! The court sustained
tho objection to thn language of
consul as a consultation.
Mr. Mathers: We object to this
wlttiem. testifying If he or H&mon
kissed each other out thero,
Tho court: That Is Immaterial,
gentlemen.
Mr. Freellng: What, If anything,
did ho hay, Doctor?
Mr. McClean: Object; If the court
please, no evidence hero to show
what occurred, how many men Mr.
Humon talked to out ot the pres
ence nf the defendant and cannot
In any way be admirable.
Mr. Freellng: If the court please,
wo rn ready to present It as a mat
CONTINUKD ON PAOK TWO
NEXT YAP MOVE
UP TO HARDING
Administration to Dic
tate Next Step in the
Controversy
WASHINGTON, March 11. Dip
lornatlu exchanges between thn
American and Japanese governments
concerning the status of tho Pacific
c.ihlo center of Yap havo left thn
situation unchanged and t romalm
for tho Harding administration to
dictate thu next tcp.
Japan's reply to tho protest against
Japanesa control of the island sont
by the Wilson administration
through thu American embassy at
Toklo is understood to havo con
tained a reiteration of the Japanese
claim to excluslvo Jurlmllctlon by
reason of tho mandate awarded by
thu supremo council.
As to Japanese control of the for
mer German cables centering In the
Island, ugalnst which tho American
government particularly protested,
Japan Is said to adhero to tho prin
ciple of free use of tho cables by all
persons, but with oprutl6n and con
trol remaining under thu power that
Is in poHscmlun of tho ends ot the
cables.
Japan holds that this arrange
ment existed In tho ruse of the cablo
that runs from tho Amorlcan-owncd
Island of Uuam, In tho Pacific, to
Yokohama, Jupan. Tha American
company which laid the cable, It
claims, admitted thn right ot Japan
to control the end which was landed
In Japan, with America controlling
the end In Guam.
Tho Japancso view also Is under
stood to bo that since direct cable
communication between the United
States unit Asia by way of Guam and
Manila already exists, the linn from
Guam to Asia via Yap, is only an In
direct overflow connection, unneces
sary In ordlnnry times, and that
therefore settlement of the question
of control Is not urgent.
Meanwhile, It is suggested that
ninco the leaguo of nations council
has reforred tho American protest
addressed to It to thn allied nations,
a reply may como from that quarter
which may contain tho gorm of a
basis for adjustment.
OKLAHOMA CITY IS WINNER
Tul.Mi Ik-foaled In Dcbatn Over Com
pulsory Arbitration (Question,
tly AtiocWted l'rr.i Slate Wire.
OKLAHOMA CITY, March 11.
Oklahoma City high school won In
debating hero tonight with Tulsa
high school, over tho compulsory
arbitration question. The decision
was 2 to 1. Tho Oklahoma City
negative team defeated tho Tulsa
affirmative team, composed of Don
Langsworthy, Landnn Knight and
Max Goldstein. The affirmative
team of Oklahoma City won from
Shawnee nt Shawneu tonight, mak
ing Oklahoma City high school
champion of thn pontangle, com
posed of Muskogee, Hnld, Tulsa,
Shawnen and Oklahoma City. No
dato has been sot for debute for
stato championship, with winners of
other pentangles.
THE WEATHER
Tl.'I.HA, March 1 1. Maaltnum temp.r
Mum, Hi minimum, 41; aoutti wind.:
clear.
OKI.AIIOMAl RatMMar, rain, Doailply
turning In enow at nllht, cold Wave at
nllM, nllh temperature below freellng by
Humlay mnrnlncs Sunday probably fair,
rontlnuoil rntd.
AltKA.N'HAK Saturday, rain, Sunday
rirubably rain and much rnldrr, enld nivr
n northveat portion Haturday nlchl, be
low frettlns by Sunday mornlnc.
TODAY'S LOCAL KVKNTS.
City club, Uot Tulaa, mil.
STATE IN RUNNING
FOR VET HOSPITAL
Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury Encourages
Sooner Delegates
HARRELD PLEADS CASE
Says OklHhonia Is Center of an
Area Having Bijr Number
Needing Attentions
IS A FEDERAL OBLIGATION
Carter Tells Officials It Is
Not State Duty to Huild;
Decision Is Imminent
WASHINGTON, March 11 That
he thinks Oklahoma's chances to ofi
taln ono ot tho flvo faderal honpltals
to bo built under tho recent act nt
congress aro excellent, but that con
struction of a statn hospital might
weaken tha dinners of Oklahoma,
as tho opinion expressed today by
lowing lAportn, assistant secretary of
the trcamiry, to n delegation of 33
Oklahomans, headed by United
Mate flenator J. W. llnrrcld.
Senator Harreld emphasized that
Oklahoma Is In thn center of tin
area having an exceptionally largn
number of soldiers needing attention
nnd pointed out tho suitability of
his ututo for such a hsp!tal.
A lYrioral Duly.
He also said that Oklahoma would,
If micvssary, provldu lavishly for nil
no Idle I'd In that Mute, and will, If
thn federal government falls to act,
cheerfully coiiHtruct any building
which may be required, lint the
Oklahoma senator Insisted that while
his statu ban tho privilege, tho na
tional government has tho nbsolute
duty to earn for thu wounded and
Injured veterans.
Congressman Chnrles I). Carter,
democrat, told I)Pnrtn that "It Is
not tha duty of the stato to provldu
a hospital, but it In tin obligation
of the federal government to pro
vide for these solflierH."
Assistant Hecretury IiI'orto ad
mltted tho soundnviM tit the argu
ment madn by members of tho dele
gation and said ho admitted that tho
stato lias tho privilege to provide uny
nospital it pleases, nut tiint is too
privilege, duty nnd obligation of thu
government to maKo mien provision.
Ho also said that hn had turned Willi
a ntimbor nf eminent physicians
whlln the bill wan pending before
congress, and that they discussed tho
suitability of tho different sections
of thn country. Ho added "I should
think that Oklahoma's chancer) aru
very bright to secure a federal hospital-
If oklnhnmit feel that thero
Is further need ot a hospital after
tho federal government has made Its
locations. Then tho statu, ot course,
can act,"
Thu assistant secretary nf tho
treusury alto said that thu Inten
tion Is to expedlto tho location of
tho hospitals ni much as possible,
that he In now In communication
with several men whn nro considered
suitable fur membership on thn com
muter or tnree nun mat one oi inu
things being taken Into considera
tion In tho making of appointment
Is the man'H ability to sorvo Imme
diately. Ho expressed tho opinion
that thn committee will mako no
junketing trips mid that It will havo
Itn senslnnH in Washington, unci that
it will bo expected to act with all
proper speed.
Among the Oklahomans who par
ticipated In tho conferoncn wero the
following mombers of congresH: T.
A Chandler, Allen Hnhcrtwni, J. C.
Prlngey, L. M. Octisman, Churles D.
Carter, Manuel Merrick, Former
Congressman Chnrleii Swlndall, Na
tional Committeeman James A. Har
ris. Former National Committeeman
J. J. McOrnw. Former Statu Chair
man Arthur Oclstder, John D.
Appleby, John A Itlehl, George
! rcaerlcKsnn, A. A. lowing, Dortor
Hoed. II. T. Halner, T A. Simpson,
II. Cooper, W. H. Fuller. Hurry (Ill-
strap, K, J l.ltteer, M. F. Meadows.
J. K. .Dycho, W A. Mauri-r and 1-.
M. Stcorrett.
STORM HITS SOUTH
Towns In Louisiana mill .Mlslsslppl
Arc NMopt by Torn.ulo Ono Lift)
Lot, Loss Ovi-r S.".no,(inil,
nULKVILLK. Miss.. .March 11.
Ono mun was Injured and property
damngo nmouiitlug to $ 10,000 was
caused by a severe wind nnd rain
storm which struck Doddsvllle,
Miss., flvo miles from hero lato to
day. Two brick buildings, ono of
them Iho generol storo of foleman
llrotliarM, worn demolished, and
many franin buildings were blown
down or damaged by thu wind. Wlrn
communication Is rut off by tho
wind, which prostrated telephone
and telegraph wires throughout this
section. Thn Yazoo and Mississippi
Valley railroad station, n two-story
framo building, Is reported to havo
been blown down.
SHItflVF.POItT, U March 11
One Ufa was lost, four persons wero
seriously injured and damngo esti
mated at moro than $000,000 win
done by a storm which suddenly
swept the town nf Homer and tho
oil fields nearby Friday afternoon.
MrB. lid llogers, wife of an oil
man, was killed, and her 16-yenr-old
son was seriously Injured, L. ):,
Hoffpiitilr, son of Ilopri-Hcntativo
Hoffpaulr of Dossier parish, D. D.
Johnson and O. G. Ollmorn wero
others who suffered serious Injuries,
More, than a dozen others were
slightly Injured during tho storm.
Quality first. Call and Judce for your
alt, Dinner mu.lc. Kit Wooda' Cafe,
IU 8. BouMtr. Aavt,
MAMA GRIPS
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HonivHLO dUDrunnHmuN
Trial Recesses as Mrs.
Away and Clara Dabs at Her Eyes When
Freeling Unwraps Bloody Garments
Case Runs Whole Scale
Sides Score Heavily. Going Over Scene of
Alleged Shooting With "Models"
7 Want Her Sent to the Chair'
lly MILDIlFi!) MOllUIS,
I N. H, Hlalt Correspondent.
COUNTY COUKTIIOU3L2, AILDmORE, March II.
"I want to see her sent to the electric chair. Every mar
ried woman, every mother should pray for her puniahment;
Siic is a terrible woman. No home ia safe from her kind.
No punishment is bad enough for her."
The woman who uttered theso words today, Mrs. Jake
L. Hamon, wan the wife in the triangular drama which
ended in the deuth of Jake Hamon, Oklahoma millionaire
oil man and republican national committeeman
lly 11. A. I1H1DQRWATBR,
Wurld fluff Correspondent.
ARDMORK, March 11. An r-ftcrnoon filled with
dramatic incidents, some of them bordering on the spectac
ular, following a morning which witncs&ed tho brilliant and
forceful presentation for the state's case by Attorney General
Freeling, made the Becond day of the trial of Clara Smith
Hamon for the murder of Take L. Hamon one of almost con
tinuous thrill for the dense crowd of eagerly expectant spec
tators and ono in which the accused woman ran the whole
scale of emotions from deepest despair and grief to highest
nope.
Statu Offem Star Wltiicm.
Tho afternoon saw tho state offer
ono of if not tho most Important ot
all Its wltnesMCH in Dr. Walter Har
dy, tho head of thn Ardnioro sani
tarium whore Jake Hamon walked
alone and unassisted Immediately
after being shot on thu night of No
vember 1:1 last, and where ho died
on thu fifth day following.
It Haw thu two principal figures
In tho tragedy, tho slight, worn,
nervous defendant on the ono sldo of
the noiiiiHcl tabln nnd thn sad-eyed,
inuurnlng-garbod widow on tho oth.
erbreak down completely, neceasi
luting a recess of court, when Doc
tor Hardy Identified a blood-Htaliird
undergarment held up for his In
spection by thu attorney general aa
a piece of tho clothing removed from
Jake Hamon's body Just boforn ho
was placed on tho operating table,
Tho Story From .Inko's Up.
It saw thn dead Jake Hamon toll
the Jury through thn Hps of Doctor
Hardy that ho wus shot from behind
as ha layd on his own bed In his own
room by Clara Slnllh, who put her
I'-ft arm around his neck from one
sldo and her right, with a pUtol In
thu hand, across thn other shoulder
and then pull tha trigger, releasing
wait real drama tho scene In tho
man tihu hud lived With for ten
years.
It saw tho defense recover quick
ly from tho telling blows that had
been dealt by tho prosecution nud
scoro just as heavily pcrhups even
moru so through the clover and
miircllrris cross examination of thn
doctor by William McClean, Jr., of
Fort Worth, thu tricky and resource
ful chief ot tho dufemu counsel. It
wus real drama tho secenu In tho
courtroom when Doctor Hardy was
culled upon to Identify thn under
garment ho said hn took off Jake
Hamon when he placed the woundud
man on tho operating tublu to cx
umlne tho wound.
Clara and Mm. Jako Garm.
Tho eyeH of Clara Smith and ot
Mrs, Jake Hamon were glued upon
thu pleca of clothing the nttorncy
general took from n grip at his feet.
Suddenly tho widow slumped for
ward In ho, chair and her body
shook with sobs as ahn gave way to
a paioxysm ot grief for thu husband
sho says she lost through death utter
she had won him bark in u iioul
urushlng fight of ten yeurs. Almost
at thn snrrit Instant Clara Smith,
who had bueti thu victor fur at least
tun years In thu battlu for thn Main
man's love, nven thuugh shn held It
Illicitly, also wim overcome and wept
freely with hor mother's arm about
her nock. Young Jakn Hamon, Jr.,
who wus sitting besldu his mother,
loaned toward her and whispered
reassuringly In her ear In an effort
to quiet bur, nil tho whlln patting
her tenderly on tho shoulder with
hln lrift arm thrown prutoctlngly
about ner
Mm. Hamon Hclpt-tt From Itoom,
Mrs. Hamon was unablu to regain
her cumpuhuru, and examination of
thu witness continued for several
minutes us sho wept almost histori
cally and Clara Smith continued to
pruau her haiulkurcnu-r to tier eyes.
Then Judge Champion ordered a
tmi-mlnuto roceuu and Mrs. Hamon
was led from tho courtroom, limn
ing heavily on tho arm of her sou
and accompanied tiy several reia
tlves. Sho did not return during tho
remainder of thu afternoon.
Thu setting In tho courtroom at
the time, gave color to the touching
scene. So dense wuh thu crush of
humanity that It was almost Impos
sible for anyone to leavo the cnam
bur except during u recess. Tho
Jam Insldu tho railed enclosure wns
fully as bud as In tho section rcgu
larly given over to spectators.
Woiiii-u In Majority.
Newspapermen and lawyers did
not have room to turn lif their
chairs, except In tho lltttu clear
space betweun tho couusul table, thu
Jury box nnd tho witness stand. It
was impossible to leave thu press
tablo without climbing over thu- laps
ot thu rows of women sitting Inline-
d atuly behind the pruu tublu.
Women, wWl dressed almost to the
last one, some attired in tho very
height ot fushlon with diamonds
nnilRTRflOM
Jake, Broken. Is Led
of Emotions and Both
sparkling on their fingers and bril
liant gems gleaming on their necks,
predominated In the crowd. Women
utmost exclusively mad un the
crowd within tha railed encloamre.
and throughoot the room numbertd
tuny two to one over the men.
liut, notwithstanding tha Jam.
only a fraction of thoa who cam
to attend tha trial got In. A Bum
tier, Including many woman, war
put out to clear a apace about tha
utid of th jury box and opan up
tho aisles an much as posslbfa after
rows of extra chairs had boen placed
thera to acoommodate as many a
possible.
SUM Sco rcv Heavily.
Tho stato's stronrest nolnt af tha
day was scored when Attorney Gen
eral Freellng procured tha admlnalon
as testimony ot various conversa
tions Detween Jake Hamon and
Doctor Hardy from the time Hamon
entered tho sanitarium wounded
until he dlud five davs later, an the
theory that they mado up part of
Humon' "dying statement It was
in these conversations that Hamon
i um mu doctor lie was shot from
behind by Clara Smith and that ha
didn't have a chance for his Ufa, and
uisu piraucn witn mo physician to
"keep it secret" and "not toll It until
In open court' nnd "to say it was an
accident." Introduced ovor tho vig
orous and repeated objections ot
counsel for tho dofonse, thn otato
mcnts wuro admitted only after tha
attorney general had offered to clto
opinions of tho Oklahoma criminal
court of nppoal.i to sustain him.
Doctor Hardy'u testimony concerning
statements mado to him by Hamon
in mo nvo day a rrom the time ha
was wounded until ho died paved
tho way for tho introduction by the
state of tha testlmony'ot other wit
nesses, notably Frank Ketch, Ham
on's business manager; W. U. Nlch
uU, former chief ot police at Okla
homa City, and a oloao friend oC
uamon and A. Dunlap. bankor. who
also talked with Hamon after ho wan
wounded. All of theso ara oxDected
to take thn stand tomorrow.
Stilto n witnesses, on direct esaml.
nation, testified that ho had taken
probably "thrco or four drinks."
Doctor Hardy, on direct exami
nation, testified that when 1 Union
entered tho reception room at tho
sanitarium after being shot ho
walked up to thn doctor's sldo.
Placed both arms around his ncclc
and kissed him.
On cross exam nation Attorney
McLean asked thu witness If It
wasn't true that only a drunk man
would kiss " a great big bo-whiskered
mail llko you."
i ne witness was not permitted t
answer.
Clara KIhsoiI Jnku Goodbye.
Doctor Hardy told of tho oft
reported but nover confirmed visit
of Clara Smith to Hamon's room at
tho hospital ouil the morning utter
the ohnotlng. On direct examination
no said no onn wns in the room dur
ing Clara's visit. On cross exami
nation ho admitted that n nurse was
standing In tho door when Clara on-teri-d
and that tho nuurso later told
him sho had seen Clara throw her
arms about tho wounded man's neck
and kiss him.
Cross examination of the doctor
was concluded at 6:16 o'cllnck, IS
minutes after court was scheduled
to adjourn for tho day and he waa
tho last witness.
Brilliant Ix-gnl I'luy ICnsticx.
The stnte'a contention that Ham
on was shot while ho laid on lit
back on hla own bed, with his head
and shoulders propped up by pil
lows, based on Hamuli's statement to
Doctor Hardy and others and which
tho prosocutlon contends, oxplalna
tho fact that tho bullot ranged
sharply downward through tho body
to lodge In a spot exactly four Inches
below tha point where it entered In
front, brought out a series of bril
liantly clever maneuvers by lawyers.
First, Doctor Hardy, on direct
examltintlnn. showed the Jury ex-
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