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FEBRUARY OLjOjL
VOL. XV, NO. 173.
TULSA, OKLAHOMA, TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 11)21
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NAB ALLEGED BANK GANG MASTER MIND'
DELUGE FLOODS
MANY STREETS,
Four-Inch Rain Hampers
Traffic; South town
Is Hardest Hit
STREET CARS SUFFER
Passengers in Peoria TroHoy
Car Climb Into Scuta to
Avoid a Wetting
COLD COMES WITH STORM
Temperature Down to 37 aa
'Spring Arrives; Only
One Minor Accident
Many streets In tho southern resi
dence section were, trannfonncd into
i network of canala last night fol
low IV tho downpour of more than
four Inches of rain.
DozctiH of uutomobllcs wcro stalled
In the Inundated nectlons when wa
ter stopped tho engines, and in many
instances police found occupants of
motor ca'rs "camping" for tho night
in their machines rather than aban
don them.
Scores of basements were flooded,
liut no report of water actually
flooding living qliurtcrs of a home
was received by the police.
The highest water roported was at
Sixteenth and Cincinnati, where at
11:30 last night it stood four Met
deep. Hero tho water was well up
on terraced lawns.
Car Service Huniporrd.
Tho two viaducts on North Den
ver and tho ono on North Peoria
vcre nportort to bo flooded and
motorists reported that the two on
North Denver were running full of
water at midnight.
b'trect car service on tho North
l'coria lino was demoralised because
of the flooding of tho viaduct. One
street car, shutting off power, at
tempted to coast through, and the
vajAcngers had to climb Into their
feats to cscapo a severe wetting. It
was reported that tho water ran sev
eral Inches deep on tio lloor of tho
car, Qnco on tho oposlto side, tho
rnotorman turned on tho "Juice" and
the motors had rocclved such n wet
ting that they short circuited and
burned out. Tho cur had to bo
towed back to town. Taxi, service
throughout tho city was also dc
morallied. Drivers reported that It
was impossible to reach the south
eastern part of tho city except by
Eighteenth stroct, and then certain
kertiona cffuld not bo reached, t'p
until midnight it was reported also,
'hat Second street was flooded with
wttcr, blocking passugo to tho cust
end of tho city.
Streets known to bo under water
included Detroit from Fifteenth to
Mventcenth, Carolina from Thlr
lecnth to Fourteenth, Cincinnati
from Fourteenth to Eighteenth and
Boston from Seventeenth to Elgh-
reenm, as well as intersecting nuin
t'ered streets in the same region.
Haiti stopped railing about mid
niffht. Anil 1111 In flint tlmn trrn
I 15 o'clock Sunday fully four and u
naif Inches of water had fallon. Up
to ;30 o'clock official reports were
that 3.78 Indies of water had fallen
nice Sunday night. Last night's
'am was ono of the heaviest hero In
" yearn.
Tho storm broko suddenly Suru
cay ovcnlng with a decided drop In
"riuiuro. nun rain started rail
R shortly after 8 o'clock, an nl
, "iom continuous fnll until about
noon yesterday, when there was a
lent letup. Hut in the uttcrnoon It
"aiu-a again and onco more Tulsa
soused with a steady down
four until midnight. The tempera
tare. Sunday ranged from 68, mini
mum, to 77. UlU, ycslerdajuhe nier
iraPtch ns low as U7 degrTs
never uiu It liso nbovo 41 de
frees, Tulsa shivered, reached for
me overen.it. ieM..i .i.n.in i.. ..-
llng week, when twlco the ther-1
"lometer reached 89 degrees, had
J" discarded, and fared forth Into
a Mlvcrlng, wet world.
Nil Serious Accidents,
uurlng last night's downpour nn
teriouB uccldcnts wcro reported to
ins poiiee, though on iiovcral yrcas.
u ,r,?r.H",kl(1,lcd Into each other.
nt i "ml Klwood about to
"tiock, u Mowbruy ninbulanco anil
an ntitii ,i,H..,., !. a i..i.
Pfletor of tho Elito cafe, 101 South
"ostop, collided, und Halter's car
?" t"rnct "vcr, and tho ambulance
around, Baker wus thrown
ami i " tar but w,lB uninjured. Tho
wa making an emer
Mm n" lo ft hospital wltli J. U.
Chi? ot. tllu Qu'en City Livery barn,
Tiit THE WEATHER
mum fA' ' U. Maximum :it mini,
utffo t r,orl11"" wlnJi. cloudy. Prclrl.
.p.r.ib,t'r..?,.r:
"nKAj2c",lnlt cloudln. warmer.
In ,,,, Si?8' Tuesday uiisetllait. colUr
Kttlv "mi,n Portion i Vrdndy
Portion. r wratr In west and cntra
T1.J'V'1JA",'KVKNTH.
jJilif rhClU.b' ,,0l' Tul"' ,! l5'
Trapp Attorneys Seek
To Quash Impeachment
One Killed, Another
lillnded, in Bristow
Acetylene Explosion
S).tcul to The Wnrlil.
HHISTOW, March 21 L. Lee,
one uf tho owners of tho Modern
holler work, sustained fatal In
JurlcH Monday afternoon when
un ncntylonu tank exploded, tear
ing the building to pieces. O. A.
Simpson, his partner, was ten
dered hllnd for life. I.co wus
still iillvc tonight, hut physicians
nay that he has no chance for
recovery. Uoth men liavo
families.
DOWNPOUR FAILS
TO SPOIL OPERA
Tulsa Wades Pools for an
Artistic Reward That
Makes Her Forget
MARY GARDEN REIGNS
But She Is Surrounded With
a Support of Brilliancy;
Cavalieri Here Too
ny FAITH HEIUONVMU.S
Tulsa waded heroically through
tho 'Individual and collective pud
dles and rivers that marked tho way
to Convention hall Inst night and
counted not tho coht when their re
ward was tho privilege ot pounding
their palms for tho eeond tltnti tills
season In ndnilrntlmi of that versa
tile nrtlst and business woman wIiomj
ncriionulltv Is nei'lians nevor morn
vivui as wlicn rt is pent to tho por
truyal of n colorful churaetcr Much
- . . . ' j. . . .
as that of "Thais," last night. For
thero Is no denying tho fact that It
was Mary Garden's night: asldo from
her achievement as an nrtlst, the
fact that she has so recently dem
onstrated that pants or petticoats, it
makes llo difference wlitcn, so longi
as ono has tho lirntns and tho cour
age lo usn them, in her dual capac
ity ns directress ot tho Chicago
Opera association mado her appear
anco hero last night in "Thais" one
of niofo than ordinary Interest. i
TiiImi Walts ror .Mary.
So dripping its umbrcllati and
drenched, but good humored, Tulsa
deposited Us damp and expectant
self lu Convention hall last night,
filling that prodigiously yawning
building and Ktivu Itself over to en
joyment of program and libretto
until t lie moment wiirn tno radiant
Mary Garden should uppcar. About
that appearance, that dlvlnu spark ot
something that Is named histrionic
ability for luck of a bettor term,
that personality no less radiant
against tho austerity ot a desert
background that It wiih against tho
colorful pattern of tho dancing girls.
It is not our provlnco tn speak hero;
enough to say that tho inimitable
duo of Garden und llaklanoff gavo
un omlnontly satisfactory evening.
Tho fact thnt Giorgio I'olacco had
so comparatively recently been sum
moned by Garden to tako up tho
baton for tho Chlcagoans, and the
subsoriucut discussions that preceded
Marlnuzzis leaving mat company
gave that eminent conductor's ap-
nearnnen hero last night an Interest
npait from his notable worl; with
tho orchestra,
TraU'l In Special Cue.
Threo hundred and twenty people
are Jioro for thu oper.Hi last night
and tonlgh. Twenty-three Tars In
a special train bearing two dining
cure, 10 ruiimans ami iu DagKusH
cars biouglu theme here. Aftur
hard truvellng, Much ns the company
has been doing tho last two days,
to arrive in Tulsa In tho midst of
a miniature cloudburst might have
dampened the souls ot less cour
iiireoiiH folk than these. Hut ween
about tho lobbies of tho hotels yes
terday, they were not at an visiuiy
deprcracii.
.Mill) DIVM .o line.
Miss Garden, who, with her sla
ter. Afrs. Edward Walsh, una ncr
secretary. Mrs. Muriel Drapor, both
of Now vorK, is regisiercti ni wt
Tulsa, saw no ono and taiaea to
Two National Banks
Proposed in Duncan
Ash Charters in Day
Bpiclalto The World.
WASHINGTON, March !1.
Duncan, Okl.i.. ccntur of a new
oll field, today broko tho record
at the office of tho comptroller of
tho currency when It sent in ap
plications for charters for two
national banks in tho same day.
C. M. -Urowder mude application
for a charter for the propobed
Oklahoma National bank of Dun
can, which would have a capital
ization of 150.000. C. J. Alexan
der niado application for a char
ter for tho proposed American
National bunk of 1 n c a . w H 1 1
would havo a capital of J50.000.
It was said that never before has
thcro been applications received
on tho same day from one town
for two national bank charters,
TRIAL UNDER WAY
BEFORE SENATORS
; Taking of Testimony to Bp
Kcsumeu Tins Atter
noon, Court Rules
5 SOLONS UNDER FIRE
Five Senators Alleged to Have
Biased and Fixed Opinions;
Quizzing Not Allowed
TO 'REPRIMAND' LEECRAFT
'Bawling Out' Instead of Im
peachment Indicated Tor
State'a Treasurer
l)y Aiocltd Press Stuto Wlrs.
OKLAHOMA CITY, March 21.
An attempt on tho part of attorneys
to quash tho Indictment against
Lieut. Gov, M. 15. Trapp, on trial be
fore tho senate of tho Oklahoma
legislature as a court ot Impeach
ment for alleged illegal bond trans
actions In Adair, Seminole and
Creek counties and moral turpitude,
und refusal by the court to permit
tho Interrogation of flvo senators
by houso managers for alleged
biased and fixed opinions in tho case,
were two of tho outstanding points
In the two hours durutlon of the
trial today.
The f.emito voted late today to
icsumc tho Introduction of .testi
mony at 1:30 tomorrow afternoon,
with n motion pending for ruling
on prolhnlnary motions filed by
houso counsel ' asking that charges
1 und 2 In Trapp motion bo
quashed. Chief Justlco Harrison,
presiding over tho court, sustained
the motion of the houso managers
in quashing charge No. 2, but hill
decision wiis appealed from by
Senator Lilian! of Oklahoma county,
asking ndvlco upon what authority
tho houso managers had based their
motion jo quash.
House .Managoi-s Glicn Time
When the counsel for tho lower
houso replied that they hud not
been given time to prepare their
preliminary motions nnd could lif t
snontaneously uuoto their authority
Senator AngUn moved that tho
court adjourn until tomorrow after
noon, giving tho houso managers
sufficient time to prcparo their
authority. It was agreed that tho
matter would bo argued, according
to law, and that tlio arguments
would be made before a voto was
taken on the .appeal from Justice
Harrison s decision quuHhing cnargo
No. 2.
After a motion ot Senator David
son wns uphold by a voto of 2S lo
19, tho respondent was permitted to
Introduce testimony in the caso to
day. Counsel for tho house fought
surh introduction, declaring that
they were unprepared with wit
nesses or for testimony and had
usked that the cMrt adjourn until
tomorrow nftcrnoon. An hour's
timo was given tho houso nianugcrs
in which to prepare their case and
upon reconvening of court first re
quested Hint they might be per
Html . in Interrocato somo of the
Henators sitting Ob court members
for prejudiced opinions in tho
matter.
Senators Under I Ire.
The request wns not sustained by
iiwi niiiirt. but unon application thnt
the charge against the flvo mem
bers bo made a part oi wie iwunn
ii, .vnirt nermltted their rending.
Senator Wilbur Cartwrlght, demo
crat, was tlio Iirri lucniiimcii in
tho chnrges, declaring tnni lie was
disqualified to sit ns a member of
the court because hn had stated to
a newspaper reported "that he dldn t
believe there was anything to thu
charges," an affidavit was append
ed HUPBOrllllK Will quumuum
tttor Clatk NlchoU), also a democrat,
was mentioned In a second rharge,
saying that a statement made by
him to a newspaper man to the ef
fect "Hut It will be a verdict to
clear Mr. Trapp," disqualified him
as nn unbiased member of tho
C"sonatir Morton Itutherford arose
after tho reading of tho first two
nri tierlnrt'd it wus a ma
licious attack on tlio court und that
tho reading of samo wcro out "t or
der. He made a motion to oxpungo
from the record tho charges raised,
und those which wero to follow.
The motion was that tho sonntors In
volved excuso themselves from the
court, Justice Harrison dcJared it
out of order.
'I'm mi Knrliurs .Surprise.
Hoquest of attorneys for Trapp
that the indlctmont bo vacated and
quashed came as a surprise to intrn
hr. lit tho house managers, who
were unprepnred for developments
that would follow, Tho lieutenant
governor was believed to havo
scored tho first point In the trial
wh'n a request ny attorneys wiai
the case bo not continued but In
troduction of testimony permitted
tCONTIfUEI) ON TAOK nt.KVBN)
mrAUANTY nooriNn rowr.iNV.
vur tipniUbl resting srrvlc. Ome
ui. am
Art, Nude But Not
Obscene, Wins Out
In Supreme Court
NllW OllK, Mnnh 21. Art
inarched Itilo court here toOa
and won,
Huprcme Court Justice New
burger was asked to consider an
application by Charlen (Wiry
ltuiusey, widely known sculptor,
polo pluycr and son-ln-luw of
Mrs. II. llurrlmun, for an or
dur directing tlio Architectural
leaguo ot Now VorJ; to show
cause why it should not be r
ipllred to place a stat'ie. "The
Tuscan," tuniHcy, on exhibi
tion at lib a ti tiiiii 1 show In the
Metropolitan Museum of Art
next month. The court coimld
ored and Issued tho order.
Tho statue, a nude fenm!-;
figure, has recently been tho
cause of much dcbnlo In nrtlstlo
clrrles.
Supporting affidavits sub
mitted by friends of ltuiusey lit
the application asserted that thu
statuo is "not lewd or olwcono in
uny degree," but that It Is a
meritorious work of exceptional
merit."
atterbury raps
rail Agreements
Pennsylvania Official and
Frank Walsh Quarrel at
Labor Hearinp;
FOR SEPARATE RULES
Says Each Road Should Ne
gotiate With Its Own Men;
Opposes 8-Hour Day
CHICAGO. March 21. Hrlgadler
General W. W. Attorhury, vice pies
IdBiit of tho Pennsylvania railroad
and former clmlrmun of tho railway
executives' labor committee, took an
emphatlu stand ug.i'nsl national'
agree-ments, which he lermed "pro
lific of misunderstandings," In a
heated nil-day cross examination
beforo tho railroad labor board to
day, v
Questioning by Frank P. Walsh,
counsel for the unions, brought
vigorous replies from Ocnurul At
terhury and timo and again the wit
ness replied by cross questioning
hU Interrogator. Charges that the
union leaders did not represent tho
employes and that the national rules
were used to iirocurn employment
for more mull and extract money
from tho railroads on technicalities
wero hurled across tho .lublc h tho
general took a stand against all
rules of national application.
Tho gist of GeiierU Attcrbury'H
tcbtlmony today may bo sum
marixed as follows:
Itulcs should bo negotiated be
tween officials ut tho roads and
their own employes, ucross tho
conference table, "llko a galno of
poker.
Tho cisrht-hour-day could not be
universally applied to all em
ployes, especially train service
men, "because the Iord Uldu'1
build the railroad that way,"
Tho establishment of the hourly
basis of shop work has destroyed
tho energy and initiative of shop
employes and tho ubolltlon ot
nlocc work would bn tho "most
dreadful thing lhat could happen
to railroad employes."
National rules constituted a dog
collar around tho neck of the
railroads, which would bo free to
negotiate their, own rules with
their own employes "the minute
thn hoard cuts .tho (loir coKar."
Tim reference to tlm dog collar
was taken. General Attorhury cx
plained, from a cartoon in a union
hulletln. Ho exhibited the cartoon
.which showed a small dog labeled
"railroads" with a collar luiicueu
national iigiesmenls," and led n
Inbor. Tho-dng waa mado I" say
thn co ar doesn't rit." ana tnc
motion said: "Hut we'll make it
fit "
Mary Garden
As Operatic Generalissimo
Hy LILIAN C, PKJMUNK, I throughout In Impersonating "AUia-
Without any doubt M;iry 'jlHV
i piinu- in Mt nliriit. srorcd the rnont, tcnr, as Nidus, was aiso
, .... ,rii....(.i. V.f nnv li tress that'
greatest triumph or any iu ues 1
the exquisite opera and with beauty
and cuptlvatlng grace. Mum Garden
reached subllrno heights as a super
woman, She la all art and plus.
One casos at tho Utter Impossibili
ty of the English vocabulary to ex
press Just the Impression Mary Gar
den makes. Sho is bizarre, daring,
yes, she dares to lend every liuman
charm of woman in fuco and form to
her art. From finger tip and undu
lating grace, perfect Insoucluneo in
body and limb, sho faclnates ns she
portrays the perfect courtcs-m In
"Thais." Thero has never ben an
other "ThaU" but Garden, That Is
ussured.
blio Is Well Supported.
Miss Ourden wan ably supported
n.nmnu Ilnllnf,ff u'lin.n r ell
baritone was most appreciated. Thlsisecm to soe the woman li Itus to u.
celebrated Jlusslan tuptlvated with t tall, has set for herself room fur a
the mauner. tn wnlja he appeared
FOREIGN POLICY
ISSUE TO FRONT
New Regime's Attention,
to Be Taken Off Do- !
nicstie Problems Now I
FRENCH ENVOY COMES
What Viviani Will SubbohI I i
Not Known; Loairuo to Bo j
an Important Topic
DEBT QUESTION TO BE UP
Franco lixpects America to
Aid Her in Raining Money
to Bay Big Obligation
lly G HOUGH It IIOLMKH.
I. N. H, HUtf Corrtiponritnt.
WASHINGTON, March SI. IIo
luctantly or nut, the attention of
tho Hording administration will be
drugged awny from things ilomes
tlo this week, nutl turned to the
biggest piece of unfinished business
loft by the old regime, tho league
of nations and thu udopllun of a
European policy. The arrival of
llene Vlvlanl, former French pre
mier, Is going to take thu spot
light temporarily, at least, from
taxation, tariff, nutroimnn nnd the
thousand and one other thlngH that
havo kept the new president and
his advisors luborlun many hours u
day since March 4,
Vivian! Is coming to the United
Slates In tlio dark as far us know
I ni; In advance what ho might ox
pect from the new itdmlnUtrutlon.
And thn new ndnilnliitrntlon Is al
most hm completely In the dark
concerning M. Vlvlanl.
To "Pay rTIs HcjiiM'cts."
Jules J, Jusseruud, thu French
ambassador, it Is true, conferred at
the whltu Houso with I'reslilent
Harding, concerning tho extraordi
nary envny'M mission but It Is un
derstood ho was nblo to Inform thn
executive but llttln outside of the
fuel that the ex-nremler Was com
ing If "pny his respects."
Thnt M'. Vlvlanl's chief mission
concerns thn Ifiuguc of nations und
Annirlca'M nltltudn toward It, there
In little doubt. Aside from this It
Is the general conviction that the
rx-prrnitor will innkot nil effort to
obtain the moral Htippoit of thn
United States In tlm efforts now be.
lug made by France and England to
compel Germany to pay thn in
demnity claims, Frnnco believes.
whether rightly or wrongly. Unit If
the United States hud ratified the
treaty nnd Joined tho league, Ger
many iifvcr would have dared re
fusu the demands of tlio ullles In
the repartitions settlement, Even
now Franco believes, according to
Information reaching a number of
republican senators, that If Wash
ington can bo prevailed upon lw
soincthlng or do something thnt
will nhow flermuny that thn. United
States Is HIM buck of tlio allies tho
right-uhout-fuco of tho llerlln kov
erumeiit will bo swift and certain,
Debt IsslH! To llo Hp.
Thin Indication of American sup
port could bo given lu vurlous ways
a presidential letter to the chair
man of tho senate committee on
foreign relations, a senate resolu
tion, a whlto house communication
abroad or by a mere announcement
tn tho press following the Ilurdlng
Vlvlanl conference.
Willie Purls bus rccn fit to Is
sue equivocal de.nlul that M.
Vlvlanl's visit In any way concerns
the $3, 000, 000, 000 which Franc"
owrs tho United Slates It Is never
tholes considered certain In Wash
ington thnt this debt problem will
bn taken up, It is closely allied In
tlm French mind with the remirn
lions settlement. I ntll Germany Is
forced lo nay. France cannot re
Hove her debt o tlm United Stales,
according to tho French attitude, as
,M. Vlvlanl IS exjiecteu to auvunce ii.
Thcieforo. If America walits her
13,000,000,000 then she must aid
Franco In getting tlio money with
which In pay Jt.
Scores Big Hit
The pilnclpal Hinging Is done
.riini' mi uhanlel" and the
calls were responded to by this trio,
the wildest enthusiasm nnd applausn
being given Miss Garden und her
principals.
One thinks of the music of "Thais'
as a whole, the Iraicle, oriental
themes throughout strike you with
thu cxqulslteiu'stt of It. Tho orient
is Interlined In every tone and
the singing basses and silken
tones of violins thread tho inuklc:
kcoro liitenilngllng with tnulndlo
sound of viol and harp and
the wind Instruments with their
wlerd struln. The orchestra with CO
Is led by GlorRln Politico. Never
lu the hlittory ot loml opera, lias
morn magnificent nluge kit'lngs ap
poured. It seoms Miss (Jardcp, who
il rill I) 1 1 HUH S1IKKCHICU 11. lor IIIIU
continueu on i-aoc ulcvc
General Liggett, Who Broke j
German Anny Witlx Master ,
stroke, Retires War-Hater,
Officer Who Commanded
1,200,000 Men Quit After
42 Years of Service
Credited With Ilnvinir Di
reeled Operation Thnt
iJrouK'lit Allied Victory
HAN I'ltANClSCO. Mnnh Tl
MaJ. Gen. Hunter Liggett, i mil
mander of the first American
army lu the world war, let lied to
day after i years of service. A
group of officials uf the Ninth
in my coips, his lust t'niumutid In
the nrmv, anil civilian friends wit
licked bin retirement.
General l.lKh'ett, who partici
pated lu every major operation of
the American forces n Frame,
leaves tlio servlco popolurly
ircdlted with having directed tho
master stroke of tho allies lu the
world war, and with tho official
distinction ot having commanded
tho largest mobilo fighting unit In
the history of the world.
As lieutenant general In com
mand ot I lie Vital American army,
hu was lu charge of, 1,200,000
men, Including flvo French di
visions anil G,000 field pieces
With this force, In October
1018, ho launched the great drive
upon the forces of the crown
prlni'o In the Argentic, broke
through tho center of tho German
supply 'lines and pushed forward
to tho outskirts of Sedan, forcing
tho crossing of thu Mutirio and
trapping' tho flower of thn Teu
tonic forces the muster campaign
of thu wur, as wuh ovlduiicod by
its culmination in tho signing of
the armlsllce.
He ended his dullon nn com
mander of tho Third army, which
marched Into Germany following
thn cessation of hontllltlcs, return
ing to America lu July, I9in. to
resume his post as coulmunder of
tlm western department, llo came
out of the war a slucerA hater of
tho gaiiia of war, nnd a confirmed
ndvocAtn of Htnlvertal military
training. ,
General Liggett was born In
Heading, Pa., March ZJ, 18117. lie
was gruiluutcd from West Point
In 1870 and, In 1R8J, married Mini
Harriet Lane of H.m Antonio,
Texas, lie tendered marked serv
ice in the Indian cuuipuIkiin in
Wyoming In the 'SO', nd l.tler
was assigned us Infantry Instruc
tor In ytrlou posts,
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MYSTERY IN POISON CASE
.Man Taking Deailly Draught at Ok
mulgee I .en cs strungo Nolo,
II) ArxTiulMt I'rtaa Stair Wire.
OKMl'LGKE. March 21. "I havo
done nothing cilmlnal and I don't
hco why you should accuse mo of
anything."
This note, unsigned, In nn'envclopo
addressed to llotuhklss and com
pany In Philadelphia, wan found nn
tho body of Ely Humkln, nald to be
an oil man, who Is lying at the point
ot death In a Heuryotta hospital to
night from tho effects of poison
which was taken In an effort to end
liln life, uucoidlug to physician.
Huinklu's body . wus found near
thn Heuryotta cemetory yesterday
afternoon by a taxi driver. Letters
found on thn body would indicate
that he Is married and lives In Phlla
delphiu. J. GEORGE-WRIGHT BOOSTED
Itrtoii, 1 In it null Appleby Urgo
Harding to Nninn lllm.
Hpprial In The WorM.
WASHINGTON, March 21.
ICugmic, l,oi ton, publisher of the
TiiImi World, .lume A. Harris, re
puldkftn national committeeman
from OKlahoma, and John W. Ap
pleby, secretary of tho Oklahoma
republican state committee, today
culled at the white house and urged
upon President Herding thill ha
name .1. George Wrlgln as Indian
commissioner.
EXHUMATION IS DELAYED
Italn HoliN t'p Probe Into Poison
Ciiht' III Indiana.
UNION CITV. lfid., March 21 A
downpour of iiitn today will delay
probably until tomorrow, thn ex
humutlon ot the body of Ida 15. For
syth, whoso stomach Is to be esapi-
lliud to uiitiiriiillio ii suifmei ueuin
by poisoning.
Her liusli.irni, AipniH e oisyin, is
In Jail a Itlehmoml. Ind., charged
with nrst ilegiee muruer
Miit. I'uriyth died at lllciimonn
March 1. while under tiealliimil for
peritonitis Iiurlal took place nure
two days later. . .
Scanty A I lire Blamed
In Ohio River Village
By 'Purily' Ordinance
LEA ENWOIl'iil. ind., March
2.--The wearing of scanty at
tiro In publlu bus been prohibited
In this ohm Hver village by un
ordinance adopted by t.hn town
buurib
Ah' pe,thiui more than 1 i
- curs of age who appears nn
the tr"t attlr d in a garment
which exposes tho urins, shoul
ders or legs Is to he fined, un
der the terms of the prdlnancr,
fr m $5 tn $2S.
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Liyyelt Hales War,
Bui Urges Universal
Training for Army
V" 1
Jiieticral T.lgeU.
DREAM HUSBAND,
MINISTER, JAILED
Evangelist Avrcstcd at
Oklahoma Rovival Is
Taken to Illinois
STOLE HIS WIFE'S CAR
Rev. Bodine, TiU, Chicago, Also
Married Too Quick After
Divorce, Is Charge
AUItOUA, HI-. March 21. The
Ilev. Matiiico Ilodlno, G2, Chicago,
the so-called dream husband of Mrs.
Ida Glasshagrn llodlne, 49, an
Aurora dressmaker, was held to the
grand Jury (oduy In bonds of 13,000
on charges of theft and marrying
in Illinois lu less thnn a your after
he had been divorced, Mrs. Ilodlno
did not appear against tho clergy-
mnn and hn waived oxnmlnatlon.
Ho hu d. however, that his wiro
had railed ut Ilia tall Inst night to
sen him and thnt )in hnd explained
away an tno niisunuursiauuiugs inui
resulted lu Ills being arrested at
Tlnlston. Ok tit., last week whllo lu
tho midst of a revival. Ho expects.
thnt ho and Miss illassliugeu will
be remarried as soon au he leaves
tall. Her automobile which ' he
drove awny from Aurora a few
months after hu had uurrled her,
Is on thn way tn Aurora from
Oklahoma In a freight car.
Miss Glasshagen said that her ro
inancu was founded upon n dream,
Hhu dresmed that sho was wed to
a man who would call at her liousn
and nak fur a room mid a few days
later thn Itev, Undine appeared
us tho vision foretold. Hho described
him as "the besttlooklng inati who
ever walked Into tho town."
Thn) Ilev. Ilodlno snyH he was
ordained as a congregational minis
ter, but that he "Is Interdenomina
tional now ''
Ilu wus born lu 1th bland Ceutcr,
Ind., and reared lu Morgativllle,
Kan. Ilefore lie married Miss
Glasshageii hn had been living In
Chicago. o said he hnd two
divorced wlvia living.
To Urge Mrs. Curelon
For Muskogee Postal
Job, Says Miss Alict
Hft ml lu Tlis "World.
WASHINGTON. March 21.
Doubt us to whether first, secopd .
and third class postof flees" urn to
be tu' n out uf civil service was
Increased today when 'Hie pnst
offluit department announced u
lopif U pf poktnoiMer examina
tions for April 20,
The examinations aru to bo held
under the Wllnon civil servlco or
der. This, taken In connection
wllh Iluycs' statement yesterday
that he Intends to "straighten and
broaden thu civil service," leaves
postmaster applicants lu grave
doubt.
Olio Oklahoma po-tofflcn, Web
bers Falls, paying n salury of (1,
100 was In the list. Mini Alien
Kobortson announced today that
It Ihc Muskogee pontnvutershlp
becomes varnii; she w.ll recom
mend Mrs. Otis Cureton for the
Job, Mrs, curotuu has not hei i
I an applicant, but many nl i' rs
huvo been stiming Hie MU'-rtogee
, pustmasti rslilp,
' NTA..,M & McCl'NK
, funeral IHmctorp. 0 I n -udlsr Phon
JL O. 1H J. MOO, AinbuUnat Mrvltt. A4vl.
WAR OF GUNMEN
AT 0. CIS RESULT
Robbers Reported Rang
ing Capital Streets
! Hunting 'Squealers'
iGANG MAY BE BROKEN
J. h. U'liglado, Business Man,
Accused as 'Fence' Taken
in Charge by Officers
TWO ARE HELD AT ENID
'oiind to Have $'21,&00 of Lib
erty Bonds Alleged to Bo
I.oL From Banks
lly AM.lled l'rtu Nlili Wire.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Murcll SI
Thu arrest of John L. Lenglade,
tlklshoinn City buslnesi man, al
iened to bn thu "master mind" ut
u gang of orgiinhcod bnndlts with
headquarters hern has caused a
bunk robbers' " war and panic
stricken gunmen walk tho streets In
searcl: of their accompt!ees who
"squealed" on the gnng and have
now sought protection uf tho law,
accordlngto statements nt county
and city officers. Lengladc Is al
leged to Jiave been coniicqS:d with
numerous bank itibhcrle in threu .
tales, In which mure than $100,
ooo loot was secured, and may he
held for bank robbery.
Thu arrest uf L, II, Hobeitii and
W. llurlon lute Saturday nlrtht und
now being held In the Garfield
county jail on it charge of having
Illegally In their possession $21,000
worth of liberty bonds, police say.
Is utiot))cr step lu breaking up the
notorious uang which has threatened
tho southwest and uf which Lcng
lado in charged with being thu
l(eod.
Following the Killing of Hurl
Marlln, switchman, Thursday, by J,
M. Saunders, detective, llio Identifi
cation of m.rbo worth of liberty
bonds obtained from l.co II, Huberts
ss those tnkeu from thn Piedmont
Stuto utnk during a daylight rob
bery of February 28, liss been the
feutitro development on the turn ut
sensational events,
onh ou i;mi StISPEtrrS
i.DF,NTiF.s M;.Gij.m;.
11 AMUClalrd I'rsis HUH Wirt.
F..VID. nklu.. .March 21.
It. U.
Hoberls and W. Uurton. arrested
lato Saturday night, are being held
In thn Garfield county Jail on it
ohurgo of having lu Ihflr possession
$31,000 worth of Hourly bonds, and
another hum named "Dno" 1jngladu
Is confined In Oklahoma City on the
charge of being thn "fence" for tho
dlspostlon of bonds socurediy botiK
robbers throughout the state.
Attorney Gets Ponds.
An attorney wns employed to de
feud Kobcrlw. Hut tho attorney, be
came suspicious and demanded that
before ho would huvo anything to
do with the cano they turn over
every bond that they had lu their
possession. To him they cava 111.
0B0 in rrglstercd bondB which wore
turned over to sheriff's office, mak
ing a tolul or 2t,300.
Sunday llobcrts wan taken to
Oklahoma City ami Is alleged f
hnvu openly accused Lcnglado ot
being tho man who gavo him tho
bonds to sell. Ijngludo In nald to
deny this. The arrest of these men,
police say, promises to be the break
ing up of ono of tho worst gangs In
the southwest.
Find llonils In ltattcm.
Iist Saturday afternoon two dep
uty sheriffs wnt to a building on
South Grand avenuo to jnako a
search for ulleged chicken thieves,
lu tho husoiiicnt or tho building they
found Roberts and arrested .him as
n suspicious chui'.iuter. Ono ot tho
deputies, whllo searching tho prop
erty found hid iu tho rafters $2,000
In coupon bonds. A later search re
vealed $1,850 more In bonds, llob
erts had a pistol on his person when
arrested, II. O. lirown, a detective
working on tho bunk robberies of
Covington and Plcd,munl was noti
fied and tho bonds wero said to be
those stolen from tho hank nt Pied
mont, Canadian county within a few
days after tho duyllght robbery at
Covington. All of the registered
bonds and almost all of thu coupon
bonds urn said tn have been Identi
fied as thoso taken from the Pled-,
niont bank.
Officers bollowo that they will bo
able to secure from either Hoberis
or Lenglude Information that wi!
Irud lo tho arrest ot thn gang of
bank robbers, for whom I' 1
thought that Ltcnglado und n'hers
liavo been uctlng as "fences" In fur
nishing an avenuo of turning tin
bonds Into ready cuMi,
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