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VOL. XVI, NO. 225
TULSA, OKLAHOMA, SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1922
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PRICE 5 CENTS
LEECRAFT'S NOTE
FOR $10,000 HELD
BY FAILING BANK
Barllcsville State Bank
Closed by Examiner;
Bad Loans Cause
OTHER BANKS 'PASSED'
Declined to Come to Rescue
of Shaky Institution So
Authorities, Step In
IT MAY BE REORGANIZED
But Bankers Doubt If Such
Can Be Accomplished;
Credits Are Blamed
Tit th Annelntfd Prus State Wire.
ilAIU'LlC.HVILLK. Mny 12 A $10,
COO nolo signed by A. X. Loocraft,
state treasurer, wan among tho as
V sols cf the Dartlosvllle State bank
which was closed at tho opening of
business today by State Hank Cam
mtsslmcr Walcott.Tho note Is said to
be scared by bonds of tho bank
rupt CJrcat American Refinery com
pany. Tho condition of tho closed Insti
tution has hcon known to bo criti
cal In local banking circles for
sometime and tho Hartlesvllle
Clearing House association has hold
numerous conferences in nn utfort
to tave tho bank. Tho final con
ference adjourned at 2 o'clock yes.
terdav morning with tho under
standing that no bank, Individual
or group of banks would consider
putting up tho cash and assuming
the liabilities.
Several local bankers who re
viewed tho cdndltlon of tho closed
Institution said its difficulties re
sulted from bad loans." They would
not permit their names to bo used,
fiowe er.
Officers of iho bank attributed
the suspension to frozen credits. K.
L. Mong, cashier, said depositors
would receive their money in full
and It wan paid plans were under
way to reorganize and again open
the bank noxt Monday under the
same management.
Local bankers expressed tho belief
privately that there was" Utile hopo
of reorganization and estimated on
liquidation depositors would rocotvo
from 20 to 60 per cent. Some,
however, were more optimistic and
held that there would bo a quick
settlement and enrjy reorganization
with only slight losses to tho de
positors. City funds amounting to $123,903
deposited with the hank are . se
cured by bonds, personal and surety,
There Is one bond for J 75.000 signed
by tho defunct bank's officers and
dlrtctois, V. C. Itaub, O. K. Bom
ervllle, H. L. Mong and E. K. Joles.
The bank also has surety bonds de
posited for $50,000 and there Is nn
old personal bond signed by George
B. Keelcr, A. D. Morton and It. S.
Bradley for $20,000,' that it said
to be valid. The city lias deposited
with the bank funds to tho amount
Of 1129.303. of this amount $18,045
Is for interest coupons which are
not thought to bo tied up in tho
failure. Other special funds are
the fireman's relief fund of $5,941
and convention hall fund of $63,707.
The lank also holds some city war
rants, which are rated as security.
The county funds and school funds
deposited with tho bank aro fully
covered by surety bonds and tho de
Posits of outside stato banks in the
county are said to bo small and the
failure is claimed to be In nowise
affecting the soundness of tho coun
.ty banks.
' The bank hasn't been examined,
Is reported hero, for a year or
wore, its deposits liavo held tip
remarkably well through tho de
pression period. Frank C. rtaub,
President of the bunk, and who has
"een In active chargo for about ten
years, is popular and has tho repu
tation of being a money maker.
JUNK FXAMINEHS HOLD
OUT JIOl'H TO PATHONS.
HAKTLESVILLE, Slay 12. R. A.
latton and Itaymond P. King, bank
COXTINUED ON FAGB KH'TEKN,
WOMAN ENGINEER
IS FOUND SLAIN
Left Note Saying Illness
Cause of Suicide; Oper
ated Waterworks
UumShiBIIA' Mfty "Mr
f-uura h cv. pnrr i.nfl. -
foSnrt i Ya,ter. worl5s Plant, was
1 IW dead In her room near tho
hole th8 Latl todny w"h a bullet
uffeHni'Htanco thQt B"8 101 been
ho th,lv.,. BOtlmo and that
found "Rht '"J" 10 nd t all, was
,t,h0 bod' Tho' note
tlon nf V,?JUctl0n8 tor th0 dlsposl
Uln bnVR.VroPer,.y nn1 mahes cer-on-n.2w?
t0 "or cl"lrn ana-
foJn'rt , i " R'loy was
Mrs ChtL'J; K0", K her dauehter,
tragedy. " Car1' 8hortIy a,,or tll
theIrd.JVhCy ivn? 61 ye"ars 0,d- s"ice
than thl. .f her """"and more
it the ,h? dullcs f engineer
mtmn at?J, 1 ant nore. Water do.
R ' ' declare .she to
Jea by one da.ugh.ter and one eon,
Professor Allen
May Have Worn
Smoked Glasses
Tulsa's list of outstanding and
extraordinary distinctions in
creases with the passing of time.
It lias been credited by .istoru
magazines with being a city of
drifters wearing broad-brimmed
hats; an eastern newspaper cred
ited a famous opera star with the
statement that the city Is Infested
with Indians on tho wnrpa'.h mid
cowboys who shoot out the lights
In honky-tonk dance halls; an
other eastern paper Intimated that
grass and weeds grow along
Main street.,
Tulsa bears all thrso aspersions
and falsehoods with tolerant si
lence. For It realizes they are
the children of Ignorance, ind It
renllzcs also that frequently
someone from tlm outsldo world
comes hero and learns tho truth
about tho city.
Kor Instance, Prof. W. Forrest
Allen, athletic director of Kansas
unlverslty( who enmo hero to ad
dress the local ulumnl of his uni
versity. "I stood in the halls of your
high school more than 15 minutes
this morning and watched tho stu
dents pass and repass," ho ad
vised dlrectoiH of the Chamber
of Commorco nt Hotel Tulsa Fri
day, "and not a single young
woman did I see with louge on
her face. Tho bloom of healthy
youth was ovcrywhero to bo seen
and every bit of It was natural."
And Allen ought to know.
BOMBING SUSPECT
ESCAPESP0LICE
Former Saloon Keeper Let
Out on Bond by Error
Fails to Show Up
SEEK, DEATH" PENALTY
State's Attorney at Chicago
Would Invoke Law Used
in Hnymarkct Riot
CHICAGO, Mny 12. Through nn
unexplained error of somo official,
Jeremiah Jloran, former saldon
keepor, Indicted with several labor
leaders for murder !n connection
with the killing of two nollcemen.
was released from tho county Jail
nisi nigni on $oa bona after be
ing booked on a disorderly conduct
charge, and has dlsanrtcared. Two
(quads of detectives were ordered by
v.nioi oi ronco J' Itzniorris to scour
tho city for Horait when h!s release
became known.
Horan's release became known lato'
last night. Ilo wus to appear In po
llco court on tho disorderly conduct
chargo this morning but ?alled to
ihow up. Tho true bill against him
was voted last night and became nn
Indictment when It was returned in
court today,
Harry Hanson, who Ih reported to
have mado a confession concerning
certain labor activities, was remand
ed to the pollco nt his own request
this afternoon when brought before
Judgo nubel on a writ of habeas
corpus.
Held Without Hall.
Tho grand Jury ordered the men
held without ball, which means that
they muit petition a Judgo In order
to bo released and that It then will
bo within tho discretion of tho Judge
whether they are to be admitted to
bond.
The Indictments simply charge
"murder In, the killing of I'olicejnen
Terronco Lyons and Thomas Clark,"
The grand Jury today was going
over moro evidence with tho pros
pect of voting truo bills against ltf
bor lenders.
Thirty-eight of tho moro than 125
persons still held In Jail In connec
tion with the murders"; today asked
for writs of habeas corpus. Indi
cations wero thnt tho pollco would
release h number of them but that
efforts would bo made to continue
holding several.
"lilg Tim" Murphy, Fred Mader,
Cornelius (Con) Shea and five oth
ers Indicted for murder In connec
tion with the killing cf two police
men in tho bomb war attributed to
labor gangsters bo rushed to trial
and sent to tho gallows, was mado
today by tho stato attorney's offlco.
Tho eight wore namod In tho In
dictments voted by tho grand Jury
In special session last night.
Pollco and clvlo organizations to
day saw In tho state attorney's
threat to uso against them tho law
Invoked 36 yenrs ago to obtain
executions of tho Haymarkct riot
ers a smashing blow at what they
termed gang terrorism. In the
first night session on record, n Cook
county special grand Jury returned
truo bills charging murder against
"Hlg Tim" Murphy, head of tho gas
workers union; Fred Mader, presi
dent of the Chicago building trades
council; Cornelius P. (Con) Shea,
secretary of the Theater Janitors
union, referred to as tho "big three"
of the vicious labor clrclo, and five
others.
Many to He Indicted.
The Indictments nro forerunners
of scores of others, city and county
officials said. More than 400 per
sons were arrested and but few have
been released, with tho greater
number denied freedom on writs of
habeas corpus.
Othor names In the IndlctmontB
aro Isadoro Hraverman. head of the
Fixtures Hangers union; Daniel
McCarthy, business agent of the
PlumberH union; Jerry Honin, sa
loonkoeper; Thomas Ilogan, former
pollco officer and Itobort McCloud,
lerk In the building trades council.
Tho eight nro charged specifically
rtlth the killing of Torrance Lyons,
CONTINUED ON l'AQB FIFTEEN,
'ALL DAMN LIES'
PEGGY'S ANSWER
TOVAMPSTORIES
"Modern Cleopatra" Ve
hement in Denying
She's "Heart-Breaker"
BUT SHE LIKES MEN
Can't Live Without 'Em, Says
Actress, Denying Also She
Will Isolate Herself
DEMPSEY HER 'DEAR FRIEND'
Champ "Has White Soul,"
Pe?y Tells Scribes; Dumb
founded by Debarment
SKW YOKK, Mny 12. Cu,Moni,
nfflflnlh lato tislay seized n diamond
nnil emerald plnituu mined nt $11,
OOfJ lKionglim to Peggy Hopkins
lojoe, wlilcii they nsMcrtcil hIo IiihI
not ilcclnri-il ulicn she returned to
day from Pitrls on thu Mnurctiinln.
.MCW YOHIC. Mny 12. "Lies, all
damned lies."
With arms fling aloft, tears of
rage ami mortification glistening
In her eyes and a foot stumped In
anger, Peggy Hopkins Joyce, note,'
as tho modern Cleopatra, thus dr
nled stories of heart breakli
homo wrecking and wild parties r
Paris on her arrival here from K
ropo today on tho liner .Mauretanla
It was serious minded, sober nt,
chastened Peggy that camo back
homo ,from gay Paris. She brought
with her moro than $1,000,000
worth of gowns and Jewels, she
said sbo wrfs going at once to Nor
folk. Vn., to visit and comfoit her
mother.
"Oh, I know what you ore going
to nsk me," sho exclaimed when ap
proached by leporttrg.
Xbt rilppant Now.
It was then sho voiced her vigor
ous and emphatic denial.
I'eggy Is not flippant Sho salt!
her one troublo was that sho had
been too serious and thus got Into
trouble. Sho Is not golnft to marry
at least, not for some time. Tho
inspiration sho eels from men Is
esz-entinl to her.
"I cannot live without men," she
exclalmod.
"I nm not the flippant man hunt
er and home breaker and heart
breakor that I havo been pictured
In reports from Par's." I'eggy con
tinued. "These reports havo driven
me nearly Insane. My health In
breaking. The, only mnn I ever
really loved has killed himself be
cause of me."
She referred to "Hilly" Krraztirlz.
a youthful South Amorlcan and for
mer nttacho to the Chilean embassy
In Paris who committed sulcldo In
Paris a few day8 ngo after a gay
party In which Peggy was a mem
ber. Aghast nt Helm: IJarrciI.
When Informed that tho motion
plctuio men had barred her from
the movies, sho wos aghast. Her
lips trembled os sho exclaimed;
"Why, oh why? I havo not com
mitted any crlmo. If it has come to
pass that my namo Is to bo coupled
with men charged with hideous
crimes, then chivalry In America is
dead. I am outraged. Put I have
fnlth and confidence In tho Ameri
can peoplo and I know I will get a
square deal."
It was at this point that Peggy
mado two Interesting revelations.
First, that sho Is golnir to see her
lawyer about bringing libel and
slander suits on account of somo of
tho stories that have been published
here about her, and, second, that she
hng written a book. Nothing moro
was safil about tho book.
Peggy said It was untrue that
Lieut. Hlvns Nunt, military nt
tacho to tho Chilean legation In
Paris, had tried to kill himself in
i'lco n week ngo becouso of her.
Didn't i:cn Know Him.
"It Is lie, she declarod. "I did
not know 'tho man. 1 have been
accused of everything except start
ing tho war, and 1 suppose that It
another war comes during my life.
I will bo blamed for that."
When asked If It was truo sho In
tended to Isolato herself In a little
house In tho country, Peggy replied:
"I will not say that. I cannot live
without men. Their company and
tho Inspiration they glvo mo is es
sential to my happiness. ,
"Please say that my relationship
with Jack Dcmpsey wbb both noblu
and sweet. Jnck Dompsey was nover
anything to me except a dear frlond.
Jack Dempscy has a whlto soul."
Peggy said that1 sho had received
n number of moving plcturo offer
ings but had not mado up her mind
nbout them.
RECOUNT ' IN T ELECTION
Sew Offloers Will Not Ilo Announced
Until Somo Tlmo Monday,
Votes for officers In tho T club
nt Central high school wero so close
that a recount hos been made neces
sary and tho result will not be
known until eomo time Monday.
Close balloting for certain officers in
tho Athletl o association nlno neces
sitated recount and makes tho re
turns incomplete.
Bi'ott Sappenflcld was elected
president of tho Ilooster club. Jay
Toows vice president, Mildred Maxey
socretary, Joe Segcr treasuror. Lanlel
Klrkputrlck publicity manager and
Wade Arnold and Alvln Wleneckc
fenatoru,
China's Dictator
Asks Aged Chief
To Head Cabinet
i " ' '
.Ihih (tt'ii, Woiifi Slil-tiiang. mid
liclou, lieu, Wu lVI-I'u, military
dictator of North (iiliui.
Gen. Wu Pel-Fu, whoso military
victory over (!cn. Chans To-Un
has made him the vir.ual dictator
Chang to head the new govern
ment ns premier
will form the new
Wong nrobablj
rah! 'let
10 PER CENT BEST
PERSHING CAN DO
Holders of Bonds May
Not Get That Much If
They Don't Hurry
MORE BONDS INVOLVED
Two Men Arrested Charged
With Embezzlement in
Handling Liberties
OKLAHOMA C1TV, May 12.
Charles H. Itlpley and W. U. Jenk
ins, connected with the Green Con
struction company here, who were
arrested today In connection with an
alleged bond embezzlement In Adair
county, will bo taken to Stllwell to
night in custody nt deputies, Sheriff
lien Daiicy of Oklahoma county said
tonight. Warrants for the arrest of
Tom L. Oreen, president of tho com
pany, and W, W. Wright, treasurer
of Adair county, havo also been Is
sued in connection with the alleged
embezzlement of public securities,
Investments and assets of Adair
county growing out of tho purchase
with Adair county funds of
public Improvement bonds of the
cities of Pershing and Iluffalo. Okla.
Sheriff Dancy said that he thought
that Green was still In Oklahoma
City, though his deputies had not
been able to locate him lato today.
Wright lives ut Stllwell, Adair
county.
Officers Can't llud Circvn.
Warrants for tho urrest ol lllpley,
.Tonkins and Grcon wero brought
hero today by the county attorney of
Adnlr' county and deputies and
turned over to Sheriff Dancy. Jenk-
CONTINUED ON I'AOR. FIPTHKN.
'DEAD MAN' SITS UP IN COURTROOM
-V- V V ' H- V ' H' !( -Y-
SPECTATORS LEAP FROM WINDOWS
COHSICANA, Texas, May 12.
Tho "body" of a negro mipposed
to have been dead for six weeks
suddenly aroso from its supine po
sition on tho undertaker's stretch
er, sat up nnd demanded what It
was nil about, .and ut tho saino
time caused a bit of excitement In
tho little courtroom of Justice of
the Pcaco Christian today.
Possession of the body of the
"deceased" was tho subject of
litigation.
A negro died in a hospital here
20-STORY HOTEL
PROJECT SUCCESS
BACKERS REPORT
Break Ground for Mayo
Building in Summer
or Early Fall
$600,000 STOCK SOLD
Only $200,000 of ?800,000 Is
sue of Preferred Stock Is
Still to He Placed
CITY'S BIG MEN BACK PLAN
List of Stockholders Includes
Business Loaders in Many
Lines of Industry
Ground will bo broken for the new
Mayo hotel at Fifth and Cbcjenni'
lato thin summer or early In the fall.
This announcement wbh mado at a
dinner given nt thu Country club
Inst night by Cass A. anil John 1.
Mayo In honor of the stockholders.
In this 20-Htory building project.
Speaking for himself and Ills
brother, C. A. Mayo expressed up.
precintlon or the large number pres
ent and assured them nu tlmo will
bo lost In starting work on the hotel.
Cbtrcnco II. Douglas, special rep
resentative! of tho Mayo Interests. In
formed the guests that subscilpllons
havo been received for more than
1 15 0 Q , C 0 0 win til of tho 1800,000 Issue
of preferred stock, Tho J400.000
rummnp srhek Is to be taken by tho
Mayo brothers. No difficulty is an
ticipated in disposing or the remain
ing J200.000 worth of preferred
stock. '
LKt of Stockholders.
The list of stockholders as an
nounced at tho dinner last night in
cludes the fullotwng names: (1. H.
McCullougli, Charles II, Peters,
Mugcnc Lorton, J. W. Sloan, W. a.
Kkclly, H. F. Wilcox, L. 11. .. Aaron
son, D, K, Mason, C. S. Avery and
Alva J. Nlles, Thomas Chuslnul, T.
J. Hartman, Public Service company,
F. L. Townsend, Fred S, Clinton. (!.
J. Kmlth. T. O. Cromlli, M. J. Olasa,
C W. Day, F. M. Uodolph, Jameii
I H. Gardner, John It, lladley. It. P.
Brewer. P. J, Hurley, J. K. Crosbli,
' Ji M. Perry, II. F. Amller, Maud 11.
Ilarrett, I). Venrol, C. If. Terwllllger,
H. L. filnndevcn, A. K. Lewis, James
n. wimp, Henry tines, a. u Farm
er, Pure Oil company, O. P. & It.
Corp., J. M. alllelto, Simon Jnn
kowsky, W. L. Klstler. C. A. Mayo
and John 1). Mayo. Most of these
attended tlm dinner.
Hugeno Ioiion, publisher of The
world, acted lis toastmaster. Ho
i ''V .V.i i ""'-'' ' ,ulu V' .
stockholders In tho hotel nrojtct
might get together and discuss the
undeititklng Intimately. As an
nounced in tho Invitations, no
stock was offered for salo during
fr after tho dinner.
Lorton and other speakers de
clared Tulsa's greatest need next
to that of n pure water supply Is u
hotel such as tho Mnyo, The water
problem Is on tho road to solution,
so It Is now 'squarely up to tho city
to meet tho second need by lending
Its moral and financial support to
tho Mayo's in their undertaking,
they Insisted.
Important ns Water Supply.
Romo even contended tho now
hotel is fully as Important to
Tulsa's future as a' water supply,
explaining thnt It will by Itself
bring liero a substantial Increase In
population.
Ijortnn was Introduced by Doug
las as "ono man who has been with
us nil tho way through this hotel
proposition,"
With tlfe Spavlnaw project out of
the way so far as providing funds
for Its construction Is concerned,
Tulsa's greatest need Is n largo ho
tel, Lorton stntcd. Numerous lintel
promotions havo been stalled by In
dividuals and companies, but not
until tho Mnyo brothers got behind
the hotel problem has a solution
been sure, ho said. Ho commended
tho Mayo's highly for tho pro
.. .. i . . . i . . . i ..... .. , . . . , . .
KiiTPivi-iivm ill'- iiuvu mivimy ii in- ,
played and tho faith they hnvn
manifested In Tulsa, and expressed I
complete confidence In their ability ,
to fill tho cltys need for u holul
satisfactorily to every stockholder.
To Stimulate) IIiisIiii'sm (,'i'iirnill j .
"fivery mnn who Invests his mon
ey In tho Hotel Mnyo will get It
back with Inteiest." Chas. II. Peters,
president of tho Chamber of Com
merce, advised. Tho stock In this
project bears 7 per cent interest.
Peters explained also tho stimulat
ing effect of this project In tho city
In general will bo far reaching.
"There Is .a continual demand for
Improved hotel service by the pub
He," John It. lladley pointed out.
"Furthermore, thrrn nio moro con
ventions and meetings held hero
than there wero 10 yenrs ago. These
conventions necessitate moro and
better hotels. Tulsa's present hotels
CONTlNUKI) ON PAllU KIKTHKN.
March 26 and tho body was taken
In charge by a negro undertaker.
When relatives camo fiom a
neighboring city to claim tho
body, tho undertaker refu'd to
relinquish It until tho undertaker'H
fees wero puld, Including a fco for
embalming.
Tho relatives appealed to tho
court for possession and through
attorneys took tho body into cus
tody under writ of sequestration,
Under tho terras of (ho replevin
TO GUARD
A T STILL WA
DURING GORDON TRIAL
Sheriff Fcnr "Somclhinp; Un
seemly Might Happen"
nncl Tnkcs Precautions.
County Attorney bnys Mrtto
Will Produce Eye Witness
es to Cntnptis Tragedy.
STILt.WATUIt, May 12 Six
armed deputies will be .stationed
In the district courtroom here to
morrow morning when Marl li.
Gordon, government student at
Oklahoma A. and M. college, H
given n preliminary hearing on n
charge of murder In connection
with the staying of llerkhani
Cobb, nnolher student. This nn
noimeemeiit wan imido tonight by .
Sheriff O. It. Lllley.
"I a in putting the deputies there
to prevent any possible demons! ra
tion," wild tho sheriff. "Although
I do nut expect any trouble, I
han had an Intimation Hint some
thing Unseemly Is possible,
"Tlm deputies may be an Un
necessary proi-mitloii, but iinyono
who ontorM with a bulging pocket
will bo si'iirrhed. If I find ono
gun I'll search tho whole court
room." Sliciirf Lllley did not say from
what source there was a poiiil
blllty of trouble.
Stnlo Has lljv WIIiichmcs.
"The stnto will producer, at lenst
two eye wltnewes to the shooting
last Tuesday, who havo not been
quoted In uoutiimpcr reports, ami
who will give material testimony
which will show It was a case of
murder," John Vatighnn, county
attorney, mid tonight.
C. O. Siim.in, former county at
torney, leprosonllng tho widow of
tho slain stuilnnt in tho prosecu
tion, h.i lil ho believed tho hearing
would bring out stnilllng details,
of tlm Insult Mrs. Cobb cIiiIioh
Gordon affeted her. Mrs, Cobb
tins said that she told her hus
band of tlu alleged Insult anil Ihut
he purchased u revolver to forco
Gordon to comu to bur and npolo
glze. On the other hand, Gordon, In
a statement through his attorney,
declared that Cobb wan trying to
lead him outside the city with tho
intention of killing him and that
Cobb started to draw bin revolver,
when ho (Gordon) pulled his re
volver mid shot Cobb to death,
.Mrs. Coljji HegaliiK CiiuiM)'.iiri.
"I do not expect anything en
satlonal to develop tomorrow,"
Ilrown Moore, attorney for Gor
don, wild. "It Is a clenr.cut caso
of self-defenso and wo will
rnvei II."
Mts. Cobb, who has been In a
prostrate condition slnco tho slay
ing of her husband, seemed more
enmpofled today. Mm Is suhpno
naeil to testify tomorrow at the
preliminary. Mi. Cobb expects
iu luiivi oiuni.-iy ior liirmiiigtiam,
Ala., with tho body of her nun
baud. K. L, MrlJrlde. federal co-nrill-nator
at the sehbol, today was ad
vised thnt tho government would
stand Iho expense of sending
Lolibs body to his homo nt illr
ulngham a ho wan not on duty
ut tho tlmo of his death,
floodTneWessee
Cloudburst Iiiiiiiilnlis purls of city
of HrlMol nn Virginia ,lne!
Jti-slilriilH (Jolt llojni-x.
HHIKTOL. Vn.,-Tonii May 12.
7lcaver creek overflowed Its banks
early tonight as tho result of u
cloudburst between hero and Abing
don, Vu soon after 8 o'clock, tho
water was running down novcrnl
streets In tlm buslncwi section whllo
tho city hall - was surrounded by
water. Itcports from Wyndale, Vn.,
however, said the creek 'was falling
them and It was believed tho wator
would not mount much higher hero.
As tho water roso rapidly In tho
streets, merchants removed their
goods from stons whll, twill,.,. ,.l,f
firemen roped off tho flooded area.
.mioro street was under water one
foot In places while residents of
James Itow wero foicd to quit their
homes,
EXCHANGE CLUB BANQUETS
Are niilhunil Oee-r Coming Cam.
palgn for .Mine) Dunking llimlne-ss.'
Dxiiiango club members ,,r,j )
set for the campaign which they will
begin next week In behalf of the
two banking institutions In which
they aro' employed, tho Mxcliango
National mnk and tho Kxchango
Trust company, It was evident nt a
prit-r.impalgii banquet Friday eve
ning In L'd Woods cafe. There wore
1.10 people there, Impatient to go
and bubbling with enthusiasm for
the plans In general and determined
Individually to win somo of the
prizes,
A ten weeks' campulgn on tho part
of employes to secure now business
for tho two Institutions will open
Monday. Lobbies will bo brilliant
with flowers and tho blackboards
upon which results aro to bo record
ed day by day
bond, it wan necewxary that tho
corpse be produced In court.
The trial of tho casii took two
hours. When ono uttorncy was In
tho midst of a plea, tho supposed
corpse arose to a sitting posture.
In tho scramble that followed,
ftpectatorrt employed tho windows
as a means of escape.
Court was summarily adjourned
but later Judgo Christian rendered
a vordlct for tho plaintiff. Tho
practical joker )iad scored agulii,
COURTROOM'n - M METEOR
TER TODA Y
$2,500 Per Month
Ih New Allowance
For Richest Indian
lly I Im A. I.,l,,,l I'ii-h Btnla Wlrs,
I'kMI I.UKK. May 12.- Tho
allowinui' of Jai-kson Harnett,
ibiiest Creelt Indian, was In
n eased to 2 500 a month today
by Judge Hugh .Murphy of the
Okmulgee county eourt, nn In
otense of ft, sou a month.
Harnett's total monthly Income,
It was shown by files or the de
partment of the Intel lor preeint
ed a" evidence bv Harold Me
GiikIii of Coffey Hie, nttiirncv for
.Mis. Ilainelt, In r,,ll00 a munth.
llnriiett asked IH.KOO.
Harnett Is paying I100 a mould
for a douse i ih ntly bought in
Muskogee, It was brought out,
but no other reason was given
for the Increase However, ('nil
Oilornelt. giiaidbin of the
wealthy Inrnmpctciit, said that
the lidded nlloKuneo would not
touch hii principal nnd would
not eiitheily use the monthly In
come, and there was no reason
for refusing to nllow a million
alro to spend as minii of Ids In
come as seemed proper.
12,000 WOMEN ARE
W0RLDS GUESTS
Mrs. Chase Heard by That
JN umber m Five-Day
Short Course Here
ADS BUSINESS NEWS
Shop Through tho Newspap
ers, Demonstrator Says;
How to Make Cakes '
The World's Hotter Homes F.x
poii.tlon and Cooking Uchool Is nor
i lie last cake Is frosted, tho last
steak "pl'inkcd, the last biscuit
baked, tho last cup of coffee mado,
the demonstrations havo become
hlsloty, but the things that Mrs.
Floronco Austin Chnso, lecturer,
taught will soon have, become part
of every household whoso honu
maker heard her this week.
I he fifth nni) last day of the
coiiico of lectures given by tho fa-
moi.s ilmnnsttii(or for The World
brought to ronvcnllnn hull tho big
gest crowd of tho week. Women
began coming long licf'oro 1 o'clock
and by 2 o'clock tho gorgeously ihic
orated hall was filled with listeners
Jntcnt upon getting out of Iho Inst
of tho lecture tho very most that
was In It for them.
They We'lit i:cry Day.
Twelve thousand women attend
ed the exposition und food show dur
ing nu, nvn days that Mrs. Chaso
was dure. Day after day tho im
mense hall was virtually filled! the
women who went tho first day ui
turned Iho next and tho next and
tho noxt. To hear Mrs. Chase once
was to want to hear her again; In
deed, It s"cmed an Impcrntlvo do
mestic necessity that thoy hear her.
Her clear-cut declslvo way of set
ting forth fads, whether they be
relative) to homo furnishing or to
dish washing or to plo mnklng nnd
her rich fund of niithorltntlvo Infor
mation In ynnnl to these things
mado her work hero of real and In-
esllmiiblo valuo to the women of
I ulna and made tho eflnrls of The
World unit co-operating busbies
men In bringing hern hero essen
tially worth while.
Kvery dny after her lecture hun
dreds of women poured onto the
stngo to qncs'lon Mrs. Chnse, to see
her pies, or rakes or meats or bis
cuits at closo range, In exiimlno the
model apartment minutely. Yes
terday, after the lecture, Mis. Chase.
rnim and smiling and unruffled.
stooit at ncr tamo in tno midst or a
dense crowd of Interested women
and while she Iced the cako that
sho had linked for them a short
while before, answered scores and
scores of questions. Thu written
questions, by tho way, havo been n
big fcnlurii of tho exposition. Mrs.
Chnso has taken them up nt each
session and so far us was possible
omitting only those thut would on
tall repetition of Information al-
rONTINUKI) OV PAC1R TltUITURN
WORLD
RESORT BUREAU
OPENS TODAY
In tho lobby of tho World offlco
you will find a largo supply of
all kinds of summer resort and
travel lltorature. The World
Invites you to make uso of this
frco service when planning your
summer vacation.
Also don't fall to rend tho
Itesort Pago appearing every
Sunday as a regular featuro In
Tho World. This pago will glvo
you many helpful suggestions as
to wbero to go.
I'll KB VACATION
LITUKATUIIE
ROCKS VIRGINIA,
LIGHTS HEAVENS
Tears Immense Hole in
tho Ground, Carrying
Trees in With 'it
SHOCK FELT 100 MILES
Windows Baltic and Houses
Arc Shaken Thnt Far
From Where It Fell
SCIENTISTS RUSH TO SCENE
But Parly Is Not Yet Heard
From; Heavens Illumi
nated by Brilliant Glare
.N'OUFOLlf, Vn.. My 12. Tlm
shock of a 20-ton mi'lenr. wl.(,.ii
Clashed to Iho ground In no Isn.
lated spot In Nottomay count v. 12
miles northwest of Hlackstono lato
List night, was felt for a radius of
more than ono hundred miles whlto
Iho brilliant glarn of tho Incandes
cent body lllitmlnnted the hen Venn
over southern Virginia and section
of North Carolina.
The Irnll of light, as the mcleor
fell In a slow curve frdm the zenith
in an nngio of nbout 43 degrees,
was visible In this cltv. Richmond
and nt points nloug tho Jnmcs river,
creating grent excitement.
Tho meteor, comnosed of n. mo.
Inlllc substance, crashed Into u grove
of oak trees with on area "or E0O
square feet and burying several
trees with It. Ftnmen Immediately
shot up which were visible for many
miles when trees caught fire.
A party of scientists nnd nowspa
per men immediately started for
the scene, but :iio results of their
Investigation were not known to
night, as tho phico Is Isolated and
telephone) communication was un
available. Tho shock of the fall was felt at
Ijiwrcitcvllle, Petersburg, Chas.)
City ond other points. At lwrenco
vlllc, 100 Iniles west pf here, win
dows were rattled and houses
shaken, while nt Chnso City, similar
effects were noted. Autoinobllisls
on tlm rondways In Mecklenburg1
county snld it seemed as though
their enr had caught fire, so great
win the illumination.
In Norfolk the meteor nppearcd
ns to be about half tho diameter of
the. full moon and much llko
street nro light, TIs tall, or orango
brilliance, with n sharp blun flamo
fading out nt the extreme end, ap
parently was nbout 10 or 12 times
as long und fully os broad ns thu
body.
In Itlchmond n streak of light was
noticed before tho ball of flru wa
seen swirling through spneo to hrt
followed by tho reverberations Of
an explosion, Tho entire south
eastern skies wero illuminated as it
by n flash uf lightning and a burst
of flame.
GANDHI'S SON IS PHISONKIt
With Older Knst Indian lenders
Held for llrltlsli Investigation.
HOMDAV, May 12.-Dowada
Gandhi, son of Mohammdask Gand
hi, thu nnn-co-operallotilst leader
now serving a prison sentence., has
been arrested at Alluhabad, It was
learned hero today. Pundit Ha
madhanl. president of tho All-In
dia congress committee, and Hardol
i noteiai itshlram, secretary of tho
Indoro congress committee, also
wero arrested.
ADMITS SLAYING HIS SIOTHUlt
.MNI-Iiil Youth Si'iiti'iifcd to Ufci
HAZKLIIL'ilST, Miss., May 12.
Milton Drury, 24, placed on trial
hero today on n chargo of having
killed his mother. Mrs. Ada Drurv
Converse, formerly of Wichita Falls,
Texas, whoso charred body was
found on a lonely toad near hero
last February, pleaded guilty lata
today and wns sentenced to Ufa Im
prisonment.
WOUNDS PROWLER
TO PROJECT WIFE
Ft. Worth Packing Plant
Manager Held for As- '
sault on Solicitor
FOHT WOllTH. Texos. May 12.
W, C Hummers, general manager
of the Armour packing plant here,
wns charged with assault to murder
nnd mado nn appearance bund In
tho sum of 1, SOU In connection
with tho shooting of Itlchard Allen,
newspaper agent, nt tho Summers
home iu Arlington Heights, fash
lonnblo resident dlstilct, hero to
night. Summer;, alleged that Allen
opened tho door leading to tho bed
room of his wifo and that he shot
him upon being attracted by thu
nolso Allen mado In attempting to
force an entrunce to the home.
Allen is In a serious condition In
a local hospital.
THE WEATHER
TULSA. May 15 Maximum 79, mini
mum t. nuiih wind dear.
OKLAHOMA -HMunlay ami Sunday
ie ni'rsby lair, til cwhat warmer.
KANSAS -amr ly (air Haluntay and
Sunday not mil cIijiikq In tmnperatuio.
six mi; j . M'Ctl.NK
funeral illrrctors. 120 B. ISeuldtr. Phon
O. l5:i.K0S, Ambulaac asrvlea. JL&rU
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