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OKLAHOMA'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER; RELIABILITY CHARACTER ENTERPRISE AVKKAQE SWORN NET PAID CIRCULATION NOVKMDEK FINAL EDITION DAILY SUNDAY 40,107 45,107 VOL. XVII, NO. 83 TULSA, OKLAHOMA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1922 IS PAGES PRICE 5 CENTS THE MORNING Ut REYNOLDS THINK Receiver Substantiates Broker's Claim That Firm Is Solvent MAY RESUME TRADE Believes That With Co-operation of Creditors, Firm Can Continue Business FAILURE HIT 'THE STREET' New York Times Cites Effect of Houston-Fible Crash on Stock Exchange 11 the Aeeoelatea Pre. KANSAS CITl', Dec. 22. An audit of tho Individual accounts of Hous ton, Fiblo & Co., brokers, (suspended from tho New York Stock exchange Monday, will ba completed by Sun day morning, J. W. Perry, chair man ot a committee of tho firm's creditors, nnnounccd tonight. A dof inlto plan governing tho future of the company may bo made public at that time, ho asserted. Tho receipt Here tonay 01 a uc ui unsold securities romalnlng In the hands ot New York correspondents j ot tho firm makes possible tho com- pllatlon' of n balanco sheet showing j me nnanciai status ui me umimoi Mr. Perry said. f - Mr. Porry asserted that a plan lias been formulated with regard to the company, but that the creditors committee was not at liberty to re veal It until the actual financial con dition ot the firm Is known. No es timate of the amount of securities In tho possession of New York firms had been made, ho ald. "An effort Is being mado by the creditors' committee," Perry de clared, "to provent the necessity of passing this caso through tho bank ruptcy courts." Special to The World. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 22. Thomas II. Reynolds, receiver for Houston, Fiblo & Co., issued tho following statement this afternoon: "Our auditing forco lias just given mo Ftatemcnts from the books which have not been totaled as yet and it la Imposslblo to make a complete statement until tho value of securi ties involved in each account is defi nitely determined. However, I am informed by tho New York broker age houses that tho Indebtedness ot tho firm to them has been fully paid and ono of them has J11.000 In cash and about $500,000 worth of securities bolonglng to the firm. The other one has conic $30,000 In cash and securities amounting to $3,000, 000. "Yesterday, with a committee of creditors, I checked over the se curities in the safety deposit boxes hero and found them exactly as list ed, their vnluo at present market prices being $1,385,000. Tho value of tho memberships In tho different exchanges la conservatively piacea at $130,000. Tho bank balances when X took charge amounted to over $202,000. I havo not ns yet had tlmo to go through nil of tho boxes In tho vault or to list tho Lib erty bonds belonging to the firm, but vrlli do this as soon as possible. In the safety deposit boxos we also checked tho packages marked 'for eafo keeping' and they tally exactly wnn mo list. "I think Mr. Houston's statement that 80 per cent could be paid with la a very short time Is a vory con fervatlve statement, considering the Character nn,1 nmnnnt nf ns.ets. There Is no occasion for proceedings In bankruptcy, as the rights of ,'verybody will bo protected by tho court fully and Iho nssets can he wuch more promptly and effectively handled under the orders of court In the equity case. "It Is most unfortunate that there Jfss a temporary suspension of business, as I am confident that with the co-onoratlon of creditors tho CONTINUED ON VACtU TEN Nurse Gels Life Sentence. . CIWINWATI. Ohio. Dec. 22. f'lss Klla Keegan, 36 years old, a trained nurse, was today found gull, ty of second degree murder and sen tenced to life imprisonment for the filling of her aunt. Miss Theresa Keegan, 68, on October 27 last. Mis." -egan hnd pleaded guilty to a gen '51 charge ot murder, and request '1 the court to decide the degreo of hrgullt. More Shopping Day Until Christmas Help Fight Buy Seals lTr. 'cke NOW "eturelir Wrlte rtalnlr 1 Sale of Choctaw County Bonds Is Called Fraudulent Suit for Double Amount Filed Say Construction of Roads Was Conspiracy HUOO, Dec. 22 Suit to colloct JG30.000, twlco tho amount of a Choctaw county road bond Issue, alleged to have been sold under par, has been filed In district court hero by County Attornoy Elect M. SV. Gross on behalf of tho state of Oklahoma, Tho First National bank of Oklahoma City, the Mann Con struction company of Oklahoma City. J. 13. Davis and S. 1 Nelson, present Choctaw county commls bioners, and C5. A. Marshall, for mer county commissioner, are mailo defendants. Tho action Is the outgrowth of charges mado by the nttorney elect during his campaign, dross alleged that Choctaw county's 1315,000 road bond Issue was sold by tho commissioners on February 21, 1821, to tho First National bank of Oklahoma City for ?45 000 loss than par. The petition alleges that tho defendants entered into a con spiracy to sell the bonds for less than par and that following the salo the commissioners contracted with the Mann Construction com pany to build roads at an "ex orbitant figure" In order tn rover up tho sale for less than par. MASS MEETING BRANDEDJDIOTIC Directors of Chamber Say- School Board Row Uncalled for CALLED PERNICIOUS Urge Civic Bodies to Con demn Leaders as Busy bodies TnoBiinv'n mass meeting nt tho high school with a proopsed audit as ,the bono of contention was branded by A. L. Farmer at the weekly meeting of directors ot tho Chamber of Commerce at Hotel Tulsa Friday noon aa an "uncalled for, grotesque and Idiotic" gathering caused by "a few. dlsgruntod, mis guided persons" who aro trying to cajolo tho board ot education Into giving thorn remunerative positions. John It. Hadley suggested that all civic organizations and churches should pass resolutions condemning "tho leader of that gang of meddling busybodles. It was assumed by those attending tho directors meet ing that they be reforrod to Rev. Page ot West Tulsa who acted as spokesman for the pro-audit faction nt Tuesday's meeting, and who ap parently lumped from obscurity Into tho limelight at that time. Farmer, Hadley, L. E. Abbott and others contended ho anti-school board agitation was started "only to satisfy the pernicious curiosity of a few persons," and that well meaning men and women had been induced to join tho movement under misrep resentation. Discussion Closed. The discussion closed with the passage of a motion by Alt. 0. Reg gem that the Chamber of Commerce recommend to the board of educa tion an audit covering five years from 1918 tp 1923. No preference was expressed concerning tho audit ing firm that should bo cmployod. "Members of the board have ex ABnn,4 n.mtnfnaec flVfin a desire 1't tain.u (. " o -I - for such an audit," Heggom pro ceeded his motion. "I do not think it should go back any further, and that It should bo mado only to chocW tho quarterly and annual audita that havo been made for a number of years. In making my motion I want It understood I do not question tho board's Integrity, for its members aro business men who give freely of their time and oven neglect their own interests for Tulsa's best wel fare. No good or no evil will come from such an audit." Farmer has previously advised di rectors that ho held a conversation Friday morning with W. A. Marquis, president of the board of education, in which Marquis stated If business men considered an audit necessary, it would bo ordered, oven at a cost "'"'"improbable this audit will. If made, show tho bpard ot education had made mistakes." I.. E. Abbott observed. "Hut tho only men who do not make mistakes are dead. I know In our business wo make mis takes mnny,of them costly but we do not seem to avoid them no mat ter how hard wo try.- Tulsa a school system Is a big business and I doubt if any body of men could bo selected to control It who would not make their mistakes. All of Audit. "However, wo should not dwell on the mistake. No single port of on audit should, be considered by Itself but In lis relation to the complete document. At Tuesday's meet ng we saw a man read a letter which he represented was a part of the Main waring audit when In fact it was a liter cnt to the auditors anony CONTINUED ON rACJB TWO WALLY M are: 0LLYW00 0 SINS IF HE RECOVER Wife Says Movie Star May "Make Clean Breast of Everything" Later REID LONG SUSPECTED Shadowed for Years by Nar cotic Agents; Barely Es capes Arrest on 2 Occasions PEDDLER SUSPECTS CAUGHT Package of "Hop" Needles and Book With Name of "Wally" and Many Others Found I.OS ANGHI..ES, Dec. 22. While "Wally" Held, dopc-shattored movie star Is fighting tho crisis, nnrcotlc agents aro trying to locate tho man who is alleged to have supplied him With drugs. This man Is said to bo a moving picture actor, though not a star, and may bo arrested as soon aa tho fed eral agents havo learned his present abiding place. His name is being held secret, but it Is known that tho man was arrest ed a short time ago and was released through tho pressuro ot certain movlo cliques. Quarry Often Shadowed. It ! declared tho agents were try ing to trap Held through this man, that they had shadowed tholr quarry on a number of occasions, that they knew where iind when ho waa to meet tho movlo star, and that they planned to arrest both peddlor and client at the rendezvous. Held, however. learned ot tholr trap and did not appear to moot tho peddler. Tho latter was tnrown inio Jail charged with having narcotics In his possession. Ho threatened to talk if he wcro not released, and tho movlo clique got buy. Wdlly "may mako a clean breast of everything" If ho fully recovers, according to Interviews given out by his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Davcnport Reld, today. Was Going to Confess. Ho mny. according to tho Inter viewers, tell all about tho dope traf fic In Hollywood, all about tho ruin It has accomplished, tho big stars and tho extra girls it lias smasnea, tho money It has made. Indeed, they way, had It not been for the "under publicity" given Wal ly by rival newspapers the screen luminary would havo mado a vol untary confession to nil tho news papers of tho Unltod States. Ho was going to Issue a frank statement of what "hop" had dono to him: what it had dono to others. and then mako a manly request of tho American public to reinstate him. Ho-rcallzed tho sympathetic Inter vlowors admit, that people all over the country wero whispering his name in connection with various drucs. And It hurt Him. He be lloved the confession ho intended to make would accomplish great good and would stop those whispering tongues. Warrant Issued Two Yen I Ago. The Interviewers did not say Held realized that narcotic agents had been watching him for years, that a warrant for Hcld's arrest wns Issued two years ago, a warrant charging him with having narcotics in his possession, and that only tho pleaa trig of a number of tho biggest men in Los Angeles, Including city of- flclals nnd moving picture magnate!, averted his d sgrace. Nor do they mention his realiza tion of how narrowly ho escaped ar rest in San Francisco two years ago. Tho Incident occurred a few weeks before tho "Fatty" Arbucklo party, Held and a companion stood at a window In the St. Francis hotel and threw ckeh at the pedestrians below, A girl wn-j hit by ono of the missies. Held was nsked to leavo tho hotel. There was sor.io talk of getting out a warrant but the genial Wally was out or harm s way. I.OS A.NGKLUS, Dec, 22. Three members of a dope ring," believed by pollco to bo ono of tho most ac live In houthern Callfodnla In dls. trlbutlng narcotics, wore npprc. hended today by tho chanco finding of a notebook with a package of "hon" betweon the book fly leaves. In a search of tho trio's rooma In South Grand avenuo tho pollco said they discovered a quantity of nar colics and a notebook containing tho names of numerous prominent people, among which was that of Wallace Held and his Delongcpre street nddress. Held Is now recover Ins from a three months' Illness raid to be the result of breaking himself of the habit of using liquor und narcotics. Tho other names wero not irlven out bv tho nollce. Tho men, who aro charged with violating the state poison laws, are: CONTINUED ON l'AUE FIFTEEN THE WEATHER TULSA, Dee J! JUilmum, 6Sj mini mum. 2t. anuth winrii. clear. OKLAHOMA Saturday mi a Eunilay fair, lulls change la temperature, Home buyer are eafeet when tltlee arc guaranteed ana dealt cloaed by Title Guarantee b Truit Co. AdvcrtUemenU Child Is Lost in Posioffice; Gets , Into Mail Pouch i i Left in Basket by Mother, Baby Finds Way Into Out going Mail CLEVBLAND, Ohio, Doc. 22. Amid Iho huitlo and bustlo of a largo crowd of Chrlstmnn shoppers In tho main postoffico today enmo thn cries of a mother for her lowt infant. While tho mothor was address ing Christmas packages at a. tnbln la tho lobby sho placed tho child In a market basket, which sho placed under tho table. Her pack ago ready to bo mailed, who looked for the baby. It had disappeared. Tho basket, with Its contontM had been picked up by a postoffico omployo and thrown into a mall sack. Cries from tho child ns tho sack wan about to bo placed on a mall truck led to Its discovery. The woman refused to divulge her Identity. SLEUTH CAPTURES EXPRESS FORGERS Engraver and rwo Con federates Arrested After Full Year's Search PASS EXPRESS NOTES When Caught, "Brains" of Gang Was Comparing False With Traveler's Cheque Ily th ABinclatca rre, ' ASUUHY l'AUK, Dec. 22. A long search by federal agents and private dctoctlve.1 for counterfeiters who have been flooding tho country with forged American Hallway Kxpress money order has been ended with tho arrest Jn Freehold of Giles' M. Haney, an ongraver and tho nrrestB In Now Orleans of James Watson and Walter 11. Nolan, it was dis closed today. Started In Now York. Tho trail ot tho allcgod counter feiters wns struck In New York last November when a bank toller, changing his accounts, noticed some thing wrong with tho texture of ono of tho checks which ho had enshed. An alarm waa Immediately sent out and investigation showed that $800 worth of bogus paper already had been passed in Now York. Evory bank, railroad ticket office and ox press office in tho country then was notified to be on tho outlook for the counterfeiters. A short tlmo later Dc-teUlse Davenport received a mys terious tip that tho counterfeits were being mado In Asbury Park by Haney. Ho trailed tho man to a small printing shop here, whore, the detective says, ho found him com paring Rome of tho bogus checks with authentic paper. Haney was arrested. Ho is alleged to have been tho brains of tho plot and Is declared by tho authorities to havo boon a member of a gang ot postage stamp counterfeiters several of whom wero captured at AVest Allenhurst last year. Ho lias scrvod tlmo In tho federal penitentiary at. Atlanta and Onlves ton. Detective Davenport said. Ranoy, who is said to be a New Yorker, was arrested several .days ago. Ills capture uas kopt secret, however, until tho olher alleged plotters wero taken Into custody, Tlicy Flooded Country. County Detcctlvo Davenport who arrested Itanoy said the activities of CONTINUED ON I'AOU TWO BELATED GIFTS TO EMPTY STOCKING Fund Late Last Night Totaled $2,2(S With More Arriving Bolated contributions to Tho World's Empty Stocking fund ltopt on arriving Friday and wero at onco turned ovor to the humane society for transmission into canned goods, meat, cranberries, fresh vegetables, toys and other things which will be more than acceptable In poor homes on Christmas day. Along with ono check camo several hundred tccny weony dolls, bright-colored balls and pink and white baby playthings, which will bo apportioned among tho Christmas baskets. Tho fund todny: previously reported $2,158.48 O. W. Ilrown 2.00 Delta Lodge No. 4 2 J' A. F. nnd A. M... 25.00 Jlobert Griffith ... S.00 Mrs. II. 11. Wlllett... 2.50 Mrs. Flora Cook... 2.00 Nichols Hdw. Co. . . . 10.00 Frod T. Haddock... 5.00 City Veterinary Hosp. 10.00 Quality Icq Cream Co 10.00 Related contribution 14.00 S. J. McUee Co 25.00 110-50 ToUl to data $2,288.98 JIFTSi'0ll J1KN Holmes Clothes ahop. Aawtleement EUROPE ABANDONS ON BEBTTOZLES French-English Officials and Press Discount Re ports From America THEIR VIEW JUSTIFIED State Department Spokesmen Reiterate "Nothing Defi nite Yet," Declaration , 'HUMBUG SAYS P0INCARE French Premier Says Report of U. S. Participation in Europe's Affairs "Bunk" By the AmocUUJ Trees. WASHINGTON, Dec. 22. Dcsptlo what progress may havo been mado toward extending American aid In compoEing tho reparations disagree ment In Europe, there was evidence here todny that much remains to bo dono before all tho Interested ele ments cm be brought Into agree ment. Theru Is no osiuranco so far that France, whose Interest In tho reparations settlement Is a 'ery di rect one, will find It possible to agree to appeal for an American commis sion to survey German economic condltlonn and fix a basis by which a new rcparatioiiH program might bo fra inert. At the stnto dopartincnt again to day a sharp deniarkatlon wns laid down between tho actlvltloa of American and other Industrial lead ers on tho ono hand and tho official Dositlon of tho government on tho other. Theru 'was no clear-cut denial, however," that tho wholu proposition of an American commis sion had been talked ovor by Sec retary Hughes with outstanding rep resentatives of industry in tno United States and abroad, or that thoso with whom ho conferred had gained distinct conviction that the commission plan would meet with satisfaction here. (Copyright, 19J5. by International Ifews ' Service.) PARIS, Dec. 22. Premier Itny mond 1'olncnro of France, cenlrul figure in tho German reparations negotiations, tola International Nows Servlco today ho believed that re ports of posslblo American Inter centlon In tho reparations situation aro false. Ho believes that Ameri can Isolation Will fdand Intact. Thin was tho first formal state ment from tho French premier slnco reports became current that Amer ica may take a hand In attempting to solve th Indemnity taiiglo through mediation. "Humbug" Ho Ilcllcvcn. "Tho arbitration rumors aro evi dently humbug," declared M. Poln cate. "Tho French government has not receive,! any Information which would indlcato that tho United Statea contemplates making an offer of mediation. "Tho reports of posslblo American participation evidently 'wcro made In Germany.' Information In posses, slon of tho French Indicated that America la sympathetic towards tho French viewpoint and belloves that Germany should ho compelled to pay France." French officials rtrclaro that the United Rtatts hao fixed Ideas upon European affairs which would make her a prejudiced umpire If sho of fered to arbitrate In tho reparations muddle. They hlngo this accusation Upon tho following thrco develop ments; 1. Falluro of tho American senate to ratify Hits treaty of Versailles, 2. Repudiation of tho throe-power (llrltlsh, Fronch nnd Amorlcan) treaty of alliance by tho United Spates. 3. Falluro of tho United States to give serious consideration to tho proposal for tho cancellation of tho allied v.a lebt. Tho Muilt" Reached. French officials deelaija that Franco has, already lost ho ninny right.! under tho treaty of Versailles Hint she "cn not bo expected now to surrender her right to take the nledees from Germany to Insure I payment of Indemnity." I It in understood here that If the Unltod S'ates really makes repre sentations to the allien asking for an opportunity to present an arbitration plan, Washington will bo requested to end', representatives to Paris next month when tho allied premiers will be In conference However, tho Fronch will oppose American arbi tration unless the Amorlcan offer to discuss both allied debt cancellations and Indemnity at tho samo tlmo. LONDON, Den. 22. Loading Rrit InIi newspaper today wnrned the pooplo not to pu munh credence In the report thnt an American com mission will attempt to mediate tho reparations crisis. A news agency regarded fts semi official circulated a British denial whllo most of the newspapers ridi culed It in editorial comment. Tho Dally Mnll charged that tho story Is "another Germany tt)-on". This newspaper Intimated tho re port originated In Germany sources. The Ilrltlsh public was warned by CONTINUED ON TAQB F1KTKKN' Handkerchief. Hoae, Tie. Holmee Clothee Shop. Adettleemyt. l Christmas Will Be a Bleak Day in Near East if Turks Remain Hostile to Europe Angora Delegates in Bad Temper for Two Dnyo; Would Compel Christians to Enter Turkish Army; Havo No Respect for League of Nations; Allies Disgusted By the Aneoclatcil Treee. LAUSANNE, Deo. 22. Christmas threatens to bu a stormy time nt the I.aus.nno near east conference Thursday was a bad day, today was worse. A temper, which did not Bcom to hnrtnoiilrii with tho usual spirit of tho yuletlde, pervaded to day's session of tho subcommlsslon on minorities. Efforts were mado to got Dr. Rl.a Nur Hey. tho second Turkish dele gate to ngreo to tho exemption of the Christian minorities In Turkoy from military service. Hilt ho refused tlatly und declined to glvo any reason for this declination. Rlza Nur Hey also refused to agreo to a provision for Iho preservation ot Chrlstinn cemeteries in Turkey. This caused much surprise nmong th other roriresentatlves. as tlin Turks ordinarily aro extremely care. ful to protect all cemeteries. Tho nllles Insisted upon considera tion ot tho clauso providing that tho Turks must respect tho work dono under tho league of nations In re covering and restoring to their faml lien Christian womon and children who wore seUed and Ialamlzcd by tho Turks boforo tho close ot tho PROPOSED PARLEY HOLDS SPOTLIGHT Senatorial Approval Fol lows in Walte of Plan Borah Advances ALL SIDES FAVORABLE Administration Leaders, Ke publican Irreconcilables, Democrats for Parley WASHINGTON, Dec. 22. Pro porala to launch tho Unltod States on a now bid for world leadership by the cnlllng of world conferences on armament and economics hold .tho spotlight In tho sonato 'today when tho naval appropriation bill camo up for consideration. llorah Plan Approved. Consldorablo senatorial approval followed In tho wnko of a proposal mado by Sonator lierah. republican, of Idaho leader of the "Irrcconcll ables" during tho league of nations fight, for an economic, conference to Htiggcat a remedy for stricken world commerce, with further limitations on aircraft and submarines. A sec ond proposul, for a new arms con ferencs only, waa a part of tho naval bill whllo Senator King, dem ocrat of Utah, auggested an even broader conference of all recognized nations on world problems. Senatorial leaders announced the ship subsidy bill would bo laid asltf today for debate on tho naval bill and tho proposed conferences. Thero was little hope of consideration ot thu measure would be resumed be fore tho new year as adjournment will be taken late todny until to morrow when aftor a nhort session, nNChrlrftmaa recess will bo takuii un til nefct Wednesday. Resumption of debate on the pro posed conferences, It was predicted, will occupy tho sonato tho remainder ot next week. This schedulo will not only delay action on tho ship sub sidy, but will provont consideration Of proposed farm credit legislation until tho now year. All Favor Parley Administration leaders, icpubllcan "Irreconcilables" nnd democratic spokesmen woro reported today an favoring tho proposal for a new arms conference. Borah's suggestion for Including! world economics In tho proposed conference also met with somo fa vor. Sonator Cappor, republican, of Kansns, leader of tho "farm bloc," Senator France, republican, of Maryland, and Senator King, a bit ter foo of tho four-power pact, wero among senators who Indorsed Ilorah's plan. "Tho Borah proposal Is a good thing." said Cappor. "It will pro vide one of the bst posslblo meth ods of sottllng tho economic troubles of tho world, I am In favor of it." Reprisals for Klnn Acta. FORT MADISON. Iowa. Dec. 2C Organization ot a nocret society hero cnlllng itself tho "Hlack Hats" and which Is formed for the purposo of "fighting tho Ku-IClux Klan by the klan's own method's" was reported In a letter received by a local news- j paper today. A man recently was organized at Fort Madison. Tho letter writer states that any nets of outlawry of which tho klan Is sus pected, will bo met with reprisals. Jury rinds Rocker Guilty, NEW YORK, Dec. 22. A Jury eany today convicted Abraham Hecker, a thauffsur of tho murder of his wife. Jennlo, whose llme-en-c-used bndy recently was found buried In tho automobile repair yards of Heckcr's friend, Reuben Nordkln. Dtth Robee, Tlee. Houee Coats. Clothee Bhop.Adtertlsement, Ilolmei great war. Tho Turks also declined to ngreo to this provision nnd the subcoinmlkslnn ended tho session Noomlngly with a fooling ot utter disgust at tho attitude ot Rlza Nur Hey. Tho Turkish delegation has re ceived instructions from Angora thnt no agreements nru to bo made at tho Lnusnnnn confeienco on eco nomical questions, which "ftro to He over for negotiation nt somo later time. This has created dissatisfaction among tho allies, especially thu Fronch, who aro anxious thnt eco nomic nur-stlim should bo settled at this conference. Control ot thn ntntlts still Is being considered in prtvnto sessions. Lord Curzon, M. Rarrcro, Hlgnor dl Oar ronl and ismet Pasha wero In con ference on this subject yesterday and again today, Tho representa tives ot thn threo great powers havo mado it cloar to Ismet that It they glvo tho special guarantees Turkey seeks to protect Constantinople from attack, Turkey In turn must glvo tho nllles Jurisdiction over tho straits and tho entire demilitarized zone. Ismet line this under conald .erntlon. FORD LAYS PLANS FOR VAST PLANTS His Program, Complete, Is to Rank as One of In dustrial Triumphs CREATING MORE JOBS Every Plant Will Be Built With Purpose of Providing Work for More Men It the Associated rreie. DETROIT, Deo. 32. Henry Ford's decision to construct a $6,000,000 plant near Chicago for tho building ot nutomohllo bodies and assembling of automobiles la only a stop In a gigantic program on the part of tho Ford Motor company "that will rank as one ot tho greatest Industrial de velopments the world has ever seen," It wa stated at tho Ford company offices hero today by persons In au thority. Creutlns Moro Jobs. "As long as Mr. Ford lives," It wau said, "this expansion program Is to go on. Tho fundamental Idea back of tho whole scheme is to create moro Jobs. As long as thero la a possibility of putting moro men to work tho Ford policy will be to build moro plants.'" It was pointed out that other de velopment projects havo been un dertaken recently by the Ford com pany, Including tho start of a great Industrial plant at New Orleans, a contemplated unit at St Louis and water power development at St. Paul. Mr. Ford has no idea of with drawing from Detroit, It was made clear. His Interests In thts city aro to bo tho hub of a great wheel of In dustry that he eventually hopos will cover many cities in tho country. His Plans Aro Gigantic. Asked how far tho Ford dovolop nient program might go, pr-rOiln in authority nt tho company offices replied: "Mr. Ford hlmsolf does not know. Ho does feol, however, that as fast as ho makes money he la morally bound to put thnt money back Into business, to p.ovldo more families with Incomes and to enhanc tho CONTINUED ON TAQH FIFTEEN Tule De.Hr World. Tulee, Okie, Dte Encloaed find (fhfk (Money Order) for which send me the Tulee, World by mall for one year as nr offer cbcclscd belowi $5.85 Daily and Sunday Regular Rate $0.00 $4.85 Daily Only Regular Rate 37.00 $1.95 Sunday Only Regular Hutu 3.00 ror UAH. Subiciiptlone Only In Oklahoma, Southern Kansas, Bouthwtit Mluourl and Weetern Arkansas, IM VICTIMS OF LOUISIANA MO AVE BE National Guardsmen As sist Detectives in Probe of Murder MAY ORDER ARRESTS Dynamite Blast in Lake, Di rected Against Diver's Work, Dislodge Two Bodies j MEN VANISHED IN AUGUST, Four Kidnaped by 35 Wearing K. K. K. Kegalia; 2 Seized Failed to Come Back M ICR ROUGE. La.. Dos. 22. Reli ntlvcti and friends lato today partial' ly identified tho bodies ot two wire. bound men cast up today by La: Fourcho ns Watt Daniels and Thom as Kichards, missing slnco Kldnnpet) by hooded men four mouths ago. I was rotiorted here tonlcht. Buoklet and bits ot clothing worn said to havo boon recognized by several wno viewed tho bodies. Tho coroner of Morchouso lato to. day turned tho bodies over to A, "E, Fnriand, chief investigator of tno ah, partmont of Justice, They wero brought here tonight under military guard to await tho nrrlvu. ofl a pa thologlKt from Now Orleans, enrouta hore, who will dotormlno whothor th men woro killed boforo being bound nnd thrown Into tho water or whctb or they woro thrown In alive and drowned. Tho coroner announced an Inquest will bo held hero. Fifty iddltloniO niombers ' of tho Monroe National guard, ordered out this morning to rc-enforco iho troops now hero, marched Into thin town tonight. A bunch of keys and a hack saw used to cut tho chain that held tha ferry at Eastern landing waa found on tho bank cf tho lake near whera the explosion occurred. Dopartmcnt of Justtco man declared tonight those will provo valuable clows In tractnu tho identity of tho mon blasting In tho lake last night. . aovornment agents declared that not les than a thousand pounds ol dynamite was used by tho mysteri ous visitors. Tho explosion waa de clared to have been tcrrlfia and houses in tho near-by vicinity woro rocked by the concussion. A larga part of tho bank wan blown away, Tho ovldent nurposo was to covet up the bodies at tho bottom ot tho ir.Ko as at tnat point tno uepm or Ana lake Is 60 feet, agoiitH wild, but In stead tho Jar released tho bodies from tho weight to which they wero attached nnd permitted them to rise to tno .surface. Dynamite Dislodged H wiles. Captain Cooper, in command ol guardsmen, here, verified reports that the two bodice had been found and attributed the discovery to the work of persons who last attempted to destroy the dorrlck from which tho diver was to start to work this mornlmr. Ho believed dynamite hod been fastened to tho mooring chain and net off and that this caused tho two bodies to come to tha sur face, Daniels and Richards disappeared tho night of August 24, nfter ton! citizens of Mer Rougo wero kid tiaped following a barbecue at Bas trop which Is near-by. Two of tin men vero badLv beaten and told to return to Mor Jtougc. Daniels nnd Richards never havo been keen slnco. Tho men who captured them num bered about 3T, and each woro ths familiar hooded costumo of the Ku Klux KUn. Roth men had prevl ourly received warnings. Jilan Members lilameu. Departmoit of Ju.itlee agents havo CONTINUED ON TAOB FHTKHN Last Call!! TTONIOHT. at midnight, the closing bell rings down on Tho Tulsu World's Annual Christmas Bargain Offer. Hurry! Mall your subscription TODAY UIOHT NOW! Savo 35. Kama R. F. D. .. . . .'.v. .Boi.vv. Postoffico