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A HOME PAPER All tha local new In lb Dally b ama. Latest world new by Lease TII2 v.zATi:rn Idti'gM lr. Hunday fair : colder la muI and south portUiuM, UmI Twnpwgsuf. ktailmum (7. Minimum 49 wira from the United Pratt elaUou. Vol. Twenty-three. Chicka&ha, Oklahoma, Saturday, December 30, 1922. Number 219 m E INTO STATE LIE WRIGHT J IPS AGNK GIT Ti HELP EDBBPE High Administration Official Bay Great Britain, Germany and Other Nations Hava Indi cated WHIIngnes, PROPOSAL MADE PUBLIC TO FORCE A SHOW DOWN Franca Haa Not Rejected Plan but Holding Uo Expression; Com mission Would Adjust Repar ations If Agreeable. IV A. L. nitADFOllI) (t'ulted Prcr St iff CorreMpoiident (Copyright. 1922, by 1'nltcd Pick) Wa'diidglon, I . :!.- France alone Is withholding aeroplane of AiidtI tun Intervention In l"iiroi". Croat Hrl'aln, (lermtmy Rid tiort ether natloni conrormJ. 't .i Unmed from a high udminlHtran-m t.fiiclal tol.iy, already litive In'ri :nal'y Indicated their willingness l.i accept the American proposal - mi li.lernut'onul ronmil-iilon of buun-Mt pii-n and, f'nnpelal expert i to r 'ci m-ni'-nd a Jii't and practicable revi sion of Ci'.!m.n reparation t Tha I'l.i'ed Kt.it" would bo rep resented on tbo commission. The unofficial revelation of Un American p'.an for brlngMg Europe out of It present economic chaos was made by President Harding here and Secretary of State Hughes In un address at New Haven last night to force a "showdown" as to whether the Vn 1 ted States can aid Europ. France has not rejected the pro posal, but for some time has been withholding Its attitude reeardlng It. Tired of waltliiK for the French, this government decided to force the Issue by making the proposal public, according to the administra tion officlul. It wail learnod that negotiations on the proposal have been carried on for nearly two months.: The American plan follows a con viction on the part of this govern nont that the reparations quesll-in nnist bo divorced from politics, 'f It Is to be settled. Another reason for (he proposal to have financial author ities recommend a reparations Bum :s that It planned that these authori ties In presenting their conclusions (bu also come forward with a project for a loan to Germany which Anitr Joan bankers stand ready to flo:ir, mid the word of these men will carry the weight of authority and confidence to the Investing worM. While It has not been finally de cided, President Harding at present does not contemplato calling the con ference or Commission of Inquiry to meet in Washington. It Is more probablo that It would meet some place In ' Europe, possibly Brussels or a neutral spot like The Hague. Also, It Is possible that some neu tral nations might be asked to par ticipate While France again Is apparently the stumbling block, it Is still hoped that she will accept the American proposal and it Is noted that Hughes raid at the conomsion of his speech: "I hope that the authorities may soon be fonnd for frank discussion and determination of what Is essen tially an economic problem." FULL TO flESIG POST, IS REPORT . (By The United Press.) Washington, Dec. 30. Secretary of the Interior Fall has decided to re sign from President' Harding's cabi net and will retire March 4, the Washington Post, regarded as well Informed on administration affairs, declared In a copyrighted I article puoiisneo. nere luuuy. Although , reports have been cur rent that Fall would resign, because of friction with President Harding and Secretary of Agriculture Wal lace over the proposal to transfer the forestry bureau to the depart ment of the vInterior, the Post de clared he Is leaving the cabinet to give more attention to business inter, 'ests. Fall's office would not com ment on the report today. PERRY PREDICTS BUILDING. Perry, Okla., Dee. 30. Good build ing prospects here are promised with the announcement that many struc trues wrll soon be under Construc tion t T.anrl has been secured here for the Ritn of a large refinery, by the Garber Refining company, and-other businesses are expected to follow with the new buildings. GIANT CHICAGO OFFICER RISKS LIFE IN RESCUE H Tni I'mtnl rw Chicago, 1K 30. Ten small children were rescued lit a ten ement fire early today by police Sergeant Charles Kill. The building, housing eight families, was enveloped In flame when Kits entered. A Blunt In ataturothe largest man on the Chicago force ho went from flat toiflnt gut'.ierlng the sleeping children under his arms. When he emerged bl clothing was afire and he was nearly exhausted, lmt ' he bad saved every child In the burning building. Only after all were suved did Kin turn In tbo firs alarm. . s HOSPITAL FAULT! Commander Owsley, American Legion to Investigate Statement of El Paso Post Chief That Building Dangerous. (fl The fnlW Tr.) Kl Paso, Texas, Dee. 31. InveMti- put ion will be started by the Ameri can legion, according to National Conimuudcr Alviu M. Owsley. Into charges made by It. . M. Mc'ierw, commander of tho local post. that a J60U.000 Infirmary for 1'nlted States war veteran completed In June at Fort Bayard. N. M., Is crumbling because of faulty plans. Mc'lrew, In an address at a func tion honoring Owsley, declared tbut 25(1 tubercular patients were ordered out of the hospital when "the walls cracked, the transoms were broken and the doors wedged tight." Efforts to bolster up the walls with giant timber failed, Mcflrew declared. He blame federal archi tects for weakness in the plans for the building. Treasury department Investlgatori are now enroute to Fort Bayard to Investigate conditions at the hospi tal, McUrew said. L PRISONERS FREE Eight Sentences Commuted by Hard ing; Men Must Leave Country Within 60 Days or Go to Jail, Says Order, (By Tlie United Pre.) Washington, Dec. 29. President Harding today commuted the sen tences of eight "political prisoners," Attorney - General Daugliorly an nounced. The eight political prisoners must leave the country within sixty days or they will be returned to prison, President Harding stipulated in his commutation of sentence, the de partment of Justice announced. The men are: Aurello V. Azuara, C. J. Bourg, Peter Green, Charles L. Lambert, Harry Lloyd, Burt Lorton, Sam Scar lett and Archie Sinclair. ' No home addresses were given. All were sentenced August 30, 1918, for violation of the" espionage act. Azaura was sentenced to twen ty years and a fine of $10,000 and costs; Bourg was sentenced to ten years and $30,000 and costs; Green, ten years and $20,000 and costs; Lambert, twenty years and $10,000 and costs; Lloyd, ' five years and ?2U,00 and costs; Lorton, ten years and $20,000 and costs; Scarlett, twenty years and $10,000 and costs; Sinclair, ten years and $30,000 and costs. , IIISSUICI OFFICERS STATE Declaring, after consulting with ol- ficers, that "it was a plain case of suicide," County Attorney Ben Goff this morning declined to call a cor oner's inquest over the body of J. L. Morris, C2, retired farmer, who died late last night at the home of his son, Will' Morris, 1312 South Twelfth street. About 11 o'clock last night, other occupants of the house were awak ened by groaning of the man. When a one-ounce bottle which had con tained chloroform was discovered near his bed, a physician was Imme diately summoned. Funeral services will be held Mon day afternoon at 4 o'clock in the Anderson chapel CHARGE SO TURN 0 F ROUT IT AS END OF YEAR Little Nick and Crump and Beard Only Well Threatening Today; South Area Booked for Second Completion. OPTIMISM EVIDENT AS OILERS COMPLETE PLAN Believe First of Year Will See Real Campaign Launched; Many Oil Men Leave to Spend New Year' Day at Heme. With the approach of the new your action along the oil front In Urudy county hm taken a slump, there apparently being a sort of ar mistice declared mil. I after the de mine of D'22. There appeared two bright spot In the field today where develop ment threatened. T!ioe were tlie Little Nick Oil company's well In the southwest of the southwest of the southeast of section 20 fin Sw and tho well of (lump and Heard on tho Empire leatse In aertion 235n 8w. Tho Little Nick was scheduled for a i-ompb'lioii this afternoon. It ; indicated III a statement from the office of the cnmp:uiy that bailing was to start hhorlly ufler noon. An exceptionally thick Rand had h"cn drilled end preparations were being made to ball tho well. By the mid die of the afternoon a new producer was to have been added to the ever increasing flock In tho field. Crump Well Uncertain. I'ncertalnty shrouded the move ments at the Crump and Beard well, according to available reports HiIh morning. Not that there was any thing secret about It. Tho uncertain part of It was that no one seemed to know whether tho well would be bulled today or not. Those In charge- could not be located to verify or deny the report that the well would be bulled today. In the south country, around the Sunray mammoth jusser, In section 14-4n-Sw, there are several wells drilling, but only one Is booked for a completion soon. This Is the Harwel' well In section 14-ln-8w. It was gen erally believed in oil circles this morning, that this well would be drilled in about January 2. Others are nnarlng the sand, but tho Har well well was said to be the only onp reully threatening. Oiler Take Layoff. General appearances around the hotels, supported by reports from the field this morning, showed that tho oil men, operators, lease hounds and brokers had decided to knock off work, take a breathing spell and In general "dig In" until after Janu ary 1. There were few of "the boys" to be found this morning. Many haci gone to their homes to sepnd thf remainder of the year and to "gel acquainted with their families" again, as one man put it. Others had been called to their home offices for a year-end conference with ex ecutives at which plana for t "drive" In 1923 were to be gone over in detail. !; A comparative few are "stlcklm around" and keeping an ear to the ground for something to break loose. In the , last couple of weeks that'; one of the best things the oilers have been doing Just expecting Bomothlng to break loose. Some say that some of the operators have been having a hard time keeping that "something" from breaking. No Show of Pessimism. While things are quiet this week end, there is no show of pessimism on the part of anyone. Optimism Is shown everywhere and you can't find any fraternity members who will tell you that the field's all a fluke and that there's nothing but gas out there. While the past six months have seen much development, it is pre dieted that the real goods in the drilling line will not get under way for delivery until some time in Janu ary. During the "lull" of the past week a flock, of deals have been per sistently reported, and it is known that plans are being made for a real campaign, once the new year ushers the old and worn out boy toward the dumping ground. . As the old year goes, the optimism Is reflected in every line of busi ness in Chickasha. Merchants and business men are hitching up their belts a notch and getting ready for things tp go to happening mighty sudden. Maryland highway policemen have weighing jacks to test car weights on the road. DBI A ER WAR VKTIRAN RO00EO. (Mj The t'MIl PmO New Orleans. Iec. Jd. An belt Illvers. Canadian wart. eran of Mont re. il, who l longuelesa, blind In una eye, and deaf, was held up and rod!"'. I of snail sum of money and bl aervlca uibli m here lul night. The veteran, according to a card ha showed Mice, wsa victim of at German prlmi I tamp. OS ISSUES T Say He Will FIX Answer to Thweatt Suit Wherein Local Druggist Claim Half Interest In Grady Properties. Declaring Ills answer to the ptl tlon fded by It. K. Thweutt, tu-l drtiKitlHt, claiming one-half Intercut In the defendant' oil and gas prop erties In the cbhkasha field, will be filed some time within the next few days, John It. Nichlos this morning Issued the following written state ment: "I am not attempting to try the enso In the lleH'itern, ,m mvP enjoyed the public confidence of tho people In connection with toy oper ation and they have In most In stances glyn me their hearty co operation, and I assure them th-it when the case Is tried, they will fully understand the reasons why It w Mud. "Mr. Thweutt never paid, ad vanced or loaned any money in con nection with tho development or op erations which resulted in bringing In the gas field, and hnd nor has no Interest In my property or hold ings. "It I frequently tho case that when some olio stifctsda in doing something thut looks as though lurge enough profits might result, sonio man conceives the Idea thut bo would like to be Interested and seeks to declare himself In on the deal, and this is a more frequent occur rence in oil field operations. "I am grateful to everyone for the moral and financial assistance but I do not propose to be intimidated by lawsuits or threatened by lawsuits. I shall fight this case from every standpoint and lot the court deter mine whether Mr. Thweatt or my self is In the right. Of course the tiling of this cuse clouds titles nnd bus cuused nnd will cause me con siderable financial loss and embar rassment find In a way, delay devel opment, but these are matters for the courts to adjust between Mr. Thweatt and myself." OUJET OA! SEEN 'S Stores and Business House to Close Entire Day; City and County Officer Will Rest; No Mail Delivered. Indications today pointed to a quiet New Year's day here. J. H. Williams, secretar yof the Retail Merchants' association, an nounced that retail stores will be closed during the entier day, and that It would be a complete holiday as far as the merchants of the city are concerned. Banking houses, offices at the city hall and those at the county court house will be closed. Drug stores and confectioneries will be the only establishments open for business, it was stated. . The city's postal force will rest Monday. Windows will be closed all day, and neither city nor rural deliveries will be made, Postmaster Barefoot said this morning. How ever, he added, mail will be received and dispatched as usual and letters and parcels bearing special delivery stamps will be delivered by special carrier. TURKS MEET ONE POINT. Lausanne, Dec. 30. Turkey has met one of the two "breaking points" of the Lau- panne conference the dispute over the Mosul oil fields, with proposal for a plebiscite to see whether the rich lands shall be Turkish or British. On the question of guaran- tees to replace capitulations Ismet Pasha has yet to reply. CASE STATEMEN NEW EAR 0 E KNOW IN HALF MILLION E Two Olocka Destroyed; Wind Whips Flame, Soreading Over Big Area; Police Search Ruin for Mora Victims. TWO ARE MISSING, IS BELIEF OF OFFICERS Register of Rooming House Burned, Preventing Check on Guests; Railroad Yard Soac Check Roaring Blai. n The I'nlM PrwO Ardmore, Okla., lw. 3(1 A limn by Din name of Cole, believed to be from the WlliMin oil field, near hew, was burned to desth In a fire here early today, wiping out two blocks of frame buitliieis buildings. l'roer(y damage n placed at fuOO,oul by fire offhlulH. Henri h of debris o' a Morning hoii-e denlriyed In the blnie fiilled to reveal bodies of two other prrwi reported nib-sing earlier. The regis ter of the rooming house was de etroyed. Police said there were no cluea as to the origin of the fire, which wu. spread by a strong wind. ('. P. Hall Furniture company and Brook Burner Hlove factory were the heaviest losers. Kntlre contents of both biifliicsi building: were de ktniyed. , Tho fire seemed to have broken out lmull:ineouHly In the furniture store and In the rooming house, "u'eli was adjoining. A wide space of railroad tracks and valiant work on the part of the local fire department prevented the flames from spreading Into a thick ly populated residence section. Practically the entlro local popula tion wag attrae'ed to the senna of the bluzn. Mu..y person watched nnd helped fight the fire dressod only In their night clothes, police said. (n The t'nitid Pw.) Ardmore, Okln., Dec. 30. One per son I dead unit two other are un accounted for as a result of a fire early today which wiped out two business blocks here. Property damage wag estimated at more than $150,000. Tho charred body of an unidenti fied man was removed from the ruins of a rooming house In the fire swept areu. Firemen said they be lieved several more persona per ished In tho blaze and are searching the debris as fast as It cools. The register of the rooming house was lost In the blazo, but Mm. L. P. Folson, proprietor, said at least two other persons are unaccounted for. The fire, of unknown origin, was first discovered at 1:30 a. m, A strong wind caused the blaze to spread, resulting in half a block of frame buildings being In flames by the time flre-flghting apparatus ar rived. ' Efforts to confine the blaze to one block were futile, as the strong wind, carried the blaze across the street intersection. The blaze was discovered in the C. P. Hall Furniture company's build ing. The Brooks Burner stove fac tory, a two-story rooming house and numerous small frame buildings were among those destroyed. A wide space of railroad tracks prevented further Bpread of the fire Into a thickly populated residence section. ROUGE WAITS ON S Mer Rouge, La., Dec. 30. More house parish, excited and expectant, today awaited its next thrill as a re sult of terrorist outbreaks and the state's effort to smash the hooded bauds. ... Mer Rouge and Bastror) showed the strain of suspense as townspeo ple prepared for another sensation- expected tj be the arrest of forty or more prominent citizens on charges of murder. . ' Neighbor ruspected neighbor, while those under surveillance masked their actions as they masked their fues during the orgy last August. Nona had made a break that would con firm the sweeping Intimations of the Investigators. Fifty-five deaths occurred in air plane accidents in the United States during 1921. FIREATARD1R NEXT CHILD STICKS UP POLICE TO GET DAD "OUT" ltr 11 I'MUJ tnm.) Charlotte. N, , Ik., 30 And a little rhlld shall lend them at the point of gun! Thirteen yeiirobl Manuel Ken drhk took nutter Into hi own hand her today when pollen re. fud to wleaso hi father, who bad been put In Jail for drunken Res. At the point of a pistol he way. laid Chief of Police Charles Dil ls rd at hi home and inarched him to Jail to release hi father. At the Jail the table wew I'irned and young Kendrli k waa lodged behind lb bsrs with hi father. E Former Preacher and Now Sheriff at De Moines Accused of DIs posmg of 130,000 Worth of Liquor From Btll. I liilnl lrr.) ' De Molm.., K,wa, D'3. Ju. Wlul fred K. Kobb. sheriff of Polk county and former preacher, was arrested today, charged with larceny and Il legal dlsMjKiil of liquor. Ge rge Itobb, a deputy and brother of tho sheriff, waa also arrested on the biiiiid charge. Tho two are accused In connection with tho alleged disappearance of $10,0(10 worth of liquor trom the county Jail. Arrest were made by Coroner Clirt, the only official cmpowored to take the sheriff Into custody. Uev. Robb became nationally known when he sprung the trap hanging two men convicted of mur der. The entk)nttl arest came on the eve of the sheriff retirement from oft Ice. Ho- planned to go on ths lecture platform after- Junuary 1, to speak on "The New Kvangellsm." The arro-t were ordered by Ver non Roeburger; assistant county at torney, who Investigated tho theft of fifty cases of bonded liquor from tho top floor of the county Jail. A few hour previous to the arrest of the Rubbs, Clyde Murruy, son of the Jnller, was taken Into custody and tho sheriff announced grand larceny charges would bo filed against the young man. IS T By LAWRENCE MARTIN, Washington, Dec. 30. The admin istration's plan for dealing with the world economic crisis will be bit terly fought In congress. Though the Hardingdlughes pro posal for an inter-Allied commission of experts to solve the reparations problem as revealed by Secretary Hughes In his New Haven Bpeech and by Mr. Harding himself, does not contemplate any request to either house of congress within the near future for further legislative author ity in both houses the plan will be criticized in a way calculated to arouse public opinion against it. Inevitably In the opinion of admin istration spokesmen in the senate, Mr. Harding must ask for broader grants of power from congress be fore his plan can be fully carried out. When he does this, ho will face probable defeat, administration leaders admitted today, unless In the meantime the country has been won over to his plan as the only possible solution. The manner In which the adminis tration has thus far conducted, -Its efforts to set in motion 'an eco nomic conference of some sort has angered not only democrats, but some republicans In congress, for these reasons. 1. Because President Harding, In his letter to Senator Lodge In the Borah amendment for an economic conference reiterated the position so often taken by presidents that the senate should keep its hands off foreign affairs until it was asked to act. 2. Because the plan as outlined by the various administration spokesmen is considered in congress to be an international bankers plan. 3. Because many members of con gress are not convinced by admin istration denials of any Intention to approve cancellation of the Allied war debt. For this reason it will be difficult if not impossible to obtain amendment of tfte debt refunding act to permit extension ot more liberal terms. PARSON SHERIFF 00 CO T HARD! UN DUE BITTER T TO DISBAR DILL Oklahoma Bar Chairman Filet Pet I. tlon Asking Disbarment of Okomah Lawyer; Refer to Charqe Against Wright. ONE SHOT, ONE MELD IN SHOOTING MATCH TODAY Special Officer Near Death, "Sen ator" Clklna Held; Story of Af fair Say Wright Was Present at Wild Party, Illy Tli I'liilnl Pra.) Oklahoma City. Dee. SU.-Dlstrlct Judge I. uclen 11. Wright, Hapulpt, mention) us being present at tha dimming of J. II, Ferguson a tha climax of a "wild party" hera early today, Jumped farther Into tha lime light at the capital this afternoon. Ben F. Williams, Oklahoma Bar commission chairman, fllul a peti tion In supreme court for disbarment of V. til. Dill, OkeTah atton.ey, front practicing law In thU state. The charge was niado that Dill had admitted openly to having bribed JudKe Wright In oil litigation In TjIh county In the spring of 1921. A depostlon by Dill sworn before D Tulsa notary was Introduced by Wil liams In which Dill rehearsed bow he had met Wright In Oklahoma City and laid plans for the purchase of a 13.000 Interest In the contested oil holdings. According to tho deposition Dili bought the inteerst Murch 30, 1921. He Informed Judge Wright of th transaction, according to the depa altlon. "Good," he quoted the Ju''ge a saying. "That Is all right. We will now give the oil companies a good frisking." The deposition was tiled by Dill In an attempt to force Wright to disqualify himself In the John T. Box ley et ul oil suit In C?"k county. Chairman Williams flayed Dill In bl disbarment petition a a "de praved character, wholly untrust worthy," and a "traitor to tho pur poses for which court exist." He branded him as a "briber and corruptor of officers," pointing out that "he swore openly he was guilty of the Infamous crime and advertis ing to tho world thut he, an attor ney at law, and an officer of tho court, was a briber." Wllllums branded the affair as "(lie basest nnd most atrocious crime thut an attorney may commit." Shooting la Staged, ' (lly The United Pren.) Oklahoma City, Dec. 30. J. H. Ferguson, special police officer, waa near death In a local hospital today and "Senator" Charles A. Elklns, rormer Aiauama siate senator, was being held In Jail as a result of a shooting scrape climaxing a "party" here early today, according to po lice officers. District Judge, Luclen B. Wright, Sapulpa, who was said to have been with Elklns at the time of the shoot ing, was held for a time In the of fice of Police Captain Wilkie, but was later allowed to leave. Two women, Marguerite Reeves and Rosa Walker, occupants of the house where the "wild party" and shooting occurred, were notified to Hold themselves m readiness to be called as witnesses, according to Captain Wilkie. According to Elklns' story, he and Weight had gone to the place of tha shooting from another "party." Fer guson was at the latter place, as were the women, when the two al leged revelers arrived, Elklns said. Tlptnlla nf tha ar(7iiman nranotntf the shooting could not be obtained. "For God's sake go easy with Judge Wright;" Elklns 1 alleged to have pleaded. Judge Vright is one of (he state's most widely known Jurists, owing to sensational cases in, which he has figured in the past year. Sitting on the district court bench at Okmul gee, Wright recently granted a change -of venue to Governor J. B. A. Robertson that moved bribery charges against the executive to Pon totoc county. : V! RED CROSS IS ACTIVE. St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 30. Six tho sand Christmas boxes were distrib uted by chapters in the southwest em division of the American Red Cross to soldiers, both active and ex-service men, In the hospitals ot this division. Every patient in tha United States Veterans' hospitals and every patient in the regular army, navy and marine hospitals waa re membered by every Junior Red Crow unit In the division, It was announced at headquarters. SAPULPA 10 IN COUNT