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TmwmmmsT. r " 'ir;--rt,-57uf- ".; r..- ,,,-,-- ,- I'vyc ttr jr 'ff-tsiat UN - The Durant Weekly News i !i -tis 5Ti j.-.zxu m .. i up' OLUMEXXV BRITISH WORKERS TALK FOR RUSSIA fclciuni Mocks Conference With Op-pn-iliun To Bolshevic Princi ples On Property Seizure Thoiv have been two noteworthy jWi,l,.it the past week in the course 0f t,,i economic conference in ses sion it ('noa, both of which had tile effoc' )f a bomb bursting in a quiet The firt of these was when Bel--un itnl France declined to sign tb a'''il memorandum proposing a pl,ii ". r the economic rehabilitation 0f' v i i.i. which both surprised and arc, -it 'hi- British representatives. B mi i regarded as the leader in th-" .eking game She objected to thi '"-al that would permit the jj'H , , government to impound Bel- em pcpcriy in uussia, same to uc gw ii - the private owners pos- sj ii n !! a ninety-nine year lease. Xhr " nl would bo. the Belgians thn a' amount to the introduction of i in iple dangerous to economic relit n h lis and revolutionary in its evcr ' application to the domestic econntii of countries recognizing it. The -icond proposal came Wednes iay when ii.000,000 British workers urged upon the British Premier. Lloyd-George the immediate recogni tion of the bolshevist government of Rti5ia and the granting of permis sion to both Russia and Germany to enter the League of Nations. DURANT, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1)22 BRYAN COUNTY WINS A !-,. big TAxciAm in court LOCAL SCHOOLS Broadwell Cases Involving $96,000 Dismisses By Supreme Court. The Oklahoma Supreme Court has dismissed Indian tax claims against Bryan county involving the sum of approximately $90,186. holding that the claims are outlawed by the stat ute of limitations. Several years ago, an attorney by the name of George R. Broadwell, of Oklahoma City, secured the assign ment of the claims of a large number ui muiuns. representing moneys they I TO GRADUATE 309 Largest Number of Graduates in Du rante History To Receive Their Diplomas This Spring NUMBER EIGHTEEN TROOP MOVEMENT TO U. S. STOPPED European Powers Ask That American Troops Be Kept On Rhine A Little Longer Two battalions of U. S. Troops now at Coblcnz, on the Rhine. an being delayed at least one month in their return to the United States. Sen- tary Weeks said, because of request CLEAN HANDS IS A GOOD HABIT FOR GOOD HEALTH State Health Commissioner Stresses , Personal Cleanliness (B Hr claim was denied there, when ho ap pealed to the State Supreme Court. The county's interest in the case .mo uucu iiuiiuiuu on appeal Dy assis- A hi s:ru-fil a m.irht Ik added to the rules of "The!ed during the burning of the big Health Game" without impunity is I factory. th Olian Hand Habit." j The loss by fire is estimated at Ui'i-auae human hands handle mini ' $130,000. tvn aiticlci which carry infec- tun. -In Clean Hand Habit is im-1 CHANGE CONSTITUTIONAL TO portam and should be cultivated. TAX ALL SECURITIES ISSUES Muli. , i men icalizc that hands are a common medium of infection The House' of Representatives, thniuuh which some of the most dan-l Ways and Means Committee has gemus diseases arc spread. And reported for passage the Green reso-thi'-e -.line men will tell you, too, thatllution for a constitutional amendment in man 1.10 human hands are the to be .submitted to the States to give igtrcj thmugh which sputum-borne the right to tax all character, of se-di-eae- are spread, because most curities and do away with the is peuple aie continuously bringing suanco of securities the income from Their hands into contact with the oral which is now free from either Feder-caM'u-- the mouth and nose, in al or States taxes. sui h a manner as to infect them with Treasury experts estimate there thi germ of the disease. 1 are now outstanding more than rul.enuloi. tonsilitis, diphthera, $10,500,000,000 worth of securities h...iping cough, scarlet fever, and the income upon which bears no tax. mMlc aie ome of the most dan-1 The resolution if adopted by the geiuu of sputum-borne diseases. States would not affect the out- A" kind of dirt are not danger- ( standing issues.. on imt the most kinds are. The , The proposal gives the Federal dir' and grime on the hands of the , Government authority to tax its own man who tills the soil, or that found j issues as well as those of the State, on thu-u of the plasterer or brick ma-j and it accords the same authority son would not likely be dangerous. J to the States, with the stipulation Th. mot dangeious kinds of d tare .that the taxation shall be without not Mible to the eye. But the kinds j discrimination. of dirt which the microscope reveals on the hands of one with a "bad) DIED IN GOV'T. HOSPITAL told ' a case of influenza or tuber- Nimrod Davis, colored, son of Pete culo-is would be dangerous indeed. Davis, residing west of Calera. died No matter what kinds of work you a,t the Government hospital at Den do the hands become dirty, and most Iyer, Colorado, May 1. and the re likfly dangerously dirty many times I mains will be returned home for bur i Jay Even the friendly act of ial, according to a message received shaking hands has its dangers, as , by his father this week. Nimrod was al-o hi necessary act of handling ' gassed in the army and took tubercu Bioniy. Who can tell how infected , losis, from which he died. hand- a dollar bill passes through m hi- course of 24 hours. ' FARM LABOR UNION ENDORSES Human hands handle all the food CANDIDATES AT MEETING HERE we eat. If wo would have clean food thf hands which prepare, handle and The Farm Labor Union of Bryan Jeic nur food must be clean. Food- County met here in county convention handli rs and -crvers should be in-, jast Saturday and attended to n lot struct to keep their hands away 0f business including completing the from 'ho face, and to avoid as far as worj 0f endorsing candidate for po.iUe the touching of any food various county and district offices. articles which they prepare and serve. jn addition to candidates endorsed The various schools and colleges of the city will bring their year's work to a close next week, and there will be graduates from the various institutions the greatest number of j"""k iiieii umi women in me nistory received from various countries, in t "u,"",u tne votal numDer to re- ciuutng Germany, that American ceive diplomas of all kinds beinc tronns !. rnir..i , .1.. .... 1...1 had paid as taxes on Brvnn mii-H. I three-hundred and nine. Gorman tnrrit-,- K, .i t..i.. . .1... lands, which the decision of the Uni- - ' College For Girls date now s-et by the evacuation by ted States Supreme Court made un- Tne Oklahoma Presbyterian Col- American forces on German soil, taxable. There were about two ' !l'Ke for GirIs- expects to graduate It was intended, however, that the thousand of these claims, is is said. '" "" seventeen young women this request for retention of American and Mr. Broadwell demanded the sum your- Five wi" receive the College forces in Germany bejond July 1 from the county commissioners, who degieo, 7 the high school diploma would not be granted. In any event denied the claim. He then sued the aml ' ar expected to graduate in .Mr. Weeks said, the two batalion coumy in tne District Court but his 'eimi worn 01 tne ditleient Kind win not leturn to the United States ollercd by the institution. this month, as had been expected, The Ilaccaleiireutc sermon will be but, according to their picaent ched- pi cached at the First Presbyterian ale. would arrive some time in June. Church Sunday morning. May It. at Mr. Weeks said thoso .,.nn.t tant County Attorney W. L. Boner, eleven o'clock by Rev. Mr. Crabb, -a were under consideration ami that who prepared the county's brief in Prominent Presbyterian minister of no dicNion had been reached. He the case. ' Oklahoma City. did not dibdoe the specific char- Had the Court decided in favor of The commencement program and aeter or source of the requests be the claimants, it is likely that special ' "'ldn.'ss will be given at the College yond aying that he had heard that funding bonds would have been t auditorium on Wednesday. May 17. at Germany was among the countries necessary to reimburse the claimants, eight o'clock p. m. The address will, which desired American troops to re Especial ciedit is due to the office nc delivered by Rev. J. G. Varner, D. .main in the Rhineland beyond July of County Attorney Phillips in the!D- o Denton, Texas, , 1st. , .--- ' matter, as his is said to be the only Teacheru College S"takpBM?1Wn,Ce theSt?,te The Southeastern State Teacher1 J ' TBACK TEAM AT ADA to take this kind of a case to the; College will graduate 105 with tho' Coach Rcoua Dell, with his track mgner court ana i.gnc it tnrough to Coi,cgc dcgreeSi , from the Hlghand tennis teams, left Wednesday for w' - r. j acnooi and 17 from the Eighth Grade, ' Ada, where they Ititicit tho Ada Teach- j a total ot iz, and by far the largest ers college in a dual meet and ten- class to be graduated in the insti- n,s tournament Thursday. The fol tution's history. " , lowing men were taken for the track The Baccalcureate sermon to grad- ventS! Cbb,' GIadnei' d Gibson uates of the Teachers College will be 1 for the dashes! Goodman. ,Gibson preached on Sunday morning, Mav lll"'dlcsi witt and Crawford for the 14, at eleven o'clock at the College ju,"ps; Gibi-on Ve vault; Craig, Auditorium, By Dr. Shelburne. presi- elbatk for the distance runs, and dent of Carr-Burdette College. iyett and Witt for the weight and . 1 javelin events. i.n tuI, ,,v..i.c...e.1. program ana Haycs and Pruitt wiu meet the T;.sb,b1" "Lf " r "'eBe A(ta tonnis ,i0Ubles team, while Fon- nuuuuiiuill Ull Mil II III, ICI1 U HUtK , , r,,nl. ... ,, fU !, .in the morning. The address will be . mpn in m.h,.s. dehveied by Hon Carl Monk of Mc- A,ester- 1 GOMPERS FAVORS BONUS Public Schools j W'here organized labor stands re- The Durant Public Schools will garding the payment of a bonus has COURT DENIES STATE'S CLAIM TO RED RIVER BED Federal Government Owns South Half of Stream According to Decision BIG FACTORY FIRE The Washita Valley Broom Corn warehouse at Chickasha, the largest i T.nuio stni TTonith m tne broom corn belt of the south- Commissioner ' west, wns destioyed by fire Sunday 1th habit that should be ' n'Bht- Authorities are investigating important, and which!0 number of explosions which occur- Snap and water are the acrencies to be u.d in acquiring the Clean Hand Habit Both are nlentiful. easy to at former meetings, whose names have appeared in these columns, the organization last week endoised can- 8?et and inexpensive. Proprietors o 1 dictates as fallows: for State Senator, frurJ.M . . .... ..... 1 1.1 I . . ..... . r ! . .v.u-iTving estaDiisnments snouiui(njs district, 1. - iemiiiiiiBi -ake this habit of personal cleanli-1 Atoka; 'for County Attorney. J. A, M-s a condition to retention in ser-,shiriey; for County Judge, Sam W, " iMaytubby, jr; for District Judge, Mothers should see to it that chil- porter Newman. ""a are not stingy with soap antt, water, and that their hands are al- "-y 'noroughly washed before eating. ASKING A REHEARING ON TAX PENALTIES CASE Assistant County Attorney Stan 7 Williams went to Oklahoma City Thursday to file a motion for a new hearing before the supreme court in we case of the City of Durant against A. Moore, treasurer of Bryan coun ty, in regard to refunding of taxes w the city. The supreme court held a decision recentl7 that the county required to nay to the city penal-jit-'s accrued in the city limits, accord ln& to the 1919 session laws, which Provides that the penalties should "ecome a special fund for the purpose f repairing atreets that have been Paved. graduate 130 boys and girls, forty- been expressed by Samuel Gompers. five of them from the high school j president of the American Federation and 85 of them frort the Junior high .of Labor, in an address before the school, or eighth grade. I Connecticut state federation at New ' T Xrt m iitt lOili i llAmlinKj rftfnrftr J ItlY-'llt 1 31WsJ4V. flJllll'Ul 7)il.lll The Baccalcureate sermon will be preached at the High School auditor ium on Sunday morning, May 14, at eleven o'clock by Rev. J. G. Miller, pastor of the Methodist Church. The Commencement exercises for favors the American Legion's adjus ted compensation measure, and said: "The American Federation of La bor believes that the men who risked their lives, gave up their jobs and the high school graduates will be ",B T "7, U1. "" ,T, a hnl.l J th, H,Vh S.I.--I .,.41,' 1. " I Pensatcd. Business would be revived and an enormous amount of money held at the High School auditorium on Monday, May 15 at eight o'clock in the evening, the address to be de livered by Senator W. J. Halloway of Hugo. SUE RECKLESS DRIVERS FOR $35,000 DAMAGES Suit has been brought in the dis trict court at Ardmore on behalf of put into circulation, while the public at large would be affected financially very little if Congress passed a just taxation act." RAILROAD LABOR BOARD HAVING TROUBLES On the heels of an injunction ...U!.l. . i.. .!. l-n4- tUn ItrnitArl S:.,C-JVil3?n, again;,t 0sc.a': Yan Ny I States Railroad Labor Board has no and Choc Johnson for a total sum of $35,000 in damages for personal in jury. A car alleged to have been occu- authority to handle labor disputes unless submitter by the joint ac tion of the employers and employes, 1 ...... -tl.M.l .at 4- toiiln c iiinnn ninrf Kw rUnn,. Vnn W, nJ r. I l-IHIHOyes wuil:u .mi. ...., ....s.. L :.S - Vim " 1 . the board decided to hear a repre Johnson ran into S. C. Wilson and his ' children at the corner of Broadway and Scott street in Ardmore, injur ing two of the girls so badly that they died, and so seriously injuring Mr. Wilson that he will be a cripple for life. In criminal suits that weie brought later it was shown that both men were very drunk, but there was evidence offered to show that John son was not in the car at the tune of the accident. The present suit is not brought for the death of the two girls, but for injuries inflicted on Mr. C. S. Wilson, mental suffenng, loss of time and exemplary damages. Ardmore Statesman. ROTARY CLUB MEETING The Rotary Club observed Father- Son week at its weekly meeting Tuesday on which occasion each member brought his boy with him, or some one's else boy, as an alter nate. A program fitting to the oc casion was carried out. The speak ers on the occosion were R. W. Bell, S. A. Whale, O. J. Colwick and E. H. LIONS CLUB MEETING As part of Father-Son week the Tint., rinh visited the High School en masse Minday noon of this week. I Stewart. where a program was carried out in Next week, the Rotarians will which Messrs, C. B. Cochran, T. ; bring their wives with them to the A. Houston and C. E. McPherren regular meeting, when a program spoke. After the program, each Lion wju be prepared especially for the grabbed a boy and they repaired to benefit and interest of the ladies. the hotel where the regular luncheon was served and the weekly meeting LAW ENFORCEMENT MEET held As part of the program. Mrs.' is PLANNED FOR FUTURE S. A. Martin of Paris, Texas, gave a f reading and Prof. J. J. Miller spoke. On a date when it is convenient I for R. A. Haynes, national director of PRSIONERS TO THE PEN I prohibition forces, to be in Oklaho Sheriff Taylor left at noon Thurs-, ma city a call will be issued by Attor day for McAlister. with two prisoners ney General Short for a meeting of who will serve time i nthe peniten-(an County Attorneys and law en tiary. They are, James Smith to forcement officials in the State, to serve' two years for burglary and J. mect in Oklahoma City to discuss M. Headrick to serve five years for ways and means in the enforcement manslaughter. of the laws. sentative of the industrial Traffic League. The position of the em ployes is that the board has no busi ness hearing others than employers and employes. Another problem to come before the board soon is the action of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad and other railroads in having their repair shops operated under contract with private contractors. By doing this they abolish all seniorty and wage agreements and the employes must make new agreements with contractors. Red River is declared to be a non navigable stream, and the Federal Government is owner of the south half of the stream, according to an opinion of the United States Su preme Court Monday dealing with the proprietary claims to the bed of the river and to tho proceeds of oil and gas from tho forty-three miles of the south half embraced within the receivership area. The couit also struck down a large number of placer mining claims in the bed of the river, by holding that the river bed never wns subject to location or acquisition under the mining laws, and therefore such lo cations weio of no effect. The rights f owner to riparian lands on the north ide under the holding of the court also extetnled to the media line of the river, and the State of Oklahoma own none of the river bed save what it holds as riparian owner of .school, public building lands ets., which touch the river. Texas did not figure in the opin ion of the court, and there yet re mains before the court tho matter of location of the south bank of the river, which has heretofore been de clared as the dividing line between the State. The opinion points out that if in the running of thi- line it develops that the Federal receiver to the forty-three miles of territory is holding some of the land on the south ide of that line, the jurisdiction of Texas would attach. The issues determined todav wemi uasea upon the Oklahoma claim to the entire river bed. countering which had been the claim of Texas to tho south half, with the Federal Government also aserting claim to tho southern half and an interest, because of its relation to Indian al lottees, in portions of the north half f the stieam. TO ARRAIGN THE GOVERNOR JUNE 5 Okmulgee Judge Overrules Motioa By Defendant to Disqualify Himself. Dennis Still Out District Judge Mark L. Bozarth Wednesday afternoon postponed until the opening of the June term of court the arraignment of Governor J. B. A. Robertson and fourteen others indicated in connection with State bank failures at Okmulgee. This action was taken after the court had overruled a motion by attorneys for John H. Rebold. one of tho de fendants, to disqualify Judge Bozarth in trying the case. The June terra, when all of the eaes are scheduled for trial, opens Monday, June C. Judge Uozarth's decision on tho motion was legauled in court cir cles here as having a telling effect upon action of all local defendants, who had expressed through their at torneys the intention of filing simi lar motions. Their only recourse now. it wa pointed out. is to peti tion the Criminal Court of Appeals for a writ disqualifying Judge Bo zarth and appointing another Dis trict Judge to try the cases. Fred G. Dennis, former State Bank Commissioner, indicted jointly with Governor Robertson on a charga of accepting n bribe, and charged In another indictment with neglect of duty, did not attend the hearing and there was no word from him. He Is the only one of those indicated in the bank cases who has not been appre hended, if - . ""f r COTTON AGAIN TAKES """"'' THRONE AS CROP KING World Consumption Back To Normal Let el, Surtey Shows. LARGE CROWD HEARS JACK WVLTON HERE ON FRIDAY A large crowd, which filled avail able space in the district court room and extended to the stairway outside, greeted Mayor Jack Walton, of Okla homa City as ho spoke here Friday night in the interest of his candidacy for governor and for the reconstruc tion league ticket, endorsed by the farmers and labor unions at Shaw nee. Walton endorsed in its entiiety the platform adopted by the league at the Shawnee meeting. Walton devoted a little time in re viewing his life from the time he went to work as a railroader, from brakeman to engineer. He reviewed the fight of tho brotherhood for horter hours. He then reviewed his fight for labor in Oklahoma City, of his fight for public improvements in the city at a small cost to the tax payers. He told of the fight of the city newspapers and bankers upon him, and of his gradual climb to the mayor's office in spite of them. Previous to Walton's speech, Ed gar Fenton, president of the state fedeiation of labor, made a short talk, asking ! r unity of fanners and labor, saying hat reports would be circulated which would seek to di vide the two classes. BANK ROBBER IS CAUGHT After holding up employes and rob bing the First National Bank of Broken Bow, a man was captured by officers after a chase of two blocks. According to reports reaching here the man had remained in the bank all night. He held up the employes as they came to work and lined them up against a wall. When the time lock opened the vault he took the $2,000 cash con tents and ran. Employes gave the alarm and officers who happened to be near caught him after he had run two blocks. It is thought that he had an accomplice. FLOWERS FOR THE LIVING The editor of the New3 once made the remark among a group of friends that he much preferred to receive his flowers during his life time as those placed upon his bier after his de mise would do him no good. Last Saturdey A. A. Ricks remembered this statement apparently, for he brought in the News office a beauti ful boquet of several kinds, sixes and colors of roses, all of them grown in his yard three miles east of Durant. LOCALS WIN THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA DEBATE TITLE The Southeastern State Teacher's College debating teams won the championship of Eastern Oklahoma if not the state championship Fri day night when Joe Clements and Miss Sylvia Harris defeated Messrs Gray and Shaucr of Northeastern State Teachers' College team here and Bailey Diffoy and Miss Irene Castle defeated the East Central College team at Ada. The decisions were unanimous at each place. The question debated at both places was, Resolved, That Congress should pass a lew prohibiting immigration for a period of three years. Southeastern had the negative side here and the affirmative side at Ada. SCHOOL ELECTION IN PROGRESS IN DURANT THURSDAY As the News goes to press, the special school election is in progress in the city, with very small interest being shown. Tho proposal is to vate ten mills extra levy with which to provide funds enough to operate the public schools for the next school year. Such an election never has been beaten in Durant, on the con trary about nine out of every ten voting have formerly favored the levy and no apprehension is felt over the outcome. HAYES IS RAIL DIRECTOR Will H. Hays, former Postmaster General, Wednesday was elected a di rector of tho Chicago & Eastern Illi nois Railway Company. World cotton consumption has re turned to its pre-war level, after a five-year period of low consumption, according to a survey of the interna tional cotton situation covering pro duction, consumption and .stocks as of April 1, made public by the com merce depaitment. The striking feature of the situa tion, the depaitment said "is an in dicated consumption of -1.000,000 bales more than was produced for the crop year." The woild cariy-ovor will return to noiinal by August 1, 11)22. while the outstanding, feature of interest now i.s the degree to which world cotton pioduetion will return to the pre-war level or whether it will con tinue on the basis of the last five years' average of $18,000,000 bales. It depends, the depaitment declared, on whether conditions and the extent to which the boll weevil proves to bo a limiting factor. From its survey, the department stated, it appealed that August 1, 11)21, the carry-over of cotton was 14.135,000 bales, world cotton produc tion for the 1021 crop was 15,107,000 bales, and the total supply for the 1021-22 season wa.s 15,107.000 bales. Consumption fiom August 1, 1021 to March 31, 1022. was estimated at 14,- 420,000 bnle.s. leaving mi indicated supply April 1 of 11,003,000 bales. Probable consumption from April 1, 1022 to July 31. 1022, was estimated at 7,000,000 bale, and tho carry-over of uitton July 31. 11122 at 7,000,000 balo-i. Cotton consumption which reached the high point of 22,000.000 bales in 1013-14. declined steadily to 17,- 000.000 bales in 1020-21. Produciton also was I educed during this period, through not to such an extent as consumption, nnd hence an accumu lation of cotton .stocks resulted in an enoimouH carryover August 1, 1921 of 11,000.000 bales. Many believed that a new world consumption had been found, soma two or three million bales lower than the pre-war level of approximately 21.000,000 bales per annum. The loir consumption of less than 17.000,000 bales for 1020-21 confirmed this view, a matter of great concern to cotton growers, in view of the enormous carry-over and the view that a sin gle good cotton year would make what looked like a bad situation, worse. During the last eight months cot ton consumption has shown a strong upturn, reaching this time 14.000.000 bales and a prospective consumption of 21,000,000 bales by the end of the cotton year. This would leave a carry-over of less than 8,000.000 bales, thus getting cotton consumption and carry-over or back to a pre-war nor mal basts. GARFIELD COUNTY OFFICIALS CHARGED WITH SHORTAGE Alleged irregularities totaling $231,988.73 were found in an audit made recently of the records of cer tain Garfield county offices, accord ing to a report submitted last week to Governor Robertson by Fred Par kinson, state examiner and Inspector. Sixteen county officers and employe were charged with discrepancies in the report. s,