Muskogee Times-Democrat from Muskogee, Oklahoma • 1

4 THE WEATHER Oklahoma Arkansas Louisiana and Eiat Texus- Fair? probably sllyhtly warmer Kansas: Warmer tonight in wat uMettled colder tomorrow HOME EDITION -Volume No 74 MUSKOGEE 'OKLAHOMA FRIDAY EVENING MARCH 2G 1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS 3 GIRL CLERKS HELD FOB SILK THEFTS KIDNAPED BOY RESTORE TO eis pamnts Paul Little Ph a Mother from loom in Lexingtoi lotel KIDNAPER FAILED TO TAKE $25000 RANSOM MYSTERY IN DEATH OF 2 Slashed Body Is Discovered by Side of Strangled Man POLICE BAFFLED BY UNUSUAL CRIME BIG SHORTAGE AT MAY BE $5000 Mrs Taylor Geraldine Sanders and Irene Grubbs Arrested THREE OTHER GIRLS ARE ALSO QUESTIONED HUN GUNNERS WERE Admiral Plunkett Says They British on Their at Jutland HE JOINS IN CHORUS ATTACKING DANIELS Washington March 26 Tha Germans by their superior gunnery "turned tha British on their heads" at the battle of Jutland Hear Admiral Plunkett declared today before the aenat committee Investigating the navvy's conduct of tha war Admiral Plunkett was testifying as to the-need for keeping the navy per-rounds sonnet at full strength so men might be adequately trained He did not go Waainto details as to the Jutland battle ftnd was asked no questions regarding Okmulgee Youth Insane Believes Hes Millionaire Fred 'Franklin 19 Takes Charge of Office Held in Padded Cell i Frcd Franklin 1 bream violently Insane-here Friday rooming possessed of the Idea that he lsa millionaire oil man is confided in the padded cell at the courtly Jail waiting to be taken to a private sanitarium for treatment Franklin has been helping his unele Fursman self oil leases la Okmulgee No signs of abnormality had been noticed Friday morning Franklin establisnd himself In the office of Miller 612 Barnes building posing as a millionaire oil operator When Miller came In he began to talk with Franklin then called in another man In the building who agreed with Miller that Franklin was insane Pitts plamclothesman was called from the police station After a little conversation with the officer Franklin struck him Pttts then sent for help and George Eliot marshal of the city court helped take tne young man to the county Jail Fursman had not decided Friday afternoon where he would take Franklin for treatment WILLIAMSHOLDS SOUTH BANK IS STATE BOUNDARY Lexington Ky March Paul Little 12-year-old son of It Little Lexington capitalist who haa been held tor raneotn by kidnappers was found this morning locked room at a lo- cal hoteL Mr and Mrs Little first learned the whereabouts of their son when he telephoned his home from the hotel room He said he had been kept a pusoner there since Wednesday night Room Reserved by 44 Cox Investigation disclosed that the room had been reserved in advance by a man registered as 0 Cox of Cincinnati The frantic parents over-joyed at news of his safety hurried to the hotel and took lira home The boy disappeared from in front of the Lexington postoffice Wednesday afternoon where ha had been seen in conversation with a man Playmates said the little boy had told them be as to be given 'a dollar to deliver a box of candy Boon afterward the father received a note stating that his an Paul was being held for ransom Little would not state positively but intimated that the amount asked fur was $25000 He declared ho would t4de by the demands that he did not mind paying the money and only wanted the safe return of his on Passed Up 125000 At the appointed hour 7:30 o'clock last night Mr Little deposited a package containing the ransom money in main street garbage can When he returned a half hour later the package was intact Believing the kidnapper failed to how'tip for fear of being Little pocketed the money and went horpe intending today to seek other means of obtaining his son At o'clock this morning the key for the room in which the son was found was turned In a the hotel desk At 715 Mrs Little called to the telephone was overjoyed to hear the mice of her riisslng son Nothing has been seen the Cox" aincc he left the hotel at 7 4 County Attorney Ready who thinks the kidnaping plot was concocted in Cincinnati says he expects an arrest any time Weak But Unhurt Weak from his harrowing expert- once though physically unhurt the boy was put to bed soon after being brought home- Jhiring his two days confinement he said he had been given only two bananas a cake and an apple to eat and was constantly terrified by gruesome stories related by his captor who many times shoved a pistol In his face He said he spent the first night sitting on the edge of the bath tub afraid to sleep Ilia captor wasithe only person he saw at any time although the man be as id called another person whom he adderssed as on the telephone and said to him 'Weil he la IF TOES TINGLE BETTER LOOK FOR DOCTOR AT ONCE New York March Detectives conducted a widespread search for a man" today in the belief that his capture would clear up the mystery in the double murder of Dr Vincent a wealthy young Brooklyn physician and an unidentified "patient" whose bodies were found In a disorderly lodging house room In Brooklyn last night Dr Campisl was summoned to visit the patient last night hy a middle-aged man who accompanied him to the scene of the murder An hour later Dr body terribly slashed was found on the floor of the room and the latter was dead in his bed with imprint of human fingers on his throat The man" has disappeared Robbery Not Motive An early police theory that Dr Campisl had been lured to the lodging house for the purpose of robbery and that he had slain one of his assailunts before he himself succumbed appeared to be broken down by the fart that a large sum of money and other valuables were found In the pockets Another theory advanced was that the had been assaulted earlier by the missing man and that Dr Campisl was murdered by the same man after the doctor summoned to give medical aid had pronounced the dead and had threatened to notify the police Heard Breaking Glass Frank Ambrose a roomer In the house told the police he saw Dr Campisl ente the house with another man who seemed to be greatly agitated Shortly after the physician arrived Ambrose said He heard the noise of breaking glass A few minutes later the man who accompanied the phvslcion ran from the place Ambrose called a policeman and investigation revealed the bodies Mrs Dorothy Parker who conducts the rooming house said the strangled man rented a room about a week ago without giving his name and she had not seen him In that time Nor had she seen she said the other man described to her asttae one who brought the physician LOUISVILLE LOST CENSUS BOOST BY LITTLE WORD Appeal Court Says Use of Word Wat of Order City Would Have Gamed 40000 Citizens Louisville Ky March The word "and" cheated Louisville out of an in-Cavunaugh labor candidates ln population of more then 40- 000 persons Had the word not occurred in instructions to the jury in the suit of the city of Louisville to annex surrounding suburbs Louisville would now have more than 274000 citi-sens The 1920 census gave it 234891 The Jury decided favorably on the suit but the court of appeals reversed the verdict declaring that if the word had been used in place of the verdict would have stood Judge Lincoln who instructed the jury followed the directions of the court of appeals in a previous case but the upper court admitted its error and reversed itself The failure to use the right word dropped out when Judge Lincon Instructed the jury that night when the final line-up of those if they believed annexation not to the who will file candidacies Saturday will best interests of the city that IrlT vHerberr Asauith member of be selected Mike Nash 8 Coley it would work manifest Injury to those Faiey f'rcmleruoyd Paul Humphrey and others are being 1 10 be annexed the Jury must find for George this afternoon gave a detailed backed for the places not already filled the anti-annexationists explanation of the Turkish settlement 1 1" the various The premier said It would have been Charter forces concentrated thrnr a blunder to havo settled the Turkish 'fire Thursday by wjthdruwing in the first Janninga from the learn that It wasn't stolen at and the men were entirely innocent of anything Two men Spencer Bryant and Harley Query of Fort Smith were arrested late yesterday and put in jail when an automobile In their possession wie identified as a machine stolen recently at Fort Smith They had tried to the car1 for $40 at the Cole Motor company it was stated A call to Fort Smith brought Information that the machine had beeo stolen The car was latee located in front of the Huber hotel where it had been taken by the other two members of party Maloney and Hedrick called Sullivan who spent the night from 3 a to daybreak In the lobby of the hotel waiting for someone to feet jn the machine At last day came and the two men who brought the car to the hotel Lomey Burton and Redman were found in a room In the hotel They declared the car belonged to father and that he had a perfect right to have it here A second telephone call to Fort Smith revealed that the car had been stolen some time ago was recovered and restored to its owner and that Brvant had it out on a pleasure trip The sheriffs office at Fort Bmlth had neglected to recall the $260" postcard Bryant and Query were released Friday morning FACTION TO BE SUPPORTED HALF TICKET The upper court held that thla was forcing uni-annexationists to prove too much that if the jury thought either one the other of these Work All Night for Big Reward On Car Officers Then Discover Machine Stolen Two Men Spent Night in Jail $250" said the postcard With all eyes on the $250 Deputy Sheriffs Ed Maloney and Jack Hedrick spent all last night and Undersheriff Sullivan the last half of it chasing an automobile supposed to be stolen captured the car and four men suspected of stealing It only to thanks in connection with his activl ties last summer in an attempt to settle the street car strike The resolution declares that the of this body are well aware of the untiring efforts Mr Blake put fortlr in an unbiased attempt at an amicable and equitable settlement of the differences arising out of the street railway strike last year and it is the sense of this body that he be given a vote of thanks for his Joyalty and devotion to the cause of organised labor" The resolu-tion Is signed by Ellis president pro tern and Estes secretary of the council Believing that orgapixed labor will Yank Sportsmen Give Frenchman Great Reception 1 Carpentier Stages Shot Exhibition Bout with Major An- thony Drexel-Biddle BOND ISSUES TO BE SEPARATE ON ELECTION BALLOT Amounts to Be' Put on Hospital Athletic Park and Honor Heights Totals $275000 Three bond Issues aggregating $276-000 will be placed on the ballot at the municipal election April 6 The hospital bonds will be placed at $150000 instead of $100000 it was decided by city officials Friday The athletic park bonds will be for $100000 and the Honor Heights park bonds for $26000 The issues will be voted on as three seperate nd on ballots distinct from those of the councilmanic candidates putting the hospital bonds at $150000 we will be able to build a real hospital" said Ir Mayor Fite hospital that wouid cost $150-0H would double the hospital capacity of the city and would Just about take care of the increased demand the last few years A Medical Canter "Muskogee is rapidly becoming the medical center of a wide territory that extends Into adjoining states Building of the prposed hospital wouid be the greatest asset in that line There Is a hospital shortage not only here but In other cities as well By fixing up a big new hospital we will be able people here from many aearby hospital would be as big others together It would that are impossible in institution" hospital and athletic park carry at the polls a board will have charge of each The hospital board would the hospital while new board would handle the park woula be given to these boards would be fhhk espocHiblc way that the Free Stae and present hospital boa id to the city Unions Want Park' Lit bo union at its meeting night passed a resolution the athletic park bonds that a man Is named the appraisers when the condemned Because a new will have charge of the out of the project it is impossible say just how the prop-ertv acquired it Is pointed out be able to get the Owen for $50000" said Mayor will leave $50000 for the other equipment and a fund that will carry the park eelf-supporting With a charge of its use It should long before the park is not expense but is a producer of school boys surely want they should have it Every in the city that believes sports tor the people should the movement for the park" made litters of the cots and carried 50 Invalid comrades to safety in the little stone church nearby Many of the latter however became excited and are not expecte to survive the shock After Sergeant Gushead In terse manner had oalied the roil the men a majority of whom were members of Morgan's oavglry regiments 4 during the war sat cross-legged upon the grass and waMed until the smoldering ruins resembled a bivouac of days gone by then trudged slowly to the little church thread thefr blankets and slept was staged In temporary ring erected In the center the Hotel Com- modore ball room Tex Rickard referee The boxers merely removed their coats vests and collars Carpsntsr Show 8d At the outset the Frenchman dia-played lightning apeed his shifty footwork and feinting being very clever Major Biddle an amateur boxer of considerable ability scarcely landed a blow Carpsntler ducking his swings easily No hard blows were struck by either boxer according to'agreement Although the French' fighter was not In actloh long enough to gauge hla real ability expert observers were convinced that he la one of the moat resourceful fighters especially on the defensive that Europe has produced In years Prominent Men Prsient The midnight dinner brought together a throng of prominent men Interested In athletics Home of the diners were: Major General John who was the toast master: Major General Goethals: William (Big BUR Edwards Kerm)t Roosevelt: Charles Dana Gibson the artist Gut-son Borglum the sculptor General Coleman Du Pont Walter Camp the Tale football mentor Ex-Governor Charles 8 Whitman and a number of Number One on Pag Twelve) Federal Judge Adheres to Previous Decision of Court in Oklahoma-Texas Row Oklahoma City March (Special) old decision of the United States court in the Greer county case holding that the south bank of the Red river is the boundary line between Oklahoma and Texas was adhered to today by 8 District Judge Williams In thfe case of the Burk-Bet Oil company against the State of Texas Evidence the cue wae taken before Judge Williams several weeks ago i In the case of the Judsonia Development company for which court wa convened here today and which involves an order made eeveral days ago by Federal Judge Youmans at Emd Judge Williams said the court would take evidence as to whether the south bank is the boundary The location of the south bank is a matter 0f fact Judge Williams said Thomas Gregory former attorney general of the United States with Texas officials representing the Texas side of tlie case arrived in Oklahoma City this morning The Judsonia company is represented by private counsel but representatives from the Oklahoma attorney office are present at the hearing It is ptobable that the case will not be completed until tomorrow afternoon BROTHER SHOT Toledo Ohio March A man who police believe Is Charles a brother of "Smiling hanged in Chicago recently for the death of a policeman was shot and fatally wounded by supposed gangster enemies in a rooming house here today O'Brien is said to be dying in a hospital WOOD LEAD HOLD8 UP Sioux Fals March Returns received over night from remote precincts which had not reported on prmary election increased the total precincts heard from to 1436 out of 1740 and gave Wood 29486 Lowden 25808 and Johnson 23713 Mormon Maidens in Surf Frocks Salt Lake City Utah March Mormon girls in all the charming frankness of bathing suits appeared for the first time in history in the public eye at the annual Intermountain A A swimming tournament The Mormon church has broken precedent by establishing a swimming pool afternoons entirely dedicated to mermaids County Attorney Cotton an-nounoed that potty larceny thi-rges Would be filed later in the day against all three girl in eity court Accused of being responsible for a shortage In the silk department of the I aihoun Dry Goods company which Chief of Police McAfee said Is excess of 15000 three girl clerks the Miss Irene Grubbs Miss Geraldine Sanders and Mrs CH Tay were hetd in the city Jail Friday afternoon awaiting the result of an Investigation by County Attorney otton Three other girls one of whom is a cousin of Mies Grubbs were called Into the chief of office Friday morning and subjected to close exam-' ination In connection with the case Miss Grubbs Miss Sanders and Mrs Taylor were locked in the police court- room at the end of a long session be- fore the chief of police They -were not placed in a cell with other prisoners Ptrkin Found Bhortsae The arrest followed the discovery of a large shortage by Perkins manager of Calhoun's silk department who declared he had suspected employes or the store for some time and that he was aware silk goods of the piece variety has been disappearing Mr Perkins said he could not estimate' the amount of silks stolen accurately but declared the loss was not as much as $5ooo Miss Grubos and Mrs Taylor were employed in thq silk department while Miss Sanders was connected with the neckwear department Following a vigilance on the part of Perkins which he maintained for several months he said the matter came to a head Thursday afternoon when it known according to Perkins that Miss Banders waa- preparing to tawre for Texas It was then that Pefkins consulted the police Pitts Arrests Thrse Girls Friday morning Plainclotheaman We Pitts was called to the Calhoun store He returned with one of the girls and shortly after took the other two who were not at work into custody A small quantity of silk goods value ostimated at about $75 was found at the residence of one of the accused girls last night At the police station Miss Sanders is credited with having made statements involving the other girls and later according to Chief McAfee the other two suspects admitted they were implicated Mias Banders told a Times-Democrat reporter through the cells of the court room door where the trio was locked up that Miss Grubbs and Mrs Taylor had and offered to pay for all they had token" but that she herself not being it" no confession and had none to make Girls Deny Charges Both Miss Grubbs and Mrs Taylor flatly denied they made any confession and denied they took anything from the store They maintained they were being held only for investigation Chief McAfee said the girls would be turned over to the county authorities Friday afternoon He said it hod not been determined what charge would be preferred An amount taken in excess of $J0 value would coll for a grand larceny charge he said Girls Danes and Chat The three girls looked the court room chatted and gossiped took dance steps at intervals and wished they had some music Thy dul not appear worried isn hdif bad" said one 'only I wih we had a piano so ws i could smimmy a little I Miss Grubbs is we'l known in Muskogee and is from an old family here ibhe lives at 406 East Bioadway I Taylor husband of Mrs Taylor is en-1 gaged in the oil business here The couple has a daughter in the Catholic academy here Miss Banders 19 not known to have any relatives here but a sister whom it is said she was preparing to visit lives in Texas 1 Attaches of the store had no comment to make on the manner by which the three girls are supposed to have made off with the silks other than concealment in the clothing Neither would they estimate the loss General Wood's managers state thal -the managers for Governor Lowden art spending more money than they are That is their defense I am incline to think that that is true There art some evidences of it Is the shameless situation Certain candidates are charged wit having made enormous expenditure! and they apparently have turned them-selves over to a coterie of men of vast wealth and are permitting those me to conduct their campaign To th man in the street It has every appear ance of an attempt to deliberately con trol with money the national convention "If these gentlemen will frankly ter ns where the money is coming from would be willing to secept their expla nation But when they remain silent there is only one inference to be draws and that is that the charges are true' problem without giving the Umtedi States the most ample opportunity to ward Two or three others will be decide whether 11 would accept a man-1 withdrawn before closing time featur-dite because it would have given rise day it is said to suspicion that Great Britain and! TJI nK France were taking advantage of thefAt Ibe Thursday night meeting the political dissensions in the United Central Labor council passed a States to divide the whole of Turkey lution giving Aldrich Blake a vote of Alienist Tall Msdieal Society It's First Symptom of Now Diseaoe) Fw Case in Amtrica New York March If your fingers and toes tingle with excitement or consult a doctor This is the advice of Dr Foster Kennedy alienist Who declared in an ad-drijs before the 114th convention of the medical society of the state of New York last night that tingling extremities are the flrBt symptoms of a new disease known as "Neuronitis" The tingling he said la followed by a weak-- ness In the upper pacts of the arms and legs which becomes worse until the patient cannot lift hands or feet I Few cases of the disease have been (tree in the United States' Dr Ken-nedy said explaining that It -appeared to result from severe shock to the nervous system number of cases have been obseri ed among the soldier of France he said YOUTHFUL AIDE OF ROBBER CONFESSES When Glenn colored started 1 Jn to rob a box-car tie made the fatal error of taking 11-year-old Louis Conner also colored as a confederate according to marges' filed in city and juvenile court Friday The youth has confessed officers stated to burglar ixlng a Katy box car and taking about $11 worth of merchandise from it Glenn is charged with burglary and the get behind to bring cities as ail the have facilities smaller If tha bond Issues probably project handle athletic Leases and they In the same Fair board are responsible The Central Thursday Indorsing provided as one of property is administration carrying to will be should field property Fite grandstand working until it is board In not be only an revenue high and organization in outdoor be given a square deal under hus preshvterv of Oklahoma which -ahmiltl A nA AlAJ'tAtl WA 1 ministration -should he be elected we conditions to be true it should ftnd for the plaintiff In other words should hae been used where was PRESBYTERIANS TO I HELP INDIANS ALONG Chattanooga Tenn March The Southern Presbyterian church will spend $116200 among the Indians of the south and souihaesl during the year 19 JO-19 I Dr Homer McMillan secretary of the committee on home missions announced todjiy following a meeting here of the campaign commit- tee of the Presbyterian Progressive program of inch he is chairman Oklahoma Presbyterian college at Durant is the most prominent Indian mission work of the church and this Institution will leceive $100 000 he said Much other work will be done in the includes 20 churches 67 PERCFXT OF CHIC AGO AS ARE FOREIGN -BORX Chicago March 26 than 67 per cent of total population based on unofficial and incomplete census figures Is composed of foreign-born citixens Of the estimated total of 2864827 14 per cent are Germans tha count of that nationality in Chicago given os 3785 Approximately 940452 native white Americans are Chicagoans The second largest group of foreign nationality as disclosed by the figures is the Polish population with a count of 288 482 Russians are third with a total of 201-817 while the Irish take fourth place with 172089 The negro population Is 6 per cent of the whole being counted as 144 241 Negro-Amerkuns arW given fifth place among the groups counted exclusive of natiVe white Americans I i i 1 i 1 I i BORAH CHARGES LOWDEN AND WOOD SEEK CONTROL BY WEIGHT OF DOLLARS SS-Cha-xlnrfor Senator Borah ukd that wa- profiteer had combined to what will they pay for 4 control the boy with being a delinquent among themselves It was only when America definitely refused the mandate that we proceeded without Mr Lloyd George declared Offered Cilicia The premier said the proposal to oust the sultan had been rejected as inadequate because It left the question of the government of Constantinople undecided and the allies were anxious to avoid the expense and responsibility of tha administration of Constantinople With regard to Armenia the premier continued France would have been willing to hand Cilicia to the United States if the latter had accepted the mandate Up to the present we have ohly received requests from America to pro- teot Armenia without any offer to assume responsibility' Mr Lloyd George HLid hope France will undertake the responsibility but jt is too much to ask considering all the burdens France already The premier contended it was Impossible for England to send armies to keep order in Armenia and Asia Minor England could do her utmost to exert pressure in Constantinople to obtain good treatment for Christians he asserted but was unable to accept a wider responsibility Armenians Intelligent The Armenians are an exceptionally intelligent people and must begin te depend on themselvee for the protection of their independence Mr Lloyd George said adding that he understood they could easily raise an army of 49000 men Great Britain would be willing to supply equipment and officers (or their training If that were doite they could defend themselves against the Turks (he premier declared 1 Referring to centre! Europe Mr Lloyd George said: Germany would perform her part (See Nj 2 VagTlo) GRIZZLED GRAYS RESCUE COMRADES FROM FLAMES AND WATCH HOME BURN hereby pledge to him our united support in campaign for mayor" the resolution concludes IRVING SCHOOL AGAIN FOR The Irving school which was closed all day Thursday because of the flooded streets on all sides was reopened Friday Four feet of water in the basement Thursday had become a negative quantity Friday while the water in the street-had been drained away Several sanitary sewers were stopped up by the rush of water but storm ewers handled all of the water without a mins Street department men expected to have ail the sewers released befor Friday night MARCH PERMITS GO OVER $100000 MARK permits for fciarch stepped over the $190000 mark Friday when Kalbourn A Brown secured permission to erect a 6-room bungalow in Highland addition The bungalow is to cost 4600 republican and democratic national conventions Senator Borah republican Idaho told the senate today that the pre-convention expenditures of some presidential candidates presented a situation" promising a "saturnalia of corruption" unless congress called a halt Senator charges which were made in presenting his bill for limita-i tion of pre-convention expenditures started a political debate in wbich senator on both sides of the chamber joined Reading a published story that "testimonials" endorsing Major General Leonard Wood were being purchased in Indiana at the rate of $260 apiece Sen-( ator Borah said ne hod been advised that of affidavits to the same effect were on file in a neighboring state" If these men who have supposed that you can purchase the nomination are beginning by paying $250 Louisville Ky March A rebel 'fatiie yell sounded throughout the nfederale home at pewee Vallsy Ky 18 miles from Louieville at '6 last night was the fust alatm of the fire that three hours later had destroyed the inutltutlop Commanded by Bergeant Gushead who during the wqr was the keeper of John mount the t0 v-erans of the home abie to walk filed from the bulling with preeision similar to that which made the arm) of the Confederacy famous Calmly the graje marched at tUuble to the hospital building.