The Muldrow Sun from Muldrow, Oklahoma • Page 2

Important Actions of State Legislature Oklahoma J. 0. "Walton's financial history as written by his enemies was' laid before the etmember of the Oklahoma City po lice force, testified that he followed Governor Walton about the stale on state senate sitting as an impeach- 1 tne theory that Dennis sometime merit court, and then the house me ra- surrender to the executive hers conducting the prosecution indi-' that he could intercept the wanderer cated their willingness to rest the before he could give himself up and case, ignoring the charges that the subsequently claim the $5000 reward suspended executive had abused his offered at Walton's behest, powers when he inaugurated a regime! Mullenlx was on the police force of martial law in Oklahoma. when Walton was mayor and was Walton's was chiefly a cash busl-! Placed on the state payroll after the preferred the use of currency to to the witnesses who related details of the governor's money deals. Dr.

E. T. Bynum who was In turn, a campaign financier, executive sellor and state bank commissioner, has been dubbed "The Good Provid er" as the result of his testimony covering a year's activity as a collector. legislature, at Walton's instance, had appropriated for the Dennis pursuit and reward. Dennis eventual: ly surrendered at Walton's home, requesting as he did so, that the reward be withdrawn.

Before the board of managers and some members of the court joined in a move to center the trial on corruption charges and ignore'those counts Bank attaches, building and loan as-, whlch might involve the Ku Klux sociation officers and oil magnates, Klan lssue th defense had sub- contributed to the story. I Poenaed 57 members of the Bynum on three occasions turned. more tnan a the avow- over $500 to the governor, from funds solicited in tours of the state and then, he testified, demurred to further activities of the sort. Wnen he flatly told Walton he would tell the truth ed intention of seeking to show that they were members of the Klan. Chairman Wesley E.

Disney of the house investigating committee and or the house prosecutors, was not sum- If hailed before an investigating moned, but other members of the the governor as frankly retorted that, board of managers were, as follows: when he had been mayor.of Oklahoma Dave A. Stovall, Hugo; J. R. Tod- City he had "had around me men who beVt, Hobart; T. H.

Wren, Okemah; didn't know anything when these investigations arose." Charles J. Wrightsman, the New York-Tulsa oil millionaire, president of the state university board of re- Leslie E. Salter, Carmen; Jess L. Pullen, Sulphur; W. J.

Otken, Enid. On motion of PreBidenf Pro Tern. Tom Anglin, the senate itself voted overwhelmingly against admission of gents, stood revealed as the principal evidence tending to show that Wal "angel" of the Walton campaign. On 1 ton's life was threatened when as may- the stand, Wrightsman testified 0 he issued a proclamation against he had. contributed $12,000 to $12,500 'the Klan.

Anglin, who quickly took and that one check for $50000 went the lead in the effort to quash the directly to. Walton and was cashed by Klan issue, is the author of the most Walton. rigid anti-Klan bill yet introduced in Charles Page, of Sand Springs, who the legislature, enjoys a nationwide reputation as an; Two members of the house investi- oil producer and philanthropist, re-' gating committee journeyed to Musko- lated on the stand that he contributed ge and returned with a sworn during the campaign and gave ent by Dr. W. T.

Tilly of that city Walton $500 more after he became that he had initiated Walton as a governor. 1 Klansman at large, administering th Frank B. Lucas, private secretary Klan oath in the executive offices to E. W. Marland of Ponca City, head here.

Immediately following adjourn- of the great Marland oil companies, me nt of the impeachment court for corroborated the charge that Marland the day, a few hours after the Tilly had purchased for $28,500, six $5000 evidence was made public, Walton is- notes bearing Walton's signature, and sued a statement flatly denying that a mortgage on the governor's new he had joined the Klan or paid an en- mansion purchased from Walter D. trance fee. Caldwell, now connected'with the Mar- At the same time the governor's land enterprises. counsel demanded that the house man- Dr. Bynum testified that when he agers be compelled to present their tendered Walton money in check form, the counts involving the var the governor confessed a preference i 0U declarations of martial law and to currency.

thus the Klan. Chairman Disney de- All of the -evidence relating to con- clared it would take six weeks to pre- tributions by great corporate interests sent both sides of the martial law or men connected therewith, was charges. brought forward by the prosecution for the purpose of intimating that the Impeachment hearings before thp interests involved expected to be com- senate have been holding the center pensated by services the governor 0 the stage in Oklahoma City, bin could render them as chairman of the on the other side of the capitol there state board of equalization and school have been interesting developments land commission. too. Wrightsman and Page testified that Chief perhaps of these was the res- they emphatically refused to purchase of Dr.

G. S. Long of Tulsa, any of the Walton notes when this one of the five representatives from paper was being peddled by Caldwell, that county aod of the com "This approach obviously was not mittee investigating the state banking a plain business deal," said Wrights- department. He had been under fire man, commenting on Caldwell's visit in connection with certain pardon ami to him. parole 'recommendations to Governoi Wrightsman said the $5000 he had Walton, sent direct to Walton, was paid after Long was admittedly an activf a consultation with the then Demo- Klansman.

During the regular ses cratic nominee inane Skirvin hotel in sion, he was an earnest advocate oi Oklahoma City after the primary elec- the Walton program. He denies any tiou, August, 1922. Walton said at connection with pardon matters sub that time that he lacked confidence ject to censure. in Democratic State Chairman Ed M. In connection with impeachment trial Semans to whom the money ordlnari- evidence showed that automobile licen- ly would have been sent.

se tags had been furnished members of Caldwell, in the course of his testi- the legislature at the $1 rate provided mony picturing the sale of his home for ofiicial cars. President Pro Tern, to Walton, said he had formed an opin- Tom Anglin of the senate demanded ion that if Marland bought the Wal- that the highway department produce ton notes, something would happen to a list of senators fhus favored. It was make collection from the governor indicated the members receiving tags improbable. at the reduced rate would be compel- Dr. Bynum, it developed, also par- led to dig up the difference between ticipated in the home transaction to what they had paid and what the pri the extent of discussing purchase of vate citizen must pay.

the notes with Marland. The oil magnate, Bynum testified, was hesitant: A house- committee of five was ap- about helping the governor by hand- pointed to investigate the official con- ling his notes. He preferred to do it duct of Horace Hagan, Tulsa attorney, by aiding him to buy stock on a ris- member of the soldiers' relief commis ing market, "or something of that sion. The inquiry was ordered on the kind." motion of Representative Jess L. Pul While the senate court was grinding km of Sulphur that Hagan's seat as on the impeachment charges, cover- the member elected by the house, be lng past transactions, the house in- declared vacant.

vestigating committee developing a Representative Puilen is a membe; line of evidence designed to show that of the American Legion. in the last, few weeks, Walton had all of his cash and securities to Mrs. Walton. £vents of General Interest from Concise Paragraphs. NEWS FROM MANY CAPITALS Brief Mention of What Is Transpiring In This and Other Countries of the Globe.

"War's Echoes. The allies have demanded the immediate delivery of ex-Crown Prince Frederick William for trial as to his war guilt in a note protesting against his return to Germany, according to well informed diplomatic circles. The note has already arrived in Berlin. The ex -German kaiser is preparing to return to the fatherland. He already has in his hands passports for himself and his suite, and the Brussels Gazette goes so far as to say it is expected the Hohenzollern monarchy will be restored December The proposed economic conference on reparations has blown up.

The American officially notified France it would be futile for the United States to participate since the very purposes of the proposed conference were frustrated by Premier Poincare 's restrictions. General Ludendorf who, as commander-in-chief of the German forces, credited with losing the World War for Germany, is a captive of the government against which he has plotted openly and secretly ever since he returned to his reactionary Bavarian stronghold. The Bavarian government has been declared overthrown by Adolph Hitler, the Fascista leader, and the administration placed in the hands of General Ludendorff, as commander- in-chief. After Hitler's declaration his troops drew a cordon around the building. The national government is determined to fight against the proclaimed dictatorship in Bavaria, President Ebert and Chancellor Stressemann announced to the German people in a proclamation issued immediately after the news from Bavaria was received in Berlin.

Washington The alien land laws of California and Washington, prohibiting aliens ineligible to citizenship from owning or leasing land, were declared valid and constitutional the other day by the federal supreme court. Plans for the observance of Harding memorial week throughout the country from December 9 to 16 have been announced by the Harding Memorial Association. Eighteen states through their attorneys general have filed in the supreme court a brief contending they have the right to prevent national banks frcm establishing branches, a question at issue in the case brought by the First National Bank of St. Louis against the State of Missouri. An American aviator will participate in an attempt next summer to The which started in Middle a reduction ot 2 stents a gallon: by the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, has to.

the? eastern seaboard when most Of the principal refiners' reduced prices 1 cent a Ion. ----The present wheat acreage p1Snte3 sfibfiTd reduced gradually 50,000,000, an acreage sufficient to care for domestic demands, the wheat production committee of the wheat council of the ifr ffr Three men were killed and nineteen others, among them several city firemen, were burned in an explosion following a fire recently at the Abbott road the National Analine and' Chemical' company in Buffalo, N. Y. 4r The honor of Mrs. Helen El wood Stokes has been vindicated: A jury of her peers late the other afternoon said, "no" to the charges of infidelity brought against her by W.

E. D. Stokes, her millionaire husband. Light earth shocks were felt in Los Angeles, and seyeral nearby cities the other night. Glendale, Monrovia and outlying residence districts of the city reported disturbances varying in number from two to twelve.

Prayers that their deaths might be simultaneous were answered in the case of George Lumley and his wife of Kampsville, 111., for whom a double funeral was held recently. Lumley end his wife died at exactly the same minute. The Interstate commerce commission has refused to undertake an Investigation into the general level of railroad rates. Identical letters, containing notice of the decision, were addressed to various organizations of shippers and producers. Southwest Fifty-two thousand one hundred and twenty-one men swung into- the bat ile line for the Kansas City Men's Bible class the other morning at Convention Hall.

It was the largest gathering of men that ever came together in one spot for religious services in ancient or modern times, 4r Ten Dallas, firemen were injured, two severely, the other day when a fire truck and a big aerial ladder truck, from different stations, crashed together at a downtown street corner when responding to an alarm. (j. Indictments, charging accessory after the fact in a highway robbery, were returned by a grand jury at Kansas City recently against Joseph Aylward, accredited attorney for the underworld; Morris Salwinsky, a police character and a young attorney in Aylward's office. Frank G. Nash, alleged to be the last of the Al Spencer band of train robbers, who participated in the robbery of a Missouri-Kansas-Texas passenger train at Okesa, August 20, has been taken into custory in the desert country south of Sierra Blanca, Tex.

Mrs. F. D. Evans was fodnd guilty at Kansas City the other afternoon and sentence was at two yeais in the state penitentiary for feloni cusly beating Marceline Grace, 12- year-old girl left at her home to be cared for. Foreign Premier Poincara has decided to propose the creation of a committee of experts to investigate the question The com- traverse the Arctic regions by air plane.

Lieut. Ralph E. Davidson will of German reparations, pilot one of the three planes making mittee, as suggested, will be corn- up the convoy, which will be com- I posed of delegates from the powers "Ninety-three cars of hrpomcom have been shipped from Pauls Valley this shipped last year. Alva creameries and produce houses are sending up.a cry for more cream, as their plants have not enough-cream to run to full capacity. Ten dollars are being offered by the Ardmore Factory club to the person submitting the most appropriate trademark for Ardmore made products.

Only 3,045 bales oi cotton have oeen ginned in Holdenville this season as contrasted to 7,518 bales on the same date last year, according to the gin- ners' report. L. T. Bruce, owner or the Bruce Hardware store, is In a Clinton hospital with a charge of buckshot in his face and chest as a result of a shotgun, being discharged accidentaly. Because his sawmill sat too 'Lost creek and the saw dust was blown into the waters, James Snow, a farmer living near Ottawa, was fined $25 and costs on a charge of polluting a stream.

The largest enrollment for a fall term in the history of the Northeastern State Teachers' college at Tahlequah has been reached. It totals In addition there are 498 enrolled in the extension division, making a total of 990. Plans are being made for the erection of several rigs near Roff, as the result of the show made in the Clark, Gilbert and Smith well on the Floyd farm in section 28-3n-4e which is to be shot soon. Roads to the field are being improved. The government report of cotton ginned in Okfuskee county shows that there were 4,107 bales of cotton ginned in Okfuskee county, from the crop of 1923 pYior to November 1, as compared with 7,619 bales ginned to November 1, 1922.

Superintendents of oil companies operating In the Wewoka field near Holdenville held a meeting recently and decided to co-operate with the chamber of commerce in working the road leading from Holdenville to the oil field, six miles northwest of the city. The county is furnishing graders and other machinery, and there are now fifteen teams and men at work on tho road. Through the medium of a community beef club, farmers of Banner township, southeastern Dewey county, are assured of a fresh supply of beef this winter. Under the plan, one farmer butchers a beef each week, which is prorated among the members. Two school districts in Banner township form what is known as the "Parallel cdmmunity," the beef club being only one of its activities.

Take it bene to the kids. Have a paoket in your racket for ever-ready treat. A delicious the Norwegian explorer. Estimates approved by the budget diiector. for the army air service in mission.

Professor Marchiafava, eminent physician, announces the discovery of the next fiscal year call for an ap- a remedy for pneumonia and other propriation of 12 1 2 million dollars, lung diseases by a young Swiss, Dr the same amount appropriated for the Lfcandro Tomarkin, who has been en- present year. The federal reserve board, announcing its decision in the branch gaged in research work in tho royal laboratories at Rome. great "beer cellar govern The Hagan, Ray Weems of Sallisaw and Charles Orr of Holdenville are mem- Members of the senate and counsel bers of the commission, which hat on 1 both sides were extremely active charge of the soldiers' hospitals at in examination of witnesses presumed Muskogee and Sulphur and the sol- to know of the state-financed search diers' wart at University Hospital for Fred Dennis, the fugitive state here. The house, senate and execu- tive board of the Legion, each afppoint Aldribb Blake, former, executive a member of the commission. to Governor J.

C. Walton, is sending out blank forms of an ini- A seriate committee Investigating a tiative petition asking submission of report published in the Muskogee a strict anti-Klan Times Democrat that bribes had been Among other provisions, the bill re- offered senators in connection with quires that name and-addresses of all the Walton impeachment, found that members of secret societies be made a' the rumor was groundless, it said in a watter of public record. It Is made'sfbl-mal statement. swear falsely as to The newspaper was-directed, tqputi-, JlftiraMp In a secret organjeatlon before Ush the committee report Jury. Delivery of a threatening let- under penalty of-contempted pi tiaak.ng controversy has, adopted ment" proclaimed in Munich the a condition or membership in the othar night with the announced pur eserve system of state banks that pose of regenerating Germany by de- hey agree to establish no branches I molishing the republic, and restoring except witnhi the city where the par- the monarchy, now lies in ruins.

-ut bank is located. -r Democratic national party man- 'i' 'h The German government has dis- natched an answer to Premier ter is also made a felony. i ings. agers have recently discussed wuh care's demand that Berlin facilitate Missouri Democrats the possibility of the resumption of the activities of jitlier St. Louis or Kansas City en- the Allied military oontrol commis na- sion.

Germany does not refuse France 's demand but declares it is unable to guarantee the safety of Allied officers. The allied council of has decided to request the Dutch gov eminent not to permit ex-Crows Prince Frederick William to Dutch territory, where he has been in exile since the war. American subsoil petroleum rights acquired before the putting into effect of the present Mexican constitution on May 1, 1917, are guaranteed, at least by implication in a presidential decree Just published in the Mexican capital. Negotiations have been begun between representatives of the Ruhr industrialists and all the uHions, to determlce whether workmen will make sacrifices which the consider necessary lor the of economic lertaining the next Democratic tioual convention. 'fr' Horatio "Good-roaus" Earle, former Michigan highway commissioner, has resigned from membership in a Detroit Methodist Episcopal church because he believes churches generally have abandoned the gospel for politics.

Poultry experts of the department of agriculture declare a recent survey revealed more than 6 million pounds of turkey In cold storage, held over from last year's crop. Speculators are preparing to dump this on the market around Thanksgiving time. Two motor carloads of bandits raided Ogden, at 2 o'clock the other morning, held citizens and officers at bay with revolvers and escaped with more-than $2,000 cash and Liberty bo1ifo' i Sam B. Turner, sheriff of Hughes county and president of the Country club, received a large shipment of fish recently from the state fish hatchery near Bokchito to restock Little river at the Country club grounds, four miles south of HoldenviHe. Members of the club own a number of boats, and efforts are being made to make the site the center of sport activities for spring and summer.

Christmas trees will be erected again this year at the intersection of streets in the business district of Ponca City, in line with a resolution adopted at this week's session of the chamber of commerce. This method of municipal Christmas trees was inaugurated here three years ago and has been followed annually with five trees erected each year. All are decorated by the Boy Scouts. Cecil Munrf, sales manager of the Southwest Wheat Growers association, the selling agency at Enid of the Oklahoma and Texas Wheat Growers' associations, plans to visit soon all the important flour mills of Mexico with a view of making contracts to furnish them with association wheat after a treaty between the United States and Mexico has been ratified. The agency this year established a sales connection in Mexico and through it has sold considerable wheat, making collections at the border.

A bridge, supported by sixteen boats, has been built across the North Canadian river near McLoud. It replaces the structure washed out during the flood, pontoon bridge was built as the river is too high for a permanent structure to be erected. A steady stream of traffic has been going' oyer the bridge since its opening. The $16,000 estimated to be derived by Craig county from the tax on gasoline during this year will be spent on gravelling small stretches of roads hi the county, according to a resolution passed by county commissioners. Officials of the Healdton Natural Gas company to be in Hugo soon to confer with city officials and members of a Lions club committee re garding the obtaining of a gas fran chlse and the consequent construction of a pipeline from the Healdton fields.

Thomas B. Reid, former Oklahoma lawyer, and politician of EJ Reno, has been ordained into the ministry and Installed as pastor of the Presbyterian church at Shawneetown. according to word received by friends. Reed was. of 21 Rend until Thinking counts little unless you act well.

WOMEN! DYE FADED THINGS NEW AGAIN Dye of? Tint Any Worn, Shabby Gar. ment or Drapery. Each 15-cent package of "Diamond Dyes" contains directions so simple that any woman can dye or tint any old, worn, faded thing new, even If the has never dyed before. Choose any color at drug Even a dog banks his surplus bonea. Wreck survivors tell how tobacco kept them going When food and water gave out on third day, they smoked until rescued Perhaps they were only pirates of the sea, and deserved no gTeat charity from the hand of Fate.

they were very much human beinga when they found themselves miles out to sea adrift in an open boat. With two days' supply of food and water, they confidently expected to- be rescued in plenty of time. But when the third passed and no friendly sail appeared on the horizon, it began to look like a case for Davy Jones's locker. One of the victims, crazy with thirst, suggested that they divide a bottle of iodine and end the agony quickly. "The tobacco hasn't given out yet," said another.

"Let's stick it out a while longer." And they did. Late in the afternoon of the fifth day a tramp schooner saw their distress signals and came valiantly to- the rescue. "The only thing that kept us going: at all was tobacco," one of the survivors admitted when he was safely deposited on dry land again. "We smoked, and chewed, and that sort of kept us up." Tobacco Is certainly a poor substitute for food and water under the- Btress of trying circumstances, smoking a pipe is a big help. Pipes filled with Edgeworth.

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