Evening Star Newspaper, September 17, 1923, Page 2

| LECION MEN UREE BLS ecutive Shows Strong In- terest in Veterans. Tegislation: for the veterans of the world war favored by the American Legion was discussed generally by a delagation of the legion. headed: By Natfonal Commander Alvin Owsley. with. President Coolidge at the White House to The prope pensation bill ed. soldfers’ adjusted com- ws on the list of the measures disc! ed, Col. Owslew said following the conference. ‘The President cxpressed an inter- est in the service man as strong and forceful as ever came fram a Presi- dent of the Thited States” satd Col Owsley. “He asked that the legion present to him a list of the legisla- tive measuras which it favors, so that he can give these measures his per- somal consideration before Congress opens. Ho was particulurly interest- ed in the disabled men and in the matters relating to hospitalization and rehabilitation. In this work he will have the stvomgest and fullast sup- port of the American Legion. With us the d bled is the first man con- sldered.” Bonus Discussion Generally. Asked how taken up with t ter of the adjusted compe popularly Enown. suldiers’ bonus bill, Col. Ow: aid that it had not been discussed spectally but generally, along with other measures. He added that the adjusted compensa- tlon_measure was second on the list to the measure for the disabled, so far s ho personally was concerned. Besides Col. Owsley those in the de- legation who culled on the President today were Col. H. Nelson Jackson ot Vermont, Col. Ernest O. Thompson of Texas, ani Capt. John Thomas Taylor, e chairman of the national legislative committee of the legion. One purpose of the call today was to request President Collidge to giv a message to be presented to t leglon at its nual convention in S Francisco, October 1 promised to furnish such a message. Brings Veterans’ Message. Col. Owsley brought to the Pres- tdent a message from the interallied veterans, representing millions of fighting men. who met recenmtly in Brussels. He saig the President was particularly interested in this me: sage. He delivered to the President, too, messages from President Mil- lorand of France, Premier Poineare and Gen. Gouroud. The legion d gation had luncheon at the White House. Others who called upon the Pre: ident today included Col. Thomas W. Miller, alien property custodian, who introduceq to the President Represe: tative Robert Bacon of New Yorl Samuel Adams, president of the Fed- eration of Uncle Sam’'s Voters; Rest- dent Commissioner Guevara of the Philippines. Mr. Adams sald that he had dis- cussed the agricultural sitnation as well as appointments and court re- forms. Mr. Adams suggested that the subject of farm land ownership be made the subject of careful study. Hae pointed out that at present 40 r cent of’' American farmers are in one state the to 67. He suggested fysion of five be chosen by Congress to make appointments to federal office, extept the cabinet. and thus take off the shoulders of the President the burden now placed. Finds President Interested. Mr. Guevara said that the Presi- dent had evinced much interest in thE Fhllippines and that he was d sirems of seeing the best possible onditions in the islands The com- missioner said he had not discussed with the Preident Gen. Wood’s administra- tion in .the islands nor the question of independence for the Filipinos. A number of secretaries of state of the states and othters who have been atteading a convention in Asheville, N. C., called on the President to pay their respects. They were Fred Zim- merman, secretary of state of Wi consi llivan Laevitan, state treas- urer of Wiscopsin; Louls Emerson, secretary of state of Illinots: Hike Holm, secretary of state of Minneso- ta; Lawrence F. Orr, state examiner of Indiana; C. E. Coyne, secretary of state of South Dakota: James H. Ker- by, secretary of state of Arizona, and Mr. Stewart, secretary of state of Montana. —_— 10 PER CENT “GAS” CUT EFFECTIVE IN D. C. TODAY (Continued from First Page.) delegation had resident the mat- sation bill. ol. Owsley with per- ing old considerably cheaper in neighboring states than in Ohio, Gov. Donahey vesterday directed a letter to the chairman of the board of di- (rectors of the Standard Oil Company of Ohio at Cleveland, asking why “there cannot be 2 substantial reduc- dien in the retail price of gasoline in Ohio.” In his letter the chief executive | pointed out that the Ohio consumers are paying around 20% cents and that he is informed that ~throughout the territory of the middle western states over which the Standard Oil Company of Indiana operates a generally pre- vailing price of 16 cents has been e tablished, subject to slight modifica~ tion in accordance with differential or_freight rates.” He also set forth that it would be u_n:ust to cut prices below produc- tion costs, but suggested that if pos- sible, market standards created by surplus production should be made WEST VIRGINIA SLASH. Gasoline Cut One Cent a Gallon by Standard Oil Company. ' CHARLESTON, W. Va., September 7—Crittenden Ford, West Virginia manager for the Standard OlI Com- pany of New Jersey, today announced 2 cut of 1 cent a gallon in the price of gasoline in this state, effective to- day, and applylng to tank-wagon, tank-car and filling station service. The new price here is 23 cents a gal- lon, including a 2-cent state tax. Saveral other companies announced that they would meet the cut. LORD EXMOUTH PREPARES FOR PARLIAMENT SEAT Former D. C. Resident Must Reside in Britain Five Years to Become Citizen. By the Amociated Press. LONDON, September 17.—Lord Ex- mouth, once of Washington, formerly Prof. Charles Ernest Pellew of Columbia University, has notified the authorities that he intends to take out Engilsh citizenship papers, and that he will exercise his right to sit in the house of the lords, It will be necessary, bowever, for ON COOLREE Commander Owsley Says Ex-{ 'Night Heat Wave | | In San Francisco; Femperature 80 By, the Associntad. Rreas. SAN FRANCISCO, September 17. —TDhis city, where chill nights are characteristic, experienced Iast night one of the most torrid nights, on reword, thre thermomater: touch- ing 80/ degrecs im the smail' hours of the morning; it was said today at the weather bureau. BARTLETT IS HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT {Limousine Crushed Between Two Street Cars—Escapes g { i With Minor Injuries. | John . Bartlett, first assistant postmaster gemeral and former Gov- ernor of New Hampshire, narrowly escaped serious injury when his: auto- mobils was trappéd. hetween ‘two- an- coming street cars at Gth and E stroets nosthwest today. Mr. Bartlett was taken to Emer~ gency Hospital where he was treated for cuts on the forehead and shock. | He was able to leave the hospital Weldon _Holcamb, aged _thirty-four | years, 1757 U street northwest, chauf- feur, driving Mr. Bartlett’s Limousin; at the time of the accident, was also talken to the hospital and treated for bruises and shock. His condition is not serious. Mrs. John D. Wilson, giving her address “as 503 1lith street southeast who witnessed the accident while on the way to work, was so overcome by the sight of the automobile trapped between the twa street cars that it was also necessary to take her to the hospital and treat her for shock. Mr. Bartlett, whoae home is at Con- cord, N. H., lives at 2400 16th street northwest while in Wushington. He was on_his way to the Union station about 8:30 o'clock this morning_to catch a traln for Richmond. Va., where he planned to attend the con- | v n of postal supervisors. { The automobile was completely de- melished and the twisted wreckage way strewn for almost half a block. The street cars, both of the Wash ington Railway and Electric Com- | pany, were being driven by Motor- | men J. A. Buckkler and C. W. Con- nors of the 1lith and East—Capitol street car barn. No one belng Reld by the police in conneetion with the accident. RIVERA WILL EXPEL i 31 SPANISH POLITICIANS | ALL PARTIES BANNED| (Continued from First Page.) for the welfare of the eountry. He| has also appealed to the free citizens to make the pelitical parties more ! progressive, and thus enrich the | Spanish race. A decree, naming Primo Rlvera as| president of the directorate, confers I on him the power to pass upon de- crees invelving public health, which decrees will be laws ad interim. but| he cannot modify laws passed by the | cortes. In the preamhle - Primo Rivera declares himself confident of coping with the situation in the same | spirit whieh led him to aceept the leadership of the natfon. { Members Lack Experience. Although it Is not believed the members of the new government will | be able to discharge their duties in conformity with the law, since they | lack experience. it is proposed to es- tablish soon a constitutional govern- ment In Spain, camprising persons in- dependent from and not belonging to vicious political organizations. In conclusion Prime Rivera says: “The clamor of the people for me gives me comfort and hope in devel- aping my patriotic work.” MILITARY COUP POPULAR. Abolition of Comstitution and Framing New One Next Step. By Cabie to The Star and Philads Pubite r. Copyright, 1923. MADRID, September 17. t is be- lieved the next important act of Cap- tain General Primo Rivera, now dic- tator of £pain, will be to abalish the Spanish constitution and draw wp a new one, in which case the monarchy would be stronger than ever. wabile the church and both houses of parlia- ment would suffer. The military coup now is most pop- tlar and is considered the only means of saviog Spain from the graft that was slowly bleeding the country. Moreover, ihe specter of bolshevism for the moment appears to have beeén dissipated. The coup having been led by the Catalonian Primo era, it id now considered possible that the differences between the capital and that turbulent pravince may be solved Gets Tremendous Ovation. The new dictator recelved a tre- mendous ovation when he arrived in Madrid. He announced that he would terminate all political faveritism, im- prison all grafters, chambers of the cortes, abolish all political jobs and. discharge employes Rguring only on various pay rolis ana never appearing in their offices. He promised that swift justice wauld be administered by competent judges to the politiclans responsible for the Morroccan debacle and that all per sons sentenced to death by the trib- unals would be shot immediately. His address culminated in a predic- tion that “when I leave the palace in Madrid_after an audlence with the king. Santiago Alba (the ex-foreign minister) will enter prison. From Blarritz, whither Senor Alba fled after the ceup d'etat, comes a statement that the refugee left Spain only until he could see how the crisis would terminate, and that he would publish a document in his defense. Alba also claims that he is willing to undergo trial before one or a hundred tribunals. However, the feeling in Madrid is that he never will return fo Spain through fear of losing his hoad. Former Premier Alhucemas, who now is in Madrid, Is in the hands of the military dictatars should they want him, but his public record is considered as ciean as Alba’s is un- clean, and therefore he has no fear of standing trial. Gen® Cavalcanti, cap- tain general of Saragossa, in an inter- view ‘declared the ‘new government k would be formed of civilians, but not |several cargoes of lumber for tem-|T. oliticians, and none of the military directorate will hold any public of- fice which should be filled by a clvil- ian.” The army in Africa has not yet learned of the coup d'etat, as it wau considered inadvisable te send infor- mation to troops confronting the enemy. As for Alfonso XIII, ever since Rivera arrived in Madrid the King has [opened, as a result, until November, ' Df. A. A. d publicly in full army uni- :g’rpn:?:uo: to the discomfiture of the politiclans, but greatly to the joy of the people. BADICALS SENT TO JAIL. B By the Assoclated Press. BARCELONA, September 17.—The principal communist and bolshevik lcaders have been arrested and placed in jail. Other members of the - zations are declared to be in flight to- ward the French frontier, which is be- ing closely watched. The chiefs of the Hml;il‘fl in Cutalonia, Senators Alfonso and Count de Caralt, have been called to the headquarters of Gen. Primo Rivera in mr% where they announced their erence to the new. govern- THE 'EVENING ‘:STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY, SEPFTEMBER 17, 1923.° All that was left of Fiost Assistant Postmaster General Bartictts antomobile ufter It win canght between two W. L. und K, aues, af 5th and E streets northwest this. morning. JAPAN RELIEF FUND EXCEEDS 36,000,000 U. S. Contributions Through Red Cross Gain $93,000 | in Past 24 Heurs. | America’s contribution for the re- liet of Japanese sufferers resuiting from the recent earthquake has passed the $8,000,000 mark, it wasan- | nounced at headquarters here mda.\'.g The actual amount of money on hand: | as computed from overnight reports; trom divisions, is $9,104,800. H A galn of $93,000 in the last| twenty-four hours was reported by the Washington division, which ln-' cludes the District of Columbia :lnd. eleven of the eastern states. The reports by divistons follow Washington -$4,493.000 Now England 513.000 Southern Central Southwestern Pacific P Insular and Foreign. President Deeply Gratified. Fresident Coolidge, in a message addressed to the peaple ef the Upited States vesterday, expressed his deen gratification at their generous re- sponse to the appeals from the suf-} ferers In earthquake stricken Japan “The prompt and genepous "at se of the American people ta mpvt nt | needs of a friendly nation 'ih #ime | t distress has been most grati- fying,” the message said. “When the news of the tragedy in Japap 8rst reached us the American RediCress, pursuant to a proclamation aaked the country for $5.000,000 to me this great emergency. The answer to this appeal was prompt and generous; in less than two weeks a swm; far .in excess of the original goal was given. “At the close of this euccesstul campaign I wish to extend to the people of the United States my deep appreciation for this manifestation of thelr generosity and their willingness at all times te answer the call ef suffering Rumanity.” Sta by Chalrman Payne. Chairman John Barten Payne of the Red Cross in a formal statement declared the fund had been a gift “from the hearts of the whole: Ameri~ ean people.” “It is with 2 feeling uf profound gratitude,” he said, “that the Amer can Red Cross extends its thanks to the American people for their spon- taneous, generous and tmmediate r sponse ta tha call for help, whic came from stricken Japan. Thia splendig expression has come not from a few, but from hundreds of thousands répresenting every phase of our. national life. It has been in truth, a. gift from the Rearts of the wholé American pzople. Chairman Payne again called at- tention to the fact that every doilar is to be utilized for actual relief in Japan_and that there would be no expendiures for the administration of the fund. Making War On Dinease. Disinfectants and medicines to the of gr. already purchased have been bought in an effort to check disease in the Japanese disaster zone. Judge Payne announced today following a meet- ing of th emergency committee which has been administering the rellef fund for the stricken Japanese. He stated that the additional con- signment of disinfectants and medi- cines had been ordered purchased by the committee after Ambassador Cy- rus Woods had informed the Red Cross that they were urgently mec- essary, especlally disinfectants in large quantities. The disinfectants and medicines wil be rusheg to Yoko- hama on a fast vessel &‘;n;rlng from the west coast in a few days. It was also announced by the Red Cross that 100,000 sults of children's underwear had been ordered and 'would be put aboard ship immediate- 1y inasmuch as cold weather is fac- ing the homeleoss Japanese. Meets Needs as Ascertained. The Red Cross, which receives none of the Japanese disaster funds for its own use. is expending the fund as needs are ascertained. Actual dis- tribution of relief 13 being doae through the Japanese imperial relief bureau. That the Red Cross purchase eof porary shelter use by the disaster victims was absolutely necessary was shown today when the Red Cross re- ceived information from the Japanese embassy to -the effect that up te September 13 298,456 houses burned had been counted. and that 36,156 houses had been demolished by the|J. quake. It was stated that the higher! schools and “colleges would not be* but that provisions were under way | to reconstruct the primary schools at once, so that the primary schools could be opened. Anonymo) REFUSES TO GO ON STAGE. Mme. Fahmy, Freed of Husband Murder, Rejects Liberal Offer.’ PARIS, September 17.—Mme. Marge Marguerite Fabmy, who last Satur. day was acquitted by a London court of a charge of having murdered her Egyptian husband, Ali Kamel Fah ?:y. has t:‘-emoa:';o 'gon;:arr :’ m munerative of T pear- ance in one the Ieading - Parie! Star Relief Fund. Now Totals $15,476.53 Late Contributors Contributions to the fund, when sent (0 The Star, sheuld be made ayable to “Japancse Welief Fund,” and not The Evening Star. All com- tributions will be acknowiedged in the columns of The Star. Previously acknowisdged. Cash ! I\Ais Earseman Fran G MeC. .o s Mrs. William R. Myers Mattle L. McMorris James Berry..... Florence Eddy Jewell. CEE g J. J. Antbany.... Mary B. Anthony. Westminster Presbyterian Church, additional. Mma. .. C. No: S A frhend......... Equipm K ent €ompany Additional Subscrip tions Bring Total Well Above $116,000. Since Saturday, Victor B. Deyher, chairman of the Japanese relief fund of the American Red Cross for the District, has received nearly $1.500 to be applied to the $87.613.95 in the hands of the committee. Added to this amount, contributions from The v Star _and the Washington brought the total _for Washington to $116,272.81, which is on the day towards trebling the §50.000 quota set for the District. The local finance committee today | announced the following contridbutors: Church of the Epiphany. $150.00 Hely Trinity Church.... 25.00 National Mosaic Co. xmlh';i#l‘m!y and Wil- do.o0 o Through the Mirchases Bank and Trust Ce. J. J. Betton. . N. L. Sansbury. Additianal eon through St. Matthews Catholie Chureh . Hevila Vockerille .... Mis= Mary Ann Davis Additional from employes ‘American Security & Trust Cash : Additional contributien, U 8. Indian office.... . Rebecca Melners Hubert C. R. Bohuke, Alice H. Wadsworth. Thomas L. Miller. I.T. Kelster. J. Ray Adams G AB dissolve ‘both |value of $250,000 in adadition to those | B. H. Eatherine O'D. Titfany Mrs. Anna Bobnke.. ..\ The ~Washington Cadl Company . 3. R. Omohu: F. N. Windridge. g dditional c o from employes, Depart- ment of Commerce. 3. A, €. AT iliac sEia =23 F. 0. Quimby. Total Additional__subscriptio: from the Washington American Red Cros: District of Columbiw depart- ment of the American Legior .. Mrs. E. Jones! Mrs. Dougherty . Emma R. Sutfleid. Norman "Armour Rlednudhsau’lvxvlhdekolnr. Elizabet! ompson, . Herbert W. Hrooks. Church of Our Saviour. W. A Jw E3aats Mrs. Nanie Howarth. Bible Class No. 2, Advent e nge) ns _received division of i sag s e PAPSSHuS 2o MBS . 1 1 3838 825333332332 o 2.00 25.00 359.51 20.00 20.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 200 1.00 Ci Brig. Gen and Mrs. MeCawley S. H. Martin Anna Milo, Upjohn.. Snyder. P. Moriarity.... 5.00 100 5.00 10.50 & PRy $1.486.61 revious! - Amoun! -' y $7.612.95 Total in hands of local committee . “Collected by The ington Post .. dou‘ mn by The Evening - Star . $89,100.56 11,695.72 15.476.53 Grand totl ‘for ‘Wash. N HARDING TRIBUTE Washington Hebrew Congre- gatien Holds Rite in Honor of Dead President. A cedar tree to the memory of the late Warren G. Harding was planted by the Washington Hebrew Congrega- tion in the congrega! cemetery yesterday morning | The tree was set out in the special mamorial circle. A bronze tabiet was placed infront of it, bearing the in- scription: “This tree planted by the Washington. Hebrew Congregation, September 16, L in memory uf_ Warren G. Harding, President of the United States. Died August 2, 1923." To the right of the tree was placed a silk United States flag. Rabbi Abram Simon, who conducted | the services, took as his text, “The Cedars of Lebanon” Pointing to the tree that had just been planted. he told Bow the various physical quali- ties of this species of trees were sym-~ bolic off the man in whose memory the tree had just been planted. Referring to the widespread influs ence of the former President, he praised him as the “first martyr of the international arms conference.” Regular memorial exsrcises were also held in an adjoining cemetery by | orthodox Hebrews of the Adath lsrael Synagogue. Yesterday was the regular Jewish memorial day, which comes on the, first Sunduy between the Jewish new year and the day of atonement. DEATH MAY SOLVE STOLEN BABY CASE Four-Month-Old Girl, Who Died in Morgantown, May Be McKerzie Child. By the Assoclated Press, . W. Va., September 17.—A description of Lillian Me- Kenzie, missing New York baby, re- ceived by telegraph today, tallies in every particular with the dody of a four-month-old girl who died from malputrition Saturday bnight In a Morgantown bhospital, according to the hospital Saturday by a couple who were traveling in an “autome- bile home” bearing a New York M- cense plate. The description was recelved from New York oity by a Morgantown newspaper and turmed over te the police. The body is small, while the head ts abpormally large. The finger nails are long, eyes. a blue-gray, hair brown and welght seven peunds, characteristics credited to the miss- ing baby in the description. | The police of western “Pennsyl- ‘'vania and Maryland e have been s asked hyb.the Morgafitown author- tities to en the lookout for the 3575.35 jconple who left the baby here. They were reported sberland, Md. {mzvou BREAKS OUT IN TRANSIORDANIA | Arabs Move Agsinst Emir Abdul- Iah Under Leadership of | 1 to be en route to Cum- Sheik of Es Salt. JERUSALEM, September 17.—Au~ theritativo reports say that a revo- lution has broken out in transfor- dania agalnst the Emir Abdullah. Advices from Jerusalem on Sep- tember 5 reported a revelt by 3,000 Arabs under the leadershlp of the shelk of Es.Salt. The rebels at that time submitted an ultimatum in ‘which they demanded an equitable of taxation, the expulsion of foreigners and the formatiea of a parliamentary government. PRINCE RAHIM WOUNDED. ‘Youngest Son of Late Sultan Vie- tim of Unexplained Shot. CONSTANTINOPLE, September 17. —Prince Abdul Rahim, youngest son of the late Sultan Abdul Hamid, was wounded by a revolver bullet in an uu‘mnod manner yesterday. It was nfl-’r‘h:l&ll( ‘today that he had since a recent. p t6 his Sather's-fomb, 3 at s | % LIQUOR PROBLEMS Dry Provinces Grow Jealous of Wealth Pouring to ! Wet Neighbors. | i BY EDWARD PRICE BELL. Special Dispatch to The Star. OTTAWA, Ont., September 17.—In- justice’ warrant the statement that the Dominion government will do all in ite power to eliminate participa- tion from this sid of the border in violations of the prohibition law of the United States. Ideas like the fol- lowing are found in the minds of the Canadtan judiclary: 1. That all civilized states are in- terested in the sanctity of law and morally bound to ald one another 8o far as possible In maintaining pudlic e ct for it S "That, nevertholess, every ma tion, in. the last resort. must enforce its own laws, and that the United States i3 presumed to be as capable of doing this as is any countey. 3. That Canada, with. the best wilt in the world, cannot be expected to violate its own laws—that is, abridge the legal rights of its own citizens— in order to uphold American laws. 4. Tbat legislators should move cantlously when considering proposed laws likely to. arouse the hostility and provoke the disobedience of mil- lions of persons of proved law-abid- ing Dredisposition. Canse of Evils. Apropes of the lnst polnt, it is argued that lawmakers, certainly not less and perhaps more than law ob- servers, are responsible for the evils that flow from unenforceable laws This observation is made by re- sponsible Canadian jurists without im- plying that the particular legisiation in question—the American prohibition law—is unenforeeable. Whether It is enforceable or not they leave to the arbitrament of events. How difficult it is to enforce such a law they know from experience at bome. As I write I am sitting in “gry” Ottawa. In five minutes’ time I can walk across the Ottawa river into. Hull and buy honded lquor or wine from a government statlonm. Citizens of Ottawa habitually give dinners and luncheons over the river, because champagnes, whiskies and liquors may be legally served there. Quebdec, the province known as “France in Canada,” containing one- third of all the people of the Dominion, clings to its liberty re~ specting alcohol and is amassing great wealth from it. This wealth it is putting into education and roads and other public improvements. Alcohol is making millions for Que- bec not only as a result of its own sale, but because it attracts to cities 1tke Montréal crowds of visitors, who pour out their money in hotels, res- taurants, theaters and shops. Large as are its hotels—it has a new one that ranks among the biggest in the world—rooms are at a premium and the visttor who fails to make reser- vattons in advance is almost certain to be inconvenienced. Twe Provinees Wet. Two other Canadian provinces— British Columbia and nitoba—are wet, Manitoba just re! 1y having changed from dry to wet. Like Que- Dbec, these provinces aer making great material gains over their sister au- tonomies of the confederatio; It is doubted by many that the dry provinees will continue indefinitely to suffer from this disadvantage. Al- ready the citles of provinces like On- tario are restless and resentful against the rural districts that force probibition upon them. At the time of ennbd-nllfn the provinces sur- rendered certain rights in return for Gominton subsidies. Quedec does not need her subsidy now. She probably will not draw it, but leave it to accumulate and earn interest, and one day will have a large amount to add still further to her wealth and to the educational and material boons of her people. These conditions not only breed interpro~ ¥ineial jealousies, but arouse bitter- Dess between town and country and invelve viglations of law similar to those with which the bulk of Amer- icans are famillar. So it.will be seen that Canada has other liquor troubles than those between herself and her Big neighbor to the south, and her statesmen expect Washing- ton in this perplexing matter to de- mand mirecles of Ottawa. (Cogright, 1923.) 12 KILLED, 15 HURT " IN FOOD PRICE RIOT Police Clash With Demonstrators | ¥ at Soreu, in Brandenburg Prov- ince, Berlin Reports. By the Associated Press. LONDQN, September 17.—Twelve persons were killed and fifteen wounded - duriag a demonstration against the Righ price of food at 0 vin ‘when et lemon: from Berlin quiries at the Canadian ministry of |h ] By ey KLAN PROBE IS BEGUN IN OKLAHOMA CITIES BY MILITARY COURTS (Continued from First Page.) Yyesterday and weve reported stationed throughout the residence section of the city during the night to clear streets, of traffic between midmight and & a.m., in accordance with gen- eral order No. 1, issned last night. ‘They were ordered to wear sams as, inconspicuously "as possible. companies are Oklahoma, City units. Street cars scheduled were - being revised today that all cars might be in the barns by midnight. Physicians and night employes whose work keeps: them on the street during the restpicted bours will be issued passes by the commanding officer, it was an- nounced Irom military headquarters. Klan Cross Show: While machine suns frowned on strategic centers here last night, a huge electric cross, nearly thirty feet high,, blazed from the top of & down town bLuilding, the symbol of Klan. The cross was erected recently by the Klan when it became apparent that the governor was dirccting his military action against that organi- ization, Similar crosses, it was | nounced, were erec: of the state. ¥irmt Dinorder Occurs. The first disorder Erowing out of the. imposition of martiul law her occurred last night when Campbell Russell, former chairman of the state corporation commission and a politi- cal opponnt of Gow. J. C. Walton, was knocked down In front of & downtown hotel by Leo Clark, son of W. J. Clark, former Oklahoma City chief of polico under the governor's administration as mayor of the city. | "Russell, who circulated a petition | which resuited in the calling of a spectal i grand: jury to investigate alleged mis- use of etate funds by the gov. was distributing pamphlets at the executive's d of state-wide martial law when he became engaged in_a controversy with Clark. Both men were taken to the police station by regular police and re- leased. Russell preferred charges of agsault ageinst Clark, Severagk score persons witnessed the clash. Forbid Firearms Sale, The grand jury which Russel? suc- Speded In having called for tomorrow as forbidden last n. v anthorities. R Carrying of Srearms is forbidden unless by virtus of permission by the commanding officer. Sale of firearms and ammunition is. prohibited. . Fublic assemblages called for the Purpose of creating opposition to the enforcement of martial law"” are banned, is also “publication of & o tendency to. incite olence i hz’;‘}lllfl:&r) . or obstruction of ers governing the business, operation of publie artion {and agencies that “contribute to tha { welfate of the people” will be issued from time to time as the situation yorrants; according to Lieut. Col Across the street from the count- ouse a machine gun, mounted on the roof of a restaurant, was trained on the windews of the grand jury room, Courts to Funsction. Courts will function as under civf rule, according to Maj, Gorala O/ Byion. executive officer on, Lieut. Col. Key's staff, with, the exception that cases involving specific violation of the general military orders wilk be prose. cuted before 3 court martial, Supervision of the sherifi's office was assumed by the military, but Sheriff Tom Cavsor was not removed. No other county ofice was taken A report that the Ku Klux Klan, had removed all flles from its state headquarters here to a place outside the state was current, but Klan head- Quarters were deseried and the re- Pport could not be confirmed. Crowds that braved a steady rain milled about the streets watching the few manifestations late in the day of the military occupation. They were not molested by the guards. Gevernor Not At Home, All efforts to reach the governor at bis-residence met with fallure, | The governor was “not at heme and had not indicated his whereabouts.” Likewise, state headquarters of the Klan in a downtown business build- ing, were deserted and Klan officials were not at their residences, In his proclamation of martial law issued Saturday night the governor said plainly that his move was di- rected at the Kian as an organiza- tion and that he would bend every effort to drive it from the state. Approximately 300 troops were un der arms in Oklahoma City last nigh: in Sulpa. countv seat of Creel county, which, with Oklahoma coun- ty, was placed under “absolute m. tial law” in the proclamation issued Saturday night by Gov. Walton, no {evidence of martial rule had been seen after a day of waiting. Both the sheriff’s office and the police depart- ment were functioning normally and 10, troops had been mobilized yoster- Y- Muskogee Reported Quict. In Muskogee, recently a center of Gov. Walton's' antt Ku Klus Klan campalgn, the condition was the same. The National Guard armory was deserted and the city followed its usual Sunday routine. | “King#sher and Cadde counties, in {both of which the governor recently | pushed investigations into the allog- {ed mob outrages, ltkewise reported no evidence of the coming of the military. The question of 2 special session lof the legislature has been vexing administration leaders several months. Several members of the legislature have declareq their beltef that the body has authority to convene itself provided busimess other than law makiag is considered. When the agitation bocame more pronounced last week Gov. Walton ls- sued @ warning to members of the legislature not to attempt to hold an extra session, and threateneq leghs- lators with jail “for the remainder of his term” if they lgnored his or- ders. Efforts vesterday to communicate with leaders of the Ku Klux Klan tadled. Not one could be located. GOVERNOR AT OKMULGEE. By the Associated Press. OKMULGEE, OKl: ptember 17.— Gov. J. C, Waiton arrived here today in a special car attached to a regular train from Oklahoma City. em - bere of his party said the governor would proceed to Henryetta to ad- dress the state comvention of labor. By the Assoclated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Septem- ber 1i.—Gov. Walton's decision to attend the state convention of labor toduy at Henryetta was apparently reached suddenly last night, It had been previously understood that the governor would not attend the con- vention. DEFIES FLOGGING THREAT. MUSKOGEE, Okla., Beplemb;‘r 11— . Bixby, editor of the Mukogoo Ean‘:c imnt Tx, last night made public the fol teles which he re- cotved from Gov. J. C. Walton of Okla~ homa : “Rditor Phoentx, Muskoges, Okla.: Nuamd your yellow of jssue of September 15 ‘made statement if 1 went to Okmulgee I would be whipped. You are hereby advised I Jeave tonight for Okmulges and will be in that oity several hours Mondey un- accompanied or unassisted by~ any troes 100 sending editor of Olmul: m%amn copy of this alse advis: ing him of my Proposed visit there and asking him to give same publication. lease publish this in prominent place on t page of yeur contemptible e " “Jagk Walton, Governor. In making public the telegram Bixdy Qoclared that hie news) had wade po- statement to tha that if the Governor went to Okmulgee he would be whipped, - “Friday was Governor's day at the midcontinental jubilee held in Okmulges” he said, “and the gov- ernor Was bave been an honored guest. He did not appear. The Rext morning the Phoenix published 3 news story, emanating from what it consid- rce that several mem- ments to flog him w%&' With unfl . About CAPITAL’S GUESTS A bope-dry woyldh The mere!| thought of such a c#adition will fprobably send. shivers thwpugh thou- sands of wet brethern in these Gnited States, but. if credence is ta be given [observarions made by Judge Willlum 'S, Bennett of Chicago, just Returned from Copcnbagen, Sweden, whither he went as special representative of the late President Harding to pre sent, 3 paper on smuggling liguer inte American ports before iha seventeenth International congress against alcoholism, then such a thing: 1 i5 a possibility,, with many European countries fast drifting that way. “Maybe it won't come in your time, hoy: but, Believe m is com laughed the former member of Congress, who represented the sever teenth New York district during th Fifty-ninth, Sixtleth, Sixty-first and ourth, session: rocked in chair at the N Hotel. “1 as amazed to headway ohiibition has made in Norway lon and Finland. most partic the latter country. In fac consumption of lquor has de creased rapidly throughout Europe during the past five years,” Assured that it was absolutely im- material to the writer whether uni- versal-aridity bagame effective tomor- , th noted lawyer continued. England has sobered wonderfully since the great war. Today no public houss in London is fermitted to opex before 11 o'clock in €he morning, and »o longer are businds and profes- sional deals consummaged over the spirit that cheers, hut im quaint little coffes houses, with their products as apps old-tink, Saturday nights le Ldinbufkh a d to & nd, have gond, forever ng places in all industyial dis of that city are allowed %o open two or threo hours v, and th benefits resulting are pictured i th faces of the people. Judge Bernett wasmost enthusi; over the cordial reception by the cod ference of the plan outlined by Sec> retary Hughes governing restriotions on forelgn vessels entering American ports with liquor aboard, which in cludes extension of the distance lim!: from threo to twelve miles, and sald it was the general opinion of dele- gates assembled that theentire pro gram of the Secretary of State. under certain- conditions, would be carried out by reciprocal treaties entered int y the countries affected Asked about European ceneral, the Chicago state for the and lumber, crests, conditions = wars good on tho surface, but that under- neath intense hatreds prevailed that threaten the peace of the world. present Italy is unfriendly to France, Belgium is against England, whi the sentiment in the British empire is divided. All told"—and Judge Ben- nett took a long breath—"the more I investigated the more I thanked God that America er entered the league of nations. nor sigmed the treaty of Versailles. And while on matters. of state, it might be said here that the early closing of government departments on Saturdays does not meet with the unanimous approval of all citizens of the country, for so perturbed was Dr. Josephine “A. Pearson of Nashvill Tonn, professor of philosophy & dean ‘of the Southern Seminary of Virginia, writer of note and famous anti-suffragist. at finding the State Department, White House and Co: Eressional Library closed to visito last Saturday afterncon th paced the lobby of the Hotel and talked of instituting agitaglon. Dr. Pearson had arrived in the cit after an extended trip through Cax- a and the north country, to make inquiries of her cousin, Dr. William L. Pearson, who is in Tokio. Japan. and was greatly disappointed that the big building at 17th and the Avenue was closed. Finding the same condition at the Kxgeutive Mansion, whither she had gome to pay ker respects to President Coolidge, the learned lady decided to spemd a few hours at the Library, but once more were her plans frustrated. “This is certainly .an jasue to be agitated,” exclaimed the Intrepid Nashville @ie-hard, who led the anti- cation fight in Tennessee during 1920, she baving been se nt of the southern s, as well as the Constitutional League and the suffrage party opposed 1o votes being given women by any ot ethod than on a Rtate's right basis The Library especially should b. opened at all times for the benefir of the laboring c ses, and those professionals whose only opportunity to use the great national outlay of government and federal resources come atter working houre and ee holidays. The public should not denied, Including week end exg sionists to the city.” e Dr. Pearson and her constituen Tennesseo in the election of vote for Harding against the cratic party, claiming the latten forsaken its tenet; political expediency. {of the anniversary ceremonie: Cumbertand mountain divide of Dixie highway, the educator waa pointed by the commisioners to by U4y only woman to ever address the oo % Roads Association. Her address was? widely published, and more than 1,000 copies floded Congress as propa ganda for good roads as an educa- tional necessity in the south. sportation 2 ha . And speaking of highways. Dis- playing the same old optimism which refuses to be dampened, Dr. S. M Johnson, director general of ihe highway, rushed from the cashier's window at the Hotel Washington to make an early train for Memphis, Tenn., where in company with Thomas H. King, vice president of the asso- clation, the two officials will trav the great thoroughtare to Il Paso. Tex Dr. Johnson, was most pleased over the fact that ilbarger county, Tex., {will have a bond election in Novem ber, when the good people of the county will decide whether their com- munity will previde one-third of the cost of an eighteen-foot concrete road for the highway entirely acrose the county limits. The stats of Texas offers to stand expense of the re- maining two-thirds, to be taken from state and federal funds. ere ju~ every. reason to belleve the isaae Wi be_successful, Dr. Johuson further anneunced that Mississiopi had provided funds finish her part of the read, which will probably make her the first atate to build her seotion of the highway, California beiag & very close second: “New Mexico and Arizona will I.H;L L their sections early mext year,' sii | the director, “and, owing to t & national roads, remaming MndltEnu in Texas are In fine shape. 5 leaves only a comparatively smadl mileags in Oklahoma, Avkansas Alk- bema, Tennessee and Virginia to gom:- * plete the Lee highway, all of which will be attended to in 1924 ~'\V And here comes Houston, Tex., with a clatm for the spotlight. Old Houss ton, accotding to Frank B, Kiley. well knewn barrister of that is fast becoming a regular man's- sige town. Rubbing his hands as stoed fi the lobby of the Hotel {- ette, the genial Texan dished out staistics 30 fast that for a moment or two the writep thought he cal:f tnm Atlanta. “Yes sirree” he sald, e have reached the 200,000 mark in pop- ulatlon,’ which means an increase of 70 per cent since the last census, Weo figure on one-half million within ten years. Our butlding outlay was than 330,000,000 last year, belug enly !;uur!:n to New York, Chicagoe and Los ngeles, Mr. Kiley sald further that the com- letion of the ship canal, which runs £ty “miles inland from the gulf, per- mitting the largest of sea-EOINE ves- sels to @ock at the city, had revelu- tionized Industry. The town has u brand-new newspaper, -the Houston D will be satisfied with elther Underwood or McAdoq for the pres-, fdency and in many other ways feels Very perked up. THE 3 ‘r >