Evening Star Newspaper, September 26, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. nqcnerllly ‘fair tonight and tomor- i ™ild temperature, omperatire, for twenty. _ended ut 2 n} oday at 2:30 p.m. Yhsterday; lo 5:30 a.m." todsy. Full report on page 4. -four hours Highest 8. west, 63, Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 22 . No.. 29,002, Knterea as secol post e Was ENDING RUHR FIGHT BEGS PEOPLE'S AID Ebigrt and Stresemann Assert »No German Territory Will Be Conceded. WORK FOR RESTORATION OF 180,000 NOW EXILED Gigantic Task of Getting Industrial Sector Back to Normalcy Faced by Cabinet. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, September Ebert and Chancellor Stresemann an- pounced, in a formal proclamation today, that the German government had been compelled, -through bitter necessity, to end the Rubr battle. Adherence to passive resistance, sald the document, would have brought on the economic collapse of Germany, and consequently would have threat- ened .the livélihood of the German people. The government appeals to the na- tion to stand by the republic in the Dresent hour “of severest goul-search- ing and material privation, as only thus can the nation’s honor and life| be conserved.” The proclamation lays emphasis on the wtatement that un- der no circumstances can @ particle of German territory be conceded to another power. Says 180,000 Exiled. The nation is assured that the gov- ernment will o .everything possible to obtain restoration of “elementary human rights” for the German na- | tionals évicted from the Ruhr and the ! Rhineland. i The history of passive resistance | 18 reviewed by the document, which scts forth that 180,000 men, women and children have been driven from their homes and firesides, while many. millions no longer have any concep- tion of personal liberty. ! “More than 100 of our. fellow citi- zens have been forced to lay down thelr lives,” it continues, “while hun- Jdreds are still languishing in pris- ons."” > As to the .expenge of the support given the pussive resistance, the Proclamation cités the faét that only Just week the-bssistange glven In th Ruhr' emounted to 3,500,000,000,00 marks, axd that this would Wave fo be doubled the following week. Sest of this ussibtence-had made the Stabfilastion of tire’ clirtency mpos: bl 4t was polnted out, Frasce Not Notified. “The entente now is able to give Germany -peace,”’ the document de: clared. Nefther. France nor Belgium' will receive 3 formal ,notification o: thl.l an government'y decision to cal S ¥e Tesistance. It 19 stated. it Deing sssumed in official quarters that the goyernment's proclamation gives- due -motice of that actiop. “The proclamation as countersigned by all the. cabinet ministers uv-,m : Yit depends upon the powers whic invaded us and’ their alliey to restore peace to Germany by adhering to this conception, or, . by - Fejecting _ this Vouce. to bring abeut all the results i the relations.between the peoples whioh weuld proceed therefrom. Now that the action of the German government- in terminating passive Tesistance omly awaits formal ratifl- cation by the reichstag the govern- ment faces the gigantic task of get- ting the Ruhr industrial sector back 1 anything liKe, an_approsch to nor- maley. —President Obseure. | i ‘While “the tacit withdrawal orders to 'the resisters ix' believed to be sufficient oMdlal notification that the TesiStance has been called off, some of the miore pertinent questions eked by ' political. observers concern the in which the 'government pes to win back its economic free- dom In the Rihr and I'hineland withs out claghing® with the French and Belgians, .who now control the mines, railways and telegraphs. Not_Jesy serious in its ramifications is the existing soclal and iabor eitu- ation, for the government is imme- Qlately confronted with the necessity of Inaugurpting far-flung relief meas- upes not-only In food and fuel, hut also in-anemployment pensions. So far the government is without the Alightest inkling as to the mgn- nef in which the occupying powers will_respond to the new situation. Ad- vices from the occupled areas express appreherision that France is deter- ntined to profit. by the eol ernation and confusion by actively attempting o promote her Rhineland plans, es- pecially o far as Duesseldorf and Toseen are concerned, the moment the Germans” proceed to reinstate them- selves. Bakis of Fears Shown. ese fears ate bas.d not only In e aemiitar suspicions. but also on Tofe recent developments such as the attempt to create a “Rhineland cur- Tenzy" and the increasing activitles e separatists. OF e eelal dispateh to the Tageblatt from. Duesseldorf says the French fontemplate a decisive step within | xt ten davs. | the Mimeland oritics of_the govern- ment's . past policles “chafge that those supporting the passtve resist- e -were not sufficjently prepared For ne action of which they have 10w been - suddeply informed, “and peedict m serious crisis when the of- Rcial ordinances are withdrawn. o -nis. extent the psychological e mew_sitzation on the s and steel workers threatens e efes which are viewed in Ber- {in cfrcles as being fully as proble- Tmiical as will be the attempt to Teadjust.the dislocated economic sit- uation: - gupport-in Reichstag. apport for .~ Chancellor ~ Strese- D “his efforts to bring about a speedy. termination of _the Rubr and end conflict-has sufficient- y -orystallized to warrant the pre- thut - the - government will I mpore than comfortabl: ity in’ approval of ita form tion to the reichstag Points Still ho effect of mafo gac}:’!ul The chancelior'y wnls;;?‘ yester- i ler the fed-. Gay with -th vram e Tt A i complete, ac- van Knilling necessity of 4 ce of elal, -economic and Bavarian premler e visi T the reich- BERLIN FORMALLY | [the world's struggle against com-|catch in.his breath, and a moment = Separatists Plan to Proclaim {'which 00 Cluse Quatter hington. D. C. Ex-HouseMember THOMAS U. ISSON'S LIFE CUT SHORT BY APOPLEXY STROKE Former Representative From Mississippi Dies Preparing for Home Trip. Who ‘D{ed Today | IN CONGRESS 14 YEARS | AND INTERESTED IN D. C. § . Republicans and D;mocnu Among Friends of Statesman Re- cently Retired. Former Represéntative Thomas Up- ton Sisson of Mississippl dled of apoplexy in his ‘apartments at Con- gress Hall early toda His wife, who before their —-mar- rlage July 21 last was Miss Cecll B, Norton, was with Mr. Slsson when he died. They had planned to leave Washington tonight to:réeturn to Mr. Sisson’'s home in. Winona,. Miss., where Mr. Sisson was to be actively engaged in the practice of law. On the same train, the Memphis spectal, Mrs. Norton will leave hers | tonlght with the .body of Mr. Sis- [%on. The funeral is to take place at-2 o'clock Satufday aiternoon. in Winona. AT i e g Mr. Sisson appatently had béen in good Dealth, althaugh for some time is blood pressure had been -high, and he had been dieting in an_effort to improve this condition. Yesterday and last night he had engaged o pre- | aring for the trip to Winona. 48d n bidding good-bye to his .ma; friends in Washington. THOMAS U. SISSON. BULGARIA TO FIGHT REDS TOLAST MAN, PREMIER DECLARES Allied Curb on Army Blamed: for Failure to Quickly Subdue Revolution. In House Fourteen Yéars. By the Assoclated Press. He arose an hour earlier than usual SOFTA, . September 26.—"Bulgaria | inis morning. After his bath he will iight to the last ounce of her|rested for a few minutes on his bed. strength not only her own battle, but | Mrs. Sisson heard a. slight gasp, a munism,” sald Premier Zankoff 1o-|later she spoke to him, but he did day in an interview. inot reply. She went to his bedside | He asserted that communism, after | and touched him on.the shoulder, but shattering civilization in Russia, was | could not arouse him. She thou(ht}.‘ trying to do Bulgaria. a similar In-|had fainted.and did what she could jury. 3 - {10 revive him. His heart, she found: “The Third Internationale,” he said, | was beating hi my “plans to extend sovietism to the | mediately cali e other Balkan states' and then to|Digond Phystc : sweep .westward., In spite’ of our | weakness we are determined to win | the struggle or die in the attempt.” | The premier referred to the Mmitar l tion placed on the strength of'the Bulgarfan army by the treaty of witly, and continued: Calls ‘Army Téo Weak. ‘Bulgarta' {s7a firm believer {a . ternatlonal disarmament, but with all hers neighbors and the other Eu- ropeat nations armed to the teeth, ' the éxperiment of disarming Bulgaria aléne proved the fallacy.of the theory Mr. Slsson was . dead, tf e stroke of apoplexy. Mr. Slsson.; died gt 7:20 a.m. P v, e | Mr. Sisson served for foyrteen years | R SRR “fnoi can; ? o ll'l ppi. t member. Years he had been a R mabie He retth the House March 4 last. | Interest ix D. C. Measurus. l During his long service in Congress | 2r. Sjsson-had” won the affeotion of | his colleagues, ‘and he ‘was highly re- of leaving ,a helpless n-xjon in the garded by both repyblicans ang deme. ! entiteh of an Arnel camps crats allke. He had taken & keeh in- | The premier then sald that the al-|q, in" legislation” and appropris- | ljed governments through the com- for the 'District, and it -was | mission of - military control “creatéd lh-ernollv ;lnu!e l?”:-l :Pfi&;&‘.‘u&“fl&‘ by the Neullly treaty, had authorized | peen pit Ahroush the HOUwe | i the Bulgarian ' goveramiént to in- | Aécomplishmient tér D. C: | crease the military . forces fin the | 5 4 st enti pt & mong the accom { country to.such’ strength as was |y, . eages in\pay.for the rfle:royom.nz deemed necessary to’cope with the|palice, the establishment _of . the| trouble in’the interior. " platoon system for the fire gep;n-; rapldly armed. Pighting between the | {1 8 2 1 government _forces and’ communists | INCTSa%e in pay of the grade teachers in the publi ‘sehools, who had re- | acting in conjungtion with agrarians | ceived as low as 3600 and 3600 @ yeqr. | SORUIEA.TTeuERoB} MON AR | Dut shae lowest basic salary is new | lh:! Russian Rifies. $1.200, ana “te ruilest ure. of the ublic schoo! uildings as communit. Prisoners taken by. the Bulgarian | o N | troops cafry improved rifies of Rus- centers. sian _design, while the -tactics em- Mr. Sisson was born September 22, | 1869, in’ Attala county, Miss. He wi played by the rebel officers strongly recall the methods used in the orig- fifty-four years old .last _Safurd: and he and Mrs' Sisson were guests at dinner in celebration of the an- inal bolshevik revolution . in Russia. Men armed only with. clubs and| batons are placed in the van of well | niversary at the home of Dr. Frank | W. Ballou, ‘superintendent of public equipped_troops, which open fire as! the unarmed vanguards are scattered | d from schools. He was first eleeted to the st Congre tinuoysly - thereafter’ eventh Congress. by the fusillade of the regular sol- diers. A band of armed men, one of whom carried a red flag, held 'up an express train in the vieinity of Sarambey, in southern Bulgaria. . The passengers were robbed and all their money and papers were taken. Telegraph and telephone wires have been cut at many points in the south- ern part of the country.. The work has been done in such a businesslike manner that the complicity of gov- ernment employes is evident. The minister of telegraphs and posts ac- cordingly has decided to remove from those services all persons suspected of_eommunism. 3 Sofla‘resembiés’ a city occupied by an invading army, for soldiefs wear- ing steel hejmets and carrying fixed (Contingéd on Page 2, Column 4.) est son, Thomas Upton Sisson, is just entering upon ‘his final yeéar as a cadet at the Naval Academy. He had returned not long ago from the an- nual crulse of the ¢adets and for sey- eral days had been in- Washington with Mr. and" Mrs. Sisson. He will, it is expected, accompany. the body of his father to Winona. where two of the other children already are. The third, at college, haa baen -notified of the death of his'father.\ Only yesterday Mr. Sisson was the recipient of a solid silver service, the gift of - the local police, as token of their esteem and gratitude for his ef- forts in thelr behalf. The présentation | a8 made at the District buliding by (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) Rhenish Republic Next Sunday French Said to Have Placed Sevénty Trains at_Disposal of Seceders. - " Rally Alarms Berlin. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, September 26.—Not the * worn by the Prussian' “green police.” ‘The German press: in Rhineland admits the. gravity of the situation € from the secession sentiment and - declares this will materially. complicate the impending megdtia- tlons with France. It gives warning that the strength of the moyement ust not be under-estimated. ‘Rhinelanders, be op your guard,’ itorial, which remarks h which ¢ alarming reports. from the - Rhine- land, ere the separatists are shows ingyfhcreasing :activitles. They now have created a.“general directorate” convokéd @ grand rally to|m! be held dt Duesseldort next Sunday for Jthe "purpose of proclaiming a Rhineland republic. The ! Frrench’ regime is'sald to have agreéd” to place seventy - rallway tralns at the disposal of the separat- ists, Who belleve the Situation creat: ed py the German government's aban. donment of passive resistance offers & suitable. moment for the- accom- plishment. of thelf designs. The se- cessionists have: organized a. special ol fch 18’ t6" be ‘clothed: e BY WILLIAM E. NASH. By cable to the Star, 4nd the Chicaso Daily PARIS, September. 26.—With 'Ge many. on the Verge of ‘surrender, and, _forge, w} h acoording to. 3 on | in ‘green’ uniforms similar, to those gty | that the. board did hgve the right to | plan, {by the United States. juntil it s cleared up there will be con- WITH lhu! MORNING EDITION PRESIDENTSEEKS DVETFLISIR Former Ship Board Head Called to Unravel New Snag in Policies. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Presldent. Coolidge today asked Al- ert D. ‘Lasker, former chairman of the United States Shipping Board, for adyiee and Jjudgment as to the o8t way to hgndle the shipping prob- Ism. "~ The President gent for the for- mer chalrman becadse of the latter's familiarity with the history of the Present system of operation and his ! i Bt With th I, b informal discussions of the sbip- WA Mr. Lasker. sitygtion &t thes 3 iy up In thé alr, Hhent: 4 regent. oplnion of - Attetney ‘Generdl | Daughefty net anly declared ‘lilegal the propésed scheme of setting. up subsidiary corperatiens. under state laws with the stock to be owned ‘in entirety by the United States govern- | ment.” bt AFEWed ‘that the. Shipinlk Board could Tiot ‘delemate.its powers to .)?y| ”Mr" vl.lr:‘nrmur{t',fl:m on the y . me by whi rflfp‘ e handted by man- aging akents. y L The opinfon' of the Attérney Geri: eral’ objécts. chiefly t# ‘the idea of transferring the title of ownership of the govermment flpet to the sub- sidlary ‘corporations, but it reyealed lease its vessels “on terms satisfac- tory to the board” _This loophole will afford Chairman Farley and the board an- opportunity to put into operation their. plant of subsidiary companies just the same, but wid tha vessels leased to the corporations instead of sold -to them, Farley Author of Plan. Mr. Farley is the real author of the having suggested it to Mr. Lasker when he was stlll chairman of . the board,” and “it was largely through the -influence of. the latter that President Harding approved the policy. The -new chairman of the Shipping Board is warmly supported therefore by his predecessor, who, it | t i day why the consolidation of estal lished shipping lines into subsidiary would be advantageous to Fovernment and enable the hoard ultimately to get more for-the ships and the collateral orgamization than wpuld have been possible through:| or charters on & commissfon basis to private oftizens. One. of the curfous phases of the Attorney General's opinion is-his rul- ing that the “United States” is not a citizen of the United States. ' The point arose M connection with the proposal to sell the ships to corparations owned The law says the vessels may be s0ld to citizens of the United States only, and the At- forney. General argues that a ‘ransfer of title or sale by the:government of | its own ships to companies in which t holds all the stock is not a gale to American citizens. This point will be disputed, and the Attorney General ad- mits it is technical, but’ nevertheless I siderable doubt as to the-powers of the Shipping Board. New Suggention Made. The latest suggestion s that the companies be organ! as planned, but that the ships bé allocated to the com- panies .under- leases, or. charters, just as if the leases had béen made to out- side_companies. i The board would ‘retain ‘the right to revoke.the leases if 7t wished to dissolve the corporations and would, Tetain control over the ‘officers and directors-of ‘the corporations through{® its right to vote as the . majority stockholder. The objéction suggest- ed by Mr. Daugherty's opinfon that the officers and directors would pot be aménable to government discipline ‘would thus be met. President Coolidgé has told some of his callers that he believed in the Farley plan and wanted to see it put into operatio: He did not com- mend 1t before the Attorney General ndered hlldbplnlol;l. ‘But ‘l ald to be expressing disappointment ‘now -over the shag which the plan has struck. (Copyright, 1023 - - “WILLASK WET PLANKS. SPOKANE, Wash., ‘September 26.— The American Federation of .Labor | will, seek 'the incorporation in .ths| platforms of ™aj parties” at their t national “wet" plank, Samuel Gom| 3 dent of the federation, when he passed _thro; yesterday en route 'to Portland, to the natiomal convention of the organization. | The federation,, Mr. Go: not seeking t T e of prosl- sald, i | physict 3 Montes . e ...,'a"éomn% D au of cnbmrsiy WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER LADDIE BUCK'S, Vet’s Cork Leg Beats Natural Kind as Brake A new use for artificlal legs has been reported to the Veterans' Bu- reau which implies at least one ad- vantage over the nafural varfety. A claim has just been received from a one-legd Indlan veteran for replacement of @ cork leg de- stroyed recently in an emergency. The claimant says thiét while he was hauling codl up a hill it be- came necessary to brake the wheel. Lacking a brake. he tock off his leg and stuck It in the wheel. The wagon was sto) was destroye —_—— FATA pped, but the les, LBUASTOUE padi ot Staninds iy in ‘Déath of Four- Holds Leak to Blame. 3 ito, the .4mount: of “prob- ablY not more'than one quart,” which leaked rito’ thé altityfie’ dhamber of Maited Stases bureau of standafds and ‘evaporated cAuséd the fatul ex- plosion Septgmber 20 at the bureau which cdst the lives of four members of “‘the fupl-tdsting ' staft, according to canclysions announced ‘today by a'bbard of’ ingliiry at the Department of Commerce. - . 2 'Presence of the gasoline vapor in the concrete cHamber was due either to:a leak i the feed line leading to | thie lcarbyretor. of the engine or to ia leak from .the. carbiuretor, due to sticking of the float mechanism, the board ‘found.” ‘The probable source of the 1gnitign;of the mixture of vapor- ized gasoline and air was a back- fire through ' the carburetor. The board, was composed of five physicists atiached to the bureau staft. Pointing out rthat only the small amount of gasoline estimated could haye escaped into the chamber, the boatd added that it vaporized a quart- would have been sufficient to account for the energy of the ex- plosion, which blew-apart the wall ¢ the contrete chamber within which an . internal combustion engine was running. The following were killed in the accident: ! D A ames ‘F, Kendig, rieul engineer; W. J. Cook, machinist d_Stephen M. Lee, me chanical ~engineer. - Five were In jured; of whom three are still In & critical condition. The -report of the board of inquiry ecial attention to the action 3 & Smith, engineer in charge of thé smmohia' plant, who, after being thrown out . of the bullding and badly cut about the head, re- turned to the wrecked chambet and shut off two ammonia valves, and then went_to- the relrigerating” plant in the basement and operated it to pump the ammonia out of the colls in the wrecked chamber, This action, the report said, may have prevented further loss of life and the destruc- tion of the entire building by fire. “It should aiso be added’ that the tuation sion_was intellig; scene, erty Jack®of P o andling the sifyation.’ g was nat-possible to establish th .cause of the gasoline leak, dus to the condition -of ‘the set-up: follow- ing but experts. estimated that' not more than,a quart of.gaso- line—high test fuel used for aviation —could" I ber.. Th ant el an. pron any effciency | in h d S engine had been running at ‘varying temperatures for dbout three hours. A “The ' explosion "threw -out’of the chat r. an. apparatus, containing bout ten galions of heavy lubricat- In| ol tofuot, breaking the’pipe connections| and releasing Dpart. of ‘thé. contents, which furnished-edditional T the fire whieh followed. plosion also shatteres the fu uring y: used in the test, was outside ‘the chamber . a of . board. o bu; . K day following’ the acéide retary ver referred to the St St el mtin ; Y w! L i tu&g‘-?:ovm o ey m& Mw ave escaped into the cham- | and -about..five gallons of ' The Star’s’ carkier: tystem eyery city ‘black 1%;35 :‘fln “tion'is delivered to us fast as the' Ppapers are pri ted. Yesterday's Circtlation, 92,407 =~ ALTO BODY PLEADG FORD. . ROADFUND Senator Townsend Heads Delegation Presenting Ap- peal to Gen. Lord. For the purpose of aisking that the appropriation for streets and roads in_ the 'District of Coldmbla be 1In ?ufln‘ with the ufgent needs “for urther street improvement, members af ‘the adyisory board of the District of ‘Columbia division of ‘the, American Automoblle Association, headed by Senintor - Charles E.- Townsend, ap- red before Gen. H. M. Lord, di- redior of tie.| ; facts and the. amoiin ish X\ X Treasury in the.wiy of license fées, r:xmrulem and personal property tag. . Those in attendapce at the confet- ence with Gen. Lord, Tepresenting ¢ Dikiict of Columbia division. in aagt tion to Bengtor Townsend, were Si ley Horner; M. A. Loowie and M. O. Eldridge, execuiive chalrman of ‘the Glve, Spect Specific instafices .of the: need of appropriations ‘which’ would permit the District | Cdmmlisploners to' go {ahead with the resyrfacing of arterial | thoroughtares into. the: city = were | called to the attention of Gen. Lord. Mr. Loomis, whose commection with the National Grange prompts him to 100k at strest improvement in Wash- ington fromi the farmer's. viewpoint, emphasized the importance of. im- provement. of main thoroughfares over which the farmer brings. his produce to the market. Attention was called to the fact that motorists of the -District con- tributed last year a, totul of 355 made up of 3445711 from registr: tlon tax. driver's licenses and permit 62,500 In oper & F{5000 ) 1y tax on_automo- biles and § aid in fines and fees. Notwlithstanding the fact that there were only 4.000 licenses issued in 1913, while in 1923 ihe total regis- trations will reach the 100,080 mark, the appropriations of the federai government expenditures streets and roads of the District increased. only from $851,017 in to_$1,268,660 in-1923. Tt was' pointed out that if the ap- propriations had -made in pro- portlon to. the krowth of automobile trafic. the District Commissioners would be spending many millions of dollars annually for. street and road improvement. Attention . was also called to the need of increased ap- propriations for better lighting and appropriation for the scientific study of the trafic problem in the District. A letter submitted by the advigory | board of the District of Columbia division, supplementing the oral argu- follow; ‘Last year the District of Colum- bia division of the American Auto- mobile Association called your atten- tion to the urgent need of additional (Continued on. Page 2, Column ) The - Growth of The Sunday Starand Wash- ington Home Building Last Sunday- 95,876 Sunday Stars were read in homes in and about Washington. This was 7,664 subscribers ‘or readers more than at this time last year. v+ is - interesting 1o note that the great dulk of this increase . Was 'in home-delivery circula- tion, to' 4,887 new ‘subscribers. " In addition to ' this,, 990 new Suridey ' readers ‘were added ‘through ' the newsstands and mewsboys in the city. t The “ex- | i line. ton, in the siiburbs &nd nearby ocoustry, ithe Sundsy Star find- g its’ way into 18498 homes in'the pubufbg or néarby _u‘-q! ’ &l " or_country, 1,937 wore” than ~cthis A dast’ yeat, N «“From these figures it appears had 1913 | * WO ‘GfiNTS‘ MILITARY BLOCK PATH OF STATE LEGISLATORS IN OKLAHOMA CAPITOL Members Disperse Immedidieiy, Without Slightest Disorder, - ~ Upon Command of Officer. LAWMAKERS TO CARRY FIGHT TO IMPEACH WALTON TO COURT Had Been Warned Before Attempted Meeting Not to. Carry Even ° Penknife as Weapon.: ® By the Assoclated Press. : Y STATEHOUSE, OKLAHOMA CITY, September 26.—Okla- homa’s “rebel” legislators were dispersed by the military at noon today when they attempted to convene a special s¢ssion bf the lower house to seek the impeachment of Gov. J.:C. Walton. Col. William , S. Key, military . conimander of Oklahot; county, at’'11:58 this morning recad to members of the low:i house of the state legislatiire the rder of Gov. J. C. Walton, ford bidding the assemblage of “any or all members of the legislatur€ during the present period of unrest.” Yg 2 Col.{Key. ordered the legislators to disperse immediately;and refused fxo amplify or explain his order in'any manner when ap? proached by leaders of the lower house: s ’ NO SHOW OF RESISTANCE. ; The lawmakers began to disperse immediately without any show of resistance to the order of the military commander. At 12:05 p.m. all of the legislators had left the corridor out- *| side the house chamber, and the military were alone in command of the building. There was no violence or bloodshed. The house members gathered before the entrance to the house chamber were given a firm and curt order by Cok W. S. Key;-mili- tary commander of the city, not to attempt to assemble. ¢ CALL IS PREVENTED. . $ With the atmosphere charged to a fever pitch, Charles'S. Brice, speaker pro tempore of the house, attempted to call the house members to order. < . . Py oy ; Er;cg_ qu-barely raised’his J\mQ 3 _ggfl . nyt')imgp of the ouse——"" when Cel. Key, stepping up, broke # and in'a loud voiced called on every one in the crowd to remai %fibhfis's. ‘He then read'the followitig ard€r pEBlibiting nhesh‘;g& e “Pursuant to spétial executive military. order. J. C. Walton of Oklahonta, - commander-in-chief.*of 'the mili- tary forces of said state, addressed to the adjutant general, for- bidding, the gathering or assembly in a pretended’ s¢ssion’of any or all members of the Oklahoma legislature at:fhe state hoilse in Oklahoma City at 12 o'clock rioon of September ‘26, 1923, or at any time or place within the: state during-the ‘present_ period of ‘unrest, it becomes’ my, duty, by directjon ‘of the adjutant gen- eral, 'to enforce the provisions of the governor’s order,” Now, there- fore, 1, William S. Key, as ntilitary, commandér of thé'districs, of Oklahoma county, forbid. this attempted meetmg and difect that you disperse immediately.” < S TR : : KEY IS QUESTIONED. " t - When Col. Key. had completed his ;ehding, D. A. Stovall ‘of { Hugo, representative from Choctaw coupity,-asked the military commander if he “had the full force of the state’national guatd behind the order.” Cal. Key made no reply. r 3 .~ W. E; Disney, representative from Muskoj the ‘gathering was being- dispersed viduals.” 3 R “You are being dispersed ‘as. a legislature,” Col. Key re- sponded. The doors: of ‘the house chamber’never :were opened and throughout the entire proceeding noue saye the military ap- proached nearer the chamber than the miljtary guard statiop, about twenty feet in front of the main entrance, - The fotise mem= bers left the capitol almest in a body for their caucus head> quarters at a doWwntown hotel. AR A & The scene that attended the dispersal’ was unprecedentedg House members and newspaper ‘men were grauped as closely as gosslhlc to the entrance of the’ chamber, _vshen Brice, from the, ack of the crowd and across the open .court: that pierces the rotunda, suddenly made an effort to ¢all the'session to order. = = There wus a shuffle as members sought ito gain places of van-. | tage. The sharp command of the guard commander: to. 'St where you are” arrested the moveinent. ? SE Women and girls who had fringed the crowd about the house e trance were caught in the midst of the floors as the membeérs faced about and all stood silently while the order, was-read. ~=- Then, in groups of twos and thiees, the crowd scittéfed. 3 For a moment the situation took ‘on.a xhrca!ening‘ aspect:* { There was determination written on the. face of Cal. Key .as he {issued his command to the:legislators ta,disperse at once. <He spoke in a harsh voice that left no doubt as to his determination to carry out the orders of his superiors. The -call for the 'session was ‘for- | the hall of the house of rejresenti~ mally filed with the secretaryof state | tives Carried .service rifles. Across thé carridor .« wimllar ard. wi five minutes before noon, It then bore k14 . osted at . th [t aiity-ave tigngturés. > Pposte; € ‘entry to the sehate chamber; Petition In Filed. ssued by Goy . ‘c. then asked .if “as g -legislatute or as indi- = | | | o wa~ Others in Bulldiag. . . R.'A. Sneed, secretary. of state,| Newsboys appeared in the bullding: eclated he would file the document | with edrly editions of the.local papers. in the archives of the state, whers it | They Were not disturbed ! be a part of the state history—| Other house menibers drrived 1a the most glorfous public dosument | rapld succession. Repregontative Mog ory of Oklal omci A new | Bes announced ds he e'}l for th Magna Carta of Ametrican liberties, |capitol that the proclamation ml’n} a rededication of ‘the state to the | the extraordinary session' and. bears of, constitutional govern- |Ing the names of sixty-four members < 3 of thé lower housé would be fled milicary occupation of the state [ with, the secretary of state. - % ito] - bullding, intended ;o pri ;:n! A statement warning house mem. ed ing of an extra fcheduled convening of un eXtrd | bers not to carry to the capitol butid- legislature d ‘been com- e hat e °‘"‘|I“n¥‘c|}tlo:' uards- | ¢ i mated that approxim - | tors this. morning by W. D. MeBe A liding. Every cor- 2 '!:'3‘3:.'.'57&" :::-l:‘; en 2 ce and all der in. the special sesslon programs in, the immediate vicinity | MecBee deciured !there must Ba nos . the femst thi) 9 the Tegiiators: to a1 uiigur N JroveatiNe. 100945 t the o] were me LI 2 Tary. non ‘catBink policemen’ “ME-McBpo eaid thes fnat plans: Ry X s R e T L rifle. 18 3 T{the to] singly. He waid the fif tted to enter. the build -lyl. 2 e L ud. the N7pt ™ bout 100 guardsmen n(’an s [ineetigs place would be'on the fourth ‘rfi:‘"" 34 5 PNt fioor. of the building before the dogri 1o, the house chamb 5 P Toadinm: £0 the ohItol. b Every une enter! o cai pm o'clock, a dozen mbm'l'fl I‘iu‘ :"‘?'?“.?‘ "%‘“t. ‘»:, '}“}. e wide corridors of the cdpitol|3svisted guards to identity re were virtually deserted, save for the émployes .ana. stater-ofieiale. mempere of the legisjature,’the miil- D:::r ok P ) u“g‘d fxn& t4e¥ and Tewspaper. men, The func- o tials signed by Gov, J.C. N tionaries ‘of "the ' scores”of ~adminie-| 49 giun ‘officen wers. excussd for. th Militiry neudquariord Bia béen it % 5 3 o tablished on the first’) 3 0 sentinels posted & the déor of l “'&:":‘