Evening Star Newspaper, September 28, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. probably becoming unsettled to- morrow; mild temperature. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 82, at 8:30 p.m. yerterday; lowest, 63, at 5:40 a.m. today. Full report on page 7. ge 30 - ¢ T _@h post Entered as second-cldss Tiatter office Washington, D. C.s 40 TO-100 DROWNED WHEN TRAIN PLUNGES | INTO FLOODED CREEK Passenger Coaches Thrown Into Water After Bridge Collapses Near Casper, Wyo. RESCUE WORK DELAYED AS SNOW AND RISING WATER ADD TO PERIL Adults and Children Go Hand Over Hand on Rope, 150 Feet to Shore, From Roof By the Associated P NORFOLK, Neb., September 28. of Sleeper. Information received in' Chicago and Northwestern offices here shortly before noon. was that fifty-seven persons perished in the Burling- ton wreck near Casper, Wyo. Burlington and Northwestern tracks run on opposite sides of the river at the scene of the wreck. By the Assoc CASPER, V Vyo., September 28 —The Ic of life late last night when Chicago, Burlington and Quincy passenger train No. 30 went through a bridge over Cole creek, fourteen miles east of here, is estimated at approximately forty persons. The stream, ordinarily dry during the summer, was swollen into a raging torrent by heavy rains of yesterday and the rodr of rushing water over the coaches could be heard three miles. One coach was swept one hundred yards into the Platte Tiver, which at that point is more than no passenger in that coach was cuers could have given aid the ¢ a mile wide. It is believed that saved, because by the time res-| oach had rolled over on its side ! and become completely submerged. A track walker had inspected the culvert over Cole creek less than an hour before the passenger train was due. everything all right, although the s About 9:10 p.m. the Denver train swept around a curv d plunged into the stream. Apparently the loco- motive got clear ac the culvert before it gave way under the weight of the heavy t n. Then the engine slipped back into the water and both engineer and fireman were Kkilled. Sleepers Escape Water. Probably only four sleeping ar + passengers lost their lives by drown- | ing. From twenty to twenty-four passengers were rescued from the top of the sleeper.awhich was par- tially submerged. Neither the Cheyenne nor Casper sleepers went into the stream. A rescue train from Casper arrived at the v\‘;e('k at 11°* p.m. and imme- diately if'was decided that the best chance of rescue was by means of A rope arrangement strung from the east bank. There were from twenty to twenty-four persons on top of the sleeper. A big cable ffope obtained at the Big Muddy oil ld was thrown over to the maroone _-sleepers. With the headlight of ti® locomotive of the relief train playing on the scene the glow process of rescue in this man- ! ner proceeded. Seventy May Be Missing. 1t is believed that it will be twen- ty-four hours or more before many bodies can be takeh from the sub- merged cars. Most of those drowned may have been washed out of the cars because of the terrific current of the stream. Although one of the lightest ticket sales in years was reported here by | the Burlington railroad. it was be- lieved that the final list of persons aboard the train would show possibly seventy persons missing. Men, women and children went hand over hand from the sleeper to the east bank, a distance of more than 150 feet. Several times women lost one hand hold of the rope, only to regain their balance and save | themselves from dropping into the sweeping waters. fter their perilous trip across the water several women fainted and had to be carried to waiting . A man| carried a baby In his arms from the marooned car to the bank Of the injured brought to Casper early this morning, few are seriously hurt. Water Still Rising. It was still raining early this morn- ing. One sleeper was left on the track where it had been derailed at the brink of the stream Occupants were sleeping in the car. Aside from two dim raiiroad are lamps there was not a light visible at the scetie of the wre nd it was difficult 1o distinguish the location of different ones In the stream of jammed-up cars against the east bank. Undertakers left Casper at 5 o'clock this morning to search the wreckage for bodies. Undertakers also have been notified_at Douglas to co-operate in finding bodies. The sheriff and deputies left on the same special train to assist in removing bodies from the wreckage. The police in Glen Rock have been notifled and will ¢ perate in prevents ing any looting. Cities down the Platte river have been notified to be on the lookout for floating bodies. Rescue Work Halted. Fstimates of the number of persons who lost their lives differed at 7 o'clock this morning. The lowest figures placed the dead at forty. A raiiroad telegraph operator at Glenrock, near the scene of the wreck, and who assisted in the rescue work, said he though the death list might mount to 100. All rescue work had to be temporarily abandoned at 2 o'clock this morning, It began snewing about that hour, after (wentf-fd8r hours of continuous rain- fall. No bodies had been recovered at daylight. “The 'scene of the wreck is about fourteen miles east of Casper, about iwo miles west of the Big Muddy il field and about seven miles west of Glenrock. The next flagstop for the train across the culvert through which it plunged into Cole creek is| Lockett. The scene of the wreck iy in .I sandy, rolling type of country. First Bodles Removed. Several bodies were removed from partly submerged cars this morning, but names of victims are still lack- ing. and the full casualty list prob-| <bly will not be known until waters (Continued on Page 2, Celumn 2. He reported ream was rising. WARD TRIAL ENDS; CASE GOES TOJURY Attorney for Wealthy New Yorker Claims Judge’s Charge Unfair. By tho Associated Pres WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., September The jury in the case of Walter S. Ward, charged with the murder of Clarence Peters, retired to consider its verdict shortly after 12:30 today. Before the jury retired the oppos- ing attorneys engaged in a spec- tacular verbal tilt with Justice Wagner, to whose charge to the jury they took exception. Allan R. Campbell of the defense staff took exception to the entire charging of the court, characterizing it as entirely unfair to the defendant. Mr. Campbell asserted that the court in citing the law and the evi- dence had brought out points favor- able to the prosecution and had not drawn out parallel points that would have been equally favorabls to the defense. Justice Wagner replied that if he had favored the state he had not done s0_purposely. When Justice Wagner finished his charge he had met about half 1 dozen of the sixty-three specific requests for special charges that the defense had made, and about half of the ten re- quests of the prosecution. As soon as he finished Mr. Campbell arose and asserted the court had favored the prosecution throughout, both in read- ing the law and in his summary of | the evidence. SARAZEN, HAGEN LEAD I TOURNEY Loom as Finalists in Golf Contest—Former Shoots 3 Under Par Today. - By the Assoctated Press. PELHAM MANOR, N. Y., September 28.—Gene Sarazen, defending his.title in the Professional Golfers' Assocla- tion tournament, was 4 up wh. and Bobby Cruickshank had finighes ;ip'h‘t;‘en lholes i'n thew thirty-six-hole mi-final match today. S: round in 71, 3 under par, | on Went M\t‘hs(x,tcr Ha\glez had an easy time vith George McLean, bei eighteen holes. S e Sarazen and Cruickshank were all even over the first nine. Sarazen won the first with a birdie 4, being on the green in 2. Cruickshank sliced his drive and was down in 6. On the sec- ond Sarazen drove over a clump of trees to the green, but Cruickshank played safely around the dog-leg curve and holed a twenty-five-foot putt for a half. They halved the next four, but Cruickshank won the seventh, when Gene took three putts. The cighth and ninth were halved. U. S. BUYS LEGATION IN SWEDISH CAPITAL By the Associated Press. CHRISTIANIA, September 28.—The United States governgént ‘has pur- chased for its legation mansion and office one of the. finest residences in Christiania. Thé building was owned by the son<in<law of Alfred B. Nobel, founder of the Nobel prizes. 1 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION oning Star., WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1923 -FORTY-FOUR PAGES. i SEEKSTOBAR AN O AUGTON SALE Ninth Street Merchant Brings i Suit to Enjoin City Of- ficials From Action. ——— i Justice Hoehling of the District Su- preme Court today cited the District Commissioners and Daniel Sullivan, superintendent of police, to show {cause next Friday why they should | not be enjoined from interfering with the conduct of auction sales at 400 | 9th street northwest. Abraham Sures, | the proprietor of the store, complains | to the court that the police department is threatening to stop sales at his place, to his great detriment and in disregard of his rights. { Through Attorneys Newmeyer & King the plaintiff says that with his brother he had been comducting a j jewelry business at 648 H street northeast, and June 1 last rented the 9th street store and placed $15.- | 000 worth of stock there to be sold in order to wind up the partnership. | He employed a iicensed auctioneer, | he stated, and the business was prop- erly conducted. September 20 iast, he asserts, a representative of the Better Business Bureau, at the instiga- tlon of a competitor, secured a war- rant alleging violation of a law re- quiring a written or printed permit from the Commissioners to conduct auction sales. Although he alleges this in a new interpretation of the law, Mr. Sures says he made application for the per- mit but no action has been taken by the authorities on it. The de- fendants, he declares, have threat- ened to stop his sales. which will ruin his business and leave him go redress in damages. The Commissioners today filed in Police Court what is regarded as a test case against Mr. Sures. He is charged with operating an auctlon business in violation of a law requiring auctioneers to secure a permit from the District of Colum- bia_Commissioners. The charge was made out by Assistant Corporation Counsel Frank W. Madigan on in- formation supplied by Louis Roth- child, manager of the Better Business Bureau. The defendant pleaded not guilty and demanded a trial by a jury. The business interests of the city some time ago made protest to the District Commissioners against the operation of these auction houses and an action was brought in the District branch of Police Court in an effort to break up the business. The informa- tion charged the auctioneer with making false representations, and when the case came to trial he was convicted. In the case of record today the action is brought against the pre- prietor of the auction house. i 1 {BOY HANGING FROM TREE THOUGHT SLAIN | | Maryland Authorities Press Mur- der Theory—Dog Wining Be- neath Body. Special Dispatch to The St HAGERSTOWN, Md., Septembec. 25. —Richard Miller, fourteen-year-old farmer boy of Cascade, near this city, was found dead hanging from the 1imb of an apple tree early this morn- ing, and upon investigation the au- thorities are convinced that the lad | came to his death by hands other than his own. The discovery was made by his mother in a cornfleld near their home. | Beneath the dangling body of the boy lay his dog, whining piteously, and refusing to permit any person to come near the boy for séveral hours. The boy and dog had fllnpnelredl from the home early yesterday morn- ing. State's Attorney D. Angle Womn-l ger ordered an immediate autopsy. | While the autopsy was in progress | the boy had dfed neither' from a broken neck nor strangulation, which would have been the case if he would have hung himself. It is al- most certain, in the minds of the offi- clals, that thq boy was murdered and then hung to a tree to cast off sus- picion. Wounds on the lad’s body also are of such a nature that it is not beliéved that tney were self- * inflicted. | Springfield, this afternoon it was learned that |l THE BEST WAY. Turkey Republic, Says Unconfirmed Vienna Dispatch By the Assoctated Press, PARIS, September 28.—A Havas dispatch from Vienna says it is rumored there that a republic has been declared in Turkey. There is no confirmation of the rumor from any alrect source. The flight of the Sultan of Tur- key lust November hase left the political status of Turkey in doubt. The sultan did not abdi- cate and has since ¢laimed he is still the ruling head of Turkey. But the Kemalist element, now dominant, is opposed to the sulti- nate, and a dispatch from Con- stantinople on September 22 said it was virtually certain Turkey would be declared a republic. FOOD PRICES NEAR WAR PEAK-N D, Than in Other Cities Along Atlantic Seaboard. Food prices in Washington during July were higher generally than in other cities along the Atlantic sea- board, but were generally lower than in southern New England, according to figures made public today by the Labor Department. At the same time food prices here were higher in July, 1923, than in 1922, and approached the peak of war-time prices, reached during 1919, Fresh meats were higher in Wash- ington than in many midwest cities and places on the Pacific coast, while in New England meats were higher in price than here. Canned goods in Washington sold at approximately the average Drice of other cities along the Atlantic seaboard. Fresh vegetables, however, were higher here fhan in most of the other twen- ty-one cities trom which figures were obtained by the bureau of labor std- tistics of the Labor Department. Kanana Prices Varied. The disparity between prices for prunes, raisins, bananas and oranges in Washington and between central west and western citles was most marked. Where bananas here were selling at 40 cents a dozen in July, 1923, they sold at 16 cents in Seattle, Wash.; at 11 cents in Springfield, 1L, and at 33 cents in Scranton, Pa. Coffee and tea also showed higher prices here in July than most other cities tabulated by the bureau. Here are a few prices on meats, picked at random, all July 15, 1923: Sirlein Steak. fresh as of \ Washington it Salt Lake City Rochester, N. Ricl mond, 'V Peoria, Iil. And a few more on fresh vegetabl as of the same date: Onions. Soringneiar i ingfield, Rochester, N. Y St. Paul, Mion. ‘Washington Richmond, Vi Milwaukeé New -Orleans, La CLOSING HOUR For Sunday “Want Ads” 5:30 p.m.. Saturday creasing volume of its Sunday Cldssified Adver- HAYNES PROBING CHARGES OF POLICE Full Inquiry Involving Three Dry Agents Before Any Action Is Taken. Charges of irregularity made by the | District Commissioners against three | prohibition agents of this ecity are 'DK‘XHK investigated by a specially ap- pointed body from the prohibition unit, it was announced today by R. A. Haynes, prohibition commissioner. Breaking his policy of silence re- | garding the reported charges, Com- missioner Haynes today issued the following statement to newspaper | men: “I. have instituted a searching in- quiry into the matter, and upon the report of those to whom the inquiry Las been commijjted will depend. the action to be taken,” The statement was prefaced by ref- | erence “to the complaint made a few days ago by the District Commis- sioners against three prohibition agents operating in the District.” r Promises Full Statement. Commissioner Haynes forestalled inquiries by stating that the pre- pared statement contained all that he wished to say. He denied, in re- sponse to a question, that a visit to the White House yesterday was in any way connected with the local situation. He added after formally reading out the statement to the newspaper men that as soon as the investigators had made a report on the charges submitted to him by the District Commissioners he would give the public a full and definite statement as to the result. He withheld the names of the in- vestigators. E. C. Yellowly, in charge of gen- eral prohibition agents, under whose | leadership the accused local agents| come, said today that there had been 1o suspensions in the Jocal force and that he had heard nothing regarding the reported charges, Mr. Yellowly and Commissioner Haynes had a prolonged conference this gnorning. Corridor gossip at the prohibition unit offices connects Mr. Yellowly with the investigating force. The rumor is that he is head- ing the probe committee. Vice Squad Charges. The charges originated from the | vice squad. Lieut. O. T. Davis some time ago took action against two agents whom he claimed were en- gaged in irregular practice by pre- senting information relative to al- leged bribery. The result of this was an inquiry and subsequent action against the agents. h That, there has been’ friction be- tween revenue agents and the leader of the vice squad is well known to those intimately acquainted with op- erations of the police group prom- inent in ‘raid making. As a matter of fact, in some of the raids—and this is based upon first-hand information the location of the places to be ralded was shielded from the agents to accompany the police raiders be- cause of the chance that a “leak” might develop. Recently there has been quite a let- up on wholesale raiding by the vice squad. The number of ralds within the last few weeks has dwindled con- siderably from those of earller days, The reason is not given. MANILA FEARS RIOTING. Intense Rivalry Indicated in In- sular Senatorial Campaign. By the Associated Press. MANILA, September 2. — State- ments issued from rival political camps predict disturbances and pos- sible bloodshed on October 2, th of ‘the insular senatorial elestion, *=7 Eholds | BAVARIA UPRISING | THREATS ON WANE; TROOPS ROUT MOBS Stresemann Less Concerned With Internal Troubles Than in Adjustment With Allies. CONFERS WITH ENTENTE ON RESUMING RELATIONS Passive Resistance End Formally Proclaimed in Berlin—En- voys Are Notified. By the Associated I'ress. BERLIN, September 2§.—Chancel- lor Stresemann and the members of his cabinet were less concerned to- day over the Bavarian situation than to what the immediate future in store for the government with respect to the impending new adjustment of its forelgn relations. With Adolph Hitler and his “fa- scisti” following subdued for the mo- ment, the Berlin government is satis- fled that the Bavarian authorities, in collaboration with the commander of the federal troops, will be able to control the situation there. The gov- ernment reports this morning indi- cated that normal conditions pre- vailed In Munich, Nuremburg, Au- gusburg and other points in Bavarian territory. Chancellor Stresemann has resum- ed active contact with the env of the entente, and was in conference last night with the English and French ambassadors and the Belgian minister. The subjects presumed to have been discussed were the ques- tion of the early resumption of for- mal negotiation and the attitude of the allied powers toward the Ger- man reparation proposals of June 7. Two Named ax Envoys. The government, it was stated, has presented two candidates for the Ger- man ministry at Brussels, as Dr. Landsberg will not return to his for- mer post as Germany's diplomatic representative in Belgium. Chancellor _Stresemann yesterday evening notified the entente ambas- sadors of the German government's decision to cease passive resistance in the Ruhr and the Rhineland. The German minister for the oc- cupied territory has been instructed by the government to take all neces- sary_measures in the new situation and he will accordingly' represent the Zovernment in all the negotiations. Although Herr Stresemann and his assistants were visibly nettled at the precipitate manner in which the Ba- varian action was carried out, the Berlin government heads last night fessed the bellef that they once oreshave become the victims of Pavarian_“idlosyncrasies,” and seem- ingly realized their own inability co rectly to appraise Munich psychology despite their past experience with Bavarian diplomacy. Scout Revolt Talk. Tbe talk of revolt and secession by Bavaria is scoutell in official circles in Berlin, where. the impression is given that the two governments are in complete accord with respect to common aims and that their proc- lamations in no way collide. At the chancellery it was stated that Herr Stresemann_was convinced that Pre- mier von Knilling was sincerely de- sirous of co-operating with the cen- tral government in the present per- turbed internal situation, but that the Bavarian premier naturally was forced to take full cognizance of the confiieting currents which complicate the Bavarian situation, and which in no event could be controlled by the Berlin government. The central government's proclama- tlon takes precedence over the Bavarian manifesto and also estab- lishes that Gen. von Lossow of the reichswehr, who has been appointed military commander in Bavaria, has superior authority to von Kahr, in that he represents Dr. Gessler. who has been virtually created military dictator for all Germany by the terms of the government's proclamation. {The two governments, it was added, are closely co-operating, .and the political leaders here are confident that Chancellor Stresemann's adroit- ness as a negotiator will avoid any ruffiing of Bavarian sensibilities. 12,000 Troops Rendy. There are about 12,000 government troops permanently garrisoned in Bavaria, and they are at the im- mediate disposal of von Lossow and von Kahr. They are augmented by the Bavarian police, and it is believed these can be relied upon in an acute emergency. There is, nevertheless, partially con- cealed satisfaction in political quar- ters in Berlin over what is termed the predicament in which von Knilling and von Kahr now find themselves, and which is viewed here as retribution for the leniency which permitted Adolf Hitler and kindred super-patriots to gain a dangerous ascendency over the more moderate nationalists led by Dr. von Kahr. TROOPS HALT MEETING. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1023, T o BERLIN, September 28.—A bold front anG the gleam of unsheathed bayonets have proved sufficent to cool, at least temporarily, the enthu- slasm of the Hitler nationalists, who earller on Thursday had threatened to defy the authority of the Bava- rian dictator, says the correspondent of The Star and the Chicago Dally News at Munich in a telegram re- cefved today. Thursday night a handful of Ba- varian police, backed by less than a thousand reichswehr troops, effect- ively enforced Dictator von Kahr's ordinance forbidding the gathering of 50,000 nationalists at fourteen meetings, at which Adolph Hitler had intended to speak. Without firing a shot they dispersed the threatening nationalist throngs. While Dictator von Kahf has emerged from the first crisis and scored a decisive victory over the rival faction, considerable anxiety prevails lest the week end bring new complications. > The situation in Bavaria is a puzzler for Chancellor Stresemann, complicated as it is by the rivalry of the pan-Ger- man, or Ludendorff-Hitler party and the Bavarian separation, or Crown Prince necessary to advance the closing hour on these ~to 5:30 Sa p-m. Saturdays. must be received a3 The Star office by this hour readers of The Star the Sunday classified printed as & e_o-phy section. Rupprecht party. ¥ The latter hopes for bolshevist out- breaks in north Germany, whereupon it expects to be able to seize the leader- ship of the whole fascisti movement for an attack on Berlin. Hitler, on the other hand, considers that Prussia has already been belshe- vized, has obtained the leadership of the pan-German military organizations, and demanded that his followers cease con- a:awn with the Rupprecht organiza- ns. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 92,7-74 | | ! * TWO CENTS. ‘WINNERS IN AIR RACE IN BRITAIN SPECIAL ELECTION IN OKLAHONA MAY HELP LEGISLATORS Supreme Court Validation -of Vote October 2 Affects Fight With Governor. AMENDMENT PERMITS SESSION WITHOUT CALL Legal Barriers Yet to Be Cleared Beforg People Can Decide Controversy. By the Associated Press. | OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Septem- jber 28.—Possibility existed today that |a way would be opened to the house of the legislature for {members a meeting without awaliting the out- ; |come of a long court fight. ik LIEUT. RUTLEDGE IRVINE. 1. 5. FLYERS TAKE SEAPLANE TROPHY Lieuts. David Rittenhouse and Rutledge Irvine First and Second. By the Associated Press. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT, Sep- tember 25.—America won the inter- national race off here today for the Schneider seaplane trophy The time of the winner was 1 hour 12 min- utes 26 4-5 seconds. The machine piloted by Lieut. David Rittenhouse was the first to finish. His average speed was 177.38 miles an hour. The race consisted of five circuits of a triangular course, each circuit equivalent to forty-two land miles, Lieut. Rutledge Irvine, United States, finished second. and Capt. H. C. Biard, the sole British competitor, Sea Lion II, was third. Licut. Irvine's time was 1 hour 14 minutes 5 1-5_seconds and Capt. Baird's 1 hour 21 minutes 46 seconds. French Pilot Unhurt. The pilot of the French machine which came down during the race landed at Selsey unhurt, The racg was favored with magnifi- cent weabher, with the air still and the water like a millpond at the out- set. Though these conditions pleased most of the competitors, they were not altogether _welcome to Capt. Biard, the sole British entrant, who was defending the trophy he won last year. OWIng to the type of his plane, rough weather and a choppy sea would have been more favorable to him. The American seaplanes, be- ing fitted with floats instead of hulls, are lighter than either the British or French machines, The fact that the most powerful American plane had been put out of action by an accident added to the general interest, as its absence was considered to have made the race more even, with the speed of all the entrants not materially different. FIRST TIME U. S. HAS WON. Previous Victors Were Italy -and Britain. NEW YORK., September America’s victory today in the inter- national seapiane races at Cowes, Isle of Wight, was the first triumph in the event for this country. Pre- vious victors were France, Italy and Great Britain. The ships which car- ried the Stars and Stripes to first and second places were Navy-Curtiss racers, equipped with 500-horsepower motors. The winner, plloted by Lieut. David Rittenhouse, has an interesting Tac- ing history. It was built in 1921 for the Navy as a land plan® and won the Pulitzer trophy at Omaha that year, piloted by Bert Acosta. In 1922, at Detroit, the same plane finished fourth in' the Pulitzer cup race, piloted by Lieut. Al Williams, a former New York National League pltcher. This year with pontoons added and a_ 500-horsepower motor, instead of 400 horsepower, the plane made 194 miles an hour, a world’s record for France, geaplanes, in _an official test at Port | ‘Washington, N. Y., before being ship- ped abroad. 1924 RACE IN AMERICA. Victory Brings Event to U. S, Say Officials Here. Victory ‘of the American Navy team In the Schneider cup races in- sures the holding of the contest next year in the United States Naval aviation officials declare that rules of the race prescribe that the winning country old the next meet. The requirements that flights be over water and over a triangular course of a_specified distance was (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) | A constitutional amendment to give {them authority to meet without call by Gov. J. C. Walton may be voted at a special election October The election , was declared valid by the state supreme court late yesterday, but there still remain legal barriers to be cleared away before the amend- nent affecting the house can take its place on the ballot with five other | measures that have been approved by | the court. i ‘| Protested by Governor. An initiated petition providing for the amendment making it possible for a majority of the members of the legislature to call a special session was protested by Gov. Walton, who pealed from the decision of R. A. Sneed, secretary of te, on the | 8rounds that there were not sufficient signatures on the petition. Sneed {had held the petition sufficient. The supreme court dismissed the gover- nor's appeal, but upon his application late yesterday, granted a new hear- ing. "No date ‘has been set. The iron hand of the military de- ded yesterday upon another county in Oklahoma as warning was given by Gov. Walton that more stringent martial rule is in store for other sectlons if “invisible gover ment” in the state can be put down i no other way. Upon the appeal o more than a score of residents of Sulphur, the governor ordered martial law in’ Murray county, where the civil authorities, some of whom are said to be controlled by the Ku Klux Klan, are charged with having neg- lected to prosecute persons respon- sible for numerous mob outrages. Bloodshed Is Feared. Violence and bloodshed may result from the “deplorable conditions” ex- | isting in the county, the petitioners declared in asking for the establish- | ment of rigid martial law. The per- | sons and property of those not mem- | bers of the Ku Klux Kian, they as- | serted, are unsafe under the “reign | ot Klan officers.” { At the executive mansion, Gov. Wal. | ton declared there will be no end to | military rule in the state until mob olence and masked depredations e. Despite his statement, however, the belief persisted in w informed quarters that a decrease in the scops of martial law can be expected within ithe next few day This opinion was strengthened by |a perceptible lessening of public ten- | slon, which has prevailed since Je lative opposition against the official |acts of Gov. Walton first cropped out. | A legal fight to determine whether they are empowered to hold a special { session without a call from the gov- ernor. has been started by the sixty- seven members of the lower house of the state legislature. whose attempt to launch an impeachment investi- gation was blocked by state troops acting under orders from Gov. Walton, i Would Restrain Guard. They applied in district court here for an injunction to restrain national guardsmen _from interfering with meetings of the house. The case ably will be threshed out in the United States Supreme Court before | it is finally settled, both sides agreed. Hearing on the petition for injunction Was set for next Tuesday morning. Tnterest in the situation shifted to Tecumseh, where omer _McKeown, grand cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan at Maude, Okla, will be tried in superior_court on a charge of con- tempt of court. The grand cyclops and W. W. Price, both of whom are prominent Maude business men, were arrested, after refusing to testify before a military court of Inquiry in connection with the flogging of a_school teacher at Maude in 1821. They had been im- plicated in the whipping by witnesses previously interrogated. They were denied bail and spent the night in the county jail at Tecumseh. SHERIFF DENIES CHARGES. ce ‘Appeal for Martial Law at Sulphur Called Frame-Up. SULPHUR, Okla., September 25.— Sherift C. H. Parks denles the charges of some of his fellow townsmen which led to the order yesterday of Gov. Walton dispatching military forces to Murray cou “The whole matter is a_frame-up,” the sheriff declared. “There has bheen a gang stirring up { things here for the last thirty days, My deputies and I have done every- thing humanly possible to run down floggers and other law violators. Only recently an investigation launched by the county attorney and myself last- ed a week, during which more than 100 witnesses were examined.” Threatening letters referred to by those who appealed to Gov. Walton were characterized by Sheriff Parks as “bootleggers' threats written to themselves.” BATTERY IS DEMOBILIZED. Enid Guardsmen on Duty Since Martial Law Began. ENID, Okla., September 28.—Bat- tery A, local detachment of the Okla- homa National Guard, arrived in Enid at 6 o'clock this morning from Okla- homa City, where the unit has been on duty since the entire state was placed under martial law by Gov. Walton. 'The battery has been de- mobilized and officers and men who live outside of Enid have started for their homes. NOTED SURGEON DIES. EDINBURGH, September 28.—Sir Halliday Croom, noted surgeon and former president of the Royal Col- llegcxol Surgeons, is dead, aged seven- y-six.