New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 20, 1923, Page 1

News d!h W By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1028, —EIGHTEEN PAGH MANY GERMANS IN RUHR AND RHINELAND RETURN TO WORK, KNOWING RESISTANCE FAILS While Those Elsewhere | [$ FOU AN TROUBLE Applauded orable Conditions Government Not Objecting to Resumption of Labors —Ambassadors Are Be- ing Called Home, Berlin, Sept. 20.—~8ince the gov- ernment announced Its inability fur- ther to finance the passive resistance fn the Ruhr and Rhineland, many workers are showing an inclination to return to their former posts. The altered attitude is explained on the groynd of widespread cenviction that the social chaos which followed In the wake of the passive campaign now has reached proportions which are making life unbearable, GA Only Applause The restiveness Is crystallizing into realization that several milllon Ger- mans have been without the ordinary comforts of home for eight months, while many more milllons putside the French and Belgian lines have been showering ‘applause on their fellow workers from more favorable condl- tione, hey can't stand it any longer,” one government leader declared. He permitted the inference that the gov- ernment would not discourage inclin- ation on the part of the resister on officlal payrolls to resume their for- mer jobs with the railway, posts and telegraph . administrations despite existing ordinances against such ac- tion. At various points in the occupled areas, the postal employes and tele- phone operators have resumed work. Wiedfeld Leaves Washington Washington, Sept. 20,—Dr. Otto Wiedfeld, the German ambassador, Jert today for New York to sail on the steanmier Bremen for Germany. He has been summoned to Berlin, 1t is stuted just as German ambassadors at several other capitals have already Dheen called. POLITICAL STROKE IN HARTFORD P. 0. PLUM Fenn's Secretary Has Ad- vantage Over Others Seeking Office c B H. MANNING (Washington Burcau of New Britain Herald) Washington, Sept. 20— The post oftice department today requested the civil service commission to hold an ex- amination of applicants for the post- mastership at Hartford, Conn,, where {here is a vacancy. The examination will be held on November 20 or No- vember 27, it was learned, today. The four year term of David ~A. Wilson explred August 1 and on that date he was relieved by Harry J. Tay- Jor, Congressman llenn’s secretary, who was appointed acting postmaster, recommendation of Mr. Fenn, to gerve until a tlar appointment could he made after examination of the applicants, The position pays $6,000 a year. Congressman I'enn ¢ layed astute- ness in having the examination put off until he could get his man Taylor on the job, according to the belief at the capitol. By being at the post for several months he will have an advan- tage over other candidates. Jt was an unusual procedure. The post office department usually requests the civil service commission to hold the examination of candidates about three months before the expira- tion of the term of the incumbent so as to give opportunity to select the new postmaster by the time the in- cumbent's term expires. But in this case the post office department, at the request’ of Congressian Ifenn, it 1= sald, postponed tre request to the commission and then put Taylor temporarily in office at Fenn's request. When the examination is held in November, I'enn’s man Taylor will have bheen about four months in of fice and because of experience will have a marked advantage over the others in attaining a rating that will make him eligible for the postmaster-s ship BY GEORG on 108 Per Cent Increase in Children Going.to Work | Worcester, Mass., Sept. 20, — Be eause of Increased cost in household gupplies and a very material hoost in rents, there has been an increase of more than 108 per cent in the reqeust of school children for work certifi cates as compared with last year Municipal Golf Course As Memorial to Harding San Francisco, Sepf. 20.—8an Fran- cisea’s memorial to the late President Harding will be a new municipal goif course at Merced Lake and a club house yet to be built at a cost of $100,000, according 1o a decision reached by the Harding Memorial rommittee here Under Fav- | teen sald general 4 Last Night "f{‘ Unexplained—s. Been Ocean Ship New Haven, Sept, 20—~No steamer in distress was sighted east of here in Long Island sound this morning when the fog lifted, and reports for 20 miles along shore falled to locate a vessel which by radlo signals last night indicated that help was needed The vessel reporting itself as the Ac cident had given & position ten miles east of New Haven which would have beean between Branford river and Thimble Islands at Stony Creek Nautieal opinion wa# that the loca- tlon may have been on the ocean side of Long Island and not in the sound. New York, Sept, 20.—8hipping eir- cles here were puzzied today over the radlo report recelved last night that a steamer was in distress in Long Is- land Sound as nothing further has been heard to Indicate the name of the vessel or its location. The name was garbled -in either sending or recelving but it was believ- ed to he the Occidental by the wire- lessman. The Oeccidental, however, reached Boston yesterday and no oth- er registered vessel was in these waters. Providence, R. 1., Sept. 20.—Nelither the Concord or the Georgia, sound line steamships which arrived here from New York today, saw anything of any vessel in distress in Long Is- land Sound. The captains of both ships recelved requests from the naval communication radio station to be on the lookout for any craft in trouble. “FRIENDLESS” GIRL SLAIN Los Angeles Cabaret Singer ¥Found Dead, With Sleeping Babe at Her Sido—ArrestyExpected Shortly. Los Angeles, Sept. 20.—Detectives hinted at an arrest today in the slay- ing of Ethel Williams, a cabaret singer, 256 years old, who was found stabbed to death on the floor of her room in a lodging house late last night. . Both eyes had been blackened, her nose broken and in the mouth were & number of stab wounds which phy- siclans sald might have been inflicted | by a pair of scissors. Her body was nude, and asleep be- side it was her two year old son. Indications were that death came eight or ten hours before the body was “discovered by the landlady, Mrs. Crowder, who told the officers the dead womap had said she had "many enemies and not a friend in the world."” The police said absence of any weapon in the room preciuded a sui- clde theory. LOVERS ARE ASSAULTED Youth Badly Stabbed By Six Men Who Drag His Sweetheart I'rom Him in Central Park, N. Y. New York, Sept. 20.—Firemen and police joined in a chase through West Central Park apd the adjoining fash- fonable apartment district early today after six men who stabbed George Volland as he sat on a bench with his sweeheart, covered his bleeding form with newspapers and dragged the girl off to a secluded spot. Two hours after the attack George Volland, the youth, regained con- sclousness, Ha staggered to the ncar- est park exit and collapsed beneath a | fire hydrant. O BUSINESS DEPRESSION Secretary Mellon Says He Sces No Reason to Think dustrial Depression, Washington, St lines of industry in the last few weeks, Secretary Mellon sees no reason 'to be- lieve that the wave of business pros- perity will slacken more than tem- porary. He declared today that sea- | of labor continued toda gonal and temporary reductions in business activities were to be expect- ed. e sald he did not regard them as serlous or as indicative of a perman- ent slackening in commerce dnd in- dustry. ew E |aoFPF6flper|h At Hand, Credit Men Say Atlantle City, N. I, Sept. 30.— American business is enfering a per- fod of inereasing prosperity, accord- ing to a majority of the directors of the National AsSociation of * Credit men in annual session. Collections were reported better than a month ago by 18 of the 31 firectors. Nine- business in thelr sections was improving, six found it stationary and three on the decline. SLIGHT QUAKE IN ENGLAND. London, Sept. 20.—A slight earth tremor was felt vesterday at Cromer, Norfolk, says the Daily Mail. The vi- bration was accompanied by a loud rumbling while windows rattled and ornaments within houses were dis- placed gy Sy gy | | |today into the round. R. R RATE INCREASE. ot 4RA%A | Girculate Petition to Be Sent o Lawjers o Accused Declare They Realize They Suffered|N) STEAMER IN SOUND | Public Otities Board | Wore Instructed What o Sty fis ——— PROTEST 48 PER CENT RAISE New Rritain-Hartford Riders Indig nant-~Girls Distribute Handbills | Ning For Mass Meoting of Pas. # 5 On Main Line Trains, ming that the proposed increas 13 mmutation rates will represent a jump of 58 per cent, commuters be tween this city and Hartford began today to circulate a petition of pro- test to commission. It 18 explained in the petition that ““The present price of a three months' | book between Hartford and New Britain s $16.58, The proposed price will bring the cost to the commuter for three months to $26.16. This is| dn increase of 58 per 20 per cent as stated In the press.” | Continuing, the petition says: “The present cost based on .one| hundred and sixty (160) rides as cov- ered by the three months' ‘' books equals 10%0 per ride. The proposed| charge 18 16 3-bc or 3 2-6c less than| the price charged to the person Who only occaslonally rides. “If an Increase of any kind is to be allowed, certainly the rate per nile between Hartford and New Britain ghould not be more than on the main line. The proposed charge for three months' commutation (three one| month books from Hartford to Merl- den is $36.42 or 1 1-4c per mile againsy 1 4-5c per mile on the trip from Hartford to New Britain. This means that the New Haven Road pro- poses to charge the commuters rid- ing between Hartford and New Brit- ain approximately 44 per cent more to ride in old discarded cgaches than the commuters between Hartford and| Meriden who have the opportunity of riding in ‘New Haven's Best' if there is such a thing. | “We believe that the proposed in-| creases are unjust and question very much but what they are also un-| lawful. | “We respectfully ask your commis- sion to investigate these rates care- fully and use the power vested to see that these rates are not put into ef- fect." Girls Call Mass Meeting. | Girls who live in cities along the lines of the “New Haven” road and work in Hartford went through early morning northbound trains today dis- tributing handbills announcing a meeting of commuters “to plan the best method toward having the N. Y., N. I. & H. R. R. Co. modify or re-| scind its recent ruling increasing the rates of commutation over its Various lines.” The meeting will be held in| Moose hall, Hartford, pext Monday| afternoon at 5:15 o'clock, daylight saving time. ! GUILFORD-SWEETSER EVEN | AllySquare After 18 Holes—Miss Col- Tett Wins Her Way to Semi-Finals | In Canada. | Chicago, Sept. 20.—Jesse Guilford, | of Boston and Jess Sweetser of New York, were all square after playing 18 holes in the third round of the na- tional amateur golf championship to- day. Neither was morg than one up at any time. Sweetser went out 36 and home in two under par for a 72, while Guil- ford, after taking one off par on the first nine was even par on the second | in spite of a six on the 18th, giving him 73, or one under par. Bob Gardner finished six up to Densmore. Shute got into the willow grove on the 17th and had to pick up and lost a stroke on each of three holes by pulling to the rough. Montreal, Sept. 20, — Miss Gienna Collet, of Providence, R. I, Ameri- n women's champion, won her way semi-finals of the| Cunadian women’s golf champlonship| by defeating Mr Dorothy Campbell Hurd of Boston 6 and 4 iny the third iere Will be 1"'} LITTLE GO smitting the usual ilhul have become manifest In some | | kwas about 40 per cent of normal. | to his attention. AL BEING MINED ept. 20.—Desplte lulls | Despite Mine Agreement, But About | is Being | | 10 Per Cent of Capacity Put Out in Hazelton Area. Sept. 20.—dhortage y at the an-| thracite mines in the Hazelton district | despite the lifting of the suspension | by the United Mine Workers following | the agreement with the coal operators on a new wage contract ./ Production at the 37 collieries on | the Hazelton and Mahanqy division of the Lehigh Valley rallroad yesterday Hazelton, « Pa., Doubt British Shipper [ Have Boycotted U. S. Boats London, Sept. 20.—A report from America that British shippers have declared a boycott on the United States shipping board is received with marked incredulity in London ship ping circles, Chemical Discovery to Save Five Million Yearly New York, Sept -Discovery of a new basis for yeast which, it is es- timated, will mean a $5,000,000 yearly saving to the yeast industry, was an nounced by the American Chemical soclety, The product is a mixture gf miineral salts, it was stated. 20 canse of rin Dally Cireulation 531 Aver Week Ending Sept, 15th . PRICE THREE_CENTS * COMMUTERS OPPOSE RECALL WITNESSES 27 DEFINITE CHARGES ARE MADE INWARD'S DEFENSE. AGAINST OKLAHOMA GOVERNOR AS TALL STRANGER 1S EJECTED wOusting of known Spectator From Court Room Caunses Consid. crable Spoculation, 20 White Plains, N, ¥ 20.—In an effort to clear up charges made by the defense in the trial of Walter 8 Ward yestorday, that the prosecution had coached witnesses. Justice Wag witness stand of Harry J. Greene and Ralph Collins, state troopers who - Qutstanding Figu file With the public utilities | ner today ordered the recall to the| testified to elrcumstances of the din. | Pe on covery of the body of Clarance ters, for whose murder Wagd fs trial, Charges of coaching followed (ol with Greene during a luncheon as in dicated in Green's testimony. « ldentifies Tickets Miller, a conductor on B. and O. railroad in charge a train running between Washington and New York on May 15, 1922, iden- tified a ticket for passage bhetween Washington and Philadelphia issued Mgy 14 at Port Royal, 8 ., and Harry of said he had collected this ticket which | had been issuéd to Peters. ! William T. Sutherlana, ricket agent for the Charleston and Western Caro lina railway at Port Royal teatified to issuing transportation to Peters to go to Philadelphia. Experts Are Called P Dr. Otto Schultz, noted pathologist, and Willlam Jones, former pistol ex- pert of the New York police, took their places beside defense lawyers vesterday, It is expected that Dr. Schultz’'s mission Is to check testi- mony of Dr. Henry J. Vier, who per- formed the autopsy on Peters’ Rody. Jones, it was said, will be called upon to prove the gun claimed by the state to have been given Ward by the | chief of police of New Rochelle, was one belonging to the murdered man. | Ward made this claim in his original blackmail story. Stranger 1s Fjected + The summary ejection of a tall dark stranger from the packed court room yesterday . created a mystery which was heightened, today by the | presence of a score of detectives, of- ficial and private, among the hun- dreds who clamored for adipission. The mystery enveloping the ejec- | tion of the tall, dark man had gath- ered force today. To those who have asked Justice Robert F. Wagner who the man was, and Why he was ousted without explanation, the justice re- plied “That is a highly improper question.” BALDWIN AND POINCARE FAVE PLEASANT SESSIY Reparations Talk Most Friendly and French Believe They Have Won Over Britisher, . The conversation between Premier Poincare and Pre- mier Baldwin of Great Britain here yesterday is regarded as representing a victory for I'rench policy in the Ruhr. This view is based on the tone of the statement issued after the meeting, for it admitted that only the broadest lines of the policy were dis- cussed and no details considered. Premier Baldwin is declared by persons near him to have becn agree- ably surprised by the personality of Premier Poincare. The British premier they say found his French collegue kindly and reasonable to- ward ideas advanced by the British statesman and disposd to give weight to the considerations brought Mr. Baldwin had formed a different conception of the I'rench premier and appears to have expected to meet a cold, dry, obstinate man, Neither of ment for publication on their inter- view, each seemingly having the same {dea, that the favorablg, impression evidenced In the newspapers of both countries this morning ought to be left to stand. i i s o Japanese Quake Fund Now Going Toward 10 Million Washington, Sept. 20.—The Ameri- can fund for Japanese earthquake re- lief now amounts to $9,125,200. The Washjngton division alone, including 11 states and the District of Colum bia, has raised more than the orig- inal quota of $5,000,000, Thaving turned in a total of $5,104,000% arls, Sept. 20, ENGINEE M It was announced today that the meeting of the New Britain section. American Society of Mechanical En gineers, which was to take place to night at the New RBritain club, has heen Indefinitely postponed, Col. A 15 Franklin, chief of the Bridgeport Otstrict, ordnance department, who was to speak, has notified the officers that he cannot attend TODAY » 0. —Grand Cirenit NO RAC Columbus, Sept races were postponed here today be THE WEATHER = Hartford, Sept. 20.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity:. Showers tonight and Friday: slightly warn#r tonight, south winds. I * full | | the premisrs will com. | TING OFF nt instead of | lins admission that he had conversed | the | | » GOV, J, €. WALTON | Above are two prominent figures in the Oklahoma muddle. One is Gov- ernor J. . Walton, accused by mem- bers of the lower house on 21 counts since he issued the order for martial law. The other is Mayor O. A. Car- gill of Oklahoma City. The mayor's powers at first were taken away from him by the military authorities who assumed control when martial law 'LOWER HOUSE PLA res in Oklahoma Show - Down Between MAYOR' O, A. CARGILL was declared. TIncldentally, Mayor Cargill is quite a man. He started life in Oklahgma City as a member of the police department where he was on the traffic squad. At night he studied law and eventually was ad- mitted to the bar. He then rose to the position of county prosecutor and his next adyancement was to the of+ flce of mayor. 'LIZ GOES RIGHT ON AFTER CROSSING CRASH, Knocked Into Ditch hy| Train, Auto Wobbles on Its Way (8pecial to The Herald), Plainville, Sept. 20.—Trying to beat the locomotive to the crossing has be- | come a popular pastime with motor- | | ists in this state of late and this morn- ing about 8:30 o'clock, James Par- | sons of Hartford, an employe of the Trumbull Electric Co. of Plainville, discovered that the locomotive usually wins the rac Parsons was coming to work in a new runabout and had cut down East street from Farmington avenue to reach the office of the local concern. As he approached the East street crossing, Bernard Flood, the flagman | stationed there, stood in the middle of the: road with the stop sign raised on high. Parsons, although he saw the train, thought he could make the other side of the crossing before the train reached it and s‘ppcd on the gas. |” He was late, however, for as he reached the middle of the tracks, the [switeh engine, with a string ot eight | cars behind it, hit his car in the mid- | dle, hoisted it about five vards with Parsons in it and landed it in'a ditch. Parsons was uninjured, although the automobile was' nearly wrecked. Parsons lifted himself out of the [car and with theaid of several pas- sersby who were on their way to | work, the Ford was put back on the |'road again. The radiator was smash- led in, the fenders were crushed and | thé wheels were askew. Parsons, however, turyjed on the switch, spun [ the crank and “Lizzle” stuttered on two cylinders. Getting behind the wheel, Parsons, with a searching look at the tracks on either side, started up. With little hesitatioff, the car started offffwobbled over {he crossing and staggered about 50 yards to the Trumbull C ard. | Pparsons after the accident was ask- lod if he had seen the flagman and he answered that he had, but he was | sure that he could get across hefore | the engine did. The engineer of the [train was unnerved by the accident | and although there was a geperal laugh after it was discovered that Mr. Parsons had escap@d injury, he called Mr. Parsons one side and told him | that In all his experience driving an | an automobile enginé on the railroad, ! | had never yet won out in a race with {an engine ac the tracks. |Gloria Swanson Now Free | From Her Second Hushandi 20, —The second motion | was granted yester K. Sanborn, film | Los Angeles, Copt | atvorce -of Gloria Swanson, actress, day when Herbert producer, was awarded a decree in a | suit charging desertion. Sanborn tes | tificd that the actress deserted him while he was in a hospital here and refused to return to him, saying that | she preferred her screen work to be | unhampered by married life. Several | years ago, Wallace Beervy actor, ob- | tathed a divorce from Miss Swanson on similar grounds pleture PROTESTS PENN COAL TAX Boston, Sept. 20 - Governor Cox has written again to Governor Pinchot | |of Pennsylvania urging repeal of the tonnage tax on anthracite which adds 15 cents a ton to the cost of coad, it tecame known today. | told Mr. | that nothing be done in the w fdec [livery truck NEWSPAPERS DEMAND UNION BE OUTLAWED . No Settlement of N. Y. Strike Near—Police Rout Troublen%:kers GOOD CIRCUEATION OF COMBINED NEWS New York, Sept. 20.—It was anrounced today by the Pub- lishers’ Association that the cir- culation of yesterday's combined newspaper was 40 per gent of normal and today’s circulation 70 per cent of normal. Neyv York, Sept. 20.—New &ork's newspaper pressmen’s strike, which | has curtailed publication of all leading dallies since Tuesday morning, faced | little prospect of immediate settlement today, the publishers at a meeting last night having rejected, propositions put forth by the local union and demand- | Yy ed that George L. Berry, president of the International Union, revoke the local’'s charter and forin a new or- ganization. . ‘Whether this would request to say. He previously had ordered the men to return to work, characterizing thelr walkout as illegal, and telling them the charter would be taken away if they did not break the strike. A meeting of officers of the Interna- tional Union was called for this morn- ing and it was expected definite action one way or another, on the owners' request would result. 5 The owners, in their statement, characterized the strikers as “deflant,” and declared they would have no fur- ther ¢ealings with their organization. They said they would continue to pub- lish combined editions of both morn- ing and evening papers, which they have done since the strike started. “You have ired us,” the owners Ber that you, would out- law the local ynion and give a charter to another lllnnn. We will not deal further with this defiant union. We await your promised action to revoke the charter of this defiant local union.” The union's proposition for settle ment which was rejected by the own- ers called for the appointment of ar arbitration board consisting of three union members, three publishers and three impartial members. They asked of a permanent agreement until this board Jed upon the question of hours, wages and the number of men to each préss. The union also demanded that condition prévalling before the award of Judge Manton in March, 1922, be restored. Upon reports that a newspaper de- had been attacked on Manhattan bridge by strikers or strike sympathizers, ten police department cars were added to th¥ fleet of 20 previously assigned to William J. Me-| Grath, deputy inspector in charge of police on strike duty An alarm sent police headquarters from the Daily News brought reserves to the press room entrance of the plant, where 25 men formed the nu- cleus of a rapidly growing crowd. The reserves scattered the mob with night sticks. rROE. HIMMER DIES Lawrence, Mass., Sept. 20.—Willlam C. Himmer, professor of modern lan- guages at, Worcester Poly institute |dted hete today. be ! granted, Mr. Berry declined last night | NS TO CONVENE Walton and Legislature at Hand—Assembly Call' Sets Meeting for Wednesday. !Exmlti\-e Is Accused of l Usurping Powers. of Des- pot and Exciting Class Hatred to Further Politi- cal Aims. By The Associated Press. Oklahoma City, Okla., Sept, 20.—= Events in Oklahoma moved today to- ward a show-down between Governor * Walton and members of the state legislature over the executive's exer- cise of authority and his war on the K. K. K. and mob floggers. A call for a session of the Jower house to consider a series of charges that Governor Walton has taken to himself tife powers of a despot andg has nupplanlvd,«-o:mmullow govern« ment was issued early this morning. 10 Members Sigw Cdll. & The call, made public by W. B, Me« Bee, representative from Stephens county, bore the name of 40 housse members, with the promise that dur ing the day the list would grow to 4, constituting £ majority of the house. ' Noon of next Wednesday is the ¢ hour fiyed fof the assembling of the law makers. Representative McBes declared fhat he anticipated tempt by the governor to carry out his threat to jail the legislators in the event that they convened. * Sees Own Folly. “The folly of attempting to carry out his threat to arrest members has been made apparent to him. He re- - alizes that the call is legal and can< not be forestalled,” McBee asserted., At almost the same moment the legislative call was promulgated, Govs pgrnor Walton appealed fo the people of the state in a proclamation torre- pudiate the attempt of the law makers to assemble, charging that those spon- soring the movement are “klaif mem- bers of the legislature. Beats Governor To Jt. 1t gvas asserted by Representative .\l('l}«:x that Governor Walton, in con- junction with Murray ¥. Gibbons, speaker of the house, was contemplat- « ing the issuance of a call for a speélal | session “in ‘a last desperate effos i with the hope that some of the au- thorities might be wen ov@r'to his cause. McBee released the call drawn by house members, he explained, “to beat the governor to it.” 3 Would Sit As Jury. “If the special session of the house: is convened the members present would sit as grand jurors to hear the evidence against the governor. Siould impeachment be 'voted, the case would go to the senate, which would be required to convene and act as & court.” The call for the session declared that the time had come to prove or disprove charges openly made against the governor. . Governor's Proclamation, Civil government in some counties is under the control of the K. K. K., and the only way to stop lawlessness |in the state Is by use of the military, Governor Walton declared in his proec- | lamation. He ordered the removal | throughout the state of all publicly idisplu,\-od fiery crosses of the klan. | To Dismantle Emblems Instructing civil and military au- |thorities to dismantle the klan em- | blems, where they are found, the gov= ernor said: | *Ihe invisible empire threatens the overeignty of the state and 1is the enemy of the state of Oklahoma. It's |fiag 1s a fiery cross now high aloft in |many public piaces. The cross,s an {(mm«m of peace, of an order and wered to history; but this flery cross |is the pagan emblem of. fear, hatred land rebellion | “BEvidence procured by ‘military | courts of inquiry proved that the klan |is responsible for beating and muti- lating hundreds of persons in the state. Because of the organization power, f know of no way-—there is no | way—to step this outlawry and tfers ror, except hy the military.” Vditors Oppose Walton | Editors of. a number of representa. tive newspapers of the state, meeting last night, issued a statement ad- dressed to the people attaeking the governor for what they termed his at {tempt to abrogate the constitutional | rights of Oklahoma. . The editors also urged that the leg- |islature he convened at once | Challenging the govermer's procla. {mation that a state insurrection |and rebellion exists throughout Okla- homa, the editors declared that his decree of martial law is a libel against the state, | “The supreme issue in Oklahoma. is not: visible or invisible government, as Walton' says, but constitutional gov- ernment of despotism,” the editors’ | statement asserted. L | 21 Charges Preferred | Twenty-one charges are listed in the |legiglative call “as now openly as- sorted and charged throughout the state,” against Governor ‘Walton. | They are: That he has refused to permit ex- |ecution of #ate laws mést wholesoms |and necessary for the public good. Stated officially he will not permit of (Continued on Page Fifteen) | no at- - 74