The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-26

the federal injuify into election frauds
lwas given today with 5he. appointment
OF C. Frank Daley OF indianapolis as
special assistant to the attorney general
in charge Of Investigations and prose-
cutlons Of election law violations in In
diana, Ohio and Illinois. Numerous re-
ports of fraud in elections in the middle
west had reached the department OF
justice
NEW YORK-A count made by
shows that at Fifth avenue and Forty
second street, where traffic is greatest
in the city, l7,lSl vehicles go north
and south during the ten hours OF the
business day. East and west traffic
bring the total up to about 2Sm which
is an increase OF more than ! 600 day
over last year,
SAN FRANCISCO-lhc China Mail
Steamship company, which began trans
Pacific operations a year ago with the
liner China, purchased from the Pacific
Mail company. has bought two big
ocean steamers under construction at
the Wallace ship yard. Vancouver
r. G.. for 2,S00000 each, il was re-
ported here today
Characterization bills OF sale
arc the chief obstacle, with which po-
lie" officials have to contend in dealing
with automobiles, according to John J
Shechy OF the central detective bureau
here. lie made the statement today III
connection with the report Yesterday
q the Chicago police department show
ing the growth of the local automobile
stealing industry from practical insig
niiicance IN l9lA tO a value Of more
thar Sl.2s0OOO so FAR this year.
MEMPHIS, Tenn Financial iuSti-
tu,ionS holding more than 5000 OOONN
of mortgages on agriculture land were
represented at the opening session here
TO-DAY OF the third annual meeting OF
thu Farm Mortgage Bankers aSsocia
ton OF America.
NEW YORK More than a million
petSouS in the United States are known
drug users and as many more use
drugs in secret, the members ot the
American Medical Editors association
were told al meeting here Yesterday
The speaker was " { Keith, chet OF
the miscellaneous division OF the inter
nal revenue bureau who said also that
drug addicts were 20 he found IN every
district OF the country, even In those
SparSely settled
MANILA The Philippine congress
is studying bills which have been pre-.
posed for the creation of six active cab
met positions as substitute for the
present form OF government
FORT WORrH-Geperal Bricken oi
the Alabama National guard and his
headquarters troops spent several hours
IN For, Worth this morning en- route
TO Nogales. Aris All OF the Alabama
militia now have moved to the border
with the exception OF cavalry troop
OONktRN, \, .-- tanSit service
was resumed by the ionkers Railway
company today after an interruption OF
more than a month, caused by a strike.
Automobiles carrying police moved in
front OF and behind each car,
ST. PAUL, MINI n--Governor J A.
a BurQuis, issued a call today for
special session oi the state legislature
to assemble Saturday to consider lex.
islation that would make i, possible ~
the Minnesota National guardSmrn
now a. the Mexican border to vote in
the general election, November !.
WASHINGTON Pressure still was
abnormally low today over the Carib.
bean Sea and West Indies and extend.
ing into the gulf Of Mexico. There was
more definite evidence Of an independ
en-, disturbance off the east Florida
coast and the weather bureau advises
caution
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