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FOR RENT-Furnished rooms for re-
fined gentlemen only. For particu-
lars apply 1918 Prince St. 201-26p
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REAL ESTATE
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT-Furnished room, pest
location, private bath, a. m; l..
Referer &c required. Address Box
10, CAFE of Gazette Office. 2l4-6c
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FOR RENT-Furnished front room
cheap, newly papered, new bath,
no children. Apply from 7 a. m,
to l D. M, 314 South Patrick St.
126-tf.
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WANTED-Girl for housework. No
laundry work. Give reference and
salary Box Z, Gazette Office.
216-1p.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-09-10

FOR RENT-Three rooms and bath,
for light house keeping light, neat
and water furnished, $40 90. APP
ply 203 South Royal street. Phone
963-J. 2l6 jp.
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FOR RENT-Eight room house, bath
electr;: lights, on Mt. Vernon Az
enue, Del Ray. Apply j. c. Ellis,
Mount Vernon Avenue. 2l3-4p.
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FOR RENT-A nice apartment A. NJ.
l. Apply Fountain Beattie, 800
King street. 205-tt.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-09-10

At a Special Term of the Circuit
Court OF the City Of Alexandria con-
rinucd and held at the Courthouse Of
said City on Thursday, July p, 1921.
Present: Hon. Samuel G.. Brent,
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WANTED--For day and night shift
25 laborers. Apply Herbert Bry..
ants Son, Canal Basin. 10 u
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Fivc passenger Over
lard, touring, good running order.
Will sacrifice. Mt Vernon Auto
Co., 1919 North ST Asaph st.
o12 IN
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TO RENT

TO RENT
THE STORE lately occupied by
Mr. James Sandcrson at the corner
of King and Fairfax Streets; for the
Grocery business it is an excellent
stand. Enquire of
VIM. or J. T. Ramsay.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-09-10

In the Matter of the Petition Of
the Electors of the City of Alexar-
dra, Virginia, for the Change in the
Form Of Government for said City
under the Provisions of the Code OF
Virginia OF 1919 and the Acts Of the
General Assembly of Virginia Amen
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-17

WASHINGTON, April 10" ME
coSTrNIrED on PAGE THIRTEEN
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-17
BELGIUM RecLainS Ancient MiAi0n-D0lLar Work of Old Nj
SCORES DEAD, MILLIONS LOST IN STORMS
Career in Jail
of Bebe Daniels
Mixed on Record

SANTA ANA, cal, April lG.-.
Bcbe Daniels, motion picture
actress. who last night entered
the Orange county jail here 90 he
gin serving a Today sentence for
speeding, may he wasting her time
SO far as applies on her sentence,
1t developed today
The district attorney and sheriff
pointed out there were no commit
mcnt papers I'm Miss Daniels case
as she had appealed from the
sentence imposed In the township
justice court. and her CaAc was Ia
the hands ot the superior court.
Upon learning OF this, Miss
Daniels instructed her attorney TO
dismiss appeal and obtain commit
inent papers from the justice court
ag quickly as possible.
The district attorney and the
sheriff said that II Justice Cox
who opposed the sentence was
agreeable. they had no objection to
Miss Daniels service OF sentence
running from the time she entered
the Jail at IL O'Clock last night.
Meantime, they declared. Miss
Daniels, who Remained in jail, was
merely guest OF orange
county
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-17
Maddened Lore
Causes Suicide
of OfMuSkogeean
ny A,socia,ed Press state Wire

ny NesOClated Press state Wire.
MCSKOG EE, OKLA, April i6.--
Maddened by the thought that he
had lost the love OF the woman he
wooed and won and married six
months ago, a. Allen McGrath.
an auditor OF New York city, shot
himself in his wife's presence in
their room at q local hotel here
late today.
Il shot myself because | love
her." McGrath told attendants at
a hospital, whore II was said his
wound was "a dangerous one. The
bullet entered just below his heart.
His wife formerly was Mrs. j..
w. Fondren OF Forum. Okla Me-
Grath wed her only two weeks af-
ter she and her first husband were
divorced. He had attempted his
life, McGrath said, because his
wife still bore an affection for
Fondren.
The tragedy followed an incon e.
sequential "spat," Mrs. McGrath
told the police. She had tele-
phoned for room at another
hotel, declaring that she would
not remain with him II he were
so cross
AS / turned from the tele-
phone" she said. "he drew re-
volver from his pocket, saying Il m
going to Kill you
Go ahead, I'm not afraid OF
you told him
Then he said, No, won't do
that, I'll Kill myself, and pointing
the pistol at his breast, he fired.
Well, I've done it., he said"
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-17
.FOCH'S PLAN APPROVED
His Campaign Worked Out in
Detail; Suggestion for Mo-
bilization of Men O. KID
IS NO HOPE FOR COLLECTING
Government Sees No Chance
of Obtaining 20,000,0O0,000
Gold Marks May First
BY NEWTON G. pARKE.

PARIS. April l5.--l'rauce today
put the finishing touch on her prep
arations for new war on Germany
II such becomes necessary. II Ger
many fails on May / to meet the
reparations demands submitted to
her by the allies at the conference
a. London, France Will tell the world
that the time for words has passed
and that the hour has come to
strickland strike hard II her
allies decline to cooperate with her
she is determined 10 strike alone.
To Take Rulir First.
Occupation Of the Ruhr district,
Gcrmanys richest reservoir Of ma
tural resources, will be the first blow
that France means 10 deal II Berlin
tries 10 resume "stalling.'
Marshal Foch'R plans for that Oc.
cupatiOn worked out months ago 10
the miuutcst detail. were approved
by the cabinet today.
Moreover, his plan for an Increase
OF the present forces on the Rhine
by SO per cent also were sanctioned
by the ministers. This means MAX
ing the army Of occupation so for
midable that 1t could easily over
whelm any German resistance
Foch's plans call for a reduction ~
a later date when Il will appear safe.
10 Call More Men.
The cabinet also put It's 20, X. on
the marshal's suggestion to mobilize
the classes OF 1913 and 1919
Nor were measures Tor economic
pressure overlooked minister Lou
cheur submitted comprehcnslVe
plan for taxation OF the roal ana
indust rial product leaving tho RUIN
CONTiNUED ON PAGE THlRTEEN
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-17

cathedrals, cased some Of them ur
In huge boxes. sealed them hcrmeti.
cally and lowered them into the sea,
others they buried. That the paint
inRs he had bought while he wal
serving In the mounted police OF the
A. T.. +. and roaming about the lit
tie towns aud countrywide OF Ger
many had been stolen while they
were hidden in this way no did not
doubt, and II he could learn which
one OF them was stolen treasure, he
meant 60 return them To their right
ful owners. lf after he had done
all In his power to return them, they
We're still unclaimed. he wanted to
lease them TO the city Of Tulsa for
exhibition for five years.
BolinG etepmother. n writer and
contributor To the magazines, living
In cha rlottesVlllP. n. G.. had at one
time written articles about friend
Of hers, "a man with an international
reputation as an authority on art.
Charles w. Thurmond OF New York
city. ThurmOnd was one Of the men
who searched the country FOR the
Mona Lisa. following the sensational
disa ppearance OF the Leonardo de
Vincl canvas from the Flousnce gal
lcrlcH. He was the man who, after
months Of search for the famous
Head OF Peter" canvas, stoleh from
the Vatican, where II had hung for
200 years. located IT. in an express
Office, packed on the inside OF the
cover Of "A box marked "glass--han-
die with care" This painting Mr.,
Thurman returned In person TO the
Vatican, wuS received by tho pope
and thanked In person for his Sery
Ices rendered BOlin, knowing Of
Thurmond through his step-inothcr'F
acquaintance with him, wrote To him
and told him about the paintings In
his possession. dwelling especially
upon the can vas Descent From the
CTosS."
ThurInond IA Bclginn Emi@ary.
II so happened that Thurmond
had been commissioned by the Bel
Rian government to recover that
canvas, ana he had In his pOacssion
the exact description and measure
ucnts Of O.. The data regarding tho
mpasuremenls, the description and
the details OF the purchase Of the
painting given him hy the Belgian
government railiod exactly with the
appearance and history ~ tho pic
tuTr lu the TGIsH art store. Tho
Belgian authorities had, through
their art experts ana detectives
traced the picture from ns hiding
tINN y |f.|'I| " INN' ~ - AlhN H'fll 'hh'lA
TO Bau... Germany and th" art
dc1l"r- little shop where Eul.u had
found o. Beyond he fact that IL
had been purchased from him by
am American soldier member Of
the mounted police. the authorities
could not go There the trail grcw
cold There we're hundreds ~
Amcrl,au.. mounted police, any one
of whom might have picked up -
picture such az BOlu had done In
such q shop. aside from ihc fact
that tine painting had doubtless been
brought 10 This country by Hs sol
dior owner who was In all prohd-
bllrr ignorant OF the prlcclessnoss
of his possession, tho scarch"rs had
nothing no work ON. Every art store
gnuery iu the oast ana middle west
had been searched Then comes
che lcttrr 10 Thurmond especially
CJHTISuED ON PAGE rtunrEEN
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-17
WHOLE NORTH SHIVERS
5O-Mile Gale in Chicago and
Illinois, Wisconsin, Ne o.
braska Are Raked v
APRIL RECORDS SMASHED
Terrific Clutch of Freezing
Gale Felt From Rockies to
the Atlantic Coast

CHICAGO, April l6.--Snow storms
and gales that in many places were
reported TO he the worst in the his
tory OF the local weather bureau,
swept an area from the Rocky
mountains to tho Atlantic states to-
day. Railroad and wire traffic were
Interrupted in many places and
thousands of dollars damage was
caused TO property and crops.
The worst spring storm in the his
tory Of Chicago swept the city. caus-
ing injuries to scores OF persons
and considerable property damage.
4 jo-mile gale, snow, slect and rain
combined 10 obstruct traffic and In
some places, to level communication
wires
Temperatures below freezing were
forecast tonight for northern Illl-
nois and adjacent states. The storm
is expected 10 diminish In violence
late tomorrow.
The worst blizzard of tho year was
reported from Wisconsin, where a
foot ot snow fell in Milwaukee and
kinds was delayed, the traction com
pany at Milwaukee being forced tc
use snow plows for the first time this
winter
From Nebraska came reports oi
snow and generally cold weather in
mos, ot the state. Railroad and
win, traffic were said to be partly
disrupted Ten to II inches OF snow
''il in the western portion of the
state Temperatures were as low
a. % degrees above zero.
Iowa Records Broken.
All April records were broken II
iowa bF the snow storm that begaT
.dSt night and swept the entire. state
today Des Moines reported five e
sH inches of snow In most sections
OF the state.
Northwest Missouri and northeas
Kansas sent word OF the wors
snow1orm on record this late In th'
season. Many electric wires wcr'
blown down and the damage 20 trui
"ees and gardens is great
The storm swept east through
Michigan. carrying with It q grea
nan storm that was most sever
near Detroit
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-17

by Associated Press State Wire
MUSkOGEE, April 18,--Armed
posses tonight were beating the
heavi'y wooded country OF tho Ar
kansas river valley a few miles TO
the east for three negroes who late
'oday stopped AN automobile In
which two men OF their own race
we're being fastened to Muakogee 10
avoid mob violence. shot one OF the
OFFICERS and severely beat another
and resuced the prisoners.
Ihc negroes made their escape In
nigh powered motor car and to.
night are believed to he beyond the
mediate reach OF the law.
The two prisoners we're being
brought to the Muskogce county jail
here from Oktaha after Indignant
citizens there had threatened one of
thcm, John McShaw. charged with
assault upon Carl Etter. 10-yenr- old
son or A. 9. Etter, "a deputy sheriff.
-Etter ahdi j. j. Foster, manager
of the telephone exchange at Oktaha,
started for MuHkogce In an auto
mobile with the two accused negroes.
soon after they had left, Fosters
wife, who operates tho switch hoard
OF the Oktaha telephone exchange.
intercepted "A message from negroes
OF that town to negroes In Muskogee
reqncstlng that the officers. auto
mobile be met on the Jefferson high
way and the prisoners released.
II was Just at the outskirts OF
Mussogeo that high powered car,
carrying three negroes, stopped tho
car from Oktaha. Tho Muskogee
negroes demanded 10 know what the
officers proposed to do with tho
prisoners. When Deputy Etter told
them that tho men were under ar.
hpN uEkaH IA hia It,.
fnodiately one OF the negroes fired
The bullet pierced Fosters abdomen
Etter whipped out his revolver bur
II was knocked from his hand by
one OF the prisoners.
The negroes then demanded tha.
Etter accompany them.
I'm be d II ! Will YOU can
shoot me first he Is said to have
replied They then fell upon him
beating him over the head ana upon
the face with their revolvers.
The prisoners leaped into tho car
NJ their rcscuers and picking up
Foster. who lay crumplcd up on the
tonneau floor, started for the CITY
Driving up 10 a rear door OF "A local
hospital only d lev blocks away
they throw Foster out upon a cindcr
walk, blew their horn and raced
away.
lH'li car hp'u almost through the
heart Of the business district OF tho
city and disappeared over a road
that leads To- Fort Gtbbon.
Foster was found a moment after
the car had left and Immediate s.
placed upon the operating table. His
condition is extremely critical 10
was said at the hospital tonight and
his wounds were pronounced az
probably fatal"
ut"usc excitement prevailed a.
OktHha tonight Fifteen or more
armed white men have gathered in
"A negro settlement few miles from
the town where George McGlunis.
/ the only white resident has been
/ ordered TO leave ON pcnaltr Of death
| n he refuse McGiunls has sent his
wife and children to pktahd and
1 with few friends gathered abou,
him is holding his home
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-17
IGNORE RUSSIA,
POLICY OF u. S.
No Recognition as Long
as Americans Are
Held Prisoner
ONE INTERNED WRITES
Expresses Dissatisfaction in
Failure of Government to
Obtain His Freedom

WASHINGTON, April 1e.-Thc
United States will show no hospital
ity for any proposals from soviet
Russia, either with regard 10 recog
milton or trade while Americans arc
still held prisoners in Russia, it was
learned at the state department
today.
No Representative to Work
Tho state department. u was said
II ma King every possible effort Ia
secure the release OF Captain Emmet
Kllpa trick and Mrs. Ruth Harrison
CONTINUED on PAGE THIRTEEN
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-17
WASSERMAN ARRESTED
'iNcs Bond in $4,000 on Charge OF
hhltc slavery brought by Stn.
son, Whose Wife r. Free.

charges Of white slavery We're
Placed against Norris Wasserman.
prominent iewelcr, and Mrs vivian
HUnsou yesterday by j. u. Stinson,
wealthy OH producer and husband
%. Inc woman. The charges are an
ohgrowth % a sensational divorce
s1l Nled last week By StiT.'on
aSaIns, his wife In which WaSer-
man was named as correspondent.
rede~al officers Immediately
An'a Wasserman under arrest and
n' waa released under temporary
yNNl OF $1,000, Ills preliminary
n'a'.Hs will be held sometime next
Nc'h Mrs Stinson has never as
per been arrested. She has appar-
..'u} disappeared and federal Of
..eLs s-. have orders to arr(st her on
o. ID 'no complaint, SlusOu charged
,'a. a'F wife and Wasserman came
from Kansas City together in viola
4on of the federal laws.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-17
BriStO,U Tool Dresser
Had RuebenS' Work,
Descent From Cross
Bought l4l2 Art in France for Song After it Had Been
Stolen From Historic Cathedral in Antwerp
During Invasion Of German Army
Charles w. Thurmond International Connoisseur of
Art Commissioned to Hunt the Treasure.
Finds it Here Through Coincident
BY FAITH HIERONYMUS

world wide search the valuable painting in eX-
stence years ago from Belgium, ended Friday IN
Tulsa when Charles W. Thurmond Of New York art con
Of international reputation found in the Tulsa Art
store 62O South Boston, Reubens Descent From the Cross
where it had hung eight months while governments OF
Europe securing nook and corner OF ne gope
offering rewards for the of the old master
that a million dollars, il il estimated would not buy.
Mr. Thurmond who had been commissioned by the Belgian
government find the painting took it with him Saturday
morning New York where it will be turned over to the
proper authorities and under heavy guard taken back to
the cathedral at Antwerp the edce that had for years be-
the housed the counry most cherished and price
| l.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-17
Will Enter Negotiations
Over Mesopotamian Oil
Prospects
YAP RULE TO APPLY
Same Principle as to Mandate
Will Be Promulgated When
Nations Meet Again
By HARRY L. ROC ERS

WASHINGTON, April 16-Thc
fundamental principle laid down by
the Harding administration In the
controversy with the allies over the
island OF Yap will be invoked by
this government In the dispute with
Great Britain over the Mesopota-
nIan oil fields regaYdless of the fact
that Mesopota vas Ceded by
Turkey. a power with which the
United States was never at war.
Argument Beside the Point.
The attitude OF the administ ration,
Il was learned today in high au-
thority. is that without an allied
victory over the central powers
there could have been no mandates
and il is beside the point TO argue
that America has no interest," In
Mesopotamia merely because she
was not technically Al war with
Turkey.
Formal notice was Rcrved upon
the allies by this government many
weeks before the Mesopotamian
mandate was allocated. II was
stated, that the United States would
countenance no disposition Of former
Turkish territory which might place
Anarican citizens and American
tOTntldIlhllo III ~ l'NS 10 W. n.y. -
gitiou than those Of other countries.
[. =. Wants proof.
The administration has not re-
ceded from its contention that the
claims of the Turkish Petroleum
company to the oil regions Of Mes
opotamia must bC proved before
they can be recognized by this gov
eminent
on The strength ot rights alleged
10 have been acquired prior 20 tho
world war, the Turkish Petroleum
a British corporation, through the
British government, Is laying ''aInl
to an the known oil deposits in d
district which ia larger than INC
state Of Texas. The company whlnh
In capitalized az a trifling sum, nae
I practically no existence except III
paper. and IL said 20 have done uit'
/ or nothing toward developing nc
/ property Il claims,
The Anglo Persian company, lh'
only other concern operating iu ma
f nortion OF the near cast, has large
/ concessions I'm Persia, which were
acquired, not by mandate, but a.
] rectly from the Persian government
/ Unlike the Turkish Petroleum com
nany. the Anglo Persian has d"Nel
oped its immense holdings on moo
ern scale and has access 10 lh'
Persian gulf by means Of p'p'
line,
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-17
TIE WEATHER

OKLAHOMA. SUNDAY fair mot H1 r0.l
Iu western portion, Monday far buq
warmer.
KANSAS. FaIr sunday, PROBABLY boz
coming unsettled Aonday, rising temper
Hturs.
LOCIsIANA sunday fslr colder Mon.
dav fair. rising i"Wperafpres
AHkA$EAS. sunday 'HIr. colder. Nn1.
day fair. rising temperature.
EAET TEXAS. sunday fair colder iu
oaHt portion MInday fslr warmer
WEST TE%AH sunday and Monde p
fair. Using temperature.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-17

srAN..ES a NeCUNH
Faurrsl Directors. $50 81 Eoufder. Phones
o li22 lt00 Ambulance ssrrlce.--Adyt
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-17

Arrive Here Crooked dnd Worn.
The picture as brought 10 Lester
W. Wetzcll. owner OF the art store,
eight months ago by X. l., Bolin, a
tooldrcsscr'P apprentice, working
near Bristow and who is late of the
A. ". +. mounted police. II was one
of several and the canVaSes were
rolled up into n nondcRcrlpt looking
bundle. dirty torn and travel worn,
Bolln, whose hobby Is pictures, ana
who has keen appreciation of the
beautiful In art. had picked them up
at odd times and places while he was
ovcrscas. ana the three believed 10
be the most valuable, with them the
Heubens masterpiece h" had picked
up IN Europe for a small sum, When
the Germans raVagcd Belgium, me
Holgians stripped their cath"dr1ls Of
their paintings and hid them away
the Rcubcns, when the war was over,
couldn't be found II had been
stolen and spirited away for sale and
It was I'm the little town Of Baute,
Germany. that the canvas In an OBJ
sCure and dingy art chop attracted
BOlin's eye, ana he bought IL for a
mere song From the beginning he
believed that he had something good
and valuable. through all OF his
travels he olung 10 the bundle o.
canvases, which he had cut from tho
frames In order 10 carry them moro
Casily, and no matter what else he
had 20 let go Of In order 10 travel
light II was never the pictures.
\ Treasure Innoiiccd
When he returned 20 Tulsa, whore
he had worked with the Carter OH
company before tho war he took
them to someone whom ne knew
10 be an authority on art and asked
Mr.. Wctzell 10 have them renovated
and framed. After the Rcubsns had
been restored, IL was framed and
hung on the north wall ~ the Wot2ell
art store. where probably hundreds
ut Tulsa people have passed by,
glanced casually A. the painting that
perhaps momcntarily attracted their
attention bccause of ts difference
from the others about b.. then passed
on, little dreaming hat they had
been looking at a treasure Tor Which
government ut that moment was
using every means iu its power %
regain possession Of
The few who know about the
paintings believed that thoy must b.
sure that thcy could hr ANYTHING else
remarkably good copies uf the orig
iuai Even BOlin himself was uot
but authCufir ,opI'H of tuu uaNtcI.
pieces. Tho other luu are ~ lessor
value ana reputation one Ig Old
Patriarch" valuable Hud old can.
vas. and the other Madonna Dos ID
Spanish artist 'IN. Roub'ue.
painted I'm 1Al2 was not after tho
manner OF the times. signed Ruliu
having had the pictures restored ana
! framed, left the carter ON company
! and went to Erigt0W iu learn the
| tOoldrosscrT' 'r1dc n Was some time