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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-27
Director National Parks
Confers With Citizens on
Platt Park at Sulphur

Srlphur had as its guests yesterday
stephen II. AIather, director OF ma
tional parks. George h. Goodwin. civil
engineer. David l.. Hull, landscape
engineer. Gov. j. II. 4. Robertson,
many other state officials and news
paptT men and citizens from Tisho-
mingo, Aladill. Ardmore. Oklahoma
City. Ada and Shawnee.
The object OF the meeting was to
have the federal authorities look over
Platt National Park TO interest them
in making II greater park and the
citizens OF the state met Mr.. Mather
there to show him their interest In
the park and in the town OF Sulphur.
At Cold Springs In the Park. Sui
phur people had prepared feast or
barbecued chicken with many other
things 10 make very fine meal. The
occasion was made a most pleasant
one and good impression was made
on the park director.
Following the dinner Y. T. Rexroat
took charge OF the meeting and acted
as master OF ceremonies, Governor
Robertson was introduced and made
a hnppy speech that fit well into the
occasion.
Park Belongs 10 People
Governor Robertson said that Platt
National Park belonged to all the peo'
pie ot this country, that II had been
made one OF the government play
grounds and health resorts Of tho
southwest. that the people felt the
park was being neglected, the appro'
printions had been very small, that
the people OF this state had been busy
building court houses and schools and
roads and had not arrived ut that
point where they felt they had public
funds to spend upon Fairgrounds.
But the governor conicnded that
older folks need Fairgrounds just as
children need them. thcrc was a time
when men allowed themselves "a
grow old, but they are learning bet
ter now. They use these Fairgrounds
they keep young and cheerful and
happiness and better business minds
are tho result.
Governor Robertson told the parl
director that Platt National Parh
would like to be taken under his wing
He expressed appreciation for th'
visit Of MIR. Mather and his engineers
and asked them 10 give consideration
/ to okahoma's national playground
The governor also expressed his ap
probation for the visit to sulphur OF
this occasion of progressive men iron
many cities nearby.
Mr.. Maiber Tells VI Appropriation
stephen r. Mather was then intro
iucod and the people listened CLOSELY
/ to- what he had TO say.
Mr.. Mather is very rich man. III
Is In tho national park work becaus'
! he IL interested In preserving th'
beauty spots OF America. lie Is at th'
head ,f the Twenty Mule Team Bora
company. Ills business success has al
ready met his desires. lie IL a man o
"a years and was appointed to offic'
In 1915.
MIR. Mather stated that he had visit
cd every national park in the country
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-27
LUNCH
CLUB AT Y. W. c. A.
TO BE DISCUSSED

All women and girls who are inter
ested In 4 cooperative lunch club are
urged TO meet Monday night at 7.3l
in the y, W. c. A. rooms In the
Chamber of Commerce. l5h A street
-dlqs o5IuI u 10 5AIsnloxs sBM sIuL
form lunch club which will be man
aged by women Interested in Y. w.
G. A. work. Lunches will be served
each day at the noon hour. Thi,
lunch club does not mean to be run
on the order Of cafe, but only noon
day lunches will be served.
Glasses In sewing. story telling
children's interests and gymnasium
work will also be organized for those
desiring that kind OF activity.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-27
POSTMASTER HAYS
TAKES CHARGE OF
MAIL R0BBER HUNT

NEW YORK. Oct. ?7.-Postmaster
General Hays arrived here today TO
take personal charge OF the lnvcstlga.
tion OF last Mondays registered mail
robbery by automobile bandits. who
held up mail truck and escaped
with five pouches filled with bonds.
securities and currency.
News that the postmaster general
was coming 10 take n hand In the
ease. led 10 reports that the losses
were oven higher than the 81 O00. 900
figure lntimated by postofficc authori.
tics.
Statements issued by banks and
brokerage houses. showed q total
known loss OF sS2s,925.
This was exclusive Of n large ship.
ment OF currency reported to have
been included in one OF tho pouches.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-27
MINERS "PEACE PROPOSALS"
ARE CAST ASIDE

WASHINGTON. Oct. ?7.--Peace pro.
posals OF the miners In West Virginia
were cast aside today by counsel for
tho coal operators at the hearing be.
fore the senate investigating commit.
tee. Proposals of settlement, put
forward by Frank +. Walsh. miners
counsel. and Phillip Murray vice presl.
dent of the United Mine Workers,
was met with declaration from the
operators that "wcll have no dealings
with the United Mine Workera."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-27

Tore the meeting, w. u. Lee, pre3i-
dent Of the trainmen, said:
THE situation is unchanged. inso-
far as the trainmen are concerned.
Our strike ballot says that when one
of the other unions goes out, we go.
That stands.
Noon passed today with the big
five" union executives in long ex-
tended conference on possibilities OF
strike settlement. Ben W. Hooper
Of the railroad labor board was be-
fore the conference presenting what
he described as a vague possibility"
for settlement.
The railroad labor board meanwhile
marked time with n meeting Of its
members scheduled for 3 o'clock. The
question OF whether the board should
issue an order forbidding the strike
or attempt court action was among
the possibilities for its consideration.
There has been much discussion In
union and rail circles as TO the pos
sibilty OF the railroad labor board
putting out an order that the strike
is Illegal and ordering it called Off.
! Board members would not discuss
| the report. except to say no such or-
der had yet been prepared.
! Ben W. Hooper Of the railroad labor
board left the conference Of the big
five union executives shortly before
noon and said that the strike had not
been settled yet. but that settlement
,l.rI .l,F Ln f.l xs-ht J..
was at the meeting.
Mr. Hooper stated after the meeting
that he wanted 1t understood that he
had made no promises for the board
or for himself.
The union meeting broke up soon
after Mr.. Hooper left, with an an
nouncement that the five organiza-
tions would hold separate meetings
about p. m. and a joint meeting at
3 o'clock.
The proposition said to have been
made to the railroad employees after
yesterdays public investigation Is that
. they should call Off the strike and
trus. TO the labor boards adjustment
of the complaints which led up 10
: the strike vote.
Whether the brotherhood chiefs con.
! slider this a satisfactory settlement
| Of their grievances" which they have
r insisted upon before revocation of the
strike call, is the question to be de-
cided upon at the conference Of union
leaders this morning.
r. C. Cashen, head of the switch
mel. asserted after yesterdays ses-
! sion OF the boards investigation
q nothing had been brought out which
>. would effect the strike call.
). Members of the board announced
/. after the hearing that they would
. make known their decision on the
threatened strike. which the railroad
q executives say is in violation of the
!. boards wage cut on July !. today or
tomorrow. Meanwhile, District Attor-
A ney Cline of Chicago conferred with
a District Attorneys of several other
c middle western cities to convey in
@ structions issued him by Attorney
4 General Daugherty and today was on
q his way to visit officials farther west
to complete plans for whatever federal
Q action is undertaken in the event Of
a a strike.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-27

He stated that he had brought with
him his civil engineer and mis- land.
scapc engineer, that they would go
over the park and submit their plans
Tor It's improvement. Mr.. Mather
stated that Sulphur could not expect
u big appropriation for 1922. That the
appropriations had already been prac-
tically agreed upon for the coming
year but that plans would be made
for sulphur and il he could get the
appropriation through congress he in.
timatcd that sulphur should be bet.
ter cared for by a national appropria-
tion.
MIR. Mather talked interestingly f
the other national parks OF the
country and also said many things
concerning state parks. He said New
York had one park that II spent more
money on than the government spent
on its parks. He said state parks are
being built from Maine TO California
and that each year people are giving
moro heed to their Fairgrounds.
Senator Fall Interested
Mr.. Mathcr said Secretary OF the
Interior FAN had gone with him on
some Of his visits to the parks. that
the secretary was Interested In these
beauty spots and that he had found
In him good friend OF the work.
In closing tho park director said
that after visiting Platt Park hc and
his men would b. able to visualize It..
/ that they would know moro OF II
than they could learn from looking at
a map. that sulphur would mean more
to him as n result OF tho visit and
while he said funds are being closely
guarded Yet h. inllmatcd that Platt
Park would be- taken caro- of much
better beginning with the year 1898.
Public Spirit Outstanding Feature
George y. Goodwin. civil engineer.
made a brief speech In which he said
that every park had It's own indlvid.
uolity just as men have. that Platt
Park had It's healing waters and run.
ming streams and rugged scenery but
its outstanding feature was the public
spirit OF the people and he intimatcd
that Il was much easier TO interest
the government In projcrt whore the
people are interested as they are In
sulphur.
lie spokc Of the needs Of roads and
trails and camping places and ex.
pressed tho hope that congress would
be moro generous with appropriations.
Community Houses Needed
David II. Hull. landscape engineer
said Canal street in New orleans and
+ street In Washington were noted
for their chickens. but that sulphur
had both of them heat and declared
he had never had 81 fine n chicken
Continued on Page 1,wo)
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-27
]. NJ. SAUNDERS CHARGED
WITH MURDER AT SAPuLPA

MUSkoGEE. Okla, Oct. 2I.--John
NJ. Saunders. former detective for the
Oklahoma Bankers Association and
who is said TO have been largely in
strumcntal in breaking up the Stanley
gang OF bank robbers, long suspected
of wholesale bank robbcries In this
state. faces n charge of murder at
Sapulpa, Okla, according 10 sheriff
II. II. Livingston of Creek county,
who asked Muskogee authorities today
10 hold Saunders.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-27
YOUNG MAN HELD
PENDING INVESTIGATION
or MURDER OF CHILD

MoRRisTowN. ~ j.. Oct 27.-
Frank Jankona. 20. OF llorham Park
was In jall today on suspicion thai
he killed Jeanette Lawrence. - years
old. In kluNcn's Woods. Madison
early In the morning
Frank McGcgory of Newark. ac.
cordlng TO Police Captain BreN Of
Newark, said that Jankona had nd.
mittcd TO him he had murdered the
girl. McCtogory repeated his story
in Jankonas presence but the pris'
oner maintained his Innocence
throughout four hours questioning
Mcorsory said he was with Jam
kcna the day OF the murder and no.
,iccd blood stains on his clothing
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-27
BRITISH PREMIER
MAY NOT ATTEND
ARMS CONFERENCE
Irish Affair Likely to Require
Lloyd Georges Presence
In London.

LONDON, Oct. 27-Prime Minister
Lloyd George probably will have to
abandon his visit to Washington or
postpone 1t to the closing sessions of
the critical negotiations with the Sim
Fein are passed. was explained by
several newspapers here today. The
premier made no public statement TO
this effect but his political and per-
sonal friends were quoted as communal
eating the report to inquirers as If
publicity was desired.
Everywhere it was admitted today
the Irish negotiations had made little
progress and, although hope had not
been relinquished, there was ten
dency to regard the outlook rs being
less favorable than it was day
or two ago. Political writer's remark
ed that If the negotiations broke down
the premier's trip will be obviously
impossible. while If break in the
conference was avoided it was diff
cult to see how a settlement could
be reached for a considerable time.
Accumulation Of Pressing Business
The accumulation Of other pressing
business was also urged in some
quarters as contributing to the i'm
probability that the prime minister
would be able to carry out his desire
TO go TO the Washington conference.
| Various reports concerning the Irish
negotiations were current here today
but they carried little weight owing
TO the secrecy observed by both sides.
Tho Daily Graphic printed rumor
that the negotiations had been sus-
pended and that an important commu-
nlcation was expected from Dublin.
Elsewhere, il was stated. attempts to
find desired formula by which the
conference could be continued. had
failed and that the Irish delegates
were holding cut for concessions that
would counter balance any lessening
Of their demand for independenee.
The stumbling Block
II was said the Dali Eireann repre-
sentatives were insistently urging th'
claims Of the Catholic populations Of
the counties Of Tyrone and Ferma
nagh for inclusion in southern Ireland
IL being added that the Irish delegates
were maintaining a stiff attitude II
this particular. Another report de
clared the question OF Irish unity wa:
the main stumbling block.
In the meantime. the restiveness O
the English unionist members of par
lament stlll refused TO subscribe t'
the proposed vote of censure OF th'
government. their suspicious TOWARD
, the negotiations were said TO be grow
ing.
Newspapers which at first mlnimizet
the Importance Ct this unionist revolt
are treating 1t more seriously today
the London Times asserting II wa!
considerable enough to cause som
embarrassment to the government ant
cannot be ignored"
The newspaper. nevertheless, ev
pressed belief that the revolt woul'
rapidly disappear II there were sign
the Irish conference was proceeding
smoothly on its main business. II ad
ded that II the Sim Feiners pay al
tention 10 the state OF political opinion
here, they will recognize the import
ancc OF imposing no unnecessary dc
lay
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-27
Would he Robber Killed

COUNCII. BIUFFS, Oct. ~ Shcr.
iff's deputies on guard In store
hero about o'clock this morning
engaged In gun battle with a gang
of robbers who broke into the place.
one rohbcr was killed.
Sheriff W. A. Groneweg has idcntl.
fled the man killed IN the battle as
James Blankenship. 20. who figured In
the omaha court house riots two years
ngo and was indicted. charged with
arson in that connection hut was
never prosecuted.
Another man named Joe Stanley
was captured.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-27
BRIDGE TO BIZ SOLD FOR
NON.PAYMENT or TANES

MUskOGEE. Okla, Oct. ?7.-0ffi.
cial notice was given today by sher-
iff J. ID. Robbins Of Muskogec that
the ninc.span steel. bridge Of the Mus.
kogee-Fort Gibson Bridge company.
e.osslng the Arkansas river would be
sold November !. for the non.pay.
ment Of taxes.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-27

y. Q. Blgham and Jim Carroll Of
Brock were in Ardmore Thursday
morning attending TO business. and
visiting with friends They say ev.
eryone is happy in their section OF the
county. but little rain would go q
long way toward making them hap.
pier.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-27
Instructions Sent Hartman

WASHINGTON. oct. 27.-Detailed
instructions with respect TO the strike
on the international and Great Nor.
thern railroad in Texas were sent to-
day to John d. Hartman, district at
torncy at san Antonio by Attorney
General Daugherty.
While the situation on the Texas
road. Mr. Daugherty said. was some
what different from what would be the
case in the event Of a general railroad
strike rs the Texas road is in the
hands of a receiver, the instructions
sent Mr.. Hartman could be regarded as
n model for those which would be sent
district attorneys in other parts of the
country in the event Of an emergency.
Mr.. Daugherty did not make public
his instructions but officials believed
MIR. Hartman would make them public
In San Antonio.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-27
Prisoners are shipped

Two prlsoners aud one Witness were
taken to the state prison Mt Granite
Wednesday afternoon by Deputy
sheriff Gaines. They are Hubert
Pace, convicted for passing had
checks. Jake Nugcn'. convicted for
murder and Thedford Fuller. witness
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-27

The secretary Of the Mountain Lum.
ber Manufacturers association has
announced that lumber production In
Vancouver X. c., for the mountain
mills for the first six months OF 1891
was approximately ioo.coo.ooo feet.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-27
|. G. N. TRAINMEN
WILL NOT RECEIVE
STR IKE BENEFITS
Modification of the Freight
Embargo on Road Became
Effective Today.

CHICAGO. oct. 27.-Striking train
men on the International and Great
Northern railroad in Texas will mo-;
receive strike benefits, as pointed out
by w. G. Lee. president of the train
men, at yesterdays hearing before
The United States railway labor board.
Whether trainmcn on other lines wht
may strike Sunday Will get benefits
was not disclosed.
Mr.. Lee read into the record at
Yesterdays hearing Telegram ht
sent to 4. h. Frame, general chair
man of the trainmen on the !. and
G. N. authorizing the strike. The
telegram said:
Authority granted as request BY
our committee and confirmed by your
wire. for membership l. and G. n
to leave the employ Of that com
pany at l2 o'clock, noon, October
%. You understand, of course, strike
benefits will not he paid
PALESTINE. Texas, Oct. 27.--Gfod
ification of the freight embargo OF
the International and Great North
ern railroad whose switchmen ant
brakemen went on strike last Sat
urday. became effective today becaus'
of the continued improvement in traf
fic conditions. according TO announce
ment at the general offices Of tn
road here.
Representatives OF the six hundre
striking members Of the brotherhoo
OF railroad trainmen declared thei
reports did not agree with compan
reports as TO improved freight an
, terminal service.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-27

Members OF the state industrial
commission are In Ardmore holding .
hearing today and probing cases fioeo
against offenders OF the women's ng1
children's eiRht-hour law. They a.
holding sessions At ths eeuet hoonk
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-27
Ben Hooper Presents Vague
Possibilities for Settle
ment to "Big 5" Chiefs
at Morning Meeting.

CHICAGO, Oct. 27.-Executives OF
the five unions reassembled in a
joint session at 3 o'clock. Just be-
fore the meeting, W. G. Lee, presi-
dent Of the trainmen, said:
THE situation is unchanged. inso-
far as the trainmen are concerned.
Our strike ballot says that when one
of the other unions goes out, we go.
That stands.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-27

David u. Hull. landscape engineer,
said Canal street in New orleans and
+ stree, In Washington were noted
Tor their chickens. but that Sulphur
had both ot them heat and declared
he had never had so fine chicken
Continued on Page Two)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-01-14

LONDON, Jan. 13.--At the wool auc-
tion sales to-day 1924 bales we're
offered. or the free wool put up there
was fair clearance at from IL to 20
per cent decline.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-01-14
Market Reacts
AS New Buying
Power Declines
Expected Easier Money
Conditions Realized i'm
Several Ways; Elimina-
ton of Shorts a Factor

After the vigorous rebound In the
security and commodity markets from
the depths attained late in December
prices yesterday again reacted The
observation Of those who held that the
upturn had come too rapidly was acted
upon by spectators. and quotations
declined, as the strength Of the buying
power waned
Signals indicating check in the up
ward movement were plentiful in the
markets OF the two previous days,
when, despite sharp rallies in special
stocks, where the short interest was
in q vulnerable position, the general
list ceased effectively to advance.
Since the upward movement was GEN
Grated, mainly by repurchases by those
who had sold securities in December to
establish losses for tax purposes and
also by covering orders, it was natural
to expect reaction when this source
OF buying energy began to exhaust
The elimination Of a share of the
short interest during the recovery
tended to remove one of the main
springs of the buying power, and, rs
this change was sensed, the market was
called upon to absorb fairly large Of.
terlngs from those who have profited
by the turn of the year rally. The re-
suit was reactionary tendency in all
groups of stocks. The average price
OF thirty industrial stocks yesterday
at the close was TAO, compared with
1888 on Wednesday; and that of
twenty representative railroad stocks
1920 yesterday. compared with $685.
the previous day.
In the grain and cotton markets quo
tations early in the day scared to the
highest peaks attained thus far in the
present upward surge, but the rally
was checked later in the day. The action
OF the stock market was an influence.
and IN the case Of cotton expectation
OF discouraging census report this
morning on domestic mill consumption
curing December, induced selling by
floor traders. During the day Quota,
tons on January contracts yaciIlated,
between 10 cents pound and l7.15,
ana the last price virtually at the bot
tom. The general list closed with net
losses OF from 10 to As points. In the
wheat mart net recessions varied be-
tween 2h and 81 cents bushel.
IN the international exchange mar
ket fluctuations were imprisoned with
IN narrow boundaries, but rates On
LonSon and Paris were slightly firmer
inc expected January easing in the
domestic credit markets was realized
end revealed in several ways Yesterday
For the first time since November 20
the renewal rate-the most important
of the day-for call money was down
to per cent. Since this development
was discounted by the previous rallv
IN the stock market. the actual lower
ing OF the rate caused little change in
tne immediate conduct of buyers and
sellers Of stocks. But even more i'm.
portant in the money market was ~.
exceptionally heavy demand for ac-
ceptances by banks with a surplus of
money to invest. '-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-01-14

LONDON, Jan. 13.--Bar silver, 39Md
per ounce; bar gold, HOS Cd Money,
~ per cent. Discount rate-Short
bills, 6M Ms% per cent; three months,
l1-ls per cent. Gold premium ut Lis
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-01-14
In Wall Street


Another Wall Street clerk has
reached tho distinction of swning .
seat on the Stock Exchange. It be-
came known yesterday that q. G. S.
Noble, member of the odd lot Arm Of
Dc Coppet & Doremus, had purchased
the membership Of the late Robert P.
Cregard for Henry E. Myerdirk, who
has been q telephone clerk in his en-
RP ioy Tor the last four or five years.
Ihe price paid for the seat was $50 900.
a. jump of $4,000 from the last pre-
vious sale. With the addition of
young Myerdirk, who is only twenty-five
years old, to the list of representatives.
on the floor of the exchange, De Coppet
Doremus will have thirty-two brok-
ers there, nine of whom are partners.
announcement was also made yester-
gay that the seat of the late Elias C..
6enedlct has been sold to Bert v. Smith
tor $4,000. Commodore Benedict was
well known in New York financial and
social Isc. &c, circles for years, having been a
.ong time commodore OF the New York
Yacht Club. He was a member of tho
exchange from 1853 to the time Of his
death last November. Another trans
fer yesterday, was the sale of the seat
Of Rudolph Neeser to Andrew ! Tier
ney for 100000.