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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-15

Mrs. j. T. Cummings Of Cleburne,
Texas. win arrive next week to spend
the holidays with her daughter, Mrs
william H. Rogers and MI Rogers
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-15

Members Of Queen Esther guild NJ
the Firs. Presbyterian church Will
entertain their husbands on Friday
evening with a banquet AZ the
church
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-15

Tuloma chapter q. y, order East
-rn star, viii hold a candy sale on
saturday December i6 a. Humphrey
a. MAndcllA store on Main street.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-15

The Young Womans society or
Kendall Baptist church win hold a
FOOD sale Mt Hunts department store
IN saturday.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-15
Personal Mention

sir and Mrs, Esr}a W. Sinclair,
who have. been vieiting in the city
elnco last week are expecting 10
leave today for New York
Mr. and Mrs. W. Tate Brady will
have with them for the holidays,
their daughters Mrs. T.. y. Myers
ana Mrs Eugene Adkins, MessrH
Myers and Adkins and tho children
IN the familca. Mr. Davis BRADY "a
student at the University OF virginia,
arrives on December 20 20 join this
family reunion for the happy eea-
son.
Mr. and Mrs ~. q Lott announce
tho birth of a son, December II, al
their home, 1G South NOgalcs.
Mrs. D. i. Cummings Of Cleburne,
Texas, win arrive next week to spend
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-15

Mrs ". 81 Howard left Thursday
for Kansas city TO visit her Eistor
Mrs. &. G. Johustuuc.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-15

holiday visit with Mrs Laws parents
Mr. and Mre. w. J. Collier on East
Fifteenth street
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-22
Reorganization of Cabinet System Is
 Planned in Report
Rx Associsted Prsss

washington, January zi--riAns io'
 .orr.n,zation of tho government de- n.r,ments as worked out by waiter F Brown, chairman of the joint con eressional commission charged wi'n that task. were laid before President Harding today but were not maoe public, pending consideration Of them bv the President and his cabinet anu their transmission to Congress-
 The reorganization proposals wnion were laid before the President by MT; Brown personally are understood 10 be preliminary in nature. They are understood to embody recommenda- tions for the consolidation or the
 and navy departments into one oe- partment to be known as the depart ment of national defense and for ere : ation of a new department to becaieu the department of public welfare:
 The department of national ae- fense as 1t has been considered oy MT. Brown would have . secretary at is head and under that official un- der-secretaries each for war and TOT navy. The proposal that the depart ment of labor be consolidated with other bureaus in thY department or public welfare Is understood to have been abandoned. Organized labor and workers generally have opposed strongly the wiping out of the pres ent Independent labor department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-22
Big Sunday School Man Is
 Coming to Conference Here

paign. He is a forceful speaker, it Is declared, and 1t was he who really atarted organized adult Bible classes In which there are now 6,00O, 900 members. Mir. Pearce was in Europe last summer with James W. Kinnear. chairman of the Worlds Sunday School association, who was dele gate to the Ecumenical conference of the Methodist church. They conferred with Sunday school leaders In Great Britain and on the continent.
 Mir. Pearce has spoken repeatedly at all the state and provincial Sum Gay school conventions in the United States and Canada. IS well as the international conventions.
 Rotary clubs. chambers of com merce and mems clubs are constant ly seeking him as a most practical speaker. In the interest of Sunday school work Mir. PeRrce visited Cuba in l9i6 and attended the Jerusalem, Rome and Zurich conventions of the Worlds association. as well as the two which were held in the United States.
 The great campaign for organized mons classes in America was devel- oped by Mir. Pearce. He toured America for the Men and Religion movement, and has written or edited numerous technical Sunday school books.
 The teacher training work in the United States was developed under the leadership of Mir. Pearce. who was the first ttsaoher-traininE super tntendent ins the organized work Then hs made possible the great sum msr training schools for Sunday schooi teachers at Lake Geneva. Wis, and Lake winnipesaukee, N. H.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-22
JEALOUS WOMAN KILLS
 HER FORMER HUSBAND
 AND HIS STEN0GRAPHER
By Associated Press

Philadelphia January 21.-oscar Rosier, owner and manager of the Rosier Advertising agency. and his stenographer, Miss Mildred R. Reck- lit, today were fatally shot by the formers wife. The shooting oc- cured in Rosters offices while he and his stenographer were alone in the front room. Jealously. the police say. was responsible for the crime.
 After the tragedy. Mrs. Roster, screaming hystericaliy. begged the forgiveness of her husband. She had suspected the relations of her hus- band and his stenographer for some time. the police declared. and had concealed herself in . rear room of her husbands offices some time Sur- ing the afternoon. Whiie-there she watched Roster and Miss Reckitt en- ter the front room together. Quit ting her hiding place, she bought a revolver and cartridges from a near by pawnshop, the police said.>return- ing to her husbands offices.
 When she threw open the door. Mrs Roster drew the revolver from her handbag. firing twice. The first shot struck her husband. who fell to the floor unconscious. while the second struck Miss Reckitt Al the latter fell. Mrs Roster broke down. barry ing from the offices.
 T shot him because love him. she cried as she started down the stairway. police declared.
 Both victims were removed to q hospital. but neither regained con- sciousness. Mrs. Rosier was held by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-22

A conference on religious educa- ton, which will outline eompre- hensive program for Birmingham Is to be held in this city February 5, 5 and ', under the auspices of the Birmingham Sunday School associa- ton.
 W. C. Pearoe of New York city Will be the feature speaker of the occasion, a man who Is characterized as being "the best known man in organised Sunday school work in America" For IS years he was lead CT In the International Sunday School association, and was acting general secretary at the time he was called to become associate general secretary of the Worlds Sunday School asso- ciation, the office he now holds
 The days Dr. Pearce will be here will fall on Sunday. Monday and Tuesday of the first week of Feb ruary, and this Is his program. To the conference are invited all who are interested in religious educa- ton:
 Sundsy-Speeches at two churches. morning and evening. Churches not yet desisnated. Ii o'clock, talk to Cosmopolitan Beraca Bible class at the First Baptist Sunday school. At D. m., at conference on religious education. which will be held at the First Methodist church.
 Monday--Noon hour, speech before Civic Association. Monday evening. e:So, meeting of officers of churches. Place not designated.
 Tuesday--Noon, speech to Kiwanis club. Tuesday evening ct s:so Dr. Pearce will address the canvsssers who will work in the Sunday School association's coming finance cam
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-22

desire to be . regular guy" burned within me.
 Surely Mir. Upshaw must realize this: That if the Birmingham Age Herald had felt that the public was getting proper results in the ax mur- der cases. the newspaper nevex would have sent me down to find out what was the trouble. If Mir. Up- shaw remembers, I did not attack in- dividual officers. commissioners or Chief McDuff-but conditions in gem eral and the sad fact that nothing substantial had been done to bring the criminals to justice. A newspa- per Is an organ devoted to the pub lies interests. and 1t is very vital fact to everybody whether murderers are being allowed to get away with one crime after the other.
 It is possible that Chief McDuff and every officer on the police and detective forces has done his level best. And, personally, as to Chief McDuff, like him very much indeed But facts are facts. And I say that without knowing any private police officer or detective In this town by name or sight
 A Feminine Touch
 Now, however, as MT. Upshaw asks me whether I fancy I could make better police chief than MT. McDuff I might say I never had any thoughts ,n the subject. but no one can tel what latent possibilities might h' within human soul; and then no woman has ever liked to admit man could beat her at most jobs Then, sort of as man to man." might reply that. at any rate. If were down at headquarters, 1 should clean up and fumigate the place. and 1t is possible. make 1t so home-like and pleasant that the ax murderers might be impelled to come in and give themselves up just to get a look at something as quaint as that.
 Again, with no spirit of bragging' know I could have made as many arrests as the officers on the firs' ax murder. I could have sat In front of a mirror, powdered my nose in the nice. clean headquarters. read the lat est novel and done as well. For. up to now, the police haven ever arrest ed anybody.
 Tn the second ax murder. while some arrests were made. the arrested ones were all turned loose. Now am not willing to admit l couldn't have had g. few arrebted myself, with all the people there are in this town. And I could have turned them loose, also. I would have liked that. for think how happy and grateful II would have made the poor fellows. I always did hato to think of any body's being in jail.
 About the third ax murder. I'm not so positive. For you have to hand 1t to the police that time. They per tormed an exceedingly clever, diffl- cult piece of work. They arrested two negroes '.who were seen hanging around the premises about the time the murder was committed"
 That argument Is hard to beat. For. of course, so few people ever go near
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-22
RAILWAY WAGES TO
 BE NEGOTIATED ON
 TERRITORIAL BASIS
By Associated Press

Chicago, January 2l.-Members of the Association of Railway Execu- tives today accepted the proposal by the four brotherhoods of. train serv- ice employees that their wages and working conditions be negotiated on a territorial basis
 Resolutions accepting the proposal favored the appointment of regional committees to meet with the four train and engine service brotherhoods fin & fair effort to compass and ad- just all points now at issue, no re- strictions to be imposed upon the con- sideration of any and all questions of wages and rules governing work ing conditions"
 If a mutual understanding is not reached at regional conferences. the matter is to be referred to the rail road labor board as has been done in the past
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-22

a neighborhood grocery store at any time. In fact hardly ever. l once heard of a grocery whore 2t to 50 people would dart in and out within tho course of a few minutes, or a half hour. and where lots of people hung around In the vicinity. But that was 8 grocery store in a foreign country. Then, of course. If persons were go- ing to do murder they'd hang around and show themselves off for a while before they did the deed. They might miss getting caught, otherwise.
 Might Make Them Mad
 As for my going and helping Chief McDuff, I have never had ambition to make big money by becoming a detec-a-tive." and then, besides. sup pose I should find the murderers? IL might make them mad, and I wouldn't like to get anybody mad at me who hadn't done anything moro terrible than merely to brain five unoffend iRg citizens with an ax.
 For MT. Upshaw says that if think that is bad" I should have been here Is or 20 years ago when things were really rough" I ad- nit that when I try to think of something rougher than knocking a woman in the head with an ax and letting her die weltering In a pool of her own blood while her baby cries for her. my imagination flags. Of course. such a demise has its fine points. Nobody could claim 1t is a lingering death.
 About the ax murder police reports. didn't ask Chief McDuff to let mo print them. As an investigator, I wished to be able to assure the pub lie that detective work was at least going on so that we all could pick up little hope.
 By seeing busy reports I should have been able to state that some body was working. As it was, printed that Chief McDuff said his men were working. Outside of that nobody might have guessed it.
 As to placing the city in a bad light by such report: It seems just possible to me. from a woman's standpoint. 1t would put this city in worse light to let murders SO fla- grant go on without raising a single protest that the criminals were not brought to justice.
 After this 1t would seem. anyway, that 1t would be a nervy individual who would want to migrate to Bir- mingham and open up a grocery without hiring cordon of sunmen beforehand to protect his life.
 am as eager to brag on our city departments as anybody on earth could be. And I certainly shall, whenever the opportunity presents itself. I already have. But. like Mark Twain. when there isn't any thing to brag about this time. why should I be like the man who went out and looked at some stumps and murmured ecstatically. "Whyi What a noble forest is herew
 All of which is said with nothing but the kindliest feeling toward Mir. Upshaw. commissioners. whom never even mentioned. Chief McDuff. rolice officers. detectives and every body else. MIGNON HALL
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-22
MRS, BEECHER WILL
 READ BARRIE PLAY

~Aiice- -sit-by y-the-Firs,s one oi Barris's plays, will be read Thurs day afternoon. January 26 by Mrs Leonard Beecher for the benefit oi the Birmingham Art league.
 This entertainment will take place in the ballroom of the Tutwiier ho tel at s o'clock. Members of the Art league will bs admitted by member ship ticket. Admission fee will be charged non-members.
 From now until May there 10 still to be a lecture by the great Ameri- can sculptor, Lorado Taft. on French cathedrals and their builders, an ex- hibit of pottery from the smithson Ian Institution, an exhibit of paint ings by southern artists, an exhibit of color prints, an exhibit of house hold arts and decoration, and flow CT show.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-22
TENNESSEE RIVER
 RISING RAPIDLY
By Associated Presa

Chattanooga, January zL--The Ten nessee, at o'clock tonight, registered 2s feet on the local gauge, and was rising three-tenths of foot per hour.
 The local observer forecasts a flood stage of B feet by Monday at Chat tanooga, 31 at Guntersville. Ala, by Tuesday. and 21 at Florence. Ala, on Tuesday. Warnings of flood stages over the lower river were is- sued by Observer Pindell.
 Thirty feet here will cause the overflow of the lower sections of the city and compel many families to leave their homes. Local authorities have taken precautions to meet any emer gency caused by the flood.
 the police on charge of attempted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-22
LOCAL MEN MAKE GOOD
 INSURANCE RECORDS

Some exceptional records have been made in life and accident insurance. written in the Travellers Insurance company of Hartford, Conn., by Bir- mingham mon. according to H. B. sei- beis, president of the Jemison- -Seibels Insurance agency, district agents of the eastern company.
 E. L. Moore ranks ninth in the United States for amount of accident insurance written in 1921. [. W. Jones ranks twelfth in the United States in life insurance written. This includes ranking along with hundreds of agents of this company.
 M. M. Rosenbush, with only two months work for the company to his credit ranged sixty ninth in the country for tho year. and recently In three months contest ranked among the first 20 in accident insur- ance written.
 F. c, Armes also ranked high in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-22

Today patrons of tho South and North Highlands hns of the girming- ham Railway. Light and Power ecm- pany will be greeted by handsome steel cars when they start upon thsir journeys. The cars ara what are known as Pay Within" cars, and 10 of these are being operated by she local company for the first time to- day.
 The cars are the handsomsst, room lest and best ventilated that have yet been operated in Birmingham, and their accession marks another step forward in providing moro comfort for passengers. They are construct ed of steel, seat 52 passengers. and are 47.9 feet in length. The aisles are S0% inches wide. which is about 10 inches wider than the aisles in the cars now in use in the city; platforms arc large and roomy. which will make the entrance and exit of passengers easy at all times. The general appearance of the cars Is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-22

very pleasing. the interior finish be- ing in cherry with steel hsadiinings. finished In buff enamel. with white handstraps-
 An innovation ts found in the method of entrance and exit Doors of the cars arc arranged so that the front door and steps are under the control of the motorman. while the rear door and step are under the control Of the conductor, all doors and steps being hung on ball-bear- ings. the edge of the doors cush- toned with rubber. All passengers enter by the rear door. pass to the left of the conductor, who is just inside the rear aisle, white passsn- gers taking front seats and colored passengers rear seats, paying their fares as they pass the conductor. In leaving the car. white passengers use the front exit and oolored passengers the rear exit.
 A railing has been erected on the rear platform to separate the exit and entrance passages, thus enabling
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-22
HARDING OPPOSES FARM INTERESTS,
 SENATOR CHARGES
Main Fight of Administration Is Now Against the Agrl- cultural Bloc, Declares
 Pat Harrison
By Associated Prsss

Washington, January 21.-Presi- dent Harding, Secretary Weeks and other republican leaders were today declared by Senator Harrison, dem ocrat, Mississippi, to be hostile to agricultural interests and to be aim ing to destroy the agricultural bloc in the Senate.
 'The administrators main fight now" said Senator Harrison. who is e member of the agricultural bloc, '1s against the agricultural group for fear 1t might put through some bsnetioent Legislation for farmers-"
 The Mississippi senator also at tacked the emergency tariff law, de- elaring that it was an absolute faii- ure." and contending that prices of farm products had dscreased after its enactment This statement was challenged by republican senators.
 President Harding's recent address to Congress, in which he dsplored group Legislation. Senator Harrison said. was aimed from start to finish against the agricultural bloc In the Senate.
 "A reaction to this speech was in- mediateiy registered by farmers" 1t adds, and to get from under Presi- dent Harding called the agricultural conference, which will convene here Monday. This" the senator said, was "camouflage."
 Piece of Camouflage
 "I wish it every success" he added, but in my very heart believe it's a device, . piece of camouflaEe. The Pr9sident came to Congress and spoke against the bloc He felt the reaction from the attacks upon the agricultural interosts.-e After Secre- tary Weeks recent New York speech there was still greater reaction, and in order to got from under he (the President) calls this conference. I wish 1t success. but what that con- ference will do will be to accept the recommendations of the joint con gressionAl committee of agricultural inquiry and adopt resolutions ask ing theiE- immediate passage"
 Senator Harrison suggested that the opposition to the agricultural bloc was born of resentment against success of the bloo'a activity "tn forcing revision" of ths recent rev. enus bill.
 Declaring that what the Ameri- can people want is less conferring and moro action" he declared that the Presidents unemployment confer ence had accomplished little.
 They discovered that six or seven million mon were out of employ ment." said the Mississippi member, but got nothing done."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-22
NEGRO TRIO HELD
 IN MONTIONE CASE
Police Believe They Have Strong Evidence to Con-
 neet Those Jailed

Pete Jenkins, cnarfes Hawkins and Lillie Bird. negroes, held as suspects in the case of the murder of Joe Mon tione and his wife. December q. at North Birmingham, are In Jail after arrest yesterday by Officers l.. B. Strong and George Shirley.
 Police believe that they have the necessary evidence on the prisoners to connect them with the double ax murder.
 Tom Cartwright of the Cartwright National Detective agency assisted In the case.
 Close investigation by the police has revealed the fact that Llllie Bird had an argument with Montione and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-22

passengers to aiight and enter sinzl- tsneously. and saving much time. An noyance to passengers by having the conductor reach over the seats reg istering fares and signaling the mo torman is eliminated. The method ot paying fares also prevents possible argument over the question of pay ment. Transfers will be issued as the fare is paid.
 Officials of the B. R. L. 6 P. Go. are expressing much pleasure over the receipt of the new cars. mark ing as they do steady improvement in the service of tho company. This improvement was begun in February, 1920, when 25 safety" ears were tn- stalled, and little later 16 more of these cars were placed in operation, to be followed by nine new trailers Installation of the Pay Within" cars Is declared to place the local com pany to the fore with other progress sive companies in providing and maintaining satisfactory and up-to- date equipment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-22
NEWMAN IS ATTACKED,
 BUT NOT BADLY HURT

Ed Newman. clerk Of Judge Forts division of circuit court, was struck on the side of the head by . black jack when attacked by two negroes early last night.
 Newman was returning to his fath- CTS grocery at ss Underwood ave- nue when he was attacked. The in- ,turies proved slight and later in tho evening he was able to walk to his home at S112 Walker avenue. off, cers M. E. Burkett and F. B. Elsey investigated the case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-22
Notice to Contractors

Until l2 o'clock noon. Tuesday,
 January o1, 1922. sealsd bids will be received at the state department of |education for the erection of dormi-
 tory at the State Normal School for
 Negroes at Montgomery. Plans. speci- fications and other information may be obtained at the department on de- |posit of $10.
 ETATE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF ALABAMA. By JOHN w. ABERCRoMBIE. Executive Officer.