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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-05-20
LAUNCH TICKET
SALE CAMPAIGN

The big baseball ticket sale drive
is in progress.
A force of about 25 travelling men,
under the direction of G. E. Plott,
launched the drive early this morn
ing. At least Is additional men were
expected to join the force this after
noon.
Reports made early this afternoon
were that the drive promises to be a
success; that fans and business men
are responding literally. The drive
will be continued until $4,000 worth
of tickets in addition to those pur-
chased by the knights of the grip"
are disposed Of
Everything is in readiness for the
opening of the Oklahoma State
League pennant race, next Thursday,
President Plott said today.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-05-20
MAY.END KANSAS
MINE WAR WHEN
MEETING CALLED
Possibility OF Bringing Factions To
aether Seen In Statement OF
Representative OF inter
national Union.
"PEACE CONFERENCE" IS
TO IRON OUT TROUBLE
Belief Expressed That Howat Fol.
lowers viii BE Ready to snake
Up" With Lewis Faction;
Delegates Are Split.

Muakogce. Okla, May 20 Posi-.
billty OF ending the long bitter dis.
puto over the Kansas situation loom.
cd today at the special convention
OF district twenty-one United Mine
Workers Of America being hold here.
a special convention will be called
In about two weeks In Kansas for a
discussion OF the mine war" In that
state. according TO an announce.
ment by Van A. Bittner. information.
nj representative In Kansas.
All members OF the lIowat faction
followers Of Alexander TIowat who
Is now In Jail at Columbus. Kansas.
for contempt of the Kansas indus.
trial court-will be asked TO meet
at some place TO be named so that
the Kansas controversy may be ar.
gued TO settlement by Kansas
men, Bittner told the convention
here.
The decision of Kansas men will
be satisfactory TO the international
body, II was indicated.
kansans Are Loyal.
kansas autonomy has not yet
been restored because II has been
decided by the local unions of the
district that II is best for the pro-
visional government TO remain In
power until the present nationwide
strike comes to an end" Bittner
so
i4s assured the convention that
the men of Kansas are loyal to the
international and to the order to
strike.
A wide open split among the dele
gates was evident at the convention
today over a. discussion of the re-
celvership action against the Okla
homa Leader. daily newspaper pub
lished in Oklahoma City.
Bitter accusations were made be-
tween the two factions when the
subject was brought up.
John Wilkinson, president of the
district, recently applied to the dis
trict court in Oklahoma City for a
receivership for the newspaper and
the action is now pending.
The Leader has been leading in
the attack against the administra-
tlon of the international and de-
Oscar Ammeringer, editor of the
Leader, will be permitted to present
his side of the case to the conven-
tion today.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-05-20
FRANCE WILL ACT If
GERMANS REFUSE PAY
(By The United Press.)

Paris, May 20-France will act
separately if Germany voluntarily de-
faults in her reparations payments
due May 81, and the allies fail to
agree on united action, Premier
Poincare declared today in letter
to M. Klotz, former member of the
cabinet.
If the allies cannot agree France
will keep intact and unrenouncable
her right to act separately" said
Poincare.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-05-20
EDISON TO GIVE IDEAS
AS TO MUSCLE SHOALS

Washington. May 2O.-Thomas A.
Edison. worlds electrical genius. TO.
day met with senators Of the senate
agricultural committee In executive
session 20 lay before them hIs ideas
for the development OF tho Muscle
shoals nitrate aud power project.
Edison IL known 10 favor the lease
Of the project to hIs friend. Henry
Ford, aud he will ampllfy the opinion
hc expressed Thursday night to mem,
bers OF the farm bloc ON the import.
ancc OF placing the project In Ford's
hands.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-05-20
TO ASK INDICTMENTS.

Cleveland, o., May 2O.-Indict-
ments of ten physicians and heads
Of Industrial concerns on charges Of
defrauding the Ohio Industrial COM
mission out of more than 100000 on
bills for services under the work
mems compensation act, will be
asked by County Prosecutor Stanton
next week, he announced today.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-05-20
FOUR GET LINCOLN
SCHOOL DIPLOMAS

Lincoln (negro) high school COM
mencement exercises will be held
this evening, beginning at s o'clock
in the negro First Baptist church.
The commencement address will
be delivered by Inman E. Page,
superintendent of the colored schools
OF Oklahoma City. -Four seniors,
Larcinia Masters, Franklin Faulk-
ner, Sara Belle and Thomas H.
Brooks.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-05-20
DAUCHERTY SHOULD QUIT POST DECLARES SENATOR
MEMORIAL SERVICES TO
BE HELD HERE MAY 18TH

II has been decided by the fra.
ternal orders of the city. including
the Musicians Union, 10 hold Joint
memorial services Sunday May IS,
instead OF May II as had been
planned by the Rebekah and !. o.
o. r. lodges.
Every organization In the city IN
invited TO participate and to send n
committee TO the meeting that lias
been called TO meet at the X. OF p.
hall Monday evening at $500 o'clock
May 22. at which time the program
for the day win be arranged.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-05-20
"FIANcEE" DISAPPEARS.

Denver. Colo. May 20.--Miss Edith
Rockwell. to whom Jack Dempsey.
heavyweight champion, was reported
engaged, was staying at the Y. w.
C. A. here until two weeks ago. tAt
that time she disappeared and none
of her friends have seen her since.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-05-20

Miss Edith Decker of Durant is
here for visit with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. II. A. Decker. She
will return in a week to take up
summer school work in Durant.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-05-20
RETAL|AT0RY WAR
SWEEPS BELFAST
As PEACE SIGNED
Speaker OF Dali Announces Political
Agreement Signed by Devalera
and Collins; Arson Gangs
Burn Property.
GUNMEN ACTIVE, MANY
ARE KILLED IN FIGHT
Five Police Barracks Captured; Rail.
way Torn up and Station Burned;
Terror ReIgns over Wide
Section Country.

Dublin. May 20.-A political agree
ment for peace in Ireland has been
signed by Michael Collins. head of
the provisional free state govern
ment, and Eamon De Valera, chief
OF the republicans. the speaker of
the Dali announced today
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-05-20
BEST MINDS Of
RAILROADS NEXT
IN HARDING LIST
President TO Gather Executives at
White House Tonight In Second
Step OF General Plan Aid
Industries.
WILL ASK EXECUTIVES
TO REDUCE RATES NOW
Commerce Commission Members to
Be Present; Chiefs unfavorabIo
Recently to Slice Rates;
Say Wages First.

Washington. May 90 - President
Harding will gather about him TO.
night at the. White House the best
minds" OF the railroad industry as
the second step in his general plan
for rehabilitation Of industry through
conferences with It's leaders.
Across the dinner table the presi.
dent. II Is understood. will suggest
to the railroad executives present
that they volunteer reduction OF
rates. lie hopes to secure their co.
operation In reduction that will
bring down prices so that business
viii be revived just as he induced
steel men TO consider abolishng the
l2.hour day.
Guest List Unknown.
The White House, early today,
was maintaining secrecy as to the
guest list for the dinner tonight, but
among those expected to be there
are:
w. w. Atterbury, of the pennsyl-
vania; Daniel Willard of the Balti-
more and Ohio; A. II. Smith Of the
New York Central; Hale Holden of
the Burlington; Fairfax Harrison, OF
the Southern, and Robert S. Lovett
of the Union Pacific.
1t was not expected that Henry
Ford, who recently. broke into The
railroad game by purchasing the
Detroit, Toledo and ironton, would
be present.
Members OF the interstate com
merce commission are expected to
attend.
The interstate commerce commits
sion has been working for months
on a program for general reduction
of freight rates, and 1t is understood
that the report is nearly complete.
However, the president has been
notified that the reduction would
not go so far as anticipated on ac-
count of the provision of the trans
portation act which guarantees
reasonable profit to the carriers.
Takes Bull by Horns.
For this reason he is taking the
bull by the horns" and will ask the
executives to voluntarily reduce
rates to a point that will assure
more rapid progress toward pros
perity.
Since the early part of his ad-
the president has aim
ed toward an adequate reduction of
freight rates. He suggested to the
executives some months
ago that a reduction was necessary.
They replied unfavorably, saying
in substance that wages must first
be reduced. The slight cut in wages
made subsequently by the railroad
labor board resulted in reduction
of rates on grain and few other
commodities.
The conference "about the table"
tonight idea dear to the admin
another advance in
the presidents campaign for smooth
ing out the rough places of the in
dustrial body.
He feels very much encouraged
over the result of the first confer
ence-that with the steel manufac-
turers, which he believes was long
stride toward securing abolition of
the 12-hour working day.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-05-20
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The New York herald., 1922-12-26
BOY LIGHTING TREE
SETS HOUSE ON FIRE
Wanted to Surprise Mother by
the illumination, and
Succeeded.
BOTH BURNED IN BLAZE
Try in Vain to Put Out the
Flames and Firemen Find
the Mother in Faint.

Rudolph Ahlbeck. who is and
lives at 1884 Prospect avenue, The
Bronx. didn't intend to set the house on
fire last night when he lighted the
Christmas tree while his mother was in
another room. He said afterward tha.
he intended to surprise his mother by
having the pretty lights all ready 70.
her to look at when she came out Oh
the kitchen, because she had worked
hard all day cooking dinner and he knew
that she was very tired.
So while Mrs. Ahlbeck washed ths
dishes Rudolph struck a match and tried
TO light the candles on the tree. He
lighted two or three of the ones tina.
hung on the lower branches. and then
he put his foot in wagon that he had
got for Christmas and tried to light the
top ones But the wagon slipped from
beneath him and he fell and as he fell
the match and the candles that had been
lighted set fire to the dried branches oe
the tree and to the decorations.
The whole tree blazed up and Rudolph,
badly frightened, ran screaming into the
kitchen. His own clothing was on fire
in two, or three places. but before the
flames could reach his body his mothe:
wrapped him in her apron and beat tha
flames out against her own body. Then.
with the boy following her, dragging
pail of water, most of which he spilled,
Mrs. Ahlbeck ran into the living ROOM
She tried to put out the fire that by this
time had spread from the Christmas
tree to the walls and ceilings of the
room.
Mrs. AhlbeclS .eat at the flames with
her hands and with table covers. while
her son ran back and forth from the
kitchen. carrying water in tumblers and
in pals which he poured on the fire.
But in his excitement he spilled most or
it before he got to the flames. so that
his efforts did not have much effect.
Neighbors by this time had seen smoke
and flames pouring from the windows
of the Ahlbeck apartment and turned
in an alarm, which brought Chief Fran
els Grey of the Twentieth Fire Battalion
at the head of Gn engine crew and the
men of a truck company.
Chief Grey was the first of the fire
men to enter the Ahlbeck apartment.
He found that Mrs. Ahlbeck had tainted
from the heat and the smoke and her
frantic efforts to extinguish the fire and
had fallen unconscious under the blaz-
ing Christmas tree.
The firemen carried Mrs. Ahlbec.S and
her son into the open air and then sent
for DIR. Warshaw of Fordham Hospital
They were able to remain at home after
their burns had been treated The fire.
men confined the fire to one room.
The New York herald., 1922-12-26
TRAIN TRAVEL WAS
HEAVY ON HOLIDAY
Rush Surprises Officials and
Makes Extra Trains
Necessary.
LULL WAS LOOKED FOR
Schedules Are ReOrganized in
Haste to Handle Unexpected
Throng of Passengers.

The unprecedented holiday passenger
traffic through railroad terminals of
the city last week was reflected yester-
doy, even though a lull was anticipated
From 6 O'Clock until midnight most in
coming and departing trains at Penn
sylvania Station and Grand Central
Terminal were running in extra sections
as provided in elaborate preparations
made days ago to handle the crowds
Similar accommodations for extra cars
and trains will be made for the holi-
day throng next Monday.
Trains from Philadelphia and Wash
irgton. through Pennsylvania Station.
cleared in two sections from o'clock
until after midnight. Long Island
trains which were annui;ed during the
forenoon hours were AIDED to the eve
ring schedule. A holiday train from
Atlantic City arrived last night in three
sections.
At Grand Central the midnight ex-
press to Boston left in four sections.
Through trains from the North and
West after 4 o'clock were heavy and
filed
From New Jersey terminals came re-
ports that passenger traffic was heavier
than usual At offices of the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western in Hoboken it
was said traffic all day had been bet
The New York herald., 1922-12-26
SENATOR WALSH URGES
COAL COMMALNDEERING
Bay State Man F0Uors Sum-
mary State Action.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 25.-State officers
should commander and distribute coal
necessary to prevent suffering, Senator
Walsh, Democrat, Massachusetts, said
in statement sent to his constituents
and made public TO-DAY.
Prompted by reports of distress caused
by coal shortage in New England. Sen
ator Walsh, who said he had received
many letters on the subject, took the
unusual course of sending circular
letter to his constituents reciting his ef-
forts to prevent fuel famine.
II tried to obtain action by our Gov
ernment." he declared, ''at time wher
action could have been taken with ad-
vantageous results"
Last summer he added. was the
time to have compelled the necessary
production and distribution of coal. The
only immediate relief I can suggest now
is for the respective State Governments
to commander whatever coal is ootain-
able and apportion it equitably and as
bare cost of production and distribu-
tiOn'
The New York herald., 1922-12-26

ter than usual" Three relief trains
helped with the crowds until evening
and there were preparations then To add
two more If they were needed.
Holiday crowds which went to Lake
wood came back last night in three
extra trains on the Central Railroad OF
New Jersey. One of these was an all
Pullman train. Another special train
brought crowds from Atlantic City.
The reason for the unusually heavy
travel the traffic men. who have watched
Christmas crowds for years; are not
ready yet to explain. One man In Jer-
sey City thought il indicated more pros
perity than was apparent last fall. An
other said 1t was one OF the things that
"happen." such as crowds of school and
college boys and girls going back home
and perhaps meeting father. mother
and Uncle Jim here in the metropolis.
sc.
Anyway this official ruminated,
"the damage seems to have been done,
as they say, and we probably VIII not
get them all back until some time next
week"
The New York herald., 1922-12-26
FEE GRAFTERS PREY
ON AUTOM(0BILISTS
Change in System, Recon-
n1ended IN Connecticut.

HARTFORD, Dec 25.-Robbins b.
Stocked. State Commissioner OF Motor
Vehicles. recommends in his annual re-
port to Governor Lake that a central
lied traffic court be established in order
to meet complaints that the enforce
ment of the motor vehicles laws of Con-
recticut is in too many hands. He said
that "the remedy sought is to adopt
some plan whereby an arrest for fee
can be made Improbable" He also
charges in the report that well staged
drives against minor offenses have been
inspired by a desire on the part of Off
cials 10 convict for fees.
Mr.. Stocked recommends that salaried
judges, specialists in motor vehicle laws.
be placed in charge of traffic courts to
eliminate the evils of the present fee
system. As an alternative he recon-
mends the reduction of fees to all Off
Gals concerned in an arrest.
A better class of chauffeurs. accord
ing to Commissioner Stocked. is apply
ing for drivers licenses.
The New York herald., 1922-12-26
MANILA CHINESE OPPOSE LAW.
Resent Requirement of Change In
Bool<kccptun.

MANILA. Dec. % (Associatcd Prcss).
The new bookkeeping law" requiring
all business accounts IN the islands TO
BE- kept in English Spanish or one OF
the Philippine dialects. will become
effective January /. despite the strenu-
ous opposition from the Chinese colony.
The Chinese declared enforcement OF
the law would drive all the small mer-
chants OF that nationality out OF bush
ness owing to the expense to which they
would be put IN employing bookkeepers.
but the Legislature has finally refused
T. amend the new legislation.
The New York herald., 1922-12-26
ONE MAN EATS FOUR
Big 5CENT DINNERS
Hero Among Thousands Fails
to Reappear in Bowery
Line for Supper.

Despite his seventeen years John Par
two thousand. He proved that he was
yesterday. and the only reason that he
isn't one man in three thousand is that
a few more than two thousand men
were in on the nickel" turkey dinner
served at the Bowery Y. NJ. C. A.,
East Third street. Even as 1t was. the
hungry Boweryites stretched block
end half down Third street for two
hours during the turkey rush"
But TO get back to John Parento-well.
out of all that vast assemblage of men
with habitually narrow belt lines the
youthful John Parento was the only one
10 dispose of four turkey dinners with
all the trimmings. And the fourth dinner
slipped down with apparently as much
ease as the first one. John says that's
nothing at ALL why shouldn't he eat
four turkey dinners for Christmas, since
Inc had four Thanksgiving feasts.
Don't think for moment because John
paid a nickel for each of his four din
ners that he didn't get much at each.
Everybod had an equal chance and
every plate had big slice of real
turkey. dressing. mashed potato, gravy,
cranberry sauce and other vegetables
and pie and coffee and all the extras
were chucked In. Ii wasn't any
aroma dinner where you catch a
whiff OF something like turkey and then
get an intimation OF pie in the Shape OF
an inch slice of crust.
From 1890 in the morning until after
o'clock the hungriest of The Bowery's IS
hungry filed into the with their nickel
for the feed. When supper time came
around last night the cook at the Bow
cry expected John Parento would be
on hand. He reported for Thanksgiv-
ing supper.
The New York herald., 1922-12-26
KING ALF0NSO's CHRISTMAS.
Simple Gifts Exchanged and Eve
Passed at Home.

MADRIp. Dec. 25.-The King ana
Queen observed the Christmas eve fes-
tival in the same manner as the major
lily of their subjects, exchanging gifts
of simple character and passing the
evening Eat home"
Private individuals and concerns are
not permitted to make gifts to the
youthful Princes and Princesses. but
among the toys arriving at the Palace
this year were a miniature airplane and
a locomotive, the handiwork of army
engineers.
The New York herald., 1922-12-26
SPANS MOROCCAN POLICY.

MADRID. Dec. 25.--The Cabinet Council
to-day nominated Miguel villanueva,
former president Of the Chamber Of
Deputies. as High Commissioner IN Mo-
rocco. after conference at which the
situation was discussed in all its phases
The Government intends TO repatrlate
q number Of troops as soon ss possible
and reduce expenditures. which are
Weighing heavily on the nation.
The New York herald., 1922-12-26
X. OF c. ADDS T- SCHOOL.

The New York Chapter of the knights
of Columbus has acquired the Rainier
building at 235-237 West F'ifueth street.
which will be opened on January as
an annex to the evening trade and auto
school of the knights at 240 West
Fifty-first street. The new building will
accommodate 500 students and will do
away with the part time sessions at the
trade school.
The New York herald., 1922-12-26
LOG Christmas Drunks
Arrested in Washington
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington, ID. e., Dec. 20.
Special Dispatch to THE NEW YoaK HERALD.

Special Dispatch 70 THE NEW YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
. Washington, ID. g., Dec. 20.
%HRISTMAS arrests in Wash
ington totaled 131, all but
Twenty-Five of which were
due TO drunkenness. OF the NUM-
ber seventy-nine failed to appear
in Police Court. preferring to for
felt bail.
The record is considered large in
view of the drive the prohibition
authorities have been making
against bootlegging in the last ten
days. The large number of boot
leggers arrested has led to the be-
lief that Washington would be dry
on Christmas.
Most of the drinking parties were
staged in the homes of the partici-
pants. The cafes did little business.
due to the fear of raids. Most OF
the drunks arrested were picked up
staggering home.
The Washington times., 1922-03-01
.6hRREa&.OON
WOMAN 'Ss1ORY.
|. IN TAYLOR CASE
Men Questioned on Cocktail
Glass" Clue Without
Results.
ps.oro sY INTERNATIONAL
BY International New. Service.

LOS ANGELES, Cal, March
despite developments which
served to revive tagging interest
in the search for the slayer of
William Desmond Taylor, the mys-
terry of the murder of the film
director today entered into Its
second month unsolved.
Probe Woman's Story.
Police authorities are in posses
sion Of a full statement from Mrs.
John Rupp, also known as Mrs.
Lynch, who yesterday appeared at
the Wiltshire police station and told
a story which resulted in the arrest
of six men.
She told of having heard Taylor's
life threatened by members of the
gang the night before he was killed.
and Of nervousness exhibited by two
OF the men following the killing
when the subject was mentioned.
Mrs. Rupp was being held prac-
tically incommunicado today, po-
lice guard having been established
about her home. Meanwhile, de-
tectives are busy checking alleged
alibis set up by all of the men under
u.
Mrs. Rupp and are understood to
attempted suicide following "a quar-
rel with man.
Police are especially interested in
Mrs. Rupp's story, for the theory
that Taylor may have been slain by
bootleggers has never been entirely
eliminated. 1t is believed that It
was this angle that caused detec-
tives on direct orders from District
Attorney Woolwine to again ques-
ton Mabel Normand, last person to
see Taylor alive.
Cocktail Glasses a Cue.
When Taylor's body was found in
his bungalow home, two cocktail
glasses were found on a nearhv trav.
In her original. statement Miss Nor
mand did nol speak oil HAVING any
drinks with Taylor, and Il is be-
lieved she was again questioned in
order to establish whether Taylor
had a later guest than herself, to
whom he may have served drinks.
Mrs. Rupp said the bootleggers
were sore" at Taylor because he
criticised the last consignment OF
liquor they delivered. Detectives
said they believed there was a pos.
sibility the cocktail glasses might
prove a valuable clue.
Miss Normand had 80 far recov-
cred from her attack of Influenza
that she was able to visit last even.
ing at the home of an. old friend, Mrs.
Mahlan Hamilton. In Los Angeles,
and II 10 believed she was questioned
there, although Detectives MI&phy
and Cline declined TO reveal Where
they had talked with her or VIII, n she
had said. II
Mystery also surrounds a state.
ment made to District Attorney
woolwine by "Frenchie" George,
well known In the film colony as an
instructor In the French language.
II was following an interview with
this man that detectives decided to
again question Miss Normand