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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-16
BRACKIN DENIES GUILT
OIL Field Worker Accused Of Mur.
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special to The world.
SAPCLPA, June 15---T aid not
KIN Means, and was many miles
away from where the murder oc-
cured. on May IS" said Max How
ara Bthckin. accused by Sheriff Il.
Taylor OF Bryan county, OF being
one Of two men who wantonlv beat
70 death Robert G. Means Laundry.
man Of Tulsa, and then stole theit
victims automobile.
BraCkln was arrested late last
nisht at Bristow, and lodged in the
Creek county jail here Tonight he
was taken TO Durant for his prelim-
mary He told Jailors that he ex-
pcCted TO be freed Sheriff Taylor
however. is st.u confident that
Brackin is one OF the two men who
killed Means.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-16
SEEK TO SAVE ORIENT
Three Governors to Meet NJ wichita
To Solve Roads Financial Affairs.

OKLAHOMA CITY. June Is
The meeting in Wichita Kan, Satpr-
day for the purpose Of discussing
ways and means of keeping the
Kansas City. Mexico & Orient rail-
road in operation will he attended
by Governor J. Il. A Robertson OF
Oklahoma. II was indicated today.
Governor Allen ~ Kansas and Cow
ernor Neff OF Texas will also be
present
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-16
sINCLAI RwINs Old LEASE
san Miguel Properties In Mexico
AMnrdch 10 nrfrnhnnf Innnnnn,

awarded to Defendant Company.
NEW YORK, June l5.--The sui,
~ the Mexican Petroleum com.
rany against the Sinclair oil inter
ests. TO oust the latter fro mthe san
Miguel properties on which it was
charged with having drilled wells.
mas been decided in favor Of the
sinclair company the Daw Jones
news service reported today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-28
A NEW MORTGAGE TAX LAW.

The Supreme court of Alabama has
sustained the state law requiring the
payment. of a recording tax of 8 cents
per hundred dollars on all mortgages
recorded. The federal land bank OF
New Orleans several months ago re-
fused to pay the recording tax on the
ground that its mortgages were ex-
empt from taxation under federal
statute. After several months of liti-
CATION. the supreme court decided the
test case in favor OF the state and the
federal land bank is directed to pay
the fees
The court holds that the tax is not
an ad valorem tax. but a privilege
tax. There is no law requiring the
land banks to record their mortgages.
The state of Alabama affords an OPP
portunity for recording and il i'm
poses a tax for the privilege and pro-
lection thus furnished to the parties
owning mortgages. The law is uni
form in it's application. The law i'm
poses no tax on the mortgage unless
the holder exercises his option to have
It recorded. Payment for this privi-
lsge must be made as provided by the
state law.
Federal authorities have held that
revenue stamps are not required on
federal land bank mortgages. but that
Is a special exemption from q general
requirement like the exemption OF In
tersst from federal income tax There
IS nothing in these decisions. it seems.
TO conflict with the Alabama decision.
The Alabama court has shown the
way to remove a part of the discrim-
ination against local investors which
has caused much dissatisfaction ev-
erywhers since the special subsidy OF
tax exemption OF land bank bonds and
mortgages has been in effect.
Minnesota and several other states
have recording tax laws. but in none
except AlaEAma has the right OF ex-
emption been tested n the courts.
The legislatures OF over forty states
convene in the coming year. II may
be that others will enact recording
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-28
LITTLE BENHY'S NOTE BOOK
By LE1E PAPE

Yestidday at suppir I jes kepp look
ing at my plate insted of eating eny-
thing, and ma sed, Watts the matter,
Benny, wy don't you eat?
feel bum, I sed.
Look at his face, wy the boys pale,
sed pop.
I feel pale. sed.
WITCH I did, and ma sed, wy, wat Is
it, have you got a he'd AXE. or a STUN
mick AXE. or wat?
Yes mann, I sed.
Meening I felt bum all over. and
pop sed, Have you bin eating enything
that disagreed with you?
No sir I don't think so, everything
seemed to agree all rite. I sed.
Wen wat is it? sed ma, haven't you
eny ideer2
sure. I sed.
Well lets have the ideer sed pop,
and 1 sed, Well US fellows was playing
Uncle Toms Cabin in Pubs Simkinses
back yard this AFTERNOON. and L was
Supposed to be Simon Legree and 1
smoaked a Old corn cob pipe full of
tea leeves and wouldent~be serprized
If maybe that was it
Neither would I. wy zee gods, that
would be enuff to mock me out myself,
it almost nocks me out 10 think OF it.
sed pop, you'll be lucky If you're not a
sick boy tonite.
WITCH wasent lucky, on account of
I was.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-28
JUST FOLKS
ny EDGAR A. GUEST.

IGNORANCE.
When Ignorance and Wealth unite
The t.vo ere in n sorry plight.
For Ignorance, maddened by display,
Lets passion have the right Of way:
While dumb and helpless wealth remains
1t has no power to furnish brains.
When Ignorance by Fame is crowned
A Fool struts on his daily round:
Influenced by Just few brief cheers,
In wisdomE face he boldly sDeers.
And. as a drunkard wears his hat,
lie tips his crown this way or that
When ignorance comes into power
Brief is his reign and brief his hour,
Good sense and reason calmly wait
The day that he shall meet his fate:
WIN Ignorance and power unite
They refuse disasters dynamite.
Wise men can handle wealth and fame
And power, and never come to shame.
Wise men can face temptations strong
And spurn the lure and scorn the wrong;
But wen Fool grows rich or great
Then self-destruction is his fate.
Copyright, 1922, by Edgar A. Guest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-28

taxi-"now will you tell me why you
have been running away from me?
heard you were coming home. pes
tered your brother until he found out
what train you were going to take,
boarded it. discovered you and then
realized that you were trying to es-
cape me. Perhaps I ought to take
like me, that you don't want to have
things go on where they left off at
Christmas-but well, I'm not so easily
discoura aged
''I don't see what you mean," said
Polly, averting her face.
q mean that the way you have
treated me only makes me more anx-
ious to tell you that Pm mad about
you. Polly Saunders. 1 didn't real
able Then Dalton Drew produced a
pocket flash from his pocket. Don't
turn from me that way. Polly. I want
to see your face
The flash flared bright in Polly's
face and Dalton leaned toward her.
Then Polly raised her veil. ct
think you are perfectly horrid," she
and you'll never say again what you
said last Christmas. oh, Dalton she
said now shedding real tears of self
pity, Il used brown shoe polish and
it wouldn't come off. There-thero
wasn't a real makeup man, and I
had to do something
But before she had finished her ex-
plantations poor little PocahoRtas let
her tawny face rest on Dalton Drew's
shoulder
IF it never came off Ia love you
just the same" he assured her.
Copyright 1922, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
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Q. What is the speed of the elevator in
the Washington Monument? How fast does
A. The office of Public Buildings and
Grounds says that the elevator in the
minute. AS the elevator shaft in the Monu-
ment is 500 feet high, it makes this distance
in in five minutes The two elevators in the
the ground to the. 54th floor, rise 700
feet in one minute and these are
travelling elevators in the world. Altho ele-
Paris, to height Of nearly 1000 feet, three
lifts must be used to reach the top. the
highest rise Of single lift being about 40
Q. Is it true that a man who has Con-
gressional Medal Of Honor gets pension
Of $500 a month? w. NJ. McB.~
$500 a month is given to a soldier who has
a Congressional Medal OF Honor dates
mitted for which the medal was granted.
to the date Of discharge from military ser
o. How many counties are there in the
United States collectively? J. II. p.
A The Bureau OF Census says accord
counties in the United States
Q: What did the early Egyptians shave
a. According to Herodotus. the
the hair and beard grow when they were
Egyptians was known as the haq. He en-
ployed various Instruments razor some
times IN the shape OF n dMall snort 14Icnet
with a re-curved handle and other instru-
ments shaped like a knife were most gen.
orally used
Q. Where was the first chamber Of com
merce organized in this countrys G. l. T.
A. The New York City Chamber of Com
under a royal charter from King George
III in ITO. was the first institution of its
kind in the United States.
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The frs. hearing on the ship sub
s.dy bill before the joint congressional
committee begins today. Friends OF
the measure plan to win favor for It
By making it appear that England Is
sagainst it. But this cry Of wolf has
been heard so many times when no
wolf has appeared that it is doubtful
Erhat it can be made to serve. 1t is
urged that we must have ships to
deliver the products OF our farms
mines and factories to our customers
We already have hundreds of ships
riding idle and useless at anchor.
Probably many OF them would be in
=use to-day were it not for the hope of
a subefdy which has been dangled be-
fore .s.,s-eyes Of the big marine cor
operations. This hope doubtless has
much to do with the inability OF the
government to market its merchant
Float.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-28
Dorothy Dix Tails
Concerning Conversations.
BIZ DOROTHY DIX
worlds Hishess Paid wemnz wRsss9.

Concerning COnVer5atOn-2.
The truth is that mems don't like
silent women. They like women who
are glib takers because they are too
lazy to talk themselves. In this coun-
try, at least, men demand that women
shall make all OF the conversational
running.
Wherever you go, you will observe
that the women are doing all of the
entertaining. 1t is the women who
have to work like coal beavers trying
to divert the men. 1t is the women
who have to fish around, and dig UP
fresh topics of conversation. It is the
women who have to scintillate and
be merry, and keep the men inter
ested.
If the average couple waited for
the man to start something, there
would be a silence between them SO
thick that you could cut it with a
knife. The woman knows this, and
she knows that she has to pay for her.
dinner, or her theater ticket. or be-
ing taken to a ball with her tongue.
ana then men accuse her of talking
too muchi
The nerve of them!
or course, the criticism is made
that most of women's talk is as mean
lngless as the babbling of a shallow
brook, but even so it is a pleasant.
cheerful sound with which to live
NOBODY would want to listen continu-
any to profound and intellectual
discourse, any more than they would
want to dwell with the roar of Mia
CARA perpetually in their ears.
Perhaps, after all, silence is one
or the virtues that is honored more
IN the breach than in the observance.
We admire it abstractIy, but concrete-
~ we desire chatter, and if some
times women talk too much, and say
Things that they should not say, there
are also times when silence commits
as many crimes as speech, and is re-
spons1ble for as cruel wrongs Homes
nave been wrecked by glum and si-
lent women. Regulations have per
ished for lack of a word. FRIENDSHIPS
have been broken up because people
were too proud to ask, or give, a
needed explanation. Hearts have
been broken for the lack of a word
of affection.
Speech is silver, silence is gold,"
says the old proverb. Sometimes, ST.
lence is not gold. 1t is lead, that
brushes all of the brightness and the
sweetness out of life.
Do women talk too much? I think
not. And of this am sure. that
when we come to die the things that
we will regret most, are not the
things we have said, but the things
we have left unsaid-the loving word
we might have spoken, the gratitude
we might have voiced. the tribute of
appreciation we might have paid, the
message of hope and encouragement
that we might have given, and did
not.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-28

Buchanan. When Gov. W. w. Rich
ardson resigned a few months later
he became acting governor.
In 1856 Mr.. Morton was the Demo-
cratic candidate for governor of the
state but was defeated. From then
until he was again the candidate in
1881 he took no active part in politics.
President Grover Cleveland ap-
pointed Mr. Morton as his secretary
of agriculture in 1898, which post of
honor Mr.. Morton held until 1897
Mr. Morton was bitterly opposed to
William Jennings Bryan when the
latter became prominent in politics.
Mr.. Morton arrayed himself with the
gold wing of the Democratic party
The last post of honor he held was as
one of the commissioners of the
louisiana Purchase exposition to
which he was appointed by Pesidernt
Mckinley in 1901.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-28
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
EssE non YIDERE


This is a Latin motto-translated
BE. not seem to be-
1t was brought to my attention the
other day when / saw il cut into stone
on the front of fireplace in a
friends home.
I thought that it was a splendid
motto for a home. where we seem so
often to be something that we are not.
And 1 believe that it is a better motto
for us all to carry with us every day
as we go into the work of the world
Be-do not seem to bel
Simplicity, sincerity and genuine
ness are everyday qu9lities-but rare
none the less.
We see posers everywhere we go.
The other day 1 witnessed a group
OF women urging another to take
luncheon with them. The casual OBJ
server would have imagined that she
was a most intimate and much loved
associate. But no sooner had this
woman gone than the whole group
seemed to vie with each other as to
which one could say the most unkind
thing about her.
There are many people whom We
are always glad to see-for no matter
how many times we see them. they
como back with the same stamp of
worth.
All the announcing in the world
which we make of our abilities and
merits, will go for naught if we have
nothing to back our claims.
Be-do not seem to be-
The wax model has to be kept from
the light and sun. Pretense shrinks
from too much gaze and glamor The
plated metal has limited time in
which it may pass for the solid and
the real Nothing can seem to be for
long It must either be-or pass for
what it is.
So you try to be real-exactly what
you are-and try to BE somebody!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-28
BAD TIMES FOR RAILROADS.

While railroad employees are putting
up a lusty fight against any reduction
! in their wages. the railroads are
forced to meet competition OF various
kinds. unthought OF a few years ago.
Not only has the Panama canal eaten
deeply into the revenues of the trans
country the motor truck is grabbing
a large share Of the transportation
business. This condition is especial
" marked in California.
California is particularly adapted
to the rapid development Of automo-
bile traffic. The climate and typog-
raphy Of the state are such that snow
rarely falls except on the high noun
tain peaks. Good roads can be con-
structed with a minimum of cost be-
cause there is no frost line to con-
sider- As a result of this climatic
situation. a system of fine roads has
sprung up all over California. 1t is
probably far ahead OF any system of
roads in America. The roads are
marked with signs and directions so
explicit that the stranger can hardly
lose his way They are patrolled by
the automobile club. which reports
promptly on washouts and other OBJ
structions on the roads and specifies
temporary routes during repairs.
These fine roads with extensive and
efficient systems OF road patrol rave
encouraged and built up a vast sys-
TEN Of automobile traffic for both
commercial and pleasure purposes
roads on the operating profits of the
interurban lines, as we'll as the steam
roads.
The system Of motor roads has de-
veloped so far that regular stage lines
running between San Diego, Los An
geles and San Francisco-a distance
of over 500 miles-are maintained.
Schedule on these bus" lines is said
to be often faster than the schedule
on the railroads For instance. 1.
takes The OWL" the fast train of
the Southern Pacific from Los An
geles to San Francisco. six hours TO
run from Los Angeles to Bakersfield
1t is said that stage lines cover this
distance in less than five hours.
1t will be seen by this illustration
from one section OF the country that
the automobile traffic is becoming a
rather sturdy competitor. not only of
the interurban lines, but also of the
railroads.
This class OF competition is said to
be causing apprehension in some
railroad quarters. II is claimed that
it is unfair because the truck business
is not compelled to bear its proper
ton OF taxes for maintenance of the
highways. Doubts also are expressed
as to whether the motor companies
are conserving proper sums for re-
pairs and renewals of vehicles. If
this is not done. eventual results win
make 1t less possible for these lines
to compete on paying basis, and be-
fore these contingencies can be pro-
vided for serious damage may be done
to railroad business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-28

Arner.ca's claim for the expenses of
maintaining our watch on the Rhine.
according to the Boston Transcript, is
BIASED on paragraph nine of Article
of the armistice agreement, which
says: THE upkeep OF the troops of
occupation in the Rhineland shall be
charged 70 the German government"
Charging it. however, is one thing
while collecting II is another.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-28


Another revolution in Russia ap-
psrently IS about due. NJ. Avks ,ntiev
in an article in Ha,pei's Magazine,
asserts that Russia's liberation from
the disastrous Bolshevik rule will
come sooner than many believe. ana
that a truly democratic republic will
be established. For a long time" he
ssys, ''neople have been terrorized by
violence and bayonet rule. But re-
Gently a change has come. Lis.Iess-
ness and despair are on the wane.
Public and civic organizations are be-
ginning to spring uR and multiply
rapidly. Fear has vanished. A pre-
moniticn OF approaching liberation Is
pervading the people more and more"
To those observers who might say
that there was no apparent aEti-Bcl-
shevist activity to confirm this state
ment. the writer replies that political
activity in Russia is never apparent
as it is in countries having free, popu :
lar government. and points to the fact
that prior to the revolution in 1919.
which overturned the car, there was
no sign of activity on the surface. Yet
when the signal was given, ne says,
the revolution rose up fully armed
and equipped in every way not oniy to
assume the authority Of government,
but to carry it on efficiently in all its
departments.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-28

3 Apparently disguised with the
wrangling among the organizations of
grain growers. Aaron Shapiro. counsel
for the Kansas association. has re-
signed Mr.. shapiro knows more
about the business in hand than all
the other promoters combined. He 1t
was who first pointed the way along
which the national body has travelled.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-28

Science. education and human in
telligence have made such progress
-thnt We now can do almost anything
except prevent strike.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-28

II does not matter whether the
miners strike or reach an agreement
with the operators. the public will
continue to be the goat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-28

camnaien. was cast into outer dark
ness. The friends of General LeonaIo
Wood spent three or four times as
much. but the gallant general never never
was touched by the lash OF public
execration.
Progress Is Noted.
Sir-Charges of dijatory progress IN
Sesuuf-Centennial affairs should dis
appear now that Bishop Berry, in the
neyyspapers makes definite announce
ment that the gates win not be opened
on Sunday. -NON-SoM.
We suspect Non-CoIn of a desire to
ignite discussion by the use of the
sarcastic word, but who wants the
gates of the exposition opened on sun
day? Who wants to put in his leisure
hours tramping the endless streets OF
the Sesqui-Centennial observing mani
festations of industry and art when he
probably can get into a little game. or
a home revel. without leaving his own
apartment?
Not we. for one.
We svmpatIIize with the reader OF
the column who sends us a special de-
livery letter to express the opinion
that there is no better time than now
to have the coal strike and to let them
been a columnist. We know what IT
is to have something on the chest and
no opportunity to exude IT.
And so. brother. we have told them
what you think about it.
"Upsets Candle as She Reads Ex-
citing Novel, is a headline in the eve
ming contemporary. What, we desire
to ask, is the name of the novel which
so excited the young woman? That.
it seems to us. is the crux of the IN
cident.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-28

tax laws similar to that OF Alabama.
The purposes OF the recording tax law
are TO furnish needed state revenue
to encourage home investors to invest
in local mortgages and to abolish the
discrimination now existing in favor
or joint stock land banks and federal
land banks.
The most important immediate ef-
feet OF the Alabama decision probably
will be to discourage the organization
OF more joint stock land banks. Con-
sentative capitalists may hesitate after
reviewing the decision in this test
case.
The Alabama method OF taxing
mortgages seems much fairers than
the system existing in Kansas where
a few pay heavily and the bulk OF
them pays no tax at all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-28

Copyright, 1922. by the Wheeler Syn
dictate Inc.)