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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-30
Every Consideration" Will
be Given by Attorney
General; Espion's Cases
Considered on own Merits
It is Held.

WASHINGTON. - Arrival in Wash
ington Saturday Of the "Children's Cru
sade," composed of children and wives
of men in federal prisons, for viola
ton of war laws, was marked by an
nounceiaent from the White House dele
cation would not be received by Presi-
dent Harding.
The children and women. numbering
81 and in charge Of Mrs. Kate Richards
O'Hare. Of st. Louis. the White House
announcement made by Secretary Chris
tian said, would. however. "be given
every consideration and attention" by
Attorney General Daugherty.
Plans Of the delegation which has Wis.
tied a. number Of cities since it was
organized by Mrs. O'Hare in st. Louis
called for visit to the White House
Immediately upon its arrival. An an
nouncement by the American Civil Lib
critics Union, which Is sponsoring the
Crusade, said the delegation would en-
deavnr. TO present f.seir petition 10
President Harding and then camp in
washington, until the release Of the
prisoners"
The position OF the president in the
matter was outlined at the White
House is that the case Of each war law
violator must be considered on its own
merits and that such consideration
must be left to the attorney general
who may submit recommendations to
the president. 1t was emphasized by
Mr.. Harding during the campaign for
his presidency and after taking up his
administration the matter of pardon
for Eugene V. Debs was up that he
could not agree to general amnesty for
such prisoners.
Secretary Christian, in announcing
that the rpesident would direct the dele
CATION to lay its case before Mr.. Daugh'
erty, said:
"They will be given every conadera
ton and attention by the attorney gen
eial who has frequent conferences with
the president over the matter and who
Is fully cognizant Of the presidents
position, but they will not be received
by the president"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-30
REPORTS VARY
AS tn MURDER
IS INT|MATED
Secretary Weeks Refers
Data to Judge Advocate
General for Considera-
tion, No Comment
CORONERS FIND THE
Staying JUSTIFIED
Prominent Airman of Fort
Sill Shot by Oklahoma
Judge at His Home.
(By The Associated Press)


WASHiEGTCN.-The report of the
military board of inquiry. which inves-
Ugated the shooting to death Of Lieut..
Col. Paul w. Beck. army service in
Oklahoma City, Okla, by former Judge
Jean p. Day reached Secretary Weeks
Saturday and was referred to the judge
advocate general Of the army for con-
aderation.
Pending an opinion from the judge
advocate general as to what disposi-
ton. might be made of the document,
Mr.. Weeks declined to make public
any portion of the military findings or
to comment on their nature. 1t has
been intimated that the military report
was at variance in some respects with
the Oklahoma judicial findings in re-
lation to Col Becks death.
OKLAHOMA CTTY.-!The killing on
April Of Lieut.. Col. Paul w. Beck.
by Jean p. Day, former supreme court
commissioner and prominent Oklahoma
attorney, was held TO have been justi-
fable in verdict returned by a cor.
oner's jury here following an inquest
over Beck's body. No charge was
filed against Day.
Beck was killed at the Day homo in
this city when Day returned early in
the morning and found him struggling
with Mrs. Day in the living room. ac'
cording to testimony OF Day and Mrs.
Day. at the inquest. Day had left 10
lake to their homes some guests who
mad attended Il gathering at his resi-.
dence. At the inquest. Mrs. Day tes'
lifted that Beck had made an improper
proposal 10 her.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-30

to spend those four million bucks
that his lawyers say his land is
worth, since oil has been discov-
cred.
Hays says he owns the land
about a quarter of a section of it.
But that's all he has to say. It's
somewhere in the northern part of
Old Mexico. Prison officials have
seen the kilograms from lawyers
and the letters.
The prisoner who may be mil
lionaire came to the penitentiary
Dec. 2, 1921, from st. Joseph, Mo-,
convicted of forging a draft. He
Is part Indian, and has two other
names, Henry Hubbell and James
Manuel. Manuel. he says, is his
real name. And he's not strang-
er to prisons, either, having served
one term in the Oklahoma state
prison at McAlester and one in the
federal prison at Fort Leavenworth.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-30
NAVAL SQUADRON
IS FIRST TO FALl
AS WAR SP0|L'
Wounded From Manchuri3
and Central Sector Arriv]
ing at Peking; Battle
Continues All Day.
TWENTY-MILE FRONT
HELD BY SHANG-LIl
Southern Troops Assisted b
Airplanes; Twenty Killed
Among Listed.

PEKlNG. The fighting south d
the Pekin-Tien-Tsin railway which b@
gan at dawn Saturday was still in prtI
gress late last night with the sounI
of battle distinctly audible here. TIL
game between the forces of the Gen
eral Chang-Tso-Lin, military governoI
of Manchuria, and General WI Pie Fu
reported to extend along a line from
Machang, 20 miles south Of Tien TsiD
to point south Of Peking. An attemp
apparently was being made by w
Fei Flu to wedge in between Pekin
and Chang Tso-Lin's troops, thus turn
ing the latter's flank. General Wu'
attack launched at Chang Sintien,
miles southwest of Peking, seemingl.
came as a surprise and spread rapid
into the general engagement now r.
ported.
Wounded Arrived at Peking.
Wounded troops from the front bt
gan arriving in the city Saturday al
ternoon.
During the night, sounds Of intermii
tent firing came from the front bu
with the down abrisk cannonade b<
gan the city rousing to the mounting
sound. Some Americans ventured ou
to the race track west of Peklng wher
they saw Tso-Lin's tr0ors directin
artillery firef rom the hills.
Naval Squadron Captured. s
Forces Of Sun Yatsen, head Of til
south Chinese government at Cant0
have captured the entire southern nAvG
squadron. 1t was stated in unofficis
dispatches published here Saturday b
the foreign and Chinese press.
The attack on the vessels which n
Sulted in their surrender was carried OF
by aircraft in conjunction with soutl
ern Chinese troops. The aircraft bofnl
ed at PahWu-Ten, 20 men killed an
30 others wounded on board the cruise
Hai-Chi in the initial attack, the report
state. ~
Later there was a further bombin
attack on the vessels near Canton,
the Whampoa river, the Hai.Chai an
the other craft surrendering.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-30
FLOOD CREST IN
STATE EXPECTED
SUNDAY Night
North Canadian Drops One Foot
at Ell Reno Over Saturday;
Rainfall Light During
Day.

OKLAHOMA CITr.-With the North
Canadian river standing at ~ feet at
El Reno Saturday morning. a drop of
one foot since Friday. the weather bu.
reau here predicted that the crest would
reach Oklahoma City Sunday night. II
was expected l2.foot stage would be
recorded here. which would cause flood.
Ing Of bottom lands.
Rainfall was very light over the state
during the % hours ending at Z a. m.
Saturday. the bureau announced. The
cloudy and generally unsettled weather
with probably higher temperatures was
expected by weather bureau officials to
continue over Sunday. The lowest
temperature in the state Saturday
morning was reached from Beaver. IS
degrees.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-30
Negro Forger May Be Millionaire,
But Now He's Prison Cell-Warmer

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.-Maybe
d. II. Hays, a 81 year old negro
serving three years in the peni-
tentiary here for forgery is worth
four million dollars-and maybe he's
just an out.of-luck blacR man.
He has had letters from various
people urging him to sign away oil
leases on 100 acres Of oil land he
owns in Mexico and kilograms from
lawyers. in Oklahoma City. tell him
not to sign thing for less than
four million dollars. So Hays is
not signing and Hays isn't talking,
or doing anything but what he has
been doing for the lastt hree months
making shirts for the state Of
Missouri in the prison shirt fac.
tory.
With the allowance for good be.
havior In prison and everything
going right, he may get out by
September, 1923. and get chance
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-30
WOMANS BODY Y
FOUND ON BANK
Of CANADIAN
Police Believe Murder Aftel
Reports of Struggle on
Wednesday Night; Body
Poorly Clad.

OKLAHOMA CITY.-The body Of al,
unidentified woman was found lodged
on a railroad bridge over the North
Canadian river here Saturday by tho
police. An investigation was started
by c. w. Wilkie, police captain. on the
theory that the woman had been mur
dered. He said an effort would Le
made to connect the finding Of the body
with reported fight on the river bank
Wednesday night when persons living
near the river said woman was heard
TO call for help. Police say they found
evidence of n struggle In the mud along
the rivers edge.
The body was poorly dressed. the po-
lice said. The woman appeared " b.
about 35 years old
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-30
COUNTY MAY SUE
|. FOR BONDS Held
in DEFUNCT BANK
Bristow Will Present Resolu.
tion Asking Action When
Commissioners Meet
Here Monday

On Monday, County Attorney ]. E.
3ristow will present resolution to the
county commissioners asking them to
file suit in district court for the recov.
cry and delivery OF county bonds to the
value of s234,O now held by the re.
ceiver of the defunct State National
bank.
Action of the commissioners on the
resolution will determine whether suit
will be filed, Bristow said. II is ex.
planned while the bonds are in the pos.
session Of the bank interest is not be-
ing paid.
1t is said that this meeting of the
board will be among the most impor.
tant held in some time. since 4 number
OF other important matters are to be
discussed and acted upon.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-30
CHINESE FORCES CLASH in CIVIL Wal
Bank Robber
Caught After
Half an Hour
lBy The Associated Pressl

IDABEL, Okla-Thirty minutes after
the First National Bank OF Broken Bow,
north Of here. had been robbed Satur-
day of $1,000 in currency, young man
who gave his name as Frank Lucas,
was on his way to the McCurtain county
Jail in charge Of deputy sheriff.
When the bank opened for business,
the bandit appeared and while the cash
ier was in the vault, seized the money
and escaped.
Pursuit was instituted Immediately
and in few minutes the alleged robber
was captured. The loot was in his pos
session. Bank officials believe the
bandit entered the bank during the
night and waited for the opening Satur'
day morning.
The McCurtain county bank at
Broken Bow was robbed two months
ago. One Of the alleged robbers after
ward was later killed in the hills OF
Usage county by sheriff's posse.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-30
HONORS INSTEAD
OF CONVENTION
Russell Brown is Made Presi.
dent Of Lions Clubs of
State at Oklahoma City,;
Enid is Selected.

Ardmorc didn't succeed In getting the
1923 Lions convention. but Russell
Brown. president of the local club.
pulled down" the biggest honor the
convention could confer when he was
unanimously elected governor OF the
district Enid was selected as the next
convention city.
Mr.. Brown. accompanied by large
delegation Of Lions and Lionesses. went
to Oklahoma City Thursday. While
many returned home Saturday. quite a
large number remained over for the golf
tournament at Lakeside Country club
Saturday and Sunday.
Oklahoma City provided every enter.
talnment for the Lions and nothing was
LEFT undone to make the occasion an un.
usually enjoyable one.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-30
WILSON WILL MEET MIKE
gibbons ON MAY eG

OKLAHOMA ClTy.-Johnny Wilson.
middleweight pugilistic champion will
meet Mike Gibbons Of st. Paul In n
io.round decision contest here May 2e,
II was announced late Saturday by Dan
Lackcy. manager Of the Drovers Ath.
letic Club, following receipt OF tele.
gram from Martin Killilea. Wilson's
manager. accepting the clubs offer Of
s2s-noo
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-30
Trinity Is Rising.

FORT WORTH. Texas. - Another
body was taken from the subsiding wa.
tars in Sycamore Park. Saturday af.
ternoon. making the second body re.
covered during the day and the sixth In
all. The list of known dead remains
at IL, however. as the body found sat.
urday afternoon was that OF negro
already listed as dead.
The Trinity river was rising slightly
but only from hackwater. so govern.
ment weather bureau officials said. No
fear OF new flood was felt.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-30
Ashton Returning
To Ardmore;; Made
Bond at ChickaSha

Orin Ashton, receiver of the State
National Bank, will return to Ardmore,
Monday morning to resume his duties,
according To w. b. Johnson, who con-
vcrsed over long distance telephone
Saturday night.
Mr.. Ashton advised Mr.. Johnson that
when he was advised information has
been filed against him at Chickasha
charging embezzlement. he voluntarily
went to that city, where he made bond
Saturday. Saturday night he was in
Oklahoma City.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-30
BUSINESS MEMS
CLUB MEETS SUNDAY

Committees recently appointed by the
Business Mems Athletic Association, OF
which Don Cochran is president, and Il.
Il. II. Royer secretary.treasurer will
meet in the lobby OF Hotel Ardmore nj
l2:30 Sunday. according to announce
ment OF Fred Gilmore. vice president
Of the association.
The committees will go to the loca.
ton which has been selected for the
clubs quarters, In company with a
contractor. and will h..ke arrangements
for, installation OF equipment.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-30
YOUTHS BACK IN
JAIL FOR While
One Of Six Who Sawed From
County Confines Saturday
Morning Returned
for Service
Laying in the jall.house
With my face to the wall
And n little steel saw
Is the cause OF II all :"

SO sang Curtis Bailey and Bill Pur.
due, Ardmore youths who have choice
cell In the county Jail today. following
successful Jail.breaks. Purdue sawed
out OF the county Jail two weeks ago
and Bailey made getaway from the
city Jail along with five others Friday
night,
Were here now. but we won't be in
three days" Bailey told the jailor when
he was put In the center pen" Satur.
day morning after his capture. Purdue
was returned several days ago.
Bailey. Frank Galloway, II. IL. VIII.
son. Roy Duncan. all white, and Chief
Walker and Elmer Gatowood. negroes
sawed their way through back win.
dow of city Jail carly Saturday while
the night force made merry In the Of
flee, some sixty feet away.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-30
Two Dead at Natchez.

NATCHEZ, Miss.-The first loss Of
life from the flood caused by the Wee.
cana crevasse is reported from Clay.
ton. La. Saturday where two negro
men were caught In the swift current
pouring into the Tensas river. and
drowned. It was stated that while the
current is unusually strong at this
point. the depth is not so great as pre-.
vious reports indicated.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-30
TEXANS ANSWER
KLANQUESTI0NS
Two Austin Men Decide It
Best to Tell all they Know !.
Rather Than Stay in
Jail.

AUSTIN. Texas--J. q. Copeland. po-
lice commissioner and +. q. Reynolds.
clerk OF local fraternai organization.
saturday afternoon. appeared before
the grand jury and answered question:
about the ku Klux klan. They had
previously been adjudged in contempt
Of court and fined 500 each and ssn}
fenced to Jail until they should answer
the questions.
The answers were made on advice
OF counsel. Il is understood. the two
men comforting with their attorneys .
few minutes before they entsrsd ~
grand jury room.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-30
Pot Pourrii
A weekly column of politi.
cal dope gathered from
Oklahoma activities.

The blessed blooming days Of hectic
campaigning are here. Gone are the
hours Of watchful waiting in the pres
ent campaign. Within the next few
days every Democrat who controls more
than one vote in the state will be lined
up for some candidate for governor.
with the vote of the boys at the forks
Of the creek offered as the grand prize.
This is going to be an individual vote
getting campaign. Never in the history
of Oklahoma has there been cam.
paign In which more vigorous efforts to
get to the individual voter have been
made than will be seen in the present
contest.
Only n few more short weeks and the
jitney cavalcade will cast its sinuous
length through the streets OF our small
towns, pouring out hordes Of perspiring.
dusty candidates. At hand again Is the
day of the country political reunion, red
lemonade. curses for the Republican ad-
ministration, and crowds Of women.
This campaign will see the first gen.
uine effort in the history OF the state
to actually get out the woman voter.
The effort is not going to be luke
warm. either. Every candidate In the
race for governor is seeking some lure
by which he may corral more women
voters than any Of his opponents.
More and more the conviction Is
growing on leaders In both parties that
the vote of the women must be con-
solidated.
The vote OF the women Just simply
Is not regular" All seem agreed on
that The Farmer.Labor Reconstruc'
tion league hackers claim that there
will be no split In the vote of the women
In the families OF organization mem
bers.
Whether these Farmer.Labor Recon
struction leaders are cave men or the
women of these families less progres
slve than their spouses we do not know
II Is evident. however. that II the farm
woman shows the independence OF hel
city sisters there will be few to follow
the league.
McAlester was probably the poltica
center OF oklahoma last week. Due t'
the fact that several hundred prominent
men from over the state were visitor'
In McAlcster last week. most OF tn,
candidates found II possible TO droI
around.
The entry OF Robert Burns OF Okla
homa City into the race for attorne,
general Is. OF course. one OF the out
standing features OF the week.
Burns never had any great strength
In oklahoma county and his friend,
are speculating with regard to his rea
son for seeking office.
On one point there Ia general agree
ment. Burns will cut into Dabney''
strength on the west side Of the stats
and injure Short in the capital city ant
county district. All OF these factors
favor the candidacy OF Judge r. p
Hill. who reports favorable reception
for his candidacy generally throughout
the state.
Later. he ran for governor. He failet
to make any great bid for strength In
bi~S~~e~at-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-30

The sanior lady OF the English queens
househrold. the mistress Of the robes,
Is invariably a duchess.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-30
FLOOD AREA IS
5000 SQUARE
MILES SATURDAY
Three States Affected by
Giant Rises in Streams of
Midwest After Week
of Heavy Rain.

NEW ORLEANS. - Approximately
$500 square miles, equal to the com
bined area of the states of Delaware
and Rhode Island, are inundated and
probably $4,000 persons either home.
less or residing in flooded homes ac-
cording TO incomplete and unofficial es-
eimates based on reports from the
flooded areas in Arkansas and Miss.
issippi.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-30

The shortage Of nickel coins In France
Is said to be due to the peasants hoard
Ing them In preference to paper money
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-30

The people OF the United states
spsnd 100000 day for food.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-30

tby The Associated Press)
DCBLIN.-The death Of Richard
Croker. former leader Of the Tammany
Hall in New York. is announced by
the Sunday Independent. He died at
$40 o'clock Saturday afternoon at his
residence here after a brief nlnesa
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-30

Two.thirds Of the population Of Guate
mala IL made up OF Indians.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-30

Later. he ran for governor. lie failed
to make any great bid for strength In
bi~S~>e~t-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-30

The vote OF the women just simply
ls not regular" All seem agreed on
that. The Farmer.Labor Reconstruc'
ton league hackers claim that there
will be no split in the vote of the women
In the families of organization mem
bers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-30

More and more the conviction Is
growing on leaders in both parties that
the vote Of the women must be con.
solidated.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-30

Only few more short weeks and the
jitney cavalcade will cast its sinuous
length through the streets OF our small
towns. pouring out hordes of perspiring.
dusty candidates. At hand again Is the
day of the country political reunion. red
lemonade. curses for the Republican ad-
ministration, and crowds Of women.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-30

This campaign will see the first gen.
uine effort in the history OF the state
to actually get out the woman voter.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-30

The effort is not going to be luke
warm, either. Every candidate In the
race for governor is seeking some lure
by which he may corral more women
voters than any Of his opponents.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-13
AUCTIONS

Legal Notices e
NOTICE.
State Of Illinois, Rock Island County. -
In the Probate Court Of said County
to the November Term A. d. 1892.
In Re Estate of Charles Schultz, De-
ceased.
Notice is hereby given that application
for Letters on the presumptioa of death
has been Alsd. and that hearing ON IL
sAne will b held on the Goth day Of De-
eember. A. D.. 1922. 1t 10 o'clock .. m. IN
said Court.
tSirnedl n Z. MUNSoN.
Clerk Of the Probate Court OF Rock Inland.
County.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1922-01-19
You Have Fail d To
Conserve
Your Energy
Use Nyals Bitter Tonic
Drugs (Fox BRos.) Drugs

M. H. Sprague returned on Tues
day evening from business trip to
the Twin Cities. q
-
Jas. Caspreson, chef at the Lyceum
Cafe at Duluth, visited with his par
ents and friends in this city few
days the past week.
-
S. A. Oscar, Grand secretary of
the Beavers, was here from Madison
on Wednesday transacting matters
of business and visiting with friends.
-
FARM WANTED Wanted to hear
from owner of farm for sale, give
lowest price, and full particulars.
L. JONES, box 551, Olney, Ill. 40-1t
The Methodist brotherhood will
give party for all church members
over Is years of age at the church
parlors on Friday evening, Jan. 10th.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1922-01-19
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