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GRAIN.

Minnea polls. June l6.-News was
mixed and the market somewhat err
ratio in tone today. At the opening.
prices were up owing to the continued
heat strain on southwestern crops Ind
fairly liberal Export trade. Canadian
dry weather news also continued as
a bull factor. butlhe market did not
get far before selling. Of. Importance
was encountered. On tho average
there was less snap to the demand
for cash wheat. Low grades were
draggy. Durum wheat market was
about the same.
Corn offerings were moderate and
demand for dry stuff continued good.
Indifferent demand prevailed for the
high moisture test offerings.
Oats demand was fair to good. q
larger proportion of the arrivals be-
ing of satisfactory quality for shipping
trade Fairly steady demand for the
ordinary. Rye demand was good.
with mills willing TO pay more for
fancy quality and unable to find any.
Barley prices were firm in one and
there was ii fair demand at the open
ing. Flax demand good and offerings
very light.
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MARKET AND CROP GOSSIP.

jackson Bros. g. Co to. l.. J. Blu
chanan: We wired Mr.. kenyon, who
is in South Dakota, and inquired Sel-
ativc. to the rust reports OF Nednes-
day. ' Following reply: Fargo and
Kensal experimental stations raise a
small lot. of winter wheat generally
surrounded by hedge. Black rust
nearly every year develops early in
these spots. 1t is two to three weeks
yet spring wheat will be in the stage
where black rus develops. Black
rust starts in the southern part of the
spring wheat section when wheat is at
the right stage and sweeps north"
Broomhar cables: The reduction in
the English bank. rate had a bullish
effect upon wheat values at Liverpool
today: outside buying came in to the
market and values advanced sharply
about midday. Prussia-Onicial crop
report for June 1, winter wheat and
oats are slightly below medium; rye
is medium; barley ver medium and
vegetables under medium. An Off
cial cable received today from this
country mentions beneficial rains
generally just, fallen. which will GER
tainly improve the crops. France
Beneficial rains have fallen almost
generally and the new crops have
been improved since the last official
statement on June /, 1922.
Chicago to Dan observation-disclosures
City wires-W1ll be about $50 acres
wheat here today. Western Kansas
Offering old wheat to this market at
a dollar.
Bartlett-Frazier Co. to HI. J.. More
tom: Corn is gaining friends every
day. people who are bullish for a long
pull, who feel that prices are on a
relatively safe basis under present
conditions, and much toe low if the
growing crop should turn out to be
moderately small. They seem to be
willing to take a chance on this basis.
with the principal feature against the
large stocks on a very moderate de-
Inand. The history of the movement
Of cor prices is that when the market
sets one way or the other, It is apt
to pursue it's own course Irrespective
Of temporary or artificial conditions.
We are inclined to- feel that We are
gradually drifting into a market with
decided upward tendency.
Russell News: Export demand gem
orally inactive and difficult to confirm
any important amounts <of wheat.
There was evidence of a little corn
business and a fair business in OATH.
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS,

Chicago, June 16.-Wheat averag-
ed higher in price today during the
early dealings. houses with eastern
connections having orders to pur1
chase, whereas offerings were someA
what scarce. Continued hot weather.
in the southwest acted also to lift
values. In addition. advices from In
dia said rains had beer disappointing.
confined mainly on the west coast.
The opening here which varied from
] Is decline to / IA advance. July
lilo to ITO 1-2 and September lilo
to Ito rs was followed by material
gains all around and then by
thing of a reaction.
Corn and oats were tirned with
wheat. After opening rs to 5-Sfcn
July 81 to 81 is the corn market
scored moderate gains all around.
Oats started unchanged to 1t
higher. July 3s IS and later made Il
slight general advance. Provisions
lacked support.
Wheat: Profit taking on the part
Of longs led to A, sharp setback later
but the effect failed to last. Or the
downturn. July touched tho lowest
price vet this season. Confirmation Of
large export purchases helped the
market to rally. The close was firm.
half a I 1-2c net higher. with July
III to 1.l1>1-S and September LII
SIS.
Corn: Speculative selling later
brought about only Il temporary set
back. The close was unsettled. l-sG
! Lac net lower to 3-4c advance, with
July 81 rs to c..
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GRAIN.


Duluth. Mimi. June 16.-Advances
were recorded in the wheat market at
tho start today on the execution of
buying orders that had accumulated
over hight. Selling developed as a re-
suit of lower cables and light demand
from exporters. Prices advanced
around the close largely on covering
operations on less disposition to press
tho selling 'Side on account Of hot
weather conditions being reported
over parts of the winter wheat terri
tory.
Spot wheat market was unchanged
locally. Trading in rye was active,
with bidding reported by operators
who had eastern shipping contracts
te fill.
at leo nominally; July durum closed
lie up at LIS IS bid and September
UP at LOS IS. Spot rye closed 1c up
at % IL: September 1c up at s. Il
bid and October sc w at 81 is bid.
Spot oats closed l-4c UP at 81 Lao
SO 10: barley unchanged at from A.
to so; No. . yellow corn lac up at
IS 1-2 and No. = mixed corn 1-2c up
at $50.
Trading in laxSeed market was
slow at the start. the wave of buying
seemed over. July closed 1-2c up at
ESQ IL bid: September 4c up at 2.4S
bid and October 4 lac up at 2.44 LIZ
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DULUTH
CLOSING.

Duluth, Mimi, June disclosing
cash prices: Wheat No. I dark north
crn 1.36 1-S@1.52 is: No. , do l.S4
is a Las Is: No. 5 DO LES is a las
Is: No. | amber durum 1.25 7-SM
1.o7 rs: do arrive 1.o3 rs: No. . am
Der durum 1.23f7-s@1.25 IS; do ar
rive LEI IS; No. l durum lis IS;
No. 2 durum 1.13 IS: No. I mixed
durum LIS 7-S@1.20 IS: do arrive
lis rs: No. . mixed durum lis is
Oils IS; do arrive 1.13 rs; No. l
red durum 1.1S rs.
FTaxseed on track and arrive ESQ
1-2: July $50 IL bid; September 2.4S
L.: October 3.44 1-2 bid.
Oats. No. 3 white track and arrive
81 1908 Ia.
No. i rye track 81 1-2; arrive Sc
L..
Barley, choice to fancy. $500;
mediu INTO good. $685.: lower
grades 44@52.
Corn, No. 2 mixed SIS; No. 2 yellow
SIS L..
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CHICAGO
LIVESTOCK.

F. lA1t E91NShs '.r'.
Chicago, June l6.-tC. S. Bureau
Of Markets. )-Cattle receipts 1000;
beef steers better grades she stock
and amer steady: bulls in~-between
grades. h stock. stockers and veal
calves weak to lower: quality plain;
early top beef steers $50; bulk beef
steers S.25 GS.75; fat she stock most
w 5.25@7.25; anner and cutters
largely 3.0e94.0o; bologna bulls $50
OATS; veal calves S.50@9.0o.
Hog receipts $4,000; active mostly
s to 10c higher than Thursdays av-
erage: top 1880: bulk 10.1O@10.75;
pigs slow, weak: packing sows strong
to higher: mostly 9.s5@lo.0A: heavy
weight 10.40@ 1865; medium weight
1895 @ 1915: light weight 10.70@
1880; light-light weight 1850
1870: packing sows smooth 9.45M
1000; packing sows rough 9.1O@
$50; killing pigs s.50@10.4O.
Sheep receipts 1000; steady to
weak: top lambs 1850; bulk desirable
natives 1900 612.25: culls mostly
$50 a 100; best light ewes $50;
heavies to packers around $50; two
third Of receipts direct to packers.
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SOUTH ST. PAUL
LIVESTOCK,


South st. Paul, Mimi, June 16.-
(U. S. Bureau of Markets.)--Cattle
receipts 1900; market slow and un-
even; mostly weak to Csc lower;
choice grass feds showing most loss;
common to good beef steers $500
SIS; bulk 7.25MS.25; butcher cows
and heifers largely A.WMS.0o; few
better offerings dry fed on up to $50
or better: n and cutters $500
3.75: bologna bulls 3.5O64.25: stock
ers and feeders very dull. 4.5O@7.25;
calves receipts 400; market mostly
25650c lower: best lights 7.50IS.a0;
bulk .7.oO@T.75; seconds 400 @4.50.
Hog receipts 5000: market uneven;
mostly steady with Thursdays aver
age. range s.50m1o.40; bulk $500
1895: good pigs 1918.
Sheep receipts 200: market weak to
soc lower: good spring lambs mostly
11.5O: best light fat native ewes $50;
hcavies 200.
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GRAIN RECEIPTS.

Duluth, Mimi, June 1s.-Elevator
receipts domestic grain: Wheat III
700; corn 42,7oO: oats $4,000; barley
$4,000: rye $4,000; fax 1000
Shipments: Wheat 61,700 bushels;
barley $4,000. H.
Duluth car inspection: Wheat Nos.
l and 2 dark northern and Nos. l and
2 northern s: No. 8 dark northern
and No. ; northern 1Oi other spring
2; Nos. 1 and 2 amber durum and
Nos. / and 2 durum 49,; No. 3 amber
durum and No. 4 durum II: other
.durum So; Nos. and 2 dark hard
winter and Nos. l and 2 hard winter
1: mixed SO: all wheat 1922: AAx 8:
corn 66: oats 1; ryet32: barley 5; all
grains 232: on track 1874.
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Cry The Assoc,ated Rressl

ST GNNH KY AuSs SASSOClate0 aEreSS) - -
London, June t6.-The draft of the
new hish constitution, madA public
Ihursd2y ON h eve Of the Iri4h cleo
tons. gives, ;ts the document itself
states. force Of law to the Anglo-Irish
treaty and declares any provision OF
the constitution or my amendment
thereto. or any law enacted under the,
constitution, which is in any respect
repugnant to the treaty, shall be void
ana l"Uyeia,iNe.
The constitution thus embodies con-
bnection with the British crown as al.
T ready established in the treaty and
generally places relations between Ire
land AMI the empire or the same ba-
:. SIS as Canada and the other .donin-
lions.
The constitution requires every
menrber OF the free state parliament
to subscribe faith allegiance, to
the constitution and swear to be faith
full TO the king in virtue of the com
o citizenship of ireland and Great
Britain and 1reland's membership in
the British commonwealth of nations,
The document contains 70 articles
and not only grants female suffrage.
proportional representation. and "a ref
. to the people but also en-
movers the peonle themselves to in
itlafe legislation. 1t gives to tn
chamber great power with respect to
IioI0S ulio "ltHOul control from inc
-, senate.
1t exempts the free state from act
I've participation in van without con-
sent of parliament. except in the case
of actual invasion. and gives the
! Irish supreme court the fullest
i powers. only STIMULATING for the right
, Of citizens to appeal to the king in
control against the supreme courts
decision.
1t provides for freedom of religion.
and conscience. gives free state cit
liens. full protection against the ar
bitrary power of court martial and
y extends to parliament exclusive con-
: troll over the aimed forces, as stip-
ulated in the treaty.
Summary of Constitution.
Article 1.-The Irish Free State
(Saorstat Eireann) is a co-equal
member of the community Of nations
fdtuning the British commonwealth Of
nations. .,=
Article ALI powers of the gov
! eminent n all authority, legislative.
? executive and judicial. are received
from the people and the "a me shall
be exercised in the Irish Free State
through organizations established by
or undor. and in accord with this
constitution. I.
Article 3-Citizens Of the state shall
De all persons domiciled in ireland at
the time the constitution comes into
operation who were born in Ireland
br either of hose parents were born
in'Sreland, or who have been domi-
ciled in the Free State for seven years.
, Resident citizens OF other states may
elect not to adopt sunh citizenship.
Article 4--The national language
will be the Irish language, but Eng
fish will be equally recognized as the
official language. Parliament may
make special provisions for areas in
which only one language is used.
Article 5-No title or honor shall
be conferred except on the advice OF
: the executive council Of the state =
- Protects Liberty. Es
Article 6-Protects liberty Of per-
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PRODUCE.

New York. June 16.-Butter easier,
than extras, Sc 1-2 @37; creamery ex-
tras coz scorc) So; firsts, (8S to 81
score) 80 1905 1-2.
Eggs unsettled; receipts 24,S55 cas
cs: state nearby and nearby western
hennery whites, first to extras 5000.
Cheese firm; receipts 6,266 boxes;
state whole milk, fats fresh specials
10 ga @2O 1-2; do average run 10 Ia
@19 1-2; state whole milk twins
fresh specials 10 1900; do average
run 19019 Ia. s
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METAL.

New York, June 16.-Copper stea-
dy: eiectrolytic spot and futures 10
ga Ola.
Tin firmer; spot and nearby 31.61:
futures 31.50..
Iron steady: prices unchanged.
LEAD steady spot market $3.50
Gao
Zinc uuiet: East st. Louis spot and
nearby delivery $40 @5.42.
Anthony spot 5.l2 to 5.37.
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OFFICERS SAVE BOY
! FROM MOB VIOLENCE

Esca1raba. Mich. June 15.-The
sheriff and deputies of Delta county,
Michigan, saved Anthony Doutre, II,
from mob violence this morning by
arresting the youth before a mob had
reached the village of Shafer. . .
Doutre is a paroled prisoner from
a Michigan penal institution and is
alleged to have attacked an 11-ysar-
old girl while she was ON her WA to
church this morning.
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Orders Payment Of All
Claims Against Board

Washington. June Is Chairman
L4asker today instructed the treasurer
of the shipping board to pay imme-
diately all claims. already awarded
against the Emergency Fleet corpora
ton and has drawn for the purpose
the first five million dollars Of the
thirty million dollars made available
under the independent offices appro-
priation bill,
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Prominent Langdon
Man Ha. Pneumonia

Langdon. N. d., Jane 16.--Natha-
lei c. Crockett, prominent resident OF
this city and farmer on a large scale
north or town, is very i'll ut his home
here with pneumonia. Physicians In
attendance have declared the case to
be serious on account OF the advanced
age Of the patient.
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POULTRY

PRODUCE.
Chicago. June 16.-Butter, higher:
receipts 14.476 tubs; creamery extras
3A Sd: frsts 80 1-2@34: seconds IS
@29 L.: standards 1884.
Cheese Unchanged.
Eggs, steady; receipts 1897 cases:
frsts %; ordinary firsts 20 1-eT21:
miscellaneous 21@21A IL: storage
packed extras IS IL; Eqrage packed
firsts 90.
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ROBHERS GET GOOD sim.

Dundee, Ia. June 1G.--After cutting
all telegraph ana telephone wires,
robbers early. this incoming 5dNnamitAl
the vault of the Dundee Savings bank
and escaped with 1920 in cash and
bonds valued at $500.
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MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN TABLE.

CASH.
Minneapolis. June 16-Eo. 1 north
crn 1873 is SOL. 4 49,: July ISL Is;
September 1.l9 IA; December 1.19
Ii.
Corn No. 3 yellow. $685..
Oats. No. 3 white, so 5-8@31 s-s.
Barley. .a4I55. Z.
Rye. No. ., "a 1-46S5 IA. 81.
Fla No. |, 2.49T2.51. =
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MONEY.

New York. June >16.-Call money
easier: high 3 IL; low 8; ruling 3
, ninety days Z; six months 4 IA.
Prime mercantile paper AGA IA.
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POULTRY,

New York. June 16.--Live poultry
steady: broilcrs 3S@42. Dressed quiet.
prices unchanged.
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LIBERTY BONDS.
COTTON.

News York. June 16:-Cotton flu
lures closed steady; July .1.SS: Oc-
tober ALAS: December 21.s3; Janu-
airy 21.48; March 21.32.
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When a woman can't decide
whether to have a husband or a
areer- the most honorable thing to
do is to let the man escape. 4
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. INDEPENDENTS
! TRY TO WRECK
! COALITIONrPLAN
Free Elections Impossible.
Continued from Page u

Mr.. churchill q also 1t had been
explained by the Irish representatives
h . they considered it virtually i'm
possible to hold free elections at the
present time. They expected militant
opposition from the opponents Of the
treaty. and this would prevent voters
fron1 registering their free choice.
The list or candidates for election.
issued n Dublin, leaves the present
composition Of the Laii Eireann only
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MARKET NEWS !
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.

New York. June 1s.-Foreign ex-
weak.
Great Britain demand AS "a;
cables 4.46!
France demand s.74 1-2; cables
8.75. S s
Italy demand 4.s7 1-s; cables~4.es.
Germany demand 81 1-2; cables
cables 81 So.
Norway demand 1912.
\ Sweden demand 1885,.
Montreal 80 1-16. +"
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POTATOES.

Minnea polls. June 16.-C. S. Blu
reau Of Markets.)-Potatoe supplies
moderate: demand and movement
light: market steady. Alabam ma, Tex
AS. sacked. cwt.. No. l Bliss Triumphs.
$3.50: Louisiana sacked cwt.. No. 1
long whites 3.25: Alabama sacked
cwt., No. l Spaulding Rose 3.25.
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FLOUR.

Minnea polls. June 16.-Flour IN.
changed: shipments 43,00S barrels.
Bran 14.50N 100.
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CHICAGO GRAIN TABLE.
POTATOES.

Chicago. June 1h.-Potatoes weak:
receipts ~ cars: total Z. S. shipments
SIS: Louisiana. Arkansas. Oklahoma
and Mississippi sacked Bliss Triumphs
No. !. 2.7a63.25 cwt.: Alabama sack
cd Bliss Triumphs 2.75@3.25 c;wt.:
Alabama sacked Spaulding Rose No.
!. 2.25 dr $50 cwt: Alamaba sacked
round whites. poorly graded, o.25
cwt.: North Carolina .staves barrels,
Irish Cohblers, No. I. 5.0o65.35;
poorer grade 3.75I4.50: eastern
shore Virginia Irish Cobhlers stave
barrels No. /. Ga. Old stock steady:
Wisconsin. Michigan. sacked. round
whites, 1.S5mo.0O .cwt.
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CASH SALES.
Chicago. June 16.--Wheat: No. 5
red III: No. . hard 1.13 IA; Corn
No. . mixed 6oT6o IL; No. . yellow
so l-2661.
Oats. No. , white. 35G3a IA: No.
5 white 80 LAGOS ga.
Rye, none.
Barley. j5N6c.
Timothy seed. 400 800.
Clovcrseed. 1".00Ieo.00.
Pork. nominal.
Lard. 11.35.
Ribs. 1o.o5I13.25.
POULTRY.
Chicago. June 16.--Poultry alive
lower: fowls u IL: broilers S2M4O:
roosters IA.
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LIVESTOCK.
Furnished by the Northern Packing
Company.
Killing Cattle.
Cattle continued to sell at steady
prices. Veal calves took another drop
Of 25 to soc per hundred. showing a
total decline of $3.50 to $500 since a
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GRAIN EErE1pTS

Minneapolis. Mimi. June 1B.--.
Wheat receipts 116 cars, compared
with sos cars a year ago.
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Quotations furnished daily by
|Bridgeman-Russell creamery
Butter fat, per pound .......... .33
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-01-18
YOUTH MAKES
ESCAPE FROM
REFORMATORY
Oren Hack Asks Police to
Watch for Frank Graham,
Fugitive.

The Indianapolis police today were
asked to watch for Frank Graham, q,
who escaped from the State reformatory
at Jeffersonville last night. The request
was made by Oren Hack, an Indianapolis
attorney and a trustee Of the reforma-
tory.
According to Information given the
police, Graham asked to talk with
Warden George A. II. Shideler. His re-
quest was granted and he was taken to
the warden's office by two guards. AS
the guards released him he diyed
through a window ten feet above the
ground and made his escape. The guards
pursued him. but were unable to capture
him.
Graham, who gave his address as 345
South State avenue, was senterced in the
Marion County Criminal Court Oct T.,
1921, to serve ten to twenty one years for
highway robbery and grand larceny. The
police say he was a member of gang Of
four who committed n number Of rob
berries in indianapolis. The specific
offense for which he was sentenced was
the robbery Of dry beer saloon on
South East street.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-01-18
Wilson Sends
Indiana Women
Thanks Letter
Former President AcknOIUL
edges Greetings From Jack
son Day Meeting.

Appreciation of the greetings of Demo-
cratic women of Indiana when they met
at Jackson Day luncheon Jan 10 were
expressed by Woodrow Wilson in a let
ter received at Democratic headquarters
today. The letter was addressed to Mrs.
Alice Foster McCulloch, chairman of the
Democratic woman's organization in In
diana.
The text Of the letter follows:
II take great pride in the generous
tribute Of the Democratic women of In
diana so kindly transmitted to me in
your telegram of today, and hope you
viii have an opportunity of in some way
expressing my gratitude to them and my
confidence in their unfailing support OF
principles and policies by which alone
the party can render enduring service to
the country and mankind.
with best wishes for the new year,
cordially and sincerely yours,
"WOODROW WILSON"
The letter was IN reply to the following
telegram:
Two hundred Democratic women of
Indiana assembled to pay tribute to the
life and work Of Andrew Jackson send
greetings and congratulations to Wood
row Wilson, whose conceptions Of and
labor for international peace do undying
honor to our country and our party"
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-01-18

mated, but which were shown by the rec
ord not to be true at the time this case
originated
STATEMENT ON EACH
QUESTION PROVIDED.
In presenting his petition for rehear-
ing Mr.. Kilgallen cites the constitution
of the State of Indiana as follows:
1.-THE Supreme Court shall, upon the
decision of every case, give a statement
in writing on each q <estion arising in
the record of such case and the decision
Of the court thereon"
He then shows that, although the fore
going error was assigned as a reason
for the reversal OF the lower court the
Supreme Court declared that the only
questions before il were whether the in
formation was sufficient and whether
the appellants answer purged him Of
contempt.
The importance of the proposition
which was ignored by the Supreme Court
TO the defendant is discussed at length
Continued on Page Four.)
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-01-18
CITIZENS ASK
MARTIAL. LAW
Oklahoma City Residents APP
peal to Governor After
Lynching.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. 18.-Citizens
met in mass meeting today to submit
resolutions to Governor Robertson asking
that Oklahoma City be placed under mar
tial law.
The meeting was held as a result Of
the finding Of the body Of Jake Brooks,
a negro packing house employe, hanging
by the neck in q tree in the southern
edge of the city. The negro was taken
from his home last Saturday by masked
men.
John II. Shirk, chairman of the shop d.
vision Of the Chamber of Commerce, de-
clared that police protection against
violence by the striking packing house
workers was only '1ukewarm" and that
it had become necessary to ask for mar
tiaI law to remedy a situation which had
become more than serious.
The finding Of the body Of Brooks
marked the crisis Of a series of disorders
in the strike here.
Several packing house strikers are be-
ing held by police for Investigation but
no arrests have been made for the lynch
ing Of Brooks.