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Evening star., 1923-09-08
kLAN AND STATE
" NEAR OPEN WAR
Battle to Finish Expected
Between K. K. K. and Gov.
Walton of Oklahoma.
Hy the Associated Press.

~ the Associa ted Press
HOkLAHOMA CITY. Okla, September
Gov. j. c. Walton's campaign to
I'D Oklahoma of mob violence and
bring to justice persons reported for
Toggings developed today into an
open contest between the executive
and the ku Klux Klan, with indica-
Ion of battle to the finish.
What the governors next move will
be in the face of public defiance by
" w. Jewett, grand dragon of the
klan. realm of Oklahoma, who con-
demned Walton's investigation of mo b
on the Khan, is a matter of specula-
tion.
One thing has been made clear, how
ever Martial law threatens the en-
TIRE state in the event of increased
opposition to inquiries into mob ac-
TiVltleS being conducted in a number r
or counties at Gov. SWalton's direc-
ton.
Rumors have been circulated in
capitol circles for several days that
Gov. Walton is contemplating action
20 force the klan to unmask in the
state. Such reports have found no
confirmation, however.
The hight between Walton and the
hian was brought out into the open
yesterday. when Grand Dragon Jewett
challenged the executive TO attempt
10 break the power of the Ku Klux
klan in Oklahoma. Jewett's attack
followed the issuance of a statement
from the governors office declaring
that evidence gathered by the mill
tary court sitting in Tulsa placed re-
Sponsibility for Tulsa county fog
gings squarely at the doorstep of the
Klan.
Jewett denied the charge, and as
serted that the klan held no SYM
pathy for the "weaklingS" in its
membership found to be connected
with lawless acts.
Evening star., 1923-09-08
FATHER AND SON
GUILTY OF MURDER
Convicted for Staying Son-in-Law
of Former-Victim Accused
of Cruelty to Wife.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEWMAN, Ga, September Sim
prisonment for life was the punish
ment recommended by the jury for
Grady Minter late yesterday, after
he had been found guilty of murder
In connection with the death of his
brother : in law. MiIlard Trouton,
whose bound body was found floating
in creek several weeks ago. Minter
confessed that he was a member of
party that kidnapped and killed
Trouton
His father. J.. w. Minter, who
Thursday was found guilty of murder
In connection with the same case, in
what was said to have been one of
the shortest trials ever held in
Georgia, was sentenced to be hanged
on October IL.
According to Solicitor General Will
liam y. Atkinson, the trials of the
other four men held in connection
with Trouton's death will not be held
before next Wednesday.
Grady Minter held the crowded
courtroom spellbound with the calm
recital of the details leading to
Trouton's death. He declared his
rather planned the attack and car
ried 1t out. in spite of pleas that
Trouton be let off with Il good whip
ping" When his father refused to
be swayed from his determination
he admitted that he helped hold
Trouton while his ia ther bound a
Evening star., 1923-09-08

tion connecting Macon and Milledge-
vile members of the Ku Klux Klan
with two invaSions of the state train
ing school for boys last month for
the alleged purpose of kidnapping two
negro employees. The information,
according to county authorities, was
obtained during the investiga tion of
conference Of Klansmen which is
said to have been held in an aban-
doned house ten miles from here last
Monday. The nature of the informa- =
ton was not made public.
r. o. Dunning. chief of staff of the
Georgia ku Klux Klan, yesterda y
notified authorities here that he was
coming from Milledgeville with in
formation that might be of value to
the Investigators
The trial of seven men, held here
in connection with recent foggings
are scheduled to be held here next
week. Solicitor Moore declared last
night that the state had an mex
haustible supply of testimony" to be
presented at the trials.
Evening star., 1923-09-08
BOY SHOOTS SELF
IN CLUBBING BULL
Attempts Defense With Gun Bar
rels When Attacked-Animal
Shot by Companion.
BY the AssocIafcd praas

by the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. September s.-F. Edison
white, jr. fifteen. only son of the
president of Armour & Co, died last
night as a result of a wound he re-
ceived when his shotgun was acci-
dentally discharged as he used n
as eiup To ward off an attack by a
JUL on MS fathers estate near Lake
crest suburb. With him was A.
watson Armour. jr.. also fifteen, son
OF the vice president Of Armour e.
Co., VINO shot the animal and drove
II on when 1t attempted to gore the
lataiiy wounded boy The boys.
crosse companions. had been shooting
pigeons on the White estate.
coIoners jury found the boy
came to his death accidentally Nv
Evening star., 1923-09-08
AUTO RACER Is KILLED.

MILAN, September S.-The racing
driver Sivocci was killed and his
mechanic, Guatta, severely injured,
when their automobile overturned on
the track at Monza today during the
trials for the Italian grand priX,
which Is to be run there on Sunday.
Guatta suffered cerebral concus-
sion.
The pilot Giaccone was killed and
his companion. Bordini. injured in
similar accident on August 81.
Evening star., 1923-09-08
Plans to Heat All
Iceland With Hot
Water Proposed
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERGEN, Norway. September
Sin Iceland it has just been an
nounced that the people are about
to do away with coal as heat
iEg medium. The authorities In
Reykjavik. the capital. are consid-
erinG using the natural hot
springs and gevsers there for
heating the whole country.
The famous geysers are about a
mile from the city and have been
long used by Reykjavik house,
wives for a free laundry and hot
water supply.
The waters of the springs will
be brought into the city through
wooden pipes and into the build
ingS
Evening star., 1923-09-08

the course of speech at East Liver
pool last Sunday he had said that Pres
ident Harding favored the league OF ma
tions, but did not dare to make his
views public. He declared he had been
misquoted by some newspaper men.
Because of the statement regarding
the PRESIDENTS views. the committee
Wnicn had arranged for Prof. Fisher to
speak at Salem, Ohio, Sunday. cancelled
his engagement. Last night the pro
lessor said he had received no word
from the Salem committee. He said he
would communicate with the commit
tee.
Evening star., 1923-09-08
RAIL OFFICIALS DIE IN WRECK

PLAIN DEALING, La, September
S-Two men were killed and sin
seriously injured. when a motor car
bearing officials of the Cotton Belt,
was derailed and overturned at a
point one mile south of here this
evening. The dead are D. w. Bow
ker. division superintendent. Pine
Bluff, Ark. .and S. o. Sublett. road
master. Lewisbille, Ark.
Evening star., 1923-09-08

rope about him preparatory to cast
ing him alive into the creek with
stone weighted about his neck.
Trouton. according to evidence In
troduced at the two trials, was put
to death because of alleged brutali-
ties to his wife, who was the daugh-
ter of j. w. Minter.
Evening star., 1923-09-08
KHAN GATHERS IN ILLINOIS
Members From Five States to Stag,
Klankraft Pageant.

BY the Associa ted Press.
ROCKFORD. ILL.,. September s
Members of the knights of ku klux
Klan from five states, Illinois. Iowa.
Indiana. Michigan and Wisconsin, as
sembled here yesterday for the first
annual middle western pageant of
klankract and convention.
Evening star., 1923-09-08
MISQU0TED, SAYS FISHER,
OF HARDING REMARKS

BY the Associated Press
COLUMBUS. Ohio, September s.
Prof. Irving Fisher, Yale economist and
lecturer for the League of Nations
Non Partisan Association, last night. in
statement issued here, denied that in
, 1923-05-27
Revival of Interest in
Cat Greek Field Reported

Homestake Oil company has taken
over 60 acres in section 615-29. Cat
Creek.
Ohio OIL company is completing an
81 .000-barrel steel storage tank at
Sunburst and has had the bottom laid
for another tank of the same capacity.
1t is expected that the company will
again be buying oil in the Kelvin
Sunburst field by the first of next
week.
Residents In the eastern part of
Fergus county in which the Cat
Creek field is located are keeping up
their fight to have the county divided
and the eastern half named Petroleum
county. County Buster Dan Mckay
has been employed to fight for the
new county. Case is now before the
supreme court OF the tate of Mon.
tana.
According to advices from Roundup,
Van Duzen OIL company will drill q
deep test on section 24-11,24. Devils
Basin. II. w. Van Duzen has resign.
ed as president.
DevereauX well, section 12-15-2s,
Cat Creek, has been put on the pump
and in the first "a hours produced
$50 barrels of oil.
1t is reported in Winnett hat The
$50" Petroleum company has pur.
chased 40 acres from the Devereaux
OIL company in the west end at Cat
Creek.
Wayne Petroleum company has
taken a lease on 40 acres on section
31.14-26. Flntwillow structure. and ex.
poets TO spud in a well in the near
future.
West Dome OF company is prepar
ing TO drill on section 615-29, Cat
Creek.
, 1923-05-27

week. A number of food and sugar
shares also recorded progress.
The advance was credited by ex-
pert observers to be an oversold mar
ket, the brisk recovery being a nat
ural consequence of a weakened
technical condition. Opinion is still
widely divided, as to whether the re-
cent action vas the beginning of a
bear market OF a technical setback
incidental to final phase of the bull
market which began in the late sum
mer of 1921.
There were several constructive de
velopments during the week, includ-
ing the statement of the federal re-
serve board advisory council that
business and credit conditions were
good and that there was no immediate
prospect of an increase in federal re-
serve ~rediscount rates and the an
nouncement that j. p. Morgan and
company had agreed to underwrite
part of the Austrian loan which was
accepted as evidence of the soundness
of the investment situation.
Railroad shares again came to the
, 1923-05-27

lower. with July s1.14h to $1.14%
and September $1.13 to s1.13h.
Enlarged receipts of corn at Kan
sas City gave an advantage to the
bears. The market closed weak, 2Bc
to 2% @2hc net lower with July
76%c to 1870.
Previous to today's slump. higher
prices for wheat had gone hand in
hand with lower prices for corn. For
several days impaired crop prospects
were reported from Kansas ami
Oklahoma and from Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois and there were indica-
tions that where spring wheat advices
were favorable. the growth through
out the entire winter wheat belt was
sub-normal. Although some traders
were disinclined to place much faith
in the reported deterioration, others
took the ground that to a large ex-
tent winter wheat was going back
instead of making progress. and that
warm weather was needed to bring
the crop along.
Big export c~learances of wheat and
flour, together with a decided falling
off in the United States visible sup
ply of wheat tended further TO
strengthen wheat prices. War-nke
moves by Turkey and Greece were
also given some attention as bullish
factors. Slowness of speculative buy
ing and of new export business acted
as more or less of a check on upturns
in prices. and so too at times did
weakness of stocks together with
assertions that European crops were
in better condition than last year.
Notwithstanding that no increase
of the movement of corn to Chicago
took place, the corr market here was
bearishly affected by the lessened
scarcity at other centers. Oats were
easier than corn.
Packing houses reported trade
brisk, and provisions averaged higher
despite n setback in hog values.
Subsequently. prices continued 70
fall, n there was a pronounced alb
sence of speculative buying.
, 1923-05-27

fore on the report that carloadings
for h week ending May IL were
the highest this year and within four
percent of the record for all TIME.
OIL shares were heavily bought on
publication of statistics showing a
substantial decrease in the produc.
ton in California crude. the immense
surplus of which previously had had
a depressing influence on both com
modify and stock prices. California
petroleum was in the individual
feature of that group. jumping nearly
20 points above last weeks closing
price
Speculative belief hat the Austrian
loan would result in an increased de-
mand for copper from that country
was responsible in part for the brisk
~recoveries in those shares.
Motors continued to influence by
record breaking sales and production
reports.
Cancellation and suspension of
building projects were used as ex.
cuses by bear traders for the ham
mering of the steel shares.
, 1923-05-27

REVIVAL oil PAGE Gil - -
Devereaux OIL company's recent
strike in the western extension to the
Cat Creek field has created a renewal
of interest in this district. according
to the Inland on Index, and the for
mer company is now cleaning out its
new well on section 12-15-2S for deep
err drilling in the producing sand.
This well was competed last week in
April in the second K%ootenai at 1.725
feet and came IN flowing by heads
at rate of 230 barrels daily. Some of
the companies with well located acre
age in the vicinity of the new well
are the Mussershell on company. the
Cluster on & Gas company, West
Dome on company, Schaffer OIL com
pany OfNeil Brothers. T. s. Hogan.
Homestake OIL company and the
Frantz Corporation. Half a dozen der
ricks are already going up in every
direction for n new well and 1t will
only be n question of n few weeks
until it will be known whether this
is a real extension or a freak well.
Fergus on company has been in,
corporated with capital stock of
S575,OO to develop so acres on sec
ton 4-15-29. Cat Creek. Directors in
clude ]. b. McDouglas. Robert d.
Bone. S. NJ. Lockerby and James
Woodhouse of Seattle.
California company's well on its
Abel lease. Nwh section 2e-35 2w,
Kelvin Sunburst well. is making 5000
900 cubic feet OF gas in its stray sand
SO feet above the Ellis. It Will be drill.
ed deeper.
Nashua Oh & Gas company has
been incorporated with n capital stock
OF S 100. 900 to drill its holdings of 20 .
600 acres located so miles south of the
Bowdin dome.
The Shelby Promoter has purchased
the subscription list and good win OF
the Montana OH Ledger. formerly
published at Great Falls. The paper
Will hereafter be published by the
Promoter at Shelby.
Waller OIL & Gas company of Great
Falls has been Incorporated with a
capital Of 100000.
Joe Baker. Inc. has spudded in n
well on section SO.35-2w. Kelvin Sun,
burst structure.
, 1923-05-27
Fargo Oil Company Ready
To Drill i'm New Producer

by the bureau OF mines drilling will
be resumed Immediately.
The trouble caused by a rocked
hole has been overcome in No. 90
and drilling is now going forward at
700 feet.
All material for the pipeline has
been shipped, part of which is arriv-
ing daily and 1t should all be on
hand by the last of the present month.
The Hope Engineering company is
getting along nicely with the hard
work OF trenching through the rough
country near the field and 1t is ex-
pected that the ditching machines
will be started the first Of the week
when every effort will be made to
rush h job to completion. the line
acrosn the river west OF the city hav~
ing been laid some time ago.
, 1923-05-27

Preparations are being made for
h drilling in of well No. 81 of the
Fargo Oil company in South Casper
Creek and it is probable that this
operation Will be completed today.
The top OF the Tensleep was found
in this location at 2.345 feet which
was Sc feet lower than in the pioneer
vel of the field and would indicate
hat the well is higher up on the
structure. This well is expected to
further prove this field to be one
OF the big producers of dark oil in
thia section OF the country and IL it
comes up to expectations will ead to
further development.
No. % of the same section is CO
mented through the gas sand at 1850
feet and as the job has been passed
, 1923-05-27

livestock


chicago Gf1ces.
CHICAGO. May 26.-OU. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture.)- Cattle-Re-
ceipts, 500; compared with week ago.
better grades beef steers, yearlings
and beef heifers largely Csc to 4Oc
higher; lower grades mostly strong
to Csc up; extreme top. 1.4S6 pound
steers. s10.95; best %yearlings. $10,75:
medium yearlings off most from high
time; stockers and feeders, scarce.
strong to higher: better grades beef
cows, Csc higher; other grades steady:
bulls, steady; bologras, mostly $3.50
@5.50; light veal calves, Csc to SOC
lower; good to choice kind steady;
weeks bulk prices follows: Beef
steers and yearlings. $S.S5@10.35
stockers and feeders. s7.25@s.00; beef
COWS and heifers. s6.50@S.35; Gamers
and cutters, s3.75@4.75; veal calves,
$500 @10. 90.
Sheep-Receipts. 1000; today most
of receipts direct; market for week.
Fed lambs and y%earlings mostly 75r
to SIPS lower; spring lambs. $1.50 to
$500 lower; fat sheep. $1.00@1.50
lower; good and choice handy weight
fed lambs closing $14.00@14.50; best
native springs. $50 light and handy
weight fat ewes. s6.Oo@6.5O; heavies.
s4.00@4.50; sorting on most bands
liberal; directs for week total around
30 1000.
Hogs-Receipts. 1000; mostly steady
to &c higher han Fridays average:
tor, $3.50; bulk 1870 to 225 pound
averages. s7.55@7.60; 24o to 1926
pound butchers. S7.30@7.50; packing
sows. mostly $6.2546.5O; desirable
ITO to 1870 pound pigs, S6.25@6.75;
estimated holdover $500; heavy
weight hogs, $7.15@7.50.
, 1923-05-27

OMAHA. Neb.. May 26.-Hogs-Re.
ceipts $500 head; mostly steady to
strong; bulk packing $4,000
6.10; bulk butchers, al weights, sos
OTTO; top, ST,20.
Cattle-Receipts $50 head: market
compared with n week ago: Beef
steers. steady to 2S@35c higher: good
and choice grades getting most ad-
vance; common and light yearlings,
weak to 15a25c lower; good cows
strong; grassers weak; others steady;
bulls unchanged; veals strong. $50
Toe higher on lights; bulks follow.
Reef steers. $s.75@1O.OO; top matured
steers, 5000; y%earl'ngs. 5000; cows
and heifers, s6.5O@S.25; Gamers and
cutters. s3.75@4,5O; hulk bologna pulls
s4.75@5.0o; bulk light yeas. S1o.509
1900.
Sheep-Recelpts nom Compared
with a week ago; Lambs. 75c to S1.O0
lower; closing quotations: Bulk fed
clipped. s13.75@14.d0; top. s141o; bulk
spring lambs, $1S.25@15.50; top, SIG:
yearlings and sheep, s1.o0 to s1.15c
lower; closing quotations: bulk year.
lings. $1,000 @10.50; bulk ewes. $3.50
@5.75; top. 5000; feeders around s1.o0
lower; feeding lambs, s12.50gI3 10,
feeding ewes. $i.3o@4.5O.
, 1923-05-27

to the case. One was to be found in
the fact that Spiers had paid paid
Lilly $50 in $40 installments. Lilly
claimed that this was merely in con
sideration of the fact that he post
poned collection on the note at that
time overdue. twenty-five Collars
was paid in addition to this. H. f.
Comfort. who had gone surety on
the note. claimed that the $40 ought
, 1923-05-27

to be applied on the payment this
same as the SIS was applied.
The defense put up a plea of US
ury, arguing that $40 a month ac-
cepted by Lilly was interest at an
excessive rate. Lilly on the other
hand claimed hat it was not to be
considered as interest but merely al
a bonus because he had postponed
collection.
The note was for $3.50.
, 1923-05-27
Potatoes

CHICAGO. May 2e.LPotatoes. dull;
receipts. 81 cars: total U. s. ship
ments. 72e: Wisconsin sacked round
whites. 75d95c; bulk. mostly $1,000
1.05; Idaho whites, sacked. 6Od SOC,
Russets. sl.0O@1.75, depending on
the condition; Minnesota whites, 70@
zoe; new stock, dull: Florida harreled
Spaulding Hose, No. /, S7.T5.
, 1923-05-27
.s85 JUDGMENT RENDERED
FOR NOTE COLLECTION

A case in which George Lilly was
sung G. c. Spiers on a promissory
note alleged to have been only par.
italy pad. came up before the court
OF Judge Henry F. Brennan yester.
day. An sS5 judgment with a e15
attorney fee was given. The costs
were split.
There were several peculiar angle.
, 1923-05-27
Daily Average Crude Runs
Show Increase for Week

Daily average pipeline runs from
fields in the Rocky Mountain district
took a jump of 1920 barrels during
the week ended May 10. as compared
with the preceding week. The aver
age total daily run for the week enc
ed May 10 was 125, $50 barrels as
against 122,26O barrels during the
week ended May II. Salt Creek
showed a material increase.
A comparison of daily runs for
the two weeks named by fields TO-
lows:
Fields May 10 May IL
Salt Greek -------- % ,75o 1880
BE Muddy ------ 3,sT5 4,025
, 1923-05-27
CASH GRAINS

CHICAGO, May 26.-wheat-
No. 2 hard, s1.2o. Corn-No. 2 mixed,
soAc; No. 2 yellow, S0Ac@S1c. Oats
NO. 2 white. 44@45hc; No. 8 white,
'+3@44h. Rye-No. 2, 75c. Barley
64@70c. Timothy seed. S5.5O06.5O.
Clover seed, $12.O0@17.Oo. Pork-Nom.
inal. Lard. Hip. Ribs, S.62@s.50.
, 1923-05-27
Butter and Eggs

CHICAGO. May 2s.-Butter lower;
receipts 10000 tubs; creamery extras
37hc; standards 3S&c; extra firsts
36h @37c; flrsts 34h @35ho; secondp
32m33hc.
Eggs steady TO weak; receipts 49,.
39s cases; storage packed firsts 26kc;
storage packed extras 25c others un.
changed.
Cheese unchanged.
, 1923-05-27

BULLS CALL ALTIN
LATE STOCK DECLINE
Weeks Trading Marked by Brisk Recovery and Clos
ing Saturday Is Strong After Sharp Rally;
Oils Lead in Advance

NEW YORK, May 26-Seasoned stocks were in good de-
mand at higher prices at the close of a weeks trading fea-
tured by a sudden halt in the reaction which had been un-
derway since the first week in March. Oil shares led the
sharp advance today, which was a continuation of the bull
ish movement that gained momentum during the last of the
, 1923-05-27

making ABOUT LOU DdIIelS d
tubsd It is expected to do better
Taylor No. 4 has $3.50 feet of cas-
ing cemented by the Perkins chemical
process and 400 feet of S-inch pipe
has been pulled.
on section 1899, the same COM
pany's Marine No. l is rigging up,
, 1923-05-27
Silver

NEW YORK. May 26.-Foreign bar
silver, 67hc; Mexican dollars, 5lkc.
LONDON, May 26.-Bar silver.
80 11-16 pence. per ounce. Money,
tx per cent.
, 1923-05-27

preparing to clean out and drill
deeper. The hole is down 2.731 feet.
Marine No. . has landed and
cemented 100 feet of casing and is
now at 255 feet.
The company's test on the Carneiro
structure. Kansas. is reported drill
ing at 1858 feet.
, 1923-05-27
IMPROVEMENT
SENDS GRAINS DOWN
Short Session Closing Is Weak Saturday After Higher
Prices for Wheat Recorded During Week;
Provisions Average Higher

chicago, May 26-Improvement in crop conditions
throughout the grain belt and lack of buying for export de-
mand contributed to a decline in prices during today's brief
session of the grain market here. Predictions were circu-
for export this season. The close was heavy. 2M to 25hc net
, 1923-05-27

Denver Prfces.
DENVER. Colo, May 26.-Cattle-
Receipts. 429; market steady; beet
steers. $7.O09e.50; COWS and heifers,
$4.5O@9.00; calves, s4.50@12.oo; stock.
ers and feeders. $6.O0@7.5O.
Hogs-Receipts. 40; market steady:
top. $7.25; bulk. s7.O0@7.25; pigs,
s5.00@5.50.
Sheep-Receipts, 2.545; market
steady; yearlings. clipped lambs,
$12.75@13.5O; spring lambs, s14.5O@
1915; ewes, $6.50@7.50.
, 1923-05-27
Sugar

NEW YORK. May 26.-Sugar flu
lures closed firm; approximate sales.
15. 900 tons; July. 6.55; September,
6.64; December. 6.o9; March. ass.
, 1923-05-27
MARINE WELLS SHOW
FOR r OUTPUT
Taylor Nc. 2 on Section 20, Salt Creek, Said to Be
Making $50 Barrels Daily; Another Producer
Being Cleaned for Larger Output

Marine Oil company has two good wells on section 2o-39,
20 be making $50 barrels a day. On a three-day test it
bowed little falling off and is rated as one of the best in its
district. On the same lease Taylor No. l is cleaning out and
making about $50 barrels a day- When cleaned out and
, 1923-05-27

Flax Seed
DULUTH. MINI. May 26.-Closins
flax May 2.s6is asked; July 2.71 bid;
September 2.5i bid: October 2.4ih Il.
September 2.51h bid; october 2.4lis.
, 1923-05-27
Cotton

NEW YORK. May 2s,-cotton spot
quiet; middlings 1896.
Among tho Eskimos domestic quar-.
rols are rare, and children are never
chastised.