jssss The Omaha M< >rning Bee
VOL. 53—NO. 93. ? T'S.STaTS VLf^iA! OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1923.* to 0M ffiL'""
MILITARY DICTATOR RULES BAVARIA
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Separatists
Plan Dri ve
on Berlin
Wurttemburg Government Is
Planning Joint Action With
Bavaria—Reichstag Meet
ing Called Off.
Cabinet Now in Session
London. Oct. 2.—Dr. Eugene Von
Kn tiling has resigned as premier of
Bavaria, says a Central News Dis
patch from Berlin, and is 10 be suc
ceeded by Dr. Von Kahr, who was
recently named Bavarian military
dictator with the title of general
commissioner of state.
. London, Oct. 2.—The Wurttemborg
government, according to a Berlin
dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph,
lias entered into negotiation* with
the Bavarian government for Joint
separatist action against Berlin.
By Cnlvcr.nl Service.
Berlin. Oct. 2.—(11:10 p. ni l—Un
usual developments in the latest Ger
man crisis are keeping the cabinet
in continuous session while the
meeting of the reichstag scheduled
for this evening was, at the last
minute, declared off.
The cabinet crisis which developed
following an ultimatum by the Ger
man peoples party, bringing about
the resignation of Minister of Indus
try von Raumer and Food Minister
Luthor, culminated tonight in the
startling news that an armed march
^upon the national capltol was Immi
nent.
^ was shown this evening that
the people'* party in submitting its
Ultimatum, demanding reorganiza
tion of the cabinet, was acting on the
belief that it had the support of the
"black reichswehr” forces. These
organizations, including the "Stahl
helm," the "Olympia" and the "Bis
marck Bund," were reported tonight
to he standing ready at Hpandau,
^’4**5ueterbog, Doebritz, Frankfurt-on
Oder, Kuestrin and other towns »ur
* rounding Berlin, to move on th* city
If the Stresemann cabinet falls.
In the course of the evening, Prus
s.an Minister Severing reported .that
the police, under his direction, were
taking steps against the members of
these organizations, disarming them
and making arresta. He believes the
danger haa been removed.
The people's party tonight are re
ported to be receding somewhat from
their extreme demands, and the cabi
net remains in session.
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Small Towns Breed
Big Men, Says Howe
Atchison Author Return* to
Fall* City W ith Praise
for Midllewest
Falls City. Neb.. Ocf. 2.—"Out of
your country towns come your big
men of the country." Ed W. Howe,
the sage of Potato Hill.’at Atchison,
■ told the Rotary club here today.
•The small things of life are your
file things," he added. "These are
the things that really count. You
are living In the finest part of the
world. It is the richest section of
world, especially the regi.rn from
I VNebraska City south abillt 100 miles
1 have traveled over the world ami
' I know."
Howe’s best known work, "The
Story of a Country Town,'' denis with
life in Falls City during his days
here.
Alluding to salient features that
marked his gradual rise In the liter
| ary world, Mr. Howe referred to his
two trlpa around the world. Incldent
Y n?]y mentioning his first experience
in being featured by a New York
paper. It was on the occasion of a
certain speech, and the metropolitan
paper, In reporting the address, dwelt
at length on the fact that his stories
were the most original ever heard in
New York.
"And Kd Stoughton told me those
stories In Falls City nearly 50 years
ago," he said. "Which shows there
is nothing really original."
Fremont Pioneer Woman. 8().
Dies After ^ Lon# Illne**
Fremont, Neb., Oct. 2 — Mrs. Nancy
Turner, 89. one of Fremont’s eurliesl
pioneers, died here, following four
years of declining health.
Mrs. Turner came to Fremont with
her husband, George Turner, In 1857,
i ,,11e year after the townslte had been
laid out. The Turners erected the
first log cabin that was. constructed
in Kifmont. Fifty-four years ago ilm
log hut was torn down and a bi'h-k
« building erected in its place, the
i present Turner home.
Mis. burner was the oldest Fre
mont pioneer at the recent home
coining festival and related numer
ous escapade* and accounts of the
early days when Indians mingled
with the villagers.
Her husband died In 187(1. Three
children survive
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Barber Fledglings Confuse
Face Lotions and Antiseptics
Applications presented to the mu
nicipal board of barber examiners,
Edward Scranton and John F.
Becker, occasionally contain answers
which arouse the risibilities. Be
fore operating in Omaha as a jour
neyman or apprentice barber an ex
amination must be passed to deter
mine the applicant’s fitness to re
move the hirsute coverage from the
faces of men; to properly cut hair,
apply a shampoo and execute other
tonsorlal refinements.
An applicant now and then is re
jected and advised to do a little
night studying on some of the
fundamentals of the business.
’’Name three antiseptics," is one
of the questions.
An applicant answered a few days
ago. “Massage, shampoo andTonlc."
He will not stand behind a barber's
chair until he knows better.
A similar fate met the applicant
who replied, "Caustic, paper and
sulphur powder," when asked to
name three substances to stop
bleeding.
“Rejected" was written on the ap
plication of the young man who was
asked, "Describe any extra care ex
ercised in your work not mentioned
here," and who replied "Treat cus
tomer kindly, "Singeing the hair,”
"Massaging,” and “Don't eat gar
lic."
Peroxide and turpentine were
named by an applicant when asked
to give several antiseptic treat
ments for razors and other tools
used by harbers.
Railroad Wants
Anthrax Ban on
Cattle Removed
Nebraska Not to Accept
South Dakota Shipments
Until Livestock Officials
Heard From.
Dineoln, Oct. 2.—The State De
partment of Agriculture has been re
quested by the Chicago & North
western railroad to remove the ban
on cattle coming from anthrax in
fected regions to South Dakota.
For some time the railroads have
been prohibited from hauling cattle
from th» banned districts Into either
Iowa or Nebraska without securing a
certificate stating that the cattle had
been examined and were free from
disease. In a telegram received today
by V. E. Stahl of the Department of
Agriculture, W. H. Beyers, freight
traffic manager of the Northwes'urn,
states:
"The South Dakota livestock sani
tary board at Pierre advises anthrax
situation returns to normal; under
circumstances should not- restlctions
against movement through Nebraska
Qrlthout certificate he withdrawn?
On receipt of the communication
Stahl addressed communications to
Everett Buckingham, head of the
ITnloti stockyrfrds at South Omaha, to
Sioux City livestock commission men.
and to Iowa officials of the Depart
ment of Agriculture.
It has been reported several times
that South Dakota cattlemen have
been evading the regulations by driv
ing their cattle across the border for
delivery to railrrad officials who are
ignorant of the fact that they are
South Dakota stock.
The state department of agriculture
will make no move to lift the ban
until It has received a reply from the
letters mailed today.
Bridge Cleared for
Bluffs -Visitors Here
The Omaha * Council Bluffs Street
Railway company .has taken steps td
care tor the Council Bluffs people
who will attend the parades this week
Work has been temporarily abandoned
on the bridge and all paving material
has been cleared away. Starting
Monday afternoon the ban on one way
traffic was lifted. Street cars are
now operating on both tracks.
Conditions In Council Bluffs are
practically back to normal with the
exception of the district at eighteenth
street and Avenue A, where the tracks
are under 18 inches of water for four
blocks.
Officials of the company have made
no estimate on the amount of dam
age Inflicted hy the storm Friday.
Surveyors Are Safe.
Kingman, Ariz., Oct. 2.—Members
of the Colorado river surveying expe
dition arrived safely at Diamond
Creek trail, In the Grand canyon,
Iowans Killed in War
Monument Will Rear
Own Words of Heroes
Wrote Own Epitaphs
By AuMX-lafwl PrfM.
Des Moines, Oct. 2.—A monument In
honor of two Iowans who were killed
In the world war and which will bear
Inscriptions to that effect, written hy
the war heroes themselves, before
their departure for France, la to bo
unveiled Sunday at Patterson, near
here.
The Inscriptions read:
••Jesse R. Salsbury, killed In
France.”
‘"Joe Downs, shot.”
The words were scratched Into a
piece of wet concrete on Ibe jay the
young men enlisted an dlhe inscrip
tion was preserved hy Patterson uo
thorltlcH. When the struggle ended
It was found Salsbury and Downs
were the mil ymen who went to the
front from the little town who failed
to return. The concrete block and its
legend was then made a part of the
municipal memorial.
Salshujy and Downs, boyhood com '
pahlons, served In company A, IHXIh
Infantry. and died together In
Ixtralne May 27, 1H18,
Farmer-Labor
Body Is Formed
by Nebraskanas
Separate From Third Party
Move and Seeks to Better
Conditions hy Legis
lation.
A statewide conference for progres
sive political action was attended yes
terdny In Labor temple by the fol
lowing delegates from organized labor
and farmers' associations:
N. M. Stewart, C. J. Fernandes, Gus
Lawson, C. G. Smith, C. Woodard,
Thomas L. Wilson, S. H. Grace. B. H.
Furste, C. A. Bruit George Norman,
J. L. Beebe, J. F. Mordlck, Hoy M.
Harrop, Daniel Murphy, R. W. Wig
gins, Harfry J. Varwig, John Shipley
and O. M. Olsen of Omaha; K. F
Slyter, Hastings; Thomas Ortor.,
North Platte; George B. Wllev, Fair
bury; J. B. Hagerman, Lincoln: F.
E. Brennan, Wymore; W. E. Killing
er, Alliance; Thomas Kane, Chadion;
r.\ J. Collins, Collins station; E. O.
Dugan, Chadron, and J. R. Johnson,
Wymore.
Tha temporary officers are C. J.
Collins, chairman; Thomas L. Wilson,
secretary-treasurer; O. M. Olsen, vice
chairman. The conference decided to
call distrii-t meetings In the eongrev
sionil districts next February. The
delegates also approved the Idea of
dividing representation between or
ganized labor and the farm groups on
a bails of 50 50.
The announced purpose of this or
ganization is to promote legislation,
and It has no connection with any
third party movement. The immedi
ate purpose is to bring pressure on
the senators and representatives of
the 6Sth congress to carry out a
program which concludes:
Kepeai or tne Mcn tummini law.
ffirect election of the president and
vice president by the people and th**
extension of direct primary laws in
all states; to end practice of the
courts to declare legislation uncon
stitutional; enactment of the Norris
Sinclair consumers’ and producers'
corporation bill; Increased tax rates |
on large Incomes and inheritance, and
payment of a soldiers’ bonus by re
turning the tax on excess profits;
minimum essential standards of em
ployment for women.
The conference also adopted a
declaration of principle, offered by
Mr. Harrop:
"The government, shall take over
the Federal Reserve Bank system, re
serving to itself the sole right to is
sue currency and to determine th°
amount of currency which may be
issued to the American people, and
shall establish government banks in
connection with the postal system;
• ease the issue of government bonds
and pay for all <k*e*ts and contracts
in full legal tender, currency, free
from interest and to be retired out
of the earnings of industry.”
Roath Are in Pair Shape
For Automobile Travel
Roads are rapidly returning to
normal conditions after laat week's
•tormu, snld J. I,. Mnskln, secretary of
the Omaha Automobile club. All
highways sre open practically all the
way through now and dragging may
begin today.
I.nst Honday the eluba office an
Kwered 140 telephono calls about road
conditions and attendants talked In
person to in.l tourists between the
morning hours of 9 to 12.
Marhinrry Arrives for Oil
Drilling !\rar Rrtl Clout!i
• Red Cloud., Ort. 2.—The 1T. H. Drill
lug company has received two car*
Mads of eoal and a carload of ms
ehlntry to be used in drilling an oil
well about three miles northwest of
this city. As soon as a derrick Is
built work will start. This* Is the
same company that Is putting In s
test well near Campbell.
Right Valuable MuIrK Arc
Mynlrrioukly Poisonetl
Kalis «’Ity. Neb.. Oct. 2 Ulchltrd
son county authorities and the slier
iffs of two other counties are hives
ligating the mysterious deaths of
eight valuable mules on the Mar
grave ranch at intervals <*f about, i
month apart this year. Poisoning is
suspected and bloodhounds from I*
trice have befn put on the’trall
Osatos Safe in Tokio,
Omaha People Learn
Khoji Osato, Omaha photographer,
believed lost In the Japanese earth
quake, Is alive and well.
This Information is contained In a
cablegram received Tuesday by his
wife Mrs. Osato, at Chicago, and for
warded by telegram to Mrs. Matsuo,
whose husband has been operating
tlie Osalo studio during the owner's
absence.
The cablegram states that a letter
will follow.
Mrs. Osato and her daughter, Sono,
arrived in'Omaha more than a week
ago, believing Mr. Osato dead.
Thousands See
Area Solditrs
in Parade Here
Flashing Sabers and Rumbling
Artillery Wagons Pass in
Review Before Ad
miring Crowds.
The Unte*8tfUes army Is "on time,”
whether it be 'in -the Argonne Forest
or parading In Omaha.
The military parade, first event of
Ak-Sar Ren's festival week, started
from Sixteenth and Cuming streets
while the clocks were striking 10
Tuesday morning.
Down Sixteenth street to Douglas,
east to Eleventh, south to Farnam and
west to Twenty-fifth street it moved
to the music of martial band*, the
tramp of well-trained feet, the rattle
of horses’ hoofs on the pavement and
the clatter of the artillery.
Salute at Reviewing Stand.
Sword poin^; were lowered and men
faced left In salute as the khaki clad
columns swung past the reviewing
stand In front of the court house
where stood army officers snd dls
tingulshed citizens.
The four' motorcycle police officers
who Headed the way for the parade,
saluted. Chief of Police Dillon rode
in a touring car and was followed by
three police captains on horseback
Then came the grand marshal. Oen.
Halstead Dorey and his staff, followed
by the 17th Infantry. Ft Crook, com
manded by I.leut.-Col. Guy E. Bucker.
Following the regiment was an am
munition wagon mule train.
Ninth Artillery Snappy.
Battery B, Ninth field artillery,
made a snappy appearance with four
big field guns and four ammunition
Mayor Dahlman has Issued a
proclamation requesting every
business house In Omaha to close
at noon Wednesday so that every
body In Omaha may witness the
Ak-Sar-Ben liistrolc parade.
The mayor also suggests that all
stores release their employes at
11:30 so they may make prepara
tlnns to see the pageant.
The parade Wednesday afternoon
starts at 1:30.
wagon*, each drawn by an horaee, 1
artillerymen sitting on the guns and
wagons, stiff and straight with folded
arms. The battery was commanded
by ('apt. Amo* Carmichael.
The clatter of hoofs was heard as
the fourteenth cavalry, commanded
by Col. Harry I>. T. Cavanaugh,
swung qp the hill and past the re
viewing stand. Two horses carried
empty saddles on which were re
versed and covered guns. Many
thought these were for deceased mem
hers of the troop. P.ut they were
automatic rifles.
Next came a large detachment of
the 134th Infantry. Nebraska National
guard, headed by the hand and fol
loweiflg this a detachment of the or
ganized reserve officers, also afoot, a
Creighton university H. O. T C. de
tachment and the Central High school
cadets headed by their band followed.
Right big army trucks and four
covered army wagons, each drawn by
four mules, completed the parade.
The 168th Infantry, Iowa National
Guard, was unable to participate,
though Ita commander, Gen. M, A
Tlnley, was In the reviewing stand.
Notables In Kevlewlng Stand.
MnJ. Gen. George B. Duncan, coin !
mander of the Seventh Corps area,
headed the officer* In the stand. Oth
era there were Governor Charles
Hryan, Mayor .tame* C. Dahlman.
John 1,. Webster, Gould Diets, Ever
ett Buckingham. Gen. William Wei
gel, Gen. M. A. Tlnley, Col. I,. H.
tlplon, Col, D. Ii. Slone. Col. H. A.
Eaton, Col. Jere B. Clayton, Col. A.
C. Nlasen, Col. Harvey W. Miller, Col.
Frank Halstead. Col. J. 11. Parker,
l.leut. Col. E. D. Powers, MaJ. W. F.
Morrison and l.leut. I.. B. Downing.
The grand marshal's staff oonalsted
of Cat»t. la'slle T. Toole, adjutant,
and Ida aides, l.leut. Col. I.eo J.
Crosby, Mill, Clyde McCormick, MnJ.
Walter Nead, MaJ. O. E. Engler.
MaJ. .lame* Tt. Foster, Capt. .1. Van
Hetisaelner and l.leut. Forrest |;
Cookson.
A program of army events Is sched
tiled for thl* afternoon at Ak Snr-Ben
field Including athletic contests, In
fantry, calvary and artillery drills
and features such as the "mounted
battle royal." There will also be a
demonatration of battle flying by the
16th observation squadron, alt serv
ice, Fort Itlley, Kan
Say Majors
Used State
Property
Affidavits Allege Peru Nor
mal Chairman Used State’s
Material and Workmen
for Private Gain.
“Rule or Ruin” Claimed
Special Dinpslrh to The Omaha Bee.
Lincoln, Oct. 2.—Disappointed at
the failure of Governor Charles W.
Bryan to comply with requests of the
Farmers’ union, Peru citizens, poli
ticians and discharged teaeherd from
the Peru state normal school to call
for the discharge of Col. Tom Majors,
chairman of the state normal board,
J. O. fthroyer of Humboldt, represen
tative of the Farmers’ union, today
made public charges against Colonel
Majors which have been in the hands
of Governor Bryan for months. These
charges, briefed, follow:
"That sand, coal, cement and build
ing material purchased for improve
ments at the state normal were
diverted to the private premises of
Colonel Majors and a satisfactory ac
counting for payment by Colonel
Majors Is not recorded.
That workmen paid by state vouch
ers for repairing bulldinge at the
state normal school were relayed to
Colonel Majors' premises to make im
provements on the colonel's private
property.
That Colonel Majors, who la 82
years old, Is In his dotage.
That he maintains a “rule or ruin”
policy in handling affairs of the state
normal school.
Affidavits Produced.
Charges that Colonel Majors used
slate workmen for private gain are
substantiated by affidavits signed by
Willlayi M. Swartzwelder, A. L. Fish
er. Charles J. Tagier, Harold Brown
and Carrolf Lewis These men were
all employed by the state and their
affidavits are to the effect that they
were sent to the Majors’ premises to
work.
Tha story about the coni was dug
up by State Representative James
Auten of Peru, during the last session
of the legislature when Auten went
to Peru. He questioned Colonel
Majors there under oath and copies
of the depositions are included, show
ing that while Colonel Majors paid for
state coal, there was no accurate
weighing of the amount delivered to
the colonel.
('urine** \\ nte* l-eiter.
Th* lumber story 1* another bit of
Auten's work during his visit to Peru.
After Auten made the investigation
relative to the lumber used by the
colonel he received the following let
ter from A. L. Cavlness, former pres
ident of th* Peru state normal school:
"Relative to matter of second hand
lumber from the old gymnasium
floor used on the tenant house north
of town,
"On taking thia matter up with Mr.
Gray, the tenant. T find that be got
the lumber himself and did not pay
for It.
"This is to Inform you that Colonel
Majors has handed this office a check
for $25. representing market value of
the lumber, and the matter has been
properly reco'rded on the books of this
institution.
“Permit me to sdd thst Mr. Al
Hay*, who was In charge of the
wrecking and remodeling of the old
gymnasium and who was superin
tendent of grounds and buildings,
died about a year ago. Mr. Hays
must have overlooked hsmllng a
statement of the emnunt to Colonel
Majors. This, 1 think, dears the
matter."
"Rule or Ruin" ( barged
The "rule or ruin" charge is Ivtsed
upon discharge of several teacher*
front tlie state normal school follow
ing resignation of A. I* Cavlness.
president, under fire. It Is claimed
by th* anti Majors faction that spite,
rather than economy and efficiency,
prompted the discharge.
Majors' trouble promises to be the
subject of some action by th es'nte
normal board at Its next meeting,
scheduled to lie held at Fremont Octo
ber 8. The board, when charges were
first launched, was reported to he
standing steadfastly behind Colonel
Majors.
The only action taken to date by
Governor Itryan has been to announce
that he desired to talk Individually
with members of the board to get
their version of (he affair.
Horse Eats Fermented
Ensilage; Performs
All Sorts of Antics
Wyinoro, Neb , Oct 2. 4Karl rhase,
farmer south of town, hail nn Into*
tented work horse at hi* farm, lb'
hail constructed a mIIo out of mi oM
• iMerii hml filled it with froti «n
allagn. Oil*' of Ills hoist'* got Into
the lot and to tho inn It of th» cistern,
\vh‘ i»* it drank Ills rally of ItiA enall
igo. whlrh was still In a fermenting
condition, Later < ’base ehnaed tli«
animal all over th* lot trying to
catch It. Tht horn* performed nil
kind* of antics until It wore Itself
out and allowed It• owner to load
it to the atabl*
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Epochal Events in U. S. History
Three of the most famous patriotic
locuments of American history are
memorialized on these floats to be
shown In the Ak Sar-Ben parade,
'Patriotic Historic America,” this
tfternooo beginning at 1 :J0.
The first is the Declaration of In
lependence. John Hancock is shown
presiding as member* of the com
mittee who drew up the declaration
iffix their signatures to it. Thom.is ;
Jefferson, author of the document;!
Benjamin Pranklln, Thil Uvingstone.
John Adams and ltoger Sherman aru
imong the worthies who are stand
ng about the talile.
The second float portrays Wash- |
Ington taking the oath of office as
first president of the United States,
the occasion on which he delivered
his. famous inaugural address. Pbll
Livingstone, chancellor of New York
state, administers the oath. At that
time there were only 3,000,000 peo
ple in the United States as against
lon.noo.oon today. This float la given
by Armour & Go.
Lincoln's Gettysburg address Is the
subjgyt of the third float, assigned to
th<f Omaha Building. Savings and
Loan association. Upon the side of
the flout are emblazoned the words.
That government of the people, by
ihe people, and far the people may
not perish from the earth."
Fourteen Hurt in
Gas Explosion at
Havelock Shops
several Workmen Suffer
Broken Lep* anti Arms in
Blast Caused by Acety
lene Leak.
Lincoln, Oct. 2.—Fourteen work
lien In the Burlington shops at
Havelock were Injured, some of them
leriously. In an acetylene gas explo
ilon at 2 thia afternoon. Moat of
he injured suffered broken legs and
irms. They were rushed to Lincoln
1 capitals.
The explosion, which occurred In
lie erecting shop, was caused by the
gnition of acetylene gas which had
eaked Into a trough which Is about
i block long and contains gas. wa
er and acetylene pipes. Iron plates
hree fourths of au Inch thick were
down from the top of the trough.
The men who were employed In the
■epalr and reassembling of locomo
tives, were thrown acroaa the room
ind struck by flying tools and iron
[dates dust Knuth of this city Is
bought to have received a crushed
ikull.
All the ambulances in the city
vere requisitioned end rushed to the
•hops after the blast. which* was
isaid for several blocks.
The Injured men were most sll
•esidenta of Lincoln or of Havelock
tnd ilethnny, suburbs of this city.
Amr of the Injured were not serloua
y hurt ami were only taken to the
lospltal for examination.
Carl v. Babbit, La Grange, Wyo.,
Hid James Towney, Spaulding. Neb.
' ere. the only out-of-town men In
Inred.
Iiibl Chokes to Death,
on Pieee of Raw Carrot
Special llUpatrh to The Omaha Itee.
Ryroa. Neb., Oct. 2 —Orval, 3-year*
dd son of Hoy Kvans, railway em
;daye of this place, la dead, haying
-hoked to death on a piece of raw
■nrrot which lodged In his wlnd|ii|ie
tnd snpffcd out Ida life before the
mother, busy in the home, noticed his
plight.
The child, ■!*-,, of twin boys was
playing In the hack yard at the home
lids aftern nn ne.ir a idle of c.i 'iots
which the fath oad dug this 111" a
lug He |d iced one In his mouth, the
lip was hi1 ten off and swallowed am.
Ii*. was lyltiT flat on Ills hnok when
Hie mother discovered him The
rnmlly Is widely known In southern
riutyvi county.
Grain Men Ready
m
to Help Farmers,
Not Politicians
Dealers Official Savs TX are*
house Lan “Kffort to l «e
Public Money for Priv
ate Monopoly.
Tv* Moines. la . Oct. t!—The grain
trade stand* ready to aid the farmer,
“hut refuse* to help unprincipled pol
iticians m farming the farmers.” E.
A. Reynolds of Orawfbrdsville, Ind.,
declared in an address before the
convention of the Grain Dealers’ Na
tional association here, today. Mr
Reynolds i* chairman of the asso
ciaton s legislate« committee.
Agriculture. said Mr. Reynolds, is
fundamentally sound, lie recalled
the opinion of economists that two
thirds of the farmers are out of debt.
Discussing the needs of agriculture,
be deplored the "maelstrom of leg is
la lion congress has enacted and has
he^n asked to enact. * and declared
the warehousing law unnecessary.
The latter proposed act, he said, was
“In reality an effort to use public
money to create a private monopoly.”
K. S. Wilson, vice president of the
American Telephone and Telegraph
company, told the prain dealers* a
reduction of longdistance telephone
rates was impossible because of tfc©
high cost of equipment and operation.
Airplane Photography to
IVa >uro Crop Acreages
Washington, Oct 2.— Measuring
crop acreages hv ma.ins of alrpiane
photography Is being testeri bv the
Itepartment of Agriculture in a i ef
fort to remove so far as possible the
haaarri of errors In crop report'Pg
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of cotton, corn snri hay. marie at
helghls raining from 2,:>00 to 7.000
f«et with th» pi no traveling to to aO
miles an hour.
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Election Day
Peaceful
%
Over State
Display of Force hy County
Officers Overwhelms Threat
of Forre hy Chief
Executive.
Thousands Go to Polls
Oklahoma City, Oct. 2.—Throe
hundred thirty-five precinct* out of
2,837 In tin. state, compiled tioni
returns gathered by four Oklahoma
newspapers on the legislative pro
posal, give: Yes, 4t,Ot2; no. 3,J38.
By t'ni versa! Service.
Oklahoma City. Oct. 2.—Gov. J. C.
Walton, turbulent foeman of the Ku
Kltix Klan, appeared to have bean re
pudiated at the polls in today * state
wide special election held In defiance
of his official edict and threat of
arms, early reports indicated tonight
as the count of a heavy vote began.
Forbidden hy the governor to hold
an election today, the people held It
with virtually stato-wide emphasis
and with the utmost order and law ob
servance.
The ballot proved stronger than
the bullet in Oklahoma.
Initiative petition No. 79, weather
vane of Walton’s political strength
in Oklahoma, appear* to have carried
with a sweeping majority.
Permits Special Session.
No. 79 Is the constitutional amend
ment. which, if passed, empowers the
state legislature to assemble Itself,
without the call of the governor, for
the purpuose of Instituting impeach
ment proceedings against him or any
other state officer.
Te situation on the other five
amendments could not be determined
early tonight. They appear to be
lost, however, the electorate centering
almost exclusively on what has come
to be known popularity as the “im
peachment bill of rights."
Governor Walton would not discuss
the election tonight. He would neither
deny nor concede defeat. He spent
the entire day of the election se
cluded in the executive mansion.
Although the state enfortressed
two armed camps on the eve of this
niooted and challenged election, with
old time western six-gun men ar
rayed against their kind, what ap
peared to be an inevitable battle
passed quietly but tensely into pea -«
able balloting
No Gun* Drawn.
True, gunmen opposed gunmen, hut
not a gun was drawn. ,
Governor Walton's vaunted 22,00#
''minute men.' faded like thin mist he.
fore the sun. Only his paid detectiv es
remained, his faithful bodyguard—at I
thev were outnumbered 10.000 to 1.
Display of force overwhelmed the
threat of force.
Never in the history of any sta’e
crisis, save perhaps under the spur
of war itself, has there been such
swift, grim moblliiation of armed
men recruited by the county sheriffs,
election boards and civie leaders, to
meet these missing “minute men” and
fabled volunteers numbering 75.000
men.
The cry of “sovereign or serf—
vote your answer, women and mer."
brought them to the polls in hun
dreds of thousands.
A hundred thousand men. estinia ed
in conservative numbers, rose to that
call as It swept across the level plai <
and the timbered hills of Oklah- i
—a hundred thousand men who volun
teered not alone to ballot, but to bat
tle if it came to that desperate end.
Mail) a»oru m.
Fully .Ku many men were -lepu
tired in Oklahoma a *7 counties, ’he
greatest number deputited in a single
state in American history. Governor
Waltons asserted I!,bW> •'minute
men." expected to be militant, would
have been impo-ttent before that
specially commissioned citiaen army.
And the 71- 000 civilian volunteers
the governor t- Id correspondents he
had available in an emergency, aintpiv
did not ntaterialiae or respond, :C
thcv were called upon.
Keared by the governor himself as
a dangerous crisis-hla own words
to correspondents being, “there may
be bloodshed"—It was probably the
orderliest election Oklahoma ever
witnessed.
Kaln Cools Tasslon.
A steady downpour In the sta‘e
throughout the forenoon hours may
have cooled hot mounting passion,
may have tempered the brittle tens- .m
that existed everywhere early today,
but it dlt not dampen the determina
tion of the people to "assert their
Inalienable right to suffrage," as hun
dreds phrased it.
In steady streams the people mat. li
ed to the polling places from Harper
county to McCurtain. from Ottawa
county to Harmony—the latteml
length and breadth-of the state.
In four counties only no voting was
dime.
For the first time in the history of
American elections, thereby again set
ting a precedent, armed men were
used in two Oklahoma counties to
prevent voters from castl-^: their bal
lots Johnson and Hryan Ci nr,ties a-w
the two In which e.eutors met w |
armed r-esuminco. Yet there was t o
violence.
(!t*niinis'ion Will Prolu1
Phone Ol finale Salarit'*
1 . • t '
oommUaion wii] hohl n hcjiring tv
morrow on the mitartt* pnht offtfUii
I of th«» I’Ultv' Vnl «\ ami the NVel.it
THtphon* eomjvin situated ibo\)t
Hcotttbluff Ahhcugh the two c
P«nltN »’revi v< toiarM* identity, tht
off leant art identical.
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