This is the provision of the proposed amendment which provoked the opposition to it.

The proposed provision also authorizes the school districts, out of the first year's net increase in public service school tax, to reimburse for the expenses incurred in securing the adoption and enforcement of the law. Provisions of the law become effective upon adoption.

PROHI PARTY HAS STANDING YET Candidates for the Prohibition party may be placed on the ballots for the primary and general elections of this year, according to an opinion from the attorney general's office to Secretary Joe Morris of the state election board. A state law specifies that where a party fails to cast ten per cent of a preceding election at two different general elections, then that party is not entitled to recognition as a political party in the state. Under this test the attorney general's opinion holds that the general election of 1914 was the first election under the rule and that the 1916 election would be the second. According to this the Prohibitionists would have one more try in the state.

MANY FARM LOANS APPROVED

Applications for loans from Oklahoma farmers aggregating $50,000 were approved by the commissioners of the school land office in one day, which breaks the records in this respect since the present state administration went into office. The commissioners also adopted a new rule which provides that loans may be retired any time after two years. Heretofore it had been a rule of the commission that all loans must run their allotted time. There was no advantage to this except the state got more interest money. Funds in the loan division have been accumulating rapidly in the last few months because most of the land under lease has been sold. Thirty tracts of land in Noble, Jefferson and Pottawatomie counties have been segregated for oil and gas purposes. This is in addition to land in these counties which had previously been segregated for oil and gas purposes.

TO PROBE GASOLINE PRICES Probe of gasoline prices in various parts of the state may result in prosecutions under the anti-trust laws of Oklahoma is intimated at the attorney general's office, where the matter has been under investigation. Owing to other work in the office not yet completed, investigation of the gasoline situation may be delayed ten days or two weeks, but it is the intention to go thoroughly into the conditions bringing about the high price of gasoline. Prices are known to vary so out of proportion in various points in the state that discrimination is not impossible. Under the laws prices of gasoline or other products must be the same at all places, consistent with the cost of transportation. Figures that have becn submitted show that gasoline costs more in Oklahoma than in surrounding states, and that the price within this state ranges from 20 to 28 cents a gallon.

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OIL LEASES ARE APPROVED Secretary Lane of the interior department has approved and delivered gas leases about 1,000,000 acres of Osage Indian land in Osage county. The company awarded leases were the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil company, 304,000 acres; Charles Owen, Caney, Kans., 165,700 acres; American Pipe Line company, 181,000 acres; Charles Page, Tulsa, 100,000 acres; Osage Oklahoma Gas company, 105,000 acres; Pawhuska Oil and Gas company, 60,000 acres. The leases are for gas rights only, and for all the gas produced the Osages receive 3 cents per 1,000 feet at the well.

NEW BIRD PROTECTION LAW Proposed regulations for the protection of migratory birds to become effective on August 16 next, or whenever they are approved by the president have been issued by Secretary Houston of the agricultural department at Washington. Hearings will be held on any complaint filed after the public has examined the regulations which prescribe closed seasons and designate the migratory game birds and insectivorous birds.

Two zones with different closed seasons are established for protection, one a breeding zone and the other a wintering zone. All the states north of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Ariona and California are declared in the breeding zone and the states named and those south of them in 'the wintering

zone.

The closed season for water fowl including brant, wild ducks, geese and swans, is set as December 21 to September 6, inclusive, in the breeding zone and February 1 to October 14, inclusive, in the wintering zone with exceptions in certain states.

TIME LOST IN STRIKES

According to the annual report of the New York state bureau of mediation and arbitration, the total number of working days lost between September 30, 1914, and September 30, 1915, by persons directly involved in strikes, was 829,395, while 868,838 days were lost by persons indirectly involved. On the basis of 313 working days in a year, the time lost represents a total of 2,380 years lost in strikes during a single year in New York state alone. Allowing $1 in wages for each day lost, the loss to workers amounted to over $1,500,000. During the year ending September 30, 1915, forty-one strikes were successful, seventeen were partly successful and forty-four failed. There was a total of 102 strikes during the period, forty-three of which were for an increase in wages and twelve for shorter hours, while others were for recognition of unions, etc. The state bureau of mediation was called upon to settle forty-nine industrial disputes, arranged thirty-five conferences and adjusted twenty-seven disputes. The metal trades were involved in more strikes than any other group, the record being twenty-seven strikes in which 9,986 men lost 155,843 days.

CHICAGO JUDGE RENDERS AN OPINION TO THE EFFECT THAT BACON WROTE

SHAKESPEAREAN PLAYS

Supporters of the contentions that Francis Bacon was the author of the works of William Shakespeare, have been given judicial backing by a Chicago judge. Judge Richard Tuthill, in the circuit court of that city declared that he believed Lord Bacon was the real author of the works. The declaration was made in dissolving an injunction issued on the petition of William N. Selig, motion picture manufacturer, to restrain George Fabyan, publisher, and Kate E. Wells and Elizabeth Wells Gallup from completing the publication of a series of books supporting the Baconian theory.

Judge Tuthill in his decision, said:

"That William Shakespeare was born April 23, 1564; that he went to London about 1586 or 1587; that for a time thereafter he made living working for Burbage; that he later became an actor in Burbage's theater and in traveling theatrical companies; that he retired about 1609 or 1610 to live in Stratford-on-Avon, where he engaged in business to the time of his death on April 23, 1616, and that Shakespeare was not an educated man, are allegations which the court finds true.

"The court further finds that Francis Bacon was born Jan. 26, 1560; that he was educated not only in English but in French, Latin, Italian, German and had a general education equal or superior to anyone of his age; that he was the compiler of a book of 1,500 axioms and phrases selected from the greatest authors and books of all time; that in his youth literary people were frowned upon in England but in Paris literary people were in the favor of the reigning powers and literature was having a renaissance. Bacon went to Paris in his early youth and spent several years in this atmosphere.

Controversy for 60 Years

"The court takes judicial notice of historical facts and facts well known and finds that there has been for sixty years a controversy over the authorship of certain works which were published shortly after the death of Shakespeare and attributed to Shakespeare; that the question has always been an open question among scholars of equal authority and standing in the world of letters, literature and knowledge as to the authorship of the above mentioned works and that a vast bibliography, estimated by those who are in a position to know at 20,000 volumes has been written in discussion of the vexed question.

Cipher Basis of Contention

"The court further finds that by the published and acknowledged works of Francis Bacon there is given. a cipher which Bacon devised in his early youth when in Paris, called the biliteral cipher; that the witness, Elizabeth Wells Gallup, has applied that cipher according to the directions left by Francis Bacon and has found that that name and character of Shakespeare were used as a mask by Francis

GUILTY OF WASHINGTON LIBEL

A verdict of guilty was returned by a jury in a superior court at Seattle, Wash., against Paul H. Haffer, accused of libeling the memory of George Washington. The case sets a precedent, in the opinion of many attorneys. The maximum penalty for the offense, under a state statute, is one year in the county jail, and a fine of $1,000, or both. Col. Albert E. Joab, an attorney, caused Haffer's arrest after the latter had sent a letter to a newspaper referring to Washington as a "Blasphemer," "slave-holder" and "inveterate drinker.

SCHOOL BOARD CHAIRMAN VOTER

The chairman of the school board is a legal voter on the board for all purposes, holds the attorney general in an opinion rendered to George W. Stidham, of Checotah. An election was held by the board in the matter of selecting another member of the board, when a tie vote resulted. There was a question of whether or not the chairman of the board had a vote in such case. The attorney general's ruling is that he has a vote in any case.

NEW POSITION FOR MCMECHAN Having been nominated some time ago by United States District Attorney John Fain for the position of assistant attorney general, State Senator Thomas F. McMechan of this city has receiveu notice of his confirmation. He will be assistant to District Attorney John Fain here. Mr. McMechan has assumed the duties of his new position. Mr. McMechan was elected to the Oklahoma legislature in 1910, and has been a member since that time. He was instrumental in having legislation enacted which resulted in locating the state capital in Oklahoma City. He held a position similar to that to which he has just been appointed during the administration of President Cleveland.

SUPREME COURT AND COMMISSION

May 2, 1916

Chief Justice Kane-In re assessment of the Boston Store, Grant county court, dismissed; J. P. Allen v. W. J. W. McLaren, et al. Tillman county district court, dismissed; Appeal of Gulf Pipe Line company from the State Board of Equalization, in two cases, reversed and remanded with instructions. Same disposition as in Prairie Oil and Gas company case in which it was sought by the state board to re-open the case and add an assessment by the state tax ferret. High court held that board had no jurisdiction to re-open case after taxes had been assessed and distributed.

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Division No. 1

Commissioner Collier-Rock Island Railroad company v. Boring-Kim Produce company, Custer county superior court, reversed and remanded; Enid Mill and Elevator company v. Ada Kester, Garfield county district court, reversed and remanded; Robert Pittman as administrator of estate of Rowie E. Pittman v. State of Oklahoma, Creek county district court, affirmed; State of Oklahoma v. Josiah G. Davis, et al, Creek county district court, affirmed; Isom Readdy v. A. B. Mallory, mayor of Pawnee, et al., Pawnee county district court, affirmed.

Commissioner Rummons-Sam Norton and W. C. Tankersly v. Charley, a minor, by Joe Cordell, Seminole county district court, dismissed; J. H. Everest v. The Gault Lumber company et al. Oklahoma county district court, affirmed.

Commissioner Day-J. M. Mackey and O. P. Quillman v. A. B. Nickol, Noble county court, affirmed; Julius Ward v. the Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad, Logan county district court, affirmed.

Orders-James W. Lusk v. M. Ryan, county treasurer, plaintiff in error given 15 days from May 27 to file reply brief; A. D. Clark v. First National Bank of Marseilles, Ill., rehearing denied; Moline Elevator company v. Loewen Real Estate company et al., rehearing denied; Walter J. Brock v. Henry Kiefer, rehearing denied; J. L. Moran v. L. M. Cunningham, motion to vacate order of dismissal denied; Rock Island v. Craig, rehearing denied; John B. Jordan, et al. v. Sarah J. Mullendore, defendant in error given 10 days from May 2 to file supplemental brief.

Division No. 2

Commissioner Burford-Aaron Fretz v. City of Edmond, Oklahoma county district court, affirmed; Commerce Trust company of Kansas City v. State of Oklahoma, Caddo county district court, reversed as to the Trust company

Commissioner Rittenhouse J. M. Hunter v. A. R. Jayne, Garfield county court, reversed and remanded; J. W. Lynch v. City of Ponca City, Kay county district court, affirmed.

Commissioner Hooker First National Bank of Maysville v. J. R. Price, Garvin county court, reversed and remanded; Southwest National Bank v. Ambuster et al., Greer county district court, reversed and remanded; F. C. Hunt v. Mrs. W. B. Stribling, Ottawa county district court, affirmed.

Commissioner Bleakmore-Madill Oil and Cotton company v. W. O. Davidson, Marshall county district court, affirmed; R. B. Wells et al. v. Guaranty State Bank, Muskogee county district court, judgment on bond.

Orders-A. J. Welch v. W. W. Church, metion to dismiss appeal denied; A. H. Boughman v. Charles T. Hebard, motion to withdraw case made for correction sustained, correction to be made under direction of trial judge within twenty days from May 2, 1916, upon notice to adverse party; N. B. Gilliam v. L. S. Skelton, motion for additional time to file brief denied.

Division No. 4

Commissioner Matthews Citizens State Bank of Okeene v. E. E. Cressler et al., Blaine county district court, affirmed; First National Bank of Wetumka v. J. M. Nolen, Hughes county court, reversed and remanded.

Commissioner Davis-Carroll-Brough-Robinson v. Board of County Commissioners, Oklahoma county district court, affirmed; Melvina Durant et al. v. Sadie Nesbitt et al., Bryan county district court, dismissed; W. A. Penick v. First National Bank of Lawton, Comanche county court, dismissed.

Orders-Robert Shipman, administrator estate of W. M. Harner, motion for judgment against surety on supersedeas bond denied; Vera Porter v. John W. Singleton, motion of plaintiff in error to tax costs of appeal to defendant in error; W. F. Harn et al. v. W. W. Boyd, appeal dismissed; H. W. Spaulding et al. v. Green Thompson, permission given to file typewritten briefs; William P. Sartain v. P. G. Walker, et al., plaintiff in error given 30 days to withdraw and correct case made; American Bankers' Insurance company v. Marie Smith Hopkins, motion to dismiss denied; T. A. Cain v. Ed King, rehearing granted and mandate recalled; Estate of A. N. Foreman v. Matin E. Foreman, rehearing denied; Midland Valley v. J. L. Kersey, rehearing denied; Santa Fe v. C. B. Cozart, motion to dismiss denied;

A. C. Brown et al. v. W. H. Savage et al, time extended to May 15 to file brief; W H. Aaron and J. W. Goss v. American National Bank, motion of defendant in error to dismiss allowed; John T. Hays v. James W. Smith, motion to dismiss denied, 20 days to file briefs; O. W. Fisk, intervener, George Pound, motion to dismiss sustained; Henry L. Messner et al. v. J. L. Carroll et al., extension of time to file brief to May 15.

SUPREME COURT ORDERS

May 2, 1916

W. A. Jarvis et al. v. Great Bend Oil company; defendant in error is hereby granted an extension of thirty days from April 24, 1916, in which to file answer brief.

Plaintiff in error is hereby granted until May 15, 1916, in which to file brief.

First State Bank of Chandler v. O. L. Pool. Leave is hereby granted plaintiff in error to withdraw case made for correction.

Maryland Casualty company v. Onno Peppard. Petition for rehearing filed January 16, 1916, is hereby denied.

R. S. Litchfield v. Henson Oil company. Petition for rehearing filed January 28, 1916, is hereby denied.

V. V. Morehead et al. v. J. M. Daniel. Petition for rehearing filed Dec. 9, 1915, is hereby denied.

Isaac Vogel v. Alex Steelman. Petition for rehearing filed March 22, 1916, is hereby denied.

Edward Landrum et al. v. McLoud Adair et al. Petition for rehearing filed April 10, 1916, is hereby sustained.

Jas. E. Whitehead v. Jas. O. Galloway. Leave is hereby granted to file second petition for rehearing.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway company v. Corporation Commission. Said cause is hereby set for oral argument upon petition for rehearing for May 9, 1916.

Anna Knudson v. G. O. Fennimore et al. Order denying petition for rehearing is hereby set aside; leave granted to file second petition for rehearing.

In re disbarment of L. C. McNabb. Time to file report of referee is hereby extended as per application of referee filed April 21, 1916.

Board of County Commissioners of Alfalfa county v. Walter Ferguson. Motion to dismiss filed May, 1916, is hereby overruled.

James H. Harris et al. v. Cloria Grayson. Motion to set aside order of dismissal and order of revivor filed Jan. 25, 1916, is hereby overruled.

Board of County Commissioners of Creek county v. H. U. Bartlett. Motion to advance filed April 22, 1916, is hereby sustained; case ordered set on next assignment of cases.

Midland Saving and Loan company v. Roxie B. Summers. Upon stipulation filed April 20, 1916, said cause is hereby submitted and leave granted to file briefs as per said stipulation.

W. F. & N. W. R. Co. v. J. H. Puckett. Petition for rehearing filed herein is hereby denied. Trustees, et sec. v. Hooten Co Petition for rehearing is denied.

Sharpless Separator Co. v. C. H. Gray. Upon motion filed April 20, 1916, said cause is hereby advanced and ordered set for next assignment of cases.

Phoebe Coleman, a minor, etc., v. William Battiest. Upon motion filed April 24, 1916, this cause is hereby advanced and ordered set for next assignment of cases

Aetna Building and Loan association v. Lillie A. Harris et al. Upon stipulation filed April 20, 1916, the case made herein is hereby ordered corrected as per said stipulation.

St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Co. v. Irving Stacy. Said cause is hereby set for oral argument before the supreme court on petition for rehearing at next assignment of

cases.

Courtland L. Long v. Willie Alexander etc. Order dismissing appeal herein is hereby set aside; motion to dismiss overruled, and plaintiff in error granted leave to revive within a reasonable time.

Sand Springs Ry. Co. v. J. A. Oliphant. Petition for rehearing filed herein Dec. 28, 1915, is hereby denied.

Wm. H. Darrough v. First National Bank of Claremore. Amended motion for oral argument filed April 5, 1916, is hereby overruled.

Jas. W. Lusk v. Leon A. White Co., treasurer, etc. Leave is hereby granted Messrs. Shartel, Blake, Roberts and Moore of El Reno, to file brief amici curiae herein.

Guthrie Mill and Elevator company v. Hawee G. & M. Co. Motion to transfer petition for rehearing to supreme court for consideration is hereby overruled.

May 9, 1916

Justice Hardy-Isaac Mendenhall et al. v. Andrew J. Walters et al. Okmulgee county district court, reversed; Huckins Hotel company v. Oklahoma County Board of Commissioners, Oklahoma county district court, affirmed; Board of County Commissioners of Garfield county v. R. A. Field et al. Garfield county district court, reversed; E. B. Weatherly, treasurer Garfield county v. Hamlin W. Sawyer, Garfield county superior court, reversed; Same v. Cloworth Development company, Garfield county superior court, reversed.

The following opinions were rendered by the different divisions of the supreme court commission and approved by the court;

Division No. 1

Commissioner Collier-Duncan Electric & Ice company v. Mrs. Carrie Chrisman. Stephens county district court, affirmed; James W. Vann and Sarah R. Vann v. Richard C. Adams, Washington county district court, dismissed.

Commissioner Rummons State National Bank, and the Oklahoma Portland Cement company v. Lily W. Scales, Oklahoma county district court, affirmed; Hattie Childers v. Ben Childers, Muskogee county district court, affirmed.

Commissioner Day-A. H. Corby v. John J. Gayman et al. Lincoln county district court, affirmed; The National Bank of Commerce v. C. O. Fish et al. Logan county superior court, affirmed.

Orders-W. V. French et al. v. Premier Petroleum company, petition for rehearing denied; Midland Savings and Loan company v. Alonzo J. Deaton et al., rehearing denied; three cases combined Liverpool, London and Globe Insurance company v. Richard F. Riggers et al., rehearing denied; Alpha Rivers and Anna Campbell and Myrtle Lane and Elsie Roads, four different cases, against School District No. 51, motion for leave to file second petition for rehearing denied; Walter Harris v. A. H. Chapman et al., appeal dismissed on motion of plaintiff in error; Midland Savings and Loan company v. Nathanial McCurry et al., rehearing denied; James W. Lusk et al. v. George Pugh, defendant given 30 days from April 21 to file brief; in re will of Ella Byford, defendant given until June 10 to file brief and plaintiff given ten days thereafter to file reply brief.

Division No. 2

Commissioner Burford-The Frisco Railroad v. Lula Dobyns, Bryan county district court, former opinion withdrawn, rehearing denied, reversed and remanded; Alex Scott, Fannie Scott and M. W. Cockrell v. James P. Potts et al. Muskogee county superior court, reversed in part and affirmed in part.

Commissioner Galbraith-L. A. Bell v. Harry N. Mills and F. K. Condit, Wagoner county district court, affirmed; L. B. Campbell v. Annie Dick et al., Craig county district court, reversed and remanded.

Orders-Codlieb B. Yank v. Frank S. Rogers, rehearing denied; George Tiger v. Harlan Read, defendant in error's motion to dismiss overruled; John A. Williams et al. v. John Arends, rehearing denied; Josiah N. Shippey et al. v. J. A. Bearman, rehearing denied; L. B. Campbell v. Annie Dick et al. rehearing denied; L. A. Vell v. Harry N. Mills and F. K. Condit, rehearing denied; Woodmen of the World v. Laura B. Hutchens, plaintiff in error allowed until May 20 to serve and file brief; Tom Dorsett et al v. F. E. Watkins, et al., defendant in error's motion to dismiss denied, plaintiff in error allowed to withdraw case made for correction, to be made before trial judge within 20 days from this date, and upon 10 days notice to opposing counsel, case-made to be returned to clerk of the court within 30 days; Sallie Chisce Childers v. Jacob Folsom et al., plaintiff in error denied additional time for serving and filing brief; Lucy Childs v. James S. Moore and Interstate Land company, rehearing denied.

Division No. 3

Commissioner Rittenhouse-Ellen R. Hill et al. v. James H. Persinger et al., Custer county district court, affirmed; Willis Graham et al. v. Nancy Emma Graham et al., Custer county district court, dismissed; S. S. Arn v. Ida Elms, Caddo county district court, dismissed.

Commissioner Hooker-Spencer Gray et al. v. Daniel Gray, Custer county district court, affirmed; Easter Oil company v. Mitchell Harjo, Creek county district court, affirmed; Gilliam et al. v. Guaranty State Bank et al., Carter county district court, dismissed.

Commissioner Bleakmore-St. L., I. M. & So. Ry. company v. Marion Dawson, Nowata county district court, affirmed; B. H. McLaughlin v. C. M. Means et al. Hughes county district court, affirmed! N. S. Sherman, Sherman Machine and Iron Works v. Pacific Coast Pipe Line company, Oklahoma county district court, affirmed.

Orders-Modern Brothers of America v. Schickery Beshara, plaintiff in error given until May 20 to file brief; Deming Investment company v. Christonsen et al., motion to dismiss denied, defendant in error given until June 1 to file brief; Midland Savings and Loan company v. Nickoll et al., defendant in error given 20 days from May 5 to file brief; First National Bank of Seminole v. Oklahoma Railway company, dismissed as per motion of plaintiff in error; Union Lumber Manufacturing company v. R. W. Aldred, order of dismissal set aside, case re-instated and submitted, plaintiff given ten days from May 9 to file typewritten brief, defendant in error given 20 days to file typewritten answer; United Brothers Friendship, etc., v. P. M. Delancey et al., motion to strike brief denied, defendant in error given until May 16 to serve brief; Guthrie Mill and Elevator company v. Hose Grain and Mercantile company, rehearing denied; Ephraim H. Foster v. West Publishing company, motion to dismiss denied, defendant in error given 20 days to file answer brief; James Day et al. v. J. R. Charlton et al., rehearing granted, plaintiffs represented by H. H. Montgomery given ten days from May 9 to file brief, defendant in error given ten days thereafter to file answer; Ratcliff et al. v. Farmers State Bank of Greentop, Mo., rehearing denied.

Division No. 4

Commissioner Matthews-J. W. Oaks v. H. S. Samples, Delaware district court, affirmed; R. B. Farris v. R. J. Hodges and Butler State Bank, Custer county district court, affirmed; John H. Hinton v. State of Oklahoma, rehearing denied; J. Van Buskirk v. W. E. Grisso, rehearing denied.

Commissioner Robberts-Newton Kelsey v. Kelsey Land company, Carter county district court, modified and affirmed.

Orders-W. F. Harn and Alice Harn v. W. W. Boyd, order dismissing appeal vacated, stricken and case closed; J. M. Beggett v. Alice Hall, order dismissing case vacated, 10 days given plaintiff in error to file brief and 30 days given to defendant to answer; Annie King v. W. F. Mitchell et al., order dismissing case vacated, plaintiff in error given 20 days to file brief and defendant 30 days to file answer; Annie King v. Leroy E. Shultz, order dismissing case vacated, plaintiff given 20 days to file brief and defendant 30 days