Show Land Frandi in Oklahoma I Okhoma J WASHINGTON March 2The secretary of the interior has received information that parties in Guthrie and Arkansas City have large quantities of soldiersdeclaratory statements waiting a opportunity to file them on lands t be opened t settlement in that locality It is stated these parties have visited soldiers homes in different I parts of the country and obtained from a large number of veterans powers of attorney at-torney to locate for them lands in Oklahoma Okla-homa So successful it is stated has this scheme been that thousands of acres have been entered ostensibly by old soldiers when in fact it was a scheme to defraud honest settlers When any of the latter settled upon a piece of land an alleged attorney at-torney would wait until the settler had built a house or fenced the land then go t him and demand a considerable sum to relinquish linquish his soldiers title The interior department will institute criminal proceedings proceed-ings for perjury against any and all persons per-sons who have filed declaratory statements and who can be shown to have had director direct-or indirect interest therein |