Oklahoma Leader (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 59, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 22, 1921 Page: 2 of 8
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rAGE TWO
OKLAHOMA LEADER
No. 59
IE
NEW TELEPHONE BUILDING
Says Railroads Will Always
Fight Efforts to Re-
duce Charges.
Dissenting opinion on th«- question
of the revocation of the order lower-
In*; railroad rateB a few days ko.
hita been filed by E. R Hughe*. Re-
publican member of the state cor-
poration commission.
When the order of June 10. putting
rates back on their old basis, a re-
duction of 36 per cent, was revoked
early this week. Campbell Russell
and Art Walker, corporation com-
missioners, declared that the action
was taken in order to save the Juris-
diction of the state over the tariffs
of the carriers.
Hughes declares in the dissenting
opinion that the evidence taken at
Ibe hearing showed that the rates in
the state of Oklahoma were far out
of proportion to the rates In sur-
rounding states. Parts of Hughes'
opinion follow:
"The order of the commission now
Is an attempt to undo what was done
by the commission in the promulga-
tion of Order No. 1883. The effect of
refusal of the commission to longer
continue In effect the Increased
railway rates in the state of Okla-
homa by Order No. 1883, coming as it
did at a time when the consuming
public of the country was In a posi-
tion to most highly appreciate It, no
doubt resulted in as much relief. In
a general way, as has any order Is- j
sued by the commission in the past
four or five years.
"The testimony taken at the hear-
ing and upon which the order of June
10 was predicated, showed conclu
sively that both passenger and
freight rates within the state of Ok-
lahoma were out of proportion to the
rates in effect in the surrounding
states and the interstate rates into
the state of Oklahoma. No conten-
tion can be made that the facts in
evidence at that hearing did not Jus-
tify a reduction of railway rates."
HugheB declared that he was un-
able to concur with the opinion of
the other commissioners in revoking
the rate schedule and attempting to
lower the rates on commodities, an
article at a time.
"1 do not believe that this Is the
time to Impose additional burdens
upon an already greatly over-bur-
dened citizenship. The cry of ex-
pediency, in my opinion, will not an-
swer the question as to why railway
rates are Increased by a flat raise
of 35 per cent In freight rates. 20
per ceut in passenger rates and 50
per cent Pullman sur-charges, at a
time such as we are now experi-
encing. The railway lines operating
within the state of Oklahoma do not
propose to subject themselves, either
In a general way or a specific man-
ner. through the establishment of
commodity rates, to the Jurisdiction
of the commission. At any time
which the commission shall see fit to
attempt to reduce commodity rates,
It will be confronted with the same
organized opposition and the same
intense fight against its Jurisdiction
as it has been during the past six-
teen months.
"Therefore, I shall have reached
the conclusion that if railway rates
are again to be increased, it must
be at the hands of others."
.'tLEPHo^p
ARMY'S MOST POWERFUL GUN TESTED
E-D LINCOLN PMK LINE &
New Telephone building at Olie and West Twenty-third streets, which
will house the machine-switching central office. This system is to b<*
put Into service in January. IMS.
r ACTION TO HALT
PHONES IN STRIKE POT OFF
TODAY'S EVENTS
Centenary of the birth of Collla P.
Huntington, founder of the Southern
Pacific Railroad company.
The California National Livestock
Show, one of the largest annual ex-
. hibltlons of its kind in the west, will
be opened today at San Francisco.
The annual meeting of the Indiana
State Conference of Charities and
S Correction will begin at Muncie to-
day and continue in session until
Tuesday.
The city of Waco, Texas, will en-
ter upon two weeks of festivity to-
| day with the formal opening of the
annual Texas Cotton Palace Exposi-
. tion.
Representatives of the leading
women's colleges are to meet at Vas-
sar today to draw up resolutions to
be sent to the disarmament confer-
ence in Washington, expressing the
opinion of the college women on the
subject of disarmament.
PAST and PRESENT
LOOKJ
CO W\l* Or
but whcn it oors
THi OTHER WAY
SUAt LOOM
Vfgy SMALL.
Eighteen Hundred Instru-
ments Installed; Balance
By November First.
Approximately 1,800 telephones,
equipped with dials for use in con-
nection with the machine switching
system which the Southwestern bell
Telephone company will place In op-
eration In the northwest part of the
city about the first of the,year, have
been Installed, according to E. B.
Jeffrey, district manager. It Is ex-
pected that the balance of the instal-
lations will be made by the first of
November.
While the new typo of instrument,
containing a dial, is being installed
now, they will be used In the same
manner as has been the custom until
the innchlne-swltching service he-
comes effective, Jeffrey said.
The telephone company has plan-
ned an educational campaign to fa-
milinrize its patrons with the ma-
chine switching system. Before the
date the system becomes operative
testers will call at the homes and
business places where the new type
instrument will be In use, give In-
structions In the operation of the
telephones.
In addition the company desires to
demonstrate the new system to tele-
phone users not living In the machine
switching area In order that they
may know Just how to use It when
they have occasion to do so. For thia
purpose a demonstration unit of the
machine switching system has been
installed in the company's main of-
fice at Third and Broadway streets.
Hundreds tire taking advantage of
this opportunity to see Just how the
mechanically operated telephone
works, and seem astonished at its
completeness, with simplicity of op-
eration.
ILLITERACY
IN THE CITY
Figures Show Percentage Is
One and Five Tenths of
0. C. Total.
Figures just released by the United
States bureau of census show that
In the population of the Oklahoma
City, as enumerated In 1920, there
were 1,144 persons 10 years of age
and over who were unable to write,
including 271 native whites, 434 for-
eign-born whites and 409 negroes.
The total percentage of Illiteracy Is
1.5. as compared with 1.4 ten years
ago.
Figures for Tulsa show 654 per-
sons over 10 yenrs unable to write,
including 138 native whites. 64 for-
elgn-born and 441 negroes. The per-
centage of illiteracy is 1.1.
Muskogee has a total of 634 per-
sona over 10 who cannot write.
Native whites number 88, foreign-
born 50 and 487 negroes. The per-
centage of illiteracy is 2.6.
Comparisons made in the three
cities show Oklahoma City native
whites 0.4. Tulsa 0.3 and Muskogee
0.5. Foreign-born illiteracy Is largest
in Oklnhoma City, it being 12.9 as
compared with 9.4 at Muskogee and
3.2 at Tulsa. Oklahoma City is
lowest In the negro comparison of
illiteracy, Muskogee having the
largest with 8.3, Tulsa next with 6.11
and Oklahoma City 5.8.
HOME BREWING
TO BE STOPPED
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.—(By V.
P.) —Home brewing that violates the
Volstead law will be stopped.
This is Prohibition Commissioner
Haynes' position respecting his re-
cent anti-home brew order.
"My Job," said Haynes, "is to stop
everything the Volstead law says is |
illegal. I am going to do that to the j
utmost of my power. I know efforts j
will be made in the courts and else- '
where to evade the order recently j
Issued for prventing the sale of the !
articles advertised for use In home j
brewing. But you may safely as- I
sume that when those efforts are i
made we will be prepared to meet j
them."
I (Continued from 1'ace 1)
freight rates In accordance with the
July 1 wage decreases and to with-
draw from their determination to ask
, for further wage reductions Immedi-
ately.
Board members believe that If they
ran get the executives and union
leaders together in the same room
and obtain concessions from the em-
ployers orf those two propositions,
the union heads will be forced to re-
scind their strike call.
As the board formulated Its peace
proposals, two other Important
events were taking - place In the
| strike situation.
000 Ordered to Quit.
In Texas, the opening of the "pro-
giessive strike' wi«s scheduled to
take place at noou on the Interna-
tional and Great Northern railroud.
Six hundred trainmen employed oy
the line were ordered by the union
heads to stop work.
i choice of this comparatively unim-
portant line for the start of the
, strike was understood to be in the
nature of a test of the government's
power to prevent a strike and of the
| railroad's ability to operate the line
through the use of strikebreakers, or
! by inducing some of the men to re-
main on their jobs.
Strike on this line will be in de-
fiance of the board'b order that both
executives and unions maintain tho
i present status until Wednesday's
hearing. This order would prevent
either side in the controversy from
i making preparations for the strike.
Federated Crafts .Meet.
j The second Important move was
, the meeting in Chicago of the feder-
ated shop crafts to arrive at a defi-
nite decision on whether they would
Join In the strike. Two of the eleven
independent unions— maintenance of
way men and stationary firemen —
have already announced their Inten-
tion of striking, but have not set a
date for their walkout.
The railroad board today cited of-
ficials of the Tremont & Gulf rail-
way, a small Louisiana line employ-
ing thirty men, to appear before It to
explain why It declared for an open
shop in defiance of the board's order
to remain In present status.
Action of the board followed com-
plaint by W. G. Lee, president of the
trainmen's union, that open shop
notices were posted by the line.
fContinued from lJa*# 1)
meeting at the Halle Wacrmtn last
night which slightly wounded six-
teen persons. Police deny thlfj.
Police have secured a description
of the man who sent a bomb in a
1 perfumery package to American Am-
bassador Herrick last Wednesday.
; They say he is a well-known an-
archist. Sixty letters and resolutions
bearing on the Sacco-Vanzetti case
: were received at this embassy this
, morning. Two threaten th€ life of
Herrick
One was inscribed on black bor-
1 dered paper.
! Forty policemen paced the streets
I around the embassy today question-
ing all who sought to approach.
Officials Put Ban On
Sacco-Vanzetti March.
PARIS. Oct. 22.—The ministry of
the interior today prohibited a com-
I munlst demonstration at the Amer-
| lean embassy, scheduled for tomor-
row.
Communists, however, went right
ahead with their plans for marching
upon the embassy through eight con-
I verging streets.
| The newspaper Humanite pub-
lished today the program of Sunday's
demonstration at the American em-
bassy here. It signed "The Com-
mittee of Action." The demonstra-
j tion, it states, is to be peaceful.
! There will be no red flags carried
and the marchers will abstain from
! uttering revolutionary cries. The
slogan will be "Justice and Liberty—
| save Sncco and Vansetti."
I The prefect of police asserted to-
day he would prevent the demon-
; stratlon If It takes every policeman
j in Paris.
| Five Injured in Havre
[Fighting With Police.
i ii.wui-:, Oct. 2S (By r. p.)
i Five persons were injured in fight-
i ing between police and a mob of
communists before the American
; consulate during the night.
| Gendarmes charged and dispersed
j the crowd, which was yelling for re-
| lease of Sacco and Vanzetti.
Italians in Rallies
; For Sacco and Vanzetti.
ROME, Oct. 22.—Communist dem-
onstrations demanding release of
j Sacco and Vanzetti. Italians convict-
ed of murder in the United States,
occurred throughout Italy today.
The central anarchist organization
ordered every mass meeting to tele-
graph a protest to the American am-
bassador. but to make no threats.
be successfully maintained under
ge clause because of the acts
the employes, the actual bene-
flciarles under this clause.
MUSI BE BUILT AN OUNCE OF
(Continued from Pair* 1)
Of
Members of the army ordnance association inspecting the new 16-inch
.50-caliber gun, which was tested at the Aberdeen, Maryland, proving
grounds the other day. The giant riile, the army's most powerful gun.
is mounted on a disappearing carriage. It fires a 2,400-pound projectile
approximately 22 miles. Experts familiar with* this huge rifle are confi-
dent it can shoot a distance of 35 miles. The gun is 69 fe« t long, weighs
240,000 pounds, and a charge of 85n pounds of smokeless powder is
necessary to Are the 2,400-ponnd shell.
stand pat we w ill have something to
>uiid to. Best wishes to the Leader
and our brother union men.
MAINTENANCE OF WAY MAN.
Lawton, Okla.
JURY DEBATING SANITY
OF SLAYER DEADLOCKED
CHICAGO, Oct. 22.—The jury hear-
1 ing the insanity plea of Frank Leg-
! regni. sentenced to death for mur-
I dering his wife, was still deadlocked
I early today after twelve hours' de-
; liberation. The Jury was understood
to stand eleven for sanity and one
I Juror contending that he was insane.
I The Jury reported to Judge John
I Sullivan at midnight that It was
j hopelessly deadlocked and asked for
j further Instructions. The court sent
' hack word to the jury room that
j there were no further instructions
and ordered them to continue their
deliberations.
Letters To The Leader
GET Tin: SAMK SFIKIT.
Editor leader: I was glad to read
the resolutions which were passed by
the Logan county, Arkansas, unions,
I and I wish that all of our brother
workers would get the same spirit.
. I can see victory if we hold fast to
what we have In sight.
All the time I am urging every
; workingman to read the Leader. I
: got three new subscribers this week,
j one engineer, one brakeman and a
conductor. They like It fine.
If we get a wage slash it is all fin-
ished for the workingman. If we
BROOM I'OKX A51) !N \I1.S.
Editor Leader: 1 have a brother
| w ho sold a ton of broom corn for. $85.
' His neighbor hud sixty pounds and
let a broom maker work it up on the
shares. For his share his neighbor
Igot thirty brooms worth $1 each.
.Now if sixty pounds are worth $30
one ton is worth $1,000.
Again: I went to Kiowa and
bought some nails at seven cents per
pound, or $140 per ton. The steel
J trust charges the government $400 a
ton for armor plate which can be
made much cheaper than nails and is
much less trouble to sell.
W. B. TYLER.
i Kiowa. Kansas.
FINE SADDLE PLACED
ON EXHIBITION HERE
Two of the world's finest saddles
were on exhibition Saturday in the
window of a hardware store on
North Broadway. They are the prop-
erty of Joe Miller of Miller Brother's
101 ranch.
According to a sign in the window,
one of the saddles has inlaid in the
gpld and silver mountings. 96 dia-
monds, 37 rubies. 142 snphires and
4 garnets. The other has 426 gen-
uine diamonds, rubies and saphlres.
One saddle has 15 pounds and the
other 22 pounds of gold and silver
in the mountings. The saddles are
valued at $10,000 each.
Princeton University will hold ex-
ercises today commemorative of the
175th anniversary of its founding.
:h
Stove Weather
Has come. Are you going to buy a
new stove? If so, why not buy a
combination stove like cut shown,
from $15.00 to $30.00 and play safety
first? In such a stove you can burn
gas, coal or wood. Come in and look
them over before buying elsewhere.
Ben Whitley
806 West Grand \ie
| Investigation into the hi-jacking of
T. flatten Wednesday night was be-
ing conducted by Forrest Hughes,
county attorney. Hatten and his as-
sailant engaged in a running pistol
, tight following the encounter, and
later a man who gave his name as
Sam Lockhart was founded wound-
ed. Lockhart claims he shot himself
and threw his pistol In an ash bar-
rel. Hughes stated that the bullet
hole in Lockhart was made by a
j larger sized bullet than the caliber
I of Lockhart's gun.
that immediately upon receipt
your communication I called at the
city clerk s office to obtain a copy of
the agreement entered into between
the city and the railway company
We could not find a copy, although I
distinctly remember amending said
agreement when presented to me by
the attorneys for the railway com-
pany.
Whether said attorneys ever had
the same executed by the railway
company and delivered to the city
clerk I am unable to say, but know-
ing the care exercised by the clerk,
I incline to the Relief that the rail-
way company did not deliver the
agreement.
I have before me (furnished by
! the city clerk) a copy of the resolu-
| tion introduced by one of the com-
miasioner and adopted by the
1 board and under the terms of that
resolution no action could be main-
tained looking to a reduction of the
fare upon the ground of a reduction
of wages. If Mr. Shartel is cor-
rectly quoted he intends to rely upon
the resolution as spread upon the
commission's minutes, and pays no
attention to his oral promises made
to you.
This is entirely in keeping with
Mr. Shartel's attitude toward the
people of Oklahoma City, as you will
recall In 1911 Mr. Shartel gave hiB
word of honor that if the people
voted our quarter of a million dol-
lars in bonds for the Northwestern
railroad, he Shartel. would guarantee
: to have dirt flying within thirty days
and trains running on a Northwest-
ern road within six months.
The people voted the bonds and
have been taxed $22,500 per year for
Interest and sinking fund thereon,
and although ten years have elapsed
no such road was ever built,
j Mr. Shartel's word Is as good to-
day as it was ten years ago. It is
no better and 1 sincerely trust, no
worse.
, With regard to the wage clause in
j the agreement, will say that this
j clause was inserted only for the
benefit of the railway employes, who
have a right to waive the same and
have relinquished their rights under
that clause of the written or oral
agreement.
I, therefore, respectfully submit
that, while ever ready to perform my
full duty. I advise at this time that
no action be brought as same could
PREVENTION
An ounce of prevention is worth
a pound of cure. This epigram is
so true to our every day experience
in life that no one but a fool would
debate it for a moment. It Is never
more true than when applied to
sickness. The number of people who
die from preventable diseases- tu-
berculosis, pneumonia, typhoid fever,
Bright's dis«fJ se, etc., testify to the
truth of this assertion.
Broadly speaking there are two
cTasses of disease: The acute infec-
tious diseases such as pneumonia,
measles, whooping-cough, typhoid
fever, malaria, smallpox, diphtheria,
chlckenpox, gonorrhea and syphilis,
etc. This class of disease will re-
quire social hygiene for its preven-
tion. Sanitation as applied to some
cities must be applied to every com-
munity, big or small.
The medical man of the future will
be concerned not with treating the
sick so much as with the prevention
of disease and ill health. He will
be paid as a health officer and in-
structor in hygiene and sanitation
rather than as a pill vendor and
miracle worker. He (the doctor)
will be In the same position as a
salaried teacher.
But there is another class of dis-
ease--of a degenerative type that
cannot be prevented by public sani-
tation. They are not contagious or
communicable. They are Individual
diseases, so ^to speak, degenerative
In type. Diseases that cannot be
prevented by public sanitation, but
by personal hygiene. Among these
may be mentioned diseases of the
stomach, Bright's disease, some cases
of heart disease, female diseases,
gout, rheumatism, and a host of
other diseases known as chronic dis-
eases. These require personal hy-
giene and proper instructions for
prevention and proper medical treat-
ment for their relief.
The largest number of these dis-
eases are brought about by Auto-
Intoxication. A course of Anti-Toxis,
together with proper dietetic regula-
tion will prevent many of these dis-
eases and relieve others, especially
in their incipiency. It is indeed a
useful remedy in all of them at any
stage as the remedy Is harmless and
is most salutary In Its action.—Co-
operative Distributing Co., Box 793,
Oklahoma City. Okla.
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Grocery Specials
For Saturday
15 lbs. Granulated Sugar $1
one order to a customer.
R. B. M. Coffee 31c
Golden Gate Coffee. .. .41c
Quail Coffee 41c
Iowa Sweet Com, 2 cans25c
Wisconsin Peas, 2 cans.25c
Large can Instant
Postum 39c
Meat Market Specials
Boiling Beef, 4 lbs 25c
Beef Steak, lb 12'/2c
Beef Roast, lb 10c
Best Breakfast Bacon,
whole or half slab. . ,45c
Brisket Bacon, lb 2Uc
Pure Lard or CompoundlSc
Pure Pork Sausage... .15c
Pig Liver 5c
Peanut Butter 15c
Pork Tenders 60c
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