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Vol. 2—No. 145
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.. TUESDAY. JANUARY 31. 1922
PRICE TWO CENTSI
TALKING
IT OVER
3E
ESJU3G
IP U. 5. COURT
Tells of Scrum to Keep
Women Young.
Friends in the Senate Have
Feared They Would Be
Robbed of Leader.
WASHINGTON, Jan. ti.—(I.
I*.)—Senator Keiiyon, Iowa, to-
day 1'eraiiii> judge of the eighth
federal circuit.
Shortly after accepting the of.
fer of (he pout from ('resident
Harding the nomination was
sent to the Senate where it was
continued immediately and tin-
aniniousli.
WASHINGTON, Jan, 31.—(By U.
PJ- -Senator Kenyon, Iowa, leader
of the agriculture bloc in the sen- |
ate, has been appointed judge of the
A theater catastrophe iike
the one in Washington always
results in investigations. We
are appalled at the sudden tak-
ing of a lot of human lives.
After investigations, we have
a tightening of regulations,
sometimes new laws and city
ordinances, but time passes,
and with it a gradual letting
up in the enforcing of these
measures.
Oklahoma City has been for-
tunate in not having any thea-
ter accidents. Prevention, how-
ever, can be accomplished only
through the enforcement of
our city ordinances regulating ,.
theaters. With the rapid e',e^I'1 feltira' clrcult' '' wis 'parm'(' beautitier of women, upon her ar
growth of the citv 'Lnv kind iwhlt0 house today. rival In New York said European
, ya / !, Kenyon was offered the judgeship 8Cientl8ts had dl8coverei, B B,rum
Of buildings we e used for last fall, but declined at the Insist- :that mnkes vomen g, BlmllarIy
theaters. Gradually better and ence of 80me of hl" rr,ends in tlle
better structures were built;.l ^th™
and it was to be expected that 8enate.
the city commissioners would Kenyon personally was ready 1o
not permit the further use of accept (he job at that time but
old buildings for theater pur-, t0 the w,8hes of htfl co1"
poses such as the Lyric thea- j TSent Harding, however, "fail-
ter. but 111 spite of the erec- ing to find a satisfactory man.' re-
tion of one of the finest theater newed his tender and Kenyon ac-
buildings in the Southwest by "P^d during a conference at the
41 °..i , i? j.1 white house today.
the leputed owners of the The nomination will go to The
Lyric theater, the old building senate probably today.
is still used for the same pur- The eighth circuit centers In Iowa. _ . i | , ...
l>ose although it does not con- As 1<ia(,pr of thc farm bloc' Ken* oeiSlllOyraphS mdicatfi V10-
lorm to City ordinances govern- ^melTo" ™.aCMfoXVn! de'-i lent Disturbance In Regions
ing theater buildings. signed to help farmers: To South of U. S.
The enforcement of these Packing control; anti-grain gam- {
ordinances is in the hands of extension of credits facilities! WASHINGTON. Jan. 31. — An
Bob Parman commissioner nf an<i otheI aRrlcu«t"ral ald M"®- ■ earthquake shock so violent as to
... r , ' , • i j kenyon also supported the Rus- throw out of commission delicate re-
public safety, and in the hands «ian relief measure and headed the cording instruments in seismograph
of the fire warden. Why are committee which investigated the Stations throughout the country was
these city ordinances not en- West Virginia coal mine war and in reported in various cities shortly
Inrpprl •> U thpro sunti his report urged appointment of a after 8 o'clock this morning.
- " 11.i- Ji! . . V. ,^ rn federal board of arbitration to settle \ The disturbance recorded by the
RATES
EOPL
•XPE
CT
[D
Margin Between Manufactur-
ing Cost and Retail Price
$9 to $11 a Ton.
to the monkey-gland operation
which men have submitted.
REdD UK
LOCATI
Jurisdiction of the corporation
commission over the rates charged
by the ice companies will be settled
in an opinion which will be given by
the state supreme court soon. Edgar
8. Katliff. attorney for the commis-
sion, announced Tuesday.
Two years ago. a decision of the
supreme court was made to the ef-
fect that the commission could not
regulate ice prices.
.Complaints were made by city offi-
cers and citizens of towns over the
state, so orders were issued forbid-
Mme. Helene Hubenstein, Parisian *^e companies to charge in ex-
cess of certain rates.
Fair Itate Not Set.
Appeal was made from these
orders by the Southern Ice company
and a company at Holdenville.
Ice is now being sold at 60 cents
a hundred in Oklahoma City by the
large companies, but complaints
have been made that small ice ped-
dlers were charging as much as 70
cents.
Just what is a "fair" rate for ice !
has never been determined by the
corporation commission, Ratliff de-
clared. Plant valuations, overhead
expense, Cost of manufacture and de-
livery have never been examined by
the investigators for the commis-
sion so that "a fair return upon val-
uation" can be set. Ratliff said.
If the supreme court holds that
the commission can regulate the
price of ice, something of the sort
will be done, and orders issued in
compliance, he declared.
It has been estimated that the eu-
tire cost of manufacturing ice, in-
cluding all overhead is not over $3
a ton. This leaves a margin between
the retail price and the manufactur-
ing cost of $9 a ton when ice is sold
at 60 cents a hundred and $11 when
it is sold at *70 cents a hundred.
Exaot cost figures not being avail-
able at the corporation commission,
no accurate estimate of the cost of
delivery could be made.
Masked Men Flog
Drumright Editor
Who Urged Reform
MISS ROBERTSON Had Conducted Campaign for NOBODY UNHAPPY
CENSURES MAMAS Com^s.sio_n.F_°1rm of BUT THE LAWYER
EX-SERVICE MEN
Nil
MUSKET
WASHINGTON. Jan. ill. Rep-
resentative Allcc Robertson. Ok-
lahoma. only woman In congress,
rose today in vigorous defense of
the "flapper.
Interviewed on "what are the
modern jirli coming to?" Miss
Robertson admitted that the 1922
girl "with knee skirt, low necked
dress, rouge, and dehuntante
slouch' is open to criticism," but
said:
"You can blame her mother."
"As the mothers Map so flap
the youngsters," Miss Robertson
said.
"The modern mother is respon-
sible. She sets the pace and her
(Continued on I'ak* Three.)
MB
PROPOSALS
Commission Form of
Government.
DRUMRIGHT. Okla.. .Ian. 11.
(Special to The Leader.) R. L.
j Moore. Drumright editor, declared
Tuesday that ftie only reason he J
I knew why he had been taken by
masked men aud flogged was that he
1 had written editorials urging reform
in city and county government.
! He has heen conducting a clean-up
j and morality campaign, he declared,
i A number of editorials have been ,
i written criticizing certain county
j and local officials because of their
apparent laxity in law enforcement,
he declared.
Among other things, be urged the
establishment of the commission
form of government in Drumright.
Last year, Mayor Nlcodemus of
I Drumright faced serious charges in
■ superior court in connection with
I his official duties, but he was acquit -
| ted. ounty officials are said to be
| hostile to Moore because of his ex-
« ARSON CITY. N'ev., Jan. 31.
(U. P.i Arguing that every-
body in the Mary Pickford-Owen
Moore divorce case was happy
except Attorney General Fowler
«>f Nevada, Ga\in McNab, "Little
Mary's" chief counsel, placed the
matrimonial fate of "America's
Sweetheart" before the final
court of appeal the supreme
justice" of the state of Nevada.
McNab charged that Fowler
was attempting a "gratuitous
and meddlesome action without
any standing or precedent at
law."
"There is
aggrieved party
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Of suitable theater buildings in disputes between miners and opera-1 needles at Harvard and Georgetown
the City that "necessity" should tors. lie also fought the seating of Universities was the most severe in
warrant the continuation of Senator Truman H. Newberry of. ten years ami was believed to be
buildings that may prove a Mlc^lKan an(1 opposed lowering of j somewhere in southern Mexico or
\°r hu"dreds of peo- Kenyon is recognized as one of | Early risers in San Francisco re-
pie • 1 ne time to act IS now, the outstanding progressives of the ported they felt tremors of the
Mr. ParvnJWl. Every theater in senate. | earth but the weather bureau re-
the City should comply with the "People will believe President ported no local disturbances.
citv ordinmpp*; i Hart,lnS appointed Senator Kenyon "A very severe earthquake is now
' a federal judge merely to break up in progress." Father Tondorf of
the agricultural bloc in the senate," Georgetown University here, stated
I lave you noticed the in- Senator Harrison, democrat, of Mis- ftt 9:10 o'clock this morning.
crease in vour iras hill* Thp 8l8fi'PPl- declared in a speech railing
, ,. k . 0111 * ihe at the republican majority today. CLEVELAND Ohio Jan 31 —(Bv
decision for the increase was Senator Harrlaon hinted that Ken-_u. p., A violent earthquake, one of, _ c .. u .
/I en del ed only a few days ago, B^and against the seating of the most pronounced in recent years, Sl3t6 SciyS It HclS Mystery
flRBUCKLE CASE
'and
is flowing into the coffers of
lready the golden stream 8enator Newberry might
• i it - fluenced "th* Rrtminlqtrnl
have in-
ws recorded tody on the seismograph
the administration to set gj Ignatius college, Father F. L,
the sras commnv It h;is hpon I ?ul tempting bait of a federal odenbach, astronomer, announced.
* ■ C°mpany'- U has been I Judgeship appointment According to Father Odenbach It is
several months since the cor- i
poration commission
the refunding of
charge for electric
"f don't blame Kenyon for leaving p^i^jij. 3 000 mlle8 [rom cleve.
ordered ;hls vb.0^." he said. "Here he has land> ln southern Mexico, or further
over- f®usht for ptirity In elerttons. When southward toward < 'entral America,
current.! ! "The quake seems to'<b. an exten-
Thi* nverr.hn.-o-o hn« nnt i«. „ : Se™,t°r NeW,^r!J "'f. r,ep"bliC?n I sive one," said Father Odenbach.
1 nis overcnai ge has not been colleagues silently insulted him by -The Kheet of the se
,.„r j , - .1 " ------- The sheet of the seismograph was
refunded as yet. The clerical; the chamber and leav-1 not large enouKh to reglster the rec.
department of the electric mo- |
nopoly works much swifter in leader of the agricultural bloc now
the collecting end than it does
(Continued on 1'agp 3)
••I * .v. . u.- ord of its extent. The lines ran up
,. . i,T.bl™1! : and down for more than a foot
in the refunding end.
Ponca City with a small elec-
tric plant has a graduated rate
from ten cents down to six
cents. Oklahoma City has an
eleven-cent rate. The corpora-
tion commission should look
into this, and see that Ponca
City stop such discriminatory
practices. A small plant surely
can not produce electricity as
low as the efficient central pow-
er plant at Oklahoma City.
The Ponca City plant is
owned by the city. The Okla-
homa City plant is owned by
a monopoly allied with the
Standard Oil interests. A mil-
lion dollar bond issue for a mu-
nicipal electric plant operated
in conjunction with the city
water works will give us relief
from excessive electric light
rates. Nothing else will.
ESS
Mrs. Asquith Tells of Fight on
Lloyd George.
NEW YORK, Jan. 31.—"There will
be no general election in England
until spring. The opposition to
Lloyd George will not crystallize to
an important degree in the immedi-
ate future."
Despite her announced determina-
tion not to talk British politics,
Margot Asquith, the wife of the for-
"It is the most severe shock re-
! corded here in ten years."
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 31.—(By
P.)—An earthquake so violent
I that it threw the recording needle off
its tracing arm was recorded at Har-
vard University seismograph station
shortly after 9 o'clock today.
The instrument Indicated that the
disturbance was 4.000 miles away.
Professor J. B. Woodward, director
of the seismograph station, estimated
Witness" To Testify.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 31.— (U.
P.)—Further delay in sending the
case of Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle to
the jury appeared today when the
state announced that it had discov-
ered a "mystery witness" In I^os
Angeles.
It Is probable, according to the
state attorneys, that this witness
will arrive in San Francisco today
and be called to the stand.
The state will also call a half doz-
en minor rebuttal witnesses when
court opens this morning. Their
testimony will be brief.
The defense has a number of sur-
rebuttal witnesses who will he called
when the state has concluded Its re-
buttal, according to Gavin McNab,
Arbuckle's chief counsel, who re-
turned this morning from Carson
City, Nev., where he was arguing the
that the earthquake was about 2,778 ! divorce ca3e of "Little Mary" Plck-
posure.
Recognized liostilit} to Moore bj
thc county attorne) and tlie sherift
on account of his stand on law en-
forcement makes Moore's position in
the conBonltj ■ precarious oae*
Governor Robertson had not been
Rpnham PrnnospsS? fi82 ^>77 <>i the itnation i iie«d .v Four Are Known Dead, and
uennam rroposesi^.oo^.o// nl„ni|h( „nd it was nut stated thai T |mill.„,| in Kontnrkv
for Water, Sewers and the attorney general uid take « i wo injuiea, in Kentucky
ESCUERS HOP
BED!
K[RS
E
LIKE
Fire Department.
hand in the ease.
By .noore's efforts
law enforc
Explosion.
The report o(W.bsUr L. Benhan, I JSSfS |
Legion Commander Raps Sec
retary Mellon For Atti-
tude on Bonus.
W V8H1N0T0N, Jan 31. (U. pj
Bet ween 600,000 n)
ervic< men are walking the street!
•"it ni work ••wonder why «ongresif
does not help them," Han ford Mac
N del nat iona; «ommander of th^
American Legion, told the houst
wa> and means committee todayl
in . ni- immediate passage of thq
bonus bill.
"The Ionmer > ongi• delay - thJ
bouu i.h \itl<"i • I'•«■ i.ired. "Ilia
moi• ill will the men will store uq
toward the government."
The Legion, MacNider said,
conduct ;i comprehem \\ • oampaf^i
i" .1 the \' teran to choose the inl
iis.in< . 1.1 home help option- of th<{
proposal bonus ni'1;,hui<\ which In
said would eost the government les
money.
Hut he dt rl.ired. vith so many!
of "Ui men walking the streets iiunt-|
ing for jobs, the Legion feels
ha * e ii" 11 -hi in a) thai any n
hall not take the «ti pajmental
That is the veterans' prerogative am
lie earned the right to use It."
MacNider rapped Secretary Melloi
lor his stand on theJhonus.
"Instead of oposhig the bill
pointing out the difficulties of fl|
nancing it. MacNider declared!
"Mellon would do bettei by finding
,itid su"K 'stinv proper methods
the 11i"n« \ Thi natMl
whlch Mellon I nuppos d t" serv-|
ing wants this debt paid."
Mac Nidi i bianded aa falae iii^
statement o( bonus opponents thfl
consulting engineer, on proposed | itH intention the cleaning up of the
city improvements was to be pre- ' town.
sented to the city commissioners I Moore was also one of th
in Creek county who scoreu me u.i - ,
Tuesday alternoon. n..v H«nJ
With only the dissenting vote of I
J. H. Johnston, the report was
adopted by the Taxpayers' Protec-1
tlve association, according to J. R. j
Keaton, chairman of the committee, i
men entombeil by n mine expl
editors at I .ay mail, twenty miles from here,
in Creek county who scored the ac- | might be alhe.
I Iona of Deputy Sheriffs Guy Hen- four meii were killed ami two elli-
shaw and W C. Wright 'or ahooUng ^ || |||r>.<|
an unarmed hungr> man at Bristow,
who had stolen a can of peas. It was Ihe dead are, lieu Itapier, Hulen,
alleged. hy.t l.arl Hampton, Straight ( reek;
, , , , , t'opuiar sentiment was strong j >vII1Ik Way, lour Mouth, and A.
, ..r^T/ n i H I"""'' ">e officers. They were re- BusnH| straight Creek,
of J2.682.522 was made by Benham. I centlv fr,.«l of charges of assault
who has heen employed by the city jwRh intcnt to kill.
commissioners upon recommendation i Moore declared emphatically Tues-
of the Taxpayers' association. No Ljay that be would not leave town as
date was suggested by the commit- ! )i, w„s ordered to do. sayluR that he
would stay an l fight for a clean gov-
eminent.
Ky„ Jan. 81.— II
hope tod in that two i ex-service men are divided
Ion : the lK>nus.
Names of ihe two entombed men
were not learned here.
miles from Cambridge.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 31.—Many
early risers in San Francisco today
reported they felt earth tremors be-
lieved to have been an earthquake at
5:15 a. m.
The tremors were sufficient to rat-
tle windows, they said:
The United States weather bureau,
however, had received no reports of
any earthquake and none of the ob-
ford before the supreme court of
that state.
According to the present outlook
the case will not go to the jury be-
fore Wednesday night or Thursday
morning.
tee. but it was said that city com-
missioners favor February 14.
For tho water department, a new
filteration plant, repairs at the res-
ervoir and pumping plant, and new
pumps and boilers, are recommended
by Benham. Bonds to the amount of
11,404,711 would be asked, according
to Benham's recommendation.
Necessary additions to the city
sanitary ami storm sewers could be
made with the $1,097,365 allowances,
it was said by members of the com-
mittee.
For repairs to fire stations and
the building of several new ones,
$180,500 was suggested by Benham.
Two reports were made by Ben-
ham on the water plant, one of them
calling for repairs to the filteration
plant now being used and the other
for the construction of a new one.
There was only a difference of sev-
eral thousand dollars in the costs
of the two, so the committee voted
for the new plant.
Copies of Benham's proposals were
furnished the commissioners Monday
evening and the commissioners were
considering the new details Tuesday.
Commissioners Moore. I'arman
and Patterson stated that on the face
of Benham's report they believed
that it would receive their favorable
vote Tuesday nfternoon.
HAGUE HIT
there
that Auckland Geddes, British am-
bassador. would soon be recalled. ;
Mrs. Asquith expressed a great
aversion to meet any American
"social leaders" and a keen desire ;
to meet certain American men— j
principally Secretary Hughes and j
Elihu Root.
"Women," said Margot, "never
amount to much until after they are 1
35. From then on until they are 50
they are really at their best. The
British labor party has produced the 1
strongest women speakers but wom-
really have accomplished little
really figure
garet Bonifield."
' I r John A. Simpson, the presi-
dent of the Farmers' Union of
Oklahoma, shocked some of the
moss-back, corporation-owned
Crowd at the Washington farm i
conference, when he took the
side of labor. W. I. Drummond
of Kansas City defied Simpson
to go back to Oklahoma and tell
his farmers that he had worked
hand and glove with the Amer-
ican Federation of Labor to
keep the farmers working six-
teen hours a day that rail
jji workers might toil only eight
hours a day at high wages.
Simpson retorted that Drum-i
mond "farmed the paved *LBA'NY' N Y- Jrn-:;l- Governo;
ir ,, , Miller has granted the request of
streets of Kansas City and Oklahoma authorities for the extra-
did not represent the dirt dition of Louis H. McShann, who is
farmers' viewpoint. wanted in Muskogee. Okla.. on the
Simpson knows well enough char«e of shooting an officer
that the high freight rates ar" bS.T'v!'
due to the billions of dollars of 1 —
I watered stock, on which the Simpson's stand.
public must now pay returns, that it is only by working to-
Tlie interest that must be paid gether with labor that they
each and every year on this can unseat the gentlemen who
. I • watered stock is estimated at now enjoy the bulk of the na-
inore than three hundred mil- tion's income through the pri-
lion dollars. -vate ownership and control of
The farmers of Oklahoma the dominant industries and
will. Oe well
NEW YORK. Jan. 31.—Health
Commissioner Royal S. Copeland re-
ported a sharp decrease in influenza
and pneumonia cases here today.
According to his statement there
mer British premier, today express- i servers on duty there had felt the were only 332 Influenza cases re-
ed her belief that the cause "her bus- supposed tremors nor had they no- ported yesterday as compared with
band is leading in the formation of ticed any disturbance of their instru- 475 for the previous day. Ninety-
a party in opposition to Lloyd George ments. six cases of pneumonia were report-
for control of the British govern- Two shocks were felt at Roseburg. i cd as against 103 on Sunday.
rnent would not be crowned with Oregon, the first at 3:30 a. m.. and j
quick success. She also denied that j the second at o a. m. The second
ere reports afloat in London WUB the heaviest, lasting 15 seconds
DRUMRIGHT. Okla., Jan. 31. — A
band of seven masked men at 6:30
o'clock last night seized R. L. Moore.
45. editor of the Drumright Post,
threw him into an automobile, drove
to a point five miles southeast of the
city and flogged him severely with
a heavy whip.
Kxaniination by a local physician
showed that Moore's body bore 150
whip lash marks.
In a thickly wooded ravine just off
the state highway. Moore, the police
said today, was taken from the car
and swung into the air by his arms.
His clothing waH stripped from his
body and the lash applied.
When the flogging had ended the
masked band smeared hot tar over
the wounds and then cut Moore's
hair from his head mixing the locks
with the tar.
After the whipping Moore was
dressed, placed in the "whipper's"
car and taken to the otuskirts of the
city where he was thrown out. He
was ordered to leave Drumright be
fore night or suffer another
PCI PR
:sio
International Judges Hold a
Meeting at The Hague.
THE HAGUE. Jan. 31. The inter-
national court of justice, established
by the league of nations In Septem-
ber, 1921, will elect its first presi-
dent on Friday.
The eleven Judges elected at Gen-
eva met yesterday in the $1,600,000
Peace Palace erected by Andrew Car-
negie and adjourned for four days.
The court, comprised of distin-
guished judges elected from repre-
sentatives of fifty-one nations during
the last plenary session of the league
of nations assembly, represented yes-
terday the league's most hopeful in-
strument for the maintenance of
world peac<
John 1 • execul lv<
ntative of ' he L< gion, told tlM
tte< ' t in hi opi eight]
would choose the paid-up Insuranoi
polic) uhich vv "iiM eventually brtQ|
iIm m tinee and a half times as muol
as the cash option.
SECOND BLAST
VICTIM DEAD
\B1LENE, Kan. Jan. 31 The sec
ond victim of stump blasting diet
here last night. Prank Engle, 24,
succumbed to injuries received in al
explosion of dynamite last Pridaj
when he and Leslie Hilborn. ■
neighbor, were blasting out a trel
■tump. Hilborn was killed.
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' WASHINGTON. Jan. :;i it'. P.I
M!i.i i nlted Statl 4
have already decided n 't "> pay
loans made by this country, Senator
Borah Idaho charged in th'- senate
j today.
200.000 MOTORISTS
REMAIN DELINQUENT!
Previous efforts to constitute .. . _ . .
world's tribunal for the purpose of J11"" •'<
hipping, j settling international disputes peace-
fully rather than by war have failed.
night school under the super-
NEW SMALLPOX
vision of the women's club of North
Platte, Neb., has 1.164 students be-
tween the ages of 16 and 80.
and awakening the entire town.
In Eugene, Oregon, the quake was |
sufficiently violent to rattle win- j
dows.
At Redding, <'al„ ihe shock prob- i
ably was the heaviest. Rough es
timates were that It lasted nearlj u:i n x i r
half a minute. It occurred at 5:2.r> l*CW GclS HlKGS Gr3ntG(J By
0, G. & E,
Generous Commission.
Hundreds of citizens were awak-
ened. Thirteen-cent increase in gas rau ■=
Telephone reports from Weaver- at Enid and El Reno were allowed in
ville, Yreka. Dunsmuir, Pall River an order issued Monday by the stac
Mills and Wedd, all in the extreme corporation commission.
in English politics. The only woman I northern part of the state, were that The Oklahoma Gas & Electric •
I know of in England who would : 'he quake had been felt in varying the distributing corporation in both
! in parliament is Mar- degrees of intensity. It also was the pi
felt at Klamath Falls, Oregon.
LOCAL PACKING
STRIKE BROKEN
Strikers are going back to work
as fast as they can get places in the
packing plants, Pred Kemp, secre-
Thev know ,ary of local Butcher Workers'
union, declared Tuesday.
Skillet] workers are being taken
under arrest
aces and requested the com
mission to grant the increase, whic
brings the rate per thousand in Eni
to 50 cents and in El Reno to 5
cents.
The commission granted the
crease so that the Oklahoma Gas .
Klectric company might "have a fai
return on its valution."
The valuation of the plants, ac
cording to the company's figures at
eepted by the corporation commit
sion are $426,944 for Enid and $230
j 680 for El Reno.
An increase in Oklahoma t'ity t
PRIZE FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
The High School student of today will become the man
of affairs of tomorrow. The destinies of the country will
be ir the hands of the coming generation within a few-
years. The problems up for solution today will not Iw
solved in a day. it is the coming generation, the boys and
girls now attending our high schools, that will be called
upon to deal with these problems.
To encourage a spirit of independent thinking among
High School students, to promote thought and expression
on present day problems, the LEADER offers
A $5.00 CASH PRIZE
for the best essay, not exceeding ."i00 words on the subject
WHAT SHOULD AMERICA DO WITH HKR
SURPLUS PRODUCTS?
The surplus referred to includes both agricultural and
manufactured products and for the purpose of this dis-
cussion we assume thai shipments to foreign markets will
remain at the 1921 level. The contest closes February 25.
All essays should be sent to Essay Editor, Oklahoma
Leader.
\ote—From daj to day the Leader will publish short
suggests to -tudents about what inighl be done with the
surplus. Watch for the suggestions.
WARNING GIVEN
j A new smallpox warning was is-
sued Tuesday by < "ommfssioner of
| Public Safety Bob Parman.
"At this time of year the disease
j is likely to break out at an> time.
said Parman. in urging that the pub-
I lie prepare itself by vaccination.
There is very little smallpox here
j at the present time, according to ' stat
Parman and the recent epidemic has i
! about passed, but constant vigilance '
! is necessary at this time of year, h .
j said.
LEN SMALL
WINS POINT
\lthougli thousands ol license ta
days oi^Cfe
li! t 1)4 .i!|!l'l% y
i 1.1 Hi. -late have not
•,. i i• |• I u .iiioii. 15. K. ( lark.
(tati in hw. • <ommissjoner, .-aid
Tuesday.
Tuesday was the last day on whic!
the l1 tags can be carried withou
the driver being subject i< arrest
Tag enforcement officers will go ti
work Wednesday. Clark declared.
said that most of the automo
bile ow ner ■ of the state wen « are
ibo it paj in < I the license feei|
and as a result many would be co
pelled to pay costly lines.
i " i;i had t'**en issu l|
Monday, and hundred were at the
pitol Tuesday.
GIRLS' CAMPUS
! WAPKEGAN. III.. Jan. 31. (By I
■ P.) Separate tr'als were granted
' Len Small. Illinois governor, and
j Vernon Curtis, banker, accused <>f
j conspiracy to juggle millions of dol-
lars in state funds, today by Judge
i i laire Edwards in Lake county cir-
! cult court.
j The prosecution bail indicated it
would dismiss the charges if a sep-
: .irate trial was granted, so severe a
f blow was it to the state's case.
Immediately after the ruling, the
| governor pleaded not guilty to the
charges.
KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY
system^
back eagerly, and as faM as "scabs 5g cents a thousand was recent!
can be discharged, he declared. presented the Oklahoma Gas & Elec
Kemp predicted that all would be trie company by the commission,
back at work within ten days. Officers of the corporation commit
No official notice had been re- sion declared that the docket
ceived from national headquarters at filled with rases of public servi
Chicago, regarding the calling of a corporations asking for rate
>allbtied with) the banking and credit system. I vote here ending the strike. I crennes.
GoyS ' f ti
3$?/
Woman Instructor at Vassar|
Beats Off His Attack.
POI tiHKEEPSIB, N. V.. Jan. 31.-J
<U. p.) A huge roughly dressed
prowler terrorized the college camp-
I us today.
Following an attack by the ma-
taudei of whotn an arruate descrip-l
non 1. not b« > n obtained, uponl
Miss Anna T. Kitchell, a six foot in-*T
tructor .ti \ -.sai\ last night, thai
polic haw- :n • '1 P" *° hunt!
down the man while college uuthor-T
j, , ,,-e ukiri: >1 epn to protect th«|
othi r mi'is. _ f
l , ii,,,ii win1 att.i<ked Miss Kitch-«|
-uident:l
w hile posses were searching for binj
I
hnilt. wearing a cap pulled wellj
down over bis eyes.
I
athletic and she gave the prowler i
I
. from blon n the face aml|
her escape to notify the police.
M, Kl I IOM IN SJUPI IP\. -
I SAPULPA, Okla., Jan. 31.—'Thai
[five cent loaf has returned to tbia|
A Main street grocci'1
would re-V
-mil. -eliin- tbc i>ic-*ar llv -r
cent prictfc,
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Ameringer, Oscar & Hogan, Dan. Oklahoma Leader (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 145, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 31, 1922, newspaper, January 31, 1922; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc109661/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.