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tablished to defend and cherish freedom
of the press and liberty of public opinion.
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A'ol. 2—No. 172
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA., FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1922
PRICE TWO CENTS
"HE
I RAILROADS
ONUS"
5' CRY
AND KILL
IS
Roads Can Only Avoid Gov-
ernment Ownership by Get-
ting U. S. Credits.
rfOWAT DEFIES WILKINSON
AND DISTRICT 21 BOARD;
INVADES OKLAHOMA FIELD
Howat To Fight Until Every
Traitor Bears the "Livid
Mark of Treason."'
Special to leader.
WASHINGTON, March 3. While
the business and banking interests
of the country are working on con-
gress to prevent any heavy cash
payments for a soldier bonus, these
tame Interests are busy to secure
two billions or mo;e w ith the aid of
Uncle Sam to
Heeds of the railroads.
Chairman Fordrey and bis com- reactionary president of the United
mittee have worked out a soldier , Mlne Workers quail in fear.
Answering to calls from the locals
•THE FIGHT IS ON."
SAYS ALEX HOWAT
"The fight is on. and 1 ain here
to help the Leader in Its heroic re-
j slstance to the traitorous betrayal
| of the Oklahoma miners by John WU-
: kinson and his crowd.*'
Thus spoke Alexander Howat, the
cover the immediate I fl* >tlng leader of the Kansas min-
• ers, the avenging fury before whose
i power the satellites of John L. Lewis
bonus that will be in the form of
"credit" and not, cash. While the full
ails of the plan have not been
of the Oklahoma miners Howat
... . . accompany Oscar Aineringer, editor
: o. th* Oklahoma Leader, Into the Ok-
will be limited to fifty dollars. The
insurance feature is to be one of the
dominant ones, but the loan restric-
tions of the insurance will be so ar-
ranged that for a period of three
years no money cair-vbe borrowed
from the government, but It is stated
that loans could be secured from
other sources, undoubtedly meaning
lahoma mine fields 1o nail the lies
about the Leader which Wilkinson
has been spreading ever since the
Leader took up its fight for the
struggling miners of Kansas.
In Lin# With Robertson.
"In his effort to retrieve bis crum-
bling authority over the mine work
ers of Oklahoma," said Howat, "this ||§
., , . . erS OI t JKlHIlOIIlcl, HUUl nilnai, mil
hilt money on the insurance can be (U„eredlted officer, John Wilkinson. 1,
willing to sacrifice the paper which
is fighting the battle of organized
labor. Wilkinson is astounded that
borrowed from banks on the assign-
ment of such insurance.
Hoover With Kail road
Meanwhile the interstate commerce ! lhe Leader, rather than sacilflce it,
commission and congress are con- j principle*, would forego the adver-
fdderlng the proposal of Herbert ] tls(ns support of the open-shoppers
Hoover, secretary of commerce, that .ind remain loyal to the working
the federal government lend its ,.iaBK. lie accuses the Leader of of-
9 credit lor tli" procurement of some t fending the open shoppers. He ac-
$2,000,000,000 "upwards" that is j cuses the Leader of criticising la-
prcsslngly necessary for immediate ] bor's enemies. Ho lines himself up
terminal improvements and for new \ through his court action with the
motive power and rolling stock. ....
ALEXANDER IIOWAT.
Wilkinson Says Leader An-
tagonized Open - Shoppers
and Incurred "Contempt."
IUSE IIP
F
Credits Withheld From Pri-
vate Whim of Personal
Speculators.
Dividends Also Deducted from
Receipts. Before Deficit Is
Proved In Report.
WALTER THOMAS MILLS.
When millions of people were
tu «hOP... slaying each other in the world war.
Here are some or the charges j ltt- u* >
made by John Wilkinson, president among the slogans used to urge
of the Oklahoma Mine Workers, j them into the slaughter pens w as the
against the Okianoma Leader. In ask- pledge that this was to be the last
ing that the Leader be thrown into a war Bra^-e men by the million felt.
"TheThlnm for which Wilkinson !« well they might, that they could
criticizes the leader speak for them- afford to die if the age-long mutual
selves to organized labor. They1 slaughter could be finally ended by Extravagant claims of losses and
show labor where Wilkinson stands i iheir sacrifice. i charges that the corporation comniis-
with respect to the line which dl- Famine la no new thing In Russia. slon or(|Pr establishing lhe gas rate
vide# the true interest, of labor from The seven years of war have Intan- atorv"
the Interests of labor's exploiters, slfled the suffering and extended the t6 cents «as M,.hlj null.., atory
The petition Is brought by the entire territory affected; but famines hnve tenured the opening argument of
executive board of District 21. of the been frequent and for a thousand Attorney Robert M. Ralney, repre-
Unlted Mine Workers of America. years more Russians have starved ; senling the Oklahoma lias & Electric
f ollowing are important excerpts In time of Nmlne than have >eeu ,.pml)unv the federill ,.ourt
from the list of charges against the slain In battle or have died of p?sti-
Leader:
lhe plaintiffs say that K. F.
CANCEL ORDER FOR
GOVERNOR'S ARREST
"Poor" Gas Firm
Paid Income Tax
Ross, in his Individual capacity,
litis for the past year owned u
twenty dollar ($20.00) share of
stock of the Oklahoma Leader
lompany, fully paid nnd non-
assessable. * * *
"The plaintiffs bring this ac-
tion for an accounting and for
receiving other relief and as the
ilrst ground on which they base
their rlRlit to ask for the ap-
pointment of a receiver, stale:
Depend on Advertising.
lence. ' Jud8ps' Friday.
The young Russians have pui Attacking the corporation eommls-
thetnselves on a ration. No one Is to I alon a estimate that gwould cost
fare better than any other, and they | the company approximately *84ti,847
hnve gone doggedly to work In the dollars for the year l:t'2. Ralney set
midst of famine, and In the midst ol the estimate at $946,000.
unutterable conditions following | Ralney alleged that during the
both war and pestilence, with the 42-cent rate In Oklahoma City the
rallying cry: "This shall be the lasi company was paying l.l centB for
famine" ,he "ain" KBH "und <l,,|lver,n« 11 to
Same Forces Rnle. ">• consumers free of charge." Un-
The same economic forces which 'It thisreguiaUon accordngtothe
lied the world Into war are more! corporation. attorney, they lost
I rampant than ever. The millions I • u'
I dead did not attain the end for which \
The company's attorney declared
that the entire profits for last year i)YviDENDS DEc'lAHED, amounting
to $1,429,806.14. The resulting "loss'
$804,574.03
The secretary, in his latest ap-
pearance before the interstate com-
merce commission, presented his
reasons for such confidence in the
future of the railways, and recom-
mended that:
The federal government should
immediately lend its credit to the
milways for improvements and the
purchase of new equipment.
The rates of fuel, metals, wood
nnd agricultural products should be.
reduced at once.
A billion dollars spent now on
American railways will do more to
VMEHl>'(iKR-HOWAT
MKETIN08.
Henryetta—Snnday* March *>,
Buchanan Ilall, 2:B0 p. m.
Wilburton—Monday, March ti.
Courthouse, 2:00 p. ni.
Coalgate—Tuesday, Murch 7,
I'nion Hall, 7:80 p. m.
Other dates will be announced
later.
"That the Leader company for its ' ,he>' died. TJie millions living feai 1 amountwj $85,155 which he de
.financial success in the conduct of.the coming of a war more unendur- cjaretj "confiscatory on any basis of j amounted "to
nounced the Slave Law of Kansas i itft Kai(1 business, is dependent to a |able than'wua th® IjUroJe^n war< If valuation."
and asks the court in a petition | Ercut oxtent upon obtaining adver-1the Russians achieve their purpose.. E ,, \|CGinnis. of Muskogee, was Continued on rug* l ive
which he has filed to turn the Lead- tlsing. • • • and really make this "the last fam- — ......... "*
er over to him and his crowd so that | -piaintifTs say that the defendants in® " ^ey wil1 only be accomplishing j
it may become a willing servant of i ♦ „ have conducted said news- ,he same tht' Mormons «>t
the arch enemies of the people who } paper ,n an llnlaw(u, manner In that! or th,! Pueblo Indians ot Mexi-'
once elected him to office. i thev have freouentlv • • • nub- c°. and th<! Australian common-
To l ight It Out. listed articles * * • approWng wealth have accomplished with
"I know the miners of Oklahoma.
I know the fight of the Leader. 1
know the depths of perfidy to which
John L. Lewis and John Wilkinson
can stoop in their betrayal of the
workers.
"And as long as there if life in
my body, as long as red blood runs
in my veins, I shall devote my en-
violation of the laws of the land and reserve of a two years food supply
by which they sought to induce la- in caH* of drouth. ,
! At the evd of every war credits
NOTHING LIKE BEING RIGHT
BY OSCAR AMERINGEU
Hepburn Again Flings De-
fiance at Governor and Re-
fuses To Be Stampeded—
New Assaults From Gover-
nor Are Expected.
OhMll.Lhh, Mar h it,— Warrant
for the arrest of tiorernor J. H. A.
Itohertson, charging him assault and
battery, mis cancelled Wednesday
by County Attorney .lames Hepburn
following au attack by the governor
upon James ti. Lyons, oil man, which
took place in the county attorney's
office Wednesday.
\s neither man wished to prose-
cute the other, the two were re-
leased by Hepburn.
The spark was touched off as the
(governor came from a heated inter-
view with the county attorney. Rob-
ertson was being introduced to sev-
eral In-danders and finally was pre-
sen ted to l.yous, ex-soldier, and de-
positor in the failed llaiik of Com-
merce
\* the governor held ont his hand
Lyons folded his arms and said, "I
won't shake hands with the
Instantly the governor struck, his
blow fulling short. Lyons retaliate I
and the fight was on. The two were
separated before either was badly
beaten.
The crowd surged about the gov-
ernor and feeling was at a high pitch.
lhe atmosphere at Okmulgee is
charged with dynamite and the pres-
ence of Governor Robertson, in what
ver^ the public believes is an attempt to
intimidate the grand jury, has inten-
sified the situation.
Following the affray between Ly-
ons and Hepburn the county attor-
ney turned to the sheriff und told
liiui to take charge of the governor.
"No man is going to take charge
of me," shouted Kobertson. -I
And during the black dawn | "•Jer «r oi this state.;
/ ! j * i: \ I 1 dflflt intend to place you under
merely
i want the sheriff to see that you are
selected to present the side of the
corporation commission.
While the Oklahoma Natural Gas
ompany was juggling its trick fig-
ures to show a loss of $8!)4,574.( 3 In
one year, it was paying a federal in-
come tax of $121,000, examination of
records on file with the corporation
commission disclosed Friday.
Further investigation showed that,
although a federal Income tax is sup-
posed to be based upon and deducted
from NET PROFITS, the company's
mathematical strategists had in-
cluded the $121,000 payment in its-
list of operating expenses, presum-
ably in ordor to show a greater
"deficit"
Even this, however, left a not oper-
ating revenue of $1,638,584.96, to
which the company admitted it had
to add $70,748.51 as "other Income,"
making a total of $4.709,33314'
ibis point in the calculations the
gloom squad was called in, setting
forth various "deductions" totaling
$1,174,101.36.
Having thereby brought the total
net income down to $535,232.11, the
only thing necessary to show a
deficit for the year, was to list
restore the country than twice that crooked gang of state house poli- i ui w«i •" """" "■ 'low*
ticians of Oklahoma who have looted | John Wilkinson and their official
EXPECT SOUP KITCHEN
TO REDUCE CRIME HERE
^ I _ I upon
sum expended abroad. j ticians of Oklahoma who have looted ,
Readjust Rates. 'the banks, robbed-the toaners an.l crew, so that, go where they may.
Failure quickly to rehabilitate the' exploited the city workers. He criti- the workers of the world will real ,
railways will strangle business so J cises lhe Leader because it de- 1 tlio livid mark_ of J reason^—,—^
railways will strangulate business so
eoon as activity is resumed
Rates and wages probably
main 50 per cent abov
levels.
The entire theory and practice of
rate making will have to be revised
to meet new economic conditions.
The process of rate readjustment
will be gradual, passing through
three states to a new normal, which
normal must be on a higher "table-
land" than pre-war, because chiefly
of post-war taxes and higher wages.
The railways, if encouraged now
to build and equip, will be able to
earn solvent returns on valuation,
encouraging investment in rail se-
curities.
nod. n n
ably will re- I.
>ve pre-war U i U
0
C.SEEKS
EN SHOP VOTE
Money is always hard lo get.
borers generally to disregard the' « e|j" "'d IT'tho""'enriched 1 which followed the reconstruction (or better, destruction) !><■- said Hepburn.
laws of the land to oppose these con- haye been denied by enrich«d I was almost impossible to obtain.
the "lilted' S ui t es** a nd \ widespread /anhruptcy tn./e in The Fedem. Reserve Rent.emen contracted currency Train j Pjote,^ iron, any
States of America. evltable, and the bond hoi,ling ft- ioilds 0f pap,.,- money were returned east, whereto all blessings I" inaignauon.
"Plaintiffs say that In the Okla- ruined^cllents6 "tWb I ilnd ,h,'n baled or dcstro>ed- OKMULGEE, March .3. Governor
' i ergy to placing the brand of shame j * * . ^^uotefbt' '^t war can still be made the last 1 The banks in the east called in their loans. The little tanks | J. B. A. Robertson, in his attempt to
- upon the brow of John L. Lewis. ' ' ' war in fact; hut as long as economic jn the west followed suit. Soon everybody Ollt here waH bflsted ho James Hepburn, pkmuhte
,-lunder is permitted within the va- "nWrtmt-Iita broke county attorney "where to head in"
Hons nntlonR it will remain between ',<inKlllPl ana 01 OKe* ..... engaged in a fist fight with James
the various nations: and Justus eeo- The Leader started publication just about the time when it. Lyon. Friday in the office or the
1 nomic plunder leads to a sheriff s; prosperity hit the toboggan. I*i int paper then was eight cents «oun > .it orney.
sale at home, it leads to a sheriff s |)ei- pound. It is three and a half cents now. It was two ana The governor paid a surprise visit
■ sale, or war, away from home.
! The world war cost America a [
hundred thousand lives, and forty
billion dollars; but the panic follow-
ing the war has cost more in suffer-
ing, in the loss of life anu in the loss
jof property, than did the war itself.
Isn't it time to make this "the last
Supported Debs.
'The criminal, caught red-
Continued on F k Five
American railways are not inefll- successful.
Strong Protest By Members
Forces Board to Yield.
Efforts of many members of the ,
chamber of commerce who have j
sought a referendum on the stand j
taken by the board of directors for |
open shop, have at last been j
cient.
Some sort of consolidation of the
railways in group system would ef-
fect economies, a stronger financial
position and greater independence
from the railway supply companies.
tioTeriimcnt Ownership I'nwii
The chamber of commerce mailed
out to its membership Thursday
ballots on which the membership
was asked to vote on the following
question: "Do you approve the ac-
tion of the board of directors in en-
dorsing, by a unanimous vote, the
It would be unwise to experiment j actlvlUeS of 'the open shop tllvision j
again with government operation
control or to attempt government
ownership.
W'e must "call off the witches" who
have tilled their cauldron with hate
against the railways.
The railway managers of the day
are actuated with the spirit of public
service.
After reviewing the general
of the chamber of commerce
While many members of the cham-
ber have resigned in protest against
a policy which turned the business
i of organized labor away from their ^
stores, it is still believed that a
majogjty of the membership are of j
the belief thrft the open shop division .
is out of place in a civic commercial |
body. Many avowed open-shoppers
Red hot "mulligan."
All the coffee you can drink.
All the bread and butter you
can eat.
This was the bill of fare for
the 3 o'clock meal to he served
Friday to the hungry and un-
employed at the soup kitchen
established by the Volunteers of
America at 21 West First. It
requires about two hours to feed
the crowd, according to those in
charge of the kitchen.
Approximately 270 men and
boys were fed Thursday.
Forrest Hughes, county attor-
ney, strongly endorsed the soup
kitchen idea Friday and declared
that it would have a tendency to
reduce crime.
The Beatrice rrej-.mery compa-
ny and the Libby Treamery have
promised to furnish a quantity
of butter. The Smith Bakery
gave the organization about 100
loaves of bread Friday.
STORM IIICT MS
nomic situation in the 1'nite.i States j havtf declared that they believe the f
und discovering that dislocation is j fl'Kht ought to be made on its own
the principal difficulty, Secretary " * "
Hoover conceded that "the violenco
of the readjustment is without par
allel," and that therefore we must
po to the bottom and build again on
basic levels.
>lore Capital—More Looting.
Secretary Hoover makes it plain
SUF
CTED
RSON CHARGE
Roosevelt's Attorneys Declare panic?'
Will Appeal Case.
How to Knd War and l'anic*.
a quarter" cents before America was made "safe for UouKh-1 ^Z'^/bSei
mocracy. , _ j now investigating the alleged frau4
The farmers and wage workers were hit first and hardest j 0f state officials, including the gov-
by the general breakdow n. These two classes are the main-j ernor himself, in connection with
stay of the Leader. Consequently Baby Leader soon found j ^ec^^Ce°f th° 0kmulgee Uank
itself in jjreat financial difficulties. . County Attorney Hepburn didn't
Worse still the Leader could not borrow money front the
mince words when the governor
banks. It had no credit in high circles. On top of that it was \ sought to demand the right to appear
As long as credits are granted or boycotted by the advertisers. Cost of producing the paper I before the grand jury in his own de-
C. W. Roosevelt was sentenced to 'withheld on tho Personal whl™ <?r | remained 'way up. Income kept going dow n, down and down. e s
«* . personal discretion of great private I sledding"—no word for it. ! Hepburn Defiant.
four years in the state penitentiary interegtB; aa iong aK credits are * * * v * * ; "1 am going to tell you just what
Friday by Judge James I. Phelps. Kranted to personal favorites with- , . . mnntinn -ill the 1 to,d George Short to tell you the
after the Jury had returned a deel- out security; as long as men in the, ' am SOny I ha^en got the . pace « other morning, that no man is going
sion late Thursday night. He was market are permitted to sell that dear old stand-bys who came to the rescue oi OUr pa pel I i no. i J() SUperce(je tiie county attorney of
charted with an attempt to destroy I do not "wn- and to buy *hat black days. But here are a few: tWs ™"nt^" Hepburn declared, "and
they do not use; as long as those Dave Ross, west of town, let Us have $9000. Fred Holt I turthermore, no witness is going be-
! with staple articles in the market, or , across with $2000. A farmer-blacksmith in Garfield |'ore the grand jury without my con-
insured property.
Roosevelt is the proprietor of the in tjje warehouse, or in process of ' ----- -- ; . , u:., in <sitme
O. lv. Artificial Limb company. His production, can be arbitrarily .denied ' county (he won t let e . 4 V ? j..
sent. 1 don't give a damn if he is
Comrade Wham, who used to farm in Grady county j
attorneys announced that they would I credit by those interested in consplr- I $4000. Comrade " nam, wno usea to larm in uiauy * Emphasizing his statements by
file • motion for a new trial and inR for lheir ruln ln ordfir to ron_ but who is now raising pears near Carter, Illinois, forked ovei slamming the table with his clenched
that ^thn case would bo carried to' "scale their property; so long as S5000. .lohnnv HaRel, our manager, mortgaged his home and rlst, Hepburn left no doubt in Hob-
the criminal court of appeals, if this | P<™P>e a™ compelled to put large 1(,nt S2y()o. "Slick" Gallion. our advertising man, did likewise ertson's mind as to his position In
motion is refused. valu™ into'?%ma,rk"t'anlfr ""ti and loaned u.s $4000. The llrooks Brothers let us have a couple becase.
_ _ quently unable to take anything out,! «l,,u , j " ^ Governor Robertson is like any
OT n A TTADH D A \11f while those who take out the larger of thousand and then there ^as George Ivelsey, . • Other citizen being investigated by a
j J j\/± I tUKIJ oAIllli share of the good things of life put' lTncle Sam Andrews, Comrade mngenhenner and Daddy l lau jury," Hepburn declared, "if
n r nrr C ITC n/lADC nothing in -so long the world will and many, many others I can not mention now who gave their the Jury wants to hear from him it
LLUjbj I I LfUUiXJ not see the last war. thr last famine, a|j to see thjs p:ipi.r through the financial earthquake following will rail hiin.
the last pestilence, of the last panic. | , The frantic efforts of Robertson to
Th. First State Bank of Stratford. ^slmpl e^y.tem olmutou _a„d | Th; umnunt ram(1 from the ininois miners. 1,!™°d
lhe First state Bana or ™ jra, -- ~KoUld bp | The biggest single amount came Irom the Illinois miners. ; -
dayViuMnUUi'e request of bTnk off!- granted on goods either in the ware- These boys have some two million dollars in their treasury and ber
cia'l's made to the state bank com- j houses, or In transit, or in process (hey invested $.Tr>,000 in our 6 per cent first mortgage bonds.
, mlssioner Thursday night. | of production, and no one applying j 0n top of ,ha, th(iy p.|i(| ,he Leader about $15,000 for job
merits" without jeopardizing the com-1 III- «J«i biiaiaw The cause of the banks closing has 'or credit could obtain It except up- k printing.
merclal interests of the city. | not been made public, according to; on such security, and no one would f
directed t^e'^"e'th^V-' Patientsjn Hospitals Bound in ^ left Zlt security^ ^th"^" ! This is no. the first time the Illinois miners have come to
ERING
ote linil g up with the open shop. I
is contrt lied by the public uUllty;
and Industrial element which suc-
?eded in sugar-coating the original
Plaster Casts.
Bound up tight in plaster of Paris
that he favors the operation of rail- proposition so that it was passed by casts, with strict instructions not to
roads by the present interlocked fi- membership, but since the fight move without the aid of the nurse
nancial pirates, who have watered jias disclosed the truo purpose of nr physician, two of Oklahoma City's
the stoak and bonds of the various the-open shop to destroy union la-
railroads to an extent that the in- foor, hundreds of merchants have
vesting public refuses to be taken in raised their cries of protest.
any further. _ — «.,« r AIT
The railroad interests can avoid 11/LI fCJ^V I? I ]y fl (fly
government ownership and operation Vf lh IOI* * l i/Uitw vm
only through securing government!
credit. Most of the rail stocks and (
bonds are selling way below par. but
vith government credits assured for
further capitalization, with supreme
court decisions eliminating practi-
cally all rulings of the various state
railroad commissions, and placing
practically the sole rate making
power into the hands of the inter-
state commerce commission, the rail
financiers may succeed in boosting
their stocks and bonds to a near par
valuation preparatory to unloading
them at a high price on the gove" Hspear Crossley and W. V. Brown as
BELLE ISLE RAID
Two gallons o' whisky were found
in the garage of Charlie Boswell,
two miles northeast of-Belle Isle, by
county officers Thursday night, ac-
cording to W. P. Lindsay, under-
sheriff.
A warrant for Boswell'® arrest has
been issued, it was announced. He
was not at home when the raid was
made, according to Lindsay. Depu-
ties O. E. Wright, Charlie Riggs.
aged people must spend at least two
months, possibly three or more, in
the hospital, as the result of falls
sustained during the storm Tuesday.
They are Mrs. J. W. Scothorn. Ill
West 14th street, wife of J. W. Scot-
horn, of Scothorn & Boardman, at-
torneys, and W. H. Gardner, carpen-
ter. of 29 West D, Capitol Hill. Both
sustained a fractured hip while ven-
turing out on the ice-covered walks
Tuesday, They are in the Rolator
hospital, where Thursday, they were
placed in casts to await nature in
her work of restoring the shattered
bones. Mrs. Scothorn is 60 years
old, while Gardner, 67.
Great care, according to physi-
cians, is necessary to properly mend
day night for Stratford
charge of the bank's affair.
| equal ierms--sucn a sye
rrui nrjl | u/ppw II C lished anywhere on a sufficiently
cilDUU/c rm n \A/AV/P large scale to command the attention
SURVIVE COLD WAVt oi the world will see the last panic,
1 the last famine, and the last war.
Bool weevils hibernaHng in Okla- That is the program of the Recon-
homa cotton fields, waiting for the j struction League.
cotton farmer to plant his "cotton
ent the threatened indictment are
•omiiig more violent every day.
"You know 1 have the power to
supersede you?" Robertson declared
to Hepburn.
As the governor left the office of
the county attorney he engaged in
an altercation with James G. Lyons,
an oil man, who struck the governor
in the face, it was reported.
Robertson hit back and the two
men exchanged a number of blows
before they were separated.
J. D. Lydick, Oklahoma City attor-
patch" will he a great deal fewer
in numbers when the death toll due
to the blizzard, is summed up, ac-
cording to ,T. A. Whitehurst of the
board of agriculture.
"The weevil has gone through the
winter and was in on impoverish!,/
condition when he was caught in the
storm. In all probability the fatali-
ties will be heavy and may pretty
well clean him up in the state,"
Whitehurst declared.
take standardized, and both markets and | the rescue of an Oklahoma organization. Long, long ago when
credits within the reach of nil on, jGj,n Wilkinson was still roaming the wilds of South Wales,
equal terms such a system est ah-1 then? was a biR s(rike in (he coa| fieids Gf oklahoma and Ark-
ansas. This sirike started in March 1899 over the blacklisting
ol 97 coal diggers in Hartshorne and lasted until September,
190.X The United Mine Workers (John Mitchell was president ney for Governor Robertson, was
then) supported the strike for fifteen months. After that the with lhe governor when he sought
strikers had to shift for themselves. It was tou8h shifting., {£
From 12,000 members the organization dwindled down to 700. UJ. frum (h„ £OVern()r
Most of these lived in tents under trees* The biggest ol these The governor's brother-in-law, j.
STILL UNHARMED tenl
camps was near Jenny Lind, Arkansas. Chickens roosted \v. Butler, or vinita, was one of the
high in those davs. Heans were scarce and of money there; witnesses called before the grand
, I jury Thursday.
was none. ^ I former cashier of the Guar-
anty State Bank of Okmulgee, G. L.
It was then that Sol l odge and Tom Sweeney and others j Boggs, was also called.
PEACH CROP IS
The prospective crop of peaches
and other fruits is not damaged, ac-
cording to J, A. Whitehurst. who.
with other members of the agricul-
tural department, made a* careful ex-
amination of the buds in several or-
chards Friday.
"Many peach buds, although great-
i %• swelled during ,t|0 1 nreral weaki
MASONS TO COME TO i <tf warm weather preceding the hlis-
Hk I AHHMA PITY *ard, were found to be all right.
UKLAHUMA U I T Fear that many budfl woulf) be
' frozen was expressed by Whitehurst.
Oklahoma City was selected as the
ment. when public ownership finally
offers the only solution for our
transportation problems.
CHURCH'S EXECUTION
SCHEDULED FOR TODAY
CHICAGO. March 3.—Unconscious
as a result of his hunger strike.
Harvey Church was to be carried to
the gallows today, strapped in a
chair, and hanged.
Church was convicted of the mur- j charged with burglary of the second
d*r of two auto salesmen. degree, in connection with th«- rob-
Hundreds of persons sought per- j berj of a house in Capitol Hill of
mission to witness the executiou. , clothing and other articles.
sisted Lindsay in making the raid.
HELD ON CHARGE OF
STEALING CHICKENS
C. G. Roupe and Guy Humphreys
were bound over for trial in district
court Friday by A. W} McWilllams.
justice of the peace,' on larceny
charges in connection with the theft
of some hens from a farmer living
near Packingtown. Roupe was also
hoboed their way to Illinois on a foraging expedition. They did
not go in vain, for, in spite of the fact that the Illinois miners
had just passed through a long strike themselves, most of I heir
locals assessed themselves 10 per cent of their earnings to aid
their starving brothers in Oklahoma and Arkansas.
By furnishing the beans for eighteen months, they saved
the bacon of the Oklahoma miners. In fact, if it had not been
i The bent late peaches bloom earliee,.! for the Illinois hoys it is doubtful if there ever would have been
the broken bones in case where the place to hold the next annual meet-j jf was expiained. and they are gen a District 21 of the I . M. W . of A., in which event John >>11
patients are aged. * " ~ ' * * 1
Bankers from Oklahoma City and
Vinita appeared in answer to sul>-
poenas instructing them to bring
the records of their banks relating
to transactions by Governor J. B. A.
Robertson, Fred G. Dennis, former
bank commissioner, and ex-Attorney
General S. P. Creeling during the
latter part of 1920.
That Governor Robertson will con-
tinue his tight to remove Hepburn
i It w ;is expiuiutru, mm ih'-j < ■ •- f-' •' 4i iv i mi « v * . .... - - < ,
ing of the Grand U)dge by the meet-! erally tbe onM ,bat BnBer in the |<jnson .^d Com pan v never would have had an opportunity to from Itie grand Jury probe and roo-
ing; Just closed Thursday nlght at late (ree7ep. ,. . h h latty0rs of Governor Robertson for the patriotic ^^'"expecteTby all
ordered to^nove his ofHce from Ok CITIZEN WOULD HALT °f ^ ^ ^ ^ S0Uth' 7, Vu ~L
WAP Ainw W ATIMC lahoma City to Guthrie, where h. LI 1 \Lt!IM W UlJLUri ^ est mto bankruptcy. i Forrest HllQheS Keeps
rr niv / \J fr rV /ILil/vvj will occupy spacious quarters ln tb« TULSA WATER PnOJLL I The Illinois miners also loaned District Ll $.>0,00() to make Qp 0kfTlUlcj66 Probe.
new Masonic Temple. The Masonl. tup fi.st Davment on the Bache Denman properties, by which Porrpst Hughes. Oklahoma county
GASOLINE PRICE
made
son for the cut. nations will attend the second in
The price at filling stations ternational congress of working
dropped from 21 cents to 1f' c>nts. women to be held at Geneva next
and from the wagons, 18 to 16 cents, month. _
i garnishment of union funds. .Magnificent Illinois! couatv if necess
Sixteen dolltfgy week m the min- Moral: It pavs to he «ood and there is nothing like being up,m the ouleomt
| wrterTto'cSuoiit jon the right side of the right crowd at the right time. Jhank prob«.(he stated.
•y. All depends
of the Okmulgee
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