The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 68, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 18, 1919 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL. VII. NO. 68.
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John N. Shepler, State
Prominent Newspaper
Man, Dead at Lawton
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 18, 1919.
HERBERT LEAVES ON
NATL EDITORIAL TRIP
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* * 4 O
AT THE UNIVERSITY
TODAY
DISPLAYING BEAUTIFUL
BATHROOM FIXTURES
PRICE FIVE CENTS
FUNERAL WILL BE
HELD AT LAWTON
ON THURSDAY
Two Sons Will Continue the
Publication of Father's Pa-
per — The Constitution—
It Is Thought.
Lawton, Okla., June 17.—In the
death of John N. Shepler, editor
and owner of the Lawton Consti-
tution, news of which reached here
today from Greencastle, Mo., the
ranks of Oklahoma newspaper
men lose one of their most active '
members and one of the oldest in i
the state in point of service.
Shepler entered the newspaper
field in Oklahoma at Pawnee, in ■
1902. He had previously published
the Standard, at Milan, Mo. Hav-1
in)? sold the Missouri paper, he
came to Pawnee, purchased two
weekly papers and merged them
in the Courier-Dispatch. He pub-!
lished the Pawnee paper until
about the middle of the first state
administration, under C. N. Has-
kell, when he became chairman of
the state school land commission;
but, as soon as the bulk of the
school lands to be sold were off
the market, in 1911, he came to
Devereux Plavers
At Uni. Tonight
The Devereux Players have ar-
I lived and will present the ever
| popular Shakespearean romance,
"Romeo and Juliet" at the Univer-
i sity auditorium tonight (Wednes-
j day). The star is Clifford Dev-
ereux, who will play the part of
"Romeo," and "Juliet" will be
taken by the famous Zinita Graf,
and their support will be of the
very best.
Those who heard the players
this spring are looking forward j
with great anticipation to the
series of plays to be given here
this week. On Thursday at the
matniee the play is "She Stoops ■
to Conquer," and Thursday night,
"Taming of the Shrew." Admis- |
sion, 75 cents, or $2.00 for the
season.
Lawton and bought the Constitu-
tion from J. Roy Williams.
At the time of his death Shep-
ler was a member of the state
board of education. He was chair-
man of the committee of the Ok-
lahoma Press association which
financed -the editorial home at
Medicine Park and was responsi-
ble largely for the success of that
j H. H. Herbert of the school of
I journalism left Wednesday morn-
ing for Coloma, Mich., where he
will spend several weeks with his
sister, Mrs. Ralph S. Becker. Af-
i terwards he xepects to visit rela-
tives in Illinois and Manitoba and
late in July may go to the Pacific
coast on the trip conducted by the
| National Editorial association.
I Enroute he will visit several school
! of journalism, for the purpose of
; studying plans for enlarging the
j course in journalism at the uni-
j versity next year. The editorial
| trip will be over the Canadian
; Central railroad, and will certain-
ly be one thoroughly "worth while'
The writer took it several years
ago and knows whereof he speaks. :
THE PLEA FOR BEER
BY THE LABORITES
PROVED A FIZZLE
Messrs. G. W. Beard and Ralph
Washington, June 14.—The Klein and their families left Tues-
"wets" stormed the Nation's capi- day via automobiles for Penning-
tal today, less than five thousand ton creek, where they will spend
strong, instead of the advertised a few days fishing in that beauti-
one hundred thousand, made their ful stream. They will be in camp
demand for saving of "beer ' from near Tishomingo. Mr. Beard was
the coming prohibition under a down on Pennington a few weeks
boiling hot sun and with the wav- back and tells some startling fish
8:30 p. m. The Devereux
Players, Romeo and Juliet,
Auditorium.
TOMORROW
j * 9:00 a. m. Chapel Lecture:
* International Idealism, Dr. * j with
* Ian C. Hannah, Auditorium. * toilet
11:00 a. m. Lecture, France,
Dr. Ian C. Hannah Auditorium "
* 2:30 p. m. Devereux Play- *
* ers, Taming of the Shrew, *
* Auditorium. «
7:30 p. m. Community Clio- *
* rus, Director Prof. Oscar J. *
* Lehrer, Accompanist, Mr. Jo- *
* seph Benton, Rear of Admin- *
* istration Building. *
* 8:30 p. m. Devereux Play- *
* ers, She Stoops to Conquer, *
* Auditorium. *
I' ieharty & Co., plumbers, West
Main street, are showing in their
windows most beautiful bath room
fixtures. They have on display a
built-in bath tub, pedestal wash
basin, towel racks and shelves
porcelain supports. The
arrangement is in keeping
* j with this beautiful bath room suite
* j in every respect and the whole
* makes a most desirable bath room
* : furnishing.
Four Fine Harvest Day:
Weather Man Promise;
Continued Good Weathei
Married: Judge J. W. Linton
officiated on Tuesday, June 17th,
at the wedding of Evert Tinder,
21. and Miss Margaret McGee, 33,
both of Oklahoma City, which was
solemnized at the court house at
4 p. m.
Muskogee Strike
Situation Serious
Muskogee, Okla., June 13.—Al-
though all street cars were run-
ning here today, the service was
discontinued tonight under orders
from Sheriff James Bobbins after I
two cars had been stoned, and j
crowds which surged through the i
downtown streets threatened vio- [
lence to each car as it approached. \
The special officer and motor- I
WHEAT FARMERS
RUNNING BINDERS
DAr AND NIGH1
Some Extra Good Yields Ar
Promised and. Everything
Looks Favorable for Growl
Harvest.
We've now had four fine harvest
OFF ON FISHING TRIP
(Continued on page four)
ing of several thousand American
flags, and then departed, most of
them for Baltimore, the nearest
wet Mecca, leaving Congress as
dry as ever it was.
Significant of the influence the
widely advertised demonstration
will have on future votes in Con-
gress, it may be stated that while
the several thousand representa-
! tives of the American Federation
stories.
Boost for Norman.
How Others See Us,
As indicative of the impression :
that Norman makes upon the i
stranger within our gates, is the |
following letter received today I
by Tom E. Clement from one of
lowing:
J "Years ago—maybe a quarter
j of a century—there was a story
j in an upstate New York county
j that touched greatness in inelo-
■ drama. I d0 not now recall the
j names or details, except that a
j man named Benham was found
' guilty of murder. The thought
| persists, as the spiritualist med-
iums say, that he was accused of
killing his wife. At all events he
was sentenced to be hanged. In
those days the sentenced person
was swung into the future exis.
j man on one car were attacked by I
a crowd of sympathizers and dri\ !
I i n from the car. After chasing <iay8 (4—count 'em—4) Sundajl
•imu !'d° i|S("l'f<' I <lis'i"K l' .the moli Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday!
amused itself by throwing rocks .... i ,i, m . f
through the car windows. weather man promisd
One thousand union labor men, tl,:it t,lr weftther will eonl
including railroad trainmen and tinue. If we can just have a weelL
thePst«.?i03i!f. • "SrtS tuhr0U*h 1 or ten **** "r good weather, nea|
tne streets tonight with banners iv nil n, ;M wi u \ J
• - . i <> cm grain, both wheat and
oats, in this locality will be in thj
I about downtnun •'lock and a considerable portion
THE MAKINGS OF
A THRILLING NOVEL
SHOWS UP AGAIN
Speaking of actual occurences
upon which could be built thrilling
novpI« n lonigni with banners'
lis, a wntir in the New York urging the public to support the!
limes calls attention to the fol- "trikers- Strikers and sympi-l""""
! thizers gathered about downtown i shock
wearing
all
"\\ c of it threshed, fop threshing maj
j chines will begin operations
j of Labor and wet sympathizers the leading investment firms of | ™„.
! generally were marching to the j the country. Mr. ClemeTit wrote tenee frnm the yard of the jail in
Capitol steps, led by several bands, j them asking whether they could i count>' 'n which the crime had
i apuoi sieps, leu oy several bands, , mem asKing whether they could I J wmcii me
the House judiciary committee was handle some city loans, and their I J'01'" committed. The gallows had
putting the finishing touches to reply is as follows: I 11 erected, the rope
and the hour set.
putting the finishing touches to , reply is as follows:
rigid dry enforcement measure, The Clement Mortgage Co.,
Show Starts 2 p. m. Continuous. No Stops, 11 p. m.
18 Big Fans? Phone I44 for Program
Wednesday and Thursday
AIRPLANE IN RUNAWAY !
CHILDREN IN iT!
*
JANE and
KATHERINE
LEE
THE RUNAWAY IS IN THE
NEW WILLIAM FOX COMEDY
SMILES
Kidtlu >.ross Continently Pared Post to Save Expense
oon't miss the fun
Jane and Katherine are sent to their Aunt by parcel post, and let
loo' e an avalanche of fun.
At the Hotel Insomnia in Restwell, New Jersey, the chUdren
perform shadowgraph stunts in the lobby of the hotel that
have terrifying results for a guest, Judge Al. K. Hall.
The Lee children play checkers on the hotel lobby floor with
the silk hats of men guests.
Hiey perform funny antics on the hotel fire-escape.
Jane places a horseshoe under her overalls at the spot where
she expects a spanking.
will laugh when you see Jane and Katherine try to hide in
n airplane. You will be thrilled when you notice that
i .atherine has accidently started the motor ™d the machine
shoots into the air. You will laugh again when you see the
dog tall on the lever that stops the machine's flight, and you
will be thrilled again when you observe that they are dash-
ing toward a building. But you will laugh when they climb
safely and begin to do stunts on the roof.
j. ill smile, with the dog. at the happy endirg.
—Also—
A Mack Sennett Production with Fatty
Arbuckle and Mabel Normand
"Fatty the Cop"
Lots of fun, big stunts, its just one wild howl
from start to finish
—Also—
Spanuth Original Vod-da-vil Movies
5 BIG ACTS 5
Seethe world's greatest acrobat. See the
Remarkable dogs.
Also Fearless Ruth Roland in Path'e greatest serial
"The Tigers Trail"
Cowboys, Bandits, Adventure, Thrills
which will be reported to the
House next week, instead of the
war time prohibition repeal asked
j by President Wilson, and in turn
| today by the "wet" protest meet-
( ing.
I Candidly, it must be said the
widely advertised demonstration
| which was going to so "move"
[ Congress it would repeal war time
| prohibition, largely proved to be
! a "flivver." Up until this morn- j
I ing, the publicity agents of the
wets had advertised that one hun- i
dred thousand representatives of residences and the streets
Yo
Norman, Okla
Gentlemen:—
We have your letter asking I
whether or not we would be in- I
terested in an occasional city loan,
and same will have our careful at-
tention. We are glad of this op-
portunity to tell you that we never
visited a town in Oklahoma that
appealed to us as much as Norman
It is a beautiful little city, and a
much more substantial looking
town than the average Oklahoma
town, and the appearances of the
give
union labor were going to storm
Washington.
This morning they had their
figures cut down to twenty thous-
and persons going to march in the
big wet protest demonstration.
Kindly estimators placed the
crowd at ten thousand persons
when the affair was finally pulled
off 011 the eapitol steps. But
there were by liberal estimates ' "SMILES STRETCHES
only four to five thousand persons j OVER A MILE OF
in the crowd that finally massed 1 BIG LAUGHTER
on the eapitol steps to make the !
appeal for beer. They're still here—.lane and
Even if Congress refuses to re- ' Katherine Lee—and they have
evidence of a much greater pride
than most of them can boast of.
Yours truly, —
The gentleinent composing this
firm have visited Norman several
times and always expressed them- ,
selves as delighted with our city, i
Coming from such a high source,
it is an expression "worth while."
rope prepared
. ana tne hour set.
| "One of the New York life in-
! surance companies had issued
I a Policy for $25,000 on Benham's
life. When it became apparent
that only a miracle could save him
the officers of the company took
counsel. They were pessimists
and unbelievers, these officers.
Never having seen any miracles
they did not believe they happen-
ed. They did not want the rec-
ords of the company to show that
it had ever paid out money to the
estate of a client who had been
hanged though the reason for
this ticklishness seems a bit far-'
fetched—and compromised with
Benham.
"We will pay your claim of $25,-
000," they said to him, "right into
your hand, and take your receipt
for it. That will save our books
from the blot."
"Righto," said Benham. "Right
: into the hand, you said."
j "So the company paid Benham
j the $25,000 and two hours after-
] ward he was reprieved and re-
I leased- The company officials
suggested that he ought to be a
good sport and pay the money
back and Benham laughed at them.
corners all day
Walk" cards.
Traffic was light on all lines ■ .. , .
because of the boycott of union i medlately
men and their families and fea: ! AI1 the men and binders tha
conditions l° r'(,e um,er existin! i can Possibly be impressed into th
There''was a„ „rmeiI guard o„ 1 £7?"'J™ in the whea
each car throughout the day. : of c'eveland
Claude Connally, state labor
commissioner, is still here trying
to bring about a settlement.
Partial service was maintained
throughout the daylight hours
with three armed guards 011 each
car.
Another car was stopped by men
who overtook it in two automobiles
and compelled the guards to aban-
don it.
Chief of Police Hughes, who
was the center of a hostile demon-
stration at the traction company's
downtown terminal, tonight or-
dered the guards to shoot anyone
entering the car "with hostile in-
tent when service is resumed to-
morrow.
Raymond Goodrich Coming Home:
Dr. and Mrs. II. G. Goodrich are
in receipt of news that their son.
Sergt. Raymond Goodrich, landed
at Newport News on June 13th
and after a short stay at one of
the eastern camps will be home,
j He was a member of the 315th
Battalion, Field Signal Corps, 90th
I Oivision, and saw service at the
battle of Ballieu Woods and Ar
gonne Forest, and since the close
of the war has been stationed at
Barncastle, Germany, with tVe
Army of Occupation.
and McClain
county, and the hum of industry!
^ 1 everywhere manifest.
Speaking of the harvest in the|
state at large, the Oklahoman <
Wednesday morning says:
"Conditions are favorable for
continuance of the perfect harvest
weather for the next two or three
days at least, the weather bureaul
said last night. Partly cloudy|
weather will prevail.
"A large high pressure area
the west with no rain area in this!
section makes it highly possible!
Oklahoma will have ideal weather!
for harvesting its record crop, the 1
weather man said. There was no!
rain at any point in the state yes-|
terdfiy, it being the third succes-f
sive day without a shower in this!
county.
"Farmers in the southern half!
of the state got a running start]
on the harvest Sunday and binders I
have been going day and night
ever since. Moonlight nights have!
helped to make night work possi-]
ble.
"J. A. Whitehurst, piesident of]
the state board of agriculture,]
said yesterday farmers are
porting the wheat to have large
full heads and some record-break- (
< hildren's $1.00 white washable | lnK yields should be reported when!
hats for only 25c.—Kucker's Har- threshing begins.
vest Sale, j .
Mrs. H. H Royaltey went to
Men, you can smoke at the Air
dome.
Purcell Wednesday for a few days
visit with relatives
peal the war-time prohibition on with them all their well-known mugnea at them
beer and wine, the "wets" are J comedy ability in their new play,, They sued> hut he won, because he
certain President Wilson will which William Fox has tailed w"" °K'" "L
J come to their relief and repeal it ] "Smiles."
j by proclamation. The labor lead-
| ers are demanding it, especially
j Sam'l Gompers is insistent in its
Window Shades
1 repeal.
Horses for Sale
j About thirty head of horses,
mares and mules for sale at the
barn of Giles & Sons, Norman.
! Fall temrs. 68-4td-2w
was able to show that the com-
pany had paid him as a compro-
mise and not as a death claim.
It is said that he rose to consid-
erable local prominence in later
Jane and Katherine have fig-
ured out some new stunts, and put
these on the screen in their own " *"*—* j"wunucnce in later
particularly humorous way. They years' thanks to the timely aid of
even take a flight in an airplane. | his death insurance policy."
accompanied only by their favor ) —
>te dog; and the dog proves of I RuilflillJi- Fnr Q-iL>
some help to them, for when they "HOing- 1 Or hale
- -
p.w«, and ,ho, „lirt, „„ ^ "J?
ltapli ts Getting Kead.v; B, ,d- „ , h „ " f"!"'"*J"**" I"™'
vertisement elsewhere in this is- much joy "Smiles" will be at the I located on West Comanche;
sue the Baptists give notice they 'Libertv the,,t, u- 1 1 ' , Purchaser to remove buildia; from
will receive bids for the building Thursday "d grounds; removal being u.I-r the
known as the Baptist parsonage ' supervision of the committee. 1
on West. Comanche, and desire it Mill-, ti. 1. • ; Committee reserves right to re
i'liner Inompson Coming: Mr; ! •
your home
subject of
Hand Made
< if
l ming Friday and Saturday. William Fox presents "The
V< oman of a Thousand Moods." Theda Bara in her latest and
1 atest i.icture to date, "The Siren's Song," also Fatty Ar-
le in two reels of hilarious fun, "The Other Man,"also a
r.cu chanter of "The Masked Rider."
from j
e was |
a member of the 35Hth Pharmacy 1
j corps, 90th Division, and saw ac- f
j tive service on the French front, I
O. MIL
K. A. FOSTER, Committee
moved off as speedily as possible. W"Tt, '""T*: A,rs-1 i«ct any or all bids.
I They are getting ready to Begin i 1 TueLrT T' m m" W' C" WEIR. F.
1 4.U r °n luesday from her son Miller
, the erection of their new house of statint, wou|(, |)(. home
j worship, having secured the funds Cam„ Pike next Sunday. H
j and there being no reason for de-'
I lay. Committees on matters of
i detail have been appointed and
, . , . . . . | vi c service on tne
| advertisements for bids will soon makin(, , fjne recor(,
| be made.
Mrs. R. H. Parham and children
:.er,
I he interior decorations of
includes that very impoi irrat
window shades. The Victor
Oil Opoque window shades are all one can.
desire. We have them in stock in the pop-
ular greens and combinations of ^reen and
white; all lengths.
Our Service Department
ntial
Community Singing: The first
"Community Singing" will be held
on the south lawn of the Univer-
sity on Thursday evening, begin-
ning at 7:30. Prof. Oscar Lehrer,
who is the leader, says there
The prime essential of win
tlic fitting and hanging of the shade,
pride in this department of our store.
\wl! rail, measure your windows, fit
shades, and guarantee satisfaction,
and M. Service.
le satisfaction is in
W e take great
I 'hone u< and we
and hang vottr
' hat's part of the
are
25c Glenwood ginghams, beauti- left Wednesday for Pauls Valley,'
ful patterns free from starch, on | where they will visit her mother,' j Plent.v of b°oks and everybody is j
Thursday for only 15c.—Rucker's Mrs. J. F. Myers. They expect to I invited to come and help sing
Harvest Sale.
be gone about two weeks.
South of Administration building.
Meyer 6 Meyer
Furnishers of I
I 'hone 67
letter Homes
-20 hast Main
Visit our Pathe conservatory when down town. A
comfortable place to rest or meet your friends. Come in.
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