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The Daily Transcript
VOL.. VII. NO. 127.
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 27, 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
JACK D1LBECK ONE OF
LINDSAY sfANK ROBBERS
Notorious Norman Boy Escapes from
Road Gang and Joins Band of Bank
Bandits—Recognized at Lindsay
Two Weeks Ago.
IAMIGA GINGER
SELLERS I'SHOGK
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The sheriff force raided Dr.
Yates' office Saturday afternoon
pund a gallon of Jamica
. v id three empty gallon
^ iugs,\ilso two 2-ounce bottles of
'Jake" in the doctor's pocket. At
his residence a number of empty
jugs were found with a few
ittnces of "Jake" and a pint of al-
cohol. Dr. Yates was arrested and
placed in jail, but was released
Sunday on a $500 bond.
W. M McBride was arrested
Saturday as he was attempting to
taut a two-ounce bottle of Jamai-
ca ginger in his suit case. In de-
fault of bond McBride is now in
jail.
J. W. Edwards is under a $500
loud on a charge of bootlegging.
— Purcell Register.
Rev. Moss Weaver and a broth-
;r of Bishop Mouzon were here
in Tuesday to confer with Rev.
Walker concerning the memorial
jhurch building the M. E. Church
South, expects to build in connec-
tion with the Southern Methodist
:ollege at Dallas. Mr. Mouzon is
She of the commissioners in cha-—e
5f the college, and the plan is, as
outlined it, for each church to
ibute $10 for each of the sol-
'it had in the war. The Nor-
church had 27 soldiers, and
quota would therefore be $270.
In the absence of Rev. \\ alker the
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It now develops that one of the
Lindsay bank bandits is a former
notorious Norman boy, Jack Dil-
beck, who stole E. B. Johnson's
Cadillac automobile a year or so
ago, run it into Kansas, was ar-
rested, pleaded guilty and was sen-
tenced to the McAlester peniten-
tiary for five years.
A couple of weeks ago the
Cleveland county officers receiv-
ed a telephone message from Lind-
say, asking whether Dilbeck had
been pardoned or paroled, saying
that he was there; having been
recognized by a man who knew
him. The officers investigated,
and found Dilbeck had not been
pardoned or paroled, and phoned
Lindsay officers to arrest him, but
before they got the message, Jack
had made his getaway.
Later, Sheriff Newblock was in-
formed that Jack and two other
prisoners had escaped from a con-
vict road gang working in Semin-
ole county, and rewards were of-
fered for their apprehension.
I The roadster the Lindsay band-
its used is believed to be one they
stole at Frederick, a Dodge ma-
chine having been stolen there a
few days ago.
A man who knew Dilbeck is
certain one of the three Lindsay
bandits is he, and probably the
other two are the ones who es-
caped from the road gang with
him. This man saw Dilbeck go
into the bank and come out and
get into the roadster. Dilbeck
was at the wheel, and drove away
at racing speed. The man took
after them in a Hudson and was
almost even with their machine
OPPOSITION TO
THE SEWER BONDS
The election of the new city
commissioners will be held next
Tuesday, September 2nd. There
will be little interest taken in it
as far as that election is concern-
ed, for none of the candidates have
opposition. On tihe Jsame day,
however, the question of issuing
$6,000 in city bonds for the ex-
tension of the sanitary -ewers
will be submitted and the Trans-
cript learns there is to be oppo
sition to it, and if its friends de-
sire it to carry, they had better
get busy and get out all the votes
they can.
The bonds ought to be voted so
that the improvement can be
made. The property owjiers of
the district in which the improve-
ment is to be made are just as
much entitled to have the sanitary
sewers as those parts of the city
that have them, and we should not
make fish of one and fowl of an-
other—should treat all property
owners alike. The voters of that
part of the city which have the
sanitary sewers are certainly not
going to vote against giving the
same benefit to their neighbors,
especially when thos; neighbors
are being taxed to furnish them
with the sewers and doing with-
out themselves.
Let us be fair. Let's vote for
improvements in every part of the
city. They are well worth while
—and we'll need them ourselves
some time. Every city is judged
by such improvements, and if we
expect Norman to line up with
the other progressive cities ol
the state, we have to make these
improvements.
Be sure and go to the polls
Tuesday and vote for the bonds.
LINDSAY BANK
BANDITS MAKE
THEIR ESCAPE
DODGERS WIN OVER
GIANTS 9 TO 6
gentleman could not close the mat-! ™hen he had a puncture and was
:er here and will be back in a few , forced t0 abandon tbe Pursult" ulhe
I bandits had a shot gun in their
and Dilbeck pleaded
lays to take it up again.
ti v. kit 1* vw ^
V X .j
Wednesday and Thursday
Starting 1 p,
machine,
, with his companions to shoot the
pursuer, but they refused to obey
his commands.
Traces of the bandits were found
[ in the neighborhood of Dibble.
! They had stopped at a house and
continuous. ' ordered the housekeeper to pre-
Ever Hungry0 pare them a meal of hal"and elgsJ
i iiuugij; . |)Ut just as soon as was cooked
Is there any sympathy in
your heart for a strug-
gling boy and girl trying
to make their way in the
world?
they grabbed it up and left, not
waiting to eat. They left their
hostess a new $5 bill.
There is a cordon of officers up
and down the South Canadian riv-
Then You'll Like er and over in the Big Pasture,
covering almost every point
| that country, and it seems impos-
| sible that the bandits can escape
capture or death very long.
Tl.is absorbing story of
two young Americans
who achieved a great tri-
umph as musicians.
"WORDS AND
MUSIC BY—"
in^oducing two new Wil-
liam Fox stars in- a series
of "the sweetest stories
ever told."
Albest Ray with
Fair Elinor
\ ' SEE THEM TODAY
A BIG L-KO COMEDY
"Two Gun Trixie'
)ceans of Laughter in this one.
Also a New Chapter of
The Great Gamble"
Thrills, Suspense, Mystery.
Coming
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
William Fox Presents
EVELYN NESBITT in
A marriage license
3n the 23rd to Carl
and Miss Beatrice
j Married:
I was issued
} Rolff, 21
i Thomas, 18, both of the Bennett
I neighborhood, and they were
married by the Nazarene pastor
on Sunday. They are popular
young people of the east part of
the county, and begin their mar-
ried life with the good wishes of
.many friends
Children's Sandles, 25c at
ted Sales Co.
Uni
Lindsay, Okla., Aug. 26.—Three
masked bandits held up the First
National bank here this afternoon,
escaping with more than $700
when a stenographer gave the
alarm.
More than fifty citizens and of-
ficers are in pursuit of the band
its, who were driving a roadster
and headed in a northeasterly di-
rection at last reports.
That the robbers did not get
all the money in the bank at llie
time is due to the coolness of F.
M. Bell, assistant cashier, and
Miss Winifred Gardenhatre, who
were in the building. The three
bandits drove their car to the rear
door of the bank, left one man in
the car stationed another at the
door while the third entered the
bank with a gun in each hand.
Bell, who was waiting on a cus-
tomer at the window, made rto
sign when the command was giv-
en to "roll up the money," but
proceeded to comply in the mean-
time quietly giving the alarm to
Miss Gardenhaire. She dashed
out the rear door, running into the
guard, who, taken by surprise, let
her pass.
When citizens began coming
into the bank after the alarm
was given, the robbers, who seem-
ed to be amateurs, picked up the
cash in sight and speeded out of
How they
stand:
Won Lo
-t Pc't.
Cubs ..
4 1
800
Pirates
4 2
666
Tigers
4 2
666
Dodgers
-1 ,i
57<>
Giants
3 4
427
White Sox
3 4
427
Red Sox „
400
142
Wednesda.
• t'vening's game is
between the
Cubs and the
Giants.
Thursday I
irates and R
ed Sox
Frida\ Cubs and Red Sox.
RAIL STRIKE PARALYZES
TRAFFIC ift CALIFORNIA
Ticket Offices Are Idle in San Fran-
cisco, with All Classes of Work-
men Out—Brotherhood Heads
Ignored—Critical Condition.
A TRIBUTE TO
L, J. EDWARDS
MORE PAVED STREETS
The city council at its meeting
on Tuesday night passed a reso-
lution providing for paving on
West Main street from the S. M.
Moore property to the western
limits, which takes in West Main
to a block west of the John A.
Fox residence. The sewer bonds
which are to be voted next Tues-
day are to be used in an extension
of the city sanitary sewers to that
part of town, and if the bonds are
voted it is probable no protest
against the proposed paving will
be made. The residents of that
part of town are certainly entitled
to the sewer extension and the
paving.
Another resolution providing
for paving on East Main street
from the end of the present pav-
ing to the culvert just east of the
water tower block, was also pass-
ed. It is known that if the prop-
erty owners of that district will
pave, the state will take the paving
clear to the sanitarium. It is an
improvement very much to be de-
sired. but it is felt at thfe same
time that the value of the property
abutting it hardly justifies it.
There ought to be some plan
whereby the city at large could
pay half the expense of it—and
maybe some plan along that line
may be formulated.
Part of the proceeds of the bonds
voted next Tuesday are to be used
in extension of the sewers in the
Classen-Miller addition, where a
number of good houses are to be
erected as soon as the water and
sewer extensions are assured.
There was a large attendance at
the game between the Dodgers
and the Giants on Tuesday nignt.
and the former went up a notch
in the per cent., while the Giants
dropped down into the 427 class.
I It was a "snappy" game, with
Walter Abbott in the box for the
Dodgers as against two or three
pitchers for the Giants. The final
score was 9 for the Dodgers to 6
for the Giants.
The Cubs will try issues with
the Giants on Wednesday evening,
and the Giants promise to put up
a good game. It looks, however,
as if the lead of the Cubs cannot
be overcome, although if they lose
the game to the Giants this even-
ing and also the game on Friday
to th eRed Sox, and the Pirates
win their game on Thursday even-
ing, the two clubs will be pretty
near even.
Why not have a "world's series"
the games are over?
San Francisco, Aug 27. All >
train service out of San Francisco
was cancelled today when the rail J
strike that has paralyzed southern j
California suddenly made is ap 1
pearance here.
The strike, which began in Los
Angeles in sympathy with worker-
of the Pacific Electric and Los
Angeles street car systc n, iirst
jumped north as far is Bakerslicld
and Fre no and south to San Di-
ego Overnight and without warn-
ing it leaped tbi intervening di | teresting letter under the head of
tance to San Francisco. | "Moving."
All trains scheduled to leave j "Mr. Edwards is well and fav-
ovir tbe Southern Pacific, West orably known in Purcell, having
crn Pacific and Santa Fe from been here on many occasions and
Frisco and Oakland, including often to pay the taxes on his fine
The Purcell Register publishes
L. J. Edward's "Moving"' article
from the Transcript and speaks
of him as follows:
"L. J. Edwards of Norman, who
has been spending the summer in
Los Angeles, California, writes
the Norman Transcript a very in-
THE JUDGE WAS
ANOTHER VIEW OF IT TOO AFFECTIONATE
! surburban trains down the penins-
! ula were canceled. No tickets
1 were sold at the union ticket of-
fice of the railroad administration.
Strike Without Leaders
Those on strike here include
yardmasters, switchmen, engin-
eer-. firemen and shopmen. The
I strike began when 100 men walked
out of the Southern Pacific yards
I and spread within an hour to the
ntire bay district. It was spon-
practically without lead-
town.
Citizens from Purcell, Chickasha ] after
and other towns in this vicinity
joined in the chase tonight. tuc mnnc \kikQ j^"S"
The men at a meeting last night
formulated a group of demands
I which include:
Reinstatement of all strikers of
Chickasha, Okla. Aug. 26 A | Pacific Electric on terms of
complaint charging R. E. Daven- their original demands; of all Los
port, county judge and president Angeles brotherhood men dis-
of the state association of county charged for refusing to handle
"My Little Sister"
A ^realistic story of the big
city's menace from the novel
by Elizabeth Robins.
—Also—
MACK SENNETT in
SAFETY FIRST AMBROSE"
With a new chapter of
"The Masked Rider."
.Mr. L. J. Edwards arrived home
| at noon today (Wednesday) from
h:s stay in California and Colo-
rado, and looks as if he had en-
joyed every minute of it. On his
way home from California he
stopped off at Colorado Springs
and visited with the numerous
Normanites who are summering
there, hut we opine they only
made him homesick for Norman,
so he did not stay with them very
long. He is being gr,ven a hearty
' welcome.
Men's Bathing Suits, 75c at Uni-
ted Sales Co.
j Among the quality line of toil-
| et articles that are the best sel-
1 lers at this store is Nylotis Im-
proved Cold Cream. Try it. You
know if it doesn't satisfy you can
bring it back. Reed and Foster.
Got the Money Anyway.
A certain member of the Cali-
fornia legislature is given to mak-
ing very elaborate and florid
speeches and one day recently he
closed an address with "Vox pop-
uli„ vox Dei."
One of the audience said to a
friend, "I'll bet you don't know
the meaning of the last phrase.'
"I don't know! Why of course
I know.".
"You don't know for $10," sug-
gested the challenger.
The wager was posted.
"Well, now tell us what it
means," said the challenger.
"Vox populi, vox Dei," quoted the
accepter of the challenge, solemn-
Harm rather than good, will
come from the low-priced sales of
army food stores if wrong impres-
sions are thus given concerning
advantages of government handl-
ing of merchandise, sensibly says
the Lawton News. Harm will
come to American government,
American industry and the Amcri-
cau people if a few sales of army
supplies at less than the market
price should lead to the conviction
that the government can supply
food at prices lower than charged
by private concerns.
The food being sold to the pub-
lic was bought in immense quan-
tities at relatively low prices, to
which prices tli.ere was not added
the overhead cost of asking for,
receiving, considering and deciding
upon bids, receipt, and storage of
goods, transportation in army
trucks, with all the overhead ex-
penses incident thereto, wages of
soldiers, wear and tear of army
equipment.
It will necessarily take time to
compute the cost to the govern-
ment and the people in connection
with sales of army foods Local
government officials have con
tributed their services; local com-
mittees have contributed their
time, community buildings, such
as school houses, public markets,
etc., have been used without al-
lowance for rent; citizens have
bought in larger quantities than
they usually do; newspapers have
advertised tbe sales; buyers have
transported most of their purchas-
es instead of having them deliver-
ed by the seller. Few, if any, of
these^facts are taken into consid-
eration when peopl compare prices
they have been paying for army
food with prices charged by local
dealers.
The American people will gain
nothing by fooling themselves.
Undoubtedly there has been and
still is profiteering. Undoubtedly
the cost of living is excessive be-
cause of the profiteering. Un-
doubtedly that cost can be reduc-
ed by a proper and wise policsy of
regulation, prescription and pun-
ishment.
But neither now nor at any time
in the future will it be possible
for any government agency to en- j Men"
gage in retailing merchandise and I United
do it cheaper than it is done by
the average merchant.
judges and head of the Chickasha
lodge of Woodmen of the World
with assault and battery upon the
person of Miss Buena McShane,
sixteen years old was filed in jus-
tice court this afternoon by the
county attorney.
A warrant for Judge Daven-
port's arrest has been issued. The
complaint alleges that Judge
Davenport on August 11, willfully
and unlawfully attacked Miss Mc-
Sliae and placed his arms around
the girl's body and hugged her.
Davenport is out of town hut
is expected to arrive tomorrow.
He will be arrested immediately
upon his return, officers say.
McClain county tarir.s. He is one
of the most optimistic men in Ok-
lahoma and believes that Oklaho-
ma is the greatest state in the
union. He has been around the
world several times, and on every
trip is anxious to get back home
—back to Oklahoma. He is chair-
man of the civic committee at
Norman, and it is due to his un-
tiring efforts that Norman can
boast of her fine parks, and es-
pecially the one that bears his
name at the Santa Fe depot."
City Briefs
Pioneer Shbe Shop is now locat-
ed opposite the University The-
atre. 107 East Main. 127-5t
Harve Collins Here: Harve
Collins, well known N'orman boy,
arrived home on Monday evening
on a 20-day furlough or leave of
absence, which he is spending
with his mother. He is now an
ensign in the navy, and makes a
fine loo! ing young officer. He
has been stationed on the I'. S. S.
Great Northern, but docs not
know :o what ship he will be as-
signed when he returns, nor when
he will be discharged.
cars of the Pacific Electric; of all
San Francisco strikers after de-
mands affecting southern Cali-
fornia strikers are satisfied.
Hits Tourist Travel.
The strike has paralyzed Cali-
fornia at a time when thousands
of summer tourists from eastern
states were preparing to return
home.
Los Angeles is threatened with
a serious food shortage. No re-
lief has been afforded since its
mayor two days ago warned that
the city must go on war rations.
Ocean travel between the two
cities has been unhampered, but
the boats are inadequate to handle
the great rush of passengers. Mail
services is practically maintained
through the boats.
Brotherhoods Defied.
California's highways -two sys-
tems north and south, connecting
Los Angeles and San Francisco—
are being utilized to the utmost by
trucks and automobiles. Stage
lines, always busy, are now
swamped.
The strike has spread in the face
of the order from the brotherhood
chiefs that the men end the strike.
Whereas the Cleveland head-
quarters of the brotherhpods has
refused to sanction the strike, it
has the backing of the State Fed-
eration of Labor which has termed
Los Angles the battleground of
labor in California.
Mr. and Mrs. Wycoff were here |
from F rederick on I uesday even-j
ing, visited Mrs. S. L. Summers.
They ar- greatly pleased with the
evidences of prosperity and im-
provement on eveiy sid-, and may
come back to Norman and locate:
A beautiful complexion may be
maintained bj the use of Nyal's
Skin Soap. Get it at Reed and
Foster's.
N'yal's Face Cream Soap is a
leading seller here because the
ladies like it. They like it be-
cause it gives satisfaction. It gives
satisfaction because it is good
soap. Reed and Foster.
Herman A. Fortman, who re-
cently returned from the army
overseas, returned Wednesday
from a visit with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Herman Fortman, at
Mission, Texas, where he also
welcomed his brother, Martin,
who is also just home from over-
seas, arriving two days before
Herman. .Mr. Fortman says the
folks around Mission arc very
busy gathering a fine crop of corn
and picking an excellent crop of
cotton.
Mrs. W. H. Winton and son,
who have been here visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. E/idi-
cott, expected to start for their
home in Fresno, Cali., Thursday
morning, but are now in doubt
whether they can get there, owing
to the big strike of the trainmen
all through the west.
Dr. H. H. Lane to Stay: The
Transcript understands that Dr.
H. H. Lane has withdrawn his
resignation as Dean of the Zool-
ogy department of the University
and will stay another year. He
and his family are now domiciled
in the Wm. Boyer bungalow on
North Webster avenue.
Mrs A. A. Woodrow and chil-
dren went to Noble on Wednes-
day to spend a few days with Mr.
Dave Henderson, on the farm
east of that place. Mrs. Woodrow
tells us that her brother, Tom
Henderson, well known former
Cleveland county man, is in very
poor health at his home in Fort
Cobb, Oklahoma, with grave fears
that he will never be any better.
Try Nyal's Liquid Shawpoo—
it's very conveniently prepared
for your use and it gives the hair
a soft, fluffy texture, very becom-
ing to the present style coiffures.
Reed and Foster can supply you.
, Tennis
Sales C
Slippers, 50c
at
You can get 100 per cent ser-
| vice and 100 per cent toilet arti-
ly, " as every body knows,
French for 'My God. why hast j cles from Reed and Foster Court-
thou forsaken me?" I eous service in seeing that you
"Give him the money," said the get just what yon want and qual-
if he don't | ity merchandise has made us
latisfied customers. Try it. ted Sa t
'Twas His Knees.
Reckless auto driving (rounding
corner at full speed)—Do you hear
those cylinders knocking?
Timid Companion—"'Tain't the
cylinders; it's my knees."
challenger
know
"Darned
1 Men's Bathing Suits, 75c at Uni-
r all.'
many
LOST—Young girl. Age V), years
Height, five feet, 3 inces. 1* igure slen-
der. Weight, about 120 pounds, coloring,
brunette. When last seen wore high-
necked, simple evening gown of white
silk. Her sister is anxious to receive any
clue to her whereabouts. Further parti-
culars to be had at the Liberty Treatre,
Friday and Saturday.
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