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VOL VII. NO. 198.
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, NOV. 20, 1919.
14 NORMAN PLAYERS
HAVE MADE LETTER
Fourteen Norman high school
players have made the coveted
"N" this year, according to Coach
George Abbott. Six regularly
scheduled games have been played
and two more remain on the
schedule.
According to rules of the Xor-
man High School Athletic asso-
ciation any player who works in
one-half of any half of the regu-
larly scheduled games or any part
of two-thirds of the regularly
scheduled games is entitled to a
letter. . Also any player who is
injured and cannot enter other
contests can be awarded a letter
upon a popular vote of the mem-
bers of the team.
Hunt, who was injured in the
Guthrie game, has been voted a
letter under this rule.
Other players who have played
enough this season to win an "N"
iuclude Stout, Langford, Shead,
Johnson, Taylor, Berry, Sadler,
Williams, Bowles, Locke, Durkee,
Martin and Flcharty.
With the Shawnee and Chick-
asha games still on the schedule' ?
other members of the squad still
have a chance to make their let-1
ters.
Captain Ed Johnson withdrew'
from school Monday and is now
at Hot Springs, Ark-, where he is
undergoing treatment ,for rheu-
matism. He will not return until
after the Christmas holidays.
Taylor, regular end has been
shifted in Johnson's place and
either McCall and Anderson will
NORMAN HIGH HAS NO
BASKETBALL COURT
With football season closing
Thanksgiving- day Norman high
school athletes are beginning tof \'ornian Chapter of the O. K. S. j
think about basketball prospects, j grcat|y Cnjoved the presence of!
Mrs. Grace Hargis, of Pawhuska,!
Okla., Grand Associate Matron
and Deputy Grand Matron of the;
PLEASING EASTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY | HON, DENNIS T, FLYNN
STAR FUNCTION SUNDAY SCHOOL I HERE UN WEDNESDAY
CONVENTION
WEATHER SHRINKS
FROSH RED CAPS
At present Norman is the only
high school in the central confer-
ence that does not have a good
court in connection with a high
school gymnasium, according to
Coach George Abbott.
Coach Abbott is now trying to
obtain the use of the Ralph Har-
die building on East Main, two
blocks east of the end of the pave-
ment.
If the local high schoolers can-
not obtain a building Coach Ab-
bott announced that he would
probably start boxing and wrest-
ling to keep the athl&tes in good
shape until track season opens-
JUDGE DAVENPORT
IS REINSTATED
Attorney Ben Williams is home
from Chickasha where he appear-
ed as counsel for County Judge
R. E. Davenport of Grady county
one of the most important
cases that has come before the
courts of that district.
Judge Davenport, who is re-
garded as one of the leading men
of the state, being president of j
the Oklahoma Association of
County Judges, was recently ar-
rested on charges involving mor-
1 al turpitude, and pending a hearing
on the charge was Suspended from
office. The charges created a sen-
Fifth jurisdiction of the Eastern
Star at their meeting Wednesday
night. There were something
like seventy-five members of the
chapter present at the Masonic'
Temple, and Mrs. Hargis ex-
pressed herself as highly pleased
with the work and with the evi-
dent prosperity of the order in
this city. Ail inspection of the
chapter showed it in firstclass
condition in every particular. Af-
ter work, a delicious luncheon was
served in the dining room of the
Temple.
Previous to the meeting, Mrs.
Hargis was entertained at a six
\s'clock dinner at the home of
Mrs. W. I,. Eagleton, the other
guests being Mrs. G. L. Vander-
pool. Miss Euphie Bogle and
Miss Ruby Giles, officers of the
local chapter.
Mrs. Hargis has two daughters
in the University, and feels at
home in our city and is espec-
ially pleased that Norman has
such a fine Masonic building and
such a prosperous and splendid*
Eastern Star chapter.
The Cleveland County Sunday
School Convert.on will meet in
Norman, November ^3rd and 24th,
| i919. The meetings will he held
•ti the First Christian church. The
first session wi'l be held at 2 .30
<!ock Sunday .itternoon. A un-
A gentleman whoii Norman
and Cleveland cotin'y has deligin-
ed to honor and who perhaps has
more warm friends in the city and
county than any Oiher Oklahoma
statesman was her.' on Tuesday
visiting James D. Maguire and
other friends. He is Hon Denni
T. Flynn, the only republican
, , , a ■ ,. , , i sation in Grady county and all ov-
probably work in his place on the , . , . , ,
er the state, and the judge s
wing position.
Abbott's men go to Shawnee this
week-end and will finish the sea-
son at Chickasha Thanksgiving
Day. Chickasha has had a good
record this fall and a hard battle
i- expected. Chickasha held Ok-
lahoma City to a 6-0 score earlier
in the season.
' friends, satisfied of his innocense,
I secured the best counsel in the
state for his defence.
I The hearing was held at Chick-
asha on Wednesday before Judge
I Watts, and was full and complete-
i Upon the demurrer to the com.
j plaint, argued by Mr. Williams,
I Judge Watts sustained the conten-i
| tions of the defense in their en-
| tirety, throwing the case out of
court and reinstateing Judge . john w Shartel, manager of the'
position. Mr. | railway, asking a conference with
Commission and citizens in
an effort to remedy the trouble.
In accordance therewith Mayor
A number of the girls of the
seventh grade of the west side Davenport in his position. M
school have organized a sorority williams receive(1
numerous warm' the
wit t e allowing members. Ma- commendations from his brother
jone Spencer, Madeline Given, ]awyers for the masterly manner
Marguerite Norwood, Dicky jn which he hand,ed ,he case and
Scruggs Clarice Hadsell, Martha fce|s good over the resu]t
Lee Griffin, Josephine Paxton,! It is gettinf, so that few cases
Gertrude , Hopper and Dorothy of importance in Oklahoma are
Gittinger. They have not yet de- brollght to tHal without our fe,_
cue upon a name for their or- |OVv-townsman being on one side
ganization, but the Merry Maids ^or (he other, and his success is be-
would be a good one.
LETTER FROM
JOHN W. SHARTEL
Asks a Conference With Commis-
sioners and Citizens About In-
adequacy of Interurban Car
Service—Meeting at City Hall
on Friday at 3:15 p. m.
The resolution by Mayor Bar-
bour and the members of the fcity
commission, calling the attention
of the Oklahoma Railway com-
pany to the inadequacy of the car
service on the interurban be-
tween Norman and Oklahoma City
has brought a response from Mr,
v.n service of th.: Sunday schools candidate for congress who evci
in ^churches wi1.! be held Sunday | carried Cleveland county, and who
night at 7:30 oclocli- The eon
vcnt:<i; will continu; during a'l
day Monday.
Mrs C. II. Nvho!;, State Sun-
day fthool superintendent. Mr.
Sciisal augh, Sunday school field
• ?r;Uary of the M. E. Church
South, and Mrs C. 11. Nichols,
served Oklahoma in the halls of
congress for many years with dis-
tinction and honor—the father of
the "Free Home" movement and
originator of many other bene-
ficial measures for Oklahoma.
Mr. Flynn looks well, the year,
having treated him kindly, and i
will be the principal state workers 'the same jovial, big hearted man
on the program- The following is'he was when he was the "hale,
a copy of the program' I fellow, well met" of the early-
Sunday Afternoon days. His home and voting place
2:30 Song servica, lead by i's still Oklahoma City, but he
Quartete.
2:45 Scripture Reading and
Prayer—Rev. Broome.
2:55 Song—Congregation.
„ 3:00 A word from our Presi-
dent—C. W. Shannon.
3:15 The University Student in
the Norman Church—H. C. Gos-
sard.
3:15 Training for Teaching—
L. F. Sensabaugh, Oklahoma City.
4:00 Round Table, "Sunday
School Problems," led by C- H.
Nichols, general secretary, assist-
ed by delegates.
4:45 Appointment of Commit-
tees. Announcements.
Closing prayer and benediction
—Rev. G. J. Rousseau.
Sunday Night
7:30 Song Service in clj^rge of;
Choir Director, First Christian
church.
7:45 Scripture Reading and
prayer by Rev. D. A. Wickizer. j
7:55 Special Music by Sunday
spends considerable time in Chi-
cago, where he has large inter-
ests. His Oklahoma friends are
always glad to sec him—and thou-
sands of them would like to sec
him representing his state in the
United States senate.
Mrs. George Snyder of Alva.
Oklahoma, is visiting at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Louie Smith.
LITTLE CHANGE IN
COAL SITUATION
Coal Operators and Miners Fail to
Come to an Agreement—Many
Non-Essential Plants Closed and
Thousands of Men out of Em-
ployment.
(Continued on page fourt)
There is little change in the
trouble betweent the miners and
operators, their conferences in
Washington failing to reach any
agreement, and prospects of a coal
famine draws nearer and nearer,
j Reports from all the large cities
arc to the effect that many manu-
Qnill DVADn UnUEifaCt°ricS eng:aBe<1 in the making of
DUULiLvAmU nUlflL on essc"tials are being closed for
! the lack of coal and thousands of
JOHN HARDIE SELLS
I'reshmen at the university are
rather cool headed, according to
the signs of the campus. Ii is
i found that this rece'it cool spell
I has shrunk the little red caps o
t they cannot be worn.
One freshman was heard to re-
mark this forenoon that he would
irccze his head if he wore his
red ' lid", ^nother said that red
.caps were not made for cold
I weather.
i In spite of the Frosh vigilance
committee freshmen insist on rc-
I moving their red caps before time.
No smoking will be allowed in
the main hall, at the Praetorian
smoker.
Come prepared for a good time
Friday night. Pratorian commit-
SENATE DEFEATS
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
The United States senate defeat-
ed the League of Nations pact at
its session on Wednesday, voting
down the pact that contained the
Lodge reservations and likewise
a motion to adopt the treaty as it
came from the Paris conference
six months ago. After voting
down ratification the senate ad-
journed to December 1st-
Thus, the pact is in just the
same condition as it was six
months ago, not a single step be-
ing made towards its ratification.
What will be done now in regard
to it is a question , but the opinion
is that President Wilson will
again submit the original pact to
the senate at its meeting on De-
cember 1st. Senator Lodge, lead-
er of the forces against ratifica-
tion in the treaty's original form,
declares it will never be ratified
without reservations. President
Wilson may feel out France and
Mr. and Mrs. John Hardic clos-.mcn are being thrown out of em-
Barbour has called a meeting of ed a deal on Wednesday evening p'oyment. The following from
the Commission and citizens at '-by which they disposed of their Washington states conditions bc-
the city hall for 3:15 p. m., Friday \ handsome home on University tween operators and miners:
Nov. 21st. It is hoped there will Boulevard to Mrs- Ann B. Owen,1 Washington, Nov. 19.—Prospects
of Grandfield, Okla., for a consid- of a coal famine drew nearer to-
*coming proverbial.
WANTED— Girl,
Store.
Smith Book LOST—Raincoat with cape- Re-, ,,
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TODAY
America's Dimpled Darling
LILLIAN WALKER
Presented by Lester Park in the thrilling five part drama*
fsanded upon the popular novel "FRAN" by John Bracken-
ridge.
THE LOVE HUNGER
Taming lions is easy compared with taming human bengs, is
the decision arrived at the big "Fran" after living a fewf
months in Littleburg.
PEARL WHITE
in her latest and best serial
THE BLACK SECRET
A serial of a thousand sensations. Robert W. Cambers,
famed for his romantic novels wrote "In Secret," from which
"The Black Secret is adapted. To the romance he added art
all fired lot of the corkingest adventure you ever dreamed of.
be a representative assemblage of
citizen present. The letter of Mr.
Shartel is as follovVs:
Oklahoma City,
Nov. 19,1919.'
J- W. Barbour, Mayor,
Norman, Oklahoma.
Dear Sir:
I have your enclosure of reso-
lutions of Mayor and Commission-
ers of Norman, covering the in-
adequacy of service on our inter-
urban line between Norman and
Oklahoma City.
If convenient, I should like to
meet you and a few of your cit-
izens on Friday afternoon. I will
leave here on the two o'clock car,
arriving at Norman about three
o'clock.
It is our desire to do everything
we can to improve these condi-
tions and nobody regrets the han-
dicap we are laboring under more
than we do, and present condi-
tions are going to make it abso-
lutely impossible to do what we
would like to do with this line for cusse(]
I think a dis
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
BURGLARY AT
MAGUIRE STOi
Some time Wednesday night
Thursday morning some one d
tained entrance into the hardwa
store of Jas. D Maguire, cornl
of east Main and Petei >, and sttf
a $50 pump gun, several knivl
and some other articK- . lie all
we::t through the safe, which wj
unlocked, and scattered notes al
valuable papers over the offi<T
evidently in search of money, bl
there was no money there, so
didn't get any. He used a bl
butcher knife to pry open the cai
register, but overlooked somethiif
like ten dollars therein.
The burglar is thought to liaf
been a boy or young man, and
Secured entrance by breaking <
a window oil the North Peters' si{
of the building. He evident!
knew what he wanted and wliei
to go after the articles. No clif
lias been found.
A Pawhuska. Okla , paper sayl
"Troy Griffin and L. G. Williar
have associated themselves togetll
er for the practice of law in thj
city. The former has been in th
practice here for some three yeai|
and has a large acquaintance
Osage county. Mr. Williams is
graduate of the law department
the University of Oklahoma anl
,'inlv recently out of the army. Thf
firm will have a branch office
Hominy which will be manage!
by Mr. Griffin's brother, Bryan.!
England as to the attitude <-i thojl
nations on reservations and if the!
agree >o them the nact will In- ittM
mitted in December with thosl
reservations embodied. In thl
meantime, the United States, sayl
the Associated Press, is no nearel
peace, technically speaking, thatf
it was on Armistice Day1.
night, with negotiations between
operators and miners apparently
eration of $9000. The sale was
mad eby F. O. Miller and the Giles-
Weir Investment company, and a' a standstill.
the new owner is to have posses- j A sub-committee of the joint
sion in, thirty days. Mrs. Owen' wage scale committees was in ses-
has a daughter in the University' sion three hours, but it was an-
and buys the property for a per-! noujiced after the meeting that
manent home. j only the general situation was dis-
The property is one of the most cussed and that the operators did
desirable homes in the city and no' submit counter proposals to
could not be duplicated for the i 'he miners' demands. The confer-
iprice paid. Mr. and Mrs. Hardielence will continue tomorrow-
will secure a suite of rooms until j "No progress was made. The
they can build. i operators submitted no proposals.
We are still in a receptive mood,"
John L. Lewis, acting president of
the United Mine Workers, said as
he came out of the hotel room
where the conference was held.
The operators' committee re-
There was a large attendance at! "J"!0" h°Ur l0"gCr'
the meeting of Norman Camp W. I the 6nd °J ,hat "me Thomas T'
O. W„ Wednesday night and the !
matter of a large delegation at
the Oklahoma City meeting of the
I order on Monday next was dis-
W. 0. W, EXPECT BIG
TIME ON MONDAY
a considerable
It was resolved that if
e time. I think a dis-1 possible fifty members of Norman
cussion along the line of making | Camp should be present, for the
the best of the situation with the 1
purpose of demonstrating to Fras-I
tors committee in the central com
petitive field spoke optimistically,
declaring that this was the first at
tempt at real negotiations since
the miners and operators met at
Buffalo. For that reason, he said,
only general matters were discus
Time
ty We | S K* ^
MMerrX*Jn .
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See This
BILLY WEST
in
Out of Tune
Some Comedy
And This
MACK SWAIN
in
Diplomatic Ambrose
We'll say so.
means and instrumentalities at! or and other supreme lodge offi- Sed
hand will so far improve it that it <Cers that the Woodmen of the
ought to give reasonable satisfac- itate were thoroughly opposed to
t.on. Consequently I would like (their methods. A letter has been
to get the view-point of a few of prepared and sent out to every
your citizens who are conversant Woodman in the state, signed by
with this situation as patrons andt, ... ,,, as chairman and Tom
•a\e definite ideas of what is j Bodine a> secretary, calling upon
n".e<'' e members of the order to con-
Kindly advise we whether you gregate in Oklahoma City on
can arrange the conference sug- Monday , Nov. 24th, and rebuke
ges,e('- I the "Salary Grabbers" and "Car-
Very truly yours,
JOHN W. SHARTEL,
ice-President
Mr. Geo. I). Williams of Asp
avenue is absent on a visit to his
brother and sistcr-in-ia
M t . u,
Mr- and
Comintr Friday and Saturday: J. Warren Kerrigan in "A Joy-
ous Liar." A Mack Sennett Keystone comedy, "His Bitter
Pill," and a new chapter of "The Carter Case."
i oai
lies, r Williams,
mathematics
who is teachingi
in the Hobart higfi |
I
pet Baggers,'' as the Fraser bunch
is termed, and indicate to them
that there is still "a God in Israel."
.Mr. Fox says that while the Ok-
lahoma City meeting has been call-
i ed by Fraser and the exponents of
! ' i <■ administration, Oklaho-
I ma Woodmen will be there in full
force and compel them to give the
rgeut a hearing.
It w-
big mo
it Kra er lias bit off
'ill ii: endeavoring to
I want to be plumb fair with ev-
erybody and I hereby notify the
public and others that I have my
winter's supply of coal and wood?
I am a light sleeper and my irig-
ger finger is uncertain in its move-
ments and also that my shotgun
is loaded, and if I catch anybody
foolin' around my coal bin he's go-
in' to go away from here singin'
"A Charge to Keep Have I."—-Sun-
ny Jim in the Butler Times.
In his remini icene- in the Paris
Appeal. B. F. Blanton writes that
when he was.a boy chicken raising
was not the science it is today but
purely haphazard, much as chil-
dren raising is nowadays.
raise the assessment rates and
drive a large number' of the old
members out of the organization ]
"I Owe Many Leisure
Hours to the Hoosier."
Leisure is the inherent right of every
'Woman, And she who gains leisure
gains health and happiness.
Thus her problem is in the saving of
time and labor and making her kitchen
tasks enjoyable.
tasks enjoyable.
Probably no one thing will save as
much time and labor in woman's work-
shop as a Hoosier Kitchen Cabinet. It
combines over 40 work-reducing inven-
tions and exclusive conveniences. It plac-
es over 400 articles within reach. Meals
are prepared with dispatch because ev-
every needed thing is close at hand—csi-
entifically arranged. Clearing up after
meals is quickly done because utensils and
supplies are centered in the Hoosier.
We urge every housewife to visit our
Hoosier department and see how these
cabinets rende rthe service all women de-
serve. You'll also find the prices and
terms to your liking.
I. M. JACKSON
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