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Vol. 2—No. 244
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.. FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1922
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VACATION TIME
COMES AT LAST
Pupils Get Reports and Dis-
card Shoes.
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Delegates Weary and "Talked
to Death" After Meaning- i
less Convention.
11/ Staff Correspondent.
MUSKOGEE, Okla., May 26.—With
the question of the Leader suit out
of the way, the District 21 miners'
convention settled down to compara-
tively quiet closing sessions. Ad-
journment came at 5 o'clock Wednes-
day afternoon. Despite all the dis-
honest procedure the Leader was up-
permost in the minds of the delegates
and when action had been taken all
realized that the main fight and busi-
ness of the convention was over.
It was on this issue that the ad-
ministration forces, district and na-
tional with all their retinue of paid
henchmen, made their main fight—
On Page Two of this paper will
be found the complete record of
how the delegates to the Musko-
gee convention voted on the reso-
lution to endorse the suit IitktI-
tuted by John Wilkinson against
the Oklahoma Leader.
and lost. Immediately this was out
of the way representatives of the in-
ternational organization began leav-
ing town.
The delegates were dog tired be-
cause they had been talked nearly to
death and business which came up
in the last sessions received consid-
eration in keeping with their weari-
ness.
Kansas Resolution Itarred.
A resolution on the Kansas case
was ruled off the flloor and it was
also held that the convention had no
power to take any action with r«i-
speCt to the separate agreement
made in Texas. The "apology for a
vote of confidence" railroaded over
at the last minute was nothing more
than a joke and came after a "babj
whine" that some expression should
be Riven to go before the operators
with.
Even the enemies of a now thor-
oughly discredited administration
welcome them to such comfort as is
theirs through the passage of a
meaningless resolution which reads
as follows:
"We move you that in view of the
present unsettled conditions of this
district that this convention requires
and instructs the district executive
board as agents of the district or-
ganization under our law, to do all
things necessary and proper for the
Continued on Page Two
Vacation for over 20,000 Okla-
homa City school children began
Friday.
After brief visits to the scene
of the past year's problems and
perplexities, punishment and re-
ward, each pupil received his re-
port card, told the teacher good
bye and ran.
Those few who must bear the
sad news of a poor report card
to expectant parents were but a
trifle less joyful than their more
successful and fortunate class
mates.
A few "flunks" were dreading
the thought of attending summer
school to "make up."
From Friday forth until the
first day of school in the fall, va-
cant lots will be in demand, win-
dow glass dealers will notice an
increase in business, swimming
holes will be in constant occu-
pation.
Fond mothers will have less
darning of stockings as the
city's youth prepare for a sum-
mer unhampered by shoes or
stockings. But the need will be
urgent lor ample stocks of arni-
ca and medicinal remedies lor
"bee stings," cut and bruised
feet and antidotes for the evil
effects of green apples and un-
ripe melons.
Owners of orchards, berry
patches and other edibles within
reach of predatory young forag-
ers, are beginning to worry and
the more hostile are reported to
be laying in a supply of salt-
loaded shot-gun shells.
Three and a half months va-
cation will transform 20,000
school kids into twenty thousand
vigorous students of the great
school of experience.
I
Alaskan Property Rows
m; jT May Cause Resignations
From Harding's Cabinet
steel industry
Diplomas Given To 391 High
School Seniors; Girls Out-
number Boys.
High school commencement exer-
cises wfi( held at the Packiugtown
Coliseum Thursday evening, diplomas
being rwarded to 391 students. Of
the graduating class, 226 were girls
aud 165 were boys.
The commencement address was
delivered by J. B. Eskridge, president
of the State Agricultural college.
He stressed the need of educated
leaders for the next generation and
expressed the fear that too many
were giving their attention to the
superficial things of life and neglect-
ing the fundamentals.
Morai as well as mental training
must be given children if America
is to retain her present place among
the nations of the world, he said.
"If this country should ever go
down to decay, it will be because of |
a lack of moral training, and not a j
lack of mental training," Eskridge |
asserted.
('. w. Gcthman, principal of the)
high school, outlined the growth of j
central High school, beginning with
the claw of 1895, when five students
were graduated.
J. A. Whiteford, city superintend- j
ent of schools, whose dismissal has j
been voted by the city board of edu- j county officers of Garfield county
cation, was given a great ovation1 return to the treasury of the county
when he arose to introduce Dr. Esk-1 a total of $14,912 alleged to have
ridge. TI . audience rose to its feet! been illegally appropriated from
and cheered him for several minutes, i county funds by the county officials,
A diploma was awarded to Max ! the attorney general of the state will
Patton, number of the senior class, flie seven suits against them some
who was recently killed in an acci- time Friday, it is declared by the
WASHINGTON, May 26. With
a split in President Harding's
cabinet plainly apparent, much
discussion was indulged in to-
day. as to' how far the breach
would go, and as to the possibil-
ity of resignations as a result of
the friction.
Secretary A. B. Fall of the in-
terior department, and Attorney
General H. M. Daugherty both
have been under heavy fire of
progressive elements.
I^atest fear expressed, how-
ever, is that not Fall, but Secre-
tary H. G. Wallace, of the de-
partment of agriculture, may
quit the cabinet. Herbert Hoov-
er, secretary of commerce, has
sided with Wallace in his fight
against Fall.
The policy of the government
in regard to the vast natural re-
sources of Alaska, is the point
at issue. Fall is declared to be
anxious to "give away" valuable
Alaskan properties, to private in-
terests. As a preparatory step.
President Harding is reported
preparing to recommend the
transfer of control of these prop-
erties, from the department of
agriculture to the department of
the Interior.
Fall's policy would be a rever-
sal of that instituted by Gifford
Pincliot, conservation expert,
who has just defeated the old
guard in a fight for the repub-
lican nomination fo - governor in
Pennsylvania.
Wullace has fought against a
change of this policy, as advo-
cated by Fall. The latter con-
tends that the government atti-
tude hampers development of
Alaska.
Progressives, it is understood,
will make a strong fight, seek-
ing to force the withdrawal of
Fall and Daugherty, if there are
any changes in the cabinet.
to sulphur to
;e
POLICE COURT
FINES ROMEO
Intruded In the Houdoir of
Sleeping Maiden.
citizensgftl
GARFIELD SOITS RfilL OFFICII
BE*
If TO FILE HELD !N
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Must Return Money Friday or j Investigation of Fatal Riot
Face Suits.
Leads to Arrest.
Unless ten former and present
dent on Classen boulevard.
Lfl FDLLE
STEEL
TEN
Rail Valuations Come Up Fri-
day Afternoon.
Lack of a quorum of the state
equalization board Friday morning
prevented the board from going into
session, according to Frank Carter,
state auditor and member of the
board.
Carter declared that George F.
Short, attorney general; Governor
Robertson, Secretary of State .Toe
Morris, and J. A. Whitehurst, presi-
dent of the state board of agricul-
ture. were all out of the city Friday
morning.
Carter said that Short is expected
to return from Enid at 12 o'clock,
and that the board would then have
a working quorum for the afternoon
meeting.
Carter declared that the valuation
of railroads is to come up today,
which is the most important matter
that comes up for the consideration
of the board.
Besides the valuation of the trunk
lines of railroads to be fixed by the
board, the Oklahoma Gas & Electric
company is to have its permanent
assessment made.
It has been declared by Fred Suits,
who is representing Oklahoma City
in the assessment of railroad prop-
erty in the city, that the Santa Fe
and Katy will pay their back tax to
the city. The Rock Island, it is de-
clared. will refuse to pay it. An in-
vestigation recently made by Suits is
said to have revealed the fact that
several of the roads had more main
line and switches in the city than
they have been paying taxes upon.
FREY WANTS UNIONISM
ABSOLUTELY UNDILUTED
CINCINNATI, May 26—A trad*
union cannot be half trade union and
half something else and remain a
trade union, says John P. Frey, edi-
tor International Molders' Journal.
"The workman can and should
have many interests in life, but his
trade union is something separate
and apart from all of these, and if
it is to be fully successful it must
be kept purely a trade union move-
ment. If evidence to support this
tundarnental truth is desired, it is
only necesfcary to examine the his-
tory of these organizations which
tried to be partly unions and partly
something else at the same time. In
every instance, they failed to show a
healthy growth, and hnvo invariably
given evidence of their inability to
protect their members from imposi-
tion. while many of them have
pawed out of existence "
20.000 Nova Scotians Depen-
dent On Plants.
SYDNEY, N. S.. May 26.—That the
provincial government appoint a
commission to investigate conditions
in the steel industry of Nova Scotia
was demanded in a resolution passed
by a mass meeting of citizens held
here recently. The meeting was
presided over by Mayor William Fitz-
gerald.
The resolution declared that 20,000
people arc dependent upon the steel
industry; that for the past two years
work has been Intermittent; that
wages have been reduced 40 per cent,
but still have been accepted on the
assurance that such acceptance
would ensure steady work, but never-
theless with the result that employ-
ment is decreasing daily and many
of the bt st workmen have been
forced to leave the country; and that
in consequence the people looking to
the steel industry for a livelihood
are in a state of great'privation and
want. It is further set forth that
the Dcminion Iron & Steel Co. en-
joys tax exemptions; that it has re-
ceived millions of dollars of govern-
ment subsidies; that it is asserted
that the company is "over officialed"
and that such officials receive enor-
mous sal^iies; and that the princi-
pal interest of the owners is
concerned with stock-jobbing than i f .. a 68 .♦ . percent
.teel mflktne I °' ,hc the United
States Steel corporation does not
Senate Inquiry Into Huge
Merger Ordered.
By Federated Press.
WASHINGTON, May 26.—Sen. I*
Follette has forced through the sen-
ate his resolution calling for im-
mediate and searching inquiry into
the nearly-completed merger of the
seven big independent steel com-
panies. arranged by Thos. L. Chad-
bourne, formerly conspicuous "11b-
erat" industrial advisor of President
Wilson. Chadbourne is just now
under fire in the war graft cases, in
which he appears as counsel for the
grafters. La Follette proposes to
stop his career as a high financier,
long enough at least to prevent the
creation of a complete monopoly of
the steel business in two corpora-
tions.
Analyzing the plans for the new
trust, published in New York finan-
cial organs, Sen. La Follette showed
the senate that Kuhn, Loeb & Co.,
who appear as financial agents
Carpenter Charged With 'Cor-
ruption' In Connection 1
With Bank Failure.
H. C. Carpenter, acting as assis-
tant state bank commissioner, left
for Sulphur Monday to make $1,000
bond in that town following a report-
ed charge of "corruption in office"
filed in connection with the failure
of the Sulphur Bank of Commerce.
M. M. Thomas, attorney for Car-
penter. declared Friday that he had
not seen the indictment and could
not intelligently discuss the case. It
is reported that Charles Bryan, pres-
ident of the bank, who committed
suicide, made a present to Carpenter
of an overcoat valued at $15 which
was charged to the bank's expense
account.
Thomas declared that this could in
no way be construed as a bribe.
It is alleged by Thomas that this
is but another phase of the factlcnal
finht which has waged in Sulphur
between the Chamber of Commerce,
Former Mayor Pat Ryan and other
factions. Carpenter has been act-
ing under Fred Walcott, since Wal-
cott succeeded Fred Dennis, fugitive
ex-bank commissioner.
Jury Reports After
Seventeen Day Session.
SULPHUR, Okla., May 26.—The
report of the grand Jury empaneled
to probe the failure of the defunct
Bank of Commerce contained twen-
ty-seven true bills, twenty for felon-
IPS and seven for misdemeanors I §he Doesn't KnOW Why
Moonbeams fell lovingly upon
her fair face. Her bosom heaved
with the gentle breathing. A
night breeze played with her
hair. All this he haw.
But. alas! She awoke while
the Romeo still gazed upon her.
She screamed! He ran and an
officer nabbed him. He was
placed In the city jail to medi-
tate.
In municipal court Friday
morning he pleaded guilty to
"assault" and was fined $20. The
girl appeared against him.
He claimed it was all a mis-
take. He had been looking for
his room, he said.
She hadn't invited him, and be-
sides he had entirely waived
formality on this call. He had
forgotten to wear his clothes.
Clad only in the briefest of
summer underwear, he had in-
vaded her room, she told the
judge. She liked men to pay so-
cial calls, and all that, but the
hour at which the Romeo came
to gaze upon her. was highly im-
proper. she thought.
To say nothing of the impro-
priety of going visiting in under-
wear.
Eleven true bills were returned
against I. E. Pacey, cashier, and E.
T. White, teller, charging receipt of
deposit in an insolvent bank, frauds,
embezzlements and forgeries.
The jury adjourned Thursday after
nteen days in continuous ses-
sion.
ATLANTA. May 2fi. -Conspiracy
on the part of officials of the At-
lanta, Birmingham & Atlantic rail-
road. whose workers have been on
strike for more than a year in pro-
test at disregard of rulings of the
United States Railroad Labor Board.
is charged in connection with a re-
cent riot in which one man was
killed and several are believed to
have been fatally injured.
Six arrests have been made in
connection with the affair, four be-
ing held on charges of murder. The *
accused men are R. P. Puekett, A.
B. & A. yardmaster; G. W. Wyle,
his clerk, and two negroes.
Strikers Not Involved.
None of the strikers was in any
way involved in the incident. The
investigation now being made by
state authorities promises some in-
teresting developments.
A confession has been obtaineJ
from Albert Everett, a wounded ne-
gro, which points to the possibility
that the railroad might have con-
spired to start the affair.
Yardniaster Is Accused* HILLSBORO. Texas, May 26.
.. . ii . , ,iai,iOM<i • Following the reported killing of
thafpuckett was in his office whenj ^arold.._B.°1_t?° as8ault of
the shooting began. This Puekett
steadfastly denies.
Prosecutor Samuel Hewlett says
the state has evidence that the trag-| Hillsboro early today
edy was started by negro employes described by
of the railroad throwing stones at JJ
white boys who had called them J . . , . .
•■scabs" and "strikebreakers." Tw° suspects are held in the coun-
. 4, . ! ty jail while the police are working
Everett says that when (he boys , or lhrce |eud . It was slad
retaliated they were fired upon from . .fty
either the yardmaster'. office or a A/cordln Mls, Hayes the ne-
nearby building This according to „ ,one,y spot
the prosecutor, tends to show that j « • ' un|J
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ESCORT KILLED;
G RL ATTACKED
Mob Seeks Negro Accused ot
Having Committed Crime.
the deal, have always co-operated in | itemized acounts.
attorney general's office.
Attorney General George F. Short
and c. W. Galbrailh, assistant, are at
Enid today and, it is declared, will
tile seven civil suits unless the coun-
ty officials turn over the $14,912.
The suits are being brought upon
the recommendation of Fred Parkin-
son, state examiner and inspector,
who, in his report, declared that ir-
regularities amounting to $231,000
bad been found in the checking up
of the books.
The suits prepared for filing in
case the men dp not pay the money
back to the county are as follows:
M. E. Shockley, E. N. Wells and
H. E. Afton, all members of the for-
mer board of county commissioners,
who are to be sued for $5,455.82.
Former county engineer, B. F.
Lewis, $1,337.09.
E. N. Wells, L. G. Gossett and B.
F. Buffington, members of a former
commissioners' board, a sum of $2,-
674.18. /
C. E. Dewing, county sheriff, the
sum of $1,090.
Jailor, C. E. Andrews. $1,177.91.
Former county attorney, E. F.
Smith the sum of $449.65.
It is declared that misappropria-
tion Is not charged in any of the
suits prepared for filing. The petit-
tion sets out that the amount speci-tthe fight was expected and that the iiolton then assaulted her
fied was paid out without proper men had been assembled there to; Holton.
bills or proper filing of bills and ! enter the fray immediately after the; !t was near midnight wnen three
Miss Margaret Hayes by a negro
late last night a posse of farmers
and deputies numbering near 500
was scouring the country between
She Killed Him.
TULSA. May 26.—Claims that her
husband. Dr. M. A. Jergeson, had
raised his hand as though to striko
her, was the explanation of Mrs. M.
A. Jergeson today, when questioned
as to why she shot and killed him.
The Jergesons were the parents of
two children. Dr. Jergeson had filed
suit for divorce, according to the
| story told police today, and his wife
j had gone to the house to get her be-
longings.
A quarrel arose, it was declared,
culminating in the fatal shooting.
A fifteen year old son was one of
the first witnesses questioned by
police.
When Mrs. Jergeson was interro-
gated, she declared she "didn't know
why she did it."
The killing occurred late Thursday
evening, at the Jergeson home, 1339
South St. I^ouls avenue.
matters of this kind with J. P. Mor-
gan & Co., the National City Bank,
I^ee, Higginson & Co.. Kidder, Pea-
body & Co.. and the First National
Bank in New York. Gary dinners,
arranged so that a score of steel
magnates may fix the prices on steel,
will no longer be necessary when the
steel making.
In view of these considerations the
government of Nova Scotia is asked
to appoint :> commission to determine
(1) whether the plant Is -over-offi-
cialed; (2> whether official salaries
are proportionate to the responsibil-
ity and the work performed; (3)
whether the company in the past two
represent. The two combines, both
run by the same banking groups,
will settle prices by conference be-
tween two men.
La Follette quoted the anti-trust
law, providing that the federal dis-
trict attorney general may take
years has refused steel orders that I 8*pps to Prevent the completion of
ordinarily would have been accepted; I f.u merger. His resolution, are
(4) whether the company has tried I"fc4yn® I1*1 department of justice jjje
to get steel orders; (5) whether I'in,d the federal trade commission to
the directors are acting in the best I ?for™ thr# ?enate on whal ar,ion
interests of the shareholders; (6) I y hav'® * °,r Pr°P°f!p to take,
whethei the directors are using it as 1 41f_ _ , Purpose of pre- estimated at 20,
B. F. Lewis, present city engineer
and former county engineer. Is
charged with filing bills improperly
boys found the young woman
I dering aimlessly
rock-throwing began.
The operation of the railroad is j
one long series of derailments and ~ A ni/ A ni/A/1 ATCC
other accidents Equipment and AUVULAIIlu
U. S. SALES TAX
The same charges are made rails are in frightful condition, ob-j
against the former county eommis- servers state, and the financial losses
sionrse, while < . E. Dewing, sheriff, of tl>e carrier continue to pile up.
FARMER-LABOR PARTY !
(,C°E^\ndrew Wjatler, „ a„ege(J i OF WASHINGTON TO MEET ad^eat'ed h'eVS, r.H. Gary!
to have drawn an extra salary for I ' in hl Peech tn the American Iron
night work, and the former county
attorney is said to have kept a
fourth of fees from forfeited bonds.
PLAN RELIEF FOR
NEW YORK'S MOTHERS
SEATTLE. May 26.—All labor and Steel institute Gary also urged
unions, central councils, granges, co- that the soldiers' bonus be left
operative and progressive groups alone for the present. He expressed
have been invited to send delegates I his belief that the tariff question
to the annual convention of the j "should be removed from politics."
Farmer-Labor party to be held here j Gary declared the differences be-
June 3-4. The convention will nomi- , tween the democratic and republican
! nate a candidate
the
United
partie
rR0UBLE AGAIN
r the tariff, might
ALBANY, N. Y.. May 26.- Plans) States senate to oppose Miles Poln- j eliminated by having a tariff for |
are being completed to carry out j dexter, reactionary incumbent. j protection and revenue too.
new state law appropriating Secretary James A. Duncan, Seat- | —
$130,000 for maternltj and infant' the .Central Labor Council, has chal- p nc p MIIQTRFNT
care in New York state, which is. lenged President William Shorf. • * l~dnm i adhd
expected to cut down the number State Federation ot Labor, to debate | MALL rnUIVI LAbUn
... uo i - - estimated at 20,000 of mothers and I in 1" cities of the state on the issue
stock-jobbing proposition; (7) | renting the creation of a steel mon- children who die annually In the I of independent political action. Short j AUBl'BN, Wash., May 21. Al-
opoly, which would bp so powerful state for lack of proper care and Is opposed to independent political though in many cities the
as to defy law-enforcement in the treatment. Accoiding to figu'es action. Although the central council ' movement is at the mercy of thei"a.v declared
nHt'nn j compiled by the tstate health depart- here has gone on record favoring Ichambei of commerce f<>i adequate eligible to play until after a thor-lof the former board is evidently 111
— ment. 700 mothers die annually in independent action, Short forces hall facilities, the reverse is true • 'lgh investigation of his conduct in legal, as no contract can be sel
Alcohol was first distilled by the .his state, outsi-ie of New York City, claim that a majority of the actual here where the Commercial club has a ball g.-tme at the Polo Grounds at aside In that, manner witboul
Arabians, and when we talk about trom childbirth; and it Is believed | membership of Seattle unions are for , been obliged to rent space in the New York j' terdin. I charges being preferred and sus|
coffee and alcohol we are using Ara-1 tb.it many there deaths could be; working through the old party pri I new Labor temple, which also houses It i:; said that tin- trouble started 1 tained.
MOB SEEKING
TEXAS NEGRO
Woman Fails To Identify Cap-
tured Subject.
HONEY GROVE, May 26—A mob
numbering nearly 1000 persons was
searching the creek bottoms and
lowlands near here today looking
for a negro who is said to have
attacked Mrs. William Clarke late
Wednesday evening.
Will Mason, a negro, was found
hiding in a swamp and he was taken
to the Clarke home to be identified.
Mrs. Clarke however could not pos-
itively identify Mason as the man
who assaulted her and the negro
was returned to the jail. The wo-
man's relatives pleaded that the law
be allowed to function.
Feeling Is running very high at
this time and many negroes are vol-
untarily coming forward and ac-
counting for their whereabouts at
the time the crime was committed.
Robertson Denies That H<|
Paid Spivey's Campaign
Expenses.
• held Tueedafl
niuht was tentatively decided upoij
Friday by citizens who seek to
rnand the resignation of the scho
board members who have voted tj
oust J. A. Whiteford, as superintend
unless they makf
public their reasons for rejectin
Whiteford, tho present superintend
ent.
Those actively working in Whib
ford's interest were B. S. Burkeridg
and T. B. Hughes.
Whiteford has asked for a publlJ
A movement to recall members o|
the (Oklahoma < Ity Board of educal
tion w h ed the election
■
Ized Frid i> morning among indlg|
nant Whiteford supporters.
It Is understood the move
first started Thursday night follow!
ing the Whiteford demonstratioi|
made at the commencement exercis«[
held at the coliseum.
Other supporters of W'hlteford aril
advocating an Investigation Into tm|
charges that school book concern!
are taking an active part in the 3p|
position to Whiteford.
W. W. Robertson, representative
of the Merrill Book Company, am
member of the legislature, denltt
that he had paid the expense* o
J. 'i' Spivey, school board member
as charged by certain Whitefon
adherents Thursday.
uithou
foundation and untrue," Kobertsoi
said. Hi explained t hat he alway
contributed to the Democratic cam
paign fund and had donated $26 t«
the . eneial fund. He declared tha
the Met rill < ompany had not dona)
ed a cent to the fund.
Whiteford declared that be woub
render public s< rvlce to Oklahomi
City in airing the controversy, re
gardless o! whether he was able t-
maintain his position as school sup
erlntendent.
Duscusslng the controversy White
ford made the following statement
"The plain facts in the situatioi
are as follows: My present contrail
covered a period of two years, ex
piling July I. When the new boan
was re-organized a year ago laa
May, all officers were elected excep
the superintendent of schools.
"The superintendent could hav
been elected at that time for a pe
riod 111 three years by a three
vot< "i foi period ol on
year by a majority vote, hence
could have been re-appointed at an.
time. Other superintendents in th
state were elected in February.
"I 'in ii. teachei s < onventtol
ould-be candil
dates for my poution on the groundfel
one man stated to me that he ha<r
b< en informt d by a I k ag< I
aid a: , ut had succeeded in gettin.l
two men on the board who would bfl
against my appointment.
[ < lied th< attention of the preal
dent of the board to what was golai
on and asked to have it brought up
He thought it was the proper thin;
foi ■ : ea son, actio!
was postponed from time to tlm<
until the meeting in April, when
was given a contract signed In du«
form, the validity of which was ques
tioned by the attorney general. A
the same meeting, however, th«
hoard passed on the bond issue an<
other important matters.
"The attorney general has rule*
that the bond election Is valid, al
though but seven members of *h«
■
■
lected. How
ever, opinion was not final in the
whether the British Empire Steel cor
poration has been over-capitalized,
and (8) such further Inquiries as the
government shall deem advisable.
corac
RESERl
or
Fl LET
Award To Kansas City Com-
pany for $187,000.
matter and the question has beeil
FOR RARF HUTU to the courts, which is th<[
\Ji\ UriUL* i\%J I Ii only way to test the l< of an:|
question.
( HI'AGO, May 26. Ban Johnson,! "If ray contract is invalid,
labor | President of the American league, to- bond Issue is also invalid. The move!
Babe Ruth to be in- ment yesterday to rescind the actioil
blan words.
i [ t e\ i nted.
I maries.
co-operative store.
JOHN WILKINSON—KNAVE AND FOOL
when Hull got in an argument with "f am not disposed to get intil
I rnplre Hildebrand. Ruth was then 'he courts, but if the Board meml
put out of the game and when
became infuriated at a fan in the
stand who was hooting him, he
climbed into the stand after the of-
fending "hooer."
His would-be victim escaped.
MATHILDE NOT
IN HURRY NOW
hers bring it about, I shall certainlj
defend my position.
"Attorney-C.rneial has ruled thai
all books adopted by tho text-booS
commission should be purchased b'
I
for instructions at the close
school a year ago in ordei tha |
books might be bought early,
did not get the final decision unti |
the week before school opened.
I
nsistent in following the attorne.vl
By Oscar Ameringer, in The Illinois Miner.
John Wilkinson, President of District 21 and one of the I maneuvered, squirmed and wriggled to keep me off the floor.
lieutenants of John L. Lewis, is at last at bay. Like a rat in ; At last, when further dodging became an impossibility, they
fhe corner he is fighting for the remaining shreds of his repu- J graciously permitted the representatives of the Oklahoma
| The contract tor the reinforcement tation, veracity and integrity. Leader to defend that institution.
ThuVsday'afteraoo^to'pratt^Thomp Ignoring the demand from an overwhelming majority of Mark you, he and his crowd have gone into the court to I
son construction t o., of Kansas city, locals for a special convention at which his character and acts bankrupt the Leader. They had four lawyers, four account- , M.thlld. ... [consistent in following the attot
for $187,000 by the city commission- j would have been made the special order of business, he called ! ants, two appraisers, one architect and one special investigator ( „rm(( k' tt 'v afi ,|0es ntn I general's opinions in regard to
era, it wis announced Friday. a convention of his own when Alex Ilowat was on his way to hounding the Leader for months like so many blood hounds. „h(>n shl. V1'm f,'ir Km.0I„. contract, that children should buy ar
; Th® e !" nhu-nt'1h • Pr'son- Then with a mass of material that would compare with a in meet h. r fiance Max oSer. a swihs booki on the list.
forced Into the work under high pre*- With ;i *un in his hip pocket, surrounded by a swarm of ; congressional investigation they went into court and had their hot eman. I to ThTrh^dr^^oda^^n^hii^
sure, according to commissioner gun and knife toting henchmen and bolstered up by a small day. And when the day was over they asked for a continuance 11 lsws,li'1 K ' Jj!'s j Hm omitting all unnecessary books
Donnelly. army of national organizers, John Wilkinson made his fight, on the flimsy excuse that they wanted some more books. As Jnd1bovH°o: i,"?rlVn age she ha«f be- This may He looked upon as defi-
On the west side of the dam the or whine, before the special convention. a matter of fact. Wilkinson and his detestable crowd was licked |.oln,. into;f-t. i in them ami her io\. ance of the attorney general's in-
'height oMhe^iam'to'b-ssen^he^aiv ' ^or months he had run like a scared rabbit from Alexander to a frazzle. His chief lawyer, Lydick, had sense enough to for o:-.i m 1 tve cooled structions, but I welcome a suit ii
sci from hiph water. Howat and me. And it was not until Howat was on his way to | know, that as the case stood, the court would deny a receiver m«h> of hi > n
The method decided upon hv the prison that he mustered up enough courage to issue the call i«nd Wilkinson could not face hi< convention with such a ver- urquaintar < h
commissioners *111 tend to keep th.- for the convention. With Howat safely in jail, and me an "out- diet staring him in the face. Hence the continuance of the
o^the dam and"worWng through the sider" ™th neither voice nor vote on the floor of the convert-; case until after the convention.
dike, it is said that this is where ^10n he ngured that he would have no trouble to explain, explain The Show Down. ,r hoi engngMj
the greatest danger is encountered, land explain until the convention, sick and"tired of explaining, To show their utter disregard for orderly procedure and i s ' Harrow
would dissolve from sheer weariness. , established laws and customs, the representatives of the Leader 1
Much Maneuvering. were juggled into a position of defending their case before the. ,,-ij,oser if Mcformii-k Inany . shop ham won their content
For nearly a week Wilkinson and his imported mercenaries! tconu«u«d on i'u*« tijh > l<ioe not his formal consent, ition for foiuier rates.
id intimate ; the oth
expressed I unneces:
iage would
er take
i board
id that
Ocean steamers aseend the River
Amazon for a distance of 2,300 miles
i fi om the sea.
' out
?nt has been found.
F. Mcf'ormick, the
ster manufacturer li
be her guardian, she may escape
I
which I considei
to be ordered, i
bv the action of th«
.1. A. WHITEFORD."
nw >ioi > i i us n i>.
OAKLAND, ('al., May 26. After n
strike stove mounters
<t the HammerOdtf
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