The Oklahoma Critic (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, April 6, 1917 Page: 1 of 6
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THE OKLAHOMA CRITIC
Entered a« Second Cla» Matter at the
, <h. TULSA COUNTV CHIEF, oldeat paper >n
Po.toft.ee at Tul.a, Oklahoma, a. auccea. or to the TULSA c . . „„i
To,.. County. » £« » ™E C"'T'C’
NUMBBB 34
TULSA. OKI.A., APRIL « I#I7.
VOLUME ’-ifi
GEO. C. CRIMP FOR
DISTRICT JUDGE
Ottawa County Wants Him in
Case Davis is Wanted
Elsewhere.
The Ottawa County liar As->-
ciation is in favor of presenting
a petition to the governor of Ok-
lahoma to appoint (ieorge C
Crump of I loldenville to this ju-
dicial district in the event ludge
Preston C. Davis is appointed to
a position on the supreme court
commission, as now seems prob-
able.
Judge Davis, who is the dis-
trict judge, lias been serving on a
special assignment '1 'i tin su-
preme court commission for two
venrs, which means that Ottawa
county has hen without a regular
judge during that same period.
The docket in < tttawa county is |
very heavy cm account of the
large population and the richness
of the mineral deposits in the
county, and so the court has got-
ten far behind with its work
judge Crump has been filling
the bench in this district as (hs
trict judge in the place of Judge
Davis and has become very popu-
lar with the bar of (tttawa coun-
ty, who now would like to see
him appointed as regular, judge
should Judge Davis be again as-
signed on the Supreme Court
Commission.
VILLA ON THE JOB
this country, Just as the t )wen >
resolution is now, and will be ap-
proved when more fully under-
stood. W e are not in the least
-urprised to learn that tue little
wigs" are falling into line and
i denouncing Owens also Nowata
countv, a- well as I ulsa county,
make" representatives out of
mighty scrubby timber some-
times.
BIILV SUNDAY. RECRUITING OFFICER
WE ARE AT IT
Some time ago the word went
lilt from Washington to capture
Villa “dead or alive.” The army
was called out and sent after the
nigger bandit of Mexico. The
government has now expended,
up-to-date the neat little sum of
$162,410,000.00,111 the futile ef-
forts to capture him. Enough to
build comfortable homes for 162,-
418 families. Villa is still at large
and doing business at the old
stand.
McCONNELL'S BANK ROLL
Line McConnell, the clever and
genial evangelist from C.eorgia, is
a fine talker, and possesses a
great deal of personal magnitism,
with a good appearance, has an-
nounced a five weeks meeting at
the Tabernacle, erected at the cost
of $6,000 for that purpose. He
said, as we are informed that lie
wanted $1.00 out of every person
in Tulsa, lie expects about $65,
000 from his efforts of five week
or- $13,000 per week. That look
like the McConnell Gospel was
coining entirely too high.
Now when we see a man as
“embassador of the Lord,” or pre
tending to be so much interested
in corralling the “long green" we
conclude that is the God .of bis
idolitry. that he is not walking in
the footsteps of the* Lowly Na/a-
rene, not following the example
fthc Apostles, who took neith-
er scrip nor tuirsc. not even al-
lowed to take any thought of
what thev were to eat. 1 hat He
is following after those whom old
I’eter said wree taking things
they should not suberting whole
houses, for filthy “lucres sake."
You can not worship two mast-
ers.
Now Line may do lots of good
in Tulsa, we hope he will, hut we
imagine that with the $(i0.000 in-
vested in the tabernacle and the
money contributed to Lince were
used to relieve the poor of our
city', it would be more profitable
and more charitable, as well as
more christian-like for pure and
undefiled religion to visit the sick,
the afflicted, widows and orphans.
()ne of the astitue editors, sit-
ting astride the editorial tripod
of one of Charley Page's papers.
was so indiscreet as to sav that
every since the committee on for-
r «*-. ™ w., ............... r*-
lk”,h,t
licial but interesting, as a sample of the tb g l
amended ten commandments as follows : spread the
1. Thou SI,alt Not Gossip, rhere are three wa s t > sprrau u.^
new> -telephone, telegraph and tell a woman. I hi 1 ■ -
of Mime of veil women he wouldn’t get withm twenty «’ ,
. ei...i. v ion shall not covet tny neir,m>
2_'niou'siviit Not Covet. Thou shall not covet thy neighbor'- (,u,
......
knew - — ...... ...
except ONE NEWSPAIMR IN
TULSA. „ . . ,
\\ E ARE IT. The ( ritie ha
not and does not now believe the
i governmental policy adopted by
SOME FATHERLY ADVICE
Perhaps there are some who
will recall, that one \\ ilham II.
Taft, at one time occupied the
“big chair” at the White House
and was the ostensible president
of the United States for four
years. It is the same William IL
Taft, who a Federal Judge in
Chocago some years before, ren-
dered the “immunity bath" de-
cision by reason of which the
great packing house owners es-
caped the penitentiary and many
other big white-washed rascals
have escaped. 1 his is what put
Taft in the presidential chair, for
“verily the ox knoweth his mas-
ter, and the ass his master s
crib.” •
This same Ex-President (!)
Taft, is just now very busy in-
stilling patriotism into the b’hoys
and recently spent a few days in
Oklahoma, on inis “tour of patriot-
ism” and by accident or other-
wise. lie discovered a little feath-
erless biped by the name of Gar-
rett, who hails from the county of
Nowata, and who misrepresented
that county in the last unlament-
ed legislature as a Republican,
and proceeded forthwith to give
a little fatherly advice to our
Nowata statesman by counseling
him to see that the people of Ok-
ir'.-vva answers Senator Ownes
lg his resolution in the
United States Senate with refer-
ence to curtailment of the assuni
ed power of the Supreme Court
saving it is to Socialistic.
The advice seemed so good, so
wholesome, that he begun to set
up an altitudinous idat and with
wild acclaim, proclaimed it from
the house tops, even hastened
down to I lilsa to break the glad
tidings to his elder legislative
brother, Glen Condon, who pre-
sides over the doubtful destiny as
managing editor of that old jour-
nalistic bawd, the Tulsa World.
.§
I AM WAR
\ ate yatch. Many
kt hiralon^ Tango. I’m against that rotten, licentious
hell-begotten dance that sends more girls to hell tha.iy
r,n in favor of everything the devil is against, and I m against urn
tiling the devil is in favor of. ( bristi ins ire
4.—Thou SI,alt Not He Mingy. Some wou d-h Christum
M, stingv that thev would steal flies from a blind spider. 1h re
other's so mean that they sing through their noses to save wea. and
Have Too Many
.. real suilor and a man doesn’t want to marry a gnl that > u i
• , vv-od over bv every voting buck in the community llic !i//u-h.iii
ITririXVL »/in a Lk ,.arln, „„,il all h.«,r, ol ,l,e nn.rnn.y
with one buck after another is on the way to perdition. •
" * Vi—Thou Shalt Not Re Conceited. A conceited man H
cheap-skate^ restaurant where everything is in the window and',
ing on the table but hot air. Self-conceit will always he a millst,
ar.iund yimrjiec^it ^ I)nnk , llc man who says he can drink
and let it alone, lies. No man ever intended to become a diunk.uT
Every drunkard started out to he simply a moderate drinker.
vou believe you can leave it alone, why don t you r
’ 8 —Thou Shalt Not Cuss. One of the things that show the
foundation of a man's character to be rotten ,s to he.rh.mc.ss a 1
vomit out oaths. 1 would not trust a profane man any too far in any
|Isin^ kT ?yean44shrdhietaoincinfvvytepoa* 11 shrdlu shrdlu shrllti mill
—Thou Shalt Not Dodge Thy Debts. Some havent ™
enough to pay their debts. Would that 1 might have a hook a ,1 for
every debt that vou left unpaid 1 might jerk off a piece of clothing
If 1 did, some of you would he left with only a celluloid collar and
aPTo-'lTouSShalt Not Flirt. Society takes no note of the flirta-
tion on the street. It waits until the girl has lost her virtue and then
slams the door in her face. 1 wish 1 could make a girl who flirts see
herself as others see her. If you make eyes at a man on the street
will pay you back.
NATION AT WAR WITH GERMANY
ALL WOOL SUITS
MADE TO YOUR ORDER
No
Less
Than
iahstic Dawn, me iu,» >........
rhich is all tilings to all men and
iothing to nobody, and width
dams to everlasting fame" eve-
rything It favorably mentions.
This brace of smart alexs, this
>air of political deuces, prepared
he dope and through the columns
if the World, as a foul conduit,
.indertakes to discredit Senator
: Evens before the people of (Okla-
homa. But the people of < Okla-
homa have long since learned that
when the Tulsa World is for a
man, it is safe to let him alone,
and if the World is against hint
they should take him into their
confidence. He would do to
trust. %
We had expectejd the Republi-
can "big wigs” to assail the Ow-
ens resolution, and vigorously de-
nounce it as unsafe, and socialis-
tic, just as they have all along
denounced the referendum, the
election of United States senators
by direct vote and many other
modern ideas of government, now
fully approved by the people of
It is a condition and not a
theory that confronts the Ameri-
can people today. In every little
hamlet of this broad land of a
free press and ftce speech, the
mayors and police powers have
given orders for no speaking on
the streets against war. and still
they say was is HELL.
Is the military arm of America
trying to Prussianize this coun-
try? It looks like it. Even May-
or Simmons, the devout Republi-
can mayor of 1 ulsa. has instruct-
ed the police in this land of a free
press and free speech to suppress
all meetings where they talk
against war and >till was is Hell.
And our good Christian friends
insist we should shun HELE and
still will not allow us or anybody
to talk against war, and war is
HELL.
If this be treason, we are not
Christians. We are opposed to
war, for war is HELL.
1 ugersoll. the great agnastic,
personating war, says:
“The death ratles in human
throats ar emelodies to me, for 1
AM WAR.
“I am creator and master of the
death zone. I carry misery on
my way. I make orphans and
widows. I cause famine. I de-
vastate lands and carry the sting
of death.
“In crystal streams I cast my
shadow and turn the flowing wat-
ers to" crimson. 1 crush youth
and maim strong men. Nations
plunge'into ruin at my command.
Across green fields 1 tramp^ and
carry desolation. 1 he living
fields groan under my heavy j
boot and are sepulchers.
"I AM WAR.
“My breath is poisonous gas. 1
hold, human life cheap and de-
stroy souls. 1 scoff at the
vine command, “Thou shalt
kill.” I sink ships on
nocent Italics play
The Congress of the United States has passed a declaration of war
igainst Germany. Six Senators and Fifty members of congress vot-
, The Bill has been signed by the president
Tiaiors anu mijr msuiuvu ----
WMMmmm
Incase of necessity it is the duty of all the people to stand by the
necessary, and a wrong step has been taken, but the die w oust.and
we can only say now, “Our government, right or wrong. We do
not have space to publish the president s proclamation in full but the
formal part only: pQRMAL PROCLAMATION
"Threefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, president of the Unit-
ed States of America, do hereby proclaim to all whom it may
concern that a state of war exists between the United Stat-
es and the imperial German government, and I do specially
direct all officers, civil or military, of the United States that
they exercise vigilance and zeal in the discharge of the du-
ties incident to such a state of war, and I do, moreover, earn-
estly appeal to all American citizens that they, in loyal de-
votion to their country, dedicated from its foundation to the
nrinciples of liberty and justice, uphold the laws of the land
and give undivided and willing support to those measures
which may be adopted by the constitutional authorities in
prosecuting the war to a successful issue and in obtaining
a secure and just peace: and acting under and by virtue of
the authority vested in me by the constitution of the United
States and the said sections of the revised statutes,
“I do hereby further proclaim and direct that the con-
duct to be observed on the part of the United States toward
all natives, citizens, denizens or subjects of Germany being
male of the age of 14 years and upward, who shall be with-
in the United States and not actually naturalized who for
the purpose of this proclamation and under such sections of
the revised statutes are termed alien enemies.
to a
human
church
TO RESIGN HIS OFFICE
THE REAL MILK
IN THE COCOANUT
There’s many misguided pa-
triots that think this a war
against the Prussian Militarism,
and the subsidized press is play-
ing on that string for all it s
Di- j worth. But here is a little clip-
snau not! ping that let the cat out of the
which in- bag. taken from the Kansas City
Star. IIow that grand old pa-
“These facts stand clear as the
result of an investigation in which
practically every American man-
ufacturer of war munitions for
foreign governments was com-
municated with.”
ROAD HOUSES
president and approved by
congress, is the right one,
and we have attempted to show
and lav our reasons for our atti-
tiulc. But since tlii" is a govern
ment in theory at least, where the
majority rule, we stand ready to
support the president and render
any aid possible, when our coun-
try is in danger or when neces-
Mirv to protect our national hon-
or.'our homes, our flag, but until
such contingencies arise we shall
content ourselves in minimizing
the effect of the wrong policy as
we see and understand it.
It is claimed by the ‘patriotic
press." and set forth as one of the
reasons why we must get into tin
war that ' Prussian militarism
i must be banished from the earth
it is a standing menace to our in-
stitutions. that we must get into
this war to assist in establishing
democracies in the old country
Now if these are the reasons,
they have existed all along and
were well known while Wilson
was a candidate for president and
made the slogan of bis campaign,
-lie kept us out of war." The
people approved that policy and
elected him. If it is right for us to
get into this war, for that reason
now. it was right for us to have
done so sooner. If the Democrat
aiyl the Democratic party were
right during the campaign m
staying out of the war, they are
wrong now in getting into it. If
the reasons assigned for going to -
WANTS SENATOR GORE
I is enough to show this is not the | — —amm
real reason for going to war.
l lic real reasons must be look-
ed for somewhere else. A war
appropriation of nearly 4 billion
to commence with and the meet-
ing of the Wall Street banks to
provide for a huge bond issue, fur-
nish us a sufficient reason. The
bankers, the money sharks and
large financial concerns, with a
subsidized press, are now busy
manufacturing patriotism, when
the very niggers know that our
country is in no danger.
Wendell Phillips said at the
time the United *States govern-
ment was in control of chattel
slavery that he wanted two words
inscribed upon his tomb as bis
epitaph. These two words were
“traitor” and “infidel”—traitor
government which protected
' * and infidel to a
sanctioned the
crime.
It sometimes happens that the _ L.; VmU: ,
.“traitor” is the true’patriot and
1 the "infidel” the man of real
faith.
It happens also that the popu-
lar "hero” is sometimes a coward
| while the despised “coward” is
the real hero.
1 There are times when it re-
,mires courage amounting to hero
I ism to be a coward. The present
critical period when this country
1 is about to be engulfed in war
by the capitalist class is such a
time. For months the big inter
ests that rule this nation, for rea-
lms perfectly obvious to all but
the stone-blind, have been intent
upon dumping this nation into the
i European slaughter pit or at least
bringing it to the verge of the
abyss.
$15
No
More
Than
$20
WE CHALLENGE any maker or retailer of men’e
suits and overcoats to DUPLICATE our high grade,
ALL WOOL fabrics—to EQUAL our splendid tailor-
ing—to MATCH the style and FIT of our garments, for
LESS than $25 to $30.
WE GUARANTEE the SAME high grade, PURE
WOOL fabrics-the same SATISFACTORY atyle and
fit. and the same GOOD SERVICE as always, in
SPITE of the GREAT ADVANCE in cost of woolens.
; MEASURED TODAY—300 ALL WOOL
SAMPLES
Over Exchange National Bank
Tailors for Ladies and Gentlemen
WALK UP STAIRS AND SAVE $10.00
The Oklahoman calls on Sena-
tor Gore to resign for refusing to
say he was behind the president
in the war resolution, and that
(Yklahomans are not satisfied with
the course Senator Gore is per-
suing. Now we arc not sure hut
think the Oklahoman has the
situation in Oklahoma sized up
wrong. If we are not mistaken in
the pulse of public sentiment as|
expressed in 1 ulsa, not over three
per cent of the people of Oklaho-
ma are in favor of war, and would
vote to sustain Senator Gore in
the position be has taken in pref-
ference to the one Senator Owens
lias taken in telegraphing Cham-
bers of Commerce and county seat
lawyers who don’t intend to go to
war, but will stay at home and
insist on the other fellow going.
It is reported that when Col.
Ray Hoffman was making his
war speech the other day at Ok-
lahoma City he asked all that
would fight for their country to
hold up their hands. And when
the Adjutant General started out
with enlistment blanks, he could
not find a hand up, and so that s
the way patriots who shout loud
and hollor long go to war.
We are one of those who dare
to be a "coward,’’ when heroism
is cheapened and protituted to
hellish ends. We stand uncom-
promisingly opposed to any war
of exploitation or conquest or
which results only to the benefit
of the rich and powerful and no
benefit to the poor man who does
the fighting and suffers all the
loss.
"Brains of brave men ooze on jtriotic sheet ever let such an ar-
fieltls of battle, and I laugh. For tide creep into its cojmi.
I AM WAR. past understanding, but here it
“Limbs are torn from bodies is: western front in
and 1 cheer; disease stalks the, roaring as thev
camp, and 1 dance.. Fathers are ,’™"‘^iever‘ thundered before in
dragged front their firesides that .b. o{ the world. Moun-
I may thrive. Ranks are thinned , thei hist > ammunition are
!’>■ =' of ,ea(len he"’ and 1 Cry 'Sg swept a7ay every day. Yet
for more. 1 «<■.'ionfident are the Entente Al-
Herbert D. Mason, the friend of
East week we called attention Carnegie and Chamber of ( om-
t0 the “booze venders” still doing merce lawyer, who assisted C'ar-
. , • , •. ,i ; ence Douglas and the Osage-Ok-
business in the city despite the el- ^ Co in thc big fight
forts of “Parson” Barton and his.^ didn’t put up before the cor-
“Noble 100,” but the Parson is to ])orate commission, is out in a
be excused now. He and Line long article about the hard work
McConnell is at a death grapple he done and ho«merce a'ssisted
with Satan on another field. But Chamber of Comme ce assist
wfS.intod out that “Dint” with the ml*. J»j ••^ l'«*
More, was running a road house man would say^ I l at was th^i
TM ’also
vet l am nui * . .
ani »u'wAD !scores of contracts for munitions
a massacre is tm deiignt, them Furthermore, manu-
the most enchanting scene is f.,ctUrers who fail to complete
vast plain strewn with dead. Hu- ders be{ore March 31 will
inanity is my enemy ; explosive d extensions of time
are my playthings; I chuckle as be B™ngJe.n° egovernments. As
human souls go to eternity. y rder& {rom abroad are
“Screaming, hissing missiles . ^ thc shell buisness has
are poetry to me. I am gnm conce , itsel{ , j„ the
dTA«AR” I United State!,_____
own
supp g that at this operating a imilar place west
11 V-1. -.lin 11 TO r tv. Still the efficiency
Lf --
Still the efficiency of Since Claude Kitchen made his
Every Katy Dollar
Cut In Two
The power of the dollar you pay the Katy for trans-
portation service, to purchase labor and ^ppl.es for the
Railroad has decreased 50 per cent. Yet your dollar buys
as much transportation service as it did ten years a^a It
buys more freight service and better passenger service.
Since 1907 there has been an increase of only In
the Katy’s gross annual earnings, while intuul
expenses have increased 50%. An increase of J6,302,M9
in gross earnings has been more than offset by an
crease of $8,585,211 in annual operating expense*.
expenses is restricted, as recent events, imposing an in-
crease of 25% in the wages of train and engine men, have
demonstrated.
As additional burdens are imposed upon fat Rail-
roads, additional ability to carry ^nmurt topmnM-
Otherwise, the service upon which business progress ae-
pends cannot be maintained, even at present standards.
The Katy needs and will appreciate your co-°P«r*‘
tion in correcting the conditions that now hamper Rail-
roads, and your support of the road’s purpose to expand
its usefulness as a public servant.
MISSOURI, KANSAS & TEXAS
RAILWAY
duty of McCullough,
it?
Will he do
lllC slIDMUI/.vu pivoj j — n
controlled by the big bond brok-
ers and munition factories.
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