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Vol. 2—No. 134
Oklahoma Leader
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OKLAHOMA CU*. OKLA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY It*. 1922
I OVER
PIUCK ONE CEN'l
We have never heard of any-1
thing so reasonable or appro-
priate as the movement within
the councils of the republican
party which has for its pur-1
pose the elimination of Robert!
M. LaFollette, of Wisconsin, j
from its membership rolls.
For many years Bob has been |
an incorrigible and irritating
nuisance to the republican ma-
chine, neither of it, or for it,
and always 'feminst' it. How he
could afford to keep such com-
pany was more than we ever
could understand, and now that
they are about to kick him out
he ought to feel highly hon-
ored.
The mayor of Tiffin, Ohio,
who delivered a solar-plexus to
the local food profiteers by
starting a municipal store, has
furnished the country with an
example of what nerve and a
determination to serve the peo-
ple may do. Food prices are
too high, and unless there shall
be a downward movement soon
we may expect this example to
be followed, and if the profi-
teers do not want to find them-
selves crippled by competition
from this unexpected quarter,
they had better remove the
props and let things come
down a bit.
The "Open Door" to China,
upon which all the great pow-
ers seem now to have agreed,
simply means that everybody
may walk in and help them-
selves, and if there should be
any serious objection upon the
part of China to the working
of the open door—if it does
not swing outward and upon
greased hinges for any one of
the nine powers in agreement,
the other eight, or so many as
may be necepsary, will see that
the door works smoothly and
never shall be locked.
There are two governments
in China now, the Pekin gov-
ernment, and the Canton gov-
ernment, the latter headed by
that well known international
character, Dr. Sun Yat Sen.
One of the first duties of the
nine power pact will be to elim-
inate one of those governments
by destroying it. This, of
course, in the interest of peace.
I!ut care will be exercised to
see that that government shall
survive which will agree to
maintain the widest door,
through which the commercial
representatives of the foreign
governments may enter. Busi-
ness is business.
You MUST appreciate the
signal and extraordinary serv-
ice the Leader is rendering the
people of the state of Okla-
homa and particularly those
lesiding in cities where they
are being mercilessly plundered
by gas, electric and street rail-
way monopolies, in the publi-
cation of facts relating to the
experience of other cities which
have been liberated from the
conscienceless exactions of
these private corporations.
If you read the story of
Springfield, Illinois, which was
followed by another of Pasa-
dena, California, and still an-
other of Kansas City, Kansas,
you will have some idea of the
next one which deals with the
experience of Cleveland, Ohio,
where the municipal light and
power plant, being successfully
and profitably operated, fur-
nishes light and power for
ONE-THIRD the price the pri-
vate concerns charged, which
furnishes light for three cents
per kilowatt hour, as against
10 cents charged by the Okla-
homa City monopoly, and has
saved its patrons THREE AND
A QUARTER MILLION DOL-
LARS IN FOUR YEARS.
This remarkable article, so
highly informative and so valu-
able to every student of munic-
ipal ownership, consists of an
address delivered by R. Hus-
selman, consulting engineer of
Cleveland, at the Conference of
the Public Ownership League
which was held at Chicago,
November 21, 1921, and it will
appear in the Leader in two
instalments, the first one to
appear Thursday. Do not fail
to read and study it carefully.
Freckles Win Verdict
for Girl.
SPIES" SUSPECTED OF LYNCHIN
Strikers To Help
In Lynching Probe
"Union Men Not Guilty," Says
Kemp; Packers Only Could
Benefit By Crime.
Weight to fite charges that
the packers were importing pro-
vocateurs and labor spien to
perpetrate violence in the name
of the strikers was added Wed-
nesday when Sheriff Dancy de-
clared tlwft durSnir the past week
he had*' arrested several men
who were implicated in Packing-
town, hrawls who were nut mem-
bers of the nnion and were not
local men, according to IV. T.
McCutcheon, president of the
liutcher Workmen.
A new clew was being devel-
oped along this line Wednesday
by county officers with the hope
of nncovcring the the mystery
surrounding the lynching of
.lake llrooks.
Police in other cities have un-
covered plots of the packers to
import thugs to incite violence
during the packer strike, and
have arrested these gunmen, ac-
cord ins: to officers.
"I hope the perpetrators of the
lynching last Saturday night will be
caught and punished, and the
Butcher Workers' Union will give all
the aid possible to help the officers
in bringing the lynchors to Justice,"
(Continued on Page Thr*e)
AN INEXCUSABLE CRIME
The hanging of Jake Brooks, said to be a strikebreaker
working al l'ackingtown, was a dastardly and inexcusable
crime, the commission of which brings reproach, not only
upon the perpetrators, but upon the whole community, and
we sincerely hope that whoever was responsible for it, may
be punished as the law provides.
There are those who will charge that the striking pack-
ing house workers were concerned. The Leader cannot be-
lieve it. Those who have had charge of the strike at
l'ackingtown have shown themselves to be level-headed,
law-abiding men who know that such an act would do more
to accomplish defeat for their cause than any other hap-
pening. They would know that if such an infamous act
of lawlessness could be proven against them that all the
suffering they had endured and all the struggle through
which they had passed would be in vain.
The Leader believes in the right to strike. It believes
that workers have a right to use the weapon the over-
worked and underpaid packing house workers have used,
and in that right the Leader will support and defend them
to the uttermost; but it does not believe, and it does not
believe that they believe in violence or murder, and hence
it does not believe that they had anything to do with the
murder of Jake Brooks. Just as the members of their
Union have always insisted upon obedience to the law, so
also the Leader has taken the rame position, and we insist
that there shall be a thorough and complete investigation
and that those personally responsible for this negro's death
be apprehended and punished.
SEVEN MEN CHARGED
WITH FLOGGING GIRL
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo., .Ian. 18.—
(U. P.)—Seven men were under $500
bond each here today to face trial In
district court on a charge of kid-
napping Miss Bernice Phillips, 19,
from her home and flogging her
with a rope.
No testimony was offered by the
defense at the preliminary hearing.
The men whose names are being
withheld were said by authorities,
however, to have taken it upon
themselves to conduct a moral cam-
paign.
The technical charge against the
members of the masked band is
feloneous assault
SERGEANTS BEAT
MEN TO DEATH?
WASHINGTON. Jan. 18.—(By U.
P.)—Charges that he saw sergeants
bent soldier prisoners to death at
Camp Merritt, N. J., were made be-
fore the senate investigating com-
mittee today by George G. Walters
of Dunkirk. N. V.
Walters, a former soldier, named
"Sergeants Smith and Stanley" as
the men who did the killing.
"They beat up somebody every
day," he charged.
"Their favorite method was with
pickax handles."
He said lie saw Smith and Stanley
"beat man after man over the head
until they fell unconscious to the
ground."
A camp nurse told him that "two
beaten men died."
The witness said the beating oc-
curred in May and June of 1918.
Tales of "Hard Boiled" Smith *s
cruel treatment of American soldiers
at Paris prison farm No. 2 also were
revived.
Harry K. Walmer, New York city,
told the committee that Smith heat
him, robbed him and tried to starve
him.
^ "But the worst thing was when
Smith took my mother's picture,"
Walmer said. "He forced me to give
him the picture, then he tore It up
and threw it in my face."
The witness broke down and cried
bitterly ,as he pleaded with the com-
mittee to help him get back his
grandmother's Bible which he said
was Inhis baggage when he went to
Smith's prison farm. •
"I stood at the prison three days."
Walmer said, "and then ate two bars
of soap to make me sick. It worked
and I got to the hospital."
Champ E. Martin. Seneca, N. C.,
testified concerning the alleged un-
warranted shooting of an American
soldier by a guard in a camp in
France.
"I heard the sergeant tell the
guard to Hhoot the man if he moved."
Martin said, "and when I went back
a little later the man was on the
ground with a bullet wound through
his throat."
I NKNOWN MENO HONORED.
ROME. Jan. 18.— The congressional
medal of honor was conferred on
Italy's "unknown soldier" today by
Ambassador Richard Washburn Child.
THE TARDY
MR. LEWIS
TOPEKA, Kan.s Jan. 18.— (By U. i
P-) The United Mine Workers of j
America today launched a new legal !
fight against the Kansas industrial '
court.
In a petition in federal district
court here. John L. Lewis, interna- j
tional president of the miners, asked
Federal Judge Pollock to perma-
nently enjoin the court from oper- 1
ating in labor disputes.
The issues raised have all been I
raised in the past by Alexander '
Howat, ousted and jailed "outlaw"
Kansas mine leader who has eases I
wherein he is fighting the industrial
court now pending in the Cnlted
States supreme court.
CITY BUILDS WALK
AS SAFETY MEASURE
A temporary dirt sidewalk for the
iisp of children attendiriK Capitol
Hill Junior high school was being
constructed Wednesday by the de-
partment of public works, according
to Warren E. Moore, commissioner.
This walk is on South Robinson
from the bridge to Oak street. Traf-
fic is very heavy in this street.
Moore said, and as a consequence
there whs great danger because chil-
dren were compelled to walk iu the
middle ot the street,
MOTHER'S DEATH
IS SUIT BASIS
TULSA, Okla.. Jan. 18.—Thomas J.
Harris, three years old, an orphan,
is the plaintiff in a unique suit filed
in the district court here today in
which he seeks $50,000 for the death
of his mother.
The Eastern Torpedo company is
defendant.
In January. 191!*, it is alleged. 30
quarts of nitro-glycerln owned by
the Eastern Torpedo company, ex-
ploded while being transported
through the streets of Big Heart.
Okla., and the child's mother, a
widow, was killed by the explosion.
The suit is brought against the
trustees of the torpedo company.
MEDIATION OFFER
ACCEPTED BY CHILE
WASHINGTON. Jan. 18.—(By U.
P.t The Cnited States government
today invited Chile and Peru to send j
plenipotentiaries to Washington to
negotiate a settlement of the long
standing Tacna-Arca dispute.
SANTIAGO, Chile, Jan. 18.—(By U.
P.i i hi!* has accepts! the United
States offer of mediation in the dis-
| pute. with Peru over the Ancon1
1 treaty.
High School Students to Hear
Worker's Side of Open
Shop Issue.
High school students who debate
the "open-shop" question may now
have material furnished them free
by the office of the Oklahoma State
Federation of Labor, which will
point out the contention of organized
labor, according to Victor S. Purdy,
secretary of the State Federation of
Labor.
A pamphlet has just been printed
which presents the arguments of the
union men. Some litigation arose
last year between the office of the
state superintendent of public in-
struction and the Oklahoma federa-
tion regarding the debating of the
I "open- shop" question in the schools.
Purdy maintained that the debates
were furthered by the open-shoppers
as a form of propaganda, and that
the material which was furnished
showed a bias in favor of the "open-
shop." The union arguments in fa-
vor of the closed shop were really
not the points on which the union
men base their right to organize and
to bargain collectively for wages
and working hours and conditions.
Purdy claimed.
Debate 011 the question will be
welcomed now that the real uaion
side may be shown to the students.
Purdy declared. This will be entire-
ly fair, he said, as opposed the meth-
ods of the "open-shop" advocates.
wb«r were afraid to let the public
know the union's real arguments.
The pamphlet shows that workers'
organization has been necessary
since the earliest times, and that the
right to organize is not disputed in
the case of any except labor. Man-
ufacturers. lawyers, doctors and re
tail merchants all have organiza
tions which parallel those of labor
unions.
Murder Charges To Be Filed
Thursday—Troops Not
To Be Called.
the government will make a
third attempt to arbitrate the
present strike of packer em-
ploM s. it was decided t<>dn nt h
meeting ol' middle-west eon-
jrreNftmeii with Secretaries
Hoover. Da?!* and Wallace, ac-
cording to dispatches received
here.
On each former occasion the
strikers haw been willing to
arbitrate while the packers
have refused.
During the war when the
workers might hate demanded
their own price they submitted
to arbitration and liccanse of
that fact received lower wages
that they might otherwise have
received.
Several weeks ago Mayor .1.
T. Walton joined with the heads
of other cities in seeking gov-
ernment arbitration.
Two men were brought to the of-
fice of Ben Dancy, sherifT, Wednes-
day morning and questioned regard-
ing any knowledge of the lynching
of Jake Brooks Saturday night, Dan-
cy said. They were not arrested.
Dancy said, and were released after
a thorough examination.
It was said that an internationally
known detective agency renresentave
had been hired to inrstlgate the
lynching.
Attempt to lay the entire crime on
the I. W. W. was made by County At-
torney Forrest Hughes, who ordered
| the arrest of all "agitators."
) That he expected? *o file a number
of murder charges, probably eight
or ten, Thursday, following the in-
I vestlgation of the lynching of Jake
Brooks, was the statement of For-
rest Hughes, county attorney. Wed-
nesday.
Police and county officers were in-
vestigating Wednesday the lynching
which was said to have been done
by a number of white men and ne-
( groes Saturday night. Brooks was
j said to have been a packing house
employe.
| "I will have the man who drove
the car which carried the lynching
party under arrest within a short
time," Hughes declared.
| Brooks was taken from his home,
his wife charges, about 9 o'clock
Saturday night. There were two
cars, she declared at a court of in-
quiry which was held Tuesday be-
fore the body was found. The body
was discovered hanging to a tree
east of Capitol Hill Tuesday by B.
A. Reed, West Fifth street, who was
driving past the scene of the lynch-
ing.
Two men and two women, all ne-
groes, were being held in connec-
tion with the murder by the county.
Hughes declared, but refused to state
(Continued on Page Thro*)
Farmer-Labot
To Nominatt
State Officers
Reconstructon League Convention Called For February 2I
at Shawnee—One Thousand Delegates—Enthusi-
asm Manifested Throughout State.
Miss Grace Naughton owned a pair
of freckled, pink shoulders, and si
beauty doctor said that she could
remove the freckles and tried to.
The beauty doctor failed, so Miss
Naughton brought suit in the small
claims court of San Francisco for
the recovery of the amount of money
she paldj alleging that the freckles
stayed pot. The judge took a peek
at the uncovered sh« nlders of the
fail damsel and rend.'.ed a verdict
In fa v or oft he i '1 .tin 1111.
HE OUGHT TO BE BUSY
BROOKVILLE, Ont., Jan. 18. Jer-
ry Steele, constable, street commis-
sioner, sanitary Inspector, school at-
todance officer, pound keeper, dog
tax collector, enforcement officer
and caretaker, gets $200 a year.
Nomination of a full stute tickei 1
by the Farmer-1.abor Reconstruction
League will take place at the state
convention called for February 23.
at Shawnee. Okla., according to an-
nouncement of George Wilson, state
manager of the league, Wednesday.
Approximately one thousand dele-
gates representing local farmers
and trades unions, the farmer laboi
unions and delegates from the non-
partisan league membership, are ex-
pected at the convention.
"The impoverished condition of
the farmers has nt least given them
rood for thought." Wilson declared.
"The lack of funds for the political
organization Is more than offset by
| the spontaneous uprising 011 tin-
J farms and in the workshops of the
state to demand that the profes-
sional politicians be thrown from
power and the 'people's represents
tives placed in positions where th<|
1 ;'ii accomplish hi ijf(] reforms.
Politicians Ma'rmed.
"Our program has taken bold
the st.tr in ;i manner to surprii
and alarm old part) politician!
Wilson declined. "We have ttpok<
at gathei in ol the Warmers' 1'uio
taxpa)ers meetingcivic, raeetinj
1 alb d for non polit i«: 11 putpost - ;u
thi response in our favor has ! ••<
ovei helmiug We offer th< on
olution i" the problems of ti
t:inner and industrial worker ai
the at coi .1 hi the«e i« clasu s
workers Ih complete."
On March II will be held anoU><
leatie (invention in which the ca
riidaii for the legislature will 1
chosen.
No candiua.i have announci
th« m elv<. 1 In ph n ol the leacj
will b< to draft t be men for
positions.
CD
ARMED RAIDS
SOUTH IRELANI
GROUPS?
Farmers' Union Jobbing Asso-
ciation Recommends a
'•Working Alliance."
SALINA, Kan., Jan. IS.—(U. P.) —
First important step in co-ordination
of the Kansas Farmers' Union and
J the National Wheat Growers' asso-
ciation of Kansas, Nebraska. Texas
| and Oklahoma today waited upon
j adoption by the Farmers' Union con-
! ventlon, in session here, of recom-
mendations by the board of direct-
jors, adopted yesterday by the job-
1 blng association of the union, that
a "working alliance" be effected.
J The jobbing association included
l recommendation that the Nat ional
'wheat Growers' association be given
I use of jobbing faclltles for selling of
I grain at a nominal fee and use of
i the union elevators at a service
charge. It also recommended that
both associations enter into agree-
ments for the co-ordination.
Officers of the association stated
that the working agreement would
result In farmers controlling the
sale of forty per cent of the 1922
wheat crop and virtually complete
control of the sale of the 1923 crop.
j DUBLIN, Jan. 18.—(By U. P.) —
Armed raids In the south of Ireland
j today were reared to be the first
1 signs of republican opposition to the
■ Irish free state.
The pol^e static-V«' '"harlestov n,
in county Mayo, was attacked by
, armed men who seized quantities of
| arms and ammunition and kidnaped
1 three policemen.
Two visitors to the Cork jail sud-
SNOWSTORM
PREDICTED
denly produced revolvers and forcJ
i)i wardens to n lease a republics
soldier under arrest for shootingl
constable. The men escaped aftj
effecting the rescue.
' niiiP', on the eve of . -
sale evacuation by British (EK8.1
these disturbances wert
grave concern in Ireland. .
feared an effort whs on foot ui'eal
11M,"al governmej
DEATH TAKES
TAMS BIXBl
Weather Bureau Forecasts Mukogee Publisher Dies /
Storms and Low Tem- Kansas City After Illness
perature. of Several Days.
SEES VICTORY
Gift
fill
TACKE
Oklahoma City's mild winter is
about to depart, it was indicated
Wednesday.
A cold wave with unsettled
weather was predicted for Oklahoma
City and vicinity for Wednesday
night and Thursday by the local
weather bureau.
There was a possibility of snow,
it was said.
The temperataure will fall to a
point between 10 and 18 degrees, ac-
cording to the forecast.
This will probably tie the first
period of prolonged cold for the win-
ter, and if there is snow would be
1 iportance.
ifternoon, the
Ml
By Wednesday
I was completely overcast, and the
thermometer was hovering nround
I the freezing point. A cold wind from
I the northwest was rising.
KANSAS < JTY, Mo., Jan. 18. (I
P 1 Tains Bixh) prominent Mir fl|
Oklahoma editor, is
I here todaj aftei an Illness of se
•1'i.v 'qd
was publi sin r ..1 (he MuskOL
Okla , I j.ii> Phoenix. Ills fan
including his three sons, Tarns,
E. K.. and ' Bixb) «ere at 1.1
bed idi w hi n thi - nd came la I
I night.
Before going to Oklahoma Bi:.
| * as private secretary to G.ovew
Merriam, Nelson and Klough
j Minnesota.
TIME TO WASH UP
I
son. found living in a cav. here
!•;• 'hi* ■ ih. i.. nine nionilil
ntenced tn 30 daj - In j:iil
he could bathe and "eot on I
Crimes Swamp Police—Man;
Fires Three Shots at
Fleeing Intruder.
1 A wave of robberies made up the
I sum of crime activities of Tues-
, day night, according to police Wed-
! nesday morning.
! Very little of value was taken at
most of the places visited, however.
I Jewelry valued at $100 and some
j money was stolen from the home of
IE. O. Brown, North Shartel avenue.
1 An unusually bold prowler, said to
be a well dressed white man. enter
I id the home of W. S. Knight. 226
! West Twenty-fifth street, by means
i of a w indow. A purse was taken.
| Police said that he attempted to mo-
lest a young woman who screamed
i frightening him away. Knight de-
clared that he took three shots at
IN TOMORROW'S LEADER
Read how Cleveland. Ohio, es-
tablished its municipal light and
power plant, how it Is a "paying"'
institution, notwithstanding it
established and maintains the
first "three cent light" rate in
the United States, and has saved
its patrons $3,250,000 In rour
years. The friends of private
monopoly w ill read the story and
"weep." You should read it
with joy.
OIUVl.l t RIDE PRICI 1 I T.
HOUSTON. Texas, Jan. 18. A re-
duction of 25 cents per barrel to a
price of $1 was announced on th*
price ot Orange field crude oil by
the Humble Oil company headquart-
er^ here today.
Declares Miners Have Voted
To Support Him In Stand
Against Lewis.
j SPRINGFIELD. 111.. Jan. 18.—(L'.
j P.)—Though the vote count is not
] completed. President Frank Farring-
I ton of the United Mine Workers de-
clares the membership has voted to
support him in his stand against in-
j ternational president John L. Lewis
I in the Kansas labor trouble.
The referendum also will show the
: Illinois miners favor continuation of
1 financial and moral support to Alex- '
ander Howat. deposted president of
: the Kansas miners. Partington says. ]
FUGITIVE CAPTURED
! MUSKOGEE, Okla., Jan. 18—Word
has been received here of the cap-
j ture at Buffalo. N. V.. of Lewis S.
i McShann, negro, wanted at OkUiha.
! Okla., to face charges of shooting J.
j J. Foster, manager of the Oktaha
telephone exchange. McShann es-
j caped from custody while being
J brought to the county jail last
April.
BAD CHECK CHARGES
AGAINST TEXAS GIRL
COLUMBUS, Ohio. Jan. 18. An
alleged attempt to journey to her
promised husband in Memphis, with-
out cost, caused Pauline Ferguson, j
I ID, to be detained here today.
Miss Ferguson, with Virginia Pol-
lard. 18, both of San Antonio, Texas,!
was brought back to Columbus from j down.
Memphis to face charges of passing I The property damage is estimated i
i worthless checks here. I at *130.000. I
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