The Yale Democrat (Yale, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 90, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 6, 1919 Page: 1 of 8
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THE YALE DEMOCRAT
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YALE, OKLAHOMA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1919.
Volume 11, Number 90
Single Copies Five Cents
FORMER NEWSPAPERMAN
DECORATED BY DANIELS
GOING AFTER PROF1TEERERS The. committee appointed by
_ Whitehurst to study the meat price
Nation and State Officials Probing question will meet Wednesday
The High Cost of Living
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morning in the office of the state
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In answer to the demand of the late its plans of action. This tom-
public that something be done re- mittee will work as a part of the
SAYS SUGAR BEING STORED
Official Says Evidence Has Been
Secured against Profiteers
garding the excessiye prices ask
ed for food in the United States,
indicating that the advance was
due not from natural conditions
but from the selfish motives of a
few who control the price situa-
tion, investigations have been be-
gun by both the national and state
officials.
President Wilson will address a
message to congress relative to
the cost of living situation as ‘soon
as he has time to write it.’ The
message, it was said at the White
House, will embody recommenda-
tions submitted to the president
by Attorney General Palmer and
other officials.
Decorations are getting to be an
every day occurrence in Washington
these days. This photo shows Secre-
tary of Navy Dunlels pinning the dis-
tinguished service medal on Maj. Geo.
K. Shuler of the marine corps, a for-
mer Washington newspaperman. Ma-
jor Shuler ulso won the French cross
of war and legion of honor.
Determined to reduce the in-
creasing high cost of living, de-
partment of justice agents in all
parts of the country have been
instructed to report all violations
of the Lever food control act and
’erret out all hoarders and pro-
fiteers in foodstuffs.
This announcement by Attorney
General Palmer, after a two hour
conference with President Wiison
was the first indiation of the plan
Pleased With Reception
Lieutenant Wagner and Ser-
geant Moore who were here with
the areoplane last Friday and Sat-
urday have written a letter to Mr.
L. W. Scherer regarding their re-
ception here in Yale, and we here-
with reproduce a part of it.
Post Field
August 3, 1919.
Dear Mr. Scherer:
Lt. Wagner and I arrived at
Post Field yesterday at 1:00 p.m.
after a very pleasant trip to Yale
I, for one, enjoyed the trip immeiv
sely and want to thank you for the
fine treatment accorded us.
wish you would thank the Steven
sons for the trouble they went to
for our sake. It surely is a plea-
sure to get away from the field for
a couple of days and especially so
when the people give you a recep-
tion such as we received at Yale.
It took us two hours and twenty
minutes to come back yesterday.
We ran into a very strong head-
wind and made slow progress. It
was very bumpy and threw the
ship around like a feather. But
the old motor was working fine all
the way and we came all the way
home without stopping for gas or
oil. That was very good gas we
got in Yale and it gave the mot-
or about 75 R.P.M. more than the
gas we get at the field.
We will both be waiting for
pictures to be developed and sent
to us. Did you get s(fme good
ones as we flew over the field the
last time?
I sure want to come back to Yale
soon and I think you might be able
to arrange another celebration
soon, don’t you? If you do, be
sure to request a ship, or maybe
two, to be sent from Post Field.
Whatever you do, when you ask
for the ship, be sure to request
that Lt. Wagner and 1 be sent
with it. They will then be sure
to send us.
Must close now with Lt. Wag-
ner’s and my thanks for the good
time shown us.
Sincerely,
Sgt. J .Z. Moore.
4th Aero Squadron,
Post Field, Fort Sill, Okla.
in meeting the nationwide request
for relief from high prices.
Not only will all existing laws
be used, the attorney general said
jut serious consideration is being
given to possible additional laws
considered necessary to meet the
situation.
Enforcement of the food control
act, hitherto lodged with the leg’-
al department of the food adminis-
tration, will be taken over by the
department of justice, Mr. Palmer
said. Prosecutions will be order-
ed in all cases of hoarding, profit-
eering and unfair prices, punish-
able under the act.
state marketing commission and if
evidence of profiteering is found
it will recommend prosecution, it
was said.
Telegrams poured into the gov-
ernor’s office Tuesday commending
the governor’s action In calling
the county attorneys together for
discussing some plan of state-wide
concerted action against alleged
profiteers.
“While the call for the meeting
is directed to the county attorneys,
I want every one who has any In-
formation bearing upon any phase
of the price question subject to
come in and give the meeting the
benefit of their information and
their ideas for improving things,”
said the governor.
The governor declared he had
no definite plan to propose. "We
will have to do a little smelling
first,” he said.
County Attorney Brown has ad-
dressed a circular letter to the
consumers of Carter county ask-
ing them to co-operate with him :n
ascertaining if a system of profit-
eering is being practiced by the
was me mat .uuiowuu v,,. „..v. merchants of Ardmore and other
o be pursued by the government I towns in that county.
F. E. White, vice president of
Armour & Company, appearing be-
fore a senate committee investi-
gating the high cost of living in
the District of Columbia denied
that his company was profiteering
or using unfair means in the dis-
tribution and sale of meat. He
declared the company had made no
profit on its beef business this
year and that it would welcome an
investigation of its books and re-
cords.
In the circular the county at-
torney states that he proposes to
prosecute any and all persons who
may be found guilty of charging
extortionate prices. In making
this statement Mr. Brown says
that the profiteer is but a common
criminal and should be dealt with
in the same manner.
He will attend the meeting of
county attorneys called by Gov-
ernor Robertson to assemble in
Oklahoma City Friday.
Don’t fail to see William Des-
mond in “Life’s a Funny Proposi-
tion.” It’s the next big special at
the New Yale Theater, Thursday,
August 7.
Clean up and keep clean.
Thomas E. Wilson, president of
Wilson & Company, packers, and
chairman of the executive commit-
tee of the Institute of American
Meat Packers, left for Washington
to appear before Senator-Bali’s
committee investigating the high
cost of living in the District of
Columbia.
PRINCE OF DENMARK
VISITS UNITED STATES
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Typhoid innoculation may be
had free to those who are unable
to pay for same by applying to Dr.
W .B. Hudson, city health officer.
Demoralization seized the grain
and provision trade Tuesday after-
noon, and forced down corn 8V2
cents a bushel in some cases and
pork $3.50 a barrel. Extreme
breaks were to $1.39 for May de-
livery of corn and $44.50 for Sept-
ember delivery of pork.
The reason for the collapse of
values was the posibility that the
price of wheat to1 consumers might
be slashed at once by the govern-
ment, as a radical measure against
high cost of living. In the excite-
ment the corn market prices fell
V2C between trades. The descent
did not cease until corn had reach
ed a level 32c a bushel below the
high point of the market a week
ago.
Wholesale prosecution of profit-
eers in food stuffs may reault from
the investigation of meat prices,
ordered by John A. Whitehurst,
president of the state board of ag-
riculture, and the meeting of coun-
ty attorneys called by Governor
Robertson for Friday morning.
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Evidence that food profiteers
have entered into a conspiracy to
hoard sugar preparatory to rais-
ing the price at least three cents
this fall, was obtained Tuesday by
Deputy Commissioner of Markets
Edwin J. O’Malley. O’Malley said
he had discovered that brokers
controlling the sugar market had
entered into a hoarding combine
while he was investigating deal-
ings in army supplies.
Despite the fact that the govern
ment recently released 37,000,000
pounds of sugar for public pur-
chase in an effort to relieve the
sugar shortage, it is now impos-
sible to buy sugar in large quan-
tities at almost any price, O’Mal-
ley declared. It was intimated by
tie deputy comfnissionrt* that
some of the government’s 37,000,-
000 pounds of sugar had fallen In
;he hands of profiteers who plan-
ned to hold it until they could
boost the price.
‘Sugar at 9Va cents a pound is
practically unobtainable in arty
sizable quantities,” fraid O’Malley.
The situation really is serious. I
don’t see any solution unless the
government reestablishes the food
control board and brings Mr. Hoov
er back from Paris.”
Not only is there a conspiracy
to hoard sugar, O’Malley said, but
other commodities are being held
jack so that profiteers can jack up
the market. This is proved, he
said, by the fact that when news
reached here that the government
food supplies were to be placed
on sale the market price of chick-
ens dropped four cents, veal drop-
ped two cents and there were re-
ductions in other food stuffs.
From some mysterious source or
ders reached the retail grocers
prohibiting them from selling
more than two pounds of granu-
ated sugar to a customer in a day
thus defeating the purpose of the
housewives in the height of the
fruit canning season.
16-YEAR-OLD MISS
• IS WIZARD OF AIR
Charming Miss Josephine Dunn, six-
teen years of age, has been flying a
plane over Atlantic City, doing nose
dives, tail spins and other stunts. She
has been called the most remarkable
aviutrlx In the country. She halls
from Yazoo, Mich.
Investigation by the federal
trade commission of the alleged
scarcity of sugar in many parts of
the country despite the largest
crop in a number of years was re-
commended Tuesday by the house
interstate commerce commission
in ordering a favorable report on
a resolution by Representative
Tinkham, republican, Massachu-
setts. The resolution calls for an
inventory of stocks of sugar on
hand throughout the country and
an inquiry into prices.
Chairman Esch of the commit-
tee probably will report the reso-
lution to the house Wednesday but
whether it will then be given to
consideration is problematical.
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No Shell Shortage Now
The war department still had
nearly 35,000 tons of small am-
munition and airplane bombs to
bring back from France, July 20,
the whole amount being valued at
25 million dollars. It included 121
million rounds of rifle and 13 mil
lion rounds of pistol cartridges,
nearly a million shrapnel and high
explosive shells for 3-inch guns
and 103,400 shells for 8-inch ho-
witzers. This ammunition is in
addition to the increasing stocks
in storage at home.
Prince Aage arrived In this country
for a two montlif’ stay. The prince
says he likes America and Americans
Immensely. confesses a liking for
draw poker and other American
"sports.” Prince Aage Is thirty-two
nnd Is a first cousin of former Czar
Nicholas of Russia.
Peaches For Sale
About 1000 bushels improved
Alberta peaches for sale at my
orchard, 8 miles southeast of Glen
coe, 8 miles west of Quay, 14
miles southwest of Pawnee, ready
August 10 to 17. Come and get
them.
Bud Groom.
A Family Reunion
The past week has been a hap-
one for W. H. Clarke and wife of
Rosalia, in that they have had Ithe
pleasure of having all their child-
ren visiting them, the first time
they have have all been together
for fourten years.
W. H. Clarke and Francis Eck-
enfelse were married in Westport,
Jackson county, Missouri, May 10,
1872, and moved to the homestead
in Butler county, Kansas, June 13,
JB72. After living there thirty-
seven years they moved to Rosalia
in November, 1909. They are the
parents of eleven children, all
grown to manhood and woman-
lood with the exception of one
who died in infancy. They are
Rev. Charles S. Clarke of Yale,
Oklahoma, Chelsey B. Clarke and
Mrs. Molile Owens of Eldorado,
Kansas; Ed J. Clarke of Marshall,
Oklahoma; Rev. George P. Clarke
of Geneva, Nebraska; Mrs. Ola
McKill, Mrs. Nellie Borger, Mrs.
Tillie Garven, Lester J. Clarke
and Harry H. Clarke of Rosalia.
July twentieth was the red let-
ter day for the family, as on that
day all were together at the pai-
ent’s home. In the morning Rev.
Charles Clarke preached in the M.
E. church a sermon which was ap-
preciated by the congregation, af-
ter which the family with the pas-
tor, Rev. Wm. Clapper, went to the
home whpre an excellent dinner
had been prepared and of which
fifty-seven members of the family
partook. The father and mother
with the ten children were seated
at the first table, then sons and
daughters-in-laws with the grand-
children and great-grand-children
.filling other tables. In the after-
noon all drove to the old home,
stead where many incidents of the
past were brought to memory.
Forty-seven years of married
life and forty-seven children,
grand children and great grand-
children at home with them to
help make the day a happy one.
May there be many more reunions
of this remarkable family.—Wal-
nut Valley Times, El Dorado. Kan-
We will call for and deliver
your clothes if you will telephone
us for your cleaning and pressing
Keep-U-Neat Tailors. Phone 87.
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The Mable Dale Hospital has
offered to allow one room to be
used free for typhoid vaccinations
in cases taking advantage of the
free vaccine offer from the State
Board of Health.
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