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OKLAHOMA WEEKLY LEADER
VOl.r MK 31
GUTHRIE. OKJ.AHOM V
RSUAY. ,11'LV lM. m.'l
S'UMBER Is
To Lower
Insurance
Rates here
Frequent conferences have re
cently occured between Guthrie C ty
officials and the state insurance de-
partment, looking to a lowering of
the basis of fire insurance rate* n
Guthrie. The present rates are al-
most prohibitive on some lines of
risks. But frequent resurveys hav<?
not furnished any .basin for Hny re
adjustment.
Mayor Pollard and Commissioner
Prank Brown have finally pot ♦
bottom of the entire local situation,
and they now have hopes of brine
Ing about conditions which will war-
rant a radical reduction of rates.
The state insurance commissioner-,
the state fixe marshal and the ens!
neer who makes all the surveys hav *
prepared a list of new fire equip
rnent and of chances in the preseir
fire fighting facilities which if ca-
rled out, will justify them in makin'r
a material reduction in the Guthr'
ba^is of rates. The city official;
have made thorough investigations
£.nd comparisons, and find that some
fowns not nearly so favorably sit :i-
ated asd conditioned are already se-
curing a much lower rate basis,
comparatively, than Guthrie.
The estimated expense to the citv
of complying1 with these x>roposa%c:
will be about •$l|O.,000. to be met dur
Ing the next three years. The esti-
mated saving in insurance rate-
alone during this three year perio 1
aggregates fl.VOOO. The official have
spent must time on this proposition
and thev are finallv convinced thar
they ehould Immediately a<V>pt fht
plan; that the real saving to th
Guthrie property owners fully just!
ftps this move; that the $1i°.,000 out
lay will answer the requirement?: for
a much longer period than the thro
years; that other towns far less fav-
orably condition than Guthrie hav*
taken the required action, and ar«*
already operating under the reduced
*rhedule of rat-es.
The additional equipment of tli"
fire department will require a 7"'
gallon pumper, driven by a Tin
horsepower engine, and at least two
trucks equipped with chemical ap-
paratus. Rome changes will have to
be made In the methods of utilizing
present equipment, all with a view
of making the department absolute
ly up to date and modern anil In-
creasing the efficiency for fighting
fires in Guthrie.
f.AS COMPANY M\\
REDUCE ITS HATES
Oklahoma City, July 2-1.- The cor-
poration commission yesterday
through a journal entry granted th°
application of the Wynona Gas com-
pany which sells gas to consumer.)
at Wynona, for permission to rediuv
Us rales. The company asked for
authority to reduce its domestic ga*--
rates from 60 cents to 55 cents per
thousand cubic feet with f> cents per
thousand discount on bills paid on
or before the tenth of the month
The reduction Is effective beginning
with the July bills.
NARCOTIC DIUT. VENDOR
IS ftRARRED VI Ml SKOfiEE
Atoka, July 21.—Federal and sta'e
officials attach ipuch Importance to
the arrest here yesterday afternoon
of Dr. T J. Harris of this city, on a
charge of violation of the anti-nar-
cotic. laws. A search of Dr Harris'
home revealed 900 grains of a drug,
valued at from $1,500 10 $2,000, ac-
cording to officials.
TWO TO DIE ON
GALLOWS IN TEXAS
Marlln, Tex , July 21.—Jose Flores.
Mexican, and Jordan Israel, negro,
convicted murders of deputy sheriff
Oscar Sharp, are scheduled to pay
the supreme pentlty on the gallows
In Falls county Jail here toda\.
Sheriff C. O. Moore set the hour for
execution at 2 o'clock. The condem-
ned men spent most of their last
hours communing with ministers.
Four Lose Lives
When Boarding
House Hums
Cleveland. Ohio. July 21.- Two
women and two children were
burned and suffocated to death
in a boarding house fire short-
ly before noon today. The wo-
men were Mis Eliza Mosema
70, and her daughter, Miss Tillie
Moseman, 117, proprietor of th•
•boarding house. The children
were Helen Stankovich. tlnee,
and Felix Stankovich, two. said
to have been left at the board-
ing house recently by their fath-
er. All four were found dead in
a bed. the children in the arms
of the women.
CIS. SEELT, PROMINENT
BUSINESS MM. IS DEAD
Body Is Discovered By Friends
In Toilet In His Office; No
Reason Found For
Act
Charles Seely, prominent business
man,, director of the Country club,
•charter member of the Rotary club
and secretary-manager of the Em
ployes Building and Loan association 1
I
England,
and Ftranee
Sparring
j Paris, July 21 —French official
j circles received a distinct shock from j
I the British government's reply to the •
j French suggestion that allied rein- j
I foremen's be sent to Uppcd Sile-ia. !
'and ;n some quarters today,Anglo- ,
j French relations are described as j
critical as a result
The French government is said to i
have been unprepared for the "sever ]
ity and unyielding tone'" that this I
morning's papers indicate eharac er- j
izes the British communications.
Editorial comment suggested that
■ the British prime minister, 1 .ivi l <
' I.loyd George, acted entirely tout
hastily in refusing to agree with the j
French view that additional allied i
troops were necessary In Upper Sil- I
esia. The commentors also declare i
hat he failed to Inform himself, fully !
regarding the necessity of prompt
action and added that if he waited
few hours longer he would have h
before him a unanimous report of the
allied hi.:h commissioners of Oppeln,
in which It is urged that immediate
reinforcements be sent.
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de Easzlo, plioto - raphe I in the (.'«
by Mr. de Las/lo. The President
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now sitting for a
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Saves Many
From Death
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While the newspapers agree that
the incident brings Ando-saxon re-
lations to another delicate point, Le
Journal says the problem is not in
soluble and in its final analysis, not
of a nature to seriously trouble the
comity of ilie allied relations.
New York, July 21. -The fore
sight of Patrolman Richard Faye,
a rookie policeman, prevented
disaster in Brooklyn yesterday,
when he roped ot'i two streets
near Borough Hall less than an
hour before a corner three story
brick building he consider
dangerous, crashed with a roar.
The accident happened while ad-
WHAT TICKED OVER
WIRE DURING DAY
—Chicago Officers of the George
A Hormel company, packers of 1
Austin, Minn., announce the shortage,
of R. J. Thompson, former company ;
controller, is $1,187,000.
Oklahoma City—Fourteen John- j
son county hog shippers filed a pcti
tion with the state corporation com-
mission asking reduction of rates i
charged here for yardage and care.
jacent street
home-goers.
crowded with
of this city was found dead in th
toilet of his office shortly after > '
o'clock this morning The arteries af
his left wrist had been severed an I '
there was a knife wound in his left '
breast over the heart. The door of
'the toilet had been locked and had
to toe forced.
Aliss Julia Covert, stenographer j
and bookkeeper for the Employees 1
Building and Loan association was
'first attracted to the closet !v
groans. She became frightened and
summoned Jack Hart man who hap-
pened to he passing by Hartman
Tried the dnor and found that it was
•locked. He called but received no
answer. The groaning had cease I
by that time and Hartman looked
through the key hole of the door. He
saw enough to terrify him and be
immediately railed up John TfiId
'reth, Seely's closest friend, and th-1
two forced the door. Seely was dead
*when they gained entrance. Dr.
•Allen was the first physician to ar-
rive, but he said it would have been
impossible to save Peely's life even
if medical aid had arrived before
'death came. A razor was found bv
his side. cars in Oklahoma totals 200 and is I'tncked in front of hjs home
John Hildreth and Lymon Grey, increasing rapidly, says Campbell I'Northwood avenue, is in a serlou
personal and close friends of the de Russell. corporation commission -condition at Mercury hospital,
•ceased, stated today that the finan- chairman. j He was returning in an autotnob:
blal affairs of Mi-. Seely were In ex | -London—Premier Lloyd George I _at 10 p' f""" llis Bton' th
Monroe road two miles beyond th
Henry Walil Is In Very Serious
Shape At Hospital; Bandits
Shoot Just "For
Sport"
Penalties Collected 011 City-
Taxes, Amounting To $G.
;SG8.48, Claimed By Citv
Is Test Case
A suit was tiled in the La :n
county district court, the first of th
kind in the state, in which the cit>
of Guthrie asks an order of the com
direct'tig the Board of Counh Com
mlssioners and the County Treasurer
to pay ov. r $t;,::r.SibS, wh'ch has been
paid into the County Treasurer d*
penalties on delinquent city taxes
collected since March vi'
This suit is brought under the new
law, and is an agreed procedure, t.
order to protect the County Treasur-
er and his bondsmen, in the event
"i an\ future testini of the rons :
1 tntionality of the
these tax penalties
tai*
under whi. .
• claimed >'
city.
—Oklahoma City -On July
lahoma had $8,572,075.75 ii
treasury, the largest amount
statehood.
—Oklahoma City
, Ok- !
her |
since
thv?
Toledo. July (31.—"Just
sport of it" bandits Monday iru ♦
shot Henry Wahl, a grocer, after h ■
j bad handed them $100 and begged
Storage of wheat 'them not to harm him. Wahl. at •
cellent condition, that lie owed
Premier Lloyd (Jeorge
laid before the king proposals for
taan and that all of his investments |subm,88ion to Eam0nn de Valera, de-
\vere pa\ing well. [scribing them as drawn along gener-
A coroner's jury will he convene* i ' lines
Ibis evening to determine the cause
iVity. He alighted from the much!
11n front of his home when thr
I'strangers stepped from a shadow a:
ordered him to raise his hands
rl
'of death.
"Home life, social life and busi-
ness life of Charles Seely were be
yond reproach and 1 am at a low <
'to even give a guess as to the rci
son my old friend took this desperate
tep' said Judge Hildreth.
Mr. Seely had been different dur-
ing the past few days, according to
his close associates. Tie seemed ' '
Continued on P«iev 111
- Galveston Tex —Sailor Owenby,1 The grocer made no resistance h i'
claimant of t he Oklahoma feather- ; handed over a bag containing the
weight title, knocked out Frisco Kid j day's receipts. "Here, take tlv
BLUE LAWS HAVE HIT |
RIO JANEIRO 1
Rie Janeiro, July 21.—Work in I
newspaper offices in Rio Janeiro be- 1
tween the hours of S o'clock Sunday j
morning at 8 o'clock Monday morn- j
ing. Is prohibited under an act passed
yesterday by the municipal court
of Galveston.
J —Springfield, 111.—Governor Small
( indicted by a grand Jury for embez-
j zlement in conspiracy to refraud t'ie
state, in a message to the people as-
serted his innocence and asked jtidi--
i ment to be withheld.
—'London— It is believed the idea
of holding a preliminary disarmament
and Pacific conference here wfll be
abandoned, and instead the British
cabinet ministers and domain pre-
miers will confer
| Cedarvale, Kan.—The body of Mrs.
John Tinnell, a Bartlesville, Okla-
i homa,woman drowned in a cloudburst
j here Tuesday, was found yesterday
YOUNG INDIAN IS r)U' n° 'race of four others drowned
KILLED BY ENGINE , with her.
Atoka, July 21.—An unknown young New York—Jack Dempsey, heavy
Indian was mangled beyond reoghl- j weuht champion, claimed New York
tion by a switch engine of the Mis- 'residence to obtain return of his
souri, Kansas and Texas road jus" 30(^ automobile attached for alleged
across the Coal county line abou debt now faces payment of .512.000
five miles northwest of Atoka last s ate income 'ax
night. I li.jfb,—rl..
money, please don't shoot me.' he
exclaimed.
The bandits accepted the ba
'rifled his pockets and then as the •
were running away fired two shot
at their victim. The first <bul'« * '
penetrated Wold's abdomen
The supposition is that the f i •:
ticos escaped in an automobile park I
ed nearby
TEX \s \ H OKM \ Is
I VI M I \ wot MII II
Abeline, Tex.. July 21- R, Clint
Chambers, attorney, shot, three times
' yesterday, was reported in a cr:t c.il
1 condition today but physicians had
some hope for his recovery. Hay
Carter, cafe employe, surrendered t"
1 officers after the shooting.
'BANK OF ENGLAND
REDUCES DISCOUNT RATE
London, July 21 The Bank o
England today reduced its rate of
discount from •, per cent to five and
one-half percent
[ Under the law the city can on I:
, use money received front this source
j i-i malntalnance of the streets of th
city, and the city commissioners nov
estimate that this sum will deciea
the city tax levy by that amount fo-
the coming year
7)c Ducks" and
How Ii Effects
The Wheat Man
Dubuque, Iowa. July 21.— De
Ducks got all the farmer's money
that he had received when he
sold his corn recently and trying
to explain to a local maker the
necessity of a loan to tide him
over a lean period, the complexi-
ties of market problems as fac
ed by the farmer now. were sue
cinctly drawn.
'But," said the barker, 'I
don't understand why you shou d
want to borrow money when you
have just shipped your corn.
What did you do with the
money?"
"De Ducks got it." replied the
farmer.
"What do you mean by 'De
Ducks'?"
"Well," expla ned the farmer,
"I shipped the car to market and
sold it for 52 cents They de
duck freight, that left 31 cents:
de duck one cent commission
that left 30 cents; de duck elev.
ator charges, that left 27 cents;
de duck husking that left 15
cents; de duck hauling, that left
five cents; de duck man's wages
from that and you are a darn
sight better farmer than I am if
you can find anything left."
Minted Phillip
l (joncr.tl |vr In i
111 Ijoudon
Hank Examiners
Order Big Chicago
Trust Hank to Close
Chicago, July 21 —The Michi-
gan Avenue Trust company was
Cosed this morning by State
Bank examiners.
An examination of the books
was immediately started. It may
take three or four days, official*
said. They disclaimed any knowl-
edge of a shortage in the bank's
accounts, and said the examina-
t on was only "routine. '
A recent statement of the
bank showed deposits of $3,471,.
347.75. Capital stock is two hun-
| dred thousand dollars; surplus
fifty thousand dollars and un-
divided profits $15,821.99. Loans
and discounts early jn the year
were $2,649,353.30.
Warren S. Spurgin is presi-
dent; John A. Conrad, vice pre-
sident and Clarence A. Beutel,
^ "ashler of the institution
M W KOAh M \l\l.|{ TO
l l IMMONSIIUirj)
Mayor Pollard and Commissioner
Hi own will demonstrate the new
Road Razor recently purchased by
the cif.v The Razor is guaranteed
to make rough roads smooth. 1*
motorized and can be handled by
one person. The work it will do in
;t day will equal the work ten teams
can do and do it much more smooth
l> and completely, leaving no un-
even or rough places in the road
worked.
The ide-, 0f buying the new Road
Razor was advanced by p
Rrown Mayor Pollard became a
l ooser for it after seeing It demon
strafed and the city bought one
Two demonstrations will be given
ow Ofte at 9 o'clock on Vila' '
avenue, between Drexel and Pin.'
one in the afternoon in th
northwest part ,,f the cltv. Citizens
interested In better roads and 1
streets are urged to turn out and see !
the work demonstrated.
loseph Corbett)
B C., July 21.—This
1 >' stands today u• a community
.'ir.iid of a peril whose magnitude It
cannot comprehend.
In uvordance with popular vote,
the province of British Columbia la
beiiu placed on the we*, list as one
of the. two provin -a In Canada
When liquor may be sold legally for
beverage purposes.
Vancouver, directly across .Tie line
from Seattle, Wash., and with Its
Jii ue t\an 2uu.u01 people, the lar ,
• ' •!to in the provin-e. Is on th*
i brink or something thai causes fore-
'•odin a home, business establish
ment and club Will the wet regime
make for the incoming of a horde
Of undo .rabies from the Pdlted
Staler and the middle western Ca-
nadian provinces? Or. on the other
hand, will the guoty rich folks come
• n such droves that business will be
iven a stimulus it has never known
before'.' There are the questions
Vancouver is asking.
Rven under 'he prohibition the sale
of full s r uigth beer which was per-
mitted here attracted large crowds
• f people from south of the bouo
lar. On one Sunday this sprln*.
when the sale of hard stuff was still
n the future, more than 2.000 tour
4t automobiles, filled with visitor*,
leared across the line from Wash-
ington state.
In addition, a heavy traffic was
reported on the owl trains and night
boats from Seattle. It was one of
Sundays when more than the
unual crowd came to taste of the
leasures of British Columbia scen-
ery and beer.
Bu hooch, real hooch, what will
It do to Vancouver?
This city has a $4,000,000 hotel,
the Hotel Vancouver, which is per-
vaded by a London-Hong Kong
Paris-Maples and new York atmog
phere. .Rig game hunters from the
1 ongo rub shoulders with gentlemen
who have come from visits to de
Valera, or American millionaires, to
arrange for the shipment af sup-
plies the Sinn Fein forces in Ire-
laud.
\ ou can meet United States sena-
tors from the southern states and
communists from the shores of Kng-
and in Vancouver.
The fact tha4 Vancouver is the
Continued on Paire 4 I
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KNOWN NRC.ROKS
IN DIVORCE SUIT
Lou Mathews has sued John Mn-
hews for a divorce and possession of
residential property. They are well
known colored people and have 'Ived
in Guthrie since the opening of th*
country to settlement. Mrs. Mat hew
charges abandonment and non-bud
port. Sb Is a hard working womar.
and is- "" ll liked by both the peoplo
of h*-. race and white people who
know here John Mathews, while
here was known as political fixer
among th« people of his race.
Windosr. Ont, July 21.—Six armed
bandits held up a branch of the Mer.
chants Bank at Petite Cote yester
day and escaped with about $10,000.
Mill I) WIFE C HARGES
MOX-SfPPORT, ( III FJ.TY
m.o si \\i\ minister
Sl.\l\ UY fw vi M:
Cleo Camden, 17-year-old wife of
Jesse Camden, Crescent people, ha«
sued for divorce. The girl wlf.*
charges cruelty. They were married
in 1919 when she was not quite 13
years of age. The wife chargep
cruelty from a'most the beginning of
Belgrade, July 21—Minister of the their married life and also says tba'
Interior Drashkovios. of Jugo-Slavla, he refused to support her. There ate
was shot dead this morning by a no children. The wife pray9 th
young Bosnian communist. The as ! court to restore her maiden name of
sassin was arrested. cleo Carson.
LIONS MEETING CALLED OFF
On account of the death of Rotir
Ian Seely and the feeling of deep
sadness which hangs over the city.
I be weekly meeting of the Lions club
will not be held tomorrow.—Chal -
mers r.iffen, president.
Nationwide Campaign by Oklahoma Pastor "On What Makes Girls Cio Wrong"
WEATHER
New Orleans, I^a , July, (21.—To-
night fair Friday generally fair
The causes of the downfall of girls,
at what ages they fall most fre
quently and to what extent the bom-
is to blaine form the interesting por-
tions of a questionnaire, national ti
Its scope, which has just been com-
pleted and the results released for
publication by Rev. E. C. Camero:.
pastor of the Christian church at
Fairfax and now finishing his stub e
at Phillips University. Rev. Cameron
made this survey with the assistance
of P. A. Wellman. professor of his-
tory at Phillips University, and h<3
announces he will make another
which be expects to complete during
1923. I
"I tiled to cover the entire United
States", says Rev. Cameron in an
nouncing the results of his question
nnire which was sent to homes th it
receive fallen girls and care for them
"and I did succeed in elliciting r>
spouses from 14 states. The groa
majority of such homes are located
east of the Mississippi river, whip-
in most of the thinly settled states
no provisions for the care of this
class of dependents have been made
at all. Such (receiving) homes a/e
about equally divided between pub
licly supported Institutions and pr:
(to which the questionnaire wa*
sent) had for their decayed purpose
the reformation of girls who hav
been ruined or who have become in-
corrigible it should be understood
that persons in a position to know
claim that such homes get only '
girl out of every " offenders '
Dance Hall Habitues
i Rev. Cameron personally believe*
that the dance hall has a lot to lo
with the ruination of girls and mad
vate or church homes All of the •
this point an important one in
questionnaire Prior to entering th?
ministry he was a musician and ki
such had an opportunity to judge ft
himself "Ail answers given as tii*
results of the survey must be consid
ered as approximate," savs Rt v.
Cameron who announces his results
as fo'lows —
^2 per cent of girls In such home*
| were of the ages of 16, 16, 17 and IS
23 per cent were 16 years of age
which seems to be the most danger
our.
F per cent were under !«5 years of
age.
2 per cent were over 20 years of
age; the oldest reported was 26 an 1
the youngest 12.
92 per cent were IT, to 20 years of
.age, inclusive. z
Of the total number it is estimated
jthat per cent plu> were dance hall
j*nabitues and ^ per cent plus owe
their present condition to the dance
iiall.
I Each superintendent of a home
was asked to give a remedy, and the
answers sum as follows:
| 40 per cent favor abolition of the
dance hall
40 per cent suggest better super
' . Ision of such places.
19 pep cent blame poor homes,
t per cent would offer other
wholesome amusement.
Homes Have no Records
Rev. Cameron reports that in num
erous homes the officials have not
kept such record as to give him the
proper answers to his question, and
It is for this reason that he w!l;
make another survey to be complet-
ed during 1923 He believes th<*
homes, to which he sent the ques-
tionnaire. will keep records In the
future that will permit them to give
substantial statistics; heretofore, the
homes had never been approached
from such an angle and they weri
not prepared. He adds:-^
"My experience convinces me that
the dance hall Is dangerous and
ought to be carefully guarded If a!
lowed to exist at all"
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