The Norman Transcript. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 1913 Page: 4 of 8
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THE NORMAN TRANSCRIPT Th/T S
THURSDAY, APRIL 24 1913
threatening reprisals against
Americans, even unto war. They
Enured at the po«office at Norman, okia. threaten to send war vessels to
tor tr*niport tion through the mail, u iccond phillipines and Hawaii, and
tia*i mail matter. even to the coast of California.
— It is really a ticklish situa-
j. j. burke. EJiioi. ). d. womack. PiM*n tion, having possibilities and
probabilities of world-wide sig-
CALIFORNIA AND THE JAPS nificance.
President Wilson and Secre- 0O0
tary f State Bryan have in the ' J. MORGAN'S BELIEF.
anti-Japanese movement in | The will of J. Pierpont Mor-
California a problem to solve gan, the money king, was filed
that promises to be as embaras- for probate in New York city
sing as the tariff question. iast Monday. The amount of
Their problem is to square state his fortune is estimated at$125,-
rights with the treaties of the 000,000, nearly all of which is
Federal government so that ]eft to his son, J. Pierpont Mor-
state legislatures cannot takeganijr,
away from foreigners residing i Interest in the will 'was ac-
in the United States rights giv- centuated by the first sentence
en them under treaties made 0f the document, which gave
by their countries with this the religious belief of the de-
country. ceased, which was as follows:
Residents and property own-1 "I commit my soul into the
ers and merchants and other hands of my Savior, in full con-
classes of the middle west and fidence, having redeemed it and
the east have a very slight con- washed in His most precious
ception, we think, of conditions blood, He will present it tault-1
that confront the people of Cal- less before the throne of my |
ifornia, Washington, Oregon Heavenly father; and I entreat
and all the states of the Pacific | my children to maintain and de- j
Slope. Hordes of Japanese have fend, at all hazards and at any
invaded those states, and in cost of personal sacrifice, the >
every walk of life and endeavor blessed doctrine of the complete J
are competing with and ousting atonement for sin through the
American w'orkingmen and j blood of Jesus Christ, once of-
American merchants. All they fered, and through that alone, i
require is a foothold. At first In other words, "Jesus Paid
they work at anything for any It All." No matter what one
wage, and being able to live j may do, no matter by what!
much more cheaply than Ameri- [ means one may obtain his large
cans, having a much lesser scale fortune, no matter by what op-:
of living, soon take the places of 'pression and suffering and dis- j
Americans, who are, in conse- J tress and even the death of oth- ^
quence, made to "walk the ; ers great fortunes are built up, ;
plank," so to speak During a "Jesus Paid It All." Certainly,)
visit to the Pacific Slopes states this sentence gives an illuminat-
a couple of years ago, the writer ing idea of the trend of Mr. Mor- with threats of bringing charg-
was shown whole towns from | gan's mind. "The blood of es against them, would be rather
which Americans had been oust-1 Christ washes away all of my inclined to pay big sums rather
ed by the Japanese. American 'sins, and no matter what I have
workingmen had built up fine j done my soul goes before the
churches, school houses, nice ! judgment seat spotless and
homes, and were living on a self-1clean." Is that the true idea?
repecting American basis. Along [ To our mind it is a new
came the Japs, getting a foot!wrinkle in religious beliefs.
hold here and there in the fac- oOo
tories, on the fruit farms, in the For the first time in the his
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Death of Fred Scheruble.
COod Opinion of Himself.
WANTED.
About 20 head of stock to
pasture. Plenty of grass, shade
An Oklahoma candidate for a i ancl gootj Water. J. E. Alexan-
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Mr. Fred Scheruble, recog-
than to have such charges pre-!nized as one of the best hotel government position describes:"" ooq"cvmTT,Po st
ferred—no matter how innocent ;men in the West, and a genial, i himself as follows:
they might be. It is so easy,too, ' whole-souled gentleman in pri-j I am a young, progressive
to bring such charges; and hu- !Vate life, died in Oklahoma City (Democrat, highet moral charac-
1 —-J ter, have marked executive abil-
ity, neat in dress and appear-
man nature is so constituted on Thursday of last week under
that it is inclined to believe | suspicious circumstances. He
the worst instead of the best— was manager of the famous
Compromising situations are so skirvin hotel, and had held the
fields, in the stores and restau- j tory of the Oklahoma legislature easily fixed up, too, that proof position since the hotel was
rants, and in a few years the has a member of that honorable might look complete. opened. On the day of his
churches and school houses were body refused to grab all the per- qqo (death a meeting of the directors
churche and school houses were quisites that might by any le-1 the American working- of the hotel was held, and he
given up to the bats, the homes gal or moral law be coming to
abandoned, and ruin and wreck, him. Judge Burford, senator
from an American standpoint, from Logan county, is the man.
was the result. The American jlle refused, Thursday last, to
workingman was compelled to i take pay for the first twelve
leave because he could not and [days of the special session, hold-
would not get down to the Jap- j ing that as he was not present
anese scale of existence. I he was not entitled to draw pay.
And we are told conditions in 'He also refused to accept milage
California and all the far-west- for the special session.
ern states have been steadily j oOo
growing worse; that as the days ! It Would seem, from the evi-
go on the Japanese are gaining ^lence brought out at the Sche
ance, common and law educa-
tion, considered exceptionally
bright, well read, fluent conver-
sationalist and feel amply qual-
ified to discharge the duties of
the office with justice to all and
man and American farmer'was instructed to bring some iwitn credit to tne aamimsira-
adapt himself to the scale of liv- bills and accounts before them j tion. Feeling that the success
in„ of European workingmen fw adjudication. He left the of the Democratic administra-
te! European farmer? Can the directors' room to get the ac-jtion depends more upon the
American educator and Ameri- counts, went to the book-keep- j ability of those by whom it is
can professional man get down er's desk and secured them but | administered than their age
to thp "hrass tacks" in scale of iwhen he started away left them and length of party service, I
Hving enioved (') by his Euro- laying on her desk. The next jam applying direct to you, for I
noon hrntvier? The Transcript! that was heard of him was that believe you will consider intel-
cannot but believe that is'what he was dead in the bath room of lect, .energy and ability above
a virtually Free Trade tarifi his suite of rooms. He was sit-'the mere recommendation of
means
to the United' States. It iting on a stool by the side of the [party voters. My public life is
The wel- bath tub, with a hole through 1 an open book; may I have your
: sincerely hopes not.
So California is endeavoring diversion at the leading hotels,
to solve the problem, and its certain rooms being set apart
legislatures have been and are for the "sport. It is to be
passing restrictive laws against hoped the inquisition will delve
the Japanese in a number of deep and bring to the surface
apanese
forms. One of its latest is pro-
hibiting an alien, a foreigner,
from holdng land or real estate
in that state either by lease or
ownership—the
the Japanese (who never give
the real cause of the death of
Mr. Scheruble, and the real
cause of the financial downfall
of numerous young men of that
and his advisers may prove to cide or was killed by some one movement of the hand, yet it
be for that welfare. Anyhow, a interested in getting him out of means much to me Please give
trial of it might just as well the way will never, perhaps, be my name more than passing
come now as at any time, for definitely known. consideration. Thanking you
such a trial was bound to come Some sensational testimony ^()1 yol'r consideration, am,
hU 1 , ir-nnoaf mn yours for the unqualified sue-
sooner or later. was given at the inquest con- J Democratic adminis-
0Oo—— ' cerning a poker and other (Cess oi tne uemocrauc
„ ,. .. „„„ „i,.~ariv h«ino- gambling game run in connec-,tratlon'
her t>y lease or ; ,uu„8 '"^!i ! ,refpPL?Hpnt Wilson is tion with the hotel, at which
idea being that; city. Is it not possible these that > heavy play by numerous Okla- > —Rooms to rent for light
vho never give [gambling hells were the real j to have the lg . homa City men was indulged in. i housekeeping to a small family,
up their allegiance to Japan, and .cause? ,be re-n^inated, Jt Jg intimated Mr. Scheruble Apply at 210 Ponca avenue.
never become naturalized citi- . • — oOo- elected if renominated. Foes may have lost large sums. _Mrs A w Rogers is here
zens), are very rapidly getting Except in one little old town ^xujn anf] foes without are al- At the time of his death, Mrs. [from Gainesville, Tex., on a vis-
control and becoming owners of ;n Maine, and probably one or[reacjv his trail. Everything Schruble was giving a bridge ;t to her daughter, Mrs. Will
3!. ' i . I- in party to a number of leading 'Graham.
on society ladies of Oklahoma City, —— 1
these foes and criticisms will in- and was called from the func-
they will own or control all the ,Michigan, for instance, where in . jhe onlv thing he can tion by news of the death of her
best fruit farms. It is truth- the fall of 1912 they were ver>' fi() L t'0 have the courage of his husband, and was completely
fully pointed out, too, that they strong, they were a very poor ^ n% jcti<<ris • hew to the line and prostrated, having had in no
let the chips fall where they will, way any intimation of anything
the best fruit lands of the state. 'w0 small villiages of Illinois,the ' ; 'fails to do is cri
and, if this condition is to con-,Progressives made a very poor J . , ' , ' (|ayS jro
tinue, within a very few years showing in rcent elections, In th,,se' 1(',es and criticisms will
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We're Opposed
to
Mail Order Concerns !
Because— j
TV>ey i.'we never contributed I
a cent to furtl> nng the lolerests
of oui town—
Every cenl received by them
from tku communily is a direct
lots to our merchantt-—
In almc"* every case their
prices can be met right here,
without delay in receiving goods
and the possibility of mistakes
in filling orders.
But—
Tbe natural human bait is to
buy where goods are cheapest.
Local pnde it usually second-
ary in the game of life as
played today.
Therefore
Mr. Merchant and Business
Man. meet your competitors
with theii own weapons—
advertising.
Advertise!
The local £eld is youis. All
you need do is to avail your-
self of the opportunities offered.
An adveiUsement in this paper
will carry your message into
hundreds of homes in this com-
munity It is the surest medium
of killing your greatest com-
petitor. A space this size
won't cost much. Come in
and see us about it.
MHSHHHII
use the extreme intense meth- j third in the state election held
ods of farming and fruit raising !]ast month, and in Chicago,
so intense that in a few years Springfield, Columbus, Milwau-
the farms and orchards are kee and other large cities the
ruined by being forced beyond i Progressive city tickets had a
their capacity. Then the Japa-jyery small following. And its
nese abandon them and return very poor showing in Okahoma
to their own country, to which city on April 1st indicated how
country they have sent every the "wave" is receding. There
dollar they could rake and may be enough of them to keep
scrape. the Democrats in power, but in
Hut, a Federal treaty with only isolated instances will they
Japan says its people, without succeed in electing anybody.
becoming naturalized, shall have Qq0
the right to own and hold prop- Thp wav lh F d , author_
erty in the United1 States ami 'it| ^ fte th white
that this right shall not be , „prs ^(|(,r the Mann ,8W ^
abruigea nor restricted So, ,, certainl tti, the fear of
Caliiornia passes this law, it i \ i e .
a 4, -* i . (rod and of man and of the law
conflicts with the Federal • ,r
t a I* . j into the hearts of the seoun-
treaty—and how to square mat- 4 . Mlt ^ _ ,, ,
a i i drels. Almost every paper vou
ters with Japan is now a prob-i^ ^i i . ♦
i ^.,4 a i-4 ,peruse these davs contain
em put up to the admmistra- 4 _ r a \ n- ^
. . 1 1 items of this or tr)at millionaire
IO ' x ii-.i being arrested for complicity in
President Wilson and Secre- s0rne such an affair, the betray-
tary of State l.iyan have inti- .,j 0f ;i young girl, kidnapping
mated to ( ov. Johnson and the her for immoral purposes, etc.
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Miss Helen Keller, the deaf and that might cause him to commit
dumb and blind girl who has such a deed, although knowing
displayed such a wonderful he was suffering great pain at
knowledge of world's events, times and also from insomania. j
puts it this way: "President Mr. Scherubel was some 35
Wilson is to mv mind a great I years of age, and a member of i
American and a sine r< nci . 1 the Elks and Masons. He leaves
he is going to do everything in a wife and several relatives, [
his power to remedy present but no children. The funeral, j
conditions, but his party wi'rl held on Sunday, was one of the
not stand back of him. Mem- largest in the history of Okla- j
l>ers of it are already falling out homa City.
with him on the tariff questions j
and very soon he
much alone. The
too po
cope with and
will be very
■ trusts are
one man to
resident Wil-
Christian Science.
Christian Science services are j
held every Sunday in the rooms
Comedy of Terrors
Presented by the Juniors in the
JUNIOR BURLESQUE
The Faculty, Students ancl Charac-
ters in Norm .n will be seen
V
son will ultimately be beaten." of the Soci'ety in the First Nh-
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BANKRl'PT SALE.
tional Bank building at 11 a. m.
Testimonial meeting at 8:00 p. |
m. every Wednesday night. All ,
are invited to attend these s;;r
vices. Mrs. Clara J. Burke, J
First Reader.
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Of the Holland stock opens i
Thursday, May 1st. We are in- i
structed by owners of this,stock j
t that it must be sold at once. It
California legislature that they |on the' other hand, is' it no pos- is the best merchandise ever of- —Mr. and Mrs. Jas
do not wish the alien land law sj^ie t^at the Mann law throws fered at Bankrupt prices in Iguire and Jas. D. Jr.,
passed, but the California au- down the bars to the blackmail- iNorman.
thorities are not in a mood to
listen, much less comply. In the
meantime, great mass meetings
No junk. Nothing i
ers, for its penalties are so se- reserved. It will pay you to at-
vere that wealthy men, ap- tend this sale.
proached by designing women J. R. HOLLAND, Manager.
this
1). Ma-
returned |
morning from their two |
weeks' stay at Hot Springs, I
Ark., looking well, and as if j
thev had enjoyed their outing.
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as jUHiOiS) bee mem.
At the Franing
Saturday, April
Prices 50c and 75c
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Burke, J. J. The Norman Transcript. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 1913, newspaper, April 24, 1913; Norman, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc139117/m1/4/?q=music: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.