The Norman Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 12, 1914 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XXV
The Norman Transcript
A Live Republican Newspaper—Devoted to the Best Interests of Norman and Cleveland County.
NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1914
NUMBER 23
CLOSING UP THE
bIG JOINTS IN
OKLAHOMA CITY
The State of Oklahoma and Oklahoma County
Joins Forces and Make Raids on
the Southern Club and
Similar Institutions
Abraham Htnrnht
" With malice totbard none and charity for all"
Second Inaugural cAddress
"THE LAW MUSI BE ENFORCES"
Says Cruce==One Hundred Men and Boy's
Found in the Three Joints--Five Other
Joints Get the Tip and Close Before
Officers Get to Them
From Saturday's Daily
WHAT WEST SAYS
"As the local officials
are unable to cope with the
situation, Governor Cruce
has instructed me to put a
O stop for good and all to
< bootlegging and gambling
- in Oklahoma City.
Mr. Jas. D. Maguire Operated
Upon for Appendicitis.
From Monday's Daily.
While Mr. Jas. D. Maguire
was in the postoffice Sunday
morning, getting his mail, he
was taken with excruciating
pains, but managed to get to his
heme on East Gray street with-
♦ out assistance. There he at once
♦ J took to his bed, and Dr. Bobo
With malice toward none, as his life typified,
And a charity sweet, that ;n blessi >gs abound,
We honor the day with thanksgiving and pride,
The day of his birth—his praises resound.
Though humble his birth and to poverty known,
From rail-splitting labor to chief magistrate climbed,
In the heart of the nation he builded a throne,
That loyalty, peac? and forgiveness combined.
A nation with reverence bows to his name,
And hails him a Savior of Union and home;
The slaves once in bondage, now free from the chain,
His memory cherish on tables of stone.
In palace, in college, on monument fair
His name is engraved, his virtues extolled,
The pages of history his work declare
In silvery brightness—fn letters of gold.
Frederick K. Meres
WAR INEVITABLE
BETWEEN JAPAN-
UNITED STATES
Diplomats of All Countries Declare it is Only
a Question of Time, and Japan Will
Strike Without Notice
UNREST ill OVER IHE WORLD
The United States Seems To Have Few
briends Among European Nations—
Germany Disgruntled
have advised Sheriff Binion
concerning the method of
procedure. Binion is con-
ducting the raids and handl-
ing that end of the suppres-
sion of the lawlessness and
I will prosecute the guilty
persons under the law
which makes the keeping
of a gambling house a fel-
♦ ony.
♦ "Myself and assistants
*' will file probably fifty in-
♦ formations Saturday charg-
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"Acting at his instance I ♦ was called. After examination
" ' * the doctor pronounced his ail-
ment a severe attack of appendi-
citis and recommended an opera-
tion. Dr. Blesh, the expert sur-
geon of Oklahoma City, was call-
ed and got here on the 10 o'clock
car,.and an operation was per-
formed at midnight last night
at the Maguire home, the case
being considered so serious that
the removal of the patient to the
hospital at Oklahoma City would
be dangerous.
Mr. Maguire had not been feel-
ing well for several days, but
was able to attend to his busi-
ness, being in the store all day
Saturday and showing no indica-
tions of illness, being his usual
jolly self. The attack when it
came, came suddenly and most
severely, the physicians saying
it was caused by a bursting of
the appendix, which caused the
matter from it to get into the
intestines.
The operation was a success,
c'.hd while Mr. Maguire is not
yet entirely out of danger, the
Persons down from Oklahoma physicians have real hopes that
City today say that the "Central he will soon recover, unless corn-
Hundred," the law enforcement plications set in.
ing proprietors and employ-
ees of the raided places with
felonies.
"All local courts will be
busy now for some time.
The cases will be filed in the
superior and district courts.
"Prosecution of owners
* of the buildings in which
these clubs have been oper-
♦ ating is under considera-
< tion."
society recently organized in
Oklahoma City with Hon. John
Embry at its head, had certain-
ly pulled off something worth
while last night; something that i .!.□ aRiJI
fa making Mayor Grant and the came as a severe shock to the
police officials of that town sit entire community, all of whom
, It will be sev-
eral days, they say, before he
will be entirely out of danger.
The whole tow,', sympathizes
deeply with Mr. Maguire, and
news of his serious condition
up and take" notice. It has been
the contention of Mayor Grant
that the laws against gambling
and whisky selling were being
enforced as well as could be ex-
ected in a city the size of Okla-
trust he may soon be
among us again.
up and
Jas. D. Maguire Much Better
'rom Tuesday's Daily
pected in a city the size of Okla- The Transcript learns that
homa City; and this, too, when, Mr. Jas. D. Maguire, whose ser-
it was a well known fact that
numerous high-toned gambling
hells and joints were running
wide open. The "Central Hun-
dred "enlisted Gov. Cruce in
their crusade, and the Oklaho-
man this morning tells the story
3f the raids made, and the state-
ments of officers that in the fu-
ture te laws will be enforced.
ious illness was noted in yester-
day's issue, is much better this
morning. He had a little fever
yesterday, but it soon yielded to
treatment, and no complications
have set in. Although not en-
tirely out of danger, his condi-
tion is such as to give Mrs. Ma-
guire and the physicians and
friends much encouragement.
; It is learned that Mr. Ma-
A combination of the attorney | guire's condition was very criti-
general's office, leaders of the j cal, Dr. Blesh stating that if the
Central Hundred and Sheriff M.! operation had been put off two
C. Binion proved a winning one j hours longer it would have been
Friday night in the game of too late.
"close the joints." Three big
gambling houses were raided j Mr. Maguire Improving
and 108 men found in them were From Wednesday's Daily
arrested and hauled to the coun- Latest news from Mr. Jas. D.
ty jail in the police wagon. , Maguire is to the effect that he
Acting under orders of Gover-1 is steadily improving, and it is
nor Cruce, Attorney General row believed hs recovery is cer-
West outlined the campaign.; tain.
Sheiff Binion, with eleven depu- j
ties, raided the houses and made | —For Sale: I have several
the arrests. Members of the fresh Jersey cows for sale. Dan
"Central Hundred," deputized, [ George at McGinley's. 22-wtf
they assert by the governor, | —Thirty pounds of beans for
(Continued on Last Page) $1. U. S. Tubbs.
Freshmen Capture Inter-Class
Debate Championship
"The last shall be first"1
seems to be the motto of the!
Freshman class at the Norman'
high school, for on Tuesday eve-
ring the class championship in
debate was awarded to the
green and white. This debate'
was the final of a series in which
the Seniors had defeated the
Juniors, 704 to 703; and the
Freshmen had won over the
Sophomores, thus leaving the
Freshmen to fight the Seniors, j
Before an appreciative interest-!
ed audience of supporters, both'
students and visitors, that pack-!
ed the house, each contestant did !
honor to himself and his class. I
While the Freshmen, defending
the negative of unicameral leg-
islature, defeated the Seniors,
individual honors for first place
were divided between Mr. Gus
Barnes of the affirmative and
Mr. David Morris of the nega-
tive. The silver loving cup upon
which will be engraved the j
name of the the class and win-!
ners, is a personal gift of the
members af the Board of Edu-
cation.
Class debates are the means
being successfully used to stim-
ulate interest in debating and1
rut it in its proper place of
equality with athletics and oth-
er forms of student activity.
Each class has put out a worthy
team and has been enthusiastic
in supporting it. It is interest-
ing to notice that the negs.tve of
this question has been success-
ful n every debate.
Affirmative — Gus Barnes,
Colonel Christian, Charles
Stephens. Negative — John
Montgomery, Herbert Hyde,
David Morris.
$50,000 Damage Suit Attracts
Big Crowd
The $50,000 damage suit of
Mrs. Minnie Bond against Sena-
tor T. P. Gore, now on trial in
Judge Clark's court in Oklaho-
ma City, is attracting large
crowds of politicians and curious
people.
i ne jury was secured ^yester-
day evening, and testimony will
be taken this morning.
The attorneys for Mrs. Bond
claim $50,000 from Mr. Gore for
an attempted assault upon her
in a Washington (D. C.) hotel.
Senator Gore claims it to be a
frame-up in an attempt to de-
stroy his character, his useful-
ness as a United States senator
and to defeat him for renomina-
tion.
The Norman Postoffice
As far as can be learned no
appointment of a postmaster to
succeed J. J. Burke has as yet
been made by President Wilson,
although Mr. Swank was rec-
ommended by Congressman
Weaver more than a week ago.
For some reason action on the
matter has been delayed, and
several of the defeated candi-
dates are again getting busy on
.he principle that "while there
is life there is hope." No charges
have been preferred against Mr.
Swank so far as the Transcript
can learn, all the fight being
along political lines—the "or
ganization" getting into it
again and insisting *on recogni-
tion.
The appointment may come
ar y day—and may not come for
a month.
It is evident Senator Gore's
opposition consider him a tre-
mendously strong man, or they
would never have taken the des-
perate methods they have to
break him down and get his po-
litical scalp. It would seem to
eyery unprejudiced person that
his enemies realized that it
would be impossible to defeat
him by fair means along politi-
cal lines, and that they must
adopt some such methods as
they ;ire now pursuing if they
could hope to put him on the
shelf and secure his position for
one of themselves. The pathet-
ic spectacle of the sightless sen-
ator haled into court to defend
his personal character against
his enemies (and such enemies)
is one that causes the sympa-
thies of all to go out to him. The
American people do not believe
in such outrageous methods,
and it is the prediction of the
Transcript that he will emerge
from the ordeal stronger than
ever; that the case against him
will prove a boomerang to his
enemies.
Civic Talk
During the past year much
has been said about civic im-
provement in Norman.
The results are before you. I
Are you satisfied with what
you see? Is Norman any bet-1
ter for the effort? Is it any
cleaner, or brighter?
These questions are worth
while considering. If in your si-
! lent moments you decide that
there has been a change for the
better, then it has not been in 1
; vain; and if you have helped all
you can, will you agree right
now to go forward another year;
go forward by giving substan-j
t;al help? Will you look your
own premises over and try to
improve them? Plant a flower
here and pick up the debris in
your back yard? If you will do
tnese little things, the big
things will take care of them-
selves. Try it, and be convinced
that in union there is strength.
If any good has been done in
Norman by the action of the
Civic Committee, then the credit
belongs to the Norman Commer-
cial club, had there been no com-
mercial club there would not
have been any parks along the
railroad. Had there not have
been parks, there would have
been mud holes. Which do you
prefer, mud holes or parks?
Remember that the surround-
ings at the depot is but a mirror
that reflects our taste.
Help the Civic Committee win
A little more effort and the pass-
erby on that train will ask
"What place is this?" and the
answer will be "The University ;
City," of course.
L. J. EDWARDS, j
Chairman Civic Committee.
From Monday's daily.
♦ *
* Just as sure as the sun ♦
rises and sets, the United ♦
v States will get into a war ♦
with Japan. Jt may come *
■* very soon, within 'a few ♦
j r weeks or a few months—or ♦
'5 be put off a little longer— ♦
4 until Japan gets good and ♦
" ready, but it is going to ♦
* come as sure us fate. And ♦
* in such a war Japan will ♦
•" have the indirect support ♦
and assistance of many ♦
** Euporcan powers, if not a ♦
* direct alliance with them. ♦
There is a felling ot' unrest ♦
all over the world, every na- ♦
tion being "on edge" -in one ♦
*' way or another, and the ♦
* cry of "Peace!" "Peace!" is ♦
* only from the lips out—not ♦
*** In the real heart of any na- ♦
,k tion on the globe. The big ♦
' diplomats, the real states- ♦
* men, see the "handwriting ♦
* on the wall," and all the big ♦
* papers are voicing the opin- ♦
* ion that war between Japan ♦
and the United States is but •
* h matter of time. ♦
* For instance here is a*
*■ cablegram from Berlin to ♦
* the St. Louis Globe-Demo- ♦
* crat, which is but one of ♦
' hundreds of reports of sum- ♦
* ilar import that are Jaily ♦
appearing in the press of ♦
all nations. ♦
♦
An Appeal for Aid.
Have you any cast-off cloth-
ing that you could spare? The
charity committee has found a
poor crippled widow with three
small children, girls. The old-
est one is eight years old. They
need clothing and food. If you
have anything to spare to help
the poor, send all contributions
at once to Mrs. J. Mr Corn. Do
not wait for any further appeal.
—Big sale of Groceries and
Feed-of all kinds going or. all
week. U. S. Tubbs.
M. E. Church, South
At the morning sendee next
Sunday the pastor's theme will
be: "The Transfiguring Christ."
Special music by the choir.
Evening theme: "An Oriental
Love Story." At the evening
service Miss Virginia Strosler
will sing Tosti's "Prayer."
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m.
Epworth League 6:30 p. m.
Pastor's Bible class and weekly
prayer service Wednesday even-
ings at 7:30.
Everybody always welcome
at this church.
R. L. Ownbey, Pv.stor.
FOR SALE OR TRADE—Four
residence lots in Weatherford,
Okla., ideal location, College ad-
dition, east front, value $1000.
<VilI trade for Norman property.
R F. Goe, Norman. 182-tf
Sunday Services at St. John's
At 10, Bible Class.
At 11, Moming prayer and
sermon. Subject: The Solid-
arity of Christians.
At 7:30, Shortende evening
prayer and special sermon of
Phillips Brooks on the Mind's
Love for God. Do not permit
yourself to miss this presenta-
tion of a strong topic by a great
mind imbued with a great love
for God. University people are
especially invited.
Chrislian Science
First Church of Christ, Sci-
entist: Regular services at th >
church edifice on West Eufaula
at 11 o'clock. Subject: "Soul."
Wednesday evening testimonial
meeting at 8 o'clock. All are in-
vited to Ihese services. Sunday
-chool at 10 o'clock. Re iding
room at the church open from
2 :30 to 5 o'clock every Wednes-
day.
—The Transcript, $1 a year.
Berlin, Feb. 6.—According to
a prominent member of the
iiaiser's court, ,t is the opinion
r the highest miliary and na al
ircles (bat the questions at is-
ue between the United St. tea
j nd japan are gisv ;r than is
enerally believed and will be-
ome acute the moment the
ormer country dccidea on mili-
<ary intervention i,i Mexico.
I his member of the emperor's
ntourage said in an interview
with the correspondent of the
.lobe-Domocrat:
'The almost complete isolation
o! the United States from a po-
litical viewpoint in the Its': t >vo
years, combined with the Japa-
nese question, is being closely
watched by the German Govern-
ment.. It is no secret that it is
believed in diplomatic circles in
Berlin that there will be grave
danger of war between the
United States and Japan if the
former country maintains its
present indifferent, if not an-
tagonistic attitude, toward Jap-
an's demand for a settlement of
the questions now pending, es-
pecially if there should be any
further anti-Japanese legislation
in America.
"Military and naval men, as
well as diplomatists, regard the
United States as being utterly
unprepared for intervention in
Mexico, much less for war with
Japan. These men do not hesi-
tate to say in private conversa-
tion that Japan could easily take
the Philippines and Hawaii. Once
Japan decides that war is inevi-
table, if she would uphold the na-
tional honor, she will strike sud-
denly without riving a:iy t!rne
"or preparations. Opinions dif-
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