The Oklahoma Leader (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 13, 1918 Page: 1 of 4
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The Oklahoma Leader
Successor to Otter Valley Socialist, Snyder, Oklahoma
Weekly
O. E. Enfield was released by the
police Monday morning after friends
had easily raised the $20,000.00 bond
set by the court. The bondsmen
qualified for $50,000.00 and many
times that amount could have been
raised if necessary.
Knfield's case will be appealed to
the United States supreme court, and
he will continue his campaign
for congress.
A. P. Dixon working in Pottawato-
mie county reports the sale of $660.00
worth or stock. A large percent was
paid in cash. Comrade Dixon is now
in Grady county where he is making
an effort to secure that county's
quota. We hope the comrades of
Grady county wll give Comrade Dixon
as much co-operation as the Pottawa-
tomie county Socialists did. If they
see their county go over the top.
STATE TICKET IS FILED
Joe Otti made another good report
for last weeks sales, showing $960.00
worth of stock sold, mainly, in
Dewey county. Dewey county will
soon be over the top if we get a few-
more such reports.
Clara Smith has filed with the Sec-
retary of State nearly a complete
state ticket. Others will be filed for
within a few days, just as quick as
j hey are received. The party will
have a complete state ticket, and if a
few remaining districts send in their
legislative nominees the party will
have a complete state legislative tick-
et.
Folowing is a 1st 'of the candidates
who by fi'ing with the secretary are
assured a place on the ticket in the
Augus t primaries.
Those who filed:
Patrick S. Nagle, Kingfisher, gov-
ernor; S. H. Col wick, Helena, state
auditor; Herman M. Shelton, Mead,
state treasurer: H. M. Sinclair. Okla-
homa City, secretarv of state; J. W.
Dunn Moore, Route 2, Commissioner
of Labor; W. W. Whalen, Buffalo, in-
surance commissioner; John Hagel.
Oklahoma City, state examiner and
inspector; P. A Becker, Meno, cor-
poration comn.ish.ner; T. H. McLe-
more. Elk ( ty, president state board
of agriculture; W. T. Banks, Morris,
.justice of supreme court seventh dis-
trict; C. M. Greenland, Tu'sa, United
States senafor; it. H. Towne, Snyder,
justice supreme conrr, ninth districi;
II L Branh.im, ■; >n,:'ssman -is"ith
I'i.-striet; E. E. Sonuanstine, li'ba,
< engt's<m&n, first dsTici; J. A. L-i>v-
is TatiiPiiaah, congressman, second
district; J. Luther ;^ang,ston, Okla-
homa City, congrtessman, fifth dis-
trict: Orville E. Enfield, Grand, con-
gressman seventh district; H. C
Choctaw county made an effort to
get out of the Basement Division
when the comrades there sent in
$430.00 thru Comrade Black for stock.
Get the load off your mind and in
the cellar.
"LET NONE FAIL TO READ THIS"
"Sec. 3. Whoever, when the Unit
ed States is at war, saall willfully
make or convey false reports or false
statements with intent to interfere
with the operation or success of the
military or naval forces of the United
States, or to promote the success of
its enemies, or shall willfully make
or convey false reports, or say or do
anything except by way of bona fide
and not disloyal advice to an investor
or investors, with intent to obstruct
the sale of the United States bonds
or other securities of the United
States or the making of loans by or
to the United States, and whoever,
when the United States is at war,
shall willfully cause or attempt to
cause, or incite or attempt to incite,
insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny,
or refusal of duty in the military or
naval forces of the United States, or
shall willfully obstruct, otr attempt
to obstruct, the recruiting or enlist-
ment service of the United States,
TO THE INJURY OF THE SERVICE
OF THE UNITED STATES, and who-
ever, when the United Stites is at war
shall willfully utter, print, write,, or
publish any disloyal, pr ifane. scurril-
ous, or abusive language about the
form of government of the United
States, or the Constitution of the Unit-
ed States, or the military or naval
forces of the United States, or the
flag of the United States, or the uni-
form of the army or navy of the
United States, or any language intend-
ed to tiring the form of government
of the United States, or the Consti-
tution of the United States, or the
military or naval forces of the Unit-
ed States, or the flag of the United
This is the text of the Sedition Act,
ns reported by the conference com-
mittee and passed by the Senate The
amendments are printed in bold face
type. Words in capitals "to the in-
jury of the service of the United
States," were eliminated from the orig-
inal act.
AN ACT to amend section three, title
one of the Act entitled "An Act
to punish acts of interference
with the foreign relations, the
neutrality, and the foreign com-
meree of the United States, to I States, or the uniform of the army or
navv of the United States into con-
punish espionage, and better to
enforce the criminal laws of the
United States, and for other par-
poses," approved June 15, 1917,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the UnX
ed States of America in Congress as-
sembled, That section three of title
one of the Act entitled "An Act to
punish acts of interference with the
foreign relations, the neutrality, and
the foreign commerce of the United
States, to punish espionage, and bet-
gressinaii bovouui u'"""-*, — ~ (ey to enforce the criminal laws of
Diehl, Hinton, congressman sixth dis-; thg Unite(j states, and for other pur-
trict; D. C. Kilpatrick, Seiling, state j p0geSt > approved June fifteenth, nine-
senator, second istrict; Ed. L. Shider,
Oalena, state senator, third district;
John W. Edwards, Olustee, state sen-
sixth district; S. B. Boyce,
poses," approved June fifteenth, nine
teen hundred and seventeen, be and
the same is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
tempt, scorn, contumely, or disrepute,
or shall willfully utter, print, write,
or publish any language intended to
incite, provoke, or encourage resis-
tance to the United States, or to pro
mote the cause of its enemies, or shall
willfully display the flag of any for-
eign enemy, or shall willfully by ut-
terance, writing, printing, publication,
or language spoken, urge, incite, or
advocate any curtailment in this coun-
try of any thing or things, product or
products, necessary or essential to the
prosecution of the war in which the
United States may be engaged, with
intent by such curtailment to cripple
or hinder the United States in the
fend or suggest the doing of any of the
acts or things in this section enum
erated, and whoever shall by word
or act support or favor the cause of
the German Empire or its Allies in
the present war or by word or act
oppose the cause of the United States
therein, shall be punished by a fine
of not more than $10,000 or by impris-
onment for not more than twenty
years, or both; provided that any em-
ployee or official of the United States
government who commits any disloyal
act or utters any unpatriotic or dis-
loyal language, or who, in an abusive
and violent manner criticizes the ar
my or navy or the flag of the United
States shall be at once dismissed
from the service. Any such employe
shall be dismised by the head of the
department in which the employe may
be engaged, and any such official shall
shall be dismissed by the authority
having power to appoint a successor
to the dismissed official.
Sec. 2. That Sec. one of title XII
and all other provisions of the Act
entitled "An Act to punish the acts
of interference with the foreign re-
lations, the neutrality, and the for-
eign commerce of the United States,
to punish espionage, and to better
enforce the criminal laws of the Unit
ed States, and for other purposes,"
approved June fifteenth, nineteen
hundred and seventeen, which apply
to section three of title I thereof
shall apply with equal force and effect
to said section three as amended.
That title XII of the said Act of
June fifteenth, nineteen hundred and
seventeen, be. and the same is here-
in- amended by adding thereto the
following section.
Sec. 4. When the United States is
at war. the Postmaster General may.
OKLAHOMA SOCIALIST
PARTY NOTES
BRYAN COUNTY SOCIALISTS
NOMINATE.
The Bryan county Socialists have
nominated a very strong ticket for
he coming election. A great many
Socialists moved out of the county
during the past year, however, there
is a good reason to believe that Bryan
will e oct its complete ticket.
Following is a list of the candi-
dates:
For representative—W. T. Whit-
latch. C. M. Murphree.
For State Committeeman—W. A.
Brown.
For Sheriff—B. F. Dunham.
For County Clerk—E. O. White?
For Surveyor—J. H. Furlong.
For Commissioner District No. 1—
J. A. Glover.
For Commissioner District No. 2.—
Edley Weing.
For Commissioner District No. 3—
C. Cooper.
For Justice of the Peace, District
No. 1—W. II. Alexander.
For Constable District No. 1—F. A.
Tupman.
For Justice of the Peace District
No. 4—Bill Terry.
For Constable District No. 4—Will
I ley.
For Justice of the Peace District
No. 7—J. O. Lewis.
For Constable District No. 7—Ed.
Patton.
For As-essor—M. M. Corley.
For Weigher—J. W. McCay.
For Treasurer—-W. A. Brown
PAWNEE NOMINATES.
The Pawnee county Socialists have
'upon"evi(lence satisfactory to him that [put up an excellent ticket be-
any person or concern is using the fore the voters of their county this
mails in violation of any of the pro- tall for election.
visions of this act. instruct the post-, fite nominees are.
master at any postoflice at which mail
is received addressed to such person
or concern to return to the postmas-
ter at the office at which they were
originally mailed all letters or other
matter so addressed, with the words,
"Mail to this address undeliverable
under espionage act" plainly written
or stamped upon the outside thereof,
and all such letters or other matter
so returned to such postmasters shall
or hinder tne unueo he by them returned to the sanders
prosecution of the war. and whoever j thereof under such regulations as the
shall willfully advocate, teach, de. Postmaster General may prescribe.
ator, _
Blackwell, state senator, ninth dis- j
nncmvs FUTURE GUARANTEED BY
man. Stroud. Route 3, state senator, |\ ^ 1 v lx
thirteenth district; Joe Woody, Okla-
homa City, state senator, fourteenth
Representative—W. B. Smith.
Treasurer—N. L. Benson.
Co. Clerk—J. W. Hardy
Sheriff—J A. Beshears.
- Assessor—J. W. Smith.
Court Clerk—F. Landers.
Co. Supt.—Guy Moore.
Co. Atty.- Geo. Bomsteiger.
Co. Com., 3rd S Belden
Co. Com., 2nd—J. A. Owsley.
TILLMAN COUNTY SOCIALISTS.
The Tillman County Socialists will
meet at Manitou, Saturday, June 8th.
Every socialist should attend as mat-
ters of much importance will be up.
district; Thomas E. Bumpass, Fort
Cobb, state senator; fifteenth district;
E. L. Stevens, Hichita, state senator
seventeenth district; A. L. Clark,
Wewoka, state senator twenty-third
district; E. L. Stevens, Wichita,
state senator twenty-seventh district.
OKLAHOMA LEADER NOTES
H. G. Creel working in Caddo, Ca-
nadian and Kiowa counties sent in a
report showing sales of $1,200.00 for
the past week. Comrade Creel pulled
Caddo county over the top. and we
hope he succeeds in doing the same
with Kiowa and Canadian.
Louis Harvey, The Oklahoma City
Socialist who has charge of The Mod-
ern Book and News Stand sold an-
other $50.00 worth of stock for the
paper. Harvey's entire life has been
given to the cause of Socialism and
he is continually doing his bit for the
movement.
S. C. Thompson, Roger Mills county
made a small report of $30.00 worth of
sales. He has his crop in condition
where he can give us more of his
tme. He promses that Roger Mils
will go over the top.
IMMENSE NATURAL WEALTH
'owing is a list of the comrades who
cks to 1 ruble 201 "Russia's domestic loans were as j jiaye n|rea(jy given their assistance,
cents) a day. In i follows, the 191i figure being foi on > socialists work persistently for the
cent of the wage | half the year, the othets tot I e u ;.al]se year out and year in regardless
CAMPAIGN FUNDS. 1918
The campaign this year will be
mainly thru literature and leaflets,
and the individual work of Socialists
>hruout the state. A large sum of
money will be needed to put up the
campaign now being planned. Fol-
Socialist Republic Has Little Patience was from
.. . !.'oripk<j (.
70 kopecks
With Idle Investor—Workers'
Wages Raised to $2.50 Per
Day From 35 Cent Rate.
New York.—The future of Russia,
from the economic and financial
standpoint, is discussed by a Russian
financial writer in The Evening Post.
He believes that Russia's immense
natural wealth makes her one of the
richest countries in the world. Eng-
land, France and the United States
are reminded that .'Russi/i's future
trade will be worth having and must
kooeks (35 to 60
1916 only 30 per
workers of the district received above year.
75 cents a day. In April, 1917. the; "1914, $221,000,000;
1915,
ause, year out and year in regardless
of the conditions. What will you do?
- —•.,«< ,—. ■ $1,147,- Answer with a check to Clara Smith,
central arbitration chamber set the i 500,000; 1916, $2,082,000,000; 1917,1 , jie s^ate secretary, Box 777, Okla-
minimum wage for male and female j $1,590,000. j honia City.
adults at $2.50 for an 8-hour workday] "The year 1918 will surely be aj Mrs. A. It. Gregor, Pawnee Co. ..$5.00
Skil ed workers in the government en gloomy one for Russia. Even assum- A. Allen, Ellis county 1.00
terprises now get as high as $9 a day. j ing the highly improbable condition • John A. Heuron. Caddo 20.00
Living Cost Rises. '0f a subtile govenrment in the near fu- J. M. Sumner. Pontotoc 1.00
"The minimum wage for the lowest ture we niust realize that the coun-j S. K. Patterson l OO
grade of metal workers is $5 for an|try js virtually bankrupt. Yet one I). E. Tetter, Payne 1 "■
8-hour day. It would be erroneous to nulv , asily be too pessimistic over the II. M. Wilson, Seminole 1.00
conclude, however, that wages in all future. The country will survive be- (Above pledges $1.00 monthly.)
conclude, novvever, mm >u juiure. me country wm buimio
_ cases keep pace with the rising cost use of her native strength. Russian j (A. C. Fisher, Seminole, 50 above
not be gambled away by an unsym- Qf ]i{e liecesaities w v.l „
WORTHY COMRADE GONE
S. C. Stair made his first report
from the southern part of the state
since the first of the year. He has
been busy with his crops, but he is
going to do his best to push sales
from now on, so that we 'may get the
$200,000.00 by August 1st.
J. V. Kolachney, Caddo
agent helped the Leader by persuad
There are hosts (inances will improve when her ex-1 pledges, 50c monthly.)
pathetic attitude toward the new So- nf men and wonlen workers outside ports assume the normal pre-war pro-1
cialist republic. the industries whose incomes are p0rtion.
"Whenever any one attempts either more or ]ess rigidly fixed. Although unlimited Natural Wealth.
to narrate the financial history oi the government nearly doubled the pvnorts in grain D. L. Sears of Cooperton. 69 years
Itussia in 1917 or to forecast the coun Riliaries of its subordinates, from the ■■ • ,i..vs of age and a pioneer of this county,
try's financial future, next year or s0]dier in the field to the professor in may '' ' h*h " .' remarkable '^"d of blood poisoning last Wednes-
afterward,' 'says this Russian observ- the university, the rapid rise of prices of peace th. « ^ ((f ||( w.,„ j day In a hospital at Hobart.
er, "he finds that political and econo- has reduced many of the workers to < • lowered bv the war Comrade Sears was beloved by his
nomlc considerations are inextricable a starvation subsistence Rut apart from grain her exports of neighbors and those who knew him,
hound up together. The two have "in the first six months of 1917, But apart iromgram, .. i and If he ever had an enemy, we have
been powerfully and unremitingly Russla-s borrowings abroad amounted raw material aKer ^taarncWe,Uinb«ma never hear(1 of it.
interacting upon one another. | to $850,000,000. in 1916, out of the act fi„an(.ps In the rebuild It is doubtful if any man in Kiowa
* . . two to two and one-quarter billion proving her finances. In the rebuild 1 ^ ^ glyen more liberaUy and
"In attempting an estimate' of the' ^rop.-.' UuXn Hmber will play a fr-ly to ^' socialist cause than did
present Russian takt' were'advunced by England. Her total most important ^- TJe country a « "■ •_ ■ «*'«• sears the
ri>°t for the future, one must tane „ft . . t mbei area equals 1,125,000,000 acres
., ,. „ „ nf fan. foreign loans on June .50 last were movement of Kiowa county loses one
into consideration a number of fac 0000000 Thls ,B a formidable -iter unlimited natural resources J ^ valiinh|o nm| lfWlll mem.
tors. The revolution InteMm^ the conj|(JeratIon Ru8sia's present In ;„e practically In a virgin state.
fanaticism of the Russian intiusiriai 4t , nnojHnn ri
fanaticism or me ivussictii nmu n««
C0Um-; workers. The worker in the shop and ternational position.
the soldier in the trench were over-
,, ,. of its most valuable and loyal mem-
are pr icui-.Mii.v in a ...r... ",-r; .
rich iron deposits in the Ural moun.
war Debt Domestic. ^ C^nd HONOR ROLL LOCALS
contrary to many ;people s .1
list of the locals that
ing a comrade who bought i,00 "c nlght made lhe supreme judges and j "But, contrary to many jpeople s m w(,Hs ,n Cauca8ia make
worth of stock to double and take ,u.))iters matters of fundamental supposition. Russia has very largely ,„,ien My one of the richest Following is a list
$200.00. Comrade Kolachney, hmself-; jn rtHn(H,. J paid for the war through home loans ' m ' ' . |h(. wo|.ld made a report since our last issue.
The Russian worker has no pa- and taxes. The revenue rose from
i /- • i n ^ out. SI
helped wth $200.00. '■'Vbe'Russian worker has no pa | and taxes. The revenue rose from ' " 'l! 1" ~ in lh^ th(, Unlted How" often'is your local's name men
We can say to Comrade Kolchaney -• r in est- $1,453,500,000 in 1914 to $1,601,000,000 Fran.'' Ln- ' tj , among them? There are more
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for years and that he shows no sign ers .u- J]nan(,B can sprinp "A heavily increased income ; ^""minee "she'will have to ex- Grand. Ellis
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Rhodyback, R. L. The Oklahoma Leader (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 13, 1918, newspaper, June 13, 1918; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc148494/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.