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OKLAHOMA LEADER
T1IKEB
1
TODAY
Hall! Frank Jluusej.
The Sereu Sleepers.
Hail! AIM), IIi-«r> ford.
I.earn From Knitland.
— UV AHTHLIl BRISBANE
Thlrty-elsht years ago yesterday J
Frank Munaey came ilonn from
Maine, where he was born, to see ;
what could be seen in New York.
"At that time." said he, "the sky
line of lower New York was domi-
nated by P. T. Babbitt's four-story
brick soap factory."
Tbe New York sky lino lias risen.
So has Frank Munsey. When he
reached New York He*st was little
more than an Infant. Pulitzer was
unknown, Dana was running tho
Sun, Bennett was runnins the llcr-
nl l. Now Munsey runs the Sun and
lleralu. 1-oug may he wove.
Macdwiney. the lord mayor, I
allvu this morninK. will beslu tho
forty-third duy of hip. fatt- Ho lias
beaten the v/orlJ'e fntflns record
made by Dr. Tnnu r. Taunt r fastod
for l>a;\ MicSwlwy for patiiotlsm.
Faith in a good cause Is the most
powerful Incentive, but the strong-
est faith today is nothing to what
il was in the past. Consider the
famous "Seven Sleepers of Ephcsus.
described by Gregory of Tours,
•rney hid in a cave, from persecutors
of Christians-and the cave en-
trance was cruelly blocked. The
j,even martyrs fell asleep in each
other's arms.
Nearly two hundred years alter- ,
ward a shepherd opened the cave :
and woke them. One Jamblicus. who
went out to buy food, was aston- i
(shod to see the Christian cross,
hidden in his day. displayed above
lb. city pate. To the empe.or
Tbeodosln the seven sleepers ex- .
plained that the miracle had been j
arransed to confirm his belief In (he j
resurrection of the dead. Then they
went to sleep again.
Mayor MacSwiney must soon no
imo a long sleep. If he could come
back, long before two hundred
Tears, he mlKht find riyinK over -he
rity of Dublin the Irish flag that he
now has in his eel, In Brixton
prison.
Henry Ford announces a cut of
31 per cent in the price of passen-
ger automobiles and 14 per cent in
the price of trucks, without reduc-
„on in wages paid his men. Many
men. in business, dealing in coal,
iron and labor, would like to know
bow Henry Ford docs it.
Again It is desirable to call the
country's attention to the fact that
Ford certainly the second or third
richest man In the I nlted Slates,
has made his fortune by giving the
people the best he knows how for
the lowest possible price.
Apparently the thing can be done,
and profiteering Is not essential to
prosperity.
I.earn from England by her labor
troubles and her ihipcrial spreading
out that America, if wise, will stay
here and attend to American busi-
ness on this continent.
Kngland is wondering whether she
is to have any coal after the next
few days. Smiley, leader of the
miners, whose power is second only
to that of Lloyd George, if not
greater than that of Lloyd George, is
making up his mind about it.
His position is powerful even
with the public, for he demands
cheaper coal for the consumer, by
twelve shillings a ton. and higher
wages for the miner
BEVIEfl
SEEK HEAD
5
I W. of A. of district 25 shows conclu-
sively that in sll contracts signed
between the mine works and the op-
erators. the miners' interests have
been subjected to rules and regula-
tions affecting the centrat coinpeti-
I the field, the difference in the aver-
age daily earnings of the men work-
| ing in the different fields being ig-
nored, as proven by the heretofore
a i. .. tl 4 „i; applied method of applying an equal
Request Made That Incquall- flat rate of increase on all veins, be
ties Be Eliminated—Sut- ■ "an eight-foot vein or. four-foot
fering Is Feared. j" Tremendous Inequalities.
"Resolved. That we. members of
In a letter to D. A. Frampton. dis- Locals 919. 956. 65 ami 4387. in mass- ,
trict president of the United Mine j meeting assembled, respectfully re-
Workers ot America, the local union qnests President Frampton to take
No. 919 of Bevier. Mo., states that lhe necessary steps to reopen nego-
tlie organization met September 19 tiations with the coal operators of
I and decided to demand that promises . thig district with the end in view to
made by President Wilson some j equalize the tremendous inequalities
i eleven months ago. to eliminate in- existing between the tonnage pi Wes
i equalities between the different dis- p;li(i \n this field and the lonnage
rids, be fulfilled. prices paid in the hich coal fields
"Five Hollars a Pay." of the competitive field. Be it fur-
The letter signed by the committee \ thcr
composed of J. L. Pico. T. A Day , "Resolved. That we request Presl-
I and H. G. Dawson, states that the ,|ent Frampton to notify the secre-
diggers of the field do not average tarie. of the locals represented in
}5 a day clear of pit expenses; that uhls massmeeting of what action, u
I the cost of living has not been re- j any. he may feel like taking on the
!iiuced as promised; that they are j request herein made.
i facing winter with worse prospects s "Resolved, That a copy of these
than they did a year ago. anil that resolutions be sent to every local In
If something is not done for the pur- District 2« .
Labor's Report on Russia
Bf FKIilX MOHI.KY
Staff Correspondent, Federated I'l
pose of increasing their wages iin
told suffering will be their ot this
winter.
The committees demand that the
president reopen negotiations with 1
thrir employers and demand a 30 per
cent increase on the tonage rates |
and yardage and dead work.
Answer by September '2b.
They ask tho president to answer i
their request for action by Septem-
ber 25 and are maklng tholr de- I johngon was nearly
XsVrTaud 13' twice as old as the celebrated sage
Resolutions adopted by the local of Heet street; a wldow wlth .ev.
• union were: ! eral children as old as the man sne
"Whereas. The history of the U. M. I married.
.. A. DAY.
1 och1 No. 956.
J. L. PICO.
Ix)cnl No. 919.
HARRY DAWSON.
lx>cal No. 4387.
P. H. CHIAROT1N.
Local No. 65.
Attest:
HOMER YOCITM. President.
S. S. ANDREWS. Secretary.
11 it< iit's NoTK observations on conditions In rum ill. made by the Brit
|h«. beei'"«ie.l Th. digest ..I Ihe r.|H.rt a'.|«ar. U. three l„.Ulm.l.ta
II.
LIVING—GOVERNMENT.
LONDON, England.—Clothing ot most Russians today is
• xtremeh shabby. Si^ius ot illmand underl ivdinj; ut' l'u'INi ■
where. The delegation was infoimed by Dr. Semasko, peoples I
commissar for public health, that in the towns last Januai.v
adults were getting only fifty per cent of the lood necessary
to maintain health. Even the children, who are always con-
sidered first, get only two-thirds of the lood supply necessary
for health.
l-ew town children over one > ear ■ which may lead Russia!
receive milk. Uener.iily the housing •• ■ ■ eastern empire |
shortage is not acute and during the dl | >ltelt emphasize the present
last year there has been an increase | d , for peace which anl-
in the amount of new building. ((. on- ioiwwm
trusted to this is the fact that.the ni,.l.T1 RllBBiun government has re-
hrst new houses available for Writ-; d „ imperialist policy of1
ish workers since 1914 are only I is ready to deal
beginning to be ready for occu ; ^ |(|| (hc (|ia)cult problem of natlon-
puncy.) nlists on n basis of Justice. 1
A Social Transformation. should be rcallietl that whatever the
In industrial life the Russian ! theoretical views or certain Com-
-J - social • • •
Revolution has effected
transformation. "The glaring
In-
' munist leaders may be on the desir-
ability of a world revolution,
ransformation. rne glaring in- ability of a world revolution, me
qualities of fortune which form so practical administrative problems
jreat a scandal in capitalist coua- which confront them are of such a .
(ha .#riifini> <11rfiMPnt'«> in, nytnrfl us to demand the last ounce
j of their energy. • • • The Russian
gre .. -
tries; the striking different1
economic position between the rich a
and poor; these things no longer . government, while hoping for social
exist in Russia. This equalisation j revolution elsewhere, does not in-
applies to education aud entertain- to attempt to carry this out by
ment as well ns to food, housing and force of its armies."
clothing. The greater part of tbe -*• -•- — -•
tickets in the principal theaters, |
which formerly the poor nev
Winning West Virginia
by paul hanna
Staff Correspondent, Federated
Sn'o.'l.m" n'lL Inlrtes wlit be published on succeeding days until the series is
complete The subjects covered follow:
III. .Martial I.nwj Its Cause and llesiilt.
IV. I iictiiins from Compaii) Houses.
V. Tlie Sort of Men the Miners Are.
\ |, title liny uml Two llor.cn Strike Breakers.
111. Organizing; Its Dil'liclllties and renalties.
VIII. An Issue for American l.aluir.
iv.
Evictions from Company Houses.
WILLIAMSON, W. Va.—Did you ever see an iron bed-
1 stead standing in a field of weeds on a mountain side? It is a
very forlorn spectacle In the foreground a half-grown chicken
perched on the foot-rail; in the background a bank of golden-
i iod swaying in the sun, and somewhere between a pale, tired
woman with a baby feeding at her breast—these incidentals
.-.omehow do not vel eve the poignant grotesquerie of that iron
tied where a bed should not be.
But it's all rifht. According to the constitution and the
laws of West Virginia that bed and baby, half-grown chicken
and tited woman are just where they belong. Ihat man over
'' here under the flap of the tent is to blame. He is a coal miner,
and he joined the union. So what could the company do but
throw him and the iron bed out of the shanty where they liyed?
'lilt' lulled In the Rent H
i That man and forty others, with
their wives, their broken oil lamps
| and coal-streaked babies, used to
i live there around the turn of tho
I railroad in the company houses;
('ompany houses stand up on wooden
legs astraddle of ditches filled witli
kitchen drainage and tin cans. But
I they have roofs and doors, and walls
I where you can drive a nail to hang
your overalls. To grow old and die
cember to come. Baldwin-Felts de-
tectives have not destroyed tfle
union. Federal troops have helped
instead of hindered the union. Ejec-
tion from their homes has made the
men cling tighter to their union. A
winter that is bitter enough to kill
babies In tents and make women
weep over their outdoor fires may i
destroy the union.
With National Organizer
dreamed of entering, are now allott-
ed to the various trade unions for
distribution to their members at low
fixed prices."
Great efforts have been exerted for t
economic reconstruction. Between
the end of Deniken and the Polish
• attack, the Red Army had been par-
tially transformed into a l^abor
Army. Work had been begun on
i.i'w transport and ilsctrifli ation
projects. Voluntary and unpaid la- i
bor on Saturday afternoons, in which '
Communists take the lead, "has be-
come one of the regular features of
town life."
Revolutionary lioTernmcnt*
The delegates express iheir con-
viction that these and other achieve-
ments have been bought at a heavy
price. Freedom of speech and press
"is severely repressed in the case of
all those whose activities are sup-
posed to threaten the soviet regime.
Arrests constantly take place for
alleged political offenses." Those
methods are held necessary by the
government because of "the danger-
ous situation created by foreign at-
tacks and the maintenance and en-
couragement of internal conspiracy
by foreign agents."
Regarding the position of the Com-
munist party the report states out-
right that "all possible moans" are
employed to obtain its dominance in
the soviet elections. Moreover,
these elections "become less fre-
quent and more formal" while power
tends to be concentrated in the
, hands of executive committees.
On the other hand, all sincere
Communists are endeavoring to meet
the responsibilities of autocratic
power. The proclamation of the last
Communist congress, thst "the most
inconspicuous and roughest work in
the economic sphere Is to be con-
sidered responsible party work," i.s
carried into effect by the Commun-
ists in their daily lives.
Oppression ('rentes Militarism.
| Observing that continued /foreign
! oppression may yet create a mili-
The opinion is given that lasting
peace with Russia could be made on
a basis of mutual noq-interference
in foreign affair-
(Tlie final installment will appear in
an early Tssue of the l.eader.)
I fn'rtch'a'Vl'ne place you ""must" not I Workman, 1 have juat strolled
.ingucn p through this tent town of refugee
I But these men joined, and now | miners, talking with husband, and
I they are all down on tho slope by j wives and blushing at the naked ln-
: the river at Nolans, with their forty teriors of their flapping shelters.
! r-,1,lilies housed In tents sent here by Three.or four limping chairs, an un-
theUnHed Mine Workers of Amor- painted kitchen table and a cook
Ilea Glistening under the warm j stove, variously arranged about the
autumn sun. against the green Ken-1 iron bed, constitutes the total
L. G. WARNKE CO.
Buy of the makers.
Rubber and Steel Stamps, Sten-
cils. Seals, Stamp Supplies, etc.
W. Main—Walnut «4<i0
ucker Bros. Show No. 23
• —>'lne Itpcls.
TODAY AMI SATf ItIIA1
llarrj
FREE
We will give Ab-
solutely Free to
Every Purchaser of a
Suit or Overcoat
a genuine 17-pice exquisite-
ly designed, professional
FRENCH IVORY MANICURE SET
MEANS
FR^NK KEENAN
ALMA HANLON
llw Here of r 91 ?•■ ,«re.l Play.
ROBERT EDESON
x I'MWrrfu! lira 111 ii ti( anil tor tin
Pl"|'lf.
"The Public Defender"
\ drum ii tic tliinitliTliolt tluit miiii-iip
through the famonn Tonih« prison
i<-riiN« the "Itrlilft? «>r SlKlif." ■«
hroiitrh Hilltr Miik with till" rlorlrl
• ;iir awaiting to claim an Innoccn
victim; t\ crime ilriiiiiii showing the
rch crlmlnnli hcp >i man rnllroade
Iti orison—It might lie yon.
Vital—G lippi ng—SI ron R
HANK MANN
in "The Nickel Snatcher"
FRANKI,YN FARNUM
—PIMJ —
M A It V A N IIK If NON
in "Vanishing Trails"
—SKI THIS (t It K at show at
nerlcun life,
iiedy, ••l «n««
uml Jeff in
THERE'S YOUR CHANCE
These sets are the most
beautiful manicure outfits
ever put on the market and
are easily worth $20.00. An
ideal Rift to wife, mother or
sweetheart.
Women: We know that
you know values. We know
that you believe in two-
pants suits, because they
jrive double wear to a gar-
ment. We know that you
are economical and thrifty.
That is why we want you to
see these values and are
making it worth your while
to come to our store.
FREE EXTRA PANTS!
I tuckv mountains over tlie rive .
these tents suggest a picnic. When
I northwest winils begin to drive snow
I and sleet up the Tug valley in De-
| cember they will suggest something
' else.
"The Beautiful Snow.
Mine owners are impatient for De-
How would he do it? Simply.
The wise British government limits
the profits of coal mine owners. On
coal shipped abroad the government
takes tor Itself a great profit
amounting to sixty million pounds,
three hundred million dollars, a
year.
Smiley says. "Out of profU that
government takes and : prnds, from
«oal that we miners produce,
we shall ourselves better wages
ami give the citizens cheaper
coal." And he adds, which em-
barrasses the Imperial British gov-
ernment. "Stop your nonsense In
Mesopotamia, bring back your sol-
diers, stop spending millions where
you have no business, and you will
save exactly the thirty-five million
pounds that we need to increase our
own wages and give the country
cheaper coal."
it needs matter, to produce material
j results.
Providence wastes no effort. If
it had been possible for us to see
i each other, talk to each other, uu- . U|UU^UI kh mc uiumuh.
derstand each other, without matter, marks his page in the little testa
I bodies hair teeth, etc., we should ment and continues:
. it l^iori Hnipito ' "This makes three strikes i beer
have remained disembodied spirits, i
furniture in the usual household.
It is all there was to move from the !
company house.
I.hiiig Wlint lie Heads.
It would be easier to govern these
mountaineer miners if they had
more to lose.
Tilted back in a kitchen chaiV, a
young man is reading a little black
book. Workman greets him and they
exchange a few words. "Not wor-
ried, are you?" the organizer asks.
| "Not much," the miner replies,
j "Fact is, I'm just doing like it tells
I me here, to 'Take no anxious
thought for the morrow.'
GARDNER GROCERY
1700 Hast Ninth Phone Walnut
We stay open every night until 11 o'clock.
We sell groceries till 9:30 Sunday morning.
Sugar. G lbs. ..
R. B. M. Toffee
Louis Coffee
New State Coffee
Navy Beans. 3 lbs. for. .
Two 4-oz. pkgs. Baker's
Shredded Cocoanut
$1.01)
.10
Compound, lb.
Pure Lard, lb
4 Bars Joy Soap
5 Bars Lenox Soap
Libby's Pork and Beans,
oulCTIum . Irish Potatoes, peck. ,
We handle fresh and cured meats, fresh fruits and vegetable
We are open all day Sunday selling Ice Cream.
Cold Drinks and other Confections.
Ever> suit sold dur-
ing this sale carries
with it an extra pair
of strictly tailored
pants FREE. We
carry the largest stock
of woolens west of
Chicago and you will
have no trouble in
making the selection
that will suit your
taste. All frabrics
guaranteed strictly all
woll, many of them
the cream of the
world's leading mills.
DO NOT PUT THIS
OFF. BUY NOW.
TOMORROW IS THE
DAY. GET THE BIG-
GEST VALUE EVER
PLACED B E F O R E
THE PUBLIC. Bring
your wife, mother, sis-
ter or sweetheart and
get that French Ivory
Manicure Set FREE.
ACT AT ONCE!
DO NOT DELAY!
1 lllh 111.men tiner: Ittiinrn i !/**. •
— , into and I never had to go back yet
Michelangelo required paint to j without —
show what he could do. And
marble, canvas, brushes and chisels.
Divine power needs clouds for a sun-
set, mist for a rainbow. You can't
see what doesn't exist. You can't
hear what has no sound. Why, not
take things as they are?
Irish patriots have turned publi
attention to fasting and its eff<
•ttlement." A freight
train rumbles by. belching cinders
over the meadow. "The noise of them
trains is all the trouble we have
here," he smiles.
"Very Patriotic*"
"Any men going back to work?"
asks the organizer.
"Nope," says the miner; "seems
like the boys is all very patriotic
in this fight."
While 1 meditated upon this im-
portant evolution of the patriotic
ailBUllUU l« ...... ... 1«JI linn v............
You read that Tanner fasted once instinct, the two men talked about
■ l ni hl on« u-polr nrovlniiH whpn ;i
Smiley's figures are accurate
and that makes it hard to deal with
them.
What interests the average Amer
lean is that if we went into the
league of nations they would give us
a chance to do that spending, in
Asia, and the Lord knows where,
and we don't want or need the
rhance.
Miss Belle M. Bates writes. "'To-
day' is as much a habit with me as
coffee for breakfast. But when you
say that Mr. Fischer could not re-
ceive telepathic messages ycu de-
nounce the superiority of mind over
matter."
Not at all. You state that mind
1e Intelligent enough to know that
forty-two days and again for forty
j days. He died aged 87. He overdid
it, but to go without food occasion-
ally for twenty-four to forty-eight
i hours is good. It gives your leu-
' oocytes, or white blood corpuscles.
.. night one week previous when
group of miners from West Virginia
having dared cross the river, wer.
seized in Kentucky by Baldwin-Kelts
men and held prisoners for several
days.
"And," said the miner of one of
BUY THE BEST-
PAY THE LOWEST
| 'iff | PAY THE LOWEST
JEWELRY, WATCHES
A ^ ffwlSfl DIAMONDS
HARVEY
Jewelry
Company
19—N. Broadway—19
The Store that hus no
com petition.
Ask for the Union
Label.
in« Felts men. "that yaller dog com
vith whose value you Bhould be well ;,r0und next day and mad
acquainted, a chance to do tjiorougl
; housecleaning inside you
to
One-third of the averaf
food keeps him alive. He
ally dies of the two-thirds
ought not to have eaten.
e man's
eventu-
that he
("ornaro.
when he v
rode his I
and died
who wrote his last book
as 95, mounted alone and
orse when long past 90
at 104. He ate twelve
and
ounces of solid food per d
drank twelve ounces of light red
wine. How long he might have
lived if he had known enough to j
drink water Instead of wine only
, William J. Bryan could toll you.
shake hands with my pap. My pap
is a little man, and when they
shakes hands that thug gives him a
hard jerk
Illegal Kducatlon.
" 'Pont jerk me like that when
you shake hand:-t; it hurts my lungs,
pap says to him. And with that the
Kelts man gives him another hard
jerk So pap jest drawed off and
■lapped him to aleep.^
That and one other net of violence
by miners came to my attention. At
B irderland No. 1 Jjko men weakened
and returned to work. The wife of
One of them, a very fat woman who
needed the «xercise, met the two
bs on the road and beat both of
erely. It was entirely il-
legal. but it had the desired effect.
(The next installment will bt
l printed In Saturday's Leader.)
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Ol d re' & Lin usu a 193 oaks.
GREAT PROPHECY—IS IT BEING FULFILLED?
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