Oklahoma Leader (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 88, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 25, 1920 Page: 2 of 8
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TWO
OKLAHOMA LEADER
IRISH HOMES IN RUIN AFTER RAID
President-elect to Be Enter-
tained by Governor ot the
Canal Zone.
CRISTOBAL. CANAL ZONE, Nov.
24.—(By V. P.) President-elect
Harding today expected to make an
Inspection trip through the Panama
Canal. He was to traverse the canal
and will be shown the workings of
the gigantic locks.
Harding intends to remain at the
Pacific end of the canal until Fri-
day. Governor Harding of the t^anal
zone, will entertain the president-
elect at dinner tonight. Tins Is to
be followed by a public reception at
Halboa.
Hundreds of Panama us, Amer-
icans, British. West Indians and
others, attired in white nulls, filed
past Harding and Mrs. Harding lit
the hotel last night. shaking hands
with them. Afterward the heat of the
tropical night was tempered by a
plunge In the sea.
BIG FEED LURES
MANY TO COUNTRY
Thanksgiving Is the moat pop-
ular holiday. Probably because
of its gastronomic appeal, or
maybe because /man lg naturally
a thankful animal. But anyhow,
according to O. L. Johnson,
superintendent of the consolidat-
ed ticket office here, more peo-
ple leave town for Thanksgiving
than any other holiday, even
Christmas.
And most of them go back to
the farm. Johntum Kays. The
tickets are nearly all to some
small town to which travelers
seldom go. It seems that, if
the thanksglver's parentH do not
live on a farm he visits Home
country cousin, where the vi-
ands that constitute the Thanks-
giving feast are In abundance.
"The sacrifices people will
make for a real Thanksgiving
dinner are remarkable." John-
son says. "Some who do not
get a vacation will leave Satur-
day night and return Sunday,
riding several hundred miles
over small branch railroads
many of which do not even have
Pullman accommodations, Just
for that one big feed."
1
'LET OS 1
R N1QNEY"
(Jirl Appointed Librar-
ian for League of
Nations.
A view of one of the main streets In the town of Granard, County
i Longford, Ireland, the morning after a "reprisal raid" on the town>y
several companies of lilack and Tans. The ruins are thoHe of a building
| blown up by the raiders. Many houses were fired and the Town Hall
i was destroyed.
CANDIES ON
THE DECLINE
Open Shop Division Would
Assist Builders In "Econ'
mizing."
Before you build "anything from s
garage to a skyscraper," the open
shop division of the chamber of com-
merce wants to see you.
It can save -you money, according
to a multlgraph report called "Open
Hhop News" Just sent to members of
the organisation.
The report states the money saving
will not come throuKh "furnishing
cheaper labor." but by furnishing
"more efficient, more reliable help
labor that in willing to render a good
day's work for a good day's pay."
More advice followed
"DEMAND THAT YOUR BUILD-
ING BE CONSTRUCTED ON AN
OPEN SHOP UAHI8 and avoid
strikes, walkouts, tleups, etc. Take
warning from the recent building
I scandal in New York city and be
| governed accordingly."
HENRY WARD BEECHER
CHURCH IS DAMAGED;
RELICS DESTROYED
NEW YOnK, Nov. 24.—Fire early
toitay partially destroyed the Sunday
school building of historic Plymouth
church, Brooklyn, where the lato
Henry Ward Uescher formerly
preached. .
The church Itself was damaged by
water. . .
A historic portrait of the precher
! nrl"*eddre'llXd. rrita were'dama^ed I "Who U Kettln* your bu.lne..:
'by the flro. The building contained the open shop di\lslon of the
with manuscripts, notes her of commerce wants to know.
Vt-2^o«v
timltherson of Tulsa are anion* the OPEN SHOPPERS CLEAN-UP
outside colore.! delegate. .j Qp£N §HQp LAUNDRIES
J B. Thol.urn 1. chairman and HI ur un
Roscoe Dungee secretary of the con
gress.
MINER DEAD AFTER v
INJURY FROM ROCK
Governor Tells Inter-Racial j a/T. £*..1'^
Conference They Are Worse
Than Bomb Throwers,
Identity of the lynchers of a white
boy in Tulsa is no secret, and he Is
satisfied In his own mind who
lynched the negro lad In Oklahoma
City, Governor Robertson declared at
the opening of the National Soclolog- j
leal congress In the hall of represen- j
tativen in the state house.
Sworn officers who fail to do their j
duty in enforcing the law are twice
as dangerous as the red flanger with
his bomb, the governor added. The j
colored boy was kidnaped and j
brought to Oklahoma county and
lynched where there are plenty of ■
officers and a good Jail, the execu-
tive added. Grand jurors summoned
to Investigate, not only returned no j
Indictments, but applauded derelic-
tion of officers, the governor con- j
tinued.
The congress met at the Methodist j
church, corner Itobinson and Fourth |
street In the afternoon. Problems
The open shop division of the
chamber of commerce is urging iu
memberi to patrouize only open shop
laundries.
In "Open Shop News, a multi-
graph report on open shop activl-
* hn lies, the division asked its members
to patronize the following six open
mine No 12 near here, who was in- j Dinks Parrish laundry, New State
lured severely by falling rock Mon Laundry, Nu-*ay Laundry, ttu.ee
2U. to/ay. The death 1. said """ *
to have been caused by the entrance
I °f The funeral of OUWW ho leave, „ Three women, all republicans, are
I wife and .U chclldren, wll be held to sit in the Kansas legislature thl.
here tomorrow.
I winter.
Miss Florence Wilson, of Philadel-
phia, who has been appointed chief
librarian for the league of nations.
Miss Wilson served with the Ameri-
can peace commission in Paris and j relating to inter-racial relations are
then Joined the league forces in Ix>n- being taken up w ith earnestness by
don. For several years she was li-
brarian at Columbia university, New
York. Two American women will as-
sist Miss Wilson in her new duties.
"MAKE SURE BEFORE YOU
BUY" OPEN SHOP WARNING
lelegates. Among white delexates
present are Mrs. Dr. D. F. Coldiron
of Perry, .Mrs. Nina L. Testerman of
Morrison, Mrs. S. P. * Strahan of h
Perry. Miss Margaret Moore. Paw- i
nee. R S. Dixon, Anadarko; Mrs. A.
G. Fulkerson, Caddo county, Rev. C.
W. Sherwood, Enid.
It. M. Stewart, Muskogee attorney,
J. C. Johnson. Wwoka. and A. J.
But Chocolates Will Remain £d"'nXe.'.l for books and sermons
But Lafayette May Resign
"for Good of Party," Say
Rumors.
High Chicago Manufac-
turer Says.
CHICAGO. Nov. 24.—(By V- P.)—
Candy for the kiddies will be one-
third cheaper this Christmas than
last, but It will cost the same for the
A frank and open discussion of , young man possessed with the
the cause of the democratic defeat | "cosmic urge to flay it with
and of measures to reunite the party chocolates to his lady fair.
will be allowed members of the dein- j R isn't that the candy don t Join
ocratlc central committee at the j the rest of the world ln^ loving
collected from the personal desk of
Beecher. The sword, cap and part of
the uniform he used ns a Civil war
chaplain were damaged.
MARINE LEAGUE HEAD
ADVOCATES CREATION
OF MERCHANT MARINE
NEW YORK. Nov. 24.—Creation of
an American merchant marine is the
mrellnK at the Sklrvtn hotel Wed- lover, hut, according to Albert I,evy. one blK factor which can bring about
EXC
general manager of D. Auerbach and ;i stabilization of world Industry, in
Sons, large candy manufacturers, the opinion of P. H. W. Ross, presl-
faney box candy sold now was made dent of the National Marine league.
"As everyone knows, the war con-
verted the United tSates from a debt-
or to a creditor nation," he said to-
day In an interview. "The only way
foreign nations can pay us is
through goods shipped into this
country in competition with our own
Engineer.
nesday morning, Ben Lafayette,
! chairman, said. However, tho meet-
Inn be held ' ixl closed doors I
and no one but members of the com- six months ago when sugar prices
mlttee or holders of proxies will bo I were soaring.
I admitted. "The knibllc generally does not
| It is thought that Lafayette will realize "that all of the best box
be asked to resign bis position for chocolate candy baa to age before it
jthe good of the party, as It Is not is good," said Levy. "All good box
thought he can units it for the pom- candy is about nix months old. „ ... .
ing campaign. However, If Lafay- Fresh candy Is harmful to the manufactures and the °"iy way. h
ette does not feel like resigning there stomach and not so tasty as that can meet this situation is to esiao-
Iwlll be little chance of ousting him. which has been 'aged In tho box.'" lish a merchant marine tnat not >
'as he will have at least a score of Candy for the kiddles -jelly beans, can handle our own exports out en-
creams, hard tack, lollipops and the able us to engage In the thing mat
w ill retail one-third cheaper, j made Great Britain a great nmyl"
according to Levy. The sweets I time nation -trans-shipment or tne
munched by childreV and the grown- goods of other nations.'
tips whose teeth will permit, will sell I — "
at from 30 to 36 cents a pound lower U A RV ARH LADS AT MANY
than last year. The same grade last MAKF TUITION
year brought around 60 cents. JOBb I U MAI\L I Ul I IUIM
Levy declared the price of candy
has beon gradually receding with
sugar, but the price is still from two
to three times greater than before
America Joined tho war. Greater de-
clines have not taken place because
the sugar price is not back to pre-
war levels and labor Is still more
costly, he said.
In
the first issue of a multlgraph re- j
port called "Open Shop News."
It urges those for whom the report
was written, to patronize only those
merchants who are members of the
open shop division, and to "make
sure before you buy."
J. Luther Langston, of the execu-
tive committee of labor's council of
Iaction, said upon reading the paper:
| "We will make sure before we
buy. We heartily thank the open
shoppers for their advice."
STUDENTS PARADE CITY
Students of the Central high school
are to parade from the high school
to the fair grounds at 3 o'clock j
Thursday afternoon to advertise the
Oklahoma City and Norman football
game. The high school band and
automobiles decorated in red and
black were to head the parade.
proxies In his pocket, which he can
I vote any way he pleases.
Frisco Northbound Will Pull
Out as Usual, With Binklcy tho committee, providing he Is giv-
en a voice In the naming of his suc-
cessor. Ed M. Semans, who was
. . # .... . .chairman of the Oklahoma county
It may pay to bo a faithful ™- ,JaUon thn onl mBn who
Ploye, even in other than a monetary ;^ b<len K,nerauy nam(>(i na iUc-
J. W. Blnkley, the engineer who C68"01 •
pulls the throttle on tho fast Frisco _ _
north out of Oklahoma City, was NO TRACE IS FOUND OF
called for Jury duty in county court pAMi n OAKPflRn WHO
Wednesday. He explained to Judge! «AUL U. u«f\ru nu, vvnu .
W. R. Taylor that it would take a
special permit from the president of
the railroad for him to be released
from duty.
IS MISSING SINCE JULY
No trace has beon found of Paul
^ iD- Oakford, 18-year-old son of Dr.
He said that he had driven the , ^ ^ jj ^ Oakford of this city, who
first Frisco train that entered Okla- d( ert ln ju,y wh„n be w(mt
homa City, 22 year* ago, and that|t0 Kungcr T„fla, t0 work. Police
he had been an engineer for the road d T officers have failed to
32 years. He could retire today and ,ti,n lft_
receive $100 a month pension, but pnu, lm(, bTeen workln|! HanKer
he likes his work. He says he will fnr m(,r tw0 year> when he came
retains biH , hack to Oklahoma City ln July to
never retire while be
health.
The only accident he was ever In,
he said, was a wreck near Wheeler
park In 1905. His fireman was killed
In the accident, and Blnkley has
clippings from several papors in
which his name 1m included In the
list of the dead.
He was relieved from Jury duty on
the condition that he would arrange
to be off duty when the January
term of court convenes.
"HELP THE •OPEN SHOP"
The open shoppers want men and
women of Oklahoma City to patron-
ize the Big Four Ice company, ac-
cording to their multlgraph report,
"Open Shop News."
This establishment is one of the
blggeat backers of the chamber of j When patronizing advertisers, say
comfherce drive on organized labor. 1 you saw It In the Leader.
CAMERON
AUTO MARKET
11« West Fourth Street
1 Keen Oakland 6 Touring
Car
$575
1 Buick ft Touring, good
condition
$675
1 Studebaker G Touring,
fine shape
$500
2 Ford Delivery, ready to
drive away
$200
You May Win a
Friend and Make
an Enemy—
and—like the false logician, prove that a dog
has no tail—by making unattainable promises
—but you can't build a business that way.
The base must be more than mere theory—
the ideal high. Where co-operation and social
service are wedded harmony and efficiency
are born.
More than fifteen thousand people have put
their money and co-operative effort into this
institution to the end that out of it shall come
that kind of service which profits both those
who receive and those who render ithe service.
Our Commercial Job
Printing Department
is the child of that same spirit—an extension
of that service in the printing industry. More
than fifteen thousand people invite you to
participate in its benefits. It's the biggest
family in tha printing game. Let us figure
with you on that next job. Send for the
estimator.
Leader Printing Department
Phone Maple 7600
17 West Third St.
Oklahoma City
EXPORT
UP
found ln Wheeling, W. Ya.,
Ing to information received by the
police today. Detectives have left
for that place. The murderers aro
believed to have escaped in the ma-
chine.
The woman believed by the police
ain to* take him to I to have some connection with the
No other word has been automobile party which preceded
received from Win. l'lerces death, wa taken Into cus-
The missing youth is 18 years old. 1 tody an a witness early today but
has brown hair and blue eyes. Is five was later re eased on her Promise to
reft four Inches tall and weighs remain within call. Two other worn-
bKi111, 1KA nn..r,^a on and a man known as the little
about 150 pounds. peacock," were questioned at the
same time.
The police here now express the
belief that the man who beat Pierce
to death with a wrench is a former
j pugilist residing in New Jersey.
WOMEN QUESTIONED
ON BRUTAL MURDER
PHILADELPHIA. Pa., Nov. 24.—
The automobile stolen from Henry
T. Pierce, slain business man^waa Yi'ou'i yVar The total amount earned
CAMBRIDGE, Mass , Nov. 24.—The
report of tho Harvard University
students' employment bureau shows
that Harvard men earning, or help-
Ing to earn, the money to pay their
way through college, are working as
carpenters, clerks, reporters, ushers,
ticket-sellers, monitors, proctors,
night watchmen, choremen. tutors,
salesmen, librarians, waiters, and
stenographers.
The employment bureau has made
public its report for last year when
Harvard men who secured positions
through the bureau earned $77,000,
an increase of $16,000 over the pre-
I "lit iv ui uniiiuuuin * i. <•>'
I see his mother after havlhg paid his
fiancee a visit ln Tulsa. This is the
last time he has been seen. A letter
from Fort Worth was received by
his mother stating that ho was watt-
ing for
Ranger.
LEAGUE COMMISSION
PLEADS WITH POLES AND
LITHUANIANS TO STOP
j pugilist residing in
by students securing employment
through the bureau and those who
found positions from other sources
was estimated at $150,000.
Applications for positions this
year have shown a marked increase.
This is attributed in part to the ef-
fects of the war and its lessons ln
the value of education.
ALLEGED KILLER FORCED
DEXTER TO DRIVE CAR
Questioned as to why he drove
George ('. Wills, alleged slayer of
Klrby Frans, prolllblUon officer, to
Tulsa on the night of Ihe killing,
Dun Dexter, brother-in-law of Wills,
I LONDON, Nov. Stationed in
1 No Man's I .and with a telephone
! leading to both Polish and I.itbuan-
1 Ian headquarters, league of nations
Begin Organizing Oklahoma apparently pleaded
_ with thr* nnnrm
Division of Company to
Finance Buyers.
LEGAL ADVICE
Organization of the Oklahoma di-
vision of the export corporation of
southern bankers, a concern which
will have a capital of between six
and twelve million dollars and is to
finance fqVeign buyers of cotton, w
Expense Resulted from
Friendly Suit to Test the
Trustees' Power.
with the opposing leaders to end the
fighting, according to a dispatch re-
ceived here today.
Tho commission talked first with
the Polish and then the Lithuanian
troops, pleading that the league s re-
quest for an armistice be heeded.
Then they threatened punishment by
the league.
fllX.^Spmns* Zlll ""I.hall Field cost 11,000.000 eK
begun at a meeting of seveuty-flve to be progressing
bankers Wednesday. D. N. Fink, of that tho fighting continued with un
Muskogee, who was appointed by the | abated fury.
corporation to organize the Okla-
homa branch, presided. , TEXAS INAUGURAL BALL
Fink explained, was a enable the for- ELIMINATED THIS YEAR
eign spinner to get In touch with
American growers who have short AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. M I'or Ihe
staple cotton. American mills will j first time in Texas history, the ln-
not touch short staple cotton, and augural ball will be eliminated from whethl>r thp , f Hpnrv n
since the exchange rate in Europe ceremonies when Pat M. Neff takes : ,.X ,he tnirt provSlons The
hu been shattered the product has!"""' «"v,rnor of this I,m,R* provisions. The
not been marketed. , state next January.
The American Cotton Growers' as-' N®fT who is a prominent Baptist,
sociation is expected to help the J reQue ted eHmlnatlon^of«the^ball
bankers' association in marketing of
the short staple cotton. Only towns
stated Tuesday night to Noble coun-
ty officials that he was forced to do
so by threats made by Wills.
According to Dexter, he drove
Mil I lANI Wills to the city limits or Tulsa.
V/V/O 1 ItIILiLIUII where he got out of the car and dis-
appeared.
I While Dexter is not under arrest,
a check Is being made on his state-
ments. He is staying at the home of
his sister, who is the wife of the man
wanted for the murder of Frans.
Circulars giving the description,
CHICAGO, Nov. 24 Legal inter-
i pretatlon of the will of tho lato Mar-
w mm I "h*!! Field cost $1,000,000 exclusive
It was also stated i of the oxp,nse '"anaglng the huge
It was also staiea trust [und3 rr(,ntod
Judge Charles M. Foell of the su-
perior court, who construed the will,
Issued an order allowing attorney
fees of $960,000 and court costs of
$40,000.
The expense resulted from a
friendly suit brought by Captain
Marshall Held III, against tho trus-
tees of the 'estate to ascertain
leld
es-
was valued at two hundred mil-
lion dollars. Judiee Foell's decision
recently sustained the trustees.
Things
Should Know
not make a summer.—One issue with a fair measure of advertising
make a self-sustaining: paper.
photograph and reward for Wills'
arrest hnve been sent to many states
by the sheriff of Noble county.
An informal reception In the Texas ,
: capitol on tho night of Inauguration
of over 5,000 in the cotton belt were ! wM1 be 'h* "nl>' lt
asked to send representatives to the'*"8 announced.
meeting Wednesday.
Robert Maddox and Haines Mc-
Fadden, prominent Atlanta hankers,
are the prime movers in the or
Ionization. Maddox explained the ob-
jects of the movement at the na-
0KLAH0MA BLACKIE GOES
TO DEWEY FOR BURIAL
NO MAIL DELIVERY
The Oklahoma City postoffice will
be closed all day Thursday and no
mail will be delivered by carriers,
with tho exception of special deliv-
eries which will be made from 7 a.
m. to 11 p. m.
"Ill OHGANUEK VETERANS.
BRATTLE, Nov. 24.- Marvin Gates j
Sperry, national president of tho
DEWEY, Nov. 24 After having
, .led A most remarkable life as a bank
tional convention of the American robber, the body of Henry Ketter-
Bankers fijuociation at \\ ashington J man, alias Oklahoma Blackie, was
October 22 and at the meeting of wrought here by relatives for burial
cotton planters at New Orleans No- hn hj8 old home town. He was shot | Private Soldiers and Sailors' Legion,
vember 6. Maddox and McFadden 1 uy a posse near Colorado Springs, on , w 111 arrive in Seattle early in De-
fers expected to be president and sec- October 26 He was being pursued, cumber on an organizing tour. The
retary of the association. rharged with robbing a bank, when legion has n large following in the
i* Ink said that Oklahoma bankers he was shot. He served a term In , state of Washington. Ita record fot ,
would be expected to subscribe to the state penitentiary for robbing a j co-operation with the workers is ex- When patronizing advertisers, say
half a million dollars of the stock, jhank at Wynona, in Osage couuij. 'cellent in the state you saw it ln the Leader.
Announcement
I have purchased the Doctor
Starkey offices and will be
permanently located at this
place. I cordially Invite all
old and new patients to come
up and seo me. All persons
holding paid up adjustments
of Dr. Starkey will find them
still good at the same place.
Correspondence answered
promptly. •
DR. G.B. SKAGGS
CHIROPRACTOR
ltath.s in Connection
I ad) Attendant
Office Phone 1345
Residence Phone 1423-J
122H North Independence
(Over Royal Theater)
llnid, Oklahoma
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