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Thin association of poverty with progress *•
the creat enigma of our tint*. It la the cen-
tral fact from which sprint; industrial, social
and political difticultie* that perplex the world,
and with which statesmanshipand philanthropy
and education grapple In tain*— Henry (ieorge.
Oklahoma Leader
Full Leased Wire Vnlttd Press Report—Member Federated Press.
FIRST EDITION
Vol. 1—No. 92
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, luESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1920
PRICE, THREE CENTS
UNEMPLOYMENT IS SWEEPING MIDDLE WEST
Arrested in Murder
Case.
poison, NOT
KILLED, Mil
Husband of Prisoner Denies
Shepard Was Mur-
dered.
MACON, Ga.. Nov. 30.—(By U. P.)
—With further arrests in connection
with the alleged murder of Fred D.
Shepard. wealthy peach grower, ex-
pected hourly, the cane became more
complicated today with the declara-
tion of Dr. F. Eugene Elmer, hus-
band of ono of the four prisoners,
that Shepard hail been poisoned.
"When the truth is known, every-
body will be utterly astounded," El-
mer stated. "Developments will como
within a week which will shock all
because of Its diabolical nature.
Shepard was poisoned. Not for one
minute would 1 doubt the words of
the two Atlnflta experts, but my wife
Is absolutely unconnected with the
plot, for I know the full story."
Mrs. Anna Cutts, wife of Aldridge
' Cutts, prominent attorney of Fitz-
gerald, Ga., the fourth to be arrest-
ed in connection with Shepard's
death, was lodged lit the Bibb county
jail here last night.
Hearing of argument in the peti-'
tions for bail for Mrs. Elmer, for-
mer wife of Shepard; Mrs. lone
Henry, Henry, Mrs. Elmer's sister,
and Ernest Hopson, Mrs. Elmer's
son by her first husband, will be
December 7.
Meanwhile Solicitor Gen. Charles
A. Garret, in charge of the state's
case, remained silent as to what evi-
dence he has against the four prison-
's.
Strong opposition will be made
granting ball for either of the four
prisoners, Garrett announced.
Indications were that the defense,
would make a four-cornered fight,
separate counsel being engaged for
each prisoner.
The arrest of Mrs. Cutts was sur-
rounded with mystery, as was the ar-
rest of Mrs. Elmer, Mrs. Henry and
Hopson, Saturday night.
i *uZH-wUTU?
TRAIN CRUSHES
IK
Stores Love a Lover Because lVULLIONS FOR
He Bvys His Gifts Earliest 0,L TRUST MEN
. . n-:- «nes who start to shop weeks before
Chicago s "Merchant Prin-1christm™.
cess" Says Last-Minute i Mn. Newbury ■ « Children, as a
_. J r> i || 4! class, attach great sentiment to
Shoppers Buy as Duty. Not
each mite they spend for gifts, and
Standard Oil Will Pay One-
half for Employes' Stock,
It Announces.
Pleasure.
I • . ■■ 1/ o t TCHICAGO, Nov. 30.-—(By I . I®.)—■
AutO 011 M. • • D Merry Christmas means very little to
Had Lights uut, bays rab- th08e wh0 rUBh through the 8tores
senger Engineer. wjth a list in their hands on the day
before December 25, in a frantic ef-
EUFAULA, Nov 30- I iye D** fort to buy presents, Mrs. Mollle
sons four men and one woman, are
dead as the result of an M. K. & T. Matcher Newbury, Chicago s "mer-
train crashing into an automobile , chant princess" and owner of the
that had been stalled on the tracks BQHton Store, said fn an interview to-
thlrteen miles north from here. The
five who had remaiued seated in th^
crushed almost beyond
CHICAGO. Nov. 30.—Employes of
are always among the earliest I the Standard Oil company of Indiana
shoppers. The little ones are quite I will cut a $12,600,000 'melon" this
fastidious in their selection of pres- Christmas, according to plans of the
ents. she said, and are usually not officials of the company, made public
satisfied until they have seen the here today.
whole stock. j The plan provides each employe
Useful gifts and not meaningless , who has been In the company's aerv-
flub-dubs, and nicknacks are being I ice one year may subscribe for stock
bought to a greater extent this year j in an amount equal to his annual
than ever before, she states. The salary, the company to pay for half
the
car were
, recognition.
In explanation of the horrible ac-
cident. th« engineer of passenger
i train No. 3 stated that the lights of
' th<* automobile were out and that he
Marie Williams, also known as |ft^°™°t,„atlon of an ImpendlnK
Marie Steel, who was arrested with .||.,.,er until lie heard the screams
her companion, Peter Treaflway, in disaster woman It was too
Wheeling. W. Va.. in connection with of the men and wowin. It was too
the slaying of Henry T. Plerco. j late then, he declared. ^ .
wealthy Philadelphia merchant. The JtJ f o wptp crushed Ralph
girl and her companion, ac- four of the me were crushed^ Ra pn
cording to the police, both admit be- Allen, the r <'r " . 8nark 0r life
ins in the Pierce apartment when hired man had still a spark of Mre
the crime was committed, but say ' In him but by^th. tlm, th. tram
that the slaying was clone by two ! crew rushed him to Eufaula, he,
men who Interrupted a drinking j was dead.
party In the apartment.
BRITAIN FEARS
A GUY FAWKES
depressing will not slacken
Christmas rush, she declared.
"The day when the Slaughter of
d v ! the house received a present and af-
. , . . . .. I ter calling a family council decided
Those, who wish to remember the, lt was e|ther a can<llei,ttck or a
ones they love, do their shopping j sKillet and then used It for a paper
early because they wish to select I weight, has passed." Mrs. Newbury
the best." said Mrs. Newbury. "There I said.
Is very little sentiment attached to "Utilitarian gifts prevail."
the gifts of the last-minute pur- Stores are offering almost ex-
chaser. Those who storm the count-! clusively this year toys made in
era on Christmas Eve are usually I America, said Mrs. Newbury, be-
those buying presents for some one cause the public has learned to fa-
they are under business or personal i vor the strong substantial domestic
obligations to. Department stores j playthings to the frail toys that were
love a lover because they are the i imported from Germany and Japan.
Police Arrest Sinn Fein
Organizer While
in Bed.
Ride Through Famous Blue
Mountains Scheduled for
President-elect.
ABOARD STEAMSHIP PASTO-
RES, Nov. 30.—(By U. P.)—(By
Wireless.) - President-elect Harding
was to spend the day in Jamaica,
most of the time riding through the
famous blue mountains.
H$ w«*s to havo breAfaat with
General Probyn, governor of the
Island, who later expected to escort
the Harding party over the beauti-
c ,ful mountain roads to Port Antonio
Officials Work Behind Screen
en the northern rim of the island,
nf filinrrls In Fpar of Irish- ! The vacation party encountered
0! uuaras m rear mod,ra)(, seas yesterday and las,
HOniD rlul. night. Many of the party succumbed
| to sickness, but the president-elect
I.ONDON. Nov. 30.—(By U. P.)— entertained himself with the ustyil
British officialdom moved today in I dcck 5p0rts.
fear a second Guy Fawkes might at-|
tempt to blow up the house of par 11a- |^||_L|[\|G OF NEGROES
While government offices func- PROTESTED BY BODY
tioned as usual, the work was trans-
acted behind a screen of guards and j Bv Federated Press..
only In the presence of persons who I NEW YOHK. Nov. ^9.—The Na-
had proven their identity and their j tional Association for the Advance-
luvalty to the government. jtnent of Colored People has written
'in the houses of parliament, many a letter to Attorney General Palmer
plalnclothesmen circulated with the | calling for a federal investigation of
crowds They were expert marks- the killing of between 30 and 60 ne
men ready for action. These sentries ! groes In Florida election riots and
unied every point of vantage in the statewide terrorliatlon of col
The otherB who died are:
W. M. KNIGHT, a farmer of
Brushlll, Okla.
MRS. W. M. KNIGHT, his wife.
TOMMY AND HESTER
KNIGHT, their eons.
It Is stated that the family had
been attending court at Eufaula and
were returning home when their au-
tomobile got stalled on the railroad
tracks,
'WHITE SLAVE'
TAKES POISON
Chief Witness Against Man
Held In City Dies In Wash-
ington County.
Goldie Harrell, 16 years old. chief
witness in a white slavery case In
which John F. ( handler l> defendant,
took poison at Canute. Washington
county, November 24, and died soon
a This was learned Tuesday at the
offlce of United States district attor-
nPThe girl had made a deposition in
which she told the story of how she
wrote letters to Chandler during the
war when be was confined In a hos-
pital at Palo Alto, Cal.. and how this
acquaintance was made through a
mutual girl friend.
She left for California on July
IRISH TOWN CLARA HAM0N
IS IN RUINS HUNT SPREADS
Smouldering Embers Marked Ardmore Police Have "Tip"
Funeral Rites of Slain She Gets Mail at Post
Police. j Falls, Idaho.
DUBLIN, Nov. 30.—Smouldering j ARDMORE, Okla., Nov. 30.—(By
ruins in the neighborhood of Mac- U. P.)—A mysterious tip that Clara
room today marked the funeral rites | Smith Hamon, wanted for the shoot-
of sixteen police murdered in am- tng of Jake L. Hamon. was believed
bush last Sunday night. to be getting her mail at Post Falls.
Word here was that Sir Hamar j Idaho, gave new life to the country-
Greenwood, chief secretary for Ire- "«&" «
of the stock. The employe will be
allowed to make his payments at
the rate of 20 per cent for five years
The annual payroll amounts to
$26,000,000 and If all employes were
to take advantage of the offer it
would cost the company $12,f 00,00o.
The plans. It was believed, will
be adopted by all Standard Oil co«-
pani | which have In the aggregate
250,000 employes.
TWO TULSA BANKS
IN CONSOLIDATION
TULSA. Nov. 30.—At a joint meet-
ing of the boards of directors of the
First National and Union National
banks of this city, it was voted that
the two institutions be merged. The
new bank will be known as the First
National. Orant R. MeCullough,! charges were made against him. He
president of the latter institution for was taken away In a motor lorry to
many years, was unanimously elect- n destination which was not made
ed to head the banks consolidation, publli
The new bank's capital will be
$1,000,000 and Its surplus $450,000.
land, did not propose to check the
police too severely In punishing 8inn
Femers Tor the ambuscade.
Reports of ambush today said that
from eighty to 100 men securely hid-
den. poured a solid leaden fire into
the lorries.
The round-up of Sinn Fein lead-
ers continued uninterrupted today.
Activity here was marked last night
by raids on the newspapers as well
as the Sinn Fein bank.
Arthur Griffith. M. P.. organizer of
the Sinn Fein, and acting president
of the Irish republic In the absence
of Eamonn l)e Valera. who has been
arrested by Black and Tan police. Ac-
cording to cable dispatches Mr. Grif-
fith was arrested at his home at 2
while in bed. No formal
ES DECLINE
ALL TRADES
10 P. C. of Steel Workers
Thrown Out—Farm Situa-
tion Not Relieved — Auto
Factories Closing.
! CHICAGO. Nov. 30.—(By U. P.> —
|Unemployment has increased steadily
i in the mid-west during the last
month, while the volume of business
I load* the seventh federal re-
serve bank of Chicago reported to-
day In a survey of conditions In Illi-
nois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan
and Missouri, and parts of Kansas
and Nebraska.
While men are more plentiful than
Jobs, the report stated, the amount
of Idleness Is no greater at present
than at this period in the winter of
1H14.
Ten per cent of the men employed
In the steel plants have been thrown
Into idleness, the report found. "The
labor scarcity in the steel districts
of a few months ago has vanlshMl.
flip l-pniirl udIH "n nil fnavi n i-n • Tl.«
MS
IB) NOTE
voters, reported by the association's
investigators.
Co-operation is offered at the de-
partment of Justice for an immediate
occupied every point
all government buildings, particular-
ly the houses of parliament. They
were ordered to shoot to kill if any
"Member of" parliament known to Inquiry Into"the "atrocltleecommlt-
lean toward the Sinn Fein were
warned by outsiders to remain away
from the buildings. This was taken
by many to mean that a Guy Fawkes |
plot was hatching.
The warning was disregarded by
all Sinn Fein sympathizers. They
took part in the sessions as usual
and without a sign of nervousness.
The Liverpool fires and the threat
of incendiarism in London was re-
flected today in a great rush for fire
insurance. Lloyds reported an un-
precedented demand for policies.
OKLAHOMA CITY IS 18TH
IN AUTO ACCIDENT LIST
Oklahoma City ranks eighteenth in
thirty-eight American cities, accord-
ing to a comparative table of auto-
mobile accidents published by an in-
surance magazine. The table shows
that accidents here have increased
more than 100 per cent since 1915.
The table shows that steam and
electric railway accidents have de-
creased since 1916, but that the In-
crease in automobile accidents has
more than made up the drop. Only
one city, New Bedford, Mass., shows
a decrease for the period.
RUSSIAN DELEGATES
ARE DELAYING PEACE
WARSAW. Nov. 30.—The Russian
delegates at Riga are delaying the
signing of peace agreements, the Pol-
ish go/eminent charged today in a
wireless message to the soviet gov-
ernment.
Gong iover the heads of the Rus-
sian peace delegates, Polish officials
proposed directly to the government
that a date be set for the signing of
a permanent peace and that the two
nations begin discussion of military
guarantees.
DETROIT, Mich.. Nov. 29.—"A
great deal of the present dislocation
of business is due to a process of
•weeding out' through which men not
producing up to the standard are
ted at Ococo and the terrorizntion of
colored voters by the Ku Klux Klan
in Florida and other states and of
frauds and illegalities, including de-
nial of the right to register prac-
ticed In Florida, Alabama, Georgia
and other states upon colored
voters."
Women Play Golf in
Breeches.
MOVIES AND AUTOS
RESPONSIBLE FOR
CRIME WAVE IN U. S.?
DENVER, VoU Not. 30 -Hovies
and autos are largely responsible for
the nation-wide crime wave which Is
sweeping the country, according to
William A. Pinkerton, head of the
and, according to the deposition. | Pinkerton detective agency,
bad immoral relatipns with Chandler "The showing of pictures of crint-
at a San Francisco hotel. This depo- jna 1 acts promotes criminality/* he
sitlon cannot be used in the trial. It declared. "Such pictures should he
Is said. prohibited."
Chandler was indicted by a fed- • Most of the crimes committed to-
eral grand jury on September 19, an(j vounp- hoys, Plnkiiton said.
and was later removed to this city
for trial.
Officials immediately got busy in
an attempt %o confirm the informa-
tion. Belief here was that if the
woman is located, the charge of
"shooting with intent to kill"
be changed to "murder," which is
extraditable.
ARDMORE, Okla., Nov. 30.—Clara
Smith Hamon has vanished.*
Trail of the woman who fled ahort-
ly before she was charged with
■hooting Jake L. Hamon apparently
has grown "cold."
If County Attorney Brown has ang
real clews as to her whereabouts, he
has not revealed them.
CHEROKEE INDIANS
SMALLPOX VICTIMS
and men are at the
employment every
MAN. CONVICTED AS A
COUNTERFEITER IN OHIO
WAS ONCE IN JAIL HERE
ENID. Okla., Nov. 30.—Martin
Hammond, held in Cincinnati on a
charge of counterfeiting $3,000 In ten
dollar bills, was formerly a mechanic Neutral StatGS WlthOUt Mcin-
• t a hardware and implement store rlofnripQ AflTPP With U S
here. He was sentenced to five years uaiOriBbHyiCB Wf lUl u. o
In the penitentiary here six years SCCretary S VieW.
ago on the same charge by District j
Judge J. B. Cullson when found ! GENEVA. Nov. 30.—(By U. P.) —
guilty here of having counterfeited j America's voice was heard in th *
$40 or $50 in currency. league of nations assembly today
when Secretary Colby's Mesopotam-
ia!! note to Great Britain caused
wide comment.
The secretary's note, demanding
recognition of the commercial rights
of other countries In the mandate
territory was greeted warmly by
neutral states without mandatories.
It was declared the American notte
?^%,^oTorth7".".oe'aMon ha.l added strength to the delegate,
the directors of the association ae(,k|nf, ,,(r (h(, of the
Full-blooded Cherokee Indiana are
reported to be the victims of a small-
pox epidemic. The epidemic, con-
fined thus far to Cherokee county,
has been reported to Dr. A. R. Lewis,
state health commissioner, by Dr. W.
G. Blake of Tahlequah and the ac-
PLAN $350,000 DRIVE
FOR Y. W. C. A. BUILDING
Steps toward securing a suitable
location for a Y. W. C. A. here will
be taken at once. It was decided at a
meeting of prominent business men
with
Monday nlcht. The campaign for. rouncll th„ d,stribUtlon
the report said, '
gates seeking
morning."
Those engaged in building lines
estimated that 60 per cent of the men
are out of work.
Farm Situation Unrelieved.
"Workmen who we#e attracted to
the industrial centers in the alloca-
tion of labor are now returning to
their former homes." the report
stated, "but so far the return flow
has not relieved the situation on
farms where wages approximating
war-time figures are being paid corn
buskers."
The survey finds that In some
basic industries little complaint is
heard of unemployment. The Chi-
cago stock yards was found operat-
ing with normal forces.
"Speaking generally." the state-
ment said, "wages have not been
changed materially. Here and there
concessions have been made in order
that total unemployment may be
avoided."
Railroad shop forces were being
ciutatled. the investigation showed,
"l^t this is manifesting itself more
particularly among large trunk lines
leading to the eastward."
The report emphasized that tha.
let-down in business activity in the
mid-west appeared to be less than
is being experienced In tile eust.
Discussing business conditions in
the seventh district's territory, the
survey declared! "Uncertainty al-
most completely dominates business
calculations. Distinctly uneven lines
!ta5r°;0beforr. M:rchU".dln.^.Wl!! ™ I I «re factors lu
decided. It was beuived certain the man-, r<tahrdlnK activities."
The new'building will house the I date Q1ieRtlon would be considered In Lj^e ^casaion In prices which has
cafeteria, and will contain every con-1 . w today although it may! ®1*veady manifested itself in food-
venience for the working girl who . (lelav(M, other matters expected | fjf f and textiles is reported tend-
looks to it for her amusement. A to arise soon are the Armenian situ- j ,ur-
. campaign for funds to erect a Y. W ation ftn,j tho admission oKthe pY but there are industries
count has been relayed to the fed- C. A. building had been decided upon former triple alliance powers have experienced little, If any,
eral Indian superintendent at Mus- when war was declared, and it had, .readjustments,"
1 ^ o^ee-.
i to be postponed.
CHICAGO'S VACANT LOTS
UTILIZED FOR SKATING
CHICAGO, Nov. 30.—cVacant lots
throughout Chicago are to be util-
ised for ice skating this winter, ac-
cording to plans of Mayor Thomp-
son, who wants to send a team of
Howat Spurns Offer Made
To Him By Coal Operators
*—;—si SI
mine owners and their henchmeu for
Dvui v ' . i . * p. * , . . , | . i | ( uiiiic uTfurm nuu turn urut uuirii it'i
sixty boys to New York to compete president OT UlStriCt NO. 14- ISino other reason than he has repre-
Now a Candidate for Vice ,s;"IlU'(l the "J"he,s "f n,e" *h0
r • I . , *. .• i n i have repeatedly elected him. He has
President Ot National body been accused of being a dangerous
against Gotham's crack blade
perts.
Thompson said he understood
Mayor Hylan of New York would ac- j
cept a challenge on behalf of New |
York school boys.
and Has Solid Backing Of i agitator and a labor leader who
• I . , u. niclrin* called strikes without provocation
UniOn in MIS UlSiriCl. and wlthodt reason. The truth is his
relationship of employer and em-
ploye, creating 4 court composed of
the governor's appointees, to fix
wages and conditions, instituting a
form of involuntary servitude not
only for coal miners, but for all oth-
er workers employed by public serv-
frlends say. that he has never called ice corporations. It was a blow out
KANSAS CITY SIXTH Few people are buying autos and
IN POSTAL RECEIPTS With the exception of some of the
larger manufacturers, automobile
KANSAS CITY Mo., Nov. 30.- j plantH are either closed or operating
Kansas' City now ranks sixth city In ! on such a small scale that their pro-
postal receipts, according to postal auction is less than 20 J>er cent nor-
statlBtlcs for the fiscal year ending mu'- „ . ,
June 30, 1920. The year before, Kan- 1 ' «r Shortage Reduced.
saH City ranked eighth. New York. Railroads are buying little rolling
Chicago. Philadelphia, Boston and.*1"™, although the purchasing: of
St. I^uis ranked above Kansas City J"al,s continues. The car loadings
tempted to destroy the contractural jn the order named. have eased up since the middle of
Kansas City receipts for th<
year were $6.036,464.
Statue Honors (iold
Star Mothers.
PIPE LINE WORKERS 1 PITTSBURG, Kan., Nov. 30.—'The I a strike which was not authorized I of the dark and since that time How-
□ IIPMT IN PYPI n^inw frlen<^3 8nd admirers of Alexander I by the men concerned, and that ther«' at and his friends have been fighting
DUiiIM I IIM uArLUOlUlv Howat, the president of the miners' 1 has never been a cessation of work for the right to maintain au organ-
! union of the Kansas district, who is; in any mine without good and auffl- ization which might have something
OKMULGEE, Okla., Nov. 30.— u candidate for international vlceicient cause, and the greater number to say respecting wages and condl-
Three pipe line Workmen were seri- | president, are flooding the district, of strikes have been due to the re- 1 tions. .
ously burned while working in a office here with letters and tele-
meter house here. The clothing of grams from every mining state In the
the victims, Bert Davis, A. E. De- , union assuring him of their deep
vail and J. E. Hale, caught fire when interest in his race, pledging him
one of them struck a match to light their most active and enthusiastic
a clgaret. The room being filled support of his candidacy and even
with gas. an explosion followed. W ith Congratulating him upon his election
their clothing almost burned from ; whlch cannot take place until De-
tbeir bodies, the three men were ,.ember 2.
taken to Okmulgee and given mej)i- Whoever knows Howat personally,
cal treatment.
Mrs. R. E. Carlson, prominent so-
cially in Washington, created a mild
sensation when she appeared on the
golf links of the Washington Golf
gradually being eliminated," H. B.J and Country club wearing knicker-
Warner, secretary of the Detroit I bock era. Mrs. Carlson is the first
board of commerce, said in an inter- woman at the capital to don "knick-
view on the acute unemployment alt- era" and declared there is nothing!
uation here. This will continue until like them when it comes to hiking
normal conditions are reached." miles over the rough hilly link* 4
AMONG THE
"DIZZIES"
1DARKL, Okla. — 51 on shiners
faced a boycot here today. Fifty
Mleadlug citizens,** meeting with
County Attorney Wilkinson,
signed a pledge not to buy any
more "white mule.**
HOUSTON, Texas. — Judge
Montieth refuses to niak<> Hous-
ton the Reno of the sonth. He
issued orders no dlTorcen will
be granted unless witnesses
proTc the allegations of the di-
vorce seeker.
NEW YORK—James P. Kelly,
72, wealthy rancher who travel-
ed from Argentina to Boston,
Just to vote for Harding, is
bound for South America and
hopes to exchange wireless
greetings with the president-
elect.
CLEVELAND, Ohio—It looked
like a riot until the pollco found
that the several hnndred persons
were applying at the eltj hall for
Ikrec jobs of wlihL; testers*
fusal of mine owners to live up to In discussion* of the Allen Indus-
the terms of the wage contracts, or trial court law, which have taken !
refusal to .abide by decisions given1 place all over the United States, the!
by arbitration boards. - name of Alexander Howat has been
Attempt to Ruin Howat; prominently mentioned, and then«-
The mine owners tried to ruin discussions, both upon the platform
Howat in 1312 when they organized and in the columns of hundreds of
a conspiracy to try to show that he j newspapers, have given him a lars '
had extorted money from them be- amount of advertising, and the laboi
. fore signing contracts. After a long world and especially the miner-:,
or is acquainted with his record in | course of exciting litigation in which know that there is merit in a man
Ihe labor movement, Is likely to en-ithe Operators' association spent who Is sufficiently powerful to at-
tertain Just such feelings of interest j money lavishly to make good their tract the fire and opposition of the j
as the letters and telegrams indl- charges, he was thoroughly and com- influences which have sought his de
cate, for his career as a labor leader jpletely vindicated. While under this struction.
has been a long and strenuous one. cloud, loaded with undeserved cal-1 Howat Vindicated by Court*,
every moment of which has been umny. he returned to the pick and 1 After Howat had been vindicated
filled with aggressive work for the j was digging coal along with the men j by the courts and his name cleared j
jmen of his craft. he was charged with betraying. He of the charges made and it became.!
llowaUs District One County. was recalled to office, elected by an apparent that he was sure of re- ,
Howat's district, the Kansas coal (overwhelming majority, and In the election as the head of the Kansas
field, is all located in one county. Hast election was nominated by every miners, the mine owners offered him
Every coal camp or mining town is j local union In his district. The large the position of commissioner t< r 1
'connected with Plttabur« by elec-:number of nominations received for their organization, tendering him a
' iric railway. You can leave district ivice president was very flattering. salary of $6,000 per year with an ex- I
headquarters and reach the furtheet After whipping the coal operators, pense account open at both ends,
imine within thirty minutes. There 1 compelling them to obey the laws When he declined this generous of-
l is a constant stream of men from and follow the terms of the wage fer, they told him that he could ha\ •
every part of the district pouring ' contracts atyl awards. Howat en- it Rix months* vacation each year at
'in and out of the district office. Dis- .countered th* anti-union enemy in the expense of the mine owners. He
trict officials are iu constant and in- new form. While he was protecting declined that They then offered to
timate touch witty the entire mem- his men from the arrogance of the let Wm name his own salary when
bership comprising 13,000 men. No j mine owners, they were arraying the Howat informed them that they
district president knows his men as !farmers against him. They filled the 'didn't have enough money to buy
well as Howat does. The rank and 1 farm papers and the dally press with him."'
| file know Howat better than any j every character of falsehood and mis All of which accounts for the flood
;other district president is known. It representation. Howat knew that the of telegrams which are coming from
is a question of geography, and this miners knew that all the charges all over the United States from min-
is why the Kansas miners are How- ! made by these papers were false and : ers who know him and from thoso
at men. They know him. If men j paid no attention to them, but it was who have heard of him.
are to be judged by what those near-! not long before their purpose was
est him say about him, Howat is slg- plain.' CONCORDIA, Kan.. Nov. 10.—-J
nally distinguished. Opposed Industrial Court. Snow and ico carried down man*
Howat Persecuted. A governor, hostile to organized electric transmission poles out
Howat has been the crsur of nn j labor, called a special session of the j here vesterday. leaving thirteen
unprecedented volume of persecu- legislature and the Allen^ industrial j towns west of here in darkness last
i tlon #nd abuse at th- hands of the cowt law was passed.
fiscal October and the car shortage is be-
ing rapidly reduced.
1 In nearly every section stores are
attempting to liquidate the stock
through special sales and the buying
is from "hand to mouth."
Cancellation of orders has been
large in all lines of merchandise.
! Manufacturers report liquidation of
debts Is "very slow."
Mail order house business shows
considerable decrease.
Farmers are withholding grain
from the market due to the read-
(Justment market values. Forty per
I cent of last year's wheat crop is still
In the farmers' hands.
Cattle loan companies are facing
the problem of financing the winter's
needs of producers and the local
banks are still carrying some of last
winter's advances as shrinkages as
market values have wiped out a
great many equities.
ALTUS COTTON
TO GERMANY?
German Gov't Representative
Invited to Conference With
Growers.
ALTUS, Okla., Nov. 30.—The Jack-
son County Cotton Growers' associa-
tion may dispose of its crop to Ger-
many, if plans now under way are
realized.
Dr. A. Moeller, representative of
the German government, who is now
in Houston arranging for cotton
shipments to his native land, has
been invited to Altus to confer with
a committee of the growers' associa-
tion More than 2,000 bales have
been pledged as a first shipment.
The growers' plan is this: To as-
semble the cotton at Altus, ship It
to a compress where it will be re-
To those brave women of America, j classified and then ship it to the
who gave their sons in thp war, nearest port. Tt is stated that the
this figure, symbolizing the gold star association would receive ;i per cent
mother. 1ms just been completed and to cover the expense of handling,
placed at the entrance of the Chicago in order that pickers may be able
f Historical society. A gold star is set to get along on a lower wage, gro-
1 on tin pol&t <>t the sword. A Chi-1ears here have been asked to lower
" Kolfl star mother'' posed for their prices. The same reguest has
tatue, made by Sigvold BJorson. i been made to gfnners.
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