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Don’t Miss the Big “Record” Mass Meeting at the Court House Tonight at Eight-thirty
SAPULPA HERALD
THE PEOPLE’S PAPER
VOLUMNIL NUMBER 176
SAPULPA. CREEK COUNTY. OKLAHOMA. TUESDAY. MARCH 28. 1916
FOUR DOLLARS PER
0>-.
Sinking of the Sussex Cannot
ho Disavowed by 6ermany
mil United States Must
Make a Stand
WASHINGTON. Mar. 2S.—If it i«
established by competent evidence
that a submarine attacked the Chan
nel liner Sussex, causing the prob-
able loss of American livp», or even
placing such lives in jeopardy the
United States will assume that it
was a German submarine. A dis-
claimer by Germany in such circum-
stances even if made, would not
be accepted by the administration,
according to present intentions.
Having reached that point Pres-
ident Wilson is expected to lay the
matter before congress for advice
as to his further course.
The entire situation today which
is regarded by officials here ns
one of the gravest, rests upon exact
proof showing how the Sussex met
with disaster. The sinking of the
Hritish steamer Englishman is on n
like footing.
A high government official when
questioned concerning the matter of
proof, said that if it should be es-
tablished that a submarine was re
sponsible for the disaster of the
Sussex, this government would not
be hampered In its action by any
doubt as to the nationality of the
submarine. He pointed out that not
in all the history of the war thus
far has there been any evidence that
either Austrian or Turkish subma-
rines have operated in Hritish or
French waters or anywhere In the
vicinity of the Channel.
Thus, if it is a submarine, the
case will be narrowed down to Ger-
many, Inasmuch as this government
does not consider the possibility oi
either a Hritish or French subma-
rine having committed the act. It is
true that in the recent torpedoing of
a iDutch vessel,
S3 YOU FILE
Ker.
IS TO OF DONE
Secretary of Stite Election
Board issues Statement Cov-
eting Changes in Election
Lows
OKLAHOMA CITY, Mar. 28.—Joe
S. Morris, secretary of the state
election hoard has given out a state-
ment retarding the law as to filing
applications by candidates for office
with the state election board. The
rules are set forth in the following
statement:
"The law provides that candidates
desiring a place on the state ticket
in the primary election must file
application in the office of the stat"
election board not more than 10o
days nor less than fifty days before
the date of the primary election.
We desire to comply strictly with
the law In this resipeet. The legis-
lature of 1915 amended the law.
changing the time for filing, which
was formerly not more than loO
days and not less than forty days
before (the primary, so that at pres
ent the limitations arc not mor*-
than 100 days before the primary
and not less than fifty days for HI
ing of candidates and fifty days for
the state election Itoard to prepare
their specifications and print the
ballots. This change in the law only
affeeta the time for filing applica-
tions with the iftate election boaro
by candidates desiring their names
placed on the state ballot. The time
for the filing of candidates who dc
sire their names plated upon the
county ticket and who file with the
county election board remains un
changed and is as follows: Such
filings shall be made not more than
ninety days nor less than thirty
days ltefore the date fixed by the
law for the primary election, which
is Aug. 1 this year.
"The time within which candidates
desiring their names placed upon
the state ticket may file this year
begins at midnight of April 22 and
ends at midnight June 14. The sta'e
election l>oard announces that It will
(Continued on page 4)
Every Man in Sapulpa
Must Register Even If
He Has His Certificate
iro you want to vote in the general election on April 4?
Then register this week at the Herryhlll building on Thursday, Fri-
day or Saturday.
You say you have a certificate from the last registration?
It wont do you any good, not because it is not good, but because
the old election board had reasons of it» own for not wanting the
registration books to go Into the hands of the new board Those books
cannot be found. It is presumed that they have been burned up with a
lot of other things relating to the laat general] election In anv ease there
is no list of registered voters for the precinct election boards to go by
and It would be possible for the third term gang to write themselves
about six hundred of those certificates and then try to vote their float-
ing gang of thugs Just as they did In the primary.
The lose of this registration list Is serious. It is contrary to law and
not the kind of thing that is done "by accident.” It mav he that U was
done with a view to the coming election.
Therefore it behooves every good citizen of 8apulpa to get a regts-
trntton certificate from W. C. Hodges this week regardless of whether
or not he has one already.
For the benefit of those who do not know in which precinct they
live the following outline Is given:
Voting Precinct in the City of Sapulpa, Oklahoma
PRBCINCT No. 1. From the East side of Elm street to and includ-
ing the west s(de of Division street, south of railroad track and East
Line street, and North of Thompson svenue.
HKRC1NCT NO. 2. From the west side of Elm street to, and Includ-
ing the east side of Main street, and south of the railroad track and
north of Thompson avenue. The Y. M. C. A. building is included in pre-
cinct No. 2.
PRECINCT NO. ,1. West side of Main street, to the cltv limits on
thhe west. South of the railroad and north of Thompson avenue.
PRBCINCT NO. 4. West of Mounds street to city limits. South of
Thompson street to city limits.
PRECINCT NO. a. Bast of Mounds street and west of Elm street,
south of Thompson avenue to city limits.
PRBCrVT NO. 6. Last of Elm street, west of Division street, south
of Thompson avenue to city limits.
'PRBCINCT NO. 7. East of Division street to city limits.
PRB( INCT NO. 8. North and West of Railroad track, Including
North Heights and Business Men's Addition.
TO THE LABORING MEN OF SA.
PULPA—
Railroad Men. Oil Men, Glassworkers
and Other Laboring Men
of This City
It is to you we are making this
appeal for you constitute the major-
ity of the voters of this city. Your
homes are here, your families art
here, your sons and daughters are
•ei:ig r.Mif.l hen, vour nt in
terests are all here, you owe jour
wives and children a duty not on!'
of support but of givin,; them the
very beet training that it is in your
power to give, so that they may be-
come stalwart men and women phy-
sically and otherwise. This is what
we believe you axe trying to do.
You want them to have ihe best
there Is and work hard and diligent-
ly to provide them with that which
is for their well being. Both you
and your unmarried toller are the
better off if your environments un-
wholesome. I believe you will agree
with us in regard to all that ia said
above, for you are honest men and
most men are honest. We are in
tiie midst of a city election; it is
an election of principles, not men
this time: it is for each one of you
to look matters carefully over before
casting your ballots. What do the
men stand for? What has lieen their
past record? What is It now? On
your vote depends the future well
being of yourselves as citizens af
the city of Sapulpa.
Are you satisfied with your pres-
ent tax rates? Do you think them
too high? If so, do you expert them to
fie lowered if the present officers
are continued in office. High taxes
means high rents. Higher taxes
means higher rents. Are you who
are renters willing to vote for high-
er rents? If you vote for Uie pres-
ent hunch you vote for higher rents
on yourself. Do you want to do It ?
Can you afford to do it? It's up to
you. .
Are you satisfied with the present
city water supply? There is plenty
of law to protect us In .getting good
wholesome water. Why do not our
present city officials attend to this?
Complaint after complaint has been
entered to the city officials and
nothing has been done. Will It tie
otherwise if we re-elect them? They
do not heed our cry now , w ill they
llien? Answer it for yourself.
'The present hunch want the peo-
ple to believe that you are In fa-
vor of an open town- Joints, gamb-
ling hells, lewd houses and their
hatigerson. If you are not, we expect
you to go to the polls and say by
vour vote that you are for lower
taxes, pure water, good government
and good citizenship.
He Canes Scenery on Peach
Seeds and Carries a Cane
That Is a Wonder of
The Art
SCARCE IN .HI
MINES IN SOUTH AFRICA ARE
BEING SHUT DOWN AND THE
8T0NES FOUND ARE NOT PER-
FECT
KANSAS CITY. Mar. 28.—Perfect
diamonds will almost disappear from
the market in the next few months.
They are not being found in the
numbers in which they have been
in the past., according to Herman
Mauch, a retail Jeweler of St. Loui-
who is attending the Joint conven-
tion of the Missouri and Kansas
Jewelers.
“I cannot say why It is, but per-
fect stones are scarcer every year,”
Mr. Mauch said. "The only' explan-
ation is that they are not being
found. Of course most of the un-
blemished stones marketed in the
past are now in the possession of
owners who will not sell them, so
gem lovers shall have to lie content
to buy slightly imperfect diamonds
“An imperfect diamond is only
slightly inferior to an unblemished
stone, anyway. In appearance it is
the same, the main difference exist-
ing in the owner's mind. It is a sat-
isfaction to a man to know the d'R
mond he is wearing is a perfect one
but to rasual observers an imperfect
stone looks Just as well.
"The war has had a pronounced
effect on the diamond market. An
Increase in price of 15 percent ha*
been gpneral and New York City
is now the diamond market of the
world. Formerly Amsterdam had that
distinction hut the war's effect cn
commerce made a city farther re.
moved from the war center more
favorable to the business.
OKMULGEE, Okla., March 28
An interesting visitor In town last
evening was W. F. 8. McOleary.
familiarly known as "Lonesome Ma\
of Toledo." If you hoppen to meet
a man on the street w ithin the next
few days tallying with the following
description, it Is Max who is trav-
eling over the United Slates seeking
contentment. He stands six feet and
two and a half Inches tall has a
flowing moustache and the buttons
on his coat are made of hand carved
peach seeds.
Lonesome Max Is a carver with u
knowledge of art that makes his
work attractive and interestin'?. He
carries a cane on which five hun-
dred images are carved with a pen
knife. In his pockets he continually
carries an assortment of seeds on
which are engraved all sorts of ani-
mals. spiders, fruits and the like.
Imagine monkeys, spiders, etc.,
carved on small cherry seeds and
dogs, turkeys. Indians and landscape*
carved on poker chips.
Max has also large carvings on
wood ranging from 15 inches square
to four feet by twenty-two Inches
in size. These being too large to
carry around he has with him photo-
graphs of them fbich are indicative
of the original. Some of the mot
renowned of thear^are “The Ascen-
sion.” "Buffalo BilC" "Thanksgiving,"
and “Hunter and Pet." He had on
exhibition at the Panama-Pacific
Exposition a guitar on which wa.<
carved the most beautiful scenery
Max does not sell his carvings
but gives them as keepsakes to his
friends. He says that whenever he
got* lonesome he sit* down and
carves for contentment and that the
reason for his nickname is that be-
cause he has been lonesome ever
since the death of his mother.
Who is Getting It?
According to Ihe report made by B. P. Beeson covering three years
of the present city administration the police court fines totaled $15,465.3*4
in the fiscal years ending July 1, lb 15. This means an average of $5,-
155.12 per year or 8429.60 per month.
Of these fines |3,P42.9r. came from drunkenness. $7,837 front immoral
houses and f512.52 from gambling.
You will hear It said by the third term gang that to rloae up the
town so far as flngrant violations of the law are concerned would bank-
rupt the city. That the city needs the fines.
I'nder the administration that preceded that of the presen* gan? the
reports of the police court fines during a time that was the most de-
pressed in the city s history, with fewer Joints and fewer people to jiwt-
ronize them, totaled from $1600 to $1800 per month.
During ihe three years covered by Beeson's report, the city of 8a-
pul|>a became better and better. There wrre more people roming Into
Sapulpa all the lime and THERE WERT MORE JOINTS. MORE FLAG-
RANT AND OPEN GAMBLING, BOOZE SELLING, ANO IMMORAL
HOUSES THAN AT ANY OTHER PERIOD IN THE CITY'S HISTORY.
Until the spring of 1915. a month or two In-fore this report ends,
two wide open and notorious gambling houses were running. Under the
old administration ganfhlfn; houses paid into the city several hun-
dred dollars every month. These Joints continued to run under the pres-
ent administration.
If the city officials could collect $1800 per month from the Joints in
the most depressed |>erlod of the city's history and more Joints oper-
ated under the present city administration, where Is the difference be-
tween $429.60 a month and $1800 a month or more that should have beet,
collected If the city officials had been honest with the people?
Vance Likely collected the fines; Mayor S. J Smith as police court
Judge bundled and recorded them.
WHERE DIO THE FINES GO?
WHO GOT THE MONEY?
Come to the big mass meeting: tonight and find out.
Was Afraid
To Go Home
In the Dark
C. G. Wertzberger was arrald to
go home in the dark, last night.
This may sound like a Joke but
it was a very solier truth and wns
caused by the fact that two very
hard looking characters started to
follow Mr. and Mrs. Wertzberger
from his office in the Westfall build
ing with the evident intention of
holding them up when they reached
i a Likely spot.
Joe l)e|kp, constable and former
candidate for Commissioner of Pub-
lic Affairs, happened along and ac
coinpanied the Finance Commission
er and hi* wife to their home. The
two tough citizens showed up li.
a couple of places on the road but
didn't like the outlook and went
away.
Said C. O. Wertzberger, memltet
of the city commissioners: "If this
same gang is elected this time I
am not going to remain in Sapulpa."
If anyone Is qualified to speak of
what the third term gang will do
if it gets in, lie is the man. lie's
been there four years and knows.
JAPANESE ARE DENIED
RIGHT OF CITIZENSHIP
HONOLULU, Mar. 27.—American
citizenship was denied to Takuo
Ozawa, a Japanese In a test case
here today. The court ruled that
Japanese are Mongolians and that
the word "white" does not Include
the Mongolian race.
Writing Us Up
Mr. Cockrell of the editorial stalf
of the Oklahoman, Is In town todav
getting some dope on the railroad
business in Fiapulpa preparatory to
an article on that subject in next
Sunday's Oklahoman.
Mr. Dennis Flynn
Please ask your candidate,
Nance Likely, If he employed a
union carpenter to screen his
house last week.
UNION MAN.
W. J. Hyde, Great Senior Sag-
From Me-
Alester Meeting ol the
Great Chiefs
The great council of Red Men of
Oklahoma will meet in Sapulpa,
April 17, for a two days session
W. J. Hyde, Great c-enior Saga-
more of the Oklahoma Redmen, has
Just returned from MeAleetcr where
he presided at a meeting of the
Great Chiefs of Oklahoma and ,t
was decided as a oopvpllment to Mr.
Hyde that the meet of the Great
Council should be held this year in
his city.
The Great Council of the luii Men
Is the one ibig annual event of that
Fraternal order. Each council tends
delegates to the convention and Hie
great chiefs and many visitors in
eluding prominent Red Men from
other parts of tire country are In at
tendance.
There wHl probably be from one
to two hundred visitors in the city
during the two-day session.
FIRST STEP
At tin Big “Reeord"
Meeting to be Held T
At tbe Bistrict Court
Room at 8 O'clock
Fannie Moore
Killed Under
An Upset Car
Fannie Moore, noted gambler and
Jointlst of Kiefer who was reeervtlv
tried and acquitted for the death of
Leonard Smith, died this morning
under his Ford car in which he was
drllvng to Sapulpa.
In company with another man
known as "Popcorn," he left Kiefer
some time after midnight. In mak-
ing the Gulf crossing over Ihe in-
terurtmn tracks the car somehow
became unmanageable and before
either one of the occupants realized
what was happening the car turned
over completely.
The other man managed to escape
being pinned down, but Moore was
crushed under the weight of the
<ar. ilia companion attempted to lift
the car but could do nothing and
while he was gone for help, Fann'e
expired from suffocation. No bones
were broken.
The body was held at the under
taking parlors at Kiefer today until
the arrival of his brothers from
Muskotee. It is probable that ho
will ho buried In Sapulpa sometime
tomorrow.
The Law That
Was Violated
Primary Day
Snc. .7141. DRINKING NEAR
ELECTION.
Any person w-ho takes intoxicat-
ing liquor of any kind or character
or quantity to within half a mile ol
any voting place on election day or
who gives or offer* to another per-
ron at any pluce on such a day, a
drink of liquor or of any diiukq
commonly known and accepted a*
substitute* for whiskey ur beer, or
aey -►(Son who .shag*,, trend j-n
election in an intoxicated condition
shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor and upon conviction shall
be fined not less than $25 nor more
than $500 and confined in the coun-
ty Jail not lens than one nor more
than three months. Any person of
fending hereunder should be forth-
with arrested.
This law was openly and flagrant
!y violated without let or hindrance
from the city officials and one of
them at least vollated it himself
In Sapulpa March 21. For that rea-
son alone he has proven himself
unfit to hold any office in the gift
of the people.
Secy Creecan
Election Board
Says Register
Inasmuch as the law of Oklahoma
provides that "It shall be the duty
of the precinct inspector of elec-
tions to have at the election on
each election day, after the registra-
tion herein provided for, the books
duplicate* of registration certificates
for said precinct, when an elector
in the city presents himself for n
^>allot at an election hereafter he
shall present first his certificate of
registration, as above provided for.
and surh certificate of registration
shall entitle such voter to vote, pro-
vided it is found to be in regular
form as compared with the carbo.i
copy lr\ the hands of the inspector
of elections."
And Inasmuch as some of the
duplicate registration hooks of the
general registration of 1914 in the
city of Sapulpa have been lost,and
bv reason of this fact the election
lioard is unable to produce same at
Ihe polls, it is my a<hlc«* that in
order to save complication* which
may arise on election day at the
polls that each qualified elector re-
siding within the city limits of Fa-
pttlpa rcglister on one of the three
days set aside for registration, name-
ly Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
March 3<>th. 31st and April 1st. 1916.
In the offices of the re.’lstrars in
the Herryhlll building Offices to be
open from 7 a. m. to 9 p. m.
March 25, 1916.
(Signed! E. T. OR VEGAN,
Sec. Co. Election Board.
The enforcement of law and
reduction of taxes are the twoi
of honest candidates for office
Creek county and Sapulpa this
Sapulpa and Creek county for
last four years and more has
in the hands of a coterie of
chine politicians who in city
county have so dominated
for their own interest and to
detriment of our property
Creek county has become a by
throughout the eountry and our
taxes are driving good men
among us.
There must be a change in a
Under Lhep resent bipartisan
in city and county with co-ope
in permission of law violations,
wastefulness of taxpayers’
whichever way we turn we are
fronted by officials who are unsj
pathetic with the people's n
who care nothing for the peo;
welfare and will do nothing that
not aerve their own personal or
litical interests.
The first s ip tp*r e.« he tak
the first „tep that will be tlf
is ihe *•-cognition of Me scope
danger*basest of the coodtleiw
i Cn.d the csvii<>i to
ing exercised to keep the same
gang In power everywhere,
first blow that can be struck la
the city election next week, A
4.
The first »tep for Ihe taxftty
and voters is to come out ton
and hoar the candidates tell
something about your gov
the one that Is supposed to
sent you in the city hall, the
ernment that you are -paying for
is being used rlzht now to furl
the political fortunes of the tit
term gang that wishes to be
turned to control.
Come out tonight and hear w
your money si spent for, what i
employes are used for, and w
Fapulpa should expect from hen
government In the next two ye
t-i.
CAPT. R. H. INNES Will
LECTURE FRIDAY NIG
About once a year an expert
the handling of explosive* makes
rounds of the railway division po
and talks to railroad men and Uh
people upon the subject in wl
he is an expert.
Such a man is Cajit. R. H. in
who Is associated with the West
Railway association and the In
state Commerce Commission,
will ' be here Friday night and
liver an illustrated lecture at
Y. M. C. A. to which everyone
invited. There is no charge for th
lectures as it is ac educational ci
palgn in which the railroad and
government ia deeply interests*
Andres Devore
Falls 20 Feet
From Derri
Andres Devore, a rig builder
ployed by Cramer Adams fell t
ty fee-t this morning from a rig
which he who working in the Pi
kin Center pool. He did not
head down hut 1ft on one ride, hr
ing his left arm below- the el
and bruising htmaelf up badly
several places.
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