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MAGNATE GIVES HOSPITAL
Building and Equipment At Ponca City
To Cost $100,000.
Ponca City— E. W. Marland, local oil
and natural gas magnate will build a
♦100,000, thoroughly equipped mod-
ern hospital in Pcnca City and agrees
in a signed letter to the chamber of
commerce to have the building com-
pleted and ready for use within ono
year. In the meantime tho chamber
of commerce will continue Its cam-
paign to provide a temporary hospital
to guard against any llu epidemic the
coming winter and is now erecting a
temporary building with from forty
to fifty rooms.
In Mr. Marland's letter-he agrees
also to purchase the equipment for
the temporary hospital, which will bo
loaned to tho latter Institution until
euch time as the permanent building
Is ready. It Is understood that his in-
dention is to secure the equipment
from one of the army cantonment
hospitals that are now being dismant-
led. It Is understood also that Mr.
Marland's Intention is to select and
furnish the site for the permanent
building.
PRES. M'CARTNEY IS SUED
Oklahoma National Co. Gets It* Af.
faira Into the Courts.
Oklahoma City.-Alleging that the
defendant, withheld $85,000 from the
plaintiff company at the time of the
sale of the Oklahoma National Life
Insurance Company to the Great Sou-
thern Life Insurance Company of Dal-
las, Tex., on July 1, 1918, the Oklaho-
ma company filed suit in district court
against O. E. McCartney, former pres-
ident and members of the board of di-
rectors of the plaintiff company, for
$85,000.
McCartney Is alleged to have re-
ceived a bonus of $105,000 for con-
summating tho sale of the company to
tho Texas firm, which amounted to
about $25 a share. The company
maintains that the $85,000 was never
accounted for to the other members
of the firm.
MOB SUED FOR BEATING
Former Porum Mayor Asks Damages
As Result of Whipping.
AFTER ATTEMPT WAS MADE
TO STRING UP THE MA0R
OF THE CITY
ONE NEGRO LYNCHER BY MOB
Total of Two Dead and 39 Injured,
With Damage of Quarter Million
To the Douglas County Court
Court Hoi/se Is Riot Toll
HDELIMPATT1 DIES IN WALES
MOST FAMOUS OF ALL PUB-
LIC SINGERS
Held Position of Leadership On tht
World's Concert Stage for
Forty Years
London.—Adelina PatfJ, Die prima
donna, died at Craig y Noa Castle,
Pencae, South Wales.
Mine. Adelina Patti reigned for 40
years aa queen of singers.
Her marvelous voice thrilled the
greatest contemporaries of her day.
The elder Dumas, the French damat-
ist, once said to her:
Omaha.--Regular soldiers of the "Being a man and a Christian, I
United Sta *s army, patrolling tho love to listen to your singing; but if
streets with fixed bayonets and ma- I were a bird I would die of envy.
THE STEEL STRIKE
HOFFMAN SAYS INCREASE
Oklahomans Comp'ete Testimony Be-
fore Committee.
Washington.—General Roy Hoff-
man, William D. Siple, mate adjutant,
and Major Dortch, of Oklahoma, have
completed testimony before the sen-
ate military affair.) commltteo on the
future military establishment now be-
ing planned. Of the 25 former sol-
diers called before the committee
from all states, these three represent-
ed Oklahoma.
All expressed belief that the regu-
lary army should be maintained only
by volunteer forces and that tho na-
tional guard should be made larger
and be given all the opportunities of
the regular ramy, including staff
schools for field organization.
Hoffman and Dortch are strongly
opposed to compulsory service, they
testified, but favor a system of train-
ing for young men to be ready for
military life in any great emergency.
Muskogee.--D. E. Hershelman and
his wife filed suits for $35,000 each
against twenty-six citizens of the
town of Porum, near here, as a result
of a whipping given Herschelman in
September, 1918, The young lawyer
was accused of being pro-German be-
cause he represented draft evadors.
He charges in his petition that he
was dragged from his home, turned
over a steel oil barrel and whipped
with a blacksnake by a mob of citi-
zens, Mrs. Herschelman says that
she was held by members of the mob
and compelled to witness the flogging
given her husband. The couple mov-
ed from Porum to Muskogee. Her-
schleman was formerly mayor of the
town of Porum.
Chine guns placed at strategic points
have restored order in Omaha after a
a night of terror, during which a mob
took William Brcwn, a negro, from
the county jail and hanged him, at-
tempted to lynch Mayor Ed. P. Smith
Patti was the daughter of two Ital-
ian opera singers, and was born at
Madrid in 1843.
Dwindling finances sent the Patti
family to New York when Adelina
Steel strike iizoiziary:
Substantial gains appear to hare
been made by the steel Interest nw
ti* week-end.
The gains principally were made
through the western Pennsylvania
district, where several mills in Don-
ora. New Castle, McKeesport and
Pittsburg proper, which had been forc-
ed to aline last week, resumed opera-
float. |  
At other points In the district, no- Nervous Breakdown and Indigestion
WILSON FORCED TO HURRY
BACK TO WASHING-
TON
OKLAHOMA CITY DISAPPOINTED
tably in the steel cities of Home-
stead, Duquesne, Braddock, Brecken-
ridge and others, where operations
never have ceased, the mills reported
greatly increased forces with produc-
tion equalling its pre-strike rate.
The strike was extended to the
Bethlehem plants. Reports indicate
Causes His Physician To Re-
fuse Permission To Con-
tinue the Tour.
On Board the President's Special-
President Wilson Is home, a sick man.
He is suffering from nervous exhaus-
the riot is to take prace.
Two Dead, Thirty-nine Injured.
The grim reckoning shows two
dead, thirty-nine persons injured and
hundreds of thousands of dollars loss,
including $250,000 damage to Douglas
county's $1,250,000 courthouse.
When the mob gained entrance to
the Jail and a fire In the building be-
came menacing to 100 prisoners in jail
on tho top floor, Sheriff Clark sent all
the prisoners, including Brown, to the
roof. He was there in the custody of
Roy Spurgeon to Serve for Murder [ other prisoners. The sheriff and his
Stillwater.—After deliberating sev- i deputies were guarding the entrance
enteen hours the jury returned a ver- j to the Jail and were able to keep back
and threatened to precipitate a seri- : whose birth name was Adela Jpana
ous race war. Maria Patti, was a baby. When she
nr™r r"!',1 iS 1reported much was 7 years old, her parents suddenly
proved and his physicians say they became destitute.
believe him out of danger. He was v..,,
unconscious for several hours. An im- 6 Ch,ld n,ade her debut at Tripler
mediate grand Jury investigation of 1Ia11, in New York- sinBlng arias from
diet of guilty of manslaughter in the
Roy Spurgeon case and fixed punish-
ment at five years in the penitentiary.
Spurgeon was tried in the Payne
county district court for the murdor of
Mrs. Virginia Kelly at Cushing, May
15. Spurgeon admitted that he kill-
the mob for several hours. However,
as the heat became intense, the negro
prisoners themselves took action and
delivered the negro to the mob.
Mayor Gets Into It,
The crowd that began to gather
early in the evening was augumented
her vampire tactics and he pleaded
self defense. Spurgeon's wife, chil-
ren and parents attended tho trial.
Four Million, Tax Payments.
Oklahoma City.—approximate fig-
ures for payments of the third quar-
ter income tax are estimated at
$4,000,000 by the office of collector of
Internal revenue. The payments were
made with regularity from September
1 to 15, and it is estimated that there
will be fewer delinquencies this quar-
ter than before. Although this quar-
terly payment docs not amount to
quite as much as the first two, it rep-
resents a good payment. Tho first
quarterly payments were approx
niately $6,000,000, and tho second,
15,000,000.
' Seer Tanks Now Hold Crude Oil
I Ponca City.—Immense glass tanks,
formerly use by the William J. Lemp
Brewing Co., for tho storage of beer,
will be diverted to the storage of gas-
oline In Oklahoma. Six of these glass
enameled tanks have been purchased
by Harry C. Forrimon, of tho Wabash
Gasoline company and Earl Blake of
tho Blackwell Oil & Gas Company
and will be shipped to the northwest-
ern Kay county field for storage pur-
poses. Each tank has a capacity of
1,700 barrels.
Couple Sentenced For Killing Boys.
Tahlequah.—Wm. A. Pickard and
his wife, Mrs. Sarah Pickard, tried
hero for tho killing of tho Hutchin-
son brothers near Eldon some months
ago, were convictcd and will serve
sentences of ten years each in the
penltenllnry. Tho difficulty arose over
a boundary line fence. Pickard, his
wife :ind young son each inflicted
wounds on the Hutchinsons, both
young men. Pickard had lived in this
section for nearly twenty years and
had always been regarded as one of
the most law-abiding citizens.
Bank Loss Very Large.
Tahlequah.—It is expected that the
Central National bank of this place
will be re-opened under new manage-
ment in the near future. Besides W.
S. Barnes, late cashier of the bank,
who Ubb been placed under arrest, it
is rumored that thero may be four
more persons taken into custody.
Batnes is at his home here and is
said to have been in a serious con-
dition ever 6inee the closing of the
bank more than two weeks ago.
Losses are said to be in the neighbor-
hood of $68,000.
Osages Get Another Payment.
Ponca City.—The Osage Indians
have Just received their fifth annuity
payment this year, and it is under-
stood there will be two more prior to
Jan. 1, 1920. Thus far in 1919 each
of the 2,200 Osages on the citizenship
rolls has received a total of $3,300, or
• total of approximately $7,260,000. a
greater portion of which is spent by
,the Indians in Ponca City, Pawhuska.
Hominy and several others. In 1918
the Osages drew over $10,000,000 in
royalties. There will be two more
yayments Ibis year.
E. J. Giddings Under Arrest
Oklahoma City.—E. J. Giddings,
chairman of the county democratic
central committee and wheelhorse for
Mayor Walton in the last city cam-
paign, was arrested by deputies from
the United States marshal's office on
a charge of conspiracy to interfere
with government operation of the tel-
egraph system. J. Garrison Kitchens,
city policeman, was arrested at the
same time on a similar charge, as was
also Charles Chastain, a barber, who
mixed in the strike.
ed Mrs. Kelly, the woman whom he fr0m time to time until it was num-
claimed had caused his downfall, by j bered by the thousands. It was dur-
ing this time that the mayor came so
nearly being himself a victim of the
tool).
Mayor Smith was seized by the mob
on Seventeenth street, near the court
houso at 10 o'clock and was threat-
ened with lynching. He was hustled
to Harney street and stopped at the
foot of a trolley pole on the cross-
arm of which was a coil of rope.
"Give us the key to the jail." "If
wo can't get the nigger we'll lynch
we can t get the nigger we'll lynch
you." "He's no better than the nig-
ger." "He's a negro lover," were
cries heard in the mob.
A Few To His Rescue.
"Get the rope," someone shouted.
It was pulled down by a loose end,
but was not long enough to reach. A
man climped the polo and with a
knife cut the rope. It was brought
down and placed around the neck of
the mayor.
"Throw it up over the pole and
string the mayor up," yelled a dozen
Ponca City Girls in Japan
Ponca City.—Notification has been
received here by O. Lew Headley, ed-
itor of the Ponca City Courier, that
his two daughters, the Misses Minnie
and Mildred, have arrived at Yokoha-
ma, Japan, where they are waiting or-
ders to proceed to Vladivostock.
the "Barber" in 1850. She was the
Adelina Patti
Juvenile prodigy of the day and nearly
ruined her voice by overwork. She
appeared again at the age of 13. After
a tour through the West Indies, she
withdrew to prepare for a greater
career.
At the age of 16 she appeared in
the Academy of Music, New York, in
her first opera role, "Lucia di Lam-
mermoor." Her wonderful soprano
roused the audience to the wildest en-
thusiasm, and her fame swept the
country. At this time she was earning
$100 a week.
She repeated her conquest as Amina
in "La Somnambula" in Covent Gar-
den, London, in 1861. Her salary had
increased to $750 a month.
It was the beginning of a dazzling
conquest of all Europe. Royalty enter-
tained her and courted her favors.
The populace besieged her hotels and
theaters.
Her first American tour began in
1881—her last in 1903. She was greet-
ed by a magnificent ovation when she
made her first appearance in opera in
the New York Ajademy of Music, the
scene of her girlish triumph of 20
years before. The following year she
sang at the newly opened Metropoli-
tan Opera House. Her guaranteed
salary was $5,000 a night, and it was
paid, for Mme. Patti invariably refus-
ed to appear until the money was in
her possession.
Mme. Tat ti held the record as a box
office star in operatic circles. When
she appeared at a matinee concert in
Mechanics Hall in Boston in 1888, she
faced an audience which had paid $18,-
900 to hear her. During a single tour
through South America she received
in salary and bonuses more than $300,-
000. It has been estimated that she
that numbers of the employee went IJion ",d I"0"1"- Hi* """
oat at the PN„CW i ™ """j" """If'
company, bot that ™indent employee "' I,'"" T iT""', .T?
remained to con,inn. .^ration, in',II
departments.
Outside of Pennsylvania there was
little change in the strike situation
Youngstown remained closed down.
Baltimore.—According to officials of
the corporation and steel workers at
Sparrow's Point not a man went out
at the Bethlehem Company's plant
there in answer to the strike call is-
sued by the national committee of the
steel workers. A vote showed that
only a few men cast their ballots in
favor of striking. These men have
been working on only half time recent-
ly. In normal times the steel and tin
plate mills, which would be affected
by a strike, employ about 6,000 men.
It is said at present about five thou-
sand men are employed at the plant.
Ington and the. cancellation of the re-
maining engagements in his nation-
treatywide tour on behalf of the
peace treaty and the league of na-
tions covenant.
The president has been on the
verge of a serious sickness for the
past week. The strain of the trip sap-
ped at his reserve strength and made
inroads to the extent that be is a
voices. The mob surged to and fro. ' famed more than $5,000,000 during her
The mayor was the center of a crush singing career.
STATEHOUSE BREVITIES
so great that it almost overthrew an
automobile standing near.
The rope was then placed around
the mayor's neck. Appalled at the
possibility of murdering the city's
chief executive, protests began to be
heard. "We won't stand for hanging
"That won't get us the
She was married three times and
left a fortune of $3,000,000.
The annual meeting of the interna-
tional association of game and fish
commissioners will be held this year
at Louisville, Kentucky, according to [ the mayor.
announcement by Ben Watt, state nigger; let him go." "Tell him to get
game and fish warden. The following | out of here." The police rescued him
delegates are to represent Oklahoma
at the meeting: Ben Watt, W. T.
Hunt, J. S. Askew, Sam Hooker, S.
P. Berry, W. A. Durant, atd George
EIGHT OUT FOR CONGRESS
P. Short, of Oklahoma City; J. Elmer
Thomas, Medicine Park; Joseph K,
Ludlow. John B. Doolin. Alva; John
M. Scott, Idabel; Dr. R. L. Hall, Paw-
huska; Eugene Watrous, Enid; John
Ross and Lillard Throw Hats Into the
Ring After Call for • Election.
but the patrol wagon In which the Oklahoma City.—Fifth district con-
police came to aid him was over- gressional politics began to develop
turned and burned. Later a second : rapidly following Governor Robert-
attempt to lynch the mayor was made \ son's proclamation calling the spe-
but he was saved by the police and tial Primary and elections for Octo-
taken to a hospital. j her 18 and November 8, respectively.
Under orders from Major-General j James S. Ross, of Oklahoma City
Leonard Wood, commanding the cen- and Ross N. Lillard, city attorney an-
tral department of the army, a guard nounced for the democratic nomina-
0KLA. CITY PAPERS MISS
Printer's Strike Causes Temporary
Suspension of Oklahoman and News.
Oklahoma City.—For the first time
since its founding, The Daily Okla-
homan did not appear Tuesday, Sept.
30, and all the papers in the city, the
Oklahoman, the Times and the News
are temporarily suspended.
The plants are all strictly union
and had contracts with the Interna-
tional Typographical Union which run
for a year yet. The papers have been
paying extra wages and bonuses vol-
untarily for many months, but in spite
of this the radical element in the
union Sunday repudiated the existing
contract, claiming the payment of ex-
tra wages and bonuses automatically
abrogated it, and demanded a new
wage scale of one dollar an hour,
which they later reduced to $42.50.
The publishers countered with an
offer of $40 for night work and $37
for day work and the men walked out.
The job shops are not affected yet but
probably will be in a few days.
vodroaJ „?.
SERBIA CLOSES ITS BORDER
Report Troops Are Massing Is Declar-
ed Confirmed.
were sent to the negro section of the
town where mobs were reported pre-
paring to kill negroes and burn their
fcomcs.
Douglas county's new courthouse
recalls shell-battered buildings of the
war zone. Windows are shattered on
every floor of the building and the
walls and interior are smoke black-
ened and burned by the fire started by
the mob.
Army Is Now 90 Percent Disbanded.
Washington.—The I'nited States
army has been demobilized 90 per
cent since the amistice, the war de-
partment announced. The decrease
in numbers totals 3,292,385. The
present strength of the army was an-
nounced by the department at 378,503
officers and men. Of there, 33,068
are in France, 8.477 in Siberia and the
remainder in the United States scat-
tered.
This already makes five avowed
candidates, Roy E. Stafford, former
owner of the Daily Oklahoman, who
was the first to announce, Lillard and
Ross, with two others likely to get in-
to the going. Postmaster Weaver,
formerly congressman is also an-
nounced.
A. L. Wilson of Oklahoma City who
ran independent against John Fields
and R. L. Williams in 1914, has filed
as a republican.
Golobie, Guthrie; William Gill, Ato j of federal troops was thrown around tion; also Henry M. Cass of Pauls
ka; Porter Newman, Durant; Bert C. the courthouse and other buildings in Valley; John H. Wright of Oklahoma
Hodges, Okmulgee; R. L. Davidson, the downtown section. Troops also City and Ed Bovle, state mine inspect-
Tulsa: Simeon D. Slaughter, Musko- ~ * ' " " - - 1
gee; and R. R. Fitzgerald, Hobart.
The Pottawatomie county commis-
sioners took the ticklish situation by
the forelock and are now receiving
about double the amount of pay each
hionth. Here is how they did it: The
commissioners were cognizant of a
law passed by the last legislature fix-
ing their salary at $1,500 a year, 10
cents mileage and $5 a day for actual
road overseeing and knew that they
were not receiving it. They also
knew that the law stated that they
would receive it if they were "elect-
or or appointed" after the law went
into effect. So they went to Oklaho-
ma City and tendered their resigna-
tions to the acting governor. Imme-
diately Acting Governor Trapp ap-
pointed Messrs. Jordan, Southgate
and Gowan as commissioners to take
their places. They were the same as
the resigning officers.
The cost of sending si* companies
of guardsmen to Drumright will be
between $2,500 and $3,000 it was esti-
mated by Governor Robertson. This
includes the cost of the special train
and the pay of the men while on ac-
tive duty. While there was no need
for the actual services of the troops
after they arrived at the scene of dis-
order, Governor Robertson feels that
his action in dispatching men to that
place will have a wholesome effect up-
on the anarchist element in other sev-
t ions of the state who may be plann-
ing a demonstration.
He Admits Blowing Bridge
Jersey City, N. J.—Werner Van
Horn admitted in federal court here
that he blew up the Canadian Pacific
railroad bridge over the St. Croix ri-
ver, in New Brunswick, Canada, Feb.
2. 1915. Horn has been held as an
alien enemy since his arrest and was
brought here with a batch of Ger-
mans being sent back to Germany.
Army Produces New Tank.
Washington.—A new military tank,
1920 Vote Estimate Thirty-six Million
Atlantic City, N. J.—Estimates by
the executive committee of the demo- even 8ma"er ,*lan 'he whippet used
cratic national committee, which were 50 successfully in France in the clos-
given out recently, make the total inR weeks of the war, is being pro-
vote at the next presidential election duced as an experiment by the army
about 36,000,000, as against 14,000,000 ordnance bureau. Beyond the fact
In 1916. 'hat it will weigh only three tons
  | against six for the "fighting flivver"
Foch Postpones His Visit no details have been made public. The
Paris -Marshal Foch has decided to 'an,k P"™ °J *e wa„r department
postpone his visit to the United "^iJ'800 ,enton:
400 twenty ton and 267 twenty-ton
tractors: 950 six-ton; 100 thirty-ton
and fifteen of the new three-ton tanks.
States until after the peace treaty is
ratified
weak and wearied man. The latent
bulletin on his condition was issued
by Dr. Grayson and is as follows:
"Due To Overwork.
"President Wilson's condition is due
to overwork. Tho trouhle dates back
to an attack of influenza last April in
Paris from which he has never en-
tirely recovered. The president's ac-
tivities on this trip have over-taxed
his strength and he is suffering from
nervous exhaustion. His condition
is not alarming but it. will be neces-
sary for his recovery that he have
rest and quiet for a considerable
time."
Unless he takes a decided turn to-
ward the better he will be unable to-
go to New York to welcome the King
ome—Serbia has ordered the.j Bn(j Queen of Belgium to the United
frontier bordering Dalmatia closed j states; he will not preside at the
for15 days, the Trieste correspondent forthcoming industrial conference in
of the Tempo reported. Washington between capital and la-
The rumor that Serbia has begun bor which he has called for October
to move troops is said by the Trieste j 6, and which will proceed at all
correspondent to have been confirmed. ' events; he will not be able to attend
The siege of Fiume by the Italians |tl,e sessions of the international la-
has become more rigorous. It is now bor conference which convenes at the
learned that the steamer Neve, with capital the last of October; he will
150 trains of flour on board consign- have to forego entertaining either the
ed to points on the Istria Peninsula, Prince of Wales or Cardinal Mercier
carried concealed Italian soldiers who of Belgium, and he will be compelled
compelled the captain to change his leave the fortunes of his fight for
course and put into Fiume. The sol- the ratification of the peace treaty
diers were members of the famous Ar- and the league of nations covenant in
ditti, many of whom are with Capt. tl|e hands of his lieutenants in the
Gabriele d'Annunzio. Senate.
    The president's illness is not ne-
Billion Ih Liberty Bonds Are Retired, cessarily grave, but it is serious. He
Washington.—Nearly a billion of is 8etting on in years- and the cares
Liberty bonds have been retired and of his offlee have Weished heavi,y up"
paid off by the government with loans 0,1 him" He hastbee? W01'kin* at top
returned by the allied governments 8trength' w'thout adequate rest' for
and £>rtain taxes which were paid in more n years.
bonds themselves. The total of all is- j Oklahoma Disappointed.
sues of bonds ran to $17,000,000,000. j The worst disappointment of the
Great Britain already has repaid cancellation was at Oklahoma City,
$32,000,000 of the billions she owes "here all preparations had been made
the United States and France also for the biggest reception of the tour,
made a small payment. In all the al- 0ver sixty thousand people had come
lies owe the United States about ten t0 the city in the hope of at least
billion dollars.
Jack Johnson Is Champion Again.
Mexico City.—Jack Johnson is
champion again. He is the Mexican
catching a glimpse of the president.
Food Shortage In London.
London.—The food controller issued
  . , „ an order virtually reviving the war
ler for the title here and knocked him
out in (he sixth round. The former
champion of the world was never in
danger.
Murdered His Daughter.
Bonham, Tex.—T. L. Walton, charg-
ed with the murder of his daughter at
Paris, Tex., in December, 1915, was
found guilty when the Jury returned d transportation of ^
its verdict. He was sentenced to 10  
prohibiting hoarding beyond one
week's supply and applying the ration
ul meats to public eating houses,
which will not be allowed to serve
sugar, milk or butter separately, ex-
cept to children under 10 years of age.
The .government announces that in or-
der to insure food supplies during the
strike it may be necessary entirely to
Martin Lopez Dead.
Galveston, Tex.—Official confirma-
tion of reports that Martin Lopez,
German Assembly Is September 30.
Amsterdam.—The German national „ .
arsembly will convene on September rlght hand man °i Fra?c,sco
30 in the Reichstag building in Ber- ha* died on Sept 13' at San Juan del
lin. Heretofore the national assem- Bto' Mexico, was received
Wy has met at Weimar.
by Meade Fierro. Mexican consul at
Galveston. Another official communi-
cation received by the consul said
that G«neral Luis Velasco Ruiz, sec-
Another Blow At J. B.
Montgomery, Ala. — Advertising. . . _ ....
selling or having in possession stilU m nSef oT^^^M
for home manufacture of liquor is P^4<*' w,*hnte CJie[ °f sUff'
made a felony by a bill pass* by the
house. The measure has passed the
senate and now goes to the governor.
to Carranza forces and asked for i
pesty.