Sapulpa Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 169, Ed. 1 Friday, March 19, 1920 Page: 1 of 8
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8APULPA, CREEK. COUNTY, OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY. MARCH 1*. 1«30
FO«jR DOLLARS PER YRAft
TURKISH RULE I
ABOUTTO END
Allied Occupation Has
Threatened to Tear
Down Government.
opposincTentente
Constantinople Rebels
Cut Telegraph Lines
After Seizure.
LONDON, Mar. 19.—A corres
pendent of the London Poet re-
ported today that the Turkish
government I* on the point of j
falling because of the occupa-
tion of Constantinople by al-
lied troops on Wedneeday. The
Turks became panic-stricken
when the entente forces enter-
ed the city. Thefrr organized
rei (stance to the seizure was
quickly broken.
Petrograd Shop-Keeper Using Pictures Instead of CLEVER SWINDLE
B O. 1 . u/tfi METKI’C Dl A
Signs to Advertise Wares.
W
LONDON. Mar. 19.—'Turkish na-
lonaiist opposition to the allies Is
preadlng throughout Asia Minor.
locordlnK to reports from Constauti-
lople today. Bands of Turkish na-
iotiallst troops cut 'he telegraph
vires leading from Coustantinople.
Dip British war oflce confirms the
rpoita today that British, and other
tilled troops now occupying Con
ttantlnople. hare arrested thirty
rurkish military and political lead-
’rs. - •
WAS MEN’S PLAN
j. JOSEPHS IS ARRESTED WHEN
COUNTY OFFICERS PINO A
*10.000 PLOT
KILL 80 MORE Sen.Lodge’s Preamble
i IN RED RIOTS fc Adopted by Senate
FIND SUITCASES
AND STORE LOOT
JAYS “CHATTEL”
HERE IS WOMAN
Philadelphia Women Aroused Over
Alleged "Abaurd" Lpwe and De-
clare Bomatnlng Muat Bo Done
to Chance Rtatac of
Their 8m
PHILADELPHIA, Mar. 19.—In the
.pinion of prominent I’hlladolpdia
xomen who are much Interested in
itpnotdlng the right ol their sex
ihe American woman is nothing
more thap the ••chattel possession"
of the man she marries—and. th“y
add, something must be don; about
II.
The statement follows « discussion
In London over what constitutes the
value of a wife, and just whore she
stand* In Jit* Hal of possession* for
Twi. colored men with five suit-
cases in their possession excited
the suspicions of Jake Kltng
ant an! deputy at Bristow yester-
day afternoon and he placed
them under arrest. lnteatlgu
tlon of Ihe suitcase., revealed
that they loniatned :hi pairs Qf
new shoes und two bolts of or-
sandie, apparently front a store
in Lawton, Oklahoma.-
Then came a story of super-
detective work cn the part of
the two negroe*. in explanation
of their possession of the suit-
caser . nd goods The nesroes
cktlnled that they had first seen
thd cuses iu the hands of three
otftbt oolecad men^Mlri spspeut-
ed that whiskey was truing trans-
ported In them. After a lftnc
chase which ended in Stroud,
the suspects hid the suitcases
in the brush .it that place und
lire two negroes arrested »Nid
that they took them and were
cn Miclr way to Sapulpa when
arrested in Bristow.
Despite .heir expiessed inno-
cence of the nature of th. con
tents of the suitcase*, the pair
are being held while tnvestiga
tlon in Lawton is being made.
RAPP OFFICER
: IS A SUICIDE
Luettwitz Now Dead at
His Own Hand Say
Paris Reports.
KAPP ARMY QUITS
Violent Fighting When
Revolutionaries in
Berlin Withrdaw.
PARIS, Mar 19. The resignation
of Uu tax Boski, Ebert minister of
war. has been accepted,by Ebert, ac-
cording to the Frankfurtar Zoitung.
J. Josephs of Bristow has been ar-
rested at that place charged with
disposing of mortgaged property and
the county officer* are looking for
rne, Oawey, sold to he the chief
offender In a scheme to defraud
wholesale grocery and dry goods
companies out of more than All.ono
worth of merchandise.
Gawcy, who had a store at Drum-
light, Is said to have entered goods
amounting to nearly *12,000 from
the various wholesale houses In St
Louis and Oklahoma City and these
goods wen secretly transported
overland from Drumright io Joseph's
store la Bristow where they were
tin packed and the conlataers de
stroved Gawe.v then went into vol-
untary bankruptcy, it is alleged.
Wholesale houses became auspici-
ous when an Inventory revealed less
Ilian $3/00 worth ot goods In
Oawey’a store end sn investigation
was started which disclosed tbe
swindle. Nearly all of the goods
were re-coveted when Joseph's store
was searched. In their hurry to
cover i heir llleged dealings the pair
are believed to have Inadvertantly
left some of 'lie good* in their
original container# and It was this
tarf which led t i Joseph’s ariest.
SCOUTS TO TRY
FOR NEW TROOP
TROOP ON* TO 8TAOC A *10
MEETING TONIGHT TO
PERFECT PLANS
Ten Killed In Battles
In Front of Hotel
Adlon In Berlin.
JEWS ARE BEATEN
Workmen at Elberfield
Arm and Fight the
Guard Troops.
RERUN. Mar 19.—Ten persons
are reported killed and twenty oth-
ers are wcunded as a result ot fight-
ing between spartaclms and govern-
ment troop* In (tept of lh,‘ Adlon
hctel today.te^
The constitutional national as-
sembly has hei-n summoned to meet
in Berlin Monday. A number of
.tews have been attacked and bnd.y
beaten by crowds. It la reported
that the communists leader* have
spilt among themselves, lessening the
spnrtarist menace. | *
HAGUE. Mar. If.—Seventy persona
were killed and twcitt* were Injured
in lighting between armed workmen
and troops at Bluerfleld. in Rboulsh
Prussia, according to advice* from
(hat region this afternoon, open
warfare developed between the spar-
taclttts and troops in the mining dis-
trict in western Prussia.
ONE IS INJURED Acceptance of Lodge’s
IN STONE CHASH Reservations Made
cornice work AND brickB' A Condition.
FALL, TEARING SIGN LOOS* | -
on main street REJECT BRANDGEE
One man. Geo. Chandler. Hti8 Wav- , « . » __
erly ave. Dallas. Texas, narrowly iinal V Ote Appears
escaped dentil, suffering only minor
injuries and. had there been the
usual crowd on the street at the
lime, several persons might have
hern killed or seriously hurt when
over 200 pound* of rock and bricks
ai.d a 350-poutJi sign cra.hed from ind,c>,,nM P°,u"n* oward • fl*U
their respective places on the front vote, the senate thl? afternoon lock
ot the B A II. Furniture store, on up the- preamble to 'he ratification
South Main street, to the sidewalk
below this afternoon.
STUTTGART. Mar 19. The sit
uation tn Germany demand" the
sternest punishment for criminals
concerned in the Ber.iu insurrection,
Oiihtuv Hauer, chancellor for hbeits
government, told the national as-
aeinbly v lien it convened this after-
noon. - He said that the leaders.
* ju tlici miiitsry or civilian, muat he
prosecuted and their property con-
iuu.alcd.
The first big meeting of Troop 1.
Boy S out", will lake place tonight
in Salvation Artsy hall whet; a cam-
paign will he launched lor more
m?mbers. It is *’ie plan of the troop
to obtain eaou.h new members to
organise a skif/i troop besides fill-
tag their own Anka to the prescrib-
ed limit.
At the meeting tonight committees
will be appointed to carry °n the
active campaign work and plans
will be laid for making it surcessful.
Advertising posters mid other helps
‘o a wide campaign have been order-
ed and will be here In a few days.
All members of the troop who
have uniforms are urged to wear
them tonight and to all other meet-
ings from now on.
COPENHAGEN, Mar. 19—After 84
hours of fighting between soldier*,
students and wlrkmen at Kiel, dur-
ing which many were killed and
wounded. Admiral I-eve trow has
3greed to resign, according to a dis-
patch from that city today.
Senate Takes Up
Last Matters.
WASHINGTON. Mar. l'J. -With *R
A huge piece of cornice stone,
weighing over thirty pounds, was
resolution in the pv-sce iron tv mat-
ter. Senator liudge'a ».:<ndmant
| was the (frat to be called up. It
-----,—- “—----- -------I was adapted without roll caW, ,(ol-
the original cause of the rocky rain | which Ilrandgte was inLed
U'hon it Itni'ii nm itiulrulvtul (mm (hn ^ ^ w!l!l j||| RW*
iimble. provi.ling that tbe trcaifc
ralifiiatam shall not take effect 8a-
letui filed within sixty days alter
the adoption rt tbe revoiut.on of
ratification by the aennie. Brsndgee's
amendment *;»» rejected by a tot*
a tt to
when it became dislodged treni (the
top of •W ifhtnii, it j%r budding
thirty . (oat 'above U»c aMapjrifc .and
hurtle#- mtmmUt- the air to the
ground, pulling with it a kail of
brteks and chips of cement. Midway
In Us descent the weighty tiiasa
struck the huge B. A J sign, hang-
ing above the entnace of the aatadr-
Bsliment. and caused it to snap ita
holding wires and full.
With the exception of the one
man. no one was paaslug in front of
Ihe store when tbe ertsh occured
The man managed U> Jump In time
to avert, receiving a great part of the
falling stone work on his head. Hla
left foot wan badly Injured and he
was treated shortly afterward by Dr.
C. B. Reece. Uter bated removed to
the Sapulpa Hotel.
GROUND IS BROKEN FOR NEW
ELECTRIC PLANT AT JENKS.
ANNOUNCED
rhich a mau may seek damages READY TO WORK
trough the law.
On the other hand, lawyers bore
oint out that a wife Is not mudd-
ied a chattel possession anywhere
I) our land; that the time when la
he eyes of the law shp was in the
ante claas with a man's li-rnse. land.
»«n or horses Is past, hut Uio wo-
nen exclaim: "Why quibble over Hie
vorda?"
Mine Mary Ingham, a we'.l kuown
■uffiage worker, asks: “What is the
jood of tho law when social customs
remain unchauged, and to nil intents
und purposes a wife still has an ac-
tual cash value in the eyes of judges
ind Juries?"
"The trouble with women." de-
clares Miss Ingham. “U that oidl-
narlly they don't know enough about
the law to abject to the present day
Interpretation of it.
“And what's more, they'll let a
Spanish novelist come over here and
declare the men of this country need
LONDON. Mar 19.—The-. Ebert
government, returning from Stutt
ON JENKS SITE girt te Berlin, will lace an Insistent
demand (or reorganization, according
to dispatches received luj-e Ebert
is expected to arrive in Berliu to-
day. ' ’ .
Mr. Bob C«ffy. local manager LONDON. Mar. H.--fi tolog.to d «-
the Sapulpa Electric to., announced patch to the London Da.Iy Times to-
today that ground had been broken j day said that a German newspaper
to. .be company's new plant at ■ had printed an -^^med nunor
Jcnks. Material is arrlvlnc on the | 'hat Genera, von LuettwIU had kill-
site ami the superintendent of t op , ed himself
struction of the company and his rurc U//M TWnCn
assistants are already on the Jolt dL.ALIv£) WaJUlNl/E*i^
ready to stnrt construt non at once
The first unit of the plant at
Jcnks will almost be double 'he size
of the combined plants pf Sapulpa
Muskogee and Drumright and wlH
furnish power for the high lines of
the company throughout this sec-
tion.
The Jenks location was selected1
l,y the company largely because of
ABOUT TOWN
More Ilian tdO applications have
been made at the county sheriff's
office alone tor 1920 automobile li-
censes by citizens of Sapulpa in the
last week.
• ^
—A session of superior court has
ueen ca,led for March 22
HAGUE Mar. 19.—One dispatch
<i'>scrU>»» ,th« "kwslksi Indsv s» fol-
lows:
Choas over Germany continues,
especially in *he Kliur mining dis-
trict. At Berlin the epartaclsts are
maltreating government troop*. There
is suspended cooperation with Chan-
cellor Betier of tho Ebert govern-
ment. pending proof that he wi.I
cany out tho communist demands.
COLBY’S REPORT
IS NOW ORDERED
WASHINGTON, Mar 19.—Th* sen-
ate foreign relations committee lias
ordered n favorable report on Bain-
bridge Colby's nomination for secre-
tary of stale.
RAILROADS WILL
SPEND MILLIONS
uffrtge. Yet It isn't many years jits exce.lent water facilities, th*
ince a mnn could .,ue his wife's em town being located on the Arkansan
,layer for her wages, and. although J. Iver with ample water available.
he had already received them her I «»a'rii^Kl A DIVAV
elf, be recomposed under the law." , SAL V A I lUIN AKIVll
Mrs Archibald R. Harmon, promt-‘
ent clubwoman, who is Identified
with mos* of the women's political
■ ork In Pennsylvania, voiced her ob-
lections also.
“It's a question of the spirit ot the
REVIVAL COMING
The local corps of Ihe Salvation
Army is to be augmented for two
week* by ihe visit, ot Major P. Mori
_________ ion. known as the ''Southwestern
iw," she declared. "When a man has. Fiery Revivalist." A special plritual
bsolu'e right to the services of hi* cuinpalKU has been arranged, cum
•ife and can receive a money coin-; menping Maich 24 and lasting until
ensatlon for them, yet since 1HS» in J April 4. The officer in charge ot
•cnnsylvania Is not liable fo: her I the local clips. Ensign George, i“
ebts. there's something radically putting forth eveiy effort to stir up
iron*.'' I special Interest and enthusing hla
Mrs. Gilford Plnchot. a member of own people with high expectation*,
he Republican Women's committee' Meetings will tie held at ihe usual
if Pennsylvania, characterised many times in the Salvation Arm'- citcdcl
if the laws relating to women as A more definite program of special
flb#ur(j." meetings will be announced later
"That's one of the first things wo- Major Morton is known hm an aide
lien in politics will correct." she platform man The Salvation Annv
•aid. "It's whai we have been work- of this city is fortuneto In secur-
ing f0)- (or n long time The nniflia ing his services His coming as-
lion of Ihf law and a ccrYect inter- sure* ivhat Is termed ns a gimd.
pretattOU of It” J old fashioned time."*
IN A GUN FIGHT
POLICEMAN ALSO HURT IN A
FIGHT AFTER ATTACK
ON WHITES
BALTIMORE. Mar. 19.—In a sen-
sational gun battle which ilueaten-
cd to assume propost Ions of a race
riot here today, two policemen were
shot and one negro in dying in a
hospital from shotgun wounds. An-
other negro was badly wounded and
barqly escaped lynching anil four
other persons were felled by oullets.
The trouble*stai ted when two wound-
ed negroes attacked a white man.
J. H. N Cobb, secretary of the
chamber ol commerce, lias received
his credentials from Governor Rob
erloon this morning as a delegate to
the Eighth Annual t'onv'entior. of the
United States Good Hoads associa-
tion to he held at Hot Springs. Ark.,
on April 12. 13. 14. 13. 1« and 17.
RAILROADS ABOUT TO INTBR
GREATEST BUILDING *RA
IN HISTORY.
CHICAGO. Mar. 19.—The rail-
roads of the United States faces
the greatest reconstruction era in
theri history, according to officials
of the American Railway Engineers
Association who are in convention
here. Dependent upon the appro-
priation* by private owners of the
lines, millions of dollars will lie
spent for improvements during the
next two or three years.
WASHING I ON. Mar. *f
replant r of *1 • Lodge ceaar stttu S*
the nations allleti or aas'v,«t«4 vRk
the United States In the world
was made a condition ot the
cation of the peace tdhaty by .'ll*
senate this afternoon. '
WASHINGTON, Mar. 19.—Tk* i*o-
olution of ratification of tlla —
treaty, which the senate
pected to vpte on toaay oi
much different In kgS^g
olare from tho reaonitifca 9 ..
by Senator Lodga last Noveaahgr
Tbe resolution at thU Ume d#*
•alned a preamble
ervetlone. The
ccnUlns fifteen
CAPITOL CHATTER
CHICAGO “L” IS
HELD BY BLAZE
MARRIAGES
— Word bus been received here to-
day of the death of Arch Bone,
brother of Mayor J. Wade Bone, at
Buffalo. Mo. of pneumonia. Mayor
Bone was called to the bedside of
his brother on the eve of the pri-
mary election last Tuesday and left
immediately (or Buffalo, and was at
his brother's bedside when death
tnme. Dr. Hone's mother nnd an
other brother are still verv ill with
pneumonia and Ihe mayor will re-
main until they are out of danger.
WASHINGTON. Mar. 18.—The sen-
ate chaplain. Rev. Forrest J. Pretty-
man. was caught napping the other
day when the senate met at 11 a. m
instead of noon When Reverend
Prettyman arrived at the usunl hour
to dellvei the opening prayer, he
found the senate busy in treaty de-
bate.
However, an eloquent prayer ap-
peared in Its proper plaoe to the
congressional record the next morn-
ing. Inquiry disclosed that he had
hunted up the official stenographer
and dictated a prayer for the record.
CHICAGO, Mar. 19.—A *73,000 fire
In a loop perfume factory today de-
layed traffic* on (elevated line* for
more than an hour. Chemicals are
believed to have caused the blaze.
Fire occured In the same building
Inst year.
at that ume <Mr
le kMHIBSrAte*
^Jrt
FIVE KILLED IN
COLORADO STORM
DAMAGE TO WHlAt CAUSE LOGS
OF MILLIONS OR DOLLAR*,
It IS KITtMATCO
DENVER. Mar. l|.—Five peraats
are dud hare today and nearly a
score are IftjuraA i» the result ot th*
worst wind and land storm that hk*
I* cn experienced In Wyoming and
Colorado In twenty years. The dam-
age to wheat In eastern Colorado
may result in tbe loss of mllttona
of dollars.
Moreau L. Myers. 20. and Miss
Genecse Bolander. Ik, both of Sa-
pulpa.
PONCA CITY. A local insurance
,nan hands u>; the following letter
which he aver* was sent to hint by
an anonymous (Went:
"Nineteen year* ago we took out
a 20 yea( endowment policy. When
it Matures, next /ear. the fnce of
the policy will buy it: a pair of
shoes, len gallon* of gasoline, i iOvd
tire and a pair of theater lickets.
Twenty vears ego w< thought li
won hi buy us a bouse, a u. w bicycle,
a 1,'eeshaum I 'pe. a corduroy wnlsl*
; coat and a trip around the world ’
NO JAP-MEXICO
PACT EXPECTED
WASHINGTON. Mar. 19. -The Uni
ted Slates does not contemplate any
alliance between Japan and Mexico.
It was stated at the state depart-
ment today.
TAX REVISIONS
HELD DOUBTFUL'
WASHINGTON, Mar. 19.—Tk* re-
vision of taxes daring th* preaaot
session of congrew la doubtful, al-
though Secretary of the Treasurer
Houston has declared that a tag
law revision Is an Immediate neces-
sity to the prosperity ot the coun-
try. It was apparent today that wide
difference* of opinion exist ou th*
queefion.
John G. Foster lias Ji'.Rt received
three pictures of the grave of hi*
son. Clifton R Foster, who lost Ids
life In France, during the war. Youtu-
Fodter wa* the first Creek county
boy to tall during the great war and
the picture* received by hts father
are thought to be the first to- be de-
llvered in tld* section as u result
of the recent offer of the Red Cross
to obtain pictures of the last resting
plaies of the boys who died In
France.
Life Isn't a path of roses for
elevator bojs In tbe senate where
•he senator* have preference in be-
ing carried up and down regardless
of less distlngulsiuw paKtcns.ers.
■Senator Kellogg. 'Minnesota, wan
riding up with several newspaper
men the other day. and busy talking
with them, neglected to call hiu
tloor. He npotogized to tile elevator
boy who Imd reversed hla car mid-
way.
"Oh. that* all right, senator." the
boy said. Then trying to apologize
for not having thought to ask the
uenator where he wanted to go, the
boy added: T didn't even notice you
were on tbe car."
Senator Kellogg enjoyed It a*
much as the newspaper men did.
—J. L. Estelle, negro, wanted for
the theft of trees from an estate
just outside of Heggs. was arrested
by ’Deputy Bill Williams of tile coun-
ty sheriff's force yesterday after-
noon and wa* arraigned this morn-
ing in the Justice court betore Judge
tennings where he entered a plea
of not guilty. He wuh held for triul
: before the next county court in
bonds of 8*00.
DAYTON MEN IN
SCOUT ACTIVITY
DAYTON. Ohio. Mar. 19— Five
hundred Dayton men have become
rabid tens for the Dayton branch
of the Boy ScouIb of America
through a clever scheme devised by
John Halon. Dayton scoutmaster.
lUien has organized the “Old
Scouts." The members are business
mer who are glad to pay $1<> a \eni
apiece for memberehtp. They thus
become “dHddies" of the Bov Scouts
and 'he money they pay (or dues
support the scout organization.
lialen first railed a small group
of Influential men together. He sub-
mitted his plan which all scoepted
with enthusiasm. Each sent out a
hundred letters to friends, soliciting
further memberships. All lit all five
hundred have responded and more
ere expected to Join.
Each "Old Scout" has on the valt
of his office an emblem which says:
BAKER. ORE -George Thompson. »| an old Scout'—are you?"
j local florist employe, was fined $25
11«,r stealing flower* from a grave and
I reselling them for a bridal boquet.
If you have anything to sell a
Herald wnht ad will Und a buyer.
SAYS WIFE NOT
AS HE DESIRES
Alleging 'hat hta wife. JoMe
O. Murphy left his home and In.
now living with another maa. a
Ralph Adants. Of Uriatow. that
she had been arrested at Strand
for eo-habltallon with a third
man by the name of Dan WlUto
and that while he (hat husband!
was away :rom home last De-
cember she sold all of the fur-
niture and household effects be-
longing to them Jointly. Frank
K. Murphy has (tied petition for
divorce and custody of their
two children. James Edward,
aged 9. and Edward T-agrand.
aged 5.
The Murphys ware married in
I'jok and the husband states that
Iiis wife has failed to cate for
ihe children In any wey but has
removed them from his core aer«
era I times, taking them once to
her mother's where they became
sick. He asks that she be
made to pay the costs of th#
case and that he be given any
other relief that the court may
Judge equitable.
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