The Black Dispatch (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, August 12, 1921 Page: 2 of 8
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THE BLACK DISPATCH
carl f. egge
JOHN JAMES TIGERT
GOES ON THE ROCKS AND
SINKS IN TWENTY MIN-
UTES IS REPORT
34 perish iijjhe disaster
The Steamer Anyox Was About Ik
Miles From The Alaska When She
Hit Rocks and Was at the
Scene One Hour Later
Eureka, Calif.,—Forty-eight lives
•were lost when the steamship Alaska
ISturck on Blunt's Reef and went down
(Saturday night according to the best
■available check-up Sunday night. Thir-
Ity-six were passengers and twelve
were members of the crew.
True to the traditions of the sea,
which says that a master must re-
'main with his ship until the last,
'Capt. Harvey Hobey of the Alaska ap-
parently lost his life when his ship
iplunged beneath the waves thirty
minutes after striking the reef.
The survivors numbering 166 per-
sons, were brought here Sunday by
the rescue ship Anyox, the first vessel
to reach the scene of the wreck in re-
sponse to the Alaska's radio signals.
The coast guatd tug Ranger, dis-
patched early Saturday from Eureka
twelve men. Eight were members of
returning to port with the bodies of
the crow and four were passengers.
Of the survivors landed by the
Anyox, thirty were more or less ser-
iously injured and received medical
treatment at Eureka hospitals.
The Alaska of the San Francisco
and Portland steamship company left
'Portland, Ore., last Friday with 131
passengers of whom 123 were in the
cabin and eight in the steerage. The
majority of the passengers were sum-
mer tourists.
The Alaska hailed from the home
port of Port Townsend, Washington,
its net tonnage was 3,709 and its leng-
th 327 l'eetj Her normal crew number-
ed forty-five. She was built at Ches-
ter, Pennsylvania in 1889.
Ship Accidents Frequent
Blunt's Reef is forty miles south of
■Eureka and 197 miles north of San
Francisco. Ship accidents were fre-
quent at that point years ago until a
light ship was built in 1901. The only
notable wreck since 1901 was the sink-
ing about fifteen years ago of the
steamer Columbia with a heavy loss of
life. The ownters of the Alaska inci-
dentally, also owned the Columbia.
Fogs have prevailed along the Wash-
ington, Oregon and Northern Cali-
fornia coasts for two weeks and sev-
eral shiping casualties have occurred,
the most notable being the wreck of
the Canadian government steamer,
Canadian Exporter off South Bend,
Washington, recently.
166 Are Rescued
Ninety-six passengers and seventy
of the crew were brought here late
by the steamer Anyox, which arrived
at the scene of the wreck in time to
pick these survivors up from drifting
lifeboats and from among the wreck-
age.
The Alaska was bound from Port-
land, Oregon to San Francisco.
A dense fog concealed the treach-
erous rocks off the Blunt's Reef, which
projects far into the ocean, when
the Alaska crashed at 9:4.0 o'clock.
Within twenty minutes the crippled
steamer listed four feet of the tips
of the masts.
Life Boat Overturns
The passengers were placed in life-
boats, but one overturned as it was
lowered into the water.
Thomas Johnston of Brooklyn, N. Y.
was drowned and his wife rescued,
though injured. Of the twelve bodies
recovered four have been identified
as passengers and eight as officers
and members of the crew.
According to the stories of the sur-
vivors, three lifeboats were launched.
The last one was but a few feet away
•from the wreck when the Alaska,
which had listed to starboard, sudden-
fly righted and then plunged bow first.
George Glen, who with another
passenger and the captain were the
last men on the ship, came to the sur-
face a short time afterward and fin-
ally found an empty lifeboat. Others
•were struggling in the water. The
«teamer Anyox towing a barge to Van-
couver, was twelve miles distant when
ithe first "S. O. S." signals of the Alas-
ka flashed out Within an hour the
Anyox arrived at the wreck and in a
•manner that won high praise from the
•survivors, the crew of the Anyox
6peedly picked up those who were
dirfting in life preservers or in life-
boats.
Through the night other ships join-
ed in the rescue work.
Twelve bodies were found which
left the nineteen persons unaccounted
for—thirty-two passengers and four
members of the crew.
Carl F. Egge of Minneapolis, who
nas been appointed general superin.
tendent of the air mail service, with
headquarters in the Post Office depart,
ment at Washington. He has been in
the postal service 30 years.
sick veteransjefy^uards
SAYS IMMORALITY AND VICE
ARE IN HOSPITAL CAMP
Mands That Situation Be Laid Be-
fore Atorney Gen. Daugherty
Senator Walsh of Massachuestts De-
Washington,—Conditions at the
Johnson City, Tenn., old soldiers'
home, where former service men are
receiving hospital treatment are so
deplorable that unless congress acts
immediately, the casualties there will
be proportionately higher than occur-
red in the world war, director Forbes
of the war risk insurance declared
before a senate committee.
Agents of the bureau have just com-
pleted a secret investigation of the
institution in which are quartered
nearly 850 former service men
Colonel Forbes declared were living
under astounding conditions of
vice, corruption and immorality.
"Patient" Is Witness
The war risk head brought as a
witness M. P. Mclnereny, the agent
who made the investigation and who
lived for a week as a "patient" at the
home. The latter told the commit-
tee of having bought morphine, moon-
shine whiskey ana extract of ginger
containing 95 percent alcohol on the
home reservation. He declared intoxi-
cation was common among the for-
THREE ROBBERS SLUG A
POSTOFFICE MESSENGER
IN ST. LOUIS
will not mm mm
Auto And Rifled Mail Pouch Was
Found in a Cornfield Five Miles
South of Edwardsville, III.
Is Report
St. Louis, Mo.—Three bandits held
ap and slugged Tommy Felaido, a
postoffice messenger at Wood River,
111., near here, and escaped with threo
mail pouches, one of which is believ-
ed to have contained 160,000 in cur-
rency consigned to the Standard Oil
refinery at Wood River.
The robbery occurred shortly after
the pouches were thrown from a Cin-
cinnati, Chicago, Cleveland and St
Louis train from St. Louis.
Felaido met the train, placed the
pouches in a push cart and started
for the postoffice across the tracks
when the armed, trio steped from an
automobile and commanded him to
throw up his hands. He apparently
was slow in complying and one of
th bandits struck him in the face with
his fist. The other threw the pouch-
| es in the automobile and escaped.
An hour later an abandoned auto-
mobile was found in a cornfield five
miles south of Edwardsville, Illinois
Nearby was a rifled mail pouch con-
taining parcel post matter addressed
to Wood River residents.
A number of men in automobiles are
scouring the territory for the bandits.
The money was sent from the fed-
eral reserve bank here to meet the
payroll of the refinery. David C.
Biggs, governor of the Eighth feder-
al reserve district, refused to an-
nounce the ammount shipped, explain-
ing he had been cautioned by postal
officials to give out no information.
Events of State
Wide Interest
LEAVE OF ABSENCE DENIED
No Power Can Take Man From Duty,
He is Told in House
New photograph of John James
Tigert, who has succeeded P. P. Clax.
ton as commissioner of education. He
Is a Tennesseean.
fifteen hobos ore burned
WRECKED TRAIN FIRE DEB-
RIS IS SEARCHED
Railroad Officials Say the Dead Are
Unauthorized Passengers on a
Freight Train
Houston,
Washington—A request from Rep-
resentative Fitzgerald, republican, of
Ohio, for a months' leave of absence
from the house because he had been
"ordered" as a reserve officer to mili-
tary duty at Camp Knox, Kentucky,
0 . . Precipitated a lively tilt in the house.
mer service men, and asserted that i RePresentative Lanham, democrat, of
immoral women overrun the grounds
on which the institution is located.
The witness said he had encounter-
ed many patients who carried six-
shooters and defied the guards to take
the firearms away. There was ab-
solutely no discipline, he added, and
the patients "ran the place to the ex-
tent of forcing the executive officers
to withdraw the guards from the din-
ing rooms." Loaded dice and marked
cards were supplied by "parasites"
from the outside and the patienls
drained of the money given them by
the government.
Daugherty to Act
As Mr. Mclnereny told of his week's
experience, Senator Walsh, democrat
Massachusetts, demanded that the
situation be laid before the Attorney
General Daugherty for action. The
senator declared that all of those in
authority at the home, and whom he
said had appeared to have permitted
the condition to continue, should be
indicted for malfesance in office.
No action was taken by the com-
mittee, however, but Mr. Walsh de-
clared that the sending of former
service men to "such hell houses nas
Texas, objecting to granting the re-
quest, while Representative Garrett,
acting democratic leader, held that a
"serious question" had been raised
and requested that action he defei«
red.
I would like to know what power
can order a member of congress away
from his duty in peace time." Mr.
Lanham said.
Representative Greene, republican,
Vermont, a member of the house mili-
tary comittee, said the request had
been worded "crudely" and explained
that "no reserve officer in time of
peace can be ordered to camp except
at his own request."
Request of house members for lea-
ves of absence ordinarily are granted
without discussion.
Coming Events
fiept. _l-3—Apache County Fair, at Apaene.
sept. .10—Indian Agriculture and Live stock, it
fonctt qty.
Sept. 7-10—Kiowa County Fair, at Hobart.
ocpt. 8-10—-Johnston County Fair, at Tishomingo.
ept. 8-10—Marshall County FMr, at Madill
«Pt. 12-14—Garvin County Fair, at Pauls Valley.
Sept. 12-14—Osage County Fair, at Fairfax.
Sept. 14-16—Atoka County Fair, at Atoka.
Sept. 14-16 Okfuskee County Fair, at Okemah.
oe,t. 14-16—Pawnee County Tair, at Pawnee.
Sept. 14-1stephens County Fair, at Duncan.
Sf • 1J-17—Beckham County Fair, at Elk City.
S ,« Vi aI,adian < ol,nty Fair, at El Reno.
22! •;\1;~~Cart8r County Fair, at Ardmore.
« "-"—Comanche County Fair, at Lawton.
i;!i!~CrtIg County Fair, at Vinita.
Sent ii ,7~(Jeek ('0U,,ty Falr' at ^PulPa-
i « tV ay County Fair- at Ponca City-
J ' LeFlore County Fair, at Poteau.
s!n!' —Oknuntiee County Fair, at Okmulgee,
sept. 14-17—Tillman County Fair, at Frederick,
£!«!' ^-10—Nohle County Fair, at Perry.
o!?( ,* , J~?lail'e bounty Fair, at Watonga,
sin!' ('ount* Fair, at Coalgate.
Sen' J®*}J—JJcCurtaln County Fair, at Idabel
r!!"~08age County Fair, at Pawhuska.
!r '~Wa8lli,a Couifty Fair, at Cordell.
Sent «*Jn'"S10!WOtOC Co Jnty 8t A(ia-
r0U,l,T *< Tul...
8m ifl ,r ,."ir Co"r-t' • Stillweil.
s.n' S , , ",ne Count> yilr. a< Stillwater.
Sent <'ountJ' « Guthrie.
Pt. l9-_„—Pottawatomie County Fair, at Shaw-
Grain:
Markets trended lower during tveelc
with trade not large and practically local
In character. Extremely large receipts
ox winter wheat acted to depress wheat
prices. Jiiisk selling occurred during the
last two days of the week resulting in.
wheat hitting new low point. Export
business Mas brisk on most days. Corni
prices declined under selling pressure and
more favorable crop news despite good
dema-nd. Cash markets for both wheat
and corn are unsettled. In Chicago cash-
market No. 2 rc-d winter wheat closed
at *1.18; No. 2 hard at $1.19; No. 3 mixed
corn at 56c; No. 3 yellow at Sfic; No. 3
new white oats at 32c. For the week,
Chicago September wheat dropped S'/iQ
closing at $1.18-%; September corn drop-
ped 3i/jc closing at 56-%. Minneapolis
September wheat dropped 3c closing at
*1.2514. Kansas City September wheat
dropped 4^c closing at 1.08. Chicago
December wheat closed at 1.22; Decem-
ber corn at 57c. Minneapolis pecember
wheat closed at $1.25 1-2, Kansas CKy De-
cember whea* closed at $1.12 3-8.
Texas—Fifteen persons
Mdmg unauthorized are thought to
have burned to death when train No.
32, Gult Coast Line east bound freight
irom Houston to New Orleans, while
running twenty-five miles an hour
Plunged into Clear Creek about twen-
ty miles east of Dequlncy, La.
Seventeen cars were derailed, in-
cluding thirteen cars of oil and gaso-
line which caught fire. The heat is so
intense that it is impossible to fight
the flames with the only means avail-
able which is by bucket brigades.
None of Dead Identified
Efforts to identify any oi tne men
killed in the freight wreck at Reev-
es, La., virtually had been abandoned.
The scene of the wreck was a high
trestle known as Clear Lake Ridge.
The locomotive crossed the trestle
safely, but practically the entire train deaf at Sulphur,
of sixty cars fell into the ravine.
Hie bodies of the men were burned
so badly that even their color is in
doubt. A number of the cars were
destroyed.
-Sept. 20*21 Oklahoma County FUr. at Oklahoma
Sept' 20 9? lincoln County Fair, «t Chandler.
Sem ^og "0gm r° n4>' at Claremore.
Sew In "r Co,mty *'«"• «'
Sept* ' 1* Co""" f,lr. at Anadarko.
Sent' 21 24 JJ 'Bt0n <"oun,y Falr' ,lt Dew"-
Sept' at Mm,7",'' <'°"n,y F"h- al
Sept' il.um " roun,i' F<lr' ot Mf-Ueaue
Sem 2' County Fsir, at Wagoner.
Sent fo oj l tounty Fair, at Norman.
S^P ' 2'ErW CounW Ftlr' " S'W.
<£T j.2 1~Mwm <•< ">'- Fair, a PIT.*.
Oct' 19 11,'"" 'mmty F,lr' ' Hallett.
Oct' 12 is u'""f £"Unty Falr' 11 Clinton.
Oct 14 ,Z^"0<ls P ir. «t Alva.
Oct. 18-2,Cooi,ty Bois. Citf.
Oct 25 OB n n8,. ^ Fa,r* Guymon.
• S5-2*-OartleM Count, Fair, .t Enid.
OWa\h™.* sft ko.ee. Oct. 8-1.
City. ,p, 24-Oct, * ,nd E,po m™' Oklahoui
State Fair of Teiaa, Dallas Oct H-2?
Bent \k Hutch*n on, Kan.. 8«pt. 17-J1
Sept. lM7-McClal„ County y.lr, "
Girl scouts of Muskogee will issue a
weekly paper, the "Wig-Wag". It will
be devoted to news and activities of
a dozen troops here. Clytis Ogden
is editor.
Consideration is being given T>y the
Delaware county excise board to the
estimates of seventy-five school dis-
tricts, six townships, and two incorp-
orated towns within the county.
v- Bird of the state board of
Public affairs who recently returned
from a trip to Sulphur and Pauls Val-
ley, where state institutions were in-
spected, announced that additional
power equipment is being added to the
wood-working and harness making de-
partments of the state school for the
Dairy Products:
Butter markets Arm early in the week
but at the close became somewhat easy
and unsettled. Full confidence in high
prices and recent advances has been lack-
ing and traders In the markets have
tried to avoid any accumulation of stocks.
Keceipts are running lighter. Prices of
92 score: New York H'/2; Chicago 42-%c;
Philadelphia 43'^c; Boston 45c. Cheeset
markets have lost the firmness of week
ago. Prices are 1 to 2c lower and in lipe
with decline occuring August 1st on Wis-
consin Country Boards. Wisconsin pri
mary market prices: Twins 19-%c
daisies 20 4c; double daisies 20 £c. Young:
Americas 22c, Longhorns 22^c.
Fruits and Vegetables:
Virginia eastern shore irish cobbler po-
tatoes up $1-1.25 per bbl. in New York
August 4 at $5.50-6. Other eastern mark-
ets higher, ranging $4.25-6.25. New Jer-
sey sacked Cobblers up 30-35c per 100 lbs.
in New York ranging $3.15-3.35. Kansas
sacked early Ohios up 50-75c per 100 lbs
from seasons low point in Kansas Cltjr
closing around $1.75; Chicago market ac-
tive at $1.50-1.85. California salmon tint
cantaloupes from Turlock section slight-
ly weaker In eastern markets, closing-
*2.25-3.50 per standard crate. Chicago
slow and weak at $2.50-2.75. Arkansas
stock $1-2 in middle western cities Geor-
gia Elberta peaches stronger in eastern
markets owing to light supplies. Price*
advanced $1 per six basket carrier in New
York reaching $4.75-6 and closed 25 to 7Jo
higher in Baltimore around $4.50. Elb&ta.
peaches up 50-75c in Chicago, closing $4-
4.25. Georgia and S. Carolina Tom Watson
watermelons, medium sizes, nearly steady-
in New York at $200-$250 per car for 2,1
to 28 pound stock. Wire inquiry has been
light at Georgia shipping points and sup-
plies heavy. Prices declined 50-$85 per
car 20 to 28 pound melons reaching $76
to $100 the middle of the week and 22 to-
24 lb average $40 to $65 FOB cash track.
Hay:
General level of hay prices practically-
unchanged. Extremely light receipts of
high grade timothy causing Arm prices
for that commodity. Lower grades still
sell slowly. Good demand for timothy
at Chicago and Cincinnati and for alfalfa,
at Kansas City. Some shipping demand at
Cincinnati but only local at other mark-
ets. Quoted Aug. 5th No. 1 timothy New-
York $33; Clnclnati $21; Chicago $20;
Atlanta $27; Kansas City $42; No. 1 al-
falfa Kansas City $22; Memphis $21. No.
*1160 Chicago $17.60; Kansas City
Feed:
Prices unchanged. Bran continues to
be weakest item on list with every light
demand in Chicago and Kansas City
markets. Kansas City dealers quote bran.
Discharge of Negro Porters
Texarkana, Texas—The proprietors
of the three leading hotels here each
received notices signed "Ku Klux
Klan committee" reading as follows:
"Get rid of all negro porters. This
means business.' Negro employees of
Colonel Port,,, awl„ ^ ho.e, wa„ reduc,0 by „
manned the small pump in the boat.
- " «vu..vaB
iZt'olvm £.""kS
istration building at LTniversity hos-! a"d s'uten feed steady. Very little
pital was opened Thursday bv the I .om vy,/eed, °"eled for August
soldier rplief nnmn,' 4 . ,. | "h'Pmcut. Yellow in better supply and
T m commission in the Office Quoted at $1 discount. The demand for
of J. T. Randolph, chief clerk of the most feedstuffs is poor with stocks ample
commission in the capitol H B FpII i 1° mec.t, !'equl,r,e^ents- Quoted Aueust 5th
State V . T1:8" •|14- $14.50 Minneapolis;
Commander of the Ameri- Linseed meal $41, Minneapolis, $43.
can Legion, Horace K Haean J^ansas City; No. 1 alfalfa meal $ll>-
former state commandpr and r^ant Ka"sas (;''tyj Thir,y six P^'cent cotton-
vicor, ,h:'"zjlt' i
PH„ Cato, , Port,,,, Ina,„ ,M,nlc.lE"'" M.,u,
tor in music and band director at the I Chicago live stock: Hogs declined
Grant Institute Indian school at Genoa ™ea2i],y throuehout the week closing 70-
rrbaSnda' fK bCe" Cnga«ed direct
the band at Kaw City, until Septem- Cows and heifers generally steady with
ber 15, when he returns to school du- lncreased run of grassers. Cows declined
San schooh,a%been aD i?StrUCt°r * In' X
man sciiools tor several years and was amount. Veal calves down 75c to $1.25
in the army during the world war as Fat lambs up n°"80c- feedins lambs 25-50c^
JJSSTl? Plrst ««*■,Si "of
Conceit band. (ONE LOAD) $10,80; bulk of sales $8.65-
J„hV""ur'
coin dance is being celebrated at Old $8.75; feeder steers $4.75-7.50; light and
Hickory Grove near Arbeka crossing medium weight veal calves $8-si.75 fat
Indians have hepn amvine ■„ , lambs $8.75-11; feeding lambs $6.5(^7.75;
inaians have been ai riving in large yearlings .$0-8.50; fat ewes $3-5.25. stock-
numbers. The dance this year is be- er an<J feeder shipments from 11 lmport-
- >ng attended by a greater crowd than ant markets dl"'ine the week ending July
The girl was shot through the right j for severaI >'ears previous. These an- £aT; "she^T,^ Beul^grades^of
e. whilp tVio nual fiVfints rnnaict * - , . ' ? ttU . Ul
AIRPLANE ATTACKS BOAT
Machine Gun Hits Girl While With
Party on Eastern Bay
Providence, R. I.—Sweeping down
Narragansett Bay with its machine
gun wide open and spraying the water
with a rain of bullets, an unidentified
airplane rjddled and nearly sank a
launch containing five persons, sever-
ely wounded a girl passenger and
slightly injured a man.
Failing to| observe frantic signals
from the boat, the plane sped on its
way. With the boat sinking and the
girl in danger from loss of blood the
launch party traveled eight miles to
shore to reach medical aid. The
wounded girl is Grace Buxton, 24
years old, of Oakland Beach, near
this city.
leg, while the bullet grazed the left
While
got to stop.'
explained that his bureau was unable I Percent> it was said.
to correct th« evils because of lack of — —
jurisdiction of the soldiers' home, I Goes on Tour of Stores
which is administered by the federal | Berlin—Mrs. Marguerite E. Harri-
board controlling all such institutions,
Efforts were made at Newport to
identify the plane as one of a fleet
son, the American newspaper cones- ; attac.hed to the naval destroyer squad-
He declared he felt it his duty" to f P°ndent who recently was releasod ! !°" bfcause of the remote
make public his findings, however, in I from Prison ln Russia, arrived in Ber- ! ^^v .! no d®finit« m"
headline attraction.
That many crimes have been com-
mitted by the cowardly in the name
of Ku Klux Klan and that the order
of which he is avowedly a member
is composed of law abiding citizens,
was the statement of Dr. Caleb A.
Ridley, Atlanta minister, in an address
on the aims and organization of the
"invisible empire" at convention hall
recently.
Typhoid vaccine has been adminis-
tered to 125 persons at Gertie, a gen-
said, daily marched on to" the"'prey I & miles off the Florida coast o"n Aug- I ^ .*,75'°?0'0°0 w111 be added j and th^ epidemic oflyph^d^thkfh
that awaited them among the patients', ust 1 were brought here by the steam- ' . , 8 ate s assesed valua- nl,t thoro
many of whom, he added, were "men- ship Santa Theresa from Mantanzas. : tl0D 1921, accordinK to estimates
tally not responsible for their acts." The men said they left Palm Beach by ™emf)ers ot the state board of
order that public sentiment might
wipe out the "curse'; which he saiJ
his investigation had showed to exist.
The institution the director said,
was inadequately officered, did not
have sufficient doctors and nurses
and needed additional guards who
lin from Riga, accompanied by United j formatlon cou,d be obtained.
States Senator Joseph I. France of '
Maryland. Mrs. Harrison immediately
began a shopping expedition.
Fishermen Picked up at Sea
„ New York,—Three fishermen, pick-
could isolate the hordes which, he j ed up from a disabled motor boat six-
STATE VALUES INCREASED
Board of Equalization to Add $20,000,.
000 to Increases
Oklafioam City,—An increase of ap-
nual events consist of incantations ! western dressed fresh beef at eastern
followed by a feast and then an im- i markets up 25c- other grades steady.
provised program of fun and frolic 1 llght p?rk,loins up lamb " •
tirpnpdilinf tiio J lronc $3-4. Mutton steady on better grades*
preceedmg the green corn dance, the but down $1 on lower grades. August
He pleaded for welfare societies to ! July 27 and had been without water
lend their aid. or food for four days.
British Marshal Is Near Death
Cowes, Isle of Wight—Field Marsh-
equalization. This will make the to-
tal valuation of taxable property in
the state in 1921 approximately $1,-
739,448,745. Last year's valuation was
$1,664,448,745. Of this increase ap-
5 prices good grade meats: Beef $15.50-17;
veal $15-17: lamb $22-24; mutton $12-15;
light pork loins $24-$27; heavy loins $1T-
$21.
Cotton:
Spot cotton prices advanced 125 points
during the week closing at 12,01c per
pound. October futures ln New York up
142 points closing at 13.44c.
SPANISH ARMY WIPED OUT
Moors Annihilate Volumn of General
Narvarre, High Comissioner Says
Madrid—The column of genearl Na-
varre which was beseiged by rebel
Moors on Mount Arruit, has been an-
broke out there recentl^ is nowTn- ac.c°rdingr,to a communica-
der control, according to a report to "on rece!v®d fr°m General Berenguer
Dr. A. R. Lewis state health commis- j [icco.P commissioner in Mo-
health office^^ who^tebHsh'ed°a free ' E£rlier !"e?.orts said that the force
clinic in Gertie. i Ge°fral Navarre which escaped
from Mount Arruit, where they had
Declaring that murders are commit- been beseiged by the Moroccan tribes-
ted, robberies planned and scores of men, were expected to arrive shortly-
accidental deaths result from an ama- 1 in Melilla.
Turks Will Execute Fifty Greeks
Angora, Asia Minor—A Turkish na-
tionalist courtmartial sentenced to
'death fifty Greek prisoners and nati-
>ves of Samsun Brussa. The natives
are regarded as Turkish subjects.
Red Cross Denies Russian Report
Washington,—Complete denial that
Ithe American Red Cross or any of its
(agents either here or abroad ever gave
assistance to the Kronstandzt (Russ-
ian) revolutionists in their attempt to
overthrow the soviet government was j reaching here,
made here at national headauarter
Greek Planes Make Raids
Athens—Naval airplanes attached
al, Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, chief to the Greek forces in Asia-Minor have Proximately $20,0o0,000 will be added
of the British Imperial general staff ! been carr-vinS out bombing raids upon bjr the board of equalization to the in-
had a narrow escape from drowning the railroad Iine between Afiun-Kara- crease ot $55,000,000 shown on the ! Zlngly large am°unt of freight train | Another report said a rumor is be-
wl ile following the races for small hissa and Konai- sa>'s an official aggregate report of county assessors. I ndinp- s- p- Freeling, attorney general | ing circulated among native tribes-
craft in the Sowes regetta. The field statement issued here by the minister I The board Passed upon the valua- j addressed a letter to the sheriffs of men that General Sylvester reported
marshal was in a little yawl and a ot tbe marine- Bombs were dropped tion of a11 counties in the state with Grant, Garfield, Canadian and King- to have comitted suicide after his de-
upon three hangars and upon enemy the exception of Beckham and Push- !fisher counties, requesting that they feat by the rebels, is not dead, but
heavy sea washed him overboard.
Public Debt Decreased
■Washington—A decrease of $206,-
000.000 in the public debt during July
was announced by the treasury.
Storm Sweeps Over Kansas
Wichita, Kan.,—A hail storm dur^
ing which hail stones said to have
been of tremendous size swept across
cavalry detachments.
Sixteen Killed in Wreck
Vladivostok,—In a colision between
matama counties, whose assessors
have not yet submitted their reports
The board yet has to consider the val-
uations of public service utilities and
NoS^ixte^n JeSoLf VereVlfSl corporations' wh,ch *in make im-
and eighteen injured, among them a
few Japanese.
possible to arrive at the tax levy until
about September 1, It was announced.
Volstead Warrants Issued
„vlu.,a .. Jersey City.-Volstead warrants for |
parts of Cowley and Wilson counties ar of offlcers and crew of the
Pope Receives Denver Bishop
Rome—Monsignor Henry R. Tihen,
causing damage estimated at thou- schooner Henry L. Marshall siezed as bishop of Denver accompanied by a
sands of dollars, according to reports * liquor runner and for three others group of American pilgrims, was re-
. said to have been interested in the ceived in audience by Pope Benedict.
• cargo were issued by Federal Commis. The Americans contributed liberally
| sioner Queen. to the Peters pence fund
do everything in their power to put
an end at once to the practice.
Three cars of wheat an<l one car of
corn were spilled on the ground when
an M. K. & T. freight train was wreck-
ed Just north of Vinita. Eight cars
went into the ditch. A milling com-
pany is buying the wheat.
A farmers' banquet at which only
"dirt farmers" are to be speakers will
feature the third day of the Oklahoma
farm congress which is to be held at
the A. and M. college here August 24
to 31. The banquet will be held Fri-
day evening. August 26. The "eats"
will be stuff that has been raised on
the college farm.
is being held prisoner.
Killed as Lightning Hits Tree
Newark, N. J.,—Lightning struck a.
tree on the Weequahic golf course be-
tween here and Elizabeth, instantly
killing Arthur Schahtz, 15-year old
caddy, who was seeking shelter benear
th it. Four members of the club who
were standing near him were tempor-
arily paralyzed by the shock.
Storm Sweeps Over Gotham
New York,—The worst storm of the
season swept oyw the metropolitas
district recently, leaving death an«
destruction in Its wake.
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Dunjee, Roscoe. The Black Dispatch (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, August 12, 1921, newspaper, August 12, 1921; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc152345/m1/2/: accessed April 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.