Pittsburg County Guardian (McAlester, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 9, 1922 Page: 1 of 8
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Pittsburg County Guardian
GUARANTEED LARGEST WEEKLY CIRCULATION IN PITTSBURG COUNTY ALL
HOME PRINT
VOLUME XVIII A STANDARD COUNTY NEWSPAPER
WALTON ELECTED GHAIM Br
OF MORE
mcalester, oklahoma, Thursday, November 9, 1922 .he newspapkk that goes home
Number 12
SHRINE BAND CONCfKf
HEICE MONDAY NIGIII
BONUS MEASURE WENT
DOWN 10 IIS DEFEAT i
Shriners
will have
from all over Oklahoma The soldier bonus bill went by the
possession of McAlester board. It hat. been decisively defea-
The usual off-year political feel- VICTIM OF THUGS IN . „ . - . , - uov.1Bllv«.ly aele«.
mg resulted in Tuesday's election of SERIOUS CONDITION or!lay; «8timated that t«d on the face of returns to date. *
Walton as governor of Oklahoma by, from 2,000 to 3,000 visitors will be1 The vote on the bill itself wtf ¥
a majoritv approximating 50,000 The condition of Charles Victor, of Sj!?6 C'ty °n V* 1°^asio IJ the, comparatively close, the latest tabu- *
votes, based on the returns so far re- Brewer, who was beaten up some time £m5" ceremonial at thp McAlester la ti on Thursday morning showing 64,- *
last Saturday nigtit and left in a va- A ,u. ' 7. measure to 65,000 against *
TROTTER'S FIRST TRII TO
E BEFORE
reived.
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TROTTER TO PEN
peared in the ontest of over 100 bands j secure a majority of the total vote
- o ^ national Shrine gatehnng in ca>t for the highest office at the elec-,
San h ranc^co, this year. The band toon. This, in this case, means go -
* consist* nf llKnilf „/
Thursday morning, on the
insistence of County Attornty
Whitt, J, C. Trotter was
transferred to the state peni-
tentiary for safe-keeping,
his making bond or coming
to trial.
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ORDER GIVEN TO
SELL BANK PROPERTY.
Returns up to Thursday morning cant shack in the east end of the city" „ * featune of the celebration will be it with a large percentage of the
^"L™79 Precimcfcs in the state out at Eleventh and Washington Ave « , mu.sl.cal PTOK|anl to be given vote to hear from.
of 2937 iprecjnctsi, gave (Wa|ton a was verv' grave at noon Thui-sdav of Monday night at the -Buisbv Theatre The thing that will defeat it how
lead, unofficially, of 46,019 votes. The this week" s^id reports from All & th" Bedouin Shrine Band, of Minever, is the 4te Thit w^ not ca^t
remaining precincts will swell this Saints Hospital, where he is beinir t > OIlc of thp f,nest musical or-: either for or against it
ewhi>]r° t^y to 59;000: or.52.®00- treated. He is conscious only at times, &<Ui ^5 'aw Provid*s that (proposed
ev£ 3UnaToSr'in^his"utf, foul <™diti°n ta ser-' ^ b^,thatap- |^ ndments to the constitution must
the vote is also evidently the largest ' Victor is a miner working at. Brew- tl£ .
ever cast in an election. The gen-, er, and had been paid off Saturday ranc*sco, th
eral unrest at results of the national He came to McAlester to see thn Wat' C0,nMsts of about forty members, of em0i.
administration, which has been blam- ton parade and w " - whom f,™ " ■■ -
ed in the mind of the public for every- It was
thing from the bool weevil to the tar- night that
iff, is admittedly the cause of the negro who
overturn of the previous election ma- old house
jonties. i ported the iu uie ponce, ine k , .- ,—-— ■
Careful observers believe that, had room was spattered with blood and • no admission charged. The occa-j ure, and as
sioti ic ™ T, ti,,, pUj,lic an<] a cor. evenly div
extended to all the j vote for i WK! iivi|> ra Ileouea
i , -• —•— x —— > "H niv ura\i wufs moFL sfnous hp — -.iGrs to vnjcv the total vote for fro venvoi* and his jjuard arrived in minister this uftairv «f tka ;_
of VHe.^rnt1Carrr l,000' Hundreds has never been able to tell the storv . : ,„fh" bonu* bill was worth probably! ^cAlfster Tuesday making a non- stitutions.
<f democrats are known to have re- of the difficulty. His brother Fd v1 Program includes the following 25,000 votes to Mr. Walton* but no •>,) ™n ronl Colorado
votrng at an, while Victor, of Savanna, has be."n 'with numbe"- I thing ,0 the soldiers, since it pr,soner
d^a7fertion fjT A®! /4u° hl"? time at the hospital. /0(1> March, The Conqueror, Tieke; i<lown defeat.
As he hf"i Considerable monev om Ovfrture, Templeweiohs, Keler; | -— k"'™K".' 1!a<;K ,n nand-cuffs.. tration of the state banking depart-
person when he left for Me.Ales- ^} Waltz, La Belle Roumaine, I vim- TUTtNIPS | here, plans were mcnt.
following the filing of a petition
in distinct court this week by the
state bank commissioner, Roy Wol-
cott, asking that an order be issued
permitting the sale of certain proper-
' ty of the Hank of Crowder, now in the
hands of the state banking depart-
ment an order was this week issued
by Judge Milton, authrtiizing this
1 Pfoe*dure with regard to the person-
i t r „ nl Pr°l'crty of the bank.
gen.
more
and
and
Careful observers believe that, had room wsvs spattered with blood and ■ no admiasi<ln chai
the state campaign not bet-n filled the man's head and body showed that 'S TP to.the pi
j so many cross-currents the he had been terribly b<-aten A blow ^'al 'nvitat,0n is exte
democratic majority w^uld probably on the head was the moct serious He "<,s of Shriners
have be^n rvarcr 100 000 W.,«rl,^la ^ . •fc™U8r ne event.
^ vuw LHbi on tne meas- sion from th« iuut ine nusmess of all proner-
as the vote on it was about ter back after t<hp litter IiaI ,ty ^ithout a ^pocial man in charge of
'vided it is clear that the i f the institutions" am
it will not equal half the Trot Jr .. v V . su.c^ dencal h«*'P « neede,! to ad-
for cnvurnA*- 1 'Oicer and nis mi&rn nrriv<wl m minul<.r iKn nfr«:r.. al _ _ -i ■ .
city. The Walcott is the man who succeeded
disaffection over the attitude of the
mayor-candidate on the party plat-
his
,ent away from"1 the oTfi.^^Tl U\*? ^JPenni . af^r the latter was in-
i wft J*T kJ I ^ ! although he dieted m connection with the adminis-
n hand-cuffs, ration of the state bankinir depart.
ter Saturday, it is thought robbery ouiciT ,<4) Tdyl, The Mall in the For-
form. f^ i
£ee."nS the normal demo- was tV motive of his assailant^ He rfst- Ellengerg; (5) Grand Selection , ., ,
^r lfl furthe^stre^crtherJ^11 1^" J 0T,iv aJfew his pockets Songs from the Old Folks, Lake; (6)! said hhere wouldn't be I ^ d«frt'on is set fo
£ th t 5 1 f5^) 071 found- H's ^ w>s also Characteristic; The Clow Worm, Lin -:nnv turnips raised around here this fef°re C0u„ty ju<1 c
elected a gone. eke; (7) Fantarsia, Maryland, Short. ^ because it was so dry. ~
democratic governor this year, and No arrests have yet been made. ' ™ talking to John Bates,
JUDGMENT GIVEN Et)R | ^ho lives on the H. D. Parson fai-m.
Michigan sent a democratic 'U. S.
Senator to Washington, 'while Ne-
elected a democratic governor.
■*" illL DEMO CANDIDATES
Whole Ticket Elected.
The entire state democratic ticket
was elected, the majorities varying,1
and none as yet known definitely, as All democratic
!,„! f"-I[1ret.UI7ls aj;f n,>t m ol: at least office were eltcted
The general resent- ties in Tuesday
$14,745 IN SUIT ^ the penitentiaiy, on the
| Postal Highway—just a good average
SEE JOHN BATES \^t ^ ,ittU;l De"T W not yH been broufht ^
is nndf(>-toodV thot^Mri Troltt'T'wiVi MARRIAttB LICENSES. -
appear here at the trial in Che prose-; „ ,.
••"won of the case. She and her three I ™arnage licenses were issued' the
children are now at Chattanooga 1 'f,4 follows: W. T. Camp-
Term., where they have been since! ,f!' M,!s-. Klla Miller. Kiowa;
I rotter s troubles first broke loose I K1''''"5. arxi Myrtle Payne,
Judgm«_'Tit for $14,745 was allowed farm of the county. j lrotter s troubles first broke loose | i. auT. 1 al>d Myrtle Payne,
IN COUNTY ElECTED &TSffiSSAT-iS A1 SS%X- ZSJ-aiAwS/Sj ""■
Johnson, Bartlesville,
s~* j —v •••*- lulu ■ ■■ minini x ihj fu'DioKc it ano aL i
ic nominees for county Jr'5KK man' ne?r Ttlooker, last wee"k. j time« along he would break and har-1 „
cted by large maiori- • p Slnt xwas ba^ original piom-j row it, but planted nothing on it— 11)8
y's election, the ratio 1S^t7 "otes U',the P'aintiff. just kept it ^n a fine state of cultiva- <,'ou^
^ recently! tion. ! funds _
: .When the time came to plant tur- j.?"ciaI ***l~tir tUt'Tnsm^;';|CaXRhXW^„^IK.V"le• R?id
«_ Tadryn- nips thils fall it was still dry weather. I ?r°m« <)n the regular district court ard Reed and' S n h™ h! S"
is-sed and *o dry in fart, that his neighbors ■ dock,ct al>ollt the second wr. k ,n De 1 home: Olan Thornton and A rih <3 "
attopnev b i laughed at hitn imt ..i—, ..i cember. . " 1 "ornton and A rah So.
not tabluated.
gwf;fS5 tmmm
!rpa idsPs *sr - I f VV8"2 i ^, ■ „ „ , ««■„ ««.xr^v
SattKra ™ -*vva """-—
SMISRSS ^^.tteissa -Si- - - - — _
e state, the negro vote showed drite^on ahe^.of 00candi- ^vrt'le FdwnrH, v« r r it. ^ h \°f a" "Pr\he wi" Rct abwjt 150 distance, then took an auto for an-
'la,PS rtP"bl|can ,m* case dismiss^ ' Ldwardli'- 5 they are bringing him 1 "t ier section of the distance toward «
some ran as high as i., . ,, .. _ $1.25 per bushel as fast as he de- Ijttle Rock, but finally caught a train al
i James I loctor vs. Bertha PrnHAT" livpra th/im i \uoot- t >«4i t _.i * • * ♦!
SAYS.
the sraxe, tne negro vote showed dates on the
strong dispocsition to split up partieu- maforitv
...v •am°ner trie younger set in the ifioo
As xtke official
then took an auto for an-1 AJ^Jfing that her husband threat-
ened to fall her with a six-shooter
ijrr,.t„_ n . | r-V"" last as ne ue-1 ui nniuiy cauglit a train ian<' "tat he also on one ex
decree of dim on ^ i! nh* h<,mlu . W/St °f IMtl" Hwk *n<l rode on top «hreatened to throw her out of
U(yt , j divorce on tne ground of1 vJh. ves. tlwrno ™— i_ _i I of s n.K.nwai. c , ■ . I m.n ,.,;n i.— .*
occasion
wa-
waa
20 t'ourrties for Fields.
Latest returns sho that Fields car- tv
ned twenty counties, the leading Pierce
county — ■ '
,, Tulsal
him i
Other vumuies in wmcn ne nad a good re-elected in n,„ .r„Ai .
lead were Alfalfa (nearly 2 to 1), ove S rl Av ' district
Creek, Ellis, Garfield (by 2.000), Hess' vote wis * — nom,^e
in the town of Boley, for instance, availablTat"nVe'T,TK ^ere alTnXnme^VOr<* °" ^ KroUml mn^' N„e% there's mo™> in al- of a passenger coach until he enter- j^« and will her with an axe that ™
nepro toum with a population ol coui(i not ^ Emr-ice Smollev vs FHwarH TmfV Product year, and i ed t{ie Tlock yand-sf where he 1 y|nK ?n the wa«:on, Mrs. Annie Mixon
rnore than a thousand, it is statod jg^ue Th^f Si! k! j this week s j dicorve denied * Jl ^ i! i •! almost any farm pro-1 ^Jacked off hv warning s;fm for I [Laa, «uit for divorce from her
only 62 votes. , Ptarl Hil That's ! ^«w bndge" across the track. He W R Mixon.
hhe alleges they were married in
Navarro County, Texas, in 1892, and
nave one son, now grown and mar-
r'cd> .that it was only the protection
of tins son that kept the defendant
from carrying out his threat to s!hoot
. j v "ays thcy were 'ater sepa-
rated, but never divorced, and that
she now desires a formal separation
from her husband,
Demo. ( om m isKionerM Elected. Hays vs. Robt. Hays; diwrce Bate's id^ .nd the proof^rfW „„d i to . 1,o spHal ther, and°
All democratic candidates for conn- on ground of extreme cruelty. I ding rs in the eating. treated. Afterwards, he «avs lie went
y commissioner were elected, John r$,?nfir fustody of child to plaintiff. Incidentally, Mr F "
i«rce defeating H. B. Rowltv in f ltt K Rodney Pitt; divorce two years ago and h
Grunt, Kav (over
without prejudice.
C. R. Doyle vs. W. C. Powell; dis-
missed.
Mr. Bates came here! Kansas Citv, then to San Die^o.
and has farmed right he tn>d to trot a nriss-
•'*— ' o of the hardt<st ■'into the interior of old Mexico,
of the county—I t failed, and drifted hack to Ala-
, . -j . . out of his farm- mo9fi> where he went to work
I ?\ ae faims; he doesn't squir-1 As an ©'^trician for a railwav com-
1S-, IX4] hunt J r> nv nml woo i ' n* ..
about
over
1,000) King-fisher, Crowl.
Pierce received
H. Savage vs. A.
man
Brown et HAMKICH SUCCEEDS TO
T,flny and was later identified as Trot-
ter.
He went tunder J^evoral assumed
defendant's
Easter b the
break "'included TavirCanaan HAdK'Wrt B the^lb^
Comanche C^ter,Sr Nowite^& Wa?„ ■«"«•« iaTl'^nS ^ ' IT" °f hif Wife^to the S headquarters at t^nWrns tv
Osage and Delawa^"^' -cce^TS
Banner Wal'on Counties.
DEBATING LEAGUE HEAD; names after his escape, and says it I Trotter said to have stated, in hu-
r«il u/" iayl.aft!v,h('. *°\ out of; morously relating his experience af-
of T"«le, ^a-s jail before 1^ was aide to elude de- ter his"
escaped from the county j been apwin"ted'secretarvl orthTstete" ^rtivw" and get out of McAlester
his wrif ko I hi t j0® debating league, which H« also says ti • —
I ^ hfadquarters at the University side him on hi
-■ i f j « —in Califor- of Oklahoma, to succeed Anniwp *
Monk was eltcted "'a and returned here. | Mou.^a 0f Krebs, wC ^signed thJs
.nominee; Carl
The 'banner Walton C^tv^nn^nr.' #t8iS senator, over W. E.' Jones' re- . A" Br.asf Co. vs. Wieneke Plumb-I year
— - ' • - 8 at'fu^ Capt. J. P. Grady and
to
counties voted four to" one" among T"\FH ^ J R Gradv ap<t V^ldfrMol judf;menV°Jr f679IS^t >ve S in debating* 1^^
them being Bryan, johnston,' McCur nees the «PubUcan nomi- ^^nd«'Pool, a\ e continued as to oth- this year More than 200 are expw-
nees. erg.
large malorities for^ Walton^ case? the candidates for , 9^r'^ Springer vs, R, E.
Jones;
tain, Marshall, while others with
Atoka. Carter,^Coa^'aYvekml. c!a7- ju^ice of the peace Judpnent for $3650.
Iat'mer, Leflore' Mcliln McLoTh " / McAI^er district. It H he-j ERNOR DUKES PASSES AWAY
nfaves, Murray, Pittsburg Pontot^' for ^.""Wican nominees .M"; I?a^el Woods Dukes widow
Pushmataha SfAr hen9 Tillman w*' minor o//ices in iihe county ?? • .. Governor Gilbert W.
gor-^and Washita 7"° na.med' b,,t in m<>st cases the D,ukf' died at the old Dukes home-
Por th« f;rsl time in t,u --i-** i 4 (",ra^s w?nt over. . stead south of Talihina, Wednesday
career, Walton lost his home citv ' #■ More. detailed report on these of- f^tow^' NoTf.nlber i' 1922- l>eflth
Oklahoma Citv goine aeainst him hv flces W1" be ?'ven later. i0'1^ an lllness of mo"ths
goinp- against him by, "IT "c «' *" duration
\ vote of to 14,fiR8, or a ma- . ^ vote on the bonus bill wa< ti i i . , , ,
.tartly of 3.000 in the city for Fields. s,1^2ltlV ,n >t favor in the conntv miThf Waf J10™ in, the K,a"
He also lost. Oklahoma Onntv to vote in the city of McAlester the TmHni v r w®8 klH>wn as
Fields by annroximaflelv the same trave Walton 1A67 and Fields 1628, or ago ™m. fMuT
maioritv. Fileds is said to have car- a maioritv if 89 for WaMon The citv , i cam® frPm one of the old-
ried Walton's home precinct. Fields |s> ^™ally, democratic by about S00 Co^famUies of1 th^ChJ^w'hi^
ako carri'd even- one of the 30 pre- to 1/no° votes. Walton carried five ton, of the Choctaw b s-
elncts in the First Ward of that citv. .Precincts, as follows: Third Ward In,' „. • . . .
while Wa'ton carried 12 of the 14 pre- *"?th precincts of Fourth Ward, and married about thirtv-five
ted to be on .the list before enroll-
ment closes November 6.
According to the debate bulletin,
the subject for the debates this year
is "Resolved: that European Iinmi-
^ra^on to the United States should
be Restricted Further."
WANT HIGHWAY OVER
MOUNTAINS TO .SOITH
T. W. Bates, C. E. Higgins, J. W.
Wilson and R. W. Anderson, were
here in company with County Com-
mrss.orer J. T. Harris, of latimer
County Tuesdav. to talk good roads
on a co-operative plan whereby a
road might be onened over the moun-
tain from Stringtown to Hartshorne
and thus secure a better market for
the farm products from this extensive
a get
H« also says that an officer rode be-
side him on his way to Little Rock
and once started to arrest him on
suspicion, but that he bluffed the of-
ficer bv his willingness to come back
to McAlester.
"I told him I was perfectly willing
to come Erack to McAlester and prove
I was was not man he thought I was,"
arrest.
He tayft he only used the name Os-
car Kinser once, and that was in the
letter he wrote to Hartshorne.
"i felt like that letter was going
to get me in bad—and it did," he
observed.
It was this letter that was turned
over to County Attorney Whitt andi
which led to Trotter's arrest in Colo-
rado.
Of hiK W «« Sixth Wards!1 "a? a -">t of a =
five prednots. inclnd- XTneTv'him^Td0?^ ^'' ? A" £* T'',h tb,\board directors of ,the
rts of First Ward nnri r^v! I ? , «>P®ci«My to the Boo<ter« Club, a nlan is bein"- wnrk
1 three • preciseV s^ond WaH nf ®He ^ aL ^mber' - .^™--w°rkT
Th.Mowl,, 1.th,sssfc.ts?
Tn the congressional races, seven ^y precinct*, fo* -governor -In -PHtL MrS
" action, b^g County: ; £ de 0 Bnen, of Ringling, Okla.; a
t^w^. Tn Oklahoma Conntv, outside r'ed the other ...
of Oklahoma Citv, Fields carried bv both precincts or I'lrgt Ward and r "ol —*——' -w r*", . _ ... ....
a maionty of 13R. all three precinct® in Second Ward if 2 p™w ® ^?s a, member ed out to build and comnleto this ro^d
Carter Elected. The following is the unofficial We! °L^_^resb>r^r,an phuirh. Those in order to give the farmer of th-s
commun-tv a better and more direct
outlet to a profitable market. This
is * move well wo-thv the heartv con-
side-atmn of th" business interest of
Hartshorne a fit w'll onen on a pro.
fitahte trade territory T^therto di-
verted in the other diretion s h«-
cairse of impassible roads.—Harts-
horne Sun.
democrats appear certain of election
t? vA01, *v*ry dl>tr,>t' ®*Twt the „
r.ighth, appears to have elected a McAlester—
Walton Fields
democrat. E. Rt FowsM Ih.is Von
•gft'n tn the Seventh District, after
bemg defeated by Bert Chandler two
years aco.
C- O; Carter wa returned from
i!s« Third > District hv an over-
whelminj vote over Judge Philas
Jon s. of Wilburton.
M'ss Alice Robertson, the onlv wo-
man congressman form the .'ste was -
defeated in the Muslcoe* district by Krebs—
w. W. Fastincs. democrat, whom she w. ' «4
"Defeated for congres* two vears ago. **' "
Tom McKeown. of Ada, was re-
turned to Con->•< . from district
"y a large majority.
W U P. 1 <>9
W. i. p. 2
W. 2, P. 1 11111182
W. 2. P. 2 198
W. 2, P. 8 81
W. R. P. l J40
W. 4, P. 1 187
W. 4, p. 2 199
w- 5. P. 1 199
W. 6, P 1 211
.^ini'al state prison report filed
with the governor bv the warden of
the state penitentiary idwws that, for
the year end'n"* June 30, this veal*,'
the prison population had i"e-eased
204 over the previous year. The av-
«ra*e number for tht year waa 1684.
w. 2 _
W. 8, I I
W. 4
Hartshorne—
W, 1 j44
W. 2 87
W. 8 IZ M
W. 4 loj
Haileyville—
W. 1 120
)99
?"9
188
229
2*4
185
189
lit
43
82
im
180
1K7
60
84
daughter, Mrs. Leatta Anderson, at
home; one son, D. Dukes, at home;
two sten sons, Henrv Dukes of Bok-
homa and Joe A. Dukes of this city.
She has one sister, Mrs. Sophia King,
who is 85 years old and resides at
Laura.
Funeral services were held Friday
afternoon, and the remains were laid
to rest in the Post Oak cemetery.—
Tal'hina American.
Mrs. J. D. Dunlap of this city, is
a daughter of Mrs. Duke, and left
early Thursday morning of last week
for Talihina to attend the funeral.
ON ATHELETICa
The Guardian at a late hour on
press day received some important
data from officers of the county ath-
letic association, with reference to
schedules, rules, etc., for the coming
Nov
THE WEATHER.
For the week ending Nov. 8, 1922.
80
82
78
75
67
74
76
Note—The total rainfall
week was l.ll inches
44
55
57
47
42
85
87
for the
A petition said to contain 1500 sig-
natures. ha« he-n filed wth the citv
coune-I at Ardmore for the removal
(Continued on last page)
^87s.uebaHTtetJ,.VLbUt t0° M Oiie' of PoH "o Higrilght. Z™*
next week It it if ^tS C of ^e-m.n^rheek in a
.11 .v. „1._i* _a,of .Vlkal ter«st to barber chon rec«ntl« bv Harrv Sin«.
all the county aohools.
rec ntl" bv Harry Si pes,
patrolman under Hignight
The
McAlester Trust Company
The Largest State Bank in Southeastern Oklahoma
"THE PERSONAL SEHV1CB BANK"
In the Heart ef McAlester
At Choctaw and FlaM
Officers
W. B. MCALESTER, President
G. C. COCHRAN, Vice Preside*.
FRED C. SWITZER, Vice President
W. S. O'NEAL, Cashier
W E. NASH, Assistant Cashier
M. k. MOUSSA, Assistant Caahiei
C. W. KELLEY, Assistant Cnahiw
Directon
I. m. rRT. ChaJi
j. h. lewis
K. C. nelson
paul million
w. b. Mcalester
fred c. switzer
«b0. b. hall
m. l. harris
0*. E. N. ALUM
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