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Buy Bargains
The
Peoples
Paper
Wednesday, 14th
The
Associated
Press
VOL. 6. NUMBER 85.
DRUMRIGHT, OKLAHOMA, TUESDAY, SEPT. 13, 1921
FIVE CENTS A COPY
JLs
Woman Refuses to Tell
of Fatty Arbuckle s Party
WRIGHT CASE IS
NOW IN HANDS OF
REFREE GIBSON
Judfjc Told Would-Be Bribers
to Go to I It'll, He testi-
fies at Hearing
Oklahoma City, Sept. l'l.—Tho caue
of ud • Lucien H. Wright, .Kiiod on u
writ of mandamus to |n<• v« i I his -sit
ting in tlu L< la < u vin oil laud rase
i*< now in Mi I•:iiiir <f Keforee • i-n
:on.
Oklahoma City, Sept. 111. -Judxo
Luch n It: Wright look tho stand here
In his d< feme in u writ, of mandamus
to di 'iua'ify lifm from heaftng the
l.ota Kolvin ffv > million dollar oil
land:, contest now on the docket of
I ho twenty-second judicial district at
Sapulpa udue Wright's court.
Mandamus action was granted by
tho supreme court on tho petition of
Sinclair Oil company attorneys, who
stated they had information that
Judge Wright had been approached
with an offer of a bribe in the case,
and therefore should be disqualified.
Tho mandamus was asked when the
jtul'-e was landing trial on a charge
of having accepted a bribe in con-
nection with his decision in the •'Tom-
my \tkins" oil lands controversy. Ho
was acquitted on that charge.
Judgo Wright admitted on the
stand before Robert M. Rainey, mi
I romo court referee that he had been
approached with an offer of a "prop-
osition." and said ho did not have the
man who apnroaehcd him arrested be-
cause lie "did not suspect at the aetual
moment that the man had any in
tnntlon to offer me a definite proposi-
tion."
'•Did you makr a statement that
you b id I ecu offered a bribe while
\on were at « hotel in okmulgee'.*"
.hid " Summer Hardy, reprs< nJatinp
, the Sinclair intere t ;, asked
'\\o," : aid .Indue Wright.
"Did some one c me to you and
r k you if you wanted to make
$ ,000?" he was a kod, and replied
in the affirmative.
"A man named Bob (Joff approach-
id me with the p opsition," Judge
Wrklit aid, "and asked me if i
wanted to make ?>,0u0. i told htm I
did if 1 could do it ina legitimate man
ner.
"'Well.' he said, M can make $5,000
myself and $-,500 for von.' I asked
him what ho was talking ahout. He
said, 4I'm talking about the case you
are try in?' .• I a: U *d him which case he
nv nnt. He said 'the one in which
Ly tie is interested.' I told him 1 would
not discuss tho case and asked him
where lie r.ot his inforamtlon. He said
Ifelrirt AI lorncy -WANT BOOKS FOR
lieves Pressure Was
Brought to Hear to
'Scare Off' Witnesses
A GOOD
Fountain Pen is
a School
Necessity
Buy a
SHEAFFER
Self filling
Non Leaking
Guaranteed Pen
$1.75 to $10.00
Eversharp
Pencils
50c to $5.00
T HEN'S BOOK
STORE
Sail Pram i eo, Sept. |::. Koscoe
Arbuckle was taken from Ills cell at
the Temple rf Justice at 1 a. in. thl
morning to appear before the grand
jury hearing evidence on which nn
Indictment charging bim with the niur
i <t of Miss Virginia llapp •, motion
picture ache*;, is sought.
Arbuckle remained in tho grand
Jury mom but three minutes and was
then taken back to his coll. He is re-
ported to have refused to make a
statement "undue influence and p 'es-
his attorneys advised him to keep
silent.
Woman Changes Story
A statement was issued by Distric t
Atto Ti''y Hrady charging that Miss
Zey Provost, also knewn as Pyvon,
had c nimittod perjury in changing
testimony b fore tho grand jury.
The district attorney said she ac-
cused Arbuckle in a statement made
to the police, but refused to repeat
the statement before the grand jury.
He said that whether or not he would
arrest her would depend o„ develop-
ments.
The grand jury adjourned to an in-
definite date.
Women Scared Off
District Attorney "ferady also < harg
'I in his statement that Miss Alice
niake, another prosecuting witness,
was missing, lie declared in his
tatenient "undue nfluome and i res
sue of sinster character" had been
biQught to beii'- on .Miss l'ryvon and
other witnesses. Ho further d 11 t: r'
that "in spite of these efforts t«
thwart justice, inve ligation would
proceed."
Hurt in Bed
Pan Francisco Sept. 13. Chief of
Detective; Dunciu Math wmi revoa1
•d that great impovtino wa.i attach
d to statoru"uts of Mrs. IJambina
Maude D'dmont and other wUix-ssc
hat tho bed in Arbuckle's r om wa:
saturated with water when they en
tored. The chief of detectives d lare<
that this, in his opinion, showed hou
Miss Kappa received the internal in
jure:* which resulted in death.
Police today secured possession o'
iiractically all of the clothing w r:
by .Miss Kappo on the day she attend
mI the fatal party, in addition to th
two silk garments held by Los Anne
les police, they took from the iron
of Mrs. Delmont a Panama hat fie
states Arbuckle won at a rakish angh
when 1) • opened the door of his r or
last Monday at her demand, a div •
torn oil one side and a pair of tor?
garters.
Chooccs Cell Mate
Arbuckle talk■ d freely with inmate
of "fi Ion's row." where he occupies .
cell. He quickly gained their approVi
Sunday by his democratic manner,
ind they shared with him their soaj
towels and comb. Saturday night hr
isked for a coll mate and was allow
ed to make his own choice from tlv
I came from a bunch if 'Okemal
lawyers.'" «
"Why didn't you arrest the mar
then, for contempt of court?" tin
judge was asked.
"He didnt make any definite prop
ositlon." answered the judge, "and
wanted to make an investigation an-
find out whe e the matter originated
'What did you tell Goff?" was tlu
next question. ' ** I'
•'I told hini to go and tell those whe
put him up to that to ?o to th
judge said, swearing.
Vr. and Mrs. E. V. Weaver nieto *
ed to Stillwater yesterday takinf
taking their son. Kldridge and daugh
ter Annabel, and ent rng them in th-
A. and M. college.
IN SCHOOL HERE
A k Those Who Have Oid
School Books Not in Use
Bring Them to Library j
Faced by tho fact that scores of
children in Drumright will be unable
to enter school unless books are sup
plied free to them, the Rotary club
today asked the Evening Derrick to
request that all local citizens bring
books that are not being used by
tjieir children to the high school lib-
rary, from which they will bo dis-
tributed to needy children.
A complete survey of the city j
is under way in charge of. Itotariansj
and Lions this week, which will find;
< ut all instances of buol and cloth-
ing being needed. A fund for cloth-
ing will be raised a little later through
another plan, it was announced.'
The need for assistance in getting
children back into school was never,
greater, in tho face of industrial con-
ditions throughout the oil fields, and
in the face of the greatly increased
enrollment in tho local schools, it was
aid at the Rotary luncheon today.
eighty other men occupying cells in I
the same tier, lie choose Fred Martin.!
"It's too lones. me alone" Arbuckle '
told his jailers.
Witnesses, including all of the per- J
sons who attended the party in Ar- ,
buckle's room in the St Francis hotel j
where Miss Uappe Is said to haye been
Attacked; the docl'rs who attended:
Miss Uappe; her nurses and others J
a hose identity i being guarded by j
'he police, w ill be called In fore the
••rand jury. Tho inquest has boon I
postponed until Thursday.
"We are going to convict Arbuckle ^
>f murder," Captain of Detectives!
Duncan IWathewson grimly declared
'.oday, as he plitinged into another da • j
■ f inqu;ry, "We will make uo further,
videne ■ public. We are taking no
hand's and l rtain material witner '
os from new on will be bold under j
over."
Chcago Youth Tells Po-
lcc lie Was \ided by
Two Accomplices in
Killing Salesmen.
Chicago, Sept. 13.—An alleged
confession obtained late last
night and early today is believed
by the authorities practically
clears up tho mystery surround
Ing the murder of B. J. Dougher-
ty and Cr.rl Ausmus, automobile
salesmen.
Harvey W. Church, 20 yenrs
old, in whose nomc the men are
alleged to Save been killed after
Church h«:l> led them there to
receive pawnent for an automo-
bile he pretended he wished to
purchase, r^nfessed he was aided
in the crimes by two accomplices.
An ther Confesses
After fir: fusing t sign the al-
leged conf" i n implicating himself
with f'hunli in the slaying of the
automobile salesman, Leon Parks,
garage employee finally signed the
forty page transcript today.
Chicago, Sent. 1,'{.—Authorities In-
ves'igating the double murder of Der-
.nard J. Dougherty, automobile sales-
man and Carl Austtmis, hh compan-
ion,- today •. 1 • attempting to sift the
facts from two alleged confessions
made by Harvey W. Church yoster-
da y.
In ope conf- son, according to the
police, Church admitted committing
both murders . ingle handed. In a scr-
and and informal conf :ion, the po-
lice ::: y. he a sorted he had a« < 111-
plices in the crime.
It was aiifjouar. ed today that in in-
vstigatii ■, • 'it> Tatter rtatemonts,
two new arrests had boon made a
search for 11 dozen fo-.mer associates
of Cfinrch w:« i und 1 w ty and Church's
j*nrents were here toda to he subject
to quostioning. Church's first and
f rmal confessions, according to tIi<i
P dice, was made yesterday after >m
!v two lioni ' oi* ceaseless iiiesti m-
in . following his return from Adams.
Wis., where ho was captured, lie
l-roke dr wn after havl ig been taken
to the : cene of the crime.
He sajs he 1 ok Dcughcr y ar. 1
Anstmus to his house in a $5,000 au-
tomobile he had bought through their
( ninpany on tli pretense of paying
for it. lie lnr«d Dougherty into the
basement « f hi home, ho said, wavl ud
him at the point of a pisto1, liamfaiff-
U. S. DELEGATES
MEET APPROVAL
OF DEMOCRATS
Arc Pleased With Selection of
Underwood—Recognize 1
Ability of Others
Washington, Sept. 13. President
Harding's selection of Secretary of
State Hughes, Klihu Roots, Senator
ll'-nry Cabot Lodge and Bona tot* Os-
• ii* W Underwood to represent tho
Cnited States hi the November con-
ference on limltatio nof armaments
and far eastern problems was hailed
generally with satisfaction in Wash-
ington.
The republicans naturally are
pleased, while a canvass of democra-
tic sentiment revealed the concensus
of opinicn that it Is an "able delega-
tion."
The great majority of the democrats
are immensely pleased with the seine
tlon of Senator Underwood pnd tlioy
ungrudgingly recognize the great legal
ability of l oth Secretary Hughes and
Clihu Root.
ed him, chocked him with a rope and
then struck him over the head with a
baseball bat.
Anstmus was lured to tho basement
a few seconds later and was tied up
and beaten until Church believed him
dead.
Loiving the bodies in the basement
ChUrrh avers he then took his mother
and neighbors on a long automobile
ride, returning In tho evening and
burying Anstmus' body in the garage.
The home-made grave was not large
enough to hold Doughtrey's body ;il
fo, and Church, according to iie po-
lice said he took this body in 'lie car
for possession, of which lie commit-
ted the* crimes, to Desplaines river
and threw it frcm a bridge. A few
hours later he left in the new car
with his mother for Adams, Wi
This alleged confession, character
1/ed as a "tissue of lies'' by Coroner
Peter Hoffman, was followed, accord-
ing to the police, by a second alleged
confession in which Church said he
had accomplices. In this confession
be is said to have confessed to cut
ting Dougherty's throat with an axe.
'Lucky' Bandit Defies Bullets and Bars
Tacoma, Wash., Sept. 13.—In again j
out again!
That i j the crime career, in a nut-
lu ll of ''Lucky" Roy Gardner, train
mndit.
Tin*.* limes he has been captured;
i.nd sent "over hie road' to the Mc-j
scil's lolanJ f dei. l priacn. And three
'.lies h;> < he 1: ado a getav v y.
Just r.: w C.a'*inf-r it— «?1 federal
luthori scs don t kj^.-w p;*' vl e. Hut
hey nre waiting for aiu ' ei s«" sation
d train ho'-L-o or pail «a: / i bery
o ho PJ'U' i riff. T; ci. !hcy will
ave a line of h'f whereabouts
This 1:. 1 \r whe I .is a v,i« and
laby, living at Napi, Cyi., always
jacks a gun, but has never taken/a
ife. He brags, "I'll never use a gun
to kill."
Started in 1911 .
Gardner broke into the "Who's Who"
jf crime i^ 1911 when ho went to
the pen on a robbery charge. He be-
haved so well he was paroled at the
;nd of two years. His record from
hen until now runs like this:
Robbed a mail wagon of $10,000
Vpril, lf>20w in San Diego. Was cap-
ured and sentenced to serve 25 years
>n McNeil's Island. On the way to
irison he disarmed his guards on a
Pullman train and escaped.
In May, 1921, he returned to the
United States from Canada and called
ill his wife at Napa ,<tat Then held
ip a train at Rossville, Cal., and |
irabbed $100,000. Captured again and j
dentenced to 50 years.
One more, on the way t prison, he McNeil's Isiund were staging a lull
game. Gardner and Everett Impyn
and Lawrence P.ogart, two fellow con-
victs, took advantage of a batting
escaped by whipping out a hidden guj-j
and holding up his guards, handcuff-
ing then; and h aped out of a train
window.
A month later Gardner registorod
at a betel in Centralia, Wash. lie
bandaged hp his head as a disguise.
Tho landlady however, became sus-
picu us r.iid notified the police, who
1 . . , . . . . . j prison officials call him.
Tl.i ; tir.e r -•: i .!r l.inded him inside| 1
... _ When will he attorn
th" pris m wall to . ervo
year sentence.
Escapes Amid Game |
c. _ , . throughout tho northwest are much
On freptcmber T* tho pri. oners at!
rally and broke for freedom.
Guards started firing. Tmypyn was
killed and Uogart captured. Gardner,
with bullets whizzing all baout him.
leaped the prison wall and once more
| got away.
"Lucky" Gardner! That's what
Ills 50-
When will he attempt the noxt
sensational train robbery?
Special guards on mail
trains
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EDITORIAL
iHHiniiimmumtinninmHijinntniuift |
BUSINESS COURTESY
In the judgment of the Puh-
11< ity Club of Los Angolus, Calif-
ornia, courtesy is one of the big-
gest factors in building up busi-
ness success. It is amazing how
much better a person will got
along in life if he is watchful
to do little services for «fliers,
and piticut and accommodating in
meeting their requests for as-
sistance. Those who offer snap-
pish remarks and curt answers
never get anywhere beyond tho
most humble positions.
TI10 fellow who w ill go out of his
way to do favors is the one who
makes the business friends for
himself and for his house. Wo
have plenty of this kind in tho
stores of Drumright and that is
ono reason why our morehnnts
are so steadily drawing trade
from longer distances than form-
erly.
The business success cf a great
many people has been built up
largely on their specially friendly
and courteous manner . It was
said of one young man the other
day. that ufter mooting and talk-
ing with that fellow a few minu-
tes, one felt as if he had known
him all his life. He had a kind of
open and frank manner that won
friends from the start.
If in addition to this genial man
ner one can show constant
thoughtful! sa and can be always
thinking how ho can serve tho
intere: t of the people I10 meets
in business, how ho can perform
services for them and assist them
in finding the things they want
and getting the information they
need, and in solving their difficul-
ties, ho Is very soon going to
develop a circle of loyal friends.
People will turn to such a per-
srn when they want anything, as
they feel he will be interested
in their needs and give them care
fill attention. A man or woman of
that kind becomes bo useful to
everybody that he or she Is soon
picked out fi r promotion.
ROTARIANSKEAR
SALVATION ARMY
PLEA FOR HELP
Will Organize City for Asso-
ciated Charities Drive to
Help City's Poor
An ' A. ociatod Charities Drive"
with memories ot similar pooling cf
interests during lato war times is be-
ing planned for this city, to take care
of the many demands of this nature
which will b< gin to come on with tho
• oining of winter.
Lengthy discussion was given to
the mutter ln Rotary club meeting to-
day at the Christian church, with tho
result that a committee was appoint-
ed to begin constructive work leading
to such a drive. The necessity of this
drive was never under question after
the first few minutes of reports had
been given in.
Salvation Army Pressed
Tiio Salvation Army situation was
reported through Captain Thornberg
as being extremely acute. The army
officials, in addition to having the
heavy financial responsibility cf their
beautiful new building now almost
completed, are coring for many cases
of serious illness requiring special
nursing in addition to greatly increas-
ed calls for assistance in the more
usual manner.
With tho imminence of a winter
filled with little promise ot employ-
ment for those now needy, the situa-
tion will bo far worse. The Army's
funds are even now long since exhaust
ed, and their appeal for help was most
urgent. They will fligure largely in the
proposed drive.
^ All to Help
Virtually every religicus, business
and civic interest in the city has al-
ready been approached relative to this
drive, and they one and all have en-
thusiastically promised all possible
assistance.
It pays to advcrtlso in tho Dorrick.
WANTS DRUMRIGHT POLICEMEN TO
interested in the answer.
Chief Ary Says Parents Should
Not Teach Children to Fear
Police Officers.
Drumright kiddie., have a real pal
In Chief of Police Jack Ary. Tho chief
sf ''personally acquainted" with near-
ly every youngster in town. Ho never
passes ono by without a smile and a
cheery "Hello!'' And he is just
"Jack" to them all.
"I want all of m.v men to bo especial-
ly friendly with tiio children of Drum-
right,'' the chief told a reporter for
the Evening Derrick, "and I want the
children to know that our policemen
are their friends and are ready to
help and protect them at all times."
A plea for the general public to
think of the police officer as a means
of law en fori enient, and not "just a
cop," and fcr parents to cease making
tin policeman tiio "boggle" of their
children, was made by Chief Ary.
Wants Cooperation
"Dont instill ir.to your children a
fear of policemen and a fear < f the
law," he said. "That doesn't help them
out any in their attitude toward law
enforcement in later years. Law can-
not be enforced properly without
some of the dlsapreeable arguments
which we ci ntlnually hear, but neither
can it he enforced without tho co-op-
eration of tho general public."
Chief Ary • 'id he believed this
spirit of co-operation should be in-
tilled into tho child "Hut it can't be"
he added, if the child has a continual
fear of the police officer."
The chief remembers his own "kid"
days, and Ills heart is with the young-
sters.
'STEVE'S m 4'
WEI)., SEPT. 14th
at
CAIN'S
COMPLETE ORCHESTRA
and
MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT
ADMISSION
Gents $1.10
Ladles 40c
—EXPLOSION—
X Auto Supplies
j; —We Underbuy
-S- —We Undersell.
:J 30x3 Tires $6.95
| 30x3 Tubes 1.45
•t All other sizes 1.95
f. A. C. Titan Plugs. . .50
j; Cold Patch per can. .25
$ Ford Conn. Rods 75
£ All sizes brake linings at
r cost. We carry a full line
v Tires and Auto Supplies
Ii Get our prices before buying.
| Drumright Tire &
Rubber Co.
J 203 E. Broadway •• |
+ Under New Management
.♦.. . .j. -j..j..j. .j. j.^
FORI) BLOCKS REGROUNI)—NOT BORED
Pistons and Rings, Wrist Pins and
Bushings to fit, all for $20.00
GOULD BATTERY SERVICE STATION
II. Ogden, Prop.
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
t Phone 321-2R
226 E. Bdy. |
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