The Frederick Leader (Frederick, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 222, Ed. 2 Saturday, December 17, 1921 Page: 1 of 6
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VOLUME V
Confesses Paid $30000 by Russian Communist In
ternational That J P Morgan Was Aimed
At But Explosion Premature 1 "
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By Associated Press
Warsaw Poland December' 17— -I
Plots and counterplots read til like
a chapter of fiction Involved in ihe
‘search for clews id many parts oi
1 Europe by American secret Service
agents resulted in the- arrest here
yfsieraay of Wolfe Llndenfeld alias
William Linde in connection with
’ “ “T V ‘ x “'the Wall street bomb explosion In
In order to est the sentiment ot New York in September Ill 20
the people of Tillman county on tbe L’ndenfeld fully confessed tLo ru-
question of building hard surfaced thorities say naming ringleaders in
roads as quickly as possible Score-
tary E J McBride of the chamber
Instructed 1-riday
1 petitions at once
of commerce was i— w man
evening to draw up
and have them circulated asking and paul Altendorf - who trailed
the county commissioners to call an Llndenfeld the suspect named f ve
election on a proposition to issue nrinclpals in the plot are now n
$750000 worthy of bonds for that Europe who received '$30000 from
P?!?086 V ' the Moscow thirl - international
jThe commissioners Will be askea - New York rnminuniula ' ’ j
stsnd'n e that6 on?v 'hsman v -t i ¥edv - j There Is a shortage 'of
bonds will be soWs wIil match -DeeBrnbor 17 -Thej vohcles Jh the once tbrIvIng capita
amount to be secured from the fed- 6 L7 £ ’
oral government In other words th wnrs t-agelles In the h story
the proposal Is to have Tillman com "purred at noon on
ty to put up only dollar for doll at
with the United States government 3® l!i ne?ri °f
in the building - bf i oads for this lai-'an were pourin out thctp thon-
countv if ““““mi “ sands for the midday in ml when ru’-
If $750000 in bonds are vote Io
instance and-the government coulo 'ioaJ streets In a few
et this time allot Tillman county but l®00?8 jW° 8Core Oodles my
on blood-stn'ned pavements white
more than 100 men and women were
$250000 Tillman county would sell
but $250000 of its bonds and re-
serve the sale of the balance unlit
lator when a further government ap-
propriation will be available
A letter from H N Naylor for-
merly secretary of the - ’ Frpdeiicit
chamber of commerce now serving
in a similar capacity at Idabel saya
that Bryan Choctaw and McCurtaln
counties put on ' simultaneous cam-
psign for th purpose of voting suf-
ficient bonds to build the Bankhead
highwsv through those three coun-
ties Bryan county voted $900000
’ Choctaw $300000 and ‘ McCurtaln
$400000 The government matched
these bonds dollar for dollar and a
great road building project Is on In
thnt part of the state
? Mr Naylor says:
- “I trust you will be successful In
voting your bonds and getting youi
aid Had that county done what w
-wanted it to do in 1919 or 1920 yo
could have at that time received a
great deal ' more federal aid than
now and every year you put It oft
will have to take less for more coun-
ties are asking for It each year anci
the funds are being cut In tha ap-
propriation each year You had bet-
ter put It over-now while you can
get some assistance worth while”
Members of the chamber of co-o-pierce
present expressed the opinion
that several hundred thousand dol-
lars expended here now on the roods
much of it with home farmers foi
labor would prove a wonderful ten-jaon of the depatment of jus-
ttfit rt Hia rnuntv tic© was confident from thft first that
The petitions wiil be circulated all a Pot an1 lnth18 be
over the countv hacked by most investigators Fi-
G rand field is to have a meeting "afvthe grand jury which studied
Moudav night to set on foot a movement-
for hard 'surfaced -roads lead-
out of that city and Frederick citt-
cens will attend ' ‘
BASKET BALL GAMES
Basket ball -names ' between'0'
' first and second teams of both the
boys and girls of Consolidated No j
6 and Davidson schools were sched-
uled to start at 1 o’clock Saturday
at the auditorium
OU HAVE ONLY
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FOURTEEN PAGES TODAY
the plot whl'ch ho declared was aim-
ed at j p Morgan the Infernal ms-
chhie expi0ding prematurely'-
I According’ to Sylvester Cosgrove
torn by1 flying fragments of metal
In a second millions of dollars worth
of damage had been dope
All wss confusion all was mys-
tery After a time when hundreds
of policemen and a detachment ol
soldiers from Governors Island ar-
rived to guard - sub-treasury : ana
banking houses' the confusion end-
ed but (he mystery continued month
after month until It seemed as if It
would never be Bolved
Countless Investigations ' were
started A wrecked wagon and dead
horse were found ontside the bank-
ing house of J P Morgan and com-
pany which by some investigators
was held to be the object of the out-
rage It was generally accented
that the explosion had occurred In
this death cart whose owner or
driver never were found although
expert farriers and wagon makers
were called n an effort to identify
horse and vehicle -
Investigators wavered for a time
back and forth between theories that
r powder t wagon accidently bad
blown up or that a timed bomb bad
been sent into the financial district
but after r time It came to gener-
al opinion that the explosion was
planned' either to destroy the Mor-
gan offices j or the Stock Exchange
or an a demonstration of radicals to
Impress the world’s street of finance
Chief Flynn of the bureau of in
the-disaster nlso returned an opinion
that anarchists had heen at work
" Several months after the exnlodnn
nmitfpii one New York paper pub-
lished a story tef the pffect that the
exnloalon was planned by workers
who had been victims of bu’lding
rust grafters No arrests
followed this “expose”
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' “THE RIGHT STORY'' — BURNS
By 4soetpted Press
WRshingtpn December 17— -The
reported arrest' in Warsaw of Wolfe
Llndenfleld suspected 6f compli-'i '
I in the Wall street bomb plot mystery
Is “the right story” William- J
Burns director of the bureau jnf In-
vestigation of tho department of jus-
tice said today s :
Ho said he was momentarily ex-
pecting a cabled report from War-
saw but until Its receipt he would
be unable to discuss details of tho
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Later Burns said that tho arrest of
Llndenfeld would clf$Fr up the iWall
street explosion tnystery
i llurns declared that Llndenfeld
: himself was not implicated In tho ex-
plosion one of the worst tragedies In
the history of New York but waa so
clone to the radical elements who
were tho perpetrators that he-knew
all about It 1
The third Ipternatlornle ' Borns
said was tho moving spl’'li behind
tho plot ' i ' -
Lindenfold according ’ to' ' Burnn
went abroad originally In behalf of
tbq department ot ‘Justice to ohtnNn
Information which would lead to the
- (Continued frqm page 6)
FREDERICK OKLAHOMA SATURDAY DECEMBER 17 1921
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Because of the shortage ot male
help women are employed by the
authorities or Petrograd to do man-
ual labor Id the ’top photograph
women are shown cleaning the
Streets of : Petrograd following
heavy snowfall with a mere "
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e 4 011 left) bossing the joo I
In the
circle are women porters with sleds
waiting for the arrival of die daily
train from Moscow ' They haul the
baggage to 'any part of ’the city
lior3e-drawn
HERE'S CHANCE!
TIME PLACE GIRL
AND THE BARGAIN
Now Is the time for the young
men of Tillman county who can no
longer resist the shafts of Dail Cupla
to Becure a license for the important
step of taking unto themselves a
spouse Court- Clerk' Thomas C
Greer announced Saturday
- A special Christmas marked down
sale on licenses will be held for one
week only beginning Monday by the
court clerk with the small price of
$298 This is a reduction of two
cents on the-regular price Also 'ia
addition to the very low price a
bride book published by The Leatiev
will be given to the bride which
tells the proper stance to' assume
when hurling a rolling pin at a bet-
ter half how to be happy tkougn
married and other things absolutely
essential to connubial bliss
Ministers of the city County Judge
W H Hussey and Justice of the
Peace Ona E Daws not to be out-
done in liberality at this season o
the year have also announced a re-
duction on their prices for conduct-
ing a ceremony
The list Is headed by Judge W It
Hussey who will perforin a ceremony
fop the same price as the license
The Rev W B Higgins will cut the
price to $291 to be followed by the
Rev Mr Shirley and the Revil Tbo
I Bock with prices of $295 and $a
94 respectively' The Rev- Geo a
Chatfleld will tie the knot for $2P3
however and Justice of 'the Peace Ona E
Daws has brought' the sum down to
the bottom price of $290
BLIZZARD HITS
ENTIRE STATE
By Associated Press' ‘ ' '
Oklahoma City December 17 —
The cold wave of last 'night drovi
temperatures over the state down to
twelve to eighteen degrees above o-
ro in the Panhandle section and from
freezing' down to twenty-two above
In other portions of the state
Light rain or snow fluities were
reported from the extreme eastern
portion i-
Continued cold tonight with fair
weather and rising temperature' is
the forecast for Sunday r
WOULD PROTEST
(JUAIL for B YEARS
Chlcknshit : Deoomber 17 — The
state grango mooting here In annunl
convcntlorf today adopted a resolu-
tion asking ' the slate legislature to
pass a law prohibiting the killing
of quail for five yearsr The resolu-
tion declared-quail are being exter-
minated by hunters u
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HEAVY W0RKx WITH
RUSSIA
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PLEA IS REJECTED
By Associated Press
- Paris France December 17
—The allied reparations com-
mission lias' refused to consider
Germany's request for extension
of time on her January anil
February reparations payments-
until the - German vovernmuiit
telle just when she can pay
other information demandedi
' This developed wjien the text
of the commission’s I note to
Berlin was made public today
Hundreds of friends phld their last
respects to Fountain Fox Miller- at
the funeral services held In his be-
half at the First Christian church
Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock
Rev W B Higgins the minister in
charge who had been Mr Miller’s
pastor paid tribute eloquent with a
wealth of personal feeling to the
virtues of the one who had just pass-
ed on praising his uprightness ot
character his unselfish - nature his
fidelity to the principles of his - re-
liglon and his friendliness to all
After having been ' called' by n’ mankind
unanimous Vote of thecongregatioi j The pastor declared to tho sons
the Rev' George A Chatfleld"' to- and daughters who sat before him
gethet with Mrs Chatflold and their that they were the best evidences of
daughter Hope arrived here Friday the Christian lives of their father
to take up his duties as minister o' and mother and commended to all
the Presbyterian church They are his hearers the value of an upright
now at homo at the l-'resbyterian life which had been so evident In
manse x ’ the career of this good man
The Rev Mr Chatfleld will' Budal services at the city rente-
preach his first sermon here sin o tery were in charge of Frederick
he accepted the call of the congrcga- lodge of Masons No' 249 with Jo-
seph V Morris of Snyder officiat-
ing end were both impressive and
beautiful j
All the surviving children ' Were
present together with other rela-
Ron Sunday morning
' Mr Chatflcid’s son Joaiuh C Chat-
fleld Is state adjutant for 'he Ameri-
can Logio of Oklahoma : i
wel¥rve1Tts
TO GUESTS AT TOE '
‘HOUSEWARMING’
’ At e D'eetlng of the chamber oi
commerce' held Friday evening U
was votedthat when the county 6f-
rioors hold their house warming at
the newt courthouse the chamber ot
commerce would serve refreshments
to all the people attending the event
In order to show to some extent the
appreciation the people of Prefer-
lek feel for the erection of this mag
nif'rent building
The date of the event will be d
age 29 a ereylce car driver
Earl Shelton who caused the com-
plaints to be filed told of receiving
some time ago a communication
teriulned by the county officials ana 'bearing the seal and signed by the health
the chamber of commerce will give! Capital Lodge of the Ku Klux Klan
cooperation ii making1 It a succdhs '
in which Shelton was warned to de-
sist from defending boot'eggers In
court The letter waa turned over to
the dlstilot Judge who In turn gave
it to the grand Jury ' -
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VERNON KENDALL MARRIED
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Vernon Kendall one of tha first
child In the-county within the school American soldiers to bo captured by
age gets the benefit of attending'! the Germans in the world war was
school” said Kerr - ’ V married thei first of the week The-
He Is urging teachers to send 'Mm bride wag Mir Margaret Vincent
thejinmea of children who should be of near Strong City They worn mar-
Trent per-
ent Clay W Kerr
In Tillman county’s houses at learn-
log who! are not thore -v - j '
FIVE
MEN FOLKS IN
TRIBUTE PAID BY
HUNDREDS TO FF
MILLER’S MEMORY
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KU KLUX WARNS
MAN IS KILLED
' Austin Texas December 17--Eighteen
men were arrested here
yesterday and each released on $5-
000 bond many of them prominent
business men charged with being
connected ' with i the ‘ killing lata
Thursday night of Peeler Clayton
rled rtn Hammon Rev 9
forming the ceremony v
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CENTS PER COPY
Rioting: Renewed in Ulster Capital : Street Car
Traffic Stopped by Intense Firing: Crown
- Forces Use Lewis Guns
By Associated Press -v
Relfast Ireland December IT
—Fierce firing broke out In
Newtownards Howl sectitm and
East Belfast today
The filing In the iriots became
so ’ intense that tirom car ser-
Vlco was suspended
Ijewis gnns were used against '
the rioters by the crown forces
' An employee of the city tram'
service waa shot dead and at
least six persons are known to
have been wounded up to an
early hours this afternoon
FREDERICK BOY
RETURNS FROM
' PACIFIC SERVICE
- ‘‘To me it Is a ‘grand and glorious
feeling’ to be' back in the good -old
U S A after being fourteen months
In -the Sandwich islands but this
cold weather is a bit crimpy ’’was
the comment of Walter Crouch: who
formerly resided with 'his parents
on a farm near Frederick hut re-
cently received an honorable dis-
charge from the 7th coast artillery
Yattoned at - Honolulu Territory of
Hawaii who arrived here Saturday
morning v ’
Crouch who enlisted at San Fran-
cisco California returned there
ftom the Islands on the transport
Buford "the same vessel that trans-
ported Emma Goldman and Berger
to soviet Russia when they were deported-
from the United- States He
left Honolulu November '25 and' the
passage to - San Francisco covered
ten days The first two or i three
days out he said the Ben waa rough
but the remainder of the trip water
and -wather conditions were ideal
- Few Jobs For Americans
' “Few of the boys secure jobs there
’when they quit the 'service” said
Crouch “The principal industries
there are sugar pineapples and rice
requiring labor fori which an Amer-
ican' is not suited and at wages that
he would not consider Occasion-
ally an American -secured clerical
employment but to get employment
of that kind requires acquaintance
and somewhat of a pull
“Japanese make up about 55 per
cent of the population - The others
are principally Hawalians Portu-
guese Americans and Chinese Thf
higher class of the 'Hawailn
American and Japanese nationalities
mingle socially but there is little
mixing with the masses
"Tne soldiers are treated well
there The commercial patrnnagle ' cetved letters and warnings from the
of 15000 American army men it Ku Klux Klan However Thursday"
somewhat courted
Friendly to Japnnese i '
“There is no talk there of war
wjth ' the Japs The Americans on
the islands desire amity between the
two i nationalities Cheap labor 1s
much
auonamieoj uneap labor ls
needed there and Business
ai r -
permit the introduction of several
thousand Chlaqse coolies —
“Many tourists visit the islands at
all times of the year I have nll i
want of such isolation and the clt-
met is too warm for me ' -
“Hawaii is- the crossroads of tbe
Pacific and there are several' big
mall steamers there everv week
numerous traders and fleets of Jatv
anese -’ssmnans-”' or fishing vossela
- vMts Friends Here : —
- “Speaking of Americans securing
employment th6re just before I left
I saw s forme first sereeout of ar-
tillery doing trucking work with a
wheelbarrow -He is a young man
with an excellent college education
an resrnrded brllllsnt” '
Crouch is here visiting old friends
end Is being entertained by Ryan
Kerr - Mis fat”"v ivs at Waxah-
nchle Texas He ) is the picture of
men-are asking legislation thnt win i
BIRTH REroni)
A son was born to Mr and Mrs A
W Haney one mile south of here
Friday - t
Mr and Mrs F-S Jordan - an-
nounce the birth of a girl Saturday
December it f
STALEY COMING
‘ W 8- Drumm received ' Informa-
tion Saturday that C L Staley ot
Oklahoma City secretary and mana-
ger of the Cotton Growers’ assoeta-
ion will be in Frederick Tuesday
and on -that even'ng would dellvet
an address the place of meeting to
be determined Monday r
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POLICEIAIi IS
THIRD KILLED
BY ORGANIZATION
By Associated Press
Ardiriore December 17n—
Charges of murder were died
: this morning against J A GIL
Ham John Smith Jeff Smith ami '
Curley Smith in connection with
i the death Thursday night of
Joe Carroll and John ' Smith of '
Wilson C G Sims sn Ant- "
more policeman and the wound-
1 tng of Jeff Smith of Henldton -
Gilliam the officers my was-
the lost man seen with Sims bo-
’ fore Sims’ death - -
1 Jeff Smith Is said by the of-
Accra to have been the occupant
: ! of one of tbe cars containing tho '
i mob which attacked CarrolL
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v Ardmore December 17-— Mystery
surrounding the shooting which re-
sulted in the killing of1 two men and
the wounding of another at Wilson
Thursday night deepened when' offi-
cers working on the case - Friday
found the body Of C F 81ms Ard- 1
more policeman in a ' field west of
Wilson with four bullet holes in It
It is believed that 8ims participat-
ed in the Wilson affair Thursday
night Tbe men killed were Joe Car-
roll and John Smith both oi WUeon
and the wounded man la Jeff 8mlth
of Healdton " :
- Relatlvea are Held
NJohn Smith Healdton butcher and
consin of the dead man and Jeff
Smith the wounded man were
brought to the Carter county Jail in
Ardmore Friday- morning Curley
Smith relative of the dead man Waa
arrested Friday afternoon Tha pris-
oners are being held Incommunica-
do Reports of the affair have it that
the shooting Thursday night was the
work of half -a dozen men who mo-
tored to Carroll’a home and called :
him out Carroll waa shot in the
face accrodlng to the reports Rmlth
the other man Is said to have been
In the car and was hit when mem
bers of the Carroll household at-
tempted to drive his assailants away
Thirty-five shots were ' exchanged
during the battle
Kino Not In Affair
According to officers Carroll had
been selling booze in the oil fields '
and members of his gang had re
night’s shooting Is not thought to be
traceable to ' klan activities - Re-
ports from Wilson state that when
first seen John Smith was staggering
up one of the streets of the town
'd requested 0f a bystander that
be tuaken t th0 hospital ’
There it la stated after - being
questioned by doctors and officers
he stated that he had been forced
by the masked men in the party to
accompany them in a cloeed car to
the home of Carroll where at tho
point of revolvers he was forced’ to-
call Carroll outside Carroll in re-
sponse to the call opened the door
and the snooting followed Smith
stated that he had been shot by Car-
roil Ho waa wounded in the loft '
aldet '
' Firo Itetumed
Jeff Smith brother of John wma '
shot In the heel and taken to tho v v
Healdton hospital under arrest He
states according to offleera that two
cars drove to Healdton where they
picked him up and then drove to
Wilson where be got his brother “
Walter Carroll brother of the de-
ceased says he fired twelve shot at
the two carsi aa they sped away from
the scene of the shooting and believe
that they atruck the - car several
times ‘ t -V”
Walter Carroll atated that H
brother had received warning f '
days ago but disregarded it as It t V
written on plain tablet paper as I A :
klan In its recent advertiser i
stated that all genuine warnlnv
would be written on the offlen! at’ '
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