The Ada Weekly News (Ada, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 3, 1919 Page: 1 of 8
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Consolidated with Ada Weekly Democrat Sept 1 1910
Consolidated with Pontotoc Co Enterprise Jan 8 1912
VOLUME XIX
ADA OKLAHOMA r THURSDAY JULY 3 1919
NUMBER 11
I?
rt
Pioneer Citizen Risks Life
to Save Boys ih Front
of Auto
From Thursday's Dally
BULLETIN
Later— Mr Dismukes
died at 2:45 this afternoon
y
G B Dismukes for nine-
teen years one of the best
known citizens of Ada lies
at the point of death in a
local hospital as a result of
an accident at the Frisco
passenger station this aft-
ernoon The accident took place at
1:50 o’clock Mr Dismukes
was driving in his Ford
mail truck to meet the San-
ta Fe train which comes in
at that time A troop train
was coming south on the
Frisco and several boys
were crossing the railroad
to see the soldiers Mr Dis-
mukes started to cross the
Frisco but was forced to
slow down his machine to
avoid running over the b6ys
Before he had had time to
clear the track his car was
struck by the engine and
crushed to pieces The car
was thrown down the em-
bankment east of the rail-
road and his mangled body
thrown onto the small
bridge just south of the
crossing
Mr Dismukes’ son Gas-
ton was soon on the scene
and he was taken to 1 the
hospital for treatment It
was found that both legs
were broken the right leg
in two places his side and
head crushed and other in-
J’uries received which make
lis recovery almost impos-
sible The doctors say they
hold out no hope Five doc-
tors were called in to dress
his wounds
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cent postage rate abandoned be-
cause it couldn't keep pace with war
prices came back Into Its own today
Tbe old two-cent stamp will again
take your one-ounce letter any
place in the country
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again restored as is the one-eent
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State Department Investigating
the Murder of John W Correll
by Mexican Bandits June 16th
By the Associated Pms
NEW YORK July 1 — The state
department has taken up with the
Mexican government the murder of
John W Correll an American citi-
zen maltreatment of his wife and
the attempted murder of his son
by bandits near Tampico Mexico
op June 16 according to a state-
ment given out today
Correll went with his wife and
son sixteen years old to Tampico
from their home at Ada Oklahoma
ten weeks ago On June 16 forty
Mexicans raided their house at Co-
lonta Mexico wrecked it murdered
Correll shot at the boy who fled
and then assaulted Mrs Correll
The news of the murder of Mr
Correll was given in the Evening
News reporter this afternoon that
curred Mrs J A Abbott a daugh-
ter of Mr Correll informed the
News reported thia afternoon that
they had a letter from the son 'nine
days ago but since that time they
have heard nothing The relatives
here therefore do not know what
has become of Mrs Correll and
the young boy
Mr and Mrs Correll were the
parents of a large number of sons
and daughters Most of these de-
scendents live in or near Ada and
Stonewall - They are anxious to get
Information of the whereabouts of
Mrs Correll and the young man but
they are unable to get any word
whatsoever
Mr Correll was on his way to
Central America and did not own
a farm in Mexico as repoited
That the state department is go-
ing into the matter thoroughly is
Bhown by a telegram reecived by
the News this afternoon from C F
Carter of New York The telegram
reads:
“John W Correll American who
left Ada for farm near Tampico
Mexico two months ago murdered
June 16 ‘ defending wife who was
then raped by Mexicans Son shot
at but escaped Home destroyed
Have widow and son returned ? What
was the standing of the family in
the community? Any details on
confirmation of the crime? Rush
answer collect"
The News wired as follows:
“Family of John W Correll veri-
fy his murder by Mexican bandits
Widow and son not yet returned
Family has good standing in com-
munity Pioneer citizen Advise
that you take matter up with Mrs
Be F McCaulay or Mrs J A Ab-
bott of Ada both daughters of
Correll’’
DOCTORS REPORT
BULLARD INSANE
Judge Orel Busby has received
the following report from the State
Insane Asylum at Norman on the
condition of B B Dullard Bullard
was charged with committing a
crime upon his daughter He lived
at Fltzhugh
JOE FOSTER OF ADA FINDS HUS-
BAND AND RELATIVES AT
LEHIGH MINE BODY IS ''
FORWARDED
i f
CAPTAIN HARGIS SPECIAL EN-
FORCEMENT OFFICER 'IN-
STRUCTS CAR OWNERS TO
PAY SHERIFF
Capt Sam H Hargis special ea-
j forcement officer of the state sayi
that the automobile tax for 1919 Is
now due Those owning cars should
go imut ‘diateiy to the sheriff s office
and attend to this matter Those
failing to attend to this or refus-
ing to do so are subject to a fine
of not less than $5000 Capt Har-
gis says he does not want to turn
in any one from his home county
but unless they pay their automo-
bile tax at once he will be com-
pelled to turn them in
The mystery of the identity of
the woman who died so suddenly
at the Frisco passenger station Tues-
day morning has finally been cleared
up Her 'relatives were found to be
living at Lehigh to which place
her body was forwarded today
Joe Foster Ada sanitary officer
went to Lehigh yesterday morning
taking with him the hat and shoes
worn by the woman when she died
He was joined in his search by
Sheriff Phillips of Coal county and
the city marshal of Lehigh To-
gether they went to the night agent
of the Katy who Identified the hat
as that worn by the woman when
she boarded the train at his station
They then described the woman to
several men and at last found a
man who said the hat and descrip-
tion fitted the wife of a miner who
worked in Mine No 8 They went
to this man and sure enough he
proved to be the husband of the
dead woman
The name of the woman is Mrs
Mattie Lumpkin She is the mother
of one child 18 months Mrs
Lumpkin is 20 years old and had
been In bad health for about s'x
months Her husband has a brother
who lives at Sulphur and it was to
his home Bhe was going when she
died Her hubband naturally be-
lieved she had reached her destina-
tion in safety
T H Falkner a brother-in-law
of Mrs Lumpkin came to Ada this
morning and accompanied the body
back to Lehigh today where It will
be burled this afternoon
Central Oklahoma State Hospital
Norman Okla July 27 1919
Hon Orel Busby County Judge
Pontotoc County Ada 'Okla
In Re: B B Bullard
Dear Sir: — We wish now to re-
port on the condition of B B Bul-
lard committed to this institution
by order of your court the 26th
day oif May this year Report here-
with enclosed
We did not go Into this case has-
tily but rather preferred' to do It in
as thorough and scientific manner as
possible '
We observed the man from dayto
day examined him individually and
collectively Each member of the
staff reserving bis opinion to the
final test which we put Bullard
through this p m After this fin-
al test a vote was taken and it
was unanimous in the belief that
Bullard was a defective of the Moron
type and could not be held moral-
ly responsible for the crime for
which he Is charged and of which
he makes no denial
We are further of the opinion
that Bullard should not be turned
loose on Society Should he be turn-
ed loose the same offense or per-
haps a graver one would most like-
ly be committed
Awaiting your further pleasure
I beg to remain Yours truly
D W GRIFFIN
Medical Superintendent
German Crown Prince
May Head the Army of
Revolt in Fatherland
LONDON July 1 — German counter-revolutionaries
have a motor
launch in readiness to rescue the
German crown prince wishing him
to appear at the head of the mili-
tary forces in Germany according
to a Rotterdam dispatch to the
Daily Mail The Dutch queen the
dispatch adds has sent her consort
to persuade the crown prince that
it would be detrimental to Holland
if he participated In a German
revolt
Reports were current several days
ago that the crown prince had fled
from Holland and had made his way
back to Germany The report proved
groundless however as the heir to
the German throne is still in the
kingdom by the sea
GERMAN DELEGATES MUELLER AND BELL ARE
FIRST TO ATTACH NAMES TO MOST
FAMOUS DOCUMENT
Department of Agriculture
Predicts Cotton Crop of
Lgssjfian 11 Million Bales
Mexico Wrestling’ With
Liquor Problem Also
Much Bootlegging Now
Finding
1 TStat he is mentally defective
Diagnosis Defeotive Mental Devel-
opment (Moron)
2 That he was not and should
not be held responsible for crime
committed on previous date
3 That his defectiveness has ex-
isted for years and is of such a na-
ture that recovery Is impossible
Signed
D W GRIFFIN
J J GOBLE
J R McLANCHLIN
T M BOYD
f
By the Associated Press
1 WASHINGTON July 1— Cotton
production for the year 1919 was
forecast today at 10986000 bales
of 600 pounds each The esti-
mate was mafe by the Department
of Agriculture and was based on
the condition of tbe crop 'on June
25 The condition of the crop at
that time was 70 of normal The
area under cultivation was 33960t-
000 acres
Forecast for Oklahoma
WASHINGTON July 1 — The cot-
ton production for Oklahoma was
forecast at 2456000 bales and
the condition was 69 per cent of
normal
E
GOVERNMENT WHEAT DIREC-
TOR TO REGULATE EXPORTS
AND IMPORTS l'OH STA-
U1LIZATION PURPOSES
By the Associated Press
EL PASO Juuly 1 — Bootlegging
has assumed widespread propor-
tions in Agua Prleta Sonora Mex-
ico across the border from Doug-
las Arizona according to Ameri-
cans who have investigated liquor
conditions lip the hnw state
Open saloojr' re prohibited by So-
nora state jrVvs but little or no
effort ha v-'fen made by the author-
ities to curtail illicit liquor traffic
they say
Cognizance of the situation has
been taken by the authorities how-
ever to the extent that a bill has
been introduced in the state Cham-
ber or Deputies permitting the es-
tablishment of open saloons for the
sale of light wineB and beer under
strict state supervision The bill
purposes limiting the number ot
saloons In accordance with popula-
tion and the payment ot high state
and municipal licenses
Well informed Mexicans believe
that saloons will return under the
' ) proposed new law as they contend
j that while General P Ellas Called
' (j military governor of Sonora is an
advocate of prohibition he would
much prefer the legalizing of the
liquor traffic with the consequent
revenue to combatting tbe Increas-
ing number of bootleggers
The liquor situation In Agua
Prleta is a troublesome one to the
bet ter class ot Sonora Mexicans
and residents of Douglas and other
border towns It Is pointed out
that Agua Prleta offers easy access
to anyone In Douglas who desires
to obtnlu liquor At the present
time ceitain Mexicans with a great
show ot friendship Invite Ameri-
cans across the line to visit the
bootleggers
The Mexican policemen watch
all visitors closely and it is report-
ed make a practice of arresting
Americans when their conduct be-
comes boisterous and robbing them
of their money and other valuables
Should tho Americans protest there
Is always the alternative of a roal
arrest and a prison sentence or a
heavy fine Some observers here
say the reopening of the saloons
will do much toward making a had
situation worse
NEW YORK June 26 — Julius
Barnes United States wheat direc-
tor made public tonight by procla-
mation by President Wilson grant-
ing him full authority to regulate
by license the expoitation and Im-
portation of wheat and wheat flour
for the put pose of stabilizing prices
Mr Barnes Bald that the regulations
he would put Into effect were sim-
ilar to those which have been en- j
forced by the war tiade board which
heretofore has exercised the func-
tions delegated to him
Stocks of wheat in country ele-
vators mills and terminal elevatois
on June 13 totaled 40033000 bush-
els as compared with 18599000 on
the same date a year ago accord-
ing to a bulletin Issued tonight by
the food administration grain cor-
poration Flour produced the week ending
June 13 amounted to 1797000 bar-
rels against 1923000 barrels the
previous week and 1411000 ibarrelB
a year ago making a total produc-
tion of flour from July 1918 to
June 13 1919 of 117035000 barrels
KILLS 10 PEOPLE
MANY INJURED AS NEW YORK
CENTRAL NO 7 BURIES
ITSELF IN NO 41 SCENE
IS PITIFUL
LIGUI BEER IS
PEER AND WIVES CONTAINING
2)4 PER CENT ALCOHOL
OR LESS MAY BE
SOLD
By the Associated Press
DUNKIRK N Y — Ten persons
were killed and more than a scoie
badly injured in a rear-end collision
between New York Cential train No
7 and the second section of tiain
No 41 here eaily today At S
WASHINGTON July 1— As wai-
time prohibition took effect last
night the Department of Justice an-
nounced that its agenls throughout
tho country would not attempt to
stop the sale of 2 per cent beet
This ele enth-hour development a
flat teveisal of an eatliet tilling
o’clock this morning there were ' by the department was due to the
seven bodies in the morgues here ' unpet lalnty as to how the fedeial
and it was said lesculng patties distnct court of New Yoik might
working in the wreckage had lo-rule on a pending claim by bi ch-
eated three more bodies Train No 01s that beer containing that much
41 stopped here on account of an I alcohol was not intoxicating
overheated journal and No 7 which But while this uncertainty existed
Is a through express ploughed into as to beer of lighter alcoholic per-
it centage than that sold generally
The scene around the wreck was
one of the most pitiful ever wit-
nessed in this section As the fast
express ploughed into the rear
coaches of No 41 steam and wood
filled the air Shrieks of the in-
jured could be heard even above
the noise of escaping steam and
the crashing of timbers Rescuing
parties began work at once and
the injured were given immediate
attention
Tramp Caused Wreck
WASHINGTON July 1 — An un-
identified tramp who was killed in
the train wreck at Dunkirk New
Yoik was responsible for the dis-
aster according to reports from New
York to the railroad administration
The mechaniBin which controls the
air flow from the locomotive to the
brakes was found shut off at the
place where the tramp was riding
This made it impossible for the en-
gineer on No 7 to stop his train
beforo hitting No 41
Miss Fanny Sue Sullivan Is spend-
ing the day with Mrs Lylos of
Stonewall
TO
TEXANS IN MEXICO
SAN ANTONIO Texas June 25
— The colonization of a tract of
500000 acres of land in Coalhuiia
Mexico oppoHito the American boun-
dary betweon Engle Pass and Del
Rio and the settlement In that ter-
ritory of thousands of American
farmers principally from Texas who
object to the prohibition Iuwh of
thiB country is planned by a syndi-
cate with hendquarteis in San Antonio
heretofore warning was given that
with respect to whisky and all bev-
erages as to whose intoxicating
powers there was no doubt every
governmental agency would be set
to work In a determined effort to
prevent their manufacture and sale
Howt long the sale of 2 per cent
beer may continue will depend ordi-
narily upon the speed of the courts
but congress meanwhile will step
to tho front in an effort to com-
plete the effectiveness of the war-
time law
or
TO HOLD CELEBRATION
The meeting of the local camp
YV O V Tuesday nlghl was Intei-
esting and much business wus
tiansacted Among the tilings act-
ed upon was a piopositioa to hold a
celebialion in Ada on August 29th
In honor of their membeis In tins
conn tv who went to war Tho cel-
ebiation will last only one day but
that day will be ctowdod with a
varied and intei eating progiam
Speeches will be mnde games play-
ed drills will be given by the team
dinner will bo spread It will bo a
home coming for Woodmen a Log
Rolling and a general hallelujah
A committee to look after the ad-
vorttnlng of the celebration was ap-
pointed It Is composed of YV C
YYMllinnis YY'nltor Goyne and M
Lester Chambers A program com-
mittee was also appolntod and an
effort will bo tnado to make this
celobtailon the greatest loenl YVood-
men have ever had
By the Associated Press
VERSAILLES June 28 — An official report from
the Hall of Mirrors to the State Department ays that
President Wilson and the American delegation completed
the signing of the peace treaty making a formal end of -the
great war at 3:14 o’clock this afternoon
The treaty was signed by Dr Hermann Mueller and
Dr Johannes Bell for Germany at 3:12 and 3:13 o’clock
respectively they being the first to attach their signa-
tures to the famous document the most important peace
treaty of peace in the world’s history
Premier Clemenceau president of the peace delega-
tion put the direct question to the Germans whether or
not they were willing to sign and execute loyally the
terms in every particular The answer of the German
delegates was favorable and the signing went forward
The delegations from the Allied nations were seated
in the Hall of Mirrors when the Germans entered and
they kept their seats while the enemy delegates filed
into the historically famous room
After the signature of the Germans came the signa-
tures of the American delegates headed by the signature
of President Woodrow Wilson
The British names followed the Americans and the
remainder came in the order set forth in the treaty
The Chinese delegation shortly before the hour set
for the signing reiterated their determination not to
sign
A few minutes before 3 o’clock fifteen enlisted men
from the American British and French armies entered
the hall amid cheers '
General Jan Christian Smuts representing the Union
of South Africa -signed under protests He objected to
certain territorial settlements and made a lengthy state-
ment regarding them - l -
The treaty of peace was deposited on the table in
the Hall of Mirrors at 2:10 o’clock this afternoon by
William Martin of the French foreign office It was en-
closed in a stamped leather case Premier Clemenceau
entered the palace at 2:20 and took his seat at the head
of the table
The sojourn of President Wilson in Europe will
come to an end today when he starts homeward All
arrangements for his departure have been completed and
the special presidential train' will leave the Gare des In-
valides at 9:30 o’clock Saturday evening It will arrive
at Brest on Sunday morning where the president will
board the steamship George Washington which sails
about noon
On his arival in the United States President Wil-
son will go straight to Washington to lay before congress
the results of the peace conference He will leave soon
afterward for an extended tour of the country for the
purpose of explaining directly to the people all questions
relating to the peace treaty and the league of nations
covenant
The president goes back to the United States more
than satisfied his friends say with the net results of
the conference and all things considered it is his opin-
ion that the conference has been a wonderful success
While it is regarded as a disadvantageous peace for Ger-
many yet against this it is held that Germany com-
mitted a great wrong and quite naturally and inevitably
must make just reparation for that wrong
But outside of German results the conference is
viewed in presidential quarters as liberating peoples who
never before had a chance of liberty such as Poland
Jugo Slavia and Czecho-Slavakia Also the conference is
credited with banding together the people of the world
to make the peace regime enduring Other large results
it was pointed out are the giving of a charter to labor
removing restrictions on international intercourse and
many other international results which can be summed
up as a colosslal business such as the world never
dreamed of before”
The peace treaty and the league of nations covenant should be rati-
fied without amendment accotdlng to the presidential view as it is tin-
deiijood for certain definite reasons namely thnt if any one power seeks
to make amendments then tlip war will not be over until ever One of
the twenlj-one associated nations lenrns the tesult of the amendments
This ran only be done thiough pioeesses of negotiation and it is held
tliit it would be a hopeless process rf delay in restoring peace It is also
held thnt Ihe el feet of the amendments would bo to keep the United
Stales out of the tiealj and out ol of tha league
The question lias niisen whether resei vations amount to amend-
ment and piesidential quintets are understood to hold that reservations
smell as the pioposed Root reservation to article 10 of the covenant are
equivalent to amendment
Ahlrodge-Moss
Rev Yr M Ciutchficld pot fot in-
ert the eeieinmony this afternoon
uniting in marriage Col George W
Aldredge of San Angelo Tex and
Mih Georgia Moss of Ada
The wedding took place at 1
o’clock at the homo of Mr and
Mrs J L Barringer In the south
part of town Only a few friends
were present
Colonel Aldredge Is one of the
most prominent cattlemen In the
western part of Texas His bride has
been a resident of Ada for many
yonrs and is well and favorably
known here
After the ceremony Col nnd Mrs
Aldrodgo left Immediately for Cor-
pus Christ! Tex for a visit after
which they will visit In Colorado
nnd will then go to Southern Cal-
ifornia to spend the wfnter
Marriage Licenses
John Fate 29 Konawa Mantle
Rodtlen 27 Konawa
O YV Aldredge 73 Sanco Tex
Mrs Georgia Moss 44 Dodd City
Texas ’
Noah McNair 21 VanosB Velma
Irwin 18 VasoBs
W 0 Barnes 35 Stratford
Ilenet Hutto 18 Stratford
S II Younts 21 Fltzhugh Dol-
lie Hall 18 Fltzhugh
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