The Ada Weekly News (Ada, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 25, 1919 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XIX ‘
ADA OKLAHOMA THURSDAY DECEMBER 25 1919
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LACLEDE Mo Dec! 12 — La-
' dede la getting ready for the home-s-
' coming of lto most famous eon Gen-
eral John Joseph Pershing who is
to be here tomorrow December 23
- Laclede has been awaiting the gener-
al a long time— ever since he came
' hack from France For It was In
this little town that General Persh-
if v lng was born ' "
f Laolede Oas a town of three bun-
J 4rad then— chat was September IS
1840 Laclede is a town of 700 now
— a rambling Missouri town of two
banks' one weekly nmrspaper a few
‘ ‘general stores a big park where in
' warm weather residents were wont
' 'to gather and' discuss the war and
- Pershing's part In It and what be
’ had and hadn't dons when he was a
boy In Laclede
' Laclede generally agrees that
’ John Pershing — that la Laclede’s de-
signation for the commander-in-chief
of the Al E F — was “no ways
remarkatde" as a boy He grew
up went to school and church and
t Sunday school fished hunted and
i' was interested In getting an educa-
tion' ’ ’ ’ ‘
He graduated from the Klrks-
ville Normal School at 20 and then
an opportunity 'presenting Itself to
enter a competitive examination for
West Pet ’Pershing availed him
- ' self of It wCn by one point and went
to the military academy Since
that time Lacledehas seen little of
Its famous son '
He made a visit twelye or four-
“ teen "years ago and (ailed on
“Aunt” Susan Hewett pioneer who
says "Laws yes I remember John
when he wasn't more than two or
three years old Wa used to’ run
- - the hotel nuL-wheftJobiv was Jtlg
en8ughtcf pufeh trousersi he uked
to eat more pie In our kitchen than
any boy in town
' Laclede' Is planning the biggest
' ' sort of- a day December 23 There
won’t be much formality but plenty
of handshaking music oratory fried
chicken and home-yaade preserves
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JUDGE CRAIG ADVISES MOTHERS
TO KEEP DAUGHTERS OF
SCHOOL AGE AWAY
FROM TRIAL
87 th AfsocUted Preai
LOS ANGELES Calif Dec 23 —
- Reading of depositions chiefly of
residents of Indianapolis and Okla-
homa City were expected to be re-
sumed today by the defense at the-
trial of Harry New charged with
the murder of Miss Lesser his
sweetheart '
Depositions arleady offered on be-
half of New one by Mrs Corder of
Oklahoma City who declared that he
was known among his associates
there as “Nutty New”
Another who gave a deposition
was Theodore Taylor fellow member
with New In Indiana who said he
believed the defendant was Insane
because he had a fondness for kill-
ing rattlesnakes when he did mili-
tary duty on the Mexican border in
1916 Others- state that he has
brooded over the alleged circum-
stances of his birth
Despite the advice of Judge Craig
to mothers to keep their daughters
of school age away from the trial
girls and ‘women were predominant
among hundreds seeking admittance
to the court room
Supreme Court Took ‘
Holiday Recess Today
Without Further Act
By khe A Kiel ted Pm i
WASHINGTON Dec 22— The
upreme court today recessed until
Jan 6 without handing down an
opinion of the constitutionality of
sections of the Vplstead prohibition
enforcement act affectlngthe alco-
holic content of beer
The supreme court ordered the
government to show case on Jan 5
why original proceedings should not
be Instituted by the states of Rhode
Island and NewJereey liquor dealers
to have determined the constitution-
ality of the national prohibition act
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- Knox still philanders with the
treaty and Hitchcock still knocks
the Knox program Iqto a cocked
hat and then sits down on the hat
— Ardmorelte ft
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THREE HUNDREDTH ANNIVER8-
ARY CELEBRATION TO LAST
FROM MAY TO DHCEM-
BER NEXT YEAR
B 1 the Associated Press '
NEW YORK Dec 23 — The 300th
anniversary of the Pilgrim Fathers
tentative ‘Plans of which have-' Just
been announced here will Include
celebrations In England Holland and
the United States and will continue
from May to December 1920
A four day program in Leyden
Amsterdam and Rotterdam whence
the Pilgrlma sailed three centuries
ago to the American wilderness
where they might find “freedom to
worship God” will start on August
80 when committees from the Unit-
ed States and England will be re-
ceived at the University of Leyden
Addresses compiemoratlve of the oc-
casion will be delivered by scholars
from the three countries Including
the rector of the university Dr
Rendel Harris of Manchester Eng-
land Viscount Bryce and a famous
American who has not yet been
designated
The next - day August' 31' the
birthday of the Queen of the Nether-
lands will include beside a congress
in the- Town Hall a religious ser-
vice in the Pieterskirk In which the
Rev John Robinson who led the
separatlonists from the Church of
England (the Pilgrims) to Holland
in 1609 was burled-
i One of the features of the holiday
at Amsterdam on September 1 will
be a meeting in the Rljksmuseum
the unveiling of a memorial window
in the Ragijnekerk and a reception
The next day there will be an aquat-
1b pageant In'- Rotterdam- the visit-
ors traveling in the morning from
Leyden to Delftshaven Is possible
by boat along the way the Pilgrims
went Then here will be trips to the
religious havens of - Rotterdam
memorial - service In the church - at
Delftshaven and at 7 P-M the
English and - American contingents
will depart-tor 3oqhamfc ton
The celebration In England will
start in May 1920 with meetings
In Scrooby the home of Robinson
Austerfield- Boston and Sheffield
From August ' 4 to September "20
there will he ' ceremonies In Cam-
bridge London Southampton - and
other- places culminating in the
sailing of a new Mayflower which
will carry the returning American
committee ' add British and Dutch
delegations who are to participate In
the program on thiB side of the
Atlantic
Main events of the American cele-
bration will be In Plymouth Mass
and ' Boston where historical pa-
geants will be held followed by a
big reception in New York- Vice-
president Marshall - is Honorary
Chairman of the committee having
the local program in charge The
foreign visitors will then be taken
on a tour of the United States
On November 24 1920 there will
be a universal observance of Thanks-
giving Day In England Holland and
the Unitad States
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COMMERCE COMMISSION
REVISES FREIGHT RATES
By the Associated P I
WASHINGTON Dec 23 — Orders1
In the Memphis southeastern in
vestigations made public today by
the interstate commerce commission
revised virtually all freight rates be-
tween Memphis St Louis Arkansas
and Oklahoma- and in effect reaf-
firmed the decision in the courts
that there must be no discrimination
or prejudice between Intrastate rates
compared with interstate rates
WASHINGTON Dec 23 — the
commission’s report wHtten by Mr
Daniels made these findings:
Prescribe a maximum scale of
rates for distances not in excess of
3 50 miles between points In Okla-
homa Arkansas and southern Mis-
souri Declared existing second - class
rates between Memphis and all points
on Class A railroads in Arkansas to
be unreasonable and unduly preju-
dicial to Memphis to the extent that
they exceed by more than reasonable
bridge tolls the corresponding class
rates applicable for like distances
to intra-state ' traffic in Arkansas
Prescribed reasonable bridge tolls
The allegation that the class rates
from points of origin in Western
trunk lines territory to Ft Smith
Ark and unduly prejudicial to that
point and unduly preferential to
points in eastern Oklahoma was not
sustained
BOL8HEVIKI OFFENSIVE
AGAINST ROLAND PLANNED
GENVEA Swlt Deo 23 — Prep-
arations for a great Bolshevik! of-
fensive against Poland next spring
Is being planned by Lenlne Soviet
Minister of War and Marine of
Russia according to a Warsaw dis-
patch received by the Ukranlan news
bureau here Chinese troops who are
being recruited at the rate of 8000
a day and trained In the soviet mili-
tary school will aid In the cam-
paign it Is said It Is declared that
Trotsky ' intends to ‘ use Chinese
troops in carrying out his project
of an Invasion of Western Europe
' Christinas also in the minds and hearts of'
you good friends of ours
v Christmas with all that term implies as to
universal fellowship bounteous unselfishness and
renewed recognition of the fact that to give
: is actually better than tofreceive
As you have put into anything that much will
you get out of it Out of the interest you have
taken in this paper during the past year we hope
you have derived an equal personal pleasure
Your appreciation has made this paper's issuance t
a congenial work to us' ofhhe staff
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-vivi LfrAnd -likewise inthaf&me spirit which makes
Christmastime what it is we take this oppor-
tunity of expressing our thanks to the business
men of this community and of the territory
within which this paper circulates for their cor-
dial co-operation in practical ways which has
made it possible for us regularly to present our
best editorial efforts to the community in a credit-
able manner
May the kindly glow of this holiday season
color life for you and yours throughout the
coining year
AGED MICHIGAN WOMAN AC-
CUSER MAN OF MURDERING
HER DAUGHTER WITH IL- '
LEGAL OPERATION
By the Auocieted Prma
LAWTON Mich Dec ’ 23 — A
signed statement accusing Joseph
Virgo of performing an Illegal op-
oration upon Maud Tabor has been
made by Mrs Sarah I Tabor 80
years old mother of the brilliant
llngulet whose body was found In
a trunk in the basement of her
home here assistant prosecutor
Glenn Warner announced this
morning ’
The statement which Is In di-
rect contradiction to the story told
by the aged woman at the inquest
covers 30 pages and was made to
him Warner declared in Jail at
Pawpaw near here shortly after ty nie names of persons reported
midnight missing of whom the bureau has
Mrs Tabor says that Virgo whono trace
was married to Miss Tabor about --4-! ulth the compromise program with- America was released from Jull
a year before her disappearance In c h(l8 moved his °ut a!'raltil3? fu:ther "orJ8 from today by United District Judge A
1916 took her to a deserted farm fa J’UyA “SSewall and 1 now:h® Whtte Houss B Anderson
house In the neighborhood of Law- at jome j the residence he re- ' Howat agreed to Join the Inter-
ton kept her there three days and cently purchased near the High! Shawnee News: Forty applicants national officials of United Mine
then brought her home where aheRchooi building John himself Is a tor admission to the bar took ex- Workers pending a telegram to 'he
died ‘ 1 big addition to Ada while his fam- amlnatlons this week at Oklahoma district executive board In Kansas
The statement adds that - Virgo
crammed the body ot hla wife In
IT is the season of Christmas cheer in all the
homes where subscribers to this paperdwelL
Qty? ublislfpra
what was to havt been her hope
chest and conveyed It to the cellar ‘
after she had prevented him from
shipping the trunk out of the state
Virgo has-been held in the county
jail at Pawpaw nearly a month on'
a warrant charging murder
In her testimony at the inquest '
fornia with her son Walter on a
charge of murder denied she had
any knowledge of the case
Many Bodies Still
Unidentified From
Corpus Christi Flood
CORPUS CHRISTI Tex Dec 23
— One hundred and twenty-one bod-
ies that were recovered from the
waters of Nueces bay after the Sept-
f1nidtnILrdiCaThdtBfVJitinnmhnn cation of the peace treaty was re- “iheviki propaganda
H”Jl!e?J Jde”i!JjaV?nia!!nI ported progressing satisfactorily at While enrolling clerks worked at
conference between senate leaders top speed to complete bills for sig-
of both sides Early ratification of natures of the vice president and! of British museums It was' Bel-
the treaty was predicted by some speaker the senate and house re- kirk’s adventures upon which was
reau Is making every effort to Iden-
tify them and a few bodies are add-
ed each week to thtj list of known
dead
The bodies of unknown dead are
burled at Rose Hill cenv’tery here
Accurate descriptions part of cloth-
ing and other possessions and in
some cases photographs are on file
at the bureau to asHist in identifi-
cation work
Thfere also are
uy s a most valuable addition Wel-j
'come j
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OF TREATY NEAR
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RATIFICATION HE PORE JANUARY
in the senate the sugar control bill
sent to the president the Sweet bill
increasing insurance allowances of
men disabled in the war and the
i$33000000 urgent deficiency appro-
priation bill
by tin Associated Prt Xhe house passed and sent to the
WASHINGTON Dec 23 — With senate the alien deportation bill
both sides apparently willing to aimed at radical agitators and the
give and take the effort to reach senate ordered Investigation by the
a compromise agreement for ratifi- foreign relations committee of bol-
senatois before January 16 which cessed for dinner and only a hand-
wou’d give President Wilson an op- '1 of members returned for the
portuuity to lift war-time prohibition ornal ndjonrnment
and grant the country a wet period
before the constitutional amendment
becomes effective on that date
All senators remaining in Wash-
twen-Mngton during the holidays probably
will be called upon to participate In
the treaty conference From present
Indications the senate is going ahead
City And still we - wonder -why
common labor la becoming acarce
AMERICAN IDEALS ARE HIGHER
SINCE THE WAR AND WE
ARE BOOSTERS NOW
SAYS SOCIAL EXPERT
NORMAN Dec 29 — American Last Friday and Saturday wit-
ideals are no longer materialistic 1 '
Americans now worship less the dol- ne®d dismantling o t ths tm-
lar and more the talent virtue and
heroism of the man behind the dol-
lar according to Dr Jerome Dowd
director of the school of social ser-
vice in the University of Oklahoma
“Foreigners frequently comment
on the flashy dress extensive display
of Jewelry and general ostentation
in costums of American women” he
wrote
During the war while women
were eating brown bread drinking
coffee without sugar and preaching
conservation they succumbed com-
pletely to the rage for silk under-
wear Since the war It is notable
that they have gone to - extremes In
the purchase of expensive goods of
every kind to an extent never dream-
ed of before” - ‘
The American habit of boasting
also Is criticised
“We as a people are the most
boastful in the world” he said
“Charles Dickens once remarked ’the
American people were born crowing’
The everlasting bragging of our
reputation?”0 ““ lVen UB
' Women are more cultured than
men who are too engrossed in ex-
ploiting the resources of the country
and have turned over higher culture
to the women the author believes
This may result in our culture be-
coming effeminated he fears He
says American men have less cul-
ture than those of any other mod-
ern country
Doctor Dowd has previously pub-
lished two volumes or a book “The
Negro Race” which are used as
textbooks in many American univer-
sities and even at Oxford He will
read a paper on - ‘Tlfe Relation of
Race to Democracy” ' before the
American Sociological society which 1
meets December 99-31 -at Chicago
Congress Adjourns : :
For Holiday Recess
After Heavy Rush
WASHINGTON Dec 20 — The
Christmas recess of congress began
at 11:12 P M tonight when the
senate adjourned to meet again
January 6 The house adjourned
loui minutes earlier and no business
whs r-nsact! in either hum this!
evening )
The delay In adjournment was
recessary to permit bills passed to- jIRAL SIMS REFUSED ON
day to be prepared for the signa-'
tores of the speaker of the houBei
and the president of the senate
before being transmitted to the
JVhite House Five members were'
present at adjournment '' '
Congress closed tonight until Jan- By the Associated Pres t
uary 5 for its holiday vacation with' WASHINGTON Dec 23 — Secre-
the usual travail of adjournment ( tary Daniels today ordered a corn-
congestion prehensive report on awarding of
Under the holiday urge more1 decorations prepared for the tnfor-
husiness was transacted today thanniation of Chairman Page of th
I often goes through in a month Left senate naval committee It will in-
tfor action in January however were'oiude all recommendations by indi-
I many Important measuieB including viduals or by boards and the action
1 Peace treaty 1 by the boards and the secretary
! Closing hours of the senate were himself upon the recommendations
en ivened by two moves toward a xhe order wa8 issued in response
compromise of the treaty but theto a request of Senator Page which
ratification wenf fCi lowed criticism of the manner
n whjch some of the awards were
ovei
Trains
night were crowded with members
pended until reconvening on JTi
i1 ary 5 when congress is prepared
to undertake work expected to hold 1
it in session until the presidential
campaign next fall
Bcore of bills and resolutions
mostly of a minor character were
passed today Important measures
included the Cummins railroad bill
JUDGE ANDERSON TODAY
RELEASED ALEX HOW IT
By th Auncinted Pro 1
INDIANAPOLIS Deo 23 Alov Heutenant aboard a naval vessel!
nnder Howat President of Kanessi 'i-
district of United Mine Workers of“1" OFFICERS OF THE
in anendeavor to have all strikes
in Kansas coal fields ended
COL J W DAVIS HOLDS AUC
TION SALE LAST FRIDAY ’
AND SATURDAY AT STATE’S 1
LARGEST RANCH
ous Horseshoe Ranch' In the
treme southwest part of the
ty when Col J W Davis auetiow-
eer of this city conducted 4 two
day sals of furniture fixtures tools
machinery lire stock etc - - ' - - -
For the past several years the
property embracing at the present
time over' tein thousand acres ku
belonged to Judge George W Am- '
strong and hie associates of Fort
Worth Texas A short time ago
the ranch was sold to P A Norris-
of this city which eeeouats for the
fact that the present owners are '
closing out their personal effects
on the ranch
This Is the largest ranch yet in-
tact In the state if not In the en-
tire southwest and when the pres-
ent owner dlvldss It Into small
farms as he probably will do In
the near 9 future the transaction
will mark the passing of the old or-
t "as In the early pioneer
days
While the weatber was not con-
ducive to a good sale slthsr Fri-
day or Saturday several thousand
dollars worth of property was dis-
posed of Mr Y Q MoCammon
manager of the ranch is of the '
opinion that he can dispose of the
rest of the live stock and personal
effects k at private sale
The editor of the News accompan-
ied Col Davis' to the ranch and re-
mained for the full two days the
guest of the McCammons and we
cannot refrain from deviating from ’
the stereotyped form' of the newt
°° enough to say that
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m att-otr expestonesr we wets never -
more royally entertained than while
the guests of Mr and Mrs Y Q
McCammon at Horseshoe Ranch
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commanded American naval forces
tdQUrlnf ''’f'
t° hecI'e®ry In Jo
Arr lral Sims declined a decoration
or a
distinguished service medal
tendered hlni personally on the
grounds that injustice had been
done to some officers in the dis-
tribution of the awards
The Old Selkirk
Musket Still Goes
Rounds of Museums
based DeFoe’s famous story Rdbln-
son Crusoe The musket Is In-
scribed with the name “A Selkirk
Lai go 1771” It was purchased by
Randolph Berens for 1625 but the
" l'er ha8 Insured It for 10000
Selkirk owned a tavern near
Clapham but died in 1723 at sea as
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fly tse AnKHilated PrM
LONDON Doc 23 — Law office
of the crown held a conaultatf
with French and Belgian offitw
today with regard to former
perors It Is reportsd that
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