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THE WEEKLY DEMOCRAT-CHIEF
Largest and Oldest Bona Fide Circulation 01 any PublicationfinThe County. J
VOLUME xx
HOBART, KIOWA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1921.
NO. 48
INSTITUTE WORLD
WIDE SEARCH FOR
CREW OF SCHOONER
Theory That Pirate* Arc Afloat
In Atlantic Giving ( redrace
By Finding of Note.
By the Asaociated Press.
WASHINGTON, Juno 21.—
World-wide aearch for the miss-
ing crcw of the achooner Carroll
A. Peering, of Bath, Mo., which
piled upon the North Carolina
heach laat January, with all
aaila act, but not a living soul
aboard, haa been started by the
State Department through the
consuls.
NOTE FOUND WRITTEN
BY MEMBER OF CHEW
By the Associated Preaa.
PORTLAND, Me., June 21.—
The theory that pirates are afloat
in the North Atlantic found
credence here with the establish-
• ment of the fact that a message
in a bottle was picked up two
months ago north of Cape Hat-
teraa, purporting to explain the
disapearance of the crew of the
schooner Carroll A. Deering.
The myatery of the ship of the
Diamond Shoals waa written by
Henry Bates, of Isleaboro, Maine,
a member of the crew. The ques-
tion of the genuineneaa was set-
tled by handwriting experts.
The unsigned note stated that
the achooner had been captured
by an oil burning craft, some-
thing like a sub-chaser; that
members of the crow were in
hiding all over the ship with no
chance to escape, and were being
handcuffed; that everything was
being taken off.
The Department of Commerce
and other government agencies
are working on the theory that
the oil steamer Hewitt, which
disappeared in the same locality
about the same time, while
bound from there to Boston, was
captured by the same pirate
BUYERS' STRIKES
AND PROFITEERING
President National
Hardware Association,
Blames Taxation.
NATIONAL MEETING
OF SOCIAL WORKERS
All Phases of Work to be Taken Up
and Discussed at the Conference
—Large Attendance Expected
LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 21.—Buy-
era' strikes and profiteers were dis-
cussed by Matthias Ludlow, Newark,
N. J., in his message to the Hardware
Congress as president of the National
Retail Hardware Asaociation here to-
day.
"How many have gone into the
question and sought the true cause of
the dissatisfaction?" he asked.
"I do not believe manufacturers
have maintained unjust prices. 1 expected to attend the
know retailers have been honest and sions.
done their J>est to keep down prices , The American Association for Com-
and I do not believe there has been a munit.v organization, composed of
buyers' strike. A buyers' strike couhl Community Chest bodies, Councils of
not be organized, nor could it come s°c>a' agencies and Financial Feder-
spontaneously. ntions will hold sessions tomorrow and
"I a mconvincod that the trouble i Wednesday while the National Proba-
MILWAUKEE, June 20.—Almost
every phase of social work known will
be taken up and discussed during the
week of June 22 to 29 at the Forty
eight annual meeting of the National
Conference of Social Work and its af-
filiated bodies here.
No fewer than 20 societies, depart-
ments or associstions will hold meet-
ing either prior to or during the week
of this convention and thousands are
ses-
various
AVIATORS SCORE HIT
ON GERMAN TARGET
Bombs Dropped From Navy Seaplane
Effective by First Squadron at
Trials
Dy the Associated Preaa.
WASHINGTON, June 21.—The
former German submarine, U-
117, was sunk off Cape Charles
today by the first squadron of
naval seaplanes which bombed it,
according to reports received by
the Navy Department.
The submarine waa sunk in the
opening phase of the teats ar-
ranged by the government to
demonoat rate the efficiency of air-
planes against modern war craft.
The first reports to the depart-
ment did not give the number of
bombs dropped by the attacking
squadrrn or (he number ol hita
recorded. The next phase of the
bombing tests wiH be June 28.
has been with the taxation and 1 ain
fortified by utterances of two presi-
dents of the United States, and re-
ports of the Department of Labor and
the Department of Justice.
"We have had an overproduction of
false prophets and an underproduction
industry. Let us not be confused
by discontent. The country is suffer-
ing from a tax system which might
have existed when tremendous war
pYofits were being made, when every-
body was employed and money flowed
plentifully, but the war is over.
"A proper adjustment of the tax
situation will bring back prosperity
and it behooves every business man to
study taxation carefully and broadly,
in the light of its relation to busi-
ness."
As a solution of the tax problem,
Mr. Ludlow suggested the merits
claimed for the gross sales tax or
turnover tax of one per cent, on all
sales, advising that this "proposed
sales tax deserves special study."
"The prevailing conditions attend-
ant upon the present system should
silence forever the statements that
decreased business and the high cost
of living are due either to a buyers
strike or to greed of business men,"
declared Mr. Ludlow.
He predicted that "this condition
will be adjusted and that good times
are ahead," but admonished that bus-
iness men must think and study con-
ditions as never before."
OKLAHOMA COUNTIES
VOTE HIGHWAY BONDS
LIONS AT LUNCHEON
With eighteen members
the Hobart Lions Club held it* weekly
noonday luncheon at the Nash Hotel
today. As guests they had eighteen
members of the ladies' band and A. C.
Dunn of Dallas, Texas, representing
the Ninth District of the Boy Scouts
which includes Oklahoma, Texas and
New Mexico.
Mr. Dunn made a very interesting
and impressive speech In regard to
the Boy Scout movement. He was the
guest of Dr. Winter, commander of
the Milligan-Goodson Post, American
Legion.
Representing the American Legion,
Dr. Winter announced that it was the
desire of the post to participate in
every civic movement inaugurated by
the city, ami asked that the body be
Invited to participate in such move
ments. He also suggested a round
table organization from the various
clubs and civic organisations, to meet
and discuss questions of interest and
report back to their respective bodies.
A motion embodying this Idea waa
State Department Tabulating Returns
In Order to Secure Help of
Government.
OKLAHOMA CITY, June 17.—
State Highway Department officials
today are tabulating the amount of
road bonds voted in the various
counties in an effort to determine
which will be affected, and in what
amount, by the fact that more road
bonda were voted in the state than
had been matched by the federal aid
funds. Notice that Oklahoma had
voted more than $350,000 more than
the sum set aside by the federal gov-
ernment was received by the depart-
ment late yesterday.
tion will convene this afternoon and
continue its session until Wednesday
afternoon.
Leaders in the fields of probation,
parole and court reform will be pres-
ent from all parts of the country.
Many of the more active and progres-
sive judges from juvenile and other
courts using probation will be pres-
ent. >
The sessions on today and tomor-
row will be devoted principally to the
problems of adult delinquency, includ
ing probation, domestic relations or
family courts, clinics and preventa-
tive work. The sessions on Tuesday
evening and Wednesday are to consti-
tute a joint conference with the Fed-
eral Children's Bureau, and are to be
devoted entirely to the problms of the
juvenile court.
The following affiliated organiza-
tions will meet here during the next
ten days:
The Lutheran Inner-Mission Soci-
ety, Social Service Department of the
Protesant Episcopal Church, Public
Health Nurses' Association, the Na-
tional Urban League for Social Ser-
vice among Negroes, the Jewish Con-
ference of Social Welfare, the Cana-
dian Conference of Public Welfare,
Foreign Community, National Board
of the Y. W. C. A., the National As-
sociation for Community Organization,
the American Association of Hospit-
al Social Workers .National Feder-
ation of Day Nurseries. Interstate
Conference on Illegitimacy, National
Probation Ass-uiiation, American As-
sociation for Organizing Family So-
cial work, National Children's Home
Soc'ety, National Child Labor Com-
mittee, anj the National Travelers'
Aid Society, Child Welfare League of
Amcrica, American Red Cross, Amer-
ican Association of Social Service Ex-
changes, National Social Workers'
Exchange.
CONVENTION DATES
FOR D.C.D. HIGHWAY
July IS and IS Selected for Meeting
at Elk City—Viee-Presideat Ap-
prove Dates
July 12-13 are the dates selected
for thd Fourth Annual Convention of
the D. C. D. Highway Association at
Elk City, Oklahoma, according to an
announcement made to-day by D. J.
Young, President and W. A. Palmer,
Secretary and1 General Manager, of
the D. C. D. Highway Association. R.
L. Christy of Lamar, President of the
Colorado Division, has approved these
dates. Notwithstanding tile postpone-
ment of this Convention from June
7-8 on account of excessive rains, the
officers of the Association are deter-
mined to make the convention a great-
er success than ever.
During the last few days, the Secre-
tary's office in Canadian has receiv-
ed a great many letters from differ-
ent towns on the system assuring him
that there will be good delegations at
the Convention.
Reports have been received from
points as far south as Huntsville, Tex-
as, including reports from many
towns in Oklahoma, that the D. C. D.
Highway is in good condition with
few exceptions. Many sections have
been re-marked during the last few
weeks.
ELM FORK BRIDGES
DESTROYED BY FLOOD
One Between Mangum and Granite
and Another at Sayre, on Rock
Island. Went Out Today
Two-fifths of the Rock Island bridge
across Elm Fork of Red River, be-
tween Mangum and Granite, went'out
this afternoon, as a result of high
water in that stream. The Rock Is-
land bridge at Sayre on the same
stream is also reported out.
The Mangum-Granite bridge has
been in a precarious condition for some
time, and a short time ago traffic was
delayed a week owing to a washout
there, but repairs were made and
traffic resumed. But the new works
were not adequate to stand the strain
of the present flood.
Mangum will doubtless he cut off
from tlie east fotr some time, while
pairs are being made but it can be
served by the Wichita Falls ar.d
Northwestern, unless the liight waters
prevalent in his part of the state
should destroy the bridges on that
road.
A heavy rain early this morning to-
ward the northwest will tend to swell
all the streams much more than they
have been for the past week and
likely to do a great deal of damage in
the lowlands.
miiiiijj
A Cow!
OFF ON VACATION |
TO THE FAR I (EST
Three Families Left Today on Auto
Trip to Points la
California.
Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Wachtel and
daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Flattery of Oklahoma City spent Sun-
day night in Hobart en route to Los
Angeles and other oointa in the west.
At Hobart they were joined by Mr.
and >Irs. Jesse G. Read who left Tues-
day looming for a ten weeks' stay at
points in the We..t. At Los Angelas,
in July, Mr. Rend will attend the an-
nual c< nvention of t' e Pacific Mu-
tual Life Insurance C' ., for which Vie
i* nip-'.-ger of the Ck-.ihoma Westvii
District. Once each yen the Comp. ny
Cn'ls ir.i.o the h >ir.c o. '.ce, or to lo.-j«i
other city, its ; .Lresentatives wh j
nici-t co'tain requ.i.i<ient« in tie pro-
duction of hu8in'>3.< "_m holds a wc-«
or more convent 7 i. This year it . -
to be held in Los Angeles and Mr.
Read qualified in the first three
months of last year for the trip. By
so doing, he gets all expenses paid
and a nice bonus. Mr. Read has been
with the Pacific Mutual five years
and has made the Honor Roll each
year, except the one when he was in
France. He has built up a large vol-
ume of business in Hobart and vicin-
ity and his policy-holders are far
above the average class written.
From California, Mr. and M
Read will motor to Corvallis, Ore.,
where they will visit the latter'
sister, Mrs. Harry Morris, formerly of
Hobart. Returning, they will come
through Montana and the Yellow-
stone Park, arriving in Hobart about
September first.
SPIRITUAL VALUES
RELIANCE OF WORLD
LAWTON COMING FOR
THREE GAME SERIES
Base Ball Team, Which Defeated Ho.
bart on Home Diamond Thrice,
Here Tomorrow
With John Fields and many others we believe
every farm should have at least one cow. Pastures are
fine and feed this fall should be plentiful. Reports say
that 28,000 Oklahoma farms are wthout even one cow.
Should any of our farmer customers be without a
cow, we would like to have a little visit with then. We
want a cow on every farm operated by our customers.
A GOOD BAMK //V A go on row/v
CITY BANK
FIRST OF NEW CROP
OF WHEAT ON MARKET
Hobart Mi l and Eeevator Company
Gets 51J Bushels—Test 59 and
60 Pounds and of Good Grade
CITY ENTERTAINS
WITH FREE PICNIC
INDEPENDENCE DAY
Three Bands to Furnish Music—Pro-
gram Includes Every Hour on
July 4th
Committee* in charge of Hobart'*
Free Celebration to be tendered the
people of Southwest Oklahoma, July
4th., have practically completed the
program for the day.
Early in the morning, the people
will be welcomed to the city by band
music. During the day all three
bands will be used to furnish a part
of the musical entertainmnt. The
program proper opens at 10 a. m. and
from then on until late at night, there
will be something doing to provide en-
tertainment for the visitors. There
will be no charge of any nature for
any part of the program. The gates
of the fair ground, where the events
will be held, will be wide open. All
that is necessary is to pass through
and make oneself at home. The park
will lie open and there will be plenty
of shade. Free ice water will be dis-
tributed about the grounds.
The program as arranged follows;
Morning 10 a. m. to 12 m.
Horse Races—
Quarter mile Shetland pony race,
first $5.00, second $3.00.
Quarter mile pony race, first $10—
00, second $5.00.
Half mile race, first $10.00, second
$5.00.
Foot Races-
Fat man's race, 50 yards, first $2.-
00, second $1.00.
Boys' race, under 12 years, 50 yards,
first $2.00, second $1.00.
Boys' race, under 16 years, 100
yards, first $3.00, second $1.50.
Free-for-all, 100 yards, first $5.00,
second $2.50.
Sack race, 35 yards, first $3.00, sec-
ond $1.50.
Three leg race, 75 yards, first $3.00,
second $1.50.
Catching greased pig, $3.00 and
pig.
HOBA RT.
OKLAHOMA
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiik
SUPREME CONVENTION
OF ORDER OF MOOSE
To be Held in Toledo on June 27-
City to be Made into Flower Gar-
den on That Occasion
TOLEDO, O., June 20.—This ciy is
LEWIS AND GOMPERS
FIGHT FMPRESIDENT
Two Weil-Known Labor Leaders Seek
to Head American Federation of
DENVER, Colo., June 21.—Cam-
Commencing tomorrow afternoon at
5:30 o'clock Lawton will be here to
play a thiee game serfea with the Ho- Flowrs in Every Spot Where Flow
bhrt base ball team. ers can be Made to Grow," and "Wel-
On a recent trip to the Comanche ' come the Moose with Flowers." As a
county metropolis, the Lawton nine I result flower planting has become al-
('efeated Hobart one, two, three, and most a mania with the citixens.
the aeries here will be a return date, I While the Loyal Order of Moose
being made into a garden of flowers [ paigners for both John L. Lewis, Pres-
to welcome the 33rd annual interna- j ident of the United Mine Workers, and
tional supreme convention of the Loy- Samuel Gompers, candidates for the
al Order of Moose here on June 27. j presidency, were working at top speed
A campaign started here several . today, when the sessions of the annu-
months ago had as its slogans "Plant | al convntion of the American Federa-
tion of Labor was resumed.
Abolition of "gambling in grain fu-
tures on tlie Chicago Board of Trade,"
Vice-President Coolidge .Speaks
Centennial Celebration at Am-
herst Today.
Br the Aaaoclated Treaa.
AMHERST, Mass., June 20—Spir-
itual values are the only reliance of
the world in trying to meet the pres-
ent problems, Vice-President Coolidge
said in an address at the opening ex-
ercises of the centennial celebration
of Amherst College today.
"The work of the world will not be
done unless it is done from a motive
of righteousness," he said. "The
world must look for something more
than prosperity in the present situa-
tion. Individuals must look for some-
thing more than wages and profits
for his compensation. Unless satis-
faction can be found by proceeding in
the way of right and truth and jus-
tice, search for it will fail"
during which the locals hope to win
Lock the honors they dropped at Law-
ton.
Both nines, however, are more
will take up the majority of their time
during convention with play, they
also will devote quite a lot of time to
real business. Secrtary of Labor
the establishment of co-operative
producers and consumers organisa-
tions and government regulation of
corporations and monopolies were
urged today by the convention, as a
means of combatting the high cost
of living.
evenly matched, and a series of ex- James J. Davis, who is the Supreme
cedent played contests is anticipated Dicator of the Moose, will deliver an
by local fans. address, as will also number of others,
These week days games will be prominent in Moose circles.
railed at 5:30 p. m. at the fair | The entertainment planned is on an
grounds. ielaborate scale. A Moose grill will be
! given on July 27, the entertainment
SUSPENDED SERVICE | hein(f B,on(f the |ine, of the dinners
of the Gridiron club of Washington.
Owing to the washout on the Elm For th# fjrgt time chiltrrrn under
Fork of Red River, which occurred ^ years of age will conduct a lodge
yesterday, seven trains were tied up meetinK and lnitiaU> 100 children. This
here last night, unable to get further .„ be k(|own #s the Junior chapter
west than this point cf the Moose.
The evening Rock Island spent the A water pageant on the
night here and matle the return trip, jflaumee ^ver will he held on June 29
east this morning. i while the annual Moose parade of vis
It will doubtless he several days be- jtinjf w||) furnish thc
fore trains will be able to reach Man-
gum from the west, as most of the
finale of the entertainments.
bridge has been washed away. The Glenn Dunlap of Snyder, was here
road is open and in good *hape east vctU.rrfay vls ting relatives and
and full sen-ice is being maintained. ] fr endt.
HURT IN RUNAWAY
for
Climbing greased pole, first $5.00,
second $3.00.
Afternoon, Starting 1:30 p. m.
Five-eights mile free-for-all hone
race, first $35.00, second $20.00.
Base ball gome. Lawton vs. Hobart.
Purse $250.00. Winner takes 60 per
cent and loser 40 percent.
After ball game—
Motorcycle race, 10 miles, stock
machine only, first $25.00, second
$15.00.
Auto race, 5 miles, free-for-all for
Kiowa county c: rs, first $50.00, sec-
ond $25.00.
MORGAN IS
HURT IN COLLISION
(From Saturday's Daily)
The first new wheat of the year,
marketed in this part of Kiowa coun-
ty, was received yesterday by the
Hobart Mill and Elevator Company at
its elevator at Cahill, four miles west
of here, on the Rock Island. It was
brought in by J. A. Portwood, Kemp-
er Hindes and J. M. Pribble, farmers
in that vicinity. The first day's re-
ceipts were 500 bushels, testing 59 and
60 pounds to the bushel, and of a
good grade.
Four machines, it is reported, have
started up in that part of the county,
and nothwithstanding the almost in-
cessant rains, they have been able to
make a very creditable showing, and
will have out enough today to fill out
•ear.
Kiowa county has the largest acre-
ge in wheat and oats this year in its
history, and if the grain can be sav-
ed without loss it will ma
yield and bring into the
large amount of money.
The price paid for the new wheat J Martin Morgan, 305 Hitchcock
sold at Cahill yesterday was $1.15 und Street, was painfully hurt late yes-
$1.20, according to test. terday afternoon, at the intersection
C. G. Long, president of the Hobart of Main un| Third street, in an auto-
Mill and Elevator Company, is ex-' motorcycle collision. He was on a
pecting threshing to be well under motorcycle going east and Mr. and
way within a week or ten days, if the Mrs. R. D. Buwersock were in nn
weather should remain fair, and since • automobile going north. The two ve-
there will probably be no shortage of ' hides came together with force
cars it is expected that most of the enough to upset the motorcycle.
grain will be thrown on the market As a result of the collision, young
as fast as it Is threshed. Morgan sustained a slight cut under
After the announcement made by the right eye and a deep one on the
the Hobart Mill 6 Elevator Co., O. W. right foot by the Achilles tendon. He
Talley, manager of the Farmers Co- was taken home and a surgeon sum-
Operative Association, stated this af- ! moned.
ternoon, that h« had purchased some Some months ago the injured
wheat of the new crop. With fair man had a similar accident on Fourth
weather it will be only a short time Street, when he collided with an auto
until wheat will be pouring into the driven by Mr. and Mrs. Snider. In
Riding Motorcycle and Collides With
e a large j R. D. Boweraock's Car, Corner
country a ' Third and Main.
city from all directions.
MAROONED IN HOBART
J. W. Vanderlind, teamster
Nix & Creasey, contractors, was
verely injured this morning, in the j
Rock Island yards, while loading cind- j
ers. The team became frightened at i
an engine and started to run. He j A number of tourists headed for
grabbed for the lines and fell under the west are marooned in Hobart,
the wheels of the wagon, which ,finding it practically impossible to
passed over his body. ' make any progress in their west-
As a result of the accident, Van- ward journey, owing to washouts and
derlind was painfully scratched and heavy roads.
bruised about the chest and back, and
the fingers on the right hand were PLASTERING COURT ROOMS
lacerated. The hip was also hurt. He I
was taken to the City and County Th* work ot re-plastering the dis
Hospital for surgical attention. trirt court room has be*n complete,!,
this, however, he sustained a broken
hip whic'i laid him up for
weeks.
TWO MORE PRIZES
Two more prizes have been offered
by Hobart merchants to winners at
the Kiowa County Fair thia fall. Th«
^ratton Dry Goods Company will a-
ward to the club member winning sec-
ond place in the Dairy Club a pair of
shoe*. value $7.50, and C. a. Perkins,
the jeweler, will give a belt with a
and workmen are now working in the sterling silver buckle value $5.00, to
G. C. Bottom of Gotebo was a Ho- | County Judge and Clerk of the Courts the boy winning se.ond place In th«
bart visitor this afternoon. office. i sweet potato club
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