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THE WEEKLY DEMOCRAT-CHIEI
VOLUME XX
Largest and Oldest Bona Fide Circulation 01 any Publication in The County.
hobart, kiowa county, oklahoma, thursday. december 23, 1920.
no. 22
BRYAN CONSULTS
WITH HARDING ON
LEAGUE MATTERS
Forcer Secretary of Slate Called in
Council Because of Special
Knowledge of Treaties
Iljr the Associated Pr 8i.
MARION. Ohio, Dec. 17—William
Jennings Bryan, former Secretary
of State under President Wilson and
many years an earnest advocate If
world peace, was called into consul-
tation today by President-clect Hard-
ing a plan for an association of na-
tions. The first former official of
the democratic administration was
summoned to the republican presi-
dent-elect's council table here, be-
cause Bryan brought a fund of spec-
ial knowledge by virtue of his exper-
ience in the negotation of more than
a score of arbitration treaties while
head of the Department of State. It
ia understoon that these treaties con-
stituted one of the principal subjects
at Harding's inquiries.
BARDING SEEKS LIGHT
ON WAR REFERENDUM
Br United PrMi
MARION, Ohio, Dec. 17—Light on
a plan for a popular referendum of
war was sought by Harding today in
a conference with William Jennings
Bryan, former Secretary of State.
Harding also discussed the cabinet
with M. Daugherty, his chinf politi-
cal adviser, who will probably be of
FIRE BURNS HALF
BLOCKIN GRANITE
Two Groceries and Gents Furnishing
Store Completely Destroyed in
Blaze Last Night.
ANNOUNCE WINNERS
IN ESSAY CONTEST
STAGED BY A BANK
Place Montgomery, First, and Miss
Iielen I'urkr, Scond in Selection
by Judges
Special to Th« TVmocrat-Chief.
GRAN1TK, Dec. 22.—Fire starting
in the altering department of the1 placc Montgomery and Helen
Parsons & Copeland Gents Furnish- Burke, the former a senior in tha Ho-
ing store, completely destroyed the bart high school, and the latter a
stock and fixtures, and spread to the freshman, were winners of the $10
buildings occupied by Cox & Kunyon, and ?5 cold prizes offered by the
grocers, J. D. Rogers, grocery, com- Home State Bank to tha two h.gli
pletly destroying the three buildings school pupils writing the best cs-
and stocks, and wiping out almost a °" «£• of^c Tho n Ca"
half block on the west side of Main ure the Barf'
i • ti , ments were made last nifcht at a ban-
street at 9 o'clock Tuesday night | b ^ financia| in.stitu.
All three firms earned heavy stocks, Rt the Nash hotci, ^ its stocW.
and no estimate has been made of hold„s> the tweIve pupiis who had
their probable losses. Some insuraace written the best essays on the above
was carried by each Arm. (mentioned subject and a number of
Owing to the high cost of building ether guests.
material, it had not been announced | Rome time ago the bank offered
late today, whether the building these priies to the local high school
would be rebuilt
PRESIDENT IS MAKING
and in order to have a large number
of participants in the contest, Super
intendent F. A. Balyeat required
every high school pupil to write an
^ (essay on the given subject And
PI ANQ F(IR INAIIHIIRAI sinee thpre are morethan 300 puP',s
rLBIlO run IllAUUUIML In the high school, the number of es-
(says considered by the judges was
Wilson Will Accompany Harding i '"ire and varied.
From White House to Capitol
and Back on March 4.
By tho Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—Presi-
By process of elimination,
judges, Judge N. Rummons, C.
PASSAGE OF HOME
RULE BILL SOLVES
PEACE IN IRELAND
ATTEMPT TO DISARM
NEGROES CAUSES
RACEWARINKANS.
Conflict Between British Isk?s Possi-
bility Averted by Acllo-i of Fn-
glish Pai Hamml
Two Men Were Killed and Four
Wounded in Clash at Independ-
ence—Help Called For
TWO FORDS COLLIDE
AT STREET CROSSING
Bob Straw and Lonnie Lanterman
in Smaxhup at Intersection of
Fourth and Washington
In Ford carr with curtains up, Lon-
nie Lanterman and Bob Straw collid-
ed with great violence yesterday even-
Ily I'nlted rrea,. ny lTnitr<, Vrc,u. . afc 7;,5 ^ intepseetion of
LONDON, Pec. 22-A11 line, of INDEPENDENCE, Kan . IVc. 17 Fourth an<| Wa8hington street.
Irish conflict with Great Britain seem —Independence is nuiet following a| Lanterman was going ea. t and
to converge peace. The passago of race war last night in which two men straw fouth Rn(| ncither saw the
the homo bill to which King t.eorge | were killed and four were injured, I othpr untj| jt was too late to avert u
is expected to five h."s royal assent throe of whom probably fatally, only co|li«lon. Seeing the impending dan
today, marked the culmination of a 1 one of that number a negro.
long fight by Irish leaders. Al-1 The fighting flared up following
though the bill was not what had the murder of R. R. Wharton, a gro-
been demanded, it was hoped that it cer, by a negro early in the night. The
would bring peace. The bill provides' clash was precipitated when the city
for two parliments, north and .'outh,'officials attempted to disarm eight
with a connecting link in the shape ' negroes who were muttering war on
of a council of forty to he selected
evenly by the two parliaments.
A raid on the Cork post office by
robbers was stopped by police after
one robber had been killod.
Encouraging signs from the gov-
ernment were in the announcement
that "President" Fannon Da Valera
the whites. The blacks refused to
yield their arms.
Immediately after the city officials
left, the negroo opened fire on a
crowd of eitixens. A eall for help
was broadcasted by the city officials.
They called for the home guards, the
Amreican Legion and the Topeka na
is not to be arrested if he returns to tional guard troops. The legionaries
Ireland.
BAD LANDS SAVE CATTLE
the
*
patrolled the streets and
situation under control.
have the
TO VOTE ON AMENDMENT
ger, the former accelerated his speed
but was unable to clear before the
other car was upon him, and as
result his car was turned upside
down and he was pinioned beneath it
Bystanders rushed to the distress-
ed car and righted it which permit-
ted Lanterman to crawl out With
the exception of a bruised nose, he
escaped injury. Straw was also un-
injured.
Both cars were considerably dam-
aged. The top and windshield of
Lanterman'* car were smashed,
it was able to proceed on its own
power. Straw's car, however,
unable to move under its own power,
since the front axle was bent and the
radius rods were broken.
FARGO, N. D., Dec., 22.—North Da
kota bad lands save the lives of many WASHINGTON, Dec. 22—To
cattle each winter, say agents of the before adjournment is the schedule
Harter and Frank W. Nelson, select-1 agricultura1 colle«a extenison under which the house is working
twelv® essivs which thev cor- department. .today, in considering the Fordney
-idered most responsive to the four Blirzards which kill a Urge number emergency tariff bill, designed to
_ , 33 and from o< cattle in their sweep across the | check falling prices on a score or
fered the post of Attorney General. I ^ent Wilson plans to accompany Pres- P - p. Montgomery and Helen ' plains cannot reach those which have more farm products. The adoption
The advisers of the President-elect i<ient-elect Harding from the white • >t| winners of the 1 the buttes and coules to protect them, 'of a special rule yesterday limiting
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ty suggested for the referendum of back again to the white house foi „hov„ ctnted -
war Han Lint' however said it is luncheon, as is the usual custom whena e , —
-a bi* plan " but he is presumably 1 a new chief executive is inaugurated. | The banquet was a success fro-i
awaiting the views of Bryan ami the I Secretary Tumulty said today that avery viewpoint Ato j^ng the =
reaction of the public before announc- Wilson outlined the plans to him yes- «™t co?rs® of ^ V" t thn I =
jag his position. terday in regard to inauguration day. | a t« m^to^iMnod ^^en that the ! 3
KANSAS SENATOR TO
AID TAX COLLECTION
Telegram today to Governor 1
ertson from Charles Curtis,
Assures Support.
ny United Press.
OKLAHOMA CITY,
Dec. 22.-
"SEVEN O'CLOCK
AND ALL IS WELL"
Welcome Word From City Hall at In-
dependence. Kan.. Regarading
Race War Conditions.
Br United Press.
INDEPENDENCE, Kan., Dec. 18—
Seven o'clock, and all's well," was
the welcome word from the city hall,
the rooster crowed, as the first
light appeared in the east Thus end-
ed peacefully the night.
Fearing that the race war would
break out again, the rigid enforce-
ment of the drastic proclamation by
Mayor Wadman, closing the city for
the night, successfully quelled the
mob spirt which was expected to re-
sult in the lynching of Noble Greaa
when darkness came. The national
guardsmen arrived bringing relief to
the war veterans and citizens who
had been maintaining order for M
Noble Green,
ed of killing and robbing R. R. Whar-
here, was spirited out of town today,
and is believed to have been taken to
a jail hi some neighborhood county
•eat.
With the Lawrence national guards-
men patrolling the streets, authori-
ties anticipate no further outbreaks.
GUARDMEN ARRIVE
AT INDEPENDENCE
By the Associated Press.
INDEPENDENCE, Kan., Dec. 1&—
Two companies of state guard men ar-
rived here early this morning from
Lawrence and took charge of Inde-
pendence. Shortly after 6 o'clock No-
ble Green, whose arrest two days ago
as slayer of a white merchant 1
threats of lynching and
CHICAGO NEWSPAPER
ON CHRISTIAN LINE
Daily Standard Launched With Chris'.-
mas Edition in Windy City-
Appeals for Support
Itjr United Press.
CHICAGO, Dec. 22—The American
Daily Standard, an evening newspaper
to be conducted "in accordance with
Om principles of Christianity" begun
publication here with a special Christ-
Ma edition. The Standard made an
editorial appeal for the suppor*. of
thoF« who have bem clamoring for a
"dean newspaper, unfettered, uncon-
trolled aad edited for all members of
tciua; i i tr^iuu iw luauguiavivu p 1 s
Harding will call at the white house R™sts. m,?ht have an opportunity of, -
just before noon and be received by,doming better acquainted with one -
the retiring executive.
I another.
HELD WITHOUT BAH.
The continued steady Improvement i Following the banquet a well ar- 5
in the President's health, according to ranged progmm was rendered, con-, s
Tumulty, will make the contemplated h'"h sf<?' ^ ! £
visit of the President with Harding to a delightful piano solo by M s , |
the capitot possible, even in event of Lula Mae Wagoner «i vocal -lo by -
the most intemperate weather. .Miss Theitis feathers and a rend- -
Tumulty said when he visited the ^J™™ ****"*• 6,1 °f
President yesterday he found him in .
which were well received
At this juncture, C. R. Harter, on-
EARTHQUAKE SHOCK
DESTROYS VILLAGE
Twenty-ea« Eaewa to Have L«
Their Lives at Tepeleal, aa A1-
fcaaiaa TUIage
better shape than at any time since he , .
was taken ill more than a year ago. th« judges, arose and announced
the winning numbers in the essay
writing contest, which were 15 and
ti.
Up to this time no one knew the
names of the winners—neither the
judges nor the. baak officials, nor
Prof. Balyeat The essays had been
submitted to the judges by a umbers
only, and when the awards were made
they were also by number. Prof.
Balveat wsa in possession of the
_ ... twelve aumbers representag the best
earth •"*? - *> ^ 16 ^ "
ROME, Dec. 18—He newer! #artn- Ka <4mr from
The preliminary trial of U. S. quake shocks have completed the de-1 sealed enveloped conta aise
Mroks, negro, who shot and killed structkm of the Albania vrilage, ^ wtallert ^
-Shorty" Odors at a negro dance (Tepelcnl, 32 miles southeast of^Al- }to^ th# over to Walter B.
about two mont4 ago, aear Snyder,. von,, according to reports from I Stephens. master of ceremonies, who
was held yesterday afternoon before diai. Twenty-one persons are known ...
Jartice of the Peace W. L. Hunter, to have lost their lives.
with the result that the accused, who
is charged with murder, was held to | County Superintendent J. B. Hen-
ke January term of the district court ,«irix left this afternoon for Norman
rithout bail. to spend Chri-tmas with his family.
r
Dep
State
osits
Bank
Secured
"No depositor ever lost a dollar in a
state bank in Ok lahoma."
At the annual meeting last week of
the Oklahoma State Bankers' Associa-
tion, the members voted to place $1,-
600,000.00 at the immediate disposal of
the state depositors' guaranty fund, and
at the same time pledge all their re-
sources—approximating $175,000,000.-
«00 to the support of the fund. This
money ia behind the state's assurance
that your money is safe when it is de-
posited in a state bank in Okahoma. It
is part of the security offered you by
the Home State Bank, as well a every
other state bank in Oklahoma, when
you become a depositor.
dei osits guaranteed
Home State Bank
Our Position:
In 1910 eight out of the thirteen leading Counties
in the dollar-crop-production were in our part of the
State. Kiowa led the bunch by over two million dol-
lars with Jackson, Tillman, and Caddo following in
order. These were the first four of Oklahoma. Then
came five other scattered about over the State follow-
ed by four more from our part, those were, Wash it!'
Beckham, Comanche and Grady making eight out
of the first thirteen. That ia why folk® leave here and
nearly always come back.
We believe the next five years will be wonderful
years for our section. Watch the folks who reall>
work at it and who diversify crops, produce more Live
Stock and Poultry and who keep their credit good.
CITY BANK
HOBA RT
iiiiiiiitmiiimiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiimiiiinmiiiiMiiHiiiiiMii
names of the success-
ful competitors, and who awarded to
each the prises their meritorious pro-
ductions had won.
The winners were then called on to
read their essays, which was done
faultlessly.
This was followed by a timely and
interesting talk by .Superintendent
I Ralyat on the relations of the bank
to the community.
Follotving the banquet, while tV
priests were mixing and mingling "™7' //""i. T TV I * „ ,
with one another in the lobby of the Proportion to the f.nanc'al assistance J Ranks make possible great com
hotel, the board of directors of tho | rendered. Through the bank ■ loan morcwl activity so they make poss,
bank lirintr so well pleased with th« j18 unit>' of eff«*t obta:ned- Many ' ^ the transaction of the great vol
(success of the venture, held a meet- rma11 deposits, of no consequence a- urn 0f bv.-incss without handling of
be an active factor in community wel- ,to hold the regard of the public must
fare; con equently fostering all de-.money in such a bank are at ease of
: erving local enterpri <es. i mind and do not have ocassion to wor-
Tlie public's interest in a bank is in jry from feur of loss.
' insr at which it was unanimou«ly de- 'cne- - - ,
! tormined to make this an annual event wrgrrgate, whereby enterprises, bene- j
potenti j sum in th« | actual cash.
The bank increases crrdito, and
! Each year hereafter will select some I \he community, may be foster- ! rm,iers possible greater volume "f
subject upon which every member of Hi in turn being evidences of than would be the ca.<« if earn
th. Hnl.nrt hwh «chool will be re-!• ank s worth. That hank gain.- person should loan his cash directly
quested to write competing essays for confidence, that ghes pecun- u, the borrower. Therefore the bank
1 • ■ • , one inrv assistance to industry; as to ag-
riculture, or other lines.
fol- I Security is n prime factor. The
I Vast evidence of insolvency will cause
assigned this year.
The first priie eesay wa« as
lows
The public, the «Wn'tor, tho s'o-K ^-e- Hte loss of pulilic confMence.
... . * . if !•*/•!iwleo 4 Via fOCOllITM Wit n
holiU r the directory v I 1 no ^'<Hty inc'utles the resourew with
rilw-.:.. . ^• ^hVhalnnk meets its liabilities,
value, as the tre.i-<~e "fa ' im'. Tn- Mo-k-v deposited in other banks, real
nctive officer i« 'h r* v. i'1 «r«' ' ^
W. M. ENGLISH, Presidont
WALTER B.
J. M. BONHAM. Vice President
STEPHENS, Cashier
)
or to accord the rut V'" ourto'' ••
treatment, main*em n r«'v«T ey f'
resources, thus mv-vVn-
the depositors; con-'ii't Hi': : ff- > mi
accord with the State vepr'stVu\
thus making leaft annoym e en
unpaid directory; r.nd thru a combi-
nation of tact and business ubilitr.
secure an aggregate of deposits to
make possible the rxtension of a suf-
I ficicnt line of credit, to earn a i-at's-
jfactory return for hi:; stockholders.
Service is thus a standard of a
'bank's existence. The bank that
cheerfully and courteously hundie-
financial matters of its depositors.
e-U-U; readily convertible into cesh,
r-itrs of short term maturity are
rff a bank's resources, la ad-
dii ion t.' this a State Guaranty Fund,
f irther sccures State banks.
fncrettse.i liasiniSK and opportunity
to those in nee<l of credit, and enlarge
volume and sphere of action, to
those extending credit
The Oklahoma State bank gives the
maximum of confidence, another es-
sential to commercial success.
The officers of a bank nre of great
valuw to the customers of the bark,
being expert in credits nnd value,
they can and do give valuable advice
to investor!* in all kinds of business
ventures.
Tutting money In a bank tendst
develop the habit of thrift nnd oncf
the hibit of thrift i« established, the
bank has a good customer and the
country a good citisen.
The bank in the yard stick of eivili
ration; do away with th<* bank and
wreck nnd ruin will come in busine
V.'inner of the second priie.
A bank is the heart of a bun'ners
community, and when it's doors clo'-e
to business, death and stagnation en-
sue to commercial affairs just as thi;
closing of the heart valves in ^ the
human body brings death to the indi- > jn education, in *ocial affairs, and in
vidual. government
An Oklahoma State Dank however | America haa the greatest banking
has a life insurance policy in the form system in tho world, there fore the
protects their valuables, advises them \ of a Guaranty fund, which protects greatest citiienship in the world,
when investing and gives such other'depositors against loss, and th«> com-| The bank is the measure of Amer-
aid as its experience makes possible, munity from business stagnation aa « Jca and America's banks measure the
is the successful institution. A bank' result of bank failure. Those with world's money and markets.
S Governor J. P. A. Robertson received { about a race clash, was spirited away
telegram tcday from Sen itor, from the city jail in custody of of-
C'hai les Curtis of Kansas, assuring I fleers from Nowata, Okla. Two
the Governor that the Senate Com- squads of state guardsmen lined the
mittee on Indian Affairs will further
legislation to empower Oklahoma to
collect the *Vee p°- cent gross pro-
duction to- from th" oi" produced in
the Osag nation. Upo.i this assur-
Itob< -Iron anr.ounccd his protest
against :.n e .tension o." the Osage
trust period to 105G lo be withdrawn.
Curtis also iju'jrmcd Kobertson that
the committee proposes to make the
Osage Indian royalties liable to
tax of three per cent. The purpose
is to tax the Indians' share to provide
a fund to be used solely for road aad
bridge
Osage country.
sidewalk in front of the jail
Green was removed. The four negro
suspects, held In connection with the
murder of R. K. Wharton, the grocer,
were released. A murder charge has
been filed against Green.
"GETTINGCHILLY"
AND SOAKED IIP HEAT
Stranger ia Talea Warmed Hinwalf
And Then Relieved Caeh Baa
Of tlM.
By the Aaeeetetet Preee.
TULSA, Okla., Dec. 18.
er, wandering into a lot
: filling station, remarked to two of
'the attendants that ha was -
chilly" and aaked if he might
Graciously, t
stranger to "make yourself at home."
In a few minutes one of the attead-
FIRST WINTER'S DAY
TO RRING COLD WAVE
Meat Revere Snap Dae ta Strike Ok-
inight. According to
Weather Bareaa
OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 21—The
most severe cold wave of the winter, the other continued cheeking up the
bringing rain or snow and a tempera- day's receipts.
ture between 10 and 36 degree* aJ "Stick 'em up,** suddenly greeted
bove tero. is now being ushered in by | the two attendants. They turned hat
the ffrst day of winter ami the short-1 found no gun levelled at them, aad
est day of the year. The weather began to laugh.
bureau is pending out warnings of
the norther. In the northern half of
the state the temperature, Wednes-
day. will be between 10 and 20; the
r-outhern half, being 18 and 26. TTvore
is heavy snow in the states north of
Oklahoma with bitter cold. At
Harve, Montana, it is reported 20
legroes below zero.
TULSA INTERURBAN
IN HEAD-ON CRASH
Motorman Killed, Eleclrician and
Score of Passeniers Injured
in Collision
TULSA, Okla., Dec 20—Hnrohl
Bayer, mot.>nnan on a passenger in-
teruLan cer, was killed, M. A. Rcid
electrician on a line repair car was
dangerously wounded, when the two
ears crashed head-on at a curve on the
Sand Sprfc^- ftcllway, between TjIsu
and Sand Springs today. A score
f passengers * ere slightly hurt.
"I mean business," the
said, although his hands ware idle al
his sides.
There was no response.
Shoving a hand into an overcoat
pocket, the stranger partially re-
vealed a six-shooter. The attendant*
reached for the ceiling and the
stranger rifled the car.h register.
When he took his departure, the
"visitor" carried away with him ap-
proximately $100.
TRAPS BIG COYOTE
IP. W. Strongr. who lives ten miW
northwest of llobnrt, brought in to
day a large covote, which Ms snr
Marion cr.ught in a steel trap MonHrv
night. Mr. Strong hnd seen wolvc
about his prem'se* nnd tho boy se'
the trsp i-i n path by a fene«> to v-vt>-l
them, but did not bait it. Apparrntl'
the wolf did not see it and put a fore-
foot on the trigger with the result
that it was securely caught Wher
found his wolfship was worn out bv
hir. long tussele with the trap and of-
fered no resistance to Mr. Strong,
who finished it with a club.
LIONS ELECT NEW
OFFICERS AT FEED
H. H. Hoover Named Read of CI eh
for Ensuing Year—Ninety Per-
cent Attendance Recorded.
Except for a discussion of the street
improvement program, and the elec-
tion of officers for the ensuing year,
only rout're n utierr occupied the at-
tention of the Lions Club at the noon
day luncheon Tuesday, when approxl-
tely 90 percent of the members
were in attendance.
The officers elected follow;
H. II. Hoover, president
Mack l^wis first vice-president
Georgo L. Zink. second vice-presi-
dent.
Don. H. I .a*.irone, secretary and
treasurer.
Dr. A. T. I jo'iion, tin-tee.
CLOSED FOR REPAIRS
On account of it beina necessary to
make repairs on the boiler, the libra-
ary will be closed from 5 o'clock
Thursday, December 23, till Sunday
afternoon, December 26.
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