Okmulgee Daily Democrat (Okmulgee, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 253, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 23, 1921 Page: 1 of 16
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BEAD TObArs NEWS TODAY
VOLUME X NUMBER 863
OKMULGEE OKLAHOMA SUNDAY OCTOBER 23 1921
-CUaL LEASED WIRES
Okmulgee
MILLION RAIL WORKERS NO T TO STRIKE
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ASK WITHDRA WAL OF MORRIS ROAD CONTRACT
APPEALTOPEOPLE
Relieve Cltiieiu Who Signed
Petition Mieinformed
IS NO DISCRIMINATION
CommUnloncr Park Wheeler
and Taylor LeSueur Says
Henryettn District Gets
Share Road Funs— County
Auditor Cites Figures
A new mil Wnn gire to the protest
of 4(1 ('Ultra of the Henryettn cominls-
einiirr diet riot to the construction of the
Morrli-Okraulgee - concrete road liy Hie
Imtuaucn ynterdiy of a nUteuient by
t 'nraitil-einiier 1‘srk Wheeler end Taylor
lettiieur In which It waa denied that
the nouthrrn and of tha rounty waa be-
In discriminated agalnet In the road cou-
elruetlnn campaign -
The matter will be tnken up at tha
mictlug ol the oommieHlouera Monday
and It la aald Hint an effort will be made
to convince clt leone of the nouthrrn end
of the county ttiat they are getting their
aliare of tha fund and that- the wiae
roura would be to withdraw the jictl-
tion Vailing In thin the proteat of the
cltlaena which haa halted plana for be-
tinning work an the road Monday will
a fought out Id the diatriet court of the
county It la aald
'onimlaaloner Jokeph Liggett voted
againat letting of the coutract for the
Morrla-Okmulgm mad aud aecording to
the other two cominiiuiiourrH the peo-
ple In the aoutherii end of the county
are mieluformed an to the road program
Mora Tima Hharo -That
fiomnilaaioner loaeph Iiggett'a
diatriet in getting mure than itn pmpor-
- tiouatn aliare of mad work waa the atote-
ment yeaterday of Arthur Jonea county
auditor and deputy elate examiner The
figures prepared by Mr- Jonea are given
below l -
SAVKnt wjl txmeret mad jjlan-
non -Idrtha-Aounty the Henryetta ill-
trlct la to get nine mil - - -
ttf the 24 mllea of gravel and ehale
V'jada t'ommlaaloner Llggett'a diatriet haa
II mllea
Tliat of the $'00000 net aaide Mr
I iggett'a diatriet baa already been grant-
ed 2-i 000 The amount haa hew spent
- Mr Jouea aald
Aa to the naaeeeed valuation Mr Jonea
aaya that Mr Wheeler'a dletrlct Ip five
percent greater than both of the other
two combined Wheeler'a diatriet em-
brace the city of Okmulgee
Aa to area It la pointed out Mr Iig-
gett’a diatriet la the amalieat of the
three
Under Wrong Impranaten
That the cltlaena of the Henryrtta
diatriet are mieinformed aa to what ma-
terial the Morrla-Okmulgee road In to be
conatrurted of Mr Jonea declared waa
evident front their petition and from re-
pnpt which have reached him
The Impreaalon baa gone out In the
nnuthern end of the county that It la to
be of brlrk construction with a concrete
baae Thla la erroneoua he pointed nut
a the contract ealla for concrete through-
out It la being charged In the Henry
ettv diatriet that the contract price wa
rihorkitant
liillanaaad VeaauJ 1
Following I the Statement of Com-
mllnaera Wheeler and LeHueurt
- "We aa member of the board of
’ - rounty ccmmlea loner of Okmulgee coun-
tv recently let n contract for a ’ paved
- road to ha built from Okmulgee to Morrle
n diatanee ot BH mllea Provllnn had
Jirevioualy been made for almilnr road
mm Ohmidnan to Bcgga and from' Ok-
- miiltee to- Hanryetta- - -
- “That tbeaa tare road will nerve more
-- ) people thaa' any other made which could
- lie built In- tb count will be conced'd
v bv anyone familiar with the qneation We
eonalder H oar flrat duty aa coanty com-
tnlmrioaera to nerve the people of Ok-
mulgee bounty a a whole aod while we
- lorneatly wlan to divide the eineadlturve
of road money a far aa may ba practi-
cable equitably among tha three commla-
atonen district wa believe that the la-
tereata of the county as wkoie are oar-
1 a mo art to the Interrnt any one commla-
sinner district Aa yet we have not
been farced tg make tnla distinction In-
amnch aa We have been able no far to
' give each eommMoner'a diatriet an ap-
i prnxlmately proper aharo of the total
' fond to ba expended
“Soma rf the beat cltteeaa and largest
tegnaver In the nooth end of the coun-
ty have Ml led to baihwn that we ae
member of the hoard of roqnty commie-
elonera hgvg endeavored tg discriminate
- again! (hat portion of tho eonnty in the
r eapenditurO of rounty money foe fond
paypaem and they- have here action In
i the court tg aet aaide tho eoatnyrt for
-A- tha building of the mod to btorria Wa
I pro very nry that these good gttuena
did not dlacaaa tha matter yrlth no be-
L fneg b-hlan nnch action an wo hoi love
h that W h g thorough underatandlng of
- tb- ah- g they wonld have been eap-
vlnead teat nor action have keen right
' (' end pm 4 and that the aontheen part of
I v the rag has not been dlarrlmlnntod
’ '’'iw—er- - '
Owe at of taxpayer1 - man
-- v wbleb ban geea waated I- tM and other
x rklahma eoMflra an !dt dirt' mad a
ennntttgg and hftag making a- rarvey of
r alhmtlan pod dtacwmlag the matter
r wllh mpreagntadoe: eltleewe from all
reee of be eeont we are tbecewghtv
eotoeed that the Inreatmaat la hard-
enrthead made Is the eaty wav to ea-
ceo the taxne yete maaev AdmBtlae
1 - that rmle the nt gnaetteq te art tmmwutnry of pareod ft
1-ttha Inepeton of the haedaarfaeed feed $maamm fampamtmg of pmtsd 1$
to et Bu geentaw "reete of h i T1" we1 tar at Mam gf reoeag ft
tec taodt! dtp taete-e I I wJtg
t h y w "1 HMMM$MMMdQMn
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pjXiWWVWri
Tcw- fidtutusl IFelW AXbtvt T- County
' J& $- JoKn s 'SZo&ft vs © Mtlfon K- Smith
Hero are four of tlie leading railroad executivea who are going ahead with
arattona for another general rcilurt ion iu wngca ignoring triko warning
r employea Above from left u right are Hainufl I- Felton iireNident
Chicago (treat Wcetern and Albert J County vice-president of tlie I'cnu-yl-vanla
Knee Below are John (I Rodger vlce-preeldent of the 1‘eunnylvanla
ration for another general rcilurt Ion iu wngca ignoring Htrike warning ol
employe Abova from left u right are Hnimtel I Felton preiddfiit ot
the
nud Milton II Huiltli
vice-president of
T
i
BUDAPEST Oct 22— Charle I for-
mer emperor nf Airntria la cagngcd in hie
'nnd coup d’ittat with the object of re-
acating titniMcif on the throne of Hun- congrrgatiou le cxpccti-d to hear him
gary He ba reached Raab where roy- “We ace other lu a light reflected from
nliHta are guthering about the didlironnl ournelve I want all crook and officer
king ready to march with him and hi accused of being crooked to be ireent
iirmy of J'JiltHI DeatenbUrg troop Into i t Slethwllat rliiircli at 11 o'clock Sunday
tbo old capitol of Budapest sixty mile Uct-iber 22 J C Curry l’aidor'’
That la the exact language of Key
Curry’s announcement
BWBF
The Budapest government meanwhile
lit received proteta from the nlllod rep-
renentatlvee and Caecho-Hlovakin and hna
sent loyal government troop to serve no-
tice on fhnrlen tliet ho mnat leave the
country at oneo Thera la a strong be-
lief however not only in Hungary but
In Austria a well that Charles’ second
-cturn ha a better -eliaace of iiuccem
than hla first t - - I
F0CH AND PERSHING
WILL OCCUPY HOME
OF IRWIN KIRKWOOD
‘ - —
tho Louisville & Nashville
PASTOR TO PREACH
ON PROSECUTION OF
COUNTY OFFICERS
iNilplt (llciilin of tlie proaecution of
officer on charge of mlciidiict in Ok-
ni ii Ixcu county i Indicated by an an-
nouncement of J O furry paetor of tne
MotbodUt clum-ti of Ilciiryotta that to-
day at 11 o'clock be will preach ou tlie
nuDject that la at prem-ut to the fore-
ground iu tlie county
What will be the tenor of the min-
fator'e aermon i not Htntcd in the an-
nouncement Heculation ia rife over the
atniid the minlNter will take and a large
W C T U OPPOSES
1 SKIRTS OVER SEVEN
’ INCHES FROM FLOOR
MU8KOOHK Okie -Oct 22— No
woman who ha reached maturity should
wrar Hkirts which are Over neven inches
from 1 thu floor the state Woman's
Christian Temperance union declared to-
day In PNolutluA adopted in convention
here
Other resolution balled for the read-
ing of the HI hie in the schools the elec-
tion of officials who would enforce tbe
Volstead net a campaign against the use
of alcohol for medical puriHmc and for
the adoption of Hominy closing laws for
motion picture theater
Rnid wa selected a tho meeting place
for tbe 1922 convention
TINNERS TO BE
PROSECUTED FOR
MAKING STILLS
OKLAHOMA CITY Oct 22— Warn-
ing to tln-hop operator In Uw city
that Vigorous proaecution would follow
tha discovery of any tinner making a still
wa tuaued her today by K T Bynum
attorney of tha federal prohibition en-
forcement office According to Bynum
a mas of llintno Ohio wee arrested
Into yeaterday rharged with having made
a number of stills Tbe attorney aald
tbnt tho man wa working uaropeerUtxl-
ly on n copper still when officers en-
tered hi shop Rymua raid that it wan
ha muck agnloat the law In make stills a
It was to make Whisky '-
LOUIIIANA -iL
z’I-ud Atl'hf T 8 OPRH BHOF
’'It ' fT The Anwlanl Vrem) ' " -CHlCAtMl
net - 23-Tbe - United
Mates mil read tabor hoard announced
tonight that It had received word that
the emnloyeee oa the Tremont tad Onlf
railroad nmpur dT-alle line In Ism le-
ts na had accepted th epen ahao and that
eoaaeqgently a there wa no dispute tkg
board retiaqntohed the iiirteiHettea It ye-
terday aaaoaneed U had aaanmrd ayer
tha road
ILUMM UWRtTWY FOR
OOVMNStANT WNS3MH1P
'aurora nt on 22— The IMaob
Fadrmttea ef fnlwr eoaventtea teday
e ad open mdeval gnverptneut to tea
-t the real urines new gad iiwih y
U Mmrgl — “ '
BPOELKSVILL
llltlATE CLASS OF
80 Oil GALA DAY
r
Okmulgee Elks' to Entertain
Visiting Brothers
PLANS ARE COMPLETED
Tulsa Degree Team to Confer
Degrees and Sspuipa Will
Give Obligation — Rec option
Banquet and Ball to Feature
Entertainment f Visitors
One of the moet Important eventa lu
the hletory of -Okmulgee Klkilutii prom-
lee to be the gala day of Okmulgee
l-odge No mil ft o Elk on Tlitir-
io i x-h nbrr U’t uhlvb la to be featured
b the initiation of a caa of HO ot toe
repri-m-ntalfve meu ot Okmulgee into the
myneriea of Klkdom Between 200 and
bOO bilk from tlie variouu Migee in Ok
lalioina nr expected to be gucata of ou
lunlgee l-ika for tlie day
“’lie exemplification of the degree will
jti at 10 o'clock lu the morning Tu
Tni-a degree team which wou the honor
at tlie r-m-ut annual tnte couvt-nliou ur
Ardmore ' will confer the degree and
tlie oblignt on will be given by the
Hnnulia lodge -Final
detail for the meeting which I
expected to be one ol tlie hlgge-t freli'iliHl
event in tbe bistory of Okmulgee will be
completed nt tbe regular meeting of tbe
lodge Tuesday evening and all member
arc urged to lie present Noted through-
out the United Htatea (the Klk are
Htrietlv an American organisation) a
good tellowa the llkniulgne member will
i-iiili-fit-nr to outgo erca their pl mini
riTiitntion for bnnpitality in the cordiui
entcitaliiment which will be nrc-rded
tlc r out-of-town lirolkcv Nothing wli
I"' lift undone which would tend to make
the stay of the -visiting Klk pk-aicuit
n nd enable them to carre koine with tueru
happy memories pf their vlit in Okmul-
gee Program la Completed
Tlie program for tjie gay which will be
a full one for bail) Okmulgee and vlntt-
nig Klk Will fcegnl at s :J)(I In' the morn-
- fug which ia the hour set for regislrutiou
j ill the lodge rnoina
I At 10 o'clock will come tlie degree
work
I From II until 2 o'clock there will be a
rrrentlon to iiou-reKiilrut menibir
-Tha formal initiation ceremonies 1)1
take nlace at 2 o'clock
- At (I o'clock a splendid banquet will be
prejiareil and served under th direction
cf the Steward lEnill Bwanrnn and John
Farrell - The bai of the feast will he
a dg donated by Tom Chisholm and a 'I-
v car-old steer contributed by Kd Farrie
There will be all the accessories that go
c make up a first-clan banquet and the
steward give assurance that there will
he nn abundance for all and declare that
the banquet will be one of the real en-
joyable features of the day
At Hdttt the grand ball for the Elk
and their ladies will begin An excellent
orchestra has been engaged to furnish
the inspiration for the danciug and no
pain will be iquired to make tbe ball'au
enjoyable part of the entertainment
Committees for Day
The plan for th day are In the band
of tbe following committees and tbe mem-
ber and sparing no ef torts (hat will make
for tbe succesa and enjoyment of the af-
fair :
Arrangement— Ray C Vincent F‘ E
Letncke and Clyde W Muling -Reception
— Judge John H Clapp John
Aleop Harvey Rondel Fred Marks aud
Ueorge Johu
Registration — Ed Dean Ralph Rlrb-
ardeon and H R P Stanford
Delegates — Judge Charles A Dickson
Qencge C tiibson and fleorgo A Gifford
Welfare — T J Embnu and F C Du-
Mont -
Entertainment— F B Imcke Clyde
W Huiing George IL Harris and Ray
C- Vincent
Publicity— F B Lemckc O G Marlin
and M E McWilliams
Officers of Lodge
The officers of the lodge whose effi-
cient work and loyalty to ton high prin-
ciple of the order have been responsible
for tbe rapid growth nod advancement of
Okmulgee lodge of Elks at : -
Exalted ruler Roy C Vincent
esteemed leadlug knight Sidney D Musti-
er) esteemed loyal knlgfat Hugh Murphy
esteemed lecturing knight Christian F
Reltler ) secretary John H Clapp i
treasurer J Ray Brown) rnquirr John
H Aalop: tylrr Hamuel A urnuirc
chaplain John H Clapp ) inner guard
Charles g Morgan trustees William P
Wheeler
IS A SALESMAN ON
ROAD ALTHOUGH HE
13 IN WHEEL CHAIR
’ (tea g mx wIMmag k nee ef either
leg and whoa only mean f getting
mhoM is being panted ia a wheel afcair
ba a traveling sa terns a?
It does not loeti peoeible yet El move
Everett of Aaalntsa Ate wbe be been
ragiateved at tha Darhlneoa for tha iaot
several days in praoi pndtlve that it eaa
be doa ANhough rrifsiled si see child-
hood without th aeo of either leg and
with only alight of his upper llmha
Everett ha soraeeded as a raleemna of
aheet masie Ha te from Annlstoa Ala
and aid soothe ra mated ie are hie special-
Uro Daring his stay I Ohmntgee he was
wheeled about by a patter at the hotel
vbdtiae all the asalrra ia sheet masie la
taa eity He teaks prosperous talk
prosperous and te yreeperan" He never
rot ra te hi coaditteo
i ay cripple roaart to hsggtng hot ate
te eerett Iifigte -ra he late sheer
rL w4f ia tkg a tea at alitte
K pewen ef t -igml
: 1
Secrets of the World Aar
lly ANDIIK
Captain of the French Army French High dommlssioner
in America Clemenceau'a Right Hand Man at
Conference at Versailles
Copyright 1112 1 liy The Okimilg I hilly llenincrat
Copy riglit ed by tha Itiiliba-Merrlll Company "
(The armies rlssli Tha Germans cry
“Nsrh I'arls" Thr lllprpar)l bVeiwh
XU forth with “a llrrlln" Umn tlirlr lip
How Gernmny blocked all efforts lo
M'rr Is shown by M Tsnliru)
CHAPTER VI
"rssrh Parte”
I’limlly It i the linvarlit miiiiHter III
Berlin who two weeks before the dwlsra-
ilnu of wiir reveal on July Dt (lenuiiiiy's
diuisilicsl iilnii iu ull il detail This
document demonstrate how an ambition
eau bring nbuiit the death of millioii of
mu t
The step upon wide)) the eshiuet
of Vienna Inis decidwl ut Belgrade
and wliich will imlt of the send-
ing nf a lloto will be token ou tlie
' Skill illht
'Die postponement of tills-notion
to Mint dole is explained by the wlli
to nwnlt the departure nf Mm I'oin-
euro mid Vlviiiiil from HI Petersburg
lu order to make It more difficult for
tlie' powers of Hie i-liteiito to ugree
iihoi s iiuiiterpropnnl
Until Ill'll pucifle sentiments will
be siomiuted at Vienna nud to this
cud tho uiiiiiNtcr of wnr and Ilia chief
nf the geniral stuff will both be
given leave of ulisenco ut tlio samo
time
An officnoinii net loll has nn the
other blind been exercised on tlie
ncivMpnper and on tho stoek-ex-clisnge
It is recogtilseil in Berlin that the
Anstro-lluiigiirinn government has
acted ekilfully The only complaint
made is tliat Count Tlxn who was
probably nt first opposed to strong
methods him partly disclosed tho
pin rt in his speech to tlie rhaiiilMr
And after suininnrisilig the terms nf
fhe ultimatum to be sent to Herbiu the
linvnrisii minister mills:
For tlie acceptance of llime dm
minds a delay nf forty-eight hours
Will be granted
It Is dear that Herbiu cannot ac-
cept these demands which are Incom-
patible with her dignity ns a soy-
ersign state- The roust fiueoce will
therefore be war Iu Berlin they
nre altogether nf opinion that Austria
should take advautnge of the favor-
able moment even if there is danger
of ulterior compllritioua
They believe that Austria’s hour
nf destiny haa atruck and in conse-
quence to tlie qiiestinu presented by
the Aiistrn-Hiingariiin government
they replied witlmut hesitation that
they agreed upon liny action which
tlie latter limy decide upn even if -
a wnr with Russia is to result
(Continued on Page IV A)
MAN WAS KILLED
AT OWN HOME SO
OFFICERS DECLARE
YV H Porter of Henryettn who te
charged with the killing of Emmett
Marshall ami the wounding of the for-
mer's wife Wednesday night waa arrest-
ed Friday night iu thu wood south of
Henryetta by John Lung deputy her-
iff -
Porter was allot twice in the leg by
Marshall with a small calibre pistol in
the fight which resulted in the latter’
denth iicCnnling to offic'er
The shooting of Marshall according to
Gcorte William a ihvuty sheriff who
investigated the affair took place at the
home of Marshall instead of l0rter'
home After the setairntion of Porter
and Hi wife neveral week ago thu lat-
ter went to Marshall to keep hnne tak
ing with her her five ehlblren Marshall
wa a widower Porter returned last
Tuesday and Tuendny night I mil) to
hnvn net fir to the chicken house at
Marshall's home
CHICK EVANS IS
TO APPEAR HERE
IN GOLF MATCH
Chick Evan noted golf tar and cham-
pion will appear here for the first time
on the Country club link November (I
according to announcement Even who
in uiitinnal amateur champion will meet
Bob McDonald metropolitan golf cham-
pion in a match competition contest
I hi tbe same date Jimmie Kinnedy
amateur champion of Dklahoma will
play William Nichola past open cham-
pion of Oklahoma
GROSS JURY FAILS
TO REACH VERDICT
Mooney Groce charged with arson In
the auirkor court ot Hcaryette la con-
nection with the burning of the mule burn
of the C C Hbackley mine several week
ago will fare trial for tha second time
oo tbe charge it Is raid following dis-
charge of the Jury ttaturday morning
ofter being unable to reach A verdict
r (Won’ plea vroa loraaity and it I
raid that the Jury stood eeveg to five
for eoaviettea
PARALYTIC rATALLY BURNED v
WHEN AHB FIRE BED
OKLAHOMA CITY Oct 22— Daacaa
IL DiUey 60 yearn old died ten today
from borne received when asbra from bis
pipe fell upon tbe bed a poo which be
ana lying ceasing a blase which resulted
iu lit Mag fatally barned Tb aged
mho roe ally suffered a stroke of paraiy-
te aod waa roaflned to hte bed ' He wee
teCf teamed aboat tb fora god bed
jxjfte rramved te teijirat where he
i jjytrvyrifiorivvwvB
TAIIDIKU
So Declares E J Dick Upon
Return From New York
FRIENDS ARE OPTIMISTIC
Mr Dick Sayg That the Talk
I XTgwte me -a i
ill New York if Thllt I’orro
ah nnvapnn nilaltAMA
er uovernor ox UKianoma
la Planning to Capture New 1
v c ”
XOrK and Unto Delegations
I
That O N Haskell' former governor I
the atate of (Iklahoma is an avowed
id active candidate for the Democratic
nomination for 1 ‘resident In 1924 ia (lie1
new brought buck from New York City
by H J Dick Okmulgee lawyer who
returned yesterdny from n week' tay In
“ie metropolis 7
Vk '“a'r ftdNs
laskelro'i'pGmX over the firmcr
Y
Haskell are optimistic' over tbe former
governor'a chances
Following Haskell's i'ech at McAI-
e(cr a finv weeks a)? it waa poiuted
out that he wn biiidltig for big game
Hie speech waa eutln ou national ia-
sue and a powerful tppeal in the in-
terestof the - farming classes Air
Iddteg
:lrA i
ill tp
I'"?" '" '-'Oilna eir'auuw a enem-mswiag eoawmea tamer-
Haskell was said to be biddiug for the row thus Indicating union leaders aid
auiqjort of the Hearet tilug of tiie Denio-'thnt a strike If it materialised would
erotic party bv pa)in$a compliment to affect less tlum one-fourth of the eoun-
Ihe chain of Ilenrst tiew s papers lie dc- try's railroad employes being coufiurd to
cl a red for the election of ail federal the switchmen tlie conductor the fire-
judges but announced Ills opposition to i men the engineers the trainmen and tha
the recall appealing at once to the so--telegraphers The organizations w-hicii
called progressive anil to the more con
servative element ill politica it ie declared
After Negr York
Haskell It Is olalmed is now at work
laving plans for rapturing the vote of
Now York and Ohio In the convention of
HU party IIo tukoii It for granted It fn'Mid by labor Ipadorn to b tlie utoMt rl
Halt) that Oklahoma would rant itn vot autlHtnke blow yet given the “big
for him In the untUmal convention it Im fiv© union which have cuINmI a atrlke
pointed out that llaMkell'a native atato came with bomb-like iutensity ut a
In Ohio and that be now reeldee In New Min© when it had beet) believed tliat tlm
York ijt group would follow in with the "big
That the eampnign n gaining mom- ” brotherhood! and the ewitchmeu
entum la evidenced by the fact that Mr glthongh Mweial of the leaden W’ero coiiii-
IHck returned convinced that he will eeling delay
Huccecd Hu Raid that the temocratic Th© maiutenanc© of way union and th©
party Ih without a leader from a national firemen organigutiou bok
action following the auuouiimnent by tin
Hluip era ft m Timothy Jhitlcy prcnU
dent of the etutioiiury firemen met
with H F Hrable maintenance or wnv
nreaidcnt and 11 M Jewell shoo craft©
head and informed Mr Jewell that they
would hold back their men pending tuu
labor board ruha d‘cialon
Victory for Jewell
Tb© action waa Mid by th© chiefs to
have been altlioHt a pornonal victory tor
Mr Jewell who haa been fighting a walk
out for a week It altm waa mtid to pre-
ciUiie The DoKihllity of the American Fed
©ration of Labor tuking any Herioua port
lu the proponed Ntnkc the “Htamlard'
unions belonging to the federation while
the brotherhooda are independent
The Mhop craftN decinion which ad-
mittedly waa iimtriimental in bringing
©bout the action of the two other grmipts
waa reached after turbprlcnt cHion of
the conference committee of 100 lauting
aeveral duya KeprcRcutativefi from din-
taut hccUoiik hy file brothernotKl'a
pronunciameuto proteated againat further
delay in calling a ntnkc wliich waa au-
thorised by vote lat July The vote waa
taken however only on tlie W’agu re-
duction of July and leader of the ebon
unions did not deem it advisable to wells
out on that Iwiie alone
By lant night however the mlwlonary
work done hy Mr Jewell and or her Mince
tbe brotherhood atrike call had Hhownj
itn effect and the committee of 100 bad
been brought Into line with no-trtrike
policy
To Draft New Report
A apecial committe wn appointed to
draft a new report Thin committee
' IS ASSASSINATED w°phd late into tn© night end today pre-
13 A90A00111A1AU a tMw Hrwted debate
mhmhm ' t insued but after more than three hour of
onp nn ' nt argunient tbe reMolutkm to stay on the
fWFlA Ort 22— hL Oemltroff Bnl- fof prenent went through
gariao niiniater of war waa aaaaiiainated More than BOO general chairmen reach
todnw while tnotoriug nee Kowterdil a Bf m to henr the deiHlon left
resort 43 miloe outhwrat ( ihia city thlr bom tonight to explain ilia
Hl" Bd two ®6ipaalon also committe' aetinn u their memberehlp -
orero killed “We are not In any position to go on
strike t this time” Mr Jewell declared
at meeting of lb rhairmea thi aft-
ernoon “To atrike on tbe proposition of
wag reduction alone with our shop
role on the altar of racrifira' would be
Bub-Id 1
I “Don't be tricked Into following along
JOIIKT III Ort 22— Mina Katherine n strike which cannot be settled in q
Peter-on IB wteo several months ago f- manner favorable to youraelveo M ora
fared to mnrry nv ooalified mio who e-iiiniitv end welt until tho whole uuen-
wouid giro bar $3000 for an odueatbro tno of wore and working condition te
wa married kere today te Jobs Edward before you"
Miller f flhreveport Irolriana t Mr fewell pointed ont that th strlho
Her offer drew arore of replica from authorised by the brotherhood was pro-
mra from all -ecllne of the roua- dirated on Ih fart that th train serv-
In the teeglnniag of her raatpaiga Mr Ice men had separate ride of he-er—t
Miller who I wealthy oil men nt Drod-o lth each railroad in the eoantry Tkg
nan wrote to her and offered te teaa tho -shop era ft have no nek agreements
moeev to her with no re-t riot Inn Her rie r knar nt hi- -)-" I- h — e
refusal iatereeted bliuandtra day ago trot ever rate- Mr Jewett raid -Th
RNID Okl Oct 22— EtH Gens-
man 21 yearn old daughter of A promi-
nent hardware merchant wan atruck by
an automobile her ton:tht In n reiddn-
tlal diatriet and died abortly after being
taken to a hnapitnl Mnble Major her 1H-venr-old
conmanion wna atruck alw by
the machine but her iniuriea nre believed
to be not fatal Keuneth 1’arkor waa
driving the car at the time of the acci-
dent according to Kddie Parkhurat n
wltneRR who aald the tw'o girla had
atarted acrorni the street but were con-
futed bv the flare of th'r lighta of neveral
car© which were approaching from oppo-
alto direction He naid tbnt he did not
believe that Parker waa apeedfng at the
time Miw Mnlor waa taken to her home
tatr tonight where her iniuriea were raid
t conniMt montly of acratchea and bruin-ee
PROTEST
Maintenance of Way Men Fol-
low Shopmen
STRIKE IS HARD HIT
lilow to Big Five Unions Come
With Bomb-like Intensity at
Time When It Was Believed
That 11 “Standard” Rail
Unions Would Strike Witli
Brotherhoods
(By Th Associated Press)
CHICAGO 0)4 22— Official of
unions with inoro than half of tlm rail
employe nf the uatlnu In their member-
ship tonight announced that ilielr men
will not be authorised to Join thu "big
five” organisation in the lrike called
for October 20 In protest of wage cuts
Announcement tliat they would nut
- ---
4‘iu ” ® walkout come from eight of th
li "lrtamlqU rail union which for a
had been withholding their fiual
Eti ik deHRiomt aitijough in moet of them
fh® vojed overwhelmingly
to quit work rather than accept roceut
12HIrcent wage reduction autliunsel
by the United Htate railroad lolmr
bord Only one of thcne 11 grotipa uow
telermlnsl to stand by tho "big fivn”
t announced but two others have
11 ’ v‘'t fl'n final action
Mllll'vll1l aiinoiiucemeiit by head of
rr‘rB '"gaulsutloiis con-
troli ug tgg)(g)0 men that Jtey would not
walkout the leaders of tlm
17911 maintenaiice of way employea
‘'''llf
only the 79 (MM) railroad telegraiihera
ismitlvely with the "big five" Chieftain
of th Hot) 000 clerk will make their de-
cision tomorrow and tlie signalmen "
otto strong also are yet to aet
Ufllclals of the clerks said toulght that
theyl probably would not authorioo a
! strike at dlieie-meetiog aWaiel turner-
decided not to Join nu immediate will knur
will take new strike votea after an ex-
IM'cted labor board decision lu regard to
rulea and working conditions it sid-
Nrrloua lilow to Rig Five
The aetinn of these organisations wan
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Martin, G. G. Okmulgee Daily Democrat (Okmulgee, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 253, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 23, 1921, newspaper, October 23, 1921; Okmulgee, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2327902/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.