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ture
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nd carry
ecoratlve
ed
y*HE inside story of President Wilson's mysterious illness told
by the man who was closer to the president than any other
at the Peace Conference will be presented to The News readers
in a series of articles beginning Friday, Oct. 24.
WHY PRESIDENT WILSON COLLAPSED
W/ILLIAM ALLEN WHITE has said of Ray Stannard Baker,
the author of these articles: "Mr. Baker was with the
president every day during the P?ace Conference, and clearly had
his confidence. We felt that Mr. Baker was on better terms
with the president than any other man in Paris-'
D AKER S articles will reveal how during the Peace Conference
the president worked incessantly day by dav; how Bakei
often found him in the evening, completely exhausted, his facd
twitching with nervousness, the real reason for his dramatic and
lamentable collapse on his speech-making tour.
BAKER'S FIRST ARTICLE WILL APPEAR IN THE NEWS FRIDAY, OCT. 24
Vol. 14. No. IO. I^5A?iu^TJ!arntI? Wednesday night
" *nd Thursday, not much temperature chance.
The Oklahoma News
OKLAHOMA CITY. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1919.
1 CENT if, °^hrn^c.\& HOME
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WILSON WARNS ROUND TABLE NOT TO QUIT
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AUSTIN, MAN OF MYSTERY," DISAPPEARS
The Referee
Fifty million dollars!
It's a lot of money.
That's Slogan in Federal Cru-
sade Under New Law
It chances that It Is the precis*
amount we as a state made so
much fuss about—when the big
road bond was proposed.
Item now.
An item that can be made or
lost, according as to how the
farmers of oklahoma are able to
harvest their crop.
We raise great excitement over
the proposed expenditure of that
amount. But it's harder to create
Interest in saving than in spending.
That's human nature.
'The peak of the cotton harvest
is yet to come. Picking has been
delayed because of rain and wet
ground. But within a fortnight it
is likely that the "psychological
*will be at hand.
And will we as a state be mady
to act—the difference between
action and inaction meaning ttw
aforementioned 50 millions?
Ewers White, prominent farmer
of Pottawatomie-co, said yesterday
that his county alone would be af-
fected to the extent of $260,000.
Other men from other counties tell
the tame story. ,
Governor ActSjPR0Es
To Aid Cotton
Harvesting
Calls Meeting With State Agriculture Chief—Lions Club Res*
olution Sums Up Critical Situation—Conference Here on
October 28 Expected To Consider Problem
SPEAKS HERE FOR WEAVER
HOWARD FIGG EXPLAINS
Oklahoma City^n Is Behind
Food Prosecutions
And the problem is n
ing than merely as I
volved.
ire far-reach-
money in-
The slump in grade—reduction in
quality thru failure to handle the
harvest on time—means the money
loss. But there's a further loss,
on down the line, in event Okla-
homa fails to prov'de firbt grade
cotton to the markets of the world
In 1919.
Oklahoma, it chances. Is produc-
ing about the only first class, white
cotton, in the country this year.
Cotton in other states has be«n
damaged by weather, by in wet;
Cotton At A Glance
Here is a "jfraph" of the cotton situation, as set forth
in the latest government report:
Condition:
Virginia ..
M. Carolina
S. Carolina
O*orgrla ..
Florida ...
Alabama
Missies to'i
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas .
Tennessee
Missouri . .
OktahtB.^
California
Arisona
Average {4.4 64.4
It will be noted that Oklahoma far exceeds in condi-
tion any other principal cotton producing state, Missouri,
California and Arizona, as shown by the production table,
producing but a small part of the total.
Any marked deterioration in Oklahoma's crop means
a slump in the selling price in ratio to the drop in the
grade.
Special to The Xem
Washington, Oct. 21.—It's prison I
for profiteers from now on.
The law which went Into effect!
Monday seta the department of Jus-
tice on the trail of gougcrs. And
the machinery of federal authority
operates without fear or favor.
Whether It's a packing macnate
■ a corner grocer, the man who night; Oklahoma City Thursday «
LAST SEEN AT
"JAG CURE"
"Wife" Calls Him to Tele-
phone, Then He Leaves
HAILS CAR IN STREET
THOMAS HEFUN
New Complication Results-
Bond is Questioned ,
Where Is Q. L. Austin, the man
of mystery In the Beaty case?
That was the question both fac-
tions weie trying to aoive Wednes-
day when it became known that
\ustin had disappeared again.
Facts of the case were developing
fa*. Austin, released on a bond
about which question wan raised.
Congressman Heflin U touring
the Fifth district in l>emocraUc
Whether it's a nackln* ma«ate ' ' —w—n -as ™„e„,
gets caught at the old game of SZUTt
"beg-pnx my neighbor" thru unjust Saturday forenoon. I tha llquor cure
prices lands in a cell.
Prison sentences will be urged In
every eaae.
Pi-esldent Wilson asked for thia
law 10 weeks ago. As it now stands,
Its action extends only until peace
Is formally ratified by congma. ' United Prue
I'rged to Kxtend Law Washington, Oct. JJ—President
BULLETIN
According to Mrs. J. J. McKasna
a woman who said she was Aus-
tin's wife phoned Tuesday noon
and aske.l to speak <to Austin
A few minutes later Austin step-
ped from the door of the Institute.
A car was sweeping down Klghth
—_ .. ..—, ...—. t. going west. Austin raised his
The department of Justice urges f Wilson today signed the amended ; hand in signal to the car. which
m♦ ka llfa lha fuod COntl*Ol act. ' 8tOnn#«f e Mlnnnwl
"Would Invite
Disaster to
Adjourn''
Letter Written In President's Sick Room, Read to Confer
ence When Disruption Seems Near—Adjournment Fol-
lows to Permit Caucus of Labor Group
ftp United Pre•«.
Washington, Oct. M.—President Oompers nf the American Federation
of Ijabor Introduced a new coUective bargaining proposal In the industrial
conference Immediately after the opening of the afternoon session. Lata*
will not leave the conference at present. "I shall ask immdlaie const*
•ration," said tiumperw
Production:
1119
Virginia
N. Carolina
S. Carolina.
Ueorgia . . .
Florida . . .
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
16,000
€51.000
, 1.127.000
. 1.547.000
17.000
691,000
917.000
330.000
1918
897,761 • £e*
1.569.918 ! Missouri
2,122.405 : Oklahoma
29.415 • California
800.622 Arisona
1.226.051
587.717 | Totals ...
1919
2,950.000
972.000
280.000
70.000
OHHAKM
11 6,000
70,000
987.340
329.697
62,162
wa^sNd
67,351
55,604
.10,696,000 12,040.532
that congress extend the life of the
anti ^profiteering act so that the
American people can be protected
from the exploiters urtil the high
cost crisis is paat.
Meanwhile, case*
teers will be rushed and
tions started now will proceed afte;
peace is ratl/ied.
Howard Fttgg, Oklahoma City,
special assistant attorney general,
!°ai(l today that the people of the U.
S. could bank on lower prices.
"I am not Just optimistic over the
outlook; I am positive," said F*igg.
$5000 Fine, Two Years
"Profit <*e ring Ls now legally a
crime. The maximum penalty for
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stopped e wtepped in and was
... j carried away.
STRAIN HURTS DONNELLY j Justice Joe Deupree was looking
Financier Donnelly bordered on a I up 'he worth of Austln'i
against profl- ' Physical breakdown Wadnesday and . Wednesday.
may be compelled to take a long j "I protested
rest. | that bond for IIOOO. and Co. Atty
The financier said his case was p Burns said he was not In fa vo
In the hands of his physician and Iot " either," raid Deupree. Hut
he ■
* going to obey orders.
Atty. Oi
liy United Prue (constantly struggling for adran-
Washlngton Oct. 22.—President' tages over each other, doing naught
Wilson today served on the national but what is compelled?"
Industrial peace conference, a Je- j For the conference to break up
mand that It stay on the Job until without finding 11 ground for agree-
It found a way of carrying on in-1 ment. would be to confess, tha
dustry other than "in the spirit president said that domestic war-
and with the very method of war." i fare could not be ended "at a tlma
Otherwise, national disaster Is when the nations of the world are
Invited, h. warned. I endeavoring o find a way of avoid
Written In the president's sick j,n* international war."
. -j°m in the white house, "the com-1 Applause Breaks Out.
Dona munlcatlon, a letter addressed to | Applause broke out on both sides
,. I «he "ladles and gentlemen of the' of the hall when Lane finished
against accepnng ( |n(]ustrtoi conference" waa read by reading. Then there was silence
Secretary Lane immediately after as all looked toward the labor
the conference assembled, when it group in the middle of the meeting
I was Indicated the labor group had room.
r reeling had decided to withdraw because of the, President
$35,000 FOR COLISEUM
A total of 835,000 already has
been subscribed to the coliseum
fund according to report Wednes-
day of M. D. Scott; chairman.
This leaves $65,000 of the maxi-
mum amount which the committee
will have to raise.
r^mmfndnri th« d'Bcl*1*d to w,thdraw because of the. President Gompers asked permia-
to I F Franklin issistun! ' defeat yesterday of the proposals to don for this group to withdraw and
attorney, and so' I turned Austm recOR"l,io < *ctlve bargaining. go Into executive session. A re-
loose." "Must Suspicion Itule." t-'e"s waB taken for a half hour. The
Jim Jteaty, accused by Austin,
lat.r entered a personal protest
against the bond.
"H. D. Austin, father of G. L.
(Turn
I "age 11.)
"Must Suspicion Itule.
"Must suspicion and hatred and
force rule us in civil life?" Wilson
demanded.
"Are our industrial leaders and
our industrial workers to live to
gether without faith In each other,
taken for a half hour. The
, situation was tense as the dele-
gates left the hall for the recess.
I The labor group went at once to lta
committee room.
Ill the opening paragraph of hla
I (Turn to Page 11.)
cry. bcci
has been glutted with low grades,
and will be to an. increasing degree
this year. Five million bales of low
grade were carried over from 1918.
WILSON REPORT
j
Has One of Best Nights; Calls1
Early For News
Oklahoma. " ~ """" I By Vnile4 Prr„
rrf iiafinito ^ committee from the Lions e'.ub Washington, Oct. 22.—The
of definite f called on the gove
pests, and by pretty nearly every J no'^^^Vedne^day a^me^-Ur^ for! c°nsuraptlon. sLat* of trade, extent
I "trno^Uh' J. A Whlu' j tT5S^°T^ °'
* " " ! hurst, presMent of the state board I of the interests
There is a pleading cry thruout of agriculture, to consider the cot 1
the nation for first class cotton, ton harvest situation. , ,, „„r, . . ..
d and third class tner, ..jU, p^hte action toward prompt cllLe inTlC ^as "e
handling of the harvest will be I m<x;iat„ " " „ ™ the ,m"st
uiken," ho said, imjicatlng that the i ^ one of
meeting with WJiitehurst would
plan. m0nt ' <at>ed on "'*> sov'>r"or Wednesday : ment issued by President Wilson'
witn a resolution on the harvest
To provide certain cloths, "first" • In thl connection. It Is thou-ght situation. The local Ad Club Wed-
eotton is essential. Without it, lhat th* meeting already called. In • nesday in its weekly meeting was to
many textile indu ries will be crip- behalf of the American cotton ajso- I consider the subject.
pled; will be without material with elation, for Tuusday, Oct. 2S, will The Lion's resolution said
which to work. And the ultimate develop aid to the harvest problem. 1 Governor J. B. A Robertson
The Weather
Wednesday
with liitla
e was fore-
HIKES BUDGET
138 PERCENT
• will be without .the cloth, i This meeting, statewide, plans,
• * * I dor caM by tht governor, to oon °'L;h
Oklahoma can provide that first sider co-operation with and between appoin,
grade cotton if—her harvest prob- i all "directly or indirectly Interested lahoma
Oklahoma Citj
lem is solved.
The next few weeks will tell the
taJe. Farmers already are com-
plaining of shortage in help.
Therefore, in order to solve the
problem, it may be necessary for
city folks to take off their coats,
quit their desks, and get into the
fields.
During the war. Kingflsher-co
devised the plan. It established a
"draft" aystem of securing farm
labor, for temporary harvest work.
Labor from the towns went forth
by the hundreds, worked at the pre-
vailing wage—and saved the crops.
The procedure now should be an
immediate srurvey of the situation
by the state. In the meantime,
chambers of commerce and other!
similar associations in the cities
and towns, should be preparing to!
answer call for help when it comes.
As the need arises in the various
in ti*? raising and marketing of the
crop.!'
Purposes
The governor's call refers to the
following specific problems: econo
mic regulation of cotton product!
undersigned, a a
>d by the Lions Clu
City, respectfully
your considera-
ble followi..„
tion and such
that you may appropriately
* Skort Crop.
The
Parii
rorld faces
cotton crops at the t
world's need for cotto
Tnfavorable condit
ha\
intelligent diversification of crops, , "lamaped the quality ...
enlargement of warehouse facilities. t,?.e Production of cotton
to broaden the marke.s for r w! uhom. C° " eX°ePt
cotton and to enlarge the uses for! The crop of Oklahoma Is
cotton goods; to Improvement trans-1 J®"* ln Quality and quantity
portation; to collect Information on I the chl<f deP«'"',"'ce of th.
all pha<
of domestic and foreign I
mirn to Page 11.)
physicians this morning said;
"The president had one of the
best nights since his illness began.
"His temperature, pulse and res-
piration rate continue normal. His
digestion is more satisfactory."
President Wilson immediately
t after breakfast, sought informatior
state of affairs in the na-
take: j industrial conference, it wua
rteat of I learned at the white house.
^greatest! Mrs Wlls0n telephoned Secretary
t greatly Tumulty and obtairK>d a full rej ort
lecrea^dlrrom him.
" * 1>r Grayson said I)r. Hugh' 'Chicago
Young, of Johns Hopkins university. | the third
would examine the president today ! Chicago 1
in oorwjiany with Dr. H. A. Fowler,1 poisoning
hington j^ocialiat in prostatic i condition.
change in tern
castad.
ltiun was general over the state Donnelly Refutes Mayor Wal-
again Tiiesday and Tuesday night, j
with lower temperat .res. tOR With Figures
No material damage has resulted '
from any of the early frosts, ae- I lh'« V*" over last In
:>rtllnK to weekly weather report the public affairs budget of Mayor
united Pqcss
FEARS SESSION
Governor Tells Women He May
Not Call Legislature
front J. P. Slaughter.
Damage to cotton to
reported by forecaster.
t** n retard«*i.
Hourly temperatures:
, .56
Oil Vapors Explode
Uy United Prr„
Baltimore, Md , Oct. 22.—Six men'
were perhaps fattalJy Injured and a
dozen others badly hurt in an ex-
plosion of oil vapors on a tank
steamer at the Baltimore dry dock,
and shipbuilding plant today. j
BABY IS POISON VICTIM
In Ok-j
excel- !
spin-1
JK,r
'#) l l
disorders.
I A. Carter.
22.—T« ddy Harring,
roit child brought to
dchloridc of mercury
rdlng to Dr. Thomas
Walton is 138 percent, according
i to figures compiled Wednesday by
1. Kinancer Donnelly.
Donnelly's figures show the per-
'cent increase in each commission-
er's budget and also the number j
of employes. Capper in Maiden Speech
I They refute the assertion of Uy ' nilrd Prru
i Mayor Walton before the notary , Washington, Oct. 22.—A pie
club Tuesday that the 1 S 19 buil«et | more consideration be Blv. n
i was but a 25 percent Increase over j American farmer was made 1.
| last year. 1 ator Cupper, ansas. In Ills e
| The figures complied by Donnelly ( speech to the senate today.
or J. B. A. Hobertson threw
:h Into the special session
works Tuesday afternoon in
address to State Federation of
'lubs at Edmond.
"Until recently I was In favor of
ailing a special session to ratify
ndme
said the
I do not know
lot it would be
probably break It fina
ared for
)00. Thi;
« f the st
Terpsichore 'Shimmies'Herself Into Oblivion
In Varsity 'Salles-de-Dance'
folio
Public affairs, $92,501 f.
and $220,822 for 1919, an
of 138,7 percent. Public
$ 1118,962 and $238,590, an inrreasc
of 85 percent. Public property
$312,565 and $375,449, an increase
of 20 percent, i'ublic Safety; $130,
954 and $205,298, an increase of
57 percent. Accounting and Fin-
ance: $34,«e7 and $43,880,
ks:
U. S. Cargo Ship Ashore
, Uy I nilrd Prrtt
I Chatham, Mass., Oct. 22.—The
1 shipping board steamer Mayport,
' bound from Sabine. Tex., to Port
j land. Me,, i- ashore today on the
I eastern side of Shovelful Shoal, in
■ Nantucket Sound, about 10 milea
fr'jrn here.
>und capitol has
the governor
?ession in Jaa-
mendment. and
oad bond cam-
pen
m —that is, shimmering—
cotton" districts, the"state "shou'ld mtet' ot obUvlon at University of
call upon these civic bodies for 0kla*,"rria
assistance. | RV OIW stroke, President
. . . | Stratton Ilrooks has chopped pro-
There are "millions in it". posed student social programs to
per month for each
Rpeaal to The .V#w and crowds of studes that poured
Norman, Okla., Oct. 22.—Dancing ' into Norman. Jaxx had 'em. and 1
has almost disappeared behind the everything looked good for a winter
2C 1-2
department $54,922
an increase of 77
celianeous: $*9.*69
nt
iie.
and $97,620,
pe
W«
The faculty ci
council dances d<
Then Presidem
of abounding week-end foof shak- meeting of frate
in« - j "There's too m____
An era of building had progressed and ^ hlmmy-^'hake.,, quoth he, "for
around the corner of Asp-av and the good of the university. It must
Boyd-st, till the prospect of three stop."
luxurious, smooth floored salles-4e Mere the one-dance-per month or-
, , w ^ . , dance presented itself to the de dor was handed down to fraternities
Hhe action of the Oklahoma branch ' c,ub- and fraternity-sorority . lifted fresh and soph. But three anti sororities.
of the American legion in recom-' "<^te" market is extreme*y dis- I halls meant rivalry. Visitors Are Rsrrevl
-mdlng change In the courtmartlal ordered. _ _ _ | All Three fio Begging That no victors from outside tho
F.ach of these dance haLls began ! university murt be invited, i* an-
council other ruling. Many Oklahoma City
d .-ati/i- >oung folks have been regular visi
incn
of 812 per
nd r
•ased
real den
Resignation of Ned Looney from
D««ds.
Are On Probation
President Brooks left the one-per- I bidding
month clauiie in hie agreement with 1 dances. The students fa
social leaders merely to test them, j fying all the halls, and giving three
and possibility that the one will also ! time* as many dances as ever be
xne county attorney'® force leaves i be scratched is imminent. fore.
a vacancy hard to fill. Looney i Biggest peace year of the univer- | But the faculty, including Prof,
has "hit the ball ". He is the typo rtty opened gloriously. Never was Roy Oittinger dean of social activi
of the young prosecutor the public , more enthusiasm ln the chorus, ties, thought differently—to be ex
^On with the dance.- from crowds J act, thought exactly oppositely.
fraternity hops
must io their torpsi-rhori
Lack of dances has ma
fashioned evening calls
their own here again,
ported that boys and girls
all the student The swain calls upon the maid
Ti* I They meet in tho drawing room of
Brooks called a the sorority house. It is. say, Fri
ity chiefs. | lay evening. Not only ore swain,
cheek to-cheek, but maybe ten of him. are there!
each with his particular "date."
Tne conversation at these en
.•emlW^s is inspiring for about 15
minutes, when the party break* up
and couples trickle out to picture
shows, or campus stroll.
At 10:30 p. m., "curfew,
couples begin tacking back. It is
alout this oomirvf bark
story's end shall be weoved Public" wort
Dean CHtt,ng r. sicial mentor, cot. 191* an,j ar
wind that many couplcs wer posj• ' Arrr un:lnr
r n the home stretch . health depa
parked on a sorority for 1918 ai
?r night, and checked i 1919.
girls and boys. September 1 semi-monthly
deadline Is reported roll totaled $14,731 52 in 1918
The average increa
year, according to U
ures ls 63 percent.
Kmploycn Inn
j Number of employe
monthly payrolls for ti
ments follow:
! Public affairs. 67 emr
* up payroll of $3262.S7 for
5turo | J22 and $7254.52 for 191
safety: 91 and $4599.76 foi
129 and $6820.36 for 191
property: 74 and $2517
Methodist CI
I Bishop E.
present
Oklahoma
hodist Church
c Capitol Hill
Public
1918 and
Public
The I*
and $2701.41 foi
10:30
ing up as far as a month ahead, j considerably ;
s effective sUce. {$21,414.28 this year
Proclamation
• birth of Theo-
herefore, I, J. C Waitoi
do hereby call upon all
icrve Monday. Oct. 27, 19
trd said day in doing honor to this
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