The Oklahoma News (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 20, 1919 Page: 2 of 14
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THE OKLAHOMA NEWS
I '
TELL TRUTH I
CENSUS MAN
Can't Use Information Against
You, Nor Give It Away
Washington. Nov. 10.—"Thou j
fhHll not bear false witness," says
ihc lllble, meanln*. don't He.
l.'ncle Sam knowing the procliel-
Um of his nlwtw and nephew* to
flh when tax matter* are Involved,
ha.* made an iron-clad law that
nothing In the census records can |
be used again*! anybody. So when |
the nose-counters call Just after i
•Ian. ?, everybody should tell them
the truth. Their Kiatement will be
barred to tha la* Inquisitor.
Income taJt 'lodger* are not the
only one* who pervert the truth,
■ensuslakers gay. In 1 1« mora
girl* were IS than any other ago
abovo 7. There were l.oOu.OOO more
girls that age than then- were IS.
Many Who Were Never •
There were more native-born
girls It In 1 I0 than there wara
X in 1S00, which !* on Impossibility,
tennustakers say.
All that stuff told h fore the
drsft registration about the census
bureau furnishing Information
about dran evader* was cnmnuflsRe.
The department of Justice lr>d to
feet a peep at the rfcords, but there
was nothing doing.
Taking the census 1* a erious
matter. In fact, the buriuu is
such a serious place thst poets
and humorists here steer shy of It.
Miller Hamilton, publlrlty man for
the bureau has a request from a
magazine for a ' breeiy human In
terest" atory about the census and
lie has been racking hla brain for j
aomethlng to write.
"Send pictures.-* the magamtne I
editor said. Hamilton found Just
four picture* available for publics
lion in the whole huraau—and not
a single person wan shown In any
f them. The only photos were
I hose of machines used for sorting
and tabulating cards.
There may not he many heart
throbs tn these marhlnea. llut
they are wonderful place* of
mechanism that have bean devel-
oped In tha census bureau. To
K. M. I.aBo.teaus and Kdward
Nelson, who have been at the bu-
rnt for 13 and 20 years respect-
ively beionga the credit for de-
veloping them
It Is thru these machines that
persons who divulge personal In-
formation lose their identity after
the census sheet* reach the "fig-
ure factory.'' Kecortl* of Indi-
viduals. factories, farm*, mines,
queries and the like are first taken
on census blanks, called sheets.
When one of tnesc sheet* I* fed
Into the figure factory. It becomes
a card, nameless, with a bunch of
holes punched In It. These cards
constitute the raw material In its
second atage. They are fed Into
the sorters and tabulating ma
chine* and the finished product
there turned out !■ called statis-
tics.
Ill THE "SOME TIME" CHORUS, COMING TONIGHT, ARE THE FOLLOWING:
A part of the Hammerstein j Is hooked f< r the Overholser Thurs
chorus which comes here with the ! J**,.', rt*"d 8*lur,1,y w">'
Hammerstein production of "£o«ne' Music
Time," a comedy with music which , fYlml.
this pla;
If there's one feature on which | different, according t
musical <x>rn«die0 seem to be short man.
, fhla Hea/ion—it's a food look.ng There are more
Kudolf i chorus. numbers in "Some r
j Hut the Hammerstein chorus is'company carries its t
ESTIMATES ARE;
MUCH TOO LOW
estimate. SOON RUN TO JAKEHAMON
Sped ti lo The Awes
.Takehamon. Texas, Nov. 20.—-
Willard.!Twn more weeks will see the grade
Bond Issue for Schools Can't
Meet Rising Costs
Contract price of construct.on of
the new school inlJiUon* w a -
*46 in excess of estimates made
by the board ut tne time tin Jl.'Mio.
000 school bond Issue voted
last fall, according to figures com-
plied by the secretary J. <!. Stear-
ley
Cost per biii'dinu averaged from
14000 to Jlta.OuO In
Walnut Oi
13,000 cost. $S3,365.45. Weslwoou,
estima'.. 155.200; contract price,
S4J.078. Wheeler. $29,400: $39,600.
WhItt>r $: 4#0; $36,833. Willard. rf- thV -Wichita" Kall„, Rangei _
.4,ion. /.no. Fort Worth Railroad practically
There figure* make a total eirti-1 completed between Ranger and
mated cost of $414,400 for the ukehamon and then the coming of
nam«.' addi*'')n« whi'.e the lowest J trams will be a matter of a few
contract price was $591,346. weeks.
This raited a
•is'on
$-•
:.a ?.
$591,34$.
pchitects* fee* *
from $20,720
Rea' Estate Higher
Cowt of additional ground for
Uncoln was fL'O 751.1': Jewell,
$2,825; Walnut Grove, $1*7 : Capi-
tol Hill Junior high $15,7*3; north-
east Junior high. $13,600, and north-
wcrt junior high $42,600, making a
total of $98,444.15 though it was
estimated $4<*,600 would cover real
estate cost.
Furniture and blackboards
Are you reading the Wanta in the
News. You can increase your in-
come materially b;. reading and use-
lng News Want Ads.
imrviMKu vonxing $50,000 and it Is
rnaed cost « stimuted thu equipment and fur-
slncH last | njture for lh€ grad^ KChool addi
"" - y,®I!r tionc,' will cost $30,000.
These are figures fr
into
and the I plui**blng, heating, ventilating and.
' drainage was $37.350. An entire carload of handsome
At Hawthorne, $20,500 was sati cedar chests, reduced 25 percent
mated to cover. Cost was $28,691. and priced from $9.98 to $85 will be
At Jefferson. $90,^00, estimate and, placed on sale Saturday. Nov. 22.,
$124,869, cost. Lincoln: estimate, by the Tucker Furniture company.
$90,500, cost $125,002.50. Lowells See window display at Grand and
estimate $29,400. co«t $41,180; Put Harvey.—Adv
nam Heights: estimate $29,400,
estimate which the $l."t>0.o00 bond pUrrhaj«ed
iasue provided for. i
of material and
year, raised this
the estimated >ur
he $1,000,000 before junior high; ,„d BUtemenr of what has be. .
schools could even be considered. ! spent of thp ji.o00.000 bond issu<
Enough is l ft. $2j0,64", to build of Nov. 17 1919. They total 1749.
but one of those juniors - not In-! 357.92, leaving the balance uvail
eluding real estate cost. , able $250,642.
Increase Per School. j 0
Tha "per building" Increase ' TI ir^TD TI AC rFHAII
contract price over the board's esli 1 1 n/W CLL/nn
mate In November. 1918. is an in-1 CHEST SALE
terestlng set of figures. ciTimniv
Culbertson addition was estimated I jAI vKvAI
$33,000; contract price including! £5 PERCENT OFF
R. A V. Cold Tablets
Pric* 25c
Ouaranteed and sold s*c!usl slr
by
ROACH * VRAIKT DBCB CO.
Mala ss4 Itehtasea. NX-ll
Oklahoma tltr
i orchestra.
But the
chine work. The averuges turned
out by the machines hava to be
polished and Interpreted. Dr.
Joseph ti. Hill, chief statistician
of revision and results, Is fascinat-
ed with figure*. That Is why he
has stayed In the department 20
years. His Job la to take these
figures and dress them ur so the
ordinary man can make heads and
tails out of them.
Another thing the bureau will da-
tannine Is:
If a platform was built over tha
17. H and If the people would all
stand still in their home*, and the
platform was raised up s few feet,
where would a pivot have to b«
placed to balance the platform.
The last pivot was placed in Bloom-
ington, Ind. The next one will
move aouth and west, but remain
in Indiana. This is the center of
population.
Raid Socialist Meeting
Cleveland, O., Nov. 20—Five
men were hald here today in con
nectlon with radical activities fol-
lowing an extensive raM by Cleve-
land police last night In which a
socialistic meeting was raided und
30 homes searched.
Charge Teachers "Reds"
New York, Nov. 20. Fifteen pub-
llr school teachers have been sum
moned to appear tomorrow before
the t.usk legislative commltteo in
veatigating "red" activities to ex-
plain their alleged association with
the communist party.
Catholics Elect Most
Brussels. Nov. 1 .- Final returns
from Sunday's parliamentary etec
tions showed the Catholics elected
71 candidates. Socialists M, Liberals
33 and miscellaneous parties .
FACULTY MEMBERS MEET
FARM PRODUCTS UP JUST
478 PERCENT SINCE *94
Farm products
rost
478 per-
tent morp today
than
they did
25 years ago.
Comparing ave
rage.
prices 10-
day with those <•
\ *e find
the following fllff renc
1894
1S19
Wheat
$ .60
$2.08
Corn
.20
1.S6
Oktl
.14
1.36
Butter
.10
.60
Kgg*
.0$
40
Potatoes
.40
2.00
Hens
.06
.23
Boosters
02
16
Hteers
2.50
17.60
Hogs
3.25
16.00
NOW FACES 10 CHARGES
SMUTS APPEALS TO U. S.
Hay* World In No Leas Danger
Than In 1*17.
Hy (ailed 1'rrti
Johannesburg, South Africa. Nov.
1 .—"I appeal to America not to
blaat the hopes of the world thru
failure to adopt the covenant of
tha league of nations." General
Jan Christian 8mut*. British mem-
ber of the league commission, de-
clared In a message addressed to
the U. 8. today.
"When freedom was tn danger.
America rose to the height of op-
portunity. unselfishness and moral
idealism and saved the world for
demoncracy. Today the world Is in
no leas danger."
"America alone haattates," he
said. "Will the great leader lag
behind? I cannot believe It."
BEN OWEN'S FATHER DIES
Ueorge H. Owen. 71, father of
Kennle Owen. Sooner coach, died
Tuesday at Norman, following a
short Illness.
The body was brought here for
burial Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. Owen waa for years a
staunch supporter of tha university
and of university athletics In par
tlular. In the early days of Amer
lean athletics, before major leagues
were organ lied, he played baseball
In Ohio. He waa always an en
thualaatic follower of sll kinds of
athletics. He is survived by a
widow, four eons and two daugh
tera.
ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS WORK
Plans, under the Red Cross and
the Okta. Anti-tuberculosis society,
for furtherance of facilities wherobv
victims of the white plague can bp
taken care of, are In the hands of
Dr. U J. Moorman. Ur. S. R. Cun-
ningham and R. A. Klelnachmldt.
appointed at the Red Cross direc-
tors meeting Thursday.
The committee will cooier with
state officials and make formal re
port back to tha directors.
Organisation Is to Form a (loser
Acquaintanceship.
An organlaatton for the purpose
of bringing Into closer acquaint-
anceship, members of the Oklahoma
High School faculty, was formed
Wednesday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. Kenneth Kaufman.
Mrs. W. O. Moore wns elected
president; Mrs. C. A. Barnett. vice
president; and Mrs. N. A. l..tngo
secretarv and treasurer.
Mrs. J. A. Whlteford will act as
sponsor for the organIxat Ion which
will meet the third Wednesday of
each month
The December meeting will be
held at the home of Mrs. N. A.
Largo. «30 W. 8lxth-st.
BIG PERMITS ISSUED
Nu-Way 1 .sundry Capitalizes for
$!$},«•.
SUte Isaues comm'ssinn Thurs-
day Issued permits lo the follow-
ing companies:
Wallace Rubber Co.. Stillwater,
capital, $1S.«00. Permit to sell
$10,000 worth of stock.
Childers Oil and Ous Co., Childers,
capital $100,000. I
$50 000 worth of stock.
AIRPL ANE CO.
LOCATJ&HERE
Soon Can Buy Flying Machine
Right in Okla. City
Want to buy an airplane?
If you do, pretty soon you can,
Just Ilka you would buy an auto,
right here In Oklahoma Cltv.
Definite announcement of the lo-
cation here by the Curtis Southwest
Airplane Co. was made Thursday
by Paul H. Mang. aviator, who
arrived at Westwood Field in a
Curtis plane late yesterday.
lie came from Tulsa.
Plans for establishment of large
hangars and an intensive sales
campaign are going forward.
The company also will conduct a
general commercial flight business.
SHE WON'T SELL GLANDS
hy Lnitrd J're$t j Fell* Jackson, negro, broke alt
San I'Vandaco, Nov. 20.- Mrs. ' police court records when early
Anton* La para will not a/N*ept uii : Thursday he waa arrested by Of-
offer of $10,000 made by a wealthy : ficc-r Holloway on a charge of
bunines^ man for her husband's vagrancy and being ' drunk,
interstitial gland- in event he H | Ft was lhe third consecutive
hanged at Han Quentin , night that Felix had been arrested
on the >ame two charges. Charges
piarnd againet him in one week
reached a total of 10.
At the prownt rate it in costing
day to stay in the
always assessed the
limit,
Atop* The Tickle
Heals the Throat and Cures the
Cough. HATW HEALXVO HONKT.
35c. A free bo* of GROVE'S O-PRN-
TRATE SALVE foz Cheat Colds.
Head Colds and Group with every
oottle -Advertisement.
I^apara is under sentence to die
Dec 1? An offer of $10,000 was
made by hi* attorneys for the con
vlcfg glands after the hanging 11P(Mlfr
Th#. attorneys referred the Propo ;
■itlon to Mrs. I^para. saying the. J*rk,,on. *40 "
money would belong to her. * | f, ***
While her two little daughters
clung to her skirtn. Mrs. I^apara
today tearfully renounced any in-
tention to contest for the offer.
"If I took the money it would
only bring me unhappineos." she
fyald. "Every dollar would remind
me of my husband's death on the
gallowp."
SWITCHES
Strictly firat quality. Send
sample of your hair to he
matched. 22 inches Si2.no
Mail orders promptly filled.
Miss Kellow
(Formerly Mrs. E. F. lx>vejojr)
205 Oil Exchange. W. 12$0
Good Evening!
Have You Eaten
SUPREME
BREAD
Today ?
ioc and 15c Loave
Buy it at Your
Grocery
Isn't It Odd?
New York: "Nobody* gonna call
me a "red." and John ltrasted,
Mlddletown auctioneer set a new
fa-ohlon for fellow t>rofessionai*
when he tore down his red "sale
today" and ran up a blue one.
month for avery
New York:
Collar.
That's what failure to pay fa
. weekly alimony to his wife has
11 sell meant lo David Cioldhaber.
| He has Bpent eight months in
Garbo oil Co.. Guthrie, capital. ■ J*H-
(200 000. Permit to sell 175,0011 I —
worth of stock I Cleveland. Ohio: Rabbit dogs
Nuway Ulundrv Co.. Oklahoma i have increased allghtly In price.
City, capital. s«'a,0i)0. Permit to | An ad in a local newspaper offers
sell $165,000 worth of stock. , a certain popular make of auto-
Aome Investment Co.. Oklahoma 1 mobile for a good rabbit dog
Cltv. capital, 150.000. Permit
Mil 150.000 I Litchfield.
AGAINST EXTENSIONS
Clean linen is
.he eieeption not the rule here.
I The local laundry has been forced
close down because of Inability
secure coal.
to
Patterson Will Oppose Action 11
til Survey Is Completed. N>w York: Religion was tabled
' Commissioner Joe Patterson will :at the West Side Y. M. C. A. when
#ot vote for water extensions in Rev. Lieut. B. M. Maynard was
any part of the city until the j introduced for "a short religious
survey undertaken by the engineer : talk."
Ing department is completed. I The crowd yelled for a talk on
He holds that until that is done flying from the Atlantic to the
no intelligent plan can be adopted. Pacific—and got it.
Patterson announced Thursday ,
he would continue to oppose the Chicago: Another champion has
use of any part of the $127,225 been dethroned.
aurplus water revenue in extend : C.eorge W. Berlin ate six pies
ing mains. but he lost his title to Roy Webb
The water survey, started tw« of Duquoin. 111. Webb sucked 72
months ago. is far from completion, raw eggs. The cost prevented a
according to engineering officials, higher record.
Patterson says he is not opposed
to extending water facilities to
the Capitol Hill district, but that
It will be a financial loss to the
water department.
MILKMAN HAD THE NERVE
. JOS m*sr m* sneer •
'SOS mesrmwsmeer ■
We've Arranged for Thursday, Friday and Saturday a Most Timely
Sale of Dresses
4 Groups of Frocks
And Each A Decided Special
$12.50 & $24.75
In these days, when one must pay almost
prohibitive prices for quality merchandise, this
event is a true boon to women who appreciate
Mason Little & Co.'s style and quality.
The fabrics are Taffetas, Satin, Satin and
Georgette, Taffeta and Georgette Crepe.
Shades of Gray, Rose, Brown, Navy, Black, in effcctg
of puffed sleeves, crashed girdles, round neck, with white
georfette collars, overskirts, puffed skirts, self-covered
buttons.
NEW PRESS AGENT BUSY
Finanrer Donnelly Too Tender
Hearted to Kill KabMt.
If It hadn't heen for an obllfing
milkman, a rabbit at the home of
Mlk>< Donnelly, finance comml"
Daubing Downtown Hlr *-t> With "loner, would be alive and well to-
Myaterlou* Numeral. day-
Smears or paint on the pavement , ™e rabblt w. «nt to the Don-
-• the intersections of the main relati\e. *ith
business streets ar«* reported
I have aroused the ire of Mayor
IC. Walton Thursday morning.
| "These publicity hounds who
| forever leoklpf up some new v
to disfigure the eitv are going
NEW SWEEPERS ON JOB
"They sure pick up the dirt,"
Mayor Walton aald Thur.day aa he
viewed the maiden voyac* of the
three motor atreet sweepers, pur
chaaed by the olty for the public
worfca department.
The equipment waa (iven a thoro
trial on Dewey-av. between Main at
and Grand-av.
•statement thut that particular
1 brand of bunny wat fine eating.
Donnelly went out to make the
p, i kill Thursday, lie took the furrj
thins In his hands and had his a*
j upraised when he suddenly threw
be brought to time," the mayor is the Implement down, reatored the
quoted. Thla new exhibition of b.u',n> to "" p'n *nrt 'n,errd
their futurtatlc ability 1. the | couldn't do It " he ex
The emblem to which the mayor "Wheu I looked into those
,-„.nnum^uonf T:. ^!m'rr,h:a,^k\r.,rut.r'ly
number 4 in a circle. When It | t-epted the taak of execution.
first appeared It waa stenciled In <
white. Laat night the daubers re-j
painted the emblems In flaming red.'
"VICTORY LAKE" PROPOSED
MARRIAGES
BOND ELECTION DEC. 6
Mayor Walton's proclamation oall
i S apeclal school bond election
for Dec. • waa to be issued Friday,
according to Board Secretary J. O.
■tearley.
4 TRAFFIC VI0UTERS
Traffic viola ton fined by Police
Judge A. N. Munden, Thursday
were W. R. Martli -fj, L. E Wll
llama. Mr*. Atthur .larland and A.
r. Bonnefeldt
Bach waa aaeeeaed II.
WILL DISCUSS CREDITS
"Should a woman ha given credit
oa • IMS fur ooat wnen ahe haa
but 111 to pay down?"
" will be oae of tha questions
[ at tha meeting of credit
William Floyd Armstrong. S#.
If the other city commisslonera, Woodward, und Leona Jessie, '.'4.
agree. Oommlsaloner Joe Patterson William C. Courtney. 30. Wichita,
will name the big basin at the ' and Minnie Jeffries. II. Wellington,
waterworks site •"Victory Lake," in Kan.
honor of returned soldier*. Leonard Ulass. 43. and Anna
I la net t. 40.
Harry W '.son, :'0. and Marie
811th. 18.
George O. Koblnaon. 2d. and
Louise Virginia Kohout, 24. Shreve
port.
Amos C. Cope. 22. and Olady-i
Morris. 14, both of Stroud.
' —O ■ — —
It A. M. is the last minute for
phoning Want Ads to the News for
same days Insertion. Don't wait
until the laat minute. I'hone It
now Walnut 7000
A. H. PARMELEE RETURNS
Principal A. H. Parmeiee of I-ee
school returned to his school duties
Thursday after serving at McAles
ter with the National Guard.
WATCHPANGERMAN ACTION
Ixmdon. Nov. 21.—Rrents in B'.r-
lln where pan Germans were re
ported to be making a suprem" ef
fart to rally a'.! rt c;:« «ry elements
around Field Marshal v«.n Clnden-
burg. to the embarrassment of tl -
German RepuMlnan government,
were receiving close attention In of
flclal circles In London and Paris
today.
The peace conference, it was
learned, la keeping in cloee touch'
with the German session and is
preparing precautionary measures
pro-tilndeaburg
Coughing
PI SO S
Values to $29.75
Sizes 16 to 40
$29.7 5
Charming- frocks for afternoon and street
wear, developed in airiest georgette and lustrous
satins. Hand embroidered they come, cream lace
vestees and collars or better still wide crushed
girdles and knife plaited skirts with large bows
in back. Surplice fronts. .Some are embroidered
in gold.
Assembled under the personal supervision of adept
critics of current vogue. Models displaying variants of
the new silhouette in lines supple and formative to almost
every type of woman.
Values to $39.75
Sizes 16 to 42
The newest innovations, the latest ideas in frocks,
liave been chosen to make this group of all-wool dresses
really remarkable at $29.75. The fabrics are Serges.
Poiret Twill, Tricotine, Velour, liroadcloths, Paulette
and Velveteen.
Shades of Navy, Br^wn, Belgian, Tan, Plum and Taupe.
Effect* of Russian, long waist with back folds, tailored sleeves,
mink collars, jacket effect. Hand embroidered and braid trimmed.
BETTER FROCKS
Reductions of 15 to 20%
Wonderfully high class tailored gowns from the
shop of Arthur Weiss, Chicago. The assemblage com-
prises only one or two models of a kind.
Duvetyn, rich Velours, Poiret Twills, Tricolines and
Men's Wear Serge
character, straight
Values to $44.75
Sizes 14 to 42
Modes decidedly individual i
line and coatee effects dominant.
$44.75 values
$59.75 values
$67.75 values
$34.75
$44.75
$54.75
$79.75 values .
$89.75 values .
$115.00 values
$69.75
$74.75
$99.75
Decided Reduction in These
5 Groups of Millinery
At these prices quoted below it is nec-
essary that every sale be final.
This group, whose values are to $27.00.
include smart new pattern hats of the best
eastern shops, to be had in Blue, Rose.
Iirown, combined with ostrich, metallic and
flowers, $15.09.
A Complete Representation in
a Collection of 300
Values up to 112.90. also include Matron's lilack
velvet draped turbans, now M.#0.
Children's Hats, with values up to T. 3. now
ii.os to ts.tr,.
Tailored sailors, values up lo IIS.00, now M.91.
Trimmed Hats, with vslues up to $20.00, now
HS.M.
Fur and Self Trimmed
Winter Coats
All-wool fabrics of Yelnur, Frieze and
Kersey with Hudson seal or Opossum
collars: belted and in the season's au-
thoritative modes; every coat full
with guaranteed lining. Values u, $59.75.
or Normand
Tip Boliv
ith Hudson
Bolivia*
linings of
1 pu*s.\
shades and modr-
horitnti\
$55.00
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