The Tulsa Star (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 18, Ed. 1, Saturday, March 9, 1918 Page: 1 of 4
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j "A Square Deal for All" M. J. McNulty Jr. for Commissioner No. 2
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Evangelist Preacher
Man Wlm Siiys lie lias Con-
vltIimI Over SOO.OOO IVopli-
in 7 Youth .Must Stand Trial
MCT Tui'sdav
Many Leave Cliurcli in Disgust When
Preacher I'orcilily Put MrH.
Mills Out.
According tu n story told by Will-
lam Cherry 311 North Greenwood
and others about the rankest outrage
ever perpetrated against the woman-
hood of Tulsa was committed at the
A. M. E. church Thursday night
when Rev. L. S. McDuffie New York
evangelist who is conducting a re-
vival here for Itcv. Tucker snatched
a chair from under Mrs. Laura Mills
and forcibly ejected her from the
church because she did not hold her
hand up long enough to suit his
whims when he commanded nil Chris-
tians to hold up their hands.
Dr. Hridgcwater it is said ap-
proached the evangelist and vouched
for the woman as being a Christian
lady but was told by his pious sancti-
monious highness to sit down while he
continued to unceremoniously eject the
woman. Many people become disgusted
left the church and told the story to
passersby and friends. In n short
while the news had spread all over
the east end and theic was some talk
of taking the preacher out giving
him a flogging and giving him the
outl ound train schedule but cooler
heads prevailed and no violence was
done.
Tho pre.iehor was arrested latoTliurs-
dy night on complaint of .Mrs. Mills
who sworn to information against the
orangnliit in both tin) police and Justice
coin t for assault. The cato w.ih set for
yestorday but was ii"t cillril. Defend
Ing IiIn acts at the church List night the
preacher aaiil h Ins tr-tvrled all nvr
the world and no ono ovor objected to
his rulo until he curio to Tuls.i. 'Iliocas.i
will bo hoard Tuosd ly before Judge l.ee
D.miul.
WOMAN ACQUITTED OF
MUltDEK riiAIH'E
Hattie
Mcltuffin Kills Dora Hill
Fight Over "Shortstop."
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Another tragedy was nddei
to
Tulsa's long crime list Tuesday night
when Hattie Mcltuffin wife of John
McRuffin shot and killed Dora Hill
on North Greenwood near the Econ-
omy Drug store. The women met ond
quarrelled it is said over the affec-
tions of one "Shortstop" with whom
the dead woman is alleged to have
been living. Tho McRuffin woman
pulled a revolver and fired four or
five times but only one of the bullets
took effect passing through her heart
causing instant death. After the
shooting the victim ran into the drug
store where she was hastily exam-
ined by Dr. Bryant who pronounced
her dead in a few minutes. Both
women wire well known in the under-
world circles.
Tli Moltliftiii H freed at the pre.
(miliary trial licfori' Jiiktlco l.c Daniel
Friday.
Methodist Episcopal Conference
Coming
The Lincoln conference of the Meth-
odist Episcopal church will hold its
ctvtonnth nnniinl session in Tulsa
March 20-24. A great religious feast
is anticipated. The pastor and mem-
bers of Wesley Chapel Invite nnd urge
the entire Christian and civil forces
of Tulsa to attend as nearly as pos-
sible all sessions and learn many
things you don't know agout the great nesday morning. Tho mother was out with the Y. M. C. A work as secre-
Mcthodist Episcopal church which of the city and the father at work itary has been called to colors and
says to the entire world "Whosoevcrlt was buried Thursday afternoon j after vl it'ng relates will leave for
will may come." from tho Home Undertaking Co. Camp Sherman.
WEEKLY MHIL EDITION
Official Organ of The Or iivl Urttcd Order of Odd l' Hows .md 'I lie Knights mil Lulu s I inrniony of tl Worli'.OkNhi-tna Jurisdiction
TUI.SA. OKI A..SATlrm)AV MAKCH J). 1.)1S
Ml'SKKK YOrill ON
TIMAM'OR MIS LIFi:
DIFFICULTY FOUND IN OlITAIN-
ING JUItY COMPOSED OF MEN
FIIEE FROM HACE PIIEJUD1CE
SUFFICIENTLY "O GIVE HOY
A FA I R Till A I..
Muskogee Okla. March C. At last
a jury has been obtained in the Jones
murder case ami the trial hac actu
ally begun.
All day Monday and Tuesday the
lawyers in the case examined the
jurors in nn effort to ascertain their'
qualifications to serve in the case but j
an entire panel was exhausted before
a jury was finally obtained. Nearly'
all of the jurors were excused when
they answered the question: "Can
you give this defendant the same fair
trial that you would give a white
man?" because they invariably an-
swered "no." This is nn index to a
state of deplorable conditions exist-
ing in n country which is champion-
ing the cause of democracy in Europe.
The I'hoenix the republican daily
newspaper here has done and is still
doing everything possible to stir up
feeling against the Jones boy but so
far no visible evidence of unusual feel-
ings has been noticed. The defense is
being represented by Col. Maten
Rutherford W. J. Crump Francis
Stewart nnd Thos. V. I.ehea As'lst-
ing County Attorney W. V. Cotton
arc his assistant It. S. Jackson I'at
Goven and W. I. McGinnis district!
U. S. attorney. The jury the ma-j
jority of whom are farmers follows:!
The Jurj. f
Newt Itiley Webbers Kalis farer;
Don Itosenbau I'erum farmer; W. H.
Ilray Warner merchnnt; John Petty!
Warner farmer; J. C. Van Brunt
Oktaha farmer; Mack Hicks Council
Hill engineer for oil company; Frank1
Gonzales Ilraggs farmer; S. J. Mar-
low Muskogee city fireman; C. I..
Hanan Muskogee manager Hulver-
son Berber Supply Co.; Arch V. Bush-
ing Fort Gibson merchant; Carl Gib-
son Porum farmer; Wm. Morgan
Webbers Falls farmer.
Twine Saves Life
of Towery Boy
H'.V. TOWERY SENTENCED TO
DIE IN ELECTRIC CUAIII WILL
rNOW SEIIVE TEN YEAH SEN-
TENCE. The case of Wm. Towery who with
his brother wa convicted for the
murder of a white farmer near Eu-
faula two years ago and sentenced to
death in the electric chair has Leon
finally disposed of nnd the condemned
man will now be a free man if he lives
upon him last week when his lawyer
W. II Lcinc of Muskogee succeeded
in getting a new trial granted where-
to serve n ten years sentence imposod
upon he had his client's former plea
set aside and entered a plea of guilty
of manslaughter. Thi3 caso has leen
fnllrrlit frnrn alnrr ftnlat. I... 1 -. -. '
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Twine without compensation he even
paying his own railroad fare to Mc-
Alester and to Oklahoma City where
the case was argued In the supreme
nit ...i ... .i i i i I
court and a new trial obtained.
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The other convicted Towery boyVas
oWtrnpnlo! rn ! ..- ." wvi .Riiuw.iiigure among
Still another brother lives in Tulsa
and Is a prominent worker in one of
the clmrches here
1-Year Old Chind Ilnrncd to Death.
Mnyetta Brooks -1-year-old child of
Richard and Fannie Brooks was
burned to death at 420 Easton Wed-
Next Mavor
JOHN I. WISENIJK
Pi pill it D IHOC-I..I Candidate for Ma)or of Muslcgic
kT .'uwlp 1!L' fil t'ttv
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Winner
Sentiment Among Leading Colored
1'iople of Muskogee Fat ore Ex-
Sheriff for .Alaj or.
MUSKOGEE Okla. March 7.-
Thc approaching mayoralty race in
this city is the leading topic among
the politicians and is of no small con-
corn to the citirenry as a whole. A
numlor of heads are looming up on
the political horizon hut so far as the
colored people here are concerned.
there Is only one with n chance a reallcelved its greatest shock for never in
sure enough chance to win and that
one is John L Wiienor the democratic
candidate for the office.
If Mr. Wi enor is nominatod as he
doubt!o3 will Ic thwe will bo no way
to forestall his e'ertlon becaufo there
are very few colore! peoplo in Mus-
kogee who know the cx-sheriff thnt
vould not olo for him. He is a high-
class man who has built up an en-
viable reputption for a square deal
policy and tho people of Muskogee
white and black who love official hon-
esty integrity nnd siuare dealing
will ote for him. Mr. Wbener was
for thrco times sheriff of Jluskoeoo
and has a wide acquaintance through-
out tho county. "I am running for the
I office because I think I can bring
about sumo much-nec'el reforms or
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without it out I want to see Musko-
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Kee Bet a" se I entit'ed to." Mr.
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the leading oil men of the state.
Harry Abbott Vitits Tulia En Route
to Training Camp.
II. O. Abbott who has been at Camp
Pike for nast few months identified
Arrested for Assault
of MusKosiee
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Republicans Make
2nd Attempt to
Jim Crow Race
Louisville Ky Feb. 25. The sec-
ond separate street car bill to be intro-
duced I nthe Republican City Council
in the Inst month was sprung Tues-
day night FeH. 18 In the Board of
Alilormen by R. S. Hill who it in the
organ-making business.
When a similar bill was introduced
by W .11. Zelser a' out a month ago
Colored Louisville thourht it had re-
the history of tho country has an In
cident Leen found where such meas-
ures were Introduced by Republicans.
But it received a great shock this'
week when It learned Hill had pro-'
posed a mare dnstic measure. Butj
Colored Louisville is resigned now I
nnd nothing the Republicans do will l
surprise It. I
This separate car business is becom-1
ing honotonous onil seems to be a
month'y affair. That such proposals '
and suggestions are bound to cause 1
trouble cannot be denied even though I
harmful the powers that be assert !
such a bill will never become a law.
GOVERNMENT CONTVOL HAS
NOT KILLED JIM CROW SERVICE I
Washington D. C. Although the
government Is now in control of the
railroads and the federal statute for-
bidding discrimination against soldiers
in uniform is still tho law of the land '
colored soldiers continue to be segre-
gated in Jim crow cars throughout the!
south. Tho appeal of the National
Negro Academy made to the president
the day the railroads passed under
government control has not as yet se-
cured relief from Jim crow cars.
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Race Man Appeals to Governor
Eye of Teunessee
JUDGMENT.
A figure that Is milled wrong
Will spoil the sum so deeply sought;
A false note in the sweetest song
Hay mar the eciUcy it wrought;
A chance step in a spotless life
Will blot the future down the wind.
The sum the song with sweetness rife
Is but our record left behind.
Manli 5 Evn A. Jessie.
HACK M FN IN VA 1)12
RICH MINIMAL FIKM)
ItlED COMPANY ONLY COI.OIIED
CONCEHN IN MIAMI FIELD.
Tho W. C. Riod Investment company
of Muskogee headed by W. Curtie
Itled n wealthy race man of that
place has recently purchased a lease
on 200 acres of the richest land in
the famous lend nnd zinc fields of
Oklahoma just two miles from the
biggest and best producing mine in
the Miami field. Mr. Ried who is
yet a young man being barely 30
years old is planning big things for
himself and his race anil this is ono
of them. Six years ago he wns mar-
ried to Miss Sallie Hodge of Mus-
kogee who is a native with wealthy
oil lands from which they are now
realizing about $3000 per month. They
hae about 1300 acres of land more
than 1000 of which is under culti-
vation. The Riel haxe two children
Vo'ma I years old and baby Jack
four months old. Associated with Mr.
Ried is G. 11. Ambrose who is well
known throughout the state.
Muskogee Dentist
is Inventor
NEW INVENTION WILL IIEVO-
LUTION1ZE IIUIIIIEU TIKE IN-
DUSTRY. JIuskogee Okla March 8. Dr. L
M. Banks dentist of this city hai o1'-
tained from the I' S patent office a
putent on an iimntion whkh is ed
tined to rcvolutifmiA tin rubber tire
Industry of the wor d. It is a punc
turoless tire for uuux made of allold
sheot metal and rubber A number of
the big manufacturing concerns luivo.
written Dr. Banks mnking him offers.
The Eagle Mfg. Co of Cincinnati
wrote him this week offering n bonus
of $3000 and a 3 per cent royalty Dr.
Banks refu ed.
NT). 18
Itcv. W. S. Ellington I'leada for "A
Muii'n Chance for MemberH o?
His Hare.
At the state capitol Wednesday tho
following appeal was made to Gover-
nor Rye by the Rev. W. S. Ellington
colored representing n delegation of
2f0 members of the Negro race who
called nt the state capitol to offer
protest against lynching:
"Governor Rye we the represcnta-
tivo of the colored citizens of the
commonwealth of Tennessee hao
come to nsk you as the chief execu-
tive of the state to use your good
grnres and the strong arm of the law
t oprotcct us from mob vloljnre. The
frequency with which the lynching
nnd burning of Negroes occurs In our
state is alarming. We do not con-
donu crime; we have no excuse to of-
fer nor defense to mako for the crim-
inals among us. What wc want is
thnt white men when they violate the
lr.vv of the state shall be ferreted out
and punished for their crimes as black
men are when they are guilty of
breaking the law. Wo want tho dig-
nity nnd majesty of the law upheld
by example as well as by precept.
There should be no discrimination in
meting out justice to criminals.
"Mob violence destroys tho ends for
which it is intended. Wc want every
man white and black alike who is
accused of crime given a fnir and im-
partial trial before a jury of his peers.
We lovo tho South; wo wcro born and
reared here. Our families and all that
we have nrc here. Hero we must
solve our problems and work out our
destiny. And wo need the help and
encouragement of our white friends.
"Governor Rye you know that we
have no voice in making nor In en-
forcing the laws which we are called
upon to obey. Yet wo lovo law ond
order nnd are teaching our people
everywhere to live ut peace with their
white neighbors nnd to mako thorn-
selvos worthy of American citizen-
ship. Thousands of our young men
are even nof in the training camps
preparing to go to tho trenches In
France there to fight nnd die that tho
world may be made safe for democ-
racy. We are asking protection from
mob violence while our young men
follow the flag by the side of your
-ons to the front nnd there by their
! ro m and a!or mako it impossible
1 r I'ru-iunism ever again to disturb
i tr in'iaillity of our prosperity hero
I'imo or molest our commerce upon
I- high seas. We ask no special fa-
n for our fidelity and patriotism.
Wc only a-.k for that protection which
vtuib i fed to every American citi-
i y he constitution of tho United
S a'cs
"Wo nrc not foreigners nnd strang-
er Yi'e nre American citizens nnd we
want o he treated as such. We came
'i the c shores before the Pilgrim
f ther They came over In the May-
"av.er In 1020 and landed on Ply-
mou'h Rrs k; but a shipload of our an-oc-'-rs
was brought to these shores
in 1010 ngalnst their will and sold to
Mi planters of Virginia. Since then
wc have helped your race fell the for-
rt to tunnel the mountains and to
' ridge tho rivers. Wo love tho civic
and religious institutions of America
and ospcclally of the South. All we
ask is that the privilege of life pros-
perity and the pursuits of happiness
be not denied us because of our race
nor because of our previous condition
of servitude. Leave the door of hopo
open; give us a man's chnncc. This Is
nil we ask"
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Smitherman, Andrew Jackson. The Tulsa Star (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 18, Ed. 1, Saturday, March 9, 1918, newspaper, March 9, 1918; Tulsa, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc72752/m1/1/: accessed March 29, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.