Oklahoma State Register (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 29, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 12, 1920 Page: 1 of 8
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Oklahoma State Register
OLDEST PAPER PUBLISHED COItTINUOUSLY IH OKLAHOMA
TWENTY-NINTH YEAR, No. 40.
MOTHERS OF ENGLAND
MAY BE NEXT TO GO
OUT ON STRIKE
London, Feb. 11.—A. Hayday, labor less and until the public or state
member of parliament, who is the gives definite assurance that the mo-
father of seventeen children and has ther will be exalted and lifted to the
an income of $70 weekly, declares higher pinnacle which she deserves
there is a growing movement in Great to occupy.
•Britain "which may be termed a "Fathers and mothers not only are
'mothers' strike," due to the hard row harassed by the increasel cost of liv-
the lower and middle classes have in ing, but they also are hunted from the 1
maintaining a home. He resents sug- houses they occupy and are refused
gestions that those classes should admittance into others because their,
strive to make up the war wastages children are declared to be a nuis-
GUTHR1E, OKLAHOMA, THURSDATTFEBRUARY, 12. 1920
fl,A( KS SKIIVII K ABOVE PARTY IMU,ITU'S. FRIEND OF SCHOOI. LVNI> LK8SKH.
? J 1.50 Per Te
TRAINING THE INCOME TAX DIVISION OFFICIALS
HAMON-IM; N MACHINE
SWEPT T-E OKLAHOMA
REPUBUUN CONVENTION
(>klah
can pan
at th
republi
ten
in man power.
"These people definitely preach we
must have increases in our popula-
tion," said Mr. Hayday, "If these peo-
ple were to go around holding public
meetings advocating their views be-
fore the mothers of the country they
would be mobbed.
"The many women who have to do
their best to keep life in their child-
ren by buying them penny cubes of
some meat extract and by some spec-
ial favor obtain bones from the but-
cher for soup, are in no mood to add
indefinitely to their present crush-
ing anxieties.
"Many of these mothers and fathers
have to sacrifice their own meals to
provide food for their children.
"There is growing over the coun-
try today a woman's movement which
may be called a 'mothers' strike.' And
who can blame these women? It is
really a condition of things more ser-
ious than any epidemic ever could
be.
"The women of England have come
definitely to decline to accept the re-
sponsibility of bearing children un-
WAH NURSE (JOES TO
1IEU REWARD
Dorothy Seton Hurled In Gutlitrle
Willi Appropriate
Honors.
Dorothy Seton, daughter of Captain
and Mrs. Charles Seton of this city,
died at St. Anthony's hospital, at Ok-
lahoma City, Sunday morning and was
buried in this city Tuesday morning.
She died after only four days illness.
When found, she was sitting up in
bed against the headboard dead.
The funeral services took place in
the Trinity Episcopal church, Rev.
Budlong officiating. A special inter-
urban brought fifteen nurses from St.
Anthony's. Oklahoma City, to attend
tl\e funeral. The church was crowded
with friends of the deceased and the
family, and the floral offerings testi-
fied the deep affection she was held in
this city.
Dorothy Seton was raised in Guthrie
from childhood, and was one of Guth-
rie's "own" girls in those early days
when personal reputations were being
made. She entered the field as a
trained nurse early in her career and
when the European war broke out
went to France in the service of the
Allies. Shortly before America's en-
try she returned to Oklahoma, but on
its entry into the conflict again en-
listed and returned to France. She
served all through the war, being one
of the most experienced nurses at the
front. When she returned again to
Oklahoma her health was badly
shattered as the result of four years
strain of war service.
No young woman of those early
days of Guthrie was more loved than
Dorothy Seton. and the heart of the
old settlers goes to the family in their
bereavement.
ance.
The 'mother strike' wilf'.continue
until mothers are afforded more pro-
tection than they now receive from
those in authority and in a position to
provide such protection.
"It is my view, mothers should re-
ceive a guarantee of a minimum pen-
sion of $2.20 weekly for each child
'under the age of 14. There should
be local boards under the health min-
istry to increase the grant up to $4.20
a week, or more in special cases.
'"Until that time arrives it will not
be advisable for public men to face
the women of England and urge in-
creased population.
Mr. Hayday says he has to add to
his fixed in^TJTfie through lectures in
order to maintain six of his twelve
living children who reside with him,
and to maintain his family they have
to forego such things as cake, canned
fruits, tomatoes, csutards, wines,
spirits, beer, theaters or music halls
and holidays.
"Under present conditions the talk
of bigger families is sentimental
twaddle," Mr. Hayday asserts.
1 LOGAN COUNTY FARM
COUNTIL ORGANIZED
Not a very large crowd of farmers
were present/last Saturday afte\oon
to organize the Logan County Farm
Council. The meeting took place in
the Chamber of Commerce room at
2 o'clock. County Commissioner P.
PKKMI1NG IS FAVORABLE
TO DEPORTATION
Says That Those Against Our Govern-
ment Should l>e Sent Hack
Across Maters.
Oklahoma City, Feb. 10.—Agitators
who continue to work against the
government phould be deported to
the country from which they came,
General John J. Pershing declared in
an address here today before the Ok-
lahoma City chamber of commerce,
where he was entertained at a lunch-
eon while a guest in the city of the
American Legion.
General Pershing paid a tribute to | Harr>' E- Johnson, state market( gether
the American soldiers and said the commissioner, made an able address!
American legion is the greatest i<,n how ,0 market farm Produ<-'ts to |
steadying influence in the country at!the *eatest advantage to the producer '
City, Feb. 11.—Republi- teeman. Hamon now controls
osltions were filled today without question or contest.
convention as follows: | Inclusion of Governor Lowden in
at largo to the national the ,l8t of approved national party
convention: Hird S. Mc Naders was the nearest the conven-
es; .1. E. Dyche of Okla- ''on came to indorsement of any can-
toma City; John II. Dillon of Geary; \ didate for the presidential nomlna-
Vernon Whiting of Pawhuska; W. H. tion- No motion was presented to ir-
Hills of Enid. A L. McDonald of El struct the delegates at large for any
Reno; Henry E. Asp of Oklahoma presidential aspirant and thev stand
on sending out green men to advise the public on income tax nty. E n M -le-nee of Walters. Each fn>0 to use their own judgment, or
delegate will Save one-half a vote '° follow the advice of'Hamon or any
and is instructed to cast it for Jako other leader they favor.
Hamon for nat'onal committeeman. ' Synopsis of Resolutions.
Presidential electors; Mrs. P. P. Resolutions adopted by the rcpub-
Hillerman oC Sapulpa and Joe W. Wean stm'e convention take position
Norris of Snyder. Ion Questions as follows: ln-
Chairman of the state committee: slruct ^le cteht delegates at large
James A. Harris of Wagoner. jelected by the convention to vote for
e,irrpfnrV nf ii.. otnt Jake L. Hamon for national coinmit-
secretary or the state committee.* . tti . , ,
i . ... . . , „lt teeman for Oklahoma.
John D. Appleby of Oklahoma City. | v. , _
-Name Governor Lowden of Illinois
I intend to stay in the race to the 13
end. to give every anti-Hamon voter
nt j <n the remaining districts of the state
on, presl-J (.hanco vnfp f0r Im> " John Em-
The treasury department Is taking no chance
matters. All employees of the Income tax division are trained In an Intensive course of six weeks on every phase
of the Income tax schedule. This insures uniformity and accuracy. Here is one of the classes.
I .HUNT CLUBS HANOI'FT
NEXT TUESDAY
I Tnere wili be a joint banquet given
j at the lone Hotel next Tuesday by
| the Chamber of Commerce, the Ro-
tary and the Lions clubs. It will take
place at 7:30 In the evening. Frank
|McGuire, president of the Chamber of
Commerce; Fred Green.
| P Scott presided, and after discission h(, Llona and Elbert Burt
harabi
esiaei
dent of the Rotary, will make talk.. [ bry saM |oni(,)|t
of various methods of co-operation in
j marketing farm products, indepen-
dent cotton gins and grain elevators
E. S. Enlist was elected president of
'the association and Wayne Jenkins, ^ c™ ^v^)pment for the next
| secretary. | year is the object of the getting to-
The chief address of the evening will
be made tiy Ed Vaught of Oklahoma
I City, who is an eloquent speaker.
FREE FAIR IS LV<<GIN<2.
this time.
and the farmers also went on record ■
pie of this country are willing to
listen to propaganda of agitators,"
the general said, "and they should
be given Americanization propagan-
da. Children of foreign born parents
should be required to learn the Eng-
lish language and study the consti-
tution of this country."
On his arrival here this morning
the general was met by a reception
committer4 composed of 'Mayor J. C.
The Free Fair is lagging for want
of activity. It ought tx) begin to
telf farmers what to plant now.
work in conjunction with the Agri- pr(,t(y sQon 8pring wU) b(1 herfi the
'Great uneducated masses of peo- jto organize into a systematic method
of killing crows They agreed to
cultural College at Stillwater and
farmers will be busy and nothing will
LIONS CLUB TO OBSERVE
LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY.
TRAFFIC EXPERT SPEAKS
FriOrt. night the 13th, the Lions
club will nold appropriate services in
commemoration of Lincoln's birthady
and incidentally celebrate St. Valen- I Walton and others who presented him
tine's day by entertaining the ladies i with a gold key to the city. A public
with a banquet at the lone, the pro-1 reception followed and at noon a
ceedings to begin at 7:30. Oratory. luncheon was given in his honor by
and music with perhaps a few the chamber of commerce.
waltzes, will make up the program. At 2 o'clock a parade led by the
At last Friday's meeting of the club j Second infantry band and followed
Charles Lockwood, an expert on rail- by automobiles bearing General Per
way and water transportation, deliv-
ered an able address in which he em-
phasized the impotrance of competing
railroads and advised Guthrie ship-
pers to route consignments over the
weaker roads serving our territory
to as large an extent as possible and
thus make it possible for them to
extend and improve their systems. He
paid high tribute to the Santa Fe,
stating it was the only great railway
tackle the job before spring crops hp dQne The prPm)um book shouM
are planted. They will plan a strych-
nine method simultaneously in all
parts of the county.
begin to be planned, so it can be got-
| ten out to farmers to show them
' what is expected of them. O. B.
— j Acton is president and Clare Martin,
FAMILY NORLY WIPED 'secretary, but there has been no com-
0VT BY THE FLU mittees appointed to do the detail
| work.
One of the worst havocs played by
the flu in this city befell the family LAWTON WILL BE WITHOUT
of Thomas Fortune, an engineer on
the Santa Fe road. Mrs. Fortune was
taken down first and then her hus- i
band, mother and father. While she
'ay helpless, her husband. "Tommy",
he was affectionately called by his
SCHOOL SOON
Teachers In High and drade Scohols
There Resign—School Closes
Friday.
am assured of
the Third and Fifth TfiVTricts. Pre-
diction of how the First and Second
wil go or how the contest in the Four-
th will be decided requires more in-
formation than T have at present. I
am not either prepared to claim or
to concede them."
Carrying the convention by a final
vote of 551 and one-half to 2X4 and
one-<half and thereby adding four
with Senators Johnson. Borah and
Lodge as those "to whom we may look
for safe and sane leadership."
Disapprove the calling of the legis-
lature now for any purpose except to
ratify the federal suffrage amend-
ment.
Commend the course of the United
States senate regarding the peace
treaty.
Bewail and denounce the incompe-
tence and extravagance of the demo-
cratic administration.
Invite women voters to join the
I party.
votes to bis support In the race for, Favor ,fglalatlon Kuarl|n|? the
national committeemanship for Okla-
homa. Hamon clinched his title to the sailors
position for which he has carried on
terests of discharged soldiers and
specially the continuance of
government control over w&r risk in-
an untiring campaign for months Burance>
*>as I Demand the deportation of alien
Of the total of twenty votes in the anarchist agitators.
Oklahoma national convention dele-1 Denounce the pardon and parole
gation which will select tie commit- policy of Governor Robertson.
MEREDITH GVESSED | HORSES AND POLITICS FILL
AS DANIELS' ('llf)H'Ej fOJ,. JAC K CHINK'S STORY
of rain before it reached its point of
ending.
The general held a second public
reception in the governor's office at
system in the country that had held|the capitol building in the afternoon.
At night lie was guest of the Ameri-
can Legion in a stadium at the fair
grounds where a program of music,
sports and vaudeville were given.
General Persihng aricl' his staff left
at 11 o'clock at night for Tulsa.
PLUMB PLAN VDVOCATED
•John F. Gickler, a labor speaker
from Indianopolf , addressed an au-
dience of local railroad men in the
City Hall at 2:30 in the afternoon
last Sunday. He came for the purpose
of explaining the Plumb plan of rail-
road management, now being discuss-
ed by the public. He reviewed all the
shotrcomings of private ownership
and said that they would be repeated
if the roads were given back to the
"stock gamblers" and Wall Street
gamblers. Public ownership, with a
directory composed of members rep-
resenting the railroad men, the stock
ohlders and the public citizenry, he
said was the only way to solve the
railroad problem.
its own under the disadvantages the
roads have labored during the incom-
petent and vexatious government con-
trol that has existed during the last
three years, but notwithstanding this
fact healthy competition is the only
method by which fair rates and ade-
quate service can be assured.
The speaker also urged the impor-
tance of hard surfaced country roads
to encourage imotor freighting into
and out of the city, bringing the pro-
ducer and consumer closer together
and thus enlarging and extending the
trade territory of the city.
MAINTENANCE OF WAY
>1 I N CALLED TO STRIKE
FEBRUARY 17 BY ORDER
Three Hundred Thousand Members
Throughout the United States Told
to Quit Work at That Time
Unless Demands for Higher
Wages Granted
shing. Governor Robertson, Mayor, fr|ends, died The Santa Fe got up lawton, Okla., Feb. 10.—Resign*
Watlon, the general stafT of officers a Specjai tafo (Be body to Enid, tions of all principals and teachers
and hundreds of former soldiers in The mornjng the train was to leave, in the high school and the ward
uniform wormed its way through the j %Irf. Iohn Burf( mother of Mrs. For-, schools of this city were placed in
business section and headed for the (une an(j the next morning her the hands of the superintendent of
state capitol building. The parade father followed. It is said that when schools today following the failure of
was abandoned, however, on account | hjs w{fe died t^e aged husband re-|th® board of education Monday night
marked: "Well, it is my turn next." i to grant an increase in salaries
It was feared or the next few days | The resignations have been accept-
that Mrs. Fortune, would follow the jQ^' board announced tonight and
other three, she is now reported out are to take effect ne*t Friday at the
of danger. Her husband, father and (lose school. The teachers at a
motehr were liehl until her husbands, meeting last Thursday made a
father, mother and sister could come
from the state of Washington and
were buried here in Summit View
cemetery.
SKOt'IllTY BANK ADDS STRENGTH OKLAHOMA CITY IS SAIH
O BE FLOODED WITH #1
Lindsay Banker Made President and
Will Move Family Here.
The Security State Bank of this city
has added as another asset to its
strength M. A. Smith, of Lindsay, who
has been made preisdent and who will
become a resident of Guthrie. He
succeeds W. E. Brown of Tulsa, as
president. He was connected with
the Farmers Exchange Bank of Lind-
say and has had eighteen years ex-
perience in the banking business.
This does not change the official
status of Cashier J. F. Buck, who has
built up the business of the bank
in such a remarkable way. The in-
cerased deposits will soon necesslate
the increase of capital stock of the
Detroit. Mich., Feb. 9.—Orders di-
recting 300,000 members of the United j bank.
Brotherhood of Maintenance of way
employes and railway shop laborers to PUBLIC INVITED TO
suspend work at 7 a. m., February 17 ( AMERICAN LEGION MEETING
weYe going out tonight to various The Le Bron Post will hold its
locals. J next regular meeting on Wednesday
Allen E. Barker, grand president of j night, February 18, 1920, at the Cham-
the organization, following a meetffig. her of Commerce rooms at 8 p. m.
of the general chairmen of the Broth-' sharp, and extends a cordial invita-
erhood. The strike can be averted tion to all ex-soldlers, sailors and
only if flhe railroad administration marines. A smoker will be given and
before Saturday grants wage increases cigars furnished by the First National
demanded last summer, he said to- Rank.
night. | H. W. JAMES. Post Commander.
G OLD
FLOURL
demand that they be given an in-
crease of 25 per cent, retroactive
since January 5, and that another 25
per cent increase be granted them
for next year. The demands were
made in the form of an ultimatum to
have been answered by 1 o'clock last
Monday afternoon.
BILLS RAISED TO TENS
Oklahoma City, Feb. 9.—A warning
that this city is being flooded by $1
bills which have been raised to $10
was sounded today by D. W. Hogan,
president of the clearing house as-
soclation, after several banks and I Washington-Pending a decision by
business bouses bad reported such ,he Supreme Court of the I!nltod
bills. Mr. Hogan expressed the be- States on (he con8titutionamy of the
farm loan act, al future applications
FEDERAL FARM LOANS
HELD IN ABEYANCE
l No More Transactions Pending De-
cision by U S. Supreme Court.
lief that an organized gang were dis-
tributing the "raised currency."
The bills are worth but one dollar,
he said.
LEGISLATURE MAY
MEET THIS MONTH
Early
Session Is Favored,
Says.
Sentiment for the early calling of
a special session of the legislature
without unnecessary delay was strong
among men who discussed the subject
yesterday with Governor Robertson,
the governor said. If further ex-
pressions [from tjhe people support
the wish ftf those who called at the
capitol, it is expected a call will
be issued for the legislature to as-
semble before the end of February.
for loans from federal farm loan
banks will be held in abeyance, Farm
I.oan Commissioner Norris announce^
tonight. The policy of the board to
suspend temporarily the making of
loans does not affect loans for which
applications already are in the hands
of the farm loans representatives,
however, Mr. Norris aaid, adding that
such transactions would be completed
under the regulations in effect since
the system was created.
Z.W'K MULHALL TO
DRILL FOR OIL
Zack Mulhall has formed a com-
pany to drill for oil on his ranch
north of town. He has some Kansas
and Eastern parties in with him who
mean business.
Favored By Wilson and Bryan as
Candidate for PerMlddiiL
New York, February 11.—Edwin
Thomas Meredith, the new Secretary
of Agriculture, is the distinguished
man believed to Tiave been in the
mind .of Secretary of Navy Daniels
one day lasf week when he told an
audience that he could name the
next President of the United States.
Private advices from Washington to
people in the financial district today
gave th© information that President
Wilson fifffl sounded William J. Bryan
on teh availability of Secretary Mere-
dith as a presidential candidate and
that Bryan indorsed the suggestion.
Secretary Meredith is a publisher
of farm papers with a large circula-
tion, a director of the Chicago Federal
Reserve Bank and a stanch Demo-
crat. In 1914 he was candidate for
I nited States Senator against Sen-
Plctoresque kentuckian was Soldier,
Fox Hunter, Miner, Turfman, 1^-
Islator, and Veteran of Many
Personal Encounters.
Lexington, Ky.—The death here last
week of Col. Jack Chinn, famous the
world over as a turfman, marked the
passing of the last survivor of the
Kentucky known far and wide.
The death" of Col. Chinn removes
one of the most picturesque characters
of Kentuncky. He was known as a
soldier, fox hunter, storyteller, states-
man, tufman, farmer, miner and fear-
less Indian fighter.
Intimate friend of the late William
Goebel, he was at the latter's side
when he was pierced by the assassin's
bullet which caused his death. The
shooting occured 20 years ago Friday.
Throughout the trying times in the
State when Goebel contested the elec-
tion of William S. Taylor, the Goebel
ator Kenyon and ran well for
Democrat in a strongly Republican j tragedy and the court trial8 whlcll
followed Col. Chinn was frequently
He is a MeAodist and a prohibition-referred to as "Goebel's body guard."
1st. It is under8tr>od he was "dis-
t overed by W. D. Jamieson of Shen- | ^' VLIFOIUAN' M AY GET
andoah, la., director of finance of the
Democratic National Committee.
WHO KNOWS THERE ARE
MINKS NEAR GUTHRIE
LANE'S CABINET JOB
Secretary of Interior Resigns After
Nearly Seven Years Service.
Washington, February 9.—Presi-
dent Wilson today accepted, effective
Charley Mathias, who has made a March 1, the resignation of Franklin
living for nearly thirty years in K. I^ane, for nearly seven years Sec-
Guthrle, hunting and fishing, shipped , retary of the Interior Department,
to St. Louis this week 50 muskrat In discussing today of his probable
pelts, several 'possum, many rabbit successor the name of Alexander T.
hides and one coon and one mink. Vogelsang, First Assistant Secretary
They will bring over $150. This Is,of the Interior, also of California, was
the third shipment he has made since mentioned.
the middle of December.
COTTON CONVENTION
DATES CHANGED
He trapped the batch at "Dead
Man's Cut,, four miles south on the
Cottonwood. He says the stream is
cleared of logs and he Pan row trom
the city and back every day. But who
ever thought there were mink in Ok-
lahoma, and especially anywhere near
Guthrie? The minx fur is costly, and : "ceWcd by J. A. Whitehurst, presl
It is all the rage in women's wear,
and Charley may get a premium for
it. He says he lost one one coon out
of the trap. He thinks someone stole
it out of the trap and left a claw in
its jaws to make believe an animal
tore It out.
Dates of the annual convention of
the American Cotton association have
been changed from February 17-20 to
March 9-12, according to information
dent of the state board of agriculture.
The place of meeting was not changed
from Montgomery, Ala. The asso-
ciation has for its purpose the bet-
terment of marketing, growing and
warehouse conditions affecting cotton
' growers.
Market Bulletin: No. ] Wheat, $2.40, f. o. b. mill. GUTHRIE MILL & ELEVATOR CO.
IUH: flours
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