Oklahoma State Register (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 29, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 4, 1920 Page: 1 of 8
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Oklahoma State Register
KI AI'^T PiPI'U DI'UI Iy ii l<n «avtivr /tnoi ^ ... „
KLPEST PAPKR ITBI.ISHKD COftTIMOrSLf IS Okl.AHOH
TWENTY-NINTH YEAR. No. 43.
TURKEY ALLOWED
TO KEEP FOOT
ON EUROPE
GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY. MARCH, 4, 1920.
ADMfRALS MEET ON BATTLESHIP PENNSYLVANIA
i'M! is NUtVH ^ thOVK rum i qi itir-x HilKMi op schooi. lv>di,k.«
London, March 3.—The peace con-
ference cloesd its London sessions to-
night after preparing the Turkish
treaty and its economic conclusions in
such a manner that they may be com-
pleted by assistants. The treaty will
be handed to Turkey at Paris, March
22, it was announced.
Disposition of the Turkish navy
was definitely settled by the allied
supreme council today when it de-
will be taken up, it is understood.
It is possible that Premier Miller-
and will come to 1-iondon the latter
part of next week to confer with the
foreign ministers and ambassadors on
the Turkish treaty and on the conten-
tions of the Hungarians regarding
their treaty.
It is not expected that the economic
conclusions of the conefrence will be
made public before Saturday or Sun-
cided that peace treaty should pro- j day.
\ ide thai the warships be broken up. j The supreme council will assemble
The Turkish army will be so reduced early in April at San Remo, Italy.
th.it it v\ould not be effective against j where negotiations with the Jugo-
another country. Slavs will be resumed. The reason
The council deliberated this morn- for the gathering at San Remo. is that
ing over the reports of Marshal Foch lit was felt that Remo was too far dis-
on the military situation as regards tant and less suitable for conducting
Turkey, but did not determine upon j the negotiations with Serbians,
the details of the military terms of
the treaty.
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IN AUT
PARTY
UNDER
FREIGHT TRAIN
Okla., March 3.—Death
3 on the heels of pleasure
ay morning. Three girls,
ys. young society people
nd Ixme (irove west of
killed outright while on
their way h um
by the Amerii
Tuesday n ig t.
in which they
from a dance given
nn legion post here
when an automobile
vere riding with five
'its photograph. taken at Guantanamo bay, Cuba, wli
Simpson boarding the battleship Pennsylvania to meet Admiral Wilson.
Atlantic neet la ut winter practice, shows Admiral
j Premier Nitti of Italy, who is to FREM'H
I proceed immediately to Italy, has not!
The league of nations council will j received a reply from the United
hold its next meeting in Paris March j State's with regard to President's Wil-
1~. Organizations of the committee son's statement on the last communi-
to investigate conditions in Russia cation of the allied premiers.
WKMOItl VI,
HARCH 7.
SERVICES! >lltS. PEARSON SPEAKS
AT LIONS LI NCHKON
IHAJIJIEK OK COMMERCE PREDICTS SILK SHIRTS
KM 1E $ YEA WO UK
Le Broil Post No. o! American I.egion
Invites Relatives of Dead Sol-
diers Who Will Receive
Certiorates.
WILL COST $20 TO $25
Elects New Directors and Schedules'
Much of Next Year's | Workinrn Demand Them, l ut Wealthy
Improvements | 11,16,1 Take Cheaper tirades,
T. n. , I Says Expert.
The Chamber of Commerce held its
annual flection of directors Wed-
nesday night in the City Hall. In
spite of the blustery weather, there
Le Bron Post No. 51, American le-
gion, will hold French memorial serv-
ices at the First Methodist church
on -March 7 at 2 p. m. at which time
French memorial certificates will be
given to the nearest of kin of soldiers
; who lost their lives in the service.
Cincinnati.—"Our company in New Rev- A- Callan, Post chaplain of
York has orders for $13,000,000 of lhe '^hron post, and pastor of the
First Methodist church, will deliver
a good crowd present President ShlrtS '°V the spirng 1920 and 50
Frank McGuire presided and Secre- rent °f thls an,ounl is fo'' 8ilk shirts. the memorial address.
tary A. P. Gregory took the minutes' Ma"y °f the °tber shirts wln have i The following named persons will
of the meeting. There were some'81"1 stripes. Never has there been receive certificates as of nearest kin:
excellent talks made. Secertary SUCh a Craze for silks' Ten years Thomas E- Bentley, Coyle; Mr. Pen
Gregory praisde the work of the di- aRO We SOld virtua"y no silk sihrjs. McBroom. Hulhall; Mr. Florain An-
lectors and forcasted many thing that The workin«man' now earning more drews, Mulhall; llrs. Hallie Brown
can be done in the future to further lthan ever' wears silk shirts- but Miller. Guthrie; Mrs. Beulah Reese,
build up the city. i wealthy men do not. They know that Guthrie; Mr. Henry C. Acton, Mul-
John Dean was called for and gave1 thpaper weaveB ,win K|ve be,ler aer- hall: MrR ■-o"'8'5 Terrell Guthrie;
a scheme by which the Guthrie min- vice' Next yeap' however' si,k shirls Mr' John W- Granley. Crescent; LMr.
eral waters can be exploited. He'w111 be hi«h—$20 to $25 or higher— Edward Yates, Mulhall; Mrs. Mary
thought the citizens should get behind Iand the deimand is bound to fal1 off- Whitman, Guthrie; Mr. Wilbert W.
Rhae, Crescent. Mr. Charles W. Ful-
bank is koithed ler. Mulhall; Mrs Beulah McMern,
I'liieve-.
the bath house and send out word to
the world that they will pay anyones
transportation to and from the city
who does not get cured. This to be
done after a committee of physicians
had passed upon the invalid and con-
cluded it was a case the waters could
cure* |le declared this wbuld do
more good than all other advertising
in the world. It would be a case of
"no cure, no money."
vhas. Olson talked on how to get j
a cotton market, and declared the I iind *10 in Pennies
way to do was not to talk past fail-
ures, but either put up an independ
IN STILLWATER Crescent; Mrs, Emil L. Hirschi. Guth-
( ric; Rev. Geo. O. Nichols, Guthrie;
Mrs. Eliza E. Cunard, Crescent; Mrs
At the weekly session and luncheon
of the Lions club Friday, Mrs. J. C.
Pearson, president of the state fed-
eration of women's clubs, addressed
the club and told of the accomplish-
ments of this great organization in
the way of bringing about reforms in
our laws both state and national, and
pledged the co-operation of her or-
ganization with the Lions and other
civic bodies in all good works.
A proposition from the Ridpath
Lyceum bureau to furnish the club
two lecturers, viz e President
Marshall and Judge .1 Lindsey to
appear in Guthrie the coming season
under a guaranty of the Lions was
rejected.
WATERLOO WELL
promises well
Showings of oil and gas in the deep
test well of the Idaho Drilling Syn-
dicate. in the southwest of the south-
east of 17-14-3, near Waterloo, have
admittedly mystified the drillers and
the owners of the well.
This well was started as a deep
test, nothing being expectid above
rotary (lib hears former
• ink (ommissiovkr
others, was struck by a freight train
at a crossing in the west part of the
city. One boy was fatally injured and
another slightly injured.
The dead are:
DA I LEV ftORRlS, 18 years old.
Wilson.
IKE KIMBRELL, 23 years old, Wil-
son.
LI ( ILE KIMBRELL, lfi years old.
Wilson.
IVA BEALL, Wilson.
ULSTER BRIDGES, 20 years old,
Lone Grove.
The injured are:
liAKE CAMERON,
crushed internally.
WINSTON BROWN,
22, Wilson.
19, Wilson.
T he Rotary club at its noon-day
luncheon at the lone Wednesday
heard an interesting address by for-
mer state bank commissioner A. M.
Young. Mr. Young was bank com-
missioner under Governor Haskell i s"Bl,tl>' injured.
and helped to tide over the bank) Hllda I'awrence, Bessie Chadd and
panic of 1907 and the following bank j }'d 'lomas Tall young persons of Wil-
failures at Oklahoma iCty. He has ' Kon' wbo were in the automobile were
since been connected with one of the ' un*nJured.
largest banks in New York. | Thc automobile was dragged 40 feet
His address was on the financial i hy "'e ,rolKht ™r which was being
conditions of the country, and he de- i switched between the Ringling Road taken lunch at a cafe in the city fol-
oevr the city today, and are hurrying
here. Young persons with whom the
victims had danced, but a few minutes
before the accident, are heartbroken.
"I had ujst put my car into the
garage when I heard screams. "Gus
Key, who lives near the scene of the
accident, said today.
Key had been to the dance. He
turned in the alarm, and ambulances
"With doctors hurried to the scene. The
freight car had to be lifted off the
wreckage of the automobile, under
which the bodies were buried. Those
who escaped said it was miraculous
they were not killed outright too.
Two of the girls jumped from the car
and escaped uninjured.
Occupants of the auto say there
was no warning given of the train's
approach. No whistle was blown and
there was no brakeman on the rear
car, which struck the automobile, it
is said. A rigfil Investigation of the
accident will be made at a coroner's
inquest and the train crew has been
told to be "ready for the inquest.
Officials of the Tlingling road have
left the car standing where it struck
the car and the wreckage will not be
disturbed until after the investigation
is complete. The train was running
twelve hours late, it is said and cars
were being switched.
The party in the automobile had
clared there
and the Santa Fe. Those who were
iI led were mangled beyond recogni
Tunnel I'nder Wall: Take . _ . o non f ot u ,
Artie Brandon, Meridian; Mr. Lincoln 1 ";'uu Ieet> and all geological predic-
Money and Jewelry. Paisley, Navina; Mr. Julius. Diedrick,!,ions pointing to a possible 3.000-foot
Guthrie; Mr. J. N. Wallace. Guthrie, j lole before oil or gas was hit. For-
Stillwater, Okla., March 3.—Enter- Mrs. Henrietta Kongable, Guthrie; :nfttions in the well have, howev
ing through a rear window and tun- Mrs. Mattie Williams. Umgston; Mrs.
nelling tohrugh three feet of brick borrow C. Gordon. Mulhall; Mr. Geo.
robbers got away with $340 in nickels C. Hyde. Mulhall; Mrs. Rebecca Tem-
mail bag pev. Guthrie; Mr. J. Grinninger, Or-
thought to contain checks and a con- lando; Mrs. Rebecca Hatshell, Meri-
siderable amount of jewelry, early dian; Mrs. Eliza Clark, Coyle.
was no need to fear any
panics, as there was more money in ,
the country than ever in its history. """ and were ldenti'lcd by pieces of
He also gave an illuminating disclos- i ^ewe'r)r'
ure on life generally, its ups and!. "We didn ' hear ,,le train approach.
downs, and the necessity for large inK~~we were enjoying ourselves and
magnimlty in judging our fellow man. "ot the ""Khtest idea of nager."
Helpfulness to young men, beginning ! wlnston Brown who was slightly in-
life, was another point he stressed. 1,,red- 8Uid when asked about the ac-
The club voted his address to be j c'dBnt
the best it had heard. | Ille l)arents have been notified of
Mr. Fred Lintz made report as! "le 'r"Bfidy which hangs like a pall
chairman of a committee, that Mr.1 ~~ —
Wilson will not close the Guthrie AMI GIltl.H CLCIl AM) 1 COL. J. |{. lloi.tlt\
Opera House, bui will place it in a Al l'l,T DEMONSTRATION WORK
better position to serve the public
than before, and that all he desired All boys and girls who have joined
lowing the ending of the dance. They
piled into the car in front of the cafe
and waved happy farewells to friends
who had attended the dance with
them.
They all came over here early Tues
day evening for the dance. They were
members of the best families in Wil-
son and I^jne Grove and were fre-
quent guests at dances held here.
They participated in the social events
of the younger set here.
forecast, in that five showings of gas
and one of bolh oil and gas have al-
ready been encountered, with it now
around 950 feet.
Drillers have encountered a contin-
ual succession of red beds, shales and
was the moral support of the Rotary the Pig Club must see their bankers
club and teh patronage of the public, and sign a contract for their gilts
I as they will be delivered the 2nd
"DEACON ENTANIilED" week in March. There are 90 appll-
1VAS A GOOD I'LAY cations, and as there are not that
j many gilts, those who get the con-
The play entitled "The Deacon En- tracts, will 'be the only ones who will
tangled," given in the Guthrie Opera get the gilts.
House Tuesday night by the Young 1 There ar
dies in operation
ent gin or get an independent buyer. | Vednesday tnorning, from the Still- Commander, H. W. James says: j limes. Under each of the rock forma-
A telegram received Thursday by
Geo. Tipton from Ned oHlunan, presi-
dent of First National Bank, states
his brother, Col. J. R. Holtnan, died
that morning in a hospital at Dallas.
Mr. Holrnan left for Dallas Monday,
when he received word his brother was
in a serious condition from an opera-
| tion being performed in a hospital
Peoples. Class, of the <,ristlan th JL £ £2S'^l'^
who wereaRfonUunaLeto0yhearyitth0It a' "l" "ereford i,n" the S orthorn among the first contingent of railroad
was a tangle CUnS lo Z ™
water National Bank. , ("Everybody is cordially invited to at- tions gas lias been found. The first I anf| r< - — ----- ,— .
Thirtv-five private lock boxes were 'end Ihesc services and especially the 'aa at 472 feet, the second at 482 feet. I '""j'"' for many n"'rry start in with, and taking out insur- (JI TIIIilE CITIZEN INJURED
mistakes. All the actors acquitted ance for the full value of the animals I
themselves well-almost like profes- Th,. J HE>>KfWEY HOTEL EIRE
Dea-
Rev. Budlong thought one of the
things that should be done is to fur-I inivnc iwn uuac — - -— , lwt ' mistakes All the ac tors ° """"
nish athletic amusement for thc young >'ifled and valuable papers with jew-, families of above mentioned persons. | the third at 693 and at 845, an oil , ' ... ... iu'ue" ance for the full value of the animals
sand carry showings of oil and
NEW YORK COMPtNV TO
! wa« hn u ?'lS sionals. The parts taken were:
was hit, with two gas showings be-
and so keep theun in the city. jelry were taken by the robbers. No
Elbert Burton told of a proposition liberty bonds were believed to have
Oklahoma county was making, to'been stolen, according to James E.| DRILL SOl'IIT OF COYLE neath that depth.
build its hard surface road to the Berry, vice president of the bank It, — i Whether ihe well is located on a rose, Stella Lockwood; Calvin Spang-
south end of Division street if U>gan s not known how huge the jewchyj (Coyle Clipper.) dome of considerable proportions, or iBr, o. My
e Ri
con Penrose. H. T. Flaueher- Mm .1 .1
,MItM • death from any cause, and
Penrose, Catherine Hetch; Ruth Pen- against loss.
rose, Stella Lockwood; Calvin Spang-
ler, G. Myron Ilulse; Rev. Dr. Sopher,
ichmond. Levering & Co., whether shullow pay sands, unknown Lester Allen; Georgie Sopher, Thelma
New York City has accepted geologists, will be found, is a ques- Duke ;Harry Baxter, Glen Paris;
not known how terg
county will continue it to the city of lo8s i8-
Guthrie. If this is not done, Oklaho-, This is thc first time that any of: (Inc) of
ma county is apt to build northwest four banks in Stillwater have ever a block of leases two miles wide and;1'011 Denton, who is pres- Plainclothes man, Carl V
toward Kingfisher. i been robbed. Officers say there is; four miles long beginning one mile of ,ho company, in charge jf ^all Fan, John Duke. Miss Opal
Fred Lintz agreed with Mr. Burton no trace of the robbers. -south of Coyle at the northwest cor- has been unable to decide. He Smith was director of the play
on the road proposition and then ner of section 16 running southeast, jis i,lclin°d to believe that the well is
^oris; Base
commended the officers and directors EDWARDS ADVISES URY AN TO ' VLstracts on these pieces of land are lo<*ted on a dome, with the structure
of the Chamber of Commerce for their,
last year's work. A vote of commen-
dation was given them.
Chas. Seely was 011 the program on
building and loan associations. He
made a succinct address, that was
Much appreciated, as follows;
"In the beginning God created the j
heavens and the earth. Some cen-
JIMOK ORCHESTRA CONCERT.
GET RIGHT OR
Jersey Governor Demands Popular
Popular Vote on Prohibition.
New York. March 2.—Unless Wil-
liam Jennings Bryan co-operat
that the Democratic party . may
turies later came the Building and j "squarly present the prohibition is-
Loan Associations. 8,,e t0 t,ie people of the country,"
"The man Adam slept the first *'ov- Edwards of New Jersey in an
night under a tree. That, when he address here tonight at a dinner of the
awoke, he found juicy fruit ready to Society of Arts and Sciences, declared
be plucked is not pertinent, except only fair to suggest to Mr.
that had he had a house in which to '*ryan that he leave the party and
lay his head, that scandulous story j take up his proper place in the Pro-
about Miss Eve would never have been hibition party."
told. j "If my efforts result in the adop-
"At the present time a majority or tion 'by either or both parties of a
the homes in the cities of this country definite policy," he added, "I will be
are being built on the installment, contented, and I will feel quite cer-
plan, the payments being madej tain that in such event the majority
of all the people of this nation will
compel the restoration of the full por-
tion of personal liberty and self-de-
termination that we all desire de-
serve and demand."
iKAVE PARTY : being made up and the company'ex-j covcl'ed up."
ipects to be drilling within a few j Surroundnig people were at first The Junior Orchestra, under the
months. The contracting company is | skeptical about the reports of gas and direction of Prof. H. H. Ryan, gave a
said to be a strong one with consid- showings, but hundreds ot them concert before the high school Tur?>.
erable producing property in Texas have visited the well and investigated, day morning that gave unusual de-
and New Mexico. They promise to j Many said "it is impossible," but hav- light to the students. These are all
put down a hole 3600 feet providing j in8 seen it, have become enthusiastic very young people an dtheir elder
oil is not found before that depth j118 to the future of the surrounding friends gave them enthusiastic ap-
and parties acquainted with the!country. preciation. The piano solo by Mary
standing of this company have con-| —— Davis. 12 years old. and the violin
fidence in their fulfilling their con- WORE TllAX A MILLION solo by J. M Dolph, Jr.. 10 years
t^ct. | FISH TO BE DISTRIBUTED e,lcited especial enconiums. All the
The farmers northeast of town met [ selections were of classic character.
last Friday and an effort will be Oklahoma City, March 1.—More \
made to block up some leases out}than a million fish will be distributed
there. We understand that there are j in streams of Oklahoma by the state
at least a couple of parties who are game and fish department in a short
This enables the banks to make a '
lower rate, as the* insurance covers j
assures ' Douglas, tarvelling for Will-
j iamson-Halsell-Frasier Grocery Co. of
The Hereford Sale March 24. and ithis cJty was one of the victims of the
the Shorthorn Sale, March 25, are 1 Rhodes' Hotel, Hennessey, fire Mon-
well advertised and the management ''ay morning. He jumped from a sec-
is preparing the Sale Pavilion for.°n dstory window and had his collar
1000 people. Many Calf Club mem- hone broke and some ribs broken. He
bers will be able to buy at these sales, jis now lying in a hospital at Enid, and
Prof. Melton called to mix the j it is thought he will recover, although
Gopher poison, but the strychnine hu3 ' e is badly burned about the face and
not arrived and this caused delay that cannot talk.
is unavoidable. He will come again j s. A. Douglas, of this city, was called
soon and mix this poison and give to Enid oJlnday to his borther's bed-
demonstrations ot its use. The mixed [side at Enid. He gathered from the
poison will be stored with County ; others that the way the first started
( lerk Estus, and can be had in half was that a guest poured coal oil on
monthly. The easiest and best plan
is through ♦! . use of Building an 1
Loan Associations, which have made
unprecedented growths during the
(Continued on Page Five.)
gallon sacks, at cost of materials.
Mr. O. B. Acton, President of the
Logan County Free Fair, was in Guth-
rie making arrangements for the pre-
mium lists and correlating all of the
interests that are necessary for the
holding of the best Free Fair in the
state this year.
GEORGE WATKINS DEAD. ' Many I/jgan Breeders of registered
livestock are attending the Fat Stock
George Watkins, who died at his Show this week.
willing to take these leases if they
can get them properly blocked. We
are a little slow about getting ex-
cited over oil talk in this locality, but
one thing sure the small speculator
must be kept out of the field if we
ever get a reliable company to put
their good money in a suitable test.
It looks as if the New York company
might begin drilling by July or Aug-
ust—let us hope.
ONE COOTIE STAMPEDES 700 MEN
time. Hen Watt, state game and fish Z'l'Z fl . ,"V1Slnn' was a r0"
wardeiv announced today. This nutn- tur-f in th(! flrst
bf/fll several times larger than dis- ' "rs "r n""irl'' Only the old timers A single cootie which somehow suc-
tributed on a iy previous year, he ?,*", re*nen,ber whon h<> the na- cessfully emigrated to America and
said. Last year 250,00 fish were " foremost horseman. He raised established a home in the new world
palced in streams in this state. ,P I °n ,hC Cir''ult of ,hls ln a warehouse of the U. S. Fuel Corn-
To inject new blood in stock fish POU"tr5' and En/,and some of its fast-, pany at Benton, 111., caused 700 men
at the state hatchery the warden said !" Pacers. Those times to go on strike. Strangely enough
his department is now seining a nuan- f . ^ now. >ut George, as hia none of the 700 appeared to have had
ber of lakes in the state. Pass, crop-' Ca" hlm' keI" presence of mind to kill the
pie and other varieties are to be taken ,,?! ""t ""0l"C bI°°d" C°°lie- What would "ley have done
about him to his dying day. j in the trenches?
a stove in starting a fire. Instead o/
waking up the sleepers, he fought
the flames from the explosion until
the lower part of the hotel was all
on fire and cut off the exit of those
on the second floor.
this ear of corn !< feet loxg
A big "sell" at the Chicago Hay an*.
Grain Show was an ear of corn mor*
than a yard long and nearly 3 feet ii\
circumference, containing 82 rows of
225 kernels to the row. In shape and
proportion It was as perfect as any
of the prize winning ears and at first
glance would fool a farmer. It was
made from kernels selected from
more than a hundred geanine ears
of corn all harmonizing in color and
shape and fastened to an immitation
cob in a way to deceive the eye of
an expert.
Market Bulletin: No. 1 Wheat, $2.30, f. o.'b. mill. GUTHRIE MILL & ELEVATOR CO. ^^(jOLD
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