Oklahoma State Register (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 39, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 2, 1920 Page: 1 of 8
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Oklahoma State Register
M.D1ST PAPFB PritLISHKP COSTIHCOCgLT IJ OIUIOI1
TWENTY-NINTH YEAR,No.
IM,t( ES SERVICE ABOVE P\KTV [MM,ITU'S. FRIEND OK SCHOOL LAND I.ESSES.
WILL GOV. ROBERTSON
FORCE LYNCHING
PROSECUTION?
tilTHKIK OKIjA.. SttFT. 2 l! 2u
Oklahoma City, Sept. 2.—Announce-
ment concerning investigations by the '■ BELAND MLWOKIH. HESOLI-
attorney-general's department into TIO>S.
the conduct of Sheriff Johnson of I At their weekly convention Friday
Oklahoma county probably will be'n'Bht, the Knights of Pythias paid
made this afternoon, Elmer I,. Kulton, ! tribute to the memory of their de-
assistant attorney-general who has j Parted brother, Louis 1 Beland, who
had charge of the investigation, said ) died Wednesday, August 25, and who
last night. Fulton has been acting in
accordance with directions of Gover-
nor Robertson that a careful exami-
nation be held to determine if the
sheriff was guilty of neglect of duty
at the time of the lynching of Claude
Chandler, negro boy, Sunday night.
Fulton did not say last night if his
expected announcement would answer
the question finally as to whether
ouster proceedings will be filed
against the sheriff. He held a hear-
ing yesterday behind closed doors
and said he wished to gather addi-
tional evidence today before making
any statement.
Tulsu Cusp Investigated.
Tulsa, Sept. 1.—C. W. King, assist-
ant attorney general of Oklahoma
City and a corps of special investi-
gators arrived here today and swung
into action the state's legal machin-
ery to Investigate the lynching last
Saturday night of Roy Belton for the
alleged murder of Ho.ner Nida, taxi-
cab owner and drivr.
Mr. King immediately went into
conference with county attorney
Thomas I. Monroe and later was in
consultation with District Judge
Owen, who has summoned a special
Austrian Troops Get Flag of New Republic
}iad been a loyal memben of the
order for about twenty-five years, by
ordering their charter draped in
mourning for thirty days, and by
unanimously adopting the following
resolutions:
Whereas, God, in his infinite wis-
dom, has decreed that all must die
and His messenger, Death, has called
our beloved Brother Ix>uis I. Beland.
to the Supreme Lodge above: there-
fore, be it resolved by (iuthrie Lodge
No. 2, K. of P. that while we bow in
humble resignation to this Divine dis-
pensation, we cannot refrain from
giving utterance to the sorrow we 'Washington, Aug 131.—ITbe consti-
feel in having lost this brother who so tull°nal amendment providing direct
abundantly possessed all the qualities I I)rimaries tor the nomination of pre-
that endear one to mankind: He was IH,dent candidates and their direct el-
strong, kind, generous and loyql to 'ection without an electoral college
OPPo. "NTS OF SUFF-
$1.50 Per Tetu
kxl CAN MAKE
NO HEADWAY
m n itusyi i i mm< Tj it
CAI.I.Eli lit 111 till
to her !Z' 't,'!!8 I,UrK''P,",Z' Vlcn,na' °n ",c orcnalon of ,h<' Presenting of th« flag of the new republic of Austria
Ideru f The ceremony was performed In the presence of the allied commission, and was presided over by Prw-
Ident Seitz of Austria, who Is standing with his hat lifted.
S(1HA 1.1, TO SEEK 1HHECT
IMtlMVKV FOB PRESIDENT
MHI.ACK KE.tTEM HAIII.Y CIT* SCHOOL 1 E<HN
I NRACE FOB CONGRESS 1IONKAV SEPT II.
* . 0. P. 111 Sponsor Constitutional Hail road Men Charge lie liun For An
A iiiendnieiit.
humanity.
And while we are deeply sensible
that in his death the country has lost
a worthy citizen, the city and country
surrounding it an efficient builder,
and our lodge a cherished brother,
yet we realize that there are those,
his wife and children, who stood
nearer to him and whose grief far
surpasses our own.
Our hearts yearn to console them
grand jury to investigate the lynch- I in their 8°re afflication and we here-
iug to be convened September 13. | by tender them a deeper sympathy
Following conference with the coun-1 thai* we can find words to express,
ty officials Mr. King announced that I Resolved, that these resolutions be
the state would work in harmony with sl>read upon the records of the lodge
the county officials in conducting the us a Part of the minutes, that a copy
investigation. He supplemented that ! *)e presented to the bereaved family.
no witnesses would be called until j *
his corps of investigators had collect. I
ed sufficient evidence and witnesses ,
WE SAY SO TOO
to continue the probe without delay. |
They were busy an hour after ar-
The Marshall Tribune has this,
with which we agree:
drawn by Representative Thomas
'Schall of Minnesota, will it is un-
derstod, be made an official repub-
lican measure, immediately congress
meets.
The full text of the proposed a-
mendment follows:
"The people of the states and of the
organized territories of the United
States shall be the electors of the
president and vice president and
shall have the qualification requisite
for the election of members of the
house of representatives of the con-
gress or territorial delegates thereto;
and tne person receiving the greatest
number of votes for president shall
be the president and the person re-
ceiving the greatest number of votes
for vice president shall be the vice
president.
Eustern Propaganda.
Oklahoma City, Aug. 30.—The offi-
cial count in the office of the Secre-
tary of the State Election Board
shows Leslie G. Niblack ne' r the tail
end of the vote in the race for Dem-
ocratic nomination for congress.
The vote stands
Stafford 8,809
lack 81
seven counties in this congressional
district, and Niblack received vi
(High School pupils will enroll on
Thursday and Friday of week. Fresh-
man pupils will enroll on Thursday
afternoon, and the Junior in the
morning. Sophomore pupils on
Thursday afternoon, Junior pupils on
Friday morning and Seniors on Fri-
day afternoon. The morning hours
will be eight to twelve and the after-
noon hours will be one to five. New
terlng Guthrie schools for
me will enroll on Saturday
morning as far as possible. Persons
,rtu~ ; entering the freshman year are to
ally no votes outside the city of ' , .
,, , , * .enroll on Thursday morning the same
Guthrie. , ...
as other pupils. But pupils who have
There is a rumor among the rail- 'credits elsewhere and wish to enter
road men that he ran on the open school are requested to enroll
Swank 10,62!*;
d 8,809; Franklin 4,030; Nib- pupils ent«
15; Webster 743. There are'the first ti
shop platform as a tool of an Eastern on Saturday morning.
syndicate that is fighting labor. His 1 'Mr Greene, Principal of the high
whole page advertisements cost too school, came to Guthrie yesterday and
much to have been borne by him and (is at his post of duty. He has been
its writing shows a plan to subvert i working on his Master's degree at
labor that must have been prepared 1 bleu go University Credentials and
by a professional propagandist. It J college credits can be had b/ calling
was first thought that Niblack ran npon him at the high school,
simply to defeat Roy Stafford, because Requests have been made to the
Stafford would not vote for some of Board to chaqge the boundary line be-
his printing bills under the Haskell tween (.apito| and (.entr>,
administration as Governor. ^ut schools. ^ committee was apointed to
^ regulate and control the method of some some trace the scheme 'o N'ew;inllno„„ ... ...
"The meanest fellow in the whole , ,, ... , . . . , Ynri, Q„,i < « * (investigate the matter but no changes
selecting candidates to be chosen for ork and think its intention was to , ,
. t , nave been made.
the offices of president, vice presi- elect a man to congress on an "Open
dent, senators and members of the [ Shop" platform and so open a nation-
al fight on labor. That Niblack got
so small a vote is either due to bis
personal unpopularity or that of the
platform.
"The congress shall have power to
| world lives at Crescent. There is no
Gus Eberle's
rival in rounding up witnesses and
evidence.
A special court of inquiry convened I
here today but took no action. C. W. ""8take ab°'" thiS'
King, assistant attorney general here wa,ermelon "atch is locate" near that hQuse ,.epresentative8 an(1 t0 pro.
to help county officials at the re- " are' a,,d «"> * <le" j vlde l)y law for thc manner ln which
quest of Governor Robertson, indi- a half car-load of melons for ! ^ cand|datcs
are to be elected by
cated the court's real work will begin
lomorrow.
Gus Eberle never refused a man.
! the electors qualified to choose them.1
Ixmg lists of names of those wanted
for their testimony have been pre-
woman or child a melon in his life.
and to appropriate money for the ex-
The new rules of the Board of Kd-
I ucation requlires that pupils enter-
ing the first grade for the first time
, will be allowed to enter only in the
.two weeks. No bigginners will be re-
jceived after the third week of any
— — — .half year. In the -matter of beginners
In fact, he has given away more I.,enses of tho seleCtion °f such_candN | TorHIST AUTOMOBILE j pupils who are six now or who will
YAKI) FOB CITY be six before January 15, 1920 will
I be allowed to enter school at the
The Rotary at its luncheon at the first of this term. The first term of
fruits of his labor is easily the mean- Ilriniar- 'awa within the republican | ;jone Wednesday discussed a com-'8Chool will close January 2 14. 1921
ranks. He conefrred with Senator:
Hiram Johnson before drafting the.
Pari
Washington. Sept 2.—Action of the
lower lioiiHe of the Tennessee legis-
lature yesterday in voting nn-con-
currence in the ratification of the
woman suffrage amendment is viewed
by state department officials as cre-
Hnrvnv c nMu «..# <n . , 1 ating a legal tangle with which the
naive> < . oids sat in a chair about , , ,
state de| artment has nothing to do
at this time. Officials said today they
contemplated no action whatever on
their own motion.
Ilane Olds l'la}cd Conspicuous
In Karl) Guthrie History.
9 o'clock last Friday night in his
home on South First street, and
when Mrs. Olds. thinking he
was asleep, nudged him wanting to
know if it was not time to go to bed,
she found he had dropped into a sleep
from which there is no awakening.
He had partial strokes paralysis
sometime ln fore and this quiet going
away was the result. He was buried
Saturday afternoon at 2:30 in Mt.
Summit cemetery. He leaves a widow
Mrs. Jennie Harriet Olds, two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Karl Croxton, of Medford
and Mrs. It. A. Smith, of Oklahoma
City, and a brother, Walter Olds of
Tulsa, to mourn his death.
•Harve Olds was one of the immor-
tal "89ers who came to Guthrie the
first day of its creation. He played a
full man's part in its upbuilidng,
holding many public positions. He
practiced law at first and then drifted
into newspaper work. He never could
decide which he liked best. But one
thing he was always sure of—he was
always for everything that would 1
build Guthrie and make it the fore-1
most city as well as the capitol of •
the state. At one time he was local '
and legislative reporter for the old
Meanwhile, an application filed in
the District of Columbia supreme
court at the instance of the national
constitution league, seeking to re-
strain Secretary <('olby from proclaim-
ing ratification of the ninteenth a-
mendment, was dismissed today on
motion of the applicants.
The plleate curt would be asked,
counsel for the league asid, to ratify
the action of the supreme court of
the United States, in order that final
decision could be had upon the status
of teh suffrage amendment.
ftiiftrmrlst Reassured.
Clhcago, Sept 2.—Mrs. Harriet Tay-
lor Upton, vice-chairman of the re-
publican national committee today
told a conference of republican lead-
ers from Mississippi valley states that
she had been assured by Secretary of
State Colby and Assistant Attorney
General Frlerson that there was no
way in which Tennessee legislature
could nullify Its ratification of the
suffrage amendment.
This information was given here.
State Capital and finally its managing i •• * ...
* * however, she said before the action
editor. In the capital days, when
melons than some men have raised. |
dates and their election to office."
Mr. Schall is represented to be the
pared, it was intimated bv County At- i
tornev Thomas I Monmp • ! Then ,s there any deputing the fact i
of the court will be behind closed ! ,hat ",e fe"°W Wh° WOU,d deatr°>' lhe '>eS' 'h'"™"" aU,"°rlty ^
doors and developments will not be
for publication. Mr. King said.
est man in the world? We think not." ranKs- He conerrreci with Senator J munication from the Realters pro-'and all pupils who are eligible be-
Itousing Itally ot' Kepublicaiis Gatli-
(H'THRIK BUSI\KSS COLLEGE
CHANGES HAM)
Guthrie Business College has chang-
ed hands. Mr. Padgett, the former pro- j
prietor, has gone to Mobile, Ala., and | hopeful 'and largest crowd gathered I
taken charge of the Mobile Business J from all over the state to hear Gov-
College, Mr. 10. G. Brm\n, formerly J ernor Lowden, of Illinois, last Satur- i
of the Mobile Business College, is day than has gathered in the state for !
of the Mobile Business College, is Ma;
Guthrie was the political Mecca of
state affairs, he was correspondent
for the Wichita Eagle and the Kan-
sas City Journal. But always he was
a member of every organization and
•very movement to boost Guthrie.
He was a picturesque and caustic
writer and speaker when the mood
took him and how he did write and de-
claim for honesty whenever a city en-
terprise came up for public considera-
tion. iHonent. himself in 'all public
matters he was outraged when he
found any set of citizens no matter
how high in public place, conniving
to rob tin* city. When he found his
cherished dreams of a great city go by i
in latter years, he lost much of his
strenuous ways. But always he was one
who loved his fellow man; one who
enjoyed his friends, to whom the "old-
timers" were like "the salt of the
earth." No one who did not know him
in the early days, from the day when
he helped to organize the first vol-
junteer fire department up through all
yesterday ^ln which the legislature
voted to expunge from Its record its
ratification action.
The conference which will extend
through tomorrow was attended by
many governors, national committee-
men and several republican leaders
from the east, although Its object was
to discuss the presidential campaign
in the Mississippi valley states only.
posing to establish an tourist auto- f()re the ciose of the firs half-year
1,0WHEN MADE (.HEAT ADDRESS contsitntional amendment Mr. John-1 mobile yard at the Fair Grounds. can enter at the beginning of tho
AT OKLAHOMA C1TV. on will Introduce a similar If not j This is a scheme of Vic Houston, pre- term
an identical measure in the senate. sirlent of the Realty Board and Is a m d * * ■, , Il,is newspaper carreer can appreciate
' . i Mr- "erdue and wife were here yes- i,i„ wh,,lp value \'n rnni.i v r
good one. The livestock sheds can be ,orriov ,„Ilkln„ r lh ,, , 1 e 0,1 1 e r
teida> looking over the situation for do for nothing for his friends as Harve
ered to Hear llim.
Perhaps the most enthusiastic, most
HlUHElt GAS KATE
CASE POSTPONED
Argument lll Beard Sept 10.
Corporation Commission.
fixed so as to make auto stalls and
i shower baths and other accomoda-
| tions can be arranged in one of the
MOKE IMTES FOH COX IV
STATi: ANNOOCEO BY
DEMOCRATIC CHIEF
Washington,—Arrangements have
so far advanced by the demo-
cratic national coinmitte for the visit
of •Governor Cox to Oklahoma City
that it may be definitely stated he wilt
make eight or ten speeches in the
state that his visit will be about the
fliht of October, although the exact
date for his entrance into the *tate
can not he given now.
LIO>S lMSCI'SS ( IIA HIE It IMEXD-
MEJiTS.
The noon hour of the I.ions club
the school year that begins Sept 6, olds. In those days he played the L
me ^er('ue ^aR been threshing tar an(j aanK as sweetly as a girl, and. Friday was devoted to discussion of
wheat this summer since July. He 'he was full of the joys of life, for his | Proposed emendments or revision of
year. Guthrie and Ix)gan I
now the propietor and principal of ! county delegation chartered a special I 0klah°ma City, Aug. 30.— Hearing
the Guthrie Business College. | interurban car and was conspicuous on argumetns on the application of j eomodations.
•Mr. Brown has taught many years at the convenit.on. l^ead bv Win the Oklahoma Natural Gas company
in public schools, private schools, and Walker, the delegation (the only one for Permission to establish a flat
business colleges. He is a member of , with banners—six of them) marched 4'c,t>' 8ate" rate on «as furnished all
the bar of the State of Colorado, hav- ; around the auditorium to the applause cities on its ilnes was continuel here
ing practiced law there five years. Mr. j of the multitude. today by the corporation commission
Brcwn comes to Guthrie to stay. He , State Chairman James Harris, pre- unfil \September 10. The case ^had
buildings. It frs thought this would at- „ „ . .. , t •
tract the large automobile travel to frequetn rains have in- heart and mind were fertile in wit j Guthrie city charter. The idea had
come to the city ifthey knew such ac ,erferGfl w,ttl the threshing business un(j humor, and he was the delight-j ,aken f°rm in the real estate board,
furnished. They summci - j ful recontuer of every company. None ( and Vlc G- Houston had been dele-
comodations were
I would be willing to pay for such ac
gated by the realtors to present the
College a school where young people reld introduced Governor I^wden.
can get a practical business education
He believes that in a farming com-
munity a business college should
meet the needs of the boys and girls
who are wise enough to stay on the
farm, and the Guthrie Business Col-
lege will provide such a business
course. We bespeak for Mr. Brown
th« co-operation of our citizezns in
the work he is undertaking.
MEETING OF AMERICAN
YEOMAN SEPT. *
A meeting is called by T. T. Mock-
abee and Mrs. Lora Mathews corres-
pond for the Brotherhood of Yeoman
to meet Wednesday, September 8th
at the A. O. U. W. temple. The meet,
ing is for the purpose of electing of-
ficers.
The gas company will present to
''Governor Cox is not ingenious and the commission September 2, a val-
candid. and he hasn't the open frank- uatlon on all its properties for the
ness that should characterize a candi- purpose of asking a higher rate,
date for president when he tells that !
if elected he pledges the ratification HAfLY BEAT FOR
of the treaty as brought back by Pres- j GOVERNOR OF TEXAS
ident Wilson and says there will he !
no more war." Governor Ix>wden said. Former Senator Behind Waco Man By
"Such a statement is as little true as | More Than 70,000 Votes.
the campaign slogan of 'He kept us j
out of war.' Governor Cox should Dallas. Texas. Aug 31.—Pat M. Neff
President Rittzhaupt announced
thnt the next international Rotary
convention will be held at Edenburgh
Scotland, and that he would attend
and probably Elbert Burton.
A Roiary picnic was announced for
Thursday September 9th,
Country Club.
at
the
Grade pupils will enroll at their so miserable that Harve Olds did not,
proper buildings on Thursday and have a word of friendship; none so | matter to the Lions club- which he
Friday. Directions will be made lat- p00r that he did not lend a helping j dld ln a «cneral way as no definite
er jhand.
There will be a meeting of the ^ There are thousands of men all
*hite teachers of the city at Central OVer Oklahoma to whom his death I
School building Saturday afternoon wjh bring a happy memory of the
at t*o o clock and the teachers of pagt and a grief of his taking away.
the Separate Schools will meet
Favor High School on Saturday af-
ternoon at four o'clock.
DR. CONRAD'S SANITARIUM HAS
STATE-WIDE BUSINE8
GUTHRIE DEFEATED NAVINA.
GIRLS ir YEARS OLD
BARRED FROM WORKING
ABOUT BARBER SHOPS
plans had been determined upon. For
the purpose of formulating a basis to
work from, a committee consisting
of Lions Ed Cook, Fred Green and
W. C. Smith was appointed by Presi-
dent Ix>ckwood to meet and confer
with similar committees from the
Chamber of Commerce. Rotarians and
Real Estate board, with instructions
to report back to the club for final
disposition of the matter.
The question of providing camping
grounds for auto tourists was also
One of the Institutions that makes Guthrie defeated Navina baseball Oklahoma City,—Girls under
no noise in the city and very few team last Sunday on the local dia- >ears of a*e ma-v not be employed before the club and R. M. Chilcott,
people are aware of its importance mond 22 to 12. At that it was a good Jln any capacity in barber shops in I w. W. Hickman and V. W. Haws were
is the Dr. Conrad Sanitarium, on West game. | the state, according to a ruling today appointed as a committee to investi-
Seventh street. This institution has The next game will take place at l)y Claude F3. tConnally, state labor
its own artesian medical wells of the -Merrick Sunday. commissioner. iHe declared such em-
character as those that flow in Min-
know that hp can't coerce the senate of Waco defeated Joseph Weldon eral Wells Park, one of which Is *he I'l/I'lJMED THIRTY FIVE MELONS
into ratification when Woodrow Wil- Bailey, former United States senator j famous "Hercules" water. The Sani-
son could not. But if the league of from Texas, according to returns tab- tarium gives all kinds of medical wat- Report has It that someone cut of age may not be employed in such
nations covenant should be ratified, ulated by the Texas election bureau , er treatments, from Turkish baths to thirty Ave watermelons in Howard .shops after 6 p. m.
he knows that wars will go on." Saturady's run-off democratic pri-Jvoliet rays. Dr. Conrad is conisedred I.owden's field. Logan county farm- The ruling, he explained was made
Mrs. Fassee, vice president of the mary. With 401.S73 votes accounted among the most scientific specialists er, living west of town. The ques- that a gir' under 14 was being em-
Woman's Speakers Bureau, followed for, the election bureau announced In the state and patient come to his tion did, the parties "plug" that ployed in a barber shop there and
Governor Lowden in a very able ad- the following figures: Neff 237,105; institution for treatment from all the many to And if they were ripe, or that her sister, under 15 is a baber
Bailey 161,50S. surrounding states. just do It for meaness? at another shop.
ployment "Injurious to the health
and morals o young women," and
also ruled that girls under IS years
dress.
gate the proposition in conjunction
with other civic bodies of the city.
The committee having charge of
providing athletic apparatus for Ban-
ner school reported the complete out-
fit had been ordered from the manu-
facto^a.
Harvey W. Bigler was arrested,
charged with stealing sixty leghorn
chickens from I. Chappel, living five
miles south of town near Seward.
Market Bulletin: No. I Wheat, $2.05, f. o. b. mill. GUTHRIE MILL & ELEVATOR CO.
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