El Reno Daily Democrat (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 289, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 18, 1913 Page: 1 of 4
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EL RENO DAILY DEMOCRAT
VOLUME 22
EL RENO, OKLAHOMA, TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1913.
NUMBER 289
Immodesty in Womens A ttire
Causes Great Immorality Wave
Kansas City, Mo., March 18.—After
deliberating for S6 1-2 hours, the jury
In the third trial of Dr. B. C. Hyde
accused of the * urder pf Colonel
Thomas Swope, millionaire .philanth-
ropist, disagreed when it reported at
12; 33 o'clock yesterday was discharg-
ed. The vote fjood nine to three for
acquittal. •
The first ballot stood seven for con-
Columbus, O., March IS.—Declar-
ing that the immodesty of tne at-
tire of womeD in the cause of "a great
wave of immortality now sweeping
over the country," Representative
oui3 H. Cappelle, of Cincinnati last
evening introduced a bill in the leg-
islature providing for a commission
of three to. "pre scribe the fashions
to be worn by women in the state of
Ohio."
Introduction of the measure result-
ed from a charge filed with Gov-
viction, five for acquittal. This vote ; ernor f ox today by a woman that
remained unchanged until there was j ' jm[moraijty is practiced by married
a reversal of nine for acquittal and j mgn tb£i Qffjce3 jn t^e state house
thre for conviction. Since then until jn the sUte of 0hio."
discharged today there has ben no j proposed commission would be
cnange. j compelled to fix limits on decoilette
Mrs. Hyde, who has stood by her j
husband so staunchly although sop-
arated from har mother, Mrs. Logan
O. Swope who furnished much of the
money to prosecute the case, showed
plainly her disappointment over tne
result. "I cannot see" said she,
"why the jury did not acquit my hus-
band. I thought I hail explained aw-
ay everything but there were many
objections' by the lawyers that per-
haps my testimony did not seem as
clear to this jury as it did to me. If
dresses, so that "not more than two
inches of the neck below the chin
shall be uncovered." another clause
of the measure provides "that trans-
parent stockings shall not be display-
ed or worn in public places."
Another provision states, "It shall
be unlawful to display or wear any
outer garment trimmed or combined
of thein would have to We married
men, and "of good moral character."
One of the members would be an
ordained minister, one a parent of
not less than three children, and the
third a social settlement* workor.
The commission would be authoriz-
ed to "prescribe rules and regula-
tions for the designing and manufac-
with lace, insertion or other kind of turing of women's clothing and to
embroidery, mesh or net through ' prohibit sucn styles and patterns of
through which the color texture of: garments as the commission after
the skin may be distinguished, with-
out having the lace or other trans-
parent material backed with opaque
material."
Members of tne proposed commis-
sion w'ould have to be between 30 and
50 years of age. Not more than two
hearing shall deem to be detremen-
tal to virtue and chastity."
The fill goes so far to prohibit de-
partment stores from displaying un-
draped artificial figure®. The bill
makes a violation of the act punish-
able toy a fine of not les than 25.
Tariff to be the Paramount
Issue at the Special Session
ARE FINALLY SECURED
Oklahoma City, Mar. 18.—A con-
gressional redisricting bill, dividing
Oklahoma into eight new congress-
ional districts, all with democratic
pluralities according to the last two
general elections, was passed finally
by the legislature Monday, the last
day of the regular session, and is
row in the hands of the governor.
The bill was the final compromise
between the conference committees
of th! house and senate, and was the
Bryan, Love, Marshal and Carter.
Fourtn—Pawnee, Creek, Okfuskee.
Seminole, Hughes, Pontotac, Coal and
Johnston.
Fifth—Noble, Payne, Logan, Lin-
coln, Pottawatomie, Cleveland, Mc-
Clain, Garvin, and Murray.
Sixth—Garfield, Kingfisher, Okla-
homa, Canadian, Grady, Stephens and
Jefferson.
Seventh—Alfalfa, Grant, Major,
Blaine, Caddo, Kiowa, Jackson, Corn-
bill adopted by house caucus last . anche, Tillman and Cotton.
week, as amended in four particulars , Eighth Woods, Harper, Beaver,
in the last conference. The house Ellis, Texas, Cifarron, Woodward,
passed the bill by a vote of ti 1 to 22, Rodger Mills, Dewey, Custer, Wash-
with republicans among those voting Ita, Beckham, Harmon and Greer.
for it, and democrats among those
voting against it.
J. Roy Williams has the honor of
iking the final fight in opposition
j to the bill in the house. He objected
Washington, March 18.—The extra that his message to congress at its take up the preliminary stages of I strenuously to the work of the corn-
session of congress, called by Presi- opening will dwel upon the need of much general legislation early in Ap- \ mittee in transferring Jefferson conn-
I could sfnd before f e jury for half dent Wilson yesterday to assemble tariff revision. If currency, Phillip- ril. A general agreement exists how- i ty from tne "Ferris" to the "Weaver"
an hour and tell them my own story April 7, will begin with nothing but pine independence, Alaskan affairs, I ever to keep -\eneral subjects out district, taking Grant from latter in
I'm sure our troubles would be at an [ tariff revision bills before it. T.iis woman suffrage or other pressing j of discussion while tariff legislation
end My belief in my husband's in- J fact was made clear in a statement questions are finally forced upon the j is under way.
nocence is more than a mere belief, toda/ by Representative Oscar W. attention of congress it will be only .\he wayg and meaB3 committee
It is first hand knowledge. I was j Underwood, chairman of the house after the democratic leaders of tae | actjng as the committee on commit-
the house after the democratic leaders of the
there anil heard and saw everything. I committee on ways anil means. In- two houses and the president are con- tee8 wiji prepare a slate of committee
Neither was I sick nor hysterical, til tariff legislation is well under Mnced that .the success of taiiff revi- , appointments to be presented to the
Clark and I should be allowed with- | way 'n the house no general commit- sion is assured. j caucus The p)an is to organize only
out lawyers, court or jury marring j tees will be named and no other leg- ,j,be daje fjxe,i for the tariff ses3- the committees necessary to conduct
our happiness to live in peace and j illative subjects wil be taken ui. was accepted by congressional ■ tfie organization of the house, rules,
contentment to which we are now en-; ^tra session in the procla- leaders with satisfaction. Commit-' accounts, mileage, and enrolled bills."
Floyd Jacobs, county prosecutor! mition, but it is fully understood tees are organized for work and will said Representative Underwood.
said "so long as I am prosecuting at-
torney tills case shall not be dismiss- j
ed."
Judge George L. Chris-man, repre-
senting Mrs. Logan O. Swope, sister
of the dead philanthropist said;
"We were not prepared for such
an outcome. Up to this very minute
we had confidently looked for con-
viction. I will say for Mrs. Swope
that she is hoping that the cases will a. f. Newell who announces
stead. The total result of the change
was the tansfer of approximately 700
democratic plurality from the Ferris
to the Weaver district, and while this
arrangement still left the Ferris (lis-
tict with tae heavier democratic
plurality, Mr. Williams, who has been
looking after Congressman Ferris' in-
terests, protested with might and
main.
S!l*jLL
i
Ml VICTIMS FREE OF
prove a leson to Francis (Mrs. Hyde) j camlidacy today for the office of Com j
and cause her to droit her connection , mjssjoner 0f Finance, needs no in
with Hyde and return to iher mother." | troduetion to the voters of El Reno.
"The jury did its best. They work- ](e hag been a resitient of this city
ed hard with some hope of an out- I (or (]le twenty three years, and
come util Friday ight. We took the bgg wjtnessed its growth from a
last ballot just before being taken in- \ gmall village to a thriving city. As
to court to day. We took fourteen & conse,rjuence he is well informed
ballots in all." j as to the needs of the city and the
| duties of a city official. Mr. Newell
| has beeen closely Identified with the
Uusinesa interests of the city, and
! w ith all the improvements made in
El Reno. Ever since locating here
Reno ' he 1,as l>een ilientified with business
' j interests of the city and with all the
improvements made in El Reno
Sam Moriarity of Yoakum, Texas, ^ ^ ^ he hag been
as accented a j>osition with the me- pngaged ,n buslnes3i part of the
chanical department of the Rock Is- , ^ ^ ^ D[_y businesa and
land' ' j part in the implement business. He
Rock: Is-
CH ICKASHA NEWS
Express (Monday.)
Miss Elsie Lisle leaves tonight for
El Reno, for a short visit with friends.
Willis Kliedge of the Firsit National
hank leaves tonight for El
■where lie will visit'friends.
Salina, Kansas, March 18.—A story
of rare devotion and of a desptrate
struggle for life in the blizzard which
raged over Eastern Colorado and
Western Kansas Saturday Is told by
In this he was backed by Lemon I passengers from the west arriving
of Grant, who opposed going into the here yesterday. The man concerned
IVrris district on the grounds that is Frank Mulholland of Ellis, a flag-
there was no geographical or rail- J man.
road connection between liis county! Early Saturday morning Mulhol-
and that territory, and by McCrory land's train was struggling in the
of Jefferson, who opposed his county storm near Cheyenne Wells, Col.
being taken out of Ferris' district be-, Suddenly a pipe in the air brake con-
cause he said it was against the i nections broke.and the train had to
wishes of his constituents. he stopped. Mulholland was ordered
1 back to guard the rear. When the
All the counter argument was un- breftk was rel>nlred and Mulholland
available,.however, as the house took ,hac] not appeared the conductor and
the attitude that there was too much brakeman spent half an hour in a
disproportion between the 1,500 de- fruitless seard,. They decided they
mocratic plurality in the Weaver or ] ahould
New York, March 18.—Dr. Friede- j the stieets," said Mr. Friedmann. oli]ai,oma city district and the 3,50o (
rich F. Friedmann is ready to treat , "Ho may drop dead in tne street but jn Ferris district, as Mr. Williams
without charge all suffers from tuber- j we cannot help him. Dr. Friedmann woujd have iiad it, and voted nearly
go on
to the next town and
appealed to tihe passengers and
| party of ten men volunteered for tha
Oscar Hagan has resigned his posi-
tion with the Rock Island and will
leave tonight for Ills home in Waco,
Texa s.
Miss Jessie IJlly, who has spent
ithe past few weeks in El Reno, re-
turned this morning to her home in
Chickasha.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Brown returned
built the brick block on
land Avenue w-hich bears his name,
and during the past twelve years has
paid yearly taxes of from $500 to $700
He has never held an office that car-
ried a salary attachment, but has at
all times worked for the best interests
of the city. He is well qualified to
mil the section men back for the
man.
. . .. , , , i Ine of the passengers, E. C. Hower
culosis according to his brother Ar- can treat only cases in hospitals and |hree (o one to 8Ustaln the committee t|.aveiin„ man iivlng in salina, then
thur Friedmann who declared yester- those under care of a government j , mendments making the division
day it was a crime to allow him to do physician. Theru are hundred:! of , ]TJore equal.
so. | physicians in New York to whom he J m
Dr. Friedmann has been refused wants to gi\'«liis treatment for the 1 lie debate at one time grew sharp • ,in "• ' ..
permission by the medical authori- I benefit of humanity but his hands and personal. Mr. Williams charged unavai ng an,
ties of the city to give his treatment are tied. He is eager to treat those Hie conference committee with vio J'' "j vestlbule
except in connection with certain patients rich or poor alike, without ' lating the instructions of the house | . , , . ,.r.,si, ;iL'ainst
hospitals. Since his arrival here, | charge. It is a crime not to allow j democratic caucus to stand by the ° t e car i" r *' '
hundred's of sufferers have besought him to do so." last .louse map "to the last ditch. ie win o
him to aid them. I A dozen persons suffering from J Representative Wyand of Muskogee
"Many of these people have come pulmonary tuberculosis received Dr. | one of the conferees, resented this
from out of town, and they cannot be Friedmann's treatment at Bellevue I emphatically.
taken into the city hospitals because | Hospital this afternoon. All of them j The pound of the speaker's gavel
they do not live here," Arthur Fried were in an advanced stage of the dis- j stopped further verbal projectiles.
mann declared. | ease. Some of the scores who wait- j wa3 the opinion of Mr. Williams
He told of a victim of the disease ! ed outside in the vain hope that they j that about half the districts under the
who had laid seige daily to Dr. Fried might Ue given tne treatment came conference map would go republican.
mann at lii3 hotel for ten days. in automobiles. All were turned aw \]r \\-yand answered that a democrat
"This man has a temperature ol ay and only the cases previously el- who COunldn't go to congress from a j
from 104 to 105 and is walking about, ected came to bis attention. district normally >'..",00 democratic i,
rrhe motion was sustained in the | ceremonies. The Grover Cleveland
| ought to stay at home, anyway.
and found a flagman's lantern lying
broken on the ground where it had
falen after hitting the car. A few
feet down the track was the lost man
lying exhausted in the snow and al-
cost dead. His eyes were frozen shut
and he could go no further.
Before the passengers had reached
Salina they decided that Mulholland's
devotion to duty should not go un-
heralded. A letter setting forth the
facts in the case and recommending
| 'lie man for ills action was prepared
,. „ ll( . „ „ Tm, third change switching Adair: and forwarded to the division super-
case of Barnes vs. Klaipper and five j Birthplace Memorial Association was from tho Muskogee district to the endeiit of the road. Mulholland
v recover.
' ' ®"' ' " ' T n , ..ni assume the duties of t.ie office of dayg was granted in which to amend recently incorporated. The associa- |„v, rt- district, wa, opposed by ,"i.
thntr future home. Commissioner of Finance and should tho petition. tlon has r.ii—I 18, to purchase Rev,reBentatlve Curtis of Sequoyah pr _
make Chickasha their future home.
Mr. Brown is connected with the
Hock Island.
Miss Agnes Norwood has resumed
her position as assistant cashier of
the Rock Island after a two months'
vacation.
he be elected he will faithfully serve
the people of El Reno as a city offi-
cial.
In the case of the State vs. R. L. from the First Presbyterian church b||f w|thoilt avail. The transfer oi
Peck, the defense was not ready for here the "old mansion" where Presi- K.|y county from the proposed fifth
trial, and the court ordered the case dent Cleveland was born. Efforts are tQ th(J "£)avenport" district also ap
reassigned for trial April 1, 191E
being made to raise $25,000 more for
the care of the memorial.
DISTRICT COURT
A petition for divorce was filed to- T])e bo(]y rf ,, Morgan wa
day in district court by Martha s-; cijsinterred at the El Reno cemetery j,
M'ss Willie Johnson leaves tonight Hampton a.-king for divorce from J. t{MlaJ. and the remains shipped to J thr,',-; v v.-terdav vi itin:
for El Reno, .where she will be the Hampton. c. W. Conquist filed a Qhio Q,d tim,.r8 wiU remember f;1 i^re.
pttition for divorce from Ida Con- th{lt Morgan fell from the second
■ I 1 Iivinio laundrymen MEET : '|lli"t- Th<> latter are Colored' 'Story of tne old Gem Hotel during the
^ Uj.'J
\ention of the Illinois Statf Laundr> pTanted penrliasion by the cpurt tn A mariage license was issued yes-
men s convent on met ere O ay- I amend his petition by making other terday afternoon to L. 1<. Robb of
is said that new materials created by defendant8. Inglewood California and Miss Marie
changing fasnions will be given much cage Qf M1Uep V8. Horton. Wade Qf Oklahoma c,ty.
consideration at the meeting. ^ ord&r ^ ^ Ba]e Qf refl, |
TIGERS START SOUTH : was confirmed by the court.
jg The ! it was ordered by the court that
IM-;ii,'d as satisfactory to all parties.
The addition of territory to the Dav-
enport district was made necessary
I lidi !hill f>f Medford was in j bv ,Tb( transfer of Pawnee to the pro
Princeton, N. J., Mar.
FURS TO BE DEARER
I-ondon, March 19.—Although the
demand for furs has not been so
great this season as in former years,
many women who buy them at this
posed fourth district, which left the 3eason because they are cheaper, re-
former with only 170,500 poimlation. i serving them for next year, are
The house put the emergency on startled at the prediction t.iat furs
the bill by a vote of 71 to 12. | wjn be dearer next year. The East-
DISTRICTS BY COUNTIES j er trade has increased the price In
The districts, by counties are as furB from 20 to 30 per cent, over last
follows; ! year's figures. A prominent feature
Harrisburg, Pal March 18.—Tho First—Kay, Osage, Washington, of the sales is the increasing popu-
bill which provides for nonpartisan ! Nowatta, Rodgers, Tulsa, Mayes, iarjty of the American skunk. The
ballot for county and municipal el- Craig, Ottawa, Delaware, Cherokee on!y skin whieh has showed a de-
MEMORIAL TO CLEVELAND ections is scheduled for public hear- and Adair. cline is the lynx.
Caldwell, N. J.,Mar. 18.—The found- ing before the election committee of Second Muskogee, Wagoner, Ok- _ .
This is the bill mulgee, McIntosh, Sequoyah, Has Jim Burke of Shawnee attended the
Conductor's dance which was given
Third -PittaUurg, Latimer Puslima last evening at the City hall audl-
taha, McCurtain, Atoka, Choctaw, torium.
his many
Mrs. A. G. Shievs spent the day in
Oklahoma City.
TO HEAR NON-PARTISAN BILL
the state be permitted to amend its ing of the Cleveland memorial was the house today
Princeton baseball tea.m started «i| owner'of the ! cetebrated here today, many dlstin-1 which will confltrt wi.Jh Governor ! kell and Leflore,
rm L'e Z*ree\vroverty MM in the case of wished persons coming from New j Tener's nonpartisan measure which
O fthe squad" throughout the season. | the state vs. Joe Lovell for burglary. York and otaer cities to atteiM the has not yet been introduced.
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Kavanaugh, John E. El Reno Daily Democrat (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 289, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 18, 1913, newspaper, March 18, 1913; El Reno, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc90788/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.