The El Reno Daily Democrat (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 34, No. 138, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 18, 1925 Page: 1 of 7
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THE EL RENO DAILY DEMOCRAT
UtMTUb PUN NIVUt
FIRST WHEAT
BMAHEIED
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TIm kMtu<r ul KirMiui »Ue first
III It** MNMUU ul m:i |ur* lu
i M Kcuuedy. vhu rv»nW* north ul
itv rHy. Mr Kennedy marketed
bushel* ul wheal yesterday ul itv Kl
Keuw will Ttv »tv«l »t* number
Otte (liulf and tested liM lu *2 IWUlllIk
ll brought Fl.oM 4 bushel The lost
load ul Ihv *ea*«‘U * kilt'll « I Up lu bv
received ul the Canadian null wa*
brought in this morutug from a lurui
live utile* south aud thlee win »l
Itv lily, uiuttl !•> K l' lauiM-n ul
Okarvhe Tlii'' wlo-m tested til mid
was stored ul the mill Market pra-
wn* 11 JU
Jvitik Sum It marketed the first wheat |
luul yvur ul l lie Kl Reno mill and j
laHiuurtl Smith was first ui the I'uuu
din* null. Iloili iii.ii keteil their * lieul
till June 23. 2924 The l.nee Wl
IDlIk.
lu 1923. It Koppa* inurkvletl the
Ural wheat on June 2! Trite wa* 81
vvUlu.
In 1922. W. F. Iteuier wu» the first
lu inurket wheat «>U the local market
mi June 21. The price $l«»n
H K HKtwr am! wile lu Jut*
Hm kvti. luU 23 umi 2! Murk U. lake
View utMiitw. Kl Hem*. (See
Huilie Hurty lu J H Kuyttr. S I S
ul SK 1-4 aeettou 91. township 11.
range V IJTW
Ueurie M. While iu Trank 11 White
!t»u 6 and T. Murk 12. Hkku* uddiliun
iu Kl Kenu. tl.kee
II K Kiekur and wife iu Viuggie
Ilea ill. lots 9 lu 12 inclusive. Murk
2. Luke View uddiliun. Kl Reno. 919k.
ROOF BLAZE
NO DAMAGE
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A small root fire hummuued
the tire ile|iurtiiieut to 219
North Admire about 5 15
i Wednesday evening There was no
I damage. Spark* or u defective flue
is supposed lo have caused the fire.
Till* wan the 391 h alarm aiuve January
I total fire lo** for the year thus fur
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1 About noon yealerduy the depart-
| nieiil answered a still alarm aent in
ftuiit an auto establishment on North
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WASHINGTON. Ii IV. June U
Ruben M l«a Toilette. l ulled Stale*
Seiiaior from Wisconsin. and ntMvd
progressive leader, died Ihi* aflerntnm
al 1:31 al hi* home in ihi* rlly.
The veteran aenulor wa* taken ill
with u fold about two week* ago.
wkhli developed into brou« hial asth
m.i Ills bear! berume affected and
death resulted thi* afternoon
Inning the lust preMideulial earn
paigtt Senator lui Toilette wu* the
standard In-arer of
party
Hm Fowl
It* had drivel lu luwn. eleven mile*
from their lillle prairie settlement
with this under The weathers of the
sehiud hoard badted her np and down
gravely aad *b«a>k wise obi head* and
stroked ioug gray beard* She wa*
loo voang and itreiiy lu nuke a good
st liool leather they decided Thai
wa* the lieginuiug 14 "Bobbie *" po
III it mI career In a speet-h which
would iiave done luui proud in hi*
A hat ravl td judgment from Carter
county ha* been filed in dial riel court
here in the case td the Amt man Na
iktnal Hank ul Ardanue Oklahoma
v» Frank U Keith
llr T J lame, who wa* taken »ud
dt al) ill al his laim near Union ITiy.
yesterday. wa* removed lo hi* home
ib Ihi* rlly aad I* reported somewhat
improved
TIRE THIEVES
WORKING HERE
KANRAft CITY POLICEMAN
SPEAKS SEVEN TONGUES
llirkfortl across the street wesi from
tin* |misIoffice. A heap ur old auto
bodies had been set afire and burned
tin* insulation from wiring in (lie
KANSAS 1‘ITY. Mo June 1« Sgi , |^,l!|lllorhoiMl y,
Joseph Clgich. this city’s police prodI I
gy of Htution No. 4. can say. "Stop
Thief," in seven way*.
More (lull that he t an properly ad
die** the transgressor so a* to elimi-
nate the proverbial shaking of the
head anil accompanying gesticulation*
of one who does not understand.
He Is a linguist. and hi* tongue
twisters are not merely Mother (loose
rhymes.
Sergeant Clgich converse* in seven
the Progressive I l*D r year* lie touviured the schutd
IlMiard that hi* sister wa* the one
,r— teacher lo fill the vacancy.
Unlit-11 Mai lou La Toilette of W Is j From hi> niolher. w lu* wa* of Scotch
cousin wa* a symbol to many linn * Irish descent, he inherited the ever-
dretls of thousands of people of all inestui twinkle In his eye and his
that wa* liberal and progressive in | hearty laugh aud front his father, a
American political life descendant of lltoae vigorous Trench
More than any contribution or deft- llngenol. who left Frame to escape
LEGION WANTS
SERVICE FLAGS
Hite at hieveluent, his UKgreaalve lead
ershtp of American liberals and the
iradititin which gradually grew up
about Him served to make him the po
lilic.il idol of a large section of the
voters of the middle west.
| lie altaiui-d (lie polillcul power, fur
i which In- strove so long, only late in
jltis career, and then it served rather
|as a destructive force, for he was
fun ul by hi> polit ic* to play a game
I of blockade and counter-blockade, lu
I tin- sixty-eighth congress, with the aid
religious perm-t ution. he acquired that
tenacious and bulldog determination
which lias carried hint through many
a tassel where weaker men would
have falb-u
Had the futis I umpired lo give 1st
Toilette the proper kind of a hack
ground for such*** iu middle w estern j #uij j,.,. pUU(| <
politics, the.- could not hive dealt more
kindly llnni on flag day. 1K55, In a
log cabin, lie was brought up in tho
strt-ugih and vigor of pioneer tradi-
tions and pioneer life. Self-educated,
lie won Iiis way to honors and grad
Awakiiud alsiiii i ii i Its k this morn
mg by the balking of a dog. Itepniy
Kin riff IVarve iIim ovcieil a man iu
tile ad of removing the lire* from
ike officer’* imi The man made bis
escape
The shcrifl'* offlie here ha' Im-i-ii
liotifbsi that lire lllb-ve* were bu*v
at Yukon on Tuesday nialit wlu-u tliir
teen auto tires were stolen iu that
city. The thieves lacked up the
Wheel* of the car. deflated the tires
and then removed them and also the
rtm in some Inalnm-e*. The thieve*
were traced to Oklahoma t'lty but
were not cuptured
A WET NORWAY
of the little band of radicals, center-
ing about In in. he was aide to hold | tinted trout the l diversity of \N iscou
the twin nee of power because of the sin in ls*9 He was admitted to the
U<-uo post of the American close alignment between Democrat a bar a year later and Ihe same ypar
and Itepiibllcaus.
Yet all Ills life was a fierce battle
for liberal legislation, which was iu
The Kl
Legion is desirous of securing the
service (lags ot every organization and
languages: Knglislt. Croatian. Servian., community in Kl Kenu aud Canadian
Polish. Slovac, Bulgarian ami Kussian. ,,-ounty. to lie displayed during the [ no small degree successful.
II I 1 v.. 1 T _ . . • t*_____I ,1.1... tl t II »••» III* tils* nnlll'UII 111
Forty years old and a Croatian hyii^.gion Endowment Fund drive next
birth he came to Kansas City twenty-j week
four years ago and has taken complete
citizeliship papers. He said he learned
the languages from persons h« had
associated with in his youth. Besides
being muster of seven languages he
is the father of nine children.
PROBE FIRE
AT FORT SILL
TOUT SILL. Ok la.. June 19. New-
fire-proof buildings will he asked for
These flags may be left at the Dally
Democrat office or with Harry Brad-
Naturally, tin- course marked out
hv La Toilette was bitterly resented by
all cimservntives. and he was both
feared and denounced by both Uepuhli-
ford at the Kl Heno Posting Service. |cant and Democrats, who preferred
The flags will he properly cared for j the old order. He was attacked as a
ami will lie returned to the various or- socialist, even as a communist, both in
unitizations after next week.
public and private by the classes he
Help the Legion in their campaign himself assailed. The world will he
compelled to await the verdict of his-
tory on his career
to secure funds for the care of war
orphans by loaning them the use of
your service flag.
was elected district attorney of Dane
county, after his initial fight agaiust
machine politic*.
From 1880 until 1881 he was district
attorney and they talk yet in Madison
of litis yoang firebrand who. ,by the
sheet fire of his oratory, won case af-
ter cHse. The next step was congress,
ajtd after a tierce battle, which marked
the beginning of the end of machine
politics in Wisconsin, he was elected
to congress In 1885 and served until
1991. Although he was unknown and
looked upon with suspicion as a radi-
cal. and given a place on an unim-
LEAVES ON SAD MISSION
Mrs. C. F. Hart will leave this even-
ing for Wichita Falls. Texas, in re-
sponse to a message announcing the
death of her brother-in-law. D. Lakey,
from the war department to replace jin ,iull cuy this morning. Mrs. Hart
the seven frame quarters destroyed ,a|so received word today of the seri-
by fire late Wednesday.
Most of the seven buildings were
occupied by officers, although a few
were vacant. All the buildings de-
stroyed were built during ihe World
War. Each building contained front
16 to 24 apartments for officers and
their families.
The total loss will reach $200,000.
officers estimated Thursday. The ori-
gin of the fire is not known, although
a court of Inquiry was to be held to-
day to Investigate.
From the first day when as u stout (portant committee, he made an envi-
Htocky boy of 9. lie stood up bravely J able record during these two terms,
before the school hoard of the little preventing a big lumber deal on the
town of Primrose, Wis.. and told them ‘Indian reservations and playing a vety
that he "knew his sister could make a prominent part iu the framing and
good school teacher." and that she de- passage of the McKinney bill-
served the place, his career has been a La Toilette, upon his return front
long, long fight, sometimes hitter, more Congress, swept out with the rest of
often joyous in the sheer love of the the party in the Democratic landslide
fray I (Continued on Page 4).
What have you done for the Milk
ill Ice Fund?
LITTLE INTEREST
IN UTILITY BILL
MARKETS
KANSAS CITY
Cattle receipts market 15 toito a tree.
20 cents higher: top $11.in: bulk $10-
50.
Calf receipts :!(••': market 25 cents |
higher; Top $8.75. 1
Hog receipts 5009; top $12.<u; bulk
$12.00.
oils illness of another brother-in-law
W. J. Bell, who is iu a hospital at
Sherman. Texas. Mr. Bell is county
assessor of Marshall county, and re-
sides at Mndill, Oklahoma.
Have you contributed to the Milk
and Ice Fund?
MOB LYNCHES SLAYER
I THICK. Utah. June 18.— Robert Mar-
shall. slayer of city marshall James
•Burns last Monday, '-as lynched here
I today. Marshall was cuptured near
j Castle Cate today and brought here.
A mob of citizens took the prisoner
]away from the officers and hung him
OSLO Nuruuy. June Ik IM**t%-
tbe cud of 1925 Nuruuy will hu*«- a
rvlt-i t-uduui uu prohibit but
Premier Moviikel bus pb-dued the
laberai party lo that rtfeci The ex-
act dale however, ha* Uol yet bee*
determined
lu the meantime Not W4) ui*he*
that certain louutrie* iu Europe would
quit kicking her dug around Fra no
aud Spam especially Norway has a
wry mild, apologetieal form of Prtdii
billon but even that piair thing suffers
litun tbe violent assault* of great big
Kuiopcait • outline* which have wme
md -pirit* to sell
All Norway ha* been tiyiug to do.
cccordiug to spokesmen (or the i»«v
••rnincut. is lo prohibit the importation
of imweiful spirits coutuiuin* more
ilull I? pel cent of alcohol
Anything under 1? per ceui can
onto living through the custom house
without opposition It * uu lu- bought
and sold freely eitougli Hut uuylhing
over 17 |s-r rent Norway would like
to keep out.
Ilut she can’t
Swedish punch, which connoisseurs
say I* the most powerful knoekout that
Kurope knows routes flowing aero**
i Ip- frouller mid through the innuut
eralile fjord* and there areu'l enough
conscientious teetotallers among Ihe
soldiers aud the coast guard to keep
the stuff out
I’relicli eoguui (brandy l la landed
freely at Innumerable coves along Nor
way's three thousand miles of cousl.
Even port, wlileli Is the wine of Portu
gal "fortified" with lirnndy to make It
travel, is rolled into the country iu
I huge tuns aud pipes aud casks and
With the filial date but a few days|quarter casks and Sherry which ia u
distant, for filing petitions asking for
a refeveiidtitu vote on the ‘’revocable
permit" hill, apparently hut little iu
terest is being shown in the measure.
Signed petitions an- coming in slow-
ly to Mayor Jack Klvett. who is In
churge of the work of securing signa-
tures, and unless greater activity Is
shown in the next few days, the sig-
nal tires obtained will not be sufficient
to refer the. bill Mayor Klvett stated
that 900 signatures were received on
Tuesday front Tulsa and stated that
he understood that petitions hearing
Ifiltn signatures had been filed in Okla-'
hoina City. According to the Mayor
about ITimfl had been received thusl
far, and that it would be necessary j
to secure ut least S4ub more
HAS CLEAR RECORD
WATONCA, Okla.. June 18- Earl
Pettit, 16. was born and reared here
and has incidentally has passed
through twelve grades of school with-
out ever being absent or tardy
| The school board presented him
with a certificate as a reward for his
record.
IS NUPTIAL TRAVELER
light white wine of Spain “fortified"
again and again with pure distilled
spirit of its own grape- conies rolling
in.
Smiteoieh whiskey comes in
smuggled in principally by Humlmrg
smuggl'-rs. But in general Scotch is
not a problem as these other spirits
• Continued on Page Four)
WRECK TOLL
REACHES 45
HACKKTTSTOWN, N. J.. June 18.
The death toll of the Lackawanna train
wreck Tuesday at Rockport. near here
today stood at 45.
Twelve of the 24 injured passengers
still in the hospitals are reported in a
critical condition and fatalities may
yet reach 50. Meanwhile six separate
investigations of the tragedy are un
der way.
Mrs. W A. Farley aud son. Eugene,
of Joplin. Mo., are visiting Mrs. Far-
ley’s sister. Mrs. Will Heer and fam
lily.
INMAN DANCE
AT FORT RENO
WILL BE FRIDAY
—* NEW YORK, June 18. Meager re-
ports received today by the United t
IVess stiite that the Amundsen Polar j
expedition has arrived safely at Spit-,
1 zberger. Details are lacking.
Amundsen left four weeks ogo to
da> on In’s polar fliuht.
WALDRON. Ark . June -4*-Dr. I
Shaddon so. took his nineth trip to
tip. altar last week when he and Miss
Fattuio Davis, 21. were married
The doctor is a well known prael
ionefcr in the Mill Creek Valley section
BASEBALL SCORES
POLICE COURT
IN BUSY GRIND
Fines totaling $130 were assessed in
• court last night when Bitlhie
NATIONAL
Ngxx York
Cincinnati
OKLAHOMA CITY
Uattlo receipts OOtt; inurket higher: | Indian raees, polo ami other events
‘Yop $9.00; bulk $8.00. I will feature the program at Fort Reno
Calf receipts 200; market steady lo j tomorrow. Today was Oklahoma City
strong: top $8.50. 1 day at the Polo Tournament and a ]thotiy’s hospital
Hog receipts 600; market 25 cents j special program was prepared for the
higher; lop $12.70; bulk $12.00. ;visitors. Tonight between 8:30 and
__ .9 o'clock, Indians in costume, will
OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla June is.
In 1899 William Marshall Rice, then
member ot the firm of Matthews w
C
FAI MAN ON STAND
CHICAfiO. ill.. June 18. Dr Chus.,
Faiman. leading witness for the Jaekson. <ie»W Allman, h !• Mari.s
tale in the murder trial of William
!t. Shepherd today testified that Shep-
Rice architects, helped design the new hi ;d pn-mised him $100,noo for helping
hospital for Oklahoma City Si An- J to poison Billy MeClintock.
I Brookly u
I Pittsburgh
I Philadelphia
('hi'-ago
AMERICAN
D*-t roit
New York
('lu- ago
Boston
o’clock Allen building iu Dallas at the time of
COTTON
NEW ORLEANS. La .
Spot cotton closed at
local exchange today.
LOCAL
Wheal new
$1.3tl
Wheat, old
$1.35
Oats
4uc
Barley ’..
HOC
Corn, mixed
9ltc
Corn, whit >
93c.
Kafir
90c
Blitter fat
34c
Eggs
22c
Wltat ha vo you
and Ice Fund?
done for the Milk
j stage a dance In front of tilt grand
lune 18. J stand. There w ill, be no admission
$'24.30 on the I to the grounds
I The Indian exhibit comprising some
i very fine specimens of Indian work-
j tttaitshlp. W ill he open to visitors.
NET WORK OF CAVES
Wednesday morning at
Rice, a contractor at Dallas. Texas.jltis death,
died tit St. Anthony's hospital from Rice was .*1 vears old
He is survived by his wife, Mrs
apoplexy.
Rice came to Oklahoma city Sun Ivina Wilson Rice, and three sous,
day. accompanied by his wife and Harold. Eugene and Cluude Rice, all
brother-in law. Dr. Charles K John-'of Dallas, his mother. Mrs. T B. Rice
son of 225 East Fifth street lie had of Kl Reno; four sisters, Mrs. Loretta
been ill for two weeks ami came here Martin «f Oklahoma tity; Mrs. Ja« k
for treatment Smith, of El Reno; Mrs. Loretta Mor
He suddenly been me worse about ’• gatt of Norman and Mrs. May Stair of
lock Wednesday morning lie wtt Kl Reno; also four brothers. John Rice
and Ruth Admit* were lined $20 each,
oil the charge <>f disturbing the peace*.
Will Jackson, colored. -Ho.on for en-
gaging in a light xs it Ii his wife on
j Tuesday night ami $20 each was PBid \ Philadelphia
by a coup!" who gave *h<- mime of j,.j,.Vt.|aI1<|
Birl uttd Pup. both white on a charge |
of intoxication js, u„i-
i Wa-hingtim
KYKNIXC SHADE. Ark . June 18
A net work of subterranean passage
wavs were encountered ut it depth of
15 feet by well diggers on the faint of
C W. Shaver home.
The eaves are lit it stratum of lime-
stone and It Is believed a portion w«-nt
Into solution itltd was carried away by
under ground water.
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taken to the hospital and died
lu addition to designing the liosiu'-
al building and u wing later. Rice de
signed the former Masonic temp!*- at
Third street and Broatlwi.y. the old
Baum building, now Ihe Fidelity Nu
slid Curl Rice, both of Kl Reno. Reo
Rhc of Oklahoma City, and Oeurgc
It ii i- of Kingfisher.
Funeral Tomorrow
The funeral of William Marshall
Rice will he h* Dl Friday afternoon at
tloinil hank building, mid the okla 2 m front the Hahn Funeral Home In
human building Oklahoma City. Tempt-ary Interment
lie was hullritng th" n* w |l,6mumii will be made lu Oklahoma City
VICTIM OF HOAX
OK.Ml’LCKK. Okla... June 18 Pa-
trolman W N Beaty went after the
niily kind "l a worm he knows much
about Billowing an mnmvttmus t*l<
phone I all. a SlIII With o worm colt
mi lion wa- hidden behitn a ding
store,
Concealing Itim-clf. Beatv waited tor
the owner of the liqiuo tnaklnc uppm
lit IIS
((lowing tired of waiting If- l"i
(tinctornrily Inspected the mountain
d< w tnantifai tui'lng plant
He found a small ten pot
fish worm iti-dd",
W it ll ll I
B A S E B A I, L
Sunday Afternoon
JUNE 21, 2:30
Legion Park
Magnolia Petroleum Co.
vs.
DAILY OKLAHOMAN TEAM
Admission ‘J5 cents
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