The County Democrat. (Tecumseh, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, January 9, 1920 Page: 10 of 12
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CURRENT
EVENTS IN
OKLAHOMA
CATTLE WILL BE EXHIBITED
Southwest American Live Stock Show,
Oklahoma City, March 1 to 6.
Something doing till the time for
everybody interested in (he livestock
Industry is (he program being worked
out for the Southwest American Live
Stock Show week at Oklahoma City
March 1 to 6. Hig men state and na-
tional in the Shorthorn, Hereford and
Angus cattle breeding business have
frlgnifted their intentions to be here
for the show festivities and take part
in the mid-year meetings of the va-
rious organizations. The swine men
will have an experience meeting.
S. 11. Jackson, general manager of
the show, is busy lining up exhibitions
and ho|>es to bring as good or better
string of northern shown herds Than
ever attracted to Oklahoma, it is a
large'r task now to draw from the
north than in years bygone because
Oklahoma lias so vc ■' improved Its
breeding output that no longer can
these invaders skim off the big share
of the prize money. It is hard com-
petition to get any of the cash and
every show ilnds the state herds bet-
ter fitted to contend for ttie lion’s
share of awards.
Oklahoma Angus breeders are back-
ing the boy calf growers, E. E. Bland-
ford, secretary ol' the state association,
announcing the plan to divide $100
among the young Angus followers.
This money was raised by individual
subscriptions among members of the
association.
A school of instruction, conducted
by the Bureau of Mitrkets, United
States Department of Agriculture, is
being planned. This undertaking is
of great interest to livestock shippers
as well as growers and has been a
success wherever held.
FIFTY YEARS FOR BANDITS
Lane and Hayes Sentenced After Con-
fessing to the Bromide Robbery.
Coalgate.—Chester Lane and “Dock”
Hayes, captured after a gun fight with
deputy sheriffs near Atoka, were sent-
enced to serve fifty years in the pen-
itentiary when they pleaded guilty to
robbing the First State bank at Bro-
mide, before the district court at Coal-
gate, according to a telegram received
by Eugene I’. Gum, secretary of the
Oklahoma Bankers' association.
Henry Massey, also implicated in
the robbery was killed in the fight
•which followed the discovery of the
three men in Lane's home, southwest
of Atoka.
The men were identified as the per-
sons who entered the Bromide bank
last Wednesday nnd compelled the of-
ficers of the bank to turn over to them
$2,900 in cash.
Of the amount taken by the robbers,
$2,050 was recovered when they were
captured, according to Gum.
Atoka.—Henry Massey, one of the
alleged bandits who robbed the Bro-
mide bank nnd who was killed here
in a battle with SlierifT R. O. Suniper
and T. C. Hosner, was wanted in sev-
eral states for crimes, and the state
of Louisiana had offered a reward for
him, dead or alive, according to re-
ports here..
Massey had been a fugitive In this
state for exactly one year, having es-,
caped from the Atoka jail last Christ-
mas, when he was being held on a
charge of cattle stealing.
ASSASSINATE K0NAWA MAN
Three Other Members of War Board
Threatened.
Kolinwn “You helped to get a lot
of us fellows into the army to get
killed, and now we are going to get
you," read the note which was found
in the pocket of a coat worn by Tom
Iiaglsnd, prominent Seminole county
war worker, when his body was found
along the road by school children four
miles south of herq. lie was killed
by three loads of shot in the back
from a shot gun. ■
Two other men. John Goodrich, an-
other farmer in that section, John
Cravens, one time county commis-
sioner and George Hagan also re-
ceived letters witli similar threats In
them. All three of the men were
members of the county council of de-
fense when that organization was ac
tive. Bagland is a veteran of the
Spanish American war and was the
most active war worker in that part
of the county.
The oflicers think the note was a
blind to cover assassination resulting
from a personal feud.
New Substitute for Booze Kickc.
Ardmore. Ardmbre police officers
are trying to secure an analysis of a
brand new bunch of intoxical ing dope
which lias recently put in its appear-
ance here. It, is said to exert a won-
derful and instantaneous effect. One
drink oi this stuff, those who know
say, will make a cowboy embrace n
rattlesnake or tango with a centipede,
while two drinks will make him want
to break all the commandments, hilt
leave him powerless to consummate
his wishes. For want of a belter name
Chief Chancellor of the Ardmore po-
lice calls it “casinghead” because, he
says, it is the only known substance
which will act quicker than nitro gly-
cerine.
GREAT GUSHER
IN THE OSAGE
OIL WELL GOOD FOR 25,000
BARRELS NEAR PAW-
HUSKA
BREAKS ALL STATE RECORDS
Well Is Beyond Control and $50,000
a Day In Liquid Gold Is
Flowing Into the
Creek.
CARPENTIER TO MEET DEMPSL
V
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Tulsa Holdup Killed.
Tulsa. Walter Cochrane is dying at
a hospital in Tulsa as a result of an al-
leged attempt to hold up and rob John
II. Johnson, special proliceman near
the Katy freight depot. Cochrane be-
gan to shoot over Johnson’s head as
the officer approached with a view, it
is thought of intimidating him, hut
Jolinsoh drew his revolver and shot
the alleged robber twice in the abdo-
men.
Woman Wants Car Back.
Sapulpa.—Claiming that she was
forced, under threats of immediate ar-
rest to turn over her Dodge t'luing
car to the Minot Oil Company ot ful-
sa, Mrs. H. R. Reynolds of Sapulpa
has brough suit for the recovery of
the car. In addition Mrs. Reynolds
has filed suit for $50,000 damages
against the company. It was claimed ^
by the company that the car was
stolen front them and Mrs. Reynolds I
says, she was ordered to return the j
car at once or suffer arrest for auto- '
mobile theft. Mrs. Reynolds claims ;
to hold a bill of sale for the car from
a local dealer. •
Slain Bandit Identified.
Tulsa.—Tears running down his
face and his form shaken by grief H.
H. Ccx, prison guard at the state peni-
tentiary, identUled the body or ,«slie
M. Cox, killed in the attempted rob-
bery of J. Arch Hall, as his son. Po-
lice are searching for the suspected
third man in the affair, being spurred
on by $10,000 reward offered by Curtis
Brown, employer of the slain clerk.
Hail.
Another County Proposed.
Ardmore.—“Chickasaw" Is the name
grbicb will be proposed to the mem-
bers of the next Oklahoma legislature
tor a new county which will be pro-
posed to be made from portions o' the
counties of Carter. Love, Jefferson and
Stephens, with Ringlmg as the seat of
government. A. McCrory. Ringllng
Ranker, and former speaker of the
pklabotva house of representatives,
artll probably have the proposition In
charge and see that it is properly sub-
ptftted to the voters for approval, as
law. ____ . _
$TM HOUSE XIWS
oooo o d |: nodd a o o
Governor and Mrs. Robertson were
in Washington to attend the demo-
cratic banquet on Jackson day, Janu-
ary 8.
The picture of T. P. Gore, which has
hung on the wall of the Confederate
soldiers headquarters at the Capitol
for the past two years has b- ^n re-
moved to an unknown quarte. on re-
quest of the Confederate veterans.
T. F. Gafford, Sulphur, secretary of
state Insurance board, handed his res-
ignation to Governor Robertson, ef-
fective Jan. 1. Gafford will go to
Wichita Falls, Tex., where he has ac-
cepted a position with an insurance
company.
Governor Robertson announced that
Joe O’Brien, a reporter, will become
his private secretary January 1. The
position has been vacant for two
months, since H. R. Christopher re-
signed to become superior court judge
in Okmulgee county.
Homer V. Bird of Ryan was appoint-
ed by Governor Robertson to be a
member of the state board of affairs
succeeding Ben Lafayette, who re-
signed several weeks ago. George F.
Clark, who has been secretary, was
advanced to the chairmanship, and
Bfrd will become secretary.
Prisoners in the LeFlore jail in Po-
teau county have been moved to Sal-
lisaw by order of W. D. Matthews,
commissioner of charities and correc-
tions, who has decondemned the Po-
teau jail. l,eFlore county authorities
have been given thirty days to im-
prove conditions in the jail.
The ruling of the supreme court
that wartime prohibition laws are val-
id. has caused the prices of liquors to
take sunned ascents at Tulsa, placing
whiskey and brandies beyond the
reach of many. Whiskey is expected
to reach the $45 mark before the end
of the week, with a very limited sup-
ply to draw front. On December 1 it
was selling at $22 a quart, but quota-
tions have changed almost daily since. |
The decision of the special supreme
court sustaining the claim of Baxter j
Taylor, member of the state industrial :
commission, to the increase in salary !
authorized by the last legislature for :
members of the commission, estab j
lishes an important precedent in sal
ary increases during terms of office
and reverses a custom long followed |
in the state, according to construc-
tions placed upon the opinion in cap-
ltol circles.
Because he Is a former convict. J
W. Cooper's certificate as a teacher in
the schools of Oklahoma was revoked
by the state board of education. The
request for the action was made by
Mr*. Fannie C. Rosa, superintendent
of schools of Pittsburg county, joined
by the superintendents of Dryan and
Atoka counties. Cooper pleaded
guilty three years ago. It la said, to a
charge of forging school warrants and
after spending a period of time In the
penitentiary at McAlester was parol-
ed and later pardoned by Governor
Tulsa.- Oklahoma started the new
year with a whiz! bang! when the
Mlnnehonm Oil Company brought in a
well in the Osage reservation with an
inlliul flow estimated at 25,000 bar-
rels a day, the largest in the history
of the state. *
The well is In section 14, township
26, range 8, and the oil Is shooting in
a steady stream 150 feet above the
derrick. The drillers are unable to
control the stream, which blew the
tools out of the hole. Sand was struck
at 2,234 feet, and the bit went twen-
two feet into the sand. The location
is eight miles northwest of Pawhuska
and eighteen miles due north of Wy-
nona.
Three Pawhuska men are interested
in the well, each owning an eighth
interest, and the Minnehoma Com-
pany owning the remainder. They
are Albert Jackson, J. H. Horten and
Dr. Carson. G. H. Getty, president of
the Minnehoma Company, resides at
Los Angeles and no doubt will come
to Oklahoma to see the big well.
First Well Smaii One.
Of peculiar interest to all connect-
ed with the ewll is that it is located
one location west of No. 1 on the
lease, which found the sand at prac-
tically the same depth, but was only
for fifty barrels. The sand in No. 1
was very hard and in (he big wel! it
was soft. Two days were consumed in
drilling in the big well, and the ex-
tra large flow of oil started Jan. 1. It
is located on a part of the Myers
dome, near Myers.
The prediction is made that a very
large pool of oil may be found there,
but just what the outcome of future
drilling may be is the question. The
American Pipe Line Company opened
the Pearsonia pool, five miles north-
west of it in just such spectacular
fashion, but the Pearsonia pool did not
amount to much, water breaking in on
the production and hurting It seri-
ously. The Myers dome is very large,
however, and is much more pronounc-
ed than Pearsonia, and it may prove
a very prolific territory.
DISPOSE OF BERGER EARLY
House Will Make Quick Work of Ex-
cluding Socialist.
Washington.—The house Will make
quick work of excluding Victor Ber-
ger, socialist representative-elect, from
Wisconsin, from its membership,
when he appears with his second cer-
tificate of election to the present con-
gress.
Til is is the plan of the leaders who
are determined that Berger shall not
be allowed to draw pay and allow-
ances while his case drags along as
was done following his appearance last
May with his first certificate, fay the
time the house finally voted tu ex-
clude him, Berger had drawn more
than $5,000 in salary, clerk hire, mile-
age and stationery allowance, al-
though he had never been allowed to
serve a day.
When he offers his credentials, Rep-
resentative Dal linger, republican, of
Massachusetts, chairman of the special
committee which handled the case be-
fore, will object. A resolution simil-
ar to that which previously excluded
the Milwaukee socialist then will be
offered with a motion for its imme-
diate consideration.
Unless there is developed some par-
liamentary technicality which pre-
cludes a vote without reference to
committee, the resolution doubtless
will be adopted by’as great a majority
as was given the original exclusion
measure. Representative Volght of
Wisconsin was the only member to
vote in favor of Berger, while 311
other members opposed hint.
An interesting feature of the case is
that the second exclusion of Berger,
following the announcement by Gov-
ernor Phillip ol' Wisconsin, that he
will not call another election, will
leave the fifth Wisconsin district w’th-
out representation in the house. Such
a situation is unprecedented in the
United States.
H. H. Bodenstab. fusion candidate
for congress in the Fifth district, spe-
cial election, will contest the right of
Victor L. Berger to take his seat. The
basis of the contest is that Mr. Ber-
ger la disqualified from holding the of-
fice and that votes cast for him were
void.
Mr Bodenstab stated that his con-
test will be brought In the house of
representatives.
Germany’s Forces Number One Million
London.—Germany's armed forces
are estimated by the British war of-
fice to total cloee to a million men.
They are divided Into the regular
army of 400.000. the land forces of the
regular army 11.000; the armed con-
stabulary 40.000 to $0,000; the tem-
porary volunteers or regular army re-
serves lSu.000 to 200.000; civic guards
>00.000 to 400.000.
Georges Carpentier, the French
Champion, will meet Jack Dempsey,
holder of the heavyweight title dur-
ing the coming summer at some point
not ye* selected. Several promoters
are bidding for the fight, and nearly
- a million dollars has been offered by
i some of them. Miller Bros., of Ponca
! City are among the bidders and hope
to stake the fisht in Oklahoma.
f1urt™1S^ begun
EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND
CHILD TO BE COUNTED
Report Expected To Show Big Popu-
lation Growth For United
States.
Washington.—An army of 85,000
enumerators began Jan. 2 the work of
counting the men, women and chil-
dren of the United States and of col-
lecting certain Information about the
resources of the country.
The census-taking in Oklahoma was
under the direction of the following
supervisors, each in charge of a con-
gressional district;
James S. Davenport, Vinita; Leon-
ard Logan, Tahlequah; Dave Stovall,
Hugo; W. C. Geers, Tishomingo; Ben-
jamin Hennessey, Lawton; Homer
Heatl.v, Mangum; C. H. Hyde, Alva,
and R. L. Peebly, Oklahoma City.
The taking of this census, the four-
teenth in the history of the nation
is expected to require only about two
weeks, but figures showing the total
population probably will not be avail-
able until the end of April.
The count is expected to show a
population of 107,000,000 to 112,000,-
000, as compared with 93,000,000 in
1910. The estimated population on
July 1, 1919. was 106,871,284.
Cards will be collected by 372 super-
visors and forwarded to headquarters
here, where 4,000 clerks will be en-
gaged in the tabulation work. Totals
for each of the items on the cards
will be computed by specially design-
ed machines. Officials expect to be
able to make a preliminary estimate
of the population of the larger cities
by the middle of March, but returns
for the country districts will not be
completed until later.
The census includes the collection
of data on farms, forests and oil pro-
duction, in addition to the enumera-
tion of persons. The fourteenth dec-
cennial census is the first to be taken
during the winter months. While se-
vere weather may be a handicap in
some sections, the change was made
in order that the enumeration might
be completed before the election pri-
maries of the summer season. For
the first time also, women have been
employed as supervisors. Maximum
pay allotted by law is 4 cents per
person, with a higher rate for farm
hands. Congress appropriated $22,-
000,000 for the work.
The first census, taken in 1790 dur-
ing the administration of George
Washington, showed the population of
the new republic to be 3,000,000.
“Death Show” Planned.
Chicago.—Another “death show”
will be staged in the county jail next
Friday, Sheriff Peters announced. For
the second time within a week more
than two hundred prisoners will be
forced to witness a hanging, when Ar-
thur Haensel, convicted of murder,
will be hanged. A storm of criticism
arose as the result of the Raffyo Dur-
rage hanging while 200 prisoners cow-
ered in their cells in plain view of the
death trap. Sheriff Peters said it was
a great moral lesson for the prisoners,
and that all but one promised to lead
better lives.
Bryan To File For Michigan Primary.
DetroiL—Announcement was made
by James H. Lee, former state senat-
or, that a petition was being prepared
to place the name of William Jen-
nings Bryan before the Michigan vot-
ers In the state presidential primaries
as a democratic candidate for the
presidency.
New Ford Bonuses
Detroit.—Announcement was made
by the.Ford Motor Company that be-
ginning January 1. cash bonuses total-
ing more than *8,000,000 will be dis-
tributed among the *0.000 employee o(
the company. The company state*
that the bonus la the employes’ share
In the company's profits for 191* In
addition to the minimum wage of IS
* day. The amount* employes will re-
relve range from $$0 for men getting
$< a day and who have been with the
company since September SO, 1*1*. to
SS70 for $10.80 n day men.
GRAND ROUND-UP OF ANARCHISTS
NETS BAG QF OVER FOUR THOUSAND
j »•
ATTORNEY GENERAL CON-
DUCTS NATION-WIDE
RAIDS
NEARLY 4,500 ARE NOW IN JAIL
Arms, Ammunition and Plans For
Overthrow of the Government
Were Discovered In Many
Cities.
WHAT THE BAG NETTED
f’hlciiKo.—Report* from more than forty
title* throughout the country showed that
nearly 4,500 alleged radical* hud been
arrested in the depurtment of justice
drive, as follow*:
New York City.................- 800
Detroit___________________________r>oo
Chicago ________________________ 450
Jersey City ----------------------410
New a rk -------------------------- 320
Philadelphia ____________ 200
Rockford, ill. ____________________ 183
Nashua __________________________ 101
Buffalo___________________________ 130
Milwaukee __________________ 08
Cleveland ________________________ 75
Trenton __________________________ 75
Manchester ---------------------- 05
Boston --------------------------- 57
Springfield, Mass. ________________ 05
Kansas City, Kan.---------------- 45
Worcester, Mass. -------------- 52
Lynn, Mass. _____________________ 40
Wilkes-Barre ____________________ 40
Paterson ------------------------- 40
Berlin, N. H. -------------------- 40
Baltimore ________________________ 35
Dowell --------------------------- 30
St. Louis------------------------- 10
Oakland, Cal. -------------------- 30
Chelsea __________________________ 14
Haverhill _________________________ 21
Pittsburgh ----------------------- 21
Portland, Ore. ___________________ 20
Louisville ------------------------- 20
Holyoke__________________________ 20
Minneapolis ---------------------- 17
Youngstown --------------------- 10
Des Moines ______________________ 10
Chicopee _________________________ 10
Bridgeport ----------------------- 15
St. Paul________________ 10
Denver__________________________ 0
Omaha ____________________________ 0
Lawrence ________________________ 8
Toledo _______l____________________ 8
Waterbury_______________________ 7
Racine, Wis. --------------------- 5
Bast St. Louis___________________ 6
Total __________________________4,227
Arrests reported singly or in groups in
fewer than five probably will aggregate
an additional 100 to 200. In some in-
stances federal officers had not or would
not make reports on the number of per-
sons arrested.
Washington.—Launching concerted
and carefully prepared movement
against communists and communist
labor groups of radicals, agents of the
department of justice conducted raids
in thirty-three cities from coast to
coast rounding up 4500 anarchists.
Raids were conducted in the follow-
ing cities: New York, Baltimore, Bos-
ton, Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Den-
ver, Des Moines, Detroit, Grand Rap-
ids, Hartford, Indianapolis, Jackson-
ville, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Louis-
ville, Milwaukee, Newark, Omaha
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland,
Maine; Portland, Ore.; Providence,
San Francisco, Scranton, Spokane, St.
Louis, St. Paul, Springfield, Mass.;
Syracuse, Toledo and Trenton.
“With the Goods On.”
The object of the raids, Assistant
Attorney General Garvan said, was to
obtain for submission to the depart-
ment of labor cases for deportation of
“a very large number of our most dan-
gerous anarchists and radical agitat-
ors.” Agents of the department, he
added, went out prepared to catch the
radicals “with the goods on.”
The general charge of attempting to
overthrow the government by force
and violence was placed against the
persons arrested during the raids.
Plans for a revolution backed by a
military organization, were uncovered
in the raids, the department of justice
announced.
A large number of rifles, bombs and
bomb making materials were seized in
Newark, N. J., the department an-
nounced. Evidence was also found
that there had been planned the ac-
tual formation of a military organiza-
tion among the “reds” which was to
center in Newark.
Machinery Al! Set.
Officials here declared the round-up
was the most completely planned and
the machinery was the best oiled for
this of any raids launched against the
radical element In this country. It
was arranged ten days ago that the
raid should take place and confiden-
tial communications were sent to de-
partment of justice representatives
and United States attorneys in the
thirty-three cities.
Department of justice agents desir-
ed most of all to capture incriminat-
ing documents, not so much literature
and propaganda as papers showing de-
tails of the communist organizations
in each city.
Deportation From Evidence.
It was indicated that if such evi-
dence were obtained deportations
would be easy. As in the case of the
members of the Union of Russian
Workers, several score of them were
aboard the Buford, which sailed from
New York ten days ago, membership
cards in the organization were regard-
ed by officials as constituting the best
Standard Oil Plans Qr-olins Hiks.
New York.—The price of gasoline
and kerosene is mounting again. An
advance of one cent per gallon effect-
ive. Monday. Jan 5, waa announced by
the Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey.
documentary evidence on which to
base deportation cases.
The department also revealed ac-
tivities of the reds among the ne-
groes. Officials admitted that this pro-
paganda Imd gone so fnr tiiat trouble
mny be expected tu certain negro com-
munities.
More Arrests Made In Chicago.
Chicago.—The federal department
of Justice started a new campaign
against radicals. A government agent
appeared ut a police station with a
list of places which he asked tho po-
lice to raid. State’s Attorney Hoyne
arrested 200 radicals the night before.
The federal agent arrived at the sta-
tion soon after a police raid on an L
W. W. reading room, the second time
the police had visited the place in
twenty-four hours, in connection with
state attorney’s assault on radicalism.
Only a few arrests were made at the
reading room.
800 Warrants for Reds In New York.
New York.—Some 800 warrants
were issued for the arrest of radicals
here. This was said to be a fifth of
the total for the country. The local
raids were under the personal super
vision of Chief Flynn of the depart-
ment of justice secret service.
Chicago’s Preliminary Raid.
Chicago.—Raids resulting in the ar
rest of 200 I. W. W.’s communists and
other radicals were carried out under
the direction of state’s attorney Mar-
tin Hoyne. Agents of the military in
telligence branch of the general de-
partment of the army aided the coun-
ty prosecutor.
The prosecutor asserted that daily
in Chicago members of radical organi-
zations addressed meetings urging
their hearers to “await the one big
day.” and that their purpose was noth-
ing less than overthrow of the govern-
ment. Mr. Hoyne declared that the I.
W. W., the communist party and tho
communist labor party members and
anarchists and syndicalists were dis-
tributing tons of seditious literature.
He said the raids were only the begin-
ning of his drive which he declared
was intended to extirpate all radicals
from Cook county. His investigation,
he said, had disclosed that the leading
agitators in "this criminal conspiracy”
centered their activities in Chicago,
New York, Boston, Cleveland, Detroit
and Seattle.
Mr. Hoyne declared his men had
been armed with 200 search warrants
and that in addition a number of war-
rants charging conspiracy had been
issued by Judge Hugo Pam of the
criminal court. Four men were ar-
rested on the latter warrants. Among
them was George Andrej tchine, an I.
W. W. released on bond some time
ago from Leavenworth penitentiary,
pending decision of the appeal of 92 I.
W. W. convicted of violation of the
espionage law.
Anne Grovarsky, 34 years old, was
the only woman arrested. She and 27
men were taken from 1. W. W. head-
quarters. James Crowley, secretary
of the I. W. W., also was arrested.
Among the places raided was the
Russian soviet school. This was de-
clared by the raiders to be under the
direction ol Ludwig Martens, Russian
soviet ambassador to the United
States, who has headquarters in New
York.
Anarchist Victory Announced.
London The capture of Tsaritsyn,
on ths Vote*. 110 miles south west of
Kamlahtn. la announced in an an at-
oll 1st official statement received from
Moscow by wlreissa
Big Growth for Legion.
Indianapolis.—American Legion posts
in the United States and foreign coun-
tries now total 6,561. France, Eng-
land and Canada each "have one post,
Alaska has four, Hawaii five. Cuba
one, Panama one, Mexico one, and the
Philippine islands one. Ten states
have more than 200 posts each. New
York leads the states with 777 posts;
Pennsylvania is second with 497 and
Illinois is third with 369 posts, ’in)
posts chartered in other states in-
clude: Oklahoma, 126; Arkansas, 90;
Louisiana, 29; Tennessee, 61, and
Texas, 110.
Robbers Raid Waggoner City.
Wichita Falls.—One man is dying
and two others are probably fatally
wounded as a result of a pitched bat-
tle between merchants and highway-
men along the principal street of
Waggoner City, the oil town fourteen
miles northwest of here. More than
twenty five merchants and oil work-
ers joined in the fight and three of
the bandits were later brought to
Wichita Falls.
Here’s Hiram.
Pierre, S. D.—"Government belong-
ing to all people; not favored few ”
This is the eight-word platform which
United States Senator Hiram Johnson
of California filed with the secretary
of state here upon which he will en
ter the coming presidential race. In
submitting his candidacy to the people
Senator Johnson declared he will
“stand up on his record of past per-
formance rather than future promise.”
Virginia City Hard Hit By Fir*.
Danville. Va.—Fire which raged
nearly three hours destroyed the
greater part of the business block on
ths east side of Main street and be-
tween Union and Market streets, caus-
ing damage estimated at between
*600,000 and $700,000.
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Sugar Measure Signed By Wilson.
Washington— President Wilson ha*
signed the MrNary bill continuing the
United Stats* sugar equalisation
board through 1*20.
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Henderson, L. P. The County Democrat. (Tecumseh, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, January 9, 1920, newspaper, January 9, 1920; Tecumseh, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc937478/m1/10/?q=food+rule+for+unt+students: accessed June 30, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.