The Social Democrat. (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 79, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 17, 1913 Page: 1 of 4
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I ttb SOCIAL m DEMOCRAT.
“Without Economic Equality Then' ('»n Be Xo Social Fustic#."
VOLUME 2. NO. 79.
Join Your Labor Union
OKLAHOMA CITY. OK., SEPTEMBER 17, 1913.
Join Your Labor Party
SOCIAL, DEMOCRAT.
Published every Wednesday.
Published by the Social h ocrat
Publishing Co.
One Year 60c.
Six Months 25c.
C. H. Armstrong...........Editor.
Stanley J. Clark...... Asso. Editor.
H. Grady Milner......Asso. Editor
Mrs. Dora Mertz......Asso. Editor.
Ownership: D. E. Hedgpeth,
Stanley J. Clark, Dora Mertz, C. H.
Armstrong.
Entered as Second Class Matter,
at the Postoffice at Oklahoma City,
under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Office 328 West Third Street,
Oklahoma City, Okla. Phone Walnut
2070.
A cross hare means
four subscription ex*
pires next week.
DORA ME RTS’ DATES.
September 18 to 27, Arkansas un-
der directions of State Secretary
Callery, Ft. Smith, Ark.
September 28, 29 and 30, Oklaho-
ma City, Okla. State Fair.
October 1. Prague, Okla.
October 2, Castle, Okla.
October 3, Weleetka, Okla.
October 4, Dustin, Okla.
October 5, Bokoshe, Okla.
October 8, Milton, Okla.
October 7, Ft, Smith. Ark.
October 8, Stigler. Okla.
October. 9, Warner, Okla.
October 10, Muskogee, Okla.
killed by lightning, Sunday, Sep-
tember 7th, 6 o'clock p. m. Noth-
in" has caused a greater «hnek to
ithis neighborhood, as we feel the
toss of a kind husband, a loving fath-
er, and an untiring worker for suf-
fering humanity. He has left
wife, three children and a host of
friends to mourn his death. We
miss him from our circles, but his in-
fluence lives on. He has been a true
friend of the cause of Socialism. In
times of trial or great discourage-
ment, he was always found working.
Whether the way dark or whether
bright.
He was always found on the
side of right.
Whether we worked or whether we
planned.
He always decided for the suc-
cess of man.
Lord, give us strength our loss to
bear,
And lead us in the Heavenly way;
Oh! may we meet our friend over
there,
In realms of everlasting day.
Yours fofi success,
J. R. R.
County Conventions.
Osage County, at Pawhuska, Sat-
Sept. 20th, speaking, L. G. Baker.
Washington Co., at Bartlesville,
Sat., Sept. 27th, L. G. Baker.
Canadian Co., at El Reno, Sat.,
Sept. 20th, T. A. Harris.
Kingfisher Co., at Kingfisher, Sat,,
Sept. 27th, T. A. Harris.
Lincoln Co., at Davenport,
Sept. 20th, A. E. Blackwell.
Okfuskee Co., at Okernah,
Sept. 27th, A. E. Blackwell.
SEWING SCHOOL CONDUCTED AT OKLAHOMA STATE FAIR
LETTER PROM CHILE,
SOUTH AMERICA
SERIOUS WORK IS CONNECTED WITH INSPIRING PLAY AT THE FAIR.
While the Oklahoma State Fair and Exposition. Oklahoma City. Sept. 23 to Oct. 4. 1913. will be nothing short
of a collegiate “short cut” for men and women, boys and girls, officers and directors are not unmindful of the fact
that It often requires amusement to attract people to Instruction. That Is one reason why thousands of dollar*
will be spent for high-class attractions and music this year. People in this section of Oklahoma are now nlannini
their vacation for the big State Fair and Exposition.
We have just received a letter
from Luis E. Rccabarren, Secretary
of the Socialist Party in Iquique, De-
partment of Tarapaca, Chile, South j
America.
He says that August 10th they
opened a large building called La
Casa del Pueblo, or People re.
That there is a trades o. ,„uiu.ation
of the Cargadores, or Longshoremen,
Bakers, Lighter men Shoemakers,
Saddlers, Cartmen, Typographical
Union, Tailors, Freighters and all
of the trades, and Women's Anti-
clerical Institute, all organized un-
der the auspices of the Socialist
Party organization. They have h
Chamber of Labor, composed of the
delegates from every trade, and a
Council of Administration for the council to provide Immediate firs
People’s Palace, composed of one fighting apparatus nnd cure for the
from each trade. This j homeless. More than six thousand
t outlet of Administration manages feet of hose was destroyed last night
PRICK of!
RAINS ON RO NS
Hot Springs, Ark.—A generous
downpour of rain prove a valuable
aid to weary workers among (tie
smouldering ruins of the 6 million
dollar conflagration which swept Hot
Springs. About fifty-five city blocks
are In ruins. Perfect order pre-
vails, due to the efforts of 250 < il-
izen-poltee. The two thousand five
hundred persons rendered homeless
are being cured for, and It is prob-
able city authorities will not. c i
for assistance from the state at lai
The light and power company rftsu,
provided emergency facilities lor
newspapers to resume, hut the city
will be in darkness at least thirty
days.
Only Four Were Injured.
At a mass meeting a committee
was appointed to meet with the city
Sat..
Sat.
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APPEAL 8VII CARDS.
McIntosh County.
Comrade J. T. Cooper will speak
at the following places in McIntosh
County and perfect the precinct or-
ganizations. and all should be there
and help perfect the work.
Sept. 8th at Fawn, 9th at Nebo,
10th at Combs. S. H., 11th at Min-
ton S. H., 12th &t Elm Grove. 13th
- 'iSr |
We have cecured the ser- $Sj
vices of Comrade Fred D. j
Warren as one of the speakers |
at the Socialist Day Celebra- ® 15th at piercp Bennificld> 16th at
tlon during the State Fair $ Bruah at stidham, 1Sth at
which 1. Tuesday. September, $ Lenna> mh at Union, 20th at Me-
30. 1913, and are to sell 1500 ® )eUe 2,.2., at Llberty anrt Red
sub cards for same. I have ® 24|h a( Dof? Town.
of the best features of the old one
more satisfactorily and at the same
time be a great advantage both in
building up our organization and
spreading our literature.
I shall vote '‘YES" on all of the
Snyder motions.
J. LUTIIER LANGSTON.
Member Capital Hill Local.
IN ENGLAND,
THREATENS TO
EXPOSE GRAFT
these cards on hand
being the r gtllar 40 weeks
subscription card, stamped
ready to send in, 25c each.
The Socialists of England have an
information department, (t is call-
ed the Local Government Informa-
tion Bureau and was established in
1899, thirteen years ago. Its pur-
pose is to render assistance to labor
members on local (municipal or
at"Hitchlta14 th at 'wiTson S.' hT. |col,nt>') bodips' to Provlde '***> and
other advice for members engaged
or desirous of engaging in municipal
work and to give information on
bills introduced and passed by Par-
liament. It is conducted jointly by 1
The Fabian Society of Socialists and 1
Chicago,—A warrant, was issued
for the arrest of County Commis-
sioner Frank Hagen on the charge
jof assault and battery, following a
| fight at the countv hospital in which
j Hagen is alleged to have attacked
I Walter Wieckowski, a county inves-
j tigator. The report that a grand
(jury investigation of the $3,000,000
| county hospital contract by a former
{city board would be sought, was
1 another phase of the controversy to-
! day.
SEX HYGIENE NOT FOR SCHOOLS
New York Board of Education Does
Not Favor the Idea.
Comment on Snyder Motions.
Being a frequent visitor at State
.... Headquarters. I learn that there is
® Send to me and help the Ap- j a misunderstanding existing about
® peal list go up and also help {SJ me effect that changing Section 5
{§1 us out in our endeavor to j and the elimination of Sections 16
serve the cause in this State. . and 17 will have on the management
Let's g.ve the little old Appeal of our party affairs.
{Sy 5090 for good measure. It s {gy I y |Parn that there is a great, deal
@ up to you. @ of discontent existing in many coun-
i|y 0 ties, due to the fact that the County
Secretaries are dilatory in sending
in for stamps, submitting reports
and in some cases they do not send
the Independent Labor Party.
Teaching sex hygiene
lie schools, which has
in the pub-
been advo-
publlshed a small journal entitled cated bv Dr' Charles W. Eliot, pres-
"Steps Toward Socialism.” Th„ «h. 1Jent °f ‘he international congress
dress is 3 Clement's Inn,
London.
MLATI1S MU
REGULATE RAILROAD
DEMOCRAT ADMINISTRA-
TION CONDEMNED.
WANTED—SENATE DOCUMENT
NO. IOO.
The Information Department is
j eager to secure from one to three
; copies of Senate Document No. 190,i
156th Congress, 2d Session, entitled,
("Immorality and Political Grafting
I of Roman Catholic Priests in the
The ad-
Strand on 8chool hygiene, now convening in
i Buffalo, w ill meet with much opposi-
! tion in this city.
This is the opinion of Mrs. Sam-
uel J. Kramer, a member of the
board of education. Mrs. Kramer
sa i d:
' The question is not a new one
with us, for it lias come up before
the board of education and met with
much opposition from parents and
teac hers as well, i may be old fasli-
Re.'olutlon No.
War.
Resolved; That this the lOtl.
State :
tion of Labor goes on record as un-
qualifiedly condemning the past
Democratic Administration of the
State of Oklahoma and especially the
past session of the State Legislature
and the Governor for their activity
In promoting the interests of the
capitalist class and defeating the
measures in the interest of the work-
ing class except those who have pro-
ven to be our friends.
And wc appeal to the working
r_ (blent of the United States to
(Senate, February 25, 1901.
the
if
predate it.-
we shall
Party Builder.
j pose at all. In fact, this kind of
6 by Doyle of De- I business has nearly disrupted the or
jganizations where it is practiced.
| There is no efTorr being put forth :Bomp romrado bas a roPy °r ,bis Pa,»-
nual convention of the State Federa *° organize new locals or carrying WJJ’] *a"[d *° C°n'
on an educational work, and the 5eitr'ln,lP to our Horary
going to the County Secretaries is a
waste as far as benefits to the organ-
ization or cause is concerned.
This 5c can be used to great ad-
vantage if the proposed motion to
change "Section 5 carries. The State
Secretary, by using the Multigraph
Ma <ne in hH office, could at a small |
cost get out propaganda pertaining j -
to issues in this State exclusively, "What will clean the
and through the political organiza- ask.
tion workers, would reach practically "Food acid. After a laborious in-
Phillppine Islands,” purporting to be
extracts from message of the Pres- ioned' but 1 ,hink the8e maUcra caQ
be taken very good care of at home.’
The Interstate Commerce Com
mission is discovering what has long
been known, that the regulation of
the Railroads don't regulate, it Is
nearly 20 years since the Commis-
sion ordered and Congress passed a
law compeP'.ng th- Railroads to use
automatic couplings and airbrakes
ou all freight trains, and some roads
have not yet complied with the law.
This and other facts uncovered by
tbe late Now Haven accident, gives
little hope to the travelling public or
to the Commission, that their pres-
ent recommendation of automatic
signals will have any effect. Then,
too, the class of people killed in Ihis
last accident, not being "common
working people,” has caused a big
stir, and many who have hitherto
opposed the idea of government own-
ership, are now turning to govern- j
ment ownership as the only solution I
of the vexing railroad problem.
Private ownership, and exploita-
tion for private profits of public
utilities and socially used enterprises
inevitably run Into the idea of "the
public be d—d" method of manage-
ment and sooner or later, by the nat-
ural law of self preservation, the idea
of collective ownership and manage-
ment in the interests of the greatest
num her.
When Wm. Jennings Bryan re-
turned from his world tour, he was
loud in his expression of approval
their Co-Operative Bakery and Oo-
1 operative printing house. Also their
j Co-operative Sto''e, where they have
j a general store of all class of goods.
(This Council of Administration also
is proceeding to organize the whole
| Department of Tarapaca, and expect
| to start out organizers to organize
the Department of Antofogasta on
the south of Tarapaca Department.
He also states that at Punta Arenas
and Lagunillas In the Department of
Tarapaca they also have branches.
Also that at Tocopilla and Taltal,
ports to the south, they have active
organizations. That at Santiago, the
capital, and Valparaiso, they have
strong organizations, aud that the
movement is spreading ali over the
country.
He says that in the Argentiuo Re-
public on the east, there are now
Jour Socialists in the House of Rep-
resentatives, and one Senator in the
Senate. He advises us that he link
mailed us copies of their Co-operative
Newspaper, and an assortment of
the pamphlets they are distributing.
These have not yet arrived. When
we receive them we will translate
parts of them, so that comrades will
ho able to see that Socialism is the
samo in all languages.
CONGRESSMAN KENT
AND POWDER TRUST
iOOTH POWDER PAILS
Diluted Vinegar of More Value
Preventing Deray of Teeth.
of the collective ownership of the rail
Potato Irrigation Was Profitable. roads. Hail he not been a moral
( Frederick, Okla. An illustration coward and remained silent when
of how it pays to irrigate in South-I interests’' demanded his sl-
urp tern Oklahoma is afforded in the k an(! hai, ,.ollt|lnlPll in hls
success of C. W. Jones, living north- calll|K1ign on that subject, in all
west of Frederick, on Otter Creek .probability he would now he in the
with sweet potatoes. Last spring he white House instead of playing so-
set out 120 acres. With a gasoline on(, ........ The American people
engine Irrigation outfit he has kept|havP litt|e U!te for tha, 80rt of a man
ninety acres of the tract wet with j $ow that the question is coming to
water from Otter Creek. He is reap- tll(J front wil| \\m. Jennings Still
ing the harvest now . The irrigated I slinls?
portion is yielding 150 bushels to t_____
Congressman Kent of California
has introduced a resolution in Con-
gress with 8 Whereases, that shows
up the Powder Trust as an interna-
tional business combination, not only
in restraint of trade aud a "bold-up”
of the American government, but
also as a regular dealer In govern-
i meat secrets, selling them to foreign
! powers, etc. Such a condition as Is { Gathered along
| stated in the 8 Whereases para
{graphs, shows how completely tht
and many of the fire horses were
rendered unfit for further duty.
Mayor McClendon praised the ef-
forts of the Hot Springs and Little
Rock fire fighters, pointing out that
not a fatality occurred and that only
four persons were slightly injured.
An incomplete estimate of the loss
follows:
Park hotel and furnishings, %
million dollars.
Public utilities, $350,000 to $400,-
OOo.
Southwestern Telegraph and Tele-
phone Company, $150,000.
Garland County Courthouse, $200,-
000.
Moody Hotel, $110,000.
Hot Springs High School, $150,-
00j.
Cooper Hrothers. livery and trans-
fer, $70,000.
Central M. E. church, $25,000.
Iron Mountain frtdght and passen-
ger depots and shops, $60,000.
Dillard's Laundry, $40,000.
People's Laundry, $40,000, •
Orange Street Presbyterian
church. $25,000.
Ozark Sanitarium. $45,000.
Seigle Apartments, $65,000.
Bijou Rink, $20,000.
Woodcock Apartments, $35,000.
Scott-Mayer Commission Company,
$30,000.
Plunkett, Jarrell Grocery Com-
pany, $30,000.
Hot Springs Commission Company,
$30,000.
Damp Williams Hardware Com-
pany, $80,000.
Pasteurized Milk Company, $30.-
000.
About one hundred and twenty-
five business buildings, $800,000.
Six hundred and twenty-five to
seven hundred residences, two mil-
lion dollars.
Hundreds of families with what
little they saved from the ruins were
Grand Avenue,
gradually working their way from
teeth, you acre alltj tbey sejj f0r $150 a
bushel.
class who are voters of the State to
remember these same officials at theje ‘'T v°tcr in the State,
next election and protest by their
vestigation i have arrived at the
l call'your attention to the fact J conclusion which 1 had suggested to
balloti against the repetition of such|,hat are 2.500 voting precincts ! members of the New York Dental
a disgrace as the past administration in ,hp s,a,,> •an‘1 a,lout 300 locals (Society and others four years ago.
has been and cast their hailots for ,n a maiorR5' of the precincts there {that the local application of food
is no i-pecial effort being made to get acids will clean the teeth' and w ill
jour literature, and especially that: perhaps do more than any other pre- went to school last year, more titan
[which pertains <0 state matters in cautionary measure to prevent de- half of them being educated at gov-
the hands of the oposition. and these cay."
are the ones we should work on the ’ "Even w hen it is acid, as you say,
hardest. Those where a local ex- that makes the teeth decay?”
WOMEN SUFFRAGISTS
AT INDIAN SCHOOLS LAUNCH A MAGAZINE
Hie ruined districts to the camp
"itivisB ie government" is in con- ^grounds. The militia will aid the..
people and guard the devastated dla-
trict.
I here is no danger of a water fam-
ine. according to the authorities.
Even if the supply were cut off tb«x*
ar,. numerous cold springs threugk-
«>ui Lie city furnishing autbclenr. we-
for ail put poses. The city will
be without electric ligjats mxvr
cays.
Bu«inosa generally n it t etaal-
still.
trol, a id it goes without saying that
the proposal of Congressman Kent
I of government ownership of want!
I fact 11 re of explosives will be defeat-
led. The Western Federation of Min-
! era and the United Mine Workers of
| America should endorse Congress-
j man Kent's resolution, they are iti-
i terested; as government ownership
j of explosives manufacture, would
j mean cheap powder. Today the price
is a robbery.
members of their own ranks.
Committee concurred and report oi
comcMtte* concurred in.
Nearly 50,000 Indian children | -j-j,,. Woman
Notice.
To the Socialists of Cleveland Coun-
ty. Oklahoma:
Comrades: We have secured the
aervices of that noted lecturer, Red-
din Andrews, or Tlver. Texas. He
arrived September 6th. to stay as
long as we want him. You can't af-
ford to miss a date or to see that
his dates are well advertised. if
eminent schools. Mission schools
cared for 3,000 and more than 17,-
000 had so far adopted the white
j ists naturally fare better, and do not, "it is lactic acid that makes the mans ways as to be enrolled in reg-
: need as much attention as the ones teeth decay, and that is many times uiur public schools, according to a
Where a local does not exist. 'stronger and quite different in its statement on Indian education fur-
| The political organization consists I operation from fruit or vegetable nished by the Indian office of the
1 of a precinct committee, and a county acid that 1 am proposing for a den- United States Bureau of Education.
{committee, in every voting precinct j tifrice. I am urging the use of these --------
jin the State, and the State laws re- food acids, vinegar, fruit juice.-, etc., bin I (LIST 'I \ 1 HEAD
quire this much. The party manage- because I have found that they do CHICAGO FEDERATION
j ment can be handled through them. ! what slippery tooth powders can’ *9 LABOR VERY SOON
you want ore or more dates, write land they must be made red eard (never accomplish. Chicago -Strong opposition to I
me at once at Moore, Okla., R. 2.{members. There is no power taken "Orange juice, for instance, will the re-election of John Fitzpa'riek j
Remember. Comrades, that we must away from the precinct or county or-! completely break
Suffragists have
launched their new weekly maga-
zine. The Suffragist,. Mr.. Kheta
Childs Dorr is editor-in-chief, assist-!
ed by .Mrs. Jessie Hardy Stubbs.
The magazine w ill be sent to con-j
gressmeri weekly witti passages
marked for notice.
The chief aim of the magazine is
to aid :ti securing a suffrage amend-!
meat to the United States consfitu- I
tion.
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PRIORITY AMI Si. N lOltl’l V.
lahoma
ATffAi
&
He ( n
almost
d
pain f i
trolley car, slowly.
11“ looked consid-
p*rfei t our precinct organizations to
comply with the State Laws, and now j
Is the time for the Socialists of'
Cleveland County to do this. Wet
ask you to get busy and help do thi3, (
so we can get out a tuii ticket next 1
y«#r JAS W DAVIS.
DEATH OF A COMRADE.
«»|Rita, Okla.. Sept. 10.
SociJ Ddtj^crat.
Okla CLf Okia.
ganizations to transact their own
business, as they see fit to. but it does
take the 5c dues to th* county or-
ganizations and puis It in use where
it will do a rcreat deal of good.
Sections it»and IT ttiij be of no
use to county onrsinlzaffni** n they
have nothing to report, pan. being
from the local to
mucin plaques w
teria
I myself have
been using dilute <
pan vinegar to t v
tvvUe daily, and n
there as yn»i f'P
are at present in
up one of
T hose
for president of the Chicago F<*dera-
erahl v
more tl
j an i
hree Broro and t* ri
hich harbor
bac-
tion of faJil
or has developed.
1 with !,
is white
• ha
ir md the manner
William
E. Rodrieuez, former ran
' m w bi<
h he !,
•an*’/
i co h<-a\ Hv on hls
for a lone
i imp
didat** for
mayor on the Socialist
1 Ht irk
T.here
w a
one vacant seat
der vinegar
— one
ticket, ari'l
1 business agent of thf
| and h«-
n»rtde i
? at tin >arne tune
vo parts waf-r
Painter*' \
niori, has bevn noun Dated
as a >c
• u ri g m i
i n v.
ho bad etiterei} u
IV teeth arc
ail
to oppose
Fitzpatrick at -fie *-!ec-
j ? h *’ to r
ward c*
t.d
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REDUCED RATES ON ALL RAILROADS
(El
55 y i' h
se in
made direct from the lota! to the service at the Vanderbilt <li
State Office. tor Howe reports to me th* .imadnc
I feel that this pipe, !f carried out. progress of several »f his patients
wtU he tho greatest thing for Social- j who have used. uuS*. direction, ;hi#
vinegar f.*r
h the restsli that
Dwnr CM*Brads The pwopic nt this ism that «*ver happened in the State. 1 solution of rider
•*!ghbf*lMK>d were plunged into md while in the past 1 hare been month r ran • »
■touramg by the sudden eath of, an ardent . upportcr of the plan now their teeth ha.e ne\*i been „ept so
CmmHdr a. M. Underwood, whe wax j tn ague, the ucw cue will cover ail . Van no, so Dee from d, a> '
Kodri£u«‘Z h<
tic ally th** cut.
in the ft tic'■at
painter* arid i
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