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Oklahoma Leader
"FEARLESS AND TRUE"
Exclusive federated Press Service.
Vol. 2—No. 196
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA., FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1922
PRICE TWO CI
SI OVER
The awakening of Farmer- j
Labor, the putting out of a
unified ticket, is worrying the!
powers-that-be. They want to
find some way to beat the can- j
didates of the League.
They have three chances to
do this, and they are not over-
looking any bets. The easiest
and quickest method to beat
the League ticket and the
League program is through
division of the forces now
working together.
Any man or any organiza-
tion that can convince the
plunderbund and its politicians
that they have the method to
divide Farmer-Labor into fac-
tions; into democratic and re-
publican and socialist groups;
or into Klan and anti-Klan
groups; will be worth a whole
lot to the plunderbund, and
will freely get their support.
Not only their moral support,
but their financial support.
# * *
But division of the Farmer-
Labor forces is not the only
method open to the plunder-
bund. They openly advocate
the "selection" of a candidate
for governor acceptable to
them, who will prove strong
enough to force the withdrawal
of all competing candidates.
This will narrow the fight to
the League candidates and the
Plunderbund candidates. Noth- j
ing that the opposition could |
do would be so pleasing to the
supporters of the League, than
to make the issue so clearly
defined between the two sets
of candidates.
It would then merely remain
a question of having the voters
to choose between two sets of
candidates. Each set would
represent certain definite eco-J
nomic interests; the League!
candidates representing the
group interests of Farmer-1
Labor; the opposition candi-
dates the group interests of
the Plunderbund. The one set
would represent the group in-
terests of the mass of the peo-
ple, and the other the group
interests of a small but power-
ful minority.
Should this method fail to
beat the League candidates in
the primary, there still re-;
mains one final hope.
By the proper selection of the
republican candidate for gov-
ernor, by selecting a "friend"
of the farmers (though he may
be a banker) they hope to so
rally their forces at the gen-
eral election in November to
make certain the defeat of the
League ticket.
They are not so much con-
cerned HOW they beat the
League ticket, just so they
BEAT it. It means a fight ail
the way. They have much to
lose, and they do not intend
to lose. They intend to win.
They intend to retain the
strangle-hold they have oil the
economic and political affairs
of the state. They will freely
invest their money to retain
this control.
* * *
The plunderbund has always
been nonpartisan. They care
not for the politics of their
servants, just so they can oc-
cupy the strategic positions,
and deliver the goods. They
would just as soon have a re-
publican as a democrat. The
plunderbund always practices
united political action. But
they seriously object to Farm-
er-Labor doing the same thing.
Organization is for the master
class only. For the common
herd there must be no organi-
zation. The common herd must
work on the "Open-Shop" plan.
Here then we have the three
plans by which the Plunder-
bund intends to win. Against
all of these, there is but one
effective weapon, and that is
the education and solidarity of
the common people for the pro-
gram and candidates of the
Farmer-Labor Reconstruction
League.  
THE WEATHER
For Oklahoma City and Vicinit'
Generally fulr and Homewhat warmer
weather tonight and Satnrda
For Oklahoma.—Tonight, fait : K<">nie
nhat warmer west liortion; probably
frost extreme east portion. Saturday, /air
Confessions In
Lynching Trial
To Be Attacked
Nightmare Enters
Governor's Race
ti
BY GRIZZLY CUB.
"Watchful waiting."
Thin phrase, first used to describe
a former democratic administration's
Mexican policy, could be aptly ap-
plied to the activities of the majority
of the aspirants and avowed candi-
dates for governor of Oklahoma.
It is the dark hour before dawn in
the political race which many pre-
dict will be the hottest in the young
j history of the Sooner state. Okla-
homa politics is sleeping, but there
is a mumbling in the sleep and from
the disjointed fragments of speech,
  the prophecy of a bitter and passlon-
..... n , u««i*u Anfj ate fight in both the primaries and
Will Give Wife a Health and
'Business Interests' as the
Reason—Howard Up?
i Thomas H. Owen will withdraw
from the Democratic primary race
for governor. His withdrawal, often
denied, is now a certainty, though I republican side of the fence. They
Pruiett Indicates Line of De-
fense in Harris Trial—
Whitley Confused.
Discrepancy In file confession
of Lee Whitley and Oscar Smith.
two alleged members of the
lynching party which hung .lake
llrooks, >wis brought out Friday
in \\ 111'ley's testimony.
Whitley adm'Ued that \ttor-
ney General Short hail told liiin
Mint his confession did not coin-
cide with Smith's.
"What else did Short say iu
that conversationI*1 asked Pru-
iett quickly. •
Whitley became confused and
stammered. "That was all."
That 1'niiett will base a strong
line ol' defense on a smashing at-
tack of confession M)td to have
been obtnined under promise of
pardon, from some of the al-
leged lynchers, was indicated by
his cross examination of Harris.
Lee Whitley, one of the men who
confessed to participation in the
lynching of Jake Brooks, took the
stand against John Harris, all
lyncher. Friday afternoon and began 1 not be neglected
This latter is undoubtedly the real
ireason because the exact nature of
certain of his business interests is
• such as to seriously hamper his vote
-etting ability at a time when the
anti-league forces will be most in
; need of them.
While Owen is still ace high with
the big financiers and has a smatter-
  iQg oi flic Kii Klux vote behind him,
-r r  /> t- ll's withdrawal is absolutely neces-
Untilled Ground To Be ContlS- ary because a flank attack is gath-
cated To Aid Production. !''inR"hlch h0 can not posst"
j bly withstand.
Owen's withdrawal comes at a
| time when he is apparently the
strongest man, with the exception of
I the general election may be formed.
! And a nightmare has appeared to
some, caused by the union of the
farmers and laborers for political
purposes, a thing which Is without
precedent here.
Most momentous of all political
events recently have occurred on the
announcement will be postponed
: for some days yet. Owen's closest
associates have confirmed the rumor
that has circulated in the back
waters of the political current of Ok-
lahoma for some time.
When Owen withdraws he will
state that his wife's health and her
sire in the rantter is the reason
evidently scent something unusual,
these party bosses. The party is be-
ing literally scoured for able mate-
rial.
Fields Not "Out.*
Within the past week several
names have been constantly men-
tioned as possibilities for the race
for governor. Dr. Hugh Scott has
slsts." The Heconstructlonist, offl- I
cial publication of the Farmer-I^abor I
Reconstruction League, charges thai '
banking interests of Oklahoma City I
of both parties, want Melds to run,
and predicts that Melds would op-
pose Mayor Jack Walton in the No-
vembei election.
At least, John Fields has his eye
on the weathervane, it appears.
Other republicans who are men-
tioned for the primary race are
James Harris. Wagoner, James Hep-
burn. Okmulgee county prosecutor;
George B. Schwabe, speaker of the
state lower legislative house; A. C.
Alexander, state chairman of the
party and a Harreld man, and Ed
Overholser, former mayor of Okla-
homa City.
Scott an Able Doctor.
Scott, undoubtedly an able man-
in the medical profession—comes out
Operators Must Keep
Fans Running"--Boyle;
Import Plan May Fail
r„a?„Tie NEW RUSE USED
Break Strike.
My Federated Press
NEW YORK, March 31. The gov- j
ernment's plan to Import British I
coal in case the impending coal i
strike lasts long enough to create a j
serious shortage may find effective
opposition from the ranks of both |
the International Seamen's Union,
the Marine Transport Workers, and
the International longshoremen's
association.
Such attitude as may be adopted
by the local branch of the Interna-
Br REGISTRARS
AGAINST LEAGUE
Tell Voters They Must Give
90 Days Written Notice
Before Cancellation.
Active opposition to the changes
in registration being made by repub-
licans and socialists over the state
Is growing more apparent and points
  tional Seamen's Union, according to
with a rather commonplace platform, ' L. A. Parks, its agent, probably will
which would have served just as well take the form of a recommendation     
as the statement of any of the old ' to the executive council, of which to a state-wide movement to hinder
line democrats who have announced, j Andrew Furuseth is chairman. The ,,p much as possible the lawful pur-
Economy and efficiency. No par- local branch has about 6,000 mem- poses of the Farmer-Labor Recon-
dons because of great wealth. "Take hers, classified as cooks, stewards, gtructlon league.
the burden of taxation from the enginemen and deckhands. Its AH kinds of method® are being em-
people." (Fourth of I strength on American ships gener- | pl()yed by th(, ma(.hlne ln control of
The latest
backs of the  IMP
July oration stuff);" old age pensions I ^ estimated at 50 per cent, but ] the' elecUor"m'achi'nery.*
for his withdrawal, along with the fist his hat tthe ring^
•i , fact that his "business interests" can
for school teachers. Reduction of I on Shipping Board vessels, to which
"useless boards," and reorganization I ",e trans-Atlantic movement of coal
Continued <
Be-
was I
MEXICO CITY, March
cause General Luis Terri
holding in Idlenens a large part —.
his ti,000,01)11 acres of land. President -or • Walton, in the primary
Obregon has ordered conllscation of I rape* Three others are in the race
all uncultivated portions of the *-ho may have a showing before the
ground. Arrangements are to be central committee of the democratic
made, to promote production. Party, which will likely eliminate all
President Obregon declared that ;°ne- ThcS(i Hubert Bolen, U.
Terrazas, as an individual owner, j «■ W ilson and E. D. Howard,
was unable to cultivate all of the ! Bolen is undoubtedly the weaker
land, and that others should not be I of the three, it is said.
barred from it. | Wilson is to be favored by the
Portions of the estate farmed by school book combine, certain oil In-
adjudicated in such terests with headquarters at Ponca
time there was talk that John Fields,
editor of the Capper farm publica-
tion, would reconsider his announce-
ment that he would not make the
race.
Rumors from his close friends have
itthatl^ party ln-
of the state financial system.
This sums up the Scott platform.
Dr. Scott received the appointment
of assistant surgeon-general of the
JJnited States because of the politi-
cal pull of Jake Hamon, Ardmore
Continued on I'Hge Five
OPPOSES STOPS
FORINTE
tenants may be adjudicc
a way as to give the tenants a
chance at independence, it was
stated.
WILL ELECTRIFY
KATY TO ATOKA
Electrification of the M., K. & T.
railroad from Oklahoma
City
Atoka, ana establishment of interur-
ban service is being planned by
bondholders of the Katy line, it was
reported Friday. This short line has
been separated from the general
Katy system which is now in the
hands of a receiver.
Bur
receiv
Shartel Says Speed Is Neces-
sary to Make Schedule.
After an accident Wednesday in
which Max Patton was killed by a
speeding interurban car, the Okla-
homa Railway company has re-
quested a conference with city com-
missioners regarding the strict ordi-
nances regarding speed, according to
Mike Donnelly, finance commis-
sioner, Friday.
Five motormen of the company
were fined $19 and costs in munici-
pal court Friday for speeding on
Classen boulevard. Another, said to
have been driving 33 miles an hour,
was arrested Friday morning.
No further arrests were to be made
Friday pending the conference.
John Shartel, general manager of
the Oklahoma Railway company, ob-
jects to the ordinances being strictly
enforced, and especially to the boule-
vard stop rule.
It would cost the company money
if the speed is reduced. Shartel
stated, as it would necessitate put-
ting on more cars, and changing the
schedule.
| "It will wreck the interurban
when her clothing j system if the law is enforced," Shar-
aused the death of lit - i tel said.
38 months old. a | A speed of from 30 to 40 miles an
ity and the Ku Klux Klan from
southwestern Oklahoma.
The eastern Ku Klux membership
is behind E. B. Howard to a unit.
He possesses a certain political
shrewdness, is known as a good
mixer and has the added advantage
of not having been mentioned promi-
nently, thus far, in any big scandal.
If the oil interests said to be back-
to ing Wilson, however, put up the
' necessary coin behind the teacher-
candidate. he may be chosen.
BABY DIES FROM BURNS
AVAILABLE HEREIN
State Must Match Federal
Cash First, Lewis Says.
Notification from Washington de-
claring that $10,000 of the appro-
priation carried in the passage of
the Sheppard-Towner maternity bill
would be available for the state of
Oklahoma was received Friday by
Dr. A. R. Lewis, head of the state
board of health.
Lewis declared that this money
would be available for the care of
mothers during the period of ma-
ternity who were unable to receive
proper care at home.
The state legislature, Lewis de-
clared. is tinder obligation to match
this appropriation with an equal
sun, as soon as It meets. All states, On 0l)en SIlOD BaSiS?
is said' the law  «« match KANSAS CITY March 31.
probably would be entrusted, it is
| said to he 100 per cent strong.
LngihonnM t<  Meet*
The Marine Transport Workers,
affiliated with the Industrial Work-
j ers of the World, have as yet taken
no stand; those familiar with the
transport organization, however, are
confident, should the test come, that
I its membership will be a unit against
handling coal to assist in breaking
I the strike.
The longeshoremcn, are
| represented in the International
longshoremen's association. Joseph
It)an, lice president, said the
j matter will be taken up at h regit*
lar meeting on April 2.
'l'hugs Ready.
Officials of the United Mine Work-
ers who are in conference here with
the anthracite operators on a con-
tract to replace that which expires
on April 1, express no hope that a
shutdown in the hard coal fields can
be avoided.
Union officials also charge that
machine guns and troops of gunmen
and thugs already are being shipped
into the West Virginia coal fields to
shoot down miners wh«u the general
strike becomes effective. According
to C. F. Kennedy, vice president of
the West Virginia miners, the op-
erators in that state are preparing
literally to annihilate the union
miners when the strike comes.
comes from the registrar at Avery,
in which two persons, registered at
that precinct, went to the registrar,
( . A. Robertson, and asked that their
registration certificates be cancelled.
Robertson, according to Jim T.
Daniels, one of the men. informed
them that they would have to give
him 90 days notice In writing, after
which time he would cancel their
registration and they could register
as a democrat.
One of the parties who had regis-
tered In a precinct 18 miles away,
was told by Robertson that he would
have to go to the registrar in that
"Lives of Pump Men Must B^
Safeguarded," Says Chief
Mine Inspector.
Mine operators of Oklahoma
ceived warning Friday from
: Boyle, state mine inspector, thai
! thej muat obey the state laws as tq
ition foi the benefit oi
tho ■ miners who man the pumptl
while fh'' coal diggers are on strike]
Word had been received by hin
declared, thai
piai'Leal 1) ail mines in the Oklal
homa fields, t >«  t h union . > n <! noM
union, would be closed at midnighf
Friday.
As chief mine inspector of thd
state, he declared, he was preparing
to send out an order to all minq
opei etors prohibiting them front
allowing men to enter the mines foij
the purpose of pumping out
watei unless the fans and other safe-l
guards provided by law, were kepf
in operation.
"The danger of gas in the mined
is just as great during the time thff
mines are not in operation aa
another time, and I will see to ii
that the law is obeyed," Boyle de-1
clared. He said that he had beetf
informed that some of tho operaJ
tors were contemplating pullingf
their fires and stopping the fani|
while men were being sent down
in the mines to protect the minej
property from water.
"The protection of human life id
more important than the protection
of property and I propose to see that!
laws protecting life are enforced tflj
the letter," Boyle emphasized.
Plans Made to Run Mines
precinct and give him 90 days notice
and then upon his return after no Borah Demands Information
days time, he would cancel his cer-
tificate of registration.
Whether Robertson is ignorant of
the law or whether he is in collu-
sion with the machine seeking to de-
ter the reconstruction league, is not
known, but that he is not following
the law is apparent.
The law provides that a person
wishing to change his registration
must go to the registrar on or be-
fore April 29 and present his certi-
ficate of registration. In case the
person has no certificate he may ask
for another. The person then asks
the registrar that his certificate be _
cuMMlltd. Th« reditrar then shall which did not want the profits to l>|
On Operators' Profits.
By Federated Pr<
WASHINGTON, March 31.---Sorrel
data gathered by the federal trad*
commission on coal owners' profit!
manded t>y Senator Borah
• hair man of the senate committee <>n
. ducation and laboi. ai th. first stef
in the senate's inquiry Into the sus>
pension oi mining ipril i, by <>vei
500,000 union miners.
An injunction against publication
m
yea r by "if National Coal As social
tion, ill'' operators' organization]
dollar for dollar.
"This is a splendid bill and one
which has been badly needed," Lewis
declared.
Johnnie and his moth'
visit t o Johnnie's grandmother
Grandmother, knowing how well h«
liked cake, decided to see that h<
had as much as he wanted. Moth
watached him a long
asked:
"Johnnie, can you
The reply ca
"No'ni, but
i caught fire
j tie Viola Landis
on a hort time after she was removed to j hour is necessary under the fifteen-
e hospital Thursday night. minute schedule from the terminal
The baby, daughter of Mr. and ! station to Fortieth street, Shartel
rs. George Landis, 1414 North In- j said.
ana avenue, had been left in the Profits would be decreased if the
time and then house alone, her mother being at a i c'l> 'aw is enforced is their con-
neighbor's next door. The grand- tentlon, according to city commia-
still swallow | lather of the girl came to visit and sioners.
i found her clothinn in flames. [ K>rrest L Hushes, county attor-
weak voice: j How the flan.es started is a my.- "e.y' an ,nv*?t'BatJ1on, ,t0
still chew
DEPUTIES PIS
KERS
write across the certificate the word | nm,'e publje,
"cancelled," and It is then returned.
The person is then in the same po-
sition as If he had not registered.
During the registration period be-
Flans i tween July 11 and 21 the person
were being laid today for the opera- must go to his registrar and register
tlon of mines in Missouri, Arkansas, ;is a democrat. After April 30, the
Oklahoma, Wyoming, Kansas and ( law prevents you from changing
Iowa, on an open shop basis, it was y0ur political affiliation.
believed by union officials, follow- J    
Ing a statement by Harry N. Taylor,
One Textile Striker Wounded
By Shot.
chairman of the trans-Mississippi as-
sociation.
Operators were to meet here Mon-
day to discuss the situation.
LAWYER CHARGES
1 terj
EUROPEAN DIVORCE AND MARRIAGE OF
HOLLIS MAKES HIM "LOVE EXILE"
"Decisive Step;
The figures cover cost of coal pro-
duction and owners' profits and ar
a closely guarded secret.
Attorney General Daughterty ha
threatened to take decisive steps i
dealing with the crisis, "one minub
after nddnight Friday." The present
contracts expires at that time. Tb'
operators have refused to negotiat'
a new contract, although pledged t<
do so.
While Daugherty's proposed decif-
| ivo action is not divulged, it is con
sidered likely that the same strike
breaking preparations which wen
ade by the government to meet tin
threatened railway strike last Octo
her are under way against the coal
miners.
Men to Protect Property.
, I OS ANGELES March 31 Attor 1 a" ru,,l° ' Federal troops are probably ready!
PROVIDENCE. R. 1 . March 31.— L ;,aul w Schenck, representing PaCtS. 1 "> *et under way to protect a ttred
For the second time since the cotton j Arthur Burch. who is charged with ,   | of strikebreakers.
textile strike was Initiated in Rhode the murder of J. Belton Kennedy,1 WASHINGTON, March 31. ■ De-1 The United Mine Workers of Anw
Island, police and deputy sheriffs ' was to present affidavits this after spit.- advance opposition, and some < rica, which controls the 500,00(J
shot into a crowd of striking opera-Inoon- declared to beai upon ins argument « u the floor
charges that the jury picked to try | at<
liurch had been tampered wjth
ILL TREATIES
(IRE RATIFIED!
JIIRY TAMPERING Senate Gives 0. K. To Final
Pair of Arms Parley
Pacts.
Hesu'y F. Hollis' , sviie. atvd oLewflvtcx\r
determine if charges will be filed In
connection with ihe death of the \ 8 'nt0 a crow(i °f striking opera
Patton boy, son of a local attorney, j tives, wounding one striker, Eli May-
\ir\ rDD/lD 1K1 "i,: Ab0Ut twenty shots w< prosecution.
ISU LlxlxUK IIS according to workers in the assault i Judge S N. Re<
/"•ITV H/~k \TW\0 ^ '!rouI)- A bullet wound in Maj Schenck's motion to q
Ci / Y oONmJS nard's arm and a bullet hole through but allowed the postpc:
i the sen- union miners, has ordered all essen-J
Far Eastern treaty, and the tlal mines to be kept running, all!
t re\ i>ing • 'hinese tariffs were pumps and vital machinery to bo|
I Adequate water and sewage facili-
ties for Oklahoma City were one step
! nearer Friday when Assistant Attor-
i ney General Randell S. Cobb de-
! clared the $2,700,000 bond issue
I voted recently to be without error.
| The transcript will be acted upon
I early next week b;
j George F. Short.
the coat of another striker disprove j,awyor could make his claims
the contention of the police, featured recor
ratified by the sen
s overruled Although there w
sh the panel the Far Eastern ti
ement so the I against the chines*
part J 'he affirmative vc
j number than thosi
Schenck declares prospective Jury-
in the local news, that tbey fired in J men were questioned about their be-
,M0
thai
mt
the air.
The state board of mediation and
conciliation was dissolved when its
five members, despairing of a corn-
Attorney General | promise settlement, banded in their
resignations. The refusal of the mill
| No error has been found in the owners to produce their records of
I county hospital bond issue but the production costs, wages and profits
I transcript of these bonds will be wa8 the chief obstacle to conferences
! withheld pending court decision over j between the parties in the contro-
I their legality.
BRING "HIGH OFFICIAL-
PROPAGANDA TO LIGHT
BALTIMORE, March 31. — Forced
by a Federated Press league member
j to retract a lying story about *im-
I aginary' starvation among West Vir-
ginia miners, The Evening Sun of
Baltimore acknowledged its mistake,
saying:
I "The report (by the department of
i labor), it was found upon investiga-
! tion by a representative of The Eve-
j ning Sun. did not charge that tales of
. starvation were largely Imaginary."
The headline of the retraction
| reads: 'Much Poverty Found in W.
I Va. Coal Section. Secretary Davis'
I Statement Did Not Say. As Reported,
That Starvation Tales Were 'Largely
i Imaginary.'"
The original lie which was thus
I retracted read, under a Washington
versy.
SherifT Jonathan Andrews' ruling
against mass picketing is still in
force.
SIGN AGREEMENT
lief concerning the
MISSISSIPPI ON
FLOOD RAMPAGE
MEMPHIS, March 31.—Flood wa-
ters on the Mississippi river were
endangering levees and towns and
farmlands behind them today, ac-
cording to reports recleved here.
I At some points the river is 21
miles wide.
Several small
are endangered
ot the first line levies. Hundred:-)
of men are at work to protect the j j,
earthen walls against
waters.
maintained in operation at all minen
tlwhethei < os< or not, and all minal
, ty, ;<nd only one property to be scrupulously pro^
• tariff agreement, I tec ted by the men.
tes were less in , The action of Borah's commit teal
( list previously, w. 11 depend in part upon the tactii
score of senators were | employed by Daugherty.
n tip vote wag taken.
conference treaties hav
ratified by the Fai|ed to Meet Obligation.
Davis Admits Operators
the Yap,
he supplemental four-
al limitation, the Fa*
ie Chinese tariff trea-
LAWTON LEAGUE
MEETING SUNDAY
ns in Arkansas massmeeting of
the crumbling farmers will be
LAWTON. Okla„ March 31. A
anlzed labor and
Id here Sunday.
April 2 at 2 p. in. The meeting will
in the interests of the Farmer-
I
1
dii appointment atl
urn
'L
' 111
keeping secret its plans—it any-
after the strike begins.
I
' I
' I
comes effective
Miii. .ti >.ffi. i.i:•, Mil willing to|
meet the operators, neverthele
I
-tart of the • • :ke w. t-... short tol
But Disturbances Are Report-
ed in Both Sections.
BELFAST, March 31.—Some dis-
turbances continued here today and
others were reported from Dublin,
despite the agreement signed In Ix>n-
don last night by Sir Jatnes Craig
C0NNALLY CALLS
CHILD LABOR MEET
A meeting of the state department
of labor and federal agents seeking
the enforcement of the federal child
labor laws and the employers of
child labor in Oklahoma ' ity will
ibably be held Thurs<
day of
Claude
xt
Frl-
to
Labor Reconstruction League Mto I reach any aatisfactory agreennifl
place Lawton producers on record that would avert the walkout.
for J. C, Walton tor governor and 
for the entire league ticket and pro- MRS. BERGDOLL'SCASE
IS POSTPONED BY JUDGE|
It was hoped that Mayor Walton '   
it . i • i • ti> • :' i; • ■ t1 \\ .\SHINi 5TON v. h ;; Suit of I
me ling, but the mayor finds it im- Mrs. Emma Bergdoll to recover!
possible to come. Dan Hogan, editor property seised from her by the aiien|
the Oklahoma Leader, will ipeak. property custodian had been contii)!
ill I I. fie\t • • ! Ill of court I
By pretending that another person
was present when she was really
alone. Mrs. Isabelle Holcomb, West
Ninth street, frightened away a burg-
Former Senator He
?e in Rome to Miss j
•lid
arnic
French Hollis of New Hampshire, by his mar- i
e White Hobbs of Concord, has become a "love i
The divorce granted the former senator by a
egally recognized in America, it is declared.
lawyers, he would be hound to his first wife,
• to obtain a divorce. Mrs. Hollis, shown here
rss granted a decree of separate maintenance
I from her husband. The new Mrs. Hollis Is a childhood sweetheart of the
erstwhile statesman, who has practiced law in Paris since his retirement
1 rom the United States senate.
French (*ourt cannot be
[ Should he return here, sa
! from whom he failed twic
I with her little daughter,
lally, state commis-
for Ulster, and Michael Collins, for sloner of labor, Friday.
the Free State of South Ireland. 1 J. A. Whiteford, superintendent of
Extremists here and in the south, public Instruction in Oklahoma City,
are striving to attain their ends. . and Ida M. Hale, county superintend-
. Sir James promised the strongest ent, have both, according to ron
coal fields I efforts to halt assassination of Cath- nally. made known their illingness
 ly imagin- 0j,c re.stdentH in Belfast, and Collins to co-operate in the matter.
ary, nrcording to a report prepared j pledged the suppression of repub- This conference in Oklahoma < ity
by theilepartment of labor and made hjcan army hostilities toward Ulster, will be one of probably twenty-five
public at the White House today" j Reports from Dublin, however, in- to be held over the state, Connally | rived and found her alon
(February 14.) j ,ijrated that violence was still feared, ! declared
The dispatch had been sent out by and that republicans were threaten-
"Tales of starvation among the
miners in the New Riv
of We„i Virginia are 'largely imagin
' burglar
i telli
lied police station when
vas trying to get in. the r
;eaut couldn't I
laughed so much
ig that there was
It worked, for
Judge Bailey ordered the post-
ponement after he had remitted a
• ! againstl
I ; nip' •" • "hi t. |
when she interrupted th< alien prop-.
I
later cause further "confusion" in!
• Hand ti . urt by cxcite i questions to herg
aiie she j own attorney.
irowler. Mrs. .Bergdoll is the mother
ine United Press, relying upon a
"high official at the White House."
Elizabeth Gilman, Baltimore, pro-
cured the retraction.
burgla
Ing to seize public buildings. I More than !K) per cent of the lutn- ! talked over the phone,
A group of constables was fired I her shipped from British Columbia who overheard, got the impression
on here last night, and one was overseas is carried on ships owned that there were several persons in
Killed. ' by the Canadian government. | the house. J
1
* er> from the draft laws. Her attorneyI
badly frightened, there wa no bur- explained that she did not under-]
i larK in sight. By laughing -h. .stand the court technicalities.
Ml of the continents have cities.1
town .mi villi bearing th«|
name Eomet
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