THETULSA STAR
SUCCESSOR TO fcTifE MUSKOGEE STAR
TULSA, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, SEPT. 12 1913
Vol. 1, No. 46
Subscnption $1 00 for Year
SECOND WARRANT FOR EDITOR
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Martin Makes Another Fruitless
A ttempt to Imprison Ediioi
.I'Libeled" Lawyer Visits Supulpa after the
Editor's arrest and secures two witnesses
A second fruitless attempt to
jail I lie editor or i he Tul.su Star
was made by Fieeuiuii L. Martin
last Satin day when he swure to
auotlier eiimiiial libel chuige uud
obtained u warrant for the arrest
ol (he editor, because the Star re
produced the so-culled "libelous
article" in last week' ibsue. .Mar
tin'.s eliiet auibitioit now is to get
the editor behind the bars. He
waited until a late hour Saturday
to iile the ihurges, Imping the
wan nut would be served Sutur
day night.
However, he wan disappointed
in this, as the warrant has never
been served. The editor wus no
tified that .Martin had sworn to
another warrant and advised to go
to the Sujerior Court Monday
witli boiidsiueu, which wuh done,
and without any trouble a second
?."00 bond was given, uud uguiu
the editor, uccoiupauied by u uuiu
ber of friends, left the court
house, to return to the headquar
ters of our campaign ugalnst ull
public corruption.
It is reported that Martin haft
said that he would be sutUfied if
he could, land -the" editor in jail
No doubt he would. Hut there
are too many decent jwople, hon
orable men and women in Tulsa
who stand for the same manly
principles advocated by the "Star,
who ate in accord with the editor,
to permit a man of Martin's type
to succeed in curbing their best
interest by putting the editor in
jail and thus tnp the circulation
of the Stur.
Martin has lived his best days
in Tulsa. The jieople have found
him out and they will not be sat
isfied until he is banished from
ainouu them. This is the record
he has made for himself among
people who once trusted him and
Worthless
Murders Two Officers
Captain Jackson Denounces Killing and
Praises The Star For its Fight for Decency
f Lou Green, Colored, of Uutluie,
haid to be a man of Immoral hub
its and a bootlegger, shot nud
killed two police officers at Guth
rie Sunday when the two meu at
tempted to arrest him for sellin,,
whiskey. The towu was very much
stined over the killing of the of
ficers nud there hnn been some
talk of driving till iiegroes out of
Guthrie. Or course, uuy such ut
tempt would mean a bloody per
iod in the history of the former
capital of tliu state And it is hon
ed this feeling hus died out by thin
time. The Coloied people of Uutfe
rie ns a whole tire property own
ers. Captain T. 1). Jackson of this
eitv is a former resident of Guth
rie and both lie uud his son, Dr.
. Jackson, are heavy property own-
ora tliprft.
Spenkinu of the killing of the
'Guthrie officers by Green yester
dnv OnDtain Jackson "aid:
"I think tt a very unfortunate
thing for the- better clement
both race in Guthrie. Hut it will
learn them thnt the riff-raff ele
ment nf both races is u constant
menace to any community. J am
i 4 nersonallv acnuaiuted with Lou
'Green, and I know he is a man of
' ' tbelowet type. When condition
a ? m -aj.
hJkvc.l in him. He is making In.-
l.ist gi.iudstuud plas now in pie
uniting iliat he has been lilieh.l
b.t the editor ot the Star ami
tensing the editor's uiiesl on
these false ekurges.
Idit we ure leudy and willing
to go into open colli t and show
Muitiu up in his true colois. II.'
in (imitating the report .ih.i.il
town that certain citizens of Su
pulpa will testify in the etc
against the editor. We have no
objection to an one, who can, te.s
til sing for Martin in this case.
We shall exeet, however, that
each wlhies for and against Mar
tin testify to facts only, and v
will piosccute for perjur un
witness who gives false testiiiiuu.
The editor and his wife visited
friends at Supulpu Sunday, and
while there learned that Martin
hud visited certain people at Sa
pulpa Fept. 5th, th day follow
iug the editor's uirest on chart." s
fied by Martin and that he had
secured tit least two men to testi
fy for him in this case. The ed
itor of this uauer has not and will
UKvr f Is" ,ay ,witHessi tnjestify
in hum rasejt e uo uoi wish am
witness to testify falsely against
Martin. Wu have at hand plenty
of facts to prove everything we
have ever said or intimated about
him, and more. We iiiv not i.n
easy. The star will proceed n.
expose MVrtiu because we believe
it the proper thing to do. e a i
uo one to take sides with it
ut'.iinst Mai tin. We intend to
submit nod, substantial facts and
let the,, public lender its own ver
diet. If we cannot win this light
by fair means and manlv tactics
we pit-ftyf-fo bise,. Whatever the
consequences.
iMoio to follow.)
Bootlegger
ficer cannot discharge his sworn
duty without fear of assassination
by this kind of character it is bad
indeed, tfud a serious letlection
on the better element. 1 have had
a number of years of actual ex
perlence on the police tone and I
know what it means to tolerate
the lawless, shiftless and vicious
element of any leople. I certain
ly admire the (Star for its stand
agaiuat this class of our people in
Tulsa. This is the class that
causes the better element of the
race everywhere to suffer for theii
crimes, aud we need to clean 'em
out."
Bvnum and
Kfley Here.
TImt Raroum and llailey circus,
one of the biggest aud best shows
on earth, will stretch tent in Tul
su next Monday uud bring joy to
ta iwarta of thousuuds of coplc.
old aad youug, who appreciate the
dTOBtage of seeing a circus that
ludi is it exclusive line of popu-
White Man
To Marr Colored Girl
Chicago Millionaire Must Pay Colored Wife
$35.00 Per week Till Child Is Of Age.
Chicago. Sept. I!. Tuc.sduv was
an aw Mil bad day for millionaire
Geoige Willis (white), a Grand
boulevard millionaire, who for
thiee ,cims hail in hi employ
Ethel Smith, a voting, coiuclv
woman of '27 years, as maid in his
bachelor apartment. As water
wears awa rock, it seems this
cultured uciillcmnii's prejudices
had vanished and before he was
aware of things lie was Hearing
the stale of fatherhood and the
maid the mother for his child.
Tuesday the climax came when
tie was hauled into court uud
made to marry the woman he had
wronged.
Many a colored man is serving
time in Jolict for such nets and
this gentleman can consider him
self fortunate that he was sen
tenced to marry this .vuung'wonTnn
and pay her $:t."i per week until the
child becomes of age. The judge
that tried the case made him give
a bond or $2r,00(l and pay the
money into the court each wevk
or mouth, as he so desires. While
in court his honor in rebuking the
man of wealth said:
"Look at you, a mini of inlelli
geuce, in silks and satins heir of
the ages, taking advantage of this
poor, illiterato, ignorant girl in
this manner. If you were living
in the South you would walk off
from your prey and not give her
a dime if you disposed to do so.
PILLAR OF FIRE 600 FEET HIGH
MOSES' AND AARON'S NIGHTLY GUIDE POST TO BE IMITATED
AT TULSA DRY -FARMING CONGRESS
"And thore went befor tho tey
night i a pillar of flro to glva them
light." Ex. XIII, 21.
For the first ttmo In history, lno
that marvelous light brought tho poo
pie of Israel out ot bondngo, another
pillar ot tiro will bu used to call tlio
poople of the world from labor to re
trtshment at Tulau.
The largest gas well In th world
U located within a fow miles of
Tulsa. It Is being piped Into tho
mlddlo of the oxposltlna grounds UBed
by the International DryKarsalug
Congress. It flows thirty million
cubic feet ot natural gas daily and
when It Is turned loose and lighted
on tbs night of October 22 tho vis
itors and dologates to tho Congrosa
will witness a sight that for awo-
tnsplring magnificence has uuver
been equalled.
Six hundred feet straight Into the
air the guB In shot by nature's
force below. Its noise Is like that
of an avalanche; Its power that of
the cyclone. It will b controlled
and Ignited by electricity from a dls-
lents. If you are human you
.ill enjoy every minute Hient lin
er the canvas.
WELLS ELECTED TREAS
URER OF Y-M. A.
At n meeting of Executive Hoard
.ftlu V. M C A., this week J. II
Wells was unanimously elected trea
urer of that organization. Ilev. Jas.
. Johnson was re-elected preaideut
and M M. Tcmliu sectary.
-ILrl.
Forced
itut the time is lieie now when all
judges, to get the icspcct of his
coiriiituuity and nation, must give
the' law as laid down and not us
lie !o feels."
The judge sent the prisoner's
brother for u gold ling and jsir
formed the ceremonies in his
chambers.
Mr. .lames Carter, :t02.") State
street,' professional bondsman,
was I ties t man and main witness
to file muriiage. As we go to
prey's the millionaiii'V attorney
said his client need not pay an,
more than from $3 to $1U. '
The judge dissents from this
and said that law was for work
ing men, but the child of u mil
lionuire calls for more. Its sta
lioujn life .required more to raise
ft. The judge refused to rediiei
the bond and the money alloted
to the unfortunate young woman
This case is a celebrated one
and one that our daily pnpor.
ought to give big headlines itftci
the way they cut up over I he duel
Johnson case. This ease will not
reach the light of day as far a
the papers are concerned and tin
poor, benighted heathen will sc.
that the king can do evil and In
must answer for his evil-doing
We are glad to live in a city anil
iF'stirfe where the respect for law
and woman stands so high. Chi
euim Defender.
tanc of tws hundred yards or more
on account of tho heat It creaUa.'
No flame can bo seen until thu
gas roaches the height of a ten storj
building. Above that a solid pillar
ot (Ire five hundred foot In height nud
a hundred feet thick will lllumlno
the exposition grounds and the cits
of TuUa as no city was ever lighted
In the history ot tho world. HhnJ
oi will bt cast ot people and thlnsi
ave mllos away. The flamo tfselt
may be seen for a hundred inilos.
Gas U cheap In Oklahoma. The
average gas light In the nverne hom
uses but few cubic feet of sa's in
an hour. Tho great guH light n Tulsa
will burn tiftecu million feet a night
Nothing llko It has ever been snuii
since Moses led hU people out of
Egypt and Into the piomlsed land,
The Tulsa light will servo a similar
pupa I, tor It will give to the world
a message of agricultural hope and
will point the way to farm piosporll)
lu all atutes and nations through the
teachings ot thu International li.-y.
Farming Congress, for whose wott -
iug ii u Durnea.
Tlie name of Dr. Geo. V.
Utickncr, a colored man of Eans
ville, Ind., was sent to the Senate
by President Wilson last week to
be confirmed as the new ambassa
dor to Liberia, the colored repub
lic on the south coast of Africa,
Dr. Uuckner, was recommended.
for the position by Secretary (
State William J. Bryan, and lus
confirmation is already conceded.
When The Star
Appear
The following versus were com
posed b J., t). Conner, u oung
Colored 'mail nf this city, who is
making himself famous as a poet.
This poem hits lieon dedicated to
the editor of the Star.
Hy 1 1. O. Conner.)
When the Tulsa Star upiHMi-,
Our hearts Isml with deligbi;
For m brave virtues stand !
On the gieat immoral fight.
To raise the morals higher, '
Tlie war b. just begun.
The wolf is coming nearer
.Let's fight fioiu sun to sun.
When the TuIni Star apear,
Aud you are home at night,
You fchoulil always be iu cheer
At its great moral fight.
When the Tulsa Star upicur,
Ami you read day or night,
I ''or its editor you must cheer
For his brave moral fight,
As he stands every day
And carefully sots the ty
iiid then going ou his way,
list thinking what is right.
Twinkle, twinkle little Star,
We taire not how small you are.
When you twinkle, twinkle right.
Turn the darkness into light.
The editor's uume ts Siuithermau,
A maicof. medium size,
And if he ever writes you up
Vuu ueed not be yurpibed.
Of all the paper near and far,
There ure but few
You can uompurv
With the THlsa Star.
School To Start
Next Week
MONDAY Wll.h UK (JALA
DAI' KOH SCHOOL KIDDIES,
isi'T o vou TKAcm:us:
The schools of Tulsu will oeii
Monday with an increased enioll
meiii over the attendance of last
, ear.
Tlie Colored schools of this city
linve nmtlc lenmikible progress
under the . guidance of Prof.
Hughes and the principal will
npi n this lenn with u delermiuu-
lion to do even better than hay
li.en done in the past.
WIIX ORIN IZE
Business League
There is talk of calling u mass
meeting of the citizens of the
I. ist end for the purpose of or
g Mixing a business men's league,
to substitute the Chamber of Com
meice. which lias iiutomalicaily
passed into insignificance uiuluv
tin- leadership of Freeman L. Mar
tin The Chumher of Commerce
was oig.iuiiceil more than two
)i'Hin ago and Martin was made
picsidcut. Since that tkne the or
ganization went "dead" for two
yea is, It is said, and would hav
remained iu that state had nut
Mr. Wells, who is vlce-presr(uiil,
called a meuliug tu assist in
the Star's crusade against the u.i-
' dgf-orld
At this call meet I tig Martin was
re-elected president aud It win
freely ptvdlctud that the orgauiira
tion would bu short livad, As pre
dieted, it is now u dead letter. It
has not met In more than a moult.
nud the jieople ure JeiiifirtfMrv
reorganization or a new fofgiiull' ,.
jZation
Martin will probuWl0e-
sign
Mfc
DON'T FORGET THAT WE
STILL DO JOB WORK
I la aad heart-thrilling amuse
in any town are bucii w an i-
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