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0 ;:SES fl) DEATH . , i v c tr- II 3d 'IT - I ' i ..it v. i'L uv 9 1 ire xx xx xx xx XX :: :: :: THE WBATHBB REPORT TI'I.SA. OkUH Jttlf " - Tin tm ! r;t I u i c : M : tiiuai 61, minimum 8) southwi'kt wlmU ;t ii it i . ir. W 1BHINOTON, Mt ( Ik 'ah.ini.i Fair TuetOI ibl) etliH'Mlny. ind prob' LnnJ is. 5PtT?,T? Want a good Stead young man nil tin' farml Vim will find the advertiHemenl of one mi the Clarutifietl Page. n i l. i.i si n uiki: aw VOL. X, NO. 24 6, T.L'LSA, OKLAHOMA, "i ss III I'OKT W B D N E H I) A Y , J I U 9 1 T K N PA (J K 8 Frank Holt, Morgan's Assailant, Ends His Life by Plunge From Prison PRAY WITH ME THAT WAR WILL STOP, REWROTE NATHAN STRAUS GIVES Y.'.CHT TO AID PALESTINE In Farewell Note He Says That It Is Useless to Live Longer. "BRING UP BABIES IN LOVE OF GOD" Yesterday, Morning He At tempted Suicide by Cut ting an Artery. MRS. HOLT PROSTRATED, DOESN'T KNOW THAT HER HUSBAND IS DEAD Texas, July la nii null' i I do not . "of an say. tare to nurse, we I shall nnl dlacuM iti are all terribly i li my daughter i matter further statement rink llult, tonight b w hen told i, l- Bensabaugh, ,ll had committed I i A I . I . AS. Hurry ; but I hen until tomorrow tonight " This was father-In law o ulolde, Mr. Bensabaugh Htated that hli family physicians had told him that n would be unsafe tu tell Mrs, Holt of the aulolde uniu tomorrow, "1 inlii her today of the Cambridge police theory that Holt was really Brlch Muenter, who disappeared after the mysterious death of his wife, and my daughter Is prostrated tonight aa a result' added Mr. Sensahaugh. "ltui I had to tell her all. Tomorrow we will have to tell hir of her husband's death." Mr. Bensabaugh 'hi ho arrangements would be made until later for the burial of Holt, ami that there was nothing h uld say except that he could not believe the theory that Holt and Muenter were the same. man. ''If llult really was a man who had dropped to life's bottom -and I rnn't believe It 1 take my hat off to htm for the way ho came hark," he added "No man oould have been a more lovable husband and father und a hotter friend than he was while I knew him. My daughter also refuses to believe Hull and Muenter aro the Hame man." It developed tonight that Mrs. Holt was to mump sinned a contract this week for building B home here on u lot she already had nurchased with her husband'a money. They were to live near the Southern Methodist university, where Holt was to teaOh year, this j . W i I Bs nwtmwstfliniH-: . - - ' - . .--...,..-.' -'.. isssassssTw-1- ." -si?awl PRICE FIVE CENTS GERMAN FORCES LOSE STRENGTH : 1ST SECTOR between the Vistula and the Bug Rivers Heavy, Fighting ( 'out inues. TEUTONS PLAN BIG OFFENSIVE IN WEST HA-Tf-ZAM S7XAIS (H CIK ItJ HO VACH7 " SSL H L British Break Monotonv in indera by Taking Enemy 's Trenches. Li 'Mil IN, duly I till the exception of ei between the Vistula and Austi n i let-man rush In war lone seems tn be l montum, The Russians ii m. i Wit h irtaln sectors the Bug, the. the eastern islng Its inn- have braced given his o Louis D, a, lit. the Brandeis, Bislltne, ti chairman the Zionist of the pro- brel hren llle hull in particular, land, has beCi the Import me a mallei GUARD WAS MISSING lit- Cell Por Only a Pew Seconds, But Assassin Was Waiting. VILLA OSES STREET CHARGES AGAINST CARS FOR BARRACKS WILDER ARE HEARD BOSTON, duly 6. Nathan Straus. New Vmu philanthropist, has ninn tn hido relieve Jewish distress In Palestine. In a letter t visional executive committee for Zionist affairs, he said: "Hear Mr. Brandeis: In these dark days for all humanlt) and tor our :,n f i.-ikinu s s in relieve ilie general distress uruvulllnK. especially In o( paramount Importance, "The world is m country, to do good is my religion, I have, therefore, nmviainnni ,-v uve committee for itcneral Zionist affairs of mj steam yacht, u hii ii is herew Ith enclosed, "This yaoht I have now placed. In the hands of brokers to be sold at a sacrifice, so that the cash n ii,. ..i ..' kin nnuihla tn relieve the need ih it ate uresslnu The proceeds are in lii! expended your personal direction In the waj that you will find most effective. Faithfully youra, NATHTAN STRAUS The yaoht Is valued at more than thirty-five thousand dollars. esolved in make i the Blslllne, a th gift I c'l iitii the 01 of a , be undor t QLEN COVE, X. Y., July 6. Frank linn, the Cornell professor who simi J, P, Morgan In his home here lust Saturday, committed sulicde here to i Ifhl by jumping from a J;iH window to the concrete floor of the courtyard, about fifty feet below. Bolt was under the guard of Jeremiah Ryan, a jail attendant. The prisoner apparently was sleeping soundly and Ryan, hearing a noise on the oilier side of the cell Her, left his plat 0 In front of Holt's open door and started to Investigate. Ryan heard a noise, which he said resembled an ex plosion and hastily returned to Holt's cell only to find it empty. Holt had lipped through the open eeli door and clmbed to the top of the cell tiers to an open window through which he i lunged t" the narrow courtyard below. Dr. Guy Cleghorn, the jail physi cian, found Holt's skull had been crushed and that death had been in stanfaneous. District Attorney Smith searched Holt's cell Immediately after arriving lit the Jail and found a letter written nit yellow paper. This letter, which Unit must hae written before he at tempted Slliclde early this mornine;. when the pencil with which he tried to sever an artory wis taken from liJm, was addressed "to my dears," und follows: "I must write once more. The more I think about it the more I see the uselessness of !ivin under circum stance" SUCh BS tln-se. Ilring up the dear babies In the love of Cod and man, Hod Ideas you. my sweet. Af feet ionatel . Fronl. ("All please pardon me for all the hnnrtnnhc I have liruunht yOU. Tray with me Unit the slaughter will My heart breaks. Goodbye.") Stories 'onfllctlng. ai midnight there was still lderable confusion in the Jail conflicting stories as to the manner In Which Holt was killed were told h those attached to the institution. The attendants disagreed as to tho place where the body was found. Jeremiah O'Ryail, the keeper de tailed to watch Holt's cell, declared that he was positive that the body was in a pool of blood In the cell when he first saw It. it sounded to me like an ex ploston," said O'Ryan in giving hut version of what occurred. "You wall have hard work to convince me that it wasn't. The cell was In partial darkness as the lights had nol been fully turned on. ' I was fifteen feet away from the cell whet it happened and my back was turned. I heard a noise und then ran into the cell and looked around. It was dark. "I couldn't see tit first, then t found the body in a pool of blood In a corner Of the cell. "Holt had been in remarkably Rood spirits. He had launhed and joked earlier In the evening, Thut made me aUSplcloUS." Portable Armj Quarters Several Miles Away from Attacking Forces. ANNOY AMBASSADOR ommissioners County Asked to move Couutv sin f Creel ANOTHER CAPITAL SIEGE IS PLANNED Something Wrong With a "Castor" on Castor's Car MEXICANS LIVING ON SHORT RATIONS tie-riff. las rep; arranzis starve Zapata 'f in Mexico ( ring A rii i v in it v INTEREST IS INTENSE TO REOPEN BUSINESS To Execute Two Who Held Up Soldiers Brit ish Representative. M' stop. con- and I'orresputidi-'iico of tlio AMOCtatSd Press.) EXICO CITY, June Ii. The bulk of the Zapata and Villa defend ing army Is living In f9 street cars which occupy a mile of track between the suliutbs of MtXCOaC and San Angeland, ami along a road to Cuernavaca, the destination of th de fending army If It Is driven from this city. The cars are on the opposite side of the city to that which Is bi ling attacked. The capital police have been swept isnie so far a.s practical protection Is concerned und although gendarmes I are seen on post as usual, anyone i went ins; w lial approaches a military Uniform Is supreme. This was brought humo to K. W. P. Thurston, British consul general, day before yesterday when he was i ompelled at the noint Zapata soldiers mobile fh Ins Pat Malloy Thompson D ing ni- and Ben fend; Hear d Today. SAPULPA Interest A, Okla,, July ti. With est at fever pitch and sentl- Bpaelsl in The World. inent abuut eiiuully divided, Sheriff i.ew wilder, against whom ouster pro ceedings were instituted some time ago by the i.ay Enforcement league, faced a hearing today before the county Commissioners, Wilder was represented by Attorneys Pat Malloy of Tulsa and R, is. Thompson of pal pa. The testimony was confined to reso Hunger Kit Starving Menace i ( 'mit inue Thousant Property. and PUEBLA, Mexico. June 30. --(Via Galveston, July I.) Carransa troops, which failed t., capture Mexico City uft-jr 1 I days' fighting, and then were driven back In disorder, arc planning to placi tho Mexican apilal under an Indefinite siege, according to messengers who arrived today U( m su- Mexico City I apparently tarve me 01 rifles to curry tw jimut the city in an aut lution affidavits which wire drawn up at a mass meeting held in Sapulpa some lime ago, It was at this same mass meeting thai a large sum of i money was raised tu assisi in running down the party or parties who blew ' up the plant of a local newspaper with j nitroglycerin. I Sheriff w ilder entered a general io i nial to all of the charges ami has I recommendations from some of the ll,e Iti-ttivl, fl. ,.n,l ..1,.,.... I .ii " in rct'K eoiiuiy reuiivn ,,..' ' ., ' joi.ru.,,, Uis reputation for honest and Tightness, The county , t , Baldcrs I 'act nc Posse, !l;i iW NSTI.I.i:. Texas, July 'V- Despite efforts of posse of 16 north Cameron county citizens, six state rangers and half a dozen i ounty of ficers to corner a gang Of -'" Mexi can raiders near the coast, 40 miles north of Brownsville, the raiders have made good their escape and arc now believed headed for the RlO Orande, ... pn.w.l.,. 1, ... I 'l ' I Mexicans swept neinre inem n of cattle .and horses. II Tin numb n itoiiti for Hucrta V.j PASO, Texas, Jul s B TI a dnj iAassed -without bond being fui tor General Hnerta or iny of the five Imprisoned with him. be an accomplice in a iail delivery To Execute nlprite. Mr Thurston was taking his morning drive when the soldiers halted him and hoarded his car. After joy riding about the city they caused the chauffeur to drive to the penitentiary, where a general deliv ery was attempted by them, in the confusion the British legation was notified, the men arrested, and the car returned to the consul. The authorities have promised to execute tho culprits. All foreigners owning cars are in the habit of flying the flag uf their nations on the hood of the machine. Despite ihis, the seising and stealing of cum has become so leneral that few ears BOW care to task tiding. All of the banks and Dearly all of the larger commercial estab lishments have been closed since the Carransa troops approached the city. Kill Hungry Rioters. Toduy the shortage of foodstuffs became so serious that rioting was LVolded only by ihe presence of troops who fired over the heads of the mobs in one Instance the sol diers fired low. killing several women II is estimated that more than thirty thousand people, nearly all women, gathered In front of the Offices of the International relief commissi on'a warehouses At the Red fross ilrst uld booths 619 women and children were treated ror injuries sascainea tn the crusn. iter jr., south ix carloads 01 corn wen- distributed r.jon and I H. 10 the people Ml ween 4 OCIOCS in the ' yeutheri doubles morning ami 4:.:u o elm k p. in., w hen the supply was exhausted. At that hniir a IniiK line of women still were waiting for the cereal. The local authorities have been unable to do aujuiing to relieve the distress. The coming of the American Red Cross representative is awaited acre with I much anxiety. up- They r ported that is carransa s purpose to Zapata garrison Into sub mission, Zapata's trOOpa within the city nevertheless have been Instructed to keep out the Carransa force op erating under General Pablo Oonwiles at all costs. All Of those Of the iiio.ooo population who are regarded as able to fight have been called upon t h'lp Carranaa's Inability to take tho city a week ago has resulted in demoralis ing bis troops and ii is believed they will not again venture far enough into the City to cause street fighting. Residents Oppose arranxa, Merchants who have closed their shops because of fear of looting should the Carransa forces enter, aro said to have gheti their rnonl sup- rCnnttnucd on rage Two.) HOTEL PORTERS IN TULSA A NUISANCE Until yesterday afti o'clock th- iiitomobtte Mack Castor "f Sand stood loo in deportment chased several montl moon at t belonging n Sitings liiid ii was pur ago mil since Wl Nut mi in Aetuallv Starv- or ( 'lasses Are real Misery. sti f lam - in, ut a i that time has carried the lly on many pleasure trips w blemish upon Its character." Yesterday Aftern Castor drove his car in front of o. .Main street storo and went Inside to do some shopping It was 'hen that ho machine strayed from the straight and narrow path. Suddenly it leaped into the air, came down in Us Mud "feet," ha ked up ii few paces, then shot forward Into the curbing, open mouthed, pe destrfatns watched the antics of the automobile, Castor emerged from the Btore Just, as his ear finished its impromtu per formance Ho Investigated and found that the brake had become inns. ened. And he laughed heartily as ho patted his machine affectionately upon the "back." Yes, it was mad.- In Michigan. No Holdups, Chief Burns Says They Lose it Gambling FARMS DEVASTATED Rail mad Transportal ion Demoralized; Stops Pood Shipments. themselvea and are holding at most points along their line, although the Austrtans claim continued progress to the northeast of Krasntk, and further cast alons. the river Vleprs In tho in Ighborl i of Tat nogrod. This Is a Critical sector mi far as a northward blow at Warsaw is con cerned but it is evident that the Etus siatis are stiffening their reslsteneo after tlolr Intu; retreat and tho (Irtish press for the first time In weeks takes h more cheerful view of tho eastern situation, it is noteworthy thai today's Heriin official communication speaks only of a gain on the northern Poland front, leaving in, southeastern Held entirely to Ihe Austrtans who In their official statement emphasise that an advance On the center between the Vistula and lln Hug was made by "A list flans." The qulei which had prevailed on the Brtlsh front in (Danders so long has been broken by a British gain of German trenches to the north of Vptes. The advance was made after typical trench warfare tactics backed by Freni h artlllei y, ins Area tctlve. This part of Ihe western fr,,nt still holds Its reputation OS a gas area, field Marshal I'Yciieh again recount ing how the Germans bave been bom barding vpi-.s with gas sheila, Ihe last LM hours have brought many renewed rumors that the Ger mans are planning tu launch a new Offensive in the west, lloir aim being to duplicate their ilallcian tactics and Mic itiMini Blr, Kight Upstairs," Will lie stopped by i Hi Commission at Once, ATLANTA. July 6. The first and second rounds In the singles of tho twenty-eighth annual southern tennis tournament were completed today on the courts at teas. Lake, und some hard-fought matches resulted. None Of the favorites were eliminated dur ing the day. They are J. M. Adoue Jr , Dallas: J. H. liurns and B. Phelps, New Orleans, and E. V. Car ter tr.. t'y Smith, B. M. Grant and Dr. Nat Harris, Atlanta. The third round will begin tomor row and the match attracting most attention is that between K. v. Cai- Mlal.tic stalls Adoue jr., Dallas hamplon The rem). finals an expected tt. be reached ti -morrow Play In the men's double will start Wednesday, coin mission! rs took t he matter under advisement and are to hold another session at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning, it is probable that they will hand down a decision ut that time. Lew Wilder defeated Henry lay King for ii -i lection at the August finals by a large majority. He Is called the "Village blacksmith," hav ing been In that business at Kief el for a number of years. Ho Is one of the most popular men in Creek county and has many friends Who are back log htm to the man In his trouble with the Law Enforcement league. lTT)aT A xtt csrrirvXTT-k u -ri i u ii i- plans for suppressing the hotel por UnTTTSTTlC! A TP "17" DT A VPTI ' nuuiiuo nnu i unlaw tmimlssion y tti rduj .,nd the cltj at torney will begin Immediately the task i f preparing an ordinance along that line. other street nuisances will be cov ered by the ordinance, it was inti mated by the commissioners, one of these will be tbe fellow with the al leged humorous make-up who cavorts about the street with an advertisement on his back Sometimes this brum! of p st em barrasses women and at best he is an undesirable eltlseD, in riling to th' commission. The commission seemed inclined to favor the publi, announcer, as long as his face is hi t painted and his garb cham- is conventional, hut the ordinance will provide that he must keep moving, "Spielers" In front of auction sales ol theatres will not be permitted. Rooming house and hotel portl rs win not be permitted to solicit busi ness ut roll toad stations or on tlx stn i ts. They will be allowed to stand In the stairway or entrance to the place they r present but will not be permitted to solicit passcrs-by for their patronage, I lli Ic I III II. "Some men," said I'ncle Kben, "does everything deir wives tell 'em to, foh de sako of hamlln' 'em de blame foh whatever goes wrong." Solved I a seti"s of mysterious rol I cr ies that uivc been occurring in Tulsa during the past tow weens, !hlef of P die Pi ster N. Burns yesterday told a World reporter that he had gotten to the bottom of a supposed wave of crime that has been sweeping the dty In regard to holdups of late,, and had found that at least eight of every ten robberies reported have been "stalls" and that no crime was committed. Here is his so lution: A man receives bis check Sat urday night, instead of tatting it home, he enters upon an evening of revelry. At midnight be finds himself "broke, " then decides to go home. Upon the way he won ders whit excuse he will make to his wife relative tO the funds that arc not Then he boi omes seised with a brilliant alibi. Ho will tell her that he w "is held up and rob bed by tWO bold, bad men with a revolver; that be had no recourse other thin to hand oer tho moti.-y and as a result, he Is a much sadder but wiser man, Arriving at his hearthstone he tells the Story, ' W ifle" falls so hard for it that Hubby" has 10 support her H congratulates himself, mumbles something about "how soft it was," then goes to bed with an easv con science, Simple, almost laughable, ia It not? . Yet Chief Burns is of the opin ion that this very thing has been going on In Tulsa for several weeks and th.-e a great majority of '.h-1 rubbery rnstis reported during that time are "fak m'' end attributable to the above-men tmned story ne man arrested yesterday admitted that he had been "Working" tils wife f ir some luce with the holdup story, ind t hat it h I J ne-. e.' fa ! d, Nothing io it. "i he professor is writing irttlclsm of the Bn peror Nero.' "Aw. what's the ns. Some PUEBLA, Mexico, June BO ( By mall to New Orleans, July I). An invi sllgutlon of I I conditions in the Interior of Mexico outside of Mexico City, Indicates that while the people are not a tually starving In great num bers, many thousands ate living on almost famine rations and the misery of the ponrer classes la perhaps DION intense than eV6l before In the history of the republic. Villages and in some I Instances cities are cut off from sup plies. Tribes Of Indians, who one thrived In the mountains, alter having their farms ruined by bandits, have flocked to the settlements, adding to the difficulties of the authorities wlw are trying to devise ways and means to cure for the sufferers. Starvation or death due to Insuf- fli ii nt nutrition is reported among the poor women and children herded In the ciibs, and hundreds of thousands of families ar, living on as little as a pound of corn or beans distributed to them not oftener than mice In three days. Transportation Demoralised, The principal reasons for famine ( Continued n I'age Two.) FARMER WANTED BET TER VIEW; HE GOT IT Tulsa's Busy Streets So ECntranci Him that He Forgot Where He Wu "At." Win II Ing home family his trip to the big city I u i in words and many ii Newt Unstick, a fanner south of Toneha, returned last night, he gathered his about him and told them of With tdo gestures ha (Continued ' u I'age Two.) FURNITURE FOR Y. M. C. A. IS HERE Hecrctarj Buehner Says li Will Ready for Formal Opening Wee of June Jli. Ill cun't never let bygones be b)g pi .'tv The ft i hi carload of furniture for the new V. M. C. A. building has arrived The tWO top floors of the building, w hich are reserved for dormitory pur ii ass, will bo turned over to Bum garner & Downing, wlm have the fur niture contract, SORM time this week, so the furniture may be install' d. i itber equipment tor the building s arriving daily and everything has been sin pped. Secretary C, B, Buehner was con fident yesterday that the building would be in readiness for the formal opt ning On the week of June If, Kach day of that week will be ii special day, one day for the ladles, one for boys, one for men. etc. The dedication will OCCur nn Sunday, August I, und will he held in the open air if the Weather permits. The cafeteria on the second floor is being rapidly equipped and fur nished and will be ready for use by August 1 Th" gymnasium appli ances and lockera bave not arrived is yet, but were Shipped several days ago. The swimming pool Is com pleted and has already bien filled with filtered water once. painted a picture of busy Tulsa, her crowded streets, the tall buildings, the large stores and the other virtues which have won for Tulsa the title of "Wonder City of the World." Hut Unstick did not suy anything about automobiles, Last night about ten o'clock, l!os tlck stood On the corner of Main ami Third enjoying the first glimpse of metropolitan Ufa which he has hail In siime time. In order tu get a better view, be started across tho street. An automobile rounded a corner, straightened out into Main street and viciously honked its warn ing. Postick was busy trying to figure out how a certain electric sign changed colors wten only white lights were visible and he did not hear the approaching car. Tho fender knocked him to the pavement, but befmc the driver of the machine could reach hla side, Bostick had scrambled Y his feet and vanished. With the exception of a bad scare he had evidently escaped injury. PROHIBITIONISTS TAKE ON ENERGY TI. ANTIC CITY, N' J.. Jul) 6. Ac tton to hurry along the movement for national prohibition through amend ing the federal constitution was :akett today by business men connected with the An ti -Saloon League of America, which opened Its sixteenth convention here tonight, It ,,-is planned to ap point a committee of loo prominent men in buiiness and manufacturing for tho purpose of raising funds and otherwise to further the movement for the adoption of the HnbMin-iiep-pard amendment to tne constitution. Thirty-five states, it was gnnottoeeojt were w presented at the luncheon to day where this action was taken, Tho Kev. r. a BaKor, general superintend tJi nt Of the league, outlined the phia to put mors energy into the cam paign. He said it was the object to have i prohli Hon amendment Insert ed in the national constitution before, the next concessional apportionment following the census of 1920, Is made. Wayne 11. Wheeler, superintendent of the OhtO Anti-Saloon leugue, was ib, ted general attorney of the Anti Paloon League of m erica, wih bead quarters In Washington. This is a mw office.