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TULSA DAILY WORLD, WEDNESDAY, SETT. 2o, 1918.
TULSA TO CARE FOR
HER HOMELESS BOYS
Hare EoatablLshrd Institution to
Teach Them How to Live and
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MEDICAL ATTENTION GIVEN
Ikjr Ilrqulrrd to Work and Give
Ierrc-nlAge of learnings to
the Home.
Tuuia Roji' Home" u the nam
Pf one of Tuisait urwti: institutions
t.btabllshef' t 712 S. Boston, about
a month wnh tho purpose "to
help hon. t boys help them-
ItlVM."
The home comes out of a move
ment to establish a homo for neg
lected and delinquent boys from 11
to IS who have romo to Tulsa,
lured by the promine and rumoxs of
fabulous salaries, u has been made
possible through the different clubs
of the city who, aproached by
upeakers, heartily pledged to sup
port It and subscribed enough to
keep up the home for a year. It la
not a charitable Instutlon or an or
phan asylum, but a home to which
the boys pay f0 per cent of their
wage for lis upkeep.
Already four homelyns boys are
being cared for anil mothered by the
matron, Mrs. Minnie 11. Mason. One
little fellow expresses his thankful
ness by saying: "This Is the only
home I've ever had." Two of the
boys, Rov Peters and (;n Atkins
work 'jr tun Sinclair Oil rorhpany
In tr day time and will attend
night school. Another one, John
liverns, 1 being given medical at
tention and as soon as he Is cured
will receive the first schooling he
has ever had. In connection with
the home, plana are being made to
turn the ga.age into a hospital ward
where the boys may he riven free
medical attention. So often they
are In need of treatment when they
are first taken In.
O. 8. Hurkholdcr. W. F. Ft.ih!
and Clark Field have been chosen
from the board of directors as an
admittance committee to pass on
those boys to enter the home, other
directors are: J. A. Hull, president,
'. E. Ruchner, secretary, K. p
Harwell, treasurer. Mrs. C. F. Tar
red. Mr Wm. Miller Ross, Mr.
Joe Koy, H. G. Barnard, Frank
Krantz, F. D. Oiler, Al Farmer, O
S. Avery, A. V. Davenport. V. M
Mount, and Orra K. Ipp.
The home is only partly furnished
and Mrs. Mason, In charge., Is very
anxious for donations of a stair
carpet, small tuks. pictures, good
books, linens and musical Instru
ments. Those who have anything
they wou'd like to give shoulji call
Mrs, Mason at 1 1 78 at the Roys'
boms, or report to the Y. M. C. A.
Among the rules and regulations
governing the home, are the condi
tions that boys are only admitted by
a chosen committee front the board
t of directors; all hoys must pass a
physical examination by the house
doctor before entering the home;
11 boys are taken care of by the
home and given free medical atten
tion; boys must report to the matron
not later than 9:30 every evening;
sll boys pay a percentage of their
Income toward the upkeep of the
home; aside from a regular Sunday
Chaperon for Maryland Division
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Mrs. Essie Overton Sykes, who has been honored with the appomtmnft
of chaperon for the Maryland division Hons of Veterans. Is a nieee of cf).
JYesley Glass and Cavalryman John M. (ilass, C. a A., of west Tennessee.
Mrs. fciykes is typically southern, she having been reared in Tennessee and
educated at the Meridian Women's college. Since her residence In Okla
homa she has been prlmlnently identified in both the stale and loral chap
ter U. I). C. organizations, as well as the civic and club life of the city.
mornlnjj chapel the toys will be en
couraged to attend Sunday school
ami' i-hurch.
This is the only Institution of Its
kind in the world and Is a home af
fair heraufte of the small number
admitted, 26 being the maximum.
Through he home Atmosphere use
ful citizens will be made out of boys
that would otherwise be a detriment
The Y. M. C. A. will promote actlvl.
ties for Hoys' home Inmates, and on
different evenings the various clubs
of the lilies will visit the home. The
big brother movement will also be
inaugurated In connection witrr the
institution.
The home was opened yesterday
for Inspection by the public,
fianta Fe Accepts Contract.,
NEW YORK. 8pt ti Directors
of the Atrhlsnn. Topeka & Santa Fe
railroad today voted to recommend
to stockholders the acceptance of
the government's compensation con
tract for use of the road by the rail
road administration.
JUDGE SAYS HE WOULD
HAVE DONE SAME THING
WICHITA. Kan., Sept. 14 'If I
were in charge of, and counting
money for, the richest corporation
In the world for 115 a month and
my children facing death from star
vation or by freenng I do not know
but what I should have done like
wise. Dismissed. l'ay tho $U00
whenever you are able."
That was thn finding of Federal
Judre J. '. Pollock in the case
sgalnat Mrs. .Maudo M. Qualfe of
Pence, Kansas, who confessed to
embezzling $200 while servlnf as
postmistress at Pence. The defend
ant, a frail little woman of 35. told
the court of having three small
children dependent upon her for
surport, of having been deserted by
her husband and how finally, with
three babes facing death by starva
on, she took the money entrusted
to her.
Steed WafcSt i
CONTINfEn HJOM 1'KEfKPINO TAOE
Genera; Steele to re entallisli au
thority In tho Indian Territory. In
the following December he was re
lieved of the command, end tlenersl
K. H. M.ixey, a weaker ma ll, suc
ceeded him.
Kven the brae Stand Watie hist
heart, and 'h.ir .1 In a letter to the
I'reek Indiana Uiat Itirutiipetenry on
the part of Miinmlin ate nmnianders
hent here by the t'nnfcdc rata war
department was recpunMble for their
downfall, lit made a mat effort to
le-ieuDlUh confidence In the Con
federate cau.-e, but 1i:h efforts did
not avail nun h. The following par
4Ki.ili uppuna in Inn litler to Hie
Creehh;
"Tim promi.cd protection of the
Confederal.- eminent, nwitix. I
am couipi ileil to say. to the trl.inng
IneflHiein y nf n.s subordinate aKin:
has ac t oinpltalied inUluilK. It has
bf-t-n a nse.isrt and expensive page
ant, an objei i for the Mirri'M of our
eiieiuiis and llic bhaine of our
friends 1 fear that we cun reason
ably look for no changu lor the bet
ter, lul that the Indians will have
at I i-' to rely upon themeelves alone
ii Uif se nf th ir country.
If we puxnchs the spirit of our fore
fathers, and are ronolved never tu be
ciikIhwiI hv an inferior race, and
tro.l,ltii under the lei t of an ignorant
and insolent foe. we, the t'rreks,
f'hort.iws. i.'lili k ieav.s, Seiiiloles and
t'herokees. neer can be conquered
by the Kansas Jnyliawkc: i. renegade
Indians and runaway negroes."
Oener.il M.txey attempted but onl
rie axainn the federals that re
sult. -d in profit. Ho sent (ienerals
Watie and llano on an expedition to
tha Kansas border to intercept a
force of federals en route to this
iiriloty. They fe.l upon the fed
erals unawares, killed a number and
captured a wagon train worth a
million dollars. This succeHS In
stilled new confidence Into thn Con
fedeiate sympathizers In the Indian
Territory, but it was to bo short
lived. Tho failure of the expedition
under Ceueral Sterling Price Into
Missouri and Kaunas ended Confed
erate iii tivHy went of the Mississippi,
The great conflicts In Virginia,
ami the muateily retreat of the Army
of Tennessee, under Central Joseph
K. Johnston, from Pulton to Atlanta,
foliawing Uin batt of Missionary
Itiiige. called for every man the
Confederacy could muster. The life
of the southern rituxe was wrapped
in the succcks of Its armies else
whore, and the west was abandoned
.o the enemy. Indian Territory soon
ecame overrun with the outlaw
Mass from several qnarters of the
globe and chaos was tho rule rather
than the exception. A, few brave
spirits were left, however, among
whom General Stand Watle was the
leader, and they rendered most val
uablo service III holding barbarism
down to the minimum.
CVtun I .inter Kolea.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24. To
connerve car space and lessen con
gestion at terminals the railroad ad
ministration today ordered that after
October 1 that cotton and cotton
linters must b loaded 76 bale or
mora per car.
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We are indeed glad to welcome you to Tulsa, the Wonder City of the world, knowing
that the fervor of patriotism you bring with. you these strenuous times, will inspire us one
and all to greater deeds and greater sacrifices.
We hope you will prolong your stay with us for the coming winter and permit us to show
you what a "warm reception" we can give and how comfortable we can make your stay,
through the medium of our natural gas supply.
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