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Volume Twenty-one
Chickasha, Oklahoma, Thursday, December 2, 1920
Number 287
Chi
E EFFORT TO
END-TROUBLE BY
S
Pressure Being Brought to Bear to
Settle Dispute Between Irish
and British and Stop War
fare is Report
ENGLISH VIEW STATES
MUEDERS MUST CHECK
Quiet Prevails Over Most of Ireland;
Some Trouble at Cork; Few
Residences are Burned
Irish Office Hears '
By United Press.
London, Dee."" 2. A determined c.C
fort will Iks made to end the fight
ing between the British ami Irish
hy Christmas, it was apparent today.
At the Banter time it .was announc
ed in official 'circles that no truce
will be considered 'by the British au
thorities until the "munier dm
paign'' in Ireland, carried on iby the
Piim Feiners is terminated.
Lord Henry Bentick plans to- ask
1'Joyd George, preimor of England
whether in view of the approach of
Christmas ho, will be 'prepared .to
consult on tha Irish question i" P"
olYort to effect a "peace with
Another peace effort will bo made
by the British labor commission,
which has been sent to Tre'.anl to in
vestigate tho leprUals which have
been taken by the police and the
. ;rigin of the orders authorizing
these.
This commission remained in Dub
lin and will make a determined ef
fort to start a peace C .ference be
tween the Irish and British.
Arrests Continue.
Dublin, Dee, S.While the British
officers continued to bring in addi
tional Sinn Fein prisoners at the
prison camps here, the situatiou ap
peared to be q.iieter today than it
has in weeks.
This quiet prevailed generally
throughout the section, except in the
neighborhood of Cork where several
clashes are reported to have oc
curred. Several residences are re
ported to have been burned.
673 Are Slain In Year.
London, Dec. 2. Persons to the
number of 073 had 'been killed or
wounded in Ireland up to November
2 of the ipresent year iby anti-gov-eminent
elements, according to a
statement issued today by the home
office. The deaths do not include 2')
persons killed in Londonderry and (12
in Balfast during the summer rioting,
nor fifteen cadets killed In the Kil
imirhael ambuscade Sunday night.
The statement says that casual
ties were: i:l policemen killed and
2m0 wounded; 47 soldiers killed and
103 wounded; 41 civilians killed and
1,010 wounded. .
Sixty-seven court houses have
been destroyed and 52S police bar
racks have been destroyed and l,61ti
damaged. There have been 830 raids
on mails and 45 raids on coast guard
stations and light houses. In addition
to these there has been 2,901 raids
made for arms.
Wilson Suggests
League Adoption
May Help Farmer
By United Tress.
Washington, Dec. 2. The" adoption
of the League of Nations may be !
President Wilson's suggestion to I
congreBs as the proper w ay to rc- j
lieve the condition that is confront- j
ii'.g the farmers, which has resulted
in the rapidly falling prices df agvi-,
cultural products, it was indicated '
at administration headquarters to
day.
The president indicated that he is
considering the offering ofthis sug
gestion in his forthcoming message
to congress.
WEATHER FORECAST '
For Oklahoma
Tonight fair and warmer, Fri-
day party cloudy. Warmer East-
ern Oklahoma.
- Local Temperature.
Maximum 59. Minimum 37
m
CHRISTI
TIME
MGHSCHOOL GRIDSTERS GUESTS
OF ROTARY AT NOON LUNCHEON
AND ALL ARE BOYS ONCE MORE
ELKS MEMORIAL
S
Lodge- Accepts Invitation of CrAirch
to Hold Annual Service in Sugg
Theatre; Rev. Mr. Fos
ter in Address
Accepting the , invitation of r.tO
Presbyterian church, the Elks mem
orial, an annaul event in which the
members gather to -pay a tribute to
the nmmory of their original depart
ed brothers, will be held in the SuKfr
theatre, on Sunday evening, at 7:30
The service wilf be a departure
from the ritualistic program and will
be more in tho nature of the rcfiular
church service, with the special fea
tures of musical numbers. The scr
ihuhi, to be delivered by Rev. Wen
dell P. Foster will he on "The Per
fect Day," and will cany the, mem
orial message, not only of tho B. P.
O. E. lodge, but' of the home and of
humanity, the latter touching upon
the tribute paid by all the world to
the memory of Christ.
It was announced this morning
that a section of the theatre will
be reserved for the nvemibers of tha
Elks lodge and their families. The
stage is to be decorated appropriate
ly and the entire service is to con
form as nearly as possible to tho
spirit of the occasion.
S
HOSPITAL AFTER
RAH IS SHOT
Carter County Attorney Says Has
Evidence of Visit by Woman
Now Hunted; Search Cen
ters Around EUPaso
By United Press.
Ardmore, Dec. 2. Mrs. Clara
Smith-Hamon cahrged with shooting
Jake L. Ilamon, visited th ; million
aire oil man at the Hardy sanitar
ium on the .morning alter the alleged
-shooting, according to evidence that
Russell Brown, county attorney of
Carter county, announced was In his
possession.
"No one knows what transpired
between the woman and Ilamon."
Brown said. "The nurse was sent
from the room."
Search Continues.
By United Press .
Dallas, Dec. 2. The ' search for
Mrs. Clara Smith-Hamon, who is
charged with the shooting of Jake
L. Ilamon, millionaire oil magnate
and republican national committee
man centered around El Paso today,
following the story of a Dallas taxi
driver who claims to have driven
the woaian front Dallas 'to Cisco.
SOLONS TAKE ON
By United Press.
Washington, Dec. 2. A Joint ses
sion of the house and senate agri
cultural committees is scheduled to
tackle tlie farmer problem.
n effort will be made to reach a
decision as to how to go about get-!
ting information upon which to base j
certain legislation which is to be
I designed to relieve credit and'mar
I keting conditions as they exist at
present.
These conditions are ruinous ac
cording to statements and complaints
from wheat corn and cotton raisers
as well as the feeders of livestock.
LICENSED TO WED
An application for a marriage li-
! cense was made yesterday by Bert
I Isabcll, age 45, of Duncan, and
, Miss Mamie Sowell, age 31, of Co-
imanclie.
CONNECTION
PRESBYTERIAN
CLARA
M
M
PROBLEMS
Football players and business men
mingled and were boys together, with
the same pride in achievements of
the season that closed on Turkey
day and with the same ambitions for
an all-state chainpisnship team next'
year, . when the gridiron warriors of
the Chickasha high school were the
guests of the Chickasha Rotary club
today at the club's regular weekly !
luncheon at -the Chickasha hotel.
There was nothing formal about
the proposition. In fact, if informali
ty could be, by some crook of the
imagination, classed as a fist fight,
the Rotary luncheon to the gridsters
would havo been the battle of Chateau-Thierry.
The Rotarians started
things off by giving "15 rahs" for
the teams, headed by Rotarlun
Dutch Strauss, the C. II S. gridsters
entered tho dining room. Possibly
fie said 15 rahs were not given in
unison, and, , with the rythm that a
gang of leather lunged well trained
high school or college men would
havo given them, and the attempt
might have sounds;! a good deal like
a fitful popping of muske!,.? along' a
skirmish line, but it was noisa.
B. B. Barefoot, president of the
Chickasha board of education and
T. T. Montgomery, superintendent of
schools were also guests of the Ro
tarians. Roth made short talks in
which they predicted even better
things for the team next year and
a hope was expressed that Chickasha
would give the high school lads a
real field before they donned the
moleskins next season.
Diamond Roach, Leland Adams
and Clint Steinberger, took oc
casion to thank the Rot.u -'una and
the people of Chickasha as a whole
for the support that had heen giv
en the !;am during tho mason just
closed. Roach, in answes to the
question from Rots.lan Keith Miller,
tor.rmaf ter, as to how many more
touchdowns he was going to make
next year than he did during the
season just closed, declared, "I don't
know about that ,but I'll be in there
fighting for every one I can put
over."
Several of the' foo'.bali men ex
pressed their appreciation to Coach
Strauss for his patience with them
and for his untiring work in building
a winning team for Chickasha. . This
received a hearty second from a num
ber of Rotarians and Strauss was
ailed as the best highsehool foot
ball coach in Oklahoma.
Coach Strauss touched upon the
charges that Chickasha had played
ineligible men and invited the wid
est and most thorough investiga
tion. A riot was narrowly averted when
Jonas Cook got the floor and stated
flatly that he could "lick any high
school footbatl player that ever walk
ed on two legs." A dozen huskies
were about to accept the invitation
when Jonas tempered his remarks by
slating that he had no intention of
doing it. He wound up by express
ing the opinion that instead of tak
ing on the whole football team, he
would confine his efforts to Kelley
DeBusk, assistant coach.
In his remarks, Mr. DeBusk ex
pressed pity for the first string ag
gregation and invited all fans to
"watch the smoke" of his string of
"scrubs" when they "grew to fit
their uniforms" next year.
The C. H. S. letter men who were
guests of the Rotarians were: Dia
mond Roach, Arl Barry, Marvin
Washburn, Chas. Gowdy, Edwin Dun
can, Chancey Gann Ted Sehlotter
beck, Clarke Steinberger, James
Craddock, Stanley Cunningham, Glen
White, Archie Hollingsworth, Ray
Green, Clint Steinberger, Jr., Seldon
Penny, Leland Adams (Capt.) and
Kelley' DeBusk, assistant coach.
Cafe Proprietor
Must Answer For
Gambling Charge
i
jjeral., talks iill ba made and musical
An information charging ,T. ,,,,1,, numbers will be rendered.
Goodwin, said to be proprietor, of., the j
Union cafe on Chickasha, with main-
taining and running a gambling house ,
was meu yesteruay m justice i. r.j
Moore's court. Goodwin was ar-j
raigned and made $000 bond "r '
t tion, set for December 16.
! Five men were arrested this veek'
j when city and county officers raid
J ed the cafe said to be owned and
I operatqd by Goodwin according to
officers. The quintet, giving
their names as J. McRae, Clyde
Wray, E. Sizemore, Jack Myers and
B. W Holt, pleaded guilty to a
chaise of gambling and paid 'Cues of
$25 and court costs.
AUTHORIZE TRIO
TO-GET
.1
League Grants Right of Intervention
to Settle Dispute; Civil War
Seen as Possibility Over
Fiume
LFAGUE INTERPRETATION
ON ARTICLE 10 IS GIVEN
Territorial Intergrlty- of Members
Not Guaranteed Says Lord Rob
ert Cecil; Applause When
Wilson Letter Read
By United Press. .
Geneva, Dec. 2. The League of
NatioiiH has authorized the United
Slates, BrSil and Spain to intervene
in Armenia. '
This action fol'; wed the accept
ance iby President Wilson of tho
United States and tha governments
of the two other nations, the invita
(Jon of 'the league to mediate be
tween Armenia and th i Turkish
nationalists.
The "interpretation" of the League
of Nations on Article 10 of the
covenant was declared by Lord Rob
ert Cecil to bo that ths territorial
Integrity of the uuvmleis of ihe
League Is not guaranteed.
Great applause followed the
reading of President Wilson's aecep
tance of the post of mediator in
the Armenian-Turkish nationalist
trouble. The letter of acceptance
was read by Paul Hymans, presi
dent of the league assembly,
. Civil War at Fiume.
By United Press.
- Rome, Dec. 2.- Civil war over the
Flume question appeared to be im
minent today.
Bent on enforcing the Rupullo
treaty under which Jugo-Slavia and
Italy were to determine their boun
dary lines, General Caviglia and lite
regular troops, began to blockade
Fiumo yesterday afternoon.
OK WHEAT PRICES
By United Press.
Chicago, Dec. 2. Wheat price?
staged a strong comeback on the
Chicago board of trade today. ' ' "
Gains were made of from eight to
ten cents per bushel according to
quotations on wheat for future de
livery. Other grains .made a slight
gain in sympathy with the upward
trend of wheat.
The rise in wheat was due to the
considerable buying by houses with
export connections and by those wha
were covering shorts.
C. . S. Gridsters
To Take on Feed
As Guests Church
The Chickasha high school football
aggregation; Arthur J. StrausB,
coach and director in athletics;
Kelly De Busk, assistant coach, and
several members of the high school
faculty will be the guests of honor
at a banquet to be given by -the men
of the First Christian church tomor
row evenng in the church 'binding,
corner Sixth street and Iowa avenue.
R. T. Denbo, member of the high
school faculty and an ardent foot-
hall fan, will act as toastmaster. Sev-
The big ""feed" wil be prepared
and served by the ladies of the
church.
Thirty high school gridsters ate
CXpected t. be among the guests,
DAYS TO SHOP
mm
busyinainia
COMEBACK
STAGED
ii J n if.
LOCAL MAN ADMITS SUPPORT OF
C. OFd LIMITED AND PROMISES
GREATER EFFORT IN COMING YEAR
In a letter addressed to L. C. Hut
son, president of tho Chickasha
Chamber of Commerce, John T.
Owsley, insurance man of this city
comments on tho C, of C. year book
und promises to put forth greater
activity during the coming year for
the good of Chickasha. The letter
follows:
"My excuse for intruding this let
ter upon you is occasioned by the
receipt of the' little Year Book pub
lished by the Chamber of Commerce
which came to me In yesterday's
mail.
"I find from the "Year Book that
It. contains much interesting informa
tion and a great deal of good read
ing and ' indeed a perusal of its
pages has served to greatly encour
age me and my hopes have 'bright
ened with the glowing prospects of
many good things to come. However,
strange as it may seem, I have felt
somewhat depressed as it occurs to
mo when l notice in the Year-Hook
under the heading of Things Ac
complished'1 that 1 can boast of very
little in the way of efforts that I
may have put forth for their ac
complishment, and it is this that
compels me with bowied head to ac
knowledge by own short-comings 'anit
deficiency of interest that I might
havo manifested in matters pertain
'ng to the betterment and advance
ment of my town; and with this in
mind I am courting, at least for my
self, a revival of spirit and a re
juvenation of personal effort.
This thought carries me back to
some of the customs of my boyhood
home among the sun-kissed hills of
dear old Arkansas and recalls' to
mind some of the old rime religious
revivals fostered by the' good peo
ple of that state, God bless them.
"It was an - annual event that
would bring together practically the
entire population of , some two or
throe counties where they would
gather at some beautiful spot, where
limpid waters freely flowed from
many springs,, and there they would
red great brush arbors under
whose protecting Bhades would 'be
?in a week or more of' exortations,
ldnioiiitions, earnest appeals and in
tensive pleadings to the congrega
tiAn to flee the wrath to come, to
"urn from their wicked ways and
-seek happiness under new pledges
mil new vows. These efforts would
tend to greatly depress the spirits
jf these -people and to a great ex
tent serve to lead theni almost to
he brink of dispair.
"Old Elder Baker would carry his
congregation by his God-given jiow-3i-s
and wonderful abilities, to the
very jaws of perdition and picture to
them a seething punishment ever
'asting that surely awkiLvd them, at
the end of life's Journey, Bhould they
fail to hear and heed.
'The climax being reached, this
viderful old man with the divine
light of his Master in his eyes.
shining through tears of sincerity,,;
love and sympathy, would paint a,
beautiful word picture of that home
of the soul with its continual and
immutiable flow of love divine, and
it was then through misty eyes I
have seen that great congregation of
men and women, with one accord,
rise and respond to the request for
a renewed faith, a renewed pledge,
and a renewed promise for better
iife and greater endeavors.
It was always the occasion for
old Jack Grant, who had been guilty
of committing practically everv
arime known to man, and convicted
of violating every law in the s;ta-
(Continued on page four)
Farmers Exchange
Started at Mingo
With $50,000 Fund
A Farmers' Co-Operative Exchange
has been organized at Minco, it was
learned here this week'. '
The organization has been capi
talized at $50,000 and shares are be-
ng sold to the farmers at $100 perl
share. Several thousand dollars al- j
ro.-wiv linvn boon mUert in. nrnmnio I
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the exchange it is said.
W. L. Smith was elected ii'-'csi-dept
and B. F. Lasley, vice presi
dent. The board of directors will
consist of these men and Will -Chap-pel,
Henry Fitzgarald and Mr, Pay
ton. Five Grady county branches of the
Farmers' Union are represented in
the undertaking. A line of general
merchandise will be handled by the
exchange.
TO
PUT SHOPMEN ON
E
Ten of 60 Men Laid off Ordered Back
to Work; Freight Shipments
Show Slight Decrease;
Passenger Good
Ten of Ihe sixty car department
worker. who were laid off at the
Reck Island shops here several weeks
.i;o. l'j.siiined their work yesterday
was atlnouncd today atlhe office
of G. If. Pretty, mechanical superin
tendent.
Five relumed to work in tho me
chanical department, it was stated.
J. R. Nugnt, local Rock Island
agent, this morning reported that
a decrease of freight traffic has
been noticeable during tho past ten
duys The decrease, Mr. Nugent
said, was confined mostly to small
shipments and no material dif
ference in the number of carload
shipments had been noticed.
The curtailment of much freight
aflio has decreased the volume of
work at the shops here, railroad of
Hcials point out.
"Business as usual" seems to pre-
ail in the passenger traffic depart
nent of the Rock Island, Mr. Agent
Nugent said this morning.
MONEY TO HELP
BUILD UP TOWN
$75,000 Being Put Into Light and
Water Plants and on Streets;
Grading and Using Crush
ed Rock and Chat
Spjcial to the "-Express.
Cement, Okla., Dec. 2. Ceniient
believes in the "Better Cities" cam
paign, wherefore this little city is
spending in the neighborhood of
$75,000 on improvements' that will
make Cement a better town to live
in. .
The first stems taken were the ex
penditure of $fi,", 000 for' a new elec
tric light plant and a water system.
The plant is running and furnishing
the town with necessary "juice" for
the lighting of residences and
streets. Tho water plant will be in
operation in the near future.
In addition, some $10,000 or more,
is being spent to improve the
streets. They are being brought to
a given grade- and a rock foundation
Is being laid. This will bo covered
with a layer of chat, greatly improv
ing the appearance of the streets as
well as eliminating the sand bed3
that were at times almost Impas
sable. FOR FOOD PROBE
By United Press.
Vashington, Dec. 2. A sweeping
ivestigation of living cost?, designed
to cover every section of the United
States will be demanded of con
gress early in the December ses
sion, Samuel Gompers, president of
the American Federation of Labor
declared today.
Mr. Gompers stated that not oiy
will the demand include a thorough
l)robe of ,he cost ot livlng. touching;
aU commodities, hut will further tle-
mand .that the investigation be wid-,
ROC
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AG
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CEMENT
SPENDS
COM RS TO
ened to include profits made by the j "Yes, I signed the little paper."
big corporations whh deal in food,' Jess Willard, earstwhile
fuel, clothing and other necessities j heavyweight champion grinned
l'fe- ' I as he made the above state-
jmentf confirming the announce-
IN POLICE COURT. ment made by Tex Rickard, the
j the eternal promoter, thai Wll-
A drunk charga was filed this hud has been matched to meet
morning In Mayor Durbin's munici -
pal court against Louis James. James
'; was arrested last night by Police
men Tuck and Boles.
CHRISTMAS TREE
PLAN 0. P. 0. ELK
FOR YOUNGSTERS
Representative of St. Nick Work
Way Into Lodge and Authorizes
Members to Act as Agents
in Chickasha
WANTS ALL CHILDREN
TO HAVE REMEMBRANCE
Committees Appointed and Work of
Gathering Names of Guests-to-be
Will Sta-t at Once
Says Announcement
A representative of Simla Clans
gave the . required number nr
knocks," wiggled his ears Just right
and was admitted to the meeting of
the B. P. o. Elks last night, and be
fore he left tho hull ho had ap
pointed the members of the lodgo as
special agents for Chickasha, tJ
see that some article of tho St. Nick
workshop finds its way , Into the
hands of every youngster in Chick
asha. '
It was pointed out by this repre
sentative that the work of Santa
Cluus has grown to such an extent
that he needs assistant In order to
make the rounds and skip no young
ster, and he said that old Santa''
wanted every ' youngster to be ra
membered.. .
After talking the proposition over
with the "Hello Bills" it was decided
that instead of giving the Elks a list
of children to call on and leave pres
ents on Christmas ove, St. Nick's
nan would authorize tho Elks to
?ive a Christmas tree and invito
their guests to attend the festivities
and receive their gifts at the Elks
hall. '
"Committees wer appointed to
handle tho proposition and the work
Is to start at once. The preparation
of a list of names of children, who
are to be tho guests of tho Elks on
Christmas ove is to start at once.
Sonifl letters have been received
i'ronii certain youngstcra, but it is
oinled out that the majority of tho
'lanies will have to bo procured
through the various sources at hand.
Four committees were appointed,
ono general committee, on purchas
ing committee, ono comm.itteo to
have charge of the preparation of
the gifts and one to decorato tho
tree and place tho iprosents thereon,
following are the committees:
General committee: W. S. Rich
ards, James Stacey, J. F. Hatcher,
Homer Naudain, Harry Ludlow. T. -S.
Hondrick, Garnet Roach, Marcus
Weaver, Gene LaBoon, Bobby Van
Valkenburgh, A. C. Schultz and C. C.
Moudy.
Purchasing committee: Mrs. W. S.
Richards, Mrs. J. Edwin Pool. Mrs.
C. C. Gowdy, Mrs. Geo. H. Evans.
Decorating committee; Mrs. J. S.
Garner, Mrs. Harry Hammerly, Mrs.
-V B. Leeds, Mrs. Will Melton, Mrs.
Harry Ludlow, Mrs. Roy H. Lewis, '
Mrs. Carl E. Schow. ,
Committee to prepare articles for
tree: Mrs. W. S. 'Richards, Mrs. A.
C. Crose, Mrs. B. B. Barefoot, Mrs.
T. P. Wolverton, Mrs Marcus
Weaver, Mrs. O. J. Hallowell, Mrs. J.
C. Rickerts, Mrs. Edward Gi'.key,
Mrs. Fred Grimsley, Mrs. John F.
Gribi, Mrs. Y. W. Darnell, Mrs. Rov
Johnson, Mrs, James Stacey, Mrs. K.
L. Jones.
The committee of men, being tha
general committee will meet on
Sunday afternoon at 3:00 oclock in
the Elks club rooms to go over th"
work in hand. Meetings of the other
committees will be called at a later
date.
JESS ADMITS IT.
By Cnited Press.
Lawrence. Kan.,
Det
! the winner of the Dempsey-Bill
Brennan bout which is to be
staged on Dpcemher 14.