The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-11-25
PROBE PURIFIES
CITY OF TULSA
Former Knights of the Green
Table Now Are Engaged in
Peddling Pecans

TULSA Nov. 25.-Wldc open mub.
= Ing has cucd In Tulsa and the like
oi II ns 1t prevailed until Attorney
General $. J.. Freezing began a special
grand Jury investigation of tni, rum /
Us ON November will never hr wit /
MESSED again. Even the gambler, wlu|
I"I Years have conducted gniprs BOO lu .
Nt practically without official mD.
Terence admit their palmy DAYS have
ended. Several hundred gamblers who
! nave made Tulsa henduuurtrr. fer
several wears have left and scattered T.
I" the four ends Of the earth. accord /
/ ing to Information from the count, |
ehrriffs office, which has been MOVING
heaven ana earth to locate some NJ the
missing men in order tn subpoena
them before the grand jury which Will /
| bee In session until Christmas
Gilded Days Are Gone
I'm the gIlded days Of wide open
| gambling IN Tulsa. tens ~ thousands
I"f dollars crossed the green cloth
/ nightly Gamblers literally slept on
golden beds ana their meals were
lpc best that money could buy. Now II
| Is different Practically every unmh
Ter not directly connected with the
ownership " an establishment Is broke
ANA down ana out Several have re-.
, sorted to gathering pccans and ped.
, dllng them over the city for Uyell-
hood. Two well known gamblers last
=, week gathered and sold twenty bush
H.. ot pcrnns from house 10 house In
=" lu.sn. They said II wns the first act.
, ln' labor they had performed In ycnrs.
2 "H' lI they purpose keeping 1t up un.
. |II Tulsa is again thrown wide open II
is said prQAn peddllhg will be- their
4 occupation me rest of their lives At.
y, '"m'' General Freezing has openly de
rurrd That the enforcement Of law IN
, Tulsa county will be the chief husIuc,,
. |ut his office until he Is convinced IL
lu, been accomplished
Police Business Declines
-. the hest evidence ~ the beneficial
, results Of the cleanup Tulsa county Is
Experiencing Is the daily record Of the
, police court Of Tulsa Whereas for
". mrr.} about twenty drunks ON aver.
, Iu-r were brought before Municipal
VI Judge clark every morning, the mum
hur hHs ullcn to less dHn two Scores
Iui lUguuts who II X believed were
w0IN of the majority ur robhcrlcs and
huIUu- iu Tulsa which were nightly
occurrences before the grand jury
.uu,UrI lbs session., were hauled into
.uUrl every week Now so-cnllcd va
grant I- hard 10 iird aud Grim has de-
.r -uI tu an extent almost uuhrlicy
JN.n 0u .u short 4 Time
Because " the heavy calls upon n,
Police department when the ity was
w.du open II was Necessary tu Ehm
n tain force Of uniformed men and
H.n.u clothes officers large enough fur
Iu ..'y twice the size " Tulsa Sow
r uok us though it win be possible tC
'uNHrr the police fore one third AM
|srU maintain It's efficiency.
Expect Tax Reduction
/. Iu.-u mdy be- shy several hundred
.EyLrrs At thr next city election h
NHrN, ami machine politicians VIII,
u rUyu dominated this city and county
l r.. lwr, may be- relcgated to the rrnl
70 NHJ tine general opinion is that viii
/ the better element Of citizens In con
.p trn us /, now the case, the city 0nt
0i county face, the greatest prosperity /
lr hUs ever known And best Of 1t, III,
q, taxpayer, are expecting that with thu
~ reform BOO government they can looi
y for reduction IN taxes which thl
Nh Nyur 900. the highest ever known.