Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-04
LING DISCUSSES
WHITE SLAVERY
Hundreds Of Women Housed
in Bondage in Tulsa, the
Evangelist Asserts.
SAYS HUSBANDS TO BLAME
Sermon on the Happy Home
Scores Greatest Hit of First
Three Days.

Police authorities. federal detect
ives dragnets and even neighbors in
portions of Tulsa's resident districts,
for 10 these many weeks have been
asleep and unawares of the most gi-
ganuc white slave colony ever ex-
posed to the local limelight, accord
ing to the startling charges made pub
last night by DR. Lincoln Mcconnell
evangelist who came to the wonder
city 10 preach the doctrine Of Jesus
Christ. but who also revealed alleged
conditions that amaze even the Tul-
sans best Versed in the depth of de-
graded womanhood.
perhaps hundreds and
thousands of Tulsa women, once
prominent and happy in society's best
caste and class. today are living the
life OF the most unhappy OF white
slaves, the daring preacher told an
audience OF $500 revival attendants
assembled in the mammoth taber-
nacle at the corner of Detroit avenue
and Fifth street They are scattered
in all portions of tho city-some in
homes blessed with the very height
of opulence, and others In the squalid
squatter colonies along the unsani-
tary river front. First street, for a
decade known as the mecca for the
most immune from the ravages Of thu
growing class of feminine slavery, the
preacher-lecturer intimated.
VIII Emancipatc.
But the white slaves so prevalent
In Tulsa, and which Doctor McCon-
nell is confident he will reduce ma
terlally during the five weeks of his
present revival services under the
auspices of the local churches, NOR
ally are most irreproachable. They
merely are reduced to slavery thru
the thotessness and criminal negli-
gence Of once loving, but now neg
lectful husbands
For every white slave that you
can show me in n bawdy house the
evangelist challenged last n gh. "I
can show vou ten thousand I'm the
Kitchens OF Oklahoma homes, and n
gcodly Numbers right here in rlls1
| They are slaves in every sense Of the
Word slavery, and as an institution
they form more revolting blCt on the
! American public thar the negro
slaves of half a century ago.
Domestic white slavery OF the type
Line Mcconnell meant, however, was
hut one CT many features of his sen
sational sermon "a Happy Home and
How to Make It." that thrilled the
vast audience At the tabernacle last
night, 1t was the sort of a sermon oI
rather plain, outspoken hatch Of every
day common sense advice that unite.
/ enstranSed courlcs, end revives anc
rokindles the diminishing spark ol
| love IN the lovers whose happy wed
ding day datcs far into the back
| ground.
Founded on the scripture from the
second to the twertyfifth verse of the
| fifth chapter of the book of Ephse.
ians. "Dcc Mac" text, and subs a.
quent delinea ton was not confined
lnreelv to Biblical analogy after me re
| cited his keynote and turned loose the
fireworks when he landed in his usual
style in the pulpit last night. There
was too many better comparisons af.
fordcd to make necessary the recol.
lection Of the domestic difficulties oil
the centuries gone before, the evan
gelist said
Divorce Evil.
Tho world at large. more especially
the United States and Oklahoma. and
particularly Tulsa We're the fields
Line covered IN his bour of rapid-fire
hot-shct as he prarced around hi.
sef-styled "movie stage" The fact
that court records for the nation al
large disclose one divorce case foi
every ten marriages, provided consid-
cradle data for his arguments against
Gwindling domestic love, and drew
| forth the expressed suspicion that "a,
| divorce mill might be making still
| greater lnroads on poor little Danny
| Cupid here in Tulsa county thar
| thruout ether portions Of the country
Doc Macs" remarks were ad-
! dressed TO everybody IN chat audience
hut the congregation was divided