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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-06
ISTART FINAL DRIVE
ON NEW SKYSCRAPER
Every Window in Exchange
National Block Will Be
Adjusted This Week.

SO nearly completed is the new
12-story skyscraper home for the
Exchange National bank. corner
Third street and Boston avenue, that
"A corps of workmen this morning VIII
begin the task of window washing
which precedes by only n few brief
weeks formal occupancy of the build
ing by the banking house and hun
dreds of office tenants. All windows
will be washed and the sashes tested
this week in order that each will be
perfectly adjusted in time for the
opening of the building.
1t is expected to take possession
of the building by October |. Vir-
tually every office already has been
rented and scores of applications are
said to have been made for the sew
eral quarters for which contracts
have not yet been closed. Upon va
eating its present location at Main
and Second streets the Exchange Ma
tional will give way to local iewelry
store which has taken long time
lease,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-06
INJURED MAN TAKES A CAR
Ed Blake. West Tulsa Laborcr Is Hit
In Neck by Baseball Bat.

After being hit in the back Of the
neck with a baseball bat in West
Tulsa yesterday. Ed Blake non
Chalantly took street car and rode
into the city. About : o'clock in the
evening he got off at First and
Guthrie.
His suffering soon became too great
for him and he lay down on a lawn.
Residents of the vicinity called an am
bulance and he was taken to the Tulsa
hospital
1nternes stated last night that it
will be impossible to determine the
exact nature OF the mans injuries
until a further examination is made
Except that Blake muttterd he hit
me with a baseball bat" as he was
being taken to the hospital, nothing
is known Of the circumstances which
brought about his condition.
Blake is "A laborer and lives in West
Tulsa, where he also works.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-06
GIANT BARRED FROM ARMY
Canadian, 3 Feet 2, Tried in Vain 10
Join His Three Brothers.

A giant who holds the British
height record for the last 12O years
is at present patient in one of the
London hospitals. where he has been
accommodated in bed improvised
from two ordinary bedsteads.
His name Is Frederick Kempster.
he is eight feet two incnes In height
and 25 years old and he is suffering
from giants disease, or inaction OF
the nerve center which controls
growth. His size in boots is about 20.
kempster is a Canadian. He was
quite normal child. for the nerve
responsible for the trouble did not
cease work until Kempster was IL
rapidly beyond his brothers, and then
beyond his father and mother, who
are all of normal size.
Three Of his brothers are serving
with the Canadian contingent Kemp
ster tried to join the army In Eng
land, whore he had come from Canada
for treatment of one of his legs
which was damaged during his work
in lumber camp. Put, with large
sigh, he said there was nothing do
ing" and finally he became the star
exhibit of a show in Tottenham Court
road
In the next bed to Kempster IL n
small boy who has never ceased to be
astonished since the giant arrived
His admiration for the feat with
which Kempster celebrated his entry
rs especially great. Seeing a pile
of bread and butter, which he took
To he his own share. the giant ate the
lot. 1t was not till later that he
learned he had eaten the whole
wards breakfast allowance.-Stray
Stories
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-06
lRy coy" LOGSDON.)

'Tis. indeed, a rejuvenated police
court that is being maintained by the
municipality of Tulsa A reJuvenated
police court indeed.
Available statistics only go to prove
that the tribunal has been in operation
for numerous years. and during those
many years the self same statistics
and facts will show that the indlVid-
uals presiding have been agreeable
when n lawyer announced that TO
save the courts time the defendant
will plead guilty. providing, OF
course, an insignificant fine was i'm
posed.
It's ?????
so lawyers have come and lawyers
have passed on In the annals OF the
court OF the municipality but there
has never been "A lawyer that has. ap-
peared or n lawyer that has mean
dered out of the memory of the police
court fans that has not at some time
or another arose from n sitting pos
ture seeking To have the court extend
leniency as compensation for n plea
OF guilty.
But the days OF the plea Of guilty
and the attendant minimum fine
seems to have enjoyed its fling and
has been jostled out of place by an
insistent court who believes every
man arrested for violation of a city
ordinance should go to trial for the
purpose of determining his guilt or
innocence, Il police prosecutor who
frowns upon the practice. and group
of detectives, who have welcomed the
change with open arms, expansive
smiles and are as a solid phnlanN
against n small fine for the toilless
task of pleading guilty.
Altho startled, | heartily approved
the action of Municipal Judge T. ID.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-06
|. W. W. LEADER is BURIED
Expected Trouble mt Little Funeral
Fails To Matcrializc.

BUTTE, Mont. Aug. 5.-Burial of
Frank IL. Little took place today
with the entire police force of Butte
on duty scores of special deputy
sheriffs on guard and four hundred
members of the federalized state
guard in readiness for instant call,
The funeral of Little. member of
the general executive board of the
|. w. w, who was lynched by vigil
lantes last week. was attended by
nearly three thousand persons, The
procession marched from private
undertaking establishment four miles
to Mountain View cemetery, where
simple services were held, consisting
of addresses and protests against the
lynching.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-06
GERMANY DETERMINED
TO CONTINUE STRUGGLE
Confidence in TeutOnic Sue
cess Expressed During Cele-
bration of Wars Start.

COPENHAGEN, Aug. 5.-Emperor
william and Empress Augusta Vic
toria arrived in the capital this morn
ing, according to a dispatch received
here from Berlin. The emperor re-
ceived reports from the chancellor and
the chief of the general staff.
An informal reception was held in
the reichstag building Saturday. the
anniversary Of the sitting of August
4, 1914, when Emperor william
opened the imperial parliament and
Informed the members Of the declara-
ton of war by Great Britain and
France on Germany.
The president Of the reichstag, DR..
Johannes Kaempff, reviewed Ger
many's war efforts and declared that
the country's enemies were RESPONSE
BILE for rejecting Germany's peace Of
fering. He said Germany would now
fight until she obtained n peace guar
anteeing the security Of the empire.
The imperial chancellor, Doctor
Michaelis, then arose and said in part:
we all know Wnat we want. we
will hand our patrimony intact to the
future generations. We will guaran-
tee our children and the grandchil-
dren against the misfortune of a war
like this. We will preserve our coun-
try by strong and wise peace, in or
der that the German race may retain
sure ground for its healthy and Wig
orous development.
The gentlemen who preceded me
showed that our strength is not para
lyZed; that our will is as strong as
1t was in 1914. The heaviest sacri-
fices deserve the highest reward Let
us swear fidelity to the emperor and
the empire. Long live the fatherland
the emperor and the empire"
| The entire assembly arose and
cheered enthusiastically while the
band played the national anthem.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-06
SEE ANGLO-SAx0N ALLIANCE
The Stars and Stripes and Union Jack
10 Float Side by Side,

DR.. Fort Newton, lecturing recently
at the City temple in London on
abraham Lincoln and the War" said
tomorrow the Union Jack and the
Stars and Stripes will float side by
side over the houses Of parliament.
As dawn touches the dome of the
White House at Washington 1t will
find the Stars and Stripes and the
Union Jack floating together in the
morning breeze. That is a prophecy OF
what is to be in the days that are TO
come. for amidst all the strange and
tragic events OF the present time none
will have a more profound influence
on mankind than the reunion Of the
Anglo-Saxon people. That that union
may be more complete. we must love
and appreciate each other. and then
the sanctity and safety Of civilization
will be assured"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-06
IT REJUVENATED POLICE COURT WHERE
LAWYERS ARE PERSISTENT, DETECTIVES ARE
OBSTINATE AND COMPROMISED FINES BANNED
Being in the Nature of a Narrative Dealing With
Almost Any Session of Police Court as
Staged in Tulsa

Evans when he made his first appear
ance as Judge of the police court. He
permitted an aged prisoner, charged
with intoxication, to leave the court
room and return to the bosom OF his
family No fine was assessed and
whilo the defendants appearance
plainly displayed the fact that he was
una bic to pay fine. the action OF
the court wns all the more commend
able
p,o.,,o nc,,,,ion
pther prisoners chhrEeu win my
ing sippeu lar 100 coplously ol we
flowing bowi were calIed before the
court ana IL was pleasihE i'ueeu 10
near me court say SlV Iather thaI
the Slo thot mas peeh so l""b III
vogue. Justlce tempered Win mercy
Is the pane upon Wh'ch lne inul.r,
pnl ,'u' 70 ai,h I,'1',o L,ans ~. imhco
Frank Duncan.
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i''Ic S.'H'u W. 'in' '''' ,l''''',
a br,, 10 rosonrd nver tho courtroom,
when. in the course of one afternoon.
he fined three men and two women
500 each. suspending the fines when
the five defendants promised to leave
the city and remain away They were
drug addicts-the men habitual fire.
quenters Of pool halls, were garbed in
SILK shirts ana testimony tended 10
snow theN were PROVIDED with tundS
by fallen women. The two women
were ''"'"t'S VI """ScS Vt III 'eP""'
Passports Issued.
Since that day hardly a session Of
the municipal court is held without
some man or woman being instructed
to leave the city ana because of their
! going the CITY mas peen Ihaue pet'et
p''5Vu ~ W. ~ NV, w. han, u,o oo.,o, -, tho
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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-06
OIL WELL DERRICK BURNED
Fire Believed of Incendiary Origin:
Guards VIII BE Dcputizcd.

SHAMROCK, Okla. Aug 5.-Fire
ernoon destroyed a derrick on the
Lesta Keys lease. The fire was dis
covered oy Sinclair company guard
only few minutes after he had
passed by that very derrick.
While n number OF guards were on
their way TO patrol the Sinclair COM
pany's property tonight they were
disarmed by local officials. Later
Sheriff Wooster was reported en- route
for Shamrock for the purpose of dep
utizing aNd supplying these guards ri
files.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-06
MINE DEATH LIST IS NOW 81
Little Hope Remains of Finding 20
Men Still Entombcd Alive,

CLAY, KY, Aug. 5.-The death list
from the mine explosion here yester-
day, tonight mounted to 81. accord
ing to information supplied by Charles
S. Richardson. vice-president and gen.
eral manager OF the West kentucky
Coal company. Twenty men still are
In the workings. Little hope 10 en-
tertained that any will be found alive,
as It will hardly be possible to get to
them before tomorrow. Most OF the
dead are negroed
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-06


nited States postal inspector of Phil
adelphia. has been ordered into active
service by the war department. lie
win handle all the mail for the
"Sammies" in France, and as dis
pcnser of such valuable epistles as
letters from home, he should be the
most popular man in France, at least
among the "Sammies."
ficcr. wait minute, will you? Doe
how about being drunk?
Doe: Guilty.
Lawyer: Say, are you going to COM
promise my case?
Detective (who has got wind of the
proceedings): Nothin' dom, were go
ing to give her the limit.
Court: In the case of Doe, charged
with intoXication, I'll assess fine
of $40.
Lawyer: Say. how about that S25
fine recommendation
Prosecutor (very weary: All right,
III see. (To the judge) Judge, in
the case of Mamie Bumjaw she will
enter a plea of guilty and | will rec
ommend a $25 fine.
Court: What's she charged with?
Lawyer; losac.-lon o. booze; the
circumstances are eXtenuatlng.
court. won dtstbN Il toiiipi v
mise. the case will go to trial
Detectives: (They smi,e.)
Another Lawyer; If tho court please,
I'NC got continued case here that
should be put ahead Besides | have
a lot Of important matters that need
attention and I'd like to get the case
over with.
The Court: The case will await its
turn ON the docket
Baiiff: Mamie Bumiaw, come for
ward.
Mamie comes up smiling.
| Prosecutor: You're charged with
| possession Of whisky; guilty or not
guilty?
Mamie: Not guilty.
Court All witnesses he sworn.
Detectives take stand; Mamie takes
stand.
Court All thru?
Prosecutor: | rest.
! Lawyer: ! rest.
Court Fifty dollars.
Lawyer: what's the appeal bond ?
Court: one hundred dollars. Cal
the next case.
And thus II goes.
II you don't believe IT, step down
to the municipal courtroom some aft
ernoon. IL is, indeed, plumb" anus
! ing.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-06
Public Sale of Land

Wednesday, September 5h 1917, two o'clock at
will order OF
the Federal Court the Eastern District Of Oklahoma Soas
m n
Thirty-sx
Township North Nineteen
Eighteen Twelve Nineteen
Twenty Iatmer County.
and S generally the IS a
timber hickory
of thousands fine OF undere
the entire tract thought and believed there is Oil and Gas
miles north of the
miles Chicago
miles Wiburton
knta the Fort Smith Western Wlburton
This fol- A
DEPOSIT Check Check
entertained This
should bidder be
be paid abstract to land
has in
homa each acting for interests
considered Deposits will be
HENRY p. billiard
RECEIVER AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK
FORT SMITH. ARKANSAS.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-06
Rcsscmcr Strike called OFF.

BESSEMER, Mich, Aug. 5.-The
Gogebc range strike was called off
today at meeting of the committee
representing the miners. 1t was an
nounced that the miners would re-
turn to work Monday at the same pay
and hours that prevailed when they
quit work.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-06
Z!ZkEf1ll{3 Crisis

before baby arrives 10 one OF quiet repose
and joyful anticipation.
The expectant mother should not 60 .
single night without applying It herself.
Write to The Bradneld Regulator Co..
Dept. A. 1866 Lamar Bldg. Atlanta, Ga. for
their book, Motherhood and tho Baby.
II will be sent at once without charge.
Mothers Friend" Ii procurable from
any drug store. Ask for It today.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-06

The sxpsotant mother. awaiting the
al means render nature q helping hand,
'Mothers Friend" has been used BY
thousands Of women. BY regular use the
when baby 10 born. The work which
nature 10 performing 10 wonderfully aided
by this safe. scient incally prepared prep
afation. The usual stretching pains dur
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-06

promptu stand on the parade grounds.
A half hundred automobiles sur
rounded the soldiers, throwing head
lights on the stand, and a large
gathering of Tusans intermingled
with the crowd.
There is Cheering.
G. II. Fenstermachet war work
secretary of the Y NJ. G, A., presided
at the meeting and started things Off
with the singing of America" Follow
ing this Capt. II. G. LaReau of the
Ambulance company. was introduced
midst burst of cheers from the en-
listed men.
In a short, chosen talk, Captain La
Reau told thfe men of his satisfac-
tion at their behavior during the day
and expressed confidence that this at
titude would develop into a perman-
ent spirit which will make the am
bulance and engineering units worthy
representatives Of Tulsa and the
United States
"You must remember that you are
the Tulsa units" said the captain,
land that the people Of this greatest
little city in the United States Is gu-
ing to watch you in every movement
you make and are looking to you for
results"
You not only have a duty towards
your government, but you also have
duty towards the people from
perhaps the most aggressive city in
the United States and l want those
that go out to carry that same spirit
of aggressiveness with them"
Following Captain LaReau, a quar-
tet composed of men in the COM
panies, gave several vocal selections.
The chairman of the evening then In
troduced the Rev. r, J. Lamb, acting
president of Kendall college, who
spoke with the feeling of a man. born
of French and English blood. con-
nected with the great war by virtue
OF having sixteen close relatives on
the side OF the allies, and fortified
with the remembrance of the first
days Of war In England three years
ago.
Doctor Lamb Speaks.
DR.. Lamb won the admiration or
the soldier boys with his clear state
ments Of Tulsa's attitude towards
these two units. picked from the best
homes and the representative busi-
ness Of the city.
THAT Stars and Stripes for which
you will fight" Doctor Lamb told
them In an opening jot Of advice,
that Flag stands for everything that
is true and noble and clean-and you
will be the soldiers under the Flag
Just In proportion to the manner IN
which you conduct yourselves as in
divitUals."
Remember that back here in this
home we will be thinking Of you and
will be praying for you and will be
sending out for you all the best we
have. God be with you to be the men
that we want you to be, that your
country wants you to be. and that 0od
wants you to be-"
o. 8. Burkholder Of the Y. NJ. C. A.
| and sis sister, Miss Burkholder, gave
a vocal duet. Captain Moon Of the
Engineering corps was then called
upon to speak few words TO his men
| so recently gathered around him. Az
;nr & p1 Ess diswisssa % with 'ne .oismn
prayer from G. H. Ftnstsrmaohsr.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-06
BY George Bingham

Ono Of the problems In the life Of
man IL to decide what to do with the
slab OF strawboard and the wooden
collar button when he opens his laun-
dry bundle to put on another shirt.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-06

Tohe Moseley wouldn't be surprised
at any moment now. he says. TO look
into the fashion books and find (,
leaves Amongst the wardrobial at.
tracttonA
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-06
TULSA "SAMMIES"
BEGIN ARMY LIFE
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE,)

cred in a semicircle around an i'm
promptu stand on the parade grounds.
A half hundred automobiles sur
rounded the soldiers, throwing head
lights on the stand, and a large
gathering OF Tulsans intermingled
with the crowd
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-03
CUPID TIES UP WARS
BUSINESS TWO MINUTES
Wedding of First Infantryman, N. G
p, at Armory Halts Troop
Movement

The military machine had to walt few
minutes today for a wedding.
Hurrylng at top speed to get away at the
time appointed in War Department orders,
officers of the First Infantry, N G. p,
halted the departure for exactly two
minutes to allow First Sergeant owen
Brady, OF Company I, and Miss Sarah
Marcelle, his sweetheart, TO be married in
the armory at Broad and Callowhill streets,
while Brady's comrades drew up at at
tention.
The marriage was performed hastily in
the machine-gun company room at the ar
mory this morning At 7:40 the word
passed around that there would be we'd
ding At 7:42 Captain Atwood, of Company
l. had his men lined up with the flag. At
7.43 Captain Charles p. Futcher, the regl-
mental chaplain, was standing before the
soldier bridegroom and his blushng bride,
pronouncing the marriage service. At 7:45
Sergeant owen Brady was kissing Mrs
owen Brady good-by, and he marched away
to the train with his command.
Sergeant Brady, who served with the
regiment on the Mexican border, lives at
1885 North Twenty-second street. He and
his bride are neghbors, she living at 1896
North Twenty-second street.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-03
TWO GIRLS ON $500 BAIL
FOR THROWING EGGS AT COP
Had Been Prominent in Strike Actiyi-
ties-Twenty-five Other Pickets
Out on Bail for Court

Magistrate Beaton today in Central sta
zion held two girls who had been promi-
nent In strike activity in $500 bail each
for court and twenty-five other pickets, all
but two Of them girls, in 500 bail for
court
4 The two girls were arrested yesterday
~ Policeman Thompson, of the Eleventh
And Winter streets station house, after he
yns hit In the back with an egg. He testi-
~ today both girls had thrown eggs
8 4elr names are Molle Turner. 625 North
18th street. and Rae Helfand. 1888 South
K NH street He also arrested Morris
<Ka9es 1914 North Seventh street, who he
~. had been urging the girls on" Page
~ dned SO and costs.
kEHasre was an argument between Magis-
~ Beaton and Thomas Cogan, who ab-
1red for the defendants. 1t came UP in
1eadertng the number of pickets the law
n,ts at = factory where strike is in
4Gress- CoGhn cited decisions which
Ned the number at fifteen.
<X34 this case the pickets were all around
xllstins shirtwaist factory at sos Arch
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-03
WISCONSIN TOWN TO HOLD
"WAR REFERENDUM"
County Judge Delays Permission Until
Noon Today

MONROE. Wis April 3.--After holding
off until nearly noon today, County Judge
]. NJ. Becker instructed supporters of Mon
roe's war referendum to go ahead and sub
NIT the question to voters. In only one of
the citys four wards were the voters COM
PEELED to mark their ballots outside booth.
In the other three wards election officials
allowed voters to drop referendum ballots
in the official ballot box. Judge Becker de-
clared his reason for holding up the ref
erendum was because of a report circulated
here that war had been declared He had
planned in event war had been declared to
withdraw the referendum and issue a pa
triotic appeal.
The voting was heavy. One-third of Mon
roe's 1900 votes had been cast at IL o'clock.
As far as could be learned only two voters
refused to mark the referendum ballots.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-03

LONG APPLAUSE greeted the an
nouncement of Wilson's war address at the
night session OF 1900 members of the Ma
tional Employment Managers Conference
at the Hotel Walton. former Director Of
Public Works Morris l.. Cooke presided.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-03

Most exquisite of all A 8 ters-
Michells Giant Comet Resemble Jap
anese Chrysanthemums - with potals
curled downward at the tips, ike
ostrich feathers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-03
Commissioned in Medical Reserve

GREENSBURG. Pa, April 3.-Dr L.. c.
Thomas, of Latrobe. former recorder Of
commission from the War Department as
first lieutenant in the Medical Reserve
Corps. Lieutenant Thomas was appointed
by President Wilson last Saturday.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-03

COED AT THE University of Pennsyl-
vania, Miss Marjorie Glonnger, 1903 Green
street, has been chosen for the leading part
of Drama" in the Masque Of American
Drama to be presented in the Botanical
Gardens at the University the second week
in May. Beauty and richness of voice
were the leading factors considered in the
choice.