Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-01-16
Central :. National Nat Bank

National Bank of Commerce, of Kan
sas city, Mo. Mr.. Perry made "a
plea for wide knowledge by
people of other sections as to the
development of this section of the
country and asked that Tulsa CO.
operate with the people of other sec
tions in properly presenting these
facts to the nation.
Pat Powers, who was connected
with Mr.. Sinclair in the east when
the Tulsa man entered the baseball
world, was the next speaker. and he
kept the guests in n roar of laughter
by his recitation of the incidents
which arose when Mr.. Sinclair as
sumed the reins of the Federal
league.
One of the stories Mr., Powers told
well illustrates the man who was
really the guest OF honor. Mr.. Pow
ers said that the story had never
been told in public before. He re-
lated that Mr.. Sinclair and party
were at the Hippodrome theater in
New York. Mr.. Sinclair liked the
show and slipped out to the box Of
flee, laid down check for $1,000
and told the cashier to use that in
giving some of the poor kids a the
ater party.
The cashier showed the check to
the manager, declaring he had found
new kind of "a nut" I'm New York.
For several days the check laid
around the office and one day a
man came in and saw the check
who happened to know Sinclair and
suggested they call up and see II
the check was good. The check was
cashed and the poor kids were given
a theater party
II. z. Graham of Graham & Co. OF
Philadelphia was the next speaker. In
MS remarks he declared Mr.. Sinclair
was largely responsible for the bank
Ing interests OF the east looking into
the oil situation as previously that in
dustry had been shrouded in a mys-
terry which the bankers had never
sought to penetrate. Mr. Sinclair. he
said. had opened their eyes.
"Oil Man, Not Speaker"
II. +. Sinclair in his opening re-
marks declared he was an oil man
and not speaker but in view of the
many compliments paid he would
have to respond. He thanked his
many friends for the kind treatment
accorded himself and his company in
the most cordial terms, and ended by
telling story which he declared illus
trated his own company. The story
dealt with the "Arkansawyer" who
first saw railroad engine and re-
marked that 1t would never go and
when 1t got started said 1t would
stop.
Dave Connolly OF the Wolverine Oil
wound up the speaking with
one of his characteristic talks In his
usual happy vein. He wished the
visitors godspeed and invited them to
come back to Tulsa not once but
often.
Arrive OH Time.
The special train OF ten Pullman
cars, baggage car and club car arrived
in Tulsa at $3.50, via the Katy railroad,
from Hominy, where the party yester-
day morning inspected the Sinclair
Gulf and Osago- Hominy properties,
recently acquired for $4,000, 900.
AT the depot were forty automobiles
driven by local bankers, oil men and
The party was loaded into
these cars and taken for drive over
the city. The cars took In the busi-
ness, residence and manufacturing
centers OF the city and the refineries
IN West Tuso.
Many of the visitors were shown
through some OF the more palatial
homes, supply stores and factories and
all evinced n keen desire for more in
formation about the various phases of
the oil industry.
Almost without exception these men