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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-31

The second day Of the stock selling
campaign to take over the Overholser
thester and make II union theater
brought big results. People sending In
remIttances from over the state will he
served Just as fast as our office force can
ha ndle the work. This original allotment
OF stock Is Goihg fast. and II you expect
to get In on the sacrifice offer. we advise
you to act quick. Union men Of the city
and state who want to see the theater
strike effectunlly won here are especially
asked 70 buy stock In any !smount from
81 TO 500, Al tho solicitation Of union
labor leaders the Tucker Brothers secured
the option on the Overholser theater and
launched this company II In written In
the bylaws Of this company that the
Overholrer theater under the manage
ment of this company shall always en-
ploy union labor
THE MAIN FACTS
Tucker Brothers Amusement Company,
capitalized at 100000. was completed
Monday May 2sth. and Is now doing
business under the laws OF the state OF
oklahoma Its first step. was to take
over an option TO purchase the over
holser theater at $4,000 on the follow
ing terms.
Tucker brothers. or their assigns. are
10 pay $4,000 July LIST. 1911. and t2S, 900
september 18th. 1917. at which time !
agree 10 deliver possession and make
warranty deed for said property, deliver
Ing the same free from all membranes,
and taking a mortgage for the sum OF
800 900, divided into 10 equal payments.
onc-tenth due each year. said notes TO
bear 9 percent interest.
(SignedD ED OvERHOLSER"
TO GUARANTEE THAT THIS $40, mo
WILL RE RAISED, We are going to sac
rlfice this stock for the next thirty days
at 2b cents per share, par value 81. A
soon as the initial payment money of
$50, 600 10 raised the stock will either he
advanced TO u per share or withdrawn
from the market
The remaining payments yearly OF
$4,000 per year may he paid Just the
same a. rent out Of the proceeds from
the business, besides making a hand
| some profit TO every stockholder inter
| ested,
| bona flde investment like the Overholser
theatsr property at f5 cents on the dol
iar' Never In tho history Of business
enterprise was such an opportunity Of,
fered. Every person who invests rs cent?
In this stock In practically assured OF a
body YOU meet what the overholser
theater property In worth and they
will estimate II from $4,000 20 $3.50, 900
This company secured the Overholser
| theater at a bargain price at $4,000
After the first money is paid. the rest ID
10 presume that the overhoiser theater
property will be worth a half million dol
hrs And the stock you get at rs cents
per share then will he valued at many
times It's purchase price Anybody who
can realize values knows that this stock
offer win never he duplicated. We are
not going 10 use q lot Of high sounding
names TO get you to buy this stock. We
are proceeding upon q business basi'
with n business proposition that vii,
meet the closest investigation There
| are hundreds who are able 10 buy from
81 to $500 worth OF this stock and never
miss the money
II you want In on this proposition Oct
ptjsf TODAY
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-31
DEALERS Warned
OF CHICAGO FIRM
Chief Nichols Sends Out Warn
ing to Merchants,

w B Nichols, chief of police, Is In
receipt of letter from Chicago ask
ing that he notify merchants of Okla
homa City TO be on the lookout for
representatives of fraud mail-order
house, recently forwarded TO Oklahoma
City
According to information In the letter,
merchants are asked TO purchase $50
worth OF merchandise from the Chicago
house, payable 81 per week. They are
entitled to draw merchandise up to the
amount paid in
The merchant is offered sixty shares
OF common stock. in the house with a
promise that the stock will be worth
more soon and that he can purchase
merchandise 40 percent cheaper in their
concern than by buying from whole
salers.
II is said that the stock is nothing
more than proit sharing certificates and
that the merchandise which they ship is
not worth rs cents on the dollar
The letter has been turned over to
Captain Post.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-31
Three NEGROES
INJURED IN new
ST.L0UIS RIOT
.GuardSmen DiSperSe Mob
Third Day of Race Trouble,

EAST ST LOUIS, III. May 81
Rloting for the third successive night
broke out here last night, despite the
fact that the city was patrolled by local
police, special deputies and national
guardsmen. Fifty men, mostly labor
ers, massed shortly after the saloons
closed at o o'clock and began a search
for negroes. Three were found, one
Of whom, William Brane. was shot in
the head, and the other two were
beaten with fists and sticks and warned
to leave town.
Mob Soon Dispersed
Officials said the mob was composed
of men who spent the half holiday
granted them in observance of Memo.
rial day in saloons They oongregated
near a negro section in the outskir,,
OF the city. Their shooting and shout
ing, however attracted the attention
of national guardSmen who were pa
trolling in automobiles and the mob
soon was dispersed
Sniper Fires at Guardsmen.
, There was no further trouble until
| as o'clock in the morning when three
shots were fired from the second story
window OF a house near a negro dis
trict, at a group OF guardsmen who
were standing under an arc light None
OF the guardsmen was hit. The soldiers
rushed into the house but failed TO
catch the sniper.
The disturbances, which started Mon
day night grew out Of protest against
the importation OF negro labor from the
south made by labor leaders at meet
ing OF the city council.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-31
CROP PROSPECTS
DEPRESS Grain
Texas and Oklahoma Outlook
Considered Bright

CHICAGO. MAY 3l.-Excellent crop re-
ports had decided bearish effect today
on the wheat market. According to one
authority, Texas and Oklahoma have tho
finest crops ever produced In those states
Harvesting was started near Ardmore
Okla, Yesterday. Opening prices which
ranged from hG9c lower. with July at
tlHq 200, were followed by reactions
from the extreme bottom features and
comparative steadiness at 2hu3 cents
under Tuesdays close
Corn developed notable strength az a
result OF reports that the growing crop
was being adversely influenced by too
much rain and too little warmth Be
sides, the rains were expected to delay
the movement OF old corn to market
After opening NC of TO | cent advance
prices rose sharply all around.
oats hardened in value with corn.
Field advices, however. were promising
and gains were only slight
Higher quotations on hogs and corr
gave some firmness to provisions. De.
mand. though. was not urgent.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-31
NE w YORK.

NEW YORK. May 1.-THE cotton mar.
get showed renewed strength early to-
day flrmness I'm Liverpool. a favora BILE
Interpretation Of the weekly report OF
British tonnage sunk and a reiterntion Of
low crop coIhiiion figures seemed 10 in
splre buying by some OF ths longs. who
mad taken profits over the holiday. At
the opening the market was firm at an
advance Of % TO 30 points with July SELL
Ing NJ II SOC and october at 20 tsc, with
most OF the active positions making new
high ground Tor the movement This ad-
vance encountered heavy realizing and
there were reactions OF several points
right after the call, but offerings wefo
well enough absorbed by spot house brok.
ers or fresh buyers to give tho market
"A pretty steady undertone. A private
crop report published before the opening
made the condition 700 and indicated 6
reduction Of 2.s percent In acreage.
Prices worked back TO within 10 or ~
points Of Tuesdays closing figures before
noon with selling encouraged by sxpecta-
tions OF y favorable weather report from
the weather bureau. Offerings tapered
off around 81 s3c for july and 81 .lsc for
October, however, and the market stead.
led up after publication Of the weekly
report which seemed to disappoint some
OF the early buyers
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-31
Girl II Months
Old Secures Red
Cross Memberships

NHlCAGO, May 3l-Park Ridge,
N suburb. claims the distinc-
ton of having the youngest
Red Cross worker in the nation in
the person Of Roberta Hams, IA
months old girl, who has secured a
number of memberships to the Red
Cross with her lisping appeal and
who now proposes to further her
work by selling pictures of herself
in Red Cross garb TO secure money
for membership.
The final three-day drive for
memberships in the Chicago Red
Cross opened today with nearly 700
900 memberships TO be secured to
bring the total for the city up to the
mark aimed at-S000O0 member
ships.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-31
YOUNG WOMEN
URGED TO HELP
Wanted to Decorate Registers
With Buttons tuesday,
com MlTTEE FOR PLAN
Girls Asked 10 Be at Precinct
VotinstPiaCe,

Young women of Oklahoma City can
be OF gteat service to the state council
for defense OF this state by gathering
in large numbers at each registration
place in the city early next Tuesday
morning
! Committee for Plan.
Members OF the publicity committee
OF the committee expressed themselves
this morning as being iavorably i'm
pressed with the suggestion OF Adju-
tant General Earp ,ha, the young men
be decorated by the young women OF
the city Immediately after offering
their life for any service the United
States may call on them in the great
struggle for humanity now being waged
across the water
II Is the desire Of the publicity com.
mittee that all young women OF Okla.
homa City 60 TO the registration booth
in their precinct early Tuesday morn.
ing and there will be given the but.
tons 10 pin on the coats Of the men a.
they come from the registration booth
George McQuaid, a member OF III,
publicity committee, declared thi,
morning that he thought the Suggestion
q very good one and would do more to.
ward creating an interest among III,
men Of registration age than any o,hti
one thing.
MeQuail Indorses Move e
Il should be glad TO see all Nh,
young women be at the registration
booth In their preeino, early on Tues
day morning" said Mr. MeGuaid
at would he necessary to have .
large number Of them because ,her,
will be many men there TO register. Tn,
girls much arrange their lunch hour SC
that some OF them will be there
Throughout the day and see tina, nc
man who registers leaves the booth
without his button"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-31
ROADS MUST RUN
TRAINS AS USUAL
So Says Colonel Love- Against
Proposed Conference,

Agitation of railway companies reA
tive to curtailment OF train service !;
premature, declared J. p. Love, chair
man OF the state corporation commits
sion today. Mr.. Loves assertion fol.
lowed the statement OF Charles +
Schaff, receiver for the NJ, X. & T
railway yesterday that war time con
ditions make it necessary radically tc
decrease operation OF rolling stock.
Against Conference.
The commission has been sound d
out" by the railways relative to the
reduction OF the number OF trains run
Mr.. Love said. The suggestion that
the commission and the state council
for defense hold a conference joint,
with the railways, does not meet with
the approval OF Mr. Love.
There is at this time no necessity
fer a conference on the question" h,
said The railways are viewing III,
matter in a pessimistic light, Th,
country needs transportation facilitie,
as badly as ever. II we are to hav,
business as usual. railways must op.
crate as usual"
Will Be Made 10 Answer.
The railways propose to take of
passenger trains first according "a
Mr., Love. He stated that IL such &C.
,ion were taken with regard to train,
which had been put on by order OF tn,
commission, the roads will he subjee
to citation.
The policy Of the commission vii
be to favor reduction where there !,
now needless duplication OF service
but to consider favorably all complaint,
against curtailment Of service that il
nsrexxafy
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-31
NEW WORKERS LAUNCH
LAND OREA0NAUGHT'

NEW YORK, May jl.-While a
srea, crowd applauded Enthusiastically
the U. S. s. Recruit, the land dread.
nahsh,," built to stimulate recruiting
for the navy and marine corps, wa,
launched" In Union square Mrs
John Purroy Mitchell, wife Of the
mayor, ehris,ened the craft with bot.
tie OF champagne which she broke over
s,anehion as " the "warship" had
been gliding down the ways into the
uatek
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-31
Al Gettysburg.
BRAZIL WELCOMED BY
FRANCE INTO WAR

PARIS, May jl.--Jules Cambon,
general secretary TO the ministry Of
foreign affairs, said during the course
Of talk that the French govetnmen,
regarded with satisfaction the ap-
proWhing participation Of Brazil in
the war and considered its co-opera
ton as moral as well as a material
advantage The example Of the United
States has proved contagious through.
~, la,in-America and the entrance oI
Brazil was likely soon TO be followed
by similar action on the part Of othe,
South American statee
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-31
PRICES RESPOND
TO STOCK BUYING
u, S, Steel Leader in Wall
Street Advances,

NEW YORK. May 3l.--Resumption OF
market operations over the holiday indi-
Gated a further accumulation OF buying
orders. Leaders opened at gains OF to ,
points, rails displaying some hesitation.
United States Steel was the overshadow-
ing feature on It's initial transaction OF
~, 900 shares at iStk to l3j y. an extreme
advance OF ~ points and fraction
above It's previous maximum. Independ
ent steel shares registered equal ad-
vances. also Marine preferred. American
Smelling and several specialties, Sugars
were again conspicuously active and
strong Steel extended Its rise to l35% In
the first half hour. other industrials keep
Ing pace with this movement
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-31
Hennessey Quits
Business for Day

HENNESSEY, Okla, May 81
Especial. Ideal weather conditions
lent beauty and interest to the obser-
vation Of Memorial day here yesterday
afternoon, when hundreds OF persons,
including many resident veterans OF the
Civil war and Boy Scouts. parsded
the town streets and later gathered in
the city operahouse where a program
was presented. A hundred automobiles
made the trip to the city cemetery
where innumerable floral decorations
were distributed. Practically all bust
ness was suspended for the afternoon
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-31
Device Invented
to Detect U-Boats
Thirty Miles Away

NEW BRITAIN, Conn, May Jl-A
submarine de,ec,or has been invented
by Spencer NJ. Wood, a veteran Of the
civil war, and the United States Naval
Auxiliary Consulting board which has
looked over the model, has instructed
the inventor to have plans and specifi-
cations ready within a week
The location OF a submarine is de-
tected by q dial which floats on the
water. and il is said that the device
will "iind" an underwater boat at a
distance Of from twenty to thirty miles,
The cost OF manufacture will be small
and the de,eetots can be turned out in
short time
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-31
Fifty-Two Enter
Shrine at Idabel

lDABEL, Okla, May 5l.-(Speeial)
A cla" OF fity-,wo novices was es-
corted across the burning sands at the
annual meeting Of eastern Oklahoma
Shriners, held here this afternoon and
tonight Two thousand visitors, /, is
estimated, are in the city.
Red-capped mobiles from many east
ern Oklahoma towns ,hronged in on
special trains throughout the day Many
Of them were accompanied by their
wives.
Practically the entire city Of ldabel
Joined local members of the shrine in
entertaining the visitors.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-31
KANSAN TELLS SHERIFF
HE WON'T REGISTER

CLATHE, Kan, May 81. - Sheriff
Carroll last night announced he had re.
eeived a letter from a citizen Of John
son county asserting the writer's In .
,en,,on not to register on June s Fred
Robertson, United States district a,tot
ney, wM informed Of the situation and
Sheriff Carroll is awaiting instructions
from hius
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-31
KANSAS CITY,

KANSAS cry. May jl-HOGs Re
ceipts. 5000, loc higher, bulk. il5l0Q
l5 i5 heavy, SIS s0al5sj. light. ili75a
Is ~ pigs. f3O6qli50 CATTLE. Re
c"ipu, 5000. including 500 southerns
steady to l0c higher. prime fed stcers.
VIZ 50p 1870. dressed beef steers. SO 0OI
Y southern steers. 81 O0q ~ So COWS,
81 50n II M. heifers. N.5oal250 stock
ers. ts00qlO7b. calves, s. OOal33b.
sllEEf: Receipts. 5000, steady: lsmbs.
1000 1900 yestlings, Sl200dl MS 50.
wsthers. tli00al360; ewes. SO 500
II 90. stockers, 81 O0Qli00
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-31
LIVERPOOL,

LIVERPOOL May 3i.--COTToN: Spot
In moderate demand; good middling,
IL nd, mlddling, iib3d; low middling,
II Esd. sales. 1000 bales, including 500
American. Sales for speculation and ex-
port, 700 Receipts, 400 bales, ~ Amer.
lean. Futures closed steady May. I'D:
May-June. l393d. June. 1850; June
July. 1850; July-August. 1904: Sop
tember- october, i3.30d. December Janu-
ary. l2sbd February March. 12.7td;
.Aprll- MAY II sod
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-31
SOCIETY OF FRIENDS
lNO0RSES SUFFRAGE

NEW YORK. May jl.-Woman sui.
frase was formally indorsed by the lib.
erai branch Of the Society Of Friends a,
the annual meeting here The national
service committee. reported that all
three branches Of the society have
united for war feliei work
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-31
ALvA BOY DEAD
At v|MY RIDGE
Word Of Death Of Hiram Mon
dy Received by Grandfather,

Capt. J. {. McCary of AIva has JUS,
received notice OF the death OF his
grandson, Hiram Mondy, who fell in
action March 50 in the assault on Vimy
Ridge, near Lens, France.
Hiram was born on a farm near Alva
in lSo6, a son Of +. T. and Ida McCary
Mondy. He attended the public schools
OF Woods county until the family moved
to Paynton. Sask, Canada, ten years
ago, where he grew to manhood
Enlisted in 1916.
He enlisted in March, 1910. in a Can
adam regiment and sailed for Europ,
last June He fell early in the assault;
OF the Canadians on Vimy Ridge in
which the Canadians CALAMITY swep,
the Germans from this hitherto i'm.
preanable position and held it irml,
against the most desperate coun,e,
attacks OF the Germans. He wa,
buried with hundreds Of his fellow
comrades on April at the village oi
Boise in northern France. He was q
years old and his mother is a daughter
Of Capt and Mrs J. c. MoCary OF tn,
city
The young hero inherited the bcs
American fighting blood. ] {. McCary
his grandfather, was an artileryman II
the Mexican war OF 1904 and fol-
lowed Gen. Winfield Scott from Vera
Cruz to the City of Mexico. and in IN,
Civil war followed the fortunes OF IN,
ooniederacy from Bull Run to Apo
mattoS.
At Gettysburg.
He commanded n battery in the artil-
lery duel at the battle OF Gettysburg
Immediately preceding picket,'s famous
charge on the Union position and saw
that magnificent division Swep, away
on the slopes OF Cemetery Ridge. Tn,
aged veteran, although 70 wears old. i,
az vigorous as a man a score OF years
younger He moutns the loss Of hi,
gallant grandson. but is proud Of the
fact tha, he fell in the cause of human.
i,y and in the defense of his adopted
country --Renirow Record
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-31
News From Nations Markets
Outside Livestock.
CHICAGO

CHICAGO. May 3l-HOOS Receipts
1000. strong sd Zoe higher; bulk. ylb 81
Y y IS. light, 81 60ul575, mixed. tl5ll
g u 30 heavy, tl515qlb g5, rough, SIS
z 10 % pigs, il02Gal0ib CATTLE
Receipts 1000, firm: native beef cattle
W 2oul37 75 stockers and feeders. 81 IS q
10 25, cows and heifers, s625flll so
calves. 81 5OGl175 SHEEP Receipts
1000, weak. wethers. so 5Od l3t0, lambs
vi BOA 10 so, springs. tl3O0glsO 90
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-31
KANSAS CITY.

KANSAS CITY. May 3i-wHEAT
Lower No. 2 hard, 81 266p2.73; No. Q red
81 s1V 2.70. CORN Lower; No. 2 mixed
s.5l1 La; No. white, si.tsalts; No
yellow. }l.5ldl.52 OATS: Lower: No
2 white s1d67hc; No, 2 mixed 6Hssc
RYE fisS02.0o KAFIR >and MfLC
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-31
COTTON PRICES !,
IMPROVE TODAY
Crop News and Gables Con-
Sidered BulliSh. !,

NEW ORLEANS, May 3i--Good cables
and bulllsh private reports on the condi.
ton OF the crop caused buying OF cotton
around the opening of this market today
and prices made ready response. In the
flrst half hour Of business the active
months improved rs to 80 points,
The unfavorahle weekly crop ac6ounta
from the government Increased the de-
inHnd and AT noon the active months
showed net gain Of % to 30 points.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-31
Where to Enl;st

United State. Navy--Dl Culbsrt-
son building, Grand avenue and
Broadway,
Oklahoma National Guard--Adiu-
tant generals office. Is West Grand
avenue.
United State. Marine Cotps-See
Postmaster Weaver at federal build.
ing
Women's American League - lol
North Harvey street
Red Crow--Chamber Of Commerce
building. Ssh Wes, Main street,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-31
CiTY:BRIEFS'

Library Hours chsnoeJ-The Carps-
gle library will close at $50 o'clock be.
ginning tomorrow. The story hour for
children will also be changed, beginning
Saturday. from o'clock In tho after
noon 10 2 o'clock In the morning
War. Time Glasses Meet ,Jsrleht After
u petition, signed by ten citirens, had
been presented to the board of educa-
ton yesterday, permission to use the
high school for the womens wartime
classes tonight was granted. PERMITS
sion for the classes TO use tho building
| through the summer will be voted on by
the board At its next meeting. The
class tonight will meet from 100 o'clock
until $50 The class IN auto driving
will meet on Tuesday and Friday.
Fd l. Hahn Undertaking Co wal "a.
Adv.
| DESIGNER Emmanuel Louis Mas
queray, the architect who designed ths
| Oklahoma state capitol grounds. died In
st Paul last Saturday night. news of his
death being received here Yesterday aft
ernoon.
monthly meeting OF the Oklahoma asso-
| citation OF the credit men at the Skirvin
hotel last night, when Il. C. McQuestian
OF New York. representative OF the ma
tional association. addressed the meet
ing, and fourteen new memhera, were
added 10 the local organization, the fol-
lowing delegates TO the national conven.
lion. which will he held In Kansas City
June 1921 were chosen. l., NJ. Farnum,
J. n ONell. j. n Cook. ~ W Hagser-
ty, Roy Fellers, Edgar Heath, Eugene
Martin, r. l.. Bozarth, r. II. Crutcher.
". " Edwards, A. w. Lee, l., Y. Leach.
Eugene Miller, A. ]. Graham and Charles
Quiddy
Fir. Insurance. wal IS. rss upshav.
! ADV,
Arrslsn.d on Theft Charge = Sarah
Thompson, charged With stealing eteh.
teen hens from Mrs. $, J. droves and
seven hens and one rooster from Mrs.
was arraigned before o. 7. Price, Justice
of the peace. this morning She pleade4
not guilty To the charges. She was heie
| for trial
| seiby 70 Name New Assistant County
| Attorney Selby will appoint n new assist-
ant prosecutor Monday he announced this
neys office has accumulated 40 much IN
the pas, few months that n wss found
| necessary to have another prosecutor "
assist In the work. he said.
Courts 10 closs June . - Al ~ ,hs
courts and offices IN the county court
house will be closed Tuesday. June .,
the employees viii csme under the select-
i've draft ruling and they will register
early. they declare. A handsome card
stating that the Offices will be closed ~
tina, date was placed In each Once thu
morning