Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-04-28
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mat ended it. one glimpse into
Mack's room aboard the coach proved
the truth OF the statement. lie had
the two stenoEraphers working IN
relays and at every stop there was
hatch Of telegrams 10 file. No one
could see him. the secretarys secre-
tary said, and no one did see him,
until after the train had left Sapulpa.
Then the Tulsa reception committee
cot his car and kept It until Tulsa
vas reached
s. II. Lewis. member Of the state
council OF defense and Mrs lIlah y.
Lindsey. representing the Tulsa coun-
" council Of detcnse, heard McAdoo
sneak at the state fairgrounds paVi-
Hon In oklahoma city and Governor
williams tried to arrange for them
To see Mr. MCAdoo on the train, but
Mack's persistent little black haired
buffer kept them three rullmans
away At Sapulpa T.. w Sinclair, J
NJ Berry r. VI, McFnrlin and G. II.
Douglas piled into the private car
while the secretary was speaking
from platform neHrCy When he
returned 90 the car and the train had
pulled out he found them there In
twenty-five minutes the secretary
had learned more about Tulsa than
he ever know about the whole state
Of oklahoma before, with that sort
OF Inspiration there IL small wonder
that he talked thirty minutes instead
Of twenty when he got here and
caused hls train to leave ten minutes
late. thereby causing the old engineer
70 shed copious tears.
"He caught cold in the Grand
Canyon and was hoarsc this morn
Ing" the sCCrctary's secretary told
anxious delegations who wanted him
70 Say Few woIds' from the rear
platform at towns en- route. He
positively will not speak again to-
day" But Mack ls only human
When the train pulled up At Chan
dler and he pocped ont OF the win
dow to observe a couple Of hundred
people standing I'm a steady downpour
OF rain, he stopped debating and
went out to the platform Those
few words will never be forgotten
by the fortunate Chandlerites who
hraved the elements TO see and not
only saw, but heard this genius whose
name is on eyerybody's lips
Even at little Depew he had a
few words to say and the crowd at
the station gave him IA mighty cheer.
At Rrlstow there was "a big crowd
Some women from the Red Gross
workroom, in regulation attire. were
there with big Rcd Cross flag.
Two OF them were boosted up to the
platform and they shook hands with
both Mr. and Mrs Secretary. AZ
Sapulpa there was l0-minute stop.
over the protest Of his mentors the
secretary permitted himself To be
escorted to n speakers stand near
station where no spoke until an I'M
patient toot OF the whistle betokened
, the imminent departure Of the anN-
ious engineer and his precious load
A railroad employee passed up u
box OF flowers for Mrs. MSAtSAJdoo
who. by the way, never let friend
husband get out OF her sight. She
accompanied him everywhere and
she always received as great an ova-
tion as her illustrlous but lesser
half Mrs. McAdoo, by the way. was
dressed simply. but attractively. and
more than once plebian was heard
10 observe, "A mighty good looking
woman isn't she7"
short distance out Of Oklahoma
city the train hit COW but s,apped
not moment The front OF the en-
Eine thereafter presented very vivid
picture Of war.
between Luther and Chandler Il
negan to hail And how 1t did hail,
Ihere are hundreds OF persons who