The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-08-23
NIGHT NEWS
Big stories the OkIshoman car
Iied boiled for evening readers.


One hundred l00-pounds sacks Of
sugar will be sold in open market
Monday morning at 10 o'clock if it
has not been sold to houscholders be-
fore that time, ]. A. Whitehurst, pres-
dent of the board Of agriculture said
yesterday The sugar can be bough,
at between S975 and $40.
A special session OF the legislature
TO enact laws against proflteering is
asked in resolution passed at a
meeting OF the state council OF de-
icnse yesterday The immediate or
ganization OF county councils OF de-
iense throughout the state to investi-
gate prices was also recommended.
That Commissioner Joe Paterson
is in no immediate danger of losing
supervision OF the entire water de-
partment is indicated in a statement
by Commissioner Mike Donnelly that
he will oppose making the change. In
view of the fact that four votes of
the commissioners are needed to
transfer department there is little
chance for the change to be made.
Proposed sale of tract Of land in
University addition bounded by
Twenty-Sccond and Twenty. third
streets and Walker and Dewey ave
nues has brought forth a protest from
rcalestate men. These lots owned by
the city were intended for park pur-
poses and resolutions condemnng any
dlsposals of the land set aside for
development into parks have been
passed by the Real Estate board and
will be presented at once to the city
commissioners.
CAMP ROBERTSON, Fort Sill,
Aug. 22-The Oklahoma national
guard boys now encamped here are
having no trouble finding entertain
ment The "I" hut has proved one
OF the most popular places, and yes
tcrday there were $500 letters mailed
from the hut alone,
ST. PAUL, MINI, Aug. "a. y.
McMullcn, secretary of the Oklahoma
City Credit Mems association, was
today elected a director OF the Retail
Credit Mems national association at
the national convention being held III
this city.
WACO, Texas, Aug, a.. r.
Shillady, white secretary oi the ma
tional association for the advance
ment Of colorcd people, was severely
beaten here today and placed on 4
train bound for St. Louis. Several
county officials attacked him, after
they had warned him that he was TO
stop melting negroes against the white
people.
ARDMORE, okla, Aug. 22.-Roy
Massad, u years old, who was at
tackled at Writ yesterday, died here
today in local hospital from the
wounds received. A. G.. and Orrin
Proctor are in the Ardmore jail await
ing action in the courts. Young
Massad was the nephew Of J, M.
Massad, 4 merchant OF Oklahoma City,
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.-By a
vote in the house late today the Lever
food control act was extended to in
clude clothing, containers of food,
feed or fertilizers, fuel oil and imple-
mens used in production OF necessi-
ties, and 10 penalize proiiteering by q
$500 fine or two years imprisonment.
RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 22.-The
Virginia legislature, now in spccia
session, was appealed to today by
President Wilson to ratify at once the
national suffrage amendment Homer
s. Cummings, chairman OF the demo-
cratic executive committee, also made
an appeal for suffrage.
MUSKOGEE, Okla, Aug. 22.-Five
hundred armed citizens OF Muskogee,
all special policemen, saw to it today
that the city street cars were operated
without miShap from 9 o'clock this
morning until ! o'clock tonight. The
armed citizens followed the cars in
automobiles throughout the city.