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Evening star., 1919-04-27
SHORTY IN A NEW ROLE

started something. First on tho op-
position had us beaten s to 4. but
the next thing 1 knew the Rev. Fed
ders swung to my side ana the mo-
ton was put through.
I've been at it six weeks now. Some
Of the teachers I've released; some
I've shifted around. Miss Simmons,
for instance, has dropped geography
for botany and domestic science.
She's making a go of both and had
her pay raised. But every teacher
understands that il she can't keep
the kids interested in her branch she's
liable to get the bounce. "The NC
Cabe idea" is what the Rev. Pedders
calls it--half joshin'. you understand
But he's backin' me strong. Tells
me he's >writin' 1T up for some maga-
zine and wants my picture. What do
you know about that? If I keep on
gettin' popular they'll be namin' a
cigar after me next. When they do
Ill send a box to the Hon. Hi. Bixby.
No. never another peep from him.
Looks like he'd been bottled up and
the cork driven in. The other day
when 1 was in Hogan's Office lookin'
over the plans for the new school
Fairgrounds something called up that
little seance we had with the old
stiff.
"Briok." says I. "you sure had the
goods on Bixby that time. eh?"
Seemed SO, suppose" says Brick.
And that got me prickin' up my ears.
"Seemed?" says l. "Why unless you
had the facts how could you nail him
so pat? Don't tell me you do the clair
voyant stunt"
Not exactly" says Brick. pufan'
thoughtful on his Cigar. 1T was a
fairly good guess. though"
"Ah come" says I. with them re-
spectacle white whiskers of his how
could you have the nerve to play such
long shot unless"
There are times, Shorty" says he.
"when it's better to know men than
it is to hold cards. And I've noticed
that the sitter these old parties carry
their necks the more apt they are to
have some little thing like that
buried in the back lot. / didn't actu-
aHy 0lB amy lHlHS up JUST AouA
ished the spade"
SAY, Brick" says I, drawln' in
long breath, I'm glad I amt got any
thing in my past that needs chloride
of lime on it. AS it is I'd just as soon
you turned them lamps OF yours the
other way minute while l steadies
my nerves."
And Brick. he ohuckles easy.
Copyright 1919, by Mcclure Syndicate.)
Evening star., 1919-04-27

and so on after fashion. She has to
admit that they were stupid lot.
though. Their report cards proved 1t.
Yet the same kids, whom they got
into Miss Sawyer's hist'ry class.
seemed to pep up lot She had q
trick of readin' stories that wasn't
in the book at all. about Indian
fghtin'. and what Daniel Webster had
to say about the woodchuck. and so
on. She did lot Of explainin'. too,
and got the boys askin' questions.
Made the lesson kind Of q game. Had
'em smilin' and laughin'.
They're such bright. interesting
children. aren't they?" she says to me-.
Seems to depend where they are,"
says I.
Course, that wasn't Stain 1t exact
But hadn't quite got tho thing
framed up. When did though. and
sprung it on the board one night, you
should have heard what ran up against.
DO l understand" says the Rev.
Pedders. the Episcopal rector, who
was supposed to be our Ieadin' high
brow. that you would hold the teach
ers responsible for the failure Of their
pupils to pass examinationsf"
Something like that" says l..
Rather a unique theory Of educa-
tion. isn't that. McCabe?" he remarks.
In other words, il q scholar was dull
you would blame the teacher?'
"Uh-huh" says I. "And II enough
oh t.
either fire her or try her out In some
other line"
"H-m-m-m" says tho Rev. Ped
ders. rubin his bald spot "Revolu-
tionary. Quite. You know we have
been following a principle exactly the
reverse of that for good many
years"
Yes" says !, but how does it work
out? Now l used to be star at geo.
graphy, because we had q teacher
who made kind of an outdoor sport
of 1t. Why. even now I'll bet l could
bound what used to be Germany, and
hot lot Of good it does me with the
map of Europe shiftin' like a summer
thunder cloud. But suppose we'd had
that kind Of a eacher when we
tackled grammar? l might have been
a long haired poet by now, or writin'
best sellers for the department store
trade. ! claim it's up to the teacher
to make good. Anyway, IL I'm going
to stick on this committee I'd like to
see the scheme tried out"
"And 1 move," cuts in Brick Ho-
gan. chat Chairman McCabe be
granted full powers
Say. when the debate had run along
Evening star., 1919-04-27
Riviere Rivers.

zen. PERSHING at a luncheon in
Tours talked about his visit to
the Riviera.
Il liked the sunny Riviera" he
said. land I especially liked the rivers
the Var. the Paiiion. the Tines.
II liked these rivers because they
are all navigable. not only by car
riage and automobile. bu, also by
bicycle and high h-heeled slippers. and.
furthermore. would ask those among
you who have visited Nice IL you ever
saw better river than the Paillon
for drying clothes in"
Evening star., 1919-04-27
Costly Economy.

John d RYAN. copper king and air
; expert. said at a luncheon:
Look out for the manager who is
always talking about retrenchment.
He's apt to resemble Blink.
Mr.. Blink said q clerk. 4 wish
you'd get in some blotting paper, sir
Humph" Blink grunted. 'Blotting
papers gone up. The star will do
without blotting paper hereafter and
wait for the ink to dry"
Evening star., 1919-04-27
Two Helps.

A SENATOR was dining in res
taurant to the blare Of a rather
noisy band.
Il hate music with my meals" said
congressman.
Il rather like it," the senator re-
piled. "You see. the music helps one to
forget the food. and then again." he
added. "the food helps me to forget the
music"
Evening star., 1919-04-27

"HE personality Of the President
of the United States and the in
fuence which he exercised over
Switzerland's economic situa-
tion have led to divers manifestations
Of that country's deep gratitude to
America.
A committee supported by the citi-
zens Of all the Helvetian cantons was
consequently formed in Geneva last
summer in order to arrange a Swiss
national subscription to have q COM
memorative medal cast in recognition
Of the brotherly help which the peo-
pie of the United States gave to the
Swiss at a critical moment during the
war.
In it's appeal to the Swiss people
the committee declares that "the
Americans have given us a helping
hand across the ocean. They have in
a most generous way imposed many
privations upon themselves in order
to ship the necessary supplies Of ce-
reals to Europe.
This noble deed, which is deeply
imprinted in so many hearts, is to be,
brought to the memory of posterity by
work Of the Swiss sculptor Hans
Frei of Basel. 1t is a large souvenir
medal showing the American eagle
flying across the ocean with q shea
of wheat"
The reverse side contains the fol-
lowing inscription In English, below
the Swiss coat of arms:
ITO the President and People Of the
United States Of America:
The Gratitude Of tho Swiss Families
1918"
President Wilson'S sojourn in Eu-
Evening star., 1919-04-27

rope has led the initiative committee
to open subscription at once, so that
the medal. which will be in gold, may
be offered to him in the near future.
In order to give this testimony a
really popular character, the commit
tee has had reproduction cast of the
identical medal, both in bronze and
silver. orders for which are now be-
ing taken in Switzerland and among
the Swiss in this country
Evening star., 1919-04-27


ilized world. God grant that not in
the judgment of the mighty spirit Of
literature, and the fires of every
honest heart!
"WILLIAM DOUGLAS O'CONNOR."
For a time Whitman lived in an
old frame house at the corner of
12th and M streets. The property
was later purchased by DR.. w. X.
Butler. who replaced it with mod
ern apartment house.
DIR. Hugh NJ. Smith, commissioner of
the bureau of fisheries, who lives at
1909 M street. says he was small
boy when Whitman lived at the
corner Of 12th and M streets, but re-
members him we'll. The poets ap-
pearance, he says, was so strikingly
picturesque and different from all
other men of the neighborhood. that
the attention of every one was at
tracted whenever he walked along tho
streets.
Whitman's delightful democracy
while a resident of the capital was
often amusing and the occasion for
considerable comment. One of his
warmest friends was Peter Doyle. son
of an Alexandria blacksmith. who
came to Washington after serving in
the Confederate army. Peter was
driving a team of street car horses
when Walt met him as a passenger.
A close friendship sprung up which
lasted until death separated them.
People would often smile at these two
chums when. for instance, water
melon would be purchased from a
passing huckster on Pennsylvania
avenue. and Walt would slice it open
with his old barlow knife and the
two Of them would contentedly sit on
the curbstone and enjoy it to, the
limit.
When Walt Whitman was first point
ed out to President Lincoln as he was
strolling by the White House grounds,
the President said:
Well he looks like a man."
The assassination of Lincoln appar-
emily caused the poet as much grief
Two of his notable poems were writ
ten on the death of Lincoln, When
Lilacs Last in the Door Yard Bloom
ed" and 20 Captain! My Captain"
The words of the latter poem follow:
o captain. My captain our fearful trip is
done,
The ship has weathered every rock, the prize
we sought In won;
The port is near the bells hear. the people
all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel
grim and daring.
But o heart! heart! heart!
o the bleeding drops Of red.
Where on the deck my captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
o captain! My captain! rise up and hear the
bells;
Rise up-for you the nag is Hung-for you the
bugle trills.
For you bouquets apd ribbon'd wrea ths-for
you the shores a.crowding.
For you they call. the swaying mass. their
eager faces turning.
Here captain! dear father!
This arm beneath your head!
1T is some dream that on the deck
You've fallen cold and dead.
My captain does not answer. his lips are pale
and still,
My father does not feel my arm, he has no
pulse nor will;
The ship is anchored safe and sound, it's voyage
closed and done,
From fearful trip the victor ship comes In
with object won.
Exult, shores, and ring O bells,
But I, with meurnful tread,
Walk the deck where my captain lies
Fallen cold and dead,
Evening star., 1919-04-27

poet. Such attempts have always
failed.
In response to such an inquiry Sec
retary Of the Interior r. A. Ealltnger
wrote this letter:
Evening star., 1919-04-27
November 8, 1910.
STATE LIBRARIAN,
Iowa State Library,

ing Shakespeare; l recall Du Bellay
enshielding Rabelais; I behold Hut
ten fortressing Luther; here is Boo
caccio lifting the darkness from
Dante. and scattering flame on his
foes in Florence; this is Bembo pro-
tecting Pomponatius; that is Gro
stete enfolding Roger Bacon from
monkish fury; there. covered with
light, is Aristophanes defending
Aeschylus; and If there lives aught
Of the old chivalry Of letters, which
in all ages has sprung to the succor
and defense Of genius. summon 1t
to act the part of honor and duty
upon wrong which. done to a sim
gle member Of the great contractor
nifty of literature, is done to all. and
which filings insult and menace upon
every immortal page that dares
transcend the wicked heart OF the
CONSTRUCTED brain. l send this letter
to Victor Hugo for it's passport
through Europe: send 1t to John
Stuart Mill. to Newman and Mat
thew Arnold, for England: I send It
to Emerson and Wendell Phil,ps. to
Charles Sumner: to every senator
and representative in Congress-. 70
all journalists: to the whole Ameri.
can people; to every one who guards
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-09-23
LATE C0NGRESSMAN'S
FUNERAL TRAIN HERE
Delay o~Tsio,lcd by Missing Con
ncction at NinIta Causes Change
Ia Friends i1ans.

OKLAHOMA CrrY. Sept 2?-
The funeral train bringing the body
| Of Joe Il Thompson to Oklahoma
| city missed connections at Ninita, Il
was learned this afternoon, and will
not arrive here until some time to
night Notice Of the delay In reach
I ing the city came from Scott Ferris
Plans had been made To have the
| body lie In state at the capitol from
! noon unil o'clock tonight and act
ing Governor Trapp had ordered the
capitol flag At half mast owing 20
the delay at Vinita, II II not known
here now whether the arrangements
Ia have the body he In state at the
capitol viii be carried out as
planned.
In Ac funeral party, representing
the senate are Senators owen, Curtis
OF Kansas. Shepard OF Texas. Fer
nald OF Maine. Ashurst OF AriEonia,
| Spencer OF Missouri, Myers OF Mon
tana. rhlpps OF Colorado and Jones OF
New Mexico. In the bouso delegation
were Congressman Ferris Carter,
Hastings MCClintiC. hckeown and
Howard OF oklahoma, Clmph Of
Kansas. JacowHy and Goodwin "
Arkansas, kluchcluw and Earkclcy
| ot Kentucky Young OF North pa-
kota, Summers OF Texas, Dyer OF
Missouri. Randall OF California and
Vail uf Colorado. Gov and Mrs j.
! II Robertson, State Treasurer bceN
sraft and Mrs. IccCTaft. Secretary Of
state Morris and Mira Morris and
Gen Roy Hoffman Mrs Thorn psun
IL accompanied by her sons, Lieut.
Iuoseph II Thompson, jr, and James,
James Duffey, her nephew. who was
Congressman Thompson's secretary.
and Lieut. and Mrs, FLETCHER Riley
OF Norman
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-09-23
STURGEON TRIAL
IS PROGRESSING
Accused of Killing Mrs.
Kelly of Gushing on
May IS This Year
ETERNAL TRIANGLE SEEN
Husband Returns From
the Army and Finds
Wife infatuated

Special 10 The World.
SALTWATER. Sept 2l.-The
trial OF Roy SpurGeon. charged with
the murder uf Mrs. Ruth Virginia
Kelly at Cushing on May IS ~ now
under way here I'm the district court
- Payne county with Judge Arthur
Swank presiding Moman pruitt
famous Oklahoma city lawyer In
.rmlnul cases, Is SpurEeou's attor-
ucy ". w Kelly the dead wom-
ans husband, has employed 8 J.
barton ~ Cushing 10 assist County
Attorney {. c. Suman in the prose
cuuon.
The death Of Mrs. Kelly ended a
drama Of the eternal triangle In
which a wife and husband and an
other married man played the chiur
roles and In which tho Spcci1ltics
were INCONSISTENCY love and jealousy
Her death also cndrd divorce action
nAch probably would have been
hvHd in court here In few days
after the time she died.
According 20 evidence offered In
he preliminary hearing, SpurErou
and Mrs. Kelly were infatuated with
one another The popular supp0sl-
unu Is rhat, II guilty OF the charge.
SpurEcOn Killed the woman because
.hc went back TO live with her hus-
band, who had returned from the
army or because she refused 10 30
with him to Texas, where he had
secured position.
Red haired, yIyacious, and OF
splendid physique, Mrs. Kelly. a
woman of 3S years, was claimed to
bee somewhat of the vampire type.
Kelly was her third husband and
they were married In 1915 SpurEcou.
hardly more than boy, is 20 years
old lie rs dark, wcll-built and OF
good appearance Hg~Nyas a skilled
OIL field worker until his wander
lncs with the woman caused his fan
are. Kelly six years younger than
was HIS wife, Is small quick, snapTc
eyed, He Is superintendent OF M
oil company at Gushing,
The chain OF events preceding the
killing starts last December when
Kelly returned from the army. The
night he returned 20 Cushing his wife
was At a dance with n man, who.
Kelly testified at the preliminary,
his wife told him was Spurgeon. Do
nestle Quarrcls followed apparent
~ eliminating In Jauuery when
Mrs Kelly flied her petition for di-
rorce, alleging gross neglect OF duty
a@ jealousy.
On April T. when Kelly returned
20 his home from work he found a
.rtter from his wife saying that she
was going 10 Tulsa. The letter, Kelly
said, caused him to file a cross petit
ton for divorce, alleging that when
he returned from the army he
found his wife infatuated with an
other man
Many letters from Mrs Kelly were
found on Spurgcon whom he
vas arrested. There were tele-
grams. too. offered IN evidence. Some
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-09-23
WOULDN'T TAKE ALL
MONEY IN FORT
WORTH FOR RESULTS
Jay Wilson says lie Was Sick for
TwU NcarS--IIas Gained
20 Pounds.

Honesty. wouldn't take all the
money In Fort Worth for the good
i've bottles of Orgltone Treatment
has done me. aud see myself back
in the same nk 1 WAS before takin,
Ihe treatment" said Jay Wilson. a
well known oil Nriller. residing at
500 Oakland sNc,t. Fort Worth,
Icyas, white IN Rcnfro's Drug Store
a. few day ago.
Yes, SIR continued Mr.. wilson.
have gained 20 pounds In weight.
ana | keep on gaining And what $
better than that. ali of my two years
troubles have left me- and / don't
','l Ike l was ever SICK a day In my
lie 8
L had an awful time with ludi-
sestion ana stomach trouble. nearly
cEerJ thing ! ate disagreed with me
After IA eaten. my stomach would
become swollen and would feel like
had lump of lead IN my stomach
from the food / would eat was
Clus'ipnted 1H the time and was
seldom free from headache
i was nervous aud couliut
sleep well and my rest was so bros
'n | would feel awful when ia get
ar In the morning / had lost "a
G'vat deal In weight and was Ee'-
Ing thinner all the time ! didn't
seem 10 have any strength. scarcely.
and wac tired and lang4iJ an the
time. Besides ,his rgy whole system
Nis out uf order I took every Kind
Hi medicine / could think o. .ut
h'' nu relief at al. Iu TACT they
.rmgi tn lEgaytte my troubles,
Kept gc'uug worse al the
time
l's really Astonishing how ne,
picked up when began taking
.'s1.nn". Nv appetite rof uri'"g
tAH / .rEIn 'u enjoy rF meal. ard
back wy strength right from the
ar' From taking these five ho.-
..'. have Irtuai~ gained 90 pounds
.. N'igHt and. Iy The way. uy rrH-
..f bills ar" getting heavier. VOC
ana | now ear just anything I want
.". have no more Tad Zee .urs boo
stomach ur.hIrtuE from 'Ho .r-
JON Ny nerves aye rsrfo 'lg
'i now ami sleep is, child Z
.at7 feel good ON getting up .u tEe
-.-a.H-
l.m entirely relieved ~ tho ror.
...''.HH and The bad fes'.rr rl#a..
mat trouble. I was lun-lur -I..
|0i had bad color before taa.
- 'rsu'u0r but wy friends .aF
." 'H' looking fine now. Ny u-
..""nt .u every way ls wonder.
.a. m enjoying better health than
IFr iu two srars. and I'm 20
t"Nfli for what Hrrsf1re NBs
..s 'og mel feel like telling every
about o."
.rr1'onc is not so-earci patent
.e,r"l remedy but q new orient.'.-
.iWr1t absolutely frc. from afg,-
.n ary form and o. sold IN TH'sl
svely hy Roy r. ge'wau.s Rex
store. Tulsa. and FIa'irur build
Nes. Tn'sa. under fne personal
'.nn u' special Orgat0uc t-,;
s"l.Alye -AdyI
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were sent from Kansas CITY TO Spur
Eeon at Tulsa.
on The late afternoon Of May Is
hc'Iv found his wife dead when he
! returned h"m" from work. A physi-
| rihn aud undertaken testified thal
I thc body had been dead for several
hpui7 At the time they were called,
SHORTY ti'"r the discovery. The TACT
mat Mrs Kelly was seen alive after
Kelly LETT the house, apparently
cleared Kelly Of any suspicion as TO
being the murderer.
Mrs. Kelly had two wounds both
OF which were fatal. according To the
ph5 SiChu's testimony, one over the
i"tt eye ard another through the LEFT
breast Thorr was slight wound
on her lett forcATm. when found
she had a 25-calihcr automatic pis-
iol To acr left hand. Witnesses tes-
tlilci al the preliminary that they
saw man whom they idcptlficd ns
Spurgcou. go Ito the KeNy house
I, Shortly after Kelly had gone 20 work
ON the morning of Ray &. Some OF
them saw Mrs Kelly admit Spurgcon
az the door one witness saw man
claimed 10 De Spurgcon leave the
house about 2 80 O'Clock that morn
ing His actions were peculiar, she
said.
SpurEcon was arrested at Tulsa on
May l6 after having checked out at
one hotel and registering at another
under the name OF "A l.. Lewis
chief OF Police G. r. Allen OF Tulsa
testified that SpurEcon told him he
was worried. that ne said he knew
tho woman was dead and that she
had been shot with a 25- 5-caliber au-
tomato pistol
When taken to Gushing 10 vSw the
body Of Mrs Kelly in an undertaking
parlor. SpurEcon f"N upon IT,. kisalpG
the cold lips and murmured. "Nir-
pina. Virginia He then fell In
what seemed to he a dead faint and
apparently ala cot regain conscious
ness until ne was placed In the
Payne county jail here after having
been brought from Gushing on n cot.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-09-23
STATE BRIEFS

HKlSTpW. sept 90 Two otl well
supply houses are planning Ia open
branches here at once 10 supply IN,
four oil fields surrounding Bristow
WILSON. Sept. 22 All council
meeting here the necessary steps
were taken Ia insure paving the ru
tire business section Of tho sitS.
LINDSAY. Sept 22 Tho. new
1000 sewer system now beitlG con
structrd in Lindsay will bc ready for
use by December /. according To-
plans OF city officials The system
when completed, will consist ot 40.
coo feet OF sewer
NORMAN. Sept. % John Taylor.
assistant professor of English IN mo
University OF oklahoma. has hcru
appointed associate editor of Youth.
a magazine published at1Gambrldgc,
Mas, devoted TO poetry.
PAWHTSKA. sept % The ff.h
payment since January I has been
agency this Ncck The entire
"''""' p"'' I" ~" '' ~ '''' i,"N
ments totals little better Than
$4,000
OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept %
The attendance at the annual pun-
lie health conference to open tumor-
row under the Joint auspices ot tho
oklahoma Tuherculohis sasoolntiHu
and the state department OF health
Will break ali previous records
OKLAHOMA CITY. sept %
approximately IS members ~ the
Oklahoma SherIffs assoc tation are
expected To attend the convention 70
hc held tomorrow morning between
10 and ~ o'clock At the Huckius
hotel Luncheon will he part or
the program.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-09-23
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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-09-23
NOTHING TO SAY" has MAYOR
Oklahoma City Head VIII Not Com
trndiCt President About Union.

trndiCt President About Union.
Special 10 The World
OKLAHOMA CITY. Sept ~ -
when asked this morning what he
thought Of President Wilson's state
mcut that members OF police should
not affiliate with a union, Mayor
Walton said he had nothing to say"
The mayor explained that he aid not
wish 10 make any statement affirm
ing or contradictinE the president :
statement but said he knew that the
general public ~ tho wrong idea
about the police union. The police
OF Oklahoma city are not, organ
izcd to strike. he said. but for the
purpose ot becoming more efficient
I'm their work.