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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-17

Governor Rober, son toda &C eptc
an Invitation to ~ 10 1usn for the
Mis- 'ouri Day celebration on Noyem'
Der !.
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A meeting OF tho Retail Credit Mems
association was held In the Skityin
hotel st noon today,
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TOM &. TAYLOR, V-Pres.
J. B. B0EN V-pre..
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Five men were a,csrtod for service
In the United Stn'es army st the fe'
rrtiting strilun TODAY. M'rk T 0rig
Llvonlu Mo; Grady v. McDonN 4
Nu..ogco O.h; Walter Il. Mahon
Vnlllaot okla. Del" ar W ga 10,
Cleveland q lh. and Marx W Grain
cleveland okla.
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solilday Funeral Today
Tn, funeral Cf Helen j S0llihny, who
died at the home Of her son. u. E
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-17

Laundrymen st Luncheon,
Oklahoma City laundrymrn held their
weekly luncheon In the Skirvin hotel
today at noon.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-17

fairs st which tho exhibit was shown
we're held At Shawnee. Oklahoma City.
and Muskogee,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-17

The Johhcts aud Manufacturers club
will have \ banquet In tho Huckinr
MOTEL nj 6 30 O'Clock tonight.
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w.len's poughnut shop, 6,3 ". Bd~y.
Hot douShnuts. better coffoe. tAdvl
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Duran, Going TO Washington,
W \ Dutart heat oi tho oil ali
gas division ot tNe Et"tc school lnni
department, will 90 to Washington this
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04
PHOTOGRAPHED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE
TRIBUNE BY MEMBERS OF THE WOMANS
VICTORY LOAN CAMERA CLUB

Bel0p-Miss Mary Towle, Miss Ber-
tina Rembeau. chairman. and Mrs.
John T. Russell. jr.. members of the
Womens Law Committee who wrote
the Victory Brief for women Victory
Loan speakers.
Photo bp Antoinoftc B Hcrrcv
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-23
CHRISTMAS TREE AZ LAKESIDE TONIGHT
 IS OPEN 10 ALL
First Community Celebration to be Held at Play
 Grounds

Pine Bluffs first community Christmas tree celebration will be held this evening at 2 o'clock at the Lakeside school piaygrounds.
 The tree, one of the largest ever put up in Pine Bluff, was erected and strung with lights last night by the Lakeside s. l. A. workers who are in charge of the affair.
 More than 300 school children will be present. There will be presents, in addition, for all the youngsters in the Lakeside dis trict, non-students at Lakeside, if thei rparents or friends desire to remember them. Asa Mccain, principal, announced last night that anyone can put a present on the tree for any youngster in the Lake, side district. Prof. Mccain also announced that the general public is invited to attend the celebration. A musical program directed Ly Miss Huffman, director of music for the schools, will include three anthems which everyone will be asked to sing.
 Mrs. E. R. Horton is in charge of the Christmas tree committee for the Lakeside s. I. A.
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HOke Smith Says He's Willing to
 Try the Treaty

Macon, Ga., Dec. 22.-Defend- ing his vote in the senate against the peace treaty, Senator Hope Smith of Georgia, declared in an address here tonight that he be- lieved the treaty would not stor wars but that he is wiling ito try it with reservations.
 The senator characterized ar ticle ten as "vicious" but said the senate would have ratified the treaty if it had been submitted ir the form originally proposed by President Wilson. He made no pre- diction as to it's disposition by the senate.
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Says Yellow Fever Will be Wiped
 Off Earth Soon

New York, Dec. 22.-Yellow fever will be wiped off the ear tt!l within five years, it was asserted by Dr. T. c. Lysler, chairman of the yellow fever commission. which went to Peru and Ecuador in 1918, upon his arrival here from Havana. on the steamer Esper- arnza. Already the disease has been eradicated from Centra America, he said, although it still rages in Southern Mexico and a portion of Brazil
 The commission stamped out epidemics of the fever in Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua, Dr. Lvs- ter said. He warmly praised Dr. Hidyes Noguchi who, like himself, is connected with the Rockefeller foundation for aid in research work in the campaign in those countries.
 The Japanese physician was re- ported last month as having suc- ceeded in isolating in Guayaqu.l the micro organism Of yellow fev- CT. LIT. LVSleE Sdlu lndC LIT. Noguchi had discovered also that the stegomyia mosquito was the only means of transmitting the disease. A serum to combat the fever had been used with excellent effect, Dr. Lyster said.
 Vim. B. Gonzales, retiring min ister to Cuba and newly appointed ambassador to Peru, arrived on the Esneranza on his way to his home in Columbia s. C., for the Christmas holidays. He said that some of last years sugar crop re- mains in Cuba, although the mills there are grinding the new crop. European nations have bought about third of the new crop al ready, MT. Gongales stated.
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DELAY SABOTAGE CASE.

Knoxville, Dec. 22.-William J. Oliver, president of the Oliver Manufacturing company, charged with sabotage and fraud in con rection with the manufacture of munitions during the war will not be tried in United States district court here until late in January, it was made known today, counsel for the government and defense having agreed to have the case passed to the foot of the docket. Hearing of the case is expected to occupy a month.
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YEAR EACH FOR NEGROES.

Robert Black and Eddie Brink ley, recently indicated by the grand jury on charges of grand larceny, appeared in circuit court yesterday, entered pleas of guilty
 to the charges and were each sen tenced to serve one year in the
 penittentiary. Two indictments had been returned against Brink ley. One was nolle pressed when he entered plea of guilty to the other.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-23
OIL OPERATOR KILLED.

Houston, Tex, Dec. 22.-John E.. Webb, one cc the most widely known operators in the Hum ble field, died Monday night at a local hospital as the result of in- juries received when struck by a crown block from an oil well in the field. He has been in the oil business in Houston for the last 20 years and was interested in the IS wells in this field.
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TRAIN KILLS TWO.

Joplin, Mo-, Dec. 22:-Russell Hough, 23, and his infant son were killed instantly, and his wife was probably fatally injured to- night when their auto was struck by a northbound Missouri Pacific passenger train five miles north of Carthage, Mo. The motor cal was thrown nearly 200 feet by the locomotive. A heavy fog is be- lieved to have caused the accident
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-23
PHOTO FOR PRESENT.

San Antonio, Tex, Dec. 22.- President Carranza of Mexico will present each officer and enlisted man in the Mexican federal army with one of his photographs as a Christmas present. Mexico City newspapers say that 100000 of the chief executives pictures have been printed for the soldiers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-23

CANARIES - Fine. guaranteed. singers. St. Andersburg rollers. Hartz Mountain and linnets. Also
 good, young females. Just re- ceived fresh shipment seed and grit. Mrs. A. Niedemier, phone 2121. 12-19-6t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-23

Anchorage. Alaska, Dec. 2o.- Timber wolves are destroying deer in large numbers on the Wales Islands, according to re- ports which reached here recent ly. One band of 150 wolves was seen chasing deer on Skowl Arm, it was said.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-23

FIGHT RESULTS.

Atlanta, Ga, Dec. 22.-Benny Leonard, lightweight champion, gained a newspaper decision te- night over Abel, local welte"- weight, in 10 rounds Of fast box ing.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-23

Sonora the perfect holiday gift We have just the model you want, at the price you wish to pay. Reap and Crawford. l2-ll-5t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-23

Every home should have it's Hoosier-the gift of labor-saving select it now. Reap and Craw- ford Furniture Go. 12-17-5t
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NEW PROSECUTION ENDS.

Los Angeles, Dec. 22.-The iiate closed it's case against Harry
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-23

At last, new arrivals at Schnei- der's. 514 Main. All kinds of kosher goods, goose liver, genu- inc Holland milked herrings, sour pickles, olives, etc. Try our make, pickled (marrinert) herrings. Come soon. They go like hot cakes. Don't overlook the big turkey Christmas dinner. 12-23-3t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-23

Now is the time to use dates ant figs in every possible way.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-23

s. New, charged with the murder here last July of his fiance, Miss Freda Lesser, shortly before noon todaysE
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-23

The funeral of Mrs. Angie Cal licott, aged 68, who died yester- day afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. w. L. Meek, 91C Nebraska, will be held this after noon, at o'clock from the Carr Memorial church, services in charge of Rev. A. A. McGuyre Mrs. Callicott was a native of Tennessee and had lived here 24 years.
 Pallbearers: Ed. Baker. Bart Studdard, J. E. Clark, w. F. Bald win, c. E. Yowell and J. H. Green. Deceased is survived by three chil- dren, c. F. Callicott, Mrs. Cora Campbell and w. L. Meek, all of Pine Bluff.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-23
Fred Jones.

Funeral services for Fred Jones'. who died Saturday at Ladd, were held at Hickory Grove cemetery yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Rev. J. w. Fish officiating.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-23
George Burns.

George Burns.
 Burial of George Burns, who died at Redfield about 10 days ago. will take place here. Mrs. Edna Conley of Merrill, Mich., a daugh- ter of the deceased, arrived here yesterday to attend the funeral.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-23

St. Louis, Dec. 22.-Harvay Thorpe, Kansas City lightweig'lt knocked out Bobby Anderson, oi Duquoin. H.. in the third of :; scheduled eight round bout hare tonight.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-23

Springfield. Mo-, Dee. 22.-Lae Witt, of St. Louis, won by wide margin, the newspaper verdict il 9 10 round no-decision bout here tonight. over Ray Rivers, Cslifor- nia lightweight. Rivers conceded several pounds weight at the ringside.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-23

Officers of the Mems Bible class of the First Baptist church elected Sunday morning are: Fred Ben nett, president; Harlowe Sanders, first vice president; Oscar Poss, second vice president; George W. Allport, third vice president; Duff Allen, secretary; c. L. Afford, as sistant secretary; T. T. Daniels, treasurer.
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OBITUARY
Mrs. Angie Callicott.

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l.. E. Bassett of the high school faculty is quite ill at his home, 1718 Linden.
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select their President aud to admin
lister their own affairs. The usurping
President would surely get what was
coming TO him. In fact, Il demand
was formally made that he who by
this time was under the protection
Of the Stars and Stripes DO turned
over to his fellow countrymen that
he might be properly punished.
Imagine then the disgust, the rage
the manical fury of the islanders
when came from Washington instruc
tons to the American commander to
see to it that the pretcnder to the
Presidency be placed back in power
and hold there by force Of arms if
necessary.
For that is exactly what happened
the man who failed of the trust re
posed in him; tho man who PREACHER
ously betrayed his friends, his fellow
countrymcn and his country was
thrust down the throats Of protest
ing people and held fast there by
superior force.
The excuse has since been made
so I was informed, that this "Prcsi
dent person had promised to see
that the $20,000,000 of debt claimed
by the United States would be paid
However, something must have hap
pencd for there is now no President
i'll San Domingo, no Senators and
not representatives. The United Stat
es military force is the "wholc works.
IN. Y. Herald, Sept. II, 1919
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eenly after any OF the same.

kcenly after any Of the same.
But these island people are not given
to showing tho white feather. They
arc brave to foolshness, life to them
means little as long as their honor
remains unsullicd and they are fight
ing for what they believe to he ju:
and right.
And 50 it was with the man who
wanted to remain as President While
he knew that he wouldn't stand as
much chance as wax cat in a Ger
tain warm climate, he nevertheless
hcsitated over agreeing to the terms
offered by the representative OF Uncle
Sam--these being unconditional sur
render.
Just there fate took hand The
guns which were mounted to cover
tho city of Puerto Plata had not been
fired for some time. The soldiers
were aching to start something and
they could not understand why the
President did not order the war to
begin.
One man after imbiding more than
an ordinary mans share Of rum he
gan to cry. With tears coursing down
his jctty cheeks he begged to know
why this and that was so and why
there had been no opportunity for
himself and his mates to show their
bravery, their skill with the big guns.
This thought became an obsession
with the lachrymosc one.
by CristQfer Colon!" he cjaculat
| cd, must 1, whose forebears landed
Ill this paradise OF land with the
great ClSCOycrcr stand nv and listcu
TO the orders of the Yankee dogs from
another land? Let it not be SOL"
| few minutes later this man had
begun tie war" Under cover of dark
ness he sided up to one OF the lare
est guns loaded the same with IN ~
rl'sivc s." and hing! house O,
'wo in the city had been unroora,
aud confusion came.
Hardly had the echo of this sho
uicd away when the war ship in th,
harhor hoped into action. A slave
OF SIX poInd-rs was sent back int,
the hills and then to quote one O
| IN marines Wiz" tt,k part in tn,
| A'afas, there Vas hell to pay"
| Strangely enough Or was /
Stranse?-the partiots who had bee,
opposing the usurper's advance, turn
cd in against the Yankees immediat,
~ inc latter showed their teeth. Con
handing the harbor at Puerto Plat;
Is an old fort, relic of Spanish days
u tort that is probably two hundred
years old. 1t still is trong and 70,
midable ifs.well manned; and thithel
| rushed the Dominicans to oppose tho
landing OF the Americans.
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the interview given out by the late
Theodore Roosevelt along in Noycm
Dor of last year, which had to do, nc
cordina to the former President with
"Prosident Wilson's private wars i'll
San Domingo and Hayti." Every eff
fort ! understand was made to keep
this statement away from the islands
And these efforts almost succeeded
almost but not quite. A copy of q
Washington daily newspaper used in
packing merchandise reached Puerto
Plata just before Christmas, the man
getting it advertising tho fact that
Teddy had gone after the President,
This article was widely read and com
mcntcd upon.
Most Of the officers who were in
San Domingo when l was on the Is
land were of the old stock of marines
fighting men every man of them.
They couldn't understand why, when
there were real d0ings over on "thc
other side they were shunted down
into the midst Of Il flock of "spig-
gotics' with nothing but bush fight
ing and bush whacking to relieve
the monotony.
for t:;I fighters to Ego out on a jam
and then shoot up q section of what
ever town they happened to be stat
toned in But this sort of pleasure is
boree' to amass skinful of bad rum
denied them now; less than year
ago mo booze" order was promul-
gated from Washington. Rum is the
chief aim of the Domincans. A lie
cnsc to dispose the fiery stun costs
something like $50 a year. Before
one can sell cigars one must first pay
tho $400 license fee demanded. They
grow what many consider the best to
bacco in the world in San Domingo
too.
One buck private one who had been
reduced from n top sergcancy for n
reason that l will tell later OH told
me-
"Why, there used to be lots Of fun
here. We had all night liberty and
as 'soon as fellow got away from
the fort he could go down town, &c,
, properly jinglcd and then start shoot
/ ing up the town. We never shot tc
hit any Of the 'Spigs' but VIC did like
to chase them inside of their houses
Then we would shoot up the electric
lights which are lighted only when
the moon is not shining Sometimes
one of the natives would take shot
at us; and then we would sure have
Il g0lrious timc!"
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REASON FOR THE WAR. :"

The President OF the island was
helped to glory by some Of his over
Jealous fellow countrymen and sue
ccssor was needed.
At that time San Domingo had n
blouse and "Senate. The Senator
representing Puerto Plata was we'll
liked throughout the island and was
the especial pet of his hometown pco
pie Immediately he was selected to
take the place Of the murdered Prcsl
dent. There were four years Of the
luttcr's term remaining.
The Puerto Plata man was not Sc
lcctcd for these four years; rather
he was placed in office OH trial. He
was given to understand that his ten
urc of office would depend upon him
self. One year was the limit if he
failed to "makc good" If, at the end
OF that year his administration OF az
fairs had been satisfactory he would
be rcappointed for the remaining !
years. However, Dominicans are all
ambitious. Give them a taste Of pow
or and they are willing to fight for
Il mouthful Of the same.
And so it was with the President
by accident. After being in office for
something like ten months he issued
Il manifesto announcing that he in
tended hanging onto The job and that
he dcficd the powers Of light and
darlncss-this meaning all of San Do
mingo-to GUST him.
That defiance was the spark that
ignitcd the train leading to the mag
aZine. Immediately the Dominicans
were up in arms.
"Can it be said,' they asked, chat
this bad man whom we were gracious
enough to permit to serve us shalt
now appoint himself our master. We
the free people OF San Domingo? Let
it not be so. Down with the tyrant
Viva Libcrtad!"
First OF all the usurper gathered
about him IL few hundred Of his back
crS and proceeded to arm them
There was in the government arsenal
a few pieces of antiquatcd artillery,
among the lot two or three six pound
crs. The Puerto Platans, patriots and
fighters, willing to hrawl at the drop
Of Il cigarette butt, were not slow in
picking up the gauge of battle. They,
too had arms--and what Dominican
didn't? And so the war was on.
Some word of the threatening cut
break had reached Washington and
orders had been despatched to the
marine commander at Guantanamo,
Cuba, to proceed forthwith to the
Dominican coast and to stand by,
ready for evcntualities. Two separate
contigents of '1cathcrnecks' were
sent--one to Puerto Plata and anoth
er to Monte Christi the latter city be
ing the closest to the States and i'm
mediate to the IIaytian c"""'
The army Of the President was en-
camped on hill back Of Puerto Pla
tn when the United States forces
drew into the harbor at that place.
The usurper had issued an ultimatum
giving the citizens Of the city until
two o'clock Of that afternoon to sur
render. A refusal on their Fart
meant according to the President that
the city would be shellcd from the
guns then in hand.
The American commander was ap
prlsed of these conditions. He de-
spatched n courier to the President
stating that the first gun fired would
result in the landing of marines and
the general cleaning out Of the Eelli
gerents.
A HARD BLOW.
This was a hodv blow. The Domini
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leading up to tho fort. OF the six
'Spigs' five were political prisoners
men who had been found bearing
arms or having arms in their homes
They had been acting ugly for some
time and their guard was ordered to
BIO on the quivive.
Tho break camp after the felons
started to work. They went with n
rush down san Luis street.
The marine said never aword. Swing
ing his automatic pistol from It's hol
ster at his side he began picking Off
the fugitives. Five shots were fired
five that's all. Five Doniinicans
were buried the next day
1t must not be understood that the
Dominicans and marines are at It,
all the time. Such is not the case.
A month, two months may pass and
there wont be q happening to disturb
the serenity Of the situation.
Again, it may be that there will be
a spell during which the bandits"
as they arc tcrcmd, will evince all
kinds Of activity keeping the Ameri-
can fighters rs well as their support
crs the Guardia Naconal on tho jump
continuously.
For somehow or other. the Domini
cans cannot reconcile themselves to
the idea that they are getting a
Square deal" They resent the pres
cncc in their midst Of an armed force
representing an alien nation. They
are intensely patriotic and belive
they should be permitted to work out
their own salvation.
"What mattres it" they.s argue.
"if we do have our revolutions and
| kill one another off? Others spring
up to take the places Of the ones
killed in battle. We have been hap
| Ply in our ignorance for years; we
have been patriotic; our sons and
daughters have been brought up and
| educated. Why, then, should we be
| forced TO suffer the presence Of these
armed men from the United States
| country with which we arc not at
war;"
Peculiarly enough one cannot find
any person in authority in the States
who will admit that the government
Of Uncle Sam is "a. war" with the
| nomirican government. Here's the
way :hr matter was explained to me
| by Il high official down in the island !:
AT war? certainly not. The mar
| ines go everywhere and when they
! 'and, such Il procedure does not mean
! that the United States has declared
war upon the country invested. OF
| course, il the army landed men i'll Il
| foreign country that would be differ
cnt. But the marines--oh, my no!
We're not at war with San Domingo!
According to the statement Of n
high Dominican official to the writ
er, the United States to use tho vcrn
acular, pulled boner" when the
occupation OF San Domingo was eff
fected. Here's the story as l heard