Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-02-13
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GENERAL NEWS NOTES |
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kioting wOs accustomed near Lexing-
ton, Kentucky. the early part of last
week, when maddened mobs determin-
edto catch and lynch negro assail-
ant OF ten year old white girl,
clashed with armed guards. three per-
| sons being killed in II battle at the
| Jail. when Il mob of 1000 men was re-
pulsed by company OF guardsmen.
The United States Senate Monday sus-
pended the rules for the purpose of
reconsidering the peace treaty.
Several hundred Oklahoma pastors
were In Oklahoma city this week. at
tending the first inter-denominationa
conference of ministers ever held in
| the state, and when the Interchurch
World Movement as 1t relates to Okla
| homa. was considered.
Five persons were burned to death
at San Francisco Monday, when
large apartment house was destroyed
by fire. Several others were missing
at last reports, and the death list may
| reach dozen or even more.
The former Crown Prince of Ger
many has cabled President Wilson that
| he is ready to surrender himself for
| trial by a tribunal of the allies on
| charges of instigating the war.
A committee, claiming to represent
| 50,00O,000 people, including numerous
| national organizations, has presented
| to President Wilson "a memorial urg-
ing immediate ratification of the
peace treaty.
Twenty-one persons perished when
| the British ship Bradberne was swamp
ed off the coast of Halifax, Monday.
The dead were all members of the crew.
New Jersey Legislature has passed a
resolution ratifying the Woman Suf-
frage amendment to the Federal Con-
situation the twenty-ninth State to
| ratify.
| Adjutant General C. +. Barrett, of
| Oklahoma. sents his objections to Con-
gresham McClntic, to the proposed
army organization bill. and says that
the passage of the bill will nullify the
militia provisions of the national con-
sttuton and the state laws.
| Beneral Leonard Wood has decided
that he will not resign his position in
the United States army to make his
| campaign for the presidential nomi-
| nation. His managers have decided
| that there is no immediate need that
he resign from the army
| Directors of the American League
| have decided that the "spitbali' VIII
be barred from the league after the
| close Of the 1920 season. This most
|
| was invented many years ago by the
| then famous Elmer Stricklett, pitcher
| of the brooklyn National League club
| Stricklett could not control the ball
and it was little used until the great
| Christy Matthewson of the New York
| Giants developed ii, after which the
| ball became Il habit with several of
the great pitchers, although few were
ever able to control ii.
NJ t,,l,a 4 In
| epidemic has become so serious that all
| public meeting places have been order
cd closed and all public assemblies
stopped At Shawnee the schools nave
been closed and in other cities similar
action is under consideration. The cpl
demic appears to be on the increase.
r. II. Collins of Tulsa was convicted
of the theft of an automobile ant
sentenced to eight years in the peniten
tiary. This Is the tenth conviction fol
car stealing obtained in Tulsa since
January first.