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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-01
WOMAN ASS|S TAN
ATTORNEY GENE RAL IN
HER OFFICE FIRST TIME

Oklahoma City, Sept. Mrs.
Kathryn Van Leuven today as
sumed the duties as assistant to
the state attorney general, the
first women to hold such u posi-.
ton in the states histroy. She
spent the greater part of the
morning in opening kilograms of
congratulations which came from
all parts of the state.
Mrs. Van Leuvan, was admitted
to the bar seven years ago. She
served as assistant county attor-
ney Of Nowata county and for
more than two years was assist
ant state reporter. Recently she
has been connected with the legal
department Of an oil company at
Okmulgee.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-01
WYOMING OIL OPERATOR
Was Two.gun Man and is Now in
Jail ut Chicago Charged With
Murder ut ROadhOuse.

Chicago, Sept. 1.-Gerald Il. Stack
wealthy oil promoter and real estate
operator of Lander, Wyoming, is in
Jail here charged with the murder of
Paul Brown. as the aftermath OF a
roadhouse party ut Hiles, near here
last night.
The Staying Is said to have followed
fancied insult by Brown to wo.
man member Of Stacks party. When
Stack was found by detectives, he
was standing in the middle of the
roadhouse lobby with u revolver in
his hand.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-01
IMPORTANT MEETING OF BOY
SCOUT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Especial to The Ardmoreite)

The Executive Committee of Ard
more Local Council will meet at the
Chamber of Commerce rooms at 1880
tomorrow CThursday, September p.
Every member is urged to be present
at this meeting as the years work
has been completed and decision must
be reached as to the course of pro-
cedure for the next twelve months.
ENIMITT n. REID, Secretary.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-01
.AROM0RE WILL NOT
GET CHAN CE TO HEAR
JIMMIE" SPEAK HERE

New York, Sept. 1.-The latter
half of Governor CoX's western
speaking tour was announced
. here today by Senator Pat Har'
rison, chairman of the speakers
bureau Of the democratic national
committee.
The governors itinerary, after
leaving Cheyenne, Wyo., Sept. 20.
calls for fast travelling with many
speeches, most Of them from the
rear platform of his private car.
Dates and speeches include; Oc'
tober /, Enid, El Reno, Oklahoma
city and Tulsa. Okla.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-01
cox SEEMS TO Be
OF OPINION THAT
REPUBLICANS WILL
JUGGLE THE TRUTH
Absolutely U n true and
False" Is His Expressed
Belief Of Upham's
Statement

Columbus, Ohio. Sept. 1.-Governor
Cox in a statement Tuesday declared
as absolutely untrue and false" state
ments attributed to VIII II. Hays,
chairman of the Republican national
committee, before the senate sub
committee investigating campaign ex'
penditures that 1t was not the policy
of the Republican committee TO OBJ.
tain subscriptions in excess OF one
thousand dollars.
Governor Cox again referred to
what purported to be an official doc
ument issued by the Republican COM
mittee to prove his assertion. The
document referred to by the Governor
is alleged to have been issued two
days after Senator Harding's nomi-
nation at Chicago by Treasurer Up
ham.
Contracting this official document
fbm the Republican headquarters,
Governor Cox said, with the state.
ment Mr.. Hays mado under oath. l
can't believe single word he says
on the subject. That he has been
caught in his own trap is evident"
Mr.. Hays statement, sent out from
Chicago was as follows:
Mays Statement.
1.-THE senate committee has the evil
dence and the records which speak
for themselves" Mr.. Hays said. "These
show that there have been 12,2s9 in.
dividua men and women who have
contributed since the convention with
an average contribution Of sS2.11 each.
Eight of these are over $1,000 and
none over $500. During the approx
mate,y nineteen months before the
convention there was 1S.515 separate
contributions"
''Of these 1856 contributors there
were 39 who have more than $1,000
After the limit was suggested and
two gave more than $1,000 before the
rule was suggested The average con-
tribution Of the whole 1855 was
s99.13. This makes a total of 30,104
contributions with an average of $92.30
coming from all states. Candidate Cox
runs true to form and his statements
again are false"
Produce the Books.
Governor Cox declared that all state
chairmen should be summoned by the
committee to bring all documents re.
lating to money raising with them.
The spotlight should be thrown on
the activities of all political parties
and it should be kept there intensively
until election day" he added. Enough
is known now. through records from
Mr.. Hays headquarters to convince
the public that as the head of q
great organization, he has deceived
the public and at an official hearing
defied the truth"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-01
REPUBLICAN BRASS
COLLARS ASSEMBLE
At CHICAGO TODAY
MAPPING CAM PA|GN
Big Chiefs From All Over,
Including Oklahoma, Rally
in Windy City, But Not
in Hotel Bedroom

Chicago Sept. 1.-The Republican
conference of mid-western leaders be.
gan its session today with National
Chairman Win H. Hays, presiding.
The progress Of the Republican
presidential campaign was discussed.
A separate meeting was held in
the afternoon by the women in at
tendance at the conference to take
up the plan of campaign based upon
the ratification Of the outrage amend
ment and participation of women IN
the November elections.
1t was pointed ous that the Con
necticut legislature will meet in spec.
ial session Sept. IA and is counted
Il. on to furnish "stify.ug vote. even
should there be any doub. about the
Tennessee ratification.
Representation at the conference in
cluded II states, Arkansas, Indiana
Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Kansas,
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ne
braska. Ohio. Oklahoma, South Dako-
ia, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin and
Vest Virginia.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-01
DIRECTORS FREE FAIR
ASSOCIATION MEETS SATURDAY

The directors Of the Carter
County Free Fair Association will
have meeting at the office of
Carl Russell secretary, next Sat
urday afternoon at 1880 o'clock for
the purpose Of taking up matters
ming to the coming county
fatp
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-01
Alto RNEY CT n { RAL s
OFFICE HAS TAKEN NO
STEPS |NVEST| CA TIN c
TUL SA AND OKLA | ON A
CITY "MOB V|OLEN CE"
ASSISTANTS STATE NOTHING MAY
BE EXPECTED UNTIL FREE
LING RETURNS FROM TEN.
AS, WHERE Is TRYING
OIL CASES.

Oklahoma City. Aug. 3l.-The
attorney generals department ear.
ly this afternoon had taken no
action on the inquiry directed by
Governor j. B. A. Robertson yes
terday into the lynchings at Tulsa
and Oklahoma City Saturday and
Sunday nights, respectively. Nut.
terings of race troubles, heard yes
terday in Oklahoma City and parts
of Oklahoma and Logan counties.
had subsided and officials expected
no outbreaks.
r. h. Wood, assistant to Prince
Freezing, attorney general, today
was trying to reach Mr.. Freezing
at Austin, Texas, by long distance.
Mr.. Freezing is engaged in pre-
senting sevidence in the Red River
land disputes. hearings in which,
are in progress at Austin.
Mr.. Wood stated that the depart
ment would not call the court of
inquiry to ascertain whether the
sheriffs concerned were negligent
in their duty until report has
been made to Mr.. Freeing and his
advice asked.
Members of the department ex-
pect to go to Tulsa to ho,d an in
vestigation there while others will
continue in attendance upon the
coroner's inquest, in Oklahoma
City. which has been postponed
until Saturday afternoon.
Investigation of the lynching her
Sunday night of Claude Chandler
negro, held in connection with tn
killing Of two officers during a raj
On an Illicit still near Arcadia. las
week, was begun at the courthous
today by f. l.. Fulton, assistant t
the attorney general and o. A. Car
gill; county attorney.
The inquiry being conducted benin
closed doors, in n manner similar t
that adopted by grand juries in Ok
ahoma, but under the recently passe
attorney generals bill. 1t was state
that none of the procedure nor test
mony would be made public unit
are made by tn
court at the close Of the investiga
ton.
8. w. King, assistant to the attor
ney general, left last night for Tulsf
TO cooperate with Tom l. Monroe
Continued or Page Two
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-01

Chicago.-Will Hays, Fred Upham.
and other Republican leaders found
occasion for further denial OF Gov.
ernor CoN's charges that their patty
was raising a s15.OO0,OOO campaign
fund, before the senate investigating
committee and offered the committee
leads directed toward the Democratic
Golfers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-01

After TWO days do.ving into Re.
publican campaign finances. with an
occasional query toward Democratic
contributions, the senate investigating
committee, today turned its attention
toward the Democratic partys cam
paign finances, with George White,
chairman of the Democratic national
committee and Wilbur W. Marsh, ma
tional treasurer as chief witnesses.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-01
MARIETTA NEGRO KILLED
BY A CITY N ARS HAL IN A
SHOT GUN PISTOL DUEL
Special to The Ardmoreite,

Marietta, Okla, Sept. l.-Deese
Hostein, negro, was shot and in.
stantly killed here last night by City
Marshal George Short.
1t is reported that Holster had a
fight with negro woman in the col
ored section. of Marietta last night,
which was taken up by another ne.
gro man. A call was, sent to Mar.
shall Short, who went to the scene of
the fighting Immediately. Upon his
arrival there Holster fired at him
with Winchester shotgun. but miss
ed. The marshal then shot Holster
with ,45.caliber six-shooter. shooting
him through both breasts. The negro
died instantly.
Following an investigation Marshal
Short was eXonerated.
London.-A strike Of British coal
miners was seemingly brought nearer
by resolution passed by the triple
alliance" comprising railway men.
transport workers and miners, sup
porting the claims Of miners.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-01

GOVERN MENT AND
STATE REPORTS TO
EFFECT THAT 1920
COTTON CROP WILL
Be ABOVE AVE RAGE
Oklahoma Has Good Pros.
poets in General, But Is
Hurt by Worms in the
South and Southeast

Washington. Sept. 1-Continued i'm
provement in the cotton crop through
August, amounting to an increase of
more than quarter of million bales
In the month was announced today by
the department of agriculture in its
forecast of total production Of 49,
$4,000 bales based on August 25 con-
'ditions.
Remarkable growth took place dur
ing August, officiai. said, but the
crop Is from two to three weeks late
and late fall is necess, ry for favorable
termination Of the c.op. Boil wecvil
damage will be gre. ter than usual,
they said.
The central and northern portions
Of Oklahoma received heavy rains
late yesterday and last night, accord
ing to reports to the Weather bureau
here Of precipitation up 20 Z o'clock.
this morning. Many areas in the
cotton region Of the state as we'll as
the corn and wheat sections received
from one to two inches of rainfall,
Oklahoma City reporting the heaviest
PiNNipildNiOliI SKY b'Ni LAC NNti 'hiN
south, east and northeastern parts Of
me state, had little rain, while scat
tered showers fell over a few coun-
ties in the western portions.
Stations reporting more than an
inch Of rainfall were:
Ada, l9O Shawnee, 1.2l; Ardmore,
LIS; Weatherford. 1.l5; Pauls Valley,
LOS; Oklahoma City, 2.29j and Chand-
Ter, 100 in the cotton district; and
.Alva, 2O5 Enid, 1874; Cherokee, 1.65
Kingfisher, 1.S2; Newkirk, 1874; and
Okeene l6l, in the corn and wheat
region, Many stations reported pre-
cipitations of a half inch to nearly
an inch.
An electrical storm accompanied
the rains, here, with a strong wind.
Oklahoma City Good
oklahoma City, Sept. 1.-The con.
dition { the cotton crop of Oklahoma,
as of August 25, was forecast at S4.O6
per cent of normal, which indicates
a record crop for the state, accord
ing to the estimate of the United
States bureau of crop estimates and
the state board of agriculture issued
here today. The ten year average
of cotton in Oklahoma on Sept. 25,
ia six per cent less than the average
on August 25, the report says yet
there have been four years in the past
decade without deterioration in the
condition Of the crop during Sep
tember.
With the exception of Il few south
and southeast portions OF the state,
where some deterioration is evident,
the condition of the cotton crop has
improved or else remained as OF
July 25. the report shows.
Southeastern Oklahoma
Reports of ten counties in the
southeastern part of the state extend
ing as far north and west as Murray
county have not had sufficient rainfall
10 give the fruit its proper develop.
ment and reports indicate conditions
as high as twenty per cent above nor
Continued on Page Two
Evening star., 1920-07-04
BY ALEXANDER KERENSKY,
Former Premier of Russia and Die
tatOr Under the PrOvisiOnal RevO-
lutiOnary Government.

HERE were two principal fac
tors in the overthrow of the
provisional Russian govern
ment by the bolsheviki.
One was the fact that both sides
preferred arguing and wordy battles
to real fighting and the resort to
force of arms, except where it was a
case of looting by rioters who were
practically unopposed. The other was
the fact that the provisional government
practically was carrying on the struggle
on two fronts.
l want to emphasize this. We were
opposed by what l might call the boil
sheviki Of the right and the bolshe-
Wiki of the left. Lenin. Trotsky and
their crew were trying to overthrow
the provisional government, to estab
lish their own-or rather, their own
lack of real government. The impe-
rialists were as dangerous to us as
the bolsheviki. because they were aid
ing them in the expectation that after
allowing them to overthrow the exist
ing regime they could easily be put
down by the saner elements and the
empire be once more established on a
firm footing.
The reactionaries made the mistake
Evening star., 1920-07-04
THE RUSSIAN DOWNFALL

after time l was in communication
with their officers, but they were un-
able to make the men take thelr
horses from the stables
Too late. l learned that at that very
moment the soviet of the Cossack
army which held it's meetings In re
trograd was deciding that the COS
sacks would not intervene betwe cen
the provisional government ana the
bolsheviki. The news continued 10
grow worse. The soldiers of Paw
lovsk's regiment. which had detected,
raised barricades around their bar.
racks and almost to the very doors OF
the palace. stopping all those who
tried to enter.
The palace itself was guarded by
the cadets from military schools who
had at their disposal battery of ar
mored cars. Shortly before dawn
some of their Representatives came
with Polkovnokov to propose the i'm
mediate consolidation of all our avail
able forces for an expedition against
Smolny, which they believed would
succeed in breaking the back of the
revolt.
l Immediately indorsed this plan,
but / was struck by the strange and
lugubrious attitude of Polkovnokov.
commander of the troops of Petrograd.
Bit by bit it developed that his opti-
mistic reports of the last ten or
twelve days on the state of his pre-
paredness and the condition and 10y
atty of his troops had not been at all in
accordance with the facts.
While l was talking with Pulkov-
nokov. the Governor of Petrograd.
NJ. Rogovsky. entered hurriedly. He
was very much excited
Warships.. Menace City.
Some of the battleships of the
Baltic fleet, in control of bolshevik
sailors, have steamed into the Neva
and are nearing the Nicholas bridge"
he announced, breathlesSly.
"The bridge has already been taken
by a mob of soldiers and sailors and
they are now advancing on the pal
ace bridge (near the Winter Palace).
Headquarters is not doing anything
to stop them"
The whole tableau now unfolded it,
self to me. Followed by my aids, /
dashed out of my quarters in the pal
ace and bounded up the three flights
of stairs to military headquarters,
where I demanded a true report of
military conditions. This showed
me the absolute folly of further
trusting to the commander of the
troops. 1t now became more of a
question of defending Petrograd, the
seat of the provisional government,
than of an offensive against any one.
knew At last that in the very
Evening star., 1920-07-04

heart of my headquarters there were
nlsh ofhcers in whom | could not
trust To those in whom l still had
1aith l gave orders to telephone to
an poiitlcal leaders to mass their
armed FORCES and to telephone again
TO the front in last effort to hurry
the dispatch of reinforuements.
But the combat forces of the poll
tlcai parties did not appear They
preferred to fight the battle with
.MTsoIutions rather than take the field
Meanwhile the bolsheviki were
spreading. Even the morale of the
cadets began to break, When at la ST
le1t headquarters to return to NV
apartments in the palace | was sew
eral times surrounded by crowds of
them In the street, and stopped to
explain the situation to them and re-
assure them
About in the morning. l lay down
with my clothes on for a few mo-
ments of rest BY that time l had
received reports that reinforcements
were on the way from the north front
scarcely had closed my eyes when
courier from the cabinet arrived.
The bolsheviki have taken the
central telephone bureau. Communi-
cations with the city are cut. The
Palace bridge is occupied by boil
shevik soldiers and sailors"
This was the message he bore.
Weary and discoura ged. | retraced my
steps to headquarters. Again there
was iterminable telephoning and tel
egraphing. Then came a delegation
of cadets.
What is it," | asked them.
The bolsheviki have sent US an
ultimaeum" said their spokesman,
threatening terrible reprisals if we
do not quit the palace. We are nu-
merous enough to officer the rein
forcemets if they arrive. but alone
we are powerless"
l must act quickly and aggressive
ly. Everything depended upon the
arrival of the reinforcements. which
ought to be by then somewhere in the
neighborhood of Gatchina. Some one
who could be absolutely trusted must
go at once to meet them and ac-
celerate their arrival. / held a hur-
ried consultation with several of my
officers and We decided to play our
last card.
4 Desperate Resolve.
would go myself to meet the
troops But how was | to cross the
citS in broad daylight and pass the
red barriers without rousing suspi-
cion. We decided upon a desperate
play.
We would go out with our visors
up, an it we're. I ordered my tour
ing car prepared. The soldier-chauf-
Evening star., 1920-07-04
7 INDEPENDENCE day 1920 finds the

7 INDEPENDENCE day 1920 finds the
works about as independent as
pantaIoons without suspenders.
The American ship of state is as
steady as a bowl of gelatin in a cy-
clone. We're so blinkety- -blunkety
Independent that we haven't leg left
TO Stoop on. The Declaration OF In
dependence must have been written in
the Springfield arsenal-music by the
Baldwin locomotive works.
Outside of not knowing whom to
suspect of being the next President
everything between the Atlantic ana
Pacific is as docile shoe full OF
bunions. One mean look at the do
mestic diagnosis and it is easy TO
guess that collie is the national dis
ease. We are independent of every
thing and everybody except the
United States and its possessions
which is only couple of billion
In the land of the free and the home
of the brave ii takes a brave lad 10
run for office. When he gets elected
he hasn't any one to satisfy except
the voters. and it looks as though the
women are about to kidnap the ballot
That will simplify the business of be-
ing successful candidate. as no man
with 2.15 per cent brains would ever
start out to appeaSe the demands OF
the swooning sex The Shrill voters
will tote around an extra handbag
full of trick demands until the office
will start seeking the man, not the
man the swivel chair.
If George Washington could risk an
eye on the Divided States of 1nde-
pendence today he would send d col
lect message to the nominees for the
White House cooking which would
say: Don't feed the hand that bites
you" He sure would think the silver
lining had turned to pewter.
We're independent and everything.
and the world is safe for democracy,
still they don't trust sugar bowls on
the restaurant mantelpiece any more
and they insist on claiming the COMB
and brush to the public towel rack.
France, Germany. Austria and Eng
land want to be charter members in
the United States of America without
paying any dues or without giving the
password Armenia, Syria and Bimini
are advertising for "a set of foster
parents, which. if found. there will be
no questions asked. Philippines, Vir-
gin Islands, Cuba and Haiti make our
home life as peaceful as buzz saw.
ana To-Day We are SnoOt1nS OH giant
crackers and midget conversation in
behalf of the Star Spangled Banner
long may she f1utter.
After national independence comes
individual prerogative, of which so
much has been spoken and SO little
said since prohibition parked it's front
feet parallel with the curb. The man
who is sovereign in his own home has
a right to observe July if he can
find anything to observe it with.
However. the rolling pin and the hat
pin are mightier than the sword. and