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The Washington times., 1920-02-20
\ EAR MISS FAIRFAX:
Just how can I me

Just how can meet the
- young lady who signs her
self Stenographer. in The Washing
ton Times Of the 18th! I have been
three years in Washington, and
during that time 1 have been to
seven dances and did not enjoy my
self SO very much. My record Ii
clean, and I read Poe, Dickens,
Longfelow, and Father Ryan, and
have also read Nick Carter. Dia-
mond Dick jr., and can discuss
literature. art and music or h Z.
l.. and want q pal, or sweetheart,
or Just a friend. I have passed the
young man age, but can mako love
IL the "Time, Place and the Girl
all come together.
Now, Miss Fairfax, II there Is
such a thing possible, nix 1t so we
can meet and II she docs not care
to keep the friendship up, we can
forget the accident" oh! yes, my
fingers have never been burnt.
TWENTY EIGHT-YE NAN
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
have Just finished reading the
article which was submitted by
"Stenosrapher" in The Times Of
\ the 18th instant To say that
enjoyed II Is Just putting 1t mild
ly. 1t had the original touch that
doas not seem possible to have been
given In this age Of Money"
TO start out win say that I am
the same age a. ''Stenographer'
and have soma Of the qualities that
I think she would understand Have
never been In the habit Of attend
Ing the se-calIed "Parior vamp
Dances which arc really the start
Of . don't-cars attitude and the
nothing but-drcas erase
A fellow who attempts to get
people to look up to him win not
want 4 girl who uses rouge to ex-
trsmes, nor wears clothing that
causes q general examination on
account of its very extreme make.
He wishes to have q girl who can
be admired by others besides him
self. and 1t 10 necessary to have
one who IL to be dressed sensibly
and who has q pleasing personality.
Ono who will not talk with the IF
ST. Slang" especially when In COM
pany with some persons who are
not used to talking of foolishness
am one who believes In getting
enjoyment out OF better things
then just attending the movies and
thsaters, 1t being great enjoy
ment just to talk with some one
who can talk on sensible lines
can fully appreciate the statement
Of misconduct which Is common
with every day occurrences; that he
can be friends even though she
does not allow him to hug and kiss
her the frst time he talks ~ her.
The problem Of meeting this girl
In indeed too big . one for me. SO
fully believing In your capsbility
to handle II, will offer no sugges-
tons. II would indeed be . source
Of great pleasure should you sue
esed In bring this about
FELLOW TOPAZ
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX
-. 49, 0sst stv vanNth~ ks~s
The Washington times., 1920-02-20

love with two girls and both girls
love ma. ! believe. cannot decide
which Of the two should ask to
marry me. One is . blond and has
beautiful eyes, while the other has
dark brown hair. but both are real
good looking: in fact, beautiful
Neither Of the girls know that
20 with the other, but tho time has
come when I have to drop one and
I Am undecided which. I have
known the blond about three years.
while ] have. been . friend of the
other for two years I would hate
to disappoint either one, but / will
have to some time I will appro-
ciate any advice you can give me-
Undecided.
It is about time you decided TO
stop playing a double game, the
damage Of which, unfortunately,
has already been done My candid
opinion is that both girls would
b far better off without you. but
! cannot expect you to see that
viewpoint If you are having such
difficulty deciding which one you
want to marry, it is a pretty GER
tain sign that you are not enough
in love with either one. If you
don't know your own mind at the
end Of two years, you never will.
Whatever you do, quit this thing
Of deceit. 1t isn't doing you any
real good and it may cause a great
deal Of unhappiness to the girls
concerned.
The Washington times., 1920-02-20

Regarding courtesies extended by
street car conductors, please let me
commend No. 371, N. Y. avenue line,
for special courtesies shown to
women riders Of that line.
A. 8. F.
The Washington times., 1920-02-20

7 must say a good word for Motor
nan $40. OF the Mt Pleasant line. II
we only had him back on the Brook
land linei He was so courteous and
Jolly that Brookland people called
him Happy" BROOKLAND.
The Washington times., 1920-02-20

J. q. n. notes In . Newspaper clipping
about What happened In Cuba in q fev
short years. Then he Asks what ysars
The Washington times., 1920-02-20

There are three very polite. good
looking chaps In a movie on Eighth
street southeast GLADfS Il
The Washington times., 1920-02-20

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am . constant reader Of your
columns In The Ttmea am In
The Washington times., 1920-02-20

WHATS the matter with the hustling
bell-hops at the big hotelsf There's
HERMAN STEINER, OF FRANK
NIGHTS famous hostelry. He's a
hustling luggage-carrier and an
artist in many sports.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-02-20
MURDERS BARED IN
 PLEA TO DOCTOR
Girl Telephones Physician Every body Sick'' and Triple Kill-
 ing Is Revealed.

Passaic, N. J.-"Is this Dr. Carlisle? Well, please come to our house quick :; everybody is sick''
 This telephone message from Nina Strong, 14. disclosed the murder of her mother and elder sister and the suicide of her father.
 Mason R. Strong architect and structural engineer, with offices in Wall street, New York City. had al- most successfully annihilated his fam lily on Tuesday night with an ax. But it was not until Nina, herself wounded on the head, gained strength enough to notify the family physician that the tragedy was revealed. .z ' MT. Strong killed his wife as she slept in bed He then crushed the skull of his daughter, Elizabeth, 16, killing her instantly. His son, Nathaniel. F., is dying in St. Mary's hospital with fracture of the skull. Only Nina and
The Cordova daily times., 1920-02-20
"PIease, Come to Our House Quick!"

"PIease, Come to Our House Quick!" Susanne, 8, escaped with injuries from which they are expected to recover.
 Friends of Mr. Strong attributed the tragedy to chronic ill health and fnan- cial losses
 There was strong evidence that the entire family had been drugged in some manner before the crazed father used the ax
 On the night of the tragedy MT. Strong apparently did not retire with his wife. A deeply religious man, he remained up for while reading from aAbook, What Would Jesus Do?" It was found open on the dresser, be- side crackers he had been munching.
 The police infer that when his loved ones dropped off to sleep the architect went to the cellar, where he obtained an ax of the type firemen use.
 MT. Strong afterward went to the bathroom. He stood the ax in a cor ner and cut his throat with a razor.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-02-20

the Out Of more than ooo returned so per cent and alert mentally than before they joined the army remained they and per rated as having gone back
 each three who received army talnn mentally Their judgments ae ther mlnd more orderly precise thought speedy and their actions more determined
 Does this show that the millions young Americans "no served the and to be better Dusness men anu result training they received? The great mass o1 them when they most sucpoe to discipline which made them alert mentally sounder morally ana mes timably better off physically What combination!
 Why Because they taught the great lesson of doing thing might appear them workmanlke
 
 In they learned concentrate that the hardest job American of today has to learn
The Cordova daily times., 1920-02-20

Scarborough Pictures that please at prices that are right Over Cordova drug store. Phone 140-3 rings.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-02-20
CORD0VA JAZZ ORCHESTRA DANCE
 SATURDAY NIGHT
SATURDAY NIGHT

The Cordova Jazz Orchestra will give away lady pa durn gthe months January February gold in three prizes the ladies guessing glass jar The conditions follows Each lady will every attendance at each during months prizes will be s25 for first prize $15 for $1O for third.
 Ladies, often and guess.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-02-20

Congoleum Rugs, suitable for every room in your house, can be found at the Northwestern Hardware Go.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-02-20
Two Out of Three Soldiers Improved Men, tally Through Their Service
 By MAJ. GEN w. c. HAN, n York

When we were first beginning to call on the young manhood of America to take up arms in the countrys defense the so-caled psychological test devised to determine each mans mental capacites-his speed of mind his aertness, his capacity for forming quick judgments, his general knowledge, his reflex to ques- tons put quickly and allowing little more than nstan- taneous thought for answer
 One of the largest employers of labor in the United States whose withhold at his request, made the same tests on the group of his who he reemployed
The Cordova daily times., 1920-02-20

Best coffee in town served at the City Bakery. 13-tI
The Cordova daily times., 1920-02-20

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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-12-05
MOULD REGULATE
! TRAVEL BY AIR
California Legislaturo
Asked to Police Avi.
atOrs in State

SAN FRANCISCO. De-. 4. n.
prohibition of stunt u,ns o.
large crowds and uniform 40, !,
air traffic regulations will DO. son,S
IN legislation to be place befos.
the California state Legislature 70,
enactment at its next sessio.
through a committee of represent.
lives OF the American Legion D.
cific Aero club. Allied rl,urs sss
airplane business firms.
one OF the proposed sections a.
the new laws will require Tine NUN
bcring of planes. Air experts nae.
been meeting with Walter y Varnsy
one of the pioneers of anuu.Ificsn n,
this coast and mapping ouI a cam.
paign TO be carried through 10 IN.
tluence the passage of thu air trsffic
legislation. The air traffic ord
nance of this city is expected to bs
revised and placed into orf,.'. Tbs
laws proposed to be placed befors
the state Legislature will conform IA
those established by The lIer,,,
tionale Association Aeronlutnue(
An ordinance against stunt llyIn,
over large crowds was passed Nv
the city council of Berkeley. CAL. ra'
Gently. owing to stunt flying staged
over the stands at the University a,
California Washington state ,ollees
footba game
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-12-05
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him. He was determined to escape.
Raising the latch TO the ranch house
door, he pecred out and shot and
Killed the first man he deputy
Sheriff Tom Johnson OF Pawnce
county---and then made "A dash for
the woods. n 100 yards distant. lie
made IL. then stole a horse from "a
near neighbor and again got away
across the Pawnee Indian country
eastward A. Caposa. In the Chero-
kee Indian nation. three days later,
he stopped for mail and n plan was
laid to capture him. but he made
another daring getaway. even after
the officers had their hands on him
Cauxht After Ten Years.
The Red Rock robbery occurred on
March is. 1901, and for more than
ten yeas Ben CravcDs managed to
avoid capture by Oklahoma officers.
Tie represented himself at times to
be a travelling salesman. he par.
ti'lpnted In several robberIos and
holdups. he was reported at the
mead OF every outlaw gang that was
Organized. and In fact re did Join
the Bert Casey band Of outlaws IN
southwestern Oklahoma for "A time
lie WAS haiborcd by old friends.
lived with tho Indians. frequentod
several places under assumed
names, and finally he showed up in
Holt county. Mo. AZ Charles Maust
IN the meantime not bank was
robbed. not a train held up, not a
iaring act of outlnwry was com mitt b
ed that was not charged 10 Ben cray
M. IL even developed. during his
rial at Guthrie in 1912. that he had
tried to organize a band of outlaws
| In western Oklahoma and had in
a In aNs..r Il. L.. "A
! tended him, to throw in with him.
Jennings told this after tho. convic.
ton OF Cravens.
IL was during 1907 that Charles
Mhust was arrested at Mound City.
Mo. an horsestealing charge. con
victed and sentenced to tre state
/ prison at Jefferson city for four
years. He had worked In Holt
county for several farmers and said
lator that he had married there and
had wife and child. now living IN
South DakHa Charles Maust was
a well behaved prisoner at Jeffer-
son C"y ana during 1911 his term
wLS drawing tn close. one day. Il
prison barber told the officer IN
! charged that he had shaved Charles
Maust In tho Kansas state prison at
Lansing where Maust was known as
| Ben Ct.dvcna.
Officers who knew Cravens in Ok
lahoma, some Of his former ac-
quaintances in the Ponca city terri
tory and officers of the I.anslng
prison were called to jefferson city
and all of them identified Maust as
Cravcns The Bertillon measure
ments, the thumb prints and all the
Gears on Rcn cravens body were
identified with those OF Charles
Maust
Transferred to Oklahoma.
When Maust's term expired on No
vembcr 2. 1911, at jefferson City he
was Immediately transferred to the
federal jail at Guthrie. Okla. as
Ben Cravcns to stand trial for the
murder of Alvin fateman at Red
Rock. II years before. He main
tanned tn the last tina, ne was
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Rock during the daytime. bought o
lunch at the Schwartz store and
took u survey of the interior. They
returned about \ o'clock at night.
Wclty was wearing a mother hub
bhrd' drfss and n sunborpet. and as
he entered the store, with a drawn
sixahooter he cailcT out 70 the 10
men within;
Throw up your hands. BOYS. the
old woman has come to Re you"
BntcnSau II Killed.
Cravens catered immedN ,ly be.
hind Wclty, rested IA W .hcstcr
rifle on the Gallery case a 4 kept
the ten men with their hands y p,inted
skyward while wei,y did the rob
hing. They got about $1,000 IL Sd.
dition to numerous articles OF n. e.
cha ndtsc. including chewing tobacco,
and all Of thcse were dropped into
a sack which Welty carried for that
purpose. The robbery was about
completed and the two men were
preparing to withdraw when Alvin
i3ateman. the store manager. enter
ed. He waa told to throw up his
hands. He did, but u nix Shooter
came up with them. A battle FOL
lowed and R,teman was shot sew
eral times by both Cravens and
| Wclty. While I,atcman was lying on
his back writhing and moaning, one
OF the two passed and put another
bullet into his body with the re-
mark.
"we'll stop this noise right here. -
In leaving the store Craycns and
Wclty became separated In avoiding
possible pursuer1 and Cravens reach
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ed spring wagon, In which they
had driven to Ned Rock, ahead Of
| his companion. Welty apprca Nod
he wagon from another direction.
lie had discarded the mother hub
bard" dress In his flight. and when
Cravens saw him running toward
him aCrOes "a wheat field. he mis-
took Wcity for a purmucr and shot
him. Wclty fell forward and drop
ped tho sack Of loot. he called to
Crayens to wait for him Craven
did not hear Or else ne imagined
that Wclty. wounded would inter
fcrc with him getting away and he
abs ndoncd his injured companion
on the open paririe. u was lat" In
March. a north wind was blowing
and II soon began raining, continu-
ing all night. Wclty walked and
crawlcd IS miles by daybreak and
concealed himself In the house OF a
friend. lie has always blamed
rravcns for abandoning him to die.
The sack OF money was never heard
of again, evidently II was picked up
| by other travellers.
Didn't Want Ia Die.
several times fell while out on
The prairie that night said Wclty
on the witness stand to Identify
Naust as cravcus. 81 Kept my
senses. though. Tor know tina, IL
laid down In the mud that ! woulH
die. Finally | reached the home OF
"a friend and he loaned me pony.
| was too weak To mount and he
helped me While riding I came to
= bnrbwiro fence and had To get of
q open gate. Then | counldn't
mount again and I fell down and
laid long time IN the mud I didn't
want To die and by pulling on the
saddlc | managed TO get to my feet
and finally reached the house where
! thought ] would be safe" He sur
rendered the next morning to Of
Iicers who surrounded the house,
was taken To the federal ial at
Guthrie and within "A short time was
,fl'd. convicted and sentenced to the
'"av'nworth prison for life. I, a
he understanding of Judge Edmbry.
~ the present time, however, that
Wc.ty has been pardoned or parolod
ana Is now out of tn" prison.
Zen travcDa made n rapid got
away from Red Rock. following the
rnbbeU, the killing of Batcman and
the shooting of Welty, but toward
morning. was forced to abandon the
spring Wagon because Of "A high
| creek bank he encountered. He m
hitchcd the horses and proceeded on
horseback. leading one and riding
the other In this manner he reach
ed me ranch hoIEe of isom Cum
! nlngham and asked for food for
himself and horses. early in tho
morning following the Red Rock az.
fair.
| CraVens remained In the Cunning.
nam home all day waiting for nigh,
In order to get further away. on.
"crs were soon. In pursuit. however
1nd In the evening they surrounded
ne tunn 'ngham house. demanding
mat Cravens surrender. They had
raiied him because OF the fact thai
his two horses had been recent,
shod. Crnvcns uphraitled Mrs Cun.
bingham and threatened to XIII her
charging that she had "peached' on
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TULSA DAILY WORLD, SUNDAY, DECEMBER s, 1920.

Charles Maust and even after he
was convicted and was arraigned for
sentence hc told Federal Judge John
n. Cotteral: Il am not guilty. ] am
not Ben Crayens.'
More than 200 witnesses were
subpoenaed in the case by ihe gov
eru ,nept and the trial lasted eight
DAYS. II was the drawing or ~
curtain on the past. The last OUT
law leader in oklahoma was being
tried. such scene could have been
witnessed 20 TO 30 years earlier, nut
In 1912 1t was something new even
In oklahoma, one of the last OF the
border states.
The Craven's trial was frequently
called the outlaws reunion ana
that was not far from the facts.
Among the witnesses were al least
4, half hundred men who had been
outlaws or associated with' outlaws.
Thcy had "beaton back" and with
few exceptions had made good, be-
ing respected citizens In their COM
munities. ffften of them had prison
records and two of them had been
tcntenccd In former years. To hang
for murders. 1t was "a motley crowd.
There were Indians. half-breeds, old
time plhinsmcn, former stage driV-
ers. men who had freighted on the
border, cowboys. ranch forcmcn,
men who had rode the line. gun
mon. men who had fought with Bat
Mlsterson. Bill Tilghman and Frank
Canton, and both Tilghman ana
Canton were present at the trial.
canton was then adjutant general OF
Oklahoma and Tilghman was city
marshal at oklahoma City. For 80
years they had been deputy sheriffs
and deputy United States marshals.
on the firing line always, and Can
ton had known Cravens in the old
DAYS. He quickly Identified him
from the witness stand.
One Man Who shot Cravcns.
Among the witnesses. too. was All
Lund OF Blackwell. this county. who
In 1896 headed posse that badly
wounded Cravens and killed his
partner. Mack Gregg. known also as
kid McElhaney." Diamond DICK
and Three Fingered Mack" II
was reported that the two intended
10 rob a Blackwell bank and Lund
nd his posse went out TO meet them
In tho battle that followed Cravens
was captured and turned over to the
officers of ChautauQua county, kan,
for trial on "A highway robbery
sentenced for 20 years in Lansing
prison, whence he escaped In 1900.
on tthe witness stand at Guthrie In
1912 Lund identified Maust as Ben
| Cravens by the bullet marks he mad
given him back in 1895. They tailed
with the prison records OF Lansing
land jefferson city. Altogether
| cravens has seven scars on his bod.,
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-12-05
WHITE BREAD IS INJURIOUS

ADELAIDE. Australia, Novembc!
27---Dr. Hargreaves, "A distin l.
guished Australian chemist, de-
clared at a conference of master
bakers here hat the nations which
eat white bread were getting close
to the border line of neuritis. He
advocated brown bread, saying that
modern science demanded that
wheat should he milhd whole.
lie said tina. undUibtedly, cam
paigns In favor Of whole meal bread
will he shortly launched in the
United States and England. and 1t
behooved Australia to take prompt
action.
The members OF the conference
agreed with the DOCTORS observa-
tons. but said that Australians
with the exception OF cranks and
dyspeTics. refused to eat brown
bread.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-12-05
Fair Women Keep Traffic
Cons Here in Nervous State

4 OF the mechanical end at all. They
always have to bring car TO the
scrvic" station whenever anything's
wrong"
Tho notary at the sheriffs office
/ has trouble with the women every
\ few hours. II seems that more
| women come In for licenscs than
men and under the new ruling
whereby car TX taxed ccording to
its manufacture pric" lin and the
number of licenses taken out on ",
along with a new scnle OF limits, 1t
IL not unusual for tho women to OBJ
ject when they have 10 pay more for
their license. ma the time required
to explain the intricate wandcrings
of the law IL lengthy often they
| refuse TO pay the notary fee. On"
woman, u notary without knowledge
OF the proceedings. paid her fee un.
der protest. "i'll ncvor 40 10 again !"
she snapped AZ she slammed the
, money on the counter. Soon she
canie again, owning n new car. and
her papers were all fiilod out and
sgncd before herself ~ the notary
She triumphantly sailed forth with
hcr license and her zee safe
In the SalcsroomS of automobile
concerns fair woman rei2ns su-
I prcinc, A head Cl'rk OF one Of the
expensive salesrooms takos the
woman az the mos, serious feature
/ To his sale. I'VE have to sell to the
woman. and the man pays for H..
Very few time. the man has the
upper hand and peers inside the en-.
g'ne. Hut oftencst II H. the woman
B and her sanction " the cars cx-
t"rior appearance that bring about
the sale." the clerk said. Il think
that Tulsa has more women drivers
and owners than any city In the
state. Az To their efficiency. that
! II another matter The fact most
| important is that they drive the
cars, and aren't at all abnshc.l by
! failurc1 or accidents. They keep
at IT.
Another policeman IL of the
opinion that women shouldn't drive
In congcstcd districts I'VE are
oftcn lcniont with them because We
don't lik" 10 take them to the police
hcadpunrter1. They are bad abou,
parking ard sometimes they are Hn
Interested In their conversation with
other occupants of the car that they
run clear over the traffic man. ana
th"n when they see what thcy
nave done they throw their hands
up ana their mouths op"n. and away
goes IN" car" the policeman said
'Unt ! like them ANYWAY. So dom,
publish any ma mes please. We want
lNhem Tor our friends rathcr than
our enemies"