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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-10-10
POE!c9 IS c1RGEp d9R By SH5SE{s yPEiSER
Other Nations Gaining Up
Hand i'm Commerce; Big
Crowd Turns Out

OKLAHOMA CITY Oct. again thrustng at the for.
egn policy of the Wilson administration Sen Harding told
voters Oklahoma tonight that while the
American government beguing them with deasc no
ons of social the other nations had reached out
Ito dominate the of the world through control OF
|, the petroleum supply.
British interests in particuas declared the republican
presidential nominee had put their hands the petroleum
many of the globe foreseeng the day
oil would become the handspring of transportation and
material Progress He said it high the u S. gave
attention material we'll being and stood behind American
promoters their efforts to give the nation sefrean
.Inn In, i,,1n
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-10-10

ing. Fire department officials were
unable 40 give definite estimate
Of the loss. but Ii was expected TO
reach SI5O,600.
Less than two hours after the
last echo OF applause died away
and the men, women and children
comprising the huge Saturday night
crowd attending the performance at
The Grand thcater had emerged
from the building in happy mood,
fire broke out In the rear OF tho
building, and soon swept every
corner Of the structure. leaving only
thu bare walls smouldering in
ruins.
About a dozen OCCUPANTS of a
roominA house on the third floor
@. the milding were trapped by the
t'amo-swept stairways. and rushed
trantically from one window TO an
other screaming for help.
Escape by Lcaping Into Net.
Three men and one woman were
rescued by jumping into fire net
The huge crowd lining. the streets on
all sitNs cheered Justify as the
rescuer lifted the victims safely
from th9 net. The balance OF tho
roomers'&ere carried down a ladder
by tho flremen.
One woman tainted az sho was
being carried dow%, and 1t waH with
great difficulty that her limp from
was carried to safety.
Occupants of the Prince hotel
adjoining the theater building on
the east. were able to escape with
out difficulty, although there was
more or less confusion as some Of
The women rusheda madly about
screaming franticalfy.
Several Narrow Escapes.
Employees OF the hotel worked
with might and main throwing mat
, ttesses, pillows and furniture from
the upper stories. Several firamen
narrowly missed serious injury as
screens were torn from the win
uows and the frenzied hotel people
hurled the furnishings TO the street
below.
Every window, In the Hotel Tulsa
"a block south OF the conflagra-
uon--was lined with guests aroused
from their midnight slumbers by
the cracking, leaping flames. which
az times shot up several hundred
feet and lighted the sky for blocks
around
Although every street surround
ing the fire was crowded with peo-
ple-who flocked in from. nobody
knows where--police and firemen
had little difficulty in keeping them
out ~ the danger zone.
Aiarm Sounded al 1915 \. VI.
ne first alarm was turned into
N" central fire station about 1:r5
a m.,\ when an attendant OF the
'oNrlNUED ON PAGE EIGETEES.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-10-10
JOIN LEAGUE OR
ARM TO TEETH
That's Warning Sounded
By Franklin Roosevelt 4
In Speech at K. G..

KANSAS CITY, Mo, Oct. g.
America must Join the existing
league Of nations or be prepared TO
"arm TO the teeth. Franklin d.
Roosevelt, democratic vice presiden-
tial nominee, declared In two ad-
dresses here tonight. Any other
alternative Is impossible, he said,
because the forty-one nations al
ready in the league will NOT consent /
to abandonment OF IT and expert
ment with some untried plan.
Mr.. Roosevelt spoke this noon at
Sedalia, Mo. Later he climbed into
an sirplane piloted by TEX" La
grone, a former army aviator-and
flew 10 Kansas city, Kan, whero
he addressed large crowd. The
trip OF 81 miles was made In about
an hour.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-10-10
THE WEATHER

OkIshoma. East and West Texas Run
day ana Monday generally fair. moderate
tsinpsrsture.
ArEsnsss Sunday and Monday. fair.
moderate NmperatuTeH.
Kansas; Nslr sunday. Monday parity
cloudy wilhAoolor BY night.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-10-10

Questioning whether other
powers have taken very SER
iously" the "self-abne9ating
aims which the Washington
government has been pro-
claiming" the senator also
assailed again the Paris
league of nations and said he
wanted no voter TO be in doubt
about his determination to
stay out of the covenant. In
spring a plan Of world
Hace would be, he declared,
the nations slogan in all its
policies must be America
First"
Oklahoma welcomes Harding.
Senator Harding's night speech
last ~ his midwcstcrn trip. was de-
livered nt tho state fair grounds
near Oklahoma City. Earlier in the
day he had made several rear plat
form speeches on his way across
Kansas and Oklahoma and had de-
tailed his agricultural and league
Of nations policies TO a gathering OF
several thousands In the WiJhita
forum.
Cheering crowds greeted the
nominee at all OF his stops, and In
Oklahoma City his train was met by
a throng which packed the street
for more than ~ block away.
Through the downtown section hoI
was observed by "A crowd, which ex-
tended far out beyond tho curb
At Arkansas City, Kan. the crowd
covered the plaza about the railway
station and 0t POnca city, Okla, the
gathering was 40 large that his voice
did not carry TO It's outskirts. Other
Cities In which he spoke from 81
train were Winfield, Kan, and Perry,
Guthrie and Edmond, Okla.
Hes Not for "DGilnr wheat"
AZ Ponca CITY when n farmer
handed up a printed circular quot
ing him AZ advocating dollar wheat
the candidate characterized the state
mrnt AZ "A miserable. silly gld lie"
and crumpling up the paper tossod II
back into tau crowd. He said the
story Harted from his having Ic,
marked In tho senate once that he
could romcmbcg when iu normal
times dollar wheat was very dcsir-
able.
why, II you wanted TO refer
back 10 Bryan's day" ne continued.
while the crowd yelled again. "yuu
would have shouted your heads uff
TO get It dollar a bushcl l.u, that
does not apply now
LcadD Parade In o. G.
Before mis- speech nt the fair
grounds Senator Harding ode.
through the STREETS Of the city at the
head OF an gld fashioned tOrchlight.
parade, In which hundreds OF local
Harding boosters were Joined by
delegates from other oklahoma ana
Texas cities. He spoke at tho fair
livestock pavilion, SAID TO seat 1000,
ana every placeAwhs taken while
hundreds stood In the aIslcs.
Many were turned away and an
overflow meeting was arranged ut
the race track grand stand
Crowd Chccrs Five Minutes.
When ~thv nominee and Mrs.
entered the pavilion the
crowd stood and cheered for five
Tinutes and many times his speech
was interrupted by cheering. Before
he was presented n civil war fife
and dfom corps whooped n up for
fivcs milutes In the center of the
PLATFORM nndcr the lead OF a gri1zled
drum major, HhO. tho chairman
AIlH had IaA1 IA drum ut 1, a.
ton Of Abraham Lincoln IN tho city
~ Jimmy Cox
Mrs. Abbey lIilleman. a republi-
can candidate for presidential cleo
tor for this state. presented the nom
ince as a man whom the women OF
the country were proud TO support
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-10-10
World MegaphOne Man
to Be On JOB To-Day

Two and two stands the score in
games in the world series. And
toiay's game is played at Cleve-
land. The Indians have dhe edge
IN the betting, at home and abroad.
The game today will be called at
2 o'clock Cleveland time q o'clock
Iusa tiRe) and The World will
megaphone the game play by play
from its editorial room. Come out
and hear the game.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-10-10

General Pure hasing Co, 4s world Bldg.
We buy anything for anybody. y. s9t. Adyt.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-10-10

General Purchasing 90. a., World Bldg
We buy anytains for anybody. O. ssL Advt
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-10-10
Firemen Prevent pread of
Blaze Only By Most
Terrific Efforts
FIRE TRAPS SLEEPERS
Rooming House Inmates on
Bird Floor Leap Into Nets
and Escape from Death
FLAMES SHOT HIGH IN AIR
Spectacle Drew Great Crowd
In Early Sunday Hours;
Tulsa Guests Spectators
BULLETIN.

BULLETIN.
The fire wns under control but
EtlIi burning at 3.45 Sunday morn
ing Fire department officials were
unable 40 give a definite estimate
Of the loss. but II was expected 10
reach sI5O,6OO.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-10-10

for the presidential candidate.
No "North" and "Souti." r.
The candidate got another minute
of applause when he opened 3his
speech with declaration that his
groatert ambition was to eliminate
he Inst vcstlgc OF soctionalism IN
America. r
The only difference with the
north and south In the last. two
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-06-18
FR0WNED ON ALL LUxURIES
At Many Times in Different Periods
an Effort Has Been Made to En-
force Simplicity.

Luxury taxation Is by no means q
new idea. In Rome, more than g.
600 years ago. the Orphan law enact
ed that mo woman should possess
more than half an ounce of gold, or
wear q dress of different col0rs, or
ride in carriage in the city or with
in mile Of it except on occasions
of public religious ceremonies" In
1877 3. @. law was passed to limit the
number of guests at entertainments.
A limit was set on the cost of fu-
nerals and of funeral monuments. And
there would certainly be some outcry
In this country against the methods
of Julius Caesar, who had officers sta
toned in the market place to seize
provisions forbidden by law, and sent
soldiers to feasts to remove illegal
eatablesl
In our own country, the fourteenth
century found extravaganza in dress
rampant, and during the reign Of Ed.
ward III laws were made to restrain
1t. Food, also, has been regulated by
old English laws. In the reign OF Ed
ward III a proclamation was issued
against extravagant catering in the
castles of great men."-London Tit
Bits.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-06-18
Great Mass of Proof.
Reports of SO, 600 Cases of Kidney
Trouble, Some of Them
EdgertOn Cases.

Each of some 5000 newspapers of the
United States is publishing from week
to week, names of people in it's partic-
ular neighborhood, who have used and
recommended Doan's Kidney Pills for
kidney backache, weak kidneys, bladder
troubles and urinary disorders. This
mass of proof includes over $4,000 rec
concentrations. Edgerton is no excep-
ton. Here is one of the Edgerton cases !:
H. r. Houfe, prop. of restaurant, l
Head ST., says: my health was run
down about two years ago and my kid
neys began to show signs of disorder.
They were weak and the kidney secre-
tions unnatural and too frequent in
passage. My back had dull, heavy
pain in it day and night and felt ner-
vous and drowsy. noticed the recon-
mendations of those who had been BEN
Gifted by Doan's Kidney Pills, so | went
to Swift's Drug Store and bought two
boxes. Doan's made me feel better.
My kidneys have given me no trouble
of late, and my back is free from pain,
so feel justified in recommending
Doan's Kidney Pills.
Price 6Oc, at all dealers. Don't SIM
ply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Houfe had. Foster Milburn Co.,
Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-06-18

with Local Applications. as they cannot
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh
is blood or constitutional disease, and
in order to cure it you must take inter-
nal remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure is
taken internally and acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure is not quack medicine. 1t
was prescribed by one of the best physi-
clans In this country for years, and is a
regular prescription. It is composedof
the best tonics known, combined with
the best blood purifiers, acting directly
on the mucous surfaces. The perfect
combination of the two ingredients is
what produces such wonderful results in
curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials
free. FL. CHENEY & CO., Props.
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by all druggists, price rs cents.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-06-18

Second hand buggies for sale.
Jewett Farman. 19tf
For SALE = Refrigerator and a few
articles of furniture. 500 w. Rollin ST.
or Phone 264 Ped. 24tf
Blue enameled Quick Meal steel
range, as good as new, for $500. In
quire at Reporter Office. tt
For SALE-Holstein cows and heifers
for sale. Inquire of Mrs. N. C. Olson,
Phone 1923 F IL. 29t2pd
WANTED-Girl to help with house
work in country. Apply at Reporter
office 30t3pd
Baby carriage for sale. Phone 296.
31tf
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-06-18

Select your tires ac-
cording to The roads
they have to travel:
In sandy or hilly coun-
try, wherever the going is
apt to be heavy - The
u. S. Nobby.
The Washington times., 1920-06-18
FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY.

Walter T. Wood. a painter OF this
city. today flied a petition in volun-
tary bankruptcy. He says his liabili-
ties amount to $3,65l17. and his as
sets are $2l5.
The Washington times., 1920-06-18
WIND HAlTS CUP TRIALS.

NEWPORT. r. l., June 1s.-Rain
and lack OF wind again today caused
a postponen,ent Of the Americas Cup
elimination race between the Resolute
and Vanitle.
The Washington times., 1920-06-18
NEGRO MINISTER WILL
HELP SENATOR HARDING
National Campaign Bureau Organ
lied at Cosmopolitan Church
Meeting.

The Harding Negro Ministers Ma
tional Campaign Bureau was organ
lied at meeting held last evening
in Cosmopolitan Colored Baptist
Church. when the pastor or the
church. Rev. s. p. w. Drew, was
elected president.
During the meeting high tribute TO
the worth OF Senator Harding was
paid by number OF speakers. and
colored ministers in all parts OF the
country will be asked to ally with
the work.
Bishop +. w. u. Nash, OF Mary
land, was made hrst vice president
Bishop John Morgan, OF Ohio. second
vice president; D. j. samuel Drew, OF
Helena, Ark. third vice president
Bishop Isaiah Brooks. OF West Vir-
ginia. fourth vice president; Rev. r.
d. Bolts, OF Virginia, secretary. and
Archbishop Joseph J. Higgs, OF this
city, treasurer.
The Washington times., 1920-06-18
SURVEYS.
FEDERAL WORK.
Secret Agents Seek Campaign
Thunder in Departmental
"Extravagance."

A private and secret survey OF the
Government departments is now be-
ing made for the use of the Repub-
ican party In the coming campaign
Material for the crusade against
Federal waste and extravaganee' Is
being collected by an independent
agency which is being financed u Is
understood by the Republican Ma
tional Committee.
The failure of the Departmental re-
organization bill in the last session
OF Congress was a disappointment 10
members OF the senate NApproprla-
tlons Committee. who had hoped for
a thorough overhauling OF the Gov
ernment bureaus before the conven-
ing of Congress, in December. The
measure failed because OF opposition
in the House. where II was thought
that the Mccormick Good budget Dill
would be adequate to meet the STU
alton. At the last minute, through
the Joint offices of Presidential
veto and a flibuster by Senators Reed
and Harris, the budget bill also went
down in the jam before adjournment.
Not to be daunted by this miscar-
riage OF their plans, the Republicans
thereupon determined upon an un-
official survey OF the Government de-
partments to ascertain the number or
excess and useless employees, the
amount OF waste motion and misspent
energy in doing business, etc. Their
plans have not been disclosed, and
so far as Is known the information
will have 20 be collected entirely with
out official sanction or recognition
IL is understood that a large number
The Washington times., 1920-06-18
RECREATION CENTER
At CENTRAL HIGH
Community Secretary An
nounces Pool and Sport Facil.
tiles Available to Public.

Miss Cecil B. Norton, general secre-
tary OF community centers. announc-
ed today the recreational facilities at
Central High School, including swim
ming pool, tennis courts, volley ball,
hasket ball, hand ball courts, base
ysIi diamond and cinder track. would
be open to the public during the
coming summer. This Is the third
year these facilities have been In
operation for the public use
Women may use the swimming
pools between 7:3o and $40 o'clock
on Tuesday. Friday and Saturday
nights. and men at 9:3O o'clock the
same nights. Arrangements have been
made for children under hfteen
years OF age to use the pool on wed
nesday and Thursday afternooni
from 2:3O to $50 o'clock, All women
and children must furnish one piece
suits and towels and the women and
girls must wear rubber caps.
Weekly dances at the Central CIVIC
Center at the high school Will bt
discontinued during the summer.
The Washington times., 1920-06-18
HoD,s!y and Aged Faces
Nos0 Easily Bec1ti6sd

The piainest faces made bsautifal and
the compilations Of good d-iookins women
improvsd-oidish faces made young Lnd
pretty. bisrnishsd aad vesther- -soilcd faces
made spotless. white and sstiny--.n less
than two weeks. BY very simple and
harmless process that acts almost like a
miracle. This 10 all there Is to II: ordi-
nary mercoiissd wax. procurabe at any
nightly like cold cream. and washed OF
mornings This gradually peels on the
lifeIess particles OF surface skin. permit
The newer, fresher skin. when wholly in
evidence forms . complexion when for
beauty ana youthfulness II incomparAoie
com plsxion 10 natural. SO free from srti
dciAiity no one guesses the secret Of its
AGO uiYsment You'll not regret trying this
really marvellous treatment.
The Washington times., 1920-06-18
TRANSFERS LIFE SAVED
WRITES LETTER THAT Is WORTH
READING VERY CAREFULLY

Peterson Ointment Co. Inc. Buffalo,
N, y; Il was anlicted with very
severe sore on my leg for years.
Am a teamster. I-tried all medicines
and salves, but without success, l
tried doctors. but they failed to cure
me. couldn't sleep for many nights
from pain. Doctors said ] coul1 not
live for more than two years. Finally
peterson's Ointment was recommend
ed TO me and by its use the sore was
entirely healed. Thankfully yours.
William Hasse, West Park. Ohio,
March 90, 1915. care p. q. Reitz. box
1sO."
Peterson says: II am proud of the
above letter and have hundreds OF
others that tell OF wonderful cures of
Eczems. Piles and Skin Diseases
Peterson's Ointment IL 30 cents ut
sn druggists. and there isn't broad :
minded druggist in America that
won't praise il.
Peoples Drug Stores and O'Donnelrs
Drug Store, Inc. will supply you un-
der guarantee OF money back il not
satisfactory.
The Washington times., 1920-06-18
SILKS, GEMS, AND WIRE
IS BOOTY OF THIEVES
Copper Vslued at $40 a Roll Is Stolen
From J. J. JacksOn's
Office.

woman's silk waist. mans silk
shirt. jewelry. and two coils OF cop
per wire weighing $50 pounds each
were among the loot reported to the
police as stolen last night.
The copper wire, valued at $40 a
roll was stolen from the Office OF
John J. Jackson at South Capitol and
streets.
The shirtwaist and the shirt wan
dered of together from lll9 X street
northwest. With them went pair
of gold cuff links with the initials
w. NJ. c., valued at $40.
A pocketbook containing $50 was
taken from an automobile which
figured in an accident at Fourteenth
and | streets northwest late yester-
day. Mrs. d. F. Thompson. 2sll Mo-
zart place, reported.
The Washington times., 1920-06-18
Washington's Growth
During War Rivals
Wild West 'sBoon1s''

,clently increased business TO warrant
the retention of many Thousands OF
additional employees. IL 10 indicated
that the services OF not more than
10000 clerks. at the outside. cAn be
dispensed with after next october,
and IL 10 reasonably safe to reckon
with . permanent force OF at least
10000. or 5000 more than the prs'
war normal
many STRANGERS nERE.
The exact nature OF the exodus ffom
Washington during the past eighteen
months 10 thus shown; actual dismiss
ais from executive branch up to April
80. 1920. 1855; estimated- departure
OF persons not actually In the Govern
ment service, but in Washington on
missals during May. 5000; reductions
under the Adjutant Generals office TO
May as, OF this year. 400; and reduc-
ton under the Bureau OF Navigation
up to May, TOO. This makes . total
OF 1925 persons.
The Treasury Department. including
the Bureau OF War Risk Insurance.
has grown from a personnel OF s'sse
on April I. 1917, to. 3l.Ssz at present
The War. Department now has l7.ss
employees. as against 2.slS In the pre-
war days. while the Navy Department
shows an increase In the same period
from s.s7s to 1887. The other gen
eral departments OF the Government
do not show any marked Increase In
working force. with the exception of
the temporary census force the
Department OF Commerce.
From the business point Of view,
the situation shows that Washington
has made enormous strides forward
in a three-year period. although II 10
now rsceding from the inflated fig
ures of the war period. The mere
fact that the new permanent person
mel of the Governments working
force will be $50 per cent larger than
lit was in April. 1917. shows the ma
ture OF the growth.
The Washington times., 1920-06-18
LINCOLN MEMORIAL
DEDICATION IN DEC.
Commission Postponss Csre-
monies Until Members ofCon-
gress Can Attend.

The dedication o< the Lincoln Nc
mortal Statue has been postpoued
from September 81 until after the re-
assembling Of Congress In Decemoer'
II was announced today oy Jonn
Temple Graves. resident commission-
er. upon his return from New YORK.
where he was In Consultation win
former President TAFT. chairman OF
the commission
The original date set for the cere-
moniai. septem Der IS. was decided
upon when IL IVES thought that the
present Congress would take q recess
Just before the national conventions.
rsassemblinG In July or August. The
adjournment on June upset these
plans.
FAVORED PosTrONEnENT.
Preceding the adournment," said
Mr.. Graves. "a very vigorous oHposi'
tion' manifested itself In the House.
particularly over the celebration OF
this great memorial In the absence OF
the Congress which had authorized
the building and Appropriated the
money for its construction.
James r. Mann of Illinois--the Lin
coin state-mAde an impassioned
speech in the House warning the
Commissioners that the House would
resent the discourtesy OF dedicsung
the statue In the absence of its foun-
ders.
Representative people OF the south
protested, saying that II desired 10
have the dedication when the South
ern Washing onians were all here. II
was said also that the foreign am
bassadoss and diplomats would be out
NJ the citv in September
"And so. upon the ground OF these
several objections. OF which the ao-
sence OF Congress was the controlling
one, the commission was unanimous
for postponsment. excepting Commits
sioner Champ clark. who Wa In the
West and could not be reached, Al
though he was known not to be out
of sympathy with his fellow-commis-
sioners.
DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER.
Congress resssembies December I.
and by that time all the commission
ers will be in Washington or near at
hand, and the program of the dedica-
ton may be rapidly framed. and the
great memorial rapidly staged and
presented. The commission is pro.
foundly Impressed with the dignity
and greatness OF the occasion for
which the program Is to be made.
THE most important confederation
10 to find a speaker worthy OF so great
a theme Whoever nils the rostrum
as orator on that day fronts an op-
portunity for Immortality. No man
has yet been mentioned definitely In
this connection. The only hint OF
action made at the meeting was
casual suggestion that 4 very dis
tinguished name should be chosen
and that either the retiring President
OF the United States or the incomin
President-whoever he may be-or
the only living exPresident might
be considered by the Commissioners.