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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-06-19
WANTIn--HrAI rsTATp

WANTED-To buy Groom home, 5000
down. Address BOX l23- n World
WANTED 10 BLY from owner, lot In
Meadow Brook addition, must be priced
to sell also very reasonable terms. Ad.
dress Box 700-p, care world.
WANTED TO Buy direct from owner a
good piece Of residence property, will
pay cash " worth the money. Cedar a..
40 SILL your yacaat properly .is; wIs
Hlllt0rd WoolerY. Cedar it
LIST YOUR proptry with Patterson
Realty Go, They ell ~ Cesage $3.50.
WANT TO BUY 2 or good houses 10 be
moved, houses must be In good shape
and worth the money Wheeler Invest.
ment Co., Cedar 2s2,
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-06-19
REAL ESTATE FOR RENT

sroRts AND wNRrn0i StS 80
STOHEROOM b0Ns5 feet. brick Guiding
llol ;. Main, suitable for storage mer-
camille stock. shop or wOrkrn1m. alley
entrance. Daniel a Stackhouss Cedar
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-06-19
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

ACDEAOB FOR SALE =?
20 ACRES close tn. extra well Improved
$1,000. small payment down $50 per
month. lll-l2 security Blig Usage 500.
3 ACRES. / mile from Lewis q Admiral
east on section line bargain n taken at
once 1850. all cash. Usage 1913 Il
u Eppetson
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-06-19

NIsCElIA>Eots ron RrNt 81
VACUUM CLEANERS for rent by day or
week. Phone Cedar 500
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-26
YACHT RACE Is CALLED OFF
Peace Now! Later What?
An Open Letter the Congressional Committee the japanese
An Open Letter to the Congressio
Members of the immigration Committee,
House Of Representatives:

Members Of the immigration Committee,
House Of Representatives:
Gentlemen-In the hollow Of your hands may lie
the peace and prosperity of the Pacific Coast and
the nation. In proportion to the fearlessness with
which the Japanese question is tackled and settled
will our happiness be balanced. There can be no
temporizing, no Sinking, no lodging the issues.
We are face to face with great economic, if not
a racial, problem. In Washington, Japanese pene-
tration has not yet reached the depth it has in Cali
fornia, but the earmarks of the menace are the
What HAS happened in California is hap
penng here. What HAS happened in Hawaii is
happening in California. What HAS happened in
Washington is happening in Idaho and in Colorado
and points farther east. What is happening in the
Rocky Mountain states will soon enough happen in
the middle west and in the east-unless the Japan
ese are checked now. do y.
They can be checked NOW by peaceable means.
Later it may be too late. Rigid exclusion is the guar
antee of peace No picture brides; no "gentlemen's
agreements no loopholes of any kind. We have
the same right to exclude Japanese when they men,
ace our economic happiness the japanese have to
exclude Chinese and Koreans from their own
country
Let no sentmentalists becloud the issue The Jap
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-26
JAPS CONTROL
PRICE OF FOOD
Health Commissioner Re.
ports to Mayor

That the municipal market Is
controlled and dominated by Japa.
ncse interests was the assertion
made by Dr. II. NJ. Read. commits.
sioner Of health. In report rem.
dcred 10 Mayor Caldwell NJ. .nday
morning.
Pointing out that the produce
situation here IL analogous 10 that
In California, Dr. Read declared:
The public market at the pres.
cnt time II controlled In the prices
demanded for produce by the Jap
anese themselves and they are the
worst offenders In the matter Of
sublcases."
Dr. Reads communication was
In reply TO criticisms made by tho
Rev. Y. q. Murphy. Jap sympathiz.
er and agent. that n majority OF
the stalls in the market are run
by statesmen and not by real pro
ducers. The Rev. Murphy admit.
ted that one group OF Japanese
merchants control rs per cent of
the business OF the city market.
DR.. Read cited the opinion rem.
dercd by Corporation Counsel Wal.
ter r. Meier to the effect that hold.
ers OF subleases could not be de-
MED the privileges OF stalls In the
market.
That Japs and "whites'' confer
together on the problem OF keeping
the market for actual producers,
was declared impossible by DR..
Read.
'Tt would he impossible 10 do as
Mr.. Murphy suggests and accom-.
plish anything" he stated. 1.-THE
reason In entirely obvious--the Japs
and tho whites would not anal.
gamate In business matters any
more than they do in other
things"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-26

Offers
to Sell Baby,
Then Weakens

NEW YORK. July 7s.-"For Sale
Young widow will part with lovely
2h year old girl: irish parcntage.
mother is In poor health"
That is the whole story. Katherine
McNulty. a pretty. dark haired. 20.
ycar-old mother. said today, when
asked about the advertisement in
serted in papers here. Many bids
had been received for the curly.
haired Margaret. who played about
tho tiny. clean room. Brave at first.
the little mother WAS loath TO give
UP her child when the time for part.
ing came. and 30 far has refused all
offers.
The mothers story was one OF n
losing struggle against poverty and
illness. Her husband died three years
ago. She struggled bravely TO care
for her two children, Martin and
Margaret. and seemed TO be succeed.
ing until last spring. when she was
taken ILL.,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-26
POSSES SEEK
GIRLS SLAYER
Scour Woods for Mercer
Island Pitchfork Murderer

Sheriff's posses engaged in a man
hunt for Jim Sphyridis. wanted for
the murder on Mercer island, Satur.
day. OF li-year-old Mary Jane Pap
pas. whom he speared with a pitch.
fork when she rebuked him for ours
ing. centered their attention today
on the vicinity OF North Bend. Prac.
tically certain he escaped the island
before II had been thoroly searched.
and reasoning that he would strike
out for "A ranch where he had been
working recently near North Bend, a
posse headed by Matt Starwich and
including big Bill" Barr and VII.
liam Sears. lay in hiding in the woods
near the ranch all night.
Sphyridis. so far as has been learn
ed. has not yet disclosed himself to
ask for food. II he has eaten since
the killing OF the little girl. he has
foraged his meals from farmyards
without knowledge OF the inhabi.
tants.
The only person who claims TO
have seen n man OF Sphyridis' de.
scription Is C. f. Dcwry, Of Fruit.
land, on the east side of Mercer
island. Dewry Informed deputy
sheriffs he believed II was the fugi.
tive, who obtained rowboat from
him about $3.50 Saturday night.
lie said the man pushed off with
the boat towards Beaux Arts vii
lare and Mt midnight a posse with
bloodhounds were searching that
locality but the dogs failed to find
Sphyridis' scent.
Two theories developed out OF the
incident. One that Sphyridis. ~ the
man In the boat was he. headed for
Beaux Arts and then doubled back
In the opposite direction to throw
his pursuers off. and another that
he threw himself out of the boat
and drowned himself In fear OF the
consequences Of his capture.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-26
Poindexter Murder
Theory Abandoned

CHICAGO. July 26.--Police have
abandoned the murder theory in the
investigation OF the death OF Max
Poindexter, cousin of Senator Miles
Poindexter. Officials today say they
are certain his death was the result
of suicide.
Investigators reported that Poin-
dexter suffered heavy financial
losses. A letter writteen a few days
before his death showed he was not
In good health
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-26
Girl Who Made
Bogus Money
Is Penitent

PORTLAND. July 2s.--Dorothy
Riley. 20. expert counterfeiter. is to-
day en- route to Oakland. Cal. where
she intends to start life anew.
The young woman just completed
serving a ninemonth Jail sentence
here for making bogus money with
her husband. John Riley. The latter.
who was sent TO McNeils island for
term OF years, made his escape a
few months ago. and is now "A fugi-
tive.
ITS n losing game. You may win
for a time, but In the end your luck
can't hold. and you can't expect to
cash In anything except sorrow. grief
and tears" said the pretty Mrs.
Riley. before starting for California
I'm still young and have long
life before me. and hereafter I'm go
ing straight. You can bank on that"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-26
Rs'SOLUTE SOON CLOSES
GAP AT TIE START

10th yachts crossed the line
under ballooners and Shamrock at
once headed far off the course on
iuffing match TO the westward.
Patrol boats scampercd around.
clearing a passage among the fol
lowing craft for the racers
Shamrock paid off first and was
Immediately followed by Resoiute.
Resolute. the official time showed.
was nearly a minute behind the
challenger In crossing the line. The
defender. however, soon CLOSED up
the gap AMI both yachts were sail.
ing almost on an even basis 10
c1inutes after the start
The official time was.
Shamrock. iz.5O:2o.
isssoiuts. i1:3f.zb.
Shamrock led by So seconds.
The yachts were four miles off
their course at f:i0. A nsw wind ap-
peared coming up from the south.
At i;20 Shamrock ives leading by
a quarter OF a mile and both yachts
we're bocalmed
The Shamrock began to pick up a
little land breeze at 1910 and gained
rapidly. Resolute was almost be-
calmed. 800 yards astern.
The wind. which had been from
the north. hauled to the east at 2
p. m, making the course a reach and
possibly "a beat. Resolute picked II up
first and began TO move well ahead.
besides being 20 the windward.
The yachts were three miles south.
cast Of the Highlands light Mt 21O.
standing little west of south on the
port tack, with Resolute so yards
| ahead.
Resolute was also 100 yards 10 the
windward The wind had died down
again until they just had stecrage
way At that time they were more
than 10 miles To the leeward OF the
mark
Shamrock ran into another air
| pocket, while the Resoluta held the
breeze. and at 2:2o the American boat
| had established n lead OF 200 yards
and was travelling very fast.
At 2:30 Resolute was quarter Of
mile ahead.
Shamrock held on 10 her hailooner
and began 10 gain.
The yachts started on a riine-mile
beat 20 the outer mark at 24O. Res
olute was one-quarter OF n mile
ahead and 10 the windward.
The race got under way at 1890
after considerable delay due to
calm weather.
The regatta committee boat hoist.
cd the flag postponinR the contest
until later in the day half an hour
before the scheduled starting time.
The wind was not even sufficient
10 carry Shamrock 10 the starting
line She was about two miles from
Ambrose lightship when she ran
into a calm ard hgnalled for as-
sistance 10 tow her 10 the starting
point.
The wind, from the northeast, had
fallen to about three miles an hour
Weather sharks said there was
Turn 10 Page 2. Column "
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-26
Physicians Deny
Clemenceau Is Ill

PARIS, July 26.--Physicians who
have been attending former Pre-
micr Clemenceau today issued
denial that "the Tiger was III and
on Friday from vichy, where he
had been taking treatment
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-26

crouches: they are surly and sua-
pfcious: they have n vast respect for
the bige-coated guardians" OF the
peace. a Fcrf-like awe OF police
man that IL neither deserved by the
righteousness OF the average cop
nor compatible with true republic
anIsrn.
city life. at bone and In the
school. Is ore iayse don't" for the
child. from It's totdIing days TO It's
majority.
Rules, regulations. neighborhood
opinion. fear Of publicity. fear OF
being thought queer--these bind us
down until no wonder we get into
a rut and stay there. like a snap.
pfng turtle in its shell In the mud.
ON my ranch I am king; my
focks and my herds and my crops
are my vassals; my word Is law 10
the bounds Of my land. and In si'
years or sixteen. the farmer will
never be rnolested by a peace off
cer--not II the officer has good
sense.
How IL a man going 10 be a SOW
ereign citizen, an Independent vot-
er. a. force for good in the com
rnunity. II he never does any boss
ing, never dares express himself.
never lifts UP his voice and howls
Ike a wolf II n pIeases him?
Cities are petticoated. and var
nlshed. and tied UP with pink and
blue ribbons. and II they get a Gin
der in their dear little eye they call
! an ambulance and go TO the hos
pftaI for a couple OF days.
In the country men are truly the
arbiters Of their destiny, and on
their own legs they stand, IL they
stand at all
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-26
Bella Kun Interned
in Germany Camp

LONDON. July 26.--Bela Kun,
former Hungarian dictator. has
been interned In n camp at Passau.
here today. Tho Berlin govern
mcnt has not replied 10 Hungary's
demand for his extradition.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-26
5 MASKED men
STEAL $1,000

CENTRAL FALLS, r. l.. July 26.
Five masked men held Up the
cashier at the Union Credic Fran
caise bank. on Fales street. at the
point OF revolvers today and es-
capped In an automobile with a
strong box containing $1,000.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-26
Sim Feiners Kill
Coast Guard Men

DUBLIN. July 26.--Two coast
guard officers were killed In a raid
on the coast guard station by Sim
Feiners here early today
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-26
CENSE OF HUMOR
OCAUSE OF TROUBLE

WALLA WALLA. July 26.---Joe
Buchino had a sense OF humor, any
way. The sheriff found him setting
up still on Dry creek
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-26

laws Every time the council
meets there is some new string
tied 20 the public. and from walk
ing on the grass 10 walking at all
after .. IN. is '-verboten."
I'll bet I'm all Seattle there are
not hundred families so remotely
and happily situated that they
dare 10 put on and pun off por-
Gus plaster.
Any one who ever skinned n
man-sizs porous plaster from the
inflamed back OF n male citizen
VIII get my meaning.
Some excitabie neighbor woman
would be calling the police before
you could get the Hrst corner
pulled loose from dad.
You are not your own man IN
town. Every time you NOW the
lawn you feel the eyes Of the neigh
borhood upon you. Every time yot4
start 10 put on a set OF comfort
ably greasy overalls 70 tinker with
the nivver. the wife will say: ~Oh.
John. DON'T What will the neigh
bors Think
Every haif.hour the poor.
trussed-up and herded children are
warned not 10 get their clothes
sofled: why. + wouldn't have
Mrs. Brown SEQ you with that dirty
face for woridsg' And how Is kid
10 make n mud pie without getting
his face sneared7
Hardly can a baby cry without
the families for a 5locx being dis
turbed.
The piano has 10 stop at 10
O'Clock. The neighborhood parties
must put on the soft pedal an hour
after dark. No man is big enough.
strong-ninded enough, TO venture
out on his front porch and yodel--
not In all Seattle can you find
really good yodier, bet you.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-26
CAN'T BE LOST

Nothing can be lost these days
on account of the Want Ads.
for the department Of the Want
columns. known as the Lost
and Found column. Is certain
way OF finding and returning
lost property.
When you are . loser. or .
finder. don't fail to give the
Lost and Found ads chance,
either to find your lost goods
for you. or to be honest and
return the goods you have found
to their rightful owner.
PHONE MAIN co..
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-26
rs IT SEEMS
TO ME
DANA SLEETH


some firccrackcrs. and I
went forth to buy a few. And at
the first corner stand I was in
formed that firccrackrrS. torpc-
does. lady crackers. fireworks.
bombs. cap everything
that could make a noise--was bar
red within the city limits. The
city made a noise like a deaf.mute
funeral. there was about as much
patriotic ardor as there Ia any
gloomy November afternoon IN o
moss-covered family vault under
Tho weeping willows. and We load.
ed ourselves into the family hack
and returned TO tho country.
Then loaded the shotgun and
ffred both barrels out OF the, front
door and yelled. -Hurrah for
George Washington I loaded the
gopher gun and pulled the string.
and. mid bombs bursting In air. I
yelled. Three cheers for the CONT
neutal congressr'
By that time everybody was In a
fine glow OF martial and patriotic
nrdor. so l planted three sticks OF
dynamite under the pine stump
that has been camping in the back
yard for too long a visit. and as
the stump Glove the heavens Z
yelled once more. Three cheers
and tiger for life. liberty and the
pursuit Of happiness. and darn
England
And there wasn't a city ordA
nance within ten miles OF me TO
check my iaudable demonstration
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-26
PRAISED
AS GOOD
Citizens
FOR U.S.A.
"ShalI We Encourage Our
Girls to Marry Them?"
Is the Question Asked
Or. CrOWther

Judge John Il. Raker. California
congressman. leaned forward across
table in a federal court room
today and asked Rev. DIR. J. T.
Crowther. pastor of the First Meth
odisf church. a question.
That question brought to . muf.
murous close the first session ok
the Seattle hearings OF the congroo-
sional committee investigating the
Japanese problem on the Pacific
coast.
The question. voiced IN . patient
respectful and somewhat voasy
tone. was not answered.
why. DIR. Crowther. donr ~
invite the japanese into your own
home and encourage them to marry
your daughtersr'
II decline to answer that ~
DR.. Crowther. who had concIude1
an eloquent plea that the Japa-
nese be admitted to the full priv1-
leses Of citizenship.
WITNESSES PRAISE
laps TO PROBERS
Judxs Ral<er thasked nr. Csups
tbss for hfD testimony. ~ nanr1u
was adjourned ana from tha ou1
tors In the court room exc1to1 Co.,
ment arose
Tho first meeting Of the sdb-com-
mittec assigned was given over large
ly to high praise OF the Japaneao
from DR.. Crowther and from Judge
Thomas Burke. following Miller Freo-
men. president of the Anti-Japaneso
league. who outlined the contentious
OF those opposed to Japanese peno-
tration in the United States.
Judge Burke. in response to Ques-
tons from committeeman. said that
he had been decorated by the EN-.
peror Of Japan with the order Of the
Rising Sun and considers this "dis-
unguished honor" He said he had
been for about Is years counsel for
the great japanese trading company.
Nippon Yusen kaisha- and has repre-
sented the Great Northern railroad
for a similar length Of time. The
Great Northern. Judge Burke ad-
mitted In response to questions from
the committee. was the first to I'm
port japanese labor.
JUDGE LAUDS
JAP CHARACTER
Judge Burke's testimony dealt not
at all with statistics. but was con-
fined to laudation Of Japanese char.
acter.
Judge Burke said that the Japan
cse and whites could not amalgamato
physically.
Japan does not desire any such
who marries white woman is looked
down upon"
The Judge was placed on record A.
opposing unrestricted immigration.
but said that "the small number Of
Japanese here now constitute no
problem"
Referring to protests against Jap
anese aggression. Judge BUR- said:
EVERY day that this propaganda IL
carried on we are wounding the pride
and sensibilities of proud nation"
He insisted that the gentieman's
agreement was being scrupulousiy
upheld.
"PERFECT GENTLEMEN
IN MY CHURCH"
DIR. Crowther told the committees
that he had come to America 10
years ago in steerage: that in Eng
land he had been a cotton mill
worker and that his education and
position he owed entirely to the
United States.
He praised the Gulick hin. which
would place the Asiatic immigrant
on an even footing with Others.
but admitted that physical assdm-
ilation Of the Japanese was ''im-
possible"
How in the world" asked Judge
Raker, do You expect com
munity OF divided races to be happy
Turu 20 Page 2. Column y
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-26

PENDLEToN. Ore. July ga
posse numbering hundreds OF men is
searching today for six prisoners
who escaped from the Umaulla
county Jail yesterday afternoon after
numbering Sheriff T. d. Taylor.
Bloodhounds from the Washington
state penitentiary at Walla Walia
were rushed 10 the scene OF the kill
ing and were sent out on the trail
Neil Hart, an Indian, %. iH said
10 have shot Sheriff Taylor. who
was struggling with another pris'
oner.
The six prisoners ovcrpowered
Deputy Sheriff Jake Martin and had
left the Jail office when they we're
met by Sheriff Taylor and another
deputy. The officers Immediately
closed In on the men and the muir
der OF the sheriff occurred during
the fight
The desperadoes then seized guns
and ammunition from the shcrifrs
office and boarded freight train.
They rode four miles east OF Pendle-
ton and fled into the wooded coun-
try. where II Is believed they separat.
Cd 10 make search more difficult.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-26

II isn't always safe to Judge the
quality OF men or cigars by their
price
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-26

IAT'S the trouble with
cities Laws are heaped
on laws. officers arc
herded together IN dense
packs 70 enforc. these
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-26
SHERIFF SLAIN
BY PRISONERS
UmatiIIa Desperadoes Make
Escape After Crime

PENDIESON. Ore, July 2s.
With the aid Of bloodhounds,
posse today captured Albert
LIndgren. one Of the SIX men
who escaped from the umatillz
county Jail here Sunday.
L.indgren was taken near
Cayuse, IL miles east Of Pendle-
ton.
The other five fugitives have
been traced 10 Meacham. In the
Blue mountains, f8 miles south
east Of Pendleton.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-26

Ycs, RafaIc. the married man who
repcnts at leisure is lucky to have
the leisure.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-26

IL this has a psycsiolor-
lcal effect. City people
are repressed: they are
bound down ard suffer
from ingr W ng
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-26
SLOW WIND
STOPS 5TH
CONTEST
Both Yachts Drifting Limp
Iy in Fifth Contest With
Res0lute in Front

ABOARD ". 8. DESTROYER
.GoLpSBoRoUGH. July 2s.--(wire-
less. THE tickle wind again today
caused pos,poncmen, OF the decision
in the international yacht races Off
Sandy Hook.
The raee was called off after sham.
rock and Rssolutc drifted around the
iS-mile course for four and half
hours in air which ranged from q
dead calm to breeze of not more
than four knots an hour.
ABOARD U. 8. DESTROYER
GoLDsBoRoUGH. July 2s.-tvla
Wireless THE fifth race for the
Americas yachting cup developed in.
To drifting contest today.
With a breeze which came first or.
OF tho north and then switched 10 tna
south. but never increased 70 more
than four knots. the two conts nders
dritted down the Jersey coast Two
hours after getting under way. Res
oiuts was lending. was stili IS miles
from the finish, 10 miles from the
turning buoy.
Shamrock led across the starting
iino by 5s seconds after the start OF
the contest had been delayed half an
hour In the hope OF a stable breeze.
She Immediately iuffed. with the Res.
olute at her heels. The yachts ran
about five miles off the course when
Capt. Adams Jibb@d. Shamrock held
on too long and go, too close TO the
land. losing tho breeze.
Resoiute. with fair wind. footed
out ahead and at one time had lead
Of a quarter OF a mile
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-21

Speaking at the Associated Press banquet last night
Vice President Marshall made distinct hit by declar-
ing that while he is for free speech free press he
also believes that distinction should be drawn between
the right to free speech of the native and the foreign
born Some men may find it difficult to follow Mr. Mar
shall when he declares that while native born citizen
has right to advocate by constitutional means the
change of our government to socialism or monarchy,
those who come here have no right to work for any
change but the great mass of plain citizens will under
stand just what he means and endorse it