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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-27
SHOOTING US UP

Kicks made against the killers by lot of
grouchy cranks; being staid old social pillars,
they forget their boyhood pranks. Everywhere
hear them saying, shuddering at every breath,
There's too much impromptu Staying, too much
unexpected death Any youth get a rifle
guns are now his aims and goals-and then, for
the merest trife, he will shoot us full of holes
We scared, like farmyard pullets when a
hawk flies overhead, for we're always lodging
bullets, always burying dead" Thus the an
Client men are knocking, roosting in the parks
and courts; and they all consider shocking every
kind Of modern sports. Age makes people cold
and narrow, they can't sympathize with fun; they
defend the bow and arrow against the sawed
off gun. And the kicks are growing louder, from
these shelfworn, dotard folk when they're shot
with smokeless powder they can't take it as
joke. Every daily paper brings them further
news DER which to cuss; when charge of buck
shot wings them they kick up beastly fuss.
And they call for drastic measures cutting short
the wave of crime, but the young must have
their pleasures in this merry modern time.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-27
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THE SLAUGHTERED WHALE
EST. Augustine Record.)


Justified Indignation has been expressed at
the senseless slaughter of a small whale that
happened to venture in near bathing beach
on the Atlantic coast. The whale was enjoying
itself in its own harmless and entertaining way,
but lot of men were Immediately seized with
the idea that they ought to go out and kill it.
boat-load of them did so, and towed their
catch in to shore. There the carcass was an
object Of curiosity for little while, and then
it naturally became object of offense, and
had to be towed out again and cast adrift.
Some possible economic might have been
made of that whale but the men who killed it
had no such notion. All they wanted to do, ap-
parently to demonstrate their prowess and
indulge the strange lust of killing things, which
still turks in the blood of mankind, underneath
a veneer of civilization.
1t is the same cruel love of slaughter or quest
of savage glory which often impels a fisherman
to continue his sport long after he has caught
all that can possible be eaten, or impels hunter
in the wilds to shoot more squirrels or rabbits
or birds deer than he has any possible use
for good sportsman, of course, never does
that; but too many men are not good sportsmen
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-27

grant in American agriculture. Its various state
ments show that not only do many immigrants
find their way to the farmlands of the nation,
but that they succeed there.
An Armenian near New Orleans is credited
with having the largest silk-worm nursery in
the world. There are Czech agricultural set
Elements in thirty states, Wisconsin leading with
145 of these colonies. There are Italian farmers
in Connecticut, and Poles in Massachusetts,.
OF the latter one writer says: I'm three genera
tions many of them have passed through
cessive stages farm laborers tenants and land
owners of some of the most valuable acres"
1t is undoubtedly true that many immigrants
come to our shores with high hopes which
never fulfilled. This is Americas fault in many
cases, as much as the immigrants To great
many others, however this is the land of happy
fulfllment as we'll as of promise.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-27
CONSERVATION IN FLORIDA

A great deal of the talk about conservation
in Florida is i'll considered. Forest reserves are
good things in their place, but their place is not
level country susceptible of profitable cultivation.
Game preserves, too, out of place when they
occupy land that would produce food for man.
There are numerous areas in America we'll suited
for the preservation OF the natural state, but there
are few of them in Florida. Bird islands, few
well fenced alligator farms, and a number of
carefully drained and well pruned wood lots,
constitute about all the conservation of that kind
that Florida needs.
The ideal should be a state in which every
acre of land is reduced to cultivation That
means better health conditions. more progress,
more prosperity. Possibly this state can not come
so close to that ideal as Iowa. for example, where
niney-seven per cent of the land is said to be in
cultivation; but it can approach it much nearer
than most persons suppose.
AT this time less than ten per cent of the land
is farmed There is a common notion, which
appears to have been fostered in the interests of
certain elements. that the greater part of Forida's
lands are worthless for agriculture This will not
stand Investigation Without going to the length
of some of our friends and saying that there is
no worthless land in Florida" the Telegram is
absolutely confident that the amount Of soil not
worth cultivation is less han in any other southern
state, and that from the 90 per cent of land at
uncleared, half dozen more Floridas, fully as
great agricuIturalIy as the one we now enjoy, could
be carved.
Conservation here means getting the land in
cultivation, just as elsewhere according to condi-
tions, it might mean converting it into forest re-
serves. And it is about time the state awoke to
the immense task before it, and the things to be
done in the performance Of that task.
The open range will have to go. That is
hardly a debatable proposition The big I'M
fenced boundaries of land will have to be broken
up into small holdings and turned over TO men who
can and will utilize the land to the best advantage.
Along with this, swamps must be drained, ham,
mocks and junges must be cleared out new roads
must be constructed and all the other improve
must be started.
The first essential step is recognition of con-
ditions. AS soon as Flondians recognize the value
of their patrimony, they will see in it something
far more valuable than a range for steers or
breeding place for wild animals. They will see
that all of it-not merely the insignificant fraction
now used-is adapted to the production of wealth
and to become the homes of millions of prosperous
people Once vision the Florida that might be,
and the Florida that is will be regarded only as
first step toward the final goal
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-27
COTTON BELT TROUBLES

Aside from relieving such actual want and suf
fering as it comes in contact with there is nothing
for the federal government to do in the cotton
belt, without changing its whole policy. This
region enjoyed. along with the rest of the country
an economic debauch in connection with the war;
1t differs from the rest of land however in
getting the headache a little sooner. This,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-27

Washington, July 27.-An execu-
tive order to coordinate purchasing
for the army, navy and shipping board
and to permit the transfer of surplus
supplies from one government de-
partment to another, was signed to-
day by President Harding. 1t was
issued under Director Dawes of the
budget bureau and divides the coun-
try into zones for supply purchasing,
with a general purchasing agent for
each area, all working under a pur-
chasing supervisor in Washington.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-27

Fort Lauderdale, July 27.-M.
Rippa, of Miami, owner of consider
able property here, awarded a con-
tract last week for the construction
OF. fifty-six cottages and bungalows at
Central avenue and Twenty-seventh
streets in the, negro quarter Of Fort
Lauderdale. Each house will have
three rooms and front and back porch
and while they will vary somewhat in
appearance, all will be similar as to
size and arrangement. They will be
rented to negroes.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-27
WILL SPEAK AT BIRMINGHAM

Washington, July 27.-President
Harding, it is understood, has def
nitely accepted an invitation to speak
in Birmingham, Ala, late in October
at celebration concentrating the
55th anniversary of the founding of
the city. During the same trip he
may visit several other southern
cities.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-27
Member of The Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
the use for republication of all news dispatches
credited to it or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published therein
All rights of republication of special dispatches
herein are also reserved.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-27
IMMIGRANTS ON THE LAND
Tampa Tribune.

From some recent demands that the immigrant
be compelled by legislation to take up agricuI-
ture in his adopted land, one might imagine that
none but native Americans were engaged in
farming. The JuneJuly issue of "Foreign-born
is largely devoted to the subject of the inimi-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-27
THE ELAN NEW S

weekly newspaper giving a resume of local
matters crop conditions, county affairs, etc, is
published from the Telegram office and sent any
where in the United States for $500 per year.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-28
DICTIONARIES to Mix
Pleasure With Business

An interesting and delightful pro-
gram has been arranged for the
monthly meeting of the George r.
Anderson post Of the American Le-
gion which will be conducted at Con
vention Hall tonight commencing at
S:l5 o'clock. p. b. J%effries, chairman
of the entertainment committee, has
succeeded in obtaining the serviceS Of
the best local talent.
The program will include two boxing
bouts with Fred Gilmore as referee;
a humorous speech by Otis Smith;
classical and other dancing by lie
Petite Chisholm; and musical numbers
by Mrs. Robert 5. G~ardenhire, Henry
Rinsland, and the Southern Four Or
chestra. Other vents are also staged
for the evening A large attendance is
expected. This is the second Of the re.
Gently i%naugurated monthly sessions,
the first of which was a great sue
cess and was enjoyed by several hun
bred members of the organization.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-28
MARY PICKFORD'S LAWYER TAKES
RAP AGAINST ATTORNEY GENERAL
LEONARD B. FOWLER OF NEVADA

CARSON CITY, Nov. Nov. 2S.-De'
| clarations that the attempt of AT
torney General Leonard Il. Fowler OF
Nevada, to "set aside Mary Pickford's
divorce from owen Moore" violate ev'
cry principle of institutional govern
ment and lis the first of its kin and
should be the last" were made by
Miss Pickford's attorney, Gavin Nc
Nab, san Francisco in an answer
filed in the state supreme court here
today to Fowler's appeal from DIS
trict Judge Frank p. Langan's ruling
upholding the decree.
Miss Pickford was granted a de
cree OF divorce at Minden, March 10,
1920, by Judge Langan and in Il short
time married Douglas Fairbanks. Miss
pickford, Moore and Fairbanks are
motion picture stars. On April 1G, 1920,
Attorney General Fowler filed an ac'
ton at Minden asking that the de-
cree be set aside, lin the interests oil
the state of Nevada
on June ~, 1912, Judge Langan up
held the decision and Fowler appeal
ed TO the state supreme court. NC
Nab's conclusions reached in his an
swer TO the appeal follow in full:
Case Without Precedent
This case Is without precedent and
Jurisprudence. 1t is the first of its
kind and should be the last of its
kind. l
1T violates every principle of ill
stitutional government.
1T is without warrant by the con-
stitution of Nevada, by statute. by the
common law or by judicial i%nterpreta-
ton.
Official power and authority must
he found in the law. They cannot he
usurped.
NO language can be found in any
law that can be construed into CIV
ing excuse for this attitude of the
attorney general.
IF Nevada had contemplated be
coming Il party in the form of de
PENDANT, or plaintiff against plaintiif
and defendant in divorce or any other
action. the state, through her people
or her legislature would have arti-
culated her purposes.
IF Nevada had intended that her
established courts were not 10 DC
the sole dispenser OF justice, but thai
the attorney general was TO he a SUI
perior court-overruling judicial de-
examinations. disturbing the orderly
administration OF government and ha
RAISING litigants-it surely would SO
have said.
1T is not thinkable that the peo
pie Of the state could allow any Of
ficinls to he at large without legal
restrictions, free to constitute himself
a bill of attainder as against any
litigant.
The automatic principle of repre-
sentative and orderly government Is
that law shall have uniform operation
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-28
NOTICE OF SALE OF OIL AND
GAS LEASE

GAS LEASE
State Of Oklahoma.
County of Carter,
In The County Court
Notice is hereby given in pursu-
ance of an order of the County Court
Of Carter County, State of Oklahoma
made and entered on the 18th day
Of November. 1921, the undersigned
guardian will offer for sale and sci
best bidder an oil and gas mining
lease on the 9Th day of December
1921, at two o'clock p. m. the fellow
ing described lands situated in Gar
vim County. state of Oklahoma, to.wit;
South Half of Northeast Quarter
Of southeast Quarter and South
east Quarter of Southwest Quarter
and Southeast Quarter If South.
: east Quarter of Section 30, and
north half OF Northeast Quarter of
Northwest Quarter and West Half
OF Northeast Quarter of Northeast
Quarter Section 20, Township !
North, Range 3 West, containing
140 acres.
Said Gil and gas lease will be sole
ON the following terms and condi
tons. tc-wit: Cash.
Said sale to be held in the Coun
~ Court Room OF Carter County
Oklahoma, at the time above stated
Dated this 9sth day of November
1921.
ED ABRAM, Guardian
Published in Daily Ardmoreite Nov
%, 30, 80, Dec. |, and .. 1921.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-28
Three Lives Lost
In Theater Fire
(Contlnued frum Page Onel

CONTINUED from Page Cne)
the entertainment We're being com
pleted when the fire was discovered,
Sparks We're seen dropping down in
front OF the silver screen upon which
the picture was TO be projected. There
was u shout Of fire" and panic seized
the crowd. In an instant there was a
rush for the open air. but ii appear
ed the most Of the people tried to
get ont the main entrance, instead Of
using the emergency exits at the sides
Of the theatre.
Many cool.headed persons attempted
10 restrain the crowd. shouting there
was no danger. The orchestra con
tinued to play for some minutes after
the lirst alarm was given, but these
calming efforts were futile.
Many in the balcony leaped over
the rail -rto i've heads Of persons
below. Parents in many eases We're In
iured while trying 10 lift children
above the press.
The theater building burned like
matchwood. Yale students were active
in the work of rescue, dashing into
the burning structure and assisting
the people to safety.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-28
Fatty Arbuckle Testifies
In Own Defense

Continued from page u
Sherman ask Foruouis to leave the
rooms during the party.
Mrs. Taube came while the party
was in progress, and said she would
call back" he said.
Mrs. Taube asked:
WHO are all these people,"
search me, | don't know" Ar
buckle said he replied.
Then Mrs. Taube left, he said.
Ffschback was u in A~rbuckle's
automobile during most of the party
he said.
Mrs. Taube Seemed Peeved
Mrs. Taube seemed ~'peeved.'" Ar
buckle said. she probably left be-
cause she was 'peeved' at the guests
of the party.
Mrs. Taube was introduced to Miss
Rape" he said. Miss Rape was
dressed in green skirt and jacket" he
said. Il don't think her hair was
down. l did not see her go into my
room"
Arbuckle testified in a loud clear
voice and seemed at ease in every
way,
He denied knowledge of the source
of the liquor other than hat it was
produced by Fischback. He was eat,
ing breakfast when the guests arrived
he said.
Arbuckle said he did not know
Mrs. belmont previous to September
., the date of the party. in which
Miss Rape is alleged to have sus-
tanned her injury. During the party,
Miss Rape telephoned to a Mrs.
S%preckels, he said. This is believed
TO be Mrs. Sid S~preckels, the widow
of John d. S~preckels, Jr.
Arbuckle never saw Alice Blake,
a guest Of the party, in his life be.
fore the affair he said Miss Zey Pre-.
yost, another guest also was "A strang-
or TO him, he said. Il had no idea
that Miss Rape, Mrs. belmont, Miss
Blake or Miss Provost were coming
TO the party" he said.
There were bottles of whisky, gin
and orange juice on n table in the
room where the guests were, he said.
Fred Fishback, his room mate, sup.
piled the liquor, he said,
81 did not tell anyone / was going
into my room TO get dressed or that
] was going out with Mrs. Thaube,"
he said. II went into my room and
locked the door.
Ha was still under cross-examination
at the noon recess, but Mrs. Jane
Walsh. deputy coroner, followed him
as a prosecution witness. She brought
into court a jar said to contain a vital
organ Of Miss Rape. Arbuckle was to
resume when it is proved that the or
gan was that Of Miss Rape.
McCarty's testimony, which was to
have followed ~Arbuckle's, was ruled
out after the defense failed to qualify
him as a finger print expert. He
had started finger print experiments
on the door of Arbuckle's hotel room
which was in the court room, hut the
prosecution objected and McCarty was
excused,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-28

1t cannot be delegated to any official
TO make the law unto himself and TO
select a victim for prejudice or ca
price. That would be the end Of free
government.
Amounts to Persecution
THAT no attorney general in the
long history of Nevada, ever attempt
ed to exercise such powers should set
tie the fact of their non-existence.
That the present attorney general
has selected but one victim for at
tempted extraordinary oppressive and
eccentric Interpretation and abus of
power amounting to persecution ar
CUES against its existence, even in
his judgment.
"The people of Nevada could not
have contemplated that it should
be left to the temper. prejudice or
caprice of any official whether the
law should, or should not be applied.
nor that he should confine the opera
ton of the law to one person alone
merely because that person was IA
nous.
Nevada has expressed herself in
her laws as to the authority Of her
court and the authority of ether or
ficials. She has given no powers TO
attorney generals such as the present
attorney general has invented. What
the people have not given to him, the
attorney general cannot appropriate
10 himself.
"The recognition of that which the
people have not authorized would de-
morali2e and destroy judicial pro-
cedure and end orderly government.
NO instance can he cited y>here
such an attempted seizure OF author
ity had been tolerated by any Ameri-
can state, nor can any case he cited
in any country governed by the com-
mon law.
The substitution of government by
official prejudices and caprice for
government by law means oppression
and tyranny.
I'm this instance. the court hav-
ing jurisdiction-to which court the
people and the state Of Nevada, had
confined their interest in the matter
has adjudicated the subject and has
discharged its duty TO society.
mo appeal has been taken from
that Judgment. No motion wa made
by the court itself. TO set the judg-
ment aside.
Gratuitous and Meddles0me
"The judgment Is final.
1.-THE gratuitous and meddlesome nc
ton and interference by n stranger,
In attempting TO disturb the adjudi'
cation Of the court by this strange and
homogeneous and anomalous proceeding
Is without precedent and without war
ant in law and against public policy
and we respectfully subject that 1t Is
the duty Of this honorable court 10
affirm ths orders Of the court below
or dismiss the appeal II the orders
made are not appealable.'
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-28
Funeral Miss Dixie Ham.
mOnd to be Held Tuesday

Continued from page u
10 the country and enjoy the free
air and open prairies. Because she
was the only girl in the family makes
the sorrow more intense.
The father, II. Hammond. is en-.
2loyed with the Chickasaw Products
company at station No. 2 on West
Main street. His obliging name
makes friends Of every customer Of
his company and the people will sin.
cerely regret the loss sustained by him.
self and Mrs. Hammond.
The following resolutions were
adopted by Carter Avenue Methodist
church Of this city:
Resolutions Of Coincidence
Whereas II has pleased an all.wise
and beneficent providence to remove
from our midst Miss Caroline Ham.
mond, who was killed in automobile
accident near Wichita Falls, Texas, on
the evening OF the 26th Of November,
and
Whereas we are bereaved at her
untimely and sudden taking away: and
deeply sympathize with her parents
and brothers; therefore be il.
Resolved. We, the congregation Of
Carter Avenue Methodist church. az.
sembled at the evening hour of wor.
ship do offer our united sympathy Ia
the bereavcd family In their hour Of
sorrow, and that We will invoke the
sustaining power of God in their be.
half. BE 1t further
Resolved, that a copy of these reso.
lutions be presented To the family Of
the deceased and that a o D be pub.
lished in The Daily Ardmoreite.
CARTER ANENUT METHODIST
CHURCH.
j. i. Russell. Pastor.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-28
NOTICE OF SALE OF OIL AND
GAS LEASE
State of Oklahoma,
County of Carter,

County of Carter.
In The County Court
Notice is hereby given in pursuance
Of an order of the County Court OF
Carter County, State of Oklahoma
made and entered on the 2Sth day Of
November, 1921, the undersigned guar.
dian will offer for sale and sell al
public auction TO the highest and best
bidder an Gil and gas mining lease
on the 5th day of December, 1921
at two O'Clock y. m, the following
desOibed lands situated in Garvir
County, state of Oklahoma, to1wit:
Northwest Quarter OF Southeast
Quarter and North Half of North
east Quarter of Southeast Quar-
ter, Section go, Township / North
Range 3 West. containing 60 acres.
Said oil and gas lease viii be sole
on the following terms and condi
lions. to-wit: Cash.
Said sale 10 be held in the county
Court Room of Carter, County, Ok.
lahoma, at the time above stated.
Dated this 18th day of November
1927.
ED ADRIAN. Guardian
Der 2S, %. 80, and Dec. LIST and 2nt
her 2S, %. 30, and Dec. LIST and 2nd
1921.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-28
PRIEST ARRESTED IN
RAID ON RESORT

GUTHRIE, Okla. Nov 2S.-Held on
charges Of occupying u room with
a woman for immoral purposes, Faith
er John Vangastell. Rector of st.
Mary's Catholic church here, and
head of st. Mary's Parochial school,
must answer TO the charges in pc.
lice court next Tuesday morning.
Father Vangastell was arrested by
police Friday night in a notorious ne
gro house on the edge Of the negro
section of the city, when the place
was raided for the second time that
day. He is out on bond. Alice Cole
man, negro woman, arrested in the
house at the same time is being held
in Jail here.
The priest denies the charges say
ing he went into the house by mis-
take.