davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune., 1921-07-24
Want Ford as Rail Chief
Fruit Growers Ask Harding to
Let Auto Maker Run Roads

HART, Mich, July 23.-A petition to
President Harding asking that the
railroads be turned over to Henry
Ford for operation, signed by 400 fruit
growers of Oceana County, was mailed
to Washington to-day.
The signers, who set forth in the
petition that freight rates are taking
most of the profits on their crops,
pointed out that Mr.. Ford recently re-
duced rates on his Detroit, Toledo &
Ircnton Railway.
New-York tribune., 1921-07-24
Dublin Opt;mist;c

Dublin Optimistic
DUBLIN, July % (By The Associated
Press) The impression is growing
here that the Irish peace offer made
Continued On nCxt pase)
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-22
Y FUND REACHES
TOTAL OF $34,SO6
Daily Contributions Are
Still Above Average
Needed for Quota

y More than two-thlrds, or s34,-
5000. have been contributed to the
So. 900 budget fund Of the Y. NJ
a. A., and with the workers all on
their toes the executive committee
is Confident before the campaign
closes saturday he fun amount will
have been subscribed.
Tho total reported at the luncheon
Yesterday as the result OF the "a
hours work ending at noon Thurs
dlv was sS,067, slightly below the
figures IN the previous days can
,asg. The average of $S,333, neccs-
ssry 20 be raised each day ~ the
campaign is to be n success. is still
secure "a the workers exceeded
those figures for the first three
DAYS work,
Entering on the last two days
canvas, the workers are determined
tha, tho whole $4,000 shall be sub
scribcd Nothing daunted by tho
rain thev were out I'm full force yes
.te.iay afternoon, and today's figures
ar. expected to equal those of any
other day this week.
with tho executive committees
team. II. G.. Tyrrell. captain. report
ing S4,SU6, IL stu main fains the fine
average of over $4,000 daily since
the campaign began. Carl Dut-
folds team is another which has
am unbroken average. having re-
ported more than $500 each day this
week. his report yesterday showing
$50 captain Chambers team dis
placed Dalton Bain's team for sec
uud place. having 1919 while Cap
tain WltWer held third place again
with total OF $500.
Elmer f. Lindquist, Y. NJ. c. A.
secretary to the Indians in the west.
crn region, delivered short ad-
dress Mr.. Lindquist has charge OF
indian "Y" work in ten states. lie
makes his Headquarters in, Denver.
a feature of Saturdays luncheon
VII be a short address by II. b,
Doarhako, state secretary Of the Y.
NJ g. A. with headquarters a,
Oklahoma City.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-22

Mabel and Ethel, having hcon eu-
gagged az clerks In the service Of a
bank were instructed no VITO com
ply with the Wishes--et those cus-
toners who wrote asking tu have
their bank books made up and TO.
turned To them
All went well for time. but
gradually their occasional five min
utcs' leave from the office broad.
cnod into half hours
This caused some indignation
among the maio members OF the
staff, until one OF them had "a bright
idea
Mabel and Ethel. ndIourniug as
usual tn their cluakruum one morn .
ing for quiet chat were confront
cd with tn" following notice pasted
prominently ANrnsa tho mIrrnr.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-22
JEWELRY FIGURES
IN STOKES TRIAL
Mrs. Stokes Mother Is
Grilled About Loss of,
$4,000 in Gems

NEW YORK, April 2t--Mrs EN-
ma Miller under cross cxamisation
today by counsel for W E. ID.
Stokes millionaire. I'm his divorce
suit against her daughter. Helen
Elwood Stokes. hotly resented quos-
tions concerning tho Joss by the lat
ter, ON trip from apenver to New
York, of $4,000 worth OF Jewels.
Mrs. Miller declared the question
ing was for the purpose OF aiding \
negro porter named Williams, who
has been charged with the theft and
whose defense, she declared, had
been undertaken by Mr.. Stokes
Mrs. Miller reiterated that only 8
few OF the pieces of jowclry had
been given to Mrs. Stokes by her
husband Many OF them. she said,
she herself, had given to her
daughter and the latter had bought
others. But when questioned as TO
the value Of the iowelry or what She
herself paid for, such as she had
given to Mrs. stokes, Mrs. Miller
turned TO supreme court Justice
Finch and asserted the cross exam
ination was becoming insulting.
rs II not true" Herbert Smyth
Stokes counsel. asked, that a
jeweled watch included among tn,
missing articles. was given TO Mrs
stokes by a w. T. Meyer. OF 81
Louise
II don't remember" replied Mrs
Miller.
Did not your daughter send a
telegram TO Mr.. Meyer I'm st. Louis
asking him the number OF IN,
watch 2"
II don't remember. except that
believe the watch was left. in St
Louis to be repaired"
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-22
Meddis Are AWditing
EN-WdriHcs in Tulsa

Onc ot the leftover Jpns of the
world war Is the awarding OF. vic
tory m'dnls ana battle clasps Co oN.
marines Tor services rendered while
they were ln the scrN1vc. u haf
proved ditficult Tor these awards to
hv made iu many instances because
Of the fact that the men earning
them have changed their local ad.
dress. According to- word received
from headquarters recruiting dis.
trirt iu Kansas city there arc q num-
hcr of cN-marincs I'm this district
who have awards from the govern
mcut due them. these medals may
hc obtained by applying to the
United states marine corps recruit
ing station, f26 Main street Kansas
CITY Mo. according to Etholbcri
Talbot captain OF the I. $. marine
Corps.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-22
Captains of Americas
Great Industries May
Gather in Conference

WASHINGTON. April 2i.-A
proposal that the recognized
heads Of the banking. railroad.
coal farming and oil industries
and the heads of labor unions uf
the country be called into a great
general conference to discuss
measures to remedy present un-
settled economic conditions was
made TO President Harding today
by delegation OF representatives
OF various farm organizations.
They called at the white house
headed by Senator Capper Kansas.
and Charles =. Barrett, Georgia.
president OF the national farmers
union.
President Harding listened at
tentively to the proposition and
said he would take it under con-
sidpration.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-22
LdSdIie Bank OUners
Responsible for Crash

SPRINGFIELD, III. April ell
The supreme court today took steps
for the recovery OF million and u
quarter dollars the capital paid sur
plus OF the dcfuuct LaSnllc street
Trust a Savings bank in decision
ordering the former board OF direct
ors including "1on-aCtiNc' to stand
responsible directors
The decision rcVerscs tho lower
count and rcmands the case.
Directors OF the LaS1llc street
bank were also held liable for $500
600 nf thcir ohnrEes.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-22
TRY MARINE CASE FRIDAY
Government Ready to Prove charges
of impCrsonation against Four.

OF impCrsonntion NgainSt Four.
The "Marnc" trial comes up
Friday in federal court accord
ing to c. a. Summers. assistant
United states district attorney who
will prosecute the case. The case
was first dockotcd for Wednesday
but held over until Thursday and
now ia ON call Summers said late
Thursday night that the case would
be one of the first called today
-Four men are defendants In the
case, Elmer w Douds. w. Ilalscy
Wood, W. j. Nibbard ana n, I.
jenkins Tho men are charged with
imporsonating United states officers.
They are said tu have come to Tulsa
early i'm the year Of 1919 and posing
as representatives ot the government
laid elaborate plans FOR "A roproduC
tiun Of the battle " the Marnc. In
der the Euisc Of being army officers
they are alleged to have swindled
Tulsans out OF several thorsand of
dollars.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-22
one Dead IN Detroit blast.

DETROIT April gi-Onc boy h.
dead. one woman missing and four
women injured hy an explosion In 4
garage ia the rear OF M. Ng7O Fort
street west this afternoon, The
explosion wrecked five houses u
greenhouse and the garage The
garage was blown to- bits II caught
fire and In tcw moments had ptac.
IichllN alnnrnrnh
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-22
JURY FINDS NEGRO GUILTY
Herman Tcnnancc WIN Bc Sentenced
ON Grnnh Larceny Charge.

Herman Tennance. negro, was
found guilty Of the charge of larc-
ney Of an interstate shipment by a
jury In federal court Thursday Judge
Colin Neblett will fix the punishment
Saturday. Tonnancp was charged
with having broken into n box car
on the Frisco siding and stealing two
cases OF coffee.
Court attaches said that the
government casc was one Of the most
complete heard here for some time.
The movement OF the shipment Of
coffee was traced from the time IL
left the wholesale house in st. Louis
until it was found In the negroN
home. About 90 witnesses testified
for the government.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-22
NEGRO DENIES THE CHARGE
Held without Bond for Killing Of
NcgrcSe at Hickory Mines.

EODert Cruft, negrO, at his ar
raignment before Justice =. G. Max
ey Thursday. pleaded not guilty to
"A charge OF murder and was com
mltted to Jail without bond for pre-
iminary hearing on MAY 6.
The murder charge was preferred
against Craft for the killing OF Ethel
Rose, n negress. at tho Hickory
coal mines on March 3. The shooting
was said to have been due to jcal-
ousy on the part of Craft.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-22
ALL CLEAR FOR LANDS NOW


WASlilNGTON. April 2t.-.J Judge
k"ncsnw Mountain Lands will not
hc brought TO trial by the house ON
Impeachment Nh1rgcs unless new
Chnrrcs are preferred against him.
THIS decision has been reached
finally 10y the house judiciary com
mi,tec 1t was learned this afternoon
At this time there is NO member uf
the house known tu hc cuntcmplat
Ing the bringing of such charges
against the Judge.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-22

DALLAS. Texas. April 2t-Polico
today rcdouhlcd their efforts TO cap
uIro the ",mbhcU" "a person who
has boon entering homes here and
clubbing his victims as they LAY
asleep Early today he entered tho
homo of MIR, and Mrs. Shively Rus
sell and with blows Of 4 club frac-
rurrd Mrs Russclrs skull and frac-
urcd her husbnnds jaw while they
.,tprp pslppp iu bod
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-22
A TARHEEl REVENUE CHIEF
David n. Blair Is Made Internal
Rcvcnuc Commissioner.

WASHINGTON. April 21,---Davd
IL. Blair Of Winston Salmen. $. c.
will be the now commissioner OF in
ternal revenue Formal announce
mont was made today by Secretary
OF the Treasury Mellon that he had
recommended Blair's appointment.
to the president and he said the
this week.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-22
Thus Wearing Out.

Little Vernon was visiting hls
grandparents In the country. and.
seeing quantity OF feathers scat
tered over the hen yard. said,
Grandpa, you ought to do some
thing to keep your chickens from
wearing ont an -"
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-22

two states This will bc submitted
to the court for its approval and is-
suauCV.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-22
NEW SURPLUS ARMY GOODS

Leather Palm Army Mittous .......,.
RalnCuats. made OF gas mask cloth o.,
New Aluminium Folding Mess Pans ...
New Aluminium Army Bottle Cantccns .
New Short Handle EnircnChing ShOvels
New Short Handle Onc-edgC Hand Axe
New Black Rubber Army Pocket Combs
New Rubbcrset Army Shaving Brushes
New Wool Regulation overseas Caps .
New Government Khaki llandkerChiefs
New Folding Cots. khaki cloth cover g.
New Folding Camp Stools ..,.,,......
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-22
ARMY BREECHES 85c
MEMS PANTS
Khaki

Renovated Brooches that were
being held for reissue to troops.
Made Of finest grade cotton
khaki and gaberdine,
Reclaimed o. -. wool Brecches si.05
Reclaimed Cotton Khaki Coats .... SOC
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-22

THIS II one of
~ chain Of stores
established bv
our company for
the sale Of sur
plus government
shoes. clothing
ana equipment
Millions of dol
lars worth ~
surplns ant sal
Nnged & q tls
from q "a tn pa
training stations
arsenals. fac
tories and over
seas will he sold
through I h ese
stores.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-22
MISCELLANEOUS ARMY GOODS

old Model Havorsack complete with leather shoulder
Pack Carrier Hayergack ........
tsod Covers for Cantecns
Renovated Leather jenkins OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
Navy Middcs. all wool A...,.......,...........
Used Cartridge Belts ...,...........,....
Khaki cloth Money Rcts Observation-Disclosures.
Gas Masks for Souvenirs
SrUPLIS SADDLES AND SADDLE BAGS
New Mcclellan Sadd,c, rNsset leather .,.....,....
NtW Double Shudlc 5aRs '.''''''''' ....,..,
New Single Saddle Bags ......,...............
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-22

TENTS OF ALL KINDS
We operate a tent factory at St. Louis.
We can make any size you want.
Ask us for one of our special catllogs Tents and
tarpnuns ~ ull kinds rock bottom luw prices,
based on today's low cotton market
SKI Boy Scout Tents ............ so ~
Xxi NuW KHAKI Wull Tents. lU-OH .......... $3.50
SAl0 Sew Khaki wan Tents ............., 1880
lONI2 Now Khaki wall Tents ............ S21 so
1BAlG Slightly lscd Army pyramid Tents made Of
l2-oZ KHAKI, waterproof Observation-Disclosures. S35. 90
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-22
SHOES

Officers Dress Shoes Observation-Disclosures. so. .a5
Genuine L. 8. Army Marching Shoes .,.. a... Si.B5
Genuine L. 3. Army Hobnai Shoes .... u .. s5.S5
Army Munson Last Work shoes 81 .g5 20 $3.50
surplus British Army Hip Rubber Boots .... Si.D5
Best Grade Leather puttees, mahogany color, .....
spring front and strap style .,.s.,....... $3.50
canvas cuff Leggins, army regulation ...... O5c
New Wool Spiral wrap Leggins .,.........,Si Si.25
New-York tribune., 1921-01-19
2 Die, 10 FIurt
As Blast Fires
Film Factories
Woman Killed in Leaping
From Fire Escape as Big
Building in Bayonne, N.
j., Burned to the Ground
Another Is Near Death
Explosions Hurl Masses of
Flames 200 Feet, Ignit-
ing Other Structures

A man was burned to death, a girl
killed when she jumped from fire es-
cape, and ten other persons were se-
verely injured in blaze that destroyed
building housing two motion picture
film factories in Bayonne. N. j., yes
terday.
The fire started on the first floor of
the structure, at Fo1ty-third Street and
Avenue E, occupied by the Cello Film
Company, and spread to the floor above,
where the Universal Film Company has
its plant, so rapidly that rescue of the
employees was next to impossible.
Miss Ethel Suckow, twenty-four years
cd, of 662 Avenue E, and Arthur Post.
twenty-one years old, of 922 Broad
way, Bayonne, both Universal employees,
are dead. Posts BODY was found in the
ruins. Miss Suckow lcaped from the
fire escape landing at the second sto. y.
Her body was discovered lying beside
the New Jersey Central tracks.
Albert Scott, twenty-three years old,
Of 81 West Forty-third Street, New
York, was burned so badly he is ex-
Hospital, as were the following, all CT
them suffering flom burns about the
head, face and body:
Charles Kerner, twenty-four years
old, s45 Broadway, Bayonne; George
A. Swayze, Vauxhall Apartments,
Springfield Avenue, Jersey City; Rob
ert Chestnut, twenty-six years cd;
Lucius Garden, twenty-four years old;
and Joseph Gordon, twenty-five years
old, all Of sos Railroad Avenue, New
ark; Nathan Vernon, 27o Seigel Strset,
Brooklyn; Miss Martha BirnhaGm,
twenty-five year old, 92S Summit Ave-
nue., Jersey City; Fred Conover, twen-
ty-two years old, negro, 81 West For
ty-third Street, New York, and r. A.
Semple, thlrty-four years old, New
York.
Fire Chief Alfred Davis is conduct
ing an investigation u determine the
cause of the fire. 1t started with an
explosion that blew the windows out
of the building. Lesser explosions as
the films burned hurled masses of
tame as far as 200 feet, and several
structures were ignited.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-19
Bill Would Repeal Excess
And War Profits Taxes
Measure Introduced in House
Substitutes Flat Levy of 1870
ON All Corporations
rosn The Trtbnne's IYoshtaoton RMreaM

From The Trtbpne's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Jar. 18.-Repeal of
the egcers and war profits taxes and
she substitution of fiat tax Of Is per
cent on all corporations, including those
Aow exempted, is provided in bill
intr duoed to-day in the House by Rep
scSentativc Clarence j. Mcleod. of
Michigan. The measure has the in
dorseuent of Chairman Fordney and
his Committee on Ways and Means,
and is regarded as the init al step tow
ard elimination Of all obnoxious taxes
by the incoming Administration.
Simp'iiication Of all corporation in
come taxes Is one of the prime objects
VI Mr. McLeod's bill, which would br. ng
into the Treasury Golfers. according t.
government economic experts, abort
SA5o.000,0 600, or more than enough in
revenues to take care of any losses
through abolition of the excess profits
tax. allowances for railroads. public
service corporations and corporations
earning legs than 81 900 are among the
principal exemptions of to-day which
would be taxed under the b;ii Tax.
s'Ion OF the corporations now coming
crc~s sns $1,000 exemption, It is esti
masea woulo bring in about sos, ,000, 900
Mr. hcLeod said to-day that he did
not expect action on his bill at the
present session. ut will serve the nur.
yse.- ne said, "of putting before the
rouse the new taxation program which
chairman Fordney believes Ia tho hes,
trMepy Ior existing difficulties"
New-York tribune., 1921-01-19
u. S. Court Imposes
$4,000 Zines ON
Is i'm Sand Trust
Four Firms, ii individuals,
Plead Guilty to Charges
Barred by Lockwood; Com
bi11e Ordered Dissolved

Four sand and gravel corporations
and eleven individuals, who were in
dcted by a Federal grand jury in De-
cen Der on charges growing out of the
Lockwood committees disclosures OF
tAe building situation, yesterday
pleaded guilty to violation of the
Sherman antitrust law. Judge Learned
Hand imposed fines aggregating $40,-
900.
The court also signed decree dis
solving the Sand and Gravel Dealers
Board of Trade. formed by the defend
ants. The indictments charged that
the defendants maintained a monopoly.
A fine of $4,000 each was imposed
on these corporations:
The Goodwin-Gallagher Sand and
Gravel Corporation.
The Manhattan Sand Company, Inc.
The Lenox Sand and Gravel Com
pany, Inc.
The Colonial Sand and Stone Com
pany, Inc.
The individuals fined were:
John j. Gallagher. vice-president Of
he Goodwin Gallagher Cvrpor~ tion.
$4,000; Peter C. Gallagher, treas lrer,
"A 000; Frank +. Gallagher, secretary,
$4,000.
Joseph Gallagher, secretary treasurer
of the Manhattan Sand Company,
S 900; Frank Rowsey, manager Sl,5Oo
William J. MahoneY, president of
the Lenox Sand and Gravel Company,
81 200; Richard A. Scanlan, secretary,
81 900.
Eugene P. Clark, executive secretary
of the Sand and Gravel Dealers Board
If Trade, $4,000.
Lawrence Rukeyser, president of the
Col nial Sand and Stone Company.
81 500.
Thomas Lanigan and Martin Lanigan,
VI the firm of Lanigan Broth
RS, sand dealers, $1,000 and $1,000, re-
spcctively.
Judge Hand indicated that he con-
idered such cases properly belonged
n the stats courts. Edgar Bracket,
counsel for the defendants, pleaded
hat the fines be not heavy, because,
he said the violations of the Federal
aw were few in number. The Court
held that in the future the alleged
violations of the Federal law must have
more than a slight coloring of the Of
~ense charged.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-19
Davenport Taxation
Body Is Continued
Until March /, 1922
Legislature Also Prolongs
Life of Committees on
Labor Laws, Highways
and Salaries of Teachers
From a Staff Correspondout

ALBANY, Jan. 1s.-The Legislature
to-day granted new lease OF lite to
the Davenport joint legls s.ative COM
mittee on taxation when Aresolution
was adopted giving the committee until
March I, 1922, to make it's final report.
The committee has been selected by
Governor Miller to carry out the recon-
mendations he made in his first annual
message for an Investigation of tax
alton methods in the state and to
recommend legislation to eliminate ex-
listing inequallties in the tax law. The
resolution carries an appropriation Of
$4,000.
The Davenport committee was Gre
ated in 1919 to frame the state inc ome
tax law Since then it has been instru-
mental in bringing about number of
improvements in methods Of taxation.
The committee is now engaged in draft
ing bills carrying out Governor Mil.er's
recommendations for the consolidate [ n
of the states tax collecting agencies.
Three other committees were con-
t;nued by the Senate. They are the
Knight committee, to. recodly la,oA
laws; the Hewitt highway commit tee
and the Mullan committee, investigate
ing the teachers salary question.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-19
Mine Workers Ask for
u. S. Troops in Alabama
Governor Says That National
Cuo'tl ss Able to Look After
the Strike Situation

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.-A request
that Federal troops be sent into the
coal mine strike district in Alabama to
replace the Alabama National Guard
has been received at the VIII tie House
from the United Mine Workers of Ala
bama.
The request was referred to the War
Department. Officials there decided
that the request sh ould come from the
Governor if the situation was such as
to warrant the presence of regulars.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Jan. 1s.-Gov-
ernor kilby said to-day the state
milit was able to cope with the strike,
and that he was not sposed to enter
tain request to ask for Federal troops.
JASPER, Ala, Jan. Estate troops
were on guard in the courtroom here
to-day when the grand jury resumed
hearings in connection with the lynch
ing of William Baird, coal miner.
Eleven members of the ALBANIA Ma
tional Guard are under arrest in the
case, and two guardsmen, Guy Cannon
and Clyde Springer, were brought from
B rmingham to-day under mil tary es-
cort to appear before the grand jury.