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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-26
OKLAHOMA CITY COPS
CHASE BURGLARS WHO
MADE $4,000 HAUL

OKLAHOMA CITY. Oct. eG.-Pollct
authorities here were today making cx
tended efforts 10 trace the robber or
robbers who early last night entered
home In fashionable district and
made away with icwelry. sllvctwarc.
and furs valued at approximately sio..
0Oo. The robbery occurred at tho
home OF Mrs. NJ. Il. Dunning. vic,hms
Of the robbery. In addition 10 Mrs.
DunninR. II. j. Addison and Mr. ant
Mrs. $. \. Bcasloy. nll of whom live
at the Dunning residence.
Tho thieves entered the house be
tween S and 10 o'clock when nll the
tenants werc away. They rnnucict
the place thoroughly. oven to remov.
ing tho tops FROM iirclcss cooker
and omptying salt and pepper shakers
They gaincd entrance by smashing .
window glnsa with n rock.
Among the articles stolen were .
platinum wrist watch set with ie dla
monds. dinner ring set with twenty
diamonds, set OF silver valued Al
$4,000; and a seal fur sct
No arrests have been made.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-26
Quit Husband for $500;
Wants 100000 More

OKLAHOMA CITY. Oct eG.-A jury
in district court today is expected to
be asked TO decide whether balm for
the alleged alienation of n husbands
affections shall bc 100000 or 500.
The decision Is TO be rendered in n
suit brought by Mrs. Mamie Ward
against Mr.. and Mrs. j. Il. Ward
charging they have caused the love
OF her husband, ". $. Ward, their son.
to grow cold.
On the witness stand late yesterday
Mrs. Ward testified that n settlement
of differences between her and her
husband had been obtained FOR 500
when she was M and had but fifty
cents. She testified that her husbands Q
parents became suddenly rich from oil
and that with fortune OF SIC. 900 daily
pouring into their Golfers. they turned
from her and persuaded their son to
desert her. finally promising him ST..
600 daily to do so. She testified that
on account OF her poverty and Illness
she was unduly influenced to accept
an offer OF $500 to terminate their 10.
lations.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-26
Women Voters League
Holds Meet in MuSkogee

MUSKoGEE. Okla. Oct. 2G.--what
Is expected 10 prove one OF the most
brilliant assemblagcs the women OF
Oklahoma have held In many years
Is scheduled to take place in Musko.
gee today and tomorrow, when the
Oklahoma League of Women Voters
will hold its first annual convention.
chief interest centers about the visit
OF Mrs. Maud Wood Park of Wash.
ington. II. c.. national president Of
the league; Mrs. Richard Edwards of
Peru. Ind, national vice president.
and Mrs. Charles II. Dietrich. OF Hast.
ings. Nob.. regional director of the
sixth district. including Nebraska. Mis-.
souri,. Kansas. Iowa, Texas and Okla.
homa.
November I. Mrs. Laura Winters.
president OF the national federation Of
clubs. and Mrs. Leila Clark Pearson.
president OF the Oklahoma federation.
are expected to address the leagues
sessions.
The leawte of Women Voters In
Oklahoma is less than year old
IL now has a membership In excess OF
1000 with chapters In Muskogee,
Wagner. okmulgee. Tulsa. Oklahoma
City. Lawton, Ardmorc, clarcmore and
other cities.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-26
SEARCH CONTINUES
FOR MAIL ROBBERS
Loss Estimated at SO, 100000;
Large Force is ut Work
On the Case

NEW YORK. Oct. e6.-Bclcf that
the loot In Monday nights daring
mail truck holdup would exceed ST.
OOO. 900 was indicated by post office
authorities today following n partial
check of the contents OF the five
stolen pouches. From other sources
Il was learned the total might exceed
s.. 100000.
Officials Of one Wall Street firm said
the firm had sent 100000 In securl.
tlcs by registered mail on Monday
night. but that they had been unable
to learn yet whether II was In ono OF
tho five pouches taken by the three
bandits who held M the truck in lower
broadway.
Known iossos made public 10 far In
rludod SAGA. 600 In bonds. mailed To
clients by the Chase National Rank,
$1,000 In securities sent out 10y iitt,
rarwcl, and Parks; s3.i0O In bonds
mailed 10y Remick. Hodges and Conn
pany and $4,000 In securities sent out
10y Galloway. Fish and Company. All
these losses were said to be covered 10y
private Insurance.
IL also was reported that $4,000
consignment Of currency was included
In the stolen mail but this was not
confirmed by postofficc authorities. +,
was said. fun list of the losses prob
ably could not be complied for several
DAYS. The three men who staged the
holdup. were being sought by large
force " federal agents and city dc
tectives today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-26
BOY SEVER Ell V
WHIPPED; FATHER
is BEING HELD
w. T. Mauldin of Pooleville
Arrested Following State
ment of 13-year Old Son

w. T.. Mauldin, farmer living near
Poolevllle. is being held in the county
jail. charged with assault with u
dangerous weapon. Mauldin was ar
rested following statement made by
his son. Marvin, aged 49, who is now
confinel at the Hardy Sanatarium.
where he is being treated for severe
wounds. which he states were inflict.
ed by his father with the use Of a
rope. His injuries consist OF deep
abrasions on the face. back and thigh.
He states the rope with which he
was beaten, was three fourthg or an
inch in thickness.
The boy states that he returned ia
his home Wednesday evening after
playing with other children in the
neighborhood. and when he arrived
thero he found that his father had
been drinking. The father Immediately
proceeded 10 whip him, he says.
At the Jail last night the father
stated that he had warned his son not
To run about with the other children,
but that he had failed TO heed the
warning.
The boy was found on the road last
night. between the Roundup school
house and Pooleyillc, by II. +. Nc
Crory, local oil man. who was return
ing 10 Ardmore after visiting the Rob
berson field In Garvin county. Mr.
McCrory brought the boy to this city.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-26
HARDING TALK $. $,
ON RACE PROBLEM
At BIRMINGHAM
Rights Of American Negro
Viewed; Appeals to Ma
tion to Lay Aside
"Old Prejudices"
PRAISES SOUTH FOR
INDUSTRIAL ADVANCE
Conditions Following World
War Brings About Better
Understanding, He Says

BIRMINGHAM. Ala, Oct. 26.--The
right Of the American negro to broad.
er political, economic and educational
advantages. based on pride of race
but never on an inspiration for SO
cial equality was championed by
President Harding here today in
plainly wordcd cnunciation of his
views on the whole American race
problem.
These are some OF the principles
on which the president appealed tn
the nation to lay aside old prejudces
and old antagonisms. and give sup.
port to n constructive policy of ra-
cial relationship"
Politically and economically. there
need be no occasion or great and
permanent differentiation. provided on
the absolute divergence in things so
cial and racial"
II would say let the black man
vote when he Is fit 10 vote; prohibit
the white man voting when he is
unfit TO vote"
Wants Traditions Broken
"I wish that both the tradition of q
solidly democratic south and the ira
dition OF a solidly republican black
race might be broken up"
II would insist upon equal educa
tional opportunities for both"
'Men of both races may well stant
uncompromisingly against every sug
geston of social equality. This Is
not n question of social equality, bu
| a question OF recognizing a fundamen
tai. eternal inescapable difference"
Racial amaleamation there canno
be. Partnership of the races in de
vcloping the highest aims OF all hu
manhy there must be If humanity Il
10 achieve the ends which were here
toforc set oct for
The black man should seek 10 be
and ne should be encouraged TO be
the best possible black man and no
lhe best possible imitation Of whit
man"
Praises South
The presidents address, whlcl
brought him from Washington OF
his first extended trip into the South
since Inauguration, was delivered a
q semi.centennial celebration OF tn
founding Of the city Of Birmingham
II was devoted almost exclusively L
the race question. although Mr. Hard
ing also took occasion 10 praise III
stuth for its industrial recovery an
60 renew his faith in the world lead
ership OF n reunited nation.
/. He said in part:
THE world war brought us to fu
recognition that the race problem
national. rather than merely sec
tional
"Therc arc no authentic statistics
but Il IL common knowledge that tn
world war was marked by Il grea
migration OF colorcd people TO III
North and West. They were a
tracted by the demand for labor an
the higher wages offered. II ha
brought the question Of race close
10 North and West and. I believe.
has served 10 modify somewhat tn
view of these sections on this que
continued on page siN)
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-26
HANGAR BEING BUILT
AT MUNICIPAL FIELD

Construction of hangar at the
municipal dying field was started
Tuesday morning 10y oakley and As
kew and will be completed In about
three weeks. The building will be 20
by 90 feet aud accomodatc four ma
chimes. In cases OF emergency eight
machines can be 'sandwichcd' into
the building,
On account OF building operations
the scaUhlight system has not been
installed but work viii begin as soon
as the building Is finished. Win the
completion of these projects Ardmoc
viii have one ut the most complete
flying fields In the country. consid'
.ring the size Of the city and the num-
bcr OF planes here.
The two planes OF the oaklcy'As'
kew company. the Hardy ambulance
plano and the commercial plane OF
Dr y. NJ. Evans are now Kept at the
field.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-26
NO LOSS OF LIFE
REPORTED in PATH
OF GULF HURRICANE

JACKSONVILLE. Fla. Oct. &c
The gulf hurricane apparently had
PASSED into the Atlantic ocean today
after sweeping across the Florida pen.
lnsrla in northeasterly direction.
Wire communication south Of here
SIN was severed except down the rim
OF the east coast which was not at.
fected below. and the only reports on
conditions in south Florida. were
brought here by train crews.
No loss OF life had been reported to-
day but considerable damage Is report.
ed to have been done to the orange
crop in the inundation Of the low. lands.
Low parts Of the city OF Tampa were
reported 10 have been under water
owing to high tide In Tampa Bay and
the Hillsboro river Rail service was
being maintained In the stricken area
but some lines were under several feet
Of water, forcing detours over other
routes.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-26
Lonely AutoiSt Relieves
Boy Of $50 and His Shoes

Knocked out by liquor or drugs. rob
bed OF $50 and his shoes. Il the story
told Police Judge sullivan Tuesday
afternoon by Lawrence Cunningham
is-ycar.old boy farmer OF Chlckasha
who Is here On route home.
Lawrence said he had been TO the
Dallas fair and when returning met a
man who was driving through In an
automobile and wanted company
Just out OF Dallas he offered the boy
dfink which was refused. Later
Monday night when II began to turn
cool the boy took one drink of the
liquor, he said. He doesn't remember
what happened after that time.
lie was picked up ON East Main
street. near Cajdo. whore he said the
officers found him. Ills money was
gone ns was a pair OF new shoes that
he had bought IN DALLAS lie vas
wearing pair Of shoes. which hs
said looked like those worn b, The
driver OF the car.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-26
UNION CHIEFS ARE.
EXPECTED TO BOLT.
CONFERENCE SOON .
Leaders are Face to Face
With Rail Executives, So
Strike Rests

CHICAGO, Oct. 2G.-Leaders OF the
six railroad unions which have called
strike for Oct 80 were brought
lace 70 face with railroad executives
Today by the railroad labor board for
a public hearing in an effort to
achieve peaceful settlement Of the dis.
rutes leading 10 the threatened tie up
OF transportation next Sunday
On the eve of The meeting the board
announced that the BROTHERHOOD 5
complaints, largely over rules and
working conditions, must be scttlcd
before the additional ten per cent
wage cut proposed by the roads could
oe considered. Union leaders have as
serted that this further leducto'
Dulkcd largely in their grievances.
AZ the same time, a committee OF
the Association of Railroad Executives
reiterated its intention of applying
lur further reductions in wages, in
order that they might further reduce
rates.
koll call of the 600 general chail
( men of the brotherhoods was planneU
| Jy the board as the opening acton
| 81 the congress today and then Jnu.
man H. NJ Barton was 10 read I,
| ,tatoment outlining the questions
/ considered The remainder of tn.
-ssions will be arranged according /.
developments.
Many, 1t is understood, hold tn,
.,m.on that the controversy i,adI.
Ip to the strike call. is disput,
between the unions and the boar,
INer the - per cent wage cut :
/ luly !, with which thn eXccutiv
are not directly concerned.
II was also rumored that the broth
crhood chiefs. unless satsfactor!
settlement is reached before THURSDAY
night. will bolt the conference, s,
that their generel chairmen may re
turn TO their homes TO take charge o
the strike situation next sunday morn
ing.
General chaimen OF the engineer
will not be present at the meeting, !
| wis Sald, since tne power 10 ICNOh
the call rests with the executive com
mittec. Examination Of the labo
boards statement apparently forestal
ing further wage decrease proposal
for time. disclosed today that som
of the unions now on the verge OF
walkout would not be affected b
this ruling The conductors 1t is said
have no dispute before the board ol
rules or working conditions, so tina
J wage proposals affecting them woul
not bc affected by the boards rllin
and petitions for wage reductions il
their case could be taken up at once
Others oc the rs STANDARD" rallroa
unions are in the same position. also
ii was understood. The shopmen.
is said have the greatest numbe
Of rules disputes on file. In their casC
ana with some Of the other unon'
The boards wage decision could nc
be considered before March at tn
, earliest.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-26
LA TES T

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct e6.--Frank
y. Adams. mail clerk and guard. was
shot and killed by masked bandit
who entered the Ferry postofficc early
this morning and escaped with n saoS
of registered mail. according To the
police. The value Of the loot has not
Yet been determined.
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo-. Oct Sc
Mollic Steiner. convicted New York
anarchist. will not be- dcportcd to Rus.
sia tomorrow as scheduled because of
an error in tho address of communica.
tion papers. releasing her from the
Missouri pcnlicntiary on condition she
bc dcpurtcd,
WASHINGTON. oct e6.--officials
of miners unions In the disturbed
West Virginia coal fields were charged
today by A. u. Mcstcr, former union
organizer with having aided directly
In supplying arms to miners engaged
In the recent march on Logan county
and with having encouraged The march.
----ss
OKMULGEE. okla. Oct 20. -- Lon
Kuhn, suspended sheriff ot Okmulgcc
county awitiug his third trial on charg
es OF malfcasancc In office. was arrest
ed this morning by United states De
putty Marshal Grant Cowcn on a war
rant issued yesterday by Commission
or +. T.. Lamb charged with setting ur
and operating a whiskcy still
WASHINGTON. Oct 96.-'rhc tropi
cal storm which has swept the Florida
peninsula for the past % hours. pass
ed out into the Atlantic ocean last
midnight between st. Augustine ans
Titusyillc, reports received early to
day by the weather bureau said.
PERRY. okla, oct 2s.-Efforti
were continued today 10 secure d
I jury for trial OF George Wills, charged
with the murder of Kirby Frans. fed
crdl prohibition officer. Attorneys ex
pressed the belief that taking n
testimony might begin late In the day
Wills is alleged TO have shot Franz
to death last November while th'
latter was searching his farri hons
near hcrc for still.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-26
JOHNSON AND VAN
N0Y bound over
DISTRICT court
Attorneys for Defendants
Waive Hearing Before
Judge Winfrey in Ad-
jOurned Session
BOND RE-AFFIXED
AT $4,000 EACH
Lawyers Will Permit Case to
Be Tried on Previous
Testimony

Oscar Van Noy and Wesley John
son. charged with murder in conncc-
ton with the death of Josephine and
Lola Wilson, which occurred resultant
OF an automobile collision on the night
of October IA. were bound over for
trial in the district court by decision
OF Judge VI. +. Winfrey. who presided
at the conclusion OF the preliminary
hearing in the county court room this
morning. Attorneys for the defendants
Immediately swore out writs of habeas
corpus, and the district court fixed
bond at $4,000 each, which were pre-
scented and the defendants released for
appearance at the trial.
The hearing in the county court room
this morning, which was to have been
continuation Of the proceedings
which had commenced last Wednes-
day night, October 10, was OF not more
than five minutes duration. Attorney
II. II. Brown. on behalf of defendant
Van Noy, announced that inasmuch as
the attorneys for the prosecution and
for the defendant johnson had intro
duced their proof on the first day of
the hearing. Van Noy did not care
to submit further proof. and submit
ted the case to the judgment Of tho
court on the strength Of previously
presented testimony. Attorneys for
Johnson announced that they also sub
mitted the case to the court. The ac'
ton Of the court in binding the pris.
oners for trial in the district court
followed.
A large attendance Of observers were
present at the hearing. although it did
net equal the large crowd which wit
hessed the proceedings last Wodnes
day night. The bar enclosure was
filled with relatives of the defendants
ard attorneys.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-26
M.,RRiING BARBER GETS
IN GRAY HAIRED CLASS

Rev Georss W. Lewis. VINO is also
a barber on Caddo street. and during
of hours looks FOR truant boys ana
girls. Monday afternoon was called
upon TO tie the nup,ial knot for an
aged. white.haired couple, TIE nervous
bridegroom being 7. T. Taylor. age q.
and the bride. Mrs. n. X. Lunday.
age g.. A large crowd gathered -
the little barber shop. some out 6
curiosity. others being well.wishsfs .
tho couple.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-26
FOUR PRISONERS SENT
TO THE PENlTENTIARY

John McCauley and y. u. eagle.
convicted for larceny. and John Boyle
and Rex 8. Baxter. convicted for
murder. were sent 10 the state pcni
tentiary at McAlester Tuesday In
custody OF A. J. Harris and Ed stew
art. Dr. W. A. Merriott. who IL now
serving n term at the prison. was
brought here rs a witness In the
case against Ira Hammer. and war
returned Tuesday.
Four prisoners will he sent to the
state prison at Granite Thursday In
--ustody of Deputy Sheriff A. W.
Gaines.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-26
Legion Wants More Drastic
Laws Governing Transmission
Of Anarchists Literature
Americanization Committee
Considers Matters to Be
Submitted at National
Convention

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Oct. 26.-More
drastic legislation governing the trans
mission of anarchist and radical lit
erature through the mails was rec
commended by the Americanization
committee of the American Legion
here today through the committee's s
director, Alvin NJ. Owsley OF Denton,
Texas. The committees report began
consideration OF 4 large number OF
recommendation to bc submitted tC
tho national convention Of the Lesion
here next week.
The directors report recommends
the passage of a law which would
prohibit the sending through tn,
mails of any printed. written. photo
graphic or pictorial matter thai
has an un-American tendency and alsC
an insurance chusc prohibiting th'
sale of such matter,
Members Of the committee said how
ever. that nothing in the recommended
tions should be construed as aimee
Mt the freedom OF speech or the free
dom Of the press.
There is too great a loosoness now
In the carriage through the mails %
radical. anarchistic and other nm
American publications. said DR.. Ows
ley. former assistant attorney genera
Of Texas.
Laws Not Stringent Enough
THE present laws are not strin
gent enough. They do not prohibi, th'
dissemination OF un.Amcrican propa
ganda."
The commissioners discussed tn
eases OF Eugene V. Dcbs, serving
prison term In the federal pcni,en
,iary at Atlanta. after having beet
convicted OF violating the war tint
laws and Grover G. Bcrgdoll. Amcri
can draft evadcr. now In Europe.
Concerning the Debs case, lindse!
Blalncy of Texas said:
"Debs violated certain statutes o
the United states lie was foun'
guilty and sentenced to serve
term In the federal penitentiary an'
the Legion proposes to see that h
pays the penalty meted out to hin
by constituted courts. The Amerca'
Legion stands for upholding law ant
Continued on Page SiO
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-26
SEMI . CENTENARY
is CELE B R ATED
BY BIR M INGHAM
Pageant Depicts History of
Alabama Metropolic as the
Fastest Growing City

BIRMINGHAM, Oct. 96.-Blrming-
hams birthday party, celebrating the
fiftieth anniversary of the city, is
being made an even greater OCCASION
through the first official visit of the
President and Mrs. Harding to the
South since the Inauguration.
President Harding and his party ar
rived here at S:45 Il. IN. today to
attend the event
The celebration is featured by the
historical pageant depicting the fifty
years OF the city's history and stress
ing the fact that Birmingham is In,
largest city Of its age In America be.
ing tho only city in the 2O0o class
which was founded after 1870, and
one of only few cities Of It's size
which were not in existence during
the civil war. The celebration which
opened Monday will continue through
out the entire week.
The president was met at Pei City
by committee of prominent citizens
Of Birmingham and Alabama. Upon
his arrival he headed the parade II
which participated practically all tho
civic, fraternal, patriotic, military ant
scmi.militaiy organiza tons Of Birming
ham. and many from other cities. II
addition to the national guard units
there was guard Of 1000 members
Of the American Legion In uniform
and a special guard OF honor com
posed of veterans who were wounded
overseas. The grand marshal OF tn,
parade will b. Brig. Gen. Il. T.. stein
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-26
VINO FOUND LOST POODLE.

will the lady who phoncd IN reply
To a want cd regarding lost French
l-codle please call No. again. as the
q. sset address wss los,.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-26

Dr. Walter NJ. johnson who -
been M and who spent several dnyo Il
Temple and Marlin. TexAs. ~ /
turned and is In charge VI ~ 80
lice.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-26
Priest Lured From Home
on Sick Call and Killed

LEAD. s. d.. oct. 2s.--Father Ar.
thur H. Dclknap. parish priest at 1t.
patrlcks church. was ured from his
home here early today and shot to
death.
DUBUQUE. Iowa. oct, se.-Rev. Ar.
thur n Belknap of Lead. $. H.. was
shot and killed by bandits at Lead
early this morning when answering o
sick cali. according 10 a telegram re.
ccived by his sister here today.