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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-02
John s. Sdnkey, oil Operator,
Kills Self

(From Fort Worth Star-ToIcgramD
with his hcaEt pierced by a steel
bullet, the body Of John 4. GaclD
sankey 42. wealthy oil operator,
was found at o o'clock Wednesday
morning on the floor OF his office
In the Metropolitan hotel Near his
feet was a 32-calihcr pistol. ono
shell had hoen DISCHARGED
Death WIS duo TO bullet wound.
noIf-inflicted, according to the vor-
dict returned by Justice Emmett
Moore, who held the inquest.
Sankoy was organizer and presl-
dent Of the Sankey OH company.
lie also was one of 1he principal
stockholders In tho Skeliy oil COM
pany.
About o'clock Wednesday
morning sankcy returned to the
hotel IN n service car. He went dI-
roctly 10 his office rooms.
Driver Warns Friend.
According TO j. NJ. Mildrcn Of
Los Angeles, u close friend Of the
self-slain man. he was notified by
the driver OF the car that Sankcy
lhad taken "A pistol TO his room with
him.
Mlldrcn rushed 20 Sankey's office
on the second floor OF the hotel. no
said. He found tho door locked
from the inside. i. 4. Rufnnn,
engineer at the hotel was called and
climbed through the transom into
the rooms.
lie then. opened the door. and
Mlldren, with r. A. Shanloy of
Eastland, entered. Snnkey was
found on the floor In n pool OF
blood. He was dead at that time.
A mahi at the hotel said that n few
minutes before she had heard tho
fatal shot.
: MIR Sankey had been drinking
for about eight days" said a state
ment given TO Justice Moore by
Mrs. y. Holley, housokeepor at the
hotel HE appeared 20 be nervous
Monday night he told me he was
going 10 XIII himself lie said he
would bc better Off dead. I called
DIR. Kelley, who gave him some
medicine. During this time / don't
believe nc ever slept. lie would
come to his room and call me. He
would sit in his chair and fall
asleep. lie would not retire.
He left the room here about
1890 o'clock that night and at
O'Clock this morning the maid told
me no had come In. Tho next |
heard he had shot himself"
The pistol that fired, the fatal
shot appeared now, according iu
Justice Moore. II was bright and
shiny. The cartridges also appeared
new.
Sankey has been prominently
connected with tho oil interests of
Texas and Oklahoma. Ills friends
say he had been a successful opera
tor. They declare that It could not
a Al
caused his act Wednesday. as they
insist he doesn't owe a dollar"
while his estate is worth moro than
$500, 900.
SRnkcy spent several months In
California ON businesa during this
year lie returned homo with his
wife about two months ago. They
had an apartment at the Texas ho-
tel.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-02
Rapidly Diminishing
Stock of Gasoline

WASHINGTON. Dec. 1.-The con-
sumption Of gasoline in the United
states In September. as reported to
the United states bureau of mines,
amounted to 43S,0S3.634 gallons, a
failing off of 66,000,000 gallons from
the figures for August, I'm which
month the domestic consumption OF
gasoline was the largest on record.
Tho decline of stocks of gasoline on
hand az the refinories continued; on
September 80, there were on hand
6lh h,S25,99S gallons, or $4,000. 900
gallons less than stocks for the end
OF August There were 299 petro-
leum rofineries In nnerntlon I'm Sep
temher, with n daily capacity OF
i,7l9,00O barrels OF oil Production
for September amounted TO AtG,Dl3.-
600 gallons. which is decrease OF
approximately $4,000 gallons per
day from the production for Au-
gust. The daily capacity of reflner-
los. however, shows an increase OF
1850 barrels. Exports OF gasoline
amounted TO 36.0bi,S0O gallons, a
decrease OF noarly 100000 gal
Ions from the preceding month.
SHIPMENTS TO insular posaesslons,
a.s4l,bi0 gallons, more than dou-
hled. Imports amounted to 7,S47,-
424 gallons
In the first nine months OF 1871
the production ~ gasoline in tho
United states increased by 10 per
cent over the production for the
same period In 1920: imports OF
gasoline were dcCfbascd II per cent,
exports decreased q per cent, shin
ments 30 ipsular p0ascss!ous gained
80 per cent, while domestic con-
sumption increased q per cent
The production OF kerosene re-
portod to the bureau OF mines for
September shows an increase in tho
daily average production OF 500 900
gallons over the daily average pro-
duction for August Stock - OF this
Nil ~ tho end ot Septemher were
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-02
C0mdr-Muriand Dry Hole
To Drill Deeper

The Comnr Ol company Marlnnd
well iP the southwest of 3-B-6, Bur
bank pool, ahicl. proved such .
disappointment yesterday by prov
Ing itself the first failure In that
rich section, is To- bc drilled on down
20 the second break In the Missis-
sippi lime II IL reported.
This wcil missed the burbank
sand entirely, with no showing of
sand. oil or gas to tiT present depth
of ISIS feet. with the exception of
slight showing nt :,7iy feet where
tho hole was reduced They are
now roaming To let the 8-lnch down
and will drill deeper Immediately.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-02
Stroud District.

The Elro oil company Is shut
down for orders at 3,335 feet on No.
/ Jones In the southwest corner OF
the southwest Of 5-15-7.
The Transcbntinental oil company
is drilling at 2,6S5 feet on No. !
Harjo in the southwest corner of tho
northwest of the northwest OF "a
1871. No. ! Jackson in the south
east corner of 2-14-G 10 a rig up.
The Stroud oil e. Gas Co. Is drill
ing at 1885 feet on No. Harjo In
the southwest corner OF the north
west OF the northwest OF 23-13-7.
NJ. I Jackson In the southeast cor
ner OF 2-14-6 Is n rig up.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-02
OH MnrLrt nnnlnilnn.-
Sinclair to Build so
so .OOO. .RaTreL Tanks

George lI Tabor. proaidcnt OF the
Sinclair OF Purchasing company is
back from McNia. where Doc took
part IN conference iu regard tp tho
disposition of tho OH purchased from
the ilumphrcya people and an
nounces that tho Sinclair standard
Interests have arranged g. build 30
10000 barrel tanks. and e total of
4,OO0.O0 barrels of faukagc.
Further than that MI. Tabcr is
very uoncom initial stating that
we arc not giving oul anything on
this right now and therefore add.
tional facts arc sadly lacking.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-02
OIL AND GAS
Leases--suppIles--P Etc

To whom II Nav Concern:-
The property of the Flesher Petro-
leum company located In the Usage.
has been offered for sale by brokers
ana representatives without author
ity, and this Is To notify the nublic
that II is not for sale and has been
taksn off the market. We viii not
-3onAider offer through brokers and
VIM not deal with them and wiz not
oe Responsible for any commission
clnimed by brokers or partiea claim
tns 80 reprNstnt purchasers.
w. j. flesher. President.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-02
Al iIaIlrLt.

Tho Turner Investment company
well In the northeast corper OF the
southwest Of i-20-7 Is still fishing
for tools at 2.i2O feet.
Mason and Carter brothers are
building rig for No. In the west
halt or the northeast of 23-2t-S.
Tho Wasson agd others well iu
the southeast corner OF the south
east Of 25-2t-7 is through the Tuck
er sand and are going on to the
wilcox sand. They arc now drilling
at $500 feet
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-02

Basford was In the heavy artfilery
in France. and Chester Wrirb,
gained the title OF American ac. 4,
the aviation. so both the young roen
have envia5le war records. NJ
Robinson In speaking OF the I'm,
provemets now under way in tbe
hotel. says, we are redecoratIng
and refurnishing our sleepin,
rooms and as soon as the wato,
bonds have been approved by tho
powers that be. I may have sonc.
thing else Of even greater intores.
to announce"
Il. Frank Wood. president OF tho
Invader oil corporation, OF Mus.
kegee, and l.. G. Boyd, secretary.
treasurer. are I'm the city and saw
that the busiest spots on the man i'm
Okmulgce county are the two In.
vader leases In 20 and 33-I4.ii.
where thoy have four drilling out.
fits at work. This property is Io.
'cated one mile from the Cosdop
well that opened the pool which is
running very regular. Tho lease
which was purchased Just the d1v
before the first increase in the prico
Of crude. and at the time had 2g
wells producing from tho Booch
sand. has almost doubled I'm PRO.
duction by merely putting new cups
on half the wells. There are snvs
eral deeper sands producing ad
jacent. and the Invader is going t1
keep four drilling outfits busy con
tinuously until all the sands are
fully developed.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-02
Sdrtdin Well Producing

The Sartain and associates first
test well In the southwest corner OF
the southwest of the southeast oI
attic which has been fishing for
some weeks, has the hole cleaned
out ut Inst an II now producing ui
the rate Of $50 bi,rrcis per day, The
wen came In nj $50 barrels Initial
production abou. the middle Of Do.
tObcF
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-02
Big Shipment Of Gasoline
to Start December rs

DENVER, Colo, Dec. THE
Midwest Refining company has be-
gun the manufacture OF 100000
barrels of GA gravity gasoline which
has been sold 60 the Standard oil
company of Louisiana for export.
Shipments viii begin December
l5, when the first solid trainload
viii start from Casper. Wyor for
Baton Rouge, La,
The Anglo American oil company,
the Standard marketing company In
the United Kingdom Is the ultimate
purchasers.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-02

The Paden oil companys No. l
Thomas In the southwest corner Of
the northeast Of the southwest Of
17-12-7 has hole full Of water in
the 2.sS4 to 2,SS9-foot sand and Is
shut down for orders No. In the
northwest corner OF the southwest
Of the northwest Of II Is shut dSwn
at 2,S32 feet. The Paden test on
tho Proctor farm In the northwest
corner OF the southeast OF the
northeast OF 1871 Is shut down at
$500 feet
CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-02
Cleaning Out at Top of Sand

The Tidal Usage OH company
No. In i-26-O. Burbank, l. pulling
the big pipe and cleaning out on
what Is thought IL he the aop OF
the regular Burbank pay at a.7S5
fcct. They arc now Gn feet lower
than the .pay sand found in section
4, and the well Is being watched
with considerable nnN,Cty
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-02
ArtlmOrc DIAfricf.

Tho Ardmore Standard oil COM
pany Is drilling at 2.725 feet on No.
! jerks, In the southwest corner OF
the northeast OF the northwest of
1l-5s-2c.
The Love Petroleum corporation
test on the Starrett farm. in tho
northeast corner OF the southeast OF
29-5s-3e, Is shut down in litigation
at 735 feet.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-02
, With the Oil Men

w. n. Robinson, owner Of the
Hotel Tdlsa, Is In the city and
makes tho pleasing announcement
that John Basford and Chester
Wright, two OF tho popular room
clerks. have been promoted and arc
now assistant managers. and will be
on the floor At the service OF the
guests OF the hotcl at all times Mr..
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-02

companies. because figures show
that eleven principal companies
shipped about $4,000 barrels OF oil
daily above their own production.
while the excess production Of the
other five WAS only 5000 barrels
daily Exports include all topped"
oil.
Tho following table gives a com
parison OF daily average production
ana daily average exports of crude
oil during September OF all COM
panios operating in Mexico, from
official Mexican figures Gin bar
rclsJ.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-02
In the Lyons Pool

The Robinson, Ictchcr n (insOn
wcli on the Tiger allotment In 25-Ii-
~, Lyons pool. Is making 5000. 900
feet Of gas at but foot IN the $500
foot sand. and win DC drilled In to-
day IFriday).
The NransCOntincntni OH COM
pnuy's well In 30-Ii-I2 ls showing
oil In the top of new sand cncoun-
tered AZ $500 feet THIS well Is be-
ting watched with closest interest by
the scouting fraternity.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-02
Small ShoIoinD in South
Dakota

Tho we'll being drilled Just over
tho NosrasNh Dakota line, 30 miles
northeast OF Chadron. Nob.. had only
"A small showing OF oil and gas at
l19G feet The oil was found under
10 feet OF limestone rock and rose
to within 10 feet Of tho top OF the
hole. II had previously been re-
ported a. a. 1.000-barrcl well.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-02

Production docs not In all cases
represent the fun productive capac-
ily Of the companies Mexican
Petroleum company, among others,
had several producing wells shut In, &,
which could be opened up at any
time --W Wall S. Journal
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-04-07
REGISTRATION NOTICE

The office of the Supervisor Of
Registration will be open on the lst
Monday in each month for the pur-
pose of registering any person who
Is qualified as follows:
Who shall have been a resident
of the State for two years, and OF
the county one year, and Of the
poll: ; precinct in which the elector
offers to vote four months before
the day of elction, and shall have
paid, six months before, any poll
tax then due and payable, and who
car both read and write any section
to him by the Supervisors of Regis
tration, or who can show that he
owns, and has paid all taxes collecti-
BILE on during the present year, prop
erty in this State assessed at three
hundred dollars or "nre.
B. E. CT 'RKSON,
Clerk Of Board.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-04-07
Cara Peculiar "Joke."

Peter the Great admitted the whole
world to the curious entertainments
to which he added strange and some
times gross touches Of his own inven-
ton. Yakov Eurgeney, the court jest
er, was engaged to marry the daugh-
ter of a sexton. At Peters command
the bride and groom rode to church
in the Cars best velvet coach. Then
behind them formed procession, the
members being the highest dignitaries
and the most eminent patricians In
all Russia. Each was mounted. Their
steeds were oxen, asses, pigs and big
dogs.
Some Of the important men and
women were dressed in their finest
robes. Others were costumed in sack
ing Of glazed linen or catskin caftaA,
with straw boots and other strange
and curious accessories Of such an out
landish toilette.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-04-07
A NIbe-lneh Fox.

We find large foxes in certain parts
Of Asia that are Of yellowish-red
color-the Chinese and japanese spe-
cies being a light red-while in India
we meet with the Bengal fox, writes
Dr.. r. W. Shufeldt in the American
Forestry Magazine Of Washington.
The latter feeds upon grapes, and may
have been the ones responsible for
the fable Of the 'Fox and the Grapes"
though some say that 1t refers to those
extraordinary little hg-eared foxes Of
Africa called fennecs that also eat
grapes. Fennecs are very elegant lit
tie creatures, one Of them measuring
only nine inches In length; their hear.
ing Is said to be most acute.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-04-30
COMPETITOR ADDS NEW
III AY,i u L,

Pittsbul sh Pa, April 2S-'lte COM
petitor has added a new feature
The April number devoted three
pages to a digest of editorial COM
ment by leading Negro papors on the
Oh nge of administrations. rhH show
ing was commendable and Inc Com
petltor deserves credit for bringing
to the people in this attractive way
the pith of the editorial expression
of so many of our papers
Now, the May issue comes forward
with selected editorials from the
Calorcd press on the Williams Muir
der Farm and Peonage in Georgia.
Mr.. Walter S. Buchanan. who edits
this part Of The Competitor, sought
to show that the Colored press IL
not rabid and reverg eful. but that It
cautions patience and dependence
upon law and order: AS Mr.. Puch-
anan well says, THE white press
might learn a good lesson from the
fact that the Colored papers never
play mp lynch,ngS and other horrible
crimes of the stronger race AGAINST
the weaker in a way to make the
Colored people bitter and revengefnl.'
The Competitor has reduced its
news stand price from 25 cents to
90 cents per copy. In doing this il
has followed the downward trend
of prices, as have several of the
white magazines.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-04-30
LARGE EARNINGS OF A NEGRO
CLUB BOY.

A Hampton graduate writes in the
current issue of the Southern Work
man:
MY first pig club boy was Charles
Lightner, a Colored boy of Powtan
County, Virginia. He was twelve
years old when he began club work.
His first project was pig, given
MIN by his mother. He raised the
pig very successfully and sold 1t for
$25. In 1919 he was the first to be
enrolled in the corn club. He pre-
pared his plot, and planted and cul-
tivated it as instructed, His crop
was twenty-five bushels. ten bushels
above the average of the county.
Last year he prepared his acre
early for corn, blowing deep and har-
rowing it until thoroughly pulver
lied. lie selected his seed and plant
I'd it about May 20. 1t came up ana
made a good growth, and he cult
Jated it Six times. He produced
thirty-fve bushels on his acre ana
exhibited ten ears at the State Fair
winning the sixth prize Besides his
acre of corn he had a plot of OF
bacco on which he made four hun
cred pounds, which sold for SIS.
He now has his corn acre seeded
to crimson clover for soil improve
ment, and his tobacco plot seeded
the farm. The net proceeds OF the
crop this year will amount to about
S17S. 1t. was by telling about Char
les and his pig that l succeeded in
Getting a hundred boys enrolled in
club work this year"
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-04-30
CARD OF THANKS.

Dallas, Texas, April 2S, 1921
Mrs. l.. c. Brown wishes to thank
her many friends for their kind sym
patty and assistance drought the
illness and death of her husband,
Ben Brown, who died April 18th.
She wishes to especially thank A.
Abiff Lodge No. 81, F. and A. NJ. for
their devotion to their brother during
his illness and for the Resolution
read in his honor after death, the
pastor, officers and members of Mace
donia Baptist Church for their
Strengthening prayers and assistance;
the Bell Chapel Baptist Church for
the loving attention to the family;
Sweet Violet Court No. oil, Mysteri-
Gus Star Kingdom No. /, of U. r.
II. H. of F.; the Shop Employees
(white) of the Dallas Railway Com
rany; Bell Chapel Baptist Church
md other friends for their beautiful
floral offerings; the community at
large of the Booker Washington Ad-
dition, for their untiring efforts to
comfort, and Miss Pearl Middleton,
this nurse). for the wonderful SER
vice rendered to relieve as much as
possible the beloved invalid.
MRS. l.. c. BROWN. Wife
JOHN BROWN, Brother.
ELI BROWN, Brother.
q MRS MACY MOORE. Sister.
MRS. MATTE WILCOX, Sister,
MRS. A. c. ELLIS.
Mother-in- Law.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-04-30
SERVICE of A NEGRO HOSPIT u.

The estimation in which the WORT
of the John A Andrew Memorial
Hospital at Tuskegee Institute is
Leld can be aScertained from the
following articles written by MIR, c.
w. Hare, white citizen of Tuske-
gee, and editor of the Tuskegee News
"Cne not acquainted with the work
being done for the Negro race in
Alabama and the whole country by
the John A. Andrews Memorial His
pital at Tuskegce institute can have
no conception of the far-reaching
good that it does. That hospital not
only provides the hest accomoda-
tons for the sick of that race, but
evenly year Negro doctors, dentists
and pharmacists gather for clinics
where hundreds of cases of all kinds
are treated free, and where the best
lectures on needful subjects are
heard Besides. the hospital trains
dozens of, nurses who are used in
both white and cClored families. The
editor of the News is glad to be able
stitute was wonderfully fortunate in
securing so capable, wise, and faith
full a surgeon to have oversight ana
control of the hospital as DR.. Jno A.
Kenney. For several years he has
made remarkable record in the
number Of operations and the small!
number of patients who failed to
recover
Beginning twenty-nine years age
with a few modest ana simple meas
ures for the care and treatment OF
The minor Ills of small body of
students, this hosnital now cares for
all the needs Of the school comnnr-
gitY. nTmberin@ nearly three thousand
people and composed Of students. ard
teachers with their families. and
serveG besides raridlv ~~-'~wing con-
rituency from the surrounding Colm-
trv aG well "G tho hundreds 0f pa
tents brought Zach vcar nv nhvs .
clans from eVerv 9tato in tho South
Southern WorR,I;ln
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-04-30
C0L0RED PEOPLE In SUPPORT OF
rLANS FOR NEW INDUSTRY.
Leaders OF Race Want to Assist in
Movement to Raise Money Tor New
Enterprise.

Newport News, Va, April Is
Movement to raise locally money
with which to establish here a new
hculishing industry has found ready
favors among the Colored people of
this city, it was stated by Dr. n. Las
sitter, Colored, of 545 Twenty-ffth
street. He said he thought several
thousands of dollars can be raised
among the members of his race.
AT a recent meeting of the Mohawk
Tub largely composed of Jefferson
avenue merchants, it was proposed
that the members of the Club should
form themselves into a second or
ganzation which should gain mem
bers who would pledge money to
ne business mems fund, for the pur-
pose of using the money in estab-
fishing a new industry here, Eigh-
teen thousand was pledged at the
meeting, and T. G. Graft, leader in
the movement, stated the amount
had passed the $4,000 mark. The
goal is 100000.
When the 100000 is realized, the
Chamber OF Commerce will be asked
to advise as to what sort of industry
will be established here. Mr.. Calf
thought that with this 100000 as a
lever, a million dollar concern can
be set going I'm this city.
Yesterday, Mr.. Levinson and Mr..
! Graft were told that DR.. Lassiter had
expressed a willingness to work
among the Colored people to raise
several thousands for the enterprise.
This report was met with approval
/ from the Chamber of Commerce.
DR.. Lassiter, in an interview yes
| terday evening, stated that he nennt
to interview many prominent ColOred
men this week to secure pledges
He felt sure that he would meet
with success. Conferences he had
already held with Colored men with
means had been most promising.
Isn't it true that there are many
Cclored men out of work here now
and they might get jobs were an
other industry to start?" he was
| asked.
That is one of my principal argu-
ments in seeking pledges" he re-
/ piled.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-04-30
MEMPHIS MI RIDER TRIAL TO Re-
GIN SOON.
(By A. N. P.)

Pine Bluff. Arb. April 2S-The
trials of James Reidinger. former
automobile salesman. and Hicks Riley,
former automobile dealer and mem
Der of n prominent and ealthy fam
lily here, charged with first degree
murder, will start here in Jefferson
county Circuit Court soon.
Reidinger and Riley are charged
with having killed Willis Fowler,
aged 20, oversease veteran, automobile
salesman. Fowler was the son of E.
w. Fowler Baptist minister Of Naples,
Texas
Fowler had gone by the name Of
CLANCY since his enlistment In sthe
army in 1917 was killed between II
and 1870 last Wednesday night, De-
cember ], 1920. near the corner of
Seventeenth and Ohio streets. while
in a Hudson automobile belonging to
Mrs Carrie Mannir r of this city. The
police knew nothing of the murder
until about $3.50 in the morning, when
a Colored taxi driver reported at
headquarters that his Dodge car had
been smashed by another car and sew
eral shots had been fired. After
much questioning by the police Binns
told the police that a man had been
killed but no connected story Of the
killing could be gotten from Binns.