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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-15
PIERCE Vas VICTIM
OF GOOD FELLOWSHIP

The Pelrce murder was one Of the
most brutal committed in Philadelphia
Henry T Pcirce, who had good in
come and vas known ~ free speud .
1' was found in pool of blood on
Monda! incoming. November % In his
apartment over his office on Market
street A bloody wrench lay nearby. thC
instrument of death His head va ,
battered and the room filled with gas
from gas stove The murder had been
committed after midnight SUNDAY
morning and those concerned in il had
more than twenty four hourt start
Detective Bill Bplshaw. head OF
she murder squad. learned that Peirce
had owned a big red car, one Of two Of
the make and model in PHILADELPHIA. II
was missing. Filters were sent all
over the country TO locate IT. Belshaw
learned it had been seen around town
late Saturday night. He traced il TO
an apartment house on Walnut street
and learned that man and girl who
hsd been living there were missing The
man was Peter u. Treadway. and the
girl was Boots Rogers Detectives
found a photograph of the man posed
in a boxing costume. They were not
sure Of his name and for a time he was
confused with a preliminary hghter
about town.
Hear 9f Car in Wheeling ". Va.
Then came news, on Tuesday. that
Peirce big red car was in garage al
Wheeling. w. Va. Two detectives were
sent on the first train. They interviewed
tho garage man and learned that two
men had brought the ear in. With the
aid OF the police they found Trcadway' :
lodging house and arrested him az he
was leaving. The girl also was arrested
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-15
TREADWAY SMILING, MOSS
GRAVE, BOOTS" STILL PERT
Peirce Murder Suspects Offer Big Contrasts Trial OF Aeged
4c,ual Slayer Starts-Gul Center OF Atracton

brows. He is trying TO use the sense
he has TO help himself His lawyer asks
him questions of Importance. He treats
them as important. 1t may not be very
good, but he is giving the best of his
thought to the problem.
Contrast Treadway He smiles and
his lips move in answer to whispered
questions Of his counsel. He shakes his
head. He motioned with his hands. in =
dicating. II don't know: it's up to
you. de is not thinker He doesri' t
know how. What he has is charm.
Girl NHnces. Into Court
Now here il what every one has been
waiting for-the entrance of Boots. -
She minces in. smiling-not quite
with the confidence of the star of q
musical comedy; but with little less
She knows she is the star. She is not
only the star witness for the state
against Treadway. She has been tho
star of the whole Peirce murder case
from the very beginning. Even il she
is the least responsible for the actual
killing, she certainly has had the lion
ess' share Of interest. She has been
more In the spotlight than any one else.
She enjoys her position now Her eyes.
big, dark blue eyes, roll as she looks
about the courtroom. II is beautiful
, the sight of the great lids rising from
the great dark eyes-but you must not
look anywhere below the eyes or the
reasons
Boots" Uses Her Eyes
She confers with her lawyer. He is
telling her what the plans are A
severance will be asked. Every time
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-15
Do Not Spare Girl,
Urges Mrs. Peirce

Conunusd from PAGE One
for home--I mean private home
again, just with the kiddies. No more
publicity, no horror Of court trial
hanging over our heads. Just home
once more, with the boys who in a few
short years will be men. l will do my
part to make it real one for them
until that time then, perhaps, they'll
make home for mother.
Children Try TO Understand
Yes, they know something of the
tragedy. Frank at least understands,
he's fourteen but the younger ones only
know Of daddy's death, no facts. Lewis,
my baby, tells me every day or two, as
If for the first time, Daddy will never
come back again and his big blue eyes
take on serious look as be tries to
figure it out. ,
More than anything else. dread
going to court today. II will be the
first time ever attended trial. Oh,
I wish it were all over; I hope it will
not take long. | will be unable to go
am willing. The district attorney urged
it, and then it is for Harry"
Mrs. Peirces eyes filed, but in a
moment she had recovered her com =
posure. For several years she has been
more or less an invalid, due to an in =
jury to her ankle. Sickness, however,
even combined with the sorrow Of the
last months, has no. impaired her cour-
nge or strength of character.
Mrs. Peirce is carrying on for Ave
sturdy boys. Housekeeping and home :
making are helping her to do II. The
big, roomy house was tidy and well
ordered, in spite of these husky boys
living all over it.
Ps,,r. Was Good E,ellown
ON 80 80, Iii .;u
Two ~9rus' .n,ns' M pp.s,n ppnn
ny husband c9htinueu mrs rSe.
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any problems We all Of ia bs,. },
ability to srapple with our troubles =, !,
Conquer them, If we only would rs,n%
Il and face the issues. '''N
BY animated corpses' the hi..
said he meant those persons who "S.. |
died yesrs agc but who are still vs,s,s ~ :
about an6 cluttering up the world !,
have no use for them" said he.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-15

30 great was tbhe crowd which came
to hear Bishop woodcock that not only
WIS every seat in the balconies flled.
but when there was no standing room
left. The doors had to be closed and PEE
sons turned away,
"The trouble with the business world
today the bishop said, 'is that there
are TOO many people IA, n y VINO are are
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-15

sources that he had gone TO Pittsburgh
after leaving Treadway at Wheeling
and found him living there without eff
fort TO hide his identity in hotel where
he was well known. He was arrested
and brought back to Pbiladelphis
The stories told by Boots" and
Moss convinced the detectives that
the confession made by Treadway was
In the main true. He said that Moss
had been drunk, the girl unaware OF
what was TO take place. and the only
plan be aud Elliott had was one of rob :
berry They had meant 10 hold Peircs
up. Treadway said, and Elliott had got
out Of hand and killed bin. Then all
had fed, fearing they would be charged
with murder.
Every effort Of the police TO arrest
Elliott has failed. They lost trace OF
him 10 Ohio, and though dozens of clues
have been followed up since, bsve never
been able to pick up his trail.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-15

Peter d. Treadwsy. Boots Rog
ers and Joseph 4. Moss were Of mark
edly contrasting appearance when they
were brought before Judge Audenried
today at Treadway's trial for the mur.
der of Henry 7. Peirce.
Treadway, chewing gum. smiling and
confident, presented all the appearance
and all the manner of the man who
knows he is good looking, knows he
has personality that has charm, knows
how to conceal those elements of II
that are not so cbarming-knows oil
this by experience the appearance and
manner of man who has been in trou =
BILE hefore-pcrhsp not such serious
trouble. perhaps not trouble with the
law particularly but trouble-nud al
ways got out Of IL
He seems 10 be enjoy ing his position
in the center of the stage. He hasn I
any doubt that he win get out of his
difficulties. He has these good looks,
this charm of manner. this ability 70
wear clothes we'll With the exception
of occasional and short lived troubles
he has always got along well. He has
assets They have carried him far He
thinks they will carry him through this
trouble and much farther.
Boots" Long Loyal
Even after he was arrested his
girl. :, Boots. stuck by him, and 1t
was only after they were actually sep
6rated by prison bars that there was
any reason whatever 10 doubt that ne
still had her in his power.
Moss is brought in now. A tipstaff
draws the chair for him a couple of feet
away from Treadway. Moss greets his
attorney with word and a nod. He
sits down and looks straight ahead. So
does Treadway for minute. Then ho
looks OF Moss, but Moss does not look
at him.
Moss. moi handsome, nor slender, nor
even youthful looking like Treadway,
takes the trial seriously, he is short.
His face is heavy. His clothes are dark
and they don't fit well. His hair is
black. He has had his troubles, too,
and has got out Of his difficulties only
by hard struggling. He sees another
hard struggle. There is nothing for
him 20 be smiling about.
Man Of Few Friends
Here and there over the country there
are a few people who like him but
none that love him deeply There are
some men that are sorry 10 see him
in trouble, but he hasn't won them so
securely as to make them seriously con e
rerued over his position. They are not
losing sleep over il. Some women have
liked him, TOO but he's not ladies "
man. There are none who would go
far for hilr.
Moss and Treadway confer with their
counsel Moss thinks. knitting his
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Screen Jurors Chosen
to Try TreddlDdy

ccrtircsd from Page One
Ing murder convictions. opened the pro-
ceedings by requesting the judge to try
all three defendants together.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-15
RELATiVES DEFEND
BOOTS" ROGERS
Ru q stor nor.rsnond.rt

New York. March IS. -- Boots"
Rogers isn't any different or any worse
than the average young girl Of today
in the estimation Of her family.
She is just full Of pep and life---s
perfectly normal girl Of the day" that
Is the wny her stepfather, julius
PlsuOvsky. sised II up today. He and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-15
Man and wife Fight for Gun

Lionel Foster, Negro, and his wife.
Pauline, OF Tenth street above Brown
were arrested after the woman is al.
legged to have attempted TO kill Foster
by shooting him at Eleventh and Par.
rish streets last night. Patrolman
Eorsy, of the Tenth and B9ttonwood
found Foster wrestling the revolver from
hts wife's grasp and put an eud TO the
hght-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-15

there. Both were brought back to Phil
adclph,a, arriving the night Of Thanks
giving Day
Boots" was an enigma to the police
from the first She was young, attrac-
tive. with q wealth OF brown hair and
A fine smile. Her "iveness was her
special cbaracteriatiC however. She
laughed and ioked and sang songs all
the long trip from Wheeling 10 Phils
delpbia. She would tell nothing Of her
self. making dippant answers 10 the
questions Of the detectives and reporters
who accompanied them. BY the time
the train arrived at Broad Street Sta
ton she bad the sympathy Of many in
tbe car aud seemed the least concerned
of the party
The bravado she displayed on hei
arrival soon gave way, however. when
her husband. Ross Rogers. q sailor in
the mercantile marine, came home on
his ship and hearing Of her trouble hur-
ripd TO aid her She and her husband
we're recOnciled and che made lengthy
statement 10 the police, amplifying an
earlier Statement and telling what the
detectives believed was true story.
Link Moss and Elliott With Crime
Meanwhile it had been learned that
Joseph Archie" Moss and Marion Fl
lott had been concerned in the crime
Trendway made several confessions, in
which he finally admitted being present
when the murder was committed and
nut the blame of Elliott.
The police learned that Moss had
lived in Camden and found his hoard
ipg bouse. They learned from several
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-16

who is associated with COL Pat IIur-
ley as a joNlt receiver for the GIN.
land oil company. IL In the city and
was in conference all day yesterday
but had nothing for publication last
night. except that the affairs of the
company were being gone over and
the outlook appeared 10 be bright
for a reorganizAtion Of the company
and 81 continuation OF It's great pro-
ducing properties as unit.
Tho water which has appeared in
the north end Of the Haynesville
pool, where some of the best OF the
Gilliland properties are located, is
to he expected as these wells are on
the north slope OF this structure. as
proven by actual drilling. that has
shown the best part OF the field TO be
toward the south.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-16
IN THE OIL FIELDS
Off;e.. eaA1 w. H. PECK Residence 2442
Residence 2442

price cutting program because "
controls tho pipe Hines and charges
Nv times what pipe lines ehould
phirrr fpr oil shipmonis according
tu government roporla ana the 40
uruction and purchase program ~
tho standard. aided and ahc'tcd
cIibtr dir,rtk or indirectly by gov
,rum.uih agencies. The crime of
I1'I
Take the activities ~ tho shipping
hoard ir spending the government n
monies to build tank steamers, th'r
building and operation AZ n loss ana
ih, d,fi,i,ucioa ~ that board when
.irc go readily taken care of hy con-
grosr. take the ugc ~ thpso TANK
tc,more to flood tho lnit"d states
with oil. tiko into consideration 'h't
the average price paid hy tho army
and navy for fuel oil take into con
ndotation what ~" ipplngihoard "
paving tho standard e1hsidinriof Tor
fual oil dust write your congress-
man 10 got you thore figur"El take
into confederation the discrimination
~ the federal reserve board with rot-
rroncc to luaning money to oil pro-
duccrs. take into confederation tho
refusal ~ the interstate commerce"
commission To furnish oven u United
Stntcs senator copies ~ tn" pipo lin"
rates and regulations whirh were 10
hc used TO file nn appeal from thos"
rntca and regulations and Il ynu VIII
take into consideration recent events
| politically and financially, from
price cutting of oil to opposiuon 10 n
tariff ON OIL YOU viii come TO the
conclusion that this may not bc q
| government OF the people and for IN"
pooplc. but government ~ stand o.
ard domination ana for standard
! domination.
/ Someone recently referred 70 tho
two kinds ~ holshovists. those who
would destroy the present form ~
government and those who would
destroy tho purposes of the proscnt
form OF government 10 attain thor
selfish ends. We dcported some OF
tho former kind OF bolshcvists last
year. which was quite proper, ana
many are inuuiring what will we do
with that Standard OIL bolshcvist
who is polluting and pcrvcrting our
present form Of government VIII II
take "A poison to cure IA poiBOnY
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-16
Southern Tariff association
Enters Strong Protest

Special to The world
HOl' 'SrON, Texas July l5.-The
CUR Coast on PRODUCERS are more
than pleased with the strong support
the Southern Tariff association is
giving the uil men in their fight for
a small protective tariff, as against
the flood ~ Mexican oil. which Is
hoiuE uplotdvd AZ Gulf ports Tho
following telegram sent by John II.
kirby president of the Southern
Tariff association 20 j A. Arnold,
representative OF tho association in
Washington. Is Solf-oNplanatory.
petroleum oil industries ot the
United States employ directly a mil
lion men ana indirectly three or
four timcs that number The average
life of pumping wells IN the United
SNatcs ~ which there are more than
a hundred thousand IL about 20
years.
These bumpers have been and ara
the main dependence for production
and have made United states iudc-
pendent ~ the world In times Of
both peace and war
This production and the millions
OF mon who depend thereon ARE
mcnnCod 10y tho hig gushcrs I'm Mex
ico and will probably he further
mcuaccd by large development i'm
Colombia
National disaster must follow tho
! destruction of American production
/ which will be accomplished If Amer
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-16
win the Oil Men

Meyers Grose. formerly sales man
ager for the Pan-American Refining
company, whore he made one of the
beet records In the history OF the
Continent field, having built up
a great business due to his person.
ality, has accepted position with
the Sterling Refining company OF
wichita. Kan, and will shortly as
sumo the duties OF his new position.
Tulsa has loet the opportunity TO re-
Tain a mighty good man. all Of which
is TO the benefit of Wichita.
W. NJ. Young, vice president Of the
American Appraisal company OF
Chicago, is In the city on business.
tCoNTfNUED ON NEXT PACED
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-16

FOR SALE-Au or part of fifteen
miles four-inch line. BOX 29-E, care
World.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-16
COiicct FUnds for
dDcd Tuisd OIL Nan,
Consumption victim

W2sout money and without
relatives who are ln 4 position
to help him. an aged TulA1 oil
man who has Hpout his life In
the oil fields n slowly waa Ing
away with tuborCulpHs.
when u trip 10 Colorado would
give tho man chance for his
NE. this veteran oil man. living
IN tho heart ~ the oil produc-
tlou In this country. is lighting
slowly losing battle with tho
great white plague.
The physician who is attend
ing tho man states that hla only
chauco Of rrcovcrt Is 10 bc sent
at once TO - high ana dry couu-
nv. preferably Colorado But 1t
mus be- done AZ once. Tho
matter ls urgent and demands
immediate attention.
when you read this mall a
check ~ Isaac T.. JAy. statisticiau
Tor tho MA Continent on and
GAS aoociHtlon. 6Ob Cosdcn bag.
Tho amount viii be highly ac-
,"ptiulo .pu matter how small.
and by so doing you will bo HnV-
INK the lifo 81 a man who has
toilod among you and made your
battles his battles Romcmh"r
cvcry minute is valuable In the
fight against this hidoous mon
Htcr. Send your donation today
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-16

west Of tho northeast Of tho
northwest 30-ls-Sw ~ reported
10 have started out making 900
barrels at 10 feet in the sand
topped ht 1850 feet Their No.
we'll In the southoast corner Of
the same soCtiOn. found shnd
from 2.2AS to eco feet. and
started out making 25O barrels.
Both OF these producers arc In tho
deeper pay of this pool
Tho No. . well OF tho Magnolia
Petroleum company located in the
contcr of the west line Of the north
west Of tho southwest OF 30-ln-sw
has been drilled deeper. and is good
for 200 barrels in sand from 1895 to
2.O2t fcot
The No. 2 well Of Boone and 9TH
crs located In the center OF tho
southwest Of the northwest OF 20
Is-Sw is good FOR 125 barrels In
sand round from 2,2S1 10 2,27i feet
WcSthcimor and bsuhc have n
failure In their No. | we'll located
In the southwest corner OF the north
west Of the southeast OF 20 9-ls-sw
This hole was drilled to n total
depth Of 2.A10 feet.
In tho center OF the south halt
Of tho northeast Of the northwest OF
30-ln-Sw, the No 2 well OF the Co
line oil company has been completed
as "A 200 barrel producer. Sand wa;
found from 1890 to 2.0l0 feet.
EniIurc In logan County,
Tho Bs star oil company u
abandoning it's No. | well located
In the center OF the southeast OF th'
southeast OF 2i-lsn-2w at tota
depth Of 1870 feet. This operation
la IoCatcd>~yn IA rank wildcat terri
tory, and a very important compile
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-16
OIL u.nKrr QUOTATIONS..
Petroleum Congress CdHed
for Juiy 25 to Protest
Presidents dctiOH

whereas. the independent oil pro
duccrS throughout the tinted static
have been tor mouths earnestly
working To- secure u tariff on impur-
thtion~ oI foreign crude oil and.
whereas. the president ~ III" nii"d
States. h, u Icsi"r written ,o 'hhlr-
man Ior,incy OF the ways mud means
committee. has set forth his posi-
tion tn hc that OF having ~ deeper
interest mud concern In the future
activities Of u few large oil com
NAMES In foreign countries than hc
has In the many thousands ot iud"-
pcndcn, pruduccrS IN this country
and the hundreds of thousands Of
men throughout the oil fields oi the
United states who are dependent
upon the industry Of this country for
n livelihood.
Now. therefore, We the under
signed, believing that the policy of
our government NJ expressed hS
President Harding, II persisted In.
marks the end 81 the independent oil
interest In the United States In its
struggle for an equal opportunity Y
with the Standard on monopoI,
believing n 10 bc our duty as repre-
scntativcs Of the independent oil In
dustry to call together all the indie
pcndcnt interests OF the United
States and soicmniy warn them, M
well M the general public. OF the
danger that may brfalI them, and
OF tsc fntc that awaits them, unless
OF government can he persuaded "a
change It's policy. we, hereby. Issue n
call for u congress of all the inde'
prudcnt oil producing association,
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-16
Ho,D They Feel About 1t
In Okmiiigee

Written by one OF her most prominent oil
produccrB
The executive decree that thero
should he no tariff on oil, tho decree
of Boss Penrose that thero should he
no tariff on oil, the curtailmcnt OF
credits and boarding OF money re-
serves by the Warburg- Harding fed
eral reserve combine. the cutting or
the prlce OF crude oil from $3.50 to
81. the swarm OF Standard buyers
In the field to pick up cheap proper
ties all are circumstantial evidence
that there IL existing great con-
spiracy for the destruction or oil
values and purchase OF oil proper,
ties. whiA would ccntralizc control
Of the oil production OF this country.
squeeze out tho Independent retiner
and make the control of oil products
such az to bring about the realila- :
tion by the Standard OIL combine OF
that dream Of S0-cent gasoline they
touted last year when Mr.. BEDFORD
was advertising an oil famine ana
s0-cent gasoline.
In tho meantime the needs OF the
navy" and the "ned's OF the shipping
hoard" tho prcteAded interest for
the consumer. allowing him cheap
gasoline for n few months while the
ruination of the Independent oil pro
Queer and the Independent rcfiner is
being accomplished, are the chear
clap-trap arguments OF the otficia|
and legislative coterie who seem tt
be simply mannikens whose move
ments depend on the string pullinf
from 26 Broadway--tho BIG House
Headquarters
There Is not only a partial awak'
ening of the people but thor" Is
growing conviction among many nov
that the work IL getting prctt'
coarse. as the Broadway dialcc
would nut It, "blood-raw," and tina
II started away back last year whci
the warhurg Harding federal boar'
combined under what they at loas
pretended was n movement TO cur
tail speculation, hut which finall
ended In the most outrageous cur
tailmcnt and dcflation OF credits IN
boarding of money reserves unit
they arc upwards OF n billion dollars
in addition to loaning the Staudart
oil nearly half billion and the fur
ther nearly billion which IN
Standard borrowed from the public
all of which is still In their hand
and will be until they C.n star
their campaign Of buying when do
struction and ruination is moro com
pletc.
The crime Of 1921 will be history
record OF the federal reserve board
boarding policy the standard
domination OF the oil business by II