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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-04
POLICE DID
GOOD WORK
IN AUGUST
Three Hundred Eleven Ar.
rests Made; No Court
Held Monday on Ac-
count Holiday

Comparative quiet reigned in police
circles Saturday night and Sunday and
the register at the city jail contained
only few offenders against traffic
laws. and q few plain and fancy drunks
All cases in municipal court were con
tlnued until Tuesday afternoon when
about forty will appear before Judge
Stanley and present their side OF the
cuse.
The police report for the month Of
August flied by chief Dick HIgnigh,
with city Manager kirk Dyer shows
that 3ll arrcstos were made during the
month. The total amount OF money col
lected IN fines and forfeiture OF bonds
Tor the month was sleGSjO.
The report shows that u number o'
prisoners unable to pay fines were work
ed on the streets OF the city. and that
All such eases remained In Jail serving
imo when the report was filed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-04
LESS BOOZE
FOR TODAY
AFTER RAID
Three Men Arrested in DIFF.
ferent Cases as Result of
Saturday Night and
Sunday Work

Deputy Sheriffs John CHM. George
Salyer. Pete Smith and state enforce.
ment officer Brentz. discovered a gal.
Ion and half Of liquor in the Pruitt
pasture north OF the city Saturday and
arrested Lee McPheteridge and placed
him In Jail on charge OF unlawful
possession. The officers state that
other arrests may result In this case.
Sunday night. officers CHM. Smith
and Moorehead arrested j. p. White as
he was entering this same pasture with
a truck load Of sugar and meal. The
man was placed In Jail and the car and
contents conflscated. White was later
turned over to the federal authorities.
AZ Archer City Sunday officers Smith
aud CHM raidcd a place, confiscated
half u gallon OF whiskey and arrested
a man by the name OF Sanders. who
was placed In jail on charge OF un.
lawful possession.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-04

ARE ON JOB
Institute to be Held Each Day
This Week; Students to
Register the Latter
Part of Week

Registration Of students of Ardmore
public schools will be conducted Fiji
day of this week at the respective build
ings. Students will assemble at the
various buildings at $3.50 on th,s date.
Teachers Institute opened at . o'clock
Monday morning TO be conducted
throughout the week. With few excep.
t!ons all members o. the faculty are
In attendance
Following general assembly meet
ing when G. W. Richards. superinten.
dent. addressed the teachers. depart
mental meetings were held This pro.
gram will be followed out each morning
this week. There will be no afternoon
sessions
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-04
RAIL STRIKERS LEAD
LABOR DAY PARADES

MuSKoGEE. Okla. Striking rail.
way shopmen led Muskogee Labor day
parade In which 1000 persons partici.
pated At Spauldng park where the
services were held. Tom Neal OF Pc.
teau and O. II. Searcy VI this city
made speeches In the interests OF the
campaign OF J. c. Walton. demooratic
nominee for governor. The celebration
will close tonight at Athletic park with
ten round bout between suly Mont.
gotnery OF Fort Worth. former Centre
college football star. and Carl Morris.
Of Sepulpa, both heavywelghts.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-04
CITIZENS GO
OUT OF CITY
.FORHOLIDAY
No Accidents Reported Over
Sunday, Though Traffic
Was Heavy on Roads
to Resorts

Despite the unusual number OF mo.
torists on the highways Sunday thus
far no accidents have been reported in
or near the city OF Ardmore
Motor parties left early Sunday morn.
ing to spend the two.days holiday at
resorts. including Medicine Park. Sui.
phur. Turner Falls and others. while
many came to Ardmore to spend the
days at Dornick Hills Country club.
Chickasaw Lake, and with relatives In
the city.
While there was no special observa.
ton Of Labor Day. practically all OF
the stores In the city were closed. IA
Were all the public institutions includ.
ing the banks, city and county offices.
The post office was open only between
the hour Of to 10 o'clock u. IN.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-04
WOUNDED MAN SUES
GUARDS FOR DAMAGE

MUSkOGEE. okla. Suit for $50.
600 was filed In the United States dis.
trict court here today against Henry
+. Cooper United States marshal OF the
eastern district OF Oklahoma and Thom.
as Slayton. Il deputy federal marshal
doing guard service In the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas railway year,s by i.
NJ Mullen. Mullen was shot on Aug.
ust ~ by Syayton. though through the
right shoulder. Slnyton was recently
placed under bond In the state courts
ON charge Of shooting Mullen while
Mullen was arrested ON a charge of in
timidating Slayton.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-04
VIOLENCE Is
RE PORTED AS
MEN ARE IDLE
Seven Men Arrested in
Louisiana for Slashing
Throat Of Negro; Pas
senger Train in Wreck
NO OBSERVANCE OF
HOLIDAY IN CHICAGO
Many of Union Leaders Have
Not Been Served With
Writ of Injunction


CHICAGO.-Dawn OF Labor Day and
the sixtysixth day OF the railroad
shopmen's strike found United States
marshals modified to enforce the gov
ernment's strike injunction and pre-
pared to keep a close watch on labor
demonstrations throughout the coun-
try.
In Chicago union leaders said no pro-
gram had been made for observance
of the holiday.
Arrival Of the annual holiday brought
with it new acts Of violence and further
expressions of bitter resentment on the
part Of labor leaders against the federal
injunction. Many union chiefs. against
whom the injunction was issued, de-
clared they had not been served with
wrlts. The attitude of B. M. Jewell,
leader OF the shop crafts strike, re-
main unknown early today.
Road Seizure Approved.
Central labor bodies in various cities
adopted resolutions dealing with the
railroad strike. The Boston Central
Union pledged fun moral and financial
support TO the .riking shopmen and
adopted a resolution calling upon
President Harding 70 seize the roads
and restore the strikers to their old
| jobs.
| La Chicago, where one OF the first
arrests for violation of the injunction
was made. the Chicago Federation OF
! Labor authorized campaign TO aid
the striking shopmen. The resolution
was adopted following speeches by Wm.
a. Foster and former United States
senator K. f Pettgrcw OF South Da-
kota.
Foster. advocate Of a one.big mlcH
| for rail workers. criticised leaders ot
| the rail unions for failing 10 make the
rail strike general lie attended the
meeting as a delegate from the car
mems union. Following his speech
resolutions requesting his arrest in con-
nection with the recent radical meet
Ing at Brldgeman. Mass, were adopt
ed Former Senator Pettigrew sad
nothing could be expected from jhe
congress composed largely OF lawyers.
Wave OF Destruction.
Throughout the country wave OF
destruction marked the dawn Of labor
day developments.
At Louisville. KY. the failure Of train
wreckers to remove derail device pre-
vented the headon crash OF a Louis.
vile and Nashville train into a string
OF cars. The locomotive, baggage and
mail cars were derailed.
Seven men Were under arrest NJ
Gretna. It.. suburb Of New Orleans.
charged with having beaten and slashed
the throat OF Is year old negro. The
trains We're stoned Al Greycourt. y.
Y. and state police went to the aid W
detectives in dispensing crowds In the
Erie railroad yards at Port lorvis.
n Y. where workman was injured
by stones.
Other incidents included attempts 20
wreck trains at Trinidad. Colo. and
Montgomery, Ala, and the burning or
freight ears and buildings At Denlson.
Texas.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-04
Oklahon1an to Ask Removal of
District Head ofU. S. Veteran
Bureau at Dallas; He Asserts
Congressman Chandler Pro-
tests Administration of
Office; G. O. ?. Solon
Sent Challenge on Com
plants of Men
Especial to The Daily ArdmoreIte,


WASHINGTON 80 The fight being
made by the Oklahoma ex.service men
against the administration Of the United
States veterans bureau In the four.
teenth district which includes oklaho.
ma. Texas and Arkansas, reached a
climax last week when Congressman
Bert Chandler OF the first Oklahoma
district served notice on Congressman
Wurzbach. tonly republican congress.
man from Texas that he intends to
protest the administration OF Captain
Kline OF the Dallas office and ask for
his removal. This statement by Chand.
lcr is particularly significant In view of
;hu fact that Kline is said to be a pro.
toee OF WurZbnch. and this threat TO
ask for his removal is the most drastic
step yet taken by the Oklahoma men
who have heretofore confined their pro.
tests TO Colonel Forbes OF the veterans
bureau.
Not only have Oklahoma eX.scrvice
b.cn complained 20 him over the capl.
tniiznticn OF Oklahoma men In Texas.
says Congressman Chandled, but he has
also been convinced In his own office
OF the incompetence OF the Dallas OF.
flee In handling compensation cases.
He cities the case OF Wallace Ross of
Chelsea. Oklahoma. who has been op.
Grated on five times In the last year.
Ross was first sent to Houston. and
then TO Walter Reed hospital In Wash.
lngton. He has a dependent family
but IL has been impossible to secure
any compensation due to the fact that
district fourteen at Dallas says the
case In not In their iurisdctorn owing
to Ross being now In Washington. while
Washington contends that the case be.
longs under the Dallas bureau.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-04
ROBBERY IS
MOTIVEFOR
HO MICIDE
Lester Daley Lured to
Southern Oklahoma by
Tales of Large Wage
in Oil Fields
MAN HELD IN JAIL
AT DURANT TODAY
Relative Identifies Youth and
y Leads to Arrest of the
Alleged Slayer
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Especial to The Daily Ardmoreite)
SULPHUR. Okla.-Promises of large
wages in the Carter county oil fields
brought Lester Bailey of Quinton
Kansas to Sulphur---and to death
A man named Johnson, who told the
tales Of fabulous salaries is now in the
county Jail AT Durant, charged with
murder. and officers have gone TO iden
tify him and return him to Murray
county.
According to Bin Fisher, brother.in,
law Of the dead man, Bailey and John.
son left Quinton Sunday week ago
10 come TO southern Oklahoma Bailey
had 5000 with which to defray expenses
Of the trip and tide them over until
they succeeded i'm getting job.
Found Dead Friday.
Early Friday morning. cattle ship.
pers found The body of Bailey near the
railway stock pens here, with bullet
through his brain He was not iden.
lifted until Fisher arrived Sunday.
There was no money or other valuables
in his personal effects. Sheriff Parks
said.
johnson was arrested at Durant late
Saturday and was being held for inves.
legation. when Sheriff Parks sent out
description Of he man who left Kan.
ficer told him Of the arrest.
Remains of the slain man will be sent
TO Kansas for burial
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-04
CITY UNUSUALLY
QUIET AS LABOR
TAKES VACATION

All city and county offices and pub,
lie institutions We're closed Tor the day
1s we'll as business establishments with
the exception OF markets and grocer
les that remained open during the
morning hours.
Many Ardmoro citizens left the city
Sunday Tor other places. and the local
pleasure resorts were well patronized
by club members who spent the day
fishing
a large delegation OF Ardmore peo.
pie are at sulphur and few members
OF local labor unions are az Oklahoma
City whore bis labor day celebration
Is In progress.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-04
TURKS PUT THREE GREEK
ARMY CORPS TO FLIGHT

ALDEN. Asia. - Three Greek army
corps In the Esd Shchr sector OF the
Grcco.Turkish front have been dis.
pcrscd and almost annihIlntcd by the
Turkish nationalists. according to dis.
patches received here today from An.
CORA, the seat OF the kcmallst gov.
ernmcn; The Greeks are rp,rcatiug In
disorder and the Turks have advanced
In the ismid sector to within Il miles
Of Brusa.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-04
GERMAN TOYS ARE
HIGHER; SANTA is
TO GET SETBACK

WASHINGTON. - Santa Claus is
joining the profiteers. according to u
report to the commerce department
from Berlin which advised Of mounting
prices for German toys.
Christmas prices cannot be fore.
cast, the report declared. but an In.
crease OF l6O per cent to take effect
In the fall has been decided upon with
further increases Wpected.
Militarism. the added. has disappear.
cd from the German toy industry and
the army corps OF lead soldiers form.
erly turned out by the Nuremburg
factories have been superseded by
tribes Of American Indians.
prgSlurtva
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-04
Change Name of CaddO
Citizens Suggest Market Street Because of Trade in
That Center, Easey Says

Several Ardmore citizens have sug.
gcstcd to the secretary OF the chamber
Of commerce that the name Of Caddo
street he changed to that OF Market
street. and the matter will be presented
at the regular weekly meeting Of the
board OF directors Tuesday.
The name was suggested because
Caddo street at present is the scene
Of a great deal OF activity along the
line Of barter and trade with farmers.
Farm wagons are parked near the Rock
Island freight depot daily and a great
deal Of traffic results.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-04
JUSTICE CLARKE TO
QUIT BENCH AT ONCE

WASHINGTON, -- The resignation
Of Associate Justice Clarke has been
received by President Harding, 1t was
announced today az the White House
The president. Il was said. will accept
the resignation and Intends to nomi.
nate former United States Senator
George II. sutherland OF Utah. to take
Mr. Clarke's place on the supreme
hgnCh
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-04

Secretary John Easley espires to
have municipal market erected In
Ardmore In the near future. and as the
subject has received considerable fav.
orable comment in past years. hopes tc
see something tangible develop. Farm
ers wagons seldom stop ON Main street
now. only those bringing cotton 10
market are ever seen there. and a
large market. centrally located II Is
argued would be great convenience
not only for the farmers. but to tho
people Of the city ~ well
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-04
OFFICIALS PROBING
SHOOTING OF ACTOR

PLATsBURG. y. Y-interrnratiop
Of stage and screen notablcs stii to
have bsen present at the cimn n
Jack cllffv,d ON Chatcaugay Lake las,
Thursday night when A. "Ruddie'
johnson was shot accidenctnlly. ac.
cording to the stories told by hin, aud
his wife. Peggy March. actress and
dancer. was planned to-day ~ D's-
trict Attorney Jerry and Sergeant
Boyes Of the state police.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-04

JACKSON, CALF. 49, Just one week
after AZ miners were entombed In the
main shaft of the Argonaut mine, res.
cue workers continued their efforts this
morning to reach the spot where the
men are thought to be trapped.
The question as to the likelihood OF
rescuing the miners alive, seemed to
leave only spark Of hope in the minds
Of the wives and children Of the men
held in the mother lode. BY all pre-
vious experience in mine disaster. the
men are thought TO be dead.
Sixty gallons Of whlskey. confiscated
in prohibition raids. was sent from
San Francisco to Jackson to be ration.
ed 10 rescue workers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-04

iOus war against autocracy and junker.
ism, and they found another war
against autocracy and junkerism thrust
upon them.
Splendidly Victorious.
In this they have been splendidly
victorious thus far, and they are de-
termined to be entirely victorious.
TO permit deterioration or destruc.
ton of our standards of life and living
means to permit destruction Of the
best that America stands for.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-04
"BtDpIE" JOHNSON IN CRITICAL
CONDITION WITH WOUND

pi.ATTSBuRG. n. "a NJ. Bud
die" Johnson, husband cf Peggy Marsh
actress and professional dancer who
accidentally shot himself through the
lody Thursday night Is In "a critical
condition IN tho Champlain Valley hos
p,tsi he,c. after having been conveyed
b, boat aud automobile froma n iso
htes camp IN the Adirondack mount
aims, more than 90 miles away.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-04

1t means taking the life out of Amer.
leans.
America must continue to be the land
OF justice for the toiiers the land of
opportunity. the land OF freedom and
Of democracy.
1t must remain, above all others, the
land where men and women may find
realization of their hopes and their
dreams.
Progress to the Fore.
Labors struggle today is to keep
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-04
D0RNICK IiIIJ. GOLF TOURNEY
GETS UNDER WAY EARLY

Golfers were out early at Dornlck
Hills Country club, Monday morning
TO participate In the open sweepstakes
In progress throughout the day ThS
first nine holes OF the rs designated
the four classes OF players Match
games will b,p laycd or at the conclu.
sion VI the sweepstakes
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-04
SIX INVESTIGATIONS
AT PITTSBURGH NOW

PITTSBuRGH 80 Six Investigations
by railway munimpal. county and
federal agents were under way today
to determine the cause Of the fire which
swept through q junk house ot The Penn
sylvania railroad yesterday. claiming
seven lives and lnjurlng 10 other re.
Gently employed repairmen. Property
loss was estimated at more than 5000.
000.
George figgus. was arrested near the
scene NJ the fire early this morning
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-04
GRECO!TuRi,iSH FRONT car.
rtRED ny TURKISH NATIONALS

ATliENs.-The capture BY the Turk.
ish nationalists OF uchak, upon the
Greco.Turkish front in Asia Minor was
confirmed here today. Dispatches 10
newspapers Indicate that Brusa also
may soon fall into the hands OF the
Kemalists.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-04

Labor Day is Labor's. own holiday.
won by Labor. created in recognition
of Labor's status in civilized society,
and devoted each year to promulga-
tion of Labor's principles for the bet
terment of all who toll.
labor Day this year il slgnalized by
n great unity and solidarity among
Americas toilers.
Their minds are upon the issues up.
permost in cur country.
They came back from a great victor
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-04
FLASHES

JACKSONVILLE, Fia.-Lieut. James
IL. Doolittle. army aviator, expects TO
hop off tonight from the beach nj
Neptune, confident that he will land to-
morrow night on the shore Of the Pa
tific ai San Diego. Calf, more than
200 miles away.
ATLANTIC CITY. y. J.-George r..
Wood, an oil operator Of Oklahoma
will be one OF VIM. q. McAdoO's party
which will make "a fishing and rafting
expedition down the south fork Of the
Snake river.
WASHINGTON. - Mother" Mary
Jones. unofficial labor leader, especi.
ally In times VI industrial strife, is
critically i'll ut the home Of friends
here. The irailties of her 81 years
work in Colorado. according to attend
ing physicians.
SAN BERNARDINO. - 4 bomb
weighing Ii pounds in q ear loaded
with lubricating oil which arrived here
over the union lines. When deputy
United States marshal threw Il out il
exploded. William Brown in his house
block distant. was struck by frag.
ment.
GRAND FORKS. y. D.-Adolph Pur
pur. n great northern railway striking
shopman, is in hospital in u pre-
,arious condition today aud Thomas
Mrachc. u railroad guard Is held with
out ball as u result OF a shooting aifray
at the company's round house here yes
terday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-04
Three Voices


without labor nothing prospers.
--sopho,les.
Next TO faith in God. is faith m
labot.-I,o,ce.
Iabor-independeni. thinking aud
acting FOR itself. earning It's own
wages, accumulating those wages
into capital. educating childhood,
maintaining Worship. claiming the
right II the elective franchise. and
helping 10 uphold the great fabric
~ the siaie-ihst is American In.
bcf. aud an m, sympathies arr viii,
u. and my tolce. till I am dumb.
viii be- for ii.-Daniei Webster.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-04
OFFICERS START TO ENFORCE INJUNCTION
LABOR CELEBRATES
AT SAND SPRINGS

TULSA, Okla.-Labor day celebra'
ton here centered in a parade and
observance in which the labor organl-
zatlons )f Tulsa were to participate at
Sand Springs, this afternoon. Mayor
j. C. Walton. of Oklahoma City, demo-
cratic candidate for governor. was 10
have spoken here but illness Que 10
an attack of rtomaine poison prevented
his coming. Clarence Ruth of Okla
homa City. Will take his place
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-04
SAMUEL GOMPERS

/ progress to the forefront That should
find the support of sympathy of every
true American.
A better America. founded upon
sound American traditions, making pos.
sible better. nobler. freer manhood
and childhood
That is what Labor wants.
That is worth the seeking. IL life Is
worth the living.
SAMUEL. GOMPERS.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-04
THINK MEN
ENTOMBED
AREDEAD
Forty Seven Workers Entrap-
ped by Fire at Jackson,
Cal, Not Reached in
Weeks Work

JACKSON, Calf. - The night
crew of rescuers working in the
kennedy mine in an attempt to
reach AZ entombed men in the AR.
gOnaut gold mine, declared on
coming to the surface today, that
when two signal blasts were fired
on the 1900 foot level, they were
positive that they were answered
by five explosives coming from the
ArgOnaut.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-04
HORNsBy GETS THIRTy.THIRD
RUN or THE SEASON

ST. LOUIS. - Rogers Hornsby Of
the local nationals clouted his thirty.
third home run OF the season In the
sixth inning OF today's game with
Pittsburgh. This ties him with Tillls
walker, Of the Philadelphia Americans
who is leading home run hitter OF the
season. Brown was pitching for the
Pirates at the time. No one was on
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-04
The Triumph of Labor

(0nzemarbe tablet presented to President GOmp
Federation of Labor
Europe of of his
of the wOrld).
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-04

Walter Co;fcy. constable ~ Lone
Grove township, spent SUNDAY and Mon
day morning In Ardmoro ON business.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-04
REGAINS HEARING AT
HIGHER ATTITUDES

CHICAGO - Pronounced hopelessly
deaf by physicians, August IL. Narris.
81 a former soldier had regalned par.
ual hearing today az an altitude OF l5..
600 feet lie plans more flights at a
still higher altitude In the hope of
his hearing will be permanently re.
stored. Harris said that the first idea
that his hearing was not permanently
restored. Harris said that the first
idea that he hearing was not perman.
entity destroyed was some time ago when
he received u heavy blow on the arm.
a short time after tho blow he could
hear little. he said. Strenuous cx.
ercises which he permits his friends to
friends TO maui him has been added to
his system OF treatment he said
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-04

lee Carpenter Of Fox was Ia the
city today on business.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-04
WEATHER

Tonight and Tuesday.
fair; not much change in
temperature.