The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-14
COAL EXPOSITION
GRAND SUCCESS
Mardi Gras Eclipsed in
Grandeur of Coal
Pageants
LIGGETT THE RULER
ThronR Startled by Sudden
Appearance of Klans-
men From over State
HE TN-rn InEN0NYM0Ia

by FAITH WEROEYMOuS
Worlds capital Correspondent
HENEYETTA, Okla. Juno Ia
The I. ruug OF 10000 people milling
about the downtown BtrpCta here on
the scroud night Of the annual King
lSoal ktruNdl and oklahoma state
Coal exposition was suddenly stilloi
about . o'clock when "a thuusaul
whit shpeted Ku-kiuy klausmcn
from over the state silcuty and
Wysturi1u-Iy appeared in the wake
~ the carnival parade. Hrraldcd by
the flaming cross and the Wlnri
buglc call ~ tho Khan, the Hrlf-
styled luiEhts OF the invisible empire
passed through tho misscd crowds
hat stood silent ana Intent uutil
tn last figure had disappeared.
frhc klau parade was the gcusatiou
90 the biggest day I'm the history OF
Henryctta and II complete surprise
90 the town and 20 the management
of the carnival. IL IL Understood
that marchcrs In the ku-I<lux pro-
CeBsional came from Okmulgoc, Mus
kogcc. Tulsa, Okomah and other
parts Of tho state.
Honryctta Streets Jammcd.
Visitors began to pour into the
town from all pnrts OF Oklahoma
the first incoming trains today. BY
noon the atrecta OF downtown
blocks were jammed and consorva-
tive estimate places the crowds to-
night at 10000. Every hotcL apart
nItnt and rooming house Is full:
ptiyato homes all over town have
opened their doors 10 th0 strangers
and hundreds - cots have boen
SHIPPED In and placed in tents erected
- ltn "A fit, tf hn .urUINu1 70.
office rooms and In unfinished
buildings. Show tents have lowered
their side walls to aCComudate some
Of the people who seemed doomed
20 mill about town all night long
with no place to sleep, and the
tents are patrulled.
The carnival pageant and parade
were the big features OF the day.
Thousands Raw the crownlng OF Ju-
ssph G. ,Liggott, county commission
er as Old King koal OF the Karni-
val and OF Miss Nola Ballard ns
queen this morning. The karnival
parade was reminiscent of the Mardi
Gras In brillianCe and gorgeousncss.
The floats in tho night parade were
illuminated by myrlads of tiny
bulbs and 200 members of the King
Koal Karnlval Komical Krew en-
laIged the professional over that OF
the afternoon. A trained chorus of
500 voices sang the King koal song.
written especially for tho Honryetta
Ksrnival. The king and queens
ruasque ball, a street dance, cli-
NAKED the second day of the three
day carnival.
q Dinner I'm Coal Mine.
alive hundred people. most OF
them from out of town, ate lunch
lis feet underground ms the guests
a. A. a ....N
Mining company At noon today. \
table seating 120 people was placed
in the haulage entryway In the COM
pany'a mine number II, and the dus-
KY monarch and his queen presided
at either end.
The massive parade the spectacu-
lar pageant. the caring for the
thousands OF out-uf-tOwn people are
hut "a phase of the second annual
King koal Karnival. Shows and
carnival booths line the streets for
three solid blocks: there is the hub
hub and hustle of hoarse-voiced
sbowmen crying their wares. the
shrieks of the pleRsure-seokers on
the ferris wheel ana the merry gO-
round, tho eXclamations from the
rapt crowds that stop for "A moment
10 watch the airplanes dip and circle
in the air, the balloonicr drop, paraT
closed this afternoon for tho day.
vehicular traffic was barred from
downtown streets filled with stroll
ing holiday thrungs lleuryCtta, the
magnet Of Oklahoma Just now, Is on
a throe-day glorious vacation.
Two hundred competitors from all
oyer the United States are expected
here tomorrow for the Intcrpaiona.
Gun clubs annual contest, the big
A "A az ha al a nil
fields, balloon ascensions. airplaue
races, and the Fort Smith and Hen
ryetta ball game viii be other draw
ing cards OF the third and last day
OF the karnival.
Reduce Coal Freight Rates
Material cuts in both freight rates
and mining wages were favored 10y
the Oklahoma Retail Coal Mer-
Chants association nj its annual
meeting held in connection with the
second annual King koal karnivai
AID Oklahoma state coal cXposi-
tion.
The association embodied In rcso-
lutlOns adopted az the morning scs-
sion "A declaration that the 10 per
cent cut In freight rates to become
effective July 1 WAS TOO Small for a
return 10 normal conditions, ana q
statement that II would not support
any mine that agreed to pay former
wartime wages TO its employees.
Opposition TO government control
ore regulation Of the coal industry
and opposition 20 the government IN
any way interfering ID the present
controversy between the coal OpCr-
ators and tho United Mine Workers
u Oklahoma was expressed omphat-
lCalN by the association.
3 In order TO lessen the winter de-
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