The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-24
KLAN'S OPEN AIR
SERVICE RESULTS
IN TERRIFIC JAM
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automobile headlights stretching
away as far as one could see In every
direction and on every road.
Big Fireworks Display.
There was quite display OF fire.
works In connection with the klan's
program. The outstanding pyro-
technic features as observed from a
distance included a great American
fireworks flag, which burned for 10
minutes and "A gigantic red fire COM
bination Of three immense "Ks."
Airplanc Marks Spot.
An airplauc with n fiery cross
underneath flew over the scene for
an hour or so Immediately before
and during the ceremonial.
The initiation services were held
right on top Of little knoll, and
the robcd klansmen knelt In n great
scmicircle about It's foot. There was
great cross Of fire In the center.
beside which was large American
flag displayed in an immense bowl
OF red light. a cluster OF brilliant
white lights at the top OF n totem
pole served as beacon.
Evidently the enormous turnout
OF automobiles for the show" sur
passed anything anticipated even by
members OF the khan. for although
there were traffic officers" scat
tered here and there along the vari-
Gus roads leading to the Grosshart
pasture they were practically help
less.
Train Spreads Panic.
While no accidents of consequence
resulted, one serious mishap was
narrowly averted, a Katy passenger
t.a In a
paved Broken Arrow road while the
traffice congestion was at its height.
The train, careening wildly as 1t
rounded curve less than hundred
yards from the Hickory crossing
threw hundreds of sightseers into a
panic and at least four auto loads
of people and probably many others
owe their lives to the quick work of
"A heady motorist who cleared the
track ahead OF the onrushing mon
stcr Of iron ana leaped to safety
himself by just few feet.
Motorlst Proves Hero.
without warning the headlights OF
the locomotive rounded tho curve
and the steam whistle shrieked Ia
cry OF warning which carried feai
into the hearts OF the occupants oi
those cars across the tracks and hor-
nearby. A mother screamed hys.
terically as she threw one OF hel
babies to safety and jumped out oi
q car with another small child ir
her arms. A motorist Just ahead
drove his car into a ditch, Jumped
out and frantically waved the car'
on. He jumped 10 tho middle o.
the track attempting to flag th'
train and Just as the last car pulled
up safely on the opposite side o
the steel rails the nervy motoris
himself jumped to one side, scarcely
10 feet in front of the engine. The
backrush of air from the speeding
train famed his hat from his head
As the red lights of the last pas
senger coach disappeared in the dis
tance, the hysterical mother tremb-
llngly picked up her two babies and
sObbing her thanks got back into
the car, which even then was far
too close TO the tracks for comfort
And the hundreds OF motorists who
had watched with bated breath the
onrush of the train breathed an
audible sigh of relief. The Jam waf
over, cars began moving and In a
few moments the narrow escape had
been forgotten.
1t was undoubtedly a narrow es-
cape. For If the train had hit any
OF the cars on the track 1t would
have meant instant death to the
occupants and the auto would prob
ably been hurled into the cars
jammed on all sides, spreading death
and destruction in It's wake.