davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-19

gossips linked the divorce aud the
broken cugagpmVut automatically.
whether with or without ryason.
II was only Last month when the
country sat up and wondered over
the news that Mary l.lndOu Baker
member uf ono Of the best known
Chicago families. had failed to ap-
pear at the church. whercat young
Allister Mccormick, mombcr OF both
families ana most Of the elite Of
Chicago were waiting for her to
marry Mr. Mccormick The church
began to TN early In the afternoon,
and the Hamilton McCurmicks We're
In Il front pew 10 see their son we'd.
Her Health the Reason.
Mr.. McCormicS departed for New
York and took the Baltic FOR Eng
land. He said before leaving that
the Wedding had been postponed bo-
cause OF the condition Of the young
woman's health. and that he expect
ed that it would take place in the
spring.
or hardly less general mtcres:
was the strange ending OF what was
expected TO be the wedding OF John
p. Cudahy, son Of one Of the pioneer
Chicago packers aud bankers. and
Miss Louise Chcnier Francis whoac
relationship takes IN late governor
Of Rhode island Tho young woman
and her mother went out to Lo1
Angeles. and thence to Santa Mont
ca, where the marriage was expected
90 take place January 6.
A long list Of notablol has jour-
neyed all the way to tho coaet--
some OF them from New Yors and
New Englaud--ror the event. and
when the appointed time came the
bridegroom was not 60 be found
Il was stated that he was located
later I'm a sanitarlum after hrs
fianccc and her mother had do
parted. Some Of the Rossips de-
clared that the real reason for his
failure TO appear would be found in
a money question tlt1t had followed
the visit Of Miss Francis visit to the
nrnanGntlAn aMn In Il
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-19
How Britain Grabbed
Wealthiest Oil Fields
Known to the Universe


"by this Internal pact In every pat
of tho globe. abroad or at home In
the present and the future, France is
tied to the British trust. II 10y chance
one ot our countrymen thought or
working alone or with an American
Ernup, our government would be
compelled 20 refuse him support m
not actually to discourage him
Another great danger to France
is. according 20 this authority, that
tho three great British groups. the
shell. Royal Dutch and the Anglo
Persian possess not merely capitnl,
hut all the equipment, technical eN-
pcrts and business experience rolat-
ing to the oil exploitation.
Franco has to supply a certain
amount OF the capital in French ter
ritorics Hut who can prevent, he
asks. the British groups telling the
inexperienced French that their ter
ritorios are unworthy ut Develop
mcut, Whnc az tho same time pro-
venting any other concerns making
an effort to exploit thom'
Trust Has Its own Immense Com
Cr-sions."
"Thc Augip-putch trust nc says
from now onward has itg own Inn
mcnso concessions iu All regions of
the globe; among them are much
richer and better situated ones than
ours for instance those In the
uclghborhood of tho Panama canal
Is It likely that II will disperse ~
efforts and equipment over all the
oil fields OF the world, 'and II not
why should ours have the priority
let us not forget that " the trust
has wished fora professional right
upon our oil fields. IL Is not To eX-
ploit them. but to prevent rival
from turning them to account"
lie points out that the ultimate
effect of these British monopollcs
viii he on American public opinion
and on the payment OF French
debts
america" he says, has lent US
more than thirty million gold francs
at the present rate OF exchange.
Were the American government 10
exact the Immediate payment OF one
fourth only. II would be enough TO
send down tho value OF the franc 10
the level of the German mark. even
Of the Austrian crown. In every cX-
change IN the world"
American Business Men "Not
Imbccilcs."
American business men. hc pro-
ceeds. though they can be generous
on occasion, are neither saints nor
imbcclles. THEY are not disposed
to deprive their Industries OF much
needed capital I'm order to lend to "A
nation which refuses them access 10
tho few useful resources It possesscs,
and which II gives generously to
their competitors"
Winding up with the eloquent ap-
| peal to France to give FREQ compcti-
/ tlon To the United states. he quotes
| the famous declaration of Sir Ed
| ward Mackay Edgar:
"lr the present curve Of high
grade consumption is maintained.
Americans In 10 years viii be under
the necessity of importing 800. 900, 20
600 barrels OF oil yearly at 81 "a bar
rel--a very low figure; and that
means annual payment OF $1,000
100000, most. IL not all. of which
viii find It's way Into British pock-
cts "
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-19

NEW YORK-The frequency
with which society has been start lcd
by the news Of engagements broken
by members OF tho fair sex when
apparently all was serene has given
rise TO the query:
What Is the matter with the flap
pers that they decline to tolerate the
yoke OF pre-cmption as In other
days?
Students of the situation advance
two leading theories. one has Il that
tho spirit of unrest that makes the
ultimate divorce easy and frequent
has communicated It's germ to the
children, and the other asserts that
the real reason is TO be found in the
advance OF feminism which has led
girls to examine the associations and
the actions Of their future husbands
and to demand a single standard Of
conduct that was not possible in
other days.
One OF the notable instances OF
the engagement ring that will not
stay on is that Of Mise Mary MILL
cent Rogers, favored granddaughter
OF the late Henry II. Rogers Of
standard oil fame. and James
Thompson of New york. Miss Rog-
crs was sure that Mr. Thompson was
the man Of her heart, In the face of
the insistence on the part of her
mother that she bide her time and
defer marriage.
Clash of Two Wills.
Miss Milliccnt has a will all her
own. and her grandfather also had
a will OF his own. Under the latter
he left some S2O.00o.0 900 to the use
of the young woman, and under
the former she exhibited an indc-
pendence that did not promise well
for her plans for marriage.
Mrs. Rogers tried persuasion Mt
first and then used the kind OF
diplomacy that No. &c Broadway
uses when a man will not sell an
oil company and cannot be made TO
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-19

LONDON How British diplo-
macy persuaded France 90 deliver
up TO Great Britain all hcr actual
and potential oil folds Ia told by
Monsieur Francis nolaisi lu his book
entitled "Oil Its Influence ON pol!-
tics"
NJ Delaia described how. under
the treaty ot Versailles. an the
booty Immediately roolizthlc went to
Britain, while France received ad-
VantuEoa rCDllllhIc tn q more or less
distant future The United states
stood outside the negotiations and
thus loft the field free Tor Uritniu.
At the time uf the treaty OF san
Reno. he r,uuunts French prestige
was az n low Chh lu the near east
because the Emit Fcisal was pushing
the Seugulcso buttHlious of General
Gouraud toward the syrian coast
The moment NHs dangerous fur
France, And the stpnRost part OF
Il all was and everybody knew it
that the power ot Emil Fcisnl de-
pended upon the arms, tho money
and the support of the British.
"Slgn aud You Shalt Have syria"
Then Lord CUryou said. sign the
agreement with the Royal Dutch aud
YOU shall have syria MIR Mlllcrand
accepted lmmcd,ntCl, Fcisnl was
left To himself Thus the triumphal
entry Of General Gomsud into pa
mascus was paid Tor boy tho nhan-
donmcnt of an our oil resources.
The san Reno agreement relates
to Rumauia. Asia Minor the terri
tories Of tho old Russian empire.
French colonies and British crown
colonies. and It may he extended 60
other countries by mutual consent.
at l., therefore. not only the oil
fields Of Mosopotamia,' says NJ. De-
lalsi, (which are abandoned to the
British trust, but In fact the whole
of our oil interests. present and fu-
turc, whether In the colonies or
abroad.
Furthermore" he points out. las
tho British trust thanks to its per
sonncl and to its special equipment.
IN alone In a position To begin cN-
ploitation, the part Of our business
men will ho limited. as usual 10
finding capital The Americans
are thua rigidly excluded from that
part Of the Ruman,an oil fields
which may fall to the share OF
France"
"Sbnli H. Under British Control"
Tho San Reno agreement also
lays down that the oil is TO be ox-
plotted by a private company which
shall be under permanent British
control land In which, consequent
ly America can have no partD.
ITO put II IN other words" says
NJ Delaisi, I'VE are treating the An
glo-Perslan Oh company as privi-
legged French concern. while at the
same time undertaking the respon-
ability OF guaranteeing. free OF
charge, the security OF It's enter
prises In all our zone OF influence
san Reno went even further than
this. II agreed that In the French
colonies protoctoratcB and spheres oI
influence, including Algeria, Tunl
and Morocco. the French govern
ment will facilitate the acquisition o
concessions to every Franco Britisl
group "of good standing" and "fur
nishing the necessary guarantees.
! No loophole Of any description wa
! left for American participation.
"Hcucpforward, SAWS NJ. Della isl
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-19

Tulsa high school is going 20 have
'he largest senior class this year In
Us history. Two hundred and
eighty students will receive their di-
Womas next June and will turn their
uuention to making for themselves
place In the sun, whether 1t be in
me collegiate, business or domestic
world.
4 Normal Increase.
Ihs is an increase Of about nor
nal percentage over the size of the
ass last year. Two hundred and
nI,y.five students graduated last
pune, record sized class up to
nat time. With the influx of stu
ems each fall and at midyear the
@ei that larger number leave
scn spring doesn't have much of
~ eHect on the size of the school
IS whole.
Mhen the new addition to the
. ash school is completed, Central
va DC equipped to adequately ac-
sS'Anodate about $500 students,
Nclpal Merle G.. Prunty said the
sier DAY. There are now 2,004
~ and girls enrolled in the high
aool Average increase each year
sr the attendance last year at
saual IL about 20 per cent; the in
,o sease this year was held down TO
,1,l N,n,al by reason of the fact that a
,sner aoer Of pupils were held out by
5iis cared for in the city's three
or snt hlgh schools. Indeed, the
Ssi or nigh schools are to be even-
sahy y the final solution of the
sSVeni OF caring for the steadily
hlasing number of students in the
line. schools. But meantime the
boh OF more students than
-enIral 'e' '''''' ~
Doubie Glasses Now Held.
,nt w. condition is met for the pres
b holding double classes in all
nonne classrooms that are large
-tSeenh 10 admit OF such a solution
be ere are AZ out of 55 so used. to
psrleSsot' Central has 75-minute
ess.ss' and the routines of the two
Whns uoVetail into one another.
cites one class studies, another re-
two IN some of the rooms the
The thers face one another and
'' classes are back to back.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-19

saves the tissues OF the mother and
hastens convalescence."
Patient Can Give Herself Gas.
Must there be an expert anesthe-
list on hand during the administra-
ton of laughing ,gas?"
There is a question for which
there are several answers. with an
expert anesthetlst the birth can he
absolutely painless. But there is the
problem of the increased liability to
use instr umcnts, because the mother,
being completely unconscious Is OF
no help. The expert mixes the gas
with oxygen which makes il more
pleasant. Personally. If my patient Is
fairly intelligent, l let her give 1t TO
herself"
But It is necessary for n doctor
10 be on the premises at least. Some
Of my colleagues differ there, believ-
ing that the presence OF trained
nurse is sufficient. Others even per-
NIT a member OF the family to turn
the plug on the. gas tank.
Have you ever seen gas tank =?
Usually one to four tanks are pro-
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-19
Legs Broken But Unhurt.

observation-disclosures Dowling
of Sc Twenty-seventh street, admits
he is a cripple. While walking alone
penn avenue he fell and broke bothl
legs Along came a cop who found
Dowllns in no pain. The cop turned
this report in at the Twenty-siNth
street nolice station. Richard Dow
ling. two legs broken, uninJured'
Accident. Taken home" DowlinS $
legs are both wooden.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-19
Road EuIIt 20 Glacier.

BOULDER, Colo. What is be-
lieved TO he the largest body Of per-
petual Ice in the United States Is
located at the head OF the Middle
81. Nrnin canyon, west OF this city.
The glacier Ia being made easy of ac-
cess by improved roads to make II
reachable In n days journey on foot
and horseback through the pictur-
csque mountain passes
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-19
Central Senior Class
Biggest for This Year
in High School History

In other rooms they are divided
merely by an aisle, The touted sll-
yer lining in this instance is the
fact that power of concentration IS
OF necessity developed by this re-
gime. At first. when the two-class
plan was tried out, the students had
a rather hard time of 1t keeping
their minds on their work while dis
cussions were going on In the same
room. It was a case of either con-
centrate or fall by the wayside and
SO they concentrated.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-19
Positive Identification,

He was newly arrived In this coun-
try and was none too familiar with
the use OF the telephone. so lie
took down the receiver and de-
manded;
AYE want 20 talk TO my wife"
Centrars voice came back sweetly:
Number pleaso2"
"Oh," he replied, perfectly willing
to help out, "she banc my second
yum"
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-19
Not Entirely Pleasant,

a colorcd preacher In Alabama
was one day talking TO one OF his
aged parishioners. who vonturcd TO
express the opinion that ministers
ought to he paid better.
Use sho' glad to hear yo' say
dat" responded the parson warmly.
Use pleased dat yo' think 30 much
OF de ministers. So yo' think we'd
ought TO get bigger salaries2"
"Sho | does" said tnc old man,
"Den we'd get a better class o. men"
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-19
Prisoner Hopes to BE
Free When He Is 50

JOLIET, Wesley Johnson,
the Oldest prisoner IN the United
states. sentenced 10 life imprison-
ment at the age of I8, has been
awarded "A commuiatlon Of sentence
to 20 years lie r. nov 81 years old,
johnson, a negro, Is convinced
that he viii live 10 the end OF his
term, II years hence.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-19

Madam Potrova has woven into the
character all the clements which she
believes exist In the intellectually
free aud financially independent
woman,
Nine. Pctrova hopes Reyctte will
he an object lesson to every woman
In the world who Is striving for self
expression and the right TO choose
her own occupation. when she is
played by Madam PetrOya all over
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-19

America, az she viii be at the con-
clusion Of the New York engagement
OF The white Peacock" she wants
every woman who sees the play TO
feel encouraged 10 believe that her
greatest dreams and highest possl-
bilitics can be realized
Nine. Petruya herself is CcOnOm-
icaily free and continues her artistic
career although happily married to
q doctor.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-24
May Music Festival TO 4.
Bring Many to City; Seat
Sale to Open on Monday

festival director, will direct the chorus.
which will be assembled for ii final
rehearsal here, after the festival
opens. The choral sections in the
various cities have been working for
seyeral&weeks, as individual groups,
and-M Mr.. Wilcox will assemble them
here.
On this program also Twill appear
Otis Patton, brilliant young enor,
who will sing the tenor solo parts in
the cantata, and Robert Ambrosius,
celebrated cellist, who is to give a spe-
cial group of numbers. Mr.. Patton
has appeared in concert, oratorio and
opera in many cities of the middle
west, and Mr.. Ambro,ius has made
a secure place for himself among the
younger musicians.
Afternoon Programs.
On the afternoon of May second i'll
the Presbyterian church there will be
an organ recital, at which all Of the
numbers will be given by North Da-
kota artists. Organists who will APP
pear include Mrs. l.. G. Harrington,
Grand Forks; Nils Bosom. Fargo; G.
c. Rynggenberg, Jamestown, and
Mrs. r. D. Henderson and Mrs. +.
NJ. Cleveland, Fargo. Others to APP
pear on this program are Knute
It lOyodA N1OllillSI, RdlkSS aSltyp
Swenson Critchfeld, Kenmare, con-
tralto, and David De Haven, tenor,
Fargo. Soloists with the Fargo chorus
are Mrs. E.. B.. Wright, Mrs. e. A. En-
~gebretson. violin, Mrs. Frank Temple
piano, Mrs. Henderson and Mrs. Cleve.
land, all Of Fargo.
For the third afternoon there wi
be a program given by children OF
the Grand Forks public schools under
the directioT<of Miss Metcalf, director
of physical training.
Big event.
The festival, which undoubtedly vii
be IN Of the most important nusica
events, attempted in this section oil
the northwest, will be held under ting
auspices of the North Dakota fedora
ton Of Musical clubs. of which Mr.
J. A. Jardine, Of Fargo, is president
The festival will bring to Grand Fork:
several hundred musical persons fro!.
all sections of the state.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-24
Questionnaires Are
Being Prepared For
Marketing Bodies

Fargo, April ,24.-As the first step
towards taking a referendum vote
among the membership OF the organ
izations on the question of selling
North Dakota. pooled grain through
a single sales agency, Fl. d. Fuller,
secretary of the North Dakota Farm
Bureau Federation, today sent tenk-
tive formsj of the q~uestionnairc to Of
ficials of the four marketing organiza-
lions for their approval. When APP
proved, the q~uestionnaires will he sent
to all members in North Dakota of
the United Grain Growers, the Equity
Cooperative Exchange, the North
Dakota National Wheat Growers and
Northwest Wheat Growers. associated.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-24
Splendid Programs to Be Civ
en- During the Three-D Day
Event - Edward johnson,
Famous Tenor, to Give
, Concert on Opening Night
National Contest Winners
to Be Heard.

The general seat sale for the State
May Music festival which will be held
In Grand Forks May j, 2, and 8, will
open on Monday morning at the Pop
Pier music house. The mail order sale
opened several days ago and has been
heavy, according to Heber Edwards of
the Dakota Concert Bureau, who is
looking after the business arrange
ments for the festival.
MI Of the programs Of the festival
Will be given at >the city auditorium,
with the exception Of the organ reciS
tai, on the second afternoon, which
will be held in the First Presbyterian
church.
johnson to Sing.
The FESTIVAL will be opened with a
concert on Monday evening, May first,
by Edward Johnson, Internationally
known tenor, who will come before d
North Dakota audience for the first
time. He has created a sensation in
his appearances with the Chicago
opera company, and he is just com
pleting a tranScontinental our with
the company, this week. He will come
to Grand Forks directly from his
opera engagements on the Pacific
coast.
Johnson was anew singer to Amer
lean, audiences, until a season or two
ago, when he made a sensational de.
but with the Chicago opera associa-
ton, but he had for several years been
established in European music cen;
tiers. In Italy, where he. was known
as Eduard Di Giovannia, johnson
was for ten years known as the lead.
ing tenor OF The country. His success
is equally great in opera and on the
concert platform.
Contest Winners.
Herman leosen] violinist, and En,
rique Ro;,f PIANIST, winners of the vic.
lin ana piano vents in the nationa'
contest last summer conducted by the
National Federation of Musical clubs
will present the program on the even.
ing of May 2 at the city auditorium,
At the age of nine years RIOS won the
competition held by the Cuban gov.
ernmerf1 for the privilege of study in
the United States, with the most dis
tinguish1 teachers of this country;
embarking on a distinguished career
Rosen also is an unusually gifted
young musician, and their program
will be one OF the finest things of the
festival.
Wedding Feast.
For the concluding evening pro-
gram, May 3, at the auditorium, there
will be a rendition Of Hiawatha's
Wedding Feast, by Co'eridge-Taylor
with more than 200 voices from a
dozen cities in the state, participating
in the chorus. Prof. E. H. Wilcox
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-24

they were unable to assume their
former places in society. They were
wrecks that had to be- attended TO.
So she has collected considerable
fund aud hopes to purchase a village
and have it ready forSoccupancy this
autumn.
As to the war prisoners still wana
dering about Russia, and Siberia.
many of them will never be found.
and none of them will ever be able to
get back without outside aid. Miss
>Brandstrom proposes to continue
pounding up these waits and bring
them to her haven OF rest
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-24

Miss Brandstrom Is negotiating for
q village in southern Germany which
she proposes to turn into a human
reclamation campsstor the derelicts
that once marched proudly under Fin
denburg and other Teutonic military
captured and sent to Siberian con-
centration camps.
They remained In Siberia till long
after. the world war was over and
there are still thousands Of them left,
free to return home II they could.
BVt they have. neither the means nor
the physical strength to <Ae -.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-24
Red Gross. Nurse.

Miss Brandstrom is a alyoung swed-
the late General Edward Brandstrom,
for many years Swedish minister to
Russia under the czar's regime. Leav-
ing her comfortable home ip Stock
holm andAthes a~ristocratic social set In
which she had been brought up, she
led a small Red Cross expedition into
western Aberia and has succeeded in
repatriattMg thousands Of German and
Austrian war prisoners ;
But she found. that when the
former soldiers reached their homes
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-24
FIVE INJURED AND
$2OO,0OO DAMAGE
DONE IN BIG FIRE

Indianapolis April 24,--Fiye fre.
men. were injured. none seriously q
damage estimated at 100000 dom
when fire partially DESTROYED thu
Pearson Piano coompany's sales Don
in the heart of the downtown sector:
here last night
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-24
REFUGE OF REST
is PLANNED FOR
TEUTONIC SOLDIERS

Stockholm.--A refuge OF rest and
physical rehabilitation where the hu-
man wrecks OF German war, prisoners
from Russia and Siberia may be
treated and salvaged Is being pur-
chased by Miss Elsa Brandstrom.
known throughout central Europe
and Russia as 'the. Angel of Siberia"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-24
N. Y. COMMERCIAL

" foolish Wives is a stupendous
picture of Monte Carlo life. A photo
graphic triumph. A series of gorgeous
s~peStaclcs; scene succeeding scene
each lovelier than the lasts its scenic
splendor and marvellous photography
place it in the foremost ranks of the
great achievements of The SCREEN"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-24
NEW YORK TIMES

!" Foolish Wives. teens with scenes
that mean something-that throw
light on character and action-that
strike the spectator fairly between the
eyes and make him sit up and read
pictures" 4