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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-11-02

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England scsirr abanlss



Intensified their palilieal cam
palgn to,lay with the hope 81
making a better showing Is ih
general eiseilon for parliament
Noy Is N Yesterday = ballot
lag The laborite last 10 seats
which they had laasly hell
lu London and about leo ssats
which they bad occupied Il,
eighty hornurhs outside the cap
ilal, far lh ennsi part IN such
large cities a. Manchester. I.issr
rool RifmIuEbnm Derby. Not
tingham, pl,megA, Southamp
ton and roftsmeulh
Allhguen npr,lAsux siaA'aefed paTuir
maulrllal l.suta The rasm esfp
watched with luisaas surIosliy a. =
passlhie faraspt a labora ehanssa
IN the ssnegal alegtlfe ana tha ou
eowe u lha zeal shssieas has tti
lainly maaa lahafa flnensrta ioF psf
liament very alseouraelnn
n some instances labarlts repre-
sonutian eas completely wiped aat
IN che municipal elections
london va Intensely hosills 20 ~
hor The general feeling "a shs ea
lial vas manifested b. The way IN
voters foekea ~ lha pnlls despite lhs
rae sind and iufiaas rain
Tho paft'sian Interest for aaa
aealnai labor n little stronger saaay
than the atlention foeussod On 49,
vranRls between the Lloyd Georgian
liberals and tho conservatives.
Tho paliilsal wrlleFs % nas aaam -
know vhaf b. rolnr ea behind las
scenes tame ~ them say So 0solst
fonneer has son his fshi and ,hat
Lloyd ueofse has decided a abaa.
don hla i'isa 81 'sprsaalnF the raf
asalnat The conservatives Other. a.
clare iuat aa omphatlcsllr NAT shs
fallen prime minister hss taken
very determined altitude and has a.
el'lri % nomluata additional eana
dates agiiast conservatives
The Illness ~ lloyd geafre at
tracts much alseni'an ihs eali and
throat trouble = sald by some q rsaiv
be a rympiom ~ rundown health ais
70 fatlgue THAT hs . Tired wa ob
vlnua ~ ih0se who saw tlm during
bis recent vlsli = Scotland
Lord nlfhenhead vii substitute fDr
Lloyd George a. the speaker bofofa
a polltleEl Faiherirx a. nr'noi to
nlFi' i e sappoasd that be viii
voice ne gisna of Lloyd deorss .et
spreading the var
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-11-02

LOOtS q
Bank

Oklahoma City Nov The
state Rank OF Choetaw az Choc
taw small town fifteen miles
east of here. was closed today Is
order II Roy Walcoti state hank
ing commissioner. and informa.
iion charging forgery was filed
Ia county court here against
George II Smith. cashier
Smith Is specifically charged
with forgery amounting "a
s43300 Commissioner Malcoti.
announcing the closing OF the
bank. said this was The only At
legged discrepancy found 10
Smiths account after a hurried
examination, but that the invesii
cation was proceeding
According 10 J q. Dickey
e examiner for the state banking
apartment, who Is In charge ~
the bask, Smith left ne oank
Yesterday morning with the
statement that he intended 70 20
70 the country 10 look for a
horse which was for sale
Dickey said that be had not
leen seen since
The examiner found tin box /
"a the vault In which We're sew
raj notes amounting approx
nately to the value 81 seventy I
housand dollars. The notes were
wrapped in q paper which bore
he Inscriptions
Every man who has shown us
he right spirit, note IS ont OF
.ase. = /
The notation was signed
George n. Smith
Commissioner Walcoit said 4
hat he and Examiner DicNcy !
we're attempting 10 determine
he meaning Of the memorandum
Nh 10 learn IL the notes were
aid
According to the statement
>.ned hy tho bank on September
9th Il had total resources Of
mo hundred and ten thousand
.ollars with deposits Of ninety
~ thousand dollars
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-11-02
PHILIPPINES WANT An
INDEPENDENT GOVERNMENT

Manila, Nov Tho Philippine
senate today adopted unanimously a
resolution asking the congress Of the
United states 10 authorize the
Philippines legislation 10 cali a con
stliutionai convention 20 create fu-
ture independent republic in the phil
ippines and to determine what rela-
;'cn q siould bear to the American
The resolution was sent
10 the house of representatives
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-11-02
NOTHING NEW N
n,I.I-MlII.s 1Asl

Nfw nrupswaok n j. Nov
Officials conducting tho Inquiry iuto
the murder on Sept n. of ths rev
Hall and hla choir loader Nrs
ELEANOR Rlneahrdt Mllp. declined o.
comment ibis morning on the lnlar.
flew given yesterday b. Msa
Frances stevens 7fun 20 tufniy
newspapfrmeu 6ienographic sfans.
enpis q the iuiersles were IN ne
hands N 10th special DEPUTY ATTY
Gen. Wilbur A Mott aud hln chief
investigator Detective James o.
Masun.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-11-02
REWARD oFFERTo ron
pTWEY nANk Ronnrna

Howard of 500 for the capture and
conviction q any of the men Who
took part 10 the robbery of the s.
curlly National bank a Dewey. o..
'ober is. vas offered IN proclama
Ton issued b. Governor Robertson
Tuesday and received BY shsrlff ROB
erison today Tho offer will expire
within s'K months. unless O is re
newed.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-11-02
WHAT is CHEAP coTToNq

Oklahomas annual cotton. crop (ten
year average according TO U. s. De-
partment Of Agriculture records) is
$3.50 bales.
II is produced by 110.204 families.
The average family is man, wife and
three children. equals hands.
The average family produces bales.
To bales of cotton go to pay land
rent.
That leaves six bales, or two bales
for each hand.
The ten yesr average price is 17iz
cents per pound $50 per bale.
That makes s172 per year per hand,
or s14.33 per hand per month, out of
which must come food and clothing,
feed for his mule, upkeep on machin-
cry, etc.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-11-02
THINK IT OVERT

Randall y Dorfce a New England
spinner and a prominent member Of
the National Cotton Manufacturers
Association. has written an article for
the New York Journal Of Commerce
almost every paragraph Of which be-
gins with the dictum Cotton Should
he Cheap" II should be cheap. says
Mr Durfee. because it is a prime
necessity. because II furnishes cloth
ing for the poor man, because millions
Of workers are dependent on It for
livelihood. because "only in times Of
cheap cotton does the manufacturer
secure a reasonable profit on the
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-11-02
Practical Joker
Has En- Scurrping
In Their NightieS

erissow. Okla Ne. "a lassf
~he nrsa 4 glaot firseracksr under
roomlna house here iast nlaht
about midnight. caused consider
able semnotlon until she rennsr,s
ef the flrscfacAsr ssers discovered
cuests IN the reomina houss rushed
70 the street ssantiIY clad. tNiak lna
the building haa been dynAmtsa.
ard crowd seer gathered rhsn
someors found the hurstsd rsmalns
81 the cracker, ard sveFyaas vert
basA 20 he'd v ls believed thAt ,Ns
ssplesleH ~as planned a. nal
le~s'sn JOKE. oUt delayed ~ ne ln
element weather
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-11-02
pRopinlrioN IN ICELAND
CALLED q SHAM

tny The AssffiatfH it'r7
Copenhagen. Nov. 2 Prohibition
IN Iceland has gradually come 20 be
mere sham. according 90 the lord
Mayer zlmsen. Of Reyiavlk. the chief
city of the island.
In an interview the Lord Mayor Is
quoted as saying'
'lceland a no longer a prohibition
country wines Of p per cent alco-
hol may now be brought IN Although
the Spanish commercial treaty. which
provides Tor the importation q wines.
Is unpopular with many people as
having killed prohibition. it Is only
fair 70 mention that the prohlbltlona act
worked unsatlsfactorily emily the first
two years Aiterwarde smuggling
and home-b brewing practically made
the Law non-cxlstent"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-11-02
III ~ Will SAIIs-
iitD 10 SAW MIN

aia'vlbofo Ca Nov AL uill
noi appsai am weli sl'.susi y h
lha verdict
Elliott radr|ek formsr m.asirr.
eoniesstd fiafsr u BE rrl vile snd
he mo'hsf.ia isw NJ Mama f.oa
Dixon. mfas ihs statement aN.r
being found Esi.iY 81 murder ana
sentenced e ~ lmpf0sonmsui hs
nish 90 superior eoar
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-11-02
JUDGMENT FOR so4 BILLIONS

The California citizen who lent
another man 800 IN 1897 az 10 psr
eent With intero.t compounded. has
recently obtained iudgmen, aralns,
him FOR f20fi4o.332si21s. or more
money 'han there is in the world
Who would think 9 cour, OF Justice
would render judgment on a at
throat deal like thatg Il (. a. much
IS to say ihat 1, IS ali right 10 rob
a man 4 luu do il legally.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-11-02
CARRYING A JOKE roo
FAR SAY FtRInUH

w t"' RHHF'iAttN i'ffeH
Chicago. Npt g While msmtrrs
of an engine company we're respond
Ing to a false alarm early today fire
broke out lu the iofi ~ tho station n
was tho climax 70 a series of false
alarms which the company answered
Police Nero instructed 20 watch far
the "lckcr'
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-11-02
SI'ItIN PROGRAM
AT IIiGiI SCHOOL

There VII Be special esorcrsa a.
he hish tchool iemortoV morning
at a'ib 20 which me public 4 IN
rtisd The program wti IS well
worth ihe trip 70 the h.gh school
building
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-11-02
SONS AND DAUGHTERS
TO SUPPORT PARENTS

Victoria. B. C.. Nov. "A bill o.
make support Of their parents obli-
gstory upon sons Snd daughters has
been introduced in She 5ritlsh Col
umbis legislature by Atty. Gen A.
N. Manson.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-11-02
MARRIAaI LIeensaa aaAnrrr

These marriage Licenses we're a..
sued today stanley South. "a 81
Reno Hhyl Mrcafd "a. pimans
'c x s'ophens % and Ffanei.
kl'nabeih oaissubeuf 90 both 81
okllhoma city.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-11-02
HUNTERS KILLING MANY
QUAIL OUT or SEASON

Hunters from towns IN ihia section
OF the state are killing quail out OF
season, and BY the time the season
really opens there viii be but few
q the birds left. particularly inn the
fields and groves that bofdd the
streams according 20 reports.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-11-02

ioituih GUTHRIE NAN
DIS tROu MI rms

Fort Worth Tex nov 2 - N
Drown, hotsi proprietor formerly ~
ualhis. Oklahoma, who vas injured
~ an automobile a wrek Asa a. hs
was crossing street died hsga
thls morning iie wAs fify years
o.a
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-11-02
DISTRICT COURT CASES
10 DC hEARp NoVFMRrR 10

judge chas G. Smith has design
aied November l0lh as court dap
H. VII hear eases. me- Ions and
demurrers and VII ooniinus The ssa-
sion until ne temporary docket Il
clsared
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-11-02
AMERICANS BEST PATRONS
oF ENGLISH Air ROUTES

London Nov 2 Ar travel between
ihe Continent and England Is growing
IN popularity IN July III machines
we're In actual service. aud carried
1927 passengers. majority of whom
we're Americans.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-11-02

Perhaps aIr Durfee thinks cotton
labor Is inefficient and uuprogressiee
u m. Fise.csnt cotton had a way Of
closing schools dressing labor in rags.
housing Il n novels and prohibiting
the construction Of churches. II made
the slavery Of pre.lineoln days appear
~ comparison as some sort Of heaven.
u degraded the Negro. II swelled the
death lists, apoiheosized ignorance.
pauperizedwhole sections. Before the
Civil War there had been negro
slavery in the South. After the Civil
War, the cheap cotton advocates un-
dertook new enslavement Of the
whole South, white and black.
There is and can be no such thing
as cotton production at ten cents per
pound, under boil weevil conditions.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-11-02

, n nrewn isfl Guthrie several
Years $50 and heated IN sulphur
whore be conducted hsih ho,iie
While 20 Guhre b. Wa connected
WITH No municipal bath house tnd
vac a member % n r. p nk4
iodge 80 taG
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-11-02
Over the Wire

Washlnaton Invitation tu na.
tionai convention OF farmcfs 20
marketing nsaoclil ona
Dec. nsi6 we're sent - zoo such
ofEanixailona by the nation 8 cpnrsii
Of cooperative marketing asyoca.
tions.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-11-02
WEATHER

New Orleans, La.-Nov. 2.-Tonight
fair and warmer; Friday partly
cloudy.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-11-02

Nhicaso Sup Fintend ut Mor.en-
sen sen barred sex subjects from the
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-11-02

Kansas City. 40 Senator lames
4. Reed. democratic candidate fsr
reelection. rldiculed the X. X. X.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-11-02

Nod Port r l-Raar Admiri e
s Williams asaumed ne presidency
OF the naval war c9ll co succeeding
Rear Admiral Vim. $. SINS. wha
retired
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-11-02
Cheap Cotton and Its Effects On the Community

The average appropriation for a
pauper at the county farm is SOS per
month.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-11-02

Chicago Ben W Hooper. chair
man of fhe railroad ithof board.
said the board served the bosl in T
isres's of labor nnd he public iIe
assailcd Fdsel Ford. Samuel Comp
ers and William Randolph Hearst
81 Louis The Waiuerlfh. brew !
ery closed sfter ~ years Ilom
bre wing was blamed. affc.als say
ing Tho demand fof oft beyerae
pas insufficient 70 continue % fa-
lion.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-11-02

Washington Mrs Emly n well
hiair, vice chairman Of the dsm9-
cradc national committee. sald ha
eltciNn next week Will D. tett ~
the wornen VOTERS who have had Time
% select party allEnmonts
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-11-02

Washington 5t WAS bunouncad
thai less than hair the elndldai
Tor the senate had fled campaign
expense accounts
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-11-02

New York Buslnoes fa.mrea Ia
October decreased compared io tse
samo month last year but incr q
over Sepirn bcr according &, Br Il
streets october failure report TIE
number was given as 200 aud
September i.tg9
The New York herald., 1922-12-10

villain and the mortgage on the
trckd with songs and dances The
Thomas and Brian Hooker and this has
elaborated and not especially echng
ancient line ABOUT
outon that be traced back
far the play called Fashion
which Anna Cora Nova nearly eighty
adoly written and beautifully produced
The Phantom Rival and Lo
think it, We found mildly enjoyable
but no difficult interested in the
fate protagonist this Peter Juhdss
being played by is difficult rejoice TO
the who is continually
reminding the comedy faithful old horse with
that can't bear to shoot him. The
interesting character study fer
discussion but inasmuch the essence OF
drama feeble play disappointing
would that to
Fashions Men" reminded of day
Osborne trampling all
an opponent finally nterfered His
Honor was going protect he did not
decent resentment The phrase
was so pat that s through the years
The Dooma generally unbelievable comedy H Sheldon
the man called "The Havoc" His
nexpry produced and easily
dsodged play have encountered
this
The New York herald., 1922-12-10

IN the revivals OF "Pinafore." The
Mikado." "The Pirates OF Penzance,"
Patience" "rolanthe," Trial by Jury
"The. Gondoliers." Captain Brassbound's
Conversion" "The Gypsy Baron" The
Two Orphans" "Frou Frou.' THE New
York Idea" Major Barbara" "Cymbe-
line" Faust" Measure for Measure"
"Nfuch Ado About Nothing" "Divor-
cons" "T'he School for Scandal "Ro-
meo and Juliet" "As You Like IT,"
Twelfth Night" Julius Caesar Mac
beth" Louis XII" and others too
numerous 20 mention.
Now for my honest confession;
During the past two years admit
have produced lot OF hokum. But
hokum II, have discovered, the only
way by which che entire American pub
lie (theatergoing public, that isl will
contribute TO my exchequer | most re-
spectfuly suggest that one OF our
younger producers. and one for whom
have great admiration. Will admit that
"Thc Old Soak" ls hokum--good hokum.
TO be sure--but hokum none the less.
failed with swiftly" Personality"
Opportunity" and God knows how
many others like them. I thought they
we're good hokum. The public and the
critics disagreed with me and | lost the
bets. so there you are. They preferred
good holkum like '"Lightnin'." East ls
West" THE Cat and the Canary" and
o2hers. All these were good stuff, as
The New York herald., 1922-12-10
By WILLIAM A. BRADY.

~ URING the past month many
people have asked me why 1
- made shift in the style OF play
I offered the New York public by pre-
senting THE World We Live In" and
ITO Love-" two plays that seem to
have created no little interest among
those who are supposed to love what
is best in the theater. These people
seem surprised to find me produc-
ing the superior type OF plays
They evidently look upon me as one
of the chief producers of hokum plays
in New York. They seem to have
an idea that never had done
anything worthy in the theater what
soever. Apparently they have for
gotten that during former years ! have
produced Shakespeare. Gilbert and
Sullivan, Shaw, sardou, Hauptmann.
Sheridan. Dickens, 1bsen and host of
other variegated writer's OF virtuosity.
They do motor do not care to--re-
member my productions OF King john
and King Lear" when both plays had
not been on the New York stage In
thirty years. Or that did Tbsen's The
Wild Duck" and "The Pillars Of Society
for the first time IN America. Or that
created the idea OF and participated
The New York herald., 1922-12-10

was "The Bat" while my list was rot
ten and / lost out But then have
lost many a light in Wall Street, on the
racetrack. at roulette or faro and
have learned not TO vince. No one can
say Marie Antoinette" was cheap no
one can say Il was beneath criticism.
vet | lost that gamble to the tune of
$4,000 But don't regret that, hon
estly, because | felt | was doing some
thing worth while.
Theatrical producing was always
gamble. To-day IL II worse than ever II
was Theatrical history shows that
most producers die broke. They reach
the crest OF the wave and wind up In
the trough. suppose l will be added
TO the list OF victims.
The producer for the legitimate thea
ter to-day IS paying war salaries and
playing in most cases TO panic receipts.
or course there are some like Ziegfeld,
Golden and Sam Harris who are wallow-
ing I'm prosperity But that's always
the way In hard times and these are
hard times for most OF Tvs In the thea
ter. And we are responsible for IL our
selves We have for long time been
busily engaged in killing the goose that
laid the golden eggs. In hard times
few get the shekels The public cuts
down It's theatergoing and picks and
chooses and naturally chooses that which
II hears most about
There was knie when we could come
The New York herald., 1922-12-10
EVERYBODY'S HOKUMING NOW

into New York and II we were panned
by the critics and deserted by the public
I'm the early days OF the run we could
start In and work and finally get them
coming. For the critics and tho first
nizhters are not always right In their
Judgment at the premiere. For instance.
THE Old Homestead" Way Down
East" Florodora," "The Bird OF Para
disc" '"The Lion and the Mouse" THE
Man who Came Back" The Man OF
the Hour" Turn TO the Right" Tho
Chocolate Soldier" and many others that
rolled Up fortunes died in New York on
their opening night and were worked
into great successes through the nerve
OF their managers. Not so to-day. In
ninety-nine cases out OF a hundred it's
either Il or nit on the opening. Why?
Because there are too many theaters In
every large city IN the country.
glance at the Sunday advertising page
i'm New York or any other city In the
country dazes you. The publicity and
advertising that the movies buy helps
this along. They have no expense on
the stage and can shoot thousands for
big ads where we must count the hun
dreds.
Big advertising to-day by lie legiti-
mate theaters in the daily papers has
come to be regarded as a badge OF
failure. (1 don't hold 70 this belief my
Contiuued ON Following rnvc
The New York herald., 1922-12-10
Drawn by c. Le Roy Baidridge.

by aeful speeches the play
herseor rather would repeat them her
her to shut asking the man
public nuisance let the minutes slip by
complain politely could quite hear all she said
just knues would make sharp ridge
and Herewith o smartly the
As for our suggestion
his grandmother great
grandmother Marie v. Wilde has this to say
all the credit because Of his
matinee when Barrymore
the other actors queering and
funnng upsetting like
and Mrs John Drew among
Company b. (about 1s1o) Either
t Or Arnold DAILY had nut on it was almost faue they had
keep longer The leading man had
elsewhere they induced Barrymore to take
part feeling all fooishness
Well ought to have witnessed
nsd on the first act be scrbed three lines on the back
What those brief
result nothing
short ~ miracle when the curtain went m on the second act
Barrymore have
probably will
te tho niece ran for manv months aerward and Barrymore made
splendid word of wrath
to-day the Hamlet of all time
N that made actor
should like to add suspicion that
he may have had something to do with himself
your comments upon Mr. Hopkinss production
interesting" Faversham, fair to
blame Mr. Hopkins for not letting the Ghost appear
In the better produc-
OF Germany Austria the Ghost in the
flesh has presented many many years.
represented would
imaginaons the voice of ghost allowing Hdets imagn
ogh and the imaginaion Of the
audience years the
the effect CGsdrs ghost when
appears shattered brain but Tyrone
could his imagination
the feh So during his performance
in Mellh representing the
left the and Mr. Burton
Just used the light with Mr. Melshs
able his imagination hold the
M spellbound. 1t a much finer effect
help pick pitch and moment In
merely the kind
which fellows could bend their
sight Of the essential beauties OF the
AS "ph moment" is the first
also have been followed In the first
which Furness himself preferred
ant there plenty authority However
cares?
The Weeks Crist
melodama "Te Bat" school writ
alphabetically by the first
- night reviewers. good
Our NELL fairly style meodramas,