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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-24
DelIa RIack's a suicide.


All the rest of the Afternoon and
evening the girls talked Of the sui
eide Cora couldn't help feeling
that It might be Della. She wished
now she had asked the name of the
man who had made her love him,
the man who wanted her as a play
thing. gut she had no slightest
cue as to who he might be. she
had felt delicate about asking, and
Della had volunteered no informa-
ton.
As soon as breakfast was over
however, she said:
Girls, | am going to the morgue
I couldn't sleep last night thinking
it might be Della, Her note might
mean that she couldn't be happy
without him. had determined not
to be with him, and had decided to
take her life, It's terrible--but
can't get 1t out of my mind"
wen all go,' Nellie declared.
As soon as breakfast was over
without waiting to clear away, the
three gilrs started for the morgue.
finding where il was from Il near
by telephone station. The two older
girls looked serious, all were very
quiet. But on Nellie's face was q
look OF horror, a look in her wide
opened eyes that showed how ter
ribiy touched she was by the
thought that perhaps this tragedy
had come TO one they knew,
They told the keeper Of the
morgue why they had come.
The suicide was Della.
The girls gasped In horror, yet
she looked so peaceful, that as Cora
afterward said: "One couldn't he
sorry she is gone" she and Gladys
wept freely. but Nellie, shocked
gazed dry-eyed upon the face Of
the girl they had known.
What shall We do now that we
know Il ia pella2' Gladys whispered
TO Cora, to whose hand Nellie clung
pothetiCally.
"I don't know" Cora answered,
ut will be terrible 20 have her put
IN the pottcr's field"
"She mustn't be-" For the first
time Nellie spoke, with a conyuls-
i've shiver at the idra.
"Rut we can't" the practical
Gladys commenced.
"Ill find a way I'll tell Mr. Fal-
lon Nellie dragged at Cora's hand.
II he--if no one comes TO claim
her. we will bury her decent'y. "
Cora said to the man In charge. as
they slowly found their way out.
Damn him" II WAS Nellie who
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-24
Just Folks
Copyright, 1879, by Edgar A. Guest.
THE MUSHROOM EXPERT


BIN Is mushroom expert and Bill Ia a
friend OF mine,
lie has studied the 0manita and all its an
cestral line.
He goes to the ficlds each autumn 10 harvest
dinner treat
For he knows which are deadly fungi, and
which are the ones 20 eat
kN can talt by the hour ON mushrooms and
ne laughs AZ my tmld fears
tie Us Stll in the land OF the living and has
eaten the things FOR years;
lie is wise i'm the lore OF the meadow, the
swamp and the dark Iayinr.
Ana Ia say. or the mushroom experts. he's
the best that I've ever seen.
II ever gathered mushrooms ia carry them
back to Rll
Ana ask him 20 look them over and pick out
the ones that kin:
Ia trust 10 his certain knOWlcdEe ana IN nj
on his Judgment, too
toF ne Is n shark on that stuff and can spiel
Il right Off TO you.
Bin knows 'cm and loves 'em and cats 'en,
ana all through the DAYS OF fall
Hes out with hlS little basket in search of
the snowy ball:
And never doubt his knowledge, l grant II
surpasses mine
But during the mushroom season I ao,,4 90
10 Bllls to dine.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-24
The Horoscope
Friday. November 2i.-Ioo2
The gfars lnciins but dU not ooinpeel
Cpt i8g2 by Mcclure Newbpspsf Synd


Jupiter and Saturn in benerc a.,
pect rule this day, accordlnr IA
asuology
Jupiter gives fair promise to men
who have high ambitions which they
realize.
1t is q time TO demand recoe7t.
tion and to grasp business un-
portunities.
College presidents and professors
come under a sway that prom .,s
honors for them.
New interest in the use of libra,fa4
Is indicated by the stars which scem
TO presage great advancement IN
educational methods.
Problems in which girls are In.
volted are foreshadowed for Amor..
can universities, which will be over
burdencd by students Of the gcu-lor
sex.
Bankers and lawyers SHOULD b,ua-
fit from this posting of the stars.
but both classes of men Will he
severely criticized.
Saturn smiles today on all who
have pas"sd the meridian Of life and
fore hadows added respect for them
By this same sign ii is read that
manners will be much discussed and
criticized in the coming months when
lack Of old-fa shioned courtesy will
be demonstrated by some sensational
incident.
Labor should profit by this poei'-
Ing of the stars which make for ln-
creased wages and better working
conditions.
Mortality among children and
grave need of better law for their
welfare viii cause public discussion
at this time
The craving FOR beauty which ha4
caused a cult of body worship is 10
be diminished by the influence OF the
stars and a longing for spirituality
may take It's place, it is prophes.ed
There is sign said TO be pro-
missing for American commerce. but
it VIII bring International complica-
lions also.
Persons whose birthday it is should
not speculate or wish money, as sue
cess in the coming year depends
more than usual upon devotion 70
business.
Children born on this day prob
ably will be remarkably steady and
readable They may be extrava sant
in money matters, but still have thd
power to overcome obstacles.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-24
NOT A PARTY ISSUE.

Declaring that the American merchant ma
1inc is no more "A democratic or a republican
Institution than the army navy ana fully
essential United States Senator Joseph Il. Rams
dell, OF Louisiana, In a statement read at meet
ing OF the National Merchant Marine associn-
hon Mt the Marine Exposition In Grand Central
palace pointed out that his fellow democrats IN
congress could not consistently oppose the
pending legislation to aid American shipping,
The democratic party he said, initiated the
American policy OF subsidiea for shipping more
than seventy-five years ago, and he added that
failure now to establish a merchant marine
capable OF competing with foreign carriers OF
our trade wSnld bring discredt to tho demo-
cratic as well to the republican party. Sem
ator Ransdells statement and his reasons for
fnyoring the subsidy, in part follows;
"To the members of the National Merchant
Marine association and to the other friends Of
tho American merchant marine here tonight,
want to express, with all the emphasis ln my
power, my firm conviction that the problem OF
American shipping cannot properly be regarded
as a partisan issue and that to treat It on the
basis OF politics will be disastrous, not only to
the merchant marine, but to the nation well,
"Our shipping la no more republican or
democratic Institution than our army or our
navy, to each OF which II constitutes an indis-
pensable adjunct held in 1t no
more be dispensed with than they can II is not
luxury but a national necessity, for IN It
combined a weapon OF defense for the Ameri-
can nation and an instrument to safeguard
American industry,
mo matter what party might have been In
power during the war; an expanded merchant
marine must have been provided. No matter
what party is in power now, our new born mer-
chant marine mus, be maintained. For just
as no party truly representative Of the Amer-
can people could have sh,rkod the responsibility
Of meeting the need OF providing ships to
protect our fighting forces so no party with
the interests OF the nation at heart can now
shirk the responsibility OF Keeping our flag on
the
1T was under democratic administration
that the millions ot tons Of ships we now have
were built. It is under a republican admins
tration that their future must be provided for
And II the American merchant marine fails. II
1t Is abandoned and our place on the seas is sur
rendered to foreigners. together with our con-
troll OF our own commerce, such a result must
bring discredit to the democracy that fathered
the fleet as well as to the republlcanism that
adopted IT,
~ need not emphasize 10 you that failure Is
inevitable unless prompt steps are taken to
equip our merchant marine that the ncreas-
ingly successful competition of foreigners can
ports and exports was carried in American
chips. whereas today two-thirds OF our over
trade is transported by foreign vessels, In
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-24
A STENOGRAPHER'S ROMANCE
BY Jane Phelps.

spoke. Damn that man! Would
any girl who knew about her" she
nodded toward the morgue, ever
want to be any hing but good? See
ing a girl laying on one Of them
slabs would take all the bad out of
anyone, l guess. Just think Of Della
having nerve enough to XIII herself
because she loved a man who had
no right to make her love him and
then married someone else, / wish
] could find him. and see him lying
on slab right next to her. The
scoundrell l hope l know who he
is some day. II ever 1 do he'll hear
few things about himself. He's
the kind them travelling men at
Miss Carter's used to talk about
think they was cute because they
fooled some poor girl, then left
them. Damn him-and ali men like
him!"
"Dou't, Nellie! You will make
yourself sick" Cora begged. But
Nellie never spoke again until they
reached home.
II was a trying day for all, and
they welcomed William wlfen he
came. But he could not help them
even though he felt as they did that
It was terrible to have the city bury
Della, Finally he took Cora out for
a walk, leaving Nellie and Gladys
alone
"Nell.e, t--almost-wen that way
once-almost gave up everything to
man I---Caref for"
You, Gladys"
"Yes, dear. I wasn't getting on
very well, was sick and tired OF
working-of being alone. That's it,
Nellie-being alone. ell was kind
said he would help my people, and
a everythlng. I don't know yet
how it happened I didn't-do what
he wanted me to--but when | had
almost decided to, something
wouldn't let me. I loved him too,
Nellie--or thought I did / think
now it was his Kindness I loved
the having someone think Of me-"
You don't-love-hi now p"
Nellie asked in a hushed voice.
"No. and I know he never loved
me, or he wouldn't have asked me
to DO wrong. 1 tell you, Nellie" she
added fiercely "it is the loneliaess,
the having no home, no real friends,
that's 70 blame for girls like Della
going wrong. II she had had
home, even ike this OF ours. some
one with her, she wouldn't have
and II I had had such a home I
never would have been tempted. ="
TOmorrow--What a Working Girl
Needs.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-24
As Oklahoma
Editors See 1t

Just think OF it, an election like
the one just past and the president
calling congress back. Wonder
what for inquiries the Shatuck
Monitor.
When a fisherman tolls about last
summer. remember this; The larg-
est bass ever caught weighed is
pounds Bartlesyille Enterprise.
Drive on tax dodgers has started.
Drive on taxi dodgers continues, de-
clares the Ponca City News.
Every town gets its moneys worth
I'm the village newspapers. It's the
wagon that carries all your goods
TO market, says the Tonkawa News.
Business tip in the Blackwell Tri-
buuei Great many coal dealers are
buying adding machines.
All the world loves lover until
he gets silly declares the Alva Re
Y!ew-Courier.
4 Philadelphia woman who lost
her race for the Legislature has sued
her campaign manager husband,
Tor divorce. So goes TN battle for
the freedom of shes.-HoldenVlll
Democrat
The Shawnee News SAYS Germany
Is passing through another of its
crisis.
Even very few votes are ac-
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-24

Nowadays when folks haint got
nowhere else { 20 they drive down
town an park, tin bed time. DIR.
Mopps claims theirs several instances
on record where people have lived
without spines, citin' as examples tn
authorities in tn Han-MiIls "mys-
tGry.'
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-24
Bible Thoughts for TOddB


IT CANT BE Dp&E.--Eu man con serve Two
1nastors. for ,.tha5 he VIII hate the one Hnd
love tho other; or else he VIII hold 20 tho one
and dcapiao tho other. We cannot serve God ana
mo mmuu.- Matthew 6.@t.
what puwp: and what commission did Jesus
give his ~ apostles when he sent them forth?
..N 4
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-24
Where VIII He Get IL?

Editor World, We'll the election Is over and
We are going TO have another Jack and Jim
hlieh-at-it But what we started To say Is
where IN the sam patch Is Jack going 10 got the
coin to hold that Bellshazsr feasts
JOHN DOlIARHIDF
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-24

Another flying ace has struck earth Which
is grim reminder that II they just keep going
up there won't be any aces left after a little
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-24
Mhatd ne Buy2 \ RoIIIng pIne

the ka.Sers gift 90 his bride is said to cost
OooVo 600 marks Even at the present rate OF
eScnange Tor marks, that is a little beyond the
range OF tho aud I0-cent stores-Boston
TEanscup,
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-24

Considering the chaotic condition
of state and national affairs. IT may
be that the defeated candidates
really were the fortunate ones in
stead of those who were elected
saws the Ardmore Press.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-24

Why do the headlines persist in saying any
thing IA in doubt? Even the hooch-coochi girls
Of Hawaii went democratic. why not end +, all
In a blanket admission
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-24
LOUNGE LIZARDS CONFESS
Youths Admit Robbing Hotel In
order 10 Keep From Working.

Special 20 The World,
JOPLIN, Mo-, Nov. 23.-Dressed
In the latest of fashion hair parted
in the middle and with bell-bottomed
trousers. II. Gates OF Galena, kan,
and Norman Canter. 10. OF Carter
willie, confessed 10 members OF tho
Joplin detectives how they turned
gentlemen raffles" while attending
4 dance at the Conner hotH and
robbed a room IN the hotel.
The loot obtained in the robbery
consisted of S225 in cash. on over
coat, razor and other small ar
ticles.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-24

A Cleveland woman, charged with
killing a man has been convicted.
Exception nOted.-Duncan Banner.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-24

cepted as vindication by the man
who feels the need OF one, according
to the wilson Democrat.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-24

Making war profits impossible
would go a long way toward world
peace, says the Grove Sun.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-24

/. you curse a man he Ia liable 20
curse yau back, as that Is the mod
ern way os heaping Goals OF fire on
the head OF your enemy.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-24

Even a very few votes are ae-
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-24

The Shawnee News says Germany
Is passing through another of its
crisis.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-24

All the world loves n lover until
he gets silly, declares the Alva Re
Y!ew-Courier.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-06-04
American Legion
Offers Prize For
Essay on Service

How the American Legian Can Best
Ser. the Nation" This is the subject
i'm which children Of America will com
pete in an essay contest conducted by
the legion, open 10 boys and girls be-
tween the ages of IL and is inclusive
and designated as the American Le-
glon national essay contest.
The first prize will be $3.50; second
$500; third, $3.50 Cash prizes will be
used only towards scholarships in col
leges designated by the winners. First
prize in each state will be silver med
al: second, bronze medol Other pri
zes will be awarded in different states
and announced later.
Rules and regulations governing th'
contest have been received by the coun
| ty superintendent of schools. who vii
send the information throughout th
county. The essay must be not NOR
than 500 words in length, written onl,
In an affirmative and constructive way
and must be in the office of the count,
superintendent not later than midnigh
August /, 1922.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-06-04
q TEACHERS ARE
SIGNED Up HERE
Contracts for Ensuing Year
Given by County Superin-
tendent Of Public In
struction.

Twenty one teachers have had their
contracts for the ensuing school term
certified by the county superintendent.
These include: H. A. Barber, Baum;
Mrs. Pearl Dunn, Mulkey; Glee Haw'
kins, Nelda. Zela Button. Bertha Cox,
Hoxbar; A. j. Crawford. Clinton; Minnie
Loggans, Bess Walker, Provence;
Charles T. Conley, Mary Niblack; c.
Fl. Hatfield. Rocky Point; Lenine Car
penter, j. f. Steele, Pleasant Hill;
Charles Parker, Molly Cox, Mount
Washington; J. r. Bayes, Springer; b
A. Mayse, Glenn; G. ID. Adams, Prai
rie Valley; Grace Blankenship, Brock
Matte CNpert Bunker Hill; Paul Mi
chael, Blue Ribbon; Il. A. Murchison
Bryant: II. p. Killian, Graham; Mrs
[ Harry Howe, Cannon; Vivian Busoy
A. *. Busby, Springdale; Mrs. Mary
( Hoover, Zanies.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-06-04
OUR FIRST YEAR
BY a Bride

my precious pearl beads had disappear.
ed. / knew | had put them on in the
morning.
/ tried to phone to Jack to go down
to the garage to see If l had left them
in the car. but the men were not IN
their room. Smoking, 1 concluded
Then l called the garage, but our
chauffeur was not there. So l slipped
into Bony's clothes. ran to the garage
myself and discovered my necklace in
the pocket Of door.
l was rather ashamed of losing and
breaking the silly beads so often So L
did not refer to them when Bony came
into the room an hour later.
She had been walking in the moon
light with Bart. she explained. The
moonlight-it was the most wonderful
she had ever seen. she averred. She
smiled happily and / smiled into my
pillow. Plainly her fathers plan was
working without a hitch!
Bonny threw my things in heap
on chair and I had to get up and take
care of them after she had fallen asleep.
ITO be c0ntinuel)
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-06-04
Boys Pledge to
Leaue off Smoke
For a Whole Year

Meeting Colquit Sykes half way
on his proposition to refrain from
smoking one year, the Rotary troop
of boys, which up to the present
time has not been received into
scouting. officially, will within
very short time, enter into scout
organization. and will become fun
fledged scouts, according TO the
scout executive.
FIFTY bright, hapy faced boys
are soon to don official scout uni
form. They pledge honor bright
TO observe scout laws. among the
most important TO abstain from
smoking. They received their in
centive on this proposition from Mr..
Sykes, who, with other Rotarians,
is lending the boys every assist
ance to live real scout life" Mr.
Harris said.
Many of the boys also pledged to
attend school regularly, beginning
today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-06-04
Dressed in My Suit and Hat.

DTtSstu III wy cut """ 's"''
Our motor tour of England was ike
that OF thousands Of autolsts.
Our party was exactly as Mr.. Tearie
had outlined IT, Mary and Andy SMITH
Bart and Bonny Jeanne, Jack and /.
All the men liked to drive, so we hao
but one chauffeur, man qualified TO
look after the cars.
One of the cars was the new "Ty'
rome" Mr.. Tearne had promised to
give me If his little plot succeeded. IL
was a marvellous car. | used 10 ride
along proudly pretending owned It,
All the time | knew positively 1t
was no use to tell Jack my dream. He'd
never let me accept II.
All went well at the start. Even
my tweed suit was smarter than Bon
ny's. She knew it, and loved II as
we'll as my close hat Of Paisley crepe.
1t was stunning. and awfully expen
sive. but not as becoming TO me as to
Bonny.
That girl had the schoolgirl hobby
for swapping dresses" And her pet
habit made serious trouble for me the
first time we stopped AT n hotel.
Because there was a jam Of tourists
we girls had two rooms, while our men
We're obliged to bunk in one room. We
retired early to be ready for a fair
start the following morning.
Bonny. of course. had to try on my
new suit. 1t fitted her perfectly. Their
she donned my Paisley hat and with
out word OF explanation stallied out
| of the room.
/ felt desperately eros sbecause
was lonesome. II was my first night
apart from Jack since our marriage
and hoped he was as lonely as |.
Beginning to undress, discovered
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-06-04
VEGETABLES AND
FRUITS ARE HERE
Are you a vegetarian?

Are You a vegetarian?
No then you're not enjoying the
fruits OF the land that are being of
fered 10 Ardmore buyers, in the way
of greenstuffs. Spring, summer, au'
tumn and winter vegetables are being
offered by local merchants and they
are backing up their boast of "all year
round" vegetables by showing them In
the windows.
New fruits and berries, nearly all OF
which We're grown in southern Okla
homa. are being sold readily. Ever
few watermelons have found then
way to the market and are finding ready
buyers. Cantaloupes are expected ear
" next week, it is said.
Among the new arrivals in this lin'
TO show up Friday morning We're roast
ing ears, squash, snap beans and pep
/ pers
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-06-04
AERIAL MAIL ROUTE
TO FIT. SILL PLANNED

SPRINGFIELD Mo.-The chamber
OF commerce here voted last night to
establish at once q large standard air
plane landing field in preparation for
an aerial mail route to extend from Fort
Sill, Okla. to Belleville. Ill The action
followed an address before the chamber
by Lieut. ID. =. Gibson, who. with
Lieut.. Chas. Dougas, both Of Post
Field are mapping the route under or
ders from the adjutant general Of the
United States.
The field will be ready within o
month it is said, and will be suitable
for the largest airplanes, including
those with high speed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-06-04
Students Pass Through.

Friday ended the first week Of school
at the Southeastern State Normal and
the Frisco coming TO Ardmore that
night carried one Of the largest crowds
of students ever brought here, road of
ficials say. Durant is this summq'
host to 1900 students. il is said. arhi
Carter county students assert that it
will rank near the top OF the list with
attendance.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-06-04
HAMON SUIT BRED
BY OKLAHOMA BANKS

ST. LOUIS. Mo-. l.. Johnston.
president OF the Liberty Central Trust
company. which instituted a suit for
reesivsrship against the estate Of the
late Jake l.. Hamon. explained today
the action had been taken at the re-
quest Of Oklahoma banks holding
claims against the estate and not sat.
isfisd with the speed with which the
claims were being paid by the execu
tors.
Owing to the fact that these banks
being within the state Of Oklahoma
could not file suit in federal court, the
Liberty Central Trust company took
the lead as plaintiff in this case al
the request Of the other banks. he
>1dsd.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-06-04
FIRE DESTROYS
CITY RESIDENCE
Home of Fred Anthony Suf,
fers Disaster When Gas
Heater Left Unattended,
Says Fire Chief.

The home OF Fred Anthony. at 42l
J. street northwest. was almost com
pletsly destroyed by fire at $50 o'clock
Saturday morning. and only part OF
the furniture was saved.
Fire originated when a gas heater
was left unattended. according to Fire
Chief McFall. The house was the
property Of Guy II. Ledbetter and be-
cause the owner is out Of the city, an
estimate OF loss could not be given. An
thony places his loss at $1,000. Mrs
Lsdbstter said that 1t is her belief that
the house was fully covered by insur
ance.