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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1919
Page
1
Organized labor urges that private capital quit railroads and be replaced by tripartite control involving the public, operating management, and employees. The plan offers government bonds to private owners, with profits shared between operators, workers, and the public, aiming to lower costs and put service first.
A ham son appeared before County Judge Orel Busby on a charge of vagrancy wearing a mustache. The court scene emphasized grooming as a sign of respect in proceedings yesterday.
Oklahoma Governor Robertson ordered John A. Whitehurst to investigate reports of unfair wheat grading practices by buyers at Ryan. Whitehurst pledged to send an inspector and said the attorney general may pursue civil or criminal action if warranted.
Attorney General Palmer to present a preliminary report to President Wilson on possible government actions to reduce high living cost. Julius H. Barnes of the Grain Corporation was summoned to the White House for a conference as the League of Nations talks with Republican senators were halted pending Palmer’s findings.
Court activity shows three new divorce filings Monday and one more yesterday. The Osborn case names John R. Osborn and Caroline Gay Osborn with Roscoe Arnold for the plaintiff. They wed in San Francisco on August 7, 1917, and the plaintiff says she deserted him October 17 of that year, asking for permanent legal separation.
Arthur L. Eggleston of Pontotoc county files for legal separation from Nannie Eggleston. He alleges they married in Texas in 1910 and lived together until 1916 when she abandoned him, citing his migratory electrician work and refusal to move as the cause. Attorneys Wimbish Dun can represent the plaintiff.
Rosco Arnold petitions for separation alleging two marriages to the same defendant and desertion in 1914. He represents himself with wife Dora Arnold named as co respondent. He cites alleged nervousness and constant nagging as grounds for the action.
A newspaper sketch recounts two Black men charged as “rags” in a crackdown. One man with a mustache receives ten dollars plus costs, while the bald man is fined ten dollars and costs. The judge adds ten more for the mustache, mocking the accused as a worst vag. The piece predicts the mustached man may seek a barber and divorce from his costly adornment.
Chicago August 4 The Federated Shopmen union and the American Federation of Railway Workers push toward a nationwide railroad strike. M L Hawyer says 260000 shopmen are on strike and more join as maintenance of way and other unions prepare to quit. Rail service and industry face crippling disruption as Gary and Chicago areas feel the impact.
Washington reports Secretary Baker transmitted to Congress a bill for a permanent peace time army of 105000 men and officers plus universal military training. It would merge the chemical warfare service with the engineer corps and end officer promotion by seniority. Three months of training for 19 year olds would be compulsory and the active force would include 51000 regulars with the rest as trainees. In war, a draft similar to World War I would be used.
Simon Frazier, a colored resident of Sandy, filed a complaint in Justice Anderson's court after alleging two neighbors Nelson Clark and Simon Cohee threatened his life. Clark and Cohee were placed under a peace bond while a third defendant remains at large as police pursue the case.
Washington July 31 William G Lee president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen announced that if the railroad administration does not act by October first to raise wages or ease living costs the union will enforce its demands. He said a resolution adopting the declaration was approved last night by a special committee appointed at the Columbus Ohio convention.
Irene Hicks files a Tuesday petition alleging she and James W. Hicks married November 30, 1917. She left him February 1919 over alleged failure to provide necessities. They have one daughter. she seeks custody and a divorce with Wimbish and Duncan as her attorneys.
In Copenhagen on August 4 Premier Clemenceau replied to the Italian mission at Budapest that the supreme council of the peace conference does not contemplate interference with Hungary’s internal policy. Romania will be asked to halt forces along the line reached but not to withdraw to the June 13 line until the Budapest government meets armistice conditions.
Washington reports an eleven million six thousand bale cotton crop forecast for the year based on July 25 conditions at sixty seven and one tenths percent of normal. The estimate comes from the Department of Agriculture。
Attorney General S P Freeling declares his candidacy for the Democratic nomination against Senator T P Gore. He states he will run in the primary until the last vote is cast on August 6, 1920.
Oklahoma City July 30 State Auditor Frank Carter refuses to honor salary increase claims by nine supreme court justices three criminal court of appeals members two Industrial Commission members and earlier board of affairs members arguing constitutional limits prevent changes during a term. Salary changes cited include supreme court and criminal court of appeals from 4000 to 6000 annually and Industrial Commission from 2500 to 3000 with John Connolly fire marshal also affected.
The Oklahoma Supreme Court adjourns for regular sittings until September 9 and will issue no decisions before then. Justices Rainey and Higgins are on vacation but will return soon. Pitchford McNiel and Sharp have left for Colorado with their families. Emergency matters remain in session.
Ottawa August 1 The cost of living in Canada continues to rise with unrest cited across districts as investigators link high prices for 29 staple foods in sixty cities to widespread dissatisfaction among workers. Officials note radicals use the issue to push broader schemes. June average for the 29 staples was 13.72, up from 13.53 in May, and well above June 1914’s 7.35.
Oklahoma City forecasts five storm periods in August with one severe threat. Gulf of Mexico and southern Atlantic waters may generate severe storms August 8 to 12. Local rainfall expected during the August 14 to 17 period.
From Thursday's Daily representatives of city trades met at Moose Hall and formed a tighter group. Frank Arnett was named president with Jack Derrick as vice president and H A Ebrite as recording secretary. Grover Gibson and N T Tucker as financial secretary with L N Rabb J P Morgan as trustees. Arnett and Gibson named organizers. Represented trades include barbers electricians carpenters printers glass blowers plasterers painters and the federation of labor.
The State of Oklahoma will file an original proceeding in the U S Supreme Court to settle the Oklahoma Texas boundary and river bed questions. Attorneys will argue the 1819 survey sets the boundary with the Red River south bank as Texas line and seek prompt determination.
Secretary Lansing told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the American plan for the League of Nations was not passed at Versailles and never shown to a full peace conference meeting. He admitted uncertainty about whether a draft copy still exists and noted the president cableled to withhold confidential minutes from the French senate.
C Maupin and son W L of Miami sign a contract to drill near Lightning Ridge in the Ivey Brashears land and Dillbeck land for J E and S J Smith. Well No 1 on Brashears is about 100 feet from the oil top. Well No 2 on Dilbeck was delayed by sickness but work resumes with favorable prospects.
Senator Luther Harrison received a wire inviting him to a luncheon at the Lee-Huckins hotel tomorrow at 1 30 p m. The invitation was sent by General Roy Hoffman who hosts the luncheon in honor of General Leonard Wood who will be in the city as a guest of General Hoffman.
Marriage licenses were issued in the district clerk’s office this morning to Bilmer Crabtree 21 and Miss May Edna Thompson 18. Both residents of Stonewall.
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