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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1919
Page
1
Ada citizen G B Dismukes died around 2:45 PM after his Ford mail truck was struck by a Frisco engine at the station as he tried to cross to meet a Santa Fe train. The accident left him with multiple injuries and in a hospital, with doctors saying recovery was unlikely.
Captain Sam H. Hargis, special enforcement officer, announces the 1919 automobile tax is due. Car owners must pay at the sheriff’s office immediately or face a minimum fine of fifty dollars. Hargis says he will not target residents but will report delinquents to county authorities if payment is not made.
The two cent postage rate returns as wartime prices decline. One ounce letters travel nationwide with a two cent stamp, and the one cent circular and local rates are restored. Second class rates now use a zone-based system with per pound charges for publication space. Religious and educational uses retain simplified rates. county mail privileges remain unchanged.
The body of 20 year old Mrs Matt ie Lumpkin was identified after relatives were traced to Lehigh. Ada Sanitary Officer Joe Foster and Sheriff Phillips located her husband in Mine No 8 area and confirmed the hat and description. The woman mother of an 18 month old child had been ill for six months and died at the Frisco station. The body was forwarded to Lehigh for burial with T H Falkner and the husband accompanying the procession.
The State Department has taken up with the Mexican government the murder of John W. Correll an American citizen near Tampico on June 16. Correll his wife and 16 year old son were attacked as their home in Colon ia was wrecked Mrs Correll was assaulted and the son fired upon. Relatives in Ada Oklahoma seek information on Mrs Correll and the boy. The department’s inquiry follows telegrams from Ada and New York noting the murder and asking for details.
Julius Barnes United States wheat director announced by presidential proclamation full authority to regulate export and import of wheat and flour to stabilize prices. Regulations resemble wartime controls by the War Trade Board. June 13 stock in country elevators mills and terminal elevators totaled 40,033,000 bushels vs 18,599,000 a year earlier.
The Department of Agriculture forecast a 1919 cotton yield of 10,986,000 bales of 500 pounds each based on June 25 crop conditions at 70 percent. Cultivation covered 33,960,000 acres with Oklahoma projection at 2,456,000 bales and 69 percent of normal condition.
Ten people died and over twenty were badly hurt in a rear end crash near Dunkirk New York as New York Central trains No 7 and the second section of No 41 collided after an overheated journal halted No 41. A tramp's presence and a shut brake control allegedly caused the wreck.
Washington reports that wartime prohibition allows sale of 2 percent beer as Justice Department reverses earlier stance. Agencies will enforce restrictions on whisky and higher alcohol beverages while court rulings determine beer legality and Congress acts to strengthen wartime controls.
An official report from the Hall of Mirrors states that the peace treaty was signed by German delegates at 3:12 and 3:13 p.m. followed by American President Wilson, with British and other Allied signers arriving in order. The German delegation signed under protest, and General Smuts signed for the Union of South Africa. President Wilson heads home preparation and plans a national tour to explain the treaty and league of nations covenant. The report notes the treaty’s vast scope and the view that reservations amount to amendments, which could delay peace and bar U.S. participation.
El Paso dispatch reports bootlegging expanding in Agua Prieta Sonora across from Douglas Arizona. Local authorities fail to curb illicit liquor despite prohibition laws. Residents say Agua Prieta’s location enables easy cross border access prompting concern among Sonora Mexicans and Douglas residents. Americans note calls to legalize liquor traffic for revenue.
Judge Orel Busby receives a report from the State Insane Asylum at Norman on B. B. Bullard's mental condition. Bullard, resident of Fitzhugh, is accused of a crime involving his daughter.
The document states that the subject is mentally defective and that he should not be held responsible for a prior crime. It notes the defectiveness has existed for years and is deemed incurable. Signed by J. J. Goble, J. R. McLanchlin, and T. M. Boyd.
The Daily Mail reports counter-revolutionaries in Rotterdam plan to have the crown prince lead German forces. The Dutch queen allegedly sent her husband to deter his involvement. Earlier rumors of his flight back to Germany proved groundless. he remains in the kingdom by the sea.
Local Woodmen of the World camp met Tuesday night and approved a one day Ada celebration on August 29 to honor county members who went to war. The program will be varied and crowding the day with events.
Rev W M Crutchfield performed the ceremony uniting Col George W Aldredge and his spouse this afternoon. Aldredge left for Corpus Christi Texas for a visit then will tour Colorado and proceed to Southern California.
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