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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1921
Page
1
Officers smashed stills, furnaces, and racks seized in raids as confiscated liquor and contraband materials were poured into gutters. Witnesses watched as kegs jars and bottles were crushed while the sheriff planned sale of gambling tables and related apparatus. Some liquor remains held for court testimony.
B. G. Davis of this city, formerly superintendent of schools at Roff, has been elected principal of Stillwater High. Ada reports the 459 enrollment and $280,000 plant. Davis, a 1903 Atoka High School graduate, taught four years in Atoka County and led Alone wall school, taught history at East Central Normal, and studied at Oklahoma, A and M, and state university. He held two terms as Pontonic County Teachers Association president and served two years on the county examining board.
Gol J W Davis who now lives Rear Allen has completed a large fish tank to stock with base as soon as it rains. The pond will cover three or four acres when filled and he already has four or five smaller ponds stocking with catfish. He hopes to serve friends with fish and offer a variety.
New York on September 6 heard plans from the newly created Industrial bureau to aid half a million jobless. Proposals include large dormitories in national guard armories three kitchens to ease distress and public building work to create employment.
Samuel E. Tong, a deaf former Sand Springs resident, carved a remarkable 24 by 24 inch table with 30 inch height. Over 2,651 pieces of walnut, oak, white pine, rosewood and more form exact reproductions of the first oil well and a modern well, plus tools and a lawn landscape. The piece, displayed at the News office Thursday, took about three and a half months to complete.
The British cabinet unanimously approves a government reply to Eamon De Valera's Sinn Fein note. Lloyd George dispatches the cabinet decision to May Harbour where King George stays as Inverness crowds gather in a rare summit moment.
The British warship Dauntless departed Plymouth with the bodies of Commander Louis H. Maxfield and 14 other officers and men who perished when the R-2 dirigible exploded at Tull two weeks earlier. The lineral ship then set course for New York as harbor guns boomed farewell to the Americans once hopeful of returning home aboard the new U S aerial goliath.
Barkley, charged with assault to kill in a robbery attempt on Aug. 22 against J. O. Galloway, president of Old Colony Petroleum, was returned today to Oklahoma City and jailed. Arrests of two co-defendants in the shooting remain未.
The United States son reports a gold pit near Colorado Springs yielding mammal fossils over 200000 years old. Paleontologists led by L Alten Keyte of Colorado College, with department chiefs from many colleges, work day and night to uncover more specimens attracting national attention.
East Central State Normal opened the year with heavier enrollment than last year’s first week. Dr A Linseheid said the figure would likely be high and that registration would continue through the week. Classes begin Wednesday and football practice starts today on the Normal field with a large turnout anticipated.
MADISON West Virginia reports of forty or more men killed in last weeks fighting near the Boone Logan county line remained unconfirmed after federal troops said a fifteen mile search along Spruce Fork Ridge found no bodies Bandholtz reports from Washington say Brigadier General H H Bandholtz told Secretary Weeks of a full report with recommendations Weeks postponed public discussion until he reviews it with President Harding
The body of Walter Goodwin, for whom the Stratford post of the American Legion was named, will arrive Thursday morning and funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 o clock. The funeral will be military and conducted under American Legion ceremony. Ada veterans who served with Goodwin are invited to attend in uniform.
Tulsa awaits a record surge as University of Tulsa opens for a new term with Dr. J M Gordon predicting the largest enrollment to date. About 600 students are expected to enroll on September 13 along with additions from Tulsa and other Oklahoma counties.
Cooler conditions limit rain as dry weather worsens crop prospects across Oklahoma. Cotton condition at 48 percent forecasts 474000 bales, with state yields near 474k at 500 pounds each, while US output stands at 7037000 bales. Late corn deteriorates, wheat plowing stalls, pasture drying, and cattle and hog numbers at record lows amid low stock water.]]>
Five hundred armed miners gathered at the head of Big Creek on Carber Ridge twelve miles north of Elizabethtown. All telephone lines north through the ridge were cut after eight pm. Scouts reported six miles of road checked with no trace of strikers. A farmer encountered three armed men on a Spruce Burland road where about 209 miners passed. Vigilantes posted watchers north of here near Koisclare. The farmer said reinforcements were expected and a march toward Rotaclare was planned.
Solana residents were ordered to evacuate as forest fires swept toward the village after a sudden 30 mile wind. Ten firefighters were overcome by smoke but are expected to recover. White Pine settlement near McGrath, eight miles west, was destroyed in the afternoon blaze.
Chicago today reports a wage reduction for trade workers after Judge Landis issued a ruling. The decision creates a new working scale, lowers brick layers to 1.10, and reduces fire workers to 1.25, affecting about 50,000 workers and opening the Chicago area to contracting firms.
Walter Winter Jesse Utz Tom Bennett and Odie Bevels were arrested on a disturbing the peace charge. Utz pled guilty before Justice Fisher and paid $5 in fines. in default he would be sent to the county road gang. Winter Bennett and Bevels posted $100 bonds each. Trial set for September 13.
E J Gainor of Muncie Indiana president of the national association of letter carriers praised Postmaster General Will Hays policy. He spoke at the conference urging amendments to permit promotions on equal terms with other mall service workers and to improve working conditions for carriers. The feature closes with an ad line about a News Want Ad.
The Associated Press reports Germany has paid 55 million dollars in reparations through New York centers. A recent 5 million dollar deposit with J P Morgan for the Bank of England and Belgian government increases the total. Payments follow Reparations Commission terms as the United States remains the principal gold currency base. German exchange remained weak as the mark slid, aiding France and Belgium in bolstering reserves in the U S for future purchases.
General Pershing and Samuel Gompers clashed over who won the war during a Labor Day Lafayette Day event in Washington. Gompers defended AFL record and allied sympathy before the entry of the United States, while Pershing asserted that labor did not single handedly win the war, praising patriotism across all citizens and noting independents and Mayflower forefathers helped win the war. The speeches concluded with Pershing’s address and no formal debate.
Westminster sees a spectacle as MPs debate a cruelty bill while trainers protest by bringing animals near the Commons. Street performances fill lunch hours, offering comedic theater with the so called drunken dog and bicycle riding chimpanzee drawing crowds as the speaker bans entering animals into Parliament. A stray ad urges readers to advertise in the Ada Evening News to reach consumers directly.
Desolation marks Semaynenka in the Voga famine region as 40 percent of its 1,000 residents have left. Cattle starve, fields lie unplowed, and seeds for fall sowing are unavailable. Ragged families gather to discuss hunger while men haul fodder for livestock. Death from hunger is reported but detailed figures are unavailable.
Roy Gardner, a mail robber who escaped from McNeil Island federal prison, is believed to be concealed in dense woods on the island. Warden Malloney and guards patrol the area, searching yard by yard for the fugitive amid deep crevices and thick underbrush with plentiful springs. officials warn he may hide there for a few days.
London dispatch says the world conference of Methodists sent greetings to President Harding and King George urging world peace. Messages express support for Ireland peace efforts and praise Harding’s inaugural aim to reduce war and foster brotherhood. Also notes marriage licenses in Ada and advertising for local classifieds.
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