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wwvwwww VWiWkVW wwww tfWWWVW Drilling Stopped to Set Casing at Archer Well Indications Fine ,,1000 WORD LBABKD WIRE KE-POUT ItlXEIVFD KVKHY DAY BY VICKHKHKO'8 LEADING PAI'lClt MEMBER INTERNATIONAL SERVICE UNITED PRESS AKD NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASM. VOLUME XXXIX. VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1921 NO. 130. 1 EOT STfiffiS TUlSa RACE fill UK 10 filAKE 1ES1 President Harding Feeling Out Europe On Disarmament IGH COST OF LIVING KB NEGRO SECTION OF TULSA 11,1.

IN US; Congress Will Act Effectively to Aid The Ex-Service Men BY J. BART CAMPBELL (International Newg Service Stat' Correspondent.) Washington, D. June 1, Congress may be expected to take effective action soon on the several proposals for aiding ex-service men, tiunntni Pitnrncd Pannhlinnn tt Potin- (By GEORGE R. HOLMES.) (tnlc. Service Staff Correspondent.) Washington D.

1 What are described us "Informal feelers" OF OPUS FOUND AT ion mmm 310 hove nlrendy been put out by the Harding administration in the capitals of Kurupu to UK-certain the sentiment toward an international conference on disarmament. This wun revealed here today when President Harding' received newspaper men in the usual hl-weeldy conference. These "feelers" It was stated; were nut out before the Senate passed the Big Firms Are Operating sylvanla, chairman of the senate fi Under Questionable Agreements mueh-foiiKht Borah amendment to the naval appropriations Mil which re- Hospitals Are Crowded With Wounded and Police Estimate There Are 60 Dead and 200 Wounded Additional Troops Have Been Sent to the Scene of Disorder Tulsa Is An Inferno of Race Hatred and Clashes Are Frequent. nance committee, indicated today. "Congress cannot do too much for ex service men," Senator Penrose said, "but congress must find a practical way of providing practical aid.

The lime for theorizing is paBt. The time (Ulred the executive to Issue a call for such a conference to meet In U. S. OFFICIALS INVESTIGATING final, definite, practical action has 400 arrived." Announce That Over Finns Appear to -Be Involved Edmonds Oil and Refining Corporation Stock Withdrawn from Market After Conference of Officials and Experts $80,000 Spent on Well and Will Invest $10,000 More in Making Present Test--Con-servative Statements Reveal Belief of Oil Men That Paying Well Has Been Found in Mississippi. Drilling has Icon stopped at the Archer Well, about twenty-five miles above town, where the Edmonds Oil and Refining Corporation has been conducting operations and oil casing will be set for the purpose of testing the rich, oil-bearing sands, which it is claimed were, reached by the drillers on last Wednesday, at an approximate depth.

Y. E. Hildreth, vice-president of the Edmonds Company and Henry Clay Silver, representing Melhuish and Company, of New York, underwriters of the company, are in the city, summoned by Chief Driller Adams, in charge of the operations at the Archer well. These two officials were in their territory at El Dorado, and so confident was Mr. Adamsv that they would want to make a test of the sands which he had struck that he telegraphed Tulsa, Juno entire wtfro section of Tulsa was inltoiiu's lliis morning as a result of the twenty hours of bloody rac(' rioting.

The tire is out of control and threatens to wipe out a section of the white residential district. Tlic death toll si far will probably total more than sixty whites and blacks. There arc1 seven known white dead, with probably sixty negroes shot or stabbed by avenging whites. llos'iplals 1 are crowded with wounded. Police estimate sixty whites wounded and probably '200 blacks either shot or beaten.

In appointing a sub-committee to determine the most practical legislative methods of ex-service men's aid, Senator Penrose is to pave the way for early action by the senate on the eoJcalleu( "soldiers' bnjnus bill'" he said. The members of the sub-committee, Senators McCumber, North Dakota, and Sutherland, West Virginia, Republicans, and Walsh, Massachusetts, Democrat, are expected to start worlc at once upon the problems confronting them. Senator Sntoot, Republican of Utah, leading Republican member of the senate finance committee, said he en Washing-ton. The manner In which the "feelers" were launched was not disclosed, but It Is presumed that the services cf the regular American diplomatic representatives abroad were utilised. It Is believed they were instructed to sound out the sentiment of the various eov-ernments to which they were accredited and report to Washington.

Neither did the president today give any intimation of the concrete results of these ndvances. The Inference was drawn, however, that the sentiment abroad was found to he such as to preclude any immediate action on the part of the administration In calling the conference proposed by Senator Borah's amendment. The undrestanding prevails that ultimately the iiuestion of disarmament will be put to the supreme council as soon as it finishes its labors in the and utner matters of a more tir lie i ure. OcPuiel (leorge Harry, as representing the President, will for the United States when that l.t can he stated authoritatively that the President feels that the Supremo Council Is the proper body to Initiate disarmament negotiations and not one single power. BY GEORGE R.

HOLMES, (International News Service Staff Correspondent.) Washington, June 1. The ad. ministration has found what it believes to be one of the principal reasons of the high cost of living. The finding of it is also considered an answer to the question continually being asked by the farmers: "Why is it VITUIWI, Itl'SIl BLACK. QUARTERS! deaths will mount higher than prcv Tulsii.

June 1. Four com- iiy fsummeu Two thousand or more negroes are panics or Oklahoma National guarus- mcn, In lull equipment, toon cnurgo ol the city at 9 o'clock this morning. They ended a battle between thti ovntivtlilno- wa Vi i va i 11 hnv ot-lll tertained no doubt that legislation for tnem to come nere at once. has the war time price tag attif ched, ex-Bervlce men's aid would be enacted reported walking out of town to the north where no united whites ure barring their way. At 7:30 this morning, the Tulsa hospitals reported received one more dead white man and 30 injured and ambulances coming in with injured whites in a steady stream.

(it) whiles and blacks which, had raged since early dawn. Black dead Oil Flows Out. The well was washed out and the dotted the streets of the negro sec- everything we sell is down to at the present extraordinary session rock bottom in price?" of congress. The answer, according to surveys Senator McCumber has made an ex-alrcady made by the Department ofihaustive study of the situation and oil given a chance to flow and in a iu a success, should have, to go in another direction. "If it comes to building a JljOOO.OOO ition.

The firing had been so general it to prevent any attempt to' col few minutes the slush pit was cov Hundreds ot uutomobiVis early this' ered with a thick coating of crude oil. his selection as chairman of the sub lect either the dead or wounded. morning were dashing through the committee is regarded as foiecasting The fire started by bands of rov leiuiery, cauuui oe OUlll. IU V1CU rs burg, with big ten-ton trucks requir Justice and the Department of Commerce, is found in the 400 odd associations organized along industrial lines, which have not disbanded since the war and which are still operating un lng whites probably will destroy Precis, pramcu.iy every one wiin one So promising. did the situation look to Mr.

Silver that he immediately telegraphed his firm to withdraw Edmonds stock from the market and Masons Buy the Old he Pill re neern settlement nf some "i i eu iu uctui uay una uigai, every nour of the 24, unless there is a good road the end of the long delay over "soldier bonus" legislation. Will Improve Road to sides. The rioting grew out of the arrest ot Dick Rowland, a negro, boot- none can be purchased. der "amicable understandings" and 1,500 homes. The city fire department which responded when the fire first broke was said to have twit driven away hv mobs, of whites.

lfn r. I 3. IV, I In the event of a good road not of assaulting a black, on a charge "eentlpTnen'n agreements" regarding MaryeDabneyHome National Cemetery white girl. liiltlccg and selling territories. well, beyond any doubt," said Mr.

Hil-! being bullt the Companr dreth." In sneakine of the Archer well company would have to build their he rioters at the moment of writing AN INFERNO OF RACE HATRED Tulsa, June 1. Dawn broke re assisting soldiers and denutv The investigation of these associations by government agents has so far only tapped the surface of conditions. On Cherry Street Capt. R. J.

Bauerelser ot the Quarter Master Corps of the U. S. army is in n. 1 prospects, "but whether in paying own ,0 Adaraa Ending or a near quantities, or not, we do not know. t0 transportation and It would That is what we are making the pres- be a shame for an Investment ot that ihwlffs In an effort to save the today with Tulsa an inferno of racehatred.

A night of terror, marked by hhite residential district. cut tests for magnitude to oe maae at some river the rush of hundreds of armed men All blacks aro being arrested. So1-iers and deputy sheriffs are now National Cemetery in connection with warrant Attorney General Daugherty announcing today that anti-trust pro- point when Vicksburg might bare it. An important property deal was "We have spent $80,000 on this well and as an indication of our confidence through the streets with frequent clashes between masses of negroes or a substantial road. arching all homes, blacks not improvements along the cemetery road.

consummated this morning when ctcdings are going to be brought the former Marye Dabney home at against several of the more open corn- "If this well turns out a producer. et destroyed by flames. The jails and frenzied whites, grew steadily I will Bay that we are now spending Among other work to be done will $10,000 more to test the well. You as we expeci, concluded Mr. silver, ...111 tab.

II Art.l MtA It will take nations. Attorney General Daughterty today nun useu as in violence during the morning hours the corner of and Crawford ibi tcmpnniry prison are crowded to ami law and order has beeu swent Istreets was purchased from Mr. and' more than $1,000,000 be taking off the slides on the Bide of the road: removing the vegetation; may understand that we feel rather ir 'he refinery to flnance.lt, and Izcd some of these associa is being aside. The rioting Btarted last night Mrs. Ed Sartorlus by the Masonic I character cleaning all culverts, putting in a new million will be required (or HI 1110 llllsa husellll 1 n.nrk A fil nirillir (ho orraul nf n.hn i n'U te most "ingenious schemes" I 1 i.u.T...a v.

ui. v-Mi, i Ifc IIVKIU UV II tllllVnilllIE. 1 I IUI IS Is alleged to have attacked a white 'of the sale, negotiated by W. FMion or nrmed guardsmen are pawning the park. girl.

Mie general fiirhllnir has dlod r.m 24-inch culvert; laying a lot of gravel and other work which will put the much traveled roadway in good shape. KEEPING CLOSE WATCH? SITUATION IS SERIOUS he ever saw. So cleverly have the associations been lnade among various competing businesses that in many cases there is grave doubt whether fWSSlOUally ail out burnt neeiira In Tlio negro was arresled late and placed in the Jail which is on fuoerea sections of the citv Tin. nmin i 111(5 secona nuor 01 tne county court me main ht hie nn rn Hlfit i I iiuutse. uciure uant, small group Ol i "IZ, when Buards-i negroes- was gathered about the jail 1 nPtlt Over ha t.

Smith, prominent real estate were not announced. Now possessed of a highly desirable piece of property in the most prominent section of the city, convenient to the postoffice and business district, a splendid location is assured for future Masonic activities. The building as it now stands Is amply commodious for the use ot the various Masonic organizations and the lot is of good size in case future needs wo'ttld require larger quarters. welt Th i 1 a aim ineir nutnuers increased rapiaiv lold wiH a hack until nearly 300 surrounded the build- they can be dissolved under existing laws and in such instances, he said, moral suasion is being attempted. If they are recalcitrant and stubborn, then the governmnct will take them into court under civil and criminal statutes.

Lumber men, coal men, cemeut confident, when I tell you that the sinking ot the casing which 1b expected daily, will cost us $10,000 and if the well proves 'dry' it will be a total loss, as it cannot be pulled up. Experts Sanguine. "You may Bay," said Mr. Hildreth, "that we decided to test the well ai. its -present depth after a conference of experts, all of whom agreed that the sands coming from the Archer well were a3 fine for oil as any they have ever seen.

There is an. unusually good oil showing present. "Mr. Clement, head driller for the Mllo Company, who have thp contract, came over from Shrevcport and tho conference was held by experienced men who have brought in big wells as well as 'dry' ones and they all Tulsa, Okla. June 1.

Although authorities believe the situation to bo under control, state troops and police were maintaining a vigilant guard here early today to prevent further outbreaks of race rioting. Three persons were killed and several wounded in riots which began pipe lines and other equipment. There will be no trouble about it, however, tor any bank in New York would jump at the chance to finance It, all for the good of Vicksburg, it we got a good road." MRS. STILLMAN ASKS FOR POSTPONEMENT Poughkeepsie, N. jnne 1.

Counsel for Mrs. James A. Siiuman will ask for a postponement ot the hearings tn Mr. Stlllman's divorce suit against her when the case is called by referee Gleason here today. Mrs.

Stillman who Is desirious ot attending every session is suffering from a heavy cold which threatens to develop into pneumonia, while John B. Stanchfleld, one ot her attorneys Is suffering from neuritis and will be unable to attend. 1 Wan ni lit i nere was no ouioreaK, nowever, snrreVri i policemen attempted to disarm a 10 the troona 1 iuuaiiies negro wiio had a revolver. He resisted I ana was snot unn Kineu. iring ue- gan and when news spread that a "en nonS white man had been killed in the riot late last night after a negro had been arrested for an attack on a white girl.

men, clothing men, manufacturers engaged in the same lines all have their associations, their organizations and their "understandings." The farmer has none of these, broadly speaking, and; therein lies the cause for the present wide difference between the RACE lilOTIXfJ Mrs. Olive Raworth Smedes Tulsa sa. June 1. After ten armed white nersbns in autonnblles. Three units of state troops were Died in Texas Yesterday Mrs of rmu rinHno- n.

Iheean to arrive in the business section called out by adjutant General Charles F. Barrett. agreed that Archer looks pretty. The sad news was received in thi3 ve white men are known to ne lf of othew ami 'iIiami rm i began "cruising" In motor cars around liltv arn ntnrpil It Is believed that the presence of The experts all agreed, too. that city today of the' death of Mrs.

Olive price of the product the farmer has to sell and the product he has to buy. Many of these organizations were the troops prevented an invasion of Kaworth Smedes, former resident of Vicksburg, who passed away in Hous the negro" districts by whites early formed during the war under govern no known negro fatalities. report, are that several were nrHFn lUOUBilIK Of Bllllta WBro rod the well will give plenty of oil of high commercial value. They have given a unanimous favorable opinion on the subject, hence the setting of this morning. Humors were afloat that such an ton, Texas, yesterday.

The remains are en route to Vicksburg for inter lurliiE the ruisa, juiie i. six oiocks oi noting, crowds swarmed up tho negro business district and four UOWIl flic utrnnto tlio norm jilon In 1 il lot Hct invasion had been planned. After the arrest of the negro a crowd of negroes surrounded the jail. Rioting the oil casing. Good Roads Needed.

"One of the most important thing3 A feature of the second performance at "King Cotton" at the high schol tomorrow night will be the cake-walk. There will doubtless be a large attendance as many were unable to gain admittance to. the first performance of the splendid pageant with a cast ot high school great excitement prevail-: had burned to the ground this after- mental encouragement. The government needed information concerning production, capacity of output. There was only one way to get it by organization, so the government shut one eye to the organizations that were formed and was glad enough to find a single organization in any one industry which could speak for all or a great majority of the business in ir, Din.

me uuuii.m were nuuer uuu-IWo of I 11, i. h.m needed," said Mr. Hildreth and B. C. ment and are expected to reach here at noon tomorrow.

The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock from Trinity church. Deceased, who was an esteemed resident of Vicksburg for many years was a member of the Raworth family Ibelip I men were snot inru itroi. me loss wm reauii I TVffinir ni.tri'A hnmea tn Hip biirnpit Berry, locally interested, is a good road all the way to the well. It me citv 9 nn I 1... i.

boys and girls. The proceeds will be is said to have started when an officer stopped one of the negroes and took away his gun. Throughout the night and early today armed whites and negroes marched through the streets. Clashes were frequent. It believed that many of th casualties have not been reported.

would be a great pity if all the fu of tha devoted to the organ fund il liny IIUIO- lll ied with armed men, while Binil'l Hum .1...... district, which escaped the flames, were looted. The militia and police have been lure transportation, if the well comes Crawfotd St. Methodist church. una leaves several children and a that industry.

Dm wl ineir center on rrisco railway station within n- disarming whites since 11 O'clock this throw of a an armed mob of 1,000 i morning. number of relatives to mounr her The organization collected figures loss. Following the death of her hus- I and information which waB of vital band, some years ago, Mrs. Smedes importance to the government. It Thousands of negroes were herded fcL nucleus of the gath I lore nto the Hall Purk and the guards were STORM WARNING "lm i.i.

i Administration Leaders Are Not Opposed to Renewal of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance went to make her home with a son 'simplified things for the government in Texas and it was there that the jto be able to call upon secretaries of cud came, Much sympathy is being the associations for data on a whole expressed for those left to mourn her industry and be ablo to get it quickly New Orleans, June 1. Weathe iu(, oi urmen wnne men imurciiiiig in wuu ttuouiuuai iiumucm tire tn llu "Mak belt" setting In a Htendy lmi houses and firing vol- Governor J. 13. A. "Robertson left aeatn.

bureau here gave out the following stor warning: "Advisory 10 a. m. Disturbance of moderate intensity central this morn tfa, DuipuiH are uu- UKiuniiia uuy niun uy unci iimm iw 11 reaching police head-'take personal charge of the troops international Newg Service Staff "'in morning stated that the here. and accurately. The government was pleased and so was business.

But since the war ended, these Organizations have not disbanded. They have continued their organizations, man. nt Uioni with hoarinnnrtpra tiarft ing over northwest Carrlbenn Sea mod- Correspondent.) Washington, D. June 1. The Harding administration will dace no Mrs.

Mabel Hyland Carr Bride of Memphis Man mg slowly northward. Wilt be attend ed by fresh to strong shifting winds obstacles In the way of a renewal of Million Railway Workers Are Affected A quiet home wedding of much in- vvnuhincton and the fieures and anu rams over Cuban waters and the Anglo-Japanese alliance and un-northwest Carribean Sea next 36 less the terms of the pact are mater-hours." iallv altered, mieht even eiv tanlt In Labor Board's Decision to Cut Wages encouragement to Buch a renewal, ac tiiwnri, mutton rati-LTm 11 tll United States ate 8 iliicu otu an terest to numerous friends of the bride 'data which they collected for govern-in this city and section, took place at mental uses have been turned into 11:30 this morning when Mrs. Mabel other channel. They know the pro- Hyland Carr became the wife of Mr. S.

ductlon, A. Cunningham, of Memphis. The tate, thfl ceremony which was performed by la bn according to Rev. P. C.

Colmery, Presbyterian min- admlnlstra Ion leaders, that they have ister, ot Edwards, took place at tllb-be? dlv home ot the bride's mother, Mrs. J. L. 8nd fl Prlces at UL Tbe 'IMto HviMini nn Mnrtiia afreet tn the fellow" who tried to remain inde- AtiMAi Hwiiikhm aeal 1,1 waKes niio nil 1 as uu an MISSISSIPPI COURTS UPHELD Washington, June 1. Tlio Supreme Court of the United Stab today affirmed the decision of the Mississippi State Court's award lng dnmatres to Nichols and Company of Mississippi for loss by flro of a carload of cotton at the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad company's station at Alligator, Miss.

power with which either party has concluded a general treaty of arbitration, not only has assured the United States that America is excepted under this clause but is also understood to -have informed Japan that the Bryan treaty ot 1914 Is to be regarded as a "general treaty of arbitration" in tbe sense used in the terms of the alll- once. In at least two Important respects -it is pointed out, the United States might expect to benefit from a renewal ot the Anglo-Japanese alliance. First, it provides for the maintenance of the territorial integrity of China with the policy of the "open door" or equal commercial opportuai-y. With the possible exception of th Monroe doctrine, the "open door" principle has been the most strongly emphasized principle of the foreign policy. Secondlv, the Anglo-Japanese till- ance provides for the maintenance of general peace throughout Eastern Asia, and India and hence, It is Argued, may be regarded as a rpanlf juiy ky hv a (1('cllon made public L.1 7 llle I'nlted Stntes Mllw.iv cording to well informed diplomatic opinion here today.

When the Imperial British council meets in London 15 days hence to decide, among other things, whether the alliance Is to be continued, there are likely to be some: interesting remarks, particularly from the representatives from Austria and New Zealand. Few observers in close touch with the situation doubt, however, that the outcome will be a declaration for a renewal ot the pact with perhaps a more definite Intimation that tbe ru- Hurlug the present ence of a number of intimate friends. Pendent has been squashed and com- i The happy couple left on the 12:40 petmve metuous Dispensed wuu. 'W what niusi ue- kde i hr nultudc toward the its jirt'Ssions. In some circles It was regarded as a victory for lhe men however, inasmuch ns the railroads had asked wage reductions approximating 25 per cent.

It is believed that the workers will accept the wage cuts, regarding as more vital the provisions of the new working agreements that are to be drafted. The aggresate reduction, if applied to employes of the class one carriers would total $400,000,000 annually. Under the award, the average iallroador'8 pay will be $125 compared to $141 a month as at present. In making the award the board de le Vallev train for their future home in whether these organizations and Memphis, followed by the good wishes their methods come within the pale for their future happiness. The bride of the anti-trust laws will be deter-1 Ntlu UI tne railway board Vm an.

(la lwmlHSlon to cut Ktrl 12 per cent from THE WEATHER is popular in this city and the groom niined in tne courts, me aaministra. Is a successful railroad man in the lion leaders think they do. 'United States la tn ha nrnertprl from Tennessee uuy. I that dat i 8 cttecfiv" Jly Fwmeiit it 1 lhe Paent national whiHi Proscribes rules un- DRUGGISTS WILL MEET IN JACKSON An vea of high barometric pressure the mutual asreements of the two has moved eastward over the Great Pwer to eupport each other In case MILLSAI'S STUDENT RECEIVE DIPLOMAS Lakes, with moderately cool weather UI ffts juplnyea now work ex. 1-' 'e transport eystfm 1- 'e during government control Jackson, June 1, Local drug- This government is known to be of adjacent to Us center.

iransporta- icinred that im. inn 6 count'y will be op-lot railroads clared that wages had Increased PMed "il The advance of an atmosnherlc dig- the opinion that such an exception in to new conditions 'from an average of $78 in December, turbance from extreme western Texas favor the United States was in- and New Mexico will influence for wndeo tne terms ot Article IV Jackson, June 1. Eight stu- gists are planning a good time social-dents ot Millsaps Academy received di- ly tor members of the Mississippi State plomas at the closing exercises hera Pharmaceutical Association when that this morning. President A. F.

Watkins body assembles here June 14 In annual ot Millsaps College, delivered the an- session. A banquet and a smoker have nual address. already been arranged for. against the spread of bolsheTlsm, according to apparently authoritative teports from London, It is this phase of tbe argument, which is Influencing tbe British-government most towari renewing tbe alliance, ot the present treaty, which provides partly cloudy weather In this vicinity I wiiajfj "viiig i una. mil, lo im uiumu uii.

r'eldw' ralhvy workers have! A subsequent award of the board In- hoard on declHibn of I i PWduifs a closer study of iContluued on Page 4) tonight and Thursday. R. LINDLEY. that nothing in the pact shall obligate either party to make war upon a tbird.