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Citizens Mass Meeting at Tabernacle Sunday Was Largely Attended Get Your Share of EREE ij and he has shown hlmeslf to he corrupt "1 think It would require a great amount of force 1 believe If you turn the 80000 soldiers lose from this state and give them a chance I think they would need much help down there "Now that the government has the big show off its hands It looks like we ought to he able to pay a little attention to the side shows "They committed a crime just like this a few years ago over here in Pottawatomie county and I remember that the people took the murderers out and burned Silverware The Merchants Whose Advertisements Appear Here Have Ar- ranged to Give as Premiums the Famous Rogers Silverware This splendid silver is unrivalled in America It has stood the test of wear through generations and has come out unscathed and untarnished) And all you need do to get this beautiful silver tableware is to make your purchases in the various linesfrom the stores represented below: Correll to the authorities but no investigation was had and no one was punished and she and her son were forced to flee the country and have returned to this state unprovoked and unwarranted assault Is but one of thousands that have occurred In the Republic of Mexico against American citizens during the past tew years and no reparation has ever been made for the same "Oklahoma has a large number of Mexicans who enjoy the fullest protection of our laws and who on the slightest pretext and frequently on inspired propaganda make complaint to their Ambassador at Washington During my short incumbency as Governor I have conducted not less than three rigid investigations on complaints emanating from the Mexican Ambassador at Washington with result that none of the complaints were true all of them were feigned and trumped up and a part of a' systematic propaganda which is being carried on by some one unknown to me There has not been a single instance of injustice meted out to any Mexican in this state to my knowledge and yet our citizens are not only robbed of their property but cruelly murdered and otherwise mistreated and no satisfaction has been exacted by the State or any other Department of our Government Our people have come to believe that American citizenship and the American flag counts for nothing in the Republic of Mexico and! I am determined that this condition shall cease "I hereby demand a most thorough exhaustive and immediate investigation of the murder of John Correll and the abuse and mistreatment of his wife and son as above indicated The time for evasion on the part of Mexican officials and the failure of that Government to protect citizens of other countries who are legally and peac-ably pursuing their avocations has gone by and oifr citizens will not be satisfied with anything but a most searching and complete investigation together with proper punishment of these murderers and rapists As Governor of this State I most emphatically insist that the time has come when these wrongs must be righted and the prevailing anarchy in Mexico terminated am sending a copy of this telegram to each of our delegates In Congress with the request that they use their utmost endeavors to bring about reparation of this wholly inexcusable and unwarranted crime "With great respect I am obediently yours A ROBERTSON I Insist that you join immediately with the other members of the delegation in demanding full reparation for this cruel and unnecessary murder Respectfully A ROBERTSON Governor Neither did Luther Harrison state senator editor of the Ada Star-Democrat and an orator of Interstate reputation want any war All he wanted was that the conglomeration of bandit gangs which has been making life Intolerable south of the Rio Grande should be wiped out law and order restored and Mexicans as well as foreigners given what they never have had the right to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness He explained that International law and treaty stipulations gave Americans a legal and moral right to live and be protected in Mexico that great statesman William Jennings Bryan to the contrary notwithstanding He won the enthusiastic approval of the audience when he said: Mr Harrison Said: "At the present time many people will Bay we have no right to go to Mexico and that If we stay out of that country we will have no trouble with that country and when that assertion is made it proves only one thing that the one who makes the assertion knows nothing of what the law of nations is and knows nothing of what the treaties and stipulations are citizens of every country on earth have a right under international law to go into every other country on earth unless that country has provided by statute that they shall not enter It "Every people have a right to come to the United States if they comply with the laws of the United States except thbse prohibited by treaty provisions or by the laws enacted by the Congress of the United States according to the same law and according to the treaties which Mexico has entered into with the United States according to the treaties which she has signed and which our country has signed American or any American who has legitimate business in Old Mexico has a right to go there settle there If he chooses and remain there unmolested as long as he pleases Under the same law and under the same treaty it became the imperative duty of the government of Mexico to protect every American citizen who may be so journeying or visiting for the time being in that country and the law goes further and provides that If the Mexican government fails to protect an American citizen or permit them to suffer any Indignity or Insult then it becomes the right and duty of the American government with every power it possesses to force the Nation of Mexico to afford that protection and hereafter when you hear one say that our people have no right in that country and that if they would stay out of there there would be no trouble you can tell him if you choose that he is absolutely ignorant of the simplest rudiments of international law and the treaties entered into between these countries I never saw John Correll or a member of his family I do not know- them and it is immaterial that I do not and never did I know this they were American citizens and if this nation deserves the respect of the people who live beneath its flag and if it deserves the respect of 'the boys who bled beneath that flag it must prove lo the world that however remote from our borders an American can go he will be under the protection of this government It does not deserve the respect of its citizens if it does not stand ready and willing at every moment to protect every American beneath the Mr Harrison then offered the following resolutions which were adopted with only one dissenting vote the same being cast by Clark said to be a newspaper man of Fiancis From Daily Of course we do'not want war with Mexico) In fact It bo a war eighty thou-and troops would be all that are needed to clean out that nest of anarchists I Bolsheviks and bandit and they could do the-job in ninety day according to the opinion of General Roy Hoffman expressed at a mass meeting at the big tabernacle yesterday afternoon attended by over a thousand citizens of Ada and Pontotoc county Privately General Hoffman assured his friends that he would be glad to undertake the Job and in those word) he expressed the heartfelt sentiments of a great majority of Oklahomans The mass meeting was called by a committee of leading citizens with the indorsement of the Chamber of Commerce and the Ministerial Alliance to express their Indignation of the community over the murder of John VI Correll an Oklahoma pioneer by a gang of Mexicans led by a German near Tampico on June IS The gang also tried to murder Correll's sen aged 16 years and assaulted Mrs Correll aged 64 with the most revolting accompaniments and also robbed the house and attached other Americans in the neighborhood on the same day When Governor A Robertson heard of the meeting he sent his friend and former law partner General Hoffman who commanded Oklahoma's troops on the Mexican border and who was a brigadier-general in the great war and who next to the Governor is the most popular man in the state to represent him and to read a few lines he had sent to the president the secretary of stats and the members of the Oklahoma delegation in congress demanding immediate investigation punishment of the murderers and reparation for the widow Governor Robertson's communication is decidedly the most vigorous state document that has been penned in many a day Even congress should have no difficulty in understanding what he means without the aid of an interpreter It is worth quoting in full The Governor's Letter The fol lowing Is the text of the telegram sent the President of the United States the secretary of state and every member of the Oklahoma delegation In Congress yesterday morning in the matter of the murder of John Correll and the inhuman treatment accorded the Correll family in Mexico on June 16th last: Oklahoma City Oklahoma July 13 1919 Hoe Ttobert Owen Senator Hon Gore Senator Hon 'V Hastings Hoe Howard Hon Carter Hon Tom McKeown Hon Joe 6 Thompson Hon Scott Ferris' Mj Hon Jim McCllntic Hon Dick Morgan Washington 1 am thi day forwarding the following telegram to the President and Secretary of State: "Influenced by statements in the daily papers of this country to the effect that conditions in Mexico were normal and that life and property were safe John Correll and his wife and sixteen year old son Joe left Pontotoc County this state last November and settled near Colonia a small town 25 miles northwest of Tampico Mexico where he contracted to purchase a tract of land and upon which he continued to reside until his death which occurred June sixteenth last June 16 while peaceably engaged in developing the tract of land which he had purchased and upon which he expected to make his home a large party of Mexicans led by a man reputed to be a German who wore an American uniform all heavily armed rode up to the Correll house took possession of same stole quantities of food clothing and other articles destroyed a large amount more cruelly assaulted Mrs Correll who is a woman sixty-five years of age murdered her husband who attempted to defend her and attempted to murder the son but failed on account of poor marksmanship was made by Mrs Call at any of these business houses and have the matter explained or ask us over the phone- Why you should use Csfdiu the tonic for your troubles have been shown in thousands of letters from actual users of this medicine who speak from Ktrsonal experience If results obtained by other women for so many have been so uni-y good why not glvt Caraui a trial? T-ke CAMIIJ1I His Tonic Mrs Mfry Irvin ol Cullen Vs writes: II yean ago I suffered untold misery with female trouble bearing-down pains headache numbness 1 would go for three weeks almost bent double My husband went to Dr for Cardui After taking about two bottles I began going around and when I took three bottles I could do an my E-80 ADA and Pontotoc County Oklahoma in mass meeting assembled: WE DEMAND that the government of the United States exact from the government of the Republic of Mexico full reparation for the outrage committed on Mrs Correll and require the Mexican government to indemnify her In so far as it is possible for money to recompense a woman for such a dastardly wrong WE DEMAND that the murderers of her husband be apprehended and given the extreme penalty of the laws of Mexico and that Mrs Correll be fully compensated for any and all properties taken from her or her family by the Mexican bandits or soldiers WE DEMAND That the government of the United States use every power that it possesses to force the Mexican government to bring the guilty parties to Justice and repay Mrs Correll to the fullest for the outrage and wrong she has suffered We would remind the authorities of our nation that this family were American citizens and as such were entitled to every protection that our government can possible give or exact As citizens of Pontotoc County we are exceedingly proud that in the recent war for world freedom our county discharged every duty with alacrity and enthusiasm Our boys died on the battlefields of Europe to vitalize our traditions preserve our institutions and maintain the honor of o'ur flag We have been proud to believe that the flag our boys died to hold in the heavens is amply wide to protect every citizen of this republic however poor and weak that citizen might be Our respect for the flag and the nation is largely based on our belief in the power of the government to protect its citizens and lest our respect should be shaken and our laith should fail we demand that our government exact from the government of Mexico the very fullest protection for the lives and property of all Americans who may in the course of business be called to that country We demand that the same government that called our sons to the red blink of battle use every ounce of Its mighty power that may be necessary to secure adequate reparation for Mrs Correll RESOLVED Further: That a copy of this resolution be sent to our President Woodrow Wilson our Secretary of State Robert Lansing to each of the senators and representatives from Oklahoma in the National Congress and to the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the United States Senate and of the National House of Representatives Marvin Brown editor of the Ada Evening News presided at the meeting SURGEONS agree that in cases of Cuts Burns Bruises and Wounds the FIRST TREATMENT is most important When an EFFICIENT antiseptic Is applied promptly theie is no danger of infection and the wound begins to heal at once For use on man or beast BORO-ZONE is the IDEAL ANTISEPTIC and HEALING AGENT Buy it now and be ready for an emergency Price 25c 50c $100 and $150 Sold by Bart Smith Adv SOME OF Ollt TEXTBOOKS WRITTEN BY OKLAHOMANS Five Oklahomans and two Oklahoma Cityans both of them women will profit by the action of the state textbook commission in adopting books they have written Minnie Puntenney Oklahoma City wrote "Two Years in and Miss Leno Osborne advertising manager for the Yukon Milling company formerly a teacher in the high school wrote a book on and which was chosen by the commission for use in the schools A high school olvlcs writton by Professors John Alley and Blachly of the Oklahoma university and a "Rural Song by Scroggs of Norman are the other books by Oklahoma authors Hint will be used in Oklahoma schools GOVERNMENT SALE OF INDIAN LANDS IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA AT PUBLIC AUCTION Next Sale July 1 17th to 26th Inclusive At regular intervals allotted Indian lands are offered for sale including tracts of 10 to 650 acres from $2 per acre up suitable for farming stock raising fruit growing and dairying in many instances in the vicinity of oil and gas development deferred payments allowed in many cases correspondence solicited and additional Information will be furnished upon request to the undersigned GABE PARKER SUPERINTENDENT FOR TPIE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES Muskogee Oklahoma Neither did the audience have any difficulty in understanding General point of view when after fulfilling the commission he lingered on the platform to say a few words In his own behalf He was vigorously applauded when he said General Hoffman Said: have some personal grievances against Mexico myself One member of my immediate family was killed in Mexico in 1914 in much the manner as was Mr Correll "I believe the only language the Mexican will ever understand is the language of shrapnel and gun powder and we are nearing the time when AMERICAN citizenship should be sacred and that country pacified has gotten to a point where conditions in Mexico are intolerable I think 540 lives is anywhere near the number of American lives that have been taken down there in cold blood during the last four years There is no way of getting at the actual number has not been our friend for ears It is the common experience of every soldier and those along the border that Mexico has nothing but contempt for the United States "The Carranza government has proved itBelf utterly incompetent Cool Comfort on the Interurban Denison-Sherman-Dallas-Waco-Corsicana reached hourly Direct connections at Dallas for Fort Worth and Cleburne DOMINATION OF THE FOOD INDUSTRY BY BIG PACKERS CERTAIN UNLESS GOV-ERNMENT INTERFERS 1 Dy the AsKCM-lntud Press WASHINGTON July 11 Approaching domination of all important foods and many Industries not all of them related and international control of all meat products by packers seems a certainty unless fundamental legislative action prevents the Federal Trade Commission declared today in a report to President Wilson on the extent and growth of the power of these companies Alleging that Swift Co Armour Co Wilson Co Morris Co and Cudahy Co jointly or separately control five hundred and seventy-four companies and have a minority interest in ninety-five others and a determined interest in ninety-three and that they produce and deal in no less than seven hundred and seventy-five home commodities the report pictures startlingly a packer invasion into all related and unrelated industries Summer Complaint in Children There is not anything like so many deaths from this disease now as before Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy came into such general use When this remedy is given with castor oil as directed and proper care is taken as to diet it is safe to say that fully ninety-nine out of every hundred cases recover Mr Campbell of Butler Tenn says "I have used Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy for summer complaint in children It is far ahead of anything I have ever used for this purpose" Adv Ruy a Big Ranch Chilcutt president and Case vice-president respectively of the bank have Just purchased the big Porter Newborn ranch near Byars consisting of 1-600 acres These gentlemen are both heavy owners of farm ranch and cattle Interests in various parts of the state and the addition of this valuable piece of property will give them a much desired outlet for still further live stock operations They will stock the ranch and operate it themselves by placing some competent man in charge WANTED: A Year's Rest Resolutions WHEREAS: On the 16th day of June 1919 Mrs John Correll of Ada Pontotoc County Oklahoma was wantonly ravished by Mexican bandits or soldiers near the city of Tampico State of Tamulipas in the Republic of Mexico her husband murdered before her eyes her young son shot at and driven into jungles and her property seized by robbers: and WHEREAS: Mrs Correll and her family were in Mexico as American citizens having gone to Mexico as American citizens and were there in accordance with international law and the stipulations of treaties existing between Mexico and the United States and WHEREAS: The Republic of Mexico is bound by the laws of nations and her own treaty obligations to protect! the life and property of every American who may be in the Republic for any lawful purpose and WHEREAS: The Government of Mexico did not protect Mrs Correll her family or her property but did permit citizens of the republic to brutally assault an aged and helpless woman murder her husband attack her son and seize her property all in violation of the law of the republic and In violation of international laws and treaty requirements and has refused to make any effort to apprehend the ravlshera and murderers who committed the crime Therefore be It nESOLVED by the citizens of PERSHING TO RETURN TO AMERICA AT ONCE WASHINGTON July 14 Preparations for the early return of General Pershing and his personal staff from France Is indicated army officials say in recent dispatches from abroad Reports of friction between General Pershing and General March chief of staff were declared to be without foundation by war department officials whose duties here place them in position to see everything which passed between those officers That there have been Instances of decided differences Is admitted but even these cases were said to have been exceptional Thus far we have not succumbed to the temptation to wear liver-colored shoes with white socks PRESIDENT VETOES 2 MPORTANT MEASURES Uy the AsHocintod Press WASHINGTON July 12 President Wilson today vetoed the agricultural bill because of its provision repealing the daylight savings I law The president also vetoed the sundry civil bill because of "certain conditions in bill seeming likely to be of serious Doing hard work in a bent or stooping position puts a stitch in the back that is painful If the muscles have become strained you get rid of It without help The great penetrating power of SNOW LINIMENT will appeal to you most strongly at such times because it Is the very thing you need Price 25c 50e and fl per bottle Sold by Bart Adv I want to get out of business and take a rest Am therefore offering my stock of general merchandise cold drink and confectionery stand ice house dwelling house and a Ford truck for sale at the right price My business runs better than $20000 per year Stock of goods with fixtures will invoice about $3500 The entire outfit will sell for $7000 0 STEWART Franks Oklahoma Let a Want Ad get it for you.