Muskogee Times-Democrat from Muskogee, Oklahoma • Page 2

The Muakofice This ad brought in on Saturday, Dec 29 after 5 p. will be good for 5 per cent of your LIQUOR HMfflC BLOCKED BVII. S. TO GREAT EXTENT Three Oklahoma Bootleggers Slain by Officers in Year in Fight on Industry. RUSS 'DEATH CORPS' GIRLS FLEE TO U.

S. Members of Fanwu. pr MttM FARM TAXES NflW I of reported general; -t Keach America; Proud of Their exodus of Russian girie out ot Petro- a grad, Slyvla Kopktn. 15, and Bva I AntJptpalC LfeCtttOn Making taim Zalonx, are the first members of Records, Tod. he famous Legion of Death to reach I United San Francisco, Dec.

Terror, pride, patriot torn and dls- occupatlon?" Inquired the Immigration i illusionment commingled In their bro- Inspector ken account of what It had meant to answered the 'two'glrte the woman's fighting corps as Well as Townsite Indian Property Taxable. Although the. recent opinion 31 the court recently. Griffin Placed on Peace Bond; Asks One for Mrs: Neff this means that it you are convicted of breach of the peace tyreen now and the term of thej district court you will to i mtt- the amount of this said laenera! txplains Uitticulty of rred 8. Zlck In court, 8at- noon, as he placed a peace bond on Allan Orlffln, English-i i of Purdenvllle, whose quarrels' iwlth Maggie Neff have been i spread over several paxes of the city ting off-light Wines in France.

However. ALEX 1. MOSES KEYSTONE 206 W. Broadway DEPUTIES BACK Clemenceau Faces in Chamber With Appeal for Men; Comes Off Victorious. Dec.

debate on the bill authorising the government to prepare lists of the men of the class of 1919, preparatory to culling them to the colors, was selied upon today by critics of Premier Clemenceau as an opening fof ah attack on the subject of releasing the older soldiers. In the plainest language the premier refused to Thrilling with nirroiy hren th through wintry' slzztlfig summer sands, brldres. through rushing tortents and! g-h woods: throbbing with broken! thrown aside fori thr wild desire of making money ard cast Into prison; terrible! it hind resulting In de-ith act IOII hi only .1 small chapter in history of the aorernment's figh; dntliiir I 1 7 against ir.e bootleggers, who hiive operating In eastern Oklahoma, S'ittlhsr nuletly in their ni.iv in lilted S- il A. off.ee Ilqoor anil S. from tinn' to tune ran In! heard trlllnc with a laugh about some "tr'iBKl' 1 tliev have horn through fight wher" porhnps .1 trim wns In'lleil or wounded, nnil they It a.i What the Itroiirdit Tell.

1 rt-i ur hnwever. nnothor 'liriL ttlinw that the yrar :li.ii'i« rios 'nL' hnf tioen 'the hnrilent r.p.T In tin- hutory ih- offlro, a w'-, 'vhrri ririrc rind pffiirts Acr" ni.ul»> to llUi whiskey 'in thf -iwn tlio fttiites, in.i i Mir In hlrh foderni 9ffieern imr up the fl IO enforce thr laws cvon the point of ileatfl niT Thr rerorrtM three men wexe Willed ihe In fights f.vjrr.il offl '-er -i. SfVeral flthr'' O'tlicneri were killed though 'ho f.i i lieen tB liitlit snow thut their deatlm wem dlrectty to flghtx with officers. tho Onitsd Ty Tlbtirtt was shot down at river whllo to the short hair and wind i UV armed yutit: SV. Cotton tanned fines.

slain on the north border of tin- "lltit you fir" so young While they had participated in no supreme court of the United States Griffin had been arrested on a war- oodletttng on the battle line, relative to taxation of homesteads ap- sworn out by Mrs. Neff charging (3y Atsoefltsd Press.) actual bloodletting on relative to tajtaUon of homesteads ap- I sworn oul by Mrs. Neff charging Friday! the young Amazons had iwn pIled on to a transferred for Mm with threatening to kill an Interview with correspondents to. DC i ra town Purposes, many persons who placed on the stand Mrs. Neff testified day.

said the iiutatiin of prohibiting downfall oKerensky ana tne ve bought farm land homesteadsithat he had threatened to shoot her the sale of all Intoxicating liquors t( Uo or c- i have paid their taxes within the last i but that more often his words had been AmerU-an soldiers which he favorH, Miss Kopmn upon month, accordinat to Countv Treasurer he would -get her." boing discussed with tho French KOV. JoT 08 11 1 not-honest, truly, I He explained his recent or. iSth" i Tn lni the.supreme court, Protested Orlffln when he-, der prohibiting the sale of all Intoxl- I of Death, nut don wish to poso as Mr Moorp wW n6t aflked bv AsslstantsCounty Attor- cants, e.xcept light wine find beer and tlon anv hut towniot. wKirh tuivn I ney T. P.

Patton if he had ever threat- the conditions prevailing In UVIU9, wjuir 11. uiu iivv iiicii a heroine. I carried a gun. ariueo. on any ut townlo ts whi ch navs ne Miise it 'to be drawn II did my dutv at a daughter of Russia Indhln allotmentS-emb Mrs.

Neffs life. "I never did tell which UUseU.lt lo be uiawn That saw Tio actual fighting sasi.w. 1 simply tlif turn ofchancf, the" prYnc7p follow" alfena 1 that I would get her. All I ever wan tion in all cases and that as soon as a I said to her was that the devil would Although I am heartily In favor amount to as much as the taxes them- I bond, striking ments." "Everybody fights In Russia." added Zalonx, her comrade in arms, who Is the older and larger. '1 am tired now.

and hope to get some rest in America. "We could have done so much more for our country If our men had only taken us seriously. Russia will be reminded for many years of the tragedy, of her woman are so many nice looking girls in Petrograd. Riga and the other cities who have an dther tax of 114.50 was accompanied by arm or a leg gone. a $13.05 penalty.

1 are therefore paying their back taxes. with penalties which in most cases that she alro be placed under a nesco About three or four such payments Csin are made daily now. Mr. Moore states. aVOrlllSIll Dy Two made late Friday afternoon ex- i cmplify the ratio between tax and penalty.

One man who paid a tax of $19.88 was required at the same time to pay penalty which had accrued since he purchased the 40-acre tract. An- Is generally supposed. An Intoxicated Frenchman is a rare sight Indeed. French beer lis by no means strong. The French government issues to soldiers a regular wine ration.

ously there are obstacles to forbidding wine shops In the zone of the army to IS AllCPCUr 10 business at nil, which practically la the French would have to do. Lo. (Continued from I nl 8ent me nt will play a large part In tram a thn dBtormlnat on th0 questions. The same order which forbude sol. Miti Eva Zaiortz, one of tha first two Rust "Death Battalion" girls to rSgch Oni -Incredu- "Many of.

the girls In the fighting to leave Russia. EVER lint Ht and Htrve TnlMnnton killed, lotisly. nt llenldton. Tiklklnirton'a pal. too young to fight for Russia'." Oreenr.

001I. killed years agoi In the streets of Ardmore, while en-' gaged In the whlDkey buslntss. It nllegeil by officers. Cnuglit llh the Goods. All of thenc men were engaged In introducing were shot, when caught In their automobiles 1th loads of whlskev attempting escape the officers by open fight ori when refusing to stop at the command'- of their captors.

Arid seventy-one automobiles rang- i CONTRQL'OF SIDE INDUSTRY SHOWN corps are or have already done so. Ksrcnsky sanctioned their flight from Petrograd when the reign of violence began. "Thers Is now 410 place for a wom- legion in my country, so I feel no lack of patriotism In getting away." The Slav heroines have joined members of their family In the United States and plan to remain here until conditions come more settled In Russia. Miss Knpkin will go to Philadelphia and Miss Zalons to Brooklyn. U.

S. Destroyers Capture 4 U-lJoats (Co nt Inusd from paps 1.) DAY TO WORK OF RED CROSS New York Dec. had'a icind face and yon felt the moment you looked at her that she was sympathetic, responsible and fine. "For three years," she said, "I have been doing Red Cross work here in chapter. I.

come In at 9 in the nfornlng and Stay until 6 In the evening oftener I stay much later, many times work until 11 and if at night. "I enlisted for Red Cross work as warmer air. Around tho edges of the high pressure there are rain nnd I dlers taking strong drink ednVilned in snow but the whole groat' tmws rtgld rrgulalioiis to prevent the settled sluggishly and given so lit- spread of the social dThe tie disposition to move on and give questions are nn 5 0 1 Th rm oir, that weather fur the record of the army In both replace to warmer airs that the weather fur the rei bureau warns the cHuntry-lt mai not spects has been most excellent, expect relief or four days nt 'cast. It in highly notifying to me and is a monlal to the hlKh character of tho American soldier. Everything possible Warning foe Oulf.

is 'nR done to protect his morals nnd New Orleans Dec. of b' health and to make him an honor to a cold wave tonight for Louisiana, east khlmself and his countrymen." Texas nnd Mississippi was Issued to- day by the district forecaster of the local weather bureau. IACK 311(1 DTCSik I (Continued from New England Struck. Boston. Dec.

most severe. 1 Attorney Cotton has been compelled to cold wave experienced in New Eng- flle Oformatlons against, the men as land since 1914, swept in from the tno namcs ar reported to him, and northwest early today and caused bccuuse many of thorn aro fictitious tho widespread suffering because of the hnls of the court aro unable to general lack of fuel. From a maximum i 0ca hc law breakers. A batch of reading of 3' degrees yesterday the CO mplaints were filed Saturday In tho give any undertaking. He received the lllR from pathfinders, Stanley steamers! Commission Told How Packers Throttled Competition in Leather and Other Lines.

enthusiastic applause of tho greator part of the deputies. Toe vote of the Chamber yesterday. M. Clemenceau said, wast a mandate to the government to carry on the war and he asked the chamber fo give him the means. General Petaln, the commander -in -chief, had asked for a certain dumber of men to carry on urgently needed work on cantonments behind the lines.

It was his puroosc to detail Jo this work, German the Russians who had been flKhting in France until the time of the Russian overturn. 40,000 men drawn from the auxiliary forces, and agriculturalists in ttie Llaesi 's uf 1890 and 1891. wliu would be called back for two months. Inasmuch as there would be no farm work In January and February. If the chani- did not wish to have this work done, the premier continued, let it say so, and he would go.

If thc chamber knew of other resources, let it reveal them. "At the time when German divisions whoso number I cannot calculate are arriving on our front from Russia, Is it proper for you to find fault about a few "ffundrcd'men I need?" Clemenceau demanded. "If members are required at tho front they must return to the front." The bill was adopted by 426 to 73. and other high priced cars to Fords were taken while being used by bootleggers. Auto Great AM.

It was the law against autos. haps, that 'gave the officers an ad thut they had long been look-. Ing for, one that from the first wns' by the one of their valuable weapons Packers or the hid- andleathrr indus- ogalnHt the law breakers. Armed, tr we as Ktno business with the right to seize the auteenoblles. wlt br he Kwa lc te no to whom they hp evidence elicited the federal from the etart struck fear to the, tro com.nls.mon.

which closed for the. hearts of owners who were engaged tltI al ln 'l'" mt the In the business or had been let- today, ting someone else use the car for nj As j. K. Maloncy of the Brighton to haul them aboard. One man was In such a condition that he could not even hold the line thrown him.

Chief Pharmacists Mate. Eixer Harwell and Coxswain Francis G. Connor (N. Jumped overboard after the mart and secured a line under his When he was hauled aboard every effort was made to rescuscltate him but he died in a few minutes. The four members of the crew were all taken prisoners.

I 8andwiches and Coffee. After being taken on board thc prisoners were given hot coffee and sandwiches. Though kept under strict gu'ird they seemed contented and after a short time cCmntenced to sing. To make them -comfortable the crew of the destroyer gave them thtir warm coats and heavy clothing soon as war was declared. "I think there fs no more Impor- tant work fo American women to i temrerature dropped to 4 degrees below nnd when Marshal Leslie do than making of surgical drW In Bot-ton this mornlftg.

when Marshal Leslie ings. They are needed so urgently so many, many hundreds of them every ucmn ruiDern single day." (NEGRO OFFICER CHARGED The great loft occupied by the New York county chapter of the Red Cross wast filled with white-robed workers, each one of them as loyal as this WITH MURDER OF PRISONER woman, though perhaps so placed as to home duties that such continuous service was Impossible. Earnestly and OKmulgee, Dec Maya, negro deputy was arraigned here Friday night on a charge u.vu I service was impomuu. riivu fleers of the submarine an tn H4iiigently they piled themselves to of murder In connection with the making of gauze compresses, strips. of J.

Smith In this cltv on sponges and rolls absorbent pads. lr- lhe nijjlit of December 18. rigation pads and various types of I a ne)rro was attempting to escape from nandhges. I Mays, who had arrested him. when thc Serious faces most, of them wore, latter shot and killed him.

Smith was for these women witness the i alleged to hnve been a bootlegger, shipping of dressings weekly, Mays, it is said, exceeded his author- without being moved by the enormity: an offlcer. firing upon of the suffering "over there." fleeing prlsonel- Ills preliminary i Packets of dressings, wrapped in hearing will be neld Monday Th German nfllcfra said the first i compact bundles ready for aterillxlng; had wrecked the ma- each rubber stamped with contents. Cowan was un to locate, them Judge Zick ordered the allns warrants sent back to the police for execution. The men whose names were turned over to tho county authorities by tlm poljoe and for whom warrants have beqn returned to the police are: Ed Dodson. W.

II. Smith, Jim Doyle. Cliff Rodgers, M. Brown, Jack Brown, Charles Wilson, N. Bryant and W.

Brown. A PORTER BOYS Tp LEAVE. FranKlin and Robert 1'orter, twin Sons of Mrs. Franklin Porter, 312 North Seventh, have Just received telegraphic orders to report to where they will lie assigned too naval training station. The Porter boys enlisted In thc naval service hlw dnyl "go at Dallas.

They will leave-Sunday morning. were r.ireleaa enough to allow some- his h.des to the American Hide und one to take the'r cars without know-' Leather company, Francis J. Heney. Ink- Just what use thev were to be put the commission's special counsel, asked t' (this is the some he was aware tbul that was a Swift concern. I i course a large amount of whls- derihg cVnpany which took ve and key has been shipped in on the rail- I tnc WIlHtc of Mr valoney's company I sUtements of nn roads, but this Is a very prosaic meth-i vnerH paid rent 1 lhe crcw 0ne of ll i workrooms to make surgical dressings, o.l seldom causes a fight of 1 or 1 ort8 id had "Kaiser" marked on ne lther omt kind Trunks, express packages cne anrt ctt on tne otner this one with two sons In the trenches, i a hundred other ways have been used vltnLV rfot know Tne nnnln Proceeded to port and ln onc f(ro h( training and n.e witness s.ibl b- did not know tran8 erred ner primers under guard, i anothcr with a sweetheart In fly- 1 I As they were leaving In smalljBoats the lng qorps chfnerv of the submarine and caused size and fluantlty.

were everywhere rfpSS I her to sink to a considerable depth. about and great pac'Klng crtses of The submarine bore no number nor dressings which are sent ofT almost distinguishing marks. She was how- daily. ever, identilfed by life belts and by Thousands of won all over the statements of nn officer and men of ountr BO even day to Reil Cross Explosives Licenses Arc Very Few Here by sut "tenderfi ot" bootleggers. And I too.

a of "suit-case" bootleggers. been operating. But the.offi -j cers know that the chief business an independent nudci ing company was i ilone bv means of automobiles, for related by 1 faster, surer (when It Is present engaged wholesale meat ji -ipturotl whiskey men say) and much; business" in this city. unite McDonald he 150.000 capital Into the rendcflng plant' and nor- K.0.000 from the Although Sf-cretary of State Lyon estimated that there would be 2uu licenses issued ID'Muskogee county for purchasers and users of following the passage ot a law making It necessary for tvery person handling any explosive to si -cure a license, only thirteen have been issued since they were received by the county, clerk. IH- IB.

According to the federal law passed last fall as a wur measure it in penitentiary offense to buy o'r use explosives without a government license, the purpose of the law being to enable the story of nn attempt to operate Germans gave three cheers. The com- lerlng company was 1 manding officer of the Fanning read William M. McDonald, at i no burial service the body of the German sailor and the destroyer proceeded to sea nr.J burled niin wan full military honors. Praise for Officers. In hie report the commander of the Fanning praises the conduct of his 1 officers und crew, und gives particular credit to Lieutenant Walter O.

Henry, officer of the deck, and to Coxswain Ijoomls, who sighted the periscope. He commends Pharmacist's Mate and Coxswain who 1 n1.11 I'liiiij'aii. 01 won "At what rnti-y asked Mr. Honey. "A sri.000 bonus for months.

guvei us who are In possession of explosives mil to keep tjiein out of the hands j( pel sons. According to the terms of the law which require, that an employing com- which buys explosives shall nit a "purchaser's license" and lha' .1 in churge of .1 work Kan nhtll out "forelllan'b -rv i'ell dilib as Well i.s the rmii in iilui'li 1 -imjloys htm should hold a 11- unless he is doing thc work itone and has no laborers under his di- -ectlon. it was stated Saturday by W. A'. Gilbert, deputy county clerk.

FRENCH ADOPT AMERICAN OF WASP CHASERS Airplane Humor There was also floated a rumor that rowed airplane had been used by sonw; Exchange Trust company of this city bold and bootlegger for bring-i Ing in the stuff from Joplln and other Mlsioiiii towns, but federal officers sliilinit seal of interi -st starting at 10 line discredited this after thorough. per cent and decreasing to and eMigation thouuli they haven't per rent. In addition I gave them a ulso entirely banished the possibility of it on the itl.mt $100,000 in Harwell from their minds. bonds which tied-me up so 1 could not, Jumped overboard to save thc drown- And the whiskey still comes in and anv more monc.v on the properly," i German. mm are willing to rfsk their lives to.thi witness 11 stifled.

The British commander-in-chief, bring It In. Morn whiskey was con -j At first McDonald said he had more under whom the destroyers were op- flscatcil this year than ever before, business than lie rould attend to, but eratlng, said this In his report to the but It keeps nn 1 omlng. Mater Jieghn to feel competition and British' admiralty: Why" Are the offieets at fault" 'the hank commenced to him fori "The whole affair reflects credit on tlm the game To witlsfy their demands, he the discipline and training of the Marshal Knloe's men said. gave up bit by hit all his prop- I'nitod States flotilla." and added that 1 conjunction with the liquor ertv, lost bis health and finally the the incident showed that the Fanning law enforcement officers, C. K.

I enter and have been Anyon till knows that i' tn all the brut wnrit thin the office I Car- plnnt but his indebtedness In full, i a man of war In the best sense of doing "Whv this wonmls Uke the Shyrloek the term, well disciplined and organ- in SlMtkcapearo." re- rfd and ready fur iaaoMdlata jrllnn. md day but the known N'ikht I on the Job. are on lhe toi But Isn't pen Yes. the man who was recognUje.l ton this the klnc of them all la at LeavAn- surf 1 worth. Kansas, where he is serving a Kngl In the federal penltentla 1 also praise's her commander, Lieut, bootlepgeis It el, that commented Mc- A 8 and commends Lleu- I tenant Henry.

Coxswain lxiomls, Phar- Ceekmore In the adjourning the sessions to enable lnacl ate Harwell and C6wwain the n.nvnivion to return to Connor he aritlsrfejdmlral also com- fternoori. Mr ssld the; men(leU he of the Nlch- 1 only been scr -Hched In New! olaon whlch be Bays, completed the 1 success of Its sister ship. The olson was commanded by Lieut. O. H.

Fort. The British admiralty sent a telegram to the commander-in-chief, directing him to express to.the commanding officer, officers and men of the Fanning, its high appreciation of their successful action against 'enemy submarines." Vice Admiral Sims, commanding the American forces operating ln European waters, commended the officers and men of the Fanning and Nicholson. Coxswain Loo mis was advanced to the ensat i li Washington Dec III Auieiicm Mitlt HUbiiiiii 10c chuneiH on duty 10 Krui'll ual.is ptove.) so s.itl-- to lhe I'M that tb" type 1 .0 it Slav I copl.M l.y the l'reuch. It was Earned that a rtceni Trench report on tie si awoi tbiness of the little cratt told bow slorni a French light niis an. I sewt.tl dc- to shilter.

leavliit; only an hmcricun bmlt (baser on uuinl with I fleet of nn rchantmen lhe vesseh, sere convoying. ASKS $2,000 DAMAGES. Suit was brought "ounty Attorney W. W. Cotton tin- of the State lndu against W.

E. Sceicy, oil ran, in behalf of ltoscoe M. I 'ir for 12,000 damages. The suit is in two counts, ono being an U.sion the plaintiff alleges was KC- tount of the negligence of the 'endant for which he asks 1500 diun- iges. and the other for an Injure ui- to have been received wb a laller belonging to the defendant fell, itrlklng the plalutifrs head, for which ia aslus 91,500 Harness and shrewd-! com Miti plea of was 1 I he I' lilted ates ,1 isn let Muskogee iluiiug lhe ear.

I.lllle Chance. Well, who's br.ngtnK In the whls-! k. then? Maybe that question has bef 11 asked bv I reikniori pi ice has been very, will filled, federal officers say. by a large number of sinMb-r "kings- who 1 are pl.iNlng ibe game with as (t li i. ia io and te ii 'cssnoKs oil tie s.i in iv tin- en who are now In the gan.e realizing the (lire CO I ISI'H UBIlces tli tt iiisr fol.ra their capture, he- r.Mi-f of the new- liui that have gone force, lin iv ne tha' to be rauitb! the 1 lit.

M-' I onart I ri'i'iif 'i IK Of the 1 i Se Ill i i ti .1 oft orili i i who an il 'tlc liioliev a rale. Inn S. CiHird Service Interest Warms up Interest being shown over the lii-eliiig to I i held in my office Sunday for men." said Sergeast Coonc. of the local army re nuivh crulUtig Saturday If with- there will be They tell of the 'eStplolt'a of soldiers and each fresh courage from the other. Major Grayson M.

P. Murphy, head of the Red Cross commission in France, says, "the question of surgical dressings deals with the most vital thing that the. women of America can for the soldiers this war." do SEVEN DIVORCES GRANTED DAY Seven divorces were granted Saturday by District Judge- R. P. de- Grnffenrted.

Emma Welch was granted a divorce from Thomas Welch on the grounds of cruelty. She was given the custody of their three children. R. I. granted a divorce from Elizu Hlner on the grounds of cruelty.

Tlye couple were married ln i Fulton county, Arkansas. In- 1899 and have five children. Hoover WUH given a dlvmi-g A Real Home for Sale North Fifteenth neighborhood, 5 blocks from school. parallel apricots, cherries, plums and grapes. front, two" story frame with attic, walls sheeted with building paper and weather-boarded double floor.

Eight large rooms, hall, bathroom and large closets, basement and furnace. Freshly papered sleeping porch. sufficient sound lumber for garage, servants quarters, etc. terms. H.

C. M58 "I think I in to a number of old hope in uiinnin will be xt hlsner ra ting In recognition of his rnpany of rl anCft sighting the periscope. 'CLUBBED BY POLICEMAN NEGRO TELLS MATTHEWS I of not only their wh no for from IT to J1' th. Ir li -ill' rs and a as a rule, for II has shown tha: Ul offenders up the line these men iirejiot ctt- bist trying to make ad then 'ii They are. I men 'vim are I'.

i io rur. 'he rsl, and If neccn- put i-p a fight. That tliere lieu deaths such a cr vv to deal with is no wonder. Hunt War In Sight. Thc hlirli of wliiskey his mad" giiitrdsmen to from here for service with neb- Sam's guards." so far has only sent three men for with the Bolted States ruards.

to Sergeant Coone the 11 sl.oiilil do letter than "I inn o-riiin said the "that theie an- moie men in MasKogeo who, Tubs a. Dec. haw- had previous servico and who aK ainst the wall of the sergeant's room would llkv to lo tlu l. if for I'ncle al the police station and beaten count- Sam now Tie guards will be brant of who are r. -Held service where thoBe men not iibb- to pass the examl- natK for ri'-tular soldiers will given tb opooitiinlit to servo the nal 111' as a fighting sol- at me 1 a less times over the head and body I with a "Mack Jack'" In the hands of body Jack" In the' hands of a policeman fetrlng to make any resistance lest he be killed, was the story told bv Webb Roe.

negro, to William Matthews, of chanties and coircctlons, Friday, in an investigation of policw court affairs. A-ecordfng to Roe he was making no resistance to being searched when a from Harvey Hoovef. She charged cruelty. The couple were married in Nashville, in 1902. Mittie Bluejacket was granted a divorce from T.

Bluejacket on a charge of desertion. They were married November 1, U16. Rose Crowther Avas divorced from James 1. Crowther. She asked the divorce because her husband had been convicted of a felony and is now serving a sentence in the state penlten-'j tiary of Missouri.

Tho couple was married in Muskogee in August, Mary Renfroe was divorced from Jesse Renfroe on allegations of de Bert ion. "They Were married in Van Buren county. Arkansas, in 1913. Ethlye PurceU was a divorce from James PurcelL She alleged cruelty. The couple nrlarried in Bartles- vllle in March, 1911.

PADFIELD BACK TO COAST. Dixon O. Padfield, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.

B- Padfield. Boston, left last night for the naval training school at Mare Island, California, having spent several days here on a furlough. Our new telephone directories have been delivered. If you have not received call the manager's sill NTIVI'S SKSSIOX. ritifbui -j-.

'i. Dec thou-s I hand fr-mi all sections of the country are lure attending the policeman walked Into the room at the 70th atitiui'l convention of tbe Amer -'j -ity Jail and began clubbing him. This the profits great that It Is not aM Association foi tin- occurred a few weeks ago, the negro doubted by lidci.il officers that the initial busineMss fcca- Ho testified that another uegro, in vv ill see an even greater MOII of whith will be held today. i m(l similarly beaten in his ivres- (lioit to intiodiue whisk) y. and a other oruanuaitions ufftltateil' ence.

con fight on the part of th, with the are albir officers to il from Vie mouths meeti 'ig In The sessions: t2S BELOW IN IOWA, of the i itlio di ink ii ill will continue until Wednesday of next Sioux City, Iowa, Dec, ta-is lure. below zero this morning. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY brown purse on East Okmulgee car. containing small change and valllere. Please return val- llere to Morharfes.

or call 1561. Red fox muff, between Cafe and Katy depot, its yard, care Chandler's TWO ROOMS Phone (It. Regent Reward. Ulss for light housekeeping? FOR Mitchell Six. 19M-17 7-passenger; good as hew.

Must, sold for cash only. A burgkln. I ii. Box city. TWO housekeeping rootog.

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