Show f SO 30 Rioters Held on on Treason Charges I By United Pr Press ss SHAWNEE Okla Okia lda A AUg Six Six members of a sheriffs sheriff's posse repotted ed to Sheriff Armstrong tonight that in an encounter with ten rioters one of ot the rioters had be been n shot and four c captured The encounter o occurred about bout six miles south of Konawa Deputies Deputies Dep Dep- I were expected to bring their prisoners to the county Jail here to- to to to- to night At a monster mass meeting held at atRock atRock atRock Rock Crossing tonight citizens a agreed eed that the plan of offering r med r-med re resistance resistance re- re to any rioting should be lie con con- The citizens were organized with a leader for each district The can be called at a moments moment's notice and automobiles are held in readiness for the use of the posse Sufficient Sue Suf ut- ut arms and ammunition have been distributed for the arming of ot all citi citi- zens At Ada Robert Wimbush former county attorney chairman of ot the vigilantes vigilantes vigilantes said that the organization would d do its work of ot eradicating lawlessness quietly and thoroughly A meeting of ofa ofa ofa a a special committee was scheduled for Sunday at which time definite plans will be laid for the campaign to be carried out by the vigilantes Six county seats in southeastern Oklahoma Oklahoma Ok Ok- lahoma tonight reported more than eighty rioters arrested and held on treason charges The backbone backbone backbone back back- bone of the demonstration which for fora a time threatened to spread over the state was broken when armed posses totaling more than men opened a concerted drive on the rioters who yesterday and last night ran amuck in Pontotoc Seminole Coal Pottawatomie Pottawatomie Pottawatomie tomie and counties Late today the members of the various various various va va- rious posses returned to their homes leaving sheriffs and their deputies to round up the member and the small groups of bf rioters Ten alle d members members members mem mem- bers of the mob were being held at Ada and authorities expected to add that many more during the night At Wewoka two forty-two alleged rioters were under arrest and sheriffs sheriff's deputies deputies deputies ties w were re still scouring the river bottoms bottoms bottoms bot bot- toms for members of the mob Authorities at Holdenville had made twenty-one twenty arrests including that Of df J. J T. T Crane one of ot the alleged ring ring- leaders Crane was carrying a high powered rifle and rounds of ammunition ammunition ammunition ammu ammu- when taken Authorities at Okmulgee Okmulgee Ok- Ok stated that they had made no arrests of ot alleged rioters Speedy action on the part of the authorities and citizens of ot the counties counties counties coun coun- ties threatened to p put t ah end eni to the demonstration County Prosecutor Bullock of Ada said tonight I do not anticipate any further trouble The agitators learned that the go good d citizens were ready for them The o only ly material damage reported during the two days' days rioting was the burning of two wo railroad bridges bridges' and the n of wire communication throughout the district affected Both the Frisco bridge at Francis and the M. M K T. T bridge between this city cRy and Ada ha had been leen repaired tonight and traffic resumed Telephone and telegraph telegraph tele tele- graph linemen expected to have wire Communication restored to normal to to- to morrow Adjutant General at Oklahoma City said tonight that all reports reachIng reaching reaching reach reach- ing his office Indicated that the worst of ot the rioting was over and that he did not expect any calls for state aid Governor Williams late this evening stated that he was confident the local authorities could handle the situa situa- tion I The members of ot the mob composed of ot f ten tenant nt farmers half breed Indians nd i-nd negroes and led by agitators claiming affiliation with the working class union the r I. I W. W v. v W. W and the Jones family Friday night marched through the country impressing all youths of draft age and announcing that they Intended carrying out the principles o Ot 0 revolution as had been beeh done aone under the red flag In Russia By United Press OKLAHOMA OKLAHOMA CITY Okla Okia Aug 4 4 When Governor Robert lobert L. L Willi Williams ms I said said he didn't want to o send troops to toI 2 I I put down another Crazy Snake rebellion rebellion re- re bellion he apparently called the t turn rn on the rioting noting at lea least leat t Judging from reports tonight telling that the anti anti- draft demonstration is about off Back in 1909 the East was startled by y the Crazy Snake outbreak Chitto Harjo Crazy Snake had busted loose Hell was about to pop In Indian ter ter- ter- ter All the stories that were ever told t td campfire audiences about Custer and Buffalo Bill and the massacre of here lere or there popped Into the mind of ot the newspaper reader and there was wasa a cry for rebellion news Incidentally the of ot Oklahoma Oklahoma Okla Okla- homa horns got excited He Ire called out the national guard He lIe sent them to the thes s scene ene Though the only scene was Unbroken unbroken un- un broken blackjack nevertheless it was th the scene There i wasn't any bloodshed d. d There wasn't any uprising There wasn't any fighting But there was an unceasing clamor from the publishers of the East for news about slaughter So one free lance c respondent correspondent d de decided to satisfy the Eastern craving He gave em blood with the big B. B And that gre great t hoax the hoax the Crazy Snake rebellion hasn't been forgotten Accordingly that's why Governor Williams didn't go wild over the dr draft ft rl riot net t of th the teil tenants and the half breeds I I I. I and the negroes to the South Southeast st st. I |