Oklahoma State Register. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 16, 1907 Page: 1 of 8
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SIXTEENTH YEAR NO !<>
GUTHRIE, OKLA., THURSDAY, MAY i<>, 1907.
*1.00 PER YEAR
When it is too Late Haskell Advises Murray to File the Origi\l Sheepskin*
Newspapers As Free Advertisers
For Railroad Travel io Jamestown.
Eleven Kansas
Men Indicted
Eleven indictments were returned by
the federal grand jury in session at
Woodward last week against parties
who had proved up on claims in Wood-
ward county without any actual resi-
dence.
The parties indicted, all of whom
live in or near Topeka, Kas., are James
A Hodgins, Thomas J Seward, John A
Long, Belle Seward, Michael Klauer,
James F Jewell, John C Miller, George
J Klauer and Joseph J A tzer. The
last two werfe each indicted on two
counts. All of the indictments were
for perjury, for making false affidavits
The Oklahoma Press Association at South McAlester seems
to hive overlooked in its resolutions one of the most important
business considerations in relation to newspapers. It is a new pro-
position and would have helped a united action. It is the
question of how much shall newspapers advertise the railroad
business for nothing.
While the former pass method never benefited any newspapers
and they gave more in space than they received in passes, it had
its obligations, for an editor who received "by courtesy" even one
"free" transportation ten miles away from home felt under obliga-
tion to print all the railroads sent him the year around. But now
he is doing a great deal of advertising for railroads and not feel-
ing even the obligation of an awaiting pass, which he could seldom
afford to use.
It cannot be denied but that the newspapers of the country
are the greatest stimulators of travel of any one element, if not
greater than all others. It is they that daily print matters that
excite people with interest in matters and places away from home r,tss locating prospective settlers
and induce them to go there. Under the new conditions the news- ' lands in Beaver and Woodward coun-
papers of Oklahrma have not learned to discriminate what is news '
and what is advertising. They are printing, for instance, miles of
columns about the Jamestown Exposition that induces people to
go there. Why should we care, as a business proposition, whether
people go there or not. If more persons go there the more they
write and less the less they write, it is a matter of business discri
minationwith the newspapers howmuch they owe the public to say
about the Exposition and howmuch should be paid for.
The New York state newspapers whose advertising space is
worth money, have discontinued the publication of railroad time
tables, Of course it is a question of judgement and the public is
inconvenienced thereby, but their opinion is that that is a matter of
business between the railroads and the public and if it mitigates
against the interests of the public by which the railroads lose
travel the railroads should pay for that information as they pay
for the guide post at the wagon crossing warning the public of
approaching trains.
An exchange says that the general impression that newspaper
men have for years ridden free on passes is erroneous. Transpor-
tation has been issued to them in payment tor the publication of
t:me-tables, notices of excursions and other information the rail-
roads were anxious the people should have. At the beginning of
each year there has been a general agreement that the accounts
between the newspapers and the railroads should be balanced.
But as a matter of fact, with very few exceptions, they never have
been— and the railtoads got all the better of the bargain, for no
newspaper could use for its employes an equivalent of transporta-
tion for the space in the advertising columns that the railroads
used. So it will be seen instead of riding free, the newspaper
publisher has paid the equal, if not more, than the cash fare
Territory Pharmacists
Name New Officers.!
The Oklahoma Pharmaceutical associ- j
ation in session in Oklahoma City, j
elected C. A. Frazier of Red Rock, pre- j
sidentan4 the following officers for the j
ensuing year; H. 0. Hixon, Elk City
first vice president, A. R. McCutchin,
Luther, secretary and Frank Waver, I
Oklahoma City assistant secretary. |
During session addresses were deliver- j
ed by Dr. A. K, West, dean of the j
Condition In Statehood History
Up To Thursday Night 12 o'clock.
The conditions and the possibilities for statehood change so
often, and yet make so little progress that it is almost necessary
to bulletin the progress by the hour. Tnin-js are just simply go-
medical faculty of Epworth University, ] jng "round and round", with no results. A bulletin for the week
Dr. W C Williams of Oklahoma City, | R.a(|s as fol|ows;
Dr. U. L. Russell, Dr. A. Daughty, K. . , , ,,, , .
Sr'Malone, W. S. Strother and W B. 1 Delegation of republicans in Washington to confer with the
Mathews, Prof. C. S. N. Halnberg of j President, Taft, and Bonapart what to do with the constitution,
in connection with final proof. | Chicago spoke on the subject "Pharma-1 No expression of opinion from either until given authentic copy
A number of similar cases were j c<kpia*' Prof. L. E. Sayre of the uni- Lf statehood instrument. D
brought to light in the investigation! j vcrj jty of Kansas discuss*d the sub- | furnish
before the grand jury in which th* , jec> .. rhe pure Food anJ Drug Law
statute of limitations had run, and in | aruj jtg Special Relation to Pharmacy
every C"*se investigate.! in which the
time limit h .d r.ot expired indictments ; ioeai druggists entertained the visiting
were returned. I , , , , ..
The Statute of limitations was a'so ' at a musicale and reception.
found to operate to prevent indictment | Citizenship Pardons.
in a case under investigation by the
Tl he following prisoners were given
egation confresses its inability to
such.
Delegation receives telegram of Judge I'ancoast's permanent
During the afternoon the wives of "the '"junction against Governor Frantz calling an election, and on the
strength of that and some private tips not publicly
(VlcQuire Says Hurry
Made a Muddle.
Delegate McGuire considers that
Murry and Haskell, who have the whole
thing in their hands, are responsible
for a condition under which Governor
Frantz nor no one else can call an elec-
tion and a condition which may defeat
statehood. When here Friday last week
he said:
"There has been a great deal said
and much press discussion, about who
is the custodian of tne codstitution. If
1 contract to erect a building and to
deliver it to its owner when completed,
1 am responsible for it in every detail
until delivered to the owner. Just so
Mr. Murry or anybody else designated
t>y the constitutional convention, is the
proper custodian of the constitution
until the convention has completed its
labors and finished that document. The
remarkable feature or this whole thing
is, that Mr. Murry or anybody else
should want the governor to call an
election until the convention has com-
pleted its labors and adjourned.
"When the convention is adjourned
it has but one more duty to perform
under the law. That is to file the con-
stitution with the territorial secretary,
the proper custodian of all such com-
pleted documents. The governor has
no right, under the law to call an elec-
tion until he can act on the official docu-
ment, and he can take no notice of it
until it is on file with the secretary.
"For instance, anyone else has the
same right to ask him to call an elec-
tion before the convention adjourns,
as does Mr. Murry or any other mem-
ber of the convention, and were he to
call an election not according to law,
the convention could convene at any
time either before or after the Election
aad write another constitution, which
would mean still another election. Or
the governor could call an election, and
the people would make another cam-
paign on the socalled constitution, and
the convention would have a perfect
right to meet on the fifth of August,
the date when they have adjourned to
meet and submit another entirely new
constitution to be voted on the sixth
of August. The people in that event
would be absolutely ignorant of the
constitution upon which they were
voting.
"The facts are they have made a bad
job of it, have an unsatisfactory docu-
ment, and one that they are afraid to
give to the people for their judgement,
and they are trying to hold both ends
of the string. If they file the constitu-
tion with the secretary, it adjourns the
convention. tThey realize that they
have mad>! a bad botch of things, and
that the people know it. They can go
no farther and appear to be unwillng
to back up. If the people of the two
territories lose statehood under the
constitution, it will be due to the bung-
ling and unpatriotic work of the Has-
kells and Murrys who confess their
frand jury in which a Chicago man by
the name of Cobb did a thriving buM-
ties for a fee of from $30 to $50, tell-
ing them that it would not be necessary
for them to even visit the lands until
they got ready.
Some ot them began to come to Ok-
lahoma a few months ago to look after
the lands which they had acquired in
this way, and it was then found that
they had never signed the affidavits
which were made out n regular form,
bearing their names, and that most of
them had acted in good faith, without
any intention of wrong doing. The
men who were really responsible were
located, but it is now found that they
cannot be prosecuted because of the
statute of limitations.
State Sunday
School Convention
The Fourteenth Annual gathering
ot all Sunday schools of all denomina-
tions in Oklahoma, will be held in
Shawnee, August 20-22, 1907. This
year it will be a joint metting with the
Sunday schools of Indian Territory,
preparations are being made tor 3000
delegates.
Marion Lawrence, International
General Secretary, and the most noted
Sunday school expert in the world, will
be the principle speaker. Workers
from neighboring states, and the best
speakers from otir own state will also
have parts in the program.
Any person can become a delegate to
this convention by sending a stamp to
any county secretary, or to William
Rogers, Gen. Sec. Medford, Oklahoma.
There will be no frei entertainment,
but plenty of provision will be made
for rooms and board at low rates,
Thousands See
The Dedication.
Several thousand Catholics were in
Shawnee las' (Sunday to attend the dedi-
cation of St. Benedict's church. The
occasion proved to be one of the great-
est interest to the Catholics of the en-
tire state.
Bishop Meerschert conducted the
services and pontificial high mass was
said a the morning service. Not less
than 2,000 people were present during
the service. The church has been
built at a cost of $30,000 and is one of
badness by their failure to complete I the handsomest structures in the new
the constitution and file it so it can be I state.
voted on by the people."
Guthrie Firemen
Won All Around.
The Guthrie ftremen cleaned the plat-
ter in Ardmore, at the annual meeting
of the Inter-Territorial Firemens Asso-
ciation. To begin with Chief Gruber
was elected president and his boys
climbed the ladder for everything else
in sight. In the 100 yard dash Dave
Herbert won by four feet; the hose,
coupling and nozzling contest was won
by the Guthrie boys. The following
officers were elected: President, W. C.
Gruber, Guthrie, first vice president,
T. I. Ma.in, Pauls Valley; second vice
president, Eddie Hudson, Tahlequah:
third vice pressdent. J. E. Davidson,
Anadarko; J. Bart Foster, assistant
secretary, E. Sinnett, Chandler; five
trustees, A. C. Bozeman, chairman,
Pond Creek; W. T. Adkinson, Duncan,
L. A. Brown, Shawnee, J. M. Roe,
South McAlester; L. C. Slaughter, Ard-
more; Editor Southwestern Fireman's
Journal, Geo. B. Gilder, Stillwater;
sergeant at arms, B\ W. Frye, Mari-
etta; national convention delegate, W.
T. Adkinson Duncan, secretary and
treasurer of beneficial fund, L. C.
Slaughter of Ardmore.
Shawnee secured the next annual
meeting There are thirty-six hundred
members of the firemen's association in
the two territories.
The Knights of Columbus were repre-
sented by visitors from all parts of the
state and after the services admitted a
class of forty new members to the
organization. In the evening Bishop
Meerschert delivered a lecture on
"Catholics and non-Catholics.'' The
audience was fully as large as that at
the morning mass.
The dedication of the new church
was one of the most important events
in the Catholic church in the state for
many months.
Withdraws All Calls.
Washington, May 14.—In view
of recent court decisions and un-
certainty of action of the consti-
tutional convention I advise and
urge that no present caucus or
county or other conventions be
held in the new state. I recom-
mend withdrawal of calls tor all
caucuses and conventions.
J. L. HAMON,Chairman.
Schwab Tired
of His House.
Persons who live in shacks can con-
sole themselves that other men even
get tired of palaces.
It is reported that Charles M. Sch
wab wants to sell his new mansion in
Riverside drive New York and has
placed it in the hands of brokers. The
house, with its furnishings, is said to
have cost 3'i million dollars.
Mr Schwab, it is understood, is tired
of living in the big house and wishes
to escape from the burdens the life
entails.
citizenship pardons by Governor
F antz:
J. VV. Pierman charged with making
false pretense sentenced from Potta-
watomie county for one year and three
months.
E. J. Putman, sentenced from Cana-
dian county forjmanslaughter first de-
gree, for four years.
Charlie Golden, sentenced from Lo-
gan county for burglary, for two years
and six months.
Ben Brown, sentenced from Cleve-
land county for larcency domestic ani
mals, for five years.
Joseph Taylor, sentenced from Noble
county false pretences for three years.
A Prince Born to Spain.
The noon hour had just passed in the
capital of Spain, Madrid, last Friday.
In the streets and about the palace
great crowds of people stood awaiting
the signal that was to tell them that
a child had been born to the Spanish
king and the English princess, his
queen of 19 years.
At the orders of King Alfonso, whose
birth had been signalized in the same
manner, twenty-one cannon shots were
to be fired and the Spanish standard
raised above the palace if the child
were a boy, while if a girl, fifteen
guns and a white flag were to mark the
event.
Suddenly at 12:45 o'clock the cannon
thundered. One, two, three—at the
sixteenth gun the crowd broke into
wild cheers, which were taken up and
carried from mouth to mouth as the
cannorf boomed on and the royal stand-
ard went up and unfurled from the
flag pole. From the throngs about the
palace came the cries of the people
swelling on the wind of " vive el prin-
cipel" The prince had come to his
own.
The birth of the royal babe has been
awaited with eager interest for months
throughout Spain, The news from the
palace at daylight that the moment
was imminent spread rapidly and great
crowds flocked to the great plaza front-
ing the royal palace. The happy event
had taken the capital somewhat by sur-
prise, for only the afternoon before the
queen had taken her customary drive
and the court physician had intimated
that another two weeks would pass be-
fore the birth.
It was learned from tile palace au-
thorities that during the night mes-
sengers were hastily dispatched to the
prime minister and other court digni-
private tips not publicly expressed,
Chaitrun Hamon ofthe republican committee sends a telegram
to Oklahoma calling off the convention set for June 6 at Tulsa.
Lots of rumors sent out from Washington by newspaper men
about what the president said, but no truth in any.
Taft is seen and promises to come to Oklahoma sometime in
August.
Republican delegation sends out statement that no agreement
had been reached with and heads of departments as to action to
be persued in regard to constitution, a? none had been saught; that
the intention was simply to exchange ideas.
An agreement, however, is supposed to have taken place
among the political leaders that Governor Frantz call an election
when the Pancoast injunction is dissolved, and that a ticket be
placed in the field and the constitution roundly condemned, and if it
passes in its present form the President is to be trusted to knock
it. In case he does congress is to immediately place the Okla-
homa territorial lines around Indian Territory. That Oklahoma
is to tote fair with Indian Territory and the two are to become one
state.
Here at home the bulletin reads: President Murry has issued
his second letter from Tishomingo that he has considesed care-
fully his rights and don't know exactly "where he is at". That he
will not take any action until Governor Frantz returns from Wash-
ingtod with his instructions. He may then reconvene the conven-
tion or issue an election call himself. Upon this declaration he
calls upon the people to meet on the 25th day of May, between
the hours of 2 and 8 o'clock P. M., or any other hour or day con-
venient to them before that time, in their commercial clubs, school
houses and other places in township and district, and there in a
none partisan way to pass resolutions giving him their moral and
financial support in his position should he be forced to call an el-
ection. He desires especially to know the amount ot money that
can be raised for the election. Demands upon him now amount
to 81200 for clerk hire and he hasnt a dollar to pay with.
At a meeting of democratic leaders at the democratic head-
quarters Oklahoma City, a committee was appointed consisting of
W. A. Ledbetter, S. O. Hays, Charles Moore to go to Washing-ton
and lay the democratic side of the controversy before the Presi-
dent and Attorney General Bonapart and find out what action they
will take.
Two additional injunction suits have been filed, one for the
distruction of Day county, and the other in the interest of credi-
tors of Heaver county who fear that the division will invalidate
their security.
Pancoast Enjoined
County Division
judge Pancoast, of the district
court in chambers, Tuesday, de-
cided the injunction case of
Woods county against the con-
stitutional conventiou and grant-
ed the injunction.
The decision, which goes into
the minutest details, holds in
substance that the constitutional
convention has no power to divide
taries, as the advent of an heir to the counties.
throne of Spain is an advent of the It holds that the constitutional
deepest political significance. convention derives all its powers
I from the enabling act and is there-
Sorrow Makes (fore a body with delegated power
and not sovereign power. This
All Brothers.
Theheartfelt sympathy of all Coman-
che county people will go out to U. S.
Marshal John Abernathy in the be-
reavement occasioned by the death of
his good wife, the mother of his six
small children. Men may war over
politics and champion the cause of this
or that faction, but when the death
angel invades the sacred precincts of
the home and carries away a loved one
all differences of religion or politics are
wiped away as the mists before the
noonday sun, and the sympathy of the
human heart is poured out lavishly up-
on the afflicted ones, and so Mr. Aber-
nathif and other grief stricken relativts
have the profound sympathy of all good
people and more especially of those who
have personally experienced the heart- j
aches and the pangs of anguish caused
by the taking away of a loved one.—
Lawton Star.
Q. A. R. Good Program.
The G. A. R. Encampment at Enid
May 22, 23, 24, has a good program of
entertainment for the occasion. Spe-
cial rates for the occasion.
being true the convention had no
right to form the new countres of
Alfalfa and Major and its action
in so doing was wholly void.
The decision also holds that the
convention had no authority to
appoint county commissioners,or
county clerks in the new counties.
Another point is made, and one
of the most important covered by
the decision, is that no election
can be held for county officers
when the constitution' is voted
upon. The only officers who can
be elected at this election are the
state officers, members of con-
gress, members of the state legis-
lature, judges of the supreme
court and district judges.
High School Faculty
Logan County High School Faculty
for next year, selectad at the last meet-
ing of the board: Snowden Parlette,
Principal G. W. Derrick, Assistant
Principal, R. C. Cain, George Norris,
Will W. Jenkins, Arthur Swank, John
S. Brooks, Etta Hikes, Eleanor Chris-
tian, Eva V. Allison, Luella Reed.
Margret Doolittle, Lida Gaffney, Addie
Barnard, Jennie Woods.
The new teachers are Arthur Swank,
Oklahoma State University; John S-
Brooks, Kenyon College, Ohio; and
G. W. Derrick, County Superintendent.
Only the appointment of as good a
man as Prof. Parlette tan compensate
for losing Prof. Calvert as paincipal of
the school. Prof. W. S Calvert re-
signed the position to go on his farm in
southern Missouri. He is a natural
teacher. He was elected county super-
intendent for two terms and had not a
county school been built would have
been for several more. He has been in
charge of the High School from its
creation, has administered it3 affairs to
the satisfaction of every one, and will
especially carry with him the grateful
cemembranec of the boys and girls over
the county wh jm he has helped so much.
Leaders Called
to Washington'
J. S. Sherman, chairman of the na-
tional republican campaign committee,
summoned the following Oklahoma re-
publican leaders to Washington for a
conference at the New Willard: Go\r
Frank Frantz, Delegate Bird S. Mc-
Guire, Wm. Grimes, George Walker,
United States attorney for the central
Indian Territory district, James R.
Cottingham, of Guthrie; Col. Busby,
of South McAlester, Tams Bixby, of
Muskogee, and Henry Asp, of Guth-
rie, and national committeeman, C. M.
Cade, of Shawnee. These republican
leaders left for Washington Sunday.
It is no secret that these leaders
were called to discuss the condition ot
statehood. Ex-Delegate Flynn is al-
ready on the ground.
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