Oklahoma State Register. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 24, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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THURSDA
OKLA.,
GUTHRIE,
Y E A R.
EIGHTEEENTH
M.l J. HACkKTT APPOINTED
SULPHIK SPRINGS.
CHILDREN A HE N*> IN
EFFECT.
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How the First Division %
of Oklahoma's School
Lands of Over a Million
Acres Will be Sold
md Jut emit
Oklahoma.
Labor Hill
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A
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The Sacrifice of White Woman-
hood to Chinese Juggernaut
Under Mistaken Christian Zeal
(The State Register printes the fol-
lowing story of the degredatlon and
murder of an innocent girl, in order
to strike terror to the hearts of those
zealots who think It their mission to
Christianize the the Chinese.
If God has seen fit to leave the mil-
lions of these Orientals unchristian-
ized, these thousands of years—many
centuries before the Christian religion
came into existence, we should be sat-
isfied to leave them alone to their own
natural self-salvation. They do not
ask us to help them any more than we
ask them to help us. They think they
are as right from their standpoint as
we think we are right from ours. But
until they see our light of their own
accord our sacrifices are useless to
them and a crime against ourselves.)
Ling were at a party given
girl's home.
"How did you know Elsie was
Leon's room?"
"I heard a noise."
"What did you do?"
Looked Through the Key Hole.
"I go to the key hole in the door in
between Leon's room and mine and I
see her"
"Through the key hole?"
"That's it."
"What did you see?"
"I had heard some noise and then
when I look I see Elsie lying on the
bed."
"You wanted to see what was going
New York. June 23.—That intensely
dramatic scene in the stifling little
room on the third floor of the criminal
court building yesterday afternoon and
last night when t'hong Sin told the sto-
ry of Elsie Siegel's death at the hands
of her jealous Chinese lover, was de-
scribed today by those who were per-
mitted to take part in the third deg-
gree.
Browbeaten} worn and exhausted
](y thirty hours of constant opposing
of his Oriental mind against the train-
ed minds of the most astute students
of criminals in the Occident, Chong
Sing finally yielded with Mongolian
stoicism and made his ghastly admin-
sions with immobile face.
The Inqnissitional Force
The inquisition was conducted by
Inspector McCaffery of the betective
bureau, Captain Carey of the homi-
cide dureau, half a dozen detectives
who had been working on the case and
h v; stored every bit of evidence to be
used as ammunition to batter down
the prisoners defense, and T. H-
on?
Sulphur, Ok.—It la unofficially an-
| nounced here thaj Major D. F. Haok-
etc, an ex-united States marshal
went' and a resident-of McAlester, Okia.,
has been nam d for superintei.dent f
Piatt National Park. It is stated that
Major Hackett is the choice of Con-
gressman (Yeager for theposltlon, j Of the approximate 1.750.00U acres
... 1 of public land which Oklahoma is pre-
and the former nas sent out the state- i
Two new humanitarian laws
into effect in Oklahoma during the
past week, w hich ar • expected to
have great results in ameliorating the
condition of juvenile unfortunates in
the state. They are the Franklin
child labor bill and the Stafford juven-
ile court bill, both passed by the last
legislature, but without the emergency
clause, so that they did not go Into ef-
fect until ninety days aft-r adjourn-
ment. 11 arnpment. at which time many of the
The child labor bill, which is now a ! citizens bad an opportunity to get ac-
law. was introduced by Senator Wm. | quainted with him. There was a
M. Franklin of Madill. It provides that number of local aspirants for the po-
children under 14 years of age shall | sition, but nearly. If not quite all, of
not be permitted to work In any fac- them r- cognized the fact that the po-
tcry, workshop, theater, bowling alley, J sition is the kind that congressmen
pool hall, steam laundry or other oc-.feiv® out in their own district,
Major
here last
and
"Sure."
"What was it you saw then?"
"I see Elsie lying there, and she
was scuffling with Leon. He lie with
his hands on Elsie, like on her neck,
pnd she try to get away." .
'What did you do then?"
"I get up on a chair and look over
the transome so I see better."
"What happened?"
Her Cry for Help Stilled.
"Elsie try to cry, 1 guess. I.eon hi d
a handkerchief in her mouth. I s-e
blood on the handkerchief."
Chong was told to show how Leon
held the handkerchief to the
n>outh. He placed his hands at nis
mouth as though jamming something j
in it.
"It was all in her mouth." he said.
"Did you see her clothes?"
"Did you see Leon take Elsie's
clothes off?"
"Saw Leon take off this." replied I
Chong, indicating what would be the
blouse or waist of a woman's costume.
"How did he take it off?"
Chong reached his hand Up and
caught it in the collar hi-nd or ti", tn'.ri
He then made a motion as though to
Ward, assistant to district Attorney j c;raw his hand downward and violently
Jerome.
Like a wild animal at bay, the Chi-
nese was placed in a chair where he
had to face combined enemy. All the
plans were carrkd out with a method-
ical quietness calculated to wear on
the nerves of a man who knows whit
he Is suspected and does not know
what Is In the minds of the men who
■are planning a combined move against
ill tn.
Suddenly the quiet was broken. At-
torney Ward , without a moment's
warning turned on the Celestial, and
standing above him and pointing ail
accusing finger almost in his face,
shouted:
Accused Him oi tl«- border.
be
Chong
' You killed Elsie Siegel.'
Oriental craft was not tu
come at the first onsla 'gi;
'Sill rr.swered with a snap
, "I did not kill her."
"You've got her
'Captain Car v.
"I got no ring of Elsie's." replied the
Chinese.
"You know that you have been lying
all day!" scouted Captain Cary, shak-
ing his fist under Chong's nose
the garment from his body. Hi
mfcde no verbal reply to the question.
"Was there any blood in sight the'i?'
"Yes."
"Where ?"
' Everywhere."
'What do you mean by everywhere?
Snow us what you mean."
\ nsw* red by a Siira.
Chong took his cigarette in his left
hand anil rubbed his right hand over
his mouth and chin as though the
' blood had been smeared over the girl's
! face.
| "Was the blocd coming out of her
i mouth and nose?"
' "Yes."
| "What did her mouth look like?"
"No can see. Have handkerchief in
I her mouth."
| "How do you know it was a hand-
ring." exclaimed kerchief?
I "I see it afterwards on floor."
cupatlon injurious to life or limb
A classification is made of especially
d,\agerous occupations, in which no
child under 16 is to be permitt d t i
work. The list includes oiling or as-
sisting in oiling, operating, wiping or
cleaning any dangerous machinery,
while in motion; operating circular or
| band saws, steam boilers, steam ma-
chinery or other st am generating a p.
j paratus and rolling mill machinery.
I Girls under IS are not to be employ-
ed in any capacity compelling them to
j remain standing constantly. No girl
j under IB is allowed to sell newspapers
| or p riodicals in any street or jut-of-
! doors public place. No children under
81li3llfi are to be allowed to wor kin any
gainful occupation, except agriculture
and domestic service, more than eight
hours a day or forty hours ? week.
During the time that a child is a" work
at any occupation the employer mas',
provide seats and permit their use so
far as the nature of the employment
allows.
Violations of the law are made pun-
ishable by fine of $10 to $50 or impris-
onment from ten to thirty days, or
both.
The juvenile court bill was intro-
duced by Senator Roy E. Stafford of
Oklahoma City. It places the juvenile
court work under the control of the
county court, provides for the appoint-
ment of a probation officer, defines ju-
venile dependency and delinquency
and gives the juvenile court authority
over delinquents and dependents. The
law is modeled after those which have
been successful after those which have
been successful in other states.
they will stand ready and willing to
extend a cordial greeting to the ap-
pointe
MEMBER OF BOARD OF REGENTS.
R. F. Wilson of Valliant has been
named as a member of the board of
regents for the state school of mines,
vice Thad Rice, resigned.
|MUSKOGEE
LOT CASE
ME NT.
AGREE-
McAlester, Ok.—As the result of a
conference between United States Dis-
trict Attorney Gregg and Judge C. B.
Stuart, leading counsel for Governor
Haskell, the motions and answers in
the Muskogee town lot cases will be
filed Sept. 1, but in case the judge is
not to be In the .uu: alter Aug. 1,
they may, by lat;r agreement, h?
on that date, but as the date now
stands nothing will be done In the
matter until September.
paring to place on the market under
nunt from Washington that the ap- , terms lit an act of the last legislature,
poltnient h is been decided upon. j the first sale, recently ordered by the
Hack-tt was an attendant school land commissioners, embraces
vear as a delegate to the | « '> I.04R.BS1.71 acres or that ac-
„ , quired by the congressional act. lhry
Grand Army of tue R public state en- are known as "New College Lands."
situated exclusively in the northwest-
ern. western ami southwestern coun-
ties of former Oklahoma Territory.
In the counties laying over the Tex-
as Panhandle are 1,011,290.33 acres of
it. Cimarron county, one of these,
has 569.S13.39 acres, Texas county
1S2.627.32 acres, and Beaver county
195,613.39 acres. Other counties have
the new college lands as follows:
Roger Mills 8.074.87 acres. Ellis 35,-
40X85 acres. Major 5,579.41 acres,
Woods 23,334.34 acres. Custer 52.50
acres. Dewey 2,283.30 acres. Wood-
ward 16.984.70 acres, Harper 41,358.36
acres, and Beckham 280 acres. None
of this class is covered by what the
land department denominates as agrl-
culatral preference right lease, but is
chiefly in held in cattle ranges, con-
siderably under fence.
The remaining area, approximately
100,000 acres, authorized for sale by
the legislature will be so offered as
rapidly as the land department can ad-
just differences between the state and
the lessee as to the value of the lat-
ters' improvements, for which the pur-
chaser. if not the lessee himself, must
pay.
Limit Is ISO Acres,
HIGH
COURT UPHOLDS
HOUR LAW.
EIGHT-
LINCOLN COUNTY COTTON SHORT.
Lincoln county, which led the state
in cotton production last year, accord-
ing to the genners' report to the feder-
al department of agriculture, falls
nearly 7,000 bales short of the gin-
ners' report according to the statis-
tical .aport based on th ■ assessors'
returns just received by the state
board of agriculture, but is still prob-
ably in the lead. The ginners' report
credited Lincoln county with 44.561
bales. The assessors' returns show
only 37,902 bales. The county had
110,813 acres planted to cotton, with
a gross return of $1,521,495.
The criminal court of appeals, in an
unanimous opinion upholds the eight-
hour labor law enacted by the First
Oklahoma legislature in affirming the
$100 fine assessed by County Judge J.
C. Strang in the case of G. N. Byers
vs. the State of Oklahoma for working
laborers on th- street^—paring in
Guthrie over eight hours. Suit was
filed against Bvers. w'ao was the su-
Chong Sing took out a box of cigar- j perinten(ipnt of the j, F. Hill Con-
ett^s carefully.
"What did I^eon do with the rope?"
"Drop on floor by trunk."
"What do you suppose that I^eon was
The ma*k-like face of th-* yellow soing to do?
man did uot change a line as he an*-j "Me no know about I/eon. Go away
wered: "Yes. me know; me tell lies quick. Go down stairs again. Afraid
\.'a,u*e me no want trouble. Me tell you ' of trouble."
all you want to find out." j "Did you tell anybody what you had
"Yes. and you'd better stick to that," Spf n?"
-aid Carey, pounding the table. "It's "No."
your last chance to save yourself, "Did you go back up stairs after
mark my words." that?"
struction company, which has the con-
tract for the twelve miles of 3treet
paving in this city, upon complaint
made to Labor Commisioner Daugher-
ty charging that men were being work-
ed ten hours on the street improve-
ment work in violation of law.
C4AMK WARDEN AMES DEPUTIES*
A Kapld Fire of t|(ie*ti<>ns.
Then Mr. Ward fired on? question ,
"Ye
after another at the Chinaman, going j
into the murder in every phase and
skipping about to confuse the prison-
er.
"When did you last se-j Elsie," said
Mr Ward.
• 1 see her that morning."
■"Where?"
"In Leon's room."
•"Were you in the rojru?"
"No."
"Where were you?''
"In my own room n-xt to Leon's."
"What time was this?"
"It was about halt' past twelve,
noon."
"How do you know that?"
Iloif He Knew the line,
"ttecause 1 went down to the restau- '
rant, and I know it was that time." j
"What were you doing in your room !
wh;n you first found out Elsie was i
jn Icon's toorn?"
"I was rubbing my hands, washing!
them."
"What day was this?"
"Wednes ia ■. June 9.,,
•When had you seen Elsie before j
t>.at day?"
"It was the night before." I
On that night Chong Sin and l^eun I
1 eon Called Him Tp.
"What made you go back up stairs?"
"Ijeon call me." \
"Was the door to his room open
then?"
"Yes."
"What had become of the body?"
"Me no understand."
That was the only answer the Chi-
naman would give. He would not ad-
mit. that he had seen the body of Miss
; Sigel after he had seen It covered all
xcept the face, hands and feet on the
j bed.
I "Was Enisle still on the bed?" was
I the next question.
I "N°-'
"Was she still in the room?"
I "Me no see her."
| "What was th."* ^mdition of the
room?'' *
Showed Evidence of n Struggle
"Make much trouble. All torn up."
"Was there blood on the floor?"
"Y^s, much blood."
"Didn't this arouse your suspicion?"
"Y s. I ask I^eon. He say Elsie hit
her lip."
"Isn't it a fact that I^eon told you
that Elsie was dead?"
"No."
(Continued on Page 4.)
J. S. Askew, state gam* and fish
warden, has appointed 300 deputies,
and for these places had 1,700 appli-
cations. The deputy wardens are
paid in fees.
JIM < HOtt KAILROAD
MISSED.
CASE IMS-
BORING WELL FOR OIL.
Writh the belief that Woods county
is resting over pil and gas, people
are boring near Alva, according to
Harry A. Noah, an attorney of that
place.
"We are now down 1,700 feet and
expect to go to 3,000," sa. i Mr. Noah,
"and at least find out just what the
Indications are below us. So far we
have found no limestone, so prevalent
in Oklahoma east of the Arkansas
river, the Woods county formations
being chiefly shale. There Is one
strata about five feet thick of what
geologists call shell rock, and the
general character bears out the the-
ory that Oklahoma was at one time
under water."
Mr. Noah, as well as others, be-
lieves that practically all of Oklaho-
ma is oil and gas territory.
STATE INSURANCE AFFAIRS.
The state hopes to see a heavy im-
migration movement here when the
lands go on the market, which will
probably be within six weeks or two
mouth**, or as soon as details are ar-
ranged. while 60 per cent ol the
area may be taken by the present oc-
cupants under a preference right, the
sttae expets that much new population
will be brought in.
No one can acquire more than 100
acres of agricultural land, lessees
understood they would be permitted
to all they had leased under their
preference right, but the sales act re-
stricts this to 160 acres by providing
that where a lessee has more than 100
acres rented from the state, none of It
shall be sold until the preference right
to all in excess of that amount is
waived.
l<ast year th estate made an ap-
praisement of all the public land and
the lessees' improvements for the pur-
pose of fixing values, and establishing
a minimum price per acre the land
shall bring. No land may be obtained
for less than Its appraised value.
An exception as to the individual
purchase is made with the new col-
lege lands, which are to be classified
by the land commissione as follows:
All of the land which has of its sur-
face 12 1-2 p r cent or more, and less
than 37 1-2 per cent, that Is tillable,
productive and suitable for fanning
purposes, are denominated as grazing
land and may be sold in tracts not ex-
ceeding one section or G40 acres. All
lands having less than 12 1-2 per cent
of its surface tillable are to be classed
as mountainous land, or barren, and
may be sold in tracts not exceeding
two sections, or 1,280 acres, as the
commissioners deem best. All the land
of a higher percentage than the graz-
ing land Is classed as agricultural,
and individual sales are limited to 160
acres.
Must Hold Land for Five Years.
While thus limiting individual pur-
chases, there is nothing to prevent all
members of one's family from also get-
ting 160 acres apiece. However, with
a view of preventing the land from
going in large bodies to Individuals,
the purchaser is required to make af-
fidavit that the land Is for his or her
own use and benefit, and neither di-
rectly nor indirectly for use or benefit
of any other por. persons, firm, asso-
ciation or corporation. Otherwise a
sale will not be ratified. Ad/Jed to
this, if the buyer makes the required
affidavit he or she is prohibited from
transferring any of the land so bought
from the state within five years to any
one holding as much as 160 acres of
other land. Aliens who are not citi-
zens of the United States are barrel
by terms of the state constitution.
The land is to be sold at public auc-
tion on long time payments. Sales'
will occur at "the door of the houso
wherein the county court is held," ac-
cording to terms of the sales act,,
which means the county seat, or court
town, will only include such lands as
are situated within the county, and
only one county sale is to be held a
week. The school land commissioners
will provide the auctioneer and rules
governing sales.
Deposit Ten Per Cent.
Each bidder is required to deposit
with the commissioner of the land of-
fice or his authorized agent, before
making a bid. at least 10 per cent of
the value of the lessee's improvements.
No other deposit is required. If a
tract is occupied by a lessee he shall
have a preference right to buy 160
acres of it. or. if of less acreage, as
much as he holds, but In order to ex-
ercise his preference right is required
to pay the highest figure bid on the
tract. To Illustrate: If a lessee bids
$10 per acre for his lease holding and
an outsider should "raise" him to $15
per acre, the lessee, in order to get
the property, will have tp oay $15 p?r
acre.
After the bidding is done and an in-
dependent bidder is high, the lessee
exercises his preference right, and de-
siring to take the land under the il-
lustration given, must immediately
make it known or lose his opportunity.
On the other hand. If no bid is made,
the lessee Is given the additional right
of taking the land at the state's ap-
praised value. In any event the lessee
does not become purchaser of the land,
he is given tome to gather all of his
growing crops.
Forty Years <«lveii to Pay.
Should the lessee fail to meet the-
highest bid then th eother person to*
whom the tract is "knocked down" is
required to pay to theVessee the ap-
praised value of all improvements.
The improvements consist of houses,
fencing, trees, buildings, wells, etc. In
addition to the full value of the im-
provements the buyer is required to
pay to the state at least 5 per cent of
the figure bid. except where the land
sells for less than $1,000. in which
event the cash pavment must be $50.
The state allows forty years' time at
5 per cent per annum to liquidate the
remainder, but after five .years' time
the buyer may, at the time of \ny in-
terest payment, pay any or all of tbo
deferred payments.
Residence upon the land is not a re-
quirement. but if a tract be unimprov-
ed the buyer is required to establish
and maintain valuable ail lasting im-
provement upon It. This means some-
thing more than a fence or a crip. If
the track be classed as grazing land?
such requirement must be met before
title can be secured from the state.
Sale Will lie Well Advertised.
The legislature had In mind an ad-
vertising campaign in behalf of the
land sale when it required the land
department to publish the fact of sale,
officially, in thre issues of at least
three agricultural journal of national
circulation, one newspaper of general
circulation, one newspaper of general
stat circulation in the state of Okla-
homa and in one county newspaper
where the land is to be sold lies, fn-
addition there is to be published a
uhaniphlet for free distribution con-
taining a complete list of the lands by
counties ad townships, giving descrip-
tions of the same, with Improvements,
and setting out the appraisements of
the land and the improvements.
TRUE EIGHTY-NINFR GOES TO HIS STATE SVN *TOR JOHNSON WED8
REWARD.
That insurance companies desiring Col. Sidney Clarke, Vged
to transact business in Oklahoma htentfnl < areer.
must maintain general offices in the ' ( ol. Sidney ( larke. pion
state is the opinion of Attorney Gen- ,
eral West, given in a letter to In-
'S, Closes
soldier.
lawyer and statesman, died at Okla-
homa City last week.
Colonel Clarke has been personally
surance Commissioner T. J. McComb.
Cases against Oklahoma railroads The National Life Insurance company
filed with the corporation commission
by S. Douglass Russell of Langston
and Dr. W. H. Gernagin of Oklahoma
City, both negroes, for b-tter Jim
Crow accommodations, were dismiss-
ed, save as to the F. S. & W., which
were continued for the term. Among
other things, the negroes ask for
sleeping cars and first and second
class day coach accommodations.
Cases pgainst the Midland Valley and
the Katy were dismissed by the com-
plainants agreeing the service was
sufficient, and is the cases against the
Frisco, R. I. and Santa F^, the roads
agreed by January 1, through those
sections of the state wherj negro
travel is substantial, to haul Jim Crow
cars first and second class, with the
conveniences for the sexes in each
There is no agreement as to sleeping
cars accommodations. A tlan w.is
brought undr th; constitute mi- ti;.it
requires the facilities of tue races to
be equal.
acquainted with every public man in
Oklahoma since the opening and has
... . . . _.r _ Ua , be n the friend of Kansas* leading
of Arkansas wanted to carry on its 1Bn(liri, ,.f thck
I men for halt a century. .Many or tne
Oklahoma business from Fort Smith.; natlona| retires of the past 40 years
Ark. I have been numbered among his
] fri nds and acquaintances. Later h
MISS LITTLETON.
Former State Senator Henry S.
Johnson of Perry, was married hero
Sundav cI<ht to .Miss Kthel I., l.ittlf*-
ton. at the home of Associate Justice
Samu 1 llavs. The coupl- 'r stand-
ing their honeymoon in Kansas City.
Mr. Johnston was president pro tem
of t't« tlrst leislature .md a floor lead-
er In the constitutional convention.
He was th democratic candidate f >r
coi'gi'eBs in the First Olahonia district
against Bird S. McGuire last fall, lie
is tne of the best known and moat
He ' i law-
STATK MALITIA ENCAMPMENT.
\d.i tan* lieneral Canton Issue* Mn-
hilizatiiin Order for July 20 Near j
Chandler.
stumped Kansas for the re-election of popular men in the stat ^ perry
lincoln. He was the last of the pa..- ^ of, abll.tj. he hi
bearers of the burial of martyr (i<jen ln th(j pract|oe of tlis profession
PrHe'was twice elected to congress tn ' WMhlniTon. D.'IndTa' wouJnof
;^,ZroffrDTv.dKrPaynee r Z 'nteUectua. gifts -d more .than or-
| opening of Oklahoma and was and Ok- umar\ cultur .
Adjutant General Frank Canton Is-.lahoma City booster at the opening of personaineaiii
sued an order mobilizing the state the terrltor". He served In the terri- >
militia in annual encampment on July j torlal I pislature.
20 at the state maneuver grounds and
1-ifle range, near Chandler, for a period | ROOSEVELT SPECIMENS ( OHIN4..
of seven days Only ro n v.\o have
Two Live Wolves and a Wild Bonr on
Their Way From Africa.
20.—The German
arrived
well as of peqiient
Their many friends
wish them all the happiness In the
world.
OWEN TAKES OATH OE OFFICE AS
CHIMIN \l. .11 IM!E.
be n In the service prior to January
20. last, will be admitted. Orders were
also permittfl promoting i.i-ut Quen-
H.n Windsor of Durant to captain,
Sergt. Archie C. Ennis of lawton,
•l.tr^t. W. R Einwachter of Pawnee,
Sergt. Robt. Tj. Flynn of Shawnee and
3 rgt, George U Mockab e of Guthrie,
to b esecoud lieutenauts.
Naples. June
steamer Feldmarschall
has
Tuesday afternoon Thomas H. Owen,
of Muskogee, was sworn in as a mem-
ber of th criminal court of appeals
bv Presiding Judge Henry M. Furtuan.
r.ere with two wolves and one wil-.l Judge Owen Succeeds H. G. Baker of
boar, which re captured by Theo-j Muskogee who resigned recently to
lore Roosevelt former president. | accept the position
Thi will be ranahtpped to New Yorki for the Muskoge
this week. pany.
of general counsel
,ife Insurance com-
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Golobie, John. Oklahoma State Register. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 24, 1909, newspaper, June 24, 1909; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc112655/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.