The Lawton Constitution. (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 28, 1907 Page: 1 of 8
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The Lawton Constitution.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF COMANCHE COUNTY AND OF THE PEOPU5.
FoQVtli Year
WEEKLY EDITION
LAWTON. OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY EVENING. MARCH 28, 1907
WEEKLY EDITION.
No. SO- |
VERDICT
"NOT GUILTY"
IN WINEGAR CASE
LUMI5ER CASE
CONTINUED
From Wednesdays Dany Constitution.
"Not guilty." This w.s the v ;rdict
returned by the Jury in the ctse of R.
M. Wine par, charg d with Milin
Charles Livingston, a n gro, on 'h
evening of June 16th, 1!I00.
The trial begun yesterday it noo
and tlie eividenoa was all in and tli
argument closed today at noun Th
jury was only out about twenty min
utes. No discussion of the case wa
entered into by them and but two bai
lots were taken. On the third hallo
there wtre two for conviction and on
blank vote, the second ballot result
ed in the acquittal of the accused.
immediately after the murdeir cliarg
was disposed of Wimegar was asatn ar
raigned. charged with carrying u pis
•tol. This being *he first charge again
■st him of that nature he was givel
the limit of the i:w and was fined $50
and 30 days In the county jail.
Endorsement from Former
Home
Charles Mitschrich has not only bee
a good citizen since be cam; to Law-_
ton but lie stood well before he cam
here. This is what th? Eurika, )3ou
th l)akota( Northwest I31ade says of
his candidacy for district judge.:
The old frtand.-. of Charles Mitsch
rich would be pleas, d indeed shoui
the democrats of Oklahoma succe d ii
electing their candidat to the position
of district judge, if the honor so be-
stowed, would befall to Mr. Milschrjob
Thena certainly is no discount on eith
er his ability or his integrity. Th
old timers of Eureka will vouch fo
liim im both respects.
Any good lawyer, who tries his case
hard, as Mr. Mitschrich did, must o
necessity make some enemies, bu
Charley left Eureka, after a nisidenca
of over tan years with the confidenc
and respect of all and the good wll
of most.
Charley was a 33rd degree desno
crat and evetry body knew i/t. Ther
waS never any compromise to be mad
with him. for he was consistantiv, pw
s.sttntly, constitutionally nnd ever
lastingly wrong when it came to liol
itics, and in that respect we W
glad to see him go.
But after ail Charley Mitschrich w:is
a good lawyer and a good upright eli
iXiMi, and has a host of
JOHN YOUNG
IS ELECTED
CHAIRMAN
Guthrie, Ok., Mar. 26.—William H
Murray, president of the constitutional
convention, who was here todiy, stats
that If the Oklahoma courts grant an
injunction interfering with tha conven
tion in county division mattres, then
the convention will apply to tha Unit-
ed Stat s supreme court at Washing-
ton or the federal court of appeals at
St. Louis foa a writ, prohibiting the
local courts from tnterfaing.
"1 do not believe we will pay any
attention to the injunction cas~s that
have been filed by drear county, but
in case the courts do act, then we will
apply for a writ of prohibition. Whan
we were elct. d delegates to the con-
vention, 1 did not know that Chit*
Justice Burfard and the other mem
bers of the Oklahoma courts were to
write the constitution."
The committee named to issue at
addness to the peopla, setting forth th
salient iKjints in tha Constitution and
as.-tng the suport of the people of tlie
state, will meet here on April 1 to get
to work ou tha address. Cha rm a
Mike Kane, of Kingfisher, states it wl
ba quite lengthy and it is announced
also that it will be attached as a ridar
to the constitution.
PROHIBS WILL !THC
(SET BL'SY: 1 ,,u
The' campaign for statij wid,, proh! |
bitlon will b formally launched by
heJd the prohibitionists of the lew state
eases, at a c nveotion which will l k ly b •
Oklahoma City on April 21
b v in' hundred d Jegutis
convention will bo presnt and
ber of prominent prohibitionists
nation have be oi invited ta-
Gutlir!. .Ok., Mar. 26.—A Coiitinmn''
until Aprjl 29, when an adjourned ses
■siou of th; supreme court will bi
here, w.is grant d tod y In the cafles
where various lunib mien of Oklsho
ma awl Kansas City are under indict
ment on ch:uges of operating in vio
latlon ot the Sherman anti-trust 1 'W
The cos is w,Te set for today,, but a nu"
the iumbeimti swore Judge John H. of the
Hill ford off tli - bench, and then th ciud ng John ti. Wooley, of Chicago
continuance was giant <1. Anothe 1 candidate of ihe prohibition party for
president three years ago.
STATE PRIMARY
TO BE HELD MAY 23
held k
i
I and -ii
! to the
INSURANCE
member of tha supreme court wiill b<:
assigned to hear the cases. P. T.
Walton, a Guthrie lumberman, also
under indictment, is being used by the
government as ail Immunity witness
against th? other d ifendants. These
include Harry Gorsuch, of Kansas
Ci y, '.re'ovy of thr? Southweetei*
I.uinb® an's association; F. H. Fures
At ihe coming con v lit!on the Okla-
homa aud Indian Territory dejmrt
ments of the Anti-Saloon League o
America will be consolidated. Mead
quarters of the leagn during the cam
paign will be maintained ill Oklaliom
City in charge of R v. E. C. Dinwiddle
Captain A. S. MoKennon of South M<
man of Kansas City, manaser there of] Anl)ur ^ (leV K „ Sweet of Mus.
kog e and R. v. J. J. Thompson will
BILL GETS
HEARING
the Long-Hell lumber company; T. II.1
and T.
Allen o
Hogg of Shawnea, and S. 0.
Peckham, all reta<lers.
REVIVAL
WILL BEGIN
APRIL 23
1 .awtoil is to have a great miion re-
vival, beginning about the 23rd of Aj
assist in the campaign work.
SIMPSON
CONVICTED
BY JURY
From Wednesday's Dally Constitution.
After b tog out eight hours,
the jury returned a verdict of man
Albany, N. Y, Mar. 27.—Owing to
the fact that the New York Hoard of
Underwriters could not b represented
to oppose the Haiti'h I' M, which a
mends the fin- Insurance 1 w so that
tha full contract shall be stated la
tlie lKillcy, auoth .r hearing was ^ivon
for today aud it is now in progress
The board of underwrlteas is now rep-
r.tinted «J'd is piling up airguments a-
gr.'nst th measure. Friieitds of the bill
declare d that no statem nt made by
the insured on liis b -half should be
deemed material to d feat or void a
imlicy unless it was made with intent
to deceive and defraud, or unless the
matter misavpres ntd increased tli
risk ot loss, for tha reason that the
risk was not increased, He said that
Tulsa, I. T., March 26.—The deuito-
I cratlc stat? committed today fixed Ma>
j 2" as the date tor holding prlnurte**
! :i r senatorial, state and supi>nio co-
urt offices and rwommemd.d tliat aU
j other primaries be held the same day.
Juna 7 will be the date of tho st&V•
convention to ratify the action of th*-.
prlmailts following a mt>etinK ot th -
stute committee the previous day.
In the matter of the I'nited State*,
senators, will <b apportioned b tweet.
the territories. l',uidUlat*e faom etwi
territory will be voted upon In groups.
That ' and:«luit> from ttMher territorf-
having the. highest vote will be declar-
ed tha nominee from that territory.
Tills senatorial quer>L on precipitat-
ed a sharp fight in the committee, as
manw were in favor of throwing raot
wide open, tha two candidates reoeJv-
Ijig 'lie li'gliest V' tfs, no matter,
wher* from, being declared the nomir
ne=s.
While the iommi4t^e this att inooa
was in executive t eBSlcn In the Couv-
I merdal club rooms, au open meeting
was held at op ra house for i\e pw- '
ril. Yesterday tha Rev. T. J. Irwin j^jj slaughter in the second degree 'ni ord-r tliat the ordinary man oi small1
|><>se of giving all candidates an io.tr -
tlie agent of the insured might make! ,]UCl|0n
statements which were not mada to' c n.HrbMi of MllHkt)g<,? wll0 ^
him when the policy was -piled for,for governor'm an Ul-
and therefore .the entire coutrM terv,ew ^ ^noa*. made formed
should be contained in the policy, in imollnr,cJ11(Dt thal would
run. Hfe
tlie case of Charles Simpson. T1m
jury took considerable time in reach-
ing their verdict but it was not a
question of acquittal but the tltm
was taken in coming to an agreement
upon th degree of ti' j crime. Some
edved the following telegram:
Utica, New York.
T. J. Irwin,
Lawton, Oklahoma.
Can send one of very best m n, on
April 23rd. Recommend your waiting
until that date spending intervening for convicting him of murder an
time in preparatory work, Answer.
J. Wilbur Chapman.
Th; above communication is eutficl
The supreme election board of the^ent to convince any one that an abie^*"1^
man will be sent here to conduct the;
gr at union revival. Dr. Chapman is
a man ol national P'putatou and whe
he states that he will send "one of his
v ry be^t men" that means a great de
al. Last night Rev. ScaA^s and Rev.
means, who is honest, aud d i"t not
statement follows:
new state met here today. John M
Young of Lawton was electee Perma-
nent chairmen, with J. F ,vyands of
Muskogee, permanent seciv and J
C. McClelland of Pond Creek, perma-
nent treasurer and vlc3-ch.a4.rman. Al
conceal anything when he applies for
insuranoe, should know under wli; t
conditions he is paying his premiums.
The co-insuranc' clause for dwellings
and household furniture, he claimed
should be forbidden, for the rtnson
that the average man does not under-
stand the terms. He con fended nl o
that the t<m day clause as to a plao;
being occupied worked no jpjustloe
Ev ry l'ereon guilty of manslaughter ag man,, ;l vacant residence was amp-
oth:,rs were for manslaugher.
The btatute fixes the following pun-
ishment for BisCond degree manslaught
"Last y ar the farmers, laborers,
and busings men or Muskogee, eloctnd
me th-ir delegate to the Constltutlowi!
j conventkjii. 1 went then? and served
them to the bfst of my ability and aid
de In making what is recognized as.
best constitution in the United States.
| Over &000 of th*Ke sain - farmers^
in the second degree, is punishable by
imprisonment in the territorial prison
ly protected, pointing to tha f;ect that
when a p.rson closed his house in the
the officers are democrats. The re- l.oud app ared before tli® city council
publican members of the board are D.
N. Robb of Atoka, and Dyke HallMigar
ol Anadarko.
OKLAHOMA
LEADS JNDIAN
TERRITORY
friends here who wish him weil
wlw are satlBtled that he will do well
whether he ever receive® any politic-
al prefrement or not.
The report of th? cotton ginned in
persona
Oklahoma sent ouj by the government
GOOD LOOKS
MAY WIN
shows there were ginned up to March
1. in Oklahoma, 474,871 bales, which
reduced to 500 pound bales equals 4S6
14t bales; In Indian Territory 404,90a
bales reduced to 500 pound bale
equals 418,469 baJes or a total of 904,-
C18 500 pound bates for the new state.
Oklahoma thus gathers 07,680 mor
bales than her eastern half. It is a
, remarkable shewing, and had the wea-
Muskogeie, I. T., Mar. 26.—Miss Pearl t^r MI1(|ilians remained favorable for
gathering, it is probable tha two terri
and asked permission to build a taber-|
itu' Lu wifhim the fire limits. The re I
quest was acted upon last might but
v.as reterr.^i to the building commltte
with pow ir to act.
The i,ropos d tabernacle, when t"ec",
td wjll be big enough to accommodate
more than 200u persons. Th-.re is no
doubt but that all plans concerning th
not more than four years and not less, vacation period, there |s less risk than
than two years, or by imprisonment in' llpU oecupted and wflp.n ^
a comity jail not exceeding one jearlre movlllg about. A temporary
or by fine not exo edlng one thous-] breach n(>( re8ulttag |n a ]oss whlcll|
an<l dollars, or by both fine and im-|dotS n()t tooreaSe the rlskj he claiiluevi>
prisonnient. should the re tore, in no way void tlie
Simpson lii's already spent a year lal p0j|t.y
jail awaiting his trial and what his
with
sentence will be rests entirely
the judge.
'ihe verdict of th? jury wes quite a
surprise to many who weae fimiMar
with reports circulated Immediate!/
. , ,,, , . ,, . ., after the killing, which occured a llttl
revival will materialize and if .hey,
1 more than a year ago, but those w ho
do this city will experience a religious
awakening that will be long remembe
ed.
Bradford of Garvin county, is the first
woman who lias declared h.r intention
of running for office in the new state,
Miss Brad field has announced her can-
didacy for the democratic nomination
for superintendent of public instruc-
tion in Gar viin county. Miss Brad field
is said to possess good looks and ?
charming manner, in addition to con-
siderable ability as a politician. Shr-
:h well known over the county, lives
at Wynnewood, and is getting her caa
paiga ^ hiped into a condition that is
making some of the old caimpalgDes'K
sit up and notice. She has been a
teaclur in tlie county tor some time
and is familiar with school work
Oklahoma to the Front
That Oklahoma will vt<ry soon b
do the very front rank of cotton pro-
duclng states is apparent from casual
observation. The single county o
Lincoln, which lias a population of on
ly about 33,000, produced last year
over 60,0ii0 bales, which brought to
that ona county about three and a hal
million dollars, or nearly $100 a head
And not Hi;' le st significant featur
of the situ ui '.i is that diversification
Is gcineruily !>ra t'c d throughout th
Section.—Cotton Journal
tories would have beten about equal in
production and a million baJieS would
have bet in harvested.
People hardly comprehend the val
ue of such a crop and it is only oi
of the principal productions of this
great state. The value calculated on
the average value for the season pro-
duces $24,307,450 for Oklahoma; $20,
S23,50 for Indian Territory making a
total of $46,231,900 for th? aew stae
Great is Oklahoma when estimated in
the value of her productions.
attended the trial and heard the evi-
dence were not surprised In tha least.
K0CK ISLAND
IMPROVEMENT
FIRST MARRIED
WOMAN FILES
From Wednesday'* Dally comtltiiuon.
Under social provisions of the hom
estead law, a married woman, undr,
certain conditions, may file on gov
ernuient land. Today the first mar
ri d woman filled on a pasture claim
ll->r liaine is Mary A. Ashurst, and sh
conifS from San Jose, California. Sh
filed on the northwest quarter section
24 township 3 south, range 14 west r
' We infcnd to make tins ytar one of
which is said to be a very fiua claim (be ,n the ilUitory of
Oklahoma Olty, Mar. 26—T. H. Bea-
con, division superintendent and J. T.
Mutch and, spec'al representative o
l'resldcint Wincheli, of the Rock Is
'.and railway, were in the <tlly yester-
day. It was announced that thejr
would make speoial efforts during tl^
coming year
all along tha entire system. They
will al.io increase the motor power an
add materially to the rolling , stock
MISSOURI TO
THE FRONT
IN REFORM
St. l.fitiis. Mar. 26.—The Missour
senate has passed a bill that has at-
tracted much att utlou, and will b
imitated in .other states; if ;he many
Inquiries received here from those sta
t:s are any criterion. Tlie bill 1
Intended to regulat" reform el.ction
movements, to the extent of the ex
tent of placing such movements under
like requirements are imposed upva
polc.t4-.iil parties. The b il provide
that leagues, committees, association
i or soiietl s, incorporated or unln
laborers and businem ui ji hu§e come
to me since and asked r t" ''"miu?
their candidate for governor, UmIujyiur
that the chii.rf exerutlv? of tlie ttarw
state should he full of sympathy wltUi
I the constitution.
1 " i have consented t« their wished,
"1..3 Biiiifter, the crook and alao,
the monopoly iwifd not vote for
for I will in no way represent them.
"C. N. Haskell."
This was the ui -t ant^usiost|t
public meeting f.ver h lit In Tulsa, Th%
crowd assembled at tha Brady hotel*
at 9 o'clo< k and at 9:30 o'clock march-
ed to the opera h use. Thei band led
the procession aJM.1 was ft-ilowed hj
eight or tan cainiages in which won
the candidati-s for tha Liu Wed Statee.
Semite and fiu' state offices, la
flout of the opera house the iKUst |i-
av«d "Dixie" aud oUn r selections MH*.
patriotism ran hiigli. Five himdreil at
t)ie loading demo<'jtit^ of the M*
state stood In front of the up;ra. himtw
mid cfieniieid the m<n who bav> dfAft
so much for democrat y in the M i
state.
,, conxjrated, formed for the purpose <f
to Improve the roadbed
, n-i,ov Investigating the character, fitnets o
qualification of candidates or nomi
and is situated two and oue-half mite
from the town of KschetL
Iter husliand has hern an imvajrd
for more than twenty yeare aud from
a business standpoint she is, and has
bfM> for years, the head of the family.
Marries $50 0°° P"28
Okmulgee, I. T., Mar. 26 —Saim Buk
er, a oltiatu of this county, has recent
ly marrijed a ^50,000 pize. The con
trading parties were Mr. Baknr and a
Osage Indian squaw Wjth four Ii-ti
papoose, the result being that Mr. LU
er is now one «f the largestVund hold
ers in the Osage country.
We have three improved farms to
sa'.e, exclusively, direct from non-reel
dent owners; and one house and lot ii
Lawton- Below pasture lnnd prices
Black & Trospar, Akers Building, Law
ton. 3-21 w It dC.
1 5 0,0 0 0
FOR MELBA
New York, Mar. 26.—Instead of sail
tag today for Europe Melba, the not
ed opera singer has signed * contrac
with the proprietor of a talking mac hi
ne who pays her $50,000 to Blng into
his machine for a week ending April
2nd. This sum will be paid In roy
alties, but the company has guaran
teed the sum, equtl to the annual sal-
ary of the president of the United Sta
and the total probably will be fa
In exoees of that figure. To fulfill th
contract tha singer cancelled a pass
age to F.ngland .which she iwd engas
ed for today.
our
road," said representative Marcliand
yesterday. "We expect to bend
every effort to meet the demands of
the people all along the route and wiil
show a great advance toward taking
care «f the increasing shipments."
GRAIN MEN
WILL MEET
Wichita, Kan., Mar., 26.—The can*
ftrence of grain shipcrs and members,
ot tile board of railroad commission-.
liees for office, and making reports tm era of Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma,
PHILLIPFINE
PARLIAMENT
Washington, D. C., Mar. 27.—The
Thilipine census was issued March
27, 1905, and consequently today is
the day for the Phlllpine commie
sion to call a general election for the
choice of delegates to what will be
known as the Phillplne assembly. This
body is to take over legislative pow-
er heretofore exercised by tha Phil
ippin® commission In all that part of
the archipelago not Inhabited by Mor-
os or nun-Christian tribes. As the
day drew near the Philippine people
show signs of agitation and to the
officials jt was eivident that the island
ere are expecting benefits which can
not at once be- realized.
same, shall state in full, In every re-
Port or recommendation as to such ca
didates or nominees, tlie nam. s an
addresses of all persons furnishing in-
formation. Any report or recoinmen
dation furnished or published by such
associations which does not contain
all of this information shall be un-
lawful, and any person printing or
circulating a report without this in
formation shall be guilty of a mis
demeanor and fined not lees than tlOO
nor more than |500 or by imprison-
ment In Jail not less than one month
nor more than one year or both such
fine and imprisonment. The bill also
provides for reports of camps ign ex
penseu such as are required of regular
Party organizations.
Court News
J. S. Dowtn, charged with obtain
ing money undri' false pret nse, plead
not guilty.
H. B, Hart, charged with obtaining
money under fajse pretense forfeite
his bond. His bondsmen were, W. H.
Smith, (J. E. Hank and M. L. Hart,
The criminal docket ie being rapidly
disposid of.
which was to have been held at Wich-
ita today, has been postponed iuiUIj
March r.0, on account of the inability
of the Texas coniuiisskmers to he pr««
ent. The obyect of the confepeno© tit.
to arranga evidence to ba presented
to the interstate commerce commis
sion to secure a reductlioo and adjust-
ment of grain rates to the gulf.
Union of Churches Discuasedt
Chicago, Mar. 21 —A genera] couMtfe
reprasentativia of the Congregation*
list, Methodist Profcetiuit and the V'n-.
Ited Brethem churches mat bare lb
the Union Congregational church Uk.
discuss the formation of a general wa-.
Ion of Proteaant churchr.e.
The primary efforts of the tovgril,
will be directed toward the nnior.
tha three churches named, hut th? l«.
timate object is the gathering of lit
the Protestant se*>ts in the country Jn~.
to one body under tha name of the U*n
ited church, which will have an under-
lying principle freedom of Individual
action in tho local affairs of each (hit-,
rch and the unity of all the churches
for mutual welfare and co-operatic
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