The Peoples' Voice (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, January 7, 1910 Page: 1 of 8
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THE PEOPLES' VOICE
VOLUME 18.
NORNIANITES IN
BANK ROBBERY.
Those who were implicated in the
attempted bank robbery at Harrah, a
small town out of Oklahoma City last
Thursday night, it developed were al-
most Normanites. Frank Carpenter is
a son-in-law of T. J. Murphey, who
lives just east of Norman. Carpenter
has been much in the limelight in .
crooked work for a number of years.
His chief vocation was that of play-
ing detective. Many folks in Norman
know him. He is to be especially re-
membered by his part in getting the
famous Killaby out of jail at Oklaho-
ma City last fall. Before Killaby was
arrested, Carpenter got into the Okla-
homa City jail on a charge of passing
a bad check. Carpenter and Killaby
got quite chumy. Finally Carpenter
got released from the jail; in the
meantime, however, he framed up a
deal with Killaby, whereby Killaby
gave him $100 and Carpenter got two
negroes to sign a bond for Killaby's
release.
Another of the robbers, J. B. Dil-
beck, is also known here, and his rela-
tives here. Some of the family are
preachers. All of them have always
been considered reputable people. Dil-
beck himself used to live here. He
is a cook and worked at the Agnes
Hotel for a while. He is a married
man and his wife has a brother, W. E.
Riggs, living at Noble. The Riggses
are also well known here and are con-
sidered nice people.
The third of the_ company was not
a Normanite, but Norman base ball
,fans will remember him as the base
ball umpire who last fall officiated in
several games at Oklahoma City.
Once he was alleged to have been
unfair to Oklahoma City and the fans
nearly mobbed him. This incident is
especially to be remembered
give a signal and fall down. The offic-
ers were to fire over his body, killiiX
the others.
The plan was carried out all except-
ing of firing over Carpenter. When
the attack was made Carpenter's body
was riddled along with the rest. He
died after being taken to Oklahoma
City. Quigg, the base ball umpire, is
also dead, and Dilbeck is not expect-
ed to live.
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 19^
NUMBER 2fl
A REAIfY_PENALT¥.
Dear Taxpayer: Under the new tax
law you must pay all your taxes (not
half as under the old law) on or be-
fore January 31, 1910, otherwise on
February 1, 1910, a penalty of one
and one-half per cent of the whole
will be added. Furthermore, an addi-
tional penalty of twelve and one-half
per cent will be added on the first day
of each month thereafter. In other
words, if you are hard up or for some
other reason are unable to pay the
whole amount of your taxes on or be-
fore January 31, 1910, and continue to
be unable to pay same for eight
months thereafter, by reason of this
benign penalty process of a benign
"let the people rule" administration,
your taxes will have just doubled at
the end of eight months.
WHY NORMAN
SHOULD WAKE OP.
Following the election of George E.
McKinnis, of this city, as secretary,
and VV. P. Blake as president of the
Board of Trustees of the Baptist State
Union, at Oklahoma City, Shawnee
will prove a dangerous competitor for
the establishment of the Baptist Uni-
versity, to be erected at a cost of ap-
proximately $200,000. Final selection
It appears that Carpenter planned °f..th® site t,le building of this in-
the ro{)b-;.y, getting the others to go T ™ T ^ *7 ^ ^ °f
in with him. After he had them agreed , 1 ft Feb™. TT
he tipped the deal off to the secretary I J 6 * °' thc,^Ptlst Unlver-
of the State Bankers Association and ' thc
suggested that it be allowed to pro- °f attetnt'°n of 60-000 Bal'tisl9
ceed, with the understanding that he °f uthe sta,e' and local
be allowed to share in tile standing re- ]T'T ha(V<L ass ""« of thc
ward offered by the Bankers Associa- ! Chamber Commerce that every-
tion for thc capture of bank robbers. I P°SSlbIe£ wl" be ,lonc t0 sccure
officers . greed and C; rpenter was j bu:M,n* for ,h,s,
permitted to go ahead with his plan. . Be""'s ',hc^ucat.onai fea-
He did not tell them he wa engineer- | thc'"wral branches of the in-
ing the deal, but that he had been ap- 1 stltut,on wou,di rca*'y commend the
nrnarh«H hv th, nth„r. I '"'I'tution to the consideration of ail
RATE HEARING IS ON.
St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 4.—Arguments
in thc injunction suit instituted by
three railroad companies against the
state of Oklahoma, to prevent enforce
ment of a two cent a mile passenger
rate were begun yesterday before
Judge William C. Hook, sitting as
a district judge for the western dis-
trict of Oklahoma.
Charles West, attorney general of
Oklahoma, assisted by F. N. Judson,
of St. Louis presented a demurrer de-
claring the railroads bringing the suit
have not applied for exemption from
the law's provisions and are not en-
titled to relief. The demurrer was
taken under advisement.
All railroads in Oklahoma are vital-
ly interested in the outcome of the
suit but the fight is being made by
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas, the
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe and the
Midland Valley railroads.
Roller Rink
WEST LOSES HIS
CONTENTION.
The dismissal by the United States
supreme court at Washington yester-
day of thc appeal made by Attorney
General West of Oklahoma, from thc
supreme court of that state involving
the action instituted by West against
thc Prairie Oil and Gas company, in
July, 1908, recalls a sensational inci-
dent of the sudden appearance of
Governor Haskeir^fjgklahoma in the
limelight of nationa'^g£\litics and set-
tles ultimately the [Mb at issue be-
tween the governor am the attorney
general, namely, the right of the at-
torney general to institute proceed-
ings in the name of the state without
executive advice or authority.
The dismissal is of particular inter-
est in Oklahoma at this tme because
of the involved point having again
been raised recently when the govern-
or revoked the authority of the at-
torney general to investigate the
cause of the failure of the Columbia
Bank and Trust company of Oklaho-
ma City.
proached by the others and asked to
go in on the deal. There were to be
five, the three captured and two oth-
ers. They were to be concealed on top !
of the bank building to ward off a
possible attack of officers. But it
seems a dance was held in the second
denominate ns.—Shawnee News.
Miss Rosa Hamilton of this city,
who is attending a business college
| in Oklahoma City, met with a ser-
ious accident Sunday. In starting to
story of the building Thursday night ' leave her boarding house she slipped
and the robbers didn't know it was ; on the ice on the door step, falling
going to be held. This prevented the and striking the back of her head on
two to get on top of the building and the edge of the step, rendering her
wherever they were they escaped. It j unconscious until Monday afternoon,
had been arranged by Carpenter with ; Late Monday afternoon consciousness
the officers that they surround the began returning and it is thought that
bank at a given time and he would she can be brought home today.
ANOTHER TJX PROW
SATURDAY 2:30 P. M., JANUARY 8TH.
I! In making our bid for a portion of the nnusement business, in your city we want to
impress on the public mind, that we intend to run a clean healthful amusement no rovdism
no unseenly conduct will be tolerated, we cater to Ladies and Gentleman and vou will
have to conform to these requirements while in rink. We reserve the right to refuse ad
mittanace or use of skates to persons objectionable to us.
Our Hours for the Present will be as follows:
Open At 7.30 Every Evening (Except Sunday)
Close At 10 P. IV!. Admission 10c Skates 15c.
Open Wednesday 3.00 P. M. Admission 10c Skates 15c.
Open Thursday 3.00 P. M. For Ladies Only.
Admission Free. Skates 15c.
Saturday morning at 9.30 for School Children under 16 years of
age admission free Skates 10c.
Saturday 2.30 P. IM. Admission 10c Skate 15c.
School children will not be allowed in rink during school hours.
Competent Instructors for New Beginners, ii
Higgins & Reed, Proprietors.
C. F. Perry, Floor Mgr.
REM TO MRS. CARPENTER.
-AT THE FRAN ING
MONDAY, JANUARY I0TH, 1910.
Barn Howard was a passenger to
Purcell this morning to try and set-
tle with the county treasurer for his
taxes for the year 1909. Mr. Howard
informed us that last year he submit-
ted to being taxed; but hereafter he
would not give in any of his allotted
land belonging to his family to the
tax assessor claiming that it is exempt
from taxation under the United States
treaties with the Indians. This seems
to be the position that will be taken
by the allottees generally throughou
the Indian Territory part of the state
and if they win in the courts it will
practically destroy fully one-half of
the county governments in that part
of the state, and make the maintain-
ance of the country schools a prob-
lem of serious proportions. The ex-
pense of the state government will al-
so fall heavily on the Oklahoma Ter
ritory part of the new state. The con-
dition has already arisen that s, !
Oklahomans feared would ar;,e*" j
case the two territories wer
into statehood on the s%e l(J
at the same time. F« th
favored immediate ,tiUetl , ,or Qk_
lahoma with a,,,, ,or the ,d_
mission of , , ,r a„ of the Indian
Territory „ thai part of the s(ate
™ in sh, , , aUachcd sq as ^
io w"'x an injustice on the other part
,f He state
A BANKER GONE WRONG.
Gregg County News (Longview):
If the banker had given the home
printer that 10,000 note job the print-
er would have put the money in the
bank, -?nd bj^check would have .-id
, would have paid the
J banker the interest on a note, and thc
j banker would have had his notes, the
I money and the interest. But the bank-
er made a mistake. He sent the job
I out of town, and now the employe is
| cussing the employer and the banker
is cussing the groceryman. The whole
j business is mad and the money has
' been up North for over a month.
Yes; your illustration is very il-
luminative. Bankers, who are as a
class rather quick to see points—and
who read thi scolumn the first thing
every morning—will not be slow to
get the nub of your argument into
their consciousness. There is no busi-
nes more 1< 1 >n its nature, more
dependent nmediate neigh-j
bors fo- than bank;: ;
And ' re amofcgjhg worst
? * -Skiers against ti' t, „!,• „•
home
believed an extra session would
called.
TO OPEN NEW STREET.
A movement is on foot to get open-
rd a new 'reef running north and
south from Syrnmes Street to Boyd
Street between Elm Street and Chau-
tauqua Avenue and running parallel
with them.
A meeting was held last week in
the office of the State Investment
company to discuss the proposition
of getting this street opened up. The
meeting was attended by about a
dozen of the property owners along
the proposed street and the matter
was discussed thoroughly. Mr. A. Mc-
Daniel, of the State Investment Com-
pany acted as chairman of the meet-
ing. A committee was appointed, con-
sisting of Mr. J. H. Voss, chairman,
and C. M. Griesmer and Prof. Aiken RFflfl*" ;Vf r ^
Head, the duty of which will be tfij
interest " -mv owners
were no
ani
ut of the peculiar (vmnec-'
tion of ik Carpenter wi«h th -
tempi' ,Mk r ihbery hi-
eive the rrv r:l • :
K.
made, in . to<h
ll is a mtted by b
for the fact that the raid ,
off by Carpenter the loss wen hjw
been $7,000 at least. Carpenter seen,
ed to lose his head and run with
Quigg and Dilbeck instead of drop-
ping in feigned death at the first vol-
ley. Carpenter's widow lives in Ok-
lahoma City with three small children
and is said to be in destitute circum-
stances.
policy.—Dallas News.
along
EXTRA SESSION SOON.
MTM TURK FOUND DEAD.
Gainesville, Tex., Jan. 2—Gaines-
ville was put in a stir at 6 o'clock this
morning when it was reported that
Nathan Turk, a business man, 44
years of age, had been found dead in
the rear of his home in the heart of
the city and that he met his death
with a heavy load of shot going
through his breast. Mr. Turk had
gone downstairs to build the morn-
ing fire, and when other members of
the family came down thirty minutes
later they found him dead with a
shotgun, which was kept in the house,
lying near by. Officers were at once
notified. Sheriff Ware is of the opin-
ion the gun was knocked down and
accidently discharged, with the fatal
result.—Dallas News.
Mr. Turk was well known to thc
people in this county, having been
associated in business for a number
of years with Mr. Weitzcnhoffer at
Lexington.
W. B. PATTON.
A. B. Wagner arrived home Sun-
day night from a week's visit with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Wag-
uer of Beaver county. Mr. and Mrs.
Wagner were formerly residents of
this county.
Guthrie, Okla., Jan. 4.—Senator D |
M. Smith, of Duncan, was here yes- I
terdav to urge the governor to call a '
special session of the legislature for
the passage of a law fixing the fees
and salaries of county officers, which
are now claimed to be outrageously
large in many cases.
After his conference with the gov-
ernor, Senator Smith stated that
Governor Haskell would decide finally
this week as to the action to be taken
and that if a special session were
called it would commence its work
some time the last of this month. If
the session is held at this time, none
of the existing vacancies can be fill-
ed.
1 he passage of a law fixing a uni-
form system of fees and salaries,"
said Senator Smith,"could save more
than eough in one year to pay the ex-
penses of a special session. The pres-
ent system is very unjust in that some
of the officer are not paid enough,
while others, who receive fees, get al-
together too much. There are plenty
of cases where the clerk of the dis-
trict court is getting $10,000 a year
out of his office. The register of deeds
in my county is getting $8,000 and in
the larger counties it would be a
great deal more. I have found no less
than seven different methods of figur-
ing fees in thc sheriff's offices in dif-
/ffcrent counties, and all getting a
plenty."
Senator Jesse M. Hatchett of Du- '
rant, who gained a reputation as thc '
watchdog of the treasury, was also |
here yesterday to protest against a
special session on the ground of ex-
tra expense, but asked after his con- I
ference with the «—
residen: v.iic
the propoii'd street.
Prois. I ' ' " ; j own a five I
acre tract abutting he proposed
street, as does also Mr. Howe a three !
acre tract. The State Investment com-1
pany owns property on both sides of |
it.
The purpose in getting the street !
opened up is to improve and put on
thc market valuable lots which can be
made out of several tracts abuttiug
on the street, and which are now un-
developed and of comparatively small
value for reason of the lack of an out-
let, or street.
DILRECK IMPROVES.
Guthrie, Okla., Jan. 4.—Jasper Dil-
beck, the only survivor of the worsted
bank robbers in battle at Harrah, is
receiving a great deal of attention as
a prisoner, a patient and witness to
plots. He is at the Methodist hospital
where his case is regarded as of ex-
traordinary interest to surgeons.
With eight intestinal punctures'
from a rifle ball, Dillbeck is reported
to have an even chance to recover
Thc attending physicians reported last
night that the crisis would probably
be reached this afternoon. They do
not undertake to say what the out-
come will be. His recovery would be
regarded as remarkable.
Dilbeck was able yesterday to take
his only child in his arms for a
short while. His wife and their daugh-
ter, about a year old, arrived Friday
night. His father came yesterday.
Washing- ,ti, u. ■
the Indian should I ht hov "
use the .....
has left him and how to produce irun.
it a livelihood for himself and family,
is one of the main recommendations
of Commissioner Robert G. Valen-
tine in his report. Model farms will
be established on every reservation,
and every farm will be under the
charge of a young man who has been
scientifically trained in one of the
agricultural schools of the country,
the commissioner says:
Commissioner Valentine believes
i that thc Indians can be taught to
j work their own farms under proper
i instruction. As it is now, he says,
j most of the Indian land is leased to
I white men, while the Indians live
i around in tents on the bounty of the
government and their neighbors.
The commissioner hopes some step
will be taken by the government to
stop polygamy among the Indians.
That the Indian should have same
laws as to marriage and divorce as
his white brother is the recommenda-
tion made in today's report.
CORRLE-LEUSCH
Frank Monical informs us that the
new bridge spanning Little River at
the Durkee crossing is complete; but
that abuttmcnts are like our taxes—
so high that hi s mi''-- "
Married in Wichita, Kansas, Sun-
day, January 2nd, Rudolph Leusch to
Miss Mamie Cobble of this city. The
groom is a salesman handling wall
paper and wall decorations of all
kinds. Miss Cobble has spent the past
year as an employe in the Peoples
Voice office. The happy couple will
make their future home in Wichita.
Mr. Leusch came to Norman last Sat-
urday afternoon departing with his
bride-to-be on the four o'clock train
Sunday morning for Wichita.
. 1 —u contains no opiates.
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