The Labor Signal. (Oklahoma City, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 12, 1906 Page: 2 of 8
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MINERS' ANSWER
RAILROADS DIVIDE TRAFFIC
BELIEF THAT THE PLAN OF ARBI
TRATION IS TO BE ACCEPTED
BY THE STRIKERS
REPLY TO OPERATORS HAS BEEN DRAFTED
Committee's Report on Arbirtation
Proposition Will be Kept Sub Rosa
Until Given to Operators—Modifica-
tions Have Been Made
NEW YORK: After bearing the
counter arbitration plan of tbe an-
thracite operators the general scale
committee of the hard coal miners
completed the draft of their reply and
will present It. The strictest secrecy
surrounds the work of the committee.
It is bettered the miners hare decided
to accept tbe operators offer that tbe
anthracite strike commission take up
tbe dispute, but will ask that the
tribunal be perm sted to consider but
the original demands with certain im-
portant modlllc: l ons. The conces-
sions said to hare been decided upon
are that instead of an agreement be-
ing entered Into between the opera-
tors and tbe mine workers of America
It be made with the anthracite mine
workers; that the check off be limited
to the wage workers who agree to an
assessment to defray the expenses In-
cured In carrying out the miners part
of the agreement. Instead of alt mine
workers—union and non-un'on—be
compelled to contribute and that the
duration of tbe agreement be left to
the commission. The miners on their
arbitration asked for a two-year
agreement and the operators in their
counter proposition wanted one for
three years. If this proposition Is
submitted by the miners and accepted
Interstate Commerce Commission
Finds Railroads Are Implicated
PHILADELPHIA: That the bitumi-
nous coal traffic is divided among
six railroad companies was developed
at the hearing of the interstate com-
merce commission held here for the
purpose of determining whether the
railroad companies are implicated
directly or Indirectly in the oil or coal
which is transported over their lines.
Four members of the commission,
Martain A. Knapp, chairman. Former
Senator Francis M. Cockrell of Mis-
souri, Judson C. Clements and C. A.
Prouty, are here to conduct the hear-
ings.
The principal witnesses were Upton
H. White, statistican of the Tidewater
Steam Bituminous Coal Traffic asso-
ciation, W. W. Atterbury, general
manager of the Pennsylvania railroad;
Jos. G. Searles, traffic manager of the
same company and the Odore Vorr-
bees, vice president of the Reading
company. Through these witnesses
it was brought out that the Pennsyl-
van a Railroad company, the Read.ng
company. The Beech wood division of
! the New York Central railroad, the
Chesapeake and Ohio and the Norfolk
and Western Railroad companies are
members of the Tidewater Steam
Bituminous Coal Traffic associat on
which was organized In 1906. The
members of the association, it was
shown, have an agreement by which
each is allotted a certain percentagt
of the soft coal tonnage. It is the
duty of Mr. White to compute the per-
centage of coal carried by each com-
pany and to make a monthly report of
the same.
DOWIE TRIES LAW
THE "APOSTLE" WILL ATTEMPT
TO REGAIN POSSESSION OF
VAST ESTATE OF ZION
FAMILY SKELETON TO BE BROUCHT OUT
CONFEREES AGREE
Indian Bill Provides the Restrictions
May be Set Aside by Congress
WASHINGTON: The conferees on
the bill providing for the disposition
Ut would leave the committee to take of affairs of the five civilized tribes
up the demands for an Increase of
■wageg, an elgbt hour day, uniform pay
for all classes of employment paid
by the day or month, reconstruction
of the concllllation board and a num-
ber of minor grievances. The opera-
tors want to limit the Inquiry to
wageB and a method for the adjust-
ment of complaints.
DEALING WITH ANARCHISTS
Government Is Taking Vigorous Meas-
ures With Undesirable Italians
WASHINGTON: The government
Is taking measures to deal with the
large number of Italian anarchists
who are said to have reached this
country through Baltimore. The name
of one of the leaders, regarded as a
■dangerous man, Is known, and vigor-
ous measures are being taken to lo-
cate him. It was learned that an an-
archist in San Francisco, upon h!s re-
lease from prison recently, candidly
admitted that he would kilt the presi-
dent of the United States If he were
•given the chance. He was sent back
to Italy. This case is pointed out
as one of the reasons for closely
■■watching anarchists tn America.
DESERTED WIFE SUICIDES
"'Call" of Husband for Evangelistic
Work Must Have Been False Alarm
CROWDER CITY: Mrs. John Prultt,
■wife of a traveling evangelist, while
brooding over her husband's con-
tinued absence and the hardships she
nnd her children were subjected to,
committed suicide by drinking car-
bolic acid. Prultt was notified of the
death of his wife, and he returned
home to attend the funeral. Follow-
ing the ceremony he took the contents
of a bottle labeled arsenic, but medi-
cal aid was summoned, and his life
■was saved. The citizens had ex-
pressed their disapproval of the evan-
gelist's desertion of his family, and
this led to his attempt on his l'fe.
Mrs. Prultt and several children had
lived In a tent throughout the winter.
Elijah II Arrives at Chicago and Seeks
to Have the Vast Estate Turned
Back to Him—Family Secrets Will
be Exposed
CHICAGO: Dr. John Alexander
Dowie and his counselors will fire the
first gun in the battle to regain the
twenty million dollars said to be in-
volved in the control of Zion City,
when they will file in the state cir-
cuit court a bill in chancery petition-
ing that the transfer made between
Deacon Alexander Grances, Overseer
Jane Dowie and General Overseer
Glen Arthur Vollvia, deposing Dr.
Dowie as the controller and owner of
this vast estate, be set aside.
The ground on which the petition
will be based will be that Voliva,
Granger and Mrs. Dowie fraudulently
and illegally endeavored to despoil the
former "first apostle" of the property
which he rightfully claims as his own.
The court will also be asked to issue
an injunction commanding that Voliva
be prohibited from handling the es-
tate.
Dowie has lost a loyal adherent In
the person of Miss Elizabeth Melen-
nan. who accompanied him as a nurse
on the long journey taken to regain
his health. The woman went to Zion
City after she had a heated interview
with Dowie, in which she defiantly
told him she could no longer remain
as a member of his party because she
believed that Mrs. Dowie and Glad-
stone Dowie had been shamefully
maligned by the "first apostle" in his
speeches In St. Louis. On her arrival
at Zion City she immediately sought
out Mrs. Dowie and Gladstone Dowie
and tendered them her sympathy and
in IndianTerritory have agreed upon
the report they will make to the sen-
ate and house. The differences be-
tween the two bodies relate to the
restrictions placed on full blood In-
dians in the disposition of their lands assistance.
an i ta provisions for the control of jn referring to the threat which, it
the coal lands. The senate rejected I is asserted, Gladstone Dowie made,
two reports of the conferees and this , intimating that if his father did not
is the third that has been made. Con- cease his attacks upon Mrs. Dowie he
cerning the full b'ood Indians, it is ! Would reveal certain deeds said to
now provided that they shall not have
power to dispose of or encumber any
of the lands allotted to them for
twenty-five years unless this restric-
tion is removed by congress. These
Indians, however, may lease their
lands other than homesteads; under
such rules as may he prescribed by the
have occurred in 1877, Dr. Dowie said:
"I remember nothing in particular
that occurred in the year 1877. I
know of no reason why any exposure
of my acts during that period of time
should cause me to be afraid. Coming
to think of it, however, there Is one
thing that happened which I greatly
serri'tary of the interior. The house regret, and that is that the Lord gave
accepted the senate addition in rela- ,into me a Bon. All my life time I
tion to the coal lands so the provision tried to give him counsel and supply
reads:
"That
him with money, but my efforts in
all coal and asphalt lands, leading him in the paths that I would
have him walk have been without
avail. Now, I want to say that un-
less this young man ceases making
these threats and insinuations I will
be forced to reveal his true character
to the world."
whether eased or unleased, shall be
reserved for sale under this act until
the existing leases for coal and asphalt
lands shall have expired or until such
time as they may be otherwise pro-
vided by law."
CHARGED V/ITH MURDER
CLEW TO ROLL THIEVES
Muskogee Newspapers Are Digging
Up Evidence for Inspectors
MUSKOGEK: Local newspapers
here publish stories to the effect that
there were at least six persons impli-
cated In stealing the Creek and Semi-
nole rolls, and that these parties are
known, but their names are not given.
At the conimiss'on's and Indian
agent's offices these stories are denied.
A statement has been circulated here
to the effect that the Creek roll was
carried out of the vault one night nnd
returned when the office opened the
next morning. Tills operation, It Is
said, was repeated fouf times before
the stenographer could complete his
task of copying the rolls. It Is also
stated that this stenographer worked,
nte and slept in the same room while
doing the copying, in order that no one
might get onto the graft. One of the
local newspapers Is exploiting the
theft of the rolls in the hope of bring-
ing on an Investigation which, it be-
lieves, would unearth something big-
ger than has yet been suspected.
Man Serving Sentence for Horsesteal-
ing Must Answer for Worse Crime
PAWNEE: W. O. Stanley, who has
the reputation of being one of the
most persistent and successful horse-
thieves in Oklahoma, has been taken
from the Pawnee county jail, where he
has been confined on a horsestealing
charge, to Barton county, Mo., to
stand trial for a murder committed
several years ago. Some years ago,
while on trial for horse stealing at
Perry, Stanley admitted that he had
stolen fifty horses, but denied taking
the animal then charged up to his ac-
count. He was convicted, however,
and sent to the penitentiary. He has
also served several terms In the fed-
eral jail at Guthrie. He was under
arrest this time for compl'clty In the
theft of some horses near Mulhall.
Not Done With Beauchamp Yet
ENID: The board of county com-
missioners of Garfield county has in-
structed the county attorney to appeal
the case of the county against James
K. Beauchamp to "the court of last re-
sort," which means that if a favorable
decision is not obtained in the su-
preme court of Oklahoma it will l e
taken to the United States supreme
court. The case was brought
for the recovery of moneys alleged to
have been wrongfully retained by
Beauchamp while probate judge of
Garfield county. It was thrown out
of court by Judge Irwin last Novem
ber on a demurrer, which pleaded the
statute of limitation, and that the
county commissioners were barred
from recovering by their action In ap-
proving the reports In which the al-
leged discrepancies existed.
DELAWARE PAYMENT EXPECTED I
The Department's Failure to Approve
Roll Has Delayed Matters
CLAREMORE: It is believed that
the long deferred payment of the
f 112,000 to 1,100 Delaware Indians is
to be made within a short time. The
delay has been occasioned by the non-
approval of the Delaware roll by the
department in Washington. There
were many contests against those
claiming they were entitled to share
in this per capita payment, and tha
peculiar wording of the law under
which the claim was allowed gave
room for contests. The law said that
the payment should be made "to all
Delawares who were members of the
tribe and living in the Cherokee na-
tion." There were many Delawares
in the nation who were not members
of the tribe. This made the roll one
of the most difficult to make that has
been attempted by the Indian agent
for many years. Tho Indian agent
will probably receive this roll in time
to make the payment before the big
Choctaw and Chickasaw payment is
begun. This payment was ordered
made just a year ago. Each Dela-
ware on the roll will get $100.
Not to Take Over "Alfalfa" Route
ENID: The report to the effect
that the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
railroad would take over the Denver,
Enid & Gulf railroad on April 10, and
operate It as a part of the Panhandle
division, is denied a* the headquarters
of the latter road In this city. Presi-
dent Young of the local road returned
from Chicago, and on his authority It
Is announced that numerous Improve-
ments are in contemplation for his
line, and better service will soon be
Inaugurated between Kiowa, Kas.. and
Guthrie, the new time card to take ef-
fect on April 15. It is not believed
here that the Santa Fe will operate
the Denver, Enid & Gnlf as a part of
the system until a connection Is made
with the Denver line, which will not
be before the first of next year.
Sentenced for Postoffice Robbery
ARDMORE: In the United States
court at Purcell, R. J. Cunningham
L. P. Perry, convicted of breaking into
the postofllce at Wayne, recently, were
sentenced to the Fort Levenworth
prison for a term of three years eaca
and fined $1,000.
Divorce Trials to be in Open Court
MUSKOGEE: Judge W. R. Law-
rence of to* western district has
called a meeting of the lawyers who
practice In his court, for the purpose
of discussing with them the manner
of the trial of certain cases, the set
ting of dockets and a general discus-
sion of the procedure of the court. It
is understood that one of the most Im-
portant measures will be that all di-
vorce cases shall hereafter be tried In
open court. There are about 100 di-
vorce cases on each docket. It is be-
lieved open court trials for all will re-
duce the number of cases.
FORMULATE PLANS
Newspaper Men at Ada Pass Resolu-
tions on Statehood
ADA: At a meeting of the Press
association of the sixteenth recording
district heM in this city last week
the following resolutions were adopt-
ed:
Resolved, That in the event the
statehood conferees fail to agree upon
a bill admiting the twin territories by
the first of May, that every newspaper
in the two territories, send a repre-
sentative to Washington, for the pur-
pose of presenting an appeal to the
president, speaker, and members of
congress, asking for immediate action
upon this great question.
That the business interests of the
two territories be invited to accom-
pany the press representatives and
that en route to Washington some of
the Important business centers be
visited and invited to cooperate with
us.
Resolved further, That if such ap-
peal is denied and favorable statehood
legislation is not passed at this session
of congress, every newspaper in
Oklahoma and Indian Territory, im-
mediatly advocate the election of
delegates to a constitutional conven
tion.
"DROP COTTON FOR AWHILE"
Growers' Association President Says
It Will Then Reach 15 Cents
GUTHRIE: Fifteen cent cotton is
the slogan raised by Harvey Jordan,
president of the Southern Cotton
Growers' Association, and asssociate
editor of the Atlanta Journal, who has
been making a tour of the territories.
Mr. Jordan's advice to growers last
year to hold their cotton for 11 cents,
and the success which came to those
who followed it, attracted a great deal
of attention to him. He is now aiming
for a still higher mark.
"I cannot impress too strongly on
farmers the necessity of quitting cot-
ton for awhile," said Mr. Jordan.
"That is now our watchword. Our ad-
vice to the farmers is: "Raise food-
stuffs. Let cotton rest for a season
or two." Thus we will drive the
sharks to capitulate. Fifteen cent cot-
ton is bound to come, but the supply
must be kept down in order to get
the hold on things. We are bound to
win in the end. A decrease in produc-
tion will turn the trick."
During his visit here Mr. Jordan
conferred with Governor Frank Frantz
and other prominent men who are in-
terested in his campaign, in regard to
questions of acreage, reduction and
diversification. Mr. Jordan heartily
encourages the organization of the
farmers, and Intelligent cooperation
among them.
BETTER STAY AT HOME
Big Price Bid for Oil Well
TULSA; An oiMeaso that cost the
owners but a few hundred dollars and
two oil wells that cost about $5,000
apiece belonging to Messrs. Galbraith
and Chesley, well-known western oil
producers, was bid to $200,000 by am-
bitious buyers. The offers were turned
down. The lease is on the famous
Glenn farm, south of Tulsa, which has
been the cause of a great deal of ex-
citement In the mldcontlnent field.
Gov. Frantz Says Osages Would Far*
Better to Keep Away from Capital
GUTHRIE: Just as long as delega-
tions of Osage Indians are permitted
to go to Washington, at every session
of congress, to present an allotment
bill prepared by the tribe, just so long
will there be no allotm&ot whatever
of the Osage lands. This is the
opinion of Governor Frank Frantz,
speaking from his experience as agent
for the Osages for two years.
"The only way in which a b'll of that
kind can be put through congress is
by unanimous consent," says the gov-
ernor. "In any bill, which may be
prepared, there will be features which
will not suit some of the Osages, al-
though they may be satisfactory to a
majority. But if It is a bill which has
been prepared by the Osages them-
selves, and representatives of the dis-
satisfied element appear at Washing-
ton to protest, they can always find
some members of congress who will
bo willing to voice their protests and
bold up tbe biV
RHEUMATISM CURED
Hie Dlaeaaa Yialdad Readily to Drw
Williams' Pink Pllla Aftar Other
Treatment Failed.
Dr Williams' Pink Pills tin rheuma-
tism bacaaw) they supply the necessary
elements to the villa tod blood and en-
able nature to cast ont the impurities
and effect a care. Mrs. A. Baker, of No.
119 Fitch street, Syracuse, N.Y., will
famish living evidence of the truth of
this statement. "There has been rheu-
matism in my family ever since I can re-
member," she says. " My grandmother
was a great sufferer from muscular
rheumatism and my mother also had tbe
diseaso in a mild form. About a year
ago I had a hard cold and rheumatism
caught me in my left knee. There were
sharp pains, confined to the neighbor-
hood of the knee and they seemed to go
right into the bone. The pain I suffered
was intense and I also had dizzy sjielis.
" The doctors called my trouble
urintic and sciatic rheumatism. Wheu
I didn't get better under their treat-
ment my brother-in-law suggested that I
try Dr. Williams'Pink Pills. I bought
three boxes, and, by the time I had
taken them, tho pain nnd dizziness had
entirely left me. I wanted to make
sure of a cure so I bought three more
boxes, but I didn't take quite nil of tlieio
as I found that I was entirely cured.
" Before I took the pills the pain was
bo severe that I had to cry at times and
when I was cured I was so thaukful and
grateful and I am glad to recommend
them to every one who suffers with
rheumatism."
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have cured
severe cases of auiemia, sciatica, nervous-
ness, partial paralysis, locomotor ataxia
and St. Vitus' dance that have not re-
sponded to other modes of treatment.
All druggists sell Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills or they will be sent by mail, post,
paid, on receipt of price, 60 cents per
box, six boxes for $2.50, by the Dr Wil-
liams Medicine Co.. Schenectady, N. Y.
One Peculiarity.
One peculiarity about the feminine
sex seems to be the impossibility of
discussing It with moderation; critics
are either violently antagonistic or
falsely complimentary.—I.ady Violet
Greville in the London Graphic.
Life Always Worth While.
Don't nurse the idea that life Isn't
worth while. Life is all right; yon
have allowed the Idealist merely to
boom It a little too strong for you.—
John A. Howland.
Moon a Slow Traveler.
The moon Is the sluggard of tbe so-
lar system, its 2,271 miles per hour
In its journeying round the earth com-
paring badly with the earth's 6S,57>
miles per hour.
Never Fails.
There is one remedy, and only one
1 have ever found, tc cure without
fail such troubles in my family as
Eczema. Ringworm and all others of
an itching character. That remedy Is
Hunt's Cure. We always use it and it
never fails.
W. M. Christian,
Rutherford. Tenn.
Crime Still Went On.
A French writer, In illustrating the
advantages of a representative sys-
tem of government, says: "Such is
the respect of the English for their
parliament that, when it is sitting,
crimes are exceedingly rare, but as
soon as it rises the papers are filled
with accounts of the most horrible
atrocities." He did not know that
when parliament was sitting, the
newspapers had no room for much
of anything but its reports.
Mr. Gladstone's Cigarette
"I never knew him to smoke but
once, and that on the occasion of the
prince of Wales dining with him in
Downing street," says Sir Algernon
West of Mr. Gladstone in an article In
the Cornhill Magazine. "With an old-
fashioned courtliness, wishing to place
his royal guest at his ease, he smoked
a cigarette, which gave him more
pain than pleasure; indeed, he hated
the smell of tobacco."
I have seen many embittered by
critisism, and others enfeebled foi
the lack of kind encouragement, but
I do not come across any who have
been spoiled by deserved praise.—Ian
Maclaren.
Gratitude is a strange thing—yon
never find it where it should be found,
but In cases where there is seemingly
little or nothing to be grateful for. it
abounds.
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