The Lawton Constitution (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 30, 1914 Page: 3 of 8
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CARRANZA'S LETTER TO I Mmomal
SECRETARY OF STATE SWMSOM
Lesson
"T?t« usurped title of the president
ot the republic cannot invest General
Huerta with the right to receive a de-
mand for reparation on the part of the
United States, nor the right to grant
a satisfaction as due.
"The invasion," says the letter,
' will drag us (Mexico) into an unequ-
al war which until today we desired to
avoid."
The unofficial translation of the text
of the letter follows:
' United States Consul J. C. Caroth- j "Victoriano Huerta is a culprit who
ers: is amenable to the constitutionalist
"In answer to the message of Mr. government, today the only one, under
Secretary of State Bryan, which was the abnormal circumstances of our na-
communicated to me through you. tion, which represnts the national sov-
Transmit to the said Mr. Bryan the ereignty. The illegal acts committed
following not addressed to Mr. Presi- ^ by the usurper and his partisans and
dent Wilson: those which they may prepetrate, be
"Awaiting the action of the Ameri- they of an international character as
can senate on your excellency's mes- those which recently occurred at the
sage directed to said body, caused by port of Tampico or of a domestic
the lamentable incident which occur- 1 character, shall be tried and punished
(By E. O. SELLERS, Director of Evening
Department, The Moody Bible Institute,
Chicago.)
LESSON FOR MAY 3
THE PRODIGAL SON.
LK8SON TEXT-Luko 1!:11-31
GOLDEN TEXT—"I will arise and *c
to my father, and wtll say unto htm,'
Father, I have Binned axalnat heaven, and
In thy sight." Luke 15:18.
The parables of Jesus are marvels
of unity and condensation, yet no neo
essary detail Is omitted. This, per-
haps his most famous. Is no excep-
tion even though It does carry a dou-
ble lesson. Who thinks of the older j
brother when this story Is mentioned?
Though designated the "Story of the
red between a crew in n whaleboat or with inflexibility and promptness by J Prodigal," we need to romlnd our-
the cruiser Dolphin and the soldiers the tribunals of the constitutionalist j selves that the word "prodigal" never
of the usurper, Huerta, certain acts of government. ' once occurs In the story. The open-
hostility have been executed by the „The indi'vidua, acts of yictoriano! ,n« ®entenc« speaks father and
naval force under command of Ad-
miral Fletcher at Vera Cruz port and
in the face of this violation of the na-
tional sovereignty which the constitu
„ , . of two sons. It is really the parable
Huerta never will be sufficient to tn- j of a perfect father> the unvel)ing of
volve the Mexican nation in a disas- j the true heart of God. Against that
self-centered
trous war with the United States, be-' background Is set off
cause there is no solidarity whatso-1 son lacking In natural affection. Also
tionalist government did not expect cver 1)etwen the so-called government' alongside the wayward son Is the mis-
from a government that had reiterat- ()f yictoriano Huerta and the Mexican er'y- BelflBh one who lacked 11,1 l?e
ed its desire to maintain peace with
the Mexican people, I comply with the
duty of elevated patriotism in direct-
ing this note to you with view to hon-
orable means before two friendly na-
nation.
"Moreover, the invasion of our ter-1
ritory and the permanency of your ;
forces in the port of Vera Cruz are a
oraoie means ueiure two lnenuiy nu- . , . _ . ,, , . ... , i
,, ... ... violation of the rights thai constitute
tions sever the pacific relations that . , .... , .
our exercise as a free and independent
still unite them.
"The Mexican nation, the real peo-
ple of Mexico, have not recognized as
its executive a man who had pretend-
ed to launch a blemish on its national
integrity, drowning in blood
friends.
sovereignty and will drag us into an
unequivocal war with dignity, but
which until todny, we desired to avoid.
"In the face of the real situation,
;ts through which Mexico traverses
| weakly, more so than ever, after three
"The lack of the representative'j'™" of bloody strife, and compared
character of General Victoriano Huer- w'th the formidable power of tlio
ta as concerning the-relations of Mex- American "ation considering the
ico with the United States as well as ac*3 committed at Vera Cruz as high-
with the Argentine republic, Chile, offensive to the dignity and inde-
Brazil and Cuba, has been clearly es- pendence of Mexico. I invite you to
tablished with the justifiable attitude suspend hostde acts, ordering your
of these nations, who have refused to fo«es to evacuate Vera Cruz and
recognize the usurper, in this way, trust that this demand will be consid-
lending valuable moral support to the ered 'n a spirit of elevated justice,
noble cause I represent. ' . "V- CARRANZA."
OKLAHOMA CITY TRADE
BOOSTERS START TODAY
•
OKLAHOMA CITY, April 27.— lonly to wholesalers, his is a mistake.
The nine-car special train, bearing There is a place on this train, desig-
150 excursionists left Oklahoma City'nated to boost Oklahoma City and the
at 7:11 o'clock this morning, to begin state, for every citizen whether
a tour of twenty counties in this state wholesaler, retailer or professi Mini
and three counties in Texas. Stops man.
will be made at seventy-eight cities] "No one thing has done more to
along the route, covering 764 miles of popularize Oklahoma City with the
tracj.: I state at large than these yearly trips.
The itinerary covers sections repre-jlt affords an unexcelled opportunity
sentative of every part of the state,1 to see a great deal of the state in a
and the excursionists will visit cen-. short time and at a relatively small
ters of everv line of commercial ac-| expense, also under favorable condi-
tivity. The oil and producing region, i tions and in comfort which cannot be
the coal districts and the agricultural (done in any other way.lt gives oppor-
sections of the state, both the cotton tunity of visiting customers in their
and wheat sections, all will be viewed own places of business, giving the ex-
by the business missionaries from the cursionists first hand information
state's capital. j concerning financial conditions.
The party numbered probably 150; "Even for one who has no trade in
persons, including twenty members of .the towns to be visited the trip is val-
the First Regiment band of the Okla-; able as an opportunity of forming
homa National guard. j friendship with . 150 of Oklahoma
Representatives of every line of . City's livest and best citizens, which
business in this city will be found on will be valuable in the future."
special train. Wholesale houses,1 The itinerary of the Oklahoma City
manufacturing plants, banks, retail Trade Boosters in this section is as
houses and all professions, including f°«°ws for next Thursday -
the ministry, are sending men to meet
LOOK TO YOUR PLUMBING.
the business men of other cities and
to learn of trade conditions and re
sources. You know what happens in a house
The special train will be under the Jn whJch the plumbing u in poor con.
management of John R. Rose for the dition_everybodv in the house is na.
thirteenth consecutive year. Train-, He ^ contract t h#ld „ some other
master Rose assures the success of The organ3 perform
t e tup rom e s an pom o ac same functions in the human body
commodations for the excursionists . . , ,
. ., , tU as the plumbing does for the house,
and the spirit of friendliness that the , r . ,
\ . a i , ar.d they should be kept in first class
tour is calculated to produce. ,
M . condition all the time. If you have any
Final arrangements were made .
... ii trouble with your digestion take
with the Pullman company for six . * *
first class dining and sleeping cars Chamberlains Tablets and you are
ar.d the Frisco lines will furnish threecertain to get quick relief. For sale by
all-steel baggage cars and coaches toja La e'°'
transport th immense amount of ad-|
vertising matter that will be distri-;
buted.
In an interview concerning the ob-
ject of the trades excursion, W. V.
BIRTHS.
Born Wednesday to Mr. and Mrs. J.
A. Hanks, 2 1-2 miles west *of this
Hardie, secretary of "the Oklahoma city an 8-pound baby girl. Mother and
Traffic association, said there are fine bal)y are doinS nic®'y-
prospects for a successful trip. I Mr- and Mrs- D' R' Baueum- who
"This trip is of great importance side slx milts west °f this city are the
to. Oklahoma City as the wholesale, Proud Pare^s of a ten pound baby boy
commercial and banking center of the which arrived at their nome this
state" he said. imorning. All parties concerned are do-
"It is a golden opportunity to show 'n8 nicely.
the world that this city is on the map j :
as big as ever and that its commercial 1 ALOMEL IS BAD.
institutions are in readiness to serve -—
the great territory in the southwest, But Simmons' Liver Purifier is de-
which, from present prospects, should iightfully pleasant, and its action is
produce a great volume of business in, thorough, Constipation yields, bilious-,
the next year. j ness goes. A trial convinces. (In yel-
"Many think that this excursion is low tin boxes only.) Tried once, used
a junketing trip or of importance always.
good qualities of his brother, but who
was truly a wanderer and out of har-
mony with God the Father. In the
background we see the citizens of
the far "country who helped this young
Jew to his place of want, famine and
degradation. Remember, It Is our
Lord speaking to Jews. When the
Gentiles of the far country sent him
to feed swine they insulted him by
compelling him .o get his living
through an occupation Instinctively
repulsive.
First Fruit of Sin.
The father makes equal' partition
"divided unto them." (V. 12) though
neither son had a right to demand a
partition of his estate. At the bot-
tom of the son's request was a desire
to have his own way—to be lndepend-1
ent of God. He did not go away from
home ai once, though his heart was
already In the "far country."
I. Into th® Far Country, vv. 13-16.
Fun Is the first fruit of sin, and that
tlie son readily found so long as his
money lasted (Heb. 11:25). But the
conscquences followed closely on Its
trail, for when he had "spent all" he
began to be In "want." There are
many attractive things about this j
young man, but those qualities were
perverted, they lacked control, they |
were good servants but bad task-1
masters. It Is not always physical,
temporal want that comes to the sin-;
ner, there are deeper and more In-1
tense longings—soul want and sou! j
hunger. These always come to the i
soul away from God. Being In want
does not mean that a man's will has
be«>n subdued. Some prodigals In the
most abject temporal need are as
proud as Lucifer, and boast of their
rebellion. So he "joined himself to a
citizen of the country." He did not
belong there—the citizen did. He wag
set to the most degrading task im-
aginable for a Jew—feedla^ swine.
Like a Lost Sheep.
II. The Home Coming, vv. 17-24.
The first step was for the son to stop
and really think. That Is where sal-
vation always begins—In thinking. He
knew he was lost, e. g., out of adjust-
ment, In the wrong place, mit of his
element and like the lost sheep,
"ready to die." He saw his condi-
tion, money gone, friends gone, hogs
for companions, no food for his sus-
tenance. He saw his value. He was
more Important than the servants of
his father's home. He saw his fath-
er's love, already manifested In what
had been given him and we tain would
believe that when he left home ha
had the father^ urgent plea to re-
turn. He saw a way to escape from
his present position. All of this after
he "came to himself." Before that.
Impenitent, he was morally insane,
now he has reasoned, Isa. 1:18. With
his reasoning also came the deter-
mination to make a full confession.
"I will say unto him," not alone con-
fess his need but the fact that he had
sinned. This Is the only way for a
sinner to come to God, Pb. 32:3-5;
I John 1:9; Luke 18:11-14. He did
not stop with resolving but "lie arose
and came to his father," v. 20. He ex-
pected to apply for a servant's posi-
tion, but never had the opportunity
for the father saw him "a great way
off" and "ran and fell on his neck and
kissed him." Notice the kiss of recon-
ciliation was given before he even had
a chancp to cMifess. In his confes-
sion his first thought Is that he had
Binned against God and then against
his earthly father. The father had
not once forgotten him; he "had com-
passion" even though the son was un-
merciful to himself and to all of his
loved ones. The father kissed him
before he was washed or otherwise
made presentable.
Neither of the sons are perfect but
he who uttered the parable was him
self the true son of the father. He
never departed from his father,
wasted his father's substance, nor
brought discredit upon his name.
Jesus was In full sympathy with his
father's heart for he welcomed the
wandering publicans and Blnners to
himself, took the journey Into the far
country to find the wanderers and to
bring them home. ChrtBt'B mission
was to bring many "sons to glory
(Heb. 2:10), which means restoring
the wanderer and fulfilling in him the
perfectness of aonshlp
t
!
HAIL DOES BIG DAMAGE;
ALSO A DELUGE OF RAIN
The
Special to Constitution.
CACHE:—A very heavy rain fell
here, equalling two and one-half inch-
es of rain—one of the heaviest of the
season. There was some hail here but
not very heavy and no serious damage
here. About three miles south east
of Cache a heavy rain and hail fell
doing some damage. West Cache
creek is up bank full and much high-
er than it has been for a long time.
Chattanooga:—Very light rain
but no hail at this pcint.
Frederick:—No hail or damage
here.
Grandfield:—There was no damage
in this section.
Faxon:—No rain or hail at this
point.
Fletcher:—Only a small rain at
this point and no hail and everything
is looking good here.
Elgin:—We had no hail at this
place. A fair rain fell here but no
damage done. A short distance south
east of here a heavy rain fell but
there was no hail or damage.
—solved once
for all by Calumet.
For dally use In millions of kitchens has
proved that Calumet is highest not only In
cuiility but In leavening power as well—un-
failing 111 results—pure to the extrern j—and
wonderfully cconomi'-al in use. Ask your
groccr. And try Calumet next bake day.
About 5 o'clock Thursday evening,
one of the worst hail storms ever
known in this section visited Lawton
and a territory two or more miles in
width and considerable distance north
and south
The size of the hail stones were so
large no one would believe it if told,
unless they also saw them. And the
unfortunate ones who happened to be
out doors at the time would think
that it was hailing brickbats.
The hail stones were not only ex-
ceptonally large but numerous. An
immense rainfall accompanied the
hail. There was considerable wind
also, but it was too high to do any
special damage.
The damage to windows in the bus-
iness and residence sections of Law-
ton will reach into the thousands—
possibly six thousand or more. The
greatest damage was done at the
following places:
High school building, 12F; also 2
plate doors; Wat' ington, 15 panes;
McKinley, 10 panes; Lincoln, 50
panes.
The Benbow buiding, now owned
by M. Koehler Co., was one of the
worst damaged, there being 65 win-
dows broken and one large plate glass
window knocked out.
In the store of Joe Wolf , a large
plate glass window was broken and
plate glass window was cracked and
the roof badly damaged.
The First National bank and Kress
store on C avenue also had a number
of light broken.
The stores on the south side of all
the streets suffered more or less
from broken windows.
The residences in every part fo the
city have broken windows, the dam-
age being greatest where the win-
dows were not screened.The skylights
in buildings were damaged.
In the south part of the city the
hail went through a large number of
the roofs of houses, doing consider-
able damage in this way.
The damage to the Hornaday green
house is worst of all that was d^.ie in
this section, as not only was the glass
roofs nearly all broken, but the
plants and other vegetable growths
were beaten into the ground. The loss
to this industry will run into hundreds
of dollars.
Received Highest Awards
World*! Pur*
Food Eipoiiti.
Chicago, III.
Ptria Eipoti-
tioo, Frisco,
MtrrS,
1912.
yv trust
%
IH*
buy chf p
Calumet
re«ulU.
HUERTA USED INSULTING,
VULGAR LANGUAGE.
♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦«•♦
♦ CHICAGO, April 27.—The ♦
♦ Chicago Evening Post, quoted ♦
♦ verbatim the message Huerta ♦
♦ gave Nelson O'Shaughnessy to ♦
♦ deliver to President Wilson af- ♦
♦ ter Wilson had declared the final ♦
♦ ultimatum. ♦
SUDDEN DEATH
BELOVED CITIZEN
J, A. LINER PASSES AWAY AT
HIS HOME IN THIS CITY; FUN-
ERAL SATURDAY MORNING.
♦ The message was given Wil- ♦
♦ son by cable and was responsi- ♦
♦ ble for Pre* 'ent Wilson's final ♦
♦ decision to lze Vera Cruz. ♦
♦ The message read: ♦
♦ "Why should I salute him? ♦
♦ I have been trying for three ♦
♦ months to get the O
♦ to fight. Now let him ♦
♦ fight. "HUERTA." ♦
♦ The message was sent Presi- ♦
♦ dent Wilson in its original ♦
♦ wording, which was insulting ♦
♦ and vulgar in the extreme. ♦
♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
♦ - CHATTANOOGA ITEMS. O
♦ (News, April 23rd. ♦
♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
We are sorry to report Mrs. John
Murphy very much indisposed. Dr.
Dunlap from Lawton was caljed
Sunday to hold consultation with
Dr. Kerr, as to her eondition. Her
many friends wish for her rapid and
permanent recovery.
J. W. Bowlby, one of Tillman
county's most successful and well
to-do farmers called Thursday. Mr.
Bowlby says the prospects for a
large wheat crop are finer than they
have ever been before since the open-
ing of the country. He has a field of
rye that is beginning to head which
bespeaks the fact that harvest is not
very far distant.
THROWN INTO BANKRUPTCY.
The Altus Mercantile Co., the larg-
est firm in Altus, is closed and bank-
ruptcy proceedings have been filed
against the institution before B. M.
Parmenter, referee, at Lawton. The
petition was filed March 31, but the
company was permitted to remain
open and continue business until last
Monday.
The assets are given as approxi-
mately $30,000 with iiabilites of ap-
proximately $20,000. Some of the
largest creditors of the concern are
the John V. Farwell Co.,. Hibbard-
Spencer-Bartlett Hardware Co., R. P.
Smith Shoe Co., William E. Muse, of
Chicago, is president of the bankrupt
corporation.
The first meeting of creditors will
be held at the law office of Robinson
& Hamilton on Friday, May 1, when
a trustee will be appointed, the assets
distributed, and the business wound
up.—Altus Times.
A. H. T. A. REWARD.
The Anti Hors«
Thief Associatioa
No. 455 of Rose-
land offers the fol-
lowing standing
rewards for evi-
dence that will
lead to the recovery of prop-
erty stolen from any member of the
Roselard lodge and evidence U con-
vict tHef; $10 for petty larceny and
$25 ior grand larceny
B. H. SAGLE, President.
J. C CLINE, Fin. Sec 10-11 diw tf
FEDERAL TROOPS
MAY BE SENT
Mr. J. A. Liner died suddenly
Thursday evening at his residence in '
Lawton, 712 D avenue. The cause was
heart failure superinduced by acute
indigestion. He was up during the
morning, but felt badly during the
day and remained in bed most of the
time. Mrs. Liner became alarmed in
the afternoon and summoned Dr. E.
B. Dunlap, who arrived only a few
minutes before the death of Mr.
Liner.
The deceased had been a citizen of
Lawton since 1910 when he came
here to assume charge of the Camer-
on Agricultural college. After retir-
ing from that work, he had been as-
sociated with Mr. P. G. Fullerton in
the insurance business.
Mr. Lir.cr was a high-toned, Chris-
tian gentleman; possessing a gonial
personality to those favored with his
SITUATION IN COLORADO IS j intimate acquaintance. He was an in-
AGAIN SERIOUS BETWEEN j defatigable worker for the cause of
MINERS AND GUARDS. j Christ and one who aided effectively
i in all that had for its object the up-
■WASHINGTON, D. C., April 27.— ! lift of mankind and the betterment of
President Wilson probably will send j conditions.
federal troops into Colorado Monday ; The Sunday before his death, he
to aid in composing the serious situa-' ^ddrcwd the children and young
tion in the coal fields. Colorado rep-' people at the Baptist church. He was
resentative in congress after confer-; an active and consistent member of
ences at the White House said late
Sunday night that they expected the
trops to be ordered out Monday morn-
ing.
DENVER, April 27.—It was re-
ported here Sunday night by Former
Governor J. II. Peabody who is in the
Fremont county strike zone, that
that religious denomination and no
one had to be told that J. A. Lftier
was a church member—his daily life
was sufficient evidence.
Mrs. Liner, who is left alone, is
prostrated with grief. The deceased
! had a brother who lives in Texas.
| There is much sympathy for the be-
., , , .. reaved relatives. Few men here pos-
strikers dynamited and fired the prop- , .
.l ii t tu sessed so many true and warm
erty of the Chandler mine of the , . , ... ' j ■
_ ;' , _ , , . friends as did Mr. Liner. His death is
Colorado Fuel and Iron company near . , .
I deeply deplored.
i Mrs. Liner has telegrams from her
peope and they are sick and can not
Canon City, Sunday night, occupying
the mine camp.
According to the governor's advices,
seven men were killed in the Chand-
ler fight. . The fighting opened at 1
o'clock, said reports, and shortly be-
fore three, the strikers were in pos-
session of the town. An appeal to the
come. She has one sister in Alabama
and Mr. Liner a brother in Texas.
Mr. Liner was born in Chattanooga,
Tenn. April 26, 1856. Had beer, mar-
ried twenty-seven years. They had
governor for help from the sheriff of one da"ghter, who died a few years
Fremont county resulted in orders be- aK°' •
The funeral of J. A. Liner will be
held at 10 a. m., Saturday, April 25th
at the Baptist Church.
Funeral will be conducted by Rev.
A. L. Leake, pastor of the Baptist
church, assisted by Rev C. D. Mont-
gomery .pastor of the M E. church,
South
ing issued Sunday night to General
Chase to proceed to Canon City with
200 militia to take protective mea-
sured and endeavor to bring about a
truce.
Skin Diseases Cured.
Hunt's Cure is the name of the rem-
edy which is absolutely guaranteed to
cure all forms of skin disease or the
purchase price _ promptly • refunded. js there such a thing as painless
Wonderful results are obtained by its headache, painless neuralgia, or pain-
A PAINLESS HEADACHE.
use, curing cases that would, not yield
to other treatment.
Ask your druggist.
less rheumatism? Hunt's Lightning
Oil will make the pain go away and
the suffering cease. That's why
Hunt's Lightning Oil is so popular
FOR SALE Cheap, good' farm horse. an(j pra;3ec| 30 much. Ask your drug-
Will take good note. Call at 1002 A
Ave. or phone 942. 4-23-w2tp. K,st-
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