The Weekly Times-Journal. (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, August 16, 1907 Page: 1 of 8
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THE ONLY PAPER I IN OKLAHOMA OR THE INDIAN TERRITORY RECEIVING THE FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE DAY REPO'/"
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VOLUME XIX
IMMUNITY BATH
A GREAT SURPRISE
UNKNOWN
TO JUDGE
DURING TRIAL
GREAT
WHEAT
CROPS
Judge Landis Would Not Discuss
It. Sumner Tells How Immu-
nity Was Granted and Pur-
pose ot the Governmeut
Chicago, Aug. 15.—Judge Kenesaw
M. Landis refused to diseuss the unex-
pected tangle Into which the position
of the federal authorities at Washing-
ton and a reported discovery of a se-
cret grant of immunity to the Chicago
A Alton railroad, hud thrown the
grand jury investigation of the road
scheduled to begin yesterday.
"It is a matter before my Judicial
notice," he said, "and 1 must decline
to speak upon it save from the bench."
The jurist had just returned from
his home at Logansport where he
spent a brief vacation with his family.
Semi-official announcement that the
hands of the government are tied in its
contemplated prosecution of the Chi-
cago & Alton railroad and its officials
amazed Assistant District Attorney
Wilkerson.
Tiie Intimation that the attorneys
for the railroad had such a coup in
contemplation was received by them
yesterday.
When the contemplated surprise of
the Alton attorneys was made known
to the federal prosecutors in Chicago
it was discredited by Qjem. They felt
confident that if former District At-
torney Morrison had entered into any
pact with the Alton officials in return
for their aid he would have notified
his assistants or successors.
The case against the railroad is fully
prepared and the session of the jury, if
It meets, is not expected to last more
than forty-eight hours.
The presence in Chicago yesterday
of T. <\ Schindler of the Washington
bureau of corporations and Jacks'
Randolph, district attorney of the
western district of Tennessee, •
taken as Indicating fresh government-
aetion against the Standard Oil com-
pany in Tennessee. The cases in Ten
nessee involve rebates alleged to have
been obtained from the Chicago and
Eastern Illinois, the Evansviile and
Terre Haute and the Illinois Central
railroads.
BY SI" MX Fit.
(Special to the Record-Herald).
Washington, Aug. 1F .—Immunity
has been granted to the Chicago &
Alton Railroad for Its part In connec-
tion with the illegal rebates for which
the Standard OH company recently ha-;
been fined 129,240,000 by Judge Landis
at Chicago. This fact became known
today, coincident with the return to
Washington of Attorney General Bona-
parte. who is about to start the ball
rolling In the direction of criminal
prosecution of anti-trust law offenders,
if a victim worthy of conviction can
be found.
It was learned today that Attorney
General Bonaparte, while not wishing
to interfere with the operations of the
(Continued on Page Two.)
PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Will Produce 62 Million Bushels
Says Secretary Wilson, an In-
crease of 11 Million Bushels
Over Last Year
Special to The Times-Journal.
Portland, Ore., Aug. IB.—"What
will be the wheat crop of the Inland
empire?" asked the Hon. James Wll
son. secretary of agriculture, of a
Portland banker. He received as
reply, "Sixty-two million bushels, and
that means an increase of 1 1,000,000
bushels over last year, and last year
was the record."
There are peculiar things about the
growing and handling of wheat In the
inland empire, which includes a part
of Oregon. Washington and Idaho, or
at least they strike the Kansas or
kota wheat grower as just a little
queer, and the newcomer from those
great districts doesn't like to handle
his wheat in sacks. it strikes him
as both expensive and unnecessary;
but It seems that the habit is fixed <>n
the wheat growers of the Pacific
coast, and the sac k came :is a result
of necessity. For-years the greater
portion of the wheat was exported to
countries where it was necessary to
cross the equator twice, and if it had
gone In bulk It would have spoiled, but
they sack the wheat in the field, and
It is never handled In bulk even to
come to the nearest mill or station.
There is no sight more fascinating
In the farming districts of the Pacific
northwest than a harvest scene, where
they use "combined" harvesters, the
greatest marvel the inventive genius
has ever worked out In agricultural
implements. It is commonly called a
"combined, ' and It certainly gets re-
sults, both In lessening the necessity
for labor .and In saving the wheat.
Four men and from twenty-four to
twentyeight horses handle one of these
combined harvesters. One of the men
handles the horses, the reins being on
the leaders only; the second feeds the
bundles of wheat to the machine: the
third sews the sacks and shoves them
from the platform onto the ground,
while the fourth keeps all the bolts
and strews tight and looks after the
mechanism of the "combined,"
This year's wheat crop will leave be-
tween $42,000,000 and $44,000,000 in
the hands of the farmers, and at
least $20,000,000 of It will find its way
to Portland.
Throughout the wheat belt of the
Pacific northwest at many of the im-
portant stations, it is not unusual to
I see a hundred thousand bushels of
wheat stored In a single warehouse,
j and walking between tall rows of
sacks gives one tiie idea of passing
(Continued on Page Two).
Democrats \re in an Angry Mood and an Independent
ticket May Bo Placed in I he licld. three
Are Read Out of the Party
Special to The Times-Journal.
Guthrie, Okla., Aug. 15.—As a por-
tion of the Cruce following has crossed
the rubicon by declaring openly that
they will oppose the election of Has-
kell. interest now centers in the plan
to place an Independent democratic
candidate in tiie field S. W. Daws,
president of the Indiahoma Farmers'
union, is still undecided, but it is pos-
sible he will permit his name to be
placed on the ticket. He Is a Texan.
On th? motion of J. B. A. Robert-
son of Chandler, law partner of Roy
defe
aforlal
committe
Oklahoin
idldate
■d democratic sen-
J. R. Jacobs of
inner democratic national
lan; W D. Cardwell of
,'ity and Carl Campbell of
Tulsa, three prominent democratic
leaders who have bolted Haskell and
are behind the third candidate move-
ment, were read out of the party at
the Lincoln Pottowatomle legislative
district convention at Shawnee yester-
day.
Though part of his following has
bolted, 1 • e Cruce Is remaining loyal
to Haskell and ha." offered his services
in the campaign. This was a surprise
Co many politicians, as certain of the
charges made by Haskell In the pri-
mary campaign against Lee Cruce
were of a personal and serious nature
Woman Prulett of Pauls Valley, one of
the Cruce managers In the primary
campaign, who %\as dubbed by Ilas-
of the "Cruce convicts,"
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villc
Veil
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.. FRIDAY, AUGUST 16.1907
NUMBER
CONVENIENCE
OF TRAVELING
PUBLIC
RETALIATORY MEASURE
Releyatml by Special Committee
of Western Passenger Asso-
ciation. General Meeting of
Western Roads Aug. 22.
AS THE RUSH HOME FROM EUROPE BEGINS.
The Returning Native—Gosh! I'm glad we have our return tick.-is at least!
More money has been spent abroad this summer by Americans than ever recorded. News Item.
Chicago, Aug. 15 A special com-
mittee appointed by the Western Pas-
senger Association has decided that it
was the best policy to consider the
convenience of the traveling public,
no matter what legislation Is passed
by the states against the railroad In-
terests.
This decision was made despite the
inclination on the part of several
prominent railway men to retaliate
for the passage of 2-cent laws In west-
ern stales by cutting off all privileges.
This feeling, however, gave way to
Huch an extent that the committee
voted to recommend to the associa-
tion several things which will greatly
add to the convenience of the traveling
public, the most Important of which
whs not demanded In any state.
At a general' meeting of western
roads to be held here August '11 ihe
committee will report In favor of do-
ing the following thing;
VICTORY
PREOICTED
BY BOTH
Probable thai Every Union Tele-
grapher Will Be Called Out
Today. Local Situation
Unchanged
New York, Aug. IK At th - general
offices of the two great telegraph
companies it was paid today that no
difficulty wan experienced in handling
everything offered. "The strike is
over," declared Robert C. Clowry, the
president and general manager of the
Western Union. "We are having ap-
plications from the strikers today, hut
we are turning them down. We ate
filled up ami cannot place them."
The local officers of the union,still
express confidence In tiie outcome.
They deny that any union men have
applied for employment. The Asso-
ciated Press is moving Its report un-
der steadily Improved conditions.
Aug IV The mem-
ents
be
! In i
Attorneys for Both Sides Present. Attends to the Business Herself. Explains llovv
She Developed faith Cure. Attorneys for Both Sides Pleased
the support of men like Prulett, who
had been "convicted of crimes that
Involved their morals and character,*'
was one of the reasons Cruce should
not be nominated.
A democratic club has been organ-
ized at Coalgate, with George E. Jahn
as president and J. Floyd Maxwell as
secretary.
The deadlocked Delaware-Chero-
kee-Ottowa county senatorial conven-
tion reassembled at Grove today after
a four days' recess. When it ad-
journed J. D. Cox of Cherokee coun-
ty lacked only one vote of the nomi-
nation. One hundred and seventy bal-
lots had been taken. The other can-
didates were B. C. Weillip of Ottowa
county and Dill Daughcrty of Dela-
ware county.
The republicans Intend to make a
hard fl*ht to carry the Hlowa-Wa-
shita-Custer senatorial district, and in
a convention at Cordell placed Dr. L.
H. Weatherby of lioburt and E. O.
Murphy of Custer • uinty In the field,
The constitutional contention figured
the district safely democratic , nd cave
I It two senators Roth Mi, \ and
! Weatherby Hre strong
Concord, N. H., Aug. 15.—Mrs Mary-
Baker Glover Eddy, head ot the
Christian Scientists, und<twent mental
examination late yesterday by the mas-
ters who had been appointed to de-
termine her competency-in this matter.
The examination was made at Mrs.
Eddy's home, Pleasant View, by Judge
Aldrich, Dr. Jelly and Attorney Park
and the masters. The only other per-
sons present were General Frank S.
Streeter, Mrs. Eddy's counsel in the
case; William E. Chandler, counsel for
the "next friends," and a court ste-
nographer.
Mrs. Eddy received her visitors In
her private sitting room and by ar-
rangement with counsel she answered
a series of questions ask d of her by
the three masters who took turns in
examining her tinon various points.
GREAT VICTORY
FOR GRAFT
PROSECUTORS
San Francisco, Aug. 15.—The pri-
ury election in this city resulted in a
peeping victory for the republican
I league or Ryan ticket, which stood
i lor earnest support of the bribery graft
prosecution and the present mayor and
board of supervisors. The opposing
faction led by Postmaster Flske made
u sorry showing electing not more
than nineteen delegates to the party
convention, which will consist of 14U
members. The result was a notable
triumph for the reform element.
The regular democratic or AIcNabe
ticket was victorious and will control
the nominating convention by a large
majority. The representatVes of the
better element of union labor party
cul i malortti of |h< ir %oti i in tever
of McCarthy and the Schmltz organ-
isation.
This element opposed to the bribery
graft prosecution will control the labor
convention, but whether or not Ex-
Mayor Schmitx's friends will go so far
as to renominate him Is problematical
Judge Aldrich b gan the interview
by assuring Airs. Eddy of his,Intention
to make the call a« agreeable as pos-
sible to her. Mrs. Eddy thanked him.
adding: "M> only difficulty Is a slight
deafness. 1 can see to read common
print, but acntiot hear distinctly."
Judge Aldrich asked Mrs. Eddy If
she felt fatigued to speak of it at once.
She said: "1 can work hours at my
work and night, without fatigue when
it is in t hi* line of thought, but when
1 go to worldliness 1 sometimes become
fatigued by it. and yet these things
are indispensable, and I regard them
Judge Aldrich
some life insurui
Mrs. Eddy's advice as to how to invest I ca
the proceeds. Not understanding hlra | pa
at first, Mrs. Eddy replied that she put I
no mom
into life Insurance, "nod
insures m> life,' nhe said, then, think-
ing that Judge Aldrich desired Infor-
mation as to her own Investment, she
described the trusteeship created by
her In March, saying that it was en-
tirely her own Idea
In reply to question!
Mrs. Eddy started to d
veloprnents of Chrlstlar
said that she was an
childhood and that she I
ested in treating herself
homeopathle and from ti
an Inter-exchangeab
book.
Put on sale In e
territory, which is i
and the Missouri rive
able 2,000>mile mile
mde:
Kern terrltoi
ccess bagg.ij
Kansas City,
hers of the Kansas City board of trade
this afternoon addressed a telegram
to President Roosevelt In Oyster Hay, ,
urging upon him the intportanc • of a
speedy settlement of tiie telegraphers'
strike, and a.-Uing that he use his beat
efforts to secure this end.
Tlx- telegr.im, vvheh Is slgn< d by j
Thomas .1 Hroadnax. president of the
board of trade, in behalf of all uf the
em la
the tele-
rchange-
at a Hat
rate of 2 c
Put on
hook at fin
be an indh
. mile.
i 1.000-mlle
of $:'0, thb
iff the
To wlthdr
tial forms of
unsalable be
the
Jelly.
Invalid
egiil
es held and
iok and not
id Issuing It.
which have bee
>ld at higher tha
allroads of the
age book good
"The deadlock bet
I graphers and their employers Is a na-
tional calamity, demanding Immediate
| settlement of the differences at lapue.
In this emergency we most respect-
fully urge you to u*e your best cn-
<lc;i\ors to bring about a •ttlement."
I Operations on the local board of
I trade are practically suspended owing
to the impossibility of receiving com-
| plete market and crop reports and
| quotations. The same conditions pre-
j villi to a largo extent all over the coun-
try and Ihe members of the board here
[ report that their business is suffering
| a loss of thousands >f dollars each day
that, the strike
intln
tying that he
coming due, u
ed of
| by hor
had lets co
iked them s
ed me
• procf
eded to pe'
Continued on Pag*. Tv
The victory, o
means but, oJn«
of the briber-
all likelihood
trict Attorney
privately und«
by McNabe al
Ryan republicans
g—political support
t prosecution and in
nomination of Dls-
ngdon, who, it is
od, will be backed
COPY OF
CONVENTION
FILED
RESULTS
PRINCE
0NG NOMINATED
FOR CROWN PRINCE
Knn- i« Ctt> M. An* 15 -Col. R.
! Kyi. chairman of fite grievance com-
mittee of the local union of the Com-
ir.erclal Telegraphers' union issue an
\cteiday that the Order of Railway
! Telegraphers had tendered to the
• ommerdal men now on strike their
$1,000,060 rseerve fund
j The members of the order of Rall-
| way Telegraphers cannot be assessed
it bout a referendum vote, a majority
f the member- voting for the as-
cv-ment To take i referendum vote
f ifi.noo members would be a big
i>k and would consume several
reeks* time.
Chi i
The
telegraph
but both
would be
■d they
nndltiont
(Contnued on Page Two.)
■Washington
| and J«p metfe
I handed the sty
a convention
tween Russia
I the provision-
j mouth guarat
I < 'hlna In Mar
the contlnusn
j poll y In that
LIGHTNIN
OF TESTS RANK PRACTICE BY POLICE DEPARTMENT
I Newport, n. 1 . Auk IB. The Viper, |
i'd'f"!- ti','S,"Vim'rr ''nstcad Trying to Catcli Murderers and thieves, the
pieti-.i her torW<in trial, m Nurra- I Police Arrest Persons for trivial Offences.
ga ti sett bav. The Viper, during hei , ... . ...
target pr e tl. «• was submerged to , YlttllUS AfC (ilVCfl POOf IrCdtmefit
he integrity o
id providing fo
CAUSES
BIG LOSS
St. Jo
<*ph,
plant of the
pany in Bout
by lightning
ttally destroy*
partially insu
VICTIMS
OF BELFAST
RIOT BURIED
SPIKI1 I VI \ll> SOCIETY
WANTS
L!f)R
GARFIELD TO INVESTIGATE LANDS THAT ARE RESTRICTED
INVESTIGATION
As a Result of His Visit Predident R osevelt's Message May Contain a Provision
Recommending Removal of Restrictions on Indian Lands. —
Spent the Night Here
h'
lU'll They h.iVf
bet-
to Ha
ded,
ind
-hern, clerk. Virgil A. Secretary Garfield's Visit to the In-
.turned on i-a«a ' dim Uniterm ifitubal tW«MV.U'
row night n
At
d Ardmore Saturday j Fran
k vi cities l
tmws4 on
*e%n tetti day,
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