Chickasha Daily Express. (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 97, Ed. 1 Monday, April 24, 1911 Page: 1 of 8
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CHICKASHA OKLAHOMA MONDAY APRIL 24 1911.
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RUCE ISSUES
STRONGLY
SPECIAL ELECTION TOMORROW
Tomorrow is the tlay fixed by act
tf the- last legislature for the special
election at which the people ot Okla-
homa will vote on tin; amendment pro-
psode Is a substitute for article 1)
section 9 of the coi.stitufion which is
generally conceded to be a stumbling
vUck In the way of lailroad construc-
tion in the state.
The polls will be open in every pre-
cinct In the c ity at. the usual hour and
v ill remain open till 7 o'clock.
Chickasha has a special interest In
the election because tlio assurance hay
been given that if legal obstructions
are removed the O. C. will be extend-
ed northwest opening; a new trade
territory to local Jobbers and probably
inakiug a division point here.
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Governor Cruee Saturday after- j
noon issued a statement in which be j
came out In favor of the amendment i
of seetlon article 9 of the constitu-1
lion and culled on the people of Ok- j
laliouta to vote for tlte amendment )
a' the election which will be held j
next Tuesday. His statement in part !
was as follows:
I had thouRl.it it would be unneces- j iioliticttl preferment and look only ''
nary for ute to give any public expres- j.ihe interest of the masses of the peo-!
slou of my position upon the proposed ! p!e. j
amendment to the constitution to be; Oklahoma ran never come lino its j
voted on next Tursday but the iium-jowa until there are other railroads j
ber of Inquiries I have received dur-j built in this state. Ttere are just two:
ing the last few days H"kiii for an ex- j ways' to have this tmiidina done and
pression of. my opinion has induced either v. ill entil an amendment to the1
me to make this statement to the peo-; constitution. Cue is to permit the j
pie of Oklahoma ra'her than making j people to tax themselves to Innld rail-)
answers to so many rpecifie inipiiries. ; roads which is now prohibited by the:
I approved the resolution submit-i constitution : the other is to permit i
ting the protested amendment to the ' men and companies possessed of ade-
cotiBlitutlon after rarciully studying filiate capital liv ing outside of this
Its effect and after being thoroughly ' state to come here and build our roads
convinced that it was in the interest j To tlo this w ill require an amendment
of the masses of the people of this to the constitution of Oklahoma such
Hteli lo have the proposed amendment ; is proposed at this tine. Choos-
adopted. j ing between the two methods I lies-
The proposed r-soliition wi(s first i itate not a moment in taking the ;t
introduced on January 1'8 ami did not tel course.
finally pass both houses until Febiu
ary 2K and was approved by the gov-
ernor Mar .' From January "js until
March the tpiestion was before the
people of this state in the form of
pending legislation 'i here whs cer-
tainly ample time for every interested
cl(i7."ii of Oklahoma. to study this
ijuesUon and find out whether the pro-1
Ksed amendment would be harmful
ht the best interests of our people.
During this time the (fucstion was
freely discussed both in the legisla-
ture and the press of the state and
lite sum total of the opposition to Hie
measure is to be found In three votes
recorded against it in the senate and
fourteen In the house. After the leg-
islature had adjourned after the elec-
tion had been called ami after It. is
tto late to prevent the expenditure of
thousands of dollars of the people's
money Iu holding this election sud-
den opposition to the measure is de-
veloped and that from quarters
whence opposition certainly should
have been manifest before the resolu-
tion was approved.
Ridiculous Statement.
The contention made that. it. would
surrender the state into the control of
the Standard Oil company is loo ri-
diculous to deserve serious attention
and is made solely in the belief that
the people of this state are so ignor-
ant and prejudiced against the Stand-
ard Oil company that a mere mention
of the two in connection wiifbe suf-
ficient to defeat this proposed amend-
ment. A!! that la proposed by this
amendment Is to give to "railroad
transportation and transmission com-
panies" the right to (buy lease ow n
and control competing companies and
to exercise the right of eminent do-
main. The constitution in as plain
language as it is possible to use. de-
fines the terms "transportation and
transmission companies" and in
neither does it include pipe lines oil
or gas companies. To undertake to
say that this proposed -amendment
gives to oil and gas companies the
l ight of eminent domain is to read In-
to the constitution something vl;at
STATEMENT
FAVORING IT
dor not exist there but is in express
language eliminated therefrom.
It is also contended that it will re-
sult in the repeal of article 12:1 al-
though the resolution in plain lan-
guage Bays that it Khali not be con-
strued to affect article There
would be just as much Justification
ii: saying that proponed amendment
would repeal the Ten Commandments
oi destroy the Lord's Prayer. All
courts In construing a statute under-
take to give the cejistruetion of the
staute that will carry out Die inten-
tion of Use makers thereof and I sub-
mil that there is no court on earth
so obtuse that it would place a con-
struction upon this provision that
would In any wise impair article 2:1
ot the constitution.
I approved this measure because I
believed it was in the interest of the
people of the state of Oklahoma and
if -the same matter were put ip
to
me tomorrow in the light of all that)
has been t-aid against this measure 1 1
would just as quickly approve it again i
If there is to be any real progress in
Oklahoma we must lay aside our polj
itica our personal interests hnd our i
I -.i i uioiifcui ine people oi tins state j
j were surrendering a single right to j
1 1 f 1 1 1 i . i . . . . .
.the corporate interests of this couu
jtry iu adopting the propose! amend-
ment I shouid oppo.-o it as strenuous
ly as I know bow but 1 know that tin
j public interests will nol surfer by rea
(son of this amendment but on th!
contrary that greater development I
will pii kly foipj-.v atid more than n
million uiid a half people will be made I
more prosperous and be belter serv-
ed by the adoption of tins amendment j
I have bad this matter looked up by!
tis good lawyers as there are in the j
slate of Oklahoma or any other state; j
I have practiced law myself for ten!
years and tiie contention made that!
this propo.s'ed amendment will throw j
down the bars to the Standard Oil j
company in its eliorl to control the!
gas and oil supply of this state is ab-
solutely untenable from eviry logical I
staudopint. . j
Language Plain.
The proposed amendment expressly
slates that Its operation is confined
to "'any company corporation trustee !
re-traiisportation or transmission com-1
panies." No one will contend that the'
term "railway company" Includes i
pipe lyines for or gas.. The const!-j
tution in section article 9 In plain !
and unmistakable language defines ;
what "a transportation company" !
and what "a transmission company" j
under the terms of the constitution !
! embrace. A transportation company;
is defined to include "any company
corporation trustee receiver or aiy
other person owning leasing or oper-'
sting for hire a railroad street rail-'
way canal steamboat line and also
any freight car company car associa-i
lion express company sleeping car
company car corporation or company
person or persons in any way engag-i
ed in such business as a common car-j
rier." "A transmission company sliail j
Include any company receiver or oth-i
er person owning leasing or operat-;
iiig for hire any telegraph or telephone;
line.
How anyone can construe this i
(Continued on raso Four.)
NJUN
REMAIN
FORCE
Tly decision of Judge Frank M. Bail-
ey in chambers this afternoon the. or-
der of injunction closing the Kai'ly
pool hall stands.
Judge I'.ailey denied the application
of attorneys for Malt Conk to have
the injunction dissolved In passing
on the moi ion the court said the ante
room in the building was evidently a
blind that the possession of ao inter-
nal revenue license showed a purpose
to violate the law that no matter how
much money was invested iti the poo!
hall it must be closed if it was used
for unlawful purposes.
County Attorney Venable represent-
ed the-state in the bearing strongly
opposing: the motion to set aside the
injunction '
SEIZE BARREL OF
BEER ON WAGON
Deputy Philips was coming into
town Saturday afternoon when he
passed a wagon that contained a sus-
picious looking barrel. Ordering the
driver to stop he proceeded to inves
tigate and found that it contained
brown bo' ties filled with a forbidden
beverage. He pronounced the same
contraband of war and had it trans-
ported to the county depository.
Deputies Featheraton and Pvainsey
also went out on a scouting expedi-
tion late Saturday afternoon and suc-
'eetied a spotting a tiuul-.i'ul. it' tim-
ilar bottles in a rooming bouse cm
Kansas avenue appropriating the
same.
Mrs. Thodore Stottman and daught-
er Mary left today for Sidney Iowa
to visit Mrs. Stottman's mother lie-
fore returning Mrs. Stottman wil' y
to St. Mary's hospital Rochester
Minn. for treatment.
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WEATHER FORECAST.
Tonight and Tuesday unset-
4 tied.
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TION
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The Chickasha delegatus to l..e
Fifth district federation nu:el ' l at
Shawnee returned homo Saturday ami
report delightful entertainment. They
were tendered a reception the fit't't
night were given an auto rile und
were guests at a splendid musical j the
second evening. 4 "
The convention program liie'inhd
many interesting and Instructive talks.
Especially good was a Shakespearean
hfture by Miss Friend of Waco Tex.
who is known to be one. of the best
iSh.'.kespt areati scholars in the United
CREEK INDIAN
Special by United Press.
.Muskogee April 21. Casima Wash-
ington a full blooded Creek Indian
possessing large oil land holdings
shot and killed his step-brother. Ceo.
Washington yesterday near Oktaha.
Casima came here today and sur-
rendered himself to the sheriff. He
claims that his brother came to his
home drunk and used abusive lan-
guage toward bis wife.
Casima further alleged that he did
not shoot till the deceased attempted
to kill him with a poker .
j ''Easy picking" doesn't hajf describe
it. Joe Lindsay's Chickasha warriors
j simply ate up the much touted Morris
i.acke!;? fom Poi kopolis on U.s I n!-
versify Park diamond yesterday after-
noon. It was an awful butchery and
when the home boys finished skinning
dressing and cutting up t tie Packdig-
town bunch there wasn't enough left
of them to make a boneless ham.
The final score was 18 to 2. Clearly
outclassed from the start the visitors
were never able to make a showing.
Lindsay's team kept up the lick which
they have consistently maintained
since the opening of the season mak-
ing good at all stages of the game. It
is evident to the fans that Chickasha
has an amateur aggregation that will
maUe a record this season.
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EASY PiCKIN'
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. Miss Clyda Hart who holds 1 he
Fifth district scholarship iu the I. 1.
A'. C. spoke interestingly of Lie work
o.' Ch.cttasha's great school wkh the
risult of many more clubs subscribing
to the (scholarship fund.
The federation passed rec.omitie.tula-
ttous to the state favoring the dormi-
tor" for the. I. I. & C also favoring the
"ir.erit" system in slate schools.
The next meeting of the Fi.t'i dis-
lr'(t fi deiatiofi will be held at Nor-
man. NEGROES TO
DEATH
Special by United Press.
Oklahoma City April 21. Five ne-
groes were today sentenced to death
tor the murder of W. H. Archie a
plumber in this city their executiou
being set for Wednesday June 21.
Judge W. It. Taylor in the district
court imposed the death sentence ou
James Holmes Bob Johnson Charles
Posey Elijah Turner and John Prattl-
er. Pratber made a confession refusing
to plead not guilty and his sentence
was left to the court. He said he fir-
ed the shot which caused Archie's
death. The other four were tried and
found guilty of complicity iu the
crime.
The negroes listened to the words
of the court imposing the d?ath pen-
alty with apparent indifference. The
court ordered the execution to take
place in the jail yard between the
hours of 10 a. in. and 2 p. m.
Washington Solon Is
Visitor In the City
Hon. E. I-. French and wife of Van-
couver Wash. are in the city fo" a
short visit with J. A. Temple and fam-
ily. Mrs. French is a sister of Mrs.
Temple. 1
Mr. French is a member o the s'a to
legislature of Washington. Vancouver
is a prosperous city of some 10000
people across the river from Portland
Ore. Prune growing and packing is
one of the principal industries in that
section and Mr. French is connected
with one of the largest concerns en-
gaged in the business. '
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Mculey in Nw York World.
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Labor Leaders Denounce 'Third De-
gree" Methods Chicago Detective
Claims to Have Confession. ' .
Grand Jury to Probe. J
Special by United Press.
Eos Augeles Call. April 21. Labor
leaders here today are completing
plans for the defense of tho two Ate1
Namaras and McManigle. The poll ;e
predict a speedy trial for the aec.use'j
men. The first move of the defease
will be to apply for a writ of habeas
corpus.
The district attorney here announc-
ed today that arrests would be made
iu 20 more cases In which indictments
had been returned for complicity in
the dynamiting.
President Ryan Denies
Indianapolis April 21. The dyna-
mite found here was moved by the of-
ficials today and was stored in a sisc
ret place.
President Ryan of the Iron WorLera
union Issued a long statement In Wulch
he bitterly scored the methods usod
by the manufacturers' association in
employing detectives to create evi-
dence. "To the public the finding of
dynamite in McNamara's vault mav
seem evidence of guilt" says Ryan
"but to those who know that detec-
tives can create evidence it will not
be so taken."
Want More Evidence.
Special by ' United Press.
Washington April 24. r Frank Mor
rison secretary of the American Fed-
eration of Labor today 'explained the
attitude of the federation on the at rest
of Secretary McNamara. He said
more evidence was needed to convince
the federation of the latter's guilt.
"Tne forceful abduction of McN'am-
ra" said Morrison "will arouse pub-
lic condemnation. A hearing for the
accused could not have damaged the
evidence of the detectives."
No More Requisitions.
Special by United Pres3.
Indianapolis April 21. Following
general protest agaiust the summary
removal of McNamara Governor Mar-
shall today assured President It) an
that no more requisitions would be is-
sued for persons wanted in California
vithout a hearing.
Detective !s Sure
Special by United Press.
Chicago April .24. Capt. Wood of
the secret service said today that the
evidence against the dynamiters was
conclusive. "Tho prisoners are pro-
fessional dynamiters" said he. "I bad
long talks with James McNamara and
I am sure he is an anarchist."
Special by United Press.
Indianapolis April 21. A grand
jury was convened here to lay to ih-
vesiigate the finding of dynamite .in
the basement of the American Cen-
tral Lite luildiug in which is located
the. office of John J. McNamara. secretary-treasurer
of the Internationa'.
Association of Bridge and Structural
Iron Workers -who is under arres;
charged with being connected with
the dynamiting of the Los Angeles
Times building last October.
The public prosecutor is determined
io ascertain whether or not the dyna-
mite was deliberately planted in the
basement for any unlawful purpose.
Labor Leaders Indignant.
Special by United Press.
Chicago .'pt.t 2!. Labor leaders
here are furiously denouncing the
"Russian police" methods used . in
hustling' John McNamara off from In-
dianapolis to Los Angeles.
Ortie McManigle will have to face
the charge of dynamiting the Los An-
geles Times building.
Labor leaders are denouncing the
"third degree" methods used iu secur-
ing an alleged confession from Mc-
Manigle. Captain Stephen Wood chief of the
Chicago detective bureau said that
a full confession had been ' obtained
fioni one of the men arrested In De-
troit in connection with the dynamit-
ing of the Los Augeles Times build-
ing. The alleged confession is said to
cover ninety typewrittett'pages and to
t i I .ill
relate f'O movements of the men iov
under arrest and others sought by
detectives J
According' to Captain Wood It de-
scribes in. detail the dynamiting ot
buildings railroad trains and factor-
ies where conflicts between unloti and
non-union labor existed. The loss ot
many lives and the destruction of
property valued at almost $2000000.
ic said to be detailed.
The chief of the Chicago depart-
ment said the confirmation was plac-
ed in the possession of attorneys rep-
resenting the National Erector's asso-
ciation and has been sent to Los An-
geles to be used in the trial of tho
cases against the men under arrest.
"The confirmation was made at the
home of Detective Reed of the Chi-
cago police department in South Chi-
cago" said Captain Wood. "More ar-
rests in the case are expected and any
disclosure of the details of the confir-
mation at this time would make thetu
almost impossible.
"While here the men under arrest
were never in communication with
each other and neither knew that big
companion was a prisoner in the same
house. They were questioned inces.
sp.nl ly and finally a confession was ob-
tained from -one of them.
"Then the California attorneys were
notified at once ard after indictments
had been returned there extradition
Paper's were hurried here. Not until
these papers were received was nny
move mpde to place others wanted iu
uie case under arrest.
As a results of the investigations
of William J. Burns the San Francis
o detective tho following were ar-
rested for connection with the dyna-
miting case: J. j. McNamara and la
Detroit J. P. Brice alleged to be .las.
McNamara brother of J. J". McNamara
and Ortie McManigle.
John McNamara was hurried off to
Los Angeles extradition papers hav-
ing previously been secured without
TJving him a chance to confer with his
attorneys of ffriends. Union officials
hint that the dynamite round in tho
vault was placed there by private de-
tectives employed by the manuhctur-
ers. There was a sound of revelry by
night and bright the lamps gleamed
over the dusky damsels and darker
men. "Coon town" had gathered there
its finery and its chivalry and when
music arose with its voluptuous swell
all wen' merry as a marriage bell till
the cr.ps broke iu at 2 a. m. and then
there was a panic.
They danced and danced pfowius
ever louder and merrier and we;-y not
aware that it was Sunday morning
till tb night officers marched iu and
informed them that it was "agin" tho
law to hold such revels on Sunday.
"Off to the police headquarters" wa3
the order given and it was estimated
that there were some 1J.6 denizsti3 of
divk town iu line when the procession
started with Colonels Tommy Lee-per
Hugh Anderson and Phillips iu com-
mand. But one by one the crowd dwindled
and v hen the station was reached
about sixteen answered the roll ca'l.
Judge Crigsby fined them ?1 and :osU
each this morning giving them also a
timely lecture on Sunday observance.
OPERATION RESULT OF
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
Miss Stanford who suffered p-jra'ij-sis
from mi injury to the brain iu an
automobile accident last .Thursdav
night whs operated on by Dr. Liver-
more at the Kuiergeney Hot;uU! tuu
morning. Her skull was opened a. 'i t
the pressure ou the brain retnoW.
THEY DAPE
ON SUNDAY
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Evans, George H. Chickasha Daily Express. (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 97, Ed. 1 Monday, April 24, 1911, newspaper, April 24, 1911; Chickasha, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc730366/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.