Chickasha Daily Express. (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. FOURTEEN, No. 172, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 19, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME FOURTEEN.
CHICKASHA OKLAHOMA SATURDAY. JULY 19. 1913.
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TREFilONT
AT LAWT
Application for Change of Judge is
Dismissed by Court of Appeals
State Insists on Speedy
Trial
WEATHER FORECASTi
For Oklahoma:
Tonight ami Sunday gener-
ally fair; cooler tonight.
Temperature Yesterday.
Recorded by the local IT. 8
weather bureau observer:
Maximum . i. 102
Minimum . . 67
The second trial of John Tremont
will be held at Lawton and the date
for it will be sot by Judge Hailey Mon-
day. l!y order of the criminal court of
nppi'nlM at Oklahoma City this morn-
ing the application for a change of
judge was dismissed and a change of
venue wan ordered. The attorneys
then agreed that the trial should be
held in Comanche county.
County Attorney Simpson said the
state wax ready ?or trial and would in-j-lff
that the case he set for the earliest
possible date. It in not considered
prolicide however that the trial can
lie started earlier then a week from
Monday.
It is believed that the cot of trying
the cnc:e at Lawton will bo less than
it would be in Grany count the ex-
pense of transportation of witnesses
being lei than the probable cost of
Netting a jury in Grady county. For
the first trial over 100 men were sum-
moned and it i )"y that i ieaHt
twice that number would be required
now get at jury.
The proceedings before the court of
appeals todav consisted only of some
arguments by the attorneys and a
fctatcmi nt mado by Judge' l!a!k-y.
The cahP of John Tremont charged
with the -siiardiT of Sherman Wood-
ward and now In jail awaiting a sec-
ond triirl took a new turn this week
when John Tremont the defendant
through bin attorney F. K. Riddle fit-
ved an appUcation in the district court
to disqualify Judge Frank M. Hailey
alleging that the court is prejudiced
ugainst the defendant.
The application was denied and Mr.
Riddle f-.day went before the criminal
court of appeals at Oklahoma City for
a writ of mandamus 10 require Judge
Hailey to certify his disqualification to
the hu'her court so that another judge
inlBhf he appointed to preside at tit?
fwond trial- of Tremont.
Attorney Riddle. Judge Bailey. Os
car Simnion. Judge Holding l. M.
Caveiuss Sheriff Lewis and several
others went to Oklahoma City last
n:U.t and a '.staring on the application
for the lvr't of mandamus was belli
held toi av before the court of np
peals.
- In his application for a change of.
judge John Tremont ihe defendant
through his attorney K K. Riddle re-
cites certain language used by Judge
Bailey in sentencing Ada Woodward
wherein the court expressed the opin-
ion that a "stronger mind than yuors"
planned the murder of Woodward and
this it Is alleged showed that the
court bad a definite opinion s to the
guilt of Tremont.
It is also. stated in the application
that Mr. Riddle is in no physical con-
dition to enier the second trial next
week but that the court refuses to con-
tinue the r n e and is preparing to
force tlie 1 1 'ml to be held to the detri
ment of the defendant's inieresis.
Various other matters in connection
with the rase including the close
friendship between Judge Bailey and
Judge Holding assistant county attor-
ney are set forth in further substan-
tiation of the allegation that Tremont
cannot secure a fair trial at the hands
op the court.
HORRIBLE
ATROCITIES
EPORTED
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Telegram bi' United Pregg.
Athens July 19. Authenticated
news of the massacres and multila-
Hons of the inhabitants of Seres and
vicinity by the liurgarlans reached
here today in a sttaement from the
Austrian consul at Solonika. This of-
ficial charges several Bulgarian offi-
cers with having dishonored his wife
before the soldiers and hundreds of in-
habitants who were later shot or bay-
oneted. The consul's story includes
many instances ofnotables burned to
death crucified and hacked to pieces
or terribly mutilated. Investigators
who were sent to Seres confirmed the
charges of the consul.
Telegram by United Tress. '
London July 19. -Reports reach-
ing here indicated today that the Bal-
kan situation is hourly growing nearer
a climax. Constantinople dispatches
declare that a detachment of Turkish
cnvHlry has reached the outskirts of
Adrianoplc and an attempt to recap-
ture that city is expected to result in
the powers' protest. It seems certain
that the Turks will press the advant-
age thi-y have gained and there Is Im-
minent danger of the occupation of
Sofia by Servians. Greeks and Rou-
manians. Telegram By Unite Pret.
Athens July 19. According to a re-
port received this morning eighty wo-
men and girls were found bidden in
the basement of a Warehouse by the
soldiers. After the younger women
were uuMHL'ed hv the soldiers several
Imrreis of oil were poured over them
and ail exits lucked and the building
filed. The. bodies Were found by liie
(investigating committee. Some were
I heartless and others dismembered.
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OBERSTEIN FILES SUIT
FOR HEAVY DAMAGES.
Through his attorney P. E. Riddle
Henry Obersteln formerly of this city
has filed suit in the district court
against If. B. Spencer C. M. Hollings-
worth aud R. L. Richards asking for
S2."i000 damages. The suit grows out
of the arrest of Obersteln on the
charge of embezzlement in connection
with the affairs of the Southwestern
Grocery Co. Oberstein was acquitted
of the charge.
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PIPE LIP
AT LAWTOt
Hot Weather Has Delayed Optra
tions But Preparations for Sink-
ing Test Well are Prac-
tically Finished
WILSON'S
ACTIONS
PRAISED
Telegram by tinned Presa.
London July 19. Branding Huerta
cf Mexico as a "traitor and bloody as-
sassin" Mexicans1 in London today
praised the tfttittide of President Wil
son in refusing to recognize 'the pres-
ent Mexican administi ion.
Telegram by United Fresa
Washington July 19. While the ad-
ministration "stood pat" on the policy
of the waiting game in the Mexican
situation today the state department
Is busy compiling a digest of consular
and diplomatic reports to be ready
when President Wilson and Secretary
Bryan confer next week with Ambas-
sador Wilson of .Mexico.
PLANNED '
TO BRIBE
GOfdPERS
MuILaH Says Publicity Manager
Proposed to "Get" Labor
Head Cut Did Not
Succeed
2 BRIGADE
OFtAVALRY
IN CAMP
MOLD SOL POUR
OUT HOT ONES
BASEBALL
TOMORROW
Telegram by tmitea Preea.
"Washington July 10. Because Mar-
tin Mulhall is on the verge of a nerv-
ous breakdown as the result of a week
on the stand testifying before the sen-
ato lobby probers they gave him a
vacation today and the committee in
executive session examined the Na-
tional Association of Manufacturers'
books am' those of the nauonal coun-
cil of Industrial Workers in behalf of
the defense.
INJURED IMPROVING
(Alex Tribut.e.)
Mr. Cross who was hurt in the ac
cldent at Winter's crtek last week
was in town Wednesday and reported
that Mr. Burchard was still not able
to be up but was totting along a rap-
idly as possible under the circum-
stances He stated that they were
going up into Kansas to work In the
During the pnst several days. Old
Sol has been "cutting loose" in great
shape causing the little "heat devils"
to execute fantastic dances up and
down the main stem and the only
thing worth while U a tall glass with
"somelhins cold" in it. The m?ximum
heat recorded yesterday was 102 and
everything today promises a record
breaker.
Tulsa Okla. July 19. The present
heat wave culminated Friday in the
I hottest day so far tbis summer. The
maximum temperature at the "oool"
weather bureau station was 1hti at 4 p.
m. No deaths or heat prostrations
were reported during tlie day.
St. Louis July 19. Three deaths
and as many prostrations were caused
by the heat here Friday. The govern
ment thermometer registered 102 de-
grees at 3::!0 p. m. one degree above
the 'previous record of Thursday.
Among the prostrations was Henry
King editor of the Globe-Democrat Ho
fell while walking hi the street but
was revived at home. Clouds in the
afternoon sent the mercury racing
downward and at 9 o'clock it register-
ed $5 degrees.
Manager Burgess announced yester-
day that on tomorrow he will have the
Cement braves to buttle with the
home guard. Ii is understood that
Cement and Comanche will combine in
an effort to humble the locals. The
Chickasha team will be caught a little
off tomorrow which fact matches the
two teams up about on a par. Terry
will be started on the mound for
Chickasha with Jacobs or Matterson
behind the rubber
Gail Mitchell Chickasha outfielder
w ho has been ill in an El Reno hos-
pital for the past several weeks was
out for practice yesterday but will not
be able to play any more ball this
summer. "Mitch" made a good record
with the locals and if anybody ever
saw him drop a chance be has failed
to report it as yet. Shelby however
j is Ailing Mitchell's shoes la remark-
TALCUM POWDER CAUSES
INJURY TO HER EYES.
.McAlrster Okla. July 1?.-TUe gov-
ernment thermometer in MeAlester
harvest fields hut of course would not registered !. in the shade Friday
now he able to get there and did not Crops have commenced to suffer badly
know Just what their plans would be. for want of rain.
"Wichita. Kan. July 1. Th use of
a certain brand of Talcum powder
nearly cost Mrs. Jennie Stanley wife
of O. M. Stanley a jeweler at SOI East
Douglas avenue one of her eyes this
week. Her condition necessitated a
consultation of physicians to save it.
Mrs. Stanley who lives at H2fi North
St. Francis avenue used the powder
on her face last Saturday. Shortly
afterwards her eye became inflamed
An examination by a local physician
showed it to be poisoned. Last night
it was said' by Mr. Stanley that his
wife's eye was now in such a condi-
tion that her physicians believed it
could be saved. At. first it was thought
she would lose it.
Washington. July ilk Martin M.
Mulhall yesterday gave the senate lob-
by investigating commiitce his story
! of the alleged effort in '19A7 or 130S to
I bribe Samuel floniper to desert the
"i'i?e of labor and to pyort the po'.i-
icies advocated by the 'National Asso-
tiou of Manufacturers.
He admitted that he bjid no positive
information that an attempt to bribe
Mr. Coinjier.i had actually been made
but he said Atherton Brotwnell of New-
York had outlined the plans to him
ami Bad told him of 'what was to be!
done.
The committee opened the Con.pcrs
incident yesterday when newspaper
clippings appeared showing that
C.ompers had made thei briiery charges
public before a court in 1WS and that
President Van Cleavei of tile Manufac-
turers' association had denied all con-
nection with them. Mulhall Baid he
had been referred by Van Cleave and
Schwedtman to Mr. Browttell of New
York who claimed to- be conducting a
publicity bureau for the association.
The Gompers story and an unex-
pected outburst fro) it Mulhall who
complained that off'tcers of the Na-
tional Association of Manufacturers
were "staring him out of Countenance"
were the enlivening features of a day
in which the confciMsed lobbyist Identi-
fied several hundreds more of the let-
ters relating to campaign and legisla-
tive activities.
Brownell told him he said that a
man named Bla.ndenberg was following
Gompers; that they had a plan fixed
up by which they expected to "get"
tlie labor leader and that they were
positive they could not fail. Mulhall
said he warned them they would not
succeed and later advised Van Cleave
to the same effect. "Van Cleave left
New York siuhUmly the witness Said
after telling him that be had nearly
"fallen into a trap."
"lie said they wanted him to go
down town to Meet those people but
he got a tip not to go" added Mulhall.
"He told me hn thought Brownell had
Telegram by United Press
Winchester Va. July 19. Two dusty
brigades of tegulars in ful war regalia
rode through here today and went Into
eomp a few hours later in thfi green
valleys at the foot of the hills which
were the scene of the most famous and
spectacular raids and smaller battles
of the Civil war half a century ago.
The brigades were the advance guard
of a detachment of the regular cavalry
which will be put through the hardest.
test given Vnited States troops in
years. One regiment is here from Fort
lithan Allen Vt. and the other is from
Fort Oglethorpe. They are the tenth
eleventh and fifteen cavalry and a bat-
tery of the Bixth field artillery. All
rode almost every mile of the way on
horseback.
The camp one mile wide 'and two
miles long with one of the most per-
fect natural drill grounds will formal-
ly open tomorrow. It is under the di-
rect command of Col. C. H. Hurray of
the twelfth cavalry acting brigadier
general. Secretary of War. Garrison
and Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood will
spend a good part of the two months
the soldiers will be here on the job.
One of the most important projects to
be experimented with will be the work-
ing out of the suggested new formation
of charging cavalry in double ranks.
The famous French cavalry said to be
the greatest body of horse soldiers in
tlie world has tried out the plan with
great success.
Lawton Okla. July 19. The South
western Oil and Gas Company of Dun
can that entered Into contract with
this city several months ago to furnish
a sufficient quantity of gas to supply
all consumers and have It ready tor
consumption by August 5 have a num
ber of men in Lawton at work laying
gas pipe line from South Boundary
to the Frisco depot Second street.
They have taken up all the pipe line
that has been used for sever-! years
and are laying a larger pipe. Also a
number of m?n are at work repairing
tne ga'i pipe line running to the
Marple wells east of the city which
will be used by the Southwestern Oil
and Gas Company starting July 29.
until the line from the Duncan wells
to Lawton is completed.
O. L Buckner superintendent of the
company arrived In Lawton Thursday
and will personally supervise the con-
struction work here. He stated last
night that as soon as sufficient piping
can be secured that work will start out
of Lawton on the pipe line to Duncan
to connect win he big gas producing
wells near here.
Mr. Buckner stated that on account
of the Impossibility of securing pipe
to connect Lawton with the Duncan
gas fields that he has obtained a lease
on the Marple wells and will furnish
Lawton people with gas from east of
the city for several weeks. This ac-
tion is necessary to hold the franchise
with the city the company having
made a guarantee that they would
have gas in Lawton by August 5th in
sufficient quantities to supply all
needs.
He stated that within the next two
weeks that active construction work
on the pipe line from Duncan to Law-
ton would be started. Large gangs
working botii out of Duncan and Law-
ton are rushing the pipe !'ne.
Special to the Daily Express.
Cement Okla. July 19. Unles;
some unforeseen delay occurs driilitu
on the Tunk farm near here will b
started by the Cement Oil and Ca
company Monday and in any event i
Is thought not later than Tuesday t
The machinery which arrived her
the first of the week from Cu.hin
was immediately hauled out and prai '
tically all of it is now set read; to b
gin operations only a 'fev odds ami
ends remaining to he finished out. s f
intense has been the heat that mei:
have been able to work only half o
the time on some days aud this ha
caused some delay In the preparation.1-;
It is expected that the drill will b
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kept going day and night as soon as i f
is started. !
Mr. Duncan the driller has been o; 1
the ground all the time and C. E. Ross'
president of the company has als. '
been on the ground till yesterd-.)
when he returned to Chickasha for ;
ftiw days. . I
The well li to be sunk two miles eas
of tow;i. The drilling operations h
this new field IU be watched wit;
eagerness. It has been pronounced b: .
the United States geologist as be;';!.!
one of the best undeveloped field ii
the United States. That the.ro is c! 1
is undisputed the only question bein
as to the quantity. I
Good Flow at Duncan. "V
Duncan Okla. uly 19. Reports coin
lug In from the Loco country when
the Colcord interests are drilling an i
to the effect that a good flow of oi t
has been uncovered in well No. 4 f
which was started when No. 3 wa: i
abandoned because of casing troubles
The extent of the "find" is tw
known but considerable oil is muni
test and the well may be a good one
Reports are conflicting and many an )'
unreliable. Estimates of the nrone t
tion of the well ranee all thn i
from 10 to 75 barrels daily so that 1
is impossible to give accurst and r"
liable information regarding the well .
That oil bus been found however
and in paying quantities is pretty gen
orally taken as the truth among oi -rnen
and considerable Jntp?t is Trvitt
ifested in this city. It is said tha j
stock in the company is finding I
ready market and that several galm f
were made the past week.
At noon the committee engaged in
canvassing the town in behalf of tlie
funds with which to advertise the O.
O. W. reported that so far. nuceess has
bean theirs in a measure. They state
that no trouble is anticipated in the
matter of raising the funds necessary.
"Though Saturday is a bad day in
which to approach the business men
on any kind of a proposition we have
met with splendid success" said B. B.
Barefoot. "The merchants are busy
today with their Saturday trade and in
several places requested us to come
back on Monday that we might have
time to go thoroughly into the propo-
sition. Everyone seems to take well
to the Idea."
sense than to go into a
that kind."
This was the extent of Mnlhall's
knowledge of the matter -mtt he in-
sisled from the previous information
he had he knew the plan had been on
foot to force Gompers into signing a
document that would insure bis future
acticn.
Washington D. C July 19. The
new tariff bill summed up will show
an average reduction from present
rates 27.64 per cent.
Reduction from bill house passed
4.22 per cent.
Add imports more thaa $13307000
in value to free list.
Estimates customs receipts in rear
under new measure at $2118.730000 in-
come tax receipts $5833t)Ot0; internal
revenue crceipts $207000000.
FrcsMtint cau Uupum duties to re-
taliate for tariffs of foreign countries.
Puts tax on cotton sold through
stock exchanges
Cuis income tax exemption limit to
1 1000 for married persons.
Washington July 19 With the sub
mission yesterday of the. report of ma-
jority members of the finance commit-
tee on t'ae I nOerwood-Simtnons tariff
bill formal consult rntk u f ;he im-s-
i sure as begun in he senate but ;t
j continued a few mini !r;- oiliy due to
! tin- unavo'dable absence of Chairman
J Simmons detained in North Carolltvi
i on account of death in bis family.
Marriage License
fcjf Hail Waatc
The marriage license clerk at thi
court house nearly dropped dead thii
morning when he was requested u
send a marriage license to Amber b.
mail. When he had hens up the v
ceiver and recovered his breath h.
said: "That's the limit. I've had 'en
aak all kiuda of queaUoiUi aud
every cuiiveivabia humorous siuu
when they make application for a I
cense but that's the first time in m.
life I ever heard of a man phoning to
a marriage license and expecting t
have it mailed to him'." '
"What was his name?" ask-jd
friends. -
"Heavens I didn't take the troubl
; to find out. 1 told him he couldn't e
j ihe license in that maimer and he pr
I tested that he had to have it todaj
I couldn't convince him so I left hit
talking."
POLICE COURT.
Five men were arraigned hi p-i'u
court this afternoon on (;;r.i:
charges. The cases have nut yi
finished.
CONSTITUTIONAL SUFFRAGE.
Telegram by t. imea Cre;-
Washington. 1). C July F. Henav
Ashurst announced today that n
would move that the Helium tuko. ui
joint resolution providing for won-i t:
'r ing j suffrage by an amendment to tut .'
been J era! constitution just such aa i'
tariff bill had gone to coi'm
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