Oklahoma City Daily Pointer (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 105, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 19, 1910 Page: 1 of 6
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20,000 Circulation
OKLAHOMA CITY DAILY POINTER
By Tucker Rrotliers I^MI.hlng Co., (Inc.) | Howard A. Tucker.
ND ) Dudley It. Tucker.
FIFTH YEAR. OKLAHOMA CITY. THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1910.—No. 105.
DA11.Y rOlNTKK A 1>\ KRTISIN <« KATKS
Display. per Inch (ith• I Classified (Heal Estate) per word. 1c
Loral Headers, per 'Ine./JDc [Want ads. 15 words, 1 or .'i days. .'K>o
PHONES Mushiest...2208
Editorial.. 5217
' Society.... 4404
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CRASH COMES
WHEN BRAKES
> FAIL TO WORK
CAPITAL OUGHT TO BE IN
CITY GREAT LIKE STATE
Thirteen people were Injured, twolCooley stated that he put on bcth the
cuuitrh enoine air and emergency brake.
switch engine) itJ heard )he crash and rushed from
my home," said Detective Webb Jones.
1'
Beriously, when
crashed into a crowded street car«
at the Frisco crossing on West Reno
avenue, at 1 o'clock this afternoon.
Seriously hurt
John Blanc, Springfield, III.; right
arm broken, badly bruised, probably
internally injured.
Charles Weiner, Springfield, III.,
long gash in back of head.
Others injured:
Mrs. Cora McElvey, 230 West Sev-
enth stret; bruised and cut by shat-
tered glass.
James Hennesey. 113 South Broad-
way; bruised and suffering from ner-
vous shock.
W. J. Fragin, Britton; hurt in chest
and back.
r J. W. Foster, laborer at Packing-
town; bruised about chest.
J. E. Ernest, laborer at Packing-
town; scalp A/ound.
Gus Smith, negro, in employ of A.
B. Dawson grocery, Packingtown; ]
bruised and cut about chest and
arms.
Fred J. Berry, lives in Lawrence
Addition, works for Oklahoma Sash
& Door company, slightly cut.
F. Slfuentes, Oantayo Morens, Juan
Garcia and Manuel Grania, Italian la-
borers In Packingtown, all bruised.
Sifuentes' head cut.
The collision came virtually without
warDing. Two passengers were pitched
through the street car windows and
three were hurled from the platfo/m.
The street car was thrown entirely
\ around and pitched against a tele-
* graph poat. The street car was par
tlally demolished, the windows being ll(',.r"f
smashed and the bed of the car torn
from the trucks.
Inability to stop the street car when
The Frisco train was going at a fairly
high rate of speed and could not b:
stopped when it became appai ent that
a collision would result."
According to the trainmen, they be
lieve that the street car had stopped to
allow them to cross, as the street car,
they said, slowed up.
K. M. Corse, 401 West Frisco, en-
gineer, said.
"I did not know what was happen
ing until the engineer gave a cry and
I jumped up in time to see us hit the
oar. We were going about 10 miles an
hour.
"I jumped over and put on the em-
ergency brake but it was too late. We
bumped Into the car and it was swung
about ton feet off the track. I Wll
thrown up against the side of the cabin
ut was not injured."
TAILOR CRADDOCK
IS ARRESTED ON
LOTTERY CHARGE
(By CLAUDE WEAVER.)
Whv should the capital be located at Oklahoma City? If I were to
answer in a single sentence, I would say, because the seat of the people s
government Is to be, not for h day. but for all time and for unborn generations,
and it should be located In a city worthy of this great state.
In the week past, I traveled with Oklahoma City s business men oyer
much of the new state and its resources disclosed to our delighted vision
became a revelation.
We traveled through vast forests of hardwood timber, through a country
stored with measureless deposits of gypsum, limestone and granite, and
through oil fields with ten thousand derricks, with inexhaustible oil and gas
deposits the basis of riches beyond the dream of avarice. We saw hillsides
covered with orchards, and wheat lands whitening to the harvest, and thou
sands of acres of virgin soil new-broken to the plow, where growing side by
side were broom corn and Kaffir corn, and maize and cotton and alfalfa. We
saw everywhere the fruits of the industry and thrift of the farmers, and in
the Villages, towns and cities, miracles of progress built in a night, like the
palace of Alladin, and I said: , .
' These pioneers who have made this great stale what it Is, who found
a solitude and peopled it with happy homes, and blessed it with twentieth
century civilization, and made the wilderness blossom like the rose, are en-
titled to a seat of government located in a city as great as the unmatched and
unparalleled commonwealth of Oklahoma, a commonwealth that challenges
the admiration and wonder of the world."
We live in a utilitarian age, and it is well to signalize the practical and
material advantages of oklahoma City. We boast that it is the geographical and
railroad center of the state, with radiating trunk lines like spokes from the
axlp of a mighty wheel; that it is largest in population; that it has modern
theaters, magnificent hotels and many-storied office buildings, miles of paved
streets natural gas for heating, electricity for factory power, an unrivalled
street car svstem; that it is a mart of trade, and that its wholesale houses
distribute fifty millions of dollars of merchandise every year, and that their
, , , u,.. if. State Fair belongs, not to Oklahoma City, but to the people of the whole
slate; and that! fts twogreat 'packing plants furnish markets to the fanners of Oklahoma, and have enhanced the
value of their" fB™ h'pRe^"'.g'.'I'nH.ter'nlds1 and harbingers prophetic of the growth of a great city. I rate
as worth them a 1, the spirit that pervades the business men of Oklahoma City, who know not the difference of birth,
station fortune politics or religion, whose motto is "One for all and all for one," and who work together with mar-
ve^ous energy and a common purpose for the public good. We offer to the people of this state for their state capital,
a city whose atmosphere is aquiver with the vital elements of human progress, a city where men have made the r
fortunes to snend them with a prodigal hand, who have built here, beautiful homes, laid out public parks in Gods
„reat Out of Door , dotted the < it> over with public school buildings, built a high school costing a half million dol-
ars, established a public school system unsurpassed, and founded Epworth University, a school with a horizon as
broad as the horizon of man. .. . . .. . , .. ,
Finally 1 say that Oklahoma City should be the location of the state capital because its people in the general
mass are a law-abiding, a law-enforcing, and a religious people. Greater than the churches that Oklahoma City has
built the great Cathedral of the < atholics, the beautiful White Temple of the Baptists, and the golden domed St.
Luke's, is the spirit of the men, inspired by the immortal longings, who dedicated these temples to the service of the
God above the skies. __ _
MURDERED MAN
MAY DE FATHER
LOST 23 YEARS
' Woman Believes Hermit Slain Near Lexington
April 10 Was Her Parent; Description Tallies
Closely; Authorities to Investigate
GAS MEN'S
NEXT MEET
PITTSBURG
the
Rising wa-i reached caused the
The long Impending legal blow nt the
.•-nit c-luti business In Oklahoma City fell
oday when W. a. C'raddock, proprietor
■ I tiie Economical Tailoring company. < r
Dallas. with a branch office here, was
arrested, charged with running a lottery
'ruddock was arraigned before Siipe-
(c a. N. Munden and pleaded not
Iv. Itotid was fixed at Sr 00, which
promptly made. His father, J. W.
block, formerly a wealthy merchant
i ->- .l.U, I en ft . -.vs pieaeit at the iu-
ruigiim<
1
r/V
have been running
says (7ruddock. •"<
kstone to back us on that. ^
y I he matter to the supre
sary. and In the meantime will
operating our business."
omplalnt against Oraddock was
n b v (\ I. I In v. kins, a collector
o* the Retai
association.
work and when the motorman real-l*'
Ized this he put on full speed, expect- ^
lng to cross before the oncoming train i if
could strike. The car was hit near the !«• «
front part, throwing it square around
and off tho track.
"I got off to flag my car across when j
I saw that it could not be stopped,"
said Street Car Conductor W. Corri- j
gan. "I then saw Motorman J. ( oolev j
put on full speed and J,ien I heard the
crash."
Conductor Corrlgan could talk no
further concerning the accident, as the
street railway officials stopped him.
Motorman Cooley was badly cut
about the head by flying glass and
was severely shaken up. He said:
"Just about a block before we reach-
ed the tracks a small boy was play- j
ing with a ball. It rolled out in front *
of the car and he went after it. I put J'
on the emergency brake and the boy i
got out of the way. My mind was so | me
taken up with this that I forgot to put
i put the brakes on they would not work C(j['
for some reason. I saw the train com si, snid Sidney 1 Hrock. president of the
ing and it was on top of us before 1 nJ,""!'r t todHy-
Second floor nf tlie old Mellon building,
XM West Main street.
And the tinie-
10 ii in., tomorrow. Friday.
It will be worth while.
i; and tell your friends te—
CITIZENS URGED
TO EE PRESENT
AT BIG MEETING
real reason why every per-
inna City should attend the
g that "ill be held tomorrow
ond floor of the Cham-
Tee Winning this light will
much. The city's reputation as a
Inner is at stake If all hands get busy,
doubt about a successful out-
BOY TELLS COMET
HE sa0T! MAKES
Attorney Giddings to File Quo
Warranto Proceedings for Ex-
Commissioner Friday
CHIEF
Andrew Sockman's Son, 13, Con-
fesses Dyer Affair to Protect
Father; Denies Sorrow
13, recently
Pronounced by the attending delegates
as l*dug the most successful gathering yet
held, tlie fifth annual convention of the
Natural Has Association, which has been
In session at the Lee-llncklns hotel since
Tuesday, will close this afternoon with
the election of officers.
The fo'lowlng are slated for election:
John M. (iarard, vice-president of the
Ohio State Fuel company of Columbus,
<)., president to succeed William II. >!«'-
Kenzie of Kansas City, Ivan. A. It. M'-
Heth, general manager of the Kansas Na-
tural Oas company, with headquarters in
Kansas City, vice president. Thomas C.
Jones, president of the Delaware lifts com-
pany or Delaware, On., secretary-treasurer.
\V ' II Hammon, IMttaburir. Pn.. eastern
director, and M M Sweetman of Kansas
City, western director
To comply olth tlie ruling made In Kan
*a* City. Mo., during the convention held
in 11)08, whereas the meeting of the mem-
bers of the association would he held
alternately In the east and west, Pitts-
bnrir I'a . was chosen to bo the next con-
vention city.
During the session held tins morning,
papers were read by Kdltor V. W. Ston*
of Ohio. .1 C. McDoweM of Pittsburg an(J
Professor Charles N Gould of the Okla-
homa state university.
The members of the association were
banquetted at the Lee-Hncklns last night.
Between the courses, vaudevillauB from the
Lyric theater entertained.
HOLMES, GAS MAN, WAS
PASSENGER ON LINER
WHEN IT HIT ROCKS
Police Chief TTubatlcn today re-
ceived a letter from Mrs. W. A.
Wood, South St. Joseph, Mo., ask-
ing for the description of John
Colly, aged recluse found mur-
dered at. his home five miles east
of Lexington, Okla., on the morn-
ing of April 10. Mrs Wood states
that she believes the victim was
her father whom she has not
seen or heard of for 23 years.
The letter has been forwarded to
Sheriff Ike Sales of Norman.
The description furnished th
authorities by Mrs. Wood corres-
ponds almost identically with
that of Cully.
A picture of Cully, together
with a minute description will
be forwarded to Mrs. Wood, who
describes her father as being 5
feet, 6 inches tall, blue eyes, gray
hair, weight about 150 or ltiO
pounds, and 70 years old.
Cully was reported by neighbors, to
have been raised In New York state an«t
t • have emigrated to Oklahoma about 10
years ago, settling near Lexington where
ho lived until his death. He talked very
little except when transacting business.
He was reported to have stated once
that his parents were wealthy and that
he had a brother living In St. Louis and
sister living elsewhere. The authorities
were unable to locate hla relatives.
Cullv was not well known despite hla
Ion' life near lexington. He would go
to town on-e every two or three weeks for
supplies, this being the only time resi-
dents In ilie vicinity of Lexington, ever
mw him. He was fond of animals.
i;d Peltier, half-breed Pottowatomle In-
dian, now U helirg held by Cleveland
countr authorities on the charge of mur-
dering Cully. Peltier was found with
Cullv's team the day after the murder
could jump.'
A large crowd of spectators gathered
at the scene of the accident and a
score of policemen was put into serv-;
ice keeping the street open as much as '
possible.
A large black spot on one of the roar i
wheels of the street car shows that
the street car was sliding at the time
the switch engine struck it. Motorman j
in
lutild be the
id towns of the state
Oklahoma Billposters'
posters ;ire being put
•asons whv Oklahoma
■apital.
Frank Bookman,
scaped juvenile prisoner at
——— the county jail, today said that
Charles Gokey will institute quo j Ik1 was the person wlio shot Secret
warranto proceedings in the <li>- Service ('liief Shirley Dyer lucs-
trict court tomorrow morning fori day night. He declared he was
reinstatement as county eommis , not sorry he did the shooting, but
sioner, from which office he re- i hat he would not have told ex-
signed during the grand jury in- - opt to save his father, Andrew
vest igai ion. Giddings & Gid- Socknian, who was first supposed
dings will represent Gokey in the ; to have fired the shot.
suit. ' ' I _ Dftr
CURVE
Scientists Puzzlen By Curve In Tail
of Sky Wandhrer—Did
Earth Miss It?
disc,
ored.
Pt Louis, May 10.—Scientists nre puzzled
by the peculiar actions of Halley's comet
Professor Edwin It. Frost, head of
Verkes observatory, Professor H. A. Mitch-
ell of Columbia university, and Professor
Kdward Hsrnard of Chlcag6 university,
while taklii" observations at Yerkes ob-
servatory, William Bay, Wis., say they saw
the comet's tall In the east this morning,
rtaii upseti the calculations of astronomera
A H Holmes, of Boston. Mass , manu-
facturer. attending the Natural Cas Asso-
ciation convention In oklahoma < Ity, was
one of the tifi passengers aboard the III-
fnied liner Minnehaha, whi- . on April
is. went aground off the scllly islands,
I 45* miles southwest of England.
In speaking of the Incident. Mr. Holmes
said : "It was Indeed a sensation. I he
' liner went aground shortly after one
o'clock in the morning. The passengers
would not have known that the boat was
on the rocks had it not been for the cries
of the crew, 'All hands on deck.'"
• I hurried from my stateroom and went
on deck It was a sceue of confusion.
The crew had ill off In safety within an
hour. We remained on the Islands one
dj. A special liner took us bnck to Kng-
hwd where we toek a special train to
London.
84 APPLICANTS TO
TAKE EXAMINATION
vlier
would seek to regain his otfic
given exclusively by The Daily
Pointer last Saturday.
"1 have never believed my resi«j- j
CONTIM En ON I'AGE THREE
..I passage through , ftrnllia,lollS
I'rof. Russell gays v _iM.
f
t ►
Swindlers Bait Him By Good
Bank Bill to Buy Bad Money
. - wounded when he and Officer Many leading scientists believe the tall I
Tl>r firct intimation that fiokev Bnni *ir went to i he Bock man resi- ,jip K wanderer has become twl;
1 ne 1II ST intimation wia *UK I lU 1,_ ( i,.,st l lfth street, upon request Lnd the earth has miss
Morgan, who said the «dder Sock- ;lt daylight.
- distini'. g the peace Workman .j,nt the astronomers were fooled bv
to open the door at the request ...ufnture of the tall, which they did not
officers and It whs broken down ; ^ tliev looked at It edgewavs
- urn.- il. II fo lowcMl I.yor Wll* I 1.1, k unlrrrollj In I'nllfnr
i iiiuii the thigh, irom the rear. Ills I nja think the earth passed under the tail
in l>n t considered serious toda> 'Martin Brenuan of st. Louis univer«it\
says we went through the tail and did uoit
,, , M know it.
tilked about
owed he had been i
blggeit civil
er held In Okl
ice Saturday a
H. when si ap
ks and carriers
[lostoffice will
it ion is special.
the high
Meant* f°r
n th# Ok*
•ite in the
a [ipenr
n differ
Fear of mob violence caused Peltier to
be brought to Oklahoma Cltv for safe keep-
ing He wa* returned to Norman several
weeks ago.
Peltier formerly lived In Oklahoma <^lty.
When be WAS airc-ted - barged wltl th«
murder, it was discovered he was wanted
in oklahoma county on a charge of dis-
posing of mortgaged property.
EDMOND
BOOSTERS
TO COME
President *. I Brock, of th« ri «inb
of Commerce, Oiift Hfternoon received m
mcfchttge from Editor Halley of I he Ed-
mond Sun, thai 150 Edmond Rooster* will
rome to Oklahoma City « n upeclal tralw
tomorrow morninn to sttfBil t lie big mat*
meeting, in order to show their loyalty t«
Oklalmma City In die tight for the btate
capital.
Ihry'll bring a band and banners.
INDICTMENT IS SET ASIDE
and
of hi
es. I did it." he
picked the
re feet and wiped
gllng red hair.
4,V«
New York M
id the gent lei
sighed Mr Labarskv
nnd eggs
ind se
cr tlm
could sell you something l"'
i. too." whlspereC. tlie strain;
y drawing \ery near and look
"I could sell you tuouey
o-o-o-eV said Mr Labarsky.
nre." « ild l ne visitor.
id thus it (nine about thnt the stra
cheap."
In i:a>
Other
i Thirteenth b.i
;:"eery"""
ells money.' pt
Is it not good fa
wo pieces, but seenn d
icvcribeless lo he 'he1
oduct of the counter- .
boasted the seller of
vhat they were. Mr La
"l
"'her pe .pie had'
luther names. We were |
when they telephoned
(In • i h'nk it w i- right 1
ic and star,ted to break
hi and gut my revolver - [
, ,i !o: ^ l ime and then !
didn't hit hlui where
1 don't think they had
chool but my ,
won't he? I
•e wasn't any
lick "
ed |fll In po
rge of carry - i
i* neighbors
The earth Is out of the comet's tall
Thnt •"flashy" visitor i- speeding awa,
on its 75 year trip through the solar sys
tem.
However, our terrestrial Inhabitants wll
opportunity
the regular test
ng. penmanship, arlth- |n,|.
Hi
like
sky at
ght
Th
oklng
turned loose,
t old. but the
' us getting st
ill side step Oklahoma
w''j May?
•lrals at the lintel Sfewirt nre ti,,
'• fment agalnft firmer Deputy
I I Uohertaon, charged with
« set aside i>v Dlstrlet
\\ Clark 'oday <>n motion of
.-v iteardon Robertson was
under the 1 l>ond to awalfe
the next grand jury.
i M bmh
asylum lust February and dur-
iffie a! the Santa Fe depot his
iff and th" bullet hit Beall.
the next day.
STEALS COAT TO PAWN SO
HE CAN GO TO DYING WIFE;
JUDGE HIGHLEY FREES HIM
icen nothing r
weather being
the time It
"BFWARE OF GIRL WHO SCORNS
HER DOLL," SAYS OPERA SINGER
THEY'RE TO LOOK
FOR CLUE WHERE
GIRL WAS KILLED TURK HEADS
STATE G. A. R.
be had On Monda
Turk of Enid to-
•<i
New York. May in. "Don't trust a wo- men d w
tin ii who has never played with dolls. p"
that kind Is generally a suffragette. the i:ngi i
"I am (inlte serious about this, be- h- dauuiitei
«use dolls and drums nre the klndergar LnJl<ll n,r
en of the school of life. The girl who j • if | nir
doll or the boy his dryui. oh. 1 ut <
any papers
iy. "When v
'he tragedy v
■ iH rson."
life,
id
id lacking In
nlque
k wotiinii Interested In "l>
drums and ilfles to | ten
i« a lit'ic gtrl "
theory Mlsa Ann Swlu
11 H Mayfield.
A pa
p hotel a -
F. Merr
he; K. H
Economies Listed Are Your Opportunities
Today's Store News
•'! ,htt1 i,a',T/i If MELLON'S announce practical economies for this end weeki
• 0...1I.UH-,,. Okl. Mid-May Sale last page.
MRS. RICHARDSON lists low prices on millinery for the resi
GIRLS HEARING MAY 25 n brocks are making a Friday special of women's oxfords and
pumps. Page six _ .,
1'r.iitnit)nrv i" i!• .n ' (he ROSENSTEINS announce low prices on fish for iria&y.
RUSSELLS talk comfort and style in shoes.
KELLER lists low prices on groceries, to be in effect tomorrow.
MRS. POLKOW MERCER advertises French millinery at a
re Justice of the I
iday. May 2T .
May 7 hut the
mason was such
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