The Oklahoma Farmer and Laborer (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, October 18, 1912 Page: 4 of 4
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School Muddle
Oklahoma City, Oct. 16. Another
chafer was added to the state school
board row when Scott Glen, Robert
Dunlop and O. Frank Hayes, who
wene removed by the governor last
June for their action in the school
book contract matters, applied to the
district court for an injunction" re-
straining W. E. Ilowsey, Ira I. Cain,
C. C.. Weith and David I. Johnson,
new members appointed by Governor
Ctaioe, from assuming their official
fiositione. A temporary restraining
order was issued by Judge Clark and
the case set for "trial Saturday morn 1
ing.
The case has been given much pub-,
licity in the newspapers and in lei i
ters that passed between the gover-l
nor and members of the board. Rob
ert Dunlop, Scott Glenn and 0. K I
Hayes were asked to resign Immed-j
iartelv after they had refused th«< j
governor's request not to let con
tracts for school l>ooks last June.;
On their refusal to resign, they wer«-!
summarily removed 'for cause." W.
A. Brandenburg, who tendered hi*
resignation when it was asked for,
was continued as a member of tIn-
board. R. H. Wilson, slate superin-
tendent, joins in the petition.
Tt is alleged in the plaintiff's pcti
lion for the injunction that the gover
nor, in 1911, made a pretended inves
ligation Into the conduct of the mem
bers of the board and that, at th«*
conclusion of his investigation, he
announced that no charges had been
substantiated against Dunlop; that no
findings were announced in regard to
Glenn ad Hayes, the other members
investigated, and that all pf them
were i ermitted to continue their du-
ties as members of the board.
The order iremrfting Dunlop from
office is alleged -to be illegal and void
for the reason that he was declared
exonerated from the charges against
him;It is declared to Ih illegal with
regard to the other members on the
grounds that the governor has no
authority to remove members of the
board and that he has no authority
to conduct an investigation or hear
charges against them.
The petition sets forth that Row-
gey, who has been a member of the
board as long as the others, was ap-
pointed to fill one of the vacancies
pretended to have been caused by the
removal of the other members, the
appointment being made while he
was still a member of the bowrd. It
is claimed that the appointment of
a successor to Rowsey was illegal
unless he 'had resigned and that if
he did resign, it was illegal to ap-
point him to succeed any of the oth-
ers.
Wilson's Statement
Superintendent Wilson issued a
statement Monday afternoon in which
he said that he was anxious to have'
the matter up in court in order that
it might be determined who are the
legal members of the board and whe-
ther the governor has the right to
remove any members of the board.
The statement follows:
'In refusing to recognize Mr. John-
son, Mr. Weith and Mr. Cain as mem-
bers of the state board of education,
I do so not 'because of any j>ersonnl
feeling toward these g< " : :n or
the governor, but because of the prin-
cipal involved and the fact thai mem-
bership on this board lias now be-
come a matter for the courts to de-
cide.
'When I consented to the creation
of the state board of education and
to becoming a mcmt&r of tihe same,
I did so with reluctance and not un-
til after I was assured by the gov-
ernor and the friends of this law that
the bo ml would be a i>ermanent
board ami the memliers not subject lo
removal for political reasons. I be-
lieve that the legislature created this
board with the understanding that
members could not be removed ex
cept for a Just cause and that to be
established in a court of competent
jurisdiction. If charges are to be
made simply because members do not
vote to please tho apj>oln'tlve power,
as was done In the instance of Mr.
Brandenburg, Mr. Dunlop and Mr.
Hayes, and Mr. Glen, then no man
who cared for his reputation and at
the same time takes his oath serious-
ly, can afford to bo a member of
this board. If members of the l>oard
are exacted to vote on important
matters Just as advised to do by the
appointive power, tihen why have a
board?
"I am anxious to h/ave this matter
tested in tho court and if it Is found
that members can be removed at the
will of the governor, the incoming leg-
islature most certainly should change
the law. It is unfair to one elective
officer of the state to serve as a mem-
ber of ia board with six appointive
members who must take their in-
structions from another state officer.
I desire that the courts also deter
mine whether or not the four gentle-
men who were ordered to -resign had
violated their oath* of ottice or were
guilty of*conduct unbecoming an offl
cer. When the court.has determined
these matters and if it should decide
that these men were guilty of con-
duct for which they should be remov-
ed, or if it should hold that the ap-
pointive power has a right to remove
these men, 1 hav*^nothing more to
say. I shall recognise the succetwors
appointed to fill the vacancies but I
am anxious to have this matter de-
termined before tho legislature meets,
in order that that body may under-
stand, if ixjssible, the conditions of
this proposition, that they may either
amend or repeal the uw.
"We have nothing to conceal. Our
records are opeu to inspection by
anyone, but we do not propose to
serve on u board and suomit to its
"R, H. Wilson,
"State Superintendent."
C. L. I>eSmith of Stroud, father of
C. F. DeSmith of this city, arrived in
the city yesterday on a visit to that
gentleman and family. Mr. DeSmith
says that things are booming in
Stroud since the bringing in of an
oil well near that city at a depth
of 2.000 feet.
Mrs. Ed Butler who has been vis-
iting in Sedalia, returned home yes-
terday.
Attorney C. F. Chapman was in
Tulsa on legal business yesterday.
WHAT OKLAHOMA CITY PROMISES
T^A.iCl 2 W
THIS map taken from official rec-
ords in the State Land Depart-
ment shows the location of the
•50 acres of land which Oklahoma
City seeks to unload on the state In
lieu of the fr e million dollur capitol
building she promised the people but
failed to build This land In 58 scat-
tered tracts from 2 to 10 miles out,
much of it nearer Britton than Okla-
homa City, is mostly In ravines and
brakes and has been put In the bunds
of a private trustee to tender to the
legislature in lieu of the million dol-
lar capitol building, free rentals, and
all other promises and agreements by
Oklahoma City.
The committee puts a valuation of
*1,400,000 00 on this tend, but H. H.
flJardnor, a director of the Chamber
6t Commerce, testified It was worth
less than $120,000. and Fred Gum,
president of one of the largest loan
companies in Oklahoma City, swore
It was worth but $ 13,000 as a loan
basis and $65,000 as a real estate
speculation Poor as this land Is,
they hold it through a private trus-
tee and fail to turn it over to the
«tate.
Oklahoma City has never made a
anove to build a capitol building or
keep her other promises, and has not
turned a single dollar nor an acre of
land over to the state.
The claim by Oklahoma City that
Guthrie prevented them from build-
ing a capitol building Is a mere baby
jflay. Wonder who Is keeping them
^frorn paying the $40,000 a v. *r rent?
If the capital stays in Oklahoma
CKy the taxpayers must put up a
million or more dollars at once for a
capitol building or continue to pay
$40,000 or more rent each y<-ar for
many ysars to come.
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ENFORCE THEIR RATE
Washington, Oct. 12.—A flat charge
for all packages, whatever their con-
tents ana wnatever their distance oT
transportation was advocated by Jas.
L. Cow lee, secretary of the iK>staI
progress league, upon the resumption
tod-ay of the express rate heading
before the interstate commerce com-
mission. Mr. Cow lea said the Amer-
ican express companies were receiv-
ing European packages up to eleven
pounds at a flat rate of 27 cents to
any part of the United States. He
believes that such service could be
given ito the people of this country,
at a profit to the carriers, providing
their business was managed efficient-
ly.
'One trouble is that there Is not
efficiency in the car service," he in-
sisted. 'The railroad age has point-
car is $2.50 per day and its 'average
mileage is only sixteen miles. While
the modern freight cars do not earn
as much as the old fashioned stage
coach earned a half centruy ago."
C. L. Delbridge of St. Ixniis urged
the commission to enforce even more
drastic measures in reductions than
those proposed. He related some of
his own experiences in which he had
received no satisfaction either from
the companies or from the courts.
"I have ceased practicing before
the courts,'' he declared, '♦because I
found them U be merely the refuge
of thieves and murderers."
Chairman Prouty interrupted with
an admonition to Mr. Delbridge not
to be so critical of the courts.
The~"statements today covered a
wide range of views, various reports
of shippers occupying most of the
tLme.
T. D. Redchick of the Memphis
freight bureau, said the proposed
rates favored St. I.«ouis as against
Memphis, an active competitor of
the Missouri city for the western
business.
B. L. Fairchild of the Boston cham-
ber of commerce <and several New
York commercial bodies, vigorously
Insisted that the case should not be
reopened to permit the railroads to
become intervenors.
Frank Lyons, formerly an attorney
for the commission, maintained that
the railroads should no4 be permitted
to intervene because the expre
companies were the natural principles
in the proceedings and the mail car-
riers were merely agents of those
companies.
Walker iD. Hines, for the express
companies, began the closing argu
ment. with an elaboration of his first
statements that the expres companies
would be confronted with a heav>
deficiency if the proposed rates were
made effective. He said the percent-
age of actual profit for 1912 thus
far was less than 4 per cent. Mr.
Hines had not concluded when the
commission recessed until tomorrow.
This recommendation is nude uecea SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION
sary because the laws of this state1 ,,
. . „ , From Monday's Daily.
as construed by the courts, deprived'
the progressive party of the right to' About 8:30 last night the fire alarm
place a progressive party ticket on turned in from East lAse avenue
the election ballot to be used at the1 ° central station and the fire
coming election." ! department resijon led in their usual
1 quick time.
~~~~ The occasion waf a fire in the
Gambler, Raised Coin Wagoner building, formerly a motor
. ew York, Oct. 16.—Gamblers and I garaget j)lrt ]n use at the time as a
" ^"tenant Charte. Becker j storat;<! barn for baloU hay. wten
Herman the department arrived, or rather at
Ao time of the discovery of the fire,
instigated the murder of
Rosenthal according to the line of de-
fense indicated by the counsel for
defense at today's session of his trial.
A large sum of money raised by gam-
blers, was paid to get Rosenthal out
of New York when he began to squeal
on the subject of police protection
and when he took the money and re-
fused to go, the gamblers threatened
with the loss of their protection,
plotted and executed his murder
through the agency of the four gun-
men. At least such was the outlinp
the entire building was a mass of
flames and the whole rear wall had
ben blown out. Five streams of wat-
er were soon playing on the fire and
adjolnin'g buil-ding, and by 9:110 the ,
department had the situation well in
hand, but not, however, until two
men, Art Jofrdon, ex-driver for the
hose wagon, and John Kin ley, a rail-
road man who were assisting the de-
partment with one line of hose, re
oeived painful injuries, caused from
ion
he defense outlined In questions put ! I)rick flonl the fa,„ng of a portiol
by John F. Mclntvre, Becker's coun- Lf ,he wg( wal] Theg0 |wo ReIlU,
,to S/m Srhep[,s 0,1 th<> w1,ness men were directing a stream into
stand today. Sehepps was not given one of the wlndows and were near
an opportunity to say whether hejthe bH,ld)nft. when> wHhont warnlnR,
had knowledge that such was the Lho wal| fo„ anJ u ,3 a mtrac]c thal
or^in of the plot, for Justice Ooff they wUh (helr ]iyes
excluded the questions.
The witness merely looked bored ,
He had spent practically the entire
day on the stand corroborating tes-, constantl" on Ule burnmg hay and
timony of Jack Rose. -Bridgie" WelH ,wo 8tream8 have |)(?€n ^ a„ day
•ber and Harry Vallon, the trio of self lung m an cndeavor t0 t out the
confessed accomplices who accuse j sniolderlng fire
From this time on until 8:30 this
morning three streams of water in
charge of four firemen, were used
Becker of having inspired tho mur
der. f
Schepps furnished another link to
the chain of evidence against the
defendant by swearing that Becker
had asked him if the gunmen had
been paid for their work. He ialso
testified he had been the bearer of
reassuring messages from Becker to
Jack Rose, when .the latter was in
hiding, ready to commit suicide at |
People residing across the street
from Ihe burned building state that
thene was no sign of fire, when of a
sudden a sort of explosion was heard
and a portion of the south wall of
the building was blown out, together
with a large number of bales of hay.
As stated at the beginning of this
article, the building was formerly
| used as a garage and naturally a lot
f oil and other waste remained on
and
the home of Harry Pollock. Schepps j floor
part in the plot was that of messen j f( u „eneral|y sieved that iB
ger for Hose in rounding up the gun- thls yagt amount hay, SOT1K
men, but he denied he knew the kill Qf wM(.h wag IK?rhap3 (I.)mp or green
inK of Rosenthal was on foot. ctwed ipontaneouB combustion,
did not fully comprehend, he said
until Jack Rose had made a clean
breast of it to him and then on the
advice of counsel lie got out of town.
Becker's attorney tried again to
make iSchepps admit he had b^ei> an
accomplice in tTie crime, hut, the wit-
nes appeared always with a ready ex-
planation for the part he had taken.
Mack Rose told me to do it," was
his most frequent excuses for his var-
ious actions.
JUDGE TAKES PRECAUTION
Circles Show Diitam r as Crow I lies—Actual I - t:nce by Road, One half More
What Guthrie Really Gives
CAPITOL BUILDING AT GUTHRIE
Th is is a Real Building
Erected in 1908 by citizens of Guthrie at cost of $150,000 nnd oc-
cupied by the State five for y.-ars. This building.with four blocks of
ground hi the heart of the . t; : 1 fro t<- th • •
No dream, no promise, i . api: 1 oil p;uvr, 1 t a real buihlin.' on
real ground, worth half a million, free to the taxpayers. This build-
up u ' f,,r ti •< state until tho taxpayers are ni ••! ' th, ir present
'burden of debt and taxation. Guthrie nlso deeds to the State a $'?0,000
I'm . nive Mansion and olf.'rs l. jati County'-1 tnairnifieetd new SI."(1,000
Court House rent free to the Suite affd guarantees all nAving expenses.
What more could the people ask? Si'o expense or appropriation of
any kinil'for many years., «
Vote YHS on the capital location and settle the matter for good.
Respectfully submitted to the Taxpayers of the State
THE CAPITOL COMMITTEE, Guth rie, Oklahoma
rEARINGEN, Chairman FRLD L. WENNKR, See
3taterm?nt Is Issued
Oklahoma City, Oct. 1G.—The repeat-
ed action of the republicans and pro-
gressives to vote for the ten electors
under the head of the republican tick-
et is denied. Hon. Alva McDonald,
chairman of the progressives, deliver-
ed an address here on Monday night
at which he advised the progressives
to only vote for those of the ten elec-
:ors who are for Roosevelt and he
stated the people would be told just
where the ten stand at .an early date.
He scored the Taftites from start to
finish and Dennis Flynn in particular.
Tiie meeting adapfed the following:
"Whereas, cftere has been some un-
certainty as do the stand to he tak-
en by the members of the progressive
party and p«*rsons desiring to support
Theodore Roosevelt for president of
the Unieed ^States at the coming elec-
tion, and,
"Whereas, tMere has been some talk
of a union existing between t'..e pro-
gressive p:i ty aud the republican par-
.y in this state, and that a vote for
:Iie electoral as they will appear on
the ballot under the head of the le-
publican eickct, will be a vote for W.
11. Taft tor president, therefore.
"lie it resolved, by t.he members of
the prog tsfiive committee, that there
is no tiath in the statement that the
progressive party and the republican
party have fused or joined to select
the republican ticket in the state of
Oklahoma. On the contrary the po-
sition of the p:ogres.-ive party is
that all persona desiring to assist, in
and fur her the election of Theodore
Roosevelt to the office of president
of the L nited States, are requested to
vote only for electors who,#if elected
pledge themselves ur.equlv<ftally, t
i vote for Roosevelt and Johnson#'nnd
" n : ,>< ar on balVt
under the head of the republican tick-
et, That as to the remainder of the
republican ticket as get forth on such
ballot, the progressive party has no
recommend ittbns to mak:\ but leav<
« i.'ii memi" m of ■ be pirty tree t
vote for such persons as he m >
leem l>est qualified to serve the in-
K.t of ' l.e peoplt? of the s, tt
dresses, filed into the court
and remained there for some time,
eagerly drinking in the bits of sor
did testimony that occasionally came
from the mouths of the witnesses. It
is rumored that Judge Brec ken ridge
will is re .ui order refusing person
under 16 years of age the right to
be in the court room.
Over twenty-five attorneys were in
terested spectator* at yesterday's ses-
sion. Biddison & Campbell, attorneys
for Mrs. Reuter, were also- present
during (the day
he manner in which the building was
wrecked would indicate that this the-
ory is correct.
Two hundred and fifty tons of hay,
representing a present value of^ about
$2,500, and the building are a total
loss, with insurance of $800 on the
hay and $1600 on the building.
The firemen did good work in sav-
ing the adjoining building, which is
a frame and is owned by O. M. Ire-
Ian, and occupied by an ice cream
factory. At first it looked like both
the buildings would go, but efficient
work by the department confined it
i:o the Wagoner building.
I The loss is quite heavy on Mr.
room ! Wagoner, right at this time. He has
a lot of stock on hand and this hay
was to winter this stoc with.
We do not know whether Mr. Wag-
oner will rebuild at once or not.
Chief iSlagg.was slightly hurt by
a brick falling on his right arm.
Mrs. Clay Harkness leaves this
evening for Springfield, Mo., to visit
friends.
Mesdames R. L. Bareon, J. S. Love-
less, J. K. Grant and Arthur Smoots
of Mounds are in the city doing their
fall trading
P. I. Brown, father of W. 15. Brown,
returned from Kansas City this morn-
ing where he has been for some
time.
Mi-s Maude Wallace and Mi-s Ruth.
McBride of Katz Mill! cry Depart-
ment, went to Tulsa y tt;rd'ay to
buy goods of a Chicago urummer.
Dr Lindsey, wife and fan:i:> of
Belleville, 111., have moved to Sapul-
pa lie will 'take Ulv. Ttagsdale's
place as pastor of the First Metho-
dist church.
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