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FARMER AND LABORER
Organization is the Spirit of the Age"
Vol. 4. No. so
SAPULPA, OKLAHOMA, FK1DAY, MAY 7, l')15
$1.00 per year
GOES TO TIL
SCORES OF WITNESSES AND BAT-
TERIES OF LAWYERS READY
TO SCRAP OVER ESTATE
GOULD HOT ^COMPROMISE IT
Governor Haskell Nearly Brought all
the Claimants Together Yesterday
but Deal Fell Through
Muskogee, May 6. The examination
of witnesses Jn the Barney Thlocco
case will probably begin this morning
in the United States district court
before Judge Ralph E. Campbell.
It was reported yesterday that the
proposition looking to a settlement
out of court was instigated by former
Governor C. N. Haskell who represet-
ed extensive oil interests. According
to this same report Haskell's offer
was acceptable to practically all the
parties involved in the suit, including
R. C. Allen, attorney for the Creek
nation. It was said that District At-
torney Hayden Linebaugh favored
the settlement at first but later dis-
approved it with the result that all
negotiations were called off and the
case went to trial.
Yesterday's entire session was
spent in argument to establish the
point of burden of proof after which
Judge Campbell stated that he would
announce his opinion later. • A. A.
Davidson, representing the holder of
the 5-acre lease, and a party with
the government in resisting the
claims of the defendants, J. C. Stone,
representing the Barnossee-Unussee
group of heirs, and C. B. Stuart of
Oklahoma City, representing the Black
Panther Oil company, made the ar-
guments. A score more attorneys
were in court and followed the ar-
Iguments closely, Judge Campbell will
probably announce his decision this
morning.
The first testimony to be intro-
duced this morning will probably
' tend to establish whether or not as
an arbitrary allotment patent was is-
sued to Barney Thlocco after a hear-
ing and the taking of testimony.
Borne attorneys expressed the opinion
last night that since there are no
records from which this fact can be
established it would be impossible
to show the procedure under which
the registration and allotment were
made.
Several scores of witnesses, many
of whom are full bloods, are waiting
to be called In the trial of the case.
SEBASTIAN GETS
Los Angeles, May 6.—Charles E.
Sebastian, suspended chief of police,
was choscn by the people of the city
in the primary today for the first
place on the mayoralty ticket in the
general election next month. Sebas-
tian received approximately two-fifths
of the vote, which probably will not
exceed 6&.000 of the city's total reg-
istration of 200 000.
FATHER
PROUD
IONAW
Governor Whitman of New York with his recently born son, Charles
Whitman, Jr., photographed in the executive mansion at Albany.
MAYCO^
IS OPEN TODAY GETTING BOLDER
The May term of district court
opened today and is being held in
the midst of fine new furniture that
has been in course of installation for
the past month or two. It is very
sumptuous particularly the judge'?
bench with its light standards.
The first case on the docket is
that of D. D. Wertzberger vs. The
Great Western PetroTmim Co., me-*
chanics lien. This is one of a num-
ber of such liens against this com-
pany, petition in banqruptcy for
which was filed some time ago and
charges of incompetence and extrav-
agance filed against the officers.
EARTH SWALLOWS A
LEAD MILL COMPLETE
lawton, Kas., May 6.—At four o'-
clock yesterday afternoon a salesman
for mining machinery stodo at the
Eastern Lead and Zinc company's
plant at lawton and carefully noted
the lines of the two big cencentrat-
in& plants a few hundreds yards to
the north. Then he stepped inside
the Eastern mill. Almost immediately
he heard a muffled grinding crash,
ing crash. Hhe stepped to the door
looked out and saw the outline of
only o neplant where a moment be-
fore there had been two. The H. L. |
and S. concentrating mill, worth
from $8,000 to $10 000 had been swal-
lowed up by the earth as completely
as if it had been a dry goods box
dropped into an open shaft.
The remarkable part of the tre-
menduoius collapse of the earth was
no one hurt. The catastrophe had
been foreseen. All day yesterday the
ground in the drills had been crack-
ing and dropping but the 25 mineds
stayed at work until only a few
minutes before the collapse.
TEDDY, THE STRENUOUS
Colonel Roosevelt testified at Syra-
cuse that since he became governor
of New York he had written more
than one hundred and fifty thousand
letters, made more than forty thous-
and appointments, signed twenty
thousand bills aad made thousands
of speeches.
# For years he has been pursued by
th# bitterest aad most unscrupulous
enemies. Yet in all this enormous
mass of material they never have
procured a scrap of evidence reflect
ing oh his motives or his character.
How many persons of wide actlv
ities could stand such a scrutiny as
he haft been sufjected to without
suffering somewhat in reputation?
You can set it flown that when a
man conspicuoucs before the public
for years has been bitterly assailed
and yet nothing has be«n found
against him, the reason la that there
is nothing to be found. If a man's
motives weren't right it would be im-
possible for him to reveal himself
intimately to people day after da>
There has appeared a new and
very disagreeable kind of thief in
Sapulpa—the Rose Thief.
There have been numerous com-
plaints about roses in bloom being
taken in ones and twos but in the
last few days whole beds of flower
ing plants have been taken by van-
dals, -petunias and blue plants that
are very valuable and rose bushes
have been stripped of their blooms
by unknown hands. The thieves had
better watch out or teh wyill find
themselves in jail for other people
are now on the lookout for theem and
another act like a certain one yes-
terday evening will result in their
apprehension.
SERVIAN COMMISSION TELLS OF
TERRIBLE CONDITIONS IN IN-
VADED SERVIA
AUSTRIANS GUTTED SERVIA
Churches and Monasteries Used as
Stables, Young Women Violated
and Thousands Burned to Death in
Their Homes
Washington, May 6.—Stories of un-
speakable atrocities committed4 by
the Austriaus during their in\asions
of Servta were made public here to-
day by the Servian Relief committee,
of which l)r Charles W. Elliott, pres-
ident emeritus of Harvard, is presi-
dent.
The report declarf-s that the inci-
dents given are selected at random
and are by no means the most hid-
eous, many of them being unprint-
able,
♦'Four cities and forty-one towns
and villages have been completely or
in part destroyed. The Austrians
have destroyed everything they could
not carry away. They have poisoned
the wells, have carried off all money
the paper of value in the banks and
destroyed the books and registers,
and have destroyed all material for
teaching in the schools.
"Churches and monasteries have
been the particular object of hatred.
The church at Yarebitza was turned
into a stable. Young girls were drag-
ged into the church and violated.
''Innumerable assassinations among
the civil pouplation were committed.
In Zbulkovitch were found masses of
men, women and children with their
throats rut or burned alive. In a ra-
vine 27 bodies of men were found.
In one house six sisters were exe-
cuted.
TITANIC WIDOW
ABOUT TO WED AGAIN
Winchester. Va., May 6.—Revival of
the rumor that Mrs John Jacob As-
(or and. Clarence T. Mackay may
have serious inclinations toward mat-
rimonial alliance came today with tin-
arrival of ti|e couple as members oi
a house party at the handsome coun-
try seat of Mr. and Mrs. James B.
Russell.t Others in the party ^include
Mrs. I'. A. B. Wldener of Philadel-
phia. C. Adams and William e.
Recik, friends of I>r. James I. Rus-
sell of New York son of the host
ALL HIS COMRADES LOST
PALL OF DARKNESS
PRECEDES BIG RAIN
STREET GAR MEN
DEMAND INCREASE
A pall of darkness that made lights
necessary everywhere and continuing
/Until almost noon made this city a
prey to considerable uneasiness this
morning for not in years has it been
so dark in the middle of the fore-
noon. The clouds hung so low that
the tremenduous rain that swept
down from the darkness might have
been called the moving of the cloud
itself.
It occurred at a time when many
school children were on their way
to the buildings and wet feet and
soaked clothes were frequent. Many
did not go until about an hour af-
terwards and schools were rather
disorganized for a short time in the
morning.
Traffic was suspended and every-
one kept indoors while the worst of
the rain fell but after the first dash
it settled down to a steady drizzle.
Chicago, May 6. —Fourteen thous-
and conductors, motormen and other
employes of Chicago's traction lines
are preparing a demand for a wage
increase, it was announced today.
The demand for increases, it was in-
dicated, will be in excess of those
denied by the arbitration board three
years ago. The men had asked a
minimum wagfe of thirty cents per
hour and a maximum of thirty-five
cents. The board fixed the maximum
pay at 31 cents an hour, attainable
after five years of service.
A LOCAL OPTION
CAMPAIGN AT MONETT
Pue probably to the good work
done there by Rev. J. K. Jeter in
special evangelistic services, Monett,
Mo., is getting ready for a local op-
tion campaign on the liquor propo-
sition for as all know, Missouri is
attll in the throes of the liquor trust
LEAVES CHI
DIPLOMATIC COMMUNICATIONS
SEVERED BETWEEN TWO OR-
IENTAL COUNTRIES TODAY
ULTIMATUM EXPIRES TONIGHT
Card of Thanks
Our heartfelt thanks are hereby
extended to all those who contribut-
ed in any way to us in our hour of
darkness and sorrow in the loss of
husband and father, and especially
for the beautiful floral offerings
made.
Mrs. C. D. Antone
Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Slaymore,
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Barrett,
„ Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Antone.
Mrs. Mary Antone I^add.
Another Part of the World at War
Tomorrow is Prediction of Experts
—Japanese Favor Battle If China
Will Not Withdraw from Stand
London, May f ,—Japan has grant-
ed China forty-eight hours to decide
whether to meet the Japanese de-
mands according to the Tokio cor-
respondent of the Central News.
At the same time according to tin1
Pekin advices all Japanese in China |
have been warned by their consuls j
to be prepared to leave the country j
at a moment's notice.
It is predicted that unless China
meets the Japanese demands within !
a certain time Japan will attack with-
out a formal declaration of war.
Pekin, May 6.—A Japanese c.rui- |
per and four torpedo boat destroyers
have arrived at Chin Wang Tao, on
the Gulf of Lia Tung about 150 miles
east of Peking, evidently for the pur-
pose, of removing from China mem-
bers of the Japanese legation.
Consular reports from all parts of
the country announce the departure
of Japanese or. their concentration at
the Japanese consulates.
T
James M. Hoggett, electrician, only
survivor of the crew of the American
submarine F-4. He was on shore leave
when the vessel started on her fatal
trip at Honolulu.
IT WAS THE
SYSTEM TEDDY
WAS AFTER
Fight in Wagon Yard
A Fight in a wagon yard last night
resulted in a couple of fines this
morning in police court. Outside of
these two cases everything was quiet
at the city hall.
Oil Men Believe that Delay
in Osage Decision Means that
Govm't. Plans to Operate it
JOE ABRAHAM IS
REFINERY BUYER
Bristow, May 6.—At the bankrupt
cy sale of the C. f). Webster Oil Re
finery at this place yesterday, Joe
Abraham became the owner of the
entire plant and all equipments with
the exception of the team and the
delivery wagon. It being purchased by
M. Jones. MV. Abraham bought the
plant for a little over two thousand
dollars which was about . 20 percent
of the amount investOd. The plant is
entirely new it having been built
only last summer, and then only ran
for about four months. As soon as
the court confirms the sale of th  
plant Mr. Abraham says that he in-
tends to open up the plant and if
businei will warrant, it that
he will greatly increase the output
of tht same.
A report from California to the ef
feet that the government is still con-
sidering a government pipe line and
that there is more to the project for
the government operation of the
Osage than appears on the surface
are two straws that show in what
direction the wind is blowing in gov-
ernment matters so <far as the exten-
sion of government ownership is con-
cerned.
Besides that it is a fact that at
the Southern Commercial Congress
at Muskogee the government men in
their speeches went far toward ex-
pressing the attitude of the demo-
cratic administration in favor of such
ownership or controL
Today a report from Washington
is to the effect that there is much
possibility that the present holders
of developed leases may be allowed
to keep them but that all undevel-
oped leases may be allowed 'to keep
them but that all undeveloped acre-
age will obe taken by the Interior de-
partment and in conjunction with the
navy will operate it foraa fuel sup-
ply for the navy. It has been pointed
out before that go^rnment owner-
ship ,pf the Osage would be a great
benefit not only to the navy in fur-
rflshlng a big supply of fuel but would
take from the field of competition a
vast acreage ot toiown oil value that
might under competitive conditions
act as a market breaker even more
effective than the Cashing poo1
With the new process in refining
outlined in these pages some time
ago the navy cculd build a refinery
at the coast and supply gasoline and
fuel residum and at the same time
eliminate the unprofitable by-products
that could not be handled by the
government without entering the
competitive retail field.
All these facts are being consider-
ed by Secretary I^ane and though the
blanket lease men are optimistic the
trend of events In the past few
weeks since the hearing in Washing-
ton have not been such as to inspire
them with great hopes of getting
something for nothing.
Had the government intended ;o
hand the Osage over to the blanket
lease men or had intended to divide
it up among the sublessees under any
one of the numerous plans presented
at the hearings there was nothing in
the way of making the decision long
before this. On the other hand gov-
ernment operation would necessitate
long and careful consideration and
the preparation of enormous data to
be presented to congress at the next
session. Every day of delay makes
government ownership more certain
and decreases the hopes of the op-
position.
Perhaps the big point In which the
independent operators in other pool*
are interested is whether a govern-
ment pipe line from the Osage would
be a common carrier under the rule
laid down by th* Interstate Com-
merce Commission or whether as a
naval and therefore an emergency ac-
tion it waould be entirely for govern
ment oil. One thing is certain, a line
from the Osage to the gulf such as
would be built by the government
would not have to carry its capacity
to supply such a refinery as would
take care of the needs of the navy
and if the government sees fit
busy itself with .independent oil un-
der common carrier provisions no
one but the present pipe lines will
be sorry.
Lack of Malice Shown and Desire
Only to Get the Big Ones was Ob-
ject of Alleged Libelous Publica-
tion
Syracuse, May 6.—Colonel Roose-
velt's rough riding over Boss Barnes'
$50,000 reputation continued today
with unabated fury when the colonel,
by Barnes* own books and ledger ac
counts, proved charges which a sen-
ate committee and a contempt com-
mitment issued against Barnes three
years ago by a supreme court judge
could not drag from the dodging
boss.
Mutilated Piatt letters, missing
minutes of one of the corporations
in the Albany printing ring, a dis
appeared Barnes bookkeeper, unwll
ling, evasive witness; even one who
admitted he had been coached by
Barnes' lawyer before taking the wit-
ness stand for Roosevelt, will avail
Barnen nothing against the furious
onslaughts of Roosevelt's staff of at
torneys and expert accountants.
Judge Andrews had ruled at the
beginning of the trial that evidence
to show absence of malice on the
part of the defendant could not be
introduced because it had been for
mally pleaded. He reversed this yes-
terday as being obviously wrong in a
case where malice is claimed by the
plaintiff. His new ruling is that where
malice is expressly charged by the
plaintiff the law permits the defend
ant to introduce evidence to shov.
the absence of malice, even though
absence of malice has not been
pleaded formally indefense. By as-
cribing malice to Colonel Roosevelt,
Barnes therefore, has gained nothing
except to throw the dors wide open
for admission of Roosevelt evidence.
Colonel Roosevelt personally jailed
himself of the new ruling today and
his attorneys served notice on the
Barnes attorneys that they propose
tomorrow to renew arguments for ad-
mission of evidence concerning
gambling and prostitution graft in
Albany which was ruled out by the
court last week.
Roosevelt attorneys argued thai
though the gambling and prostitution
evidence was not admissible either
In justification or mitigation of the
alleged libel, ft may be admissible
as showing absence of malice In so
far as Colonel Roosevelt did not
mention this feature of Barnes gov
ernment In his alleged llbelows cam
palgn statement.
CARAVANS FROM CUSHING HELD
UP NIGHT BEFORE LAST AND
OFFICERS SEARCH TOWN
LIQUOR STEALING MUST STOP
IF This Sort of Thing Don't Stop
wo will Bring it in and Sell it
Ourselves or Guard the Road Ev-
ery Night—Indignation Among Of*
ficials
Night before last some dastardly
holdup men met the nightly caravan
of booze from Cushing about four
miles from town and took all the
stuff away from them and got away
with It. The aggrieved parties hur-
ried into town and sought Officer
Purcell and Deputy Sheriff Leon C.
Fox and told them their tale of woe.
Great indignation welled up in the
breasts of these able enforcers of
the law and they forthwith with
drawn guns sought through the town
for the miscreants who had so boldly
stolen the day's quota of bug juice.
K very one who might be connected
with the robbery was Eousht and
questioned but the efforts were un-
availing,
Now the danger of another holdup
is exercising official circles very
much for the night force of police
and sheriff has as a part of its
duties apparently the guarding and
distribution of the booze and the
care o  keeping Tom Hubbard off the
trail. Such holdups, they argue, hurts
revenues and this money for aiding
should go to home people and not
be interfered with by these bandits.
The bootleggers, too, think it a shame
to pay for protection and then have
these bad men get away with the
profits.
It is said that steps will immediate-
ly be taken to guard the roads and
see that the booie lands safely if all
the sheriff's force has to form a body-
guard while It is done.
In the meantime the holdup men
rest In peace and there is great fear
in official bosoms that they will take
it into their heads to go and get it
every time it comes in and take all
when they go after it and their fear
is said to be not unfounded. At any
rate It is a disgraceful condition of
affairs if honest men and honest of-
ficers cannot make an honest dol-
lar carrying booze to thirsty Sapul-
pans. It is a business that needs
much protection and should have it.
What could be said of the nerve
of a thief who would enter the home
of and rob one of Sheriff Wilder's
deputies?
FIGHTING IN THE
MEXICAN FIELDS
Villa and Carranza Troops Ignita
Great Wells with their Artillery
Ouel
Washington, May 6.—British em-
bassy officials today anxiously await-
ed further Information regarding re-
ports of a renewal of fighting be-
tween Villa forces and Carranza
troops near Tamplco which said that
the former had captured Panuca.
Meagre advices to that effect had
come to the stafe department from
Vera Cruz.
The anxiety of embassy officials is
due to the fact that Panuca about
fifty miles southwest of Tampico. is
located In the Mexican oil regions
where there are many British ovrned
wells which supply British warships
with oil. They recalled that Bhell fire
during the fighting near Elbano re-
cently had Ignited some of these
wells.
Report wa  Erroneous
In yesterday's Herald was an ac-
count of a collision between a street
car and an auto driven by a Mr. Cra-
zier which .occurred on Lee avenue.
The Herald stated e that the auto
struck the street car. Mr. Frazler
says this statement Is incorrect as
the car hit his auto square on the,
side. He says the street car was
moving rapidly and gave no warning
of Its approach. He was not serious-
ly Injured but the auto was pretty
badly batrtered.