The Pittsburg Enterprise (Pittsburg, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 10, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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THE PITTSBURG ENTERPRISE
PITTSBURG, OKU.. THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 191H.
NO. 8
REPORT IN
UNO LENSES
CRUCE USES AUTOMATIC VETO
Fourteen Bill* of Regular Se**ion Are
Allowed to Ole on Hi* Dt
HOUSE COMMITTEE CONDEMNS
STATE OFFICIALS FOR THE
MARLAND DEAL.
ADVISES LUNSFORD’S DISMISSAL
Land Office Commissioners Are Ai»a
Censored For the Pollard-Hagan
River Bed Lease*—Other
Legidative News.
The commissioners of the state land
offlcc, Governor Lee Grace. Secretary
of State Benjamin F. HarriBon. State
Superintendent R. H. Wilson, Presi- ^
dent G. T. Bryan of the state board ,
of agriculture and ex-State Auditor i
l,eo Meyer, are strongly criticised by |
the general investigating committee
of the house of representatives which
made a report of its probing into the
big oil and gas leases held by E. W.
Marland on state school lands.
The commissioners of the land of-
fice, in the letting of the Marland
leases, says the report, "attempted to
establish a policy of oil and gas leaseB
detrimental to the best interests of
the state, in that it places In control
of one party a vast scope of territory
of both known and unknown value for
a nominal consideration."
The investigating committee brands
the policy back of the Marland leases
as undemocratic, unprogressive, and
of strongly monopolistic tendencies,
and as plainly in violation of the pro-
vision of the state constitution.
The committee further finds that
the lease was written peculiarly and
against the express statutory dtrec
tions.
River Bed Lease Condemned.
The commissioners of the land of-
fice also are strongly criticised in con-
nection with the leasing of six miles
of the bed of the Arkansas river to
the Pollard-Hagan company for a nom-
inal bonus, when in reality the com-
mittee believes the lease should have
brought many thousand dollars of
bonus. The fact that prominent Okla-
homa City attorneys are back of the
Pollard-Hagan company also comes in
lor criticism.
The committee further finds that
because of the circumstances of the
case, and without any reflection upon
his persona! integrity, that the state
would do well to dispense with the
services of K. H. Lunsford, oil and gas
agent for the state land office.
The committee concludes its report
with the recommendations that the
land Office accept the "tentative offer”
of E. W. Marland, and cancel the big
blanket lease and all that part of the
former lease of May 6, 1912; that the
laws of the state be so amended as to
reserve to the state forever all oil and
gas and other minerals connected with
state lands; that the laws be amend-
ed to prevent the leasing of large
tracts of land for mineral purposes to
any one person, and to prohibit the
leasing of same, except in proven or
developed territory; that the governor
open up legislation !or action at the
special session now sttting.
Money For Rentals-
According to a bill introduced In
the senate by the senate committee on
appropriations, it is sought to appro-
priate out of the state treasury $72.-
577.30 or na much of that as necessary
for the payment of back rentR for state
offices in the Mercantile and Law-
rence buildings. This amount will
cover the period up to June of the
present year. I.e v Brothers of the
Mercantile building have a claim of
$49,544.30 and E. L. Lawrence ha* a
claim of $23,033.
The redistricllng bill, the Muskt.tee I
fair bill, the bill to abolish the office of ;
the game warden, and the measure to j
chang* the method of selecting mem- .
hers of the election board, together |
with the proposition for a nine-hour j
law for women, the full crew blit and ;
eight others died automatically, when j
Governor Cruce reached the decision j
that he would not sign them. With- j
out the signature of the governor at I
I the expiration of the fifteen-day limit
following the adjournment of the reg- |
' ular session of the legislature, the ,
measures go by default and lose every
chance of finding a place in the statute |
books for 1913.
Among the othc • measures which, ,
to all intents and purposes, are vetoed
by the action of the governor, are the j
measure for joint use of street rail-
way lines, affecting Oklahoma City j
particularly, the bill for counsel for
the state, the measure to limit the
powers of the state board of equallza
tion and the bill to allow townships to
vote bonds t0 build bridges across
rivers.
At the regular session of the legis-
lature has gone into history and no
longer exists legally the governor was
not. required to explain his veto to the
legislators now in extraordinary ses-
sion. For the purpose of explaining
his attitude in every particular, how-
ever, Governor Cruce has prepared a
lengthy message to the people of Ok-
lahoma.
In brief, his reasons were as follows:
Ue-dlstrlcting—Too much gerryman
der, districts poorly arranged, and
vary too much in population.
Muskogee Fair—Opposes lending
state's name to private business.
Female Employment—Bill not broad
enough: thinks it should regulate
hours of every female laborer, regard-
less of size of town or number em-
ployed.
Street Railway—Favors bill to allow
interurbans to use city trackB but
opposes compelling city companies tc
loan trackB to competing city lines.
Counsel for the State—Says'll ham
per* governor in discharge of his
duty.
Full crew—Says Interests of gen-
eral public, and not the railways oi
their employes, should come first.
Game—Thinks present game law*
much better than proposed change
Doubts if new law could be properlj
enforced.
Election law—Change is u.in< ces
sary. as present law is working satis-
factorily.
Raising revenue.—House bill 54
would make it imposisble for stat*
board of equalization to act intellt
gently, and house bill 476 is unconsti-
tutional.
Farmers' insurance—House bill 17f
is disapproved for the reason that it
doeB not adequately protect the farm
ers of the state, and would organize
them, under the provisions of tbs act |
into mutual insurance companies.
Township bonds—Gives township*
power to issue bonds for any sort oi
bridge work, necessary or otherwise
City charters—N« fair to allow city
to condemn private property when il
desires to go into buslnes of supplying
publi^ utilities.
Public Lands—Bill allows school
land commission to issue certain
deeds. Attorney general advises it i*
unconstitutional. Matter for the
courts, not the legislature, to settle.
River beds—Permits people owning
land* along rivers to indiscriminately
sue the state. State should be Bued
only in extreme cases.
House bill 591—La Vern, in Harper
county, does not need a court session.
Court sessions should all be held in
county seats.
SORE AND OWEN J, P. MORGAN
FARE WELL DIES IN ROME
GEN. FRED A. SMITH
BOTH OKLAHOMA SENATORS ARE | END COMES QUIETLY TO THE
FAVORED BY NEW COMMIT- 1
TEE SELECTIONS.
WORLD'S GREATEST
FINANCIER.
CONGRESS IS LESS FORTUNATE MEMBERS OF FAMILY WITH HIM
All Democratic Members Receive i Telegrams of Sympathy Pour In from
Much Better Quarters By Outter All Over the World—Unconscious
of the Old Republican j for Some Time Before
Member*. Hi* Death.
Control Rate* For Insurance.
No radical reduction in insurance
rales Is contemplated by the corpor-
ation commission by an order issued
by that body seeking to assume con-
trol of fixing insurance rates, accord-
ing to Commissioner George Henshaw,
but an equitable adjustment of any
discriminations in rates and a reduc-
tion in the moral fire hazards are the
chief objects sought. The commission
does not propose to interfere with the
maintenance of a central rating bu-
reau in Oklahoma City by the fire in-
surance companies as at present but
merely to exercise the same super-
visory control over this organization
as is maintained over railroad rate
making organizations. Inquiry into
any rate will only be made wllen com-
plaint Is made to the commission. The
commission will give a hearing on
the proposed order in this city on
May 6. All insurance companies, com-
mercial organizations and the general
public is invited to participate.
CLEAN-UP WOULD CUT FIRE LOSS
Report of Fire Marshal Hammonds
Shows Big Increase in Fires.
"If the people of our state will take
time enough to clean up the trash and
rubbish which has accumulated during
the winter months and will be careful
in burning the same, the careless fire
waste can be reduced to a minimum,
and by using precaution in the matter
of placing matches within the reach
of the child the fires caused by child-
ren and matches will almost if not
completely vanish."
This statement is significant in the
report of State Fire Marshal C. C.
Hammonds for March in which figures
show that the tire waste due directly
to carelessness increased during that
month 400 per cent over the loss from
the same cause for March, 1912. The
loss caused by chilfKen with matches
increased 500 per cent over the loss
of March a year ago.
There was a total of 94 fires during
the last month involving a total loss
of $126,919.37, distributed as betweefl
buildings, $51,140.37, and contents,
$75,744.50.
Washington—When the extra ses
sion of congress assembled on April
7 many of the Oklahoma members of
congress were found in new offices.
Senator Owen was the luckiest In
obtaining choice quarters. Hej as
chairman of the senate banking and
currency committee, which is one of
the most Important in the upper house,
occupies a beautiful three-room suite
on the third floor of the senate office
building, which faces Library Park.
Two of the rooms were formerly occu-
pied by Senator Lodge of Massachu-
»etts, but when the senate changed
hands the democrats immediately set
about to oust the republicans from
their more elaborate quarters,■“’taking
them for themselves.
Senator Owen rules over probably
the handsomest committee room in
Washington, its walls are marble and
the ceilings are covered with beau-
tiful mural paintings by famous art-
ists. Three elaborate chandeliers
hang from the ceiling.
When the new senate office building
was erected it was decided that there
should be some room where the am-
bassadors and ministers from foreign
countries could be received. The room
which Senator Owen gets for his com-
mittee was built for this purpose and
on an elaborate plan. The committee
on foreign relations wag supposed to
have used it, but owiwg to tb*> delay lu
obtaining the expensive furnishings,
mahogany and velvet, the foreign com-
mittee never moved into the room.
No other suitable room being avail
able it was decided that it should be
turned over to the banking and cur-
rency committee. Senator Owen's
private offices immediately adjoin the
committee room.
Senator Gore occupies his oTd offices
in the senate office building, but also
has the commodious room set aside
for the senate committee on agricul-
ture in the capitol. It is one of the
most beautifully furnished rooms in
this building.
Oklahoma's new members of con-
gress) "Alfalfa Bill" Murray, Joe B.
Thompson and Claude Weaver, will
have to be content with unpretentious
quarters for many months. They have
been assigned rooms in the old senate
annex building, two squares from the
new house office building. There are
not enough rooms in the new building
to provide for all the new congress-
men who will begin their service at
the extra session, and consequently it
was necessary to find quarters else-
where. Representatives Weaver, Mur-
ray and Thompson will keep their
offices in the annex building until the
roof of the house office building is
raised and more rooms provided.
Although it is declared that this work
will be completed by the time the reg-
ular session of congress begins In
December, more conservative ones
hazard the guess that it will be a full
year before proper accommodations
for all can be provided.
Bepresentative Carter has moved
his office from one of the rear corri-
dors of the house office building to one
nearer the main entrance.
Representative Ferris, as chairman
of the committee on public lands, will
retain his handsome three-room suite.
Representative Davenport, who ha*
been occupying a room on the ground
floor, may be given better quarters if
he desires them. The republican mem-
bers of the delegation. Representatives
Morgan and McGuire, will remain
where they are at present. •
Rome.—J. Pierpont Morgan, the
American flnancitr, died here of heart
trouble.
When the death of Mr. Morgan was
seen to be approaching rapidly. Prof.
Bastlanetll and Dr. Dixon forced Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert L. Satterlee, IiIb
son-in-law and daughter, and Miss
Helen Hamilton, who had been in con-
stant attendance, to leave the room.
Mr. Morgan toward the end showed
that he was suffering internally only
by a movement of his right hand.
Otherwise he displayed no sign of
vitality except by continuous heavy
breathing.
Mr. Morgan was unable to assslml-
late the artificial nourishment admin-
istered during his last hours, and his
physical weakness was extreme.
Heart tonics were injected hut these
Brig. Gen. Frederick A. Smith, com-
manding the Fifth brigade of the Sec
ond army division, which wae ru»h*d
to Galveston
CITY OFFICERS ARE RE-ELECTED
While Socialist Strength I* a Fraction
of What It Was Two Year* Ago
Election* Held All Over
the State
L ■
vj
John Pierpont Morgan
had no effect and for several hours be-
fore his death he was in a state of
coma, unable to respond to any ques-
tions or to recognize any-of those at
his bedside.
One of his relatives, Mrs. Fitzsim-
mons, wife of the Rev. M. Fitzsim-
mons, arrived from Cannes and was
shown into the death chamber, out
her presence remained unknown to
the dying man.
Visit to Rome a Mistake.
Suffragette I* Found Guilty
London.—Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst,
the leader of the militant suffragists,
was found guilty and sentenced to
three years penal servitude at the Old
Bailey sessions on the charge of in
citing persons to commit damage.
The trial required two days.
The Jury added to its verdict of
guilty a strong recommendation for
mercy, and when the judge pro-
nounced the heavy sentence of three
years the crowd of women in the
court room rose in angry protest.
As Mrs. Pankhurst stood up in the
prisoners' enclosure, her sympathizers
cheered wildly and then filed out of
court 'kinging “March on. March on,"
to the tune of the Marseillaise.
Besides the four trained nurses In
attendance. Miss Helen Hamilton was
of great assistance to the three physi-
cians, Prof. GutBeppt Bastianelll, Dr.
M. Alien Starr and Dr. George A.
Dixon. During the morning, George
Post Wheeler, secretary of the Ameri-1
can embassey, called to make inquiries
on behalf of the American ambassa-
dor, Thomas J. O'Brien, and was told
that Mr. Morgan had collapsed and
that his condition had been rendered
worse by increasing deafness.
From his arrival in Rome, Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert L. Satterlee had feared
a mistake had been made in bringing
Mr. Morgan to Rome instead of tak-
tng him direct to London, where he
could have been in his own house in-
stead of a noisy hotel and they
thought, too, that the climate of Rome
was too mild and enervating for him
In his condition of ill health.
The financier’s secretary found it
impossible to reply to all the inquiries
and Mr. and Mrs. Satterlee expressed
the desire to inform the inquirers
how touched they were at the mani-
festations of sympathy received.
Burial At Cedar Hill.
New York.—John Pierpont Morgan *
last resting place probably will be in
the mausoleum In Cedar Hill cemetery,
Hartford, Conn., which he had erected
some vears ago in memory of his rath-
er and mother. When the body of Mr.
Morgan reaches here from Rome. It is
expected the funeral services will be
held in the cathedral of St. John the
Divine, toward the construction of
which Mr. Morgan was a large contrib-
utor. . . ..
When the news of Morgan s death
In Rome reached New York expre-
ssions of regret were heard on every
side, in the stock exchange and the
consolidated exchange, expressions of
respect t„ his memory were passed
and flags everywhere were placed at
half mast.
The office of J. P. Morgan and com-
pany closed immediately on receipt of
the news and little news was vouch-
safed l y members of the company.
Oklahoma City—Complete returns
from the thlrty-s'i precincts in Okla-
homa City show that Guy E. Black-
welder. republican, was reelected
commissioner of pub^c works by a
plurality of 1,126 votes over his near-
est opponent. Henry M. Scales, and
that Judge J. T, Highley, democrat,
won the election as commissioner of
public safety over O A. Mitscher, re-
publ, sen, by the small margin of 2j
votes. The figures also show that the
full list of democratic candidates for
the school board, including the candi-
date for school treasurer, received
substantial majorities or pluralities in
every ward.
Commissioner Ulackwelder carried
every ward in the city by large plu-
ralities over his democratic opponent,
and received a plurality vote in every
precinct in the city with the exception
of five. The Scales vote in these live
precincts was small, a» compared with
the larger votes recei$>d in the other
precincts by Commissioner Black-
welder. The vote shows that Scales
failed to poll the democratic vote, as
Indicated in the contest between the
democratic and republican candidates
for treasurer of the school board, by
nearly 900 votes. Woolridge, demo-
crat, was elected treasurer of the
school board with a vote of 2,857, his
opponent, George Hess, republican re-
ceiving 2,459. Scales' total vote was
2,001, Blackw elder's 3,126, a plurality
in the latter's favor of 1,125.
PHE3. HUERTN
AGREES TO RUIT
l “RISING OF ZAPATA HAS EM.
BARRASSED NEW MEXICAN
GOVERNMENT.
CABINET MEMBER TO SUCCEED
Concession I* Made to Pacify Insur-
rectionists of Sonora and
Other District*.
Et Paso, Texas.—To satisfy all fac-
tions lu the Mexican melee. General
Huerta has offered to agree to the
naming of Pedro Lascurain as provi-
sional president. Lascurain would
serve out the uncompleted term of the
late President Madero.
As'minister oi interior relations la
Madero's former cabinet, Lascu sin is
entitled to serve as next in line, in
view of the deaths of Madero and Vice
President Suarez. The Huerta cubtnet
would be retained by the compromise.
This arrangement, it ts said. has
been offered to the constitutionalists
now fighting the Huerta government
in Northern Mexico. It is declared
that Governor Carranza of Coahuila
has agreed and that the Sonora insur-
rectionists will fall In line. The deci-
sion of the president is said to have^
bppn occasioned by the recent uprising
of Zapata In the South, which places
the Huerta forces between two flreH.
Mexican military men estimate that
Huerta has not more than 14,000
troops In all Mexico with which to
meet the situation.
This is even less than Porfirlo Diaz
possessed In combating the Madero
revolution Madero, on taking office,
began recruiting volunteer troops with
the eji-lnsurrectlon flirps as a basts.
In the meantime the regular army was
not recruited to normal strength. The
desertion to the opposing side of the
majority of the volunteer groups lias
left the actual government fortes far
below par.
DAYTON ASSUMES REBUILDING
Plan of Governor Cox for State Aid
Is Generally Approved.
Light Bull Moose Vote.
One of the surprises of the election
was the light vote polled for the pro-
gressive candidates. Oriu Ashton,
candidate for commissioner of public
safety on the progressive ticket, re-
ceived the largest vote of any bull
moose candidate. His vote was 774.
Fred Peckham, progressive candidate
for commissioner of public w jrks,
polled 589 votes. It is contended by
members of that party that the vote
of neither Peckham or Ashton should
be taken as a test of the strength of
ttiat party in Oklahoma City, for the
reason that Ashton practically made
no campaign, and that Peckham a as
unknown throughout the city
The socialist vote cast in the elec-
tion will not exceed 160 votes. Bar-
nard, for commissioner of public
works, received 159 votes, as com-
pared with 1,800 polled by the socialist
candidates for the same office two
years ago.
School Board Members.
The following were elected to the
school board. First ward, long term,
Clark C. Hudson; short term, Fred-
erick B. Owen; Second ward, John
H. Hope; Third ward, James A.
Young , Fourth ward, George E. Flee-
ner. Hudson was elected over F. A.
Gross by 61 votes; Owen over John
W. Riley by 353 votes; Hope over
Wells by 87 votes; Young of Rollison
by 443 votes, and Fleener over I.. A.
Rockwood by 260 votes. Those elected
Tuesday to the board as stated above,
were democrats.
Quinton Election Vold7
Quinton.—When the election ballots
arrived at Quinton It was found that
forms for cities of the first class had
been used while Quinton is a city of
the second class. This, it is said, will
j nullify the election.
Dalton, Ohio.—Through a terrific
lightning storm and over roads which
in places were ankle deep in water,
Governor Cox and members of the
Ohio flood relief commission, accom-
panied by General John C. Speaks and
his military staff. Thursday night re
turned to Dayton from Hamilton,
where they had gone to investigate
the flood situation.
During the trip back the party be-
came lost and traveled miles out of
the way. Friday the party will start
for Ohio river points. Practically all
members of the commission were
agreed with Governor Cox in the plan
announced Thursday of state aid for
the rehabilitation of the points in the
state which have suffered most from
the recent high waters. In Dayton
the plan calls for enactment of r tate
law by which municipalities and oilier
political subdivisions will be able to
Issue bonds Immediately without sub-
mitting the bond isuse question to a
vote of the people.
Uninvited, 200 business men repre-
senting large wholesale houses In dif-
ferent cities Thursday visited Dayton
and assured the merchants that they
would be given plenty of credit on
which to re-enter business.
Dayton’s bread line Thursday fell
off from 82,000 people to 73.000. Sev-
eral of the large manufacturing firms
have announced that they will begin
active operations next week. Tele-
phone, railroad, street car and tele-
graphic communication fast is becom-
ing normal. Governor Cox warmly
praised the relief work Instituted in
Dayton for the flood sufferers by John
H. Patterson. He said:
"The work of John H. Patterson,
the Dayton member of the flood relief
commission, in its generalship and
effectiveness is absolutely without par.
allel. He has not only proved to be
a benefactor to his own city, but to
the state, and all sTiare in the pride
his splendid service has inspired."
Military officials at the headquar-
ters of Adjutant General George a
Wood announced Thursday night that
three looters, whose names they re-
fused to make public, have been ar-
rested and charged with stealing >0I>
stamped envelopes from the postofflee.
To Delay Appointment*
Washington —Secretary McAdoo an-
nounced he would make no appoint-
ments or promotions in the customs
service until after July 1, when the
customs reorganization plan becomes
effective. The new scheme will neces-
sitate a big reduction in the customs
force and as far as poslsble vacancies
occurring in the meantime will be
saved for employes losing their posi-
tions through the reorganization.
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