The Hennessey Clipper (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 7, 1912 Page: 3 of 8
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EDWARD HINES
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TERROR OF THE "FRESH AJR" SLEEPER OROZCO JOINED INSURGENTS
Lumberman who has been expelled
from the Union League club of Chi-
cago on charges connected with the
Lorimer Case.
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T. R. WILL ACCEPI NOMINATION
Replies to Letter of Governors Ask-
ing Definite Statement—Note
was Brief But Positive.
New York, X. Y.—"I will accept ttie
nomination for president it' it is
tendered me and 1 will adhere to this
decision until the convention has ex-
pressed its preference "
That is Col. Theodore Rooseveli's
faster to the letter of seven Repub-
lican governors asking him to stand
for nomination. The eagerly awaited
reply was given out at Col. Roose-
velt's offices here in his absence on
a trip to Boston. It was unexpected-
ly brief, but definite.
The letter was to the following gov-
ernors:
William E. Glasscock, of Nebraska;
Robert 1'. liass, of .New Hampshire;
Joseph M. Carey, of Wyoming; Char-
les S. Osborn. of Michigan; W. R.
Stnbbs, of Kansas, and Herbert S.
Had ley, of Misourl.
Efforts of Col. Roosevelt's friends
to induce him to make an earlier ,
declaration of his attitude on the pres-
idential question hail been unavailing.
BRR~k! I WtSH
Some would
uWTU-: VWUOW
fORMrf
REPORTED AS LEADING FORCF
OF 1,400 MEN.
Large Numbers Moving on Juarez
Cause American Government
Much Uneasiness.
depart-
10 TALK DAIRYING TO FARMERS FAlaf bs ask new legislation
BATHTUB PROSECUTION FAILS
Surprise Caused by Discontinuance
of Case Because of Lack of
Evidence.
Detroit, Mich.—The government
caused a surprise in its criminal suit
against the so-called bathtub trust
when, after announcing that the
prosecution's case was closed. Kdwin
P. Grosvenor, special assistant go At-
torney General Wickersham, moved
that the case against Jive of the de-
fendants be nolle prossed on account
of lack of evidence The court grant-
ed the motion.
Mr. Grosvenor said the case against
the first five defendants was discon-
tinued because the <our had ruled
that the price contracts entered into
after June 6, 1910, were not admissi-
ble as evidence
HEARSE STUCK IN SNOWDRIFT
Funeral Party Compelled to Abandon
Body on Road and Leave it
Over Night.
Salina. Kansas.—A funeral party
that had gone from this city in the
afternoon accompanying the body of
J. J. Cline, from Culver to Highland
cemetery, two miles east of \ew
'Cambria, became stuck in a snow
drift a mile from the cemeterj and
the hearse was almost out of sight.
The team was taken from the hearse
m members of the funeral party
ered to the neighboring farm-
•S. ses where they stayed all night.
The body was not taken from the
hearse.
MISSOURI COMMISSIONER AR-
RANGES FOR LECTURE TRAIN.
All Towns Along Line of Burlington
in Northern Part of State to
be Visited.
Columbia, Missouri.—Dr. W. P. Cut-
ler has arranged with the Chicago,
Burlington Quincy railroad for a
special dairy, poultry and good roads
train to leave St. Louis March and
spend the week along the northern
line of that road through Missouri.
In order that the farmers shall miss
no time from :hei 1 spring plowing.
Dr. Cutler has arranged to have the
telephone exchange in the cities
through which the train will pass
notify the farmers five hours before
the train is to arrive.
The lecturers on the trip will in-
clude Dr. YY P. Cutler, dairy commis-
sioner: K. A. Ikenberry, dairy inspec-
tor: Thomas Quisenberry, director of
the poultry experiment station at
Mountain Grove; K. C Lawry, direc-
tor of the Yesterlaid Poultry Farm
at Pacific, Mo.; Dr. William K. Tay-
lor. soil culturist; Curtis Hill, state
highway engineer.
At the request of the Hannibal
Commercial club the night sessions,
of which there will be four, will be
divided with the promoters of the
northern cross state highway. Sid-
ney Roy, secretary of the Hannibal
club, will meet the special train at
Palmyra with a delegation of boosters
The next day while the dairy and
poultry lecturers are busy with the
day stops the good roads men will go
ahead to the next night stop and ar-
range for the meeting. These joint
meetings are to be held at Palmyra,
Brookfield, Cameron and Marvville.
The special train will leave St.
Louis at S o'clock the morning of
March f . Stops will be made at every
town of consequence between St.
Louis and St. Joseph.
Convention at Salina Adopts Resolu-
tion Showing a Few of the Many
Changes Desired.
Salina, Kansas.—President Waters
of the state agricultural college made
the principal address to the Farmers
Co-Operative and Educational union
convention here.
The resolutions adopted by the con-
vention declare for the protection ot
the farmer without regard to the mid-
dleman. the repeal of the Barnes high
school law, the reduction of appro-
: priations for the higher institutions of
learning and the distribution of the
I funds among the public schools of the
state, the repeal of the laws providing
for county assessor and truancy of-
j licers. the enactment of a parcels post
law. the changing of the state organ
j of tne organization, the Farmers' j
I'nion, from a monthly to a weekly
paper, and the state publication of
! school books.
Washing on, D. C. '
merit official* were concerned by re-
ports from Colonel Steev« r in char;.,
of the American forces patrolling
the Mexican border, confirming p:c -
dispatches that large forces of the
rebels were moving on Juarez, oppo-
site LCI Paso, Texas.
The advices stated that General
Orozco was leading one ol these
forces with 1,400 men.
Officials of both the Sta e and War
department consider recent develop-
ments in northern Mexico as ominous
and are watching closeh every move
of the government and the various
rebel forces From Casas Gi ancles a
rumor has come of a serious state of
affairs, with a large rebel force mass
ing there.
The rumored movements of General
Orozco are attracting much attention.
Chihuahua continues a hotbed of re-
bellion. A few parts of the republic
are quiet, but others continue to fur-
nish a basis for the deep concern
felt here All the women and chil-
dren living at Velardena and Asarco,
where the American Smelting and Re-
fining Company is, are reported to
have left the vicinity. Disturbances
are reported in Orizaba and Jalapa
and Soledad in the state of Vera
Cruz.
American troops are prepared to
cross the"border at various points the
next time this country has anything
to do with the Mexican situation.
OUR STATE CAPITOL LETTER
■DOINGS OF THE OKLAHOMA STATE OFFICERS-
A Brief Resume of What Our "Hired Men" Are Hoing, How
I hey Spend Their I irne. Etc.
FARMERS TO LEARN OF DRAINAGE
Kansas Agricultural College Ar-
ranges to Run Special Train
for Instruction.
SHOW UP STANDARD OIL HISTORY
Court Ruling in Waters-Pierce Case
Permits Wider Scope of
Inquiry.
St. Louis, Missouri.—Judge Kensey
overruling a decision of Jesse Mc-
Donald. special commissioner, before
whom depositions were being taken
in the Waters-Pierce-Standard Oil
legal battle, made it possible for the
Pierce faction to go into the history
of the Standard Oil company's con-
nection with the Waters-Pierce Oil
company and into the business liis-
ory of the three men proposed by
the Standard as directors lor the
Waters-Pierce.
The court declared that a wide
scope should be given in the inquiry
and that the antecedents of the stock
which the Standard voted at the
annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Waters-Pierce company could
he shown.
Manhattan, Kansas.—The increased
crops for two seasons would pay for
drainage tile needed to reclaim thou-
sands of acres along the Neosho
river, upland unwell as lowland
To help these farmers and to make
every acre in that part of the state
produce its highest yield, the Kansas
agricultural college will send out a
special train, March 5, with men well
qualified to give the proper, helpful
suggestions. This will be called the
drainage and good roads train. It will
leave Junction City Tuesday morn-
ing, March 5, over the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas and will complete
its itinerary at Paola Saturday after-
noon.
BIG LAND SHOW IS NOW OPEN FRANKLIN SAYS HE IS GUILTY
Exhibition at Kansas City Promises to A f _ „ _
Be Greatest Affair of Kind °\C S; °*rr°W A"USed of At'
Ever Held tempting to Bribe a Juror—Is
a Detective.
HIGHWAY ENGINEERS TO MEET
Letters Indicate Large Atendance at
Annual Session of Missouri
Body at Kansas City.
Columbia, Missouri.—The 64 coun-
ty highway engineers in Missouri and
the judges of every county court in
the state have been invited by Cur-
tis Hill, state highway engineer, to
attend the fifth annual session of the
County Highway Engineers' associa-
tion at Kansas City March 13 and 14.
There is a widespread interest over
the state in concrete road making and
concrete bridges, says Mr. Hill. An-
swers to to the letters being sent out
indicate that a large number of the
counties having highway engineers
will be represented at the meeting.
A Medal for Mr. Knox.
San .JUan Del Sur, Nicaragua -The I
day ol the arrival of Secretarj Knox !
in Nicaragua is to be declared a pub- j
lie holiday throughout the country.
Mr. Knox is to be accorded presi j
dential honors and'will be presented j
br the government with a medal espe-
cially cas' in commemoration of Ihe
event
Lost Girl Returns.
Wichita, Kansas.—Miss Uolly FruU,
20 years old, the Independence. Kan.,
girl who come here to visit a sister
last Thursday, and who was reported '
to the police as missing, appeared af-
ter she had been notified that she I
was being sought. She had been at
the home of a friend, she said, during
the storm.
Army Officer in Prison.
Leavenworth, Kansas.—Samuel n.
Orchard, formerly first lieutenant, I
third infantry, U. S. A., began a sen-
of two years at the federal peni-
tentiary for embezzlement. He is the
only army officer now in the prison.
Reward if Unmarried.
Liouisvillc, Kentucky.—Two hundred
dollars reward for the capture of bis
daughter, "unmarried," is offered by
K. T. Mel.in of Helenawa, Ky., a rich
blue trass planter. She has eloped
from her home.
Kansas City. Missouri. A l oinbina
tion of a display of the choices! prod-
ucts of farm and orchard from all
sections of the I'nited States and an
exhibition of the newest mechanical
inventions for use in modern farming
and orchardizing, is included in the
great land show which is now open in
Convention hall here.
The show is being conducted under
the direction of Louis W. Buckley
with the assistance of a commitee of
SO of the most prominent farming
and business men of the Southwest.
Mr. Buckley was one of the big fac-
tors in both the Seattle and Rtiffalo
exhibitions and predicts that the land
show will be one of the most success-
ful undertakings of its kind ever at-
tempted.
Killed by a Somnambulist?
Guymon, Ok.—That he might have
shot Louis Powman, but he was
asleep if he did so, was the state-
ment made by Fred Miller to the po-
lice. Miller, who is being held is a
somnambulist and persons who know
him say that an absolute lapse of
memory in connection with his
somnambulistic actions is nothing un-
usual with him.
lola Cement Plant to Open.
lola, Kansas—The lola Portland
Cement company has announced it
will resume operation at capacity
March 1. About SOU men will return
to work. The plant was closed
three weeks ago.
Approves White Slave Law.
Berlin, Germany.—The Reichstag
passed the first reading of a law rati-
fying the international white slavery
convention drawn up May 4, 1910, at
the I'aris conference, which makei
tbu crime an extraditable offense.
La Follette's Name Added.
Lincoln, Nebraska—Senator Robert
La Follette's name was added to the
list of candidates to be voted on at
Nebraska's presidential primary by a
petition filed by Senator Corriclc of
the La Follette State league.
Trains Tied Up.
Topeka, Kansas.—It has been many
years since railroad traffic was as
completely tied up in Kansas as it is
now. The Santa Ke has eight pas-
senger trains tied up between Dodge
City and Raton and five at Newton.
Los Angeles, Cal.—Bert Franklin,
a detective employed by Clarence S.
Darrow, pleaded guilty to having at-
tempted to "influence" Robert Main,,
the first juror sworn to try .lames B.
McNamara, the confessed dynamiter
now serving a life term in San
Quentin prison.
The original charge against Frank-
lin of having bribed Bain was dis-
missed.
Child Saved by Skin Grafting.
Ooldfield. Iowa.—To save the life
of three-year-old Selmar Amosson
ten sturdy farmers bared their arms
to the sugeon's knife and gave strips
of skin an inch wide and Ihree or
ST. JOSEPHS CHARTER FAULTY
Omission of Words Must be Corrected
by Legislature Before Bonds
Can be Issued.
St. Joseph, Mo—By the new eity
charter, which provides that to issue
bonds "two-thirds of the voters of
the city must be for the issue," St.
Joseph may be prevented from voting
$900,000 in improvement bonds until
the next legislature can correct the
charter. The original draft of the
charter had the words, "two-thirds of
the voters voting ai such election,"
but the last part was stricken out
with a pencil. Attorneys say it would
be impossible to obtain the required
number of votes under the charter as
it 1b.
four inches long. The little boy was
burned six weeks ago and rhe only
way to save his life. Dr. J. L. Pep-
pers said, was to graft skin on the
wound, which covered an area of
nearly 100 scpiare inches.
Teachers to Topeka.
Topeka, Kan.—The executive com-
mittee of the Kansas State Teachers'
association met here and decided that
the next annual meeting of the asso-
ciation should be held in Topeka No-
vember 7, 8 and 9.
Shot at a School Play.
Many, Louisiana. — Eight persons
are wounded and one of the injured
may die, as a result of the use of
firearms in a pioneer day scene by
pupils of the Florien school.
Refuse to Pay Street Car Fare.
Kingston, Jamaica.—Serious trouble
is feared by the authorities here
owing to the dissatisfaction of the in-
habitants of Kinsgston against the
alleged imposition of a Canadian com-
pany which operates an electric street
railway here. The high feeling among
the populace culminated in large
crowds riding on the cars and refus-
ing to pay rtieir fares, took possession
of the cars and the service was dis-
continued lor five hours.
Fighting Loan Sharks.
Chicago Illinois.—At a certain ex- j
pense of thousands of dollars and a
possible expense of thousands more |
Concrete Coffins for Dogs.
Chicago, Illinois.—An exhibitor at
the cement show announced that his
firm would manufacture concrete cof-
fins for dogs and other household
pets because of numerous inquiries
from owners.
More Pay for Telegraphers.
Toi>eka. Kan.—The Chicago Rock
Island & Pacific railroad announced
that, dating from February 1, all tele-
graphers on the system have been
granted an 8 per cent increase in
Wag 68.
The Chicago & Northwestern Hail-
road company has entered on a defi-
nite fight against salary loan sharks.
Murder Suspects are Released.
Guthrie, Oklahoma.—Love Craw-
ford, a negro is the only one of the
half dozen arrested in connection
with the murder here last week of
Joseph KroUokey of Topeka, special
Santa Fe de ective, who still is heid.
Turks Prohibit Navigation.
Constantinople, Turkey.—Official no-
tice was sent to all the powers that
the Dardanelles had been closed to
navigation owing to the activity of
the Italian warships on the coast of
tiyria.
KNOCKOUT BLOW TO
GROSS REVENUE TAX
Supreme Court Holds Law Unconsti-
tutional as Being Double Taxa-
tion—Will Not Effect Reve-
nues for Fiscal Year,
Says Cruce.
Oklahoma's gross revenue tax law.
which has been a source of great ob-
jection on the part of public service
corporations operating within the
state, was dealt a knockout blow b>
the supreme court of the Fnited States
when the highest tribunal held that
I the statute was unconstitutional.
It was held by the court that the
gross revenue tnx statute imposed an
additional tax to the customary assess-
I ments made upon these corporations.
Attorney (leneral West, who has
t been appearing before the supreme
I court in the tax case estimates that
i the state will be loser to the extent of
I $3,000,000 by the decision. The case
j has been pending in various courts
j since 1900, and none of the money the
! state would have collected under the
! gross tax law. has been paid.
The express companies who obtain-
j ed an injunction against Ihe enforce-
I ment of the statute, calimed that the
' law was one designed to interfere with
interstate commerce, and its eonten-
! tion too, was upheld by the court. It
was also cited the Oklahoma law was
I practically identical with the Texas
| law declared unconstitutional about
| three years ago.
—
"The decision of the supreme court
will have no effect whatever insofar
I as the reveneus for the present fiscal
j year are concerned." said Governor
Lee Cruce. "The board of equaliza-
tion in levying taxes for the current
year did not take the gross revenue
tax into consideration, a- the question
then was in litigation, and there could
! of course, be no forecast of the out-
come. Ample revenues for all ex
I penditures accordingly were arranged
for from other sources.
"The decision will have the effect
of keeping the ad valorem taxes high-
er in future years than they would be
! if the gross revenue ta xiaw had been
held constitutional, because we will
be cut off from revenue by that
source. This year, however, it will
make no change."
Money for Public Health.
Governor Cruce was the chief speak-
er before the session of state and coun-
ty health officers, held in Oklahoma
City the other day. He announced his
sympathy with the work and stated
that he had gladly signed the bills
which aided in stamping out contag-
ious and infectious diseases. The gov-
ernor said he did not think the legis-
lature had been liberal enough. lie
would gladly approve bills calling for
larger appropriations for public health
purposes, he said. Public, money ap-
propriated to stamp out disease among
people the governor said, was a better
investment than that employed in pre-
venting diseases among animals alone,
and he urged the doctors to place this
phase of legislation properly before
the people. Communicable diseases,
discussed by the health officers, fol
lowed the governor's address. Later
in the day the officers went to Nor-
man to inspect the state laboratories
and the hospital for the insane and
there was a general discussion on the
meningitis situation.
Governor Honors Requisition.
Requisition on the governor of Ar-
kansas for the return to this state of
J. E. Rabon, was issued by (lovernor
Cruce. Kabon is wanted in Jefferson
county on a charge of obtaining money j
under false pretenses It is alleged i
that he represented to K W. Miller,!
cashier of the State Hank of Ryan,
that he was the owner of certain live-'
stoc k, upon which sec ured a loan j
of $1K4.
Shortage Caused by Dirt.
In the complaint, of W. P. Fortson
against Harris Iry Cotton company be- i
fore the corporation commission, |
.charging shortage in ginning cotton,
it was held that the shortage wrfs
caused by dirt and the ginner was not
responsible.
Haileyville First Class City.
A proclamation 1 .* been issued by
Governor Cruce, def lating Haileyville
to be a city of the first class. At an
election held February (J, 20S votes
were cast in favor of the higher class-
ification and 47 against it.
Morse to Washington.
J. D. Morse, president of the South-
western Oklahoma Irrigation associa-
tion, has gone to Washington where
the Red river irrigation project will
be presented to the reclamation service
and the Oklahoma delegation in Wash-
ington. A mass of information con-
cerning the north fork of the Red
river project, once surveyed by the
government was taken with him in ad-
dition to contracts signed by several
hundred land owners whose farms will
be under ditch.
; CLINE SMITH AN
IMPETUOUS YOUTH
8upt. Wilson Rep.ies to "Remarks" of
Late University "Prof."—Depar-
ture in No Way Will Disturb
Policy of Institution He
Says.
Ihe attack on the external manage-
ment of the tate university by George
Cline Smith, former assistant instruct-
or in economics at the institution, who
recently resigned to accept a position
at Cornell, has drawn a warm reply
from State Superintendent R. I!. Wil-
son, who has just returned from an in-
spection trip of a number of state In-
stitutions Superintendent Wilson
said:
In regard to what Prof. George
Cline Smith of the state university is
quoted as saying: I desire to say lam
possibly not been recognized by the
possibly not ben recognized by the
university authorities as his opinion of
himself leads him to believe he should
be.
"When Mr Smith was graduated
from the university he was given a
position as an assistant in the univer-
sity. Whether this position was ten-
dered him on account of his ability or
from political pull, 1 do not know. He
was recommended last year and re-
elected by the board of education and
if politics ever had anything to do
with his position at the university it
was certainh when lie was elected the
first time.
Stock Shipments Regulated.
Regulations governing the move-
ment of southern cattle into Osage
county from February 16 to July I,
1012, hn\e been issued b> M. F. Ikard,
superintendent ol live stock inspection
of the state board of agriculture. Cat-
tle originating below the state and
federal quarantine line entering Osage
county for holding east or the state
quarantine line through Osage coun-
ty, must be dipped once in the stand-
ard arsenical solution in any of the
vats located at Hominy, Wynona, Nela-
gon.v, Skiatook. Bigheart, Myers and
Blackland, Okla. Cattle to be held
west of the state quarantine line
and east of the federal quarantine line
through Osage county must be dipped
twice in tlie arsenical solution with
an interval of from seven to ten day si
between dipping \ Cattle must be
free of live ticks at the time of sec-
ond dippings. The first dipping must
be done at any of the foregoing sta-
tions, but the last dipping shall be
done at Blackland.
Governor Favors Home Granite.
A delegation called on Governor
Cruce the other day to talk over Ihe
granite situation in the construction of
the new capitol. They found the gov-
ernor ver\ enthusiastically in favor of
using as much Oklahoma material as
possible in the construction of the new
capitol and in everything else that
is built in Oklahoma. He took occa-
sion to remark that there is a marked
contrast between street paving in var-
ious Oklahoma towns, with the odds
very much in favor of the towns that
use the native asphalt. Statistics
show that nine million dollars are
sent to the eastern states for granite
that could be supplied from the differ-
ent shades and grades of granite In
the different parts of the state of Ok-
lahoma. and besides a great sum can
be saved upon the freight. The state
itself owns forty acres of the solid
granite mountain at Granite, Okla.
Railway Pays Its Fine.
The corporation commission found
it unnecessary to levy upon the prop-
erty of the Iron Mountain railway at
Nowata to satisfy fines amounting to
$705, levied by the commission against
the company for alleged violation of
commission orders. Before the levy
was made the general attorney of the
railway company sent the amount of
the fine to the commission.
"Posies" For State Officials.
Two hundred potted plants, mostl>
geraniums and spring beauties, were
received at the state house the other
day to be distributed among the vari-
ous offices. They are a gift from Su-
perintendent of Parks Frankie, of
Shawnee, who owns a large nursery
in that city.
Delegate to Drainage Congress.
Oklahoma will be represented at
the National Drainage congress to be
held in New Orleans April 10. by W.
H. Darrough of Hugo. This appoint-
ment was announced by Governor
Cruce.
Governor Cruce Appoints Delegate.
F. Ward of Woodward, has been
appointed delegate to the Southern
Sociological congress to be held at
Nashville, Tenn., May 7 to 10, by Gov-
ernor Cruce. Ward is to take the
piace of David Marum, who was un-
able to go. Ward is a Tennesseeau
by birth, has been away from that
state for the last forty years, and is
looking forward with anticipation to
his visit. James A. Arnold of Sayre,
the other Oklahoma delegate, was ap-
pointed some time ago.
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