The Hennessey Clipper (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 11, 1912 Page: 3 of 8
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CONDENSED NEWS
FROM OKUHOIM
1 ME
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF
A WEEK.
Prepared for Our Busy Readers Who
Want the Whole News In
Little Space.
WARNER DISTRICT
SCHOOL NO MORE
HOLD MANKUVKM
NEAR LIAVINWORTH
Board of Agriculture Committee Abol-
ishes the Institution.
Stillwater, Okla.—The college com-
mittee of the Oklahoma state board
of agriculture in session here decided
to abolish the district school of agri-
cultural located at Warner. The com-
mittee decided that the usefulness of
the school to the state la past, that it
has been during the past year a local
Institution only.
The committee will recommend to
the board that the legislature be asked
to make disposition of the buildings at
Warner. The silo which it had been
planned to erect at Warner will be lo-
cated at one of the other schools.
The negro delegation from Boley,
which it was reported would appear
before the board to ask that the ap
propriation for the Warner school be
transferred to the negro school at Bo
ley, failed to appear.
Regulars From Riley and Mllltl®
From Kansas, Misosurl and Okla-
homa to Participate In
a Mock War.
Leavenworth, Kan.—The order di-
recting that a maneuver campaign be
held near Leavenworth from August
18 to 28 has been received from head-
quarters of the central division. Briga-
dier General R. D. Potts is in command
of the central division and unless he
la relieved before the date of the man-
euvers, he will command the troops.
There has been considerable talk in
army circles that the veto by Presi-
dent Taft of the army appropriation
bill might cause the plans for the man-
euvers to be abandoned, but the order
from headquarters dispels this.
Regulars from Forts Riley and Leav-
enworth and militia organizations from
Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri will
take part in the campaign. The Fort
Leavenworth organizations which will
take part are the Seventh Infantry,
Second squadron. Fifteenth cavalry,
Second battalion of engineers, less
OKUMOli NEWS
TUFF REFORM IS
NO DEARTH OF CANDIDATES.
700 File for the August Primaries In
Oklahoma.
Oklahoma City, Okla.—Approximate-
ly 700 candidates have filed with the
state election board for the 135 state, ,
congressional and legislatice district I
offices to b# voted on in the primary
election of August. The filings have
been closed and the last day saw &
rush of candidates for all of the of-
fices save the senatorial. For the
three congressmen at large, thirty
Democrats and thirteen Republicans
are on the list.
The only candidate on the Prohibi-
tion ticket was Thomas P. Hopley of
Enid, for congress from the First dis-
trict. He was an independent candi-
date for governor two years ago.
H. L. Storm of Wagoner is an inde-
pendent candidate for congress from
the Third district, but his name will
be reserved for the general election
Leading Plank of Platform
Adopted by Baltimore Con-
vention.
FAVORS FIGHT ON TRUSTS
Harvard Man Now Major.
Guthrie, Okla.—Captain Jack Aley
of Norman National Guard, has been
promoted to the rank of major, sue
ceeding Major Mont Highley, of Okla-
homa City, resigned. Alley was a for
mer baseball star at Harvard, and is
now professor of political economy at
the Oklahoma state university First
Lieutenant Ross R. Way of Walters
was promoted to captain and detailed
as assistant inspector of rifle practice
for the Oklahoma guard.
Thayer Matfes Bond.
Shawnee, Okla.—Earl Thayer of Ok-
lahoma City, who with W. F. Webber
is charged with blowing the safe of
the Up-to-Date laundry, has made
bond in the sum of $2,500 and released
from the county jail. Webber also is
expected to make bond. The police
assert they have evidence to show
that for two days before the robbery
"Webber stopped at a local hotel under
the name of W. F. Keller.
company M, company D, signal corps, sillco there is no Independent party in
and ambulance company No. 3. The
Fort Riley organization designated
the First and Second battalions, Sixth
field artillery, less one battery each;
Thirteenth cavalry, less two troops.
Kansas will furnish one brigate of
militia, consisting of two regiments
of infantry and one battery of artil-
lery, and Company A, Signal Corps.
Oklahoma, will furnish one regiment
of Infantry and Misosurl one regiment.
The tentative plan of the campaign
concentrates the opposing forces at
Lawrence and Olathe, about thirty
miles apart. The Red force, which
will concentrate at Lawrence, will con-
sist of the Kansas National guard, a
regiment of the Oklahoma National
guard and cavalry, artillery, medical
and signal corps from Forts Riley and
Leavenworth.
The blue force, v/hich will concen
trate at Olathe, will consist of militia
from Missouri, the Seventh infantry,
a battalion of engineers, signal corps
and sanitary troops from the garrisons.
This arrangement will give about a
regiment of infantry on both sides
strongly reinforced with cavalry, ar
tillery and other auxiliary troops.
As the plans are worked out, it Is
contemplated that the maneuvers will
cover a large area In this portion of
the state. The country has been in-
spected and the camp sites located.
the state.
Followers of Taft abandoned their
intention of filing candidates for pres-
idential electors. This decision was
reached following a conference of Taft
people, as to divide the general vote
woud injure the party's chances.
An application came in from E. L
Persons of Chickasha as a progressive
candidate for congressman at large.
The election board has not determin-
ed what will be done with it.
A resolution adopted by the state
election board directs the secretary to
arrange the names of candidates on
the ballot alphabetically, which is the
rule followed since statehood.
Actlen of Republican Administration
In Compromising With Standard
Oil and Tobacco Combine*
Condemned—Views on
Other Subjects.
Following are the principal planks
of the platform adopted by the Demo-
cratic national convention at Balti-
more.
The Tariff Reform.
"We declare It to be a fundamental
principle of the Democratic party
that the federal government under
the Conatltutlon has 110 right or pow
er to Impose or collect tariff duties
except for the purpose of revenue
and we demand that the collection of
such taxes shall be limited to the ne-
cessities of government honestly and
economically administered.
"The high Republican tariff is the
principal cause of the unequal distri-
bution of wealth; It Is a system of
taxation which makes the rich richer
and the poor poorer; under Its opera-
tions the American furmer and labor-
ing man are the chief sufferers; it
raises the cost of the necessaries of
life to them, but does not protect their
product or wages.
"We favor the Immediate down-
ward revision of the existing high,
{ and In many cases, prohibitive tarifT
duties, Insisting that material reduc-
tions be speedily made upon the nec-
essaries of life. Articles entering in-
New Development in Jeffries Case.
Nowata, Okla.—A new development
in the Jeffries murder case came to
light recently when a woman's jack-
et, frayed and with a streak of what j t0 competition with trust controlled
was believed to to be blood on it, was | pro(juct8 and articles of American
discovered and brought in to County j maIlufacture where sold abroad more
Attorney W. V. Thraves by Bernard 1 cheaply than at home could be put
Blum, a farmer. Blum was mowing upon the free list.
weeds in a field a short distance to I „We denounce the action of Presl-
the northeast of the scene of the mur- i dent Tatt (n vetoing the bills to re-
der of Irene Goheen 011 the night of I 4uce the tariff in the cotton, woolen,
April 8. What adds interest to the i metals and chemicals schedules and
mater is the fact that Just after the j the farmers free list bills, all of
coroner's inquest the clothing worn ! whtch was designed to give lmmedl-
by Mrs. Goheen when her body was | ate renef to the masses from the ex
Oklahoma Militiamen Elect.
Guthrie, Okla.—Major Hugh Scott of
| l._
brought in, disappeared, and both the j actjons of the trusts,
defense and prosecution accused the ! -The Republican
Ellis County Has New Court House.
Arnett, Okla. -Ellis county's new
courthouse is almost completed and
the different officials are now moving
In. It will be offiically dedicated later.
The building is two stories in height,
■constructed of re-enforced concrete
and brick, and cost $125,000. It Is a
other of making away with them. The
coat that was found on the field, the
Guthrie was elected president of the county attorney says, is identical with
party, while
Oklahoma National Guard Officers' As-
sociation at a meeting here during the
regular army school of instruction.
Other officers elected were: Captain
Winfield Scott of Enid, vice president;
Captain W. A. Harry B. Gilstrap of
Chandler, secretary; Captain W. A.
Green of Muskogee, treasurer; Colonel
that on the body of Mrs. Goheen when
it was turned over to George Henschel,
a detective, and he is said to have
made the statement that the red
streak on the inside of the coat was
not blood, but tested out more like
red ink than anything else.
source of just pride to the citizens of Hoy y Hoffman of Chandler, and Cap-
this city. Arnett now is pulling for
a. railroad which will connect directly
with Oklahoma City.
tains A. L. Emery of Watonga, R. F.
McArthur of Tulsa, William Hutchin-
son and E. R. Waite, executive commit-
tee. Lieutenant J. B. Culiison and
Captains E. J. Bolend, W. A. Green,
V. M. Locke and Ross R. Way, legisla
tive committee.
School Bond Issue.
Tulsa, Okla—The city commission-
ers have issued a call for an election
to be held July 9 for the purpose of
voting on a proposed bond issue of
$150,000 for the erection of three ad-
ditional school buildings in the city,
and the purchase of additional sites
The schools were badly crowded last o£ ■ & djstance of seven(v.
year and the board of education an- ^ H& Uved ,m hQur after
the accident, but never regained con-
scoiusness. His home is at Tulsa.
Oil Laborer Is Killed.
Sapulpa, Okla.—John F. Robinson, a
laborer in the oil fields near Kiefer
Police Matron Fined For Assault.
Muskogee, Okla.—Miss Winifred Fla-
herty, police matron, temporarily sub.
pended for having taken Mrs. Mar-
guerite J. Thomas, 60 years old, and
Miss Esther Freeburg to the police
station for investigation, was fined
$5 and costs in Justice Charles Wheel-
er's court for assault. Miss Flaherty
was allowed to go on her own recog-
promising tariff revision, has shown
by its tariff legislation that such re-
vision is not to be in the people's in-
terests and having been faithless to
Its pledges of 1908 it should no longer
enjoy the confidence of the nation-
High Cost of Living.
"The high cost of living is a se-
rious problem in every American
home. The Republican party in its
platform attempts to escape from re-
sponsibility for present conditions by
denying that they are due to a pro-
tective tarifT. We take issue with
them on this subject and charge that
excessive prices result in a large
measure from the high tariff laws en-
acted and maintained by the Kepub*
lican party, and from trusts and com-
mercial conspirators fostered and en-
couraged by such laws, and we assert
that no substantial relief can be se-
publlelt? b«fort tht •tocttoa of cam-
paign contribution•—a meaaura de-
manded in our national platform of
1908 and at that time opposed by tha
Republican party, and we commend
the Democratic House of Representa-
tives for extending the doctrine of
publicity to recommendations, verbal
and written, upon which presidential
appointments are made, to the own-
ership and control of newspapers and
to the expenditures made by and in
behalf of those who aapire to presi-
dential nominations and we point for
additional Justification for this legis-
lation to th« enormous expenditures of
money In behalf of the president and
his predecessor la the recent contest
for the Republican lomlnation for
president
Presidential Prlmsrlee.
"The movement towards more popu-
lar government should be preraoted
through legislation in each state which
will permit the expression of the pref-
erence of the electors ffcr national can-
didates at presidential primaries
"We direct that the national com-
mittee Incorporate in the call for the
next nominating convention a require-
ment that all expressions of preference
for presidential candidates ahall be
giTcn and the selection of delegates
snd alternates be through a primary
election conducted by the party or-
ganization In each state where such
expression and election ai-<e aot pro-
vided for by state law.
Term sf President.
~We favor a single presidential
term, and to the end urge the adoption
of nn amendment to the constitution
making the president of ths United
States Ineligible to re-election, and we
pledge the candidate of this conven-
tion to this principle.
Railroads, Express Companies. Tele-
graph and TeJephone Lines.
"We favor the efficient supervision
and rate regulation of railroads, ex-
press companies, telegraph and tele-
lvhone lines engaged lu interstate com-
merce. To this end we recommend
tho valuation of railroads, express
companies, telegraph and telephone
lines by the Interstate commerce com-
mission, such valuation to take Into
consideration the physical value of the
property, the original cost, the cost
of reproduction, and any element of
value that will render the valuation
fair and Just.
Banking Legislation.
"We oppose the so-called Aldrich
bill or the establishment of a cen-
tral bank, and we believe the people of
the counlry will be largely freed from
panics and consequent un employment
and business depression by such a sys-
tematic revision of our banking laws
as will render temporary relief In lo-
calities where such relief is needed,
with i>rotection from control or dom-
ination by what Is known as ths
money trust.
Parcels Post and Rural DaJlvery.
"We favor the establishment of a
parcels post or postal express, and
also the extension of the rural de-
livery system as rapidly as practic-
able.
The campaign contributions plank
pledges the party to the enactment of
a law prohibiting any corporation
from contributing to a campaign fund.
It also limits individual contributions
to a "reasonable maximum."
The Democratic congress Is heartily
commended for lt9 long list of laws
for the benefit of the people after a
generation of unlimited power by the
UDY JURY REFUSES A DIVORCE
COURT AND BOTH ATTORNEYS
WERE WOMEN.
Colorado Case, Brought Before Fe-
male Justice, Results in Verdict
for More Man.
Meeker, Colorado.—A suit for di-
vorce, brought by a woman here,
heard by a woman judge, prosecuted
and defended by women attorneys,
and lastly decided by a Jury of 12
women, resulted in a victory for the
husband. The feminine Jury, without
leaving the box. returned the verdict
denying Mrs. Hiram E. Peck a divorce.
Cruelty and failure to properly sup-
pi/ her financial needs were the al-
legations made by Mrs. Peck.
Attorney Hazel Clark represented
the plaintiff and Attorney Eva Skin-
ner defended Mr. Peck. Judge Mar-
guerite Harp occupied the bench. The
I clerk of the court was Miss Dorothy
Smith, all residents here.
Mrs Peck, who is a large woman,
In her testimony asserted that Peck—
who is a very small man—violently
assaulted her with a deadly weapon
following her request to him for a
small amount of money, and finished
'.he job by cruelly dragging her around
the room by her hair.
Cross-examination brought out the
( interesting; information thai Mrs.
Peck had been nominated for office
by one of the political parties and had
demanded $ 1 t'O from Peck for cam-
paign expenses; that Peck, owing to
temporary financial embarrassment,
had been unable to furnish the money;
and that Mrs Peck then proceeded to
"pound it out" of him.
In the melee. Peck grabbed a feath-
er duster, and with this deadly weap-
on succeeded in striking his militant
spouse.
FIVE FELL FROM BIG DIRIGIBLE
Vaniman's Great Airship Explodes,
Dropping Entire Party Into
Ocean.
nounces that additional facilities are
Imperative.
nizance pending an appeal of the case.
Scores of leading club women attend- cured for the people until Import du-
ed the trial to lend moral support to ties on the necessaries of life are ma-
the work that has been carried on in terlally reduced, and those criminal
Muskogee since the office of police conspiracies broken up.
matron was established. One of the Anti-Trust Law.
attorneys for the plaintiff spoke of wo- "a private monopoly Is lndefensl-
men interested in such work as a an(j intolerable. We therefor© fa-
Adultery Hearing Postponed.
Alva, Okla.—The hearing of J.
J.
Train Severs Leg.
Shawnee, Okia.—Luther Parker, I
aged 19, of Texarkana, Ark., fell from |
a freight train in the Rock Island yards i Rodden and .Miss Bertha Brown of
here and his right leg was cut off close Waynoka, charged with adultery, was
to the hip. He was beating his way postponed until July 15. The state
wheat 1 will summon as its chief witness, the
"bunch of hens,' and said they should
devote their attention to saving the
yor the vigorous enforcement of the
criminal as well hs the civil law
girls before they are ruined. "I shall against trusts and trust officials, and
from Texarkana to the Kansas
fields. He is dangerously injured, but
expected to recoTer.
Railroad Sued For Overworking.
Guthrie, Okla—The Rock Island rail-
road has been sued for $2,500 by the
government here. The suit, filed by
the United States attorney, asks that
amount because the Rock Island al-
lowed five of its men to work more
than sixteen hours. The petition states
that on January 12, five men worked
on a "local" out of Sayre, Okla. The
engineer, A. L. Nelson, Conductor J.
P. Johnson, Fireman J. B. Brock, and
two trainmen, J. M. Strockburger and
J. H. Flesh, worked from 6:30 p. m.
until 12 o'clock noon on January 13.
The penalty in each case Is $500 of
convicted. This Is the third suit of
this kind that has been filed against
a railroad in the western side of the
state in the past three weeks.
wife of Rodden who is said to live in
Texas.
go to jail rather than pay the fine,'
said Miss Flaherty. "I was doing my
duty as it had been assigned me." A
suit for $15,000 damages was filed
against Miss Falherty and her bonds-
men by Miss Freeburg.
Officers Mean Business.
Bartlesville, Okla.—By the fact that
Self Defense Plea of Garners.
Muskogee, Okla.—The three Garner
brothers, arrested for the shooting of
demand enactment of such additional
legislation as may be necessary to
make It Impossible for a private mo-
nopoly to exist in the United States,
"We condemn the action of the Re-
publican administration In compro-
mising with the Standard Oil Com-
pany and the tobacco trust and Its
failure to Invoke the criminal pro-
visions of the anti-trust law against
Atlantic City, New Jersey.—In view
of three thousand spectators, the big
dirigible balloon, Akron, was shat-
tered by the unexplalnable explosion
of the gas bag in midair, a half mile
off shore over the Assecon inlet
Melvin Vaniman, who had built the
airship, with the idea of Hying across
the Atlantic ocean, Calvin Vaniman,
his younger brother; Fred Elmer, Wal-
ter Guest and George Hourtillion. his
crew, fell more than a thousand feet
into the bay and were killed.
The dirigible had been in the air
since early morning. It was a quar-
ter of a mile south of Brigantin®
beach, which is across the inlet from
this city. The huge envelope, con-
taining thousands of cubic feet of gaa
was sailing majestically.
Then the watching thousands saw a
puff of (Ire and smoke near the middle
of the great gas bag.
The flames dissipated and then the
ship, outlined against the surface was
seen to fall like a plummet.
In the descent something that ap-
peared to be the body of a man shot
out to the left of the wreckage and
hit the water before the rest of the
descending mass. It was the head-
less body of Melvin Vaniman.
the Bartlesville liquor dealers have re- | Uoney shoemake and son Noah, near ( the officers of those corporations aft-
ceived no notice that their government
licenses expire July 1, it is understood
that no new federal licenses will be
issued to the bootleggers of Eastern
Oklahoma following the law forbid-
ding liquor to be shipped into this part
of the state. It has always been the
custom for the government to notify
the bootleggers of the expiration of
their licenses a month in advance,
Gritts, made a plea of self-defense
when placed in the county Jail by Dep-
uty Sheriff* Hefley and Parker of
Webbers Falls. According to the story
told by the young men, the elder Shoe-
make started the trouble by rising in
his buggy and starting to shoot. They
were unarmed, excepting Joe, who re-
er the court had declared that from
the undisputed facta in the record
they had violated the criminal provis-
ions of the law.
"We regret that Sherman anti-trust
law has received a Judicial construc-
tion depriving It of much of Its ef-
ficacy, and we favor the enactment of
turned the fire and soon placed tha | legislation which will restore to the
Shoemakes on the defensive. He shot j statute the strength of which it has
■ oil v' IiJfll\">? VM1 tllv UCICIIO* * v# 0,1
From the failure of these notices to be 1 Boney through both legs and then shot i been deprived by such Interpretation
sent it is inferred that federal officers ! xoah through the body. The condition I Income Tax and Popular Election of
are in earnest in their efforts to stop
the sale of liquor.
*
LaKemp After Railroad.
LaKemp, Okla.—A bonus of $35,000
to secure a railroad is being raised by
I^aKemp and other towns in this part
of the country that expect to bring the
total up to $100,000. Several promoters
already are looking into the proposition
and it is almost an assured event.
Mother Induces Convict to Return.
McAlester, Okla.—Homer Godder,
alias Fred Wilson, who escaped from
the state penitentiary in March, 1911,
returned the other day and surrender-
ed to the wrarden. He escaped by trav-
eling through an abandoned coal mine
under the prison grounds and has been
in Massachusetts since. His mother
who lives in Sapulpa, Induced him to
return. When he escaped he had but
four months of a two-year terra to
serve. He must now serve the full two
years.
Dope Fiend Killed.
Sapulpa, Okla.—Lulu Edwards, bet-
ter known here as "Cocaine Lou," was
killed by a Frisco passenger train af
ter she lay
sleep off the effects of a heavy load
of Noah is said to be critical. The
Garners offered no resistance when of-
ficers came to arrest them.
Clothes Cleaner Dies From Burns.
Guthrie, Okla.—Van Ferguson, who
conducted a clothes cleaning shop at
down on the tracks to | Roosevelt, Kiowa county, received
burns from which he died seven hours
The accident happened about a mile | later. A gasoline stove exploded, ig-
north of Keifer. The engineer at- ] niting his clothing. Ferguson rolled
tempted to stop the train after seeing ! on the floor until the flames were ex>
her lying on the track, but he was un- j tinguished, but he had received fatal unanimoua
successful. | burns.
Senators.
"We congratulate the country npon
the triumph of two Important reforms
demanded in the last national plat-
form, namely, the amendment of the
federal constitution authorizing an In
come tax and the amendment provid-
ing for the popular election of sena-
tors, and we call upon the people of
all the states to rally to the support
of the pending propositions and secure
their ratification.
We note with gratification the
sentiment In favor o<
Republican party. The next plank
arraigns the Republican party for VVATtR R0U TE TO SOUTH AMERICA
waste of "the money wrung from the
people by oppressive taxation."
A plank on rural credits la of im-
portance. It 1b recommended that an
Investigation of agricultural credit so-
cieties In foreign countries be made
looking toward devising a suitable sys-
tem for the United States. A water-
ways plank provides for federal con-
trol of the Mississippi and other wa-
terways. The plan Is to maintain an
average depth on the big river so It
will be navigable, and construct docks
to prevent further floods This plank
also favors draining of all swamp
lands.
The platform favors post roads. It
reaffirms its declarations In the 1908
platform in regard to labor. It holds
there should be a modification of the
lnjunctional laws.
It also recommends a department of
labor with a cabinet offloer.
The conservation plank la also of
Importance and holds that ccmserva-
tion and development should proceed
for the benefit of all the people. Im-
mediate action Is favored to make
available the coal deposits of Alaska.
A pure food and public health plank
declares for the union and strength-
ening of the various governmental
agencies relating to pure food, quaran-
tine, vital statistics and human health.
This department should be adminis-
tered without partiality or discrimina-
tion In favor of or ajjalnst any school
of medicine. The civil service law
should be honestly and rigidly en-
forced Legislation la favored to pro-
mote law reform. The "policy of em-
Is 'de-
First Vessel Leaves, Opening Service
Between Mississippi Valley
and Brazil.
New Orleans, La.—Inaugurating ser-
vice between the Mississippi val-
ley and South America, the British
steamer Inkum of the recently formed
Mississippi Valley, South America &
Orient Steamship company sailed
from this port for Brazil, carrying a
cargo valued at more than $1,000,000.
The new service is designed to pro-
vide for all water shipments from
the Mississippi valley cities to South
America, and the departure of the first
vessel was made the occasion for an
official demonstration which was at-
tended by many business men from
cities of the Middle West.
New Organ for Zion.
Zion City, 111.—A new pipe orga#,
one of the largest in the world, has
just been installed in the tabernacle
here at the direction of Overseer
Wilbur Glenn Voliva and dedicated.
Students from the University of Chi-
cago, Northwestern university and
Lake Forest college and officers from
the United States naval training sta-
tion at North Chicago were among
the invited guests.
perlallsm" in the Philippines
Mrs. Simpson's Petition Faulty.
Wichita, Kansas.—Mrs. Jerry Simp-
son, widow of the late congressman
from the seventh district, who tiled
nomination papers in the district
court here to become a candidate for
nounced. ' It favors the declaration of j county superintendent on the Sociai-
the Independence of these islands.
Arizona and New Mexico are wel
coined to the sisterhood of states.
1st ticket, failed to have ample names
on her petitions, and they were thrown
out.
Negro Pleads Guilty,
Guthrie, Okla.—William Johnson, ;
the negro farmer of Seward, who was
arrested and placed in the county Jail
several days ago on the charge of in- 1
cest, was taken before Judge Huston
of the district court at which time he
pleaded guilty. After hearing some j
of the evidence in this case, Judge
Huston decided to wait until a later
day to pass judgment on the negTO.
The minimum penalty for this offense
Is ten years and the maximum is Ufa
Indians Refused Sun Dance.
Guthrie, Okla.—Deforest Antelopt
and seven other Cheyenne Indian sub
chiefs returner the other day from
Washington, where they went two
weeks ago to secure permission foi
the restoration of the sun dance and
other aboriginal religious ceremonies,
and also the use of the peyote as a
tribal medicine. In reply, Commls
sioner Valentine of Indian affairs, sayi
the sua dance and the use of the drug*
Is forever barred by statut#.
The Old-Fashioned Fire.
Could anything be more refreshing
than the smell of the old-fashioned
wood fire In late spring or early au-
tumn? There Is something grimy In
the reek of coal, and the odor of gas
is nauseating. Modern Inventions
may have brought their "conveni-
ences" but a staid old senator, who
lately i>assed beyond, Insisted that
when he wanted a real night of com-
fort, after the family had all gone
south for the winter, he would hie
bom*, build an old-fashioned
wood fire In the cook stove and sit
around as in his old boyhood days on
the farm. "What memories It re-
calls," he would say, "to hear tl^e
crackle of the wood and salff the
smoke that seems to be purifying .
ss. . 1 a homeless woman,
rather than oppressive! —'Affairs
and Folks," Joe Mitchell Chappie, In
Joe Chappie's News Letter.
Two Killed In Fire.
Louisville, Kentucky.—Two persons
were killed and three dangerously in-
jured in a fire which destroyed a sec-
ond floor dormitory in a business
building here. One of the victims was
Insinuation,
"Fish if a good brain diet."
"I suppose you take weakflsh
your*."
Fire at Rossville.
Topeka, Kansas.—Most of the busi-
ness section of Rossville, 17 miles
west of Topeka, was destroyed by fire.
The Are started in a restaurant and
burned several other buildings. Tt i
loss la about $20,000.
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The Hennessey Clipper (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 11, 1912, newspaper, July 11, 1912; Hennessey, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc105821/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 29, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.