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THE CLIPPER, HENNESSEY. OKLAHOMA.
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FEDERAL AID FOR THE ROADS
Postmaster General and Secretary of
Agriculture Rccommend a Larger
Appropriation.
Washington, D. C.—The plan of the
United States to aid in state road
building is practical, according to the
report or the Postofflce Department
and the Department of Agriculture,
the departments which handled the
half million dollar fund appropriated
by the government for the purpose
last year.
Tile departments encountered nu-
merous obstacles in the distribution
of the money, but the report recom-
mends that another million dollars he
appropriated to carry on the work
next year.
The obstacles that the Postofflce De
partitiont and the Department or An
riculture encountered in their joint
elTort to dispense the half million dol-
lars good roads fund appropriated by
the last congress for the purpose of
experimenting in federal aid to good
roads building, are interestingly told
in a report submitted to congress by
Postmaster General lturlcson and Sec-
retary of Agriculture Houston.
BULGARIAN ATROCITIES ARE CONFIRMED
NEW MOVE BY THAW LAWYERS
"Writ of Habeas Corpus Unexpectedly
Withdrawn—Move May Prolong
^ Proceedings.
Sherbrooke, Quebec Harry Thaw's
Canadian attorneys have withdrawn
tlie writ of habeas corpus obtained in
his behalf, and the fugitive from
Matteawan will not be arraigned in
the superior court as had been ex-
pected. The withdrawal of tlie writ
may prolong the proceedings indefi-
nitely.
% The United States forces and asso-
ciated counsel fighting for the return
of Harry K. Thaw to Matteawan an-
nounced that in Iheir opinion the
move of the defense to abandon the
writ of habeas corpus could not be
done without formal permission of the
court and that in any event Thaw
"would be forced into court.
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HAS NEW NOTE FROM MEXICO
Although Lind Has Left the Capital
Minister of Foreign Affairs Re
sumes Negotiations.
City of Mexico.—President Wilson's
personal representative, John Lind,
and Frederico Gain boa, the Mexican
minister of foreign affairs, again are
exchanging notes on the subject of
relations between their respective gov-
ernments, notwithstanding that Mr.
Lind has already left the capital and
that President Wilson's other agent.
William Bayard Hale, has planned to
leave immediately.
Senor Oamboa's note, which he says
is in reply to one he received from
the American envoy, was sent to Mr.
Lind at Vera Cruz. The Mexican for-
eign minister is reticent as' to the
character of the exchanges, but un-
officially it is said they will not alter
the situation.
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DOXATO
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RUINED
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T hese photographs, reproduced from the London Illustrated News, show conclusively that the stories of atroci-
ties committed by the Hulgarians during the wai of the allies were not exaggerated. Serres, Doxato and other
places were wantonly burned and many of the inhabitants massacred.
WORLD'S GREITE5T Ml
SISTE f'lB fillll RACES
With entries assursd from half a j
dozen of the world's greatest automo-
bile dare devils, the management of
the Oklahoma State Fair and Exposi-
tion, Oklahoma City, September 23 to
October 4, 1913, is going ahead with
plans for the last two days of the fair,
October 3 and 4, on a more elaborate
scale than ever before. The presence
of a galaxy of speed demons will fur-
nish a (Stting climax to all the big
things that have gone before on other
days of the big annual exhibition at
Oklahoma City.
At the present time, a majority of
the world's half mile track records
He is enthusiastic over his chances to
beat a world's mark for half milo
oval, with his Simplex Zip.
Disbrow is already well known in
Oklahoma for his daring as he has
twice stopped off on his way to (,al-
veston, for the beach races, to give
exhibitions at Tulsa, where be is a
big favorite.
No sooner had the report spread
over the state that Disbrow had ac-
cepted terms to take part in the Okla-
homa State Fair races, than his
friends at Tulsa, Sapulpa and Mus-
kogee began making arrangements
for tours to Oklahoma City on October
WILSON GIVES II UP
MEXICO TO BE LEFT TO ITS OWN
DEVICES BY THE UNITED
STATES.
ENVOY LIND IS RETURNING
A MISSOURI STRIKE ENDED
Miners and Owners in Farmington
District Accept State Arbitrators
Plan of Settlement.
Farmington. Mo.—The strike in the
lead belt of southeastern Missouri has
been settled. The miners agreed to
accept a wage increase of twenty-five
cents dfday. The Western Federation
of Miners was not formally recognized
in the settlement
The plan of settlement, to which
both union men and mine owners
agreed was that submitted l> the
state board of mediation and arbi-
tration. The plan provides that if
any miner feels that at any time he
has been unjustly treated, he may
submit his grievance to the state
board of arbitration. The mine own-
er agrees to abide by tin- decision of
the board.
STILL SELL THEIR CATTLE
All Records at the Kansas City Stock-
yards for a Single Day Were
Broken.
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Kansas City.—The cattle market j
here has broken a record. Thirty-
eight thousand cattle wen* n eelved j
at the yards in one day recently,
which is the largest number ever re-
ceived in the city in the same tin e
The previous record was made Oc-
tober 5. 1908, when 3o.-M0 cattle were
received The same day i-> also rec-
ord day in the live Western markets
—the receipts totaling S:!,000, of
which nearly half were marketed
here. The receipts here are more
than half of the total number of cat
tie received in the six days last j
week.
The market is steady to fifty cents
lower Several loads of prime Mis-
souri steers weighing 1,060 and 1.100
pOUSlds sold for $0.
Bristow Stenographer Shot.
Washington, I). — Francis A Kell*
ly, a private stenographer for Senator
Bristow of Kansas, was shot and prob
ably fatally wounded on the street
here. On his way to the hospital,
Keilly accused his chum. It. 11.
Schultz, of the shooting
Took Nanking From Rebels.
Loudon.—An Exchange Telegraph
company's dispatch from Shanghai
has announced that Xankiiu has fal-
len, depriving the rebels of their last
stronghold.
President Informally Read His Mes-
sage on the Situation to the Sen-
ate and House Foreign
Committees.
Washington, I). C.— President Wil-
son read to the members of the sen-
ate committee on foreign relations
and the house committee on foreign
affairs—Republicans as well as Demo-
crats—the message on the Mexican
situation which he will deliver in per-
son to a joint session of both houses
of congress.
It is a message of friendship, not
hostility, and precedes a policy of ab-
solute noninterference. It proclaims
to the world the sympathetic feeling
that the United States government
and the American people have for
their neighbors in the rebellion torn
republic south OT the Rio Grande; it
records the views of the United States
on constitutional government, its un-
alterable opposition to governments
set up by the irregular and arbitrary
acts of ambitious individuals, and fi-
nally announces that the government
of Victoriano Huerta shall not be rec-
ognized.
The efforts of the United States to
bring about a peaceful settlement of
the difficulty through the representa-
tions made by John Lind, special en-
voy ^)f President Wilson, are outlined,
as well as the answer of the Huerta
government.
The President's message received
practically unanimous approval. The
future course of this government will
be one of non-interference, in the
hope that the effect of its present ef-
forts and the pressure of foreign gov-
ernments will constitute a moral
suasion that ultimately will bring
about peace in Mexico. The message
makes it plain that there will be no
lifting of the embargo on arms:
Secretary Bryan sat beside the
President as the latter read his mes-
sage.
A message from John Lind, per-
sonal representative of President Wil-
son in Mexico, said that he had said
good-bye to Foreign Minister (Jamboa.
and had left the City of Mexico. Ne-
gotiations so far as Mr. Lind is con
cerned have been terminated. The
I'nited States will receive any further
proposals through Charge d'Affaires
O Shaughnessy of the American em-
bassy. '
HAS A NEW INSURANCE ROW
Accident Companies Threaten to With
draw From Missouri Because,
of Stringent Laws.
St Louis, Mo- As a sequel to the
mysterious death of J, F. Lucas, a
grain broker, on a St. Louis & San
Francisco train near Valley Park.
Mo., agents of several accident insur-
ance companies here have threatened
their companies would withdraw from
Missouri because of the severity of
the state's life insurance laws.
The statute to which they object
compels the payment of policies in
suicide cases except when fraud in
taking out the policy is proved.
End Near in C . B. & Q. Strike.
Chicago.— Many points of differ-
ence net ween the management of the
Chicago, lUirlington & Quincy Rail-
road and the trainmen have been set-
tled in advance of mediation, and a
complete settlement is in sight
Fatal End to Chicken Dinner.
St Louis. Mrs. Myrtle Neff is dead
and her husband. Harry Neff, and two
boarders at her home are ill with
ptomaine poisoning which resulted
from eating chicken dumpling at their
Sunday dinner.
GIRL DRAGGED BY BALLOON
Young Woman Aviator Was Unable to
Free Herself From Ropes
in • Nebraska.
Lincoln, Neb.— Dolly Labelle, a j
young woman aviator, whose home is j
at Green Hay, Wis., was injured at
Havelock near this city while attempt- i
ing a balloon ascension and parachute I
I descent. The rope which cuts loose !
the parachute from the gas bag failed j
to work and the young woman hang- |
ing in the midair became entangled !
in the ropes and was bound securely j
j to the crossbar to which she was i
clinging.
! The balloon finally descended al- j
most to earth and then hounded up- ■
ward and dragged the helpless woman \
through underbrush and barbed wire ;
fences until tlie gas bag collapsed.
When found in a field, she was un-
conscious clothing torn from her, and
her body cut and bruised. Her con-
dition is critical, but physicians are
hopeful that she will recover.
HUERTA MAY RECONSIDER THE
UNITED STATES PROPOSALS
FOR PEACE IN MEXICO.
WILSON'S MESSAGE DELAYED
President to Withhold Communication
to Congress to Give the Mexican
Government Time for
Action.
Washington, D. C.—The Huerta ad-
ministration in Mexico may reconsider
its rejection of the American pro-
posals to restore peace in Mexico and
arrange a new basis for negotiations
with the United States.
Strong intimations to this effect
reached official Washington along
with the information that the finan-
cial condition of the Huerta adminis-
ELECTION LAWS PROPOSED tration was such that a crisis was
imminent.
£90 Horse Power Jay-Eye-See, world's biggest gasoline dreadnaught entered
in Oklahoma State Fair and Exposi tion auto races.
The Senate Committee Is Drafting a
Bill for Choosing United
States Senators.
Washington, D. C.—To forestall
further disputes over the election of
senators in accordance with the re-
cent direct election amendment to the
constitution, the senate elections com-
mittee is preparing to propose a cer-
tain regulatory legislation.
Senator Walsh of Montana and a
subcommittee are working on a bill
which will provide an extension ot
state laws for electing representatives
in the various states to the election
of senators. Thia not only would au-
thorize governors to call special elec-
tions to till vacancies but would au-
thorize the election of senators at the
regular elections.
Sees End of Risk Companies.
Chicago "In ten years private in-
surance companies will he a memory
and the government will be doing the
business unless the underwriters wake 1 as his elimination from the presiden-
up and meet the demands of the ! tial race in the subsequent election.
Should the Huerta government de-
cide to enter into a new basis of dis-
cussion, withdrawing its contentions
as expressed in the Huerta note re-
plying to the proposals communicated
by Mr. Lind, President Wilson in all
probability will not read his message
to both houses of congress as he in-
tended.
The President made no effort to
prevent the house from adjourning
until Tuesday. It had been supposed
that he would read the message Mon-
day and would ask the leaders in con-
gress to arrange a joint session. Fail-
ure to send any word to the leaders
was interpreted in official circles as
meaning that the United States had
practically given the Huerta govern-
ment until Tuesday to make up its
mind finally as to what it would do.
It is positively reiterated that the
United States will continue to insist
on the resignation of Provisional
President Huerta or an announce-
ment of his intention to do so. as well
are held on Canadian tracks where
most of the automobile competition
takes place. There are no road races
nor a semblance of a speedway in
the northland. But of all the tracks
raced on by the American drivers in
Canada not one is superior to the Ok-
track, and if Louis Disbrow has an
lahoma State Fair and Exposition
even break in luck during the Okla-
homa State Fair races it is better
than an even break that he will place
a new mark in the record books for
the mile speed trial.
Before signing a contract to take
part in the State Fair races on Oc-
tober 3 and 4, Disbrow paid the Fair
track a visit, stopping off on his way
from Galveston, Tex., between trains.
3 and 4. Agents of automobiles in
these and various other cities in the
state are taking an active part in pre-
paring tours for big State Fair events.
Of the drivers already entered in the
Oklahoma State Fair and Exposition
race meet, three of the m hold world's
j records. Disbrow has to his credit no
less than seventeen world's marks and
is probably the biggest individual
holder of speed honors in the gasoline
world today. "Wild Bill" Endicott has
been a foremost figure in automobile
racing for the last eight years, and
holds a number, of records. Joe
j Nikrent holds seven world's records
and the names of Clauf Newhouse,
Eddie Hearne and others have been
isecured.
DEMOCRATS PLAN OA!
AT TOE STATE FAIR
people," said
K. Dickson of Chi-
cago, in addressing the opening ses-
sion of the convention of the Ameri-
can Association of Accident Under-
writers here.
Music Halls Bar Johnson.
l^ondon.—"Jack" Johnson's music
j hall engagements in London have
been ' postponed" on account of the
I intense resentment displayed on all
I sides. It is understood that the post-
' ponoment will lie made permanent
I later.
Death for Child's Slayer.
Atlanta, (5a.—A sentence of death
j was pronounced upon Leo M Frank.
I convicted of murdering Mary Pha-
| Kan. His hanging was set for Octo-
ber 10.
Raps Wilson Mexican Plan.
London, Eng.—The Saturday Re-
view. in a leading article, savagely
attacks President Wilson's Mexican
policy. It says President Wilson Un-
consciously is playing the game of
those in the United States who want
control of Mexican politics in order
to fill their own pockets."
FACTORY HEAD CONVICTED
Leo Frank. Superintendent of Atlanta
Pencil Plant, Guilty of Young
Girl's Death.
Atlanta. (la. -ueo M. Frank was
found guilty of the murder last April
| oi Mary Pliagan, 14 years old. an em-
ploye at the local National Pencil
Company's factory, of which Frank
was superintendent.
All spectators had been excluded
Frank W. Van Tuyl mistook his ' from the courtroom when the jury
| wife for a burglar and shot and killed reported, but a large crowd which had
I her in their home in Kansas Cltv I assembled outside the courthouse re-
' Kan . shortl.v after 1 o'clock the other ceived the news with noisy demon-
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS
morning
Slavery In the full meaning of the
j word exists throughout tlie Philip-
| [lines, even "fn the city of Manila, and
peonage is general in the islands, ac-
cording to a special report Commit)-
; sioner Dean Worcester has made to
i ho insui.ii' government.
strations.
Frank, who by agreement of coun-
sel, had been permitted to remain in
his cell in the county jail, was in-
formed of the jury's findings an hour
later and heard his fate unmoved, al-
though his wife, who was with him,
collapsed.
J. E. Rowan,
two children and
'urs old, his wife ! Held Up a Railroad Station.
his sister-in-law | Fort Smith. Ark. Two masked ban-
Mrs Allen Wood Smith, all of llrack- j dits held up and robbed the Iron
enridge. were killed when their mo- j .Mountain passenger station at (lore,
tor car was struck by a special train j ok . of $115 at midnight after thev
on the IVnnsylvania railroad at l.ane- covered tin* station agent and Oper-
ville, near Freeport, Pa. j ator with revolvers.
Two men were killed instantly and j
a third probably fatally Injured when
a thri i wheeled gasoline "speeder"
they wt re riding on the Missouri, Kan- i
sfts & Texas railroad tracks crashed j
h> ad-on Into tile engine of a freight ^ Hrazos Valley
i train at lligbte. Mo.
A Half Million Railway Yard Fire.
Ti ague, Tex.—Twjiiiy acres of
Irttildiugs were burned and approxi-
mately 12 million dollars damage was
done by lire which swept the Trinity
railroad shops
William F\ McCombs, chairman of
the Democratic National Executive
Committee of New York City, is to be
the guest of the Young Men's League
of Democratic Clubs of Oklahoma on
Democratic Day at the State Fair In
j Oklahoma City, Wednesday, October
1. McCombs has accepted the invi-
j tation upon the condition that he will
j be, present if his health permits. He
| is now in Germany recuperating from
! an operation for appendicitis and ex-
j poets to arrive in the United States
1 about September 1, coming to his for-
J iner home In Arkansas for a few
| weeks rest.
[ Other speakers invited for the oc-
i casion are United States Senator?
Gore and Owen of Oklahoma, an<i
Reed of Missouri, and Governor Lee
('nice. The program will begin with
a state-wide rally and banquet Tues-
day night, September 30, which will
consist of speeches by the younger
Zulu Girls Do Not Work.
The girls in Zululand are not al
lowed to work until they marry, be
cause the stronger they are the mora
their husbands will pay for them, so j
until after they are sixteen they have J
a good time. After marriage they do'
all the work for their husbands, whoj
sit about and watch them.
Max O'Reil on Woman's Status.
"The Frenchman is his wife's lover:
the German her master, and the
American her slave." Such was the
late Max O'Rell's verdict; and few
men could speak on tile subject with
more authority.
Baseball Truism.
A pitcher may fool some of the
batsmen all of the time, and all of
the batsmen some of the time; but
now and then they get together and
knock him out of the box.
j democratic leaders from all parts of
the state, music, and various other
| forms of entertainment. This will be
| followed with a parade from the city
j to the fairgrounds at 9 o'clock Wed-
nesday morning. October 1, where the
i program will be held in the Audi-
! torium.
( State President W. B. Richards haa
j called a meeting of the district chair-
men of the several congressional dis-
I tricts and the members of the execu-
| tive committee for the evening of Sep-
tember 30 at which time plans for ex-
tending the work of organization Into
every county of the state w ill be taken
up and outlined.
President Richards announce? that
a silk banner will be offered as a pr;a«
for the congressional district bring-
ing the largest delegation, and a silver
loving cup will be presented by the
Oklahoma County club to the largest
county delegation. The Oklahomn
county club will enter none of the
contests, and will act as host for the
visiting delegations.
Enemy of Rhetoric.
Another thing that depresses us
slightly is to refer in our classical
way to Jove's bolts and then have the
linotype machines make us speak of
'em as Jones'—Ohio State Journal.
And So Get Nowhere.
Te reason some people never put
heir best foot forward is because
they reserve it exclusively for kicking
purposes.
Waste Not, Want Not.
Hundreds would never have known
want if they had not first known
waste.—Spu rgeon.
Good Book.
Thtft is a good book which Is
opened with expectation and closed
with piofit.—Alcott.
Combination That Wins.
Some men are able and some are
energetic; the winners are both.
Church Article Long Hidden.
A secret chamber was found br
workmen while engaged in the belfry
of St. Sampson's church, Guernsey,
the Channel islands, containing a high
altar, candlesticks, and the base of
a censer. It is presumed that the arti-
cles were hidden at the time of the
reformation and have remained there
over 300 years.
Worth Knowing.
If a package of value is to be sent
a great distance, it Is an excellent
idea to provide the box with a cover
of unbleached muslin securely sewed
in place. If the shelves and floors of
closets are wiped with water which is
hot and cayenne pepper, insects will
be kept away. Itorax and alum are
good to put into the cracks.
Coaxing the Children.
A mother who wished her children
to drink a glass of water each morn-
ing on rising, found it somewhat hard
to interest them in the daily health
drink. As an inducement she gave
them a bundle fo confectioners' straw,
and now they enjoy their moniin*
drink immensely.
Knowledge by the Foot.
Information was formerly mean-
tired by the page; |t may soon be com-
puled by the foot One motion pict-
ure firm IS sending out letters an-
nouncing that it has In stock 10 000
feet of architecture, 30,000 feet of
science a,,I 90 feet of geography.
The \\ orld s Work.
Will Be Kept Ouny.
A man who tries to fool everybody
maps out a plan that makes an eight-
hour working day .eem easy by com-
parieou.
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