The Krebs Banner. (Krebs, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, November 23, 1906 Page: 4 of 10
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THE KREBS BANNER.
Hrebl, Ind, T*r.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY
B. WILSON EDGELL
BUBRCRIPTION ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM
NEW STATE NEWS.
The First National bank of Chick-
aaha has been designated as a gov- j
eminent depository.
The Commercial bank of El Reno
opened last week. The officers of the J
institution are C. It. Miller, president;
C. M. Standard, vice president, and i
Earl Beebe, cashier.
As a mark of sympathy for Judge
W. H. H. Clayton, whose wife was at
death’s door, the United States court
of appeals met at South McAlgster
and adjourned until November 30 and
the district court until December 3<
Mrs. Clayton has since died.
R. B. Windsor, Frisco agent at El)
gin, indicted on a charge of murder-
ing E. A. Flynn about a month ago
has made $5,000 bond and been re-
leased from the Comanche county
Jail.
Harrison Barker- of Daugherty, I.
T., has raised two bales of cotton on
one acre of land. Many Oklahoma
farmers have done equally as well.
It will be hard to make southerners
believe such reports unless they have j
been in Oklahoma, but the farmers
claim they can produce the proof.
Oklahoma as a cotton state is the best
ever.
At a special meeting of the Mus-
kogee city council the report of the
equalization board was approved. The
report shows the value of property as-
sessed this year is eleven million
dollars. The tax levy was placed at
twenty mill&. ■
A fire at Alva destroyed the horse J
bam of J. W. Maxey. A. D. Sturms
and Charles Brooks of Freedom,
Woodward county, lost two and three
valuable horses, respectively, the an-
imals perishing in the flames. Some
vehicles w-ere also destroyed.
Ret Millard, Osage Indian agent,
announces that a payment of $310,000
including $00,000 interest, $70,000
grass money and $150,000 royalty on
oil, will be commenced on December
3. Full bloods only will be paid the
first three days, after which annui-
tants will be paid in the usual man-
ner.
The Stillwater city council has [
granted a franchise to the Oklahoma j
Natural Gas company to supply the j
town with natural gas. The pipe line j
will come from the north and pass
through Pawnee, Stillwater, Perry,
Guthrie and Oklahoma City.
Avery Persliall was instantly killed
and his companion, J. A. Scott, seri-
ously injured, in a runaway accident
near Blackburn, in Pawnee county.
Both men were prominent farmers.
The Indian Territory portion of
greater Oklahoma needs about 5,000
live and active constructors of roads.
They hardly have any straight and
passable roads at all. Towns like
Davis, Wynnewood and Ardmore had
to pay the expenses of all the roads
and bridges made in their parts of
the country. Several hundred voters
were kept from the polls by reason of
bad roads or no roads. The first Ok-
lahoma state legislature will, no
doubt, do needed doctoring of the
sorely afflicted road question.
Entire Territory Shaken.
SANTA FE: Between 3 and 4
o’clock Friday morning Santa Fe was
shaken for several seconds by an
earthquake which rocked houses but
did no narticular damage.
USING DEPARTMENT ’PHONES.
A Business Man Thinks the Rulejs
Too Rigidly Observed.
Gets Freedom by Chance
"It strikes me that in some of the
departments they are enforcing the
‘no telephoning’ rule a trifle too rigid-
ly,” said a Washington business man
to a reporter.
"I had occasion to telephone down
to the postoflice department the other
day on business regarding the inter-
ests of a surety company in which I
am interested, and which goes on the
bonds of a large class of the employes
in the postal service.
“This is, of course, strictly official
business, and there was nothing per-
sonal about it. One of the clients of
the company in a western state wrote
us that there was some trouble with
his bond, and as we are the Washing-
ton representatives it was our duty to
communicate with the department and
ascertain the facts. But when I en-
deavored to get . 'ephonic connection
with the division where this business
is transacted, and I could have ob-
tained the necessary information no-
where else in the department, I was
informed that it was against the rules
to make such a connection, although
1 expressly stated the nature of my
business.
“In consequence I had to leave my
office and makd the trip to this division
on foot, and I wasted an hour where
five minutes’ time or less over the
telephone would have cleared the mat-
ter up.
“While I am aware that perhaps the
telephone service by clerks and their
friends outside of the departments
has been abused, and because thereof
the general rule against these con-
nections has been promulgated, I fail
to see why the government cannot,
when necessary, be communicated
with by telephone through its official
representatives when business men or
others have official business therewith,
just the same as a business house. It
is certainly an unnecessary waste of
time to require persons having busi-
ness thus easily settled in such in-
stances to make personal journeys to
the departments where it is trans-
acted. Questions, the answers to
which do not require long research on
the part of the clerks, can be an-
swered just as readily over the tele-
phone as in the personal presence of
the business man at the department,
and I think in such instances as I am
referring to the rule is contracted to
unnecessary limits.”
SHOULD BE IN CAPITAL.
Most Appropriate Place for Headquar-
ters of Patriotic Orders.
"All the soldier and other patriotic
organizations in this country should
have their headquarters in Washing-
ton, and eventually they will.” Thi3
statement was made by Capt. Edward
Trencliard of the Army and Navy
club and the Aztec club, before the
na ional encampment committee of
the United Spanish War Veterans, at
the Hotel Regent. Capt. Trencliard
was introduced to the assemblage by
Capt. Orville G. Victor as one who "is
intensely interested in soldiers and
their societies.”
Continuing, Capt. Trenchard said
that even though the national com-
manders of patriotic organizations be
elected from the states, there should
be a grand central structure erected
in this city in which headquarters of
all the associations could be located.
He predicted that there would be
such a consummation, and requested
the Spanish war veterans to push the
project along. He said the wrar with
Spain had produced great and lasting
results, and gave the American peo-
ple “an imperial republic” with ter-
ritory beyond the sea.
"There cannot be too many patri-
otic associations,” declared Capt.
Trenchard in conclusion. “They are
the great leaven of true Americanism
and are destined eventually to save
this country.”
MURDERER LIBERATED THROUGH
MAN WHO PROCURED HIS
CONVICTION.
Spends 23 Years Behind Bars of Au-
burn (N. Y.) Prison—Met Justice
Jenks, His Benefactor, by a
Strange Accident.
New York.—The circumstances that
led to the release recently of Giuseppe
Guidici from life imprisonment in Au-
burn prison show what an important
factor chance is in the career of some
men. Twenty-four years ago a mere
boy in intelligence and experience
came to this country from Italy. Be-
hind him he left his four-year-old
sister, Anna, whom he promised to
bring over as soon as he had made
enough money. Three months later
he was under sentence of death for
the murder of a countryman whom he
shot in a quarrel.
He was first taken to Sing Sing,
where his good behavior and quiet
demeanor won him the praise and con-
fidence of the prison officials, and in
1890 he was transferred to Auburn.
For 20 years Guidici labored behind
prison bars, utterly despairing that
ho would ever become a free man
again. Last February, however, by
strange chance, Justice Almet F.
Jenks, of the appellate division of
the supreme court, who in 1894, as
assistant district attorney of King’s
county, conducted the prosecution of
Guidici, met him in Auburn prison.
The justice, in company with Jus-
tice Nathan L. Miller, had gone to
Rochester to attend a banquet given
to the justices of the appellate divi-
sion, and was the guest of Justice
Rich, who suggested a visit to the
prison. It was Sunday, and the ward-
en, in showing them around, chanced
to call Guidici, who was near by, to
bring him a key. When the convict
returned, Justice Jenks, much im-
pressed with the quiet demeanor of
Guidici, made inquiries about him.
When told the history of the man,
the justice suddenly recalled that
he had conducted his prosecution.
Questioning the warden still further,
he learned that of all tfustworthy and
well behaved convicts in the prison,
Guidici was the model. He had earned
the confidence of the warden and the
keepers, and for 11 years had been
a trusty with the freedom of the
entire prison. Justice Jenks was
touched, and calling the prisoner to
him, said:
"Guidici, do you remember me? I
was the district attorney who sent
you here.”
“No, sir,” replied tile prisoner.
“Would you like to be free?” con-
tinued the justice.
"Yes, sir, I would,” rejoined Gui-
dici. "I am contented here; they
treat me very well, hut I would like
MOTHER GOES TO SCHOOL.
Girl Who Eloped at 17 Returns to Her
Books for Baby’s Sake.
Cincinnati.—One of the brightest
and most industrious students in Glen-
dale college is Mrs. Howard James, a
mother 19 years old. She lives in
Springdale, about two miles from the
college. Every school morning she
feeds her baby and gives it into the
care of an aunt, then takes up her
books and starts for the college.
She is the daughter of Rev. Adolph
Lehman, pastor of the Springdale
Presbyterian church. About two
years ago she eloped with Howard
James, also of Springdale. She had
just completed her second year in the
Glend tie high school. The bride was
then 17 and the bridegroom, son of a
former pastor of the Springdale Pres-
byterian church, was 23 years old. Ho
had just became a student in the Mi-
ami medical college.
A few mouths ago a daughter was
to be free. I have been here co long;
23 years,” and bowed with grief, the
convict hung his head while tears
rolled down his cheeks.
Justice Jenks was much affected,
and promised Guidici that he would
try to secure his pardon. From that
day he, as well as Justice Miller, la-
bored until they obtained a full par-
don for Guidici from Gov. Higgins.
But the kind hearted justices did not
stop there. They wanted to make
the man’s future as secure as pos-
sible, and accordingly Guidici has
been sent to Cortlandt, N. Y„ where
Justice Miller has a farm. There
work will be given Guidici for the
rest of his days.
On his arrival in this city from
Auburn, Guidici was looked after by
GIUSEPPE GUIDICI.
(Man Whom Chance Freed from Life
Imprisonment.)
Harry States, special officer of the
appellate division, who at the expense
of Justice Jenks took him to places
of amusement and showed him the
many changes that had taken place
in the city in the past 23 years. He
also spent much time in the Justice’s
chambers, where he has been shown
marked attention and kindness.
When Guidici was convicted he
spoke no English, and was unable to
read or write. To-day he is a differ-
ent man. During his long confine-
ment he studied a great deal and
speaks English fluently and with in-
telligence. He is about 53 years old.
To a reporter he said:
"Yes, I am happy to he free. I
was very kindly treated in the prison,
but I'm glad to he out. More than
once I despaired of ever being a free
man, and now I am going to start
life all over again. The crime that
I committed in a moment of anger
has been atoned for, and in the future
I will do my best to balance the
evil committed, hut above all, I shall
never forget Justices Jenks and Mil-
ler.”
Of his sister in Italy he said he
had not heard since he went to prison,
but he will try to find her and bring
her to live with him.
born to the couple, and it was this
fact^ Mrs. James says, that made her
think of entering Glendale college.
She felt that for a mother upon whom
would devolve the preliminary edu-
cation of her child she was not well
enough equipped for the duty. So
she decided to take the special course
which she is pursuing at Glendale
college.
The husband’s school days are not
yet over. He is finishing his course
at the Miami. He too, starts off
every morning with his bag of books.
Thus there is a great kissing of baby
and a “day-daying” to her as the fond
parents leave their home together on
the way to school.
Decorated Arabian Women.
Arabian women have their faces,
hands, arms and ankles tattooed with
crosses, crescents, etc.
Money isn't everything, but it often
makes a good imitation.
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