Cleveland County Enterprise (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 36, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 7, 1917 Page: 1 of 8
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•TldAL XBWSPAl'ER OF CLEVELAND COUNT* ANOTHK CITY OF NORMAN
CLEVELAND COUNTY ENTERPRISE
CONSOLIDATION OF CLEVELAND COUNTY ENTERPRISE, NORMAN
NUMBER 'i
NORM AX. OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY MARCH 7, I'.Ms
VOL. XXVI.
SELF DEFENSE
PLEA OF HOLDEN
Jury Secured at 10 o'Clook This Morn- j
ing and Testimony Being Offered— I
Holden's Attorneys Making harnest
Fight for Their Client—I'ruitt Out- j
BULLETIN
Hv t tiiled l'ress.
London. March 6.—The armed
mercantile cruiser Calagarian was
torpedoed and sunk L riday. the
British admiralty officially an-
nounced today. Two officers and
fifty-six men were lost.
M.C. BOGLE BUYS Marcf iict Court PROBLEM
FINE HERD HOLSTEINS
The March, 1918 term of the dis- I
trict court for Cleveland county con-;
The following from the Plymouth j Vened yesterday (Monday) with
(Wis > Reporter indicates that our Judge F. B. Swank presiding. er>
(W'S-> 1 —utile "wu- .lone the first day except
STILL UNSETTLED
Baseball Camps
Near Soldiers
The jury that will decide the fate of
Chas. Holden, on trial for the murder
of Grover Fulkerson on August 24,
lf'17, was secured at 10 o'clock this
(Wednesday f morning, after the de-
fense had exhausted every one of its
nine peremptory challenges. The state
peremptory challenged only one juror,
waiving all its other challenges.
The following are the jurors:
R. F. Gill, farmer, Norman.
W. C. Wilson, farmer, Moore.
Thos. I.ewis, farmer, Lexington.
Chas. Herzog, farmer, Lexington.
Ed Ross, farmer, Lexington.
' George Carpenter, farmer, Lexing-
ton.
L. J. Feurbourn, farmer, Lexington.
W. L. Waddle, farmer, Lexington.
C. A. Moody, bookkeeper, Norman
Elbert May, farmer, Lexington.
that our
fellow citizen and famous Holstein
The Calagarian was a steel steamer ,man, M. ('. Bogle, is continuing his
l ight tor ineir I lit-...—. — i 17515 tons built at Glasgow >n : activities along the line of securing
lines Defense, Which Is Self Defense 'she was owned by the Allan ,be linest and largest herd of Ilol-
and Unlawful Attack by an Officer. Ltea^ship line am| was managed by,gtejng j„ Oklahoma. This one hundred
1 the Canadian Pacific ocean service, hea(1 win certainly be a great addi-
limited. She was registered at Glas-'ti0n to his Cleveland county holdings.
lie expects to arrive with them to-
Belfast, Ireland, March 6.—Surviv- ni„ht (Monday) or tomorrow, The Re-
ors of the submarined steamer Cala-|porter says:
garian declared today that forty-five The news that the Plymouth Can-
minutes elapsed between the firing of njng Company have disposed of their
the first and second torpedoes that iallre herds at private sale will be a
struck her. disappointment to many who have al-
The first torpedo did little damage, ways taken advantage of their annual
they said, but the second penetrated spring sale to get the cream of She-
the engineroom, killing most of the beygan county cows.
crew in that part of the ship. Many "it has been the practice each fall
lifeboats were blown to atoms. for the past seven years for the corn-
Rescue ships worked magnificently pany and its manager, F. W. Traxler,
the survivors said. to be represented at all public auc-
tions held where farms have changed
•A. M. Wagoner, farmer, Noble.
Immediately after jury was em-
paneled, County Attorney Cheatwood
read the information, which charged
Chas. Holden and John Jay with fe-
loniously killing Grover Fulkerson on
August 24, 1917, at a point some two
miles southwest of Norman, and At-
torney Ben Williams outlined what
the state expected to prove, viz: That
Grover Fulkerson, in the discharge of
his duty as deputy sheriff, had stop-
ped these two men with intention of
searching their car, a Ford roadster,
for liquor; that he told them he was
an officer, and of his desire to search
their machine; that they resisted the
search, and, when he attempted to
place the body in the car. They came ownership or tenants, and theie buy,
to the Short residence, where Jay told I regardless of price, all the best cow*
Mrs. Short that "this man (pointing that are due to freshen in February,
Elbert May, farmer, Lexington. to Fulkerson) shot this nian <H°lde^V ^ave brought buyeVhere from
J. M. Weeks, farmer, Norman, R. ^2 Jay said,all part, of the country for they have
■'we must get him to a doctor or he'll established a reputation for assemb-
die" Holden was bloody, and his ling the best herds of grade Holsteins
. ' , . , , .offered to the public in Sheboygan
C "boss Lindsay, undertaker, identified county and their herds this year were
the clothing he took from Mr. Fulker- if possible, better and higher puce!
son's body, the undershirt, over shirt than any previous ones.
and trousers being grewsome exhibits, "By buying up cows each fall the
covered as they were with dried blood, company not only finds a means of
"-j-™
rs r "a"s
JjlnB said <h.<b. ... k - ' ' '• . 2Z
By H. C. HAMILTON,
I'n.u-tl I'ro- Staff ' orrcspondent
New York, March 5.—The flock
of holdouts is decreasing in Major
league circles for within two weeks,
at the most, every club will have
gone to work in its training camps.
The lineup of camps this year if
practically the same as in preceding
years. The few changes are due to
the desire of clubs to get close to
training camps and play for the en-
tertainment of soldiers.
The Cincinnati Reds, for instance,
will do their conditioning at Mont-
gomery, Ala., near one of the big
cantonments. Kxpenses will be great-
ly cut for the Reds and in addition,
i they will b" cheering up the soldier
I folk.
i The Giants, Cardinals, White Pox
I and Tigers will be back in Texas. The
| Red Sox and Dodgers will return to
Hot Springs, Ark. The Braves will
. - • ... j continue to stick to Miami, Fla., after
j United Press, this government will not | ^ brjef 1)eri0d 0f conditioning at
give its approval of an expedition in- j S tailing's plantation in Geor-
to the vast East Russia territory. 0n! gia The Cubs will make another trip
, " ' |LU Pasadena, Calif. The Pirates re-
{tion, definite objection to the propos-
ed serve no good purpose at this
However, the problem still ad-
By CARL D. GROAT,
(United Prew Stuff CotTMpontlent)
bulletin
Washington. 1). C. March I).
Through allied channels, the Tint-
ed States government has official-
ly declared it does not assent to
Japanese intervention in Siberia.
The allies have so informed the
Japanese government.
At the same time the I nited
States has not protested against
the intervention. Merely let the
allies and Japan know in friendly
fashion, she does not consider in-
tervention advisable at this time.
Washington, I). C„ March 0.—The
to set cases and hear a few divorce j
cases. The following were disposed .
Bryan Goldsby vs. Mrs. bra Golds-
by, dismissed.
Mrs. Daisy Caldwell vs. 1L. C. Cald-
well, dismissed.
Mrs. Sudie Storey vs. Arthur Stor-1
ey, dismissed.
Mrs. Irene Curtis vs. Jesse Curtis,
divorce granted and custody of minor
child- _. , _
Mrs. Hazel Woodall vs. Richard
Woodall, divorce granted.
Scott Hatcher pleaded not guilty states now proposes to keep
to grand larceny and case was set for ^ ^ off jn (he Japanese-Siheri:in
trial on Marth 8th. | situation, according to official inti-
The case of Johnson Philpott and i ^ ^
others, charged with a felonious as-
sault upon Prof. E. D. Cornelius, was
set for March 11th.
The trial of the divorce case of Mrs. ^ ^ vagl Enst Russia territory. On „ia Trh(j Cubs "wiU" make another trip
Madge Dickerson vs. Cecil R. Dlck" t the other hand, according to intima-1
As exclusively anno'inced by the
erson was set for March 9th. 1 tjon> tjefjnite objection to the propos- ^ ^ (u Jacksonville, Fla., where they
This (Tuesday) morning, the jury'j aJ wo(jW f(,rvc n0 g0od purpose at this • last year afu.r forsaking Hot
was empaneled, something like ei
jurors putting in an appearance from I alteration though the above
all parts of the county. jg the official thought to date.
The allies are in accord that Japan
should ge allowed to enter.
BOYCOTT OF GERMANY
AFTER THE WAR
Springs. The Phillies will be at St .
Petersburg, Fla. The Yankees and
, Senators are the only American
i league clubs to go to Georgia. The
"Their manager, F. W. Traxler, had St;
By United Press:
Washington, March
Wilson today asked congress for au
thority to take over piers owned by 1
German steamship lines in the United
,ved to enter. Browns will be in Shreveport, La.
, Whether the fact that the United | ^ a new spot for thepi. The
(States withhoulds approval will deter j Indjang will be back in New Orleans.
| the Japs from penetrating Siberia is . Gameg Qn {he way home from
.unknown. Persons close to the JaPa" | traming canips have been curtailed in
President 1,ese emba"Bsy' however, stl" lnS'^ some quarters, but the change here
| that they want America to approve . ^ hard)y noticeable. The Braves and
the move. . . |yankees will come north together.
In some quarters the thought ixis
i ted that this absence of approval may
"'",h7T" K rha„ Holden "Their manager, h VV. traxier, naaigtates. niter the plan, particularly as Japa-
tWT h lav Mr Lindsay said Ful- just returned from the National Can-, The president sent the request to comment reaching here in-
and John Jay Mr «he m,.s Convention at Boston and waslcongl,ss through Senator Martin, j P ^ ^ a ,rowinK (,ivis-
kerson 11 ■ Oklaho- i preparing to list the herds for theit | Virginia, chairman of the senate ap- amonK the Japanese people tbem-
stopped the car driven by tne UKiano ' ' _ u„ • .= . Martin nn. | ion among u
ma City men, said he was the ""dev. annual
PACKERS THRIVE
AT EMPLOYES'EXPENSE
Iklaho-! preparing to list tne ..«« i . Virginia, c. ... - - 1 "" Urn among th
under- annual sale when he met Mr. Bogle j propria tions committee. Martin an" ; gelveg as to Siberian action. i ,,
searcn, a.m, w„c., ... ■ -- : . " , 10f Norman, Oklahoma, who asked him lloUnred he would offer an amendment, • opposin- it argue, ns many j NLaVCVi 0 -The fate of tie-
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b«l in <M> «r to bring h,m „r M 'h'(b"df. Iived „ during hi, «„ te Mm,r „,k«l .nlhorit, to ..II th,,taBJ; ° . ^hni ,«l,v Cita.ng
•srsartrK ™ - ^
would say, viz: That Fulkerson had . as much right to search their car as ^ ^ Ag a regult he is shipping|steamahip lino
WUUK1
Phot himself accidentally. This con- | be did that of the governor.
approval may possiDiy iorni mt arguments were to be completed i>v
'sis for an alteration of Japanese plans,! tonjgbt. following a month of public
it. ....... L ♦ 1,,. i >*0 'icrpP/ltlll' ...i.: .1. ni'nf lfs ilf
— - + even though the allies are agreeable
- , , . , from here to Oklahoma over one hun-[ This would appear to be a step to
venation, Mr. Williams stated, was, Fulkerson said the men then started ^ ^ of {he ttnest Holstein cow| Americanize enemy property in this to the expedition
heard by Mr. Fulkerson when they the car, he stepped on the running ^ hejfers that havp cve,. i„,,n ship-! countrv-a wide departure from the There were indications today trial
were bringing him to town and was boan|, one of the men hit at the off.- ^ < f shpboy(,an county and hi?, ..^ pursued heretofore. the allies have already definitely ap-
told in his dying statement. cer. Fulkerson hit that man ovei the .g tQ be congratulated in gettinc | it also is tremendously significant proved the plan of Japan and tlia sU
Attorney Mooman Pruitt outlined j head with hi. (Fulkerson s) gun. rhe ^ a(|(]jtion to iu !lel.(ls." | Jn vjcw of the president's veiled is free to go ahead even though the
Holden's defense, viz: That Holden j g.un then fell to the floor of the car threat backed by industrial America United States is not in the plan.
and Jay had left Oklahoma City that j w|u.,.t, jt Was grabbed by the men, and uirri/ jn dc to declare a boycott on German While many officials have felt that
morning, crossing the river at Mus- aB they grabbed it they fired. Fulker- laAKUtN WttlIJ IlUD t ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
tang and coming south through -Mi- son said he held the gun away fiom OBSERVED IN OKLAhUlilfl faj|s to come to terms.
Clain county. That they crossed the : bis body when the first shot was fiied, gaje tbe great German piei>
bridge west of Norman the afternoon ■ but that both men then grabbed him, Garden week for the state of Ok-, |t,prjv(, Gel.nlany of possession
of August 24th with intention of com- poke(1 the gun into his stomach and j lahoma will be from March 11th to, f hor QWn lan,iinK points on Ameri-
itig to Norman to get a relative out of flred again. Severe cross-examination | if)th, when a special campaign that ■ bores- a , Iras tic step toward
asylum; that they were going j Mr. Pruitt failed to shake his testi-1 ' tim interest, of 1
the
the United States ought to register a
positive objection to the Japanese ac-
tion, as failing to square with Ameri-
can democratic aims, others in tench
with the president suggest that this
would only make for disunion among
the allies, slap Japan in the face and
Hearings in which packers profits of
$100,0(10,000 annually were contrasted
with degradation, back of the stock
yards or the employes were charged
with lack of thrift and proneness to
large families, according to claims of
opposing counsel.
Carl Meyer and J. G. Condon, at-
torneys for the employers, replied to-
! tlay to the closing argument Frank
1'. \Y:i!sh delivered for the worker
i late yesterday. His bitter charges that
the employers are "economic slaves
denied the budget organized charity
grants beggars" were answered by
lut ti 1111:n, 5I«|' ""1 . . | « ®
not result in any essential good Ap- Hie packers counsel with a defense of
KI - ,has bec" planned in th?n '"terest ,0' I Curtailment of German trade in the
along the public highway, peaceable mony .the garden movement will be carried , ^ ^ counU.y at ,easl
citizens, attending to their own busi-1 the afternoon session, James | out. Prof. John W. Birdges who has i
ness, when at the point of the dif- j stogner, court clerk, declared Ful- charge of the (Jarden bureau of the FOStCF-Willffate
ficulty they were held up by a man i |ierson jn his dying statement said he j state council of defense, said that |
who jumped on the running board of : ),ea,.,| Holden and Jay talking while people are responding magnanim- j Monday's liaiiy.
their machine and ordered them to tbey were bringing him to Norman.! ously to the cry for gardens. Okla-^ \ marriage of more than usual in-
halt. That they asked his authority, , |,'ulkerson said the two thought he j homa City alone is setting aside one ; terest was solemnized on Sunday,, olve the \n.erican
and in answer he pushed a gun in(was unconscious. million dollars for this purpose. He j March 3, 1918, at the home of the j though, is likely o s < •
their faces and said: "This is my au-1 He declared they said they would j believes the recent rain will serve j fcrilie 0Il south Miller avenue, uniting \ purpose sut iue11 vJ,(.Jn,,.
thoritv " That Fulkerson had reached , bvine him to Norman, report the i as a stimulus to interest. representatives of two of Norman's ; Japanese p an mm i the packers owe their employes.'
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. * 5,nt ,\t nn'rts
, aently however, the objection will
ii' withheld, though one official i.vii-
cited that there still is a loophole for
| this.
Withholding of positive approval,
U1UJ1 to Norman, report the jas a stimulus to interest.
over and turned off the switch of their j whoie tbinjr as an'accident and say Mr. Bridges has sent out garden most prominent families, those
machine, and when Holden reached ! that Fulkerson shot himself with his | bulletins over the state and there is 1 - - —AI-
down in an attempt to turn it on again i own j,.un_ fhey said, according to ! such a demand for them that ten
Fulkerson struck him over the head, j gtogner's account of Fulkerson's [ thousand more are being printed now.
cutting a deep gash and dazing him. j statement, that Fulkerson "would be In each county there is a garden
Immediately, the men grappled with i unable to tell anything on us." director who has under the super-
the wages paid as compared with oth-
er industries.
Walsh's argument was the most
scathing arraignment of the packing
industry ever heard here. I he pack-
ers organized charity and welfare
work among their workers he de-
nounced as "a substitute for the
Stogner also said that just after, vision the directors in every munici-
Fulkerson, and in the fight that ensued
Fulkerson's gun went off and shot j i,'uikerson was taken out of the car, pality in his county. The city direc
him. That they then placed him on Holden told him that Fulkerson had tors assign a block or more to men
the back of the car and brought him j accidentally shot himself,
to Norman, saying to Mrs. Albert
lwliM„v „..wV where space is available for a gov-
County Judge (Jeorge C. Burke1 ernment garden. In this way every
to iNorman, ?.w.viiik county juugc ucvirc tuiim.ui, ...
Short that they "had to get him to a( testified that he talked with Fulker- j citizen n.usi ffel some responsibility.
i ..1J -i:.. " .in/l tVint tVlOV I I • I 1 1 • n«, Dr.Kn'o —
doctor or he would die," and that they j son while he was lying in Dr. Bobo'
f Mr Dewev F Foster and on Russia and upon the absence of of hogs and singe the skins of th.
| nage of Mr. Dewey i. roster anu still warm carcass was made the basis
j Miss Ruth W. Wingate, which was need for action. , 1)v Walsh to arbitrator Al-
solemnized at 4 o'clock p. m.; with; The United States is unders to vl to f^a^p.ea ^ ^ by wom.
. Rev. Theo. Gayer officiating, in the be in a position to .eep an. s i of an other humar
■ presence of the families of the con- without official commitment of usel.. 1
trading parties and a few intimate She has been "sounded out" but it being.
friends Mr. and Mrs. Ed H. Burke was officially suggested today that Walsh tl.selosed new chapter^, m the
acted as best man and bridesmaid, there have been no formal notes sent story of what occun e l m .
After the ceremony the happy couple here. In these circumstances she can prior to he packers agreem ^
doctor or ne wouiu u.c, ^ . son wmie rie \va limn ■ """" - left for Oklahoma City and I utile on sit quietly by if she t ht.cists wit i on it i.itt, . ...... ownership. But
did not know he was an officer until Iolfice. The Judge testified that he JlldfifC Swiink a short wedding trip, expecting to be any official statement of lei v • >•.•! e wi g own their opposi
he told them so as they were ap- asked Fulkerson whether the shooting bHck about Wednesday. They took whatsoever, for apparently nothing i what fma j thf at-
proaching the town. Mr. Pruitt also vvag an accident or whether the other District Judge Swank closed a term ; with them the best wishes of a large actually official is before the govern- ti011, according o ' " j.'-ity.'pntri.-k «>€
intimated that evidence might be in- j fellow had shot him on purpose. Ful- j of his court at Purcell Tuesday at I circle 0f friends, which will follow ment requiring a definite answer. ; tion 0f 1 ies,< j abo
troduced to indicate that Mr. Fulker-1 kel.son replied, according to Judge noon and in the afternoon came over j them all through life. The British are understood to be lh,\''j" )Armour n
son had been drinking, but was not | uurke) that he was shot on purpose. to Lexington and spent a few hours 1 yhe groom is a fine stalwart young tj,e sources through which the United walking up " • ^ ami -ay
very definite 011 that phase of the j H_ L Sadler, who arrested Holden ; visiting with his many friends here, j man> 0f most excellent habits and fine States js communicating its views. 1 the secretary a mi s e> ^| ni'(ni,.
matter. and Jay, said that he found Fulker- , The judge is one of the editor's old I busjnesa abilities. He is at present J CovinseJlor Rarclay of the British em-1 mv: "'-et us «■ mt.i.
Mr S C. Cavett of Newcastle was ! son's gun in the bottom of the car, time friends and we appreciate very 1 assf i^tant manager of the Carey,Lom-
the first witness, and testified that he ! and that there was no broken glass much a call from him. He has made
was in a car that passed the Holden-j around it. H. L. Sanderson, city 1 this district a good and faithful offi-
Jav car"while Fulkerson and the two 1 marshal, testified that when he ex- Cer during his term of office and we
men were having the difficulty, and j amined the car the same afternoon have heard many attorneys who have
Fulkerson was standing with his I after the shooting, the windshield was practiced in his court say that he al-
hands on the machine and his gun j broken. ways renders a fair, impartial and un-
was in the hostler. After Cavett and i Sheriff Ben Wheelis corroborated biased decision, and we will say that
his two companions got over the hill I former witnesses as to broken wind- if you know Judge Swank you know
thev heard two shots. This testimony j shield on the car, and as to Mr. hul- that the above statement is true,
was intended to show that Mr. Fulker- kerson's statements. Lexington Leader.
son was arguing with the men, anil | The state rested at 4 o'clock. County
ha,) not drawn his gun to coerce them, j Attorney Cheatwood being the last —M r. and Mrs. Dave Ince are in re-
.. . w short who lives near witness and entering into the dying ceipt of 11 telegram from their -on,
".*'.1! i ff; . ,if -m-.-irretl testified 1 statements of Mr. Fulkerson more Curl, stating that he has arrived safe-
u :(1< ® ' 1 " nd as he look- fully than any former witness, but iv at Philadelphia from one of his
-hi* heard two snots, anu, as sue jutm •' . ,, , ,
ed dovii the road saw a man go round fully corroborating them as to what, trips to France, lie has made several
the lutomobile and pick up another; Mr. Fulkerson had said. Ihe defense I trips on the U s. S. Henderson, on
man from the ground and two men will begin its testimony about 4:30. which he is a w.rless operator.
bassy consulted acting secretary of | name is Fitzpatrick. I know you." And
bard & Young lumber yard at Wvn- c.:taU, Polk at length late yesterday; they shook hands
newood, but will probably make his! afternoon, after Polk had conferred Walsh quoted Roger tiaDson,
home in Norman in the near future. : wkh preskient Wilston. From this it „ancial and industrial espeit. wn
, , -:.u .u„ w- was deduced that the British were' said to have reported to the lawn
given a full outline of the American | partment that "there is no shortage
position, but it is understood that no „f labor, but a disinclination to work
, , 1 I II lit' Mlll.ncrflt.il'
direct communication has been liatt fo
with Japan.
The bride is connected with the Nor-
man schools, and will retain her po-
sition until the end of the school
year. She is a most charming young
lady and as good as she is chatming.
Both bride and groom have grown to |
womanhood and manhood in our e:ty,
■■■> 1 few have more earnest and le-
' ' ti friends.
The Transcript-Knterprise extends
best wishes.
Come see those wonderful side
..le show- at the County Fair at the
High School, Thursday at 7:30.
bulletin
Bv United Pr< " : ...
London, March t;.—Mnn Inn
volunteers have seized Kilimagh.
it was reported here today. Thev
are guarding the . \i:- from the
town and are drilling.
small pay offered by autocrat n
of industries who pay 1''
rcent increase on materials, but n
se to pay advanced wai?t*s.
)>Ut
Uni
5 lieve
i be st
T. R. Spanker is arran^iiu ;
a fine new so 11 f tain W
confectionary and drug store. He
built up a nice business and be
- in giving his patrons the ver>
service possible.
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