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REBATE INQUIRY
FACT® IN THE RECENT RAIL-
ROAD INVESTIGATION GIVEN
TO THE PUBLIC
DIPPING COMMENCES
OFFICIALS OF ROADS HELD RESPMSIBIE
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6pec al Agent* JudtO" and Hammon
Made Report in February—Oppo-
sition to Contempt Proceedings
Sprang Up in the Department
WASHINGTON President Booae-
▼<-)* Las takea occasion to express
fcjsowrlf Ijq mort positive terms win-
pbmentary of the integrity and ability
of Paul Mwtos, former rice president
of tbe Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Railway company, and no* conclud-
ing fc^e duties as secretary at the
nary that he may «esume the chair-
rtacship of the board erf directors of
the Equitable Life Assurance society
'A New York. These expressions are
c-ontaloed in two fetters, one ad-
dressed to the attorney general and
've cither to Mr Morton. The let-
ters have beer made public by the
admis iteration, <-ther with a num-
ber of others whir.'h, taken together,
show tbe precise of difference tbe de
paT0«-nt of justice and Mevsrs. Har
ison and Judson. who recently re-
signed as special counsel for the gov-
ernment in tbe rebate case involving
'he Santa Fe road and the Colorado
Fuel and Iron company. The special
counsel wished to bring contempt pro-
' "-dings against the officer* of the
road, which would have included Mr.
Morton. Tbeir position was that
♦ he testimony before tbe interstate
commerce commission established a
riola*ioo of the court order of March
£5. 1M2. restraining the company
from executing an agreement to
transport interstate traffic at rates
lower than the published tariff of the
road. The testimony, th'-y con l end,
constituted a prima facia ease
against the officers of the road, and
tbe only way to ascertain their Kullt
or Innocence wag through contempt
proceedings.
The attorney general, Mr. Moody,
opposed bringing tbe contempt pro-
ceedings on the ground that while
the evidence before the commission
might show a violation of the in-
junction by the officers of the road,
<t contained nothing charging any dT
ficial of tbe company with such vio-
lation. President Roosevelt took the
flame view. Both the president and
the attorney general agreed that con-
tempt proceedings should be Instllu
ted impersonally against the corpor-
ation, in both the Colorado Fuel and
the Internationa) Harvester cases.
The latter case, thw president says,
stands exactly on the sam< footing
and involve^ practically all of the
western roads.
The correspondence began with a
letter from Mr. Harmon and Mr. Jud-
son to the attorney general, dat'd
February 23 last, in which svas given
a review of the testimony in the Colo-
redo Fuel case before the Interstate
commerce commission, with the con
elusion that a violation of the In-
junction had been shown.
Cattle in Woodward Court/ Are B 
rg Popped in O'l
GUTHRIE: R H Halm, terri-
torial cat tie Inspector, announces that
the dippiiig of cattle has been com-
menced in Woodward county, under
an order issued some time ago by the
Okiaboma Jive stock sanitary board.
The order requires the dipping of
cattle according to government regu-
lations. This order applies to cattle
which have been Infected or ex-
posed this year to mange, Itch or
scabies.
The northwestern portion oT
Woodward ooticty has be<n infee'ed
with mange for several years. L?fl'
spring a campaign to eradicate the
disease from Oklahoma was vigor-
ously commenced. Although many
farmers protested, yet Inspector
Kahn, with tbe assistance of tbe
sheriff, dipped every bead of catti'
In the infected district As a result
of this campaign, very few he'd*
showed any signs of infection this
spring. In order to wipe out the
mar.jr'- however, the recent order of
tbe board requiring that cattle b?
dipped, was issued.
W. T. Judkins, cattle inspector, is
in charge of the work in Woodward
county, and he will have the assis-
tance of the sheriff. Several herds
of Beaver county cattle which were
drive® Into Woodward and exposed
to the mange One owner of cattle
was arrested and flnM $100 and costs
for driving bis live stock out of the
infected district without first having
tbem properly inspected.
NOT ON EXHIBITION
Quanah Parker Will Avoi 1 Being
Stared at July 4
LAWTON: Quanah Parker, chl^f
of the Comanche tribe of Indians
with hi* three wives and four chil-
dren, passed through Lawton on h s
way to the "big pasture," which be-
longs to the Indians Cbief Parker rep
resents. The "big pasture" is located
in the southwestern part of Comanche
county, and the Indian cbief is going
there for an extended hunt. The
Parkers rode in an old United States
government ambulance, recently do-
nated to the chief by the interior de-
partment. Before leaving Lawton
the ambulance was loaded to its ca-
pacity with provisions. Chief Parker
decided to mak'- the trip at ti,is time
in order that he might avoid the
Fourth of July crowds, which will go
to the Wichita mountains, near hi«
beime.
"Many hundreds of people will
make the journey to my home jwt-t to
stare at me and my family," he sail,
"and I am becoming very tired of
that sort of thing. I am going out
to fish and hunt for several days or
weeks, and I am not certain when I
will return home."
Defended His Grandmother
GUTHRIE: Orover Brown, 1C
years old, was sentenced at Tecum-
seh to two years in the penitentiary
for shooting at a neighbor with in-
tent to kill. The boy admitted firing
the shot, but said the person he was
shooting at had accused his grand-
mother of stealing carpet rag? On
account of his youth Judge Burford
paroled the hoy and ordered him to
report to him at the flrrjt of ea^h
term of court. He made the boy
promise to attend Sunday school; not
to smoke cigarettes and not to loaf
•round saloons.
WATER POWER DEVELOPMENT
Capitalists Organize to Harness a
Proposed Fall at Weleetk
WELEETKA: A meeting of capi
tnllsts of the two territories met hero
list week to view the water pov
situation. A company *,vas organized
and preliminary work begun.
The North Canadian river runs
within two and a half miles of this
plice, on the west, makei a detour of
thirty ml'es and returns to within a
half mile of tha town on the east.
The company proposes to cut a canal
through the neck of land, and as be-
tween the river on the west and on
the east there Is a fail of flfty-elshl
feet, the water will he dropped on
turbine wheels, and it Is believed
that 20,000-horse power can be de
veloped.
The company will be Incorporated
shortly, and It will be one of the
strongest concerns within the twe
territories. Surveying will be com-
menced next week, and the work will
be pushod to ralpd completion.
GIGANTIC FRAUDS
GRAND JURY AT ARDMORE RE-
TURN INDICTMENTS AGAINST
OFFICIALS AND OTHERS
warrant deal since Mardh, 1905, and
he recommended that tbe case be
presented to the grand J8TT. The ex
act amount Involved cannot be told.
SOME STARTLING EXPOSURES ARE MADE
A United States Marshall, a Chief and
an ex-Chief Must Answer to Charge
of Conspiracy—Fraud in Chicka-
saw Warrants.
ARDMORE: The sensational fea-
tures in connection with tbe investi-
gation of the Chickasaw warrant case?
developed when the federal grand
jury, which bas been in session the
entire week, filed four separate in-
dictments for conspiracy, as follows:
Conspiracy to defraud Chickasaw na
tion; conspiracy to present false
claims against the United States;
conspiracy to defraud the Commercial
National bank of Kansas City, Kan.,
conspiracy to defraud the First
National bank of Joplin, Mo. For
conspiracy to defraud Chickasaw na-
tion out of |8,887, Governor D. H.
Johnston, ex-Governor Palmer 8. Mos-
ley, George Mansfield, J. F. McMur-
ray and Melvin Cornish are made
joint defendants: for conspiracy to
present false claims for $4,950 against
the United States, defendants are
W. T. Ward, United States Marshal
B. H. Colbert and Kirby Perdom; tor
conspiracy to defraud the Commercial
National bank out of 12,848.85, B. H.
Colbert, W. T. Ward, T. A. Teel, S.
M. White and E. B. Hlnshaw; lor
conspiracy to defraud the Joplin bank.
B. H. Colbert, Kirby Perdom and W.
ard.
In alt four Indictments tbe parties
charged therein are indicted jointly
S. M. White and E. B. Hinshaw, two
of the defendants, are prominently
connected with Chickasaw national
schools. Hinshaw is at present sup-
erintendent of Bloomfield Seminary
school for Chickasaw young women
located at Bloomfield, and White is
superintendent of Hariey institute at
Tishomingo. Teel, Hinshaw and
White were directors C th'e defunct
bank of the Chickasaw nation, through
which institution these illegal deals
are alleged to have been consum*
tuated.
Shortly after the indictments were
returned, United States Marshal Col-
bert, one of the accused surrendered.
Federal Judge Townsend fixed his
bond at $2,000 in each case, there
being three counts against him.
Bond was readily given. Warrants
for all will be placed in the hands
of federal authorities at once.
Marshal Colbert expresseU confi-
dence that he would be acquitted.
He was a rough rider, and was ap-
pointed marshal of the southern dis-
trict by President Roosevelt for per-
sonal reasons. Frequently, but un-
successful, attempts havd~ T>een made
to oust him from office, and his
enemies have been unrelenting In
their fight against him.
Colonel Mosby, who represented
the department of justice in the in-
vestigation, it is stated, was very
severe cm Cc I £rt in his report. Of-
ficials express surprise thai tTie In-
formation concerning the indictments
of the parties was disclosed two days
prior to the report of the grand jury,
and before arrests were made.
Governor Johnston, also Indicted,
Is one of the most widely known men
in the territory. He hi3 been in cf-
fl.ee several years, and has been quite
prominent in the affairs of the nation.
It is pointed out that the investiga-
tion developed gross carelessness on
the part of some of the tribal officials
In handling the business affairs of ths
nation. United States Inspector Jas.
E. Jenkins has been working on the
Tbe fact that a large number of
Chickasaw warrants which had beea
paid were still on the market was
discovered by Mr. Scboeofelt. tbe
Indian Agent at Muskogee, wben hi
was ordered to pay tbe outstanding
warrants of tbe Chickasaw nation.
The sum due on Chickasaw warrants
was 1333,000. A portion of this had
been paid by tbe tribal officials and
passed through the office of the audi-
tor of the Chickasaw nation through
the bank at Tishomingo. When the
funds placed to the credit of the na-
tion had been exhausted, the officlfcis
of the Indian agency at Muskogee
were ordered to pay the remaining
warrants. It was wben these war-
rants were presented at the Indian
agency that the fraud was discovered.
Tbe Indian agent put an expert ac-
countant at work and discovered
that some of the warrants presented
at the agency for payment had been
paid at the auditor's office of the
Chickasaw nation, and bore tbe same
numbers. The official who had paid
them had evidently failed to stamp
tbem paid, had laid tbem away, and
someone had taken them to Joplin.
St. Louis and other points and sold
them as unpaid warrants.
Up to this time it is Impossible to
say just what persons are responsible
for tbe swindle, but sensational «ur-
prises are said to be is store.
A special inspector of the interior
department has been in the Chicka-
saw nation for several weeks prob-
ing the steal, and it is understood
that evidence has been discovered
which may prove veiy damaging to
the persons under suspicion wben it
is brought out in the grand jury
room.
ASYLUM OFFICIALS NAMFD
Board Selects Steward and Two As-
sistant Physicians
GUTHRIE: The board of trustees
of the Oklahoma hospital for the In-
sane filled the positions created by
i the last legislature in the establish
ment of the asylum at Fort Supply,
accepted the plans of the arcnTtect
for repairing the old military build-
ing and set July 14 as the date for
opening the bids for the work.
The appointment of C. G. Elliott as
superintendent was made some time
ago, and the superintendent, together
with the members of the board—Gov-
ernor Ferguson, Ed. Marchant and
Otto Shuttee— named the other of-
ficials. R. P. Richards of Woodward
was appointed steward, and Dr. W.
W. Rucks of Guthrie and Dr. W. D.
Griffin of Norman, assistants to tTS
superintendent. The steward and as-
sistants to the superintendent draw
salaries eff $1,000 each annually, with
board and lodging. The superinten-
dent has a salary of $1,800.
About twenty-five of the ninety
buildings at Fort Supply will be util-
ized and the balance will be torn
down and the material used for re-
pairs. One of the buildings will b9
converted into a power house and
electric light plant. The site has a
fine water works system, with the
best water in Oklahoma.
The territory has a fund of 140,000
to make the repairs, $10,000 for fur-
nishing and $5,000 for moving the
patients from Norman. The' appro-
priation for the past year's mainten-
ance is $85,000.
R"l°s and regulations will be adopt-
ed from those now existing in Kan-
sas, Ohio and Missouri at the next
meeting, July 3. Work wli! be begun
repairing buildings August 1. Tbe
patients will be moved after Novem-
ber 15, provided the territory is not
restrained by injunction.
The patient man seldom collects
his debts.