Lexington Leader. (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, July 15, 1910 Page: 2 of 8
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DEALS CHARGED
LEXINGTON.
OKLAHOMA
OKLAHOMA HAPPENINGS
The Rock Island has installed-a m
tor car service between Chickasha and
Waurika.
The Oklahoma City council has au-
thorized the expenditure uf $35,U00 for
additional >ire apparatus.
The Pioneer Telephone company
has made a material reduction in ions
distance rates over Comanche county.
TEN MEN AND THREE WOMEN
HAULED INTO COURT
GIRL MAKES CONFESSION
Implicates Others In a Schema to De-
fraud Land Buyers by Forging
Deeds to Lands They Did
Not Own
Grant county newspaper men have
organized a county association with
W. A. Dt'lzell of the Grant County
News as president.
Seventeen tanks of oil to the amount
Of were ch f roved in the eli
field surrounding Nowata by an elec-
trical rtorin last wuek.
Dr. John W. Dehon, a prominent
physician of Tulsa. and member of a
distinguished Alabama family, dice;
suddenly fromheart failure last week,
aged 57.
A state charter has been issued to
the Oklahoma City Labor Temple As-
sociation, capitalized at $10,000 for the
purpose of building * labor temple in
that city.
Miss Maggie Murphy of Chickasha
Is the latest Oklahoma girl to fall
heir to a large fortune. Through the
death of an uncle in St. Louis she
will inherit $50,000.
Sapulpans will in the future drink
filtered water. The city council has
condemned the use of the present
water and ordered 'he establishment
of a Altering plant. Surveys have been
made for the building'of a $250,000
water system.
Three men. George C. Henry, Sam-
uel Rose and William Stocker, have
put up $15,000 of the $27,000 required
by outside parties, who will erect a
cotton seed oil mill at Stigler, in tin e
to handle the cotton seed of this year's
crop. A line of gins will be operated
In connection with the plant.
Twenty of llixby's representative
and most prosperous citizens organ-
ized a commercial club. Bixby is lo-
cated In one of the most fertile sec-
tions of the state, and its people are
determined to push it forward from
this time on.
Making the most unusual charge
that she was so intoxicated when she
was wedded that she knew nothing at
all about it, Jennie Cross of Oklahoma
City, has Instituted proceedings in Jhe
superior court for the annulment of
her marriage to M. L. Cross.
The bodies of two unknown Indians,
horribly mutilated and with their faces
crushed to a pulp, which makes identi-
fication almost impossible, were found
by the side of tin* Fri. u railroad u k
at Sand Springs, a few miles from
Tulsa.
Struck in the base of the right ear
by a pitched ball, William Johnson
was almost instantly killed during a
ball game at Olive, near Sapulpa. The
game was close and exciting and when
Johnson came to bat he was cheered
loudly. Johnson attempted-to duck
the second ball pitched. He collapsed
, after being hit and never uttered a
sound. Bill Dale, a pitcher who pitched
the ball that caused Johnson's death,
is on the verge of nervous collapse as
a result of the tragedy.
Muskogee, Okla.—The state and the
federal government combined here
Monday in an attempt to convict mem-
bers, they say, of one of the mort ex-
tensive land fraud schemes ever at-
tempted in this state. It opened with
the preliminary trial of Albert Tay-
lor, of Tahlequah, a land m:'U, and the
defendants who answerel not guilty
in court on the same charge are. be-
sides Taylor, W. L. Mays, Jim Escoe,
John Culver, Ed Culver, Etnau Casey,
Sallie Casey, alias Sallie Still. C. O.
Zilin, Ben Daf Is, LL B. Gritts, Claud C.
Upton, Bertha Muller and Jessie liil-
dei®, alias Anna Hughes.
It is alleged that these persons to-
gether with four others not vat ar-
rested, have for the past tvo >enrs
carried on a systematic liusiness of
forging deeds to Indian lauds anil get-
ting the money for it, when the real
owners #of the land knew licHiing of
the transaction, and thai they ha\e in
this manner mulcted perhaps $100,000
from land buyers who too'r their deeds,
the women being used as blinds.
The plot was discovered after the
conviction of John Culver on a charge
of forging a deed in an individual case.
Then Culver and one cf tne women,
Jessie Hibden, a black eyed girl who
passes herself for a full blood Chero-
kee girl, went on the stand and made
a full statement, implicating the o'her
defendants in a gigantic scheme to de-
fraud the land buyers by forging de->ds
and oil leases to lands they did not
own.
Jessie Hibden stated that Taylor was
to pay her $50 for impersonating Rach-
el Holland; that she signed the lease
with her thumb print in green ink;
that she only got $20 of-the promised
$50. A scar on the end of the Hibden
woman's thumb shows plainlv on the
thumb print on the lease. She signed
with her mark because the Holland
woman, a full blood Cherokee, was
not supposed to be able to write he,
name. This oil lease Is very valuable.
It is alleged that the other women
were used as impersonators in the
same way in other cases. The Hibden
woman came here from Fort Smith.
Fred Cook, a district Indian agent,
claims to have complete confessions
from five of the alleged forgers. The
evidence he secured interested the
i'nlted States Indian agent, and the fed-
eral district attorney, and the federal
authorities have joined the state pros-
ecutors to assist in the prosecution.
It is claimed that there are Btiflki-
cnt forged deeds already in sight to
break three or four of the biggest farm
land companies in this section, and
that more are being discovered each
day.
VACATION TIME
N
AWTIC8PATCOITJ
'Copyright. 1910.1
KCAMZATfQN
Four Ice cream dealers, arrested In
Durant for violations of the Sunday
closing law, were dismissed by order
of the mayor, who decided that as the
ordinance was to go before the people
for a vote no action had best be taken.
The official census figures, giving
Lawton a population of 7,788 hit the
little city a hard blow, and many are
of the opinion thirt the enumerators
overlooked some of the inhabitants.
Okeene is thoroughly excited over
the report of the state chemist on
the bed of rock saJt and salt water
which was found there a couple of
months ago at a depth of only 240
feet.
Adam Erion, a farmer living rear
Cherokee, broke the record on wheat
by bringing in his crop, which reached
the test of 65 pounds to the bushel.
He made an average of 33 bushels to
the acre off of 110 acres.
McQueen is a live town. The First
State bank of McQueen, capitalized at
J10.000, received on the first day it
opened $2,519.05 on deposit. A stock
company has been organized to erect a
cotton gin, to cost about $7,500; work
on a 24 x tie foot general stone building
Is under way, and the building commit-
tee (.f the .Methodist church has mada
arrangements to start a structure.
A party of capitalists, some of whom
are from Oklaaomx City, are in Sul-
phur to promote an interurban road
from Franks to that city. Sulphur
citizens are asked to take Btock to
the amount of $2,500 in the enter-
prise. A big dam is to be built at the
spring at Franks and another one at
Sulphur.
Pawhuska boosters realize the ne-
cessity of a hustling commercial club
secretary and have decided to employ
a live one v ho shall devol® All tig
lime to boosting Pawhuska.
Plenty of Money in State
Oklahoma City, Okla.—Bankers of
Oklahoma City Kay the state of Okla-
homa Is now in an unusually prosper-
ous condition, and in a few weeks, the
entire state will witness such pros-
perity, never before experienced in its
history. The financial conditions over
the state, they saj. and also the south-
west, were nevec better. The banks
are prepared to furnish money with
which to handle Oklahoma's biggest
crop production, and the bankers deny
ti." rumor that money for legitimate
purposes is scarce or hard to obtain.
Seven Joy Riders Injured
Tulsa, Okla.—Seven persons, three
men and four girls, were seriously in-
jured when an automobile in which
they were pleasure riding went over a
fifteen-foot embankment in West
Tulsa, late Sunday night. The injured
were hurriedly removed to their
homes. Their names could not be
learned. The men are said to be
prominent in business bore.
Township to Build Model Roads
Oklahoma City, Okla.—Mustang
township, the southwest corner town-
ship in Oki..hpma county, has decided
through its board of trustees, to make
an investment in good roads. The
tow nship has an assessed valuation of
$1,500,000 and ranks as one of the rich-
est in the state outside of those hav-
ing incorporated cities. The announc-
ed dt ermlr; tion is '.1 make i:. road
system the model for the entire st ite
to follow. Work is to bt in immedi-
ately on grading, the plans b ing for
a 30-foot grade wi11 • 1 inch crown,
hard packed and si lentifically ditched
to prevent any washing. An appropri-
ation of $3,000 if immediately avail-
able for this year's work.
Dates* Set for Convention
Oklahoma City.—President Arthur
C.- Jackson of the National (lood
Roads association, has set October 4, i
G and 6 as the dates for the conven- ]
tion here. These days come within i
the state fair dates and .the meetings
will be held in the auditorium at the
fair grounds. The reason for selecting |
this time and place is because it will j
enable the farmers from all points in j
the state to be present. It will also I
enable much better displays of road :
Uullding machinery to be made.
CREW LEAVES ROBBERS
ATTEMPTED HOLDUP OF KATY
NEAR ST. LOUIS FOILED
While Robbers Were Trying to Uncou-
ple Baggage Car. Engineer and
Fireman Dashed Away
With the Train
St. Louis.—Cleverness on the part
of the engineer prevented three youth-
ful bandits from robbing the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas southwestern flyer
No. 3 near Larimore, St. Louis county,
about fifteen miles from St. Louis
Sunday. Three men were arrested as
suspects.
The police do not believe they are
the men wanted and are searching for
three others who are said to have en-
tered the city. Detectives were im-
mediately assigned to the case.
Engineer Quinn, througn a ruse pre-
vented the baggage car and passenger
coaches from being looted. The ban-
dits at the point of revolvers com-
pelled the engineer and fireman to des-
cend from uie cab and go with them
to tne buggage car to assist in un-
coupling it. While lingering about the
coupling the engineer and fireman
managed to slip away in the darkness.
The two started on a run for the
cab. The bandits soon became aware
that the crew was dashing for the
cab and opened fire.
The engineer and fireman ran faster.
Springing into the cab the engineer
threw the throttle wide open and
dashed away with the train.
Five miles further on, at Spanish
Lake, Quinn rang up O. C. Hill, yard-
master of the St. Louis, Keokuk &
Northwestern in St. Louis and in a
matter of fact tone told hitn of the
attempted robbery.
Several shots were fired during the
attempted holdup and the passengers
who filled five coaches, were thrown
into a panic.
The train was in he hands of the
bandits forty minutes. For half an
hour they tried of tneir own accord to
uncouple the baggage car. It was not
until they found themselves unable to
do the work that they got the engineer
and fireman.
According to "Katy" officials here
there were thousands of dollars in the
baggage car in addition to the mail,
which was unusually heavy for the
St. Louis-Houston run.
MOB LYNCHES SALOON RAIDER
Ends Slayer's Life After He Had
Killed Rumseller
Newark, Ohio—Carl Etherington, 22
years old, employed Thursday night
by. the state Anti-Saloon league as a
blind tiger raider, was lynched here
Friday night, following a day of al-
most contiauous rioting. The heavy
doors of the Licking county jail were
battered down and Etherington was
dragged frcm his cell. He was shot,
kicked and bruised before the street
was reached and the finish followed
quickly.
Etherington early in the evening
confessed he killed William Howard,
proprietor of the La^t Chance res-
taurant and former1 chief of police,
in a raid of alleged "speak easies"
Friday, and narrowly escaped
lynching at that time. When news
from the hospital that Howard had
died passed over the city the fury
of the mob took definite form. Large
battering rams were directed upon
the doors of the Licking county jail
and the deputies were powerless. The
doors fell after nearly an hour's at-
tack.
Want Injunction Dissolved
Topeka, Kan.—Action is to be taken
at once by the Missouri and Kansas
Telephone company and the American
Telegraph and Telephone company to
secure the dissolution of a temporary
injunction, granted the state, to pre-
vent them from acquiring independent
telephone lines. The state, represent-
ed by Attorney General Jackson, re-
quests the ouster of the Bell compa-
nies, which, it alleges, are building up
a monopoly.
Girl Killed by Lightning
Beatty, Okla.—During a storm here
lightning struck the house of John
Carlton, a farmer, killing his daugh-
ter, Martha Carlton, 17, and setting
the house on fire. The burning house
was saved.
Large Herds of Eiks at Detroit
Detroit, Mich.—Thousands of Elks
are here and every train is bringing in
hundreds more. The town ia elabo-
rately decorated. The opening ses-
sion of ihe convention was held Mon-
day night, welcoming addresses being
made by Mayor Bretmeyer, Governor
Warner and Senator Burrows.
Convicts to Build Roads
Clinton, Okla.—In a few days Dash-
i'a county will receive 100 convicts
from the state penitentiary at Mc-
Alester for the purpose of building
graveled roads east and west and
north and south through Cordell, the
county seat.
Automobile Goes Over Cliff
Fort Collins, Colo.—W H. Allison,
president of the First National Bans
of Boulder, was probably fatally hurt,
and Judges James Garrigues and Har-
ry I'. Gamble of the state district
court sustained severe injuries when
an automobile in which the three were
riding skidded over a cliff at Virginia
dale Hill thirty-five miles northwest of
here, and fell eighteen feet. Allison,
who was driving, was pinned beneath
the car.
Tulsa County Wants to Enlarge
Guthrie, Okla.—An initiative peti-
tion calling for an election to rnnex
nine southeastern townships of Osage
county to Tulsa county, has bean filed
with Governor Haskell, who has been
asked to call the election on August
2, the date of the general primaries.
Jordan Denounces
Bo8to"iv, Mass. -Denouncing college
football as a combination of pure bru-
tality and pugilism that appealed to
the love of the sordid, David Starr Jor-
dan, president of lie land Stanford uni-
versity, led in the discussion that fol-
lowed a report made by the committee
on moral education in public schools
to the national council of education of
the National Educational association,
iu convention here.
Mob Hangs White Man
Rayville, La.—Aroused by the fact
that an appeal to the supreme court
had been taken following his condein
nation to death on the charge of hav-
ing murdered Town Marshall Chenault,
a mob battered down the doors of the
jail at Rayville, and dragging J. D.
Freeman, a white man, from his cell,
hanged him.
FIVE THOliSSl
ARE HOMELESS
CAMPBELLTON AND RICHARDS-
VILLE, N, B„ IN RUINS
LIVES LOST IN FLAMES
Over One Thousand Buildings Burned
and Damage Estimated at $2,500,-
000 Is Done in Furious Ca-
nadian Fire
Dalhousie, N. B.—A waste of smok-
ing ruins extending for two miles i nil
seven isolated buildings represent
the town of C'~r.ipbellton and the near-
by village of Richardsville, which were
overwhelmed 'luisday morning by lira
driven before a gale. Two lives were
lost during the ten hours the fire rag-
ed. Dr. Beverly tiproule, a dentist,
while aiding with his automobile in
rescuing women and children, was
burned to death by an e.xplorion ot
gasoline. An infant was tn:located in
the dense smoke.
Five thousand residents of C'amp-
bellton and 400 of Richardsville aie
homeless. One thousand buildings in
Campbellton and 75 in the village
were destroyed. The combined loss
in both places is estimated at $2,500,-
000. The total insurance is $1,000,-
000.
Some semblance of order has been
established and relief work has be-
gun.
Campbellton was the largest cedar
shingle center in Eastern America. All
the mills were destroyed, including
the big plants of the Shives Lumber
company, the Richards Lumber com-
pany and the Moffatt mills. The prop-
erty of these three concerns in which
American capital was interested, was
valued at $300,000. A gale and tho
failure of the water mains left the
population helpless against the sweep
o 1 the flames.
Reward is Increased
Bad Fire at Bradley
Bradley, Okla—Fire totally destroy-
ed the two-story building occupied by j
Dewes Ai- Son, general merchandise,
below, and the Odd Fellows' lodge
hall above, and all contents. Nothing
was saved. The fire originated by a i
current of lightning going In on a
telephone wire during a thunder
shower. Dewes & Son lost 511,000, in-
surance $7,500. I. O. O. F. hall and '
regalia loss. $1,000; Insurance $700.'
The Masonic and M. W. A. lodges also
lost all records and regalia.
English Aviator Killed by Fall
London—Charles Stewart Rolls, the
English aviator, who flew over the
English channel several weeks ago,
was killed Tuesday by a fall in his
aeroplane at the Bournemouth meet-
ing. Aviator Audemars fell at the
same time and was seriously injured.
Rolls was competing with other avia-
tors when the aeroplane collapsed and
fell. The distance was only 40. feet,
but he was killed by the motor falling
on him. The accident was witnessed
by thousands and there was almost a
panic. Rolls was considered the most
daring aeronaut in England or in tho
world.
Two Killed by Lightning
Cripple Creek, Colo.—Two Univer-
sity of Illinois students, Robert Cham-
bers of Oklahoma City and Jesse
Treakee of Peoria, 111., were killed
by lightning on the summit of Mount
Pisgah near here. The two youths
started to ascend the mountain Mon-
day morning. When they did not re-
turn at night a searching party was
organized and their bodies were found
under a big pine tree that had been
shattered by lightning.
Attorney General Gives Opinion
Guthrie, Okla.—According to an
opinion of Attorney General Charles
J. West under section I of article 3
of the Oklahoma constitution, persons
convicted of felonies before statehood
have their citizenship restored under
the constitution and may vote at the
coming elections.
Woman Killed; Baby Injured
Kansas City—An unidentified wom-
an with a baby in her arms was killed
by a Santa Fe passenger train here.
The baby, .aged 2 years, a girl, has
one leg cut off and the other is badly
crushed. She will die.
Woman Killed in Runaway
Hobart, Okla.—Mrs. John Terral
was thrown from a carriage a few-
miles south of here, dragged a half
mile by a runaway horse and instantly
killed A little three year-old child
which she held in her arms at the
time the horse became frightened was
thrown to the ground, badly bruised,
but will recover.
Building Gain of 264 Per Cent
I Chicago, 111.—The report for June
Jefferson City, Mo.—The standing given out by tne American Contractor,
reward for the eupture of the murderer the leading building trades journal,
of Miss Anna WemUer, of Osage City, shows that Oklahoma City in build-
whose body \v;.s found in the Missouri ing leads the lift of 42 cities, with a
river near here, liaa been Increased to gain of 264 per cent over the same
$1.:100. The Cole county iourt offered month in l'.injt. Twenty-five of the 42
thv additional $200. m : cities show a gain over last year
Aercplane Novices Meet
East St. Louis, 111.—The first annual
aeroplane meet for novices openel
this week in Washington Park, under
the auspices of the Aero Club c( St.
Louis.
Big Dam Gives Help
Washington.—The preparations of
the reclamation service "or the con-
struction of the big Engle dam hav
given a great Impetus to agricultural
developments in ihat part of N't v 'i ?
icco according to a statement Issued
by tho reclamation service.
Forty Injured in Wrcck
Detroit, Mich.—Forty persons were
hurt, six fatally, when a construction
car on the Detroit United Railway
struck a special with a large number
of celebrators from Kindsor. A jum-
bling of orders was the cause.
Baptist Tabernacle Damaged
Waurika, Okla.—A new tabernacle
erected for a Baptist revival was dam-
aged to a great extent here when
striw saturated with gasoline raught
fire. The roof and Beats were de-
stroyed. ,
Controlled Newspapers.
Tho Atchison Globe nays that no ad-
vertiser has ever tried to control its ed-
' ltorial policy, the remark being occa-
sioned by the charge often made nowa-
days, that the big advertisers direct
the editorial policy of newspapers.
The experience of the Globe is the
experience ot most newspapers. The
merchant w ho does a great deal of ad-
vertising is more Interested in the cir-
culation department of a newspaper
than in the editorial department. If a
daily paper goes to the homes pf the
people, and is read by them, he is satis-
fied, and it may chase after any theory
or fad, for all he cares. He has troubles
cf his own, and he isn't trying to shoul-
der those of the editorial brethren.
There are newspapers controlled by
people outside of the editorial rooms,
and a good many of them, more's the
pity; but the people exercising that
tontrol ar<? not tho businessmen who
pay their money for advertising space.
Tho newspapers which are established
for political purpose^ are often con-
trolled by chronic offlceseckers w hose
first concern Is their own interests.
There are newspapers controlled by
great corporations, and the voice of
such newspapers is always raised In
protest against any genuine reform.
The average western newspaper usu-
ally is controlled by Its owner, and he
Is supposed to be in duty bound to make
all sorts of sacrifices at all sorts of
times; there are people who consider
it his duty to Jnsult his advertisers,
just to show that he Is free and inde-
pendent. If he shows a decent respect
for his patrons, who pay him their
money, and make it possible for him to
carry on the business, he is "subsi-
dized" or "controlled." The newspaper
owner Is a business man, like the dry
goods man or the grocer. The mer-
chants are expected to have considera-
tion for their customers, and they are
not supposed to be subsidized by the
man who spends five dollars with
them, but the publisher is expected to
demonstrate his courage by showing
that he is ungrateful for tho patron,
age of his friends. It is a funny com-
bination when you think it over.—•
Emporia Gazette.
First Move in Meat Probe
Chicago—The first move in the
government's new investigation of the
packing-interests was made here Tues-
day, when subpoenas for fifty em-
ployes of the National Packing com-
pany were issued by United States Dis-
trict Attorney Sims.
Grand Jury to Investigate Lynching
Newark, O.—At a secret session of
the police court Acting Mayor Ankele
bound over to the grand jury ten sus-
pects arrested as a result of Friday's
lynching. The ten were held without
bond to answ er the charge of murder
in the first degree, which in Ohio is
punishable by electrocution.
Congress Receives Report
! Washington, D. C.—Congress hav-
ing enacted a bill for a postal sav-
ings bank system in the United States,
Consul General John L. Griffith of
London submitted to • this govern-
ment reports of postal savings opera-
tion in I'nlted Kingdom! where de-
posits amount tj? nearly a billion dol-
lars.
IV
Unflattering Truth.
A Chicago physician gleefully tells
a child story at his own expense. The
five children of some faithful patients
had measles, and during their rather
long stay in the improvised home hos-
pital they never failed to greet his
daily visit with pleased acclamation.
The good doctor felt duly flattered,
but rashly pressed the children, in the
days of eonvalescense, for the reason
of this sudden affection. At last the
youngest and most indiscreet let slip
the better truth.
"We felt so sick that we wanted
awfully to do something naughty, but
we were afraid to be bad for fear you
and the i irse would git' us more hor-
rid medicine. So we were awfully
glad to see you, always, 'cause you
made us stick out our tongues. We
stuck 'em out awful far!"
The Miser of Sag Harbor.
"Economy," said Daniel W Field,
the millionaire shoe manufacturer of
Boston, who at the age of forty-five
has entered Harvard, "economj is es-
sential to wealth, hut h economy I
don't mean nig': : dlini■ -s.
"Two many men fail to attain to
wealth because they practise •
cheeseparing and mean economy that
gets everybody down on them.
"They practise, in fact, an economy
like that of old William Ilrewa'er of
Sag Harbor. William, you know, would
never buy oysters because he couldn't
eat shells and all."
He Had Been Observing.
"Why don't you call your Invention
the 'Bachelor's Button?' " I asl;e 1 my
friend, who was about to put on the
market a button that a man could at-
tach without needle or thread.
"I fear that the appellation wouh?
imply tqo much restrictivcnf a he
answered. "You see," he went or., giv-
ing me one of his knowing smiles, "I
expect to do just as much !. :- ness
with the married men as with the
bachelors."
Compound
Interest
comes to life when the body
feels the delicious glow of
health, vigor and energy.
That Certain Sense
of vigor in the brain and easy
poise of the nerves comes
when the improper foods are
cut out and predigested
take their place.
If it has taken you years
to run d«wn don't expect one
mouthful of this great food
to bring you back (for it is
not a stimulant but a
rebuilder.>
Ten days trial shows such
big results that one sticks
to it.
"There's a Reason"
Get the little oook, "The
Pv&ad to \\ ellvilli," in pkgs.
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