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'6HAND DUKE NICHOLAS DRIVING
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1—Heavy artillery action In Flanders Is followed by Germans penetrating
trenches southeast of Poperinghe. 2—British have been shelling Lille with
heavy artillery. 3—British pour heavy artillery lire into Lens and Lieven.
4—Paris claims Important gain at Frise, on south bank of Somme river. 6—
German's launch heavy artillery action against French line botween Olse river
•nd Reims. 6—Germans capture 700 yards of French trenches at 8te. Marie-a-
Py, in Champagne district. 7—South of Lusse, east of St. Die, Germans report
destruction of French position by mine. 8—Near Abersept Germans report
capture of French first line trenches on a 400-yard front, and 200 yards at
6«duo1b. In up Dor Alsace. Paris reports recapture of positions.
FREE SUGAR GOES GLIMMERING
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House Caucus Decidcs to Continue the
Duty for the Present
Washington.—Repeal of the free su
gar clause of the Underwood tariff law
was approved as a party measure by
the house democratic caucus. The
vote was 84 to 20.
As the law now stands sugar would
go on the free list May 1, with a con-
sequent estimated revenue loss at the
rate of $40,000,000 annually. The re-
] port which is expected to pass both
houses before May 1, is provided for in
j a bill prepared by Majority Leader
Kitchin.
Mr. Kitchin told the caucus commis-
sion that the preparedness program
was going to cost ttie government a
grent deal of money and that the ex-
pense would have to T)e met with a?
little burden and annoyance to the peo-
j pie as possible. He said that while the
| committee had not formed any conclu
j slons ho thought the majority sent!-
j raent favored meeting the prepa ed-
| ness expenditures matmy from the in-
come tax and by resort to an excise
I tax on special articles and munitions
I manufacturers.
FLOOD WATERSJ5TILL SPREADING
Vast Lake Formed In Several Louisi-
ana Parishes.
Natchez, Miss.—Water let in
through the break in the Mississippi
levee near Newellton, La., has joined
the backwater from the Black and Red
rivers in Concordia parish, forming a
vast lake ifrhich spreads over the low-
lands of several parishes. Several
populous towns and a number of
smaller settlements now are inundated.
So far the only loss of life reported
was the drowning of three negroes
near Newellton when the embank-
ment gave way last week.
The break In the dike in the Buck-
ridge plantation Sunday night was re-
ported more than 1,00(1 feet wide.
THREATEN BAGDAD RAILWAY
German Route To Egypt About To Be
Cut Off—Thousands of Turks
Surrounded and
Captured.
Petpflgrad—The Russians are press-
ing the advantage gained at Erierum
on both flanks. On the rignt, along
the Black Sea coast, by the co-opera-
tion of the sea and land foraes they
are driving the Turks from one posi-
tion after another to the east of Tre-
bizond and It is expected that active
operations against that Important sea-
f port will not be long deferred.
The Russians have ocoupied Witde
<Widje) and pressed forward ten or
twelve miles westward. The fleet has
destroyed in succession several shore
batjeries which might have been of
asristance to the Turks, and by keep-
ing well in advance of the land forces,
and by destroying bridges over sev-
eral streams in the path of retreating
Turks, has .rendered their retreat
more difficult. The fleet" has been
•working so close to the shore that the
warships have been reached by rifle
Bre from the Turkish troops. On the
other hand, the ships have spread con-
tusion in the ranks of the Turks by
dropping shells among them.
On the left flank, after the occupa-
tion of Koph, the Russians pushed on
to Mush and Aohlat, the latter on the
north Bhore of Lake Van. From Kopn
to Mush, sixty miles over mountain
roads, the yfought several battles and
occupied Mush by storm.
The Turks fled southward toward
Diarbekr, the next objective of the
Russian army. Once in possession of
Piurbekr, it Is only a day's march to
the Bagdad raiijtay, the last remain-
ing communication into Syria.
The rapid Russian offensive beyond
Erzerum makes it probable that the
retreat of the Turkish corps operating
along the Black Sea coast, and of
those troops which were active in the
Mush district before the Russian oc-
cupation, will bo entirely cut off
GERMANY IS TO LEVY HIGH TAXES
Maximum May Reach Up To Fifty
Per Cent.
Berlin.—The most important parts
of the government's tax measures
have been submitted to the Bundes-
rath, but strict secrecy Is preserved
regarding their nature. It appears,
however, that the bills have been de-
signed to furnish 500,000,000 marks of
new revenue. The publication of this
measure probably will occur before the
reassembling of the reichstag on
March 15.
It is assumed that the chief feature
Of the fiscal legislation will be a tax
on extra war-time profits, as has al-
ready been decided in principle by re-
quiring firms to reserve 50 per cent
of their increase in the earnings for
future taxation. That a rich yield
from this tax may be counted upon
Is shown by the annual report of a
number of companies which laid aside
3,000,000 marks to 5,000,000 marks for
reserves under the law,
Nine Die When Theater Collapses
Mexia, Tex.—With the ruins of the
old Mexia opera house nnd four ad
joining buildings practically cleared of
debris, the death list from its collapse
and explosion remained at nine, no ad
ditional bodies tiding been found. Po-
lice believed every person had been
accounted for. The property loss was
approximately $100,000. The question
of what caused the accident in the op
era house In which a school art ex-
hibit was to have been h%ld, still Is uiv
decided.
Paper Mills Are Rejecting Orders
New York.—Paper mills in the Unit
ed States are operating at capacity and
many of them are turning away orders
but the increase in the price of raw
materials and the high price of laboi
has reduced the profits of the business
Arthur C. Hastings, president of tht
[American Writing Paper Co., satd:
| "The country is facing the greatest
paper famine in history. The stocks
\ in the hands of our jobbers are ver>
I low, our imports have been virtuall>
cut off, and our exports are greatei
than *ver."_
Nicaraguan Treaty Ratified.
| Washington.—The senate by a vote
of 55 to 18 ratified the long pending
I and persistently opposed Nicaraguan
| treaty, whereby the United States
would acquire a ninety-nine year op-
tion on the Nicaraguan Urinal route
and a naval base in the Gulf of Fon-
seca for $3,000,000. Included in the rat
ification resolution was a provision de-
claring that the United States in ob-
taining a naval base does not intend
to violate any existing rights in the
Fonseca gulf of Costa Rica, Honduras
and Salvador which had protested.
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Final Close of the!
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! Special Session«
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1 WHAT THE LEGISLATURE DID. E
S Passed an anti-usury law, de- ~ i
j 2 signed to force compliance with 5 !
=r constitutional interest rate of 6 and =s
j s 10 per rent. §S
j js; Provided for establishment of a =
3 twine factory at penitentiary. 5= (
jS Iaw to give voters, absent from =5
i 3 home on general election days, the Er
2 right to vote at any precinct in =
3 state. == j
3 Providing that counties may vote 3
= bonds for permanent road construe- =
3 tion work. == i
3 Amended oil jyid gas gross pro- 3
3 ductlon tax law so as to increase —
H the tax from 2 to 3 per cent. =
3 Created revolving fund for busi- ==
3 mh iQterpriMi it prison at Me- ==
3 Alester and reformatory at Gran- ==
3 ite.
= Appropriated $100,000 for as
g pense of further freight and pas- =:
3 senger rate litigation ==
3 Kstablished universal registra- EE
3 tion system.
3 Appropriated $20,000 for addition ==
g to (Jranite reformatory.
~ Submitted constitutional amend-
3 ment establishing literacy test as ~
E voting qualification. =£
e He-enacted general anti-gamb- £=
== ling law.
3 Provided for extermination and =§
control of hog cholera.
S Providing for employment of con- =
== viets on public roads.
3 Establishing method of correc- E:
3 tion of erroneous tax assessments. E
{2 Length of session, thirty-aix 3
2 days. ^
~ Amount appropriated for all ex-
g pense of the /session, $53,000.
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Oklahoma City.—After being in ses
uton just about one week longer than
suggested by Governor R. L. William? i
in his call, the extraordinary session j
of the Fifth legislature has passed intc j
history.
The last business was final argu
ment on the registration law and tht !
anti-usury law.
The registration law, as passed j
makes it mandatory for the count j
registrar to furnish a registration cer
tiflcate to every qualified voter in his j
county who participated in the last
general election, provided the vote! j
still resides in the county and precinct
The furnishing of this certificate is |
made mandatory whether or not appli
cation for it is made.
i After it was amended the bill was
| repassed and the emergency section '
j added. It received sixty-eight votes j
which is fifteen more than the bill got j
j when it was on final passage. Not one ]
j word of opposition was voiced by the
republican side to the emergency
though all republicans and socialists
j voted against the bill, even as amend-
ed, as welt as the emergency.
i The anti-usury law contains "real
teeth," according to the supporters of
the measure, who a >ert it is a long
step in the direction cf putting an end
to excessive interest charges in Okla- ,
homa in the future. It is understood
the governor will approve the bill.
Synopsis of Measure.
Following is a brief synopsis of the
measure:
Section 1 re-enacts the present law,
.ind provides that the debtor may plea
as a setoff or counterclaim double the
amount of interest charged or collect-
ed when suit is brough. on a loan i
contract.
Section 2 provides that the debtor I
may tender to the holder of any usur-
ious contract the amount of money ac-
tually received by him, less the entire
amount of interest charged, reserved
or collected and the failure of the hold- 1
er of the usurious contract to accept
such tender within twenty-four hours
operates as a satjsfaction and cancel-
lation of the entire debt. The section I
further provides that in case no tender ;
Is made and suit is brought the debtor 5
may go into court and deposit the
amount of money actually borrowed, ;
less double the amount of usurious in- j
terest charged or collected, together |
with the cost, and if this is not accept- i
pd by the plaintiff in the case, it oper- i
Htes as a cancellation and satisfaction
1 of the debt.
! By section 3 it is provided that
where a usurious contract is made and
transferred the person making said
contract is made liable to the penalty
provided in the act.
In section 4 there Is a provision that
no suit upon a usurious contract en- |
tered into after the passage of the act
of $300 or less shall be filed in court j
nnless an affidavit is also filed that no
usurious interest has Deen charged
: or collected and without such affidavit I
i no process of the court can be issued, j
Section 5 provides that all state ;
banks shall make quarterly reports to
j the bank commissioner of all contracts 1
I upon which a usurious rate of interest
| lias been charged. Such reports are
I to be published in the annual report i
of the hank commissioner. It furffiev
provides that when such report shows \
that any bank is violating the law the j
commissioner shall report the viola- ,
tion to the governor, who sliajl ordev
the commissioner to bring suit through I
the office of the attorney general to
cancel the charter of suctt. offending
bank.
Rock Island Grafters To Disgorge.
New York.—Federal Judge Julius
M. Mayer has finally approved the
agreement which was made between
Walter C. Noyes, receiver for the Chi
cago. Rock Island Pacific railroad,
Daniel G. Reid and other former direc-
tors of the company wTiereby Mr. Reid
and his associates will pay $750,000 in
settlement of claims for losses sus
tained by the railroac :n the purchase
of the St. Louis & San Francisoe rail
road and the issuance of dividends ir
1911, 1912 and 1913.
News of the
State Capitol
Cattle Worth Four Million Being Fed.
According to a report of the state
board of agriculture 7T.329 head of cat-
tle worth $4,639,740 were on feed in
Oklahoma in January. The figures are
compiled from reports of l,15u farmer
correspondents in all parts of the
state.
The number of cattle being fed by
counties, follow:
Adair, 520; Alfalfa, 507; Atoka, 282;
Beaver, 500; Beckham, 433; Blaine,
431; Bryan, 500; Caddo, 490; Canadian,
120; Carter, 900; Cherokee, 500; Choc-
taw, 583; Cimarron, 1,325; Cleveland,
962; Coal, 750; Comanche, 333; Cot-
ton, 145; Craig, 1,160; Creek ....;
Custer, 1,700; Delaware, 300; Dewey,
666; Ellis, 2,066; Garfield, 62; Garvin,
1,075; Grady, 9,160; Grant, 849; Greer,
767; Harmon, 850; Harper, 333; Has-
l ell, 664; Hughes, 850; Jackson, 1,500;
Jefferson, 1,080; Johnson, 5,000; Kay,
775; Kingfisher, 600; Kiowa, 625; Lat-
imer, 250; LeFlore, 1,500; Lincoln, 517;
Logan, 5,000; Love, 650; McClain,
1,333; McCurtain, 213; McIntosh, 263;
Major, 300; Marshall, 1,000; Mayes,
673; Murray, 500; Muskogee, 2,000;
Noble, 716; Nowata. 266; Okfuskee,
517; Oklahoma, 1,000; Okmulgee,
2.S50; Osage, 1,443; Ottawa, 365; Paw-
nee, 400; Payne, 600; Pittsburg, 500;
Pontotoc, 500, Pottawatomie, 710;
Pushmataha, ; Roger Mills, 330;
Rogers, 178; Seminole, 1,637; Se-
quoyah, 2,233; Stephens, 1,220; Texas,
1,167; Tillman, 789; Tulsa,- ; Wag-
oner, 3,500; Washington, 1,075; Wash- |
lta, 1,633; Woods, 200, and Woodward,
£67.
PRECIPITATION FOR JANUARY, 1915
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The average precipitation for the month of January was 4.80 inches. Considering
the state as a whole, it was by far the wettest January in the past 24 years. The
precipitation was exceptionally heavy in the south-central and eastern counties, the
monthly total? ranging from ♦ to above 13 Inches. The greatest precipitation was
13.08 inches at Fort Gibson, Muskogee County; the least amount was U.31 inch at
Hooker, Toxas County.
STATE-WIDE
GOING TO MAKE WAR ON CHOLERA
I Gov. Williams and Gov. Capper Name
Delegates to Blackwell Meet.
State Auditor Has Huge Sum.
With a collection of $197,000 Febru-
ary 1, State Auditor Howard holds
the sum of $1,003,000 in cash, repre-
senting the gross production tax on
oil produced in Oklahoma since tile
law went into effect last year. The
money was paid under protest, and
t annot be used by the state until after
the litigation in which the law is in-
volved is settled.
In the event the legislature approves
the plan of settlement as suggested by
Auditor Howard, and Governor Wil-
liams in his message last week, the
litigation will be settled and more than
$900,000 will become available imme-
diately for use by the state. Mr. How-
ard's plan is that the producing com-
panies be require^ to pay the 2 per
cent tax on oil, not including the tax
on the royalty. The tax on the royalty
amounts to approximately $100,000.
The companies contend that the tax
should be paid by the owners of the
land who receive fhe royalty. Should
that plan be adopted, the auditor
would be compelled to collect the tax
Km royalty from the land owners. Such
procedure would necessitate some ex-
tra work, but the state would not lose
any money by the plan, Mr. Hjward
said. Before the plan could be put into
force, the legislature must authorize
the auditor to enter into such an agree-
ment with the companies.
The companies have agreed to drop
the suits and pay the 2 per cent tax
on oil, exclusive of the tax on royalty.
January Fire Toll.
Fire snuffed out seven lives in Okla-
homa in January, but proper precau-
tions would have prevented every one
of the fatalities.
In the same month the property loss
from fire reached a total of $214,944.34.
The damage to buildings aggregated
$105,740.69
The January fire loss was large com-
pared with the loss of the same month
last year. Three fires contributed
about one-half. The loss at Wirt, in
the Healdton oil field, amounted to
approximately $50,000; that at Drum-
richt $35,000 and .the fire which de-
stroyed oil tanks in the Healdton field
$25,000.
The fire which destroyed Wirt was
caused by an explosion from gasoline
used in a tailor shop and the one at
Drumright by an overheated stove.
Fires from unknown causes and from
oil and gas explosions have entailed a
loss of $10,000 during the month, and
incendiary and defective stoves and
furnaces have caused a large loss.
During the past month two persons
were arrested on a charge of arson,
and their preliminary examinations
have been set for February 15.
WORK PROGRESSING RAPIDLY ON
NEW STATE CAPITOL
BUILDING
OTHER KEWS CF THE NEW STATE
Little Incidents and Accidents hat Go
To Make Up a Week's History
of a Great Common-
(K wealth.
Oklahoma City.—Satisfactory prog-
ress is being made in the second im-
portant construction stage of the new
state capitol building, according to of-
ficials of tli6 Stewart Construction
Company, having in charge the work.
The structural work, including the lay-
ing of roof slabs, has been completed;
corridor partitions have been installed
in the basement and the first floor,
exterior granite work in the sub-base-
ment and the basement is one-third
completed, and the metal lath and fur-
ring for the plaster is in place for the
suspended ceiling and the ornamental
cornices.
The Oklahoma state capitol will bo
about the same size as the Utah cap-
itol, wiih which it will compare favor-
ably, although the latter cost $3,500,-
000 and is one of the finest in the
United States.
j One of the most imposing features
will be the large rotunda and the
grand stairway. The house and senate
chambers will be commodious and ade-
quate, while the courtrooms will be
unusually large.
Some of the features of the new cap-
tol will be: A postofflce, restaurant,
promenade on the roof, an electric
| clock system, a vacuum cleaning sys-
! tem, automatic heat regulating sys-
tem, an ice plant for cooling the air
in the summer and a power plant.
An idea of the quantity of material
being used for this monster structure
is given by a glance at the car records
kept in the superintendent's office.
i The record to date follows;
| Granite, 140 cars; limestone, 600
j cars; structural steel, 10 cars; parti-
tion tile,*200 cars; common brick, 200
I cars; marble, 60 cars; doors and win-
dows, 20 cars; ornamental iron, 7
cars; crushed stone, 400 cars; sand,
300 cars; cement, 2t0 cars; glass, 4
cars; heating and plumbing fixtures,
10 cars; lumber, 75 cars, and plaster-
ing materials, 40 cars.
WOULD MARRY A BOLD BAD BANC!!
Henry Starr's Affinity Sues Husband
For Divorce.
Blackwell.—Tuesday, February 22,
there was a joint meeting of farmer*
and hog raisers in Oklahoma and iK
Cowley county, Kansas, north oi
Blackwell for the purpose of organizi
ing an interstate association for the
eradication of hog cholera. A larg$
number of men are expected from alr
I>oints in Kansas and Oklahoma and
Governor Robt. L. Williams and Cover
nor Capper have appointed delegates
to attend the meeting.
The meeting last week was the out-
growth of the efforts of T. N. Athey
of Kay county, who has spent the past
three years organizing farmers of this
section into an association for the pr&
vention and eradication of hog cholera-
Following ara the men Governor
Williams has appointed:
R. F. Scivally, Ardmore; J. J. Sav-
age, Hollis; Ike Renfrow, Sulphur;
T. N. Athey, Blackwell; J. A. Schmitt,
Kildare; Albert Matoy, Matoy; D.
Morgan, Durant; J. H. Holland, Ach-
ille; G. A. Ramsey, Colbert; A. T. Whit,
worth, Carmen; Harve McDuffee;
Kingston; R. L. Peebly, Oklahoma
City; J. R. Knight, Ada; Logan Stokes,
Forney; J. P. Fieney, Kingfisher; John
McCafferty, Jones; A1 Spencer, Okla.
homa City; Allen Cash, El Reno;
Henry Lipps, Okeene; Lee R. Patter-
son, EI Reno; W. R. Turman, Poteau;
S. L. LOWly, Poteau; Edgar Moore,
Spiro; James Littlefield, Braman;
George Seybold, Muskogee: E. Reyn-
olds, Leonard; Thad Ledsinger, El-
more City; John Bailey, Albion; Wil-
liam Isherwood, Tuskahoma; ,T. B.
Hefley, Hartshorne; Robert West,
Warner; A. B. Campbell, Geary; C. H.
Hyde, Alva; John Whitehurst, Sayre;
L. Rodke, Paoli; Frank Carpenter,
Bridgeport; D. P. Marum, Woodward;
James A. Thurmond, Tushka; C. B.
Campbell, Minco; R. H. McLish, okla-
homa City; Joe Alexander, Ft. Smith,
Ark.: Henry Stebbins, Creekola;"
Frank Gault, Oklahoma City.
FOUR OF FAMILY ARE WOUNDED'
Feudist Shoots Dr. E. Payne* His Wif®
and Two Children.
Producers Lose Before Commission.
The state corporation commission
dismissed a plea made by the attorney
general on behalf of Healdton oil pro-
ducers that the commission compel
purchasers to pay higher prices. In
dismissing .the action, the commission
held that fixing of the price of crude
oil under section 2 of the act passed
by the legislature is impracticable.
The complaint was filed by the attor-
ney genera! several months ago, when
Healdton oil was selling for about 35
cents.
Pioneer Co. Accused of Cutting Rates
The Pioneer Telephone & Telegraph
Company lowered its rates in Forgan,
according to a complaint received by
the corporation commission from the
Fort Supply Telephone & Telegraph
Company, which also operates an ex-
change in Forgan. The rate charged
by both companies was $1.25 a month
for residence photies and $2 for busi-
ness phones until the Pioneer owered
Its rate on residence and business
phones to $1 per month. The locnl
company want the Pioneer to restor#
'.ts former rata.
Tulsa—Choosing to take her chances
of becoming the wife of Henry Starr,
convicted to a life term in the Okla-
homa penitentiary at McAlester, rather
than live with her former husband in
Colorado, Mrs. Loretta Elwick filed
suit in the superior court of Tulsa
county to secure a divorce from Guy
Elwick.
The petition declares that Mrs. El-
.wick and her husband were married
at Lamar, Col., Nov. 6, 1907, and that
they lived together until Oct. 12, 1914,
| when, according to Mrs. Elwick's
i claims, her husband deserted her.
I Oklahoma has known Henry Starr
for many years, but it 'liecame ac-
quainted with Mrs. Elwick only last
year when it was discovered that she
and Starr had been living together in
Tulsa as Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Williams
j taking the same name as the gover-
nor.
Ardmore.—Dr. E. Payne, his wife,
his daughter, nine years old, and a son
six years old, were fired upon from
an ambush last week, and Mrs.
Payne will probably die from tha
wounds she received. The Payne fam
ily had been to Ardmore and in a wag-
on were returning home. Those who
fired upon them used shotguns andl
concealed themselves behind impro-
vised breastworks near the road. Eight
shot struck Mrs. Payne in the abdo-
men. Many shot struck Dr. Payne and
the two children, and all were rendered
helpless. Three members of the fam-
ily were found wounded lying in the
back of the wagon, by T. F. Maloney,
an oil man traveling along the road.
The six year old boy, although wound-
ed was sitting in the seat and attempt-
ing to drive the team.
"Grandfather" Trial St.-rts
Guthrie, Okla.—Trial of Tom Mosley
and Daniel Hogan, of Blaine county,
was commenced in federal court here
last week. The two were charged with
having enforced the state "grandfath-
er election law during the congres-
sional election in 1912. j, Mosley and
Hogan were election orflcials. The
two were indicted by a federal grand
iury in 1913. Federal Judge John H.
'otteral sustained a demurrer to the
Indictments, An appeal was taken and
the trial court reversed, the case be-
ing remanded for trial on its merits.
MAY OUST OTTAWA OFFICIALS
Charged With Failing To Enforce Law
Against Liquor Traffic.
Miami.—Suit has been filed In the
district court by the board of county
commissioners of Ottawa county to re-
move Sheriff George Gibson from of-
fice.
The petition alleges that Gibson
failed to enforce the prohibition law,
especially failing to enforce it in Com-
merce, a mining town. The commis-
sioners also filed suit to remove Con-
stable William Johnson of district No.
4, Commerce.
The petition recites that on Septem-
ber 28 Sheriff Gibson and several
other men entered a joint at Com-
merce and all took a drink
Bad Fire at Oilton
Oilton.—Fire which originated in tha
Bijou motion picture theater building
here completely destroyed th« rntiro
block, the monetary loss being esti-
mated at $75,000. Defective / iring of
the motion picture building is said to
have been the cause of the fire. The
fire equipment and members o! the
fire department at Drumright, respond-
ed to a call for help, but by the time
the firemen and equipment reached
Oilton the fire had burned complete-
ly out.
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The Lexington Leader (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, February 25, 1916, newspaper, February 25, 1916; Lexington, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc110714/m1/8/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.