The Kiowa Chronicle. (Kiowa, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 1916 Page: 2 of 8
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THE K I 0 vV A
CHRONICLE
ri WEEK'S HEWS
Total of «is»2 bales of ’si*
COTTON GINNED TO NOVEM.
BEP 1 IN OKLAHOMA.
OTHER HEWS Of THE STATE
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Sefire eve t se Vr.’l'eer fst-.ng
tie le*rt?. ; i:.l tie reond tse
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Oklahoma City—= .-ro-nwUd *»
>Y-t.T r 3 marsh. • raL.-r-ad and
ei;-re»* rexpazj or ei. Joe Irarie.
’• •' - »,i«
*-zd tvr»* ari a e- were irocstt to
oc a Siiva ># ajecta, ••a.a
Ail !:ilfed ir 'ie co.atj on fe-1-
erai charger of conapiracy. Tie fed-
e.*ai aLt-vontits nope to connect tie
pnronerj » i -ie train roipery at
B!.a« and Tie k.IUng of Percy Nor-
man, mail clerk, tie tank robbery a:
Bosaell and & train robbery at
Apacne. Aria Davis' a*sx.ia*.»- gave
tieir namei as W r Well*. Join Bro-
gan and Join Courtney.
Tbe arre*-. at Purcell ■=•»* tie end
of a ceaseless search of federal rail-
road and eipres, officers through the
southwest tla: began when a Santa
F> train was ie!d up and Percy Nor
man. mail clerk, was murdered Octo-
ber 18, near BIUs Officers have been
trailing Darls and his wife for week-
waiting for appearance of other al-
leged outlaw-. Finally, Davis, hi.
wife, Wells, Courtney and Brogan
gathered in a boarding house at Pur-
cell and officers swarmed In at supper
time.
Davis is under 110,000 bona on ap-
peal io the l S circuit court from
conviction at Muskog-e for the rob
bery of a Katy train near Onapa about
a year ago.
TO SEW AUSTRIA# AMBAS-
SADOR TO U. S.
G**»t 5- ti n Dec -e« ts Pe-4»nt
Ce.rt Ta-weerak! to Crosa ,
t“e Ocean.
Washington — An-'ter contrcveray
be'%een tne Atnar. an government
at t ..t entente al.iee is in prospect as
a -esuh of tie refus-1 of 'he British
f >vm-.er: u> gram safe candu-t to
-nt Tarr. wski. tie newly appoint-
ee a-strc-H.vgaraa .mbas-ador to
tie I'nrod Jta'es.
-- 'bv ti.-t: « of official advice* on
* -‘-7.- '
ranaect were net in a position to
: i.tzi iy or to forecast the
-- 'f T* * ' err.a^r.t .- likely to pitr-
*a# made evident, however.
c tie unfavorable ac-ion of the
r- : r- gc office on "e - • - c-f
"e "•‘-ti..: cf the ne» iabm-.-ador
-o cr -? tie Atlantic to his post came
a- an -splti.ar.t -urprise. It had not
list Great Blitaia
■ ci.i be tie .a-t power to deny the
i-r. —fed character of a diplomatic
officer on such a voyage.
Asuie lr .e .- -• ; a. Er.u i
Wbttl d *o( dee ire
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’
u: ;-e-uoned r.git oi a ne'rtra! gov-
ernment to receive ar. ambas-ador or
m.ni.-.er, offi-ia..- iad counted upon
Great Bri'atn s record in the Mason
and Shdell case to prevent such an
-*EDEAL TROOPS RETURN
AND DRIVE OUT THE
BANDIT FORCE.
NMMERICANS were killed
Ib'cese Were Massacred But Nt-
Other Fere:gr«rs were Molest-
ea.—Many Villietas Ki’led
or Captured
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t;-*(' '' >■ • - . ter.
MiLITARY ROLE IN iMERIC*N ™
A m m ■ ^ _ _ ____ - # — -r- - e-— w. — _ ___
Tie fact i- rec-gnizei that in pro-
testing against tic removal of the
roniede.-ate comiri-sioners from the
' eam.-hip Trent. 'S« Bri'ish govern-
ment was mainly concerned with the
■ iulatton of tie pro'e 'ion afforded by
the Br ; is a flag under which tie Trent
-u .ed ar.il it -aid that it was on
- ’ * ted Sutes i .
Boy Ed and Captain von Papen. former
marde:
Greu- Britain'- attitude, if adhered
O- *'.--i.d prevent a new Turkish am-
btvssador and socceasors to Captain
a’ei the action of iu naval com-
‘ -- military attaches of the
’ -n tat.-...; from reaching the
l nred State-
DEPUTY FURNISHES HIS BOND
O Brien Released From 'Ctfetody; Van
6ickle Held; More /Vrests.
Muskogee.—John O'Brien, deputy
United States marshal, indicted by
the federal grand Jury at Chfckasha
on five charges, four alleging that he
accepted"briges ane one that he con-
verted property seized by the govern-
ment, made bond in the sum of $12,500
before Arthur G. Cochran, United
States commissioner.
Bert Van Sickle, former deputy
United States marshal, was Indicted
on eighteen counts and was unable
to make the total bond of $45,000 re-
quired of him. W. J. Turner of the
Little Caney Oil Company and former
chief of police of Bartlesville. John
Nolan, Bert Vanwinkler and Bert Bar-
ringer, indicted in connection with
the case, were arrested at Bartles-
ville
That these wholesale indictments
and arrests will lead to startling rev-
elations of the liquor traffic in the
Bartlesville district Is the belief of
federal officials. A half dozen or more
NEW RAILROAD CHARTERED
Jake Hamon Promoting Line Frorv
Ringling to Oklahoma City.
Oklahoma City.—Jake L. Hamon
promoter of the Oklahoma. New Mex
ico and Pacific railre.-i cod John King
ling of circuB fame and founder of th« '
town of Ringling in Jefferson county
are among the promoters of a new rail
road from Ringing to Oklahoma C.i‘
charter for which has been tiled with
Secretary of State J. L. Lyon.
The name of the company promot
ln6 '-he line 1b the Ringling & Oil
Fields Ra Irced Company and it Is
capitalized at $200,000. Ttve estimated
ength of the line is ISO mBc-s, and ac
cording to plans set forth In the char '
ter it will pass through the counties ol
Jefferson, Carter, Stephens, Garvin, 1
Cleveland and through Oklahoma ‘
county to Oklahoma City.
The Incorporators other than Ring
iing and Hamon are H. A Coones. J
9- Mullen. P. C. Dings and P. L. An
derson of Ardmore, and Charles C.
AV son of Chicago. Plans for building
and financing the road are being for-
mulated in Chicago where Hamon has
established offices.
UNITED STATES HAS TAKEN
STEPS TO SUPPRESS
POLITICAL CHAOS.
BLUEJACKETS IN FULL CONTHOL
Action is the R-sult of Carefully
Laid Plan# of Navy Depart*
orient to Suppress Revo-
lutionary Movements.
Amer.can Flag V ent Dc*n At the
Masthead cf the Torpedoed
Ship Chemung
FOREIGN LOANS NOT SAFE
Federal Reserve Beard Issues Warning
To Banns.
WHO WANTS A MINISTER?
Muskogee—“Wanted, by Melho-
d:*t minister, a w
Thus reads an advertisement In-
verted in a Muskogee new paper
by_ the Rev T W. Eaatham of
Beggi before he left for home after
attending the Methodist Episcopal
e-.-'reenee for the eastern district
of Oklahoma
. prefer a blr-raSe,- reals the
airer -e-T.'. "but t if, not care
part.'. -.y about her size and
tn.-d except ‘ at she arm net be
vma . r • !>-z» I want her
t / he about my own age or younger
but ate can have any colored e;.e-
sr.e »' ris even bs a brineUe .' -he
u a r.g-.t gczx>*
J pp ar t, may apply at the 'arm
tear Bevz, where the Rev. East-
barn maze, hi, home He preacbee
at 1 ,-r d.fferett churchea on a Hr-
eu.t- He declared while in yn»-
k -gee ’tat ha -tad not seen a wom-
since hi* wife died three year*
agj wrpr.m he mould particularly
care to have for a wife.1 Conse-
quent.y he advertlatd.
Banks Get Tax Refund.
Du-ant—Five banka of Bryan court
ty have had refunded to them by the
county treasurer the aggregate sum ol
$2,500 which the banks had paid un
der protest as taxes on s’ate building
bond*. These banks are: Durant Na
tional and State National of Durar.t
First National Panic of Colbe-t. F.r«t
National Bar.k of Kenefi'k and the
First National Bank of Bokchi'o The
refund wa* made in conformity to the
decision recently rendered by the su
preme court declaring the bond* non- '
taxable.
Evpren Messenger Ki'led By Fa-d t.
Pryor —Andy Lain, night express
messenger, wa* killed in the Ka'v
station here by a bandit who shot
the me uenger with hi* own gur. a'ter
a hand to hand fight. The bandit then
f oted the cart drawer of 1(0 ar.d
fled before Howard Huggins, night tel-
egraph operator could summon a.d
Hugg.ns heard the shot ar.d a
moment la'er Lain staggered into his
room and fell dead. A pn»ie followed
the tra.n of the bandit to Chateau,
but then lost it. Lain came to Pryor
recently from Fcrt Smith and wax un-
_____ married.
VT; _;^BrkV*ntenCed- s*’’,t»'-y survey Mad* At Norman,
tountv a-tirtre-- "and ^ Warn- n. Norman —To Improve .-amtarycon-
elect frnrr rv " ~ representative- d.uoox in Norman :» the purpose of a
lnd^rtid hvC8h C?ntT' Wh° wa* 'ur,ry ot 111 tn* •'uder.t rooming .
Indie^-d by tne fe.eral grand Jury at house- now be.ng made by the »>ude--
^c1n,iilVr“i ?"?d eu!!tr °f lL' coucc11 of the Unlrermity ot Ok arena'
traducing Intoxicating liquor Into Ok- Stratton Kemooie, cr.ai-maa of the
t Vr’T, k'l'nt4,e --tudect we.fare cemmifee. has .ent
,P ttr:* ,lltr da>‘ queotlooAlrea to every rooming house
Wrirtt I*7 * 0t tm “king about the con.true.on of the
hlnker h P?m,™Dt Hu*c oouse. the water supply, the number
banker, Jo.ntly charged and tried with of bathrooms and water dose- .-curse
*“fT?D V*. •*?l?n.e^ *° Of milk supply, disposal of
ngtoi been
proclaimed ;n San:o Lk.m:r.go by the
T. nited States naay to suppre-s ex-
isting political chaos in the little re-
public by way of guaranteeing future
quiet by estahii-:.ing ' ere such a fi-
nancial and police p;ntectora e as the
American government now exercises
over Haiti.
Eighteen hundred American marine-
wiii mainta.n order for the pr. sent and
at !ea.-f until ele are he'd in Jat'e
. tfi* ir officer? wii] ?uper\ i?e (; •*
conduct of government native offi-
cials and disbur-e ti*e cu.t* ids r^v*.
enues.
Carefully Prepared.
is been gives
to the government - decision t adopt
such mea-ures. Captain Knapp’s actios
»as the r<—ult of plans carefully
worked out by ^a-e ar.d navy depart-
ment officials after < onference with
Minister Rus-el , recalled from Santo
fir
eratlon of full report.- from the naval
the sc-er.4 a; ■
recently sent to relieve Rear Admiral
Pond in Dominican waters, carried
wyh him complete ins'ructions Jor his
ta-k.
The necessity for a drastic step has
been considered -once the overthrow
months ago of Pres.dent J.minez by
General Aria- a -trongly an'i-Ameri-
can revolutioni.-t With Arias in con-
trol. the Dominican assembly elected
Fredrick Enriquez president, but tbe
L nited Stales refused to reo g.iize the
new government and withheld ’he bal-
ance of customs revenue- |ef; after
the regular payments of intere-- on
the fore en debt. Consequently, the
•« w
first pay since the downfall of,
JimiDex, when, on December - the
Amencati officer* begin to di-bur>e
• “ c A'- '■ lr.-. .ia'ed ex;ort
duties.
Rsvolut.crt Must Cease.
High offi ial- made i* p] in -r at >he
Washington gevernmen' i- det-min-
eA tha* there -had be no renewa of
the revolution.- :r. Haiti ard Sr-.-.to Do-
mingo. which f r year- ;„-.e rendered
the is.and a source of menace to the
international re.a'.ions of t. e L'ni’ed
State- became of *he fore.gn capi-
tal invested there
ican cap-
o refu-ed
Pur s—A Madrid dispatch by wire
I les- announce- the arrival at Valencia
I Spain, of the crew of the American
i steamer Chemung, torpe ed by a
j German submarine. The - ommander
| gave the crew only a few minutes to
abandon the vessel, not allowing them
even to take their money ar.d papers.
The -ubmarine towed the lifwboat-
in which the crew were placed to
w run five mile.- of the coa-t. wbete
it abandoned them.
Tbe Chemung went down with the
star- and stripe* Coating at her mast.
A live!-.- incident preceded the -ink-
ing of the vessel. The German com-
mander gave orders -tat the American
flag should be lowered and German
soldier- p ■ pared t ; it -id into ef-
fect. They met with stubborn re-i -'-
anee on the part of the
tain, Duffy, and tbe crew
to haul down the color- -aying that
if the ship had to be -ank it voulfl
be with the flag flying
Captain Duffy tiiain*a;r.ed hi- ground
and so rapidly were the preparations
to sink the Chemung made that fur-
ther di-cus-ion about the flag cea-ed
and after the captain and crew had
been 'aken aboard the -ubmarine a
torpedo ard three shells -er.t against
the side of the American -hip put
her to the bottom.
Although angry a' the action of the
German commander. Captain Duffy
and his men had some measure of sat:
isfacrion in seeing the flag t the ma-i-
head a- the wave- final!; enguifed
their ship
The Chemung was reei-'ered at New
York and carried a crew- of twenty-
four. They found a place in two life
boats and after a time on the open
sea were picked up by a Spanish
steamer which look them to Valencia
Captain Duffy ha- made a lone report
of ti.e incident to the American con-
sul at Valencia. John R Pu nam
Washington — American bankers
*ere warned by the federal reserve
board to avoid locking up their funds
by purchasing treasury bills of for-
eign governments involving lone term
obligations.
While specifically disclaiming “any
intention of reflecting upon the finan-
cial ability of any nation.'' the board
adv .-es ali investors to proceed with
caution, and formally announced to
member bank- of the federal reserve
system that with the liquid fund-
which should be available to American
merchant.-, manufacturers and farm-
er- in danger of being absorbed for
tr.er purpo-es. it “does not regard it
m the intere-t of the country at this
tim~ that they invest in foreign treas-
ury bills of this character.”
Otf.c.a.s would no* di-cu-s the ques-
tion for pub cation, bu -ome of them
.r. ormal!y interpreted tbe warning as
the reserve board s answer to the re-
cent proposal of J P. Morgan A- Co..
British fiscal a: • ts in this country, to
have American bank-rs a cep- British
treasury bills o: ar. indefinite total is-
sue. secured by gold reserves held in
Ottawa
Jusre, —It wa- offl islly announced
. it military headquarters that the Car-
ant* force- have reoccupi-d the city
>f Chihuahua having driven out the
* .Ua bandit- Telegraphic communi-
.v.tien with c r.iiiar a fit., over the
. 'ederal line ha- been re-e-tablished
No Americans have been killed in
Chihuahua City by Villa, according to
i private me--age received here from
hat city. The message said that the
>n!y fore gr.»rs to suffer were ’he Chi-
le.e. for whom the bandit* showed no
Ttercy.
Ger.era* Carlo* Ozuna entered Cbi-
-ah ;a ( itv from the north at 7
>c!o< -. Sa'urday night, a telegram re-
.'eived by General Franc-Dco Gonzaie-
>r:eade commander here, -tated Tbe
ne--age was from General Ozuna and
*a- dated chihuahua Ci’..
General Gonzales has ,eft Chihua-
ua City and taken large command of
arrar.za troops. He announced tel-
egraphic communication had been re
-•ored south of Jiminez. The latest
reports here are that many Villa fol-
lower- have been captured and killed.
It was announced that Villa has left
for western Chihuahua, following
trains of loot.
General Franci-co Murguia. the Car
ranza commander who has been mov-
ing slowly northward from Torreon,
a so w as reported to have entered
the city, after having defeated ths
Vida column, thirty miles south of
Chihuahua City.
Six trains entered Chihuahua City
from the south and were believed hero
to have carried the remainder of Mur-
guia - column, his field equipmen’ and
heavy artillery. Telegraphic commu-
nication has been re-established with
Torreon and to .Mexico City from the
Chihuahua state capital and the rail-
road has been repaired and trains are-
operating as far south as Jiminez, it
was announced here.
Villa Followers Pardoned.
Only the most meager details of tfce-
fighting which resulted in the reoccu-
patfon of the capital have been re-
ceived
Many of Villa's men were -aid to
have been left behind when the loot,
'rains left for the Guerrero district.
where Villa and his bandit leaders
have made their home for many years.
*a> reported here that many of the
i Villa followers who were left in the
city were pardoned by the Carranza
: officers w hen it was learned they had
been pre--ed into the bandit leader's
service and had fought against their
will
Fix Carranza soldiers from the rem
nants of General Trevino's command
were seen on the streets here with
their ears cut.
Officers were said to have been even
more terribly mutilated by the Dan
> dibs.
GREEK KING GIVES UP GUNS
Two Hundred Killed In Street Fight-
ing In Athens.
WOMEN BOYCOTTING EGGS
New York City Begins Fight On High
Cost of Living.
In Jill and fined $100. Both gar* no-
tic* ot appaal and mad* bonds.
method of lighting and rtscent infect
ious diseases.
Election Better* Arrested.
Huntsville, Aia.— The pv.!:'..cal fued
centering about last summer's cam-
paign for tbe pfoCate Judgeship here,
already credited with the death of
three pr<mine.nt Hun'-vlie men anil
the conviction of a forrth for murder,
took a new turn when it wag learned
that the count/ g-and jury had voted
to indict fourteen per- >n* for betting
on tbe primary judgship W T Law-
ler, the succes.-fu! candidate, was kill-
ed soon after his nomination, and
David D. Overton, his defeated oppo-
nent, is under d«8ath aentence.
No Pledge B-oken. Washington Belief.
Washington —Official report on the
destruction of the American steamer
I'bemung by a German submarine was
received by t..t s'a'e department ft b
the American consul at Valencia.
tspa..n. He -aiii all on board had been
land-d -ale y The ca-e appear- to
be -,mi!ar to the destruction of the
Ameri an -hip- William P Frye and
the l>-elanaw, loth carrying contra-
band. damage* for which are to be
award-! by diplomatic negotiation*
A- there was no lo-s of life nor ap
parent \. Nations of Germany's pledge
the < a_-e is not regarded a.- alarming.
New Y'ork.—New Y’ork City's fight
to reduce the high cost of living be-
gan in earnest with a boycott on eggs
by thousands of housewives. This
was followed with a direct appeal bv
he National Housewives' League to
President Wilson for the regulation
of the country s food supply and meet-
ing. of federal, state and city officials
and investigating committees as well
a- various civic organizations at which
resolutions were adopted looking to a
speedy readju--ment of conditions.
Coincidental with the egg boycott
there was a break in the poultry" mar-
ket. the pri.e of turkeys dropping
from 4 to 5 cents a pound.
Virtually every branch of the munic-
ipal government is at work in an en-
deavor to find a solution of the food
problem A sta emen' issued by Israel
Feirberg. president of the board of
control, declared that “the present
high cost of living is directly re-
flected in an increase in the number
of suicides, deaths from !a k of proper
nourishment and birth control.”
Wsges Up 10 Per Cent.
Newport News. Va —Official an-
nouncement was made of a general
wag-- increa-e at the plant of the New-
port Ne -’-s Shipbuilding and Dry Duck
Com pan;- here. Every employe of the
company will participate in the in-
crease. which will average in the
neighborhood of 10 per cent.
London.—After a day of panic and
, fighting in the streets and on the hill-
side- of Athens, King Constantine
yielded to Vice Admiral DuFournet.
the entente commander, and agreed
to surrender the Greek mountain artil-
lery. demands for w hich had been re-
fused. Following announcement of the
king's action entente troops, with the
I exception of a small guard, were w ith-
: drawn from the city.
The casualties resulting from the
clash of entente and Greek troops are
, Bot officially announced, but have-
been estimated as high as 200. Two
Greek colonels and several civilians
were killed. An employe of the Brit
ish legation is said to have been fa-
tally wounded.
A new Russian effort is visible on
the Danube south of Bucharest, where
newly-arrived Russian troops are
making an important attack on Field.
Marshal von Maekensen's rear, a!
ready, according to the Russian off.
clal report, w ith some success, twenty-
six guns and a number of prisoner*
having been taken and the Germans
and Bulgarians having been driven
from Tzomana and Gostinari. The
Russians also are successfully appiv-
Ing pressure in Dobrudja.
These Russian attacks on the two-
extreme flanks of the central forces,
although they may be too late to save
; Bucharest, may. if successfully prose-
cuted. change the complexion of the-
Roumanian campaign, as there is no
j indication as vet that the enveloping
movement of the central powers has
succeeded in cutting off and consid-
srable portion of the Roumanian ar-
mies.
Standard Oil Jumps Wages.
New Y'ork.—A wage increase, to
mee- the high cost of living, by which
10.000 of its employes will be benefit-
ed. beginning December 1, was an-
nounced here by the Standard Oil
Company of New Jersey Tbe plans
call for ar: advance to unskilled work-
er* in the New Jersey refineries from
$2.20 to $2 50 a day and 25 cents fiat
for all classes of labor now receiving
higher than $2.20. Wage earners, it
• as stated, who are paid less than
$2.20. will receive an increase in pro-
portion.
Hughs* Has A Job.
Lakewood. N. J.—Charles E. Hnghes
announetd that on January l next he
would resume the practice of law as a
member of the New Y'ork firm of
Rounds. Schurman & Dwight. His son
Charles E Hughes. Jr., also will enter
the firm. It was stated. In 1906, when
Mr Hughes was nominated for gov-
ernor of New Y'ork, he was a member
of the same firm, but Us title at that
time was Hughes. Rounds A- Schur-
man. With Mr. Hughes again in the
firm the new name, it was added, will
be Hughes, Rounds, Schurman &
1 Dwight.
Envoys Protest Chinese Lean.
Washington.—The British. French
| and Japanese ministers at Peking, it
: became known here are supporting
:he bankers of their countries in pro-
tests to Chin* against the $5,000,000
loan arranged by that government
with a Chicago bank Members of the
former quintuple group w hich secured
a practical monopoly of Chinese loan?
for administrative purposes,, through
the loan agreement of April. 1913, com
plained recently in Peking against the
new American loan on the ground that
It violated that agreement.
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