The Lawton Constitution (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 2, 1913 Page: 3 of 8
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BROOKS IS
TEACHERS'
PRESIDENT
NEW HEAD OF STATE UNIVER-
SITY UNANIMOUS CHOICE
STATE ASSOCIATION.
FINANCES CLEARED UP
Widiting Committee Declares Treas-
ury Is Good; Election Method
Squabble.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 28.—
(Special.)—Dr. Straiton D. Brooks,
president of the state university and
former superintendent of the Boston
city schools, was the unanimous
choi;e of the teachers of Oklahoma
for president of the Oklahoma Educa-
tional association. When the election
of officers was taken up, the names of
President Charles W. Briles of the
Ada normal was presented but, when
the name of Dr. Brooks was suggest-
fd. friends of Mr. Biles withdrew his
name and, amid cheers all over the
house, the university executive was
named bv acclamation
A 3epc>l auditing committee to in-
vestigate ie alleged Sl.HOO shortage
in the association treasury found that
the charges were unfounded and that
ever}' fund of the organization has
heen accounted for. I.. O. Wilson of
Ada, however, was elected to succeed
E. S. McCabe of Kingfisher as treas-
urer. McCabe has been named to fill a
vacancy but the executive board of
the association had promised him a
four year term in the office, a prom-
ise which the association decided the
committee did not have.
The principal event of today's ses-
sion was the consideration of a new
plan for the election of officers, the
plan of departmental representation
on the electoral commission and a
plan for representation by counties
lifting advanced by contending fac-
tions. It is thought the county repre-
sentation plan will be decided on.
Wilson Visits IRRIGATION STAR, ONCE Evaded Blacks; REMEMBER
Place Ot Birth APPROVED' HERE, QUITS P™™* CHILDREN
CHRISTMAS
By United Press.
STAUNTON, Va., Dec. 28.— j
Forty thousand • people, more * i
than two-thirds of whom were *
visitors, cheered Governor Wil- *,
son and paraded the streets of * j
the little city of his birth, today, * |
in celebration of his second home *
coming since three year- of age. *
It is the fifty-sixth anniversary *
of the birth of New Jersey's gov- *
ernor, the eighth native son of *
Virginia to be elected to the pres- *
idency of the United States, and *
the entire city has joined in mak- *
ing the event exceptionally fit- *
ting.
Governor Wilson spent last
night in the little room in which
he was born, in the Presbyterian
parsonage in which his father,
Joseph R. Wilson, then lived. It
is now occupied by Dr. A. N.
Frazier, pastor of the church
over which elder Wilson presided
at the time. Tonight, the Gov-
ernor will deliver a speech in the
room where he was baptized.
Gov. Wilson expressed the keen-
est pleasure at his reception
"home" and was especially de-
delighted when greeted by Frank
Ware, the old necrho who "toted"
him about town and pushed the
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
FOR FEDERAL PLAN OF
RECLAMATION.
CONSIDER A FACTORY
Committee N.nned To Meet With
Lawton Knitting Mill Co and
Talk Plans.
GUTHRIE NEWSPAPER, MOVED
FROM LAWTON, GOBS INTO
BANKRUPTCY.
LOCAL MEN HAD SOLD
Isut Purchasers Failed To Take Up
Debts oi Publication and It
Was Forced Out.
GUTHRIE, Okia., Dec. 26.—(Speci-i
ai.)—The Guthrie Daily Star which
was removed from Lawton to the ol<l I
territorial capital almost a year ago, j
ufter conducting a wobbly existence
From Saturday's Daily.
11 The business men of Lawton are
* | strongly in favor of the establishment
* | of a government irrigation plant,
^ , using the city reservo:r as a basis ofj inr thp |jast several months during
j water supply. They formally said so j which time it is said to have been in
i at Friday night's meeting of the j extremely doubtful financial condi-
* j chamber of commerce and left with I non, has been forced to the wall. The
j the reclamation service the plans as | iT*sh came on the eve before Christ-
; to the details of the plant's installa-i mas when a petition was filed in the
* tion, whether on small or large pro- j <iistrict court declavlr-? it an involun-
t ' portions to begin with, the manner of i tary bankrupt.
t j procedure, and the requirements to be j The action was started by creditors
t I made of the city.
The formal action followed a report
from State Senator J. Elmer Thomas,
chairman of the irrigation commit-
tee from the organiaztion. A standing
vote of thanks to Senator Thomas for
( j his untiring efforts in the promotion
j of the plan was given and he was em-
4j powered tQ take any action necessary
to push the plan before the reclama-
baby carriage containing the
president elect. * .. JT
' | tion service.
Also Talk Factories.
WHALIN PREPARING FOR
MOVING INTO OFFICE.
TURKS DECLINE
BALKAN TERMS,
PEACE TREATY
The plan as announced in the Con-
stitution of Friday proposing the es-
tablishment of a knitting mill in Law-
ton was presented and
in Kansas City, Dallas and Lawton
and was the result of the failure of
F. W. Fisher, president of the cor-
poration, to deliver, on Monday, as
agreed, his majority stock to parties
who were said to L: ready to assume
the legitimate indebtedness of the pa-
f er and to continue the publication. |
All stock in the paper which was I
formerly owned by Lawton peopk-1
had been disposed of Mrs. Maraganti in Jail.
REQUISITION WAIVED BI T h. <
NEGROES SOUGHT RESCUE OF
PAIR WANTED HERE
From Thursday's Daily.
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A flying trip in a taxicab from *
Kansas City, Missouri, to Kan- *
sas City, Kansas, and an inter- *
urban ride to Olathe, Kansas, *
saved for Deputy Sheriff J. W. *
Farris of this county two negro *
prisoners whom he had appre- *
bended in the Missouri city and '
avoided a prospective tu<sil with
Kansas City negroes who '
threatened to take the prisoners
from him. *
Farri- had gone to Kansas '
City for Charles Brown and '
Laura Lane; charged with adult- '
ery on warrant sworn out by '
John Lane of Binger, Oklahoma, "
who had come to Lawton in '
search for his wife.
Kansas City officials arrested '
the pair and they had signed "
waivers for requisition papers, "
according to Farris. But negro '
friends in the city were planning *
to rescue'the prisoners. Kansas *
City offices learned of the plot *
and assisted the Lawton officer in *
escaping. At Olathe, he boarded *
a train for Lawton, arriving *
Christmas eve. Both negroes are *
HUNDRED FAMILIES BROUGHT
JOY OF YULET1DE THRU XMAS
ORGANIZATIONS.
WAS DAY OF HAPPINESS
More Money '':-n But Fewer In
Need. Say Good Fellows;
Practical Gifts.
Day had retired from connection with
the paper six months ago. Later, A. j
W. Maxwell, president of the com- j
pany when the plant was moved, sold
with favor. A special committee com-
posed of E ,L. Gregory, A. Lowenger,
P. G. Fullerton, Guy C Robertson,
George Boone, F. P. Preuitt and A. B.
Hall was appointed to meet with H
| E. Diehl and Louis Mendlik, promot-
Bl I ALLIES EXI'Et I IO STAND j CrS 0f the proposed factory, to discuss
PAT ON TERRITORIAL I details. The committee and factory
DEMANDS.
' promoters met after the chamber of
! commerce last night but deferred fur-
I ther consideration "t" i' 1 indav
ASK NEW STORM
SEWER BUILDING
considered' ''"s interests to Fisher and Col. W. H.
Hornaday got out about six weeks
ago. Col. Hornaday was to assume j
the editorial management of the re-
organized company which was to take ! fourth STREET
it over Monday but, when Fisher fail-
ed to turn o\er Irs stock, that deal
was ended and Cel. Hornaday has ar-
langed for other business.
MEN PETITION
BUT COMMISSIONERS HAVE
ANOTHER PLAN.
Bv United Press.
j morning.
LONDON, Dec. 28—Today's brief j The «Lawton Knittl. . Min com_
session of the Turkish-Balkan peace j pany>. which ig t„e sty,e of the fac_
conference went further toward get-; torv or(ranization| it is understood, is
ting down to the real business of the j backed chief|y bv Mr. Djehl and Mr
( negotiations than any previous meet- ] Mendlik. They ask a cash bonus of
I ing according to Dr.
ifi-^m sjutnrftav'a l nitv I " ° . Daneoff, chief, jr ooo from the city and tax exemp-
Vt-^. SaUirdaj - I ail}. ! Bulgarian plenipotentiary.
\\ hen the New Year is ushered in.
there
j tions for the years of 1913 and 1914.
will be at least one of the new-' 1 ^ ll'rks fon"ally declined the On their part, it is understood they
ly elected county officers ready to go
into his office and immediately take up
his new duties. That one will be
County Judge Elect IL N. Whalin,
who is busy today installing his office
fixteures and law Imoks in the county
court rooi l. Mr. Whalin has hail t>
office thoroughly cleaned and the
walls washed and re-tinted. When all
is completed he will have one of the
best offices in the court house and an
idear place in which to care for the
county's business of his department.
MAKES THE NATION GASP.
T awful list or injured on a
Foi f July staggers humanity.
•Set c " against it, howevc", it the
wci erful healing, by Buckler.".'
Arnica Salve, of thousands, who suf-
fered from burns, cuts, bruises, bullet
wounds or explosions. Its the quick
healer of boils, ulcers, eczema, sore
lips or piles. 25 ;ents at Jones Bros.
If your sewing machine is out of re-
pair call 609, and have the Singer man
repair it for you.
12-21 6t d and w (Adv.)
territorial demands of th eallies then
expect to invest a paid up capital of
$20,000 and to operate a knitting mill
with a capacity of 150 pairs of hos-
iery per day and to employ, perman-
ently, at least fifty people.
| offered the Porte's counter proposal. j
I The refusal of Turkey was expected |
i mut, unless the Balkan envoys change |
• their minds, they will stand pat upon J
; their original demands and force the| officers of the chamber
I Turks either to accept or continue the; mewe wi], bp p,ected at
! war. Turkey, it i s already known j meetinK> Friday
1 does not want to evDOse herself to weeij
I further losses by continued hostilities.
evening
of
the
of
com-
next
next
MAN
COUGHS AND
RIBS.
BREAKS
INDIAN LAD SHOT
SELF IN ACCIDENT
PLAYING WITH REVOLVER
WHEN HAVING PHOTOGRAPH
MADE, GETS LEG WOUND.
I'rom Friday's Daily.
Playing with a 22 revolver while he j coughs, expels stubborn colds oi
was in Bates studio to get photo- i heals weak, sore lungs. "I feel sure
graphs made brought a painful flesh j its a God-send to humanity," writes
wound to Frank Atewoothtake, a Co-(Mrs. Effie Morton, Columbia, Mo. "foi
manche Indian student at the Ft. Sill ] I believe I would have consumption
school, this afternoon. today, if I had not used this great
Physicians called say the wound is | remedy." Its guaranteed to satisfy,
not serious. The lad was taken irrime- j and you can get a free bottle or 50-
diatelv to the school for treatment. I cent or S1.00 size at Jones Bros. (Ad)
PROPRIETOR OF
ELMWOOD DEAD
CHRISTMAS FESTIVITY FOI j
MANY WAS PERIOD OF SAD-
NESS IN THIS HOME.
| From Saturday's Daily.
| A petition bearing the signatures of]
After a frightful, coughing spell
man in Neenah, Wis., felt terrible |
pains in his side and his doctor
found two ribs had been broken.
What agony Dr. King's New Dis-
covery would have saved him. A few
teaspoonsful ends a late cough,
while persistent use rcuts obstinate
From Thursday's Daily.
Albert Gallatin Fenner died at one
o'clock this morning, after a three
day's illness of pneumonia at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Fenner at the
Elmwood hotel.
There will be a short funeral ser-;
vice Friday forenoon, and the remains
will be taken to Springfield, Missouri,;
for burial, leaving on the Frisco at!
11:30 a. m., Friday.
Mr. Fenner was born May 4, 1853
at Dever, New Hampshire, and was
next to the youngest of eight children
only one, a sister, living at Lewiston,
j Maine, survives. He was a son of Dr.
Albert G. and Mary Hoard Wiggins
| Fenner, a prominent physician of
Dever.
Mr. Ft-Tiner begun a railway carper
at the age of 20 with the Frisco and
worked up to general yardmaster and
conductor at Springfield, Missouri,
where he was for many years.
From there, lie went to the Louis-
ville Air Line and was trainmaster
for 12 years. He held responsible po-
sitions in railway circles, until his
health begun to fail four years age,
when Mr. and Mrs. Fenner came to
Oklahoma and located at
more than a score of Fourth street
property owners between D and B
avenues was presented to the city
commissioners Friday afternoon by J.
W. Martin, asking that that body
take immediate action in regard to
putting in an eighteen inch storm
I sewer from C avenue to B in order
that catch basins might be installed at
the corner of Fourth and B so that
surplus water flowing from Gore ad-
dition and Gore Boulevard might bcj1Mtf'
On the evening *-cfore, practically
avery church in the city had supplied
their Sunday school pupils with
Christmas treats. Most of them were
Every child in Lawton, it is
thought, was made to realize, yester-
day that Christmas had come and
that Santa Claus still rerfiembered
them. For,those families who were
unable financially to bring gifts to
their own, charitable organizations in
the city took thought and scores of
vehicles and people carrying bundles
yesterday morning told of the good
work that was in progress.
Through churches, lodges, clubs,
and Good Fellows organizations, it is
estimated that something more than
one hundred children were cared for
by unexpected Santa Claus represen-
tatives—not so many, by half, as last
year, say the Good Fellows, for there
were not so many poor in Lawton and
the milder winter had not brought so
K'reat need. But there was more
money expended and, with more
money to give, more practical gifts
were given. More groceries were pur-
chased and more coal and clothing
were distributed.
The Good Fellows alone saw that
75 children were cared for—some of
them they looked after directly with
money which had been donated and
some of them were turned over to
church committees and individuals.
Much of the stuff the Good Fellows
gave, too, was donated by chuches.
in cash was placed in the hands of
the Good Fellows for direct expendi-
ture and not more than $50 of this
amount was expended. The Lawton
Music club fund, secuiitd at its sacred
concert, was turned over to the Good
Fellows, the Elks lodge looked after a
score or more needly families in the
city from funds secured from its
charity ball.
For all alike, then, Christmas was a
day of happiness and a day of feast-
carried away before reaching C
avenue, where the catch basins are of-
ten over flowed and the basements of
! many buildings flooded.
| It is well known that each time a
heavy rain visits the city many base-
ments of building on C avenue are
i flooded and considerable damage done
to goods stored there. The signers of
i the petition ask that the sewer be
laid at once bef re the pavtng is laid.
However, the city commissioners
state that the laying of the extra
sewerage is not necessary and that
instead they propose to open catch
basins at the C avenue alley where
the storm sewer is already laid. It is
understood that the petitioners are
satisfied with the basin being estab-
lished there. They will probably be in-
stalled at once so that the pavipg
gang which is now working on that
street will not be delayed.
attended by Christmas programs and
by specially arranged Christmas pto-
grams.
MOVE ON NOW!
ENDS HUNT FOR RICH GIRL.
Often the hunt for a rich wife ends
when the man meets a woman that
uses Electric Bitters. Her strong
nerves tell in a bright brain and even
temper. Her peach-bloom complexion
and ruby lips result from her pure
blood; her elastic step from firm, free
muscles, all telling of her health and
strength Electric Bitters give a wo-
man, and the freedom from indi-
gestion, backache, headache, fainting
and dizzy spells they promote. Every-
where they are woman's favorite
remedy. If weak or ailing try them.
50c at Jones Bros. (Adv.)
Are You a Woman 9
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PARCELS POST
FAILURE, THINK
EXPRESS COMPANIES WON'T
TRY TO COMPETE WITH
UNCLE SAM.
says a policeman to a street crowd.
Lawton > alu^ whacks heads if it don't. "Move
on now," says the big, harsh mineral
ffer-
Pills-
| don't bulldoze the bowels. They gent
ly persuade them to right action, and
health follows. 25 cents at Jones
Bros. (Adv.)
where they have been residing sice.
Mrs. Fenner has the sympathy of j Pills to bowel "motion and su
her many friends in her sad bereave-1 fo,low8' Dr' Kln^'s New Life
ment.
A want ad in the Daily Constitu-
I tion will bring results. Try one.
:
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The Woman's Tonic j
ECZEMA
CAN BE CURED!
I Will Prove It To You
At My Expense.
By United Press.
NEW YORK,— Dec. 26—Exjress!
companies won't meet the government!
in competition on the parcels post
which becomes effective January
first. Officials are saying nothing
for publication but they say privately j
rhjjt thev believe the law will Drove1 YOC WHO ARE SUPPER-
• oeuevt me lau win prove mu THE TORTURES OP
so unsatisfactory that it will fall of, ECZEMA, whose DAYS
it sown weight because, they say, it wiiasE "Vo H TS 'au'i:
.• certain to cause a deficit. They MADE SLEEPLESS UY
. , .. . , • THE TERRIBLE 1TCH-
.liink the next postmaster general i;;,; UUBNINO PAINS.
will not be so enthusiastic about the pfi]• xrjal^OP^THE
svsteni as Mr. Hitchcock.
TREATMENT WHICH
UA3 C'URLl) HUNDREDS
Wl.lfJ! i BELIEVE WILL
CURE YOU. I WILL SENPl
IT FREE. POSTAGE'
PAID. WiTHOt r ANY OBLIGATION ON
YOUR PART. JUST WRITE ME A LETTER^
If you are troubled with chronic
■onstipation, the mila and gentle ef-
fect of Chamberlain's Tablets make? ! OR 8END YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS
hem especially suited to your case. xRKA'An^'T'uFrE Cl^tosTS'H)NYOu!HS
.L'or sale by all dealers.
Sandy Seeking
Cupid's Court?
"ONLY BUSINESS" SAID COUNTY
CLERK ELECT BUT SUIT OF
BLACK IS SUSPICIOUS.
From Friday's Daily.
"I'm only going up the line a short
ways to spend Christmas with friends
and will return to Lawton before the
first of the year to take charge of my
office." That was the statement of
Sandy W. Gregory, newly elected
county clerk as he boarded an out-
going Frisco train Tuesday, the day
before Christmas. Before leaving it is
said he purchased a new suit of "con-
ventional black" and said purchase
aroused the suspicions of the gentle-
man's friends, many of them holding
fast to the belief that he left for the
purpose of taking the matrimonial
vow.
As he boarded the train a friend
there questioned him as to the nature
of his "business trip." The only reply
received from the jovial gentleman
was, "I can't make it public just yet,"
accompanied by a smile and twinkle
of the eye.
(Adv.) j.C.HUlZELL, 120 W. Main St., l'*t. Wayne. iu£
Geo. B. Rust of Indiahoma was
among the many business callers in
the city today.
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