The El Reno Democrat (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 15, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: Oklahoma Digital Newspaper Program and was provided to The Gateway to Oklahoma History by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
• - >
THE EL RENO DEMOCRAT
VOLUME 19.
EL RENO, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1909.
-.' K-ii :<
NUMBER S
AT CLUB MEETING
SEVERAL PROPOSITIONS CON-
SIDERED AT MEETING.
Bright Prospects for Securing a Half
Dozen Big Industries for El
Reno in the Near
Future.
The Commercial club met lust night
to consider anil take action upon sev-
eral propositions in regard to locating
factories in the city. There was a
gooil attendance and considerable in-
terest was manifested.
Mr. Worthington, of Chicago, who
contemplates establishing a gasoline
engine factory in El Reno, was pres-
ent and outlined his plans. He de-
sires a location to be donated and
some stock In the enterprise to be
taken here. A committee was ap-
pointed, composed of E. E. Blake,
H. Breuer and V. D. Tinkelpaugh,
whose duty It was made to confer
with Mr. Worthington and report to
the club at 3:30 this afternoon.
A proposition of a shoe manufactur.
Ins company of St. Louis was also
read. The company asks for the sub-
scription of some stock, in considera-
tion of which it will establish a shoe
factoiv In this city. A commltt >e com-
posed of Messrs. Kelso and Tanner
was appointed to take charge of the
matter.
The secretary was authorized to em-
ploy \V. A. Clute to assist In the sal*
of one hundred shares of the stock of
the Oklahoma Fruit and Truck Grow-
ers' association. ijlt
Secretary Engle reported that with-
in the next two weeks members of two
big implement manufacturing com-
panies would arrive in the city, with
propositions concerning the establish-
ment of factories in El Reno and it is
believed that both factories can be
safely landed here.
EL RENO, RED RIVER & PACIFIC
LINE WILI. BE BUILT.
Road Will Bring El Reno Into Direct
Communication With the Garden
Spot ol the New
State.
It is now practically a certainty that
there will be railroad construction
work in this city and on toward the
southwest during the coming summer,
and that the building of the El Reno,
Red River & Pacific can not be much
longer delayed. It has always been
believed here that the road, when
built, would become a part of the St.
Louis, El Reno & Western, and the
following dispatch from Guthrie con-
firms this idea. The dispatch says:
The building of the El Reno, Red
River & Pacific railroad, from El
Reno southwest as an extension of the
Fort Smith & Western is now con-
sidered certain. During the last week
W. E. Crane, first vice president of the
Fort Smith & Western, visited El
Reno and other cities of the state
gathering data for the report, which
he will make to the directors of the
road within the next ten days. The
proposed line is surveyed from El
Reno southwest, keeping about mid-
way between the two Rock Island
lines and crossing the Orient at or
near Lone Wolf. The route thereto
lies through Mangum and yience to
Childress, Tex., on the Colorado &
Southern.
FELLOWS 10
IL
session here with the grand l' dge of
Western Oklahoma Jurisdiction.
The Indian Territory gran 1 lodge
represents about 12,000 members of
the order and the Wert;.' i OkUhomi
grand lodge represents stout 17,000
members. Each Jurisl'r.lo.i lias about
two hundred and si<lv subordinate
lodges. Oklahoma !s now the only
Mate in the Union w 1UI1 maintains
two grand lodges of t'.i order. The
imitation in favor of merging the two
grand lodges began with statehood
end will probably bo •successful a',
some time, notwithstanding thue is
decided opposition to ine movement
at present time among the delegates
to the Indian Territory convention. At
Tuesday night's session it appeared
that a large majority of the delegates
would oppose the amalgamation when
the question comes up for action, un-
less there Is a decided change ill sen-
timent before the question is voted
on.
Three committees representing the
Oklahoma grand lodge (Western jur-
isdiction) are here to present argu-
ments in favor of amalgamation.
The committee to present the mat-
ter to the grand encampment consists
of G. W. Bruce, of Guthrie; H. J.
Vanderberg, of Weatherford; .1. C.
Monfort, of Chandler; Georg; Brown,
of Granite, and J. B. A. Bobertson, of
Chandler. The committee that will
appear before the grand lodge meet-
THE T
REVOLT WINS
NEW MINISTRY ORDERED AND
MUTINEERS PARDONED.
Soldiers Turned Against the Young
Turk Leaders Because of An Order
Again Praying for
the Sultan.
Constantinople,. April 1.1.—Tin pro-
gressive movement in Turkey suffer-
ed its first setback yesterday. The
troops of the garrison made a violent
demonstration before the Parliament
building against the committee of
Unon and Progress, or the Young
Turk party. They demanded the dis-
missal of the grand vizier, Hilml
Pasha, the minister of war and the
president of ttlie chamber. A new
ministry has been ordered and by an
imperial order the mutinous troops
have been pardoned.
The mutineers, as the first move,
seized all the officers of the committee
of Union and Progress and held them
prisoners. Only a few of tha troops
refrained from taking part in the dem-
onstration. The loyal soldiers, chiefly
artillerymen and cavalry, are massed
Ing consists of II. L. Strough and T.! at the war ministry. They have or-
W. Dustin, of Oklahoma City; W. I! I ders to fire on any one approaching
Wilhour, of Beaver; J. B. A. Robert- the building and in the course of the
son, of Chandler, and D. L. Marsh
Norman. The committee before
cf, day several persons were killed or
" " Deputies were escorted to
the j wounded.
Rebekah assembly consists of Mrs. j the chamber to vole on the qustion
M. E. Reger, of Enid; Mrs. Mary Y. 0f forming a new cabinet and appoint-
St Clair, of Carmen; Mrs. Corp. S. |ng a new president, but owing to the
Brown, of Waukomis; Mrs. Ida C. Easter holidays it was impossible to
Beck, of El Reno, and Mrs. W. II. Wil form a quorum.
Ing that the Payne bill be returned
for a correction of the petroleum
schedule will bo received today. In
view of the fact that thj bill had
' been referred to the finance commlt-
. tee, amended and reported back to the
Menntt*, It Is not likely that the bill
' will bo per nil ted to go back to the
house.
Senate leaders take the position
I that there Is no necessity for the re-
turn of til - bill to the house, as the
finance committee Intends to offer
amend nients on the floor to the petro-
leum schedule, which will entirely
eflae> the t rror which crept Into the
bill at the time it was passed by the'
house. in • <1 l
In the house, the statement that the j
Aid rich amendments to the Payne bill !
t ml to increase the duties on luxuries !
and reduce them on necessities is tak-j
en with a grain of salt. It Is pointed
out by Republican members of the (
ways and means committee that the,
n ecessities which are reduced are J
spices and coeoa, which the ways and ,
means committee made dutiable for
revenue purposes. I
On the other hand, corn, wheat, bar-
ley, rye and other agricultural prod-
ucts, many of which are used on the
breakfast table, have been greatly in-
creased.
While the increased duties on cheap
gloves and hosiery have been taken off
by the senate finance committee, the
general opinion prevailing in the house
is that the amendment to restore the
Dlngley rates Is Intended party at
least for use in conference.
Senator Elklns still criticises the
bill. He says that It is not in ac-
cordance with President Taft's outline
of a bill.
CONTRACT ATTACKED
T. J. RASP SEEKS TO HAVE CON-
TRACT ANNULLED.
Petition Filed in District Court Today
Alleges Insufficiency and
Divera Othef Short-
comings.
Is In ruins. Fifty residences, the First
Reformed Church of America, the
Ward apartments and the First Ger-
man Lutheran Zion church were de-
stroy ed.
Several firemen were Injured by
falling walls or overcome by smoke,
but no one was killed. The escapo
of several glils on the third floor of
the Palmer building was shut off at
the stairways, but they came down the
lire escapes.
The many scenes of panic among
tlio residents can only be Imagined.
Apparently there was only one thought
—the city was doomed. Some of the
women threw from the windows of
houses not yet burning beds, bureaus.
T. J. Rasp, as plaintiff, today filed
suit In district court against the city
of El Reno and the Cleveland-Trini-
dad Paving company, in which he asks tables and all sorts of articles of fur-
a Judgment declaring the resolutions, | niture and personal belongings. In
ordinances, etc., of the city council this way considerable property wa
be declared void; that the contract] needlessly demolished.
hour, of Beaver.
Deputy Emir Arslan was mistaken
The question of amalgamation was for Hussein Jahld and killed on his
submitted to the Sovereign grand way to the house. Reports of the kill- |
lodge which met in Denver last Sep-' ,,,] place the number as high as seven-
teniber. j te?n, and the wounded at thirty or
The Sovereign grand lodge has pov - more. There is a report current alsn
er to compel such amalgamation, but that the minister of justice RellS
this power was not exercised. In- Pasha, was murdered, the minister ol
slead the Sovereign body referred the marine wounded and tin minister of
matter back to the two grand lodges jWnr taken prisoner by the mutineers,
for settlement between tliem c'.ws This has not beeif t-aflrm-d.
with the recommendation that th' The cabinet met at the porte early
amalgamate. The Sovereign grand , in the morning and after a long con-
lodge took the ground that the two! sulfation the ministers sent their res-
grand lodges must come to an agree-1 ^nations to the palace. A new minis-
mcnt, peaceably, among then'.-elves, (,y Is being formed. The latest rumor
AERIAL NAVIGATION
in order that harmony might b • pro-
moted in the organization in the new-
state.
The annual session of Ok'ahoma
grand lodge will be held in October,
at which time the question will be
taken up in that jurisdiction.
IS IN
ON INTERURBAN LINE
CROSS-SECTIONING NOW — WILL
BE GRADING NEXT MONDAY.
Oklahoma City Got to the Front Yes-
terday With the Sale of Stock
to Amount of Fifty Thousand
Dollars,
Is that Tewfik Pasha, who recently
was appointed ambassador to Great
Britain, will be the new grand vizier,
with Edhim Pasha, minister of war.
Edliim Pasha was the Turkish com-
mander in the Greek war and as he
went from the Yildiz to Stamboul he
was greeted with cheers from the
troops.
The sultain's prinicpal secretary,
I read to the chamber an irade announc-
| ing that the sultan had accepted the
cabinet's resignation and that a new
ministry was in process of formation.
Measures had been taken, the irade
continued, to preserve order through-
out the country. It announced that
the mutinous troops had been pardon-
ed and that they could return to their
barracks and the people to their oc-
cupations. The irade was received
with cheers for the sultan.
The mutineers made the following
demands on the government: Pro-
tection of the Mohammedan faith; dis-
solution of the committee of Union
and Progress; dismissal of the grand
vizier the minister of war, the min-
TWO GRAND LODGES OF THE
STATE WILL CONSOLIDATE.
Sovereign Grand Lodge Has Power to
Force ConsoPdation, But P-efers to
Allow It to Be Elected by
State Bodies.
Muskogee, Okla., April i5.—Not un-
til yesterday was the real business of
the Eastern division, I. O. O. F. conven-
tion here taken up. The greatest In-
, terest centers on the proposition to
consolidate the grand lolgo of Uw In-
d'an Territory jurisdiction f.fi
The last shadow of doubt as to th$
building of the interurban road van-
ished yesterday afternoon, when the
announcement was made that the Ott-
lahoma City Commercial club had sue
ceeded in selling the $50,000 of inter-
urban stock, and the actual beginning
of work upon the line immediately
followed. Secretary McKeand, of the-
Commercial club, stated that $25,000
more stock could easily have been dis-
posed ol.
Thus far, cross-sectioning is the only
work that Is in progress, but Schafer
and Maney have stated that the grad-
ing outfits will begin work next Mon-
day morning, at the Oklahoma City
end of the road, and in a short time
dirt will be flying all along the line.
There is considerable speculation
as to the route which the interurban
will follow in entering El Reno. That
it will follow the section line which
mns one mile south of the city limits,' Republicans Point Out That "Necessi-
NATION'S AERONAUTS TO PAR-
TICIPATE IN OPENING.
Army Ealloon Squads Will Ee Trans
ferred From Fort Wood to
Fort Myer—Tests Will
Be Made.
with the Cleveland Trinidad company
be annulled; that the apportionment
and assessment be declared void; that
tile mayor and council and clerk be en-
joined from any further action or pro-
ceeding under said contract; that the
lien against the property of plaintiff
bu canceled.
Rasp states in his petition that he
is the owner of lots 9, 10, 11, in block
125, In the city of El Reno, and for a
cause of action states that resolution
of September 10 does not specify kind,
character and extent of Improvements
nor material to be used, nor does it
give plaintiff notice; that resolution
Is insufficient and Indefinite and does
not confer jurisdiction upon council.
That the resolution as published is
Insufficient and Indefinite.
That the resolution of October 20,
declaring a necessity for paving, does
not define the extent, character anil
width of the improvements, or state
the material to be used; that said
resolution delegated to city engineer
power to specify ntateiial and does
not delegate authority to proceed with
the paving.
That said resolution gives city en-
gineer sole power to prepare plans.
That section of resolution asking
maintenance bond is burden upon
property owners and beyond the au-
The Are broke out so frequently la
the northeastern part of the elty that
companies could not be sent to all of
them, but volunteer brigades helped
in keeping down the fire loss. From
tho Palmer fire the sparks carried a
mile and set the First Reformed
Church of America on fire.
WHEAT CORNER
E THEM
ENNIS & STOPPANI THIRD FIRM
PATTEN HAS SMASHED.
Less Than Half Enough Assets In
Sight to Cover the Liabilities—The
Principals Couldn't Be
Found.
Washington, April 15.—With the
open s'ason for aerial flight rapidly
approaching, activity will soon begin
at Fort Myer. The signal corps of
the army, which conducted tho tests
held there last year when Lieutenant
Thomas II. Selfridge was killed in the
wreck of the Wright aeroplane, In
which Orville Wright was himself ser-
iously injured, is already making pre-
liminary arrangements for the contin-
uation of those tests. The balloon
squad will be transferred front Fort
Wood to Fort Myer next week and will
immediately ovehaul the free and
captive balloons belonging to the
corps, as well as the Baldwin dirigible
which was purchased last year.
The contracts for the delivery of
heavier-than-air machines, held by the
Wright brothers of Dayton, O., who
are now in Rome, and by A. M. Her-
ring, of New Work, have not yet been
fulfilled In every detail. Orville
Whtght, previous to the accident to
his machine, made numerous flights,
some of which fulfilled certain of the
conditions specified In his contract
Ister of marine and the president of but non9 of them was official. He will
the chamber, and immunity of pun- have to make one flight for endur-
ishment for the mutineers. They re-
proach their officers with preventing
them from offering up the prescribed
prayers and with attempting to abolish
altogether prayers for the sultan.
HOUSE TAKES SALT
WITH TARRIFF
SMILES AT MUCH-HERALDED SEN-
ATE "REDUCTIONS."
from Yukon to some point near El
Reno, is practically a certainty, but it
is not known whether it will ceme in
east of the cemetery or angle across
the school section, or come straight
west from Yukon to the Choctaw ave-
nue section line, or to the meridian
line, and there north into the city.
ties" Reduced Are Spices and
Cocoa—Increase on Many
"Breakfast Table" Items.
Washington, April 15.—Before the
senate meets today there will be a
session of the finance committee to de-
line. ana mere norm miu uij. termine whether the minority mem- .
Only God. Henry Echafer and James bers will be ready to take up general Lieutenant Winter Is the 0 r 0
Maney know. Bt It's a cinch that the debate on the tariff bill. I "ho Is now stationed in Washington
ance, remaining in the air for two
hours, and another for speed. It is
generally asknowledged that the
Wright brothers, barring accident,
can meet these conditions successfully.
Although A. M. Herringer has made
a technical delivery of his aeroplane
at Fort Myer, he has not made any
public flights. He has formed a com-
pany with Glenn H. Curtiss, whose
flights in the "June Bug" and other
machines belonging to the Aerial Ex-
periment association, have made him
famous in the world of aeronauts. The
appearance of these two aeronauts
with an aeroplane for which many
new things are claimed, Is being
awaited with keen expectation.
Lieutenant Frank P. I.aham and
Lieutenant Benjamin D. Foulois, the
most prominent aeronauts in th? sig-
nal corps, will conduct the trials at
Fort Myer tills season. Major Geo.
O. Squier, assistant chief signal offi-
cer, and an authority on aeronautics,
probably will take a prominent part.
•'-Hon of the counei'
.<cost of paving,
ngineer chang d the
i !i resolution.
er that amounts
et forth in resolution
thorlty ind hf*'
nnd has ine
That tin eli y
plans as s-1 1 t
That plalnti "f
and charges as !
to bo apportioned by board of ap
pralsers were made by the Cleveland-
Trinidad company and not by the city
engineer, and were largely In excess
oi the true cost.
Numerous other allegations In the
same strain follow, to the extent of
a typewritten roll as big as a lnjer
bottle. The petition was filed today,
during Judge Carney's absence, but he
will be here tomorrow. It Is not at
all probable that there will be any
stoppage of work.
ROCHESTER EIRE IS 00T
DAMAGE AMOUNTING TO $500,000
IN A SPECTACULAR BLAZE.
A Twenty-Fve Mile Wind Scattered
the Flames Over a Wide Area and
Outside Aid Was Asked—One
Hundred Families Homeless.
road will be built without any unneces-
sary delay.
Senator Aldrich will make a very
brief statement In which he will ex-
plain the absence of revenne-produc-,
with the aeronautical division.
Frank Roblin, chief electrician for
the Rock Island, came in from Chicago j house bill already reported
'«.st night.
O. Higgins went to Oklahoma
ing features In the amendments to the j City today on business. He was ac-
companied by Lige Perry, who will
The message from the house ask-1 act as chaperone.
Rochester, N. Y., April 15.—Swept
along by a twenty-five-mile wind, firo
did damage estimated at $500,000 here
yesterday. For a time it was feared
that a large part of the city would
be destroyed and aid was summoned
from Buffalo and Syracuse. One hun-
dred families are homeless and militia-
men are guarding what little the peo-
ple saved of their household effects.
Mayor Edgerton has Issued a call
for relief funds for these families.
Some of them are quartered In pre-
cinct houses and many spent the night.
In a public school house. A heavy
rain set In, and while it helped to ex-
tinguish the (lames, It was a hardship
on the homeless. Thieving was stop-
ped by the militia.
Because of the numerous fires which
Rochester has had recently the board
of fire underwriters has Increased
rat's here on all buildings except
I dwellings 25 cents on every $100. The
increase went Into effect yesterday.
' The Palmer building, a four-story
! brick structure at Main and Bibbs
streets, devoted to manufacturing in-
terests, was the starting point of the
| conflagration, which spread over
wide area and then jumped nearly a
mile and started a second series of
fires.
The loss includes $00,000 on the
Palmer building, $100,000 on the
Hunting company and $90,000 on the
j Jewish temple, Berlt'u Kodesh, •*' i
New York, April 15.—Ennis and
Stoppanl, the brokerage firm which
failed yesterday for more than $1,-
500,000, attribute their traubles to the
recent remarkable advance In the
price of wheat. In other words, they
assert they were crushed in the cor-
ner which Patten, of Chicago, Is cred-
it ed villi engineering. They nre tho
third concern of their kind to do-
olare themselves the victims of the
great grain speculator's coup In tho
Windy City. John M. Dickinson &
Co., also of tho consolidated stock
exchange, whicli collapsed ten days
ago, was one of these.
All the money In sight to pay tho
claims did not amount to $100,000, un-
less 1,902 shares of Delaware & Hud-
son railroad, standing In the name of
Mrs. ('. F. Stoppanl, and valued at
$350,000, can be reached. Neither
member of the firm could be found to-
day. Stoppanl, who was a well known
figure around the Hotel Plaza and
other well known resorts of the lit-
tle brothers of the rich, uptown, had
gone to Hot Springs, Va., for the
benefit of his health. Ennis, who is
a son of a former park commissioner
in Brooklyn, and a personal friend of
Pat McCarren, was tn hiding, appar-
ently. The lawyer said they would
make a settlement as soon as they
could, "if they had anything to say."
The dingy room set aside for the
use of customers In the old, ram-
shackle building which was Ennis ft
Stoppani's headquarters, was filled
with traders yesterday when the mar-
ket opened. None had the slightest
id3a anything was wrong. Nor was tbe
manager any wiser, for when the re-
ceiver and the assignee -burst in on
each other's heels he was visibily sur-
prised.
Last night Frank Gotch, the cham-
pion wrestler of the world, success-
fully defended the title against Mah-
mont, the Turk. Gotch won two
streight falls, the first in eight min-
utes and the second In nine minutes
and ten seconds. He won the first
fall on a crotch hold and the second
fall on a Half Nelson. Gotch was in
the very best condition and looked fit
for the contest of his life. Tho Turk
looked like a formidable antagonist,
but the betting favored the Ameri-
can champion. Mahmont wanted to
wrestle In bare feet, but, as the rules
prohibit this, he gave Gotch $500 to
allow him to wrestle barefooted. A
crowd of 12,000 people witnessed thd
exhibition and the receipts amounted
to $35,000. Gotch received a tremend-
ous ovation on his victory and wa3
Immediately ' nged by Dr. Rolter,
of Seattle, . and the challenge
was acce- d, T Ue match to take placa
In the ar future.
re y Schafer Is looking after bpsl-
Interest In Oklahoma City today.
Johr. Dix Is attending to business
' outers !n Chickasha today.
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
The El Reno Democrat (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 15, 1909, newspaper, April 15, 1909; El Reno, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc120840/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.