The El Reno Democrat (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 21, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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EL RENO, OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1909
NUMBER 33.
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RETIRED LIST, U. S. A.
PHIL" CAMPBELL'S PLAN TO
EMPLOY SUPERANNUATES.
Let Them Plan Roads, Says Kansas
Congressman, fop States to
Build as Part of Great
System.
Topeka, Oct. 21.—Congressman Full
Campbell of the Third District wants
to put the superanuated army offi-
cers at Washington to work in draft-
ing plans for a system of good road*
in this country. He says many i f
these retired army officers are clam-
oring for something to do. Tlu>y are
tired of a life of idleness. Aniouff
them are many good e.nglneers and
lie believes this cl;Is should work O'tt
plans for good roads adapted to evry
state in the Union.
"The tiouble with road improve-
ments in the past," said lie, ''has been
that there was no well rounded oet-
•pl.in as a whole. Bushels of money
'have been speat in a haphazard way
without accomplishing any lastlag
eooil. The army could put its engin-
eers or retired engineers at work
drafting plans for different kinds of
roads, prairie roads, timber country
roads, sand roads, dirt roads, gumbo
roads in fact roads of every descrlt-
■tlou.
Then the various states could se-
•ctire from the war department piai's
for the kind of roads best adapted to
-their state and In turn could hand
Them down to the various counties.
In addition to this the engineers of
-tie army could consult state and
•county authorities and determine up-
on a plan of roads to cover the entire
•state. or the various counties."
The people could then work to an
oud. II they could only build a Utile
road each year they could make it
durable, so that it would be a pari of
a complete system sometime. It costs
the farmers more to get tbeir products
to the railroad now than the railroad
freight rates to market amount to.
Therefore svsetm of good roads
means much to the prosperity of tie
•pi ople."
Mr. Campbell was here today pay-
ing his respects to the state official*.
11,' will go down the Mississippi river
with the presidential party next week
and from New Orleans will go direct
to Washington for the coming session
of congress. He says good roads will
receive much of his attention this
winter. He will take the matter up
•with the officials of the war depart-
ment and ser what can lie done t'>
wards getting the army engineers
busy. 1 *
WEOOING BELLS AT UNION CITY.
The marriage of Mary Helena Clas-
sen and Cleorge i'appe was solemnized
this morning at 10 o'clock at St.
Joseph's church In I'nlon City. Rev
Father Schafer officiating The con-
tracting parties are among the most
popular in the Union City neighbor-
hood and have a host of friends in
this city. The bride Is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Classen and lha
groom is one of Canadian county'i
substantial young men. After the
After the maflrtage coremony, the
happy young couple repaired to the
home of the bride's parents, where
a grand wedding celebration was held,
ter, Mrs. n. L. Hush of Colorado
celebrated their 2."th or silver wed-
ding anniversary, thus making it a
double celebration. The many friends
of the newly married couple and Mr.
and Mrs. N". J. Classen extend their
heartiest congratulations.
FOUR OF 113 INMATES
ALLEGED ROBBERS OF AMES
BANK HAVE BEEN TAKEN
AWAY.
TWO X. 0, tiAZERS
CHANCELLOR STRONG IS DETER
MINED TO STOP PRACTICE.
Students Are Told That It s Cowardly
to Mistreat Freshmen and Also
That There Must be no In-
terference With Property.
FUNERAL OF MRS. J. MUTTER.
Sheriff of Alfalfa County Departed
for Fairview This Morning
Where the Men Will be
T ried.
TAFT AND TAFTS
BROTHER VISIT TAFT
ONLY TOWN IN TEXAS THAT
WENT REPUBLICAN.
The four alleged crooks who were
airested two weeks ago. at Kaw City
by SI ■ riff Chambers and Deputies
Market! and Mayfield, were this morn-
ing turned over to Sheriff llurwwll of
A1!'.«I:':i eoivjfv, win) left with tlieiu for
Fairview, w here they will lie triel lor
•oM'.ery of the hunk of Ames. The
it oners ar : Kid Hurley, Al Voor-
'ices. Thomas Moen< y, alias Monday,
tnd Robert Austin, alias "Detroit
Slim."
They are known to be desperate
crooks and one of them, Voorhees,
was sent to the penitentiary several
..ears ato,, for a diamond robbery,
le V as I Hrdoned oul a ' a:' or tv
mo. Ii is < 111 I e | that till -, hav.. i
•y • ,.* invt t'tlfll 211 A'lKN "1 '
1 ..'-eijil ctt'zens of 'i't place
luive posll ively Identified them as
en w i n \.' ve in v Mies the nl-iht tha;
he liiink w us robbed.
In the arrest ol these men. the Ca-
nadian county officers made a very
important capture, and they did the
work at their own expense, without
hope of financial reward, as no re-
ward was offered for the apprehen-
sion of the robbers. The officers
slaipl> heai d that the men whom tin *
suspieloned el' having robbed the
bank and committing numerous other
climes were at Kaw City, and tiu :*
went to that place and arrested them.
The intention o* the officer was to
break up one of the most dangerous
angs of outlaws that ever infected
and they did it.
Lawrence, Kan., Oct. II.—Two Uni-
versity of Kansas sophomores were In
definitely suspended from the uni-
versity for participation in the duck-
ing of eight freshmen in the park
fountain two weeks ago. The sus-
pended students are: Herbert F. Soel-
ter of Wamego, a sophomore engineer
and Harry C. Iterger of Halstead, a
sophomore in the college The disci-
plinary committee found that Shoel-
ter antl Iterger were the most active
of the crowd of sophomores concern-
ed. Tt% actltn ti) take ti to stop the
hazing tendency.
Chancellor Strong, at a meeting ot
the students in chapel tills morning.
Speaking of the interference of some
of the students with the street cars
at the time of a recent student cele-
bration said:
"Destruction of property or Interfer-
ence with the property and rights of
others is unjustifiable, whether com-
mitted by students or by other men.
Students are citizens bound by all the
obligations of citizens They have no
right to d"triand that they shall be
treated illf'erently from other men.
There is a sound reason for this. They
s' riild r f a'.n because they are re-
cipl< nts of lirger privileges than are
received l\ any other ciass in our
«t'fe, in that they are being educat-j
ed at the e\jw nse of the state. They
tlicr lore have no ri;ht to ask for
rtnl.hi r or special privileges.
"I v. iah t"> indicate emphatically the
altitude of the administration of the
unive slty as to hazing. Hazing is
a foolish mi I cowardly custom, with-
out justificath n l-i any institution and
especially in a state Institution, and
If perssted in w II hrng run to the
•'nveiaity of Ka'i as. In what I h->ve
I.a.I to s v In re.-Hiil to both tb->se
points I si<n keeping In mind clearly
tl i fact that i I let everything cen-
surable which occurs is done through
the thoughtlessness of a very small
number of students and that the vast
majority of the students are thor-
oughly sound in every particular and
that there are lew institutions either
in this state or elsewhere that rank
-o high in Hi is regard."
The last sad rites of the funeral
service over the remains of the late
Mrs J. Mutter will be administered
tomorrow morning at the Catholic
church, the funeral cortege leaving
the home at 60S West lxmdon street
at 8:45.
Relatives and friends from out of
town attending the funeral are the de-
cease l daughters, Mrs. J. J. McGraw
of San Francisco and Mrs. Frank W
Smith of I.eavenworth, Kan., and
Henry Schalker of Guthrie, Okla..
both being with her for sveral weeks
prior to lier death. A son, Harrv
Hoffman of Kansas City, who has been
here at her bedside, returning to his
home i few days ago, and a daugh-
ter. Mrs. D. I.. Hush of Colorado
Springs, III not be enabled to at
tend the funeral.
CANADIAN DESIRES
LADY MOON MADE
NOW SIR CECIL SUES FOR THE
MONEY HE ENTRUSTED TO HER.
She Took It to Keep Him From Spend-
ing It, Then Put Him to Cooking
and Other Household Duties
—Gave Him $300 in Two
Years.
ROAD WORK NEEDED.
Highways Leading Into the City Are
in Very Bad Condiiion.
FIRST CASE OF PELLAGRA.
Fresident Will Speak Tomorrow in
Corpus Christi on the Subject
of Waterways—Interest at-
tached to Address.
(UNITED PRESS )
Gregory, Tex., Oct. 21.—President
Taft today Is seeing steam plows and
harrows on fields stretching over a
day's horse back journey. After an
early golf game with his brother he
took an automobile ride from the
r side,nee, known as La Quinta to Taft
eight miles distance. Taft is the only
town in the vicinity that voted Re-
publican at the last presidential elec-
tion.
This everting President Taft will
map out the address which he will
unake at Corpus Christi tomorrow, be-
fore resuming his eastward journey
Waterways will be the subject.
Great interest will be taken in the
speech among the delegates to the
New Orleans Waterways Convention
as the President will make a similar
speech there.
A gigantic international reclama-
tion scheme was laid before President
Taft today in the form of a memorial
It was brought here by L. E. Bennett
of Mission, Texas, and contemplates
the conforming of millions of acres
of barren lands In the United States
and Mexico by damning the Rio
i.ianle liver and turning It into an
Irrigating ditch. It is necessary
to secure the cooperation of Mexico.
It Is said this is possible with a
relatively small cost.
FACES OAERTHROW
DIFFICULT TO SELECT
CABINET.
NEW
Rue Disease Claim- Brother of an
El Reno Man.
.1. W. Vance, of this city, is in re-
ceipt of distressing news concerning
his brother, who resides in Marengo,
Iowa. A dispatch published generally
in newspapers, under a Marengo date
line says:
The first case in Iowa of a new and
strang disease has been discovered by
a Marengo doctor at this place. The
disease is called pellagra an 1 is known
lu southern Europe, but this is the
first known case in Iowa.
C. E. Vance of Marengo, local at-
torney for the Rock Island, memlx v
of the city council and prominent for
years politically, is the victim. The
disease is caused by the use of de-
lective grain as food, ami breaks the
victim down mentally and physical-
ly. There is no hope for recovery.
Dr. l.ittig of Iowa City and Professor
Beamor of the university have con-
firmed Dr. Schultze's diagnosis. The
ease is exxcltlng considerable com-
ment in tills section of the count:".',
not only because of the rarity of the
disease, but because of the victim,
who Is well known in this part of
the state.
Ministers Resigned on Express De-
mand of the King, Owing to
Morroccan War and Other
Causes of Dissention.
DOES NOT WANT TO HELP FORM
A NEW COUNTY.
Commercial Club Will at Meeting
Tonight Consider Proposed Se-
cession of Her Big South-
western Township.
Among the important subjects to
be considered by the Commercial
club at its meeting tonight will be
the proposed secession of W alnut
township from Canadian county, in
order that it may become a part of
a new county which boosters are try-
ing to carve out of Caddo and f ana-
dian counties.
The secession idea undoubtedly has
many supporters in Walnut township.
They have been preached to by thi
boosters who exfect to become rul-
ing powers in the new county and
many property owners are anxious
for the change. They probably have
not stopped to consider the cost, nor
the enormous expense of forming new
counties and getting them Into run-
ning order, nor that the Canadian
county wing of the new county would
have to bear their full Share Of that
expense, without being able to repu-
diate their sdiare of the bonded indebt-
edness ol Canadian county. Walnut
township was a portion of Canadian
count\ at the time when the South
Canadian river bridge bonds and the
court house bonds were issued and
the people of that township will still
have to pav their portion of that bond
, ,| Indebtedness, even If they choose
to become a part of the new count >
and assume their share of the expense
[0f making the public improvements
I which will have t be mail® i" ,lli',
county.
l-;i lteno and Canadian county gin
ernllv, are interested in retaining
Walnut township a- a part "I this
county. The Commercial club displays
wisdom in taking hold of this mat-
ter promptly. These facts, an,I other
arguments should be presented to the
people of Walnut township without
delay, and pains should be taken to
show them the great advantages
which they will secure by remaining
a part of Old Canadian.
Denver, Oct. 21. Sir Cecil Moon, in
a suit filed today against Ills wife,
Catherine, demands an accounting; of
$61,000, which he turned over to her
in 1! 00 upon her suggestion that by
tills means he would avoid extrava-
gances while visiting in England,
where the couple went for a visit. Sir
Cecil says ho lias been alowed but
$.100 lu the last two years, and that
he has been compelled to do the most
menial labor un the fine ranch which
I:-, their home. At times, recites the
baronet, he lias been forced even to
do the cooking, and other kitchen
work, llis allowance of money has
teen less than his w ife paid the man-
ager of the ranch, he says In his com-
plaint, while she has been touting the
country with a string or race horses
which she enters in all Western
events.
Sir Cecil says that in 100.1 ( when
they went to England, his wife re-
turned to America without notifying
him. and that he was competed to
wait there two years because he couh:
not get the money to 'u
Sir Cecil's raarr
uess through which
the woman he now sues.
In 18fl8. but he did not turn >.
property until two years later. Ii
complaint gives the following amounts
as having been allowed blm by
wife; $7t o in August, 1!HX>; %\:a from
January to .Inly, 1!X)7, and from that
time to the present', $"0".
l.ady Moon's most, recent appear-
ance in the limelight was several
months ago, when she appeared as
the champion of a man who had been
arrested charged wi%h robbing a
train. He had worked for her and
was released. The Moons live on a
large ranch in Northern Colorado,
and Lady Moon spends much of her
time breeding horses for her racing
string.
Work is needed on some of the
public roads leading into the city,
which are in an almost impassable
condition, since the heavy rains
of Monday and Tuesday, The
Fort Reno road just west of the city.
Is ill worse condition than the others,
with the highway leading south from
the compress a close second, t Is to
be regretted that the overseers fail-
ed to have those highways graded
across the valleys during the dry
w eat her] when the worK could have
been done In half the time and at
half the expense, which must be In-
curred If It Is done now, but exten-
sive repairs must be made there very
soon, or El Reno will lose a great
deal of farm trade, "which rightfully
belongs to It. The Commerclr.* club
can help matters very much by help-
ing to defray the expense or the work
needed, although the eo .roperly
belongs to the road dlstt ,s. The
question now is, whether it would be
better for El Reno's business men to
come to the front with donations, or
to see trade which should come to El
Reno go to other towns.
A FIGHT OX
HIGHER FREIGHT
ORGANIZATIONS PRE-
"•f->*OSE RAILROADS.
TAFTS HORSE SENT
TO WEST POINT TODAY
WENT WITH LOAD OF TRAINED
HORSES FROM FORT RENO.
The PamfhW Recently luued i« Said
to be Calculated to Prepare the
Public for Increased Rates
and It Is to be Answered.
(UNITED PRESS.)
London, Oct. 21. -The Spanish cab j
lnet resigned at the direction <i
Premier Maueria on the express de-
mand of King Alfonso. The Morroe- J
can war Anti-clerical situation anl
the xvoil 1 wide protest against the |
Ferrer execution are the prlraryl
causes.
The resignation throws Spain into
a chaotic condition. Alfonso and hi?
advisers are today trying to find men
who are able to gather the scattered
remnants together and save the coun-
try. Competent and willing men are
hard to find and the fate of King Al-
fonso and Spain depends on the
choice.
The Liberal party would possibly
wreck the country while the con-
servative men have the support ol
the Cortez and the King would prob-
ably have to reinstate Mauria. If be
does, unprecedented rioting and de-
nunciation by pepole is expected
which will eventually cause the over-
throw of King Alfonso.
BANK OF ENGLAND
Two More Shipments of Horses From
Remount Station Here Will be
Made Within th. Next
Two Weeks.
LOVETT ELECTED.
(UNITED PRESS.-
New York, Oct. 21.—Directors of
the Union Pacific today elected Judge
Robert S. I.ovett president, to .suc-
ceed Harrlman. Other officers were
re-elected. I.ovett was also elected
pi . sident of the Oregon Short Line.
FAMOUS CASE IN COURT.
(United Press.)
St Louis, Oct. 21 Arguments on
the famous case of fifty-nine railroa.l-
against tHe' Lntert-tat" Common
Commission to restrain them f> 'in in-
ducing the live stock rates wa- begun
in federal court here today before
special master James A. Seldon
D. McIIigta opened the arguim i
the railroads.
ANNOUNCEMENT MADE
DON TODAY.
IN LON
Fi-
Increase of One Percent Causes
napciers to Predict a Tight
Money Market for the
N-xt Two Months.
(United Press )
London, England, Oct ui I he
Hank of England announced today the
discount rate would be increased from
four to five per cent.
New York. Oct. 21—Th - increase
ol the Hank of England - discount
rate was prophesied yesterday, but
financial circles were surprint 1 a-, a
one per cent increase as on'v "W-
half or one per cent was expected.
It is believed the reason is a de-
sire to keep gold in England and not
th" fear of a panic from too much
speculation as it was at temp: .■ 1 to in-
fi r. This actions has caused values
t< increase to w hat expert; - : \ i
e ton notch.
tiling financiers predict l hat a
\V.
I.
■ :ht money market will • v-'
: e r.ext two months as hold
tisfled because of the IniL
'.'ii ir values.
ui for
Thr< e carloads of horses wi
shipped to the Cnited Stales military
school at West Point tod a \ from Fort
lteno, where the; were thorough1''
trained for army service. With them
went the sple.ndld horse which his
hi en trained at For' Reno for the
personal n e of President Taft, and
which will he sent to Washington,
to the White House stables. Within
the next two weeks two more ship-
111r-111 of horses will be sent to easl-
< i'ii forts, and hereafter shipments to
tin varlnu- army posls of the coun-
try will l>e made frequently. The
nnnil-er of horses at the Fort Reno
remount station is being steadily ln-
ci eased, and the experiment of train-
ing horses for use in the army has
proved to be a great success of the
station here It is probable that sev-
eral other remount stations will be
estahished by the government. Among
the late arrivals at Fort lteno are
four hundred and fifty three-year-old
lu rses, bought in Virginia and Ken
tucky. These horses have never been
broken to work, and have had no
lraining whatever. The riders and
trainers will tackle them in a few
dn>s. They are all splendid animals,
by far the finest bunch of horses ever
brought to this region.
Cincinnati, Oct. 21.—That any gen-
eral advance in freight rates will dis-
turb existing business conditions and
that such an advance is not justified
and will be vigorously contested Ly
the shippers' organizations of tli'?
country was the tenor of resolutions
adopted today at a meeting of
sentatlves of shippers and other com-
mercial organizations from many
parts of the country, held here.
The day was devoted to a discus-
sion of the freight situation and if
was determined at once to inaugur-
ate a strong movement in opposition
In the contemplated advance In rates.
A committee was created to propa
gate on freight rati and to have all
the pow i i s of the general conference
in dealing with that subject.
The resolution adopted refers to a
pamphlet recently l- ind by the East-
ern railway men (lie "true purpose of
which is to prepare the public for a
contemplated advance in freight rates.
The pamphlet set forth fiugres regard-
ing tin- cost of railway operation. The
resolution says that the pamphlet does
not give all the facts and is biased
anil misleading and thta the facts do
,nnt justifv an advance of freight
rat. - A committee of the conference
was created with power to prepare a
lull answer to the pamphlet or simi-
lar pamphlets and to circulate the an-
swers for the education of the public
as to the freight rate situation and for
the further purpose of correcting any
erroneous impression that may have
resulted from the rallwavs' pamphlet
or other pamphlets of a similar nature
CABINET R E6IGN EO.
Spanish Ministers Quite Their Jobs.
(United Press 1
London England, Oct 21 —A dis-
patch to the exchange telegraph from
Madrid savs the Spanish cabinet hn3
resigned and that King Alfonso has
•iccei ti ! the ministers' resignations
FIRST ANNIVERSARY.
The "Wheatlev Clothing Company
are celebrating today the first annl-
versar, or their stay in El Reno, and
ag Mr. Wliea*ley expressed it: "We're
glad we're h re." One year ago the
Wiieatlev store was thrown open to
the public .un! enjowd a good trada
From the first day this trade has
grown rnpidh and the members of the
firm are well plea-mi with the showing
the stove has made in one year. Tho
\\'b< :itb \ Profilers came to tills city
practically strangers to everybody,
but b gocd business methods ha\e
made many friends in this city and
built up a I n e trade. Every gen-
lemnn visitor to the Wheatlev store
tod ii \ was treated to cigars, and The
De'.ioi t it icknowledges the kindness
of the Wheatley boys when they
treated the whole force to soni" cholca
I a vanas.
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