The Oklahoma Leader. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 1, 1915 Page: 1 of 6
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DEFEAT OF (iElt.M \\S l\ PO-
LAND HESI I.I OF MILI-
TARY BLUNDER
ONE ENTliSION
WAS CUT TO PIECES
SUBMARINE DAMAGED: 1IKK-
CHANT SHIP TOIIIMKDOKO:
INDIAN TltlBKS HKVOLT
London. March il.^The defeat of
the German forces in northern Po-
land was attended with unusually
heavy losses, Is reportea unorflclallj
from Petrograd. This lnforxation Is
that the Germans foil back in the
Nelon river district, expecting that
the Russians would pursue them and
he crushed by a flanking movement.
The Petrograd dispatch says the
maneuver utterly failed and the en-
tire division of Germans themselves
were caught in the trap and were
! annihilated.
The German official statement to-
day. while making no specific refer-
ence to such engagements, announces
that the Russians have suffered sev-
eral reverses at various points near
the 'Prussian frontier.
Another Merchant Ship Torpedoed.
■London. March 11.—The Ellernian
line steamer. Flaminian, with a gen-
eral cargo, from Glasgow to Coper-
town, was sunk off Scllly Island on
March 2Wh, presumably by a German
submarine, the crew was paved.
WOMEN PLAN FOR A
BIG CIVIC RALLY DA?
NOTED SPEAKERS WILL BE HERE
FOR "VINE DAY"; TO BEGIN
ON EASTER.
With the object to make Guthrl
the most beautiful city iu Oklahoa a.
the ladies of Guthrie have decided
to begin the big campaign on Easter
'Sunday
Dr. Chas. Evans, president of Ed
'uond state normal, also president of
the -state civic association. Is to be
the principal speaker. The place of
meeting is to be announced later
| After Guthrie "vine day." April 3
| all attention will be directed to "civ-
ic rally week" 'beginning on Kaster
•Sunday. Guthrie is making great
progress and having great success in
"0-,operative interests among qftvic
workers of the city. The good re-
sulting from the clean-up day cru-
sade. and the efforts of the civic as-
sociation/ aire especially gratifying.
'Guthrie is really a beautiful city in
which to live, and with the co-oper-
ative interest now being taken this
'year promises to bo a banner year
for Guthrie.
• (Everybody is invited and urged tc
take an interest in the planting of
vines, flowers, grass, shrubs, and in
keeping the grounds clean upon park-
ings and in the alleys.
Guthrie is coming to the front be-
cause her people are working to-
gether with ono thing in view—th<*
general betterment of the city.
FORT NEAR WHICH THE FRENCH WARSHIP BOUVET
WAS SUNK. h ...
COURT COMMISSI TO
The photograph is the first taken of the great Turkish fort at close range. The Turkish government has made
camera to get this picture
u a crime to photograph these works, and the man who pointed
probably took his life in his hands.
This is Chanak. one of the great sent her to the
Submarine Is Rammed.
Paris, March :il>-Tho following of-
ficial war report was issued from
French headquarters today:
"Yesterday a Fr<ftich light cruiser
sighted a German submarine man-
euvering on the surface of Dippe.
The cruiser gave chase forcing the
submarine to dive, firing iu an while
at its periscope and turning in order
to ram it with her bow. The cruis-
j er passed above the submarine at
the moment the periscope disappear-
ed. and from the spot where the
, submarine was last seen quantities of
o*l floated to the surface, which in-
dicated that she was struck bv the
cruiser."
Revolt Among Indian Tribesmen
Simla. I'ndia, March 81.—A revolt
prevails among ten thousand tribes
men at Tochi. The revolutionists
gave battle to the government troops.
The tribesmen were repulsed.
The official statement says:
"Ten thousand tribesmen co t pos-
ed mainly of Dadrus collected with
i view of attacking Tochi. near the
Miranshap post. The government
troops under 'Brig. Gen. Vane engag-
ed the natives at dawn, repulsing
them completely, killing two hundred
aijd wounding thrqe hundred.'
American Goes Down with Falba
( Hardwick. Mas? ,. March 31.—'Leon
t '{'hester, one of the passengers who
ylost his live when the steumer Fal-
ba was sung by a German submarine.
, was a citizen of the United States;
J he was borne here in 1884. Tis fam-
■a, i^ily has appealed to Washing to learn
the circumstances.
Will Raise F-4 Hulk.
Washington, D. C.. March 31.—
An expenditure of twenty thousand
dollar to bring the sunken submarine
F-4 to the surface was authorized by-
Secretary Daniels today following a
message that the present equipment
at Honolulu Was too light to raise her.
y Will Not Object to
Credit Arrangements.
Washington. I). March 31.—'The
state department has not felt justified,
Secretary Bryan announced today, in
objecting to the credit arrangements
that have been made with the belliger-
ent governments, by American finan-
ciers. in so far as they have been
brought to the department's attention.
Schools Crowded at Drumright.
Students attend school at Drum-
right in shifts. The * hools are so
crowded that this n ethod is n- i es-
Vsary. An additional school 'building
Jo cost $*5,000 ix now bcin" built
HARPER DOUBTS
WISDOM OF OIL BILLS
forts in the narrows of the Darda-
nelles, on which the allied fleets have
made their fiercest attack. The
French battleship Bouvet was within
five miles of this fort, headed for it,
when she was struck by mines that
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telegraphed by the correspondent of
an Athens newspaper of her sinking
was as follows:
"The captain of the Bouvet had
been ordered to cross a dangerous
mine zone anil force a passage to
Chanak thus making the allies mas-
ters of the straits as far as Nagara.
"At 1:20 p. ni. the Bouvet was five
miles from C'hanak and was firing
at Fort Dardanus. She had < rossed
two mine zones. The Gaulois fol-
lowed, firing all her guns. The Uou-
vet's commander by a skillful man
cuvcr, avoided two mines, which were
exploded by a destroyer, but a third
struck her near her magazines and
she sank by the head.
"When the captain of the Gaulois
saw the Bouvet was sinking h
dered 'Full steam ahead,' without an
instant's hesitation, but his ship hail
been struck seven times and he was
obliged to put
.Vevrais Island."
anchoring off
Ringling. Okla.. March 31.—'Frank
Harper who foi five years was pri-
vate secretary to Theodore (Roose-
velt and who is nov. secretary ot
the Somerset Oil company and the
Dundee 'Petroleum company express-
es some doubt as to the wisdom of
recent oil legislation in Oklahoma.
Mr. Harper pointed to the recent
withdrawal of lands in California by
President of the United States an 1
thai the sustaining of the president
by the supreme court and finds its
analogy in oil regulation in Oklaho-
ma. 'When there was no specific
law giving the right to the president
to withdraw there lands, yet he is
the guardian of the whole people and
has been sustained 'by the progres-
sive judiciary. Prior to the passage
of the present oil law Mr. "Harper
believes that the commission had all
authority nedpiFisarv to enforce all
useful regulations in the interest of
oil producers and oil consumers. II-
believes that the progressive judic-
iary in Oklahoma would have sus-
tained the commission in any reas-
onaiblrt rules it might have a ade.
even in the absence of specific leg-
islation conferring such power. Reg-
ulation under the new. lav.- is seme
what delayed and producers who
Oklahoma City. March 31.—J. 13.
Dudley, of Norman, was today ap-
pointed by Gov. Williams as sup-
reme court commissioner. in lieu of
Attorney Cold well, of Oklahoma City,
whose appointment was rejected by
the supreme court.
The re;i aining commissioner has
not as yet been appointed.
J. G. Hails, of Atoka, who was re-
jected as court commissioner, by the
supreme court, was appointed today
by the governor as member of the
state board of education to succeed
J F. Warren Republican.
Jim Cook, of Durant, was appoint-
ed pardon and parole officer.
Former state senator J. H. Strain
of Wann, was appointed store keeper
at the McAlester penitentiary.
Gov. 'Williams signed twenty bills
today.
The school land board n et today to
take up river bed leases.
US
FOU DEATH OF OFFICERS
Jefferson City, Mo., March 31.—The
upreme court today overruled a mo-
expected immediate benefits arc dis- .jon for a rehearing of the case of
appointed. However, there are ot • jjohn Tatman and Samuel Sherman,
cr oil men who express the opinion , sentenced to 'be hanged for the mur-
that the law will result in some|tier 0(- policeman Lynch in Kansas
bars hips for probably two years ' city a year ago.
but when business becomes adjusted This was the last chance of the
to the regulations proposed the re- condemned men to escape the gallows.
suits will be beneficial to the oil in- !r.nless Governor Major acts.
tcrests of the state. , The date for the hanging has been
et for Atiril 9.
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IIKUYS TO I*HI:SI;M
l is sun;
H'S LIST
suii im it: oi iiwks to hi:
i ooti:i> foi \i) ox tiii:
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Chandler. March 31—A piece of
paper taken from Henry Starr, th
wounded outlaw, shows a list of
towns and banks which it is believed,
had been marked for looting.
The first town on the list is Stroud,
then fellows Sapulpa. Cushing. Still-
water. Perkins. Ripley. Guthrie, Mul-
hall and Perry. Starr admitted to-
day that he had visited each of the
towns listed within the last three or
four weeks.
Starr's wound is not causing him
much trouble. When his mother
sobbed today, he cried:
"Cut out the soft stuff, mother!"
ICste.s is growing better.
"They'll never get 'em. Them boys
never step in hills or thickets." said
Starr today in speaking of the fugi-
tive outlaws. The reward offered by
the governor has stimulated several
posses and the hunt for the surviv-
ing Stroud holdups is on afresh. It
is believed the gang has worked out
of the Osage hills and made a clean |
CROI COLLECTS S350
CITV "GOOD ROflDERS" 10
MARRIED SCHOOLTEACHERS FARMERS TO HOLD MEET
BETTER THAN SINGLE ONES
Frederick, Okla., March 31.—Miss j
Willa Brown was awarded a verdict Portland, Ore., March 31.—R. 11.
of $350 as damages from the Frisco! Thomas, school clerk, testified today
Railroad company because she said j that married school teachers make the
she had been humiliated by being di- best teachers after the glamor of
rccted by a brakeman of the train to,wedded life has worn off. His re-
ride in the car for negroes. Miss marks were made at a hearing where
Brown is diyk, but a white woman. I Mrs. Maud Richards is fighting to re-
Slie was on her way to the county!tain her place.
seat to make application for a teach | Mrs. Richards was discharged the
er's certificate and was so humiliated [day after her marriage, on January 4.
by her experience that she did not! hv Supt L. R. Alderman in accordance
visit the county superintendent, re-J with Portland school board rule of
turning home without her certificate. | twenty years' standing.
PLANS WILL BE MADE TO PUT 5
MILES OF ROAD IN GOOD
CONDITION.
Oklahoma city. March 31.—When
the Watson impeachment court con-
vened at ii o'clock today the de-
fense began submitting its testimony
which thus far Is colorless. The
prosecution rested last evening.
The at ate presented evidence in
the ninth article of impeachment
against Commissioner Watson the
last thing yesterday afternoon. It
had to do with a note for $." oo held
by the State National bank on which
Watson was one of the sureties. An
attorney's fee was provided in case
the collection of the note necessitat-
ed legal service.
Objected to Attorneys' Fees.
'Watson objected to paying the at*
torney s fee and the impeachment
charges covering the matter gave
him as making the statement that if
he were compelled to pay the at-
torney's fee he would withdraw the
deposits of the corporation commis-
sion held 'by the band.
®. (Buckhoitz, an attorney who had
been employed by the bank to col-
lect the note, said that 1,1 had talked
with Watson about the eo'Ionion of
the note and also mentioned the at-
torney's fee. which was $.">0. Wa^on
said this was too much and Pnck-
holtz told the court that Watson sr.id
to him that if the bafk cotrpelleJ
him to pay the fee, he (Watson)
would withdraw every dollar 'he
■commission had from the bank.
^ Similar expressions wc.-e testified
( lo by Ray Weems and Dr. G. Street
the other sureties on the note.
1 Was in This Term.
j This transaction occurred during
I the present term of Commissioner
, Watson, and had been added to the
I other articles, partially for the pur-
I pose of making sure of the jurisdic-
tion of the court, in passing on inat-
Members ■
mittee and
conference \
INSANE ARE NOT FOUND
Oklahoma City. March 31. — No
trace- had been found late last night
at the end of an all day search for
four mfSsing inmates of the state in-
sane asylum at Fort Supply, cne wing
of which was destroyed by fire this
morning. No bodies were found in
the debris of the burned building
The search will be continued, offic-
ers of the Institution announced.
f the good roads com-
Auto club will have a
itli the township offic-
ers of Seward township tomorrow
relative to work to be done on the
five :i lies of road between Seward
and Waterloo next week. It is pun-
ned to put the whole five miles in
?iood condition for travel at once
the chamber of commerce. Auto club
■ nd the township officers working
Euys Guthrie Property. ! • ^ether. The I I. Case Threshing
M S. Mayes has Just closed a deal Machine Co will nut one of their
for the purchase of the Geo. Green big gasoline tractors and graders >n
property on East 'Springer and will the line and demonstrate the medern
move his family from Blackwell as method of building roads. To see
soon as his children complete the j this machine work will be worth a
present school term. Mr. Mayes is trip down to the road and every nan
the state agent for the -Midland life J ii* Guthrie is urged to go out on he
insurance companv and will establish j Mne either Wednesday or Thursday
his state headquarters in Guthrie at | of next week see the demon^tn.von
once. land help with the work.
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Two.)
OPEN ON APRIL FIRST
SEVEN COMMISSIONERS AND
THREE DISTRICT JUDGES CON
STITUTES COMMISSION.
JuclKi' John Dcvoreuux of I his city,
cently appointed member of
supreme court commission, will begin
Ills new duties tomorrow. Judge
Devereuux will ro to Oklahoma City
tonight, lie said:
"At (his time the commission ton
dsts of seven commissioners and of
three district judges assigned fur one
year it is within the power of the
governor with the consent of the su
preme court to usbIkii other district
judges to work on the supreme court
■uses as a part of the commission, but
it is doubtful if three more can be
found who may be spared for so lung
a period as one year.
"If the commission shall be organ-
ized with the addition of two judges
n the place of those who failed of
confirmation It will make one division
ot four, one of three and one of three
listrict judges, iu addition to the su-
preme court. The net gain In the
force of Judges of the court will be
five an compared with the situation
luring the last two years up to Feb.
I. when the commission ceased by
operation of law.
"The supreme court is approximate-
3,000 cases behind. New cases
have been coming to the docket al the
of about 100 a month. The aver-
capacity of the judges is about
eighty-five opinions a year each. It
will he seen that the present court,
(insisting of fifteen judges, working
ill the rale of eighty-five opinions each
a year, will be able to dispose of J,275
ases or just a few more than tho
number thul has been coming to the
.locket in the past.
"The imposition by I he new law of
a increased docket fee for bringing
cases to the supreme court may re-
sult in a slight reduction of appeals.
But it would seem that even with
fifteen judges working on the cases
thai have accumulated and the cur
rent cases there will still be some dis-
tance from the last decided case and
Iho most recently filed ease when the
time of the present commission shall
expire."
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AFTER 3 YEARS
HOS< I) IIOIMtntU U. Ill UAL
MMl. CARRIER, CHARGED
u mi (imn;
OF LOUISBERC, KANSAS
itotii mia niominknt in
LOIHiK, <111 K< II AM)
POLITIC\L WOltK
Louisberg, Kan.. March 31.—Oiosco
'Jlornbaker. thirty-seven, a rural
mail carrier, is charged with the
murder of George Mc'Klhaney. post-
master. who was assassinated on the
night of October 4, 19112, while Bit-
ting in the parlor of his home.
The shooting has been a deep mys-
tery ever since. Officials will not
talk.
Both men are prominent in
church and politics. Officers and
friends of the slain man have <been
working on the case ever since tne
tragedy.
'McElhany was sitting in a rocking
chair at his home when the assassin
shot him, the ball crashing through
the window glass and penetrating the
victims brain.
Hornbaker. a rural mail currier, had
wordB with the postmaster prior to
the shooting. The government, has
also had men working on tho case.
The arrest of Hornbaker has caus-
ed much excitement.
He had just returned from his
farm near Guthrie. Oklahoma.
K. POPE TO
STATE ELECTION BOARD
FILED IN DISTRICT COURT
Several money suits were filed in
district court today as follows:
The C'apitol Savings Bank and
Trust Co., vs. W M. and E. J., Illllls.
for the recovery of money amounting
to ¥t)\ 88 on a mortgage covering lots
18 to 212, block 50, Guthrie.
.MciPhee 4c 'McGinnetj Co.. is. Chas.
II. Martindale for the recovery of
money on account.
Ilartlette Hrothers vs_ ft. p. I.ar-
kins and J. D. Nelson, money judg-
ment for $1,030 and $100 attorney's
fees.
An injunction suit against Jeanette
Collar, directed against the city com-
missioners, to prevent the commis-
sioners from removing a founding de-
clared lo be unsafe was heard by
.Judge Huston.
SETS FIRE
TO FRENCH VESSEL
(IB/ Associated Press.)
'Paris, March :H.—-Raymond Swo-
boda. one of the passengers aboard
the French liner. Latouraine. which
was Imperilled by fire at sea on
March Mh, has been arrested charg-
ed with setting fire to the vessel, as-
cojding to the Martin,
•Swoboda- the paper asserts, is sus-
pected of having "'lose relations
with the enemy" and correspondence
found in his rooms is said to indicate
that be was charged >vitii the task of
blowing the vesspl up.
McAlester, Okla . March 29.-J. I).
Brewer of Haywood, a veteran of
Quantrell's band of Civil War veterans
and 71 years of age, is on a "rampage"
again after fifty years of peace, ac-
cording to allegations of R. C. Crabb
nd Elmer Crabb. Haywood mer-
chants, who declare that becauso they
foreclosed a mortgage on live stock
belonging to Brewer he threatened to
run them out of town or kill them. On
demand that Brewer be put under
peace bond, he was arrested and
brought to McAlester today. Brewer
days, but have or | correspondent of Reuters says as a deman(le(1 a llearlng on that quegt|ou.
The hearing is set for April 3. and
Thursday. Friday and Saturday,
April M. 1' and the registration
books will be open for the following
persons, men and women: first, those
who were unable to register at the
registration in July. IH'H. because of
absence or sickness: second, those
who were net of age then, but are
now, or will be by April G; third
those who had not then lived in the
state one year, rounty six months
and precinct thirt
will have done so by April 6. j result of two bombardments of Libau
The same registration require- by the German fleet three persons
men ti-' apply, with reference to voting were killed, seven woundd and f if -
in the election of city commission-1 teen houiA&c damage^. Telegraph
LIJ: THREE KILLED
London. March 31.—The Libau
Oklahoma City ..March 31.—ID. iK.
Pope, of Oklahoma City, will be the
Republican member of the state
election board, designated by <Jov.
Williams. Pope, however, may not
take the place, in which event iHarry
Beeler. of Checotah, will be; named.
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BEFORE SHE IS THIRTY
Savannah. Ga., March 31.—Mrs.
Josephine Davis Hill has become a
grandmother at the age of 29. She is
probably the youngest grandmother
on record. Here is a bit of her his-
tory: She was married at 12. became
a mother at 13, widow at 16. remar-
ried at 20 and became a grandmother
at 29 years.
TO HOLD FESTIVAL AT TULSA
Tulsa. Okla., 'March Gl.—History,
art. science, music and education
will come into their own in 'Oklaho-
ma for two days. April £9 and CT0.
when the municipal festival will be
Held in Tulsa celebrating the dedi-
cation of the new municipal pipe or-
gan in convention hall, and the cor
ner stone laying of the Washington-
Irving monument.
AFTER LONG PEACE
ers and members of board of educa-
tion and treasurer.
wires were wrecked and the steamer
Baltica. sustained damages.
Brewer was released on bond. W. A.
Treadwell. the justice of the peace
who will hear the case and A. S. Mc-
Kennon, counsel for Brewer, are both
veterans of the Confederacy.
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