The Oklahoma Leader. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 29, 1915 Page: 3 of 8
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HON EXPORT
OL PUIUED
Washington. July $6.—(Formation
of a great American cotton pool to
handle exports to 'Europe under an
agreement with the British govern-
ment has been proposed informallv
to the state department as a >a:eans
of equitably distributing among the
producers such cotton trade as Great
Britain and her allies permit with
neutral countries without interfer-
ence 011 the high seas.
Any arrangement or this kind
would have to be made directly be-
tween the 'British government and
the cotton interests without partici-
pation or approval by the state de-
partment. Officials point out that to
accede to any restrictions upon trade
between neutral countries in non-con-
traband would mean abandonment of
the principle of freedom of the seas
laid down in various notes to Great
Britain and about to be stated with
greater insistence in another com-
munication now in preparation.
It has been suggested, however, that
pending settlement of the differenc-
es between the two governments, j those who can read and write and
American officials might informally i desire to improve in the fundamental
aid the cotton shippers and export- principles of education.
ers in any effort they might make to | Special attention will be given to
facilitate their trade. It was an-. the subjects of thrift, agricuitur-
nounced recently ^that Great Britain <'orn and cotton clubs, poultry, uo-
would be willing to enter into an , mestic science and to the buildiii:
agreement not to interfere with car of useful libraries which will be free
TO ORGANIZE NIGHT
RURAL SCHOOL SYSTEM
"With the organization of the state
rural school improvement league, the
executive committee of which is com
posed of a member of the faculty r
each of the .-tatc normal school
plans are being perfected by State
Superintendent K. 11. Wilson to make
the rural schools of the state a vita
fator in the state's educational sys
tem," said Miss .Margaret Doolittle
county superintendent, toda>y.
"The members of this committ™
will organize the counties of the
state into district league-, the county
superintendents will organize the
county leagues. All county superin
tendents and teachers will be request-
ed to assist in making every rural
school house a place of interest, in-
spiration. and entertainment. The
primar. purpose of this campaign 1
to make the rural school house ;
community center in the fullest
sense. <1 am quite confident Logan
county teachers will enter into the
new idea with enthusiasm, she add-
ed.
More than 2000 teachers in the
state have promised to organize ev-
ening schools for the benefit of thos >
who cannot read and write, as well
as to give assistance and help to
goes of cotton for neutral countries
provided no more was shi'pped
each country than the normal amount
consumed there. The British embas-
sy here has been active in negotiat-
ing for an arrangement which would
relieve the cotton trade, and embas-
sy officials express confidence that
Rome practical heme will be work-
ed out.
ED FOLLOWING A FIST FIGHT
Luther Webb, well known Mulhall
barber, was arrested Saturday night
by Sheriff Sherwood on a complaint,
sworn to by John Woody, also of
Mulhall, charging him with violating
the prohibitory law.
The charges filed against Webb
grew out of a fight between the two
men last week in which Webb gave
WToody a severe drubbing. Webb ap-
peared before Judge Chappelle in
county court this morning and pleaded
not guilty. He was released on a
$500 bond to appear for hearing next
month.
CLOTHING STOLEN MONTH
AGO RECOVERED BY SHERIFF
When Sheriff Sherwood and his
deputy Ed* 'Robertson searched the
house of Jim Reed two miles south-
east of Seward yesterday they found
a trunk packed with stolen clothing.
The -clothing was part of the stuff
taken from the home of Julius Busch
in this city some weeks ago. Mathew
Reed, well known young negro, was
suspicioned by the sheriff and a
close watch made on Ills (movements.
Saturday he moved a trunk to
his fathers house near iSeward and
when the officers learned of the mat-
ter they immediately motored to
(Seward. But. Mathews had been tip-
ped and when .Sherwood and Robert-
son arrived at the place he was gone.
The clothing was returned to JMr.
.Buscli today.
Heed is a bad "character and has
served several terms in jail and one
term in the state pen.
to all of the residents of the com-
muniby. Invitations will be extend-
ed to all who are Interested in edu-
cation to make public addresses on
the subject of education. This will
include our United States senators
and Congressmen, state and county
officials, superintendents and teach-
ers. A special letter will be sent t<
all newspapers Inviting them to take
an active part in the campaign, and
to all ministers asking them to
vote a part of their time to encour-
aging better educational facillth-.
All teachers will be urged to take a
more active interest in curr -.v
events to the extent that they sin.
scribe for at least one dailv parol
in addition to their local paper. While
Logan county has a much greater in
gro population than many counties 'r
the state, the per cent of illiry
here Is startlingly low compared with
some or the southern and eastern
counties of the state
Within the last year many model
school< have been, established and
have proved to be a success beyond
expectation. With proper encourage-
ment, there is no reason why every
public school should not be made a
model school.
'State Superintendent Wilson is
preparing a bulletin for distribution
which will show some interesting
comparisons of city and rural school-
in the length of terms, amount of
Toney spent, and the requirements
for teachers. These bulletins will be
distributed free upon request."
NO OWNER HAS BEEN
FOUND FOR THIS BRIDGE
Oklahoma City, Okla., July 20.—Ef-
forts having failed to find owners for
the railroad bridge between Musko-
gee and Fort Gibson that is used by
the interurban railroad, which denies
ownership, the state board of equaliza-
tion has simply valued the bridge at
$S0,000 and added that sum to the
rendition from Muskogee county. It
is now up to the county board of
equalization to find who is to pay the
tax. The bridge has not been hereto-
fore rendered for taxation.
LUTHER BISHOP
Martin Luther iBighop died at his
home at 1223 West Warner Avenue,
on Sunday m'ornins. Funeral serv-
ices will lie held at the iipiscopaj.
church on Tuesday afternoon at two
o'clock. .Members of U. A. R.. Wo-
men's Relief Corps and Circle are
requested to ho present by Post Com-
mander George Latta.
AUTO ACCIDENT RESULTS
FATALLY FOR ORLANDO MAN
Ewald Schroed, aged 23, ot Orlando,
thiB county, died Saturday of injuries
received last Thursday when an auto
he was driving was hit by a Frisco
passenger train near Enid. Three
other members of the nuto party, in-
jured in the accident, are recovering, wheat will go up.
WELL SHDT ITSELF?
Pemeta, Okla., July 2 >.—Several
weeks ago a nitroglycerine shot was
put in the test well, just then com-
pleted at Ralston in northwestern
Pawnee county, and later the well
caved in on top of the shot. The mat-
ter has been one of difficulty for the
experts to solve ,and now the opinion
has gone forth that the shot has been
exploded underneath the cave-in.
"Sell enough wheat now to pay
pressing obligations. Hold the rest
for a better price, for within ninety
days it will bring 25 or 30 per cent
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PREVIOUS GREAT LAKES DISASTERS
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t. Ship.
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•Manistee.
188:i. I^iko Superior.
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Alpena
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SOME PREVOUS
STEAMSHIP DISASTERS.
y.
Titanic. April 11.
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Mav 29, 1014: St. Lawrence
river.
X
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• t: , 1914; East river, New
York.
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Newfoundland banks.
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m ber '1 : in Thames.
V
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1913; Atlantic ocean.
$
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off Rockall reefs.
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IS BLACK CJT"[™L*LSF.
A JONAH? OIL
Oilton, Okla. Juty 27.—The men
working at the White & Sinclair teit
In se Hon 34419-7, just a half mile
east of Oilton, are wondering if a
stray black kitten, that came to the
well several days ago, is a Jonah. Up
to the time the kitten arrived, the
crew had experienced no trouble
whatever in the downward course
with the well, but immediately after
the cat got on tiie ground, the breaks (First published in Oklahoma leader,
i began. Within twenty-four hour the July 29, 1915.)
j stem, rope socket and jars were out NOTICE.
of conn ission, and in fact the entire 'n District Court of Logan Coujt-
Btring of tools was on the bum. Oklahoma.
One of the men wanted to throw
the !M)0 foot hole, but some of the
others protested, and just what to do ^
New ^ ork, July 27. —• New Yorx'a
population Increased by almost half
a i ill ion in tie last five ycarB. To
be exu.t. the actual growth of the
greater <it< from the day that the
national census takers finished their
work In r.v.,o until June l' last, when
the state enumerators started in, was
17s.7-'.' an increase of something
more than 10 per cent.
New York had a population of 5,«
24." .s12 on June ilo, as campared with
4,766,88ft in 1910. The figures In
Brooklyn may be Increased by about
5,000.
N. 11. Patterson, Plaintiff,
vs.
Wacknian and Pearl Miller,
Defendants.
No. 2028.
State of Oklahoma, To J. W. Wack-
nian and Pearl Miller.
You and each of you are hereby
notified that you have been sued as
K SI
III COLORADO
LEFTy LOV/£
BUNKS MOST PAY TAX
j Oklahoma City, July 27.—V.y a raise
of 2."> per cent on one item. Tulsa
county's rendered taxable valuation
was raised $: !0,r>(M.lG by the state
board of equalization.
| The amount had been deducted by
state and national banks of the coun-
accrued
Colorado Springs, Colo., July 26
Oklahoma, whose representation
the colony of summer visitors in Col-i
orado Springs and the Pikes Peak!
region lias been increasing every
summer, bids fair to break all her j
former records this year.
Abundant crops and prosperity in
that state are giving hundreds the
opportunity to come to cool Colora-
do (Springs for the season and th«'
regular flow of travel from that staf1
is increased by the many special tv as representing unearned
trains and tours that stop here from d unpaid interegt
one day to a week enroute to the Pa- ^ Following this action, an order was
sific coast, in this v. :i.\ scores wlto I issued by the board to all aBsessOfb
,iad not been here betore set to stop ^ to taj{0 account of this item in mak-
over here and have their first taste ; jn„ assessments.
of summering in t;ie Pikes Peak reg-; flie matter came up in reviowi.ig
ion. Word has been brought that the j ^jie assessment in Canadian county,
weather lias not been as excessive.y , where the assessor reported that iie
hot. and that when the real warm ! ]la(j exempted state building bond.s.
spell comes that the trains frcrtn ti t! Governor Williams said that all
section will be loaded with Oklahoma bonds in the hands of banks shou'd
vacationists. be assessed. He said this could be
The automobile and Oklahcma ar done by assessing the items of in-
becoming i linked, owing to tercet, surplus and undivided profits
the great number of cars driven hero
fro i! that state and seen in tli ; fine
mountain highways in the region. Ok-
lahoma license lacs and banner* are
a common sight here now. The
roads are said to be unusually ?:oen
this year and the many who hav •
come here on the Colorado-I -li:i-
Gulf highway are enthusiastic over
it.
Oklahoma children arc planning to
take part in the pageant to be giv« n
here soon at the playgrounds. There
will be contests between the various
states and t'.ie Oklahoma kiddie ; ar •
determined to make a fine sh'>., :; •.
.Many are registered f r the . i. 'v
and enjoy the work, which u va r-
fully supervised by experts.
with the cat Is a problem. While it
may be a Jonah if it stays, still there
is a chance of jinxlng the test if
the men chase the cat away. In the
meantime the cat is making itself at
h -i e, climbing the rigging, sitting
aloft in the derrick, and when the defendants i|1 action now pending
writer was at the well, tt/o eat was ,hc District Court of Logan Coun-
sittlng contentedly ui Uj, or the bull ,y' K,a,(, of Oklahoma, wherein N. H.
wheel. The well had hern shut down ' "'torso" is plaintiff and J. W. Waek-
for twentv-four hours but the nieiii"""1 al"' ''e"rl Miller are defendants
wore getting ready to work again. aI"' thal -™u mu8t "nawer the Petition
Contractor Galbralth has announe- nf 8,11,1 Plal,,tlff "led In saiil Court In
will not liny a broom for this ™,li ,l<'tlon on or ,ll!,orc 9th ot
well, declaring that every time ho has September, 1915, or the alleftatlons of
bought a broom, when on a job. th.t s"1'1 ppMI,nn w,n be '"ken " true;
and judgment rendered against said
defendants declaring the following
it jinxed the well, and he does not in
tend to have this one hoo-dooed.
Oklahoma City, Okla.. July 27.—
John Cheneoweth of Altus, who Is to
be appointed state game and l'lsh
warden, effective Aug. 1, has been In
the city a few days preparing to take
over the office. On that date George
B. Noble, present game warden, will
take over the office of state highway
commissioner and Col. A. N. Leecraft
will return to his office as secretary
to the governor, which he temporarily
abandoned to start the highway office
to running when the law went into ef-
fect June 22. During the interim
Major Ancel Earp has been secrotary
to the governor.
Bartlesville, July 27.—'L. G. Cosper
of Tursa, i- said to have made the
longest known overland haul of ni-
troglycerine when he reached Dehe-
cine, Colo., several days ago, with 40
quarts of this exJploslve a'board a
motor car. The nitroglycerine is to
: e used in shooting an oil well.
Cosper oroke down two oars :n
less the real estate. making the trip. At Grand Canyon
! "I have stock in a bank that has (it was believed best to Bend a pilot
$2.1,000 worth of these state bonds,*'j car ahead through the canyon. Run-
he said. " and I think it should be ning half a mile in advance, this
assessed." |1 ar warned the traffic to be caref il
The county board already rias ill passing the nitroglycerin care,
taken the item off." said the state Many travelers grew excited as they
described property situate in the
County of Logan, State of Oklahoma,
to-wit:
The East fifty two (52) feet of lots
seven (7), eight (8), nine (9), ten (10)
and eleven (11), and the East fifty-two
(52) feet of the North fifteen (15)
'feet of lot twelve (12), block 76, Capi-
Senator Honor' I,. Owen lias secured tol Hill, a subdivision of the City of
'Howard It. liedgor of the Oklahoma Guthrie, to be held In trust by the
A & M. college to be general super- defendant, Poarl Miller for the de-
visor of his 4.400 acre farm and ranch fendant, J. \V. Wacknian, and to have
in Washington county near Bartles- the Interest of the said J. W. Wack-
v"'e- man in and to said property sold and
Mr. I ledger has been a member of1 the proceeds of said sale applied to the
the extension department of the A. & payment of a Judgment of 1137.50, with
M. college for two years, having been interest thereon from the 4th day of
employed by the college Immediately May, 1915, at the rate of 6 per cent
after Ills graduation in 1913 in the per annum and costs in favor of the
agricultural course. Ho has been in plaintiff, N. H. Patterson, and against
charge of the boy's and girls' club the defendant, J. W. Wackman, and
work in Oklahoma and just recently for such other and further relief as Is
finished a lour of 16 counties with the equitable and proper in the premises
movable school of the college which
gave instruction to 25,000 people,
mainly in the smaller towns and rural
districts. While Assistant State Agent
James A. Wilson was in charge of the
school he was not personally with the
school all the time and during his
absence Mr. Hedger was in full
charge.
Mr. Hedger, who is in Guthrie today,
says he has banded in his resignation
and will take charge of Senator
Owen's property at once.
accordingly as appraised for, in th«
petition.
WALTER H. HUMPHREY,
Court Clerk.
(SEAL.)
By MARTHA M. NEAL, Deputy.
C. C. SMITH.
Attorney for Plaintiff.
(First published in Oklahoma Leader,
July 20, 1915.)
NOTICE.
Notice Is hereby given, that In pur-
suance of an order of the County
.Court of the County of Logan and
'State of Oklahoma, made on the 24th
i day of July, 1915, in the matter of the
estate of Jack Hamilton, deceased, the
undersigned, as the administrator of
the estate of Jack Hamilton, deceased,
The county excise hoard will hold wi,! sell at public auction, to the high-
T! AT-
TEND EXCISE BOARD MEET
auditor, E. 15. Howard, "and with this
raise they will merely assess this ad-
ditional amount against other prop-
erty. anrf not against the banks."
"If they have that kind <,f men In
Tulsa county, men who would do aj
thing like that. I am willing
them to do it," replied the governor.
"It Is our duty and their duty tol
follow ttho law in the matter. They j
<an take it to the supreme eourt and I ,Milledgville, Ga . July 27.—♦William
we wf!l a'liide by that tribunal's de- frcen stabbed Leo. M. Frank in the
cision. prison here because he feared the
"If the county attorney will n't prison would be attacked by a mob
approached the Oklahoma ear. jolt-
ing from side to side with its load of
explosive.
CONVICT TELLS IT HE
TOKE3 LEO FRANK
| its first meeting next Saturday night
■at which time all farmers interested
! in roads and bridges and those who
are opposed at this time to building
' ore bridges are requested by the
board to be present and voice their
feelings on the proposition. Other
matters of interest to the tax payers
will be up for consideration, besides
the road and bridge matter.
After spending five months in the act jn case of litigation there. I will bent on lynching Frank, he told Gov-
federal jail here for selling whisky to send an attorney over there to take rrnor Harris The governor came'
Orage Indiana. Everett Goodson of care of the case. here with a committee of legislators
more. That is the advice given Ralston, and William English of Paw-; "Bonds ay be exempt !n private to Investigate prison conditions and
wheal growers bv Frank M. Gault, |1Uska, were released yesterday by ' hand,, but as part of the capital stock to gel Creen s statement as Frank';
president of the state board of agri-|order of Fnited States Commissioner of t,anks they are taxable." iassailant had said he would tell his
culture, in Guthrie, Saturday, who is Fred Green,
firm in Ills belief that the price of —
Have The Leader delivered, loc mo,
— | otory only to the governor and B. P.
Is It ror rent? Try Yh« leader liaraday. of Macon. Haraday has not
want columni. jbeen in Georgia since the attack.
BOBO FOLLOWERS ATTEMPT
OVERTHROW OF GUILLAIE
Port Au Prince, Hayti, July 27.—A
revolutionary movement against the
government of President Guillaume
broke out at daybreak. The rebellious
troops fired two hours on the presi-
dential palace Many casualties re-
sulted. The purpose is to overthrow
Guillaume and set up Or. Rosalvo
Bobo in his place. Ail
est bidder, for cash, subject to con-
firmation by said County Court, on
Saturday, the 21st day of August, 1915,
at 2 o'clock P. M., at the door of the
Court House In Guthrie. Oklahoma, in
said County of Logan, all the right,
title, interest and estate of the said
Jack Hamilton at the time of his
death, and all the right, title and In-
terest that the said estate has, by
operation of law, or otherwise, acquir-
ed in and to all the certain parcel of
land situate, lying and being in the
County of Logan, State of Oklahoma,
bounded and described as follows, and
upon the following terms and condi-
tions, to-wit:
The East half (E 1-2) of the North-
west quarter (N. W. 1-4) of Section
Twenty (S. 20), Township Seventeen
(T. 17), Range Two (R. 2) of the In-
dian Meridian in Logan County, Okla-
homa.
Dated this 24th day of July. 1915.
S. H. SPRA1NOS,
Administrator.
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