3RS TAKING
KY PRECAUTION.
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(JE] Reno at This
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bat there have been
rebro-spinal menln-
' in the past few
tl24j' health officers
secret. This is not
early this morn-
Be of spinal menin-
eveloped in Cana-
year, and at this
danger of an epi-
Se every precaution
kens of El Reno to
after their yards
lee that all trash or
3 or hauled away;
is no accumulation
er barnyard refuse
lulate, and to see
i kept in a sanitary
n hand a large
ctant. which will be
g the people free
ing at the mayor's
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jying germs that
d health officers
e in the month of
ij) and nearly all of
lied with the re-
1 inspection will be
flrtiid if those who
a do not clean up
■rests will follow,
meningitis origin-
rtfore the cleaner
tne less danger of
sail up your yards
ything about your
! business is in a
is further develop-
disease the schools
places will not be
fit every precaution
Against the spread
I at this time there
I'd case of spinal
lounty. The health
lenty of the serum
| meet any emer-
|ge the people that
id night or day to
£ n, and to quar-
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(#"'jrman Board of
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City Physician.
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THE PEOPLES PRESS
VOLUME 2
EL RENO, OKLAHOMA. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20. l l: 
No. 38
EL RENO'S EIRST CASE
OF SPINAL MENINGITIS.
Walter Kossuth Dies After Few
Hours Sickness—Irving School
Closed for One Day.
Walter Kossuth, aged 14 died at 2
o'clock this morning of the most acute
and violent form of cerebro-spinal
meningitis. He was a student of the
Irving school and attended school
yesterday, and apparently felt per-
fectly well when he left school, but
experienced a slight chill shortly after
his return home, and rapidly took on
the symptoms of the terrible disease.
The strictest quarantine is being
enforced. Irving school is closed to-
day and every precaution is being
taken to prevent the spread of the
disease.
A strange coincident is the fact
that yesterday was the boy's birth-
day.
Deceased was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Kossuth, 409 North Evans.
The other members of the family are
three daughters, Misses Emma, Alma
and Amelia, a son, Edward, and an
older son who is not at home.
In an interview this morning, Dr.
G. W. Taylor, county physician, stated
; that the citizens of El Reno may
j rest assured that every precaution
1 will be taken to prevent the possi-
bility of anyone's being exposed to
spinal meningitis, and that a strict
quarantine will be rigidly enforced
wherever necessary. Dr. Taylor
recommends that every one see that
their yards are kept clean and all
refuse burned. Absolute cleanliness
is the one thing which is known to
be absolutely essential in the preven-
tion of the disease.
Prof. P. N. Howell stated this
! morning that since the appearance of
spinal meningitis in the state he has
I used every effort to see that the
I schools were fumigated frequently
and that a thorough fumigation
| would take place in all the schools
of the city this evening. He stated
that parents may feel no alarm in
sending their children to school as
they are as safe in the schools as in
the home.
The school board will hold a meet-
ing this evening and at that time de-
termine whether or not it will be
advisable to close the schools.
p W ith Democrats
Uncertain In NEW MEXICO HAS
"QUEER" LEGISLATORS.
ch 20.— The Dem-
to virtually tax
, When it is $5,000
ised the house yes-
25o to 40. The
solidly for it and
ublican votes with
Republicans were
oes to the senate
;uess Many sena-
if upon an analy-
house measure
les of people alike
rt it. Democratic
ted to vote for it.
Martin expressed
Democratic sena-
essive Republicans
through. Repub-
ipending upon this
nue revision bills
though primarily
■e anywhere from
,000,000 a year to
on free sugar, is
one of the offsets
legislation which
nacted.
r Underwood held
through the pass-
't ^fte Democratic
jt lWwid the meas-
ctly as framed.
S OFF.
—The com-
■"tTnited States
'ir 1911, shows a
1,288 in earnings.
Four Mexican Republicans Arrested
Charged With Itribery—May Send
Democrats to Senate.
Santa Fe, N. M„ March 20.—The
trap set by the Republican state cen-
tral committee, in which former mem-
bers of the house, .Tose P. Luceto and
I Julian C. Trujillo of Rio Arraba
| county, and Manuel Cordova and Luis
R. Montoya, of Taos county, were ar-
rested charged with accepting bribes
| to vote for certain senatorial candi-
| dates yesterday, was declared by the
| accused men to have been set by
themselves to catch the "higher ups."
The resignations of the four were
presented to the house by State Chair-
man V. Jaramillo. A communication
j from the prisoners also was presented
to the house, asserting that their
resignations had been secured through
coercion, that they would withdraw
them and demand a thorough investi-
gation.
Subsequently the house adopted a
resolution authorizing the appoint-
ment of a committee of 15 to inves-
tigate the alleged bribery charges.
There is strong likelihood that New
Mexico will send two Democrats to
the United States senate. The arrest
of four members of the house of rep-
resentatives on a charge of accepting
bribes to vote for certain senatorial
candidates has turned the tide of sen-
timent so strong that the Republicans
with a two-thirds majority, may not
be able to elect any candidate. Al-
though no decision was reached in the
balloting yesterday, both Democratic
candidates lead in the voting.
MR. ItliADY NEW HEAD
OF OPTOMETRISTS.
He Was Chosen at the State Associa-
tion Meeting Yesterday at
Oklahoma City.
Oklahoma City, March 20.—Officers
for the ensuing year were elected and
Oklahoma City was chosen as the city
in which to hold the 1913 convention,
by the State Association of Optome-
trists, in the second day of its an-
nual session held here Monday and
yesterday.
Silas E. Brady of El Reno was
chosen presid«it of the association,
unanimously.
Following is a list of officers elect-
ed: Silas E. Brady of El Reno, presi-
dent; Marcus Morgan of Anadarko,
first vice president; Mrs. Anna O.
Lovell of Oklahoma City, second vice
president; Frederick D. Stolford of
Frederick, secretary. William A.
Durst, ex-president, was unanimously
chosen as delegate to the national
convention of optometrists, which
meets in Chicago July 12.
One hundred and nine of the 189
members of the association were
present when the convention went
into session Tuesday morning, being
it is thought, the largest number ever
attending an Oklahoma optometry
meeting. A larger percentage of reg-
istered optometrists are members of
the state association in Oklahoma
than in any other state in the union.
The report for the past year of
Secretary Frederick D. Stolford show-
ed the association to be in good fi-
nancial condition, in fact better than
it ever has been before. Reports of
the various committees also were fav-
orable.
MINK ll'AL TI'ltMOIL
STILL ON AT GUTHRIE.
A special from Guthrie says that
the city commissioners who were re-
cently restored to their places at the
head of the city government of Guth-
rie are transacting very little busi-
ness as only two of them are at
home. W. S. Spencer, who was elect-
ed commissioner of public utilities,
is at. present in Denver, Colo., and
he has not yet decided whether or not
he will return to Guthrie. In the
meantime all appointments are being
held up.
In the interest of the citizens of
Guthrie and to stop the fight between
the aldermanic form advocates and
the commissioners, City Attorney
James Hepburn, although declaring
that he believes by a fight he could
hold his position until May, 1913, has
agreed to drop the light and quit the
city attorneyship.
It is now probable that the former
chief of police, Wm. Mitchell, will
start a fight on the commissioners
by quo warranto proceedings, the
only way now left to attack the legal-
ity of the charter.
The two city treasurers will fight
for this place. In the meantime,
Felix Adler, treasurer under the al-
dermanic form, will hold on to the
city's cash.
II \ > 1 < > X SMOOTHS PLAC E
FOR HUNTER TO 'LIGHT.
The Lawton correspondent to the
Oklahoman says that Jake L. Hainon,
politician and railway promoter of
Lawton has offered employment as
railway townsite agent to Charles B.
Hunter in the event the latter loses
his position as clerk of the federal
court at Guthrie.
CLARK'S MANAGER REFUTES
WILSON'S KANSAS CLAIMS.
NVashington, March 20.—Former
Senator DuBois, manager of Speaker
Clark's campaign has issued a state-
ment combating the claims of the
Wilson managers to the Kansas dele
gation to the Baltimore convention.
Mr. DuBois declares the delegation
has been instructed to vote for the
speaker as long as there is a possi-
bility of his nomination.
INDIAN, ItLACK COYOTE
shoots HARRY KENNEDY.
The Shooting is Supposed to be the
Result of Quarrel Over a
Land Lease.
Word was received here about
12:30 that the well known Indian,
Black Coyote, had shot and danger-
ously wounded Harry Kennedy near
Calumet some time during the fore-
noon. Kennedy, who is a brother of
Mrs. Lawrence Adams of this city,
had a lease on some of the Indian's
land and it is alleged, although no
particulars have been received, that
the shooting was the culmination of a
quarrel between the two over the
land.
Deputy Sheriffs A1 and Ben Mc-
Donald, accompanied by Lawrence
Adams started for the scene of the
shooting immediately upon receiving
the word. Black Coyote is under ar-
rest at Calumet and will be brought
here and placed in jail.
A shotgun was the weapon used by
the Indian. It is stated that Ken-
nedy was unarmed.
A COAL STRIKE WOULD
PUT U. S. NAYY IN HAD.
Price of Coal Has Already Gone I'p
and Foreign Buyers Are Active
in Market.
Washington, March 20. -The pos-
sibility of a coal strike is causing
anxiety at the navy department.
While the strike would affect the
anthracite mines only, at that it
would likely increase the cost of
bituminous coal, which would be
largely used as a substitute.
Secretary Meyer will confer today
with representatives of some of the
coal companies which supply the
navy. It is stated that in addition
to the disturbance in the market
caused by the present foreign and
prospective domestic strike, the Vir-
ginia and West Virginia collieries
are greatly embarrassed by car
shortage.
It is also represented to the de-
partment that there are twenty-five
foreign steamers in Hampton Roads
waiting for bunker coal and that they
are offering $1.50 per ton more than
the navy pays. The Boston navy yard
is short of coal and there is some ap-
prehension that other yards will soon
be affected, but the fleet is in bet-
ter condition, owing to the ability
of the ships to select their coaling
ports.
Indications are that the contracts
which the navy soon will make for
its coal supply for the next fiscal
year will show a considerable in-
crease in price.
Prospects of a coal strike stirred
members of both houses of congress
in action yesterday. Senator Town-
send introduced a bill to provide a
federal investigation of any contro-
versy affecting interstate commerce,
and Representative Kche proposed a
similar bill in the house. Senator
Townsend's bill is similar to one he
introduced several years ago.
TEDDY TO VISIT CENTRAL
STATES NEXT WEEK.
Washington, March 20.—Colonel
Roosevelt's trip to the central states
next week promises to develop into
a more comprehensive speaking tour
than either he or his managers con-
templated. Since the announcement
was made that he would speak in Chi-
cago, St. Paul or Minneapolis and St.
Louis, the national Roosevelt head-
quarters have received scores of tele-
grams from cities along the way, ask-
ing to be put on the schedule of the
tour.
MEXICAN FEDERAL
TROOPS ARE ON MOVE.
Chihuahua, Mex., March 2 0. -The
railroad men who returned yesterday
from a point below Jiminez reported
that a force of federals is moving
north from Torreon and has reached
Bermiejillo. The rebel outposts with-
drew to General Salazar's base at
Jiminez.
WASHINGTON FORECAST.
Oklahoma: Rain and colder Wed-
nesday, much colder at night; Thurs-
day snow or rain and colder.
Kansas: Snow or rain and much
colder Wednesday night; Thursday
generally fair, continued com.
NVest Texas: Local rains and cold-
er in north and west; fair in south-
east Wednesday; Thursday colder
and fair except rain in extreme west.
Yesterday's Temperature.
Report furnished by the El Reno
sanitarium.
Maximum   88
Minimum  37
Set maximum 51
Range 87
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STATE NEWS IIRIEFS.
R. W. Cline has been elected mayor
of Duncan.
Alva is figuring on a new railroad
to penetrate New Mexico.
A heat prostration was reported
from Chickasha yesterday.
Seems as though there ought to be
more noise about that state baseball
league.
Jake Zachrists and Vance Likely
are two of the nominees at Sapulpa
for places as city commissioners.
The meningitis situation in Mc-
Alester as well as in the county has
improved, there being no new cases
reported, and al) cases now under
treatment doing well.
Two cases of cerebro-spinal menin-
gitis were reported at the office of the
state board of health yesterday from
Pontotoc county and one case and
one death from Bryan county.
Charles N. Gould, former state
geologist, has been commissioned by
Governor Cruce to serve as a dele-
gate to the Southern Commercial
congress at Nashville, April 8-10.
James Walker, Shawnee Indian,
died near Tulsa yesterday of pneu-
monia at the age of 109. lie was
born at Sabine, Texas, and fought in
both the Mexican and Civil wars. He
was chief medicine man for the Shaw-
nees.
By a vote of 4 59 to 73 the proposi-
tion to issue $55,000 in bonds for
waterworks carried at Alva yester-
day. The water will be piped from
cold springs located five miles north-
west of the city, where six wells were
recently bored and tested, showing
a flow of 150,000 gallons per day.
TELEPHONE TRUST
EARNINGS GROWING.
New York, March 20. In the an-
nual report of the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph company for
1911, made public last night, the
growth of the Bell system is indicated
by figures showing an increase of
749,960 in the number of stations
making a total at the end of the year
of 6,632,625 in the number of sta-
tions making a total at the end of the
year of 6,632,625, of which 2,158,-
4 54 are operated by subsidiary com-
panies. The mileage has increased
to nearly 13,000,000 miles of which
over half is under ground and the
new 450 mile subway between Bos-
ton and Washington has been com-
pleted except for the drawing in of
some of the cables. Net earnings for
the year are given as $33,301,245,
an increase of $1,368,031 over 1910.
meA_ylp,z the more he thought of t
MINNESOTA DEMOCRATS
DON'T WANT PRIMARY.
St. Paul, Minn, March 20. A mo-
tion for a presidential preference
primary was lost yesterday in the
meeting of the Democratic state cen-
tral committee. Duluth was selected
for the state Democratic convention
which will take place June 6.