The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 308, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 22, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XX.
THURSDAY MORNING,
TRIE, OKLAHOMA, APRIL 22, 1909.
THURSDAY MORNING,
NUMBER 309
J
REFERENDUM ON ALL
PUBLIC BUILDING BILLS
INCLUDING 1HE
NEW JERUSALEM
PROPOSITION MADE BY SEN.
RUSSELL, WHO FORMS
ORGANIZATION.
CUDAHY COMPANY
UNDER $50,000 BOND.
PEOPLE VS. TOWNBUILDERS.
(Statesmen Think That There Are
More Towns Without Institu-
tions Than With, and That New
Jerusalem Plan Will Be Forced
By More.
1 In order to make his New Jerusalem
pcheme effective, In case the Initiated
ill should carry, Senator Campbell Rus-
sell today (started a campaign for a ref-
erendum vote on all of the public insti-
tution hills passed by the last legisla-
ture with the exception of those locat-
ing the penitentiary, reformatory, east
side asylum and the first two normals
located. He would do away with the
Hist side preparatory school and the sixth
normal as wholly superfluous, and thinks
that the girls' Industrial school, boys' re-
form school, school for the feeble minded,
blind school, deaf school and other minor
institutions established by the last legis-
lature should be located at the New Jeru-
salem. Some of these bills went through
with emergency clauses attached. Where
that was the case new bills will be
Initiated for their repeal. Senator Rus-
sell admits that somo of the money may
be spent in that event before the peo-
ple get a chance to vote on them, but
thinks that it would not by any means
be the first time that the people's money
bad been wasted.
This movement was decided upon c *
e meeting yesterday at which a perma-
nent organization, to be known as the
People's Initiative and Referendum
league was organized, with Senator Rus-
sell as president. Senator F. M. Colvijle
of Mustang as vice president, J. T. Arm-
Strong of Ardmore as secretary and T.
11. Jeffords of Elgin as treasurer.
Senator Russell says that he Knows
that this movement will result in a line-
up of the state institutions against the
taxpayers, but that if it comes to that
#ort of a fight there are lots more towns
that didn't git Institutions than there
sre that got them, and ho considers that
the movement will strengthen his 1
Jerusalem, for which he is confident of
success.
EXAMINERS TO CO-OPERATE.
, Comptroller of Currency Re-
sponds to Clearing Houses.
WASHINGTON, April 21.—The comp
Itroller of the currency has announced
that when any clearing house asso«
ition in the United States requests him
itn writing to have the national bank
Uxamlner for the district in which it is
located, co-operate, the comptroller will
|4irect the bank examiner to do so.
MARRIAGE AND RELIGION
I French Count and American Am-
bassador's Daughter.
Arrangements.
f PARIS. April 21.—-The arrangements
,for the wedding of Count Hermann
'fecherr-Thoss and Miss Mm^el White,
daughter of the ambassador, which were
'delayed by rertain difficulties arising
through differences In the faith of the
contracting parties, are now completed.
The civil ceremony will ho performed
April 25 and the religious ceremony will
take place the following day.
CRUDE OIL PRICE.
BARTLESVILLE, Okla., April 21.—The
Culf Pipe Line company has reduced its
price Tor Glenn Pool and Morris crudi
JDI1 from 35c to 30c per barrel of forty
gallon
ABDUL HAMID, DETHRONED
SULTAN OF TURKEY.
MICHAEUCUDA HY.
CHICAGO, ILU, April 22.—Ml '.i-
acl Cudahy gave out a statement to-
night in which he declared that th«i
Indictments brought against the
Kansas City branch of the company
he heads were wholly unfounded and
that the company would disprove
any intention to defraud the govern-
ai Topeka yesterday.
A FINE OF
A CORPORATION RULING.
Number of Decisions Made Which
Affect Railroads of the State,
Frisco Seems to Be Up for Dis-
pleasure Along With Other
Roads.
10INVESTM
ida
SUPREME COURT HAS ORDER-
ER SPECIAL TERM OF
COURT.
\dud Adams, Favorite Actress
of Taft, Whose Performance
He Witnessed a Few Nights Ago
REQUEST OF JUDGE WEST.
Attorney General Will Probably
Have Charge of Investigation
and Every Effort Will Be Made
to Punish Participants in Lynch-
ing—People Satisfied.
iii and
admit-
ignoring an order for cle
comfortable depots, and the
ted use of insulting and improper
lunguago of one of its agents, cist
fine of $100 yesterday, imposed by
the Corporation Commission and
which must be paid by May 1st, 1909.
made by C. Nott and daughter, who
had to wait at the depot at Tan-
gier on the night of November 17,
1908, when the agent had a fire in his
office but refused to make one In tho
young lady was cold, he repliod was
made to him the first time that the
wafting room. When complaint was
only a few minutes till train time
and she didn't need a fire. The sec-
ond time the request was made he toM
her to make it herself.
The railroad company admitted all
of these allegations and the commis-
sion holds that "the agent knowing-
ly and willfully violated the order of
the commission and was Impolite and
Insulting in doing so."
The order proposed by Commission-
er Watson some time ago, requir-
ing the Frisco to establish a new
flag station between Hunter and
Brcekcnridge, to be known as Ellis
In honor of A. H. Ellis, vice-presi-
dent of the constitutional convention
and speaker pro tern of the house in
terday. Theoag shrdlu lidrlu hrdlurdt
the first legislature, was Issued today
The order recites that there is a ver]
large amount of grain grown In the
territory adjacent to the proposed sta
tion, which would be shipped from
there and a large rural population to
be served.
The commission dismissed the com-
plaint which asked that the Santa Fi
be required to install a spur or switch
to hold five cars at Goodwin on tin
ground that physical conditions mad3
it particularly Impossible, to v!lo so,
Chief Justice Kane yesterday re-
ceived a letter from Juvlge A. T. West
asking for a special term of court
at Ada for the purpose of investigat-
ing the lynching of the four men in
that city last Monday night.
Governor Haskell has been advised
that the special term of court is to
bo called and states that it meets
with his his approval in every re-
spect.
LETTER OF JUDGE WEST ...
The letter of Chief Justice Kano is:
"Please have the supreme cour: make
an order fixing a special term of
the court ai Ada for Tuesday, April j
27.
"I am having this term cuIIiaI fur
the purpose of investigating those
who participated in the lynching of
Miller et al. last Monday morning "
"A. T. WLST."
SPECIAL TERM ORDERED.
Late yesterday afternuor. tne su-
preme court acting upon the infor-
mation received from Ada ordered a
special term of the court.
It is thought that Attorney General
West will be ask* ti to take charge of
the grand jury and have active
charge of the investigation.
QUIET INVESTIGATION.
Other than the above there has
been no new development in "ie Ada
lynching case, during the past twen-
ty-four hours, although it is stated
a quiet Investigation is being <<iade in
to insist that a vigorous investiga-
in the affair. Slate officials continue
tion will be carried out and that ev-
ery emleavor will be made to punish l.
those who were implicated in the af-1U
fair. 'It is admitted, however, that
it will be extremely difficult to secure
enough evidence to convict owing to
the fact that the people of the dis-
trict seem perfectly satisfied with the
result of the affair.
NOTIFICATION TARDY.
Governor Haskell, late yesterday
liavl had no official notification of the
hanging and consequently has not is-
I sued a proclamation offering a re-
I ward for the arrest of the men who
made up the mob.
TO
YESTERDAY
POPULATED CITIES WHERE
ONCE R0AM3D ELK AND
BUFFALO.
FLOWER OF CIVILIZATION.
EASTERN POINTS
10 OKLAHOMA
COMMISSION WILL PROBA-
BLY APPEAL TO INTER-
STATE COMMERCE COM.
Activity of People and Fertility of
the Soil the Envy of Other
States—Twenty Years Trans
pose Rolling Prairie Into 3est
of Homes
Twenty Years Ago Today
In Guthrie, the State Capita
One of the Thousands of Men Who Made the "Rush ' Tells of His
First Experience.
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PARADE FORMATION.
A call was issued last night by the 1889 Club for all
1883ers to line up in front of the City Hall this morning at
11 o'clock.
It is requested that all Oklahoma born children will
also form in line.
From the City Hall the parade will march to Island
Park, where there will be carried out an extended program.
All are invited to take their lunch baskets to the park.
STATE
DISCRIMINATION.
Raise of Fifteen Cent Basis on
Texas Rates—New Tariff Af-
fects All Southern Lines Ex-
cept M., K. & T. Dry Goods
Rate From Galvccton.
tin
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the signal from the
iding the border lln«
federal longer t
©
troops gu
•vass then the bounderiei
if Oklahoma, was giver
April 22. 1^kj>. the greate
hlch was ever known
nown, in the history
the
orld, be
rked the sur-
V
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LAKE HURRICANE.
Sweeps Coast of Lake Erie, Deal-
ing Destruction,
(ASSOCIATED PRESS)
CUBVELAND, O., April 22.—J
squall which swept along the south
em shore of Lake Erie today left
death and ruin in its wake. The
wim1 reached a velocity of nearly
a hundred miles an hour for a few
minutes. Trees and frame houses
were blown down in all parts of the
city. A 'woman was blown into Wade
Park pond and drowned. Lightning
started many fires.
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ADAMS ABANDONS STATE.
After withdrawing its service on
the Frisco trains in this state the
Adams Express company will on
May 1, abanton the state entire-
ly. Only two offices are consist-
ed in this state, being located at
Quapaw and Miami, The Wells-
Far go company will doubtless ac-
quire control of the shipping at
these points. Notice was g*en to
the corporation commission yes-
terday.
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That day 2d years
sival of the fittest.
The foil <wlng story nf ti
happenings ot that day am
teeding days Is told by Mr. F. B. Lillie, j "After pai
one of Guthrie's pioneers, having made 1 Hebrew, ent
tlie "run" at the opening and who Is to purchase of
.lay, one of the foremost citizens of this I the c owboy
cfty anri of the state: j quickly mad
ft. was a beautiful sun-
SOLID PHALANX
VOT'RS DETEST TAYLOR BILL
Democrats Find Thet.iselves Un-
able to Make Defense of Ob-
noxious Provisions of Bill.
Many Join Independent and
Honesty-Loving Voters.
being
Either no defense whatever I;
made by the democratic leaders
state to the onslatighs truthfully plied up
by republicans against the obnoxious
provisions of the Taylor election law, or
If any attempt to defend 1h heard it is
so pitifully wenk and devoid of truth
as to fall flat and unnoticed by intelligent
readers. In fact, with only two weeks of
the campaign pone. It has become evident
that no defense of the make-ghlft elec-
tion law can be honestly and conscien-
tiously made.
On the other hand, the republican news-
paper men of Oklahoma present a soua
phalanx in demanding the defeat of the
election law. They have thrown partl-
ranshlp aplde and demand Its defeat on
brond, general principles of a fair and
square ballot and count of vote for everv
qualified elector, whether he be democrat
or otherwire. It is not the ignorant and
tho unlearned to whom the republicans
arc directing their campaign, but to the
Intelligent of the state who are disfran-
chised by those provisions nf the flec-
tion law that make a bid for trickery,
election stewlln^. corrupt machinery, and,
rascality of all brands known In connect
tion with dishonest and unfair elections.
Many of the republican papers of the
state, and especially the dnlly editors,
hnve solicited and pleaded with the dem-
ocracy to make s- me defense of their
new election law but they can «ret no
response. Perhapg thev are waiting' for
their chief to romplete his courting In
order to gutd* them In what they should
av In defense?
A law that disfranchises the firmer, the
lnborlrir mno the merchant, the educa-
tor. no mntfejtwhat bis politics, slmnlv
because he is not a state administration
!:<' . !•>■ '•Mno.r vl, can not U; defends I
"April :
shiny day.
"As train after train pulled up to tin
little frame building known as 'Guthrh
Station,' laden with thousands of peop!<
who were looking for an opportunity I
better theli
would be rapidly vacated and a scram-
ble for lots would begin. Men anxious
to be first In the rush waited not for the
opportunity to gain egress by the usual
method and dropping their baggage from
| the ear window, followed it with the as-
sistance of some one without and a coach
would be emptied almost before the train
had stopped.
EARLY RUSH.
"I quite well remember seeing a gen-
tleman, of the Hebrew persuasion clamber
from a car window while the train was
still In motion at a point about half way
between what Is now Oklahoma and
Cleveland avenue* after throwing a va-
dsc and shawl strap from the car win-
dow. The bank cast of the track at that
time was quite high and steep but noth-
ing daunted by such an ohstacle, the gen-
tleman proceeded with shawl strap and
grip to make the nscent on double quick
several others following.
"Arriving at near the top of the em-
bankment a miptep proved his undoing
and down came Mr. Hebrew with blank-
ets valise and man rolling hurly-burly
into the ditch beside the track. The
large well filled valise weakened posslblv
bv the fall from the caj* window refused
hold Its contents and various
articles of apj-atel were scattered along
the embankment. Hastily picking up his
belongings and forcing them Into the
broken valise he hurriedly passed up the
hill and for a time was lost to sight.
"About an hour later while I was talk-
| to a cowboy who hud his horse picketed
ind was resting after having made two or
' three good lot sales this gentleman was
seen approahclng.
EARLY LOT SALES.
j "After passing the time . f day. the
.Hebrew, entered into negotiations for the
'purchase of the lot which he supposed
ras claiming A trade was
with $200 as the price
April 2, 8189—April 2, 190H.
Today Is the birthday of Oklahoma.
Twenty years ago the country now cov-
ered by densely populated cities, produc-
tive farms, the envy of all other states,
these, the homes of the "flower of clvt-
Ilzatlon,'1 was a rolling prairie where the
buffalo was hunted by nomadic tribes of
Indians, nnd herds or grazing cattle wero
watched.by western cowboys.
All the state pays tribute to this day.
Every city will have Its celebration, from
morn till "night will he one great holiday.
In IU history Oklahoma is umqie.
No other territory springing Into exist-
ence at high noon, has boasted by twl-
Hgh' a population <>f So.ono. No otlu-r ter-
ritory lias brought to Its citizens greater
returns for their outlay of time and la-
bor. Nor has any other faced the fu-
twenty years of existence faced the fu-
ture with brighter prospects than Okla-
homa, the "Beautiful Iiind."
Two causes have been contributed to
this result. \ Iz: the fertile soil which
responds to care and cultivation so readi-
ly and the higher character of the peo-
ple who have establlshd homes In the
territory.
. ( n April *1, at Arkansas Cltv,
Kansas, aont lO.nuo were preparing for
the next day's run. Until the last of the
fifteen trains left for the south at 11 a.
in April all wus turmoil, confusion
© ) and exclement.
Tho train stopped at the "line" until
tho signal was Kivon to enter. Men with
fleet hoTses, men in wagons, men in bug-
gies with stakes and axes aawlted the
--ignal When 12 o'clock came the signal
officer riding in a gallop to a high point
where lie could be seen for miles each
way, with one hand raised, a bugle to bis
lips and gave the signal, while with the
other hand he waived a flag.
At this signal the race was on. and
was the most memorable race for homes
ever undertaken In the world,
At that same moment thousands entered
tariffs
'h ad-
iiff«vtive May lBt, 100
of 4he southwestern line
names freight upon all commodities
eastern points to Oklahoma,
has been received by the Corpoaation
Commission.
The Commission has not vet de-
ckled upon a course of action but w ill
probably appeal to the Interstate
commerce commission in an attempt
to have the proposed raise headed off.
The new tariff names rates from
New York, Boston, Baltimore, Phil-
adelphia, etc., to various points In
Oklahoma and shows quite an In-
crease In the present rates. As an
example the present first class rat«j
from New York to Guthrie is $1.80
per 100 pounds whereas after May
27th it will be $1.87 per hundred.
The corporation commission under-
stands that the new rates are made
by adding 15 cents per hundred
pounds to the rate applying from the
same eastern cities to common Tex-
as points The rates now made ta
Texas, however, according to a state-
ment given out by the corporation
commission today are called "paper
rates." As an example the rate from
New York to Dallas via Galveston
Is $1.62, whereas the rates which arf
actually used are 50 cents from Ne\V
York to Galveston and 87 cents from
Galvaston to Dallas making the rat*
actually charged less than $1.37.
The corporation commission claims
that the proposed advance of 16
cents is really a discrimination
against Oklahoma.
This change in rates does not affeel
the rate on dry goods from Galveston
recently made by the Katy.
i;nu territory from the south, crossing th
South canadian at Purcell and selecting j TO BE CITY OF FIRST CLASS*
claims in the lower portion of Oklahoma. |
Scenes at this point were less exciting
than at the ansaa border.
v a • paid'In gold and the cowboy mounting
his pony remarking that it never rains
but pours, quickly galloped away for an-
other location. The lot in question proved I
to be in what is now Division street, be-
tween Oklahoma and Harrison avenues. |
[lltlon In life the coaches j The Hebrew paid the cftwboy $200 for
what he supposed was a lot owned by
him and soon found that he had pur-
chased a gold brick.
SCENES AT DEPOT.
"As we landed on the memorable morn-
ing at the little frame building called
the station on the west side of the main
track about opposite the present location
of the 1'nlon Depot the first thing that
attracted my attention was a huge pile of
trunks, a mountain of them, piled out
upon the platform.
"These held the belongings of thou-
sands of people who were being hurriedly
brought by train after train over the San-
ta Pe from both north and soi^th.
SETTLERS ACTIVE.
"Looking tip over the hill to the east
from the depot, I could see multitudes of
people all hurrying to and fro, busy as
bees staking out and etxendlng cords and
ropes around pieces of ground which they
claimed as their lots. Occasionally could
be seen a tent denoting that the occupant
must have been an "early bird" or
"sooner," to have been thus quickly
housed.
"Buildings were being started In
direction but the only one approa
.cry
CONTINUED ON PAGE 3. COLUMN 1
SlIIUiMHSE
RECALLS RECENT CAMPAIGN
Political Manager of E. L. Fulton
Seems to Be Having Some Real
Publicity - Suit to Recover Val-
ue of Oil Tanks in Favor of
Company.
Spei
Hattie Yarbough Arrested
On a Charge of Murdeif
Unrequited Love Alleged to Have Prompted Her to Kill John Bul-
lette, Wealthy Indian.
(ASSOCIATED PRESS.)
SPRING FIELD, Mo., April 21.—With a
arrant for the arrest of Hattie Yar-
bough, who It Is alleged, was Implicated
In the murder of John Bullette, a woalthy
llan at Claremore, Okla., on April IB,
puty Sheriff Newberry, of Claremore,
arrived In this city today to confer with
Sheriff W. E. Freeman.
The woman was reared seven miles
southwest of Springfield, and ft sister
still llvesl n that vicinity. Hattlo Yar-
bough was last seen here about six weeks
ago. She Is well known In this section
of tho state, and It !h said she has been
Involved In a number of sensational es-
capades i
I Bullette was shot down by an un-
known assassin while sitting at hla desk
He had previously been friendly with the
iarbough woman and It Is alleged the
announcement of his engagement to Miss
Pearl Kddleman, of Muskogee, which was
to have been made aoon, caused Hattie
Yarbough to believe she wati a victim
of unrequited love.
The sensational story was told exclu-
sively by the State Capital a few days
ago. It was thought the mysterious
murder was committed by a woman In
male attire, and following this clue, re-
sulted in her arrest.
the State Capital:
WATONGA, Okla., April 21.—-Last week
in the district court at this place was
terminated a lawsuit of much Interest
to the public, and especially to political
circles. It was the case of the Vertrees
Tank company vs. Frank Gault. The
plaintiffs sued for $993. Gault has been
an oil promoter over in the eastern part
of the state. The plaintiff alleged that
Gault had purchased two oil tanks of
the company and refused to pay for
them. The Jury, after being out a few
minutes, returned a vardlct for the Ver-
trees company for the full amount
asked.
This case has been the subject of
much discussion at this place. Gault
was the campaign manager of Mr.
L. Fulton two years ;igo. and it Is
leged that he spent $20,000 to secure
election. It will be remembered
when tho Post, of Oklahoma City, went
in to the hands 0f a receiver, that It de-
veloped In a hearing In court that, al-
though the paper had assumed to be
republican, Gault had $10,000 tied up In
He had secured control of the paper
jrder to fight for Mr. Fulton. Hut this
suit In court against Mr. Fulton's former
manager and the jury's verdict against
him for $993 has caused much comment
among the adherents of all political
parties.
WAURIKA. OKLA., April 22 —
Waurika. Okla., is to be a city of the
first class. About two w^eks ago the
Chamber of Commerce asked the
town council to have the census tak-
en to see if the town lacked any In
number of people to secure the char-
ter as a city of the first class. The
work is Just about completed and th*
committee will probably turn in their
report tomorrow night.
ROAYAL ARCH MASONS JOIN.
Oklahoma and Indian Territory
Convocations Unite.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Anrll 51.—'The
twentieth annual convention of the Grand
Chapter Arch Masons, representing the
Oklahoma and Indian Territory portions
of the state, met here today and con-
solidated, thereby (renting the Grand
Chapter Royal Arch Masons of «tkliM
mn. About 400 delegates are In al&
tendance.
PAT
CROWE IS
DOWN AND OUT.
that
COURT OF APPEALS
New Feature of Tariff Bill Practi-
cally Agreed To.
21.—
aen-
(ASSOCIATED PRESS*
WASIIINOTON, . C., April
Administrative features of the
ate tHrlff bill wero taKen up at
a session of tho commltteo on finance
Tho proposed court to hear appeals
from boards of customs appralsors
was explained by Bonutor Alhrlch
and approved by both republican and
dumocrmtlo mumlieri.
I
IS
CHICAGO, ILU, April 22.—The
famous kidnapper, Pat Crowe, ha*
been asked to surrender the church
h tters granted him and withdraw
from the evangelistic field which he
a return to depravity is charged,
recently entered. Drunkedness and
Crowe ij suld to bo a down and o^fc
wroclt.
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