The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 34, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 1, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XXI.
TUESDAY MORNING,
GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA, JUNE 1, 1909. EIGHT PAGES
TUESDAY MORNING,
NUMBER 33
Cheered, Hissed, Laurel and Groaned
iwhil force
of:
EXTENT AND HORRORS OF
SATURDAYS STORM IN
CREEK COUNTY
FLOOD FOLLOWED WIND
One Report Places Number of
Dead and Missing at Eighty-
Pathetic Scenes as Victims are
Buried—Entire Families are
Dead
WIL/LylAM
TT^AVLI?S
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OF
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calls
GOVERNOR CHANGES MIND
Requisition for Alleged Indiana
Embezzler is Prevented by Ha-
beas Corpus Proceedings—Pap-
ers Refused Twice Issued Once
and Then Recalled
til
luisltlon (II.
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president taft
to act today
ALASKA-YUKON-PACIFIC EX-
POSITION WILL BE OPEN-
ED WITH POMP
EVERYTHING IS NOW READY
NEW DEAD LIST.
Near Pl'den:
Mrs. W. T Alice and infant child.
Alice Allee, aged 10.
Bertha Allee, aged 5.
Near Sparks;
H. Fieeves.
L. Allen
Near Arlington:
Eight unidentified negroes.
As the extent and horrors of the tor
nadoe's path which passed over Creek
county become known the list of dead
and Injured grows and ha* now reach-
ed such length thai the storm Is pro-
nounced as having been the most dis-
astrous in the history of the district.
' trict.
Telephone communications are be-
ing opened up slowly and water
streams receding and as details sift
out of the stricken district, it is evi-
dent that the death list will be far
greater than at first estimated. The
dead and missing now number almost
a hundred, and it is feared that many
bodies have been washed away in the
fold of Deep Fork. From different
sections there have been received re-
ports of floating bodies and much
wreckage.
The storm swept district lies in the
direction of Sapulpa. For a distance
of almost thirty miles the country
was laid bare. There were but few
houses either in the rural district as
well as In the towns of Depew and
Rod "Key which escaped total destruc-
tion. It is now stated that the dead
at these two places number thirty-
seven. but as is usual in such cases
It is impossible at this time to get a
complete list.
The country over which the torn.^lo
swept is inhabited almost entirely by
negroes and as a consequence the fa-
talities and financial losses falls al-
most entirely on them.
ENTIRE FAMILY GONE.
PADEN, Okla.. May 30Three new
fresh graves mark the little cemetery
here, Side by side, a mother holding
|n her arms a tiny babe, a daughter
thirteen, and a girl five, were buried
Hunday, victims of the deadly cyclone
which passed over this section last
Saturday afternoon.
W. T. Allee, a farmer living along
NEW YORK. May 31.—"I have made
good." declared District Attorney Jerome
to 2,000 persona who crowded Cooper Un-
ion and alternately cheered, hissed, laugh
ed and groaned. Several times during
the controversy which raged he repealed
his statement and emphasized it with
vigorous gestures.
Mr. Jerome has voluntary placed him-
self on trial before the People's Institute
and it is safe to say he had one of the
livliest experiences of his varied and vig-
orous career.
From eight o'clock until after midnight
he stood before the vast audience, defend
ing himself against the charges which
have been repeatedly laid at his door and
answering a bitter cross flre of questions
from persons who had come to the me
ing loaded with ammunition.
He sparred skilfully. TTe ridiculed the
voluminous charges made by William N.
Amory and on which 101 quest ions were
based. He answered only a few of the
Amory queries, declaring with laughter
that most of them were absurd and not
worthy of serious notice. Frequently he
was interrupted by Mr. Amory, who ac-
cused his of '•ducking'* the questions. He
ignored these interruptions.
court and law
THE PANAMA LIBEL CASE
LIGHT MEN ARE IN SESSION
0.vnera cf the Indianapolis News Y. M. C. A. Conference at Omaha
Will Contest Right of the Gov- and Confederate Veterans at
application for the
Lsc to the dignity
• rnor Haskell re-
called the requisition which he issued
Saturday for the return of Ward B. Uln-
er, to the state of Indiana on the charg*
)( grand larceny and embezzlement.
This is the third timo the Indians
Authorities have tried to g't Hlner am
after Issuing the papers Saturday, Gov-
ernor Haskell recalled them for th>
same reason that he refused the pre
vioua two requests. Aliening mat th
papers were not proper torm.
il. C. Webster, repri
0 olden Monument is First to
Greet Visitor—Geysers of Na-
tional Park Have Been Repro-
duced—Pay Streak Instead of a
Midway
SEATTLE, W'ash., May 31— rrcnetnft a
key of virgin gold, studded with Alaskan
nuggets, President Taft sent a signal
flashing over tire continent from Wash-
ingto to Seattlo that will cause the gates
of 11 magic city of delight to swing open
to
ids,
ant
v.nptif
that
lainorou
In the
will be
pectators
M led Vt
i crowd of eager thou-
hlstory making moment
spread before the exult-
i panorama unknown and
0 spectacle of "a fair
ernment to Extradite Them—
Oregon Grocers Ibject to the
Real Weight
CONTINUED ON PAGE 3, COLUMN 6.
NEW U, S, SENATOR
WASHINGTON, May 31.—Tomorrow
marks the expiration of the period
allowed to counsel for the anthracite
roads and coal companies to complete
their testimony in tne government suit
to dissolve the so-called coal trust.
The government has already completed
its testimony, and argument in the suit
will probably be heard by the court next
autumn.
PANAMA LIBEL CASE.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 31.—Hear-
ing in the Panama libel case brought by
the government against Delaven Smith
and Charles it. Williams, owners of th<
Indianapolis News, Is set for Wednesday
in federal court here. The defendants
contest the right of the government
xtrauite them to Washington to face
trial.
OPPOSE NET WEIGHT LAW.
PORTLAND, Ore., May 31.—Every ef-
fort will be made by the grocers
the country to defeat the proposed la
requiring the placing of net weight on
each package of food stuffs, according
to Influential members of the National
Retail Grocers' Association who arrive
here tomorrow.
ALLEGED CONSPIRACY
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., May 31.—
An alternate writ will be returned to the
Missouri supreme court tomorrow in the
suit brought by Attorney General Major
against sixteen leading Missouri rail
roads, alleging conspiracy to fix rate
In violation of the anti-trust laws of the |
state. A general denial will be entered
by the roads.
DISCUSS DIRECT PRIMARY
AUGUSTA, Me., May 31.—Direct pri-
maries and the Initiative and referen-
dum will be discussed during the sixth
annual session of the Maine Federa-
tion of Labor, opened Tuesday morning
In Grand Army Hall.
NEW BANK LAW
SACRAMENTO. Cal. May 31.—Cali-
fornia's new banking law, which provides
safeguards for depositors in the financial
institutions of the state, become ef-
fective Tuesday.
WANTS $76,450,000
BOSTON, May 31.—Former Judge
Dewey's suit to recover 176.450,000 from
officers of the Good Government Associa-
tion for alleged libelous statements dur-
ing the 1905 campaign is set for trial
Wednesday.
Memphis— Wholesale Grocers
Meet in Detroit and Mission
Workers in Jersey City
HARRIMAN OFF FOR EUROPE
Mexican Telegraph Company De-
clares Twenty-five Per Cent
Dividend and Forced to Issue
Additional Stock--Tourist Rate
Will be Low
jady." Whistles will shriek
and the guns of the warships hi the
harbor will boom as the barriers that
hold back the waiting people are opened
nnd, the grounds deluged with aa ocean
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.. May 31.—
Nearly 3,000 of the men who light the
world, representing 1,400 companies
throughout the United States, wrote their
names on the roster of the thlrty-sec-
ond annual convention of the National
Electric Light Association, opened here
today. Young's pier Is the scepe of the
great gathering of the sons of light,
and the convention is featured by a re-
markable exhibition of the most modern
electrical devices.
Among the brlliant and illuminative
aggregation none is more scintillating
with energy than the association's as
slstant secretary, Miss Hariet Billings
who is known as "the fairy godmothe;
of electricity," and is the real live win
of the organization. Miss Billings has
spent the better part of her life In build-
ing up the association. Plans for giving
the man in the flat and "the cottage a
little more light for a little less money
are among the beneflcient projects slated
for discussion at the convention, which
will continue through four days.
BUG-HOUSE EXPERTS
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.. May 31.—
All the big words In the dictionary will
be worked over time by the alienists in
attendance nt the sixty-fifth American
Medico-Psychological Convention open-
CONTTNLTEcTlDTr^^
31.-
CHICAGO, May
the new rates from CI
c coast, under th«
Spokane rate case, h;
ed trow todaV t- Jttij
the Hill-Harrimun Hi
a hearing before the
plication of
to th
decision of the
a been postpon-
1, in order that
*8 may be given
interstate com-
merce
omm
ssion on Jum
SPRINGFIELD, 111.. May 31.-Represen
tatlve William Lorlmer, republcan, wai
elected United States Senator from Ill-
inois, to succeed Albert J. llojklns. He
was chosen on the nlnety-fift i ballot,
ending a deadlock which has tied up the
Legislature since January 20. The de-
ciding vote was cast by Speaker Shurt-
lefT. and the gallarles broke Into wild
applause when it was realized that tho
long deadlock was broken. The final
vote was 180 for Lorlmer to 00 for Hop-
THREE DEAD; ONE HURT
Wreck on the Mobile and
Railroad
Ohio
MOBILE Ala.. May 31.—Three men
were killed and one seriously Injured
when an extra freight and caboose of
the Mobile and Ohio railroad shortly af-
ter leaving Mobile at 4:20 this afternoon
ran into a washout about a mile north
of the city on the line of the Mobile,
Jackson and kansas City railroad.
SUCCEEDS ROGERS
LOW TOURIST RATES.
CHICAGO, May 31.—In an attempt to
CONTINUED ON PAGE 7 COLUMN 5.
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Louisville .1-3; Toledo 0-4.
Kansas City 4-4; Milwaukee 2-1.
Minneapolis 1-0; St. Paul 0-1.
Columbus 0-2; Indianapolis 6-11.
SUNDAYS RESULTS.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Chicago 4-2; Pittsburg 5-4.
Cincinnati 2: St. lx>uis 12
WESTERN LEAGUE.
Sioux City 9; Omaha 2.
Denver 4; Wjchita 1.
Des Moines fi; Lincoln 4,
Pueblo 16; Topeka 3.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Columbus 4; Indianapolis 3.
Minneapolis 3; St. Paul.
Toledo 12; Louisville 4.
Kansas City 3; Milwaukee 1.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detrlot 5-7; Chicago 1-7
Boston 2-3; Philadelphia 1-2.
(.'lev land 2-5; St. Louis 6-1.
Washington x; New York 1.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Pittsburg 5-4; St. Louis 4-2
TEXAS LEAGUE .
San Antonio 12: Ft. Worth 3.
that
fill th
i/iiiKllngs to overflowing.
There will be formal ceremonies In
which all those who have worked
hard for the success of the Alaska-Yu-
kon-Pacific Exposition participate con-
gratulating each other on the glorcul-
mlnatior. of their endeavors. There will
iir a mad blare of tom-toms and trump-
ets as the hoarse-voiced barkers begin
their long spiel in front of the titra-
tions on the Pay Streak. There will bo
seating the Btate
bankers uysjc atlon of 'ndiuna has been
In this city for three weeks trying to
cause the return of Hlner, but says
he has from time to time been put on.
J. S. Twyford, city attorney of Okla-
homa City, has been assisting the In-
diana man In the case.
Saturday Gftvernor Haskell Issued the
requisition requested and Webster left
for Oklahoma City to take Hlner back
to Indiana, but before the papers couiu
be served habeas corpus proceedings
were effected and Webster restrained
from leaving the state with Hlne
Yesterday Webster and Twyford were
hero to get tho matter straightened out
but were unable to do so.
Webster said yesterday that the ac
tlon of the Governor was an outrage and
that lie was a "Baby Governor," ruled
and whipped into submission by
political bunch and that no one had any
business In an executive office with as
little self-command as he.
"You can qoute anything that I say
continued Webster, "and Mr. Twyford
will substantiate It, and you will al
ways find him when you want him
Haskell makes me tired. We gave
all the proof that he asked and offered
enough evidence to convict. We gave
Hlner a fair hearing and that is the way
we were treatod.
According to the charges made In the
I papers in the case, Hlner was a cattle-
stately "man, borrowing 1non<*y to swing his
deals and selling cattle with the under-
standing that the drafts were to be
turned over to the bank. It Is allegod
finally he got a good sized draft
which he cashed himself and left the
State, leaving the bank to hold the
sack.
jay
is celebrated
GRAVES OF MEN WHO WORE
THE BLUE AND GRAY
DECORATED
IMPRESSIVE
SERVICES
Col. Cross of the Confederate
A\ ny Thanks Soldiers of the
F4 ^ral Army for Their Kind-
ness-Demonstrating That War
Long Since Ended
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fro
th
Ksqgil
ux.
of
Yukon and
nt aborigines of the far north.
Is. of vanishing tribes who are
extinction as the r>*sult of the
an conquest of an empire typl-
this mighty exposition. The Or-
well represented by thousands of
<e and Chinees, and the race-hat-
the Occlde
for th
pres
nt for-
fotten.
In the
citv all street
d for that
Is of tourls
day. and e
to tho throng,
hat they are
i, although t
me crowding,
ke no increas
any time di
vessels of the United State;
omprlslng the first squndron n
'firs fleet, are at anchor in thi
as Uncle Sam's contribution t<
.•ess of the opening day of th.
anded
all the
sen ted by
Admiral
rslilps aid
Hlehi
CONTINUED ON PAGE 2, COLUMN 6.
NEW RAILWAY COMPANY
Charter Issued Yesterday for
Okmulgee Street Car System
The Okmulgee Interurban Railway
Company, with *200,000 capital stock,
was chartered here yesterday to build
a street car system in the city of Ok-
mulgee and a line to an amusement
park outside the city. The length of
the line is to be eight miles and Its es-
timated cost is $150,000. The directors
are J. M. Sims, W. D. Todd anft <J. A.
Lambert, of Okmulgee; A. M Gamman,
of Chelsla; J. R. Jones, of Muskogee.
WAGONER BANK CONVERTS
National Institution is Now Und-
er Control of Commissioner
a| Uank of Wago
Oklahoma at Tulsa,
tal stock. G. R. MeC
H. O. McClure, vice
yesterday
the City
o a state
A. certlfl-
Rnnk
,000 capl-
id A.
i pr
■£ "No more shall tne war cry sever, -f
+ Nor the wdnding rivers be red; -f
We bring with us our garlands, -l
•f To place on the graves of our dead.
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•§• "1'nder the sod and the dew, $
Waiting the Judgment *lay, i:
Under the Roses, the Blue, ±
■f Under the Lilies, the Gray.
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"It Is the timo to talk peace and not
war. Time ban passed when the noyt
f the same fathers, the same mothers,
reared at the same hearth, and taught
the same prayers at the mother's knee
have met face to face In different uni-
forms on the field of carnage fighting
for the flag they thought was right. Wa
should now talk of peace " Rev. Noblitt
the memorial address at tho Chris-
tian church.
Under the Inspiring colors of the na-
tion, which gently fluttered as the May
breeae coming through the wlnuow
caught their furls, and In front the
alter decorated with the Stars and
Stripes , cut flowers and pictures of
the brave generals who led the boys in
blue to victory, the members of the G.
A. R.. Womens Relief Coprs. and citi-
zens met yesterday afternoon at tha
Christian church, for the memorial ex-
ercises in honor of the nations dead.
The balcony pillars were draped in the
national colors and a large American
flag almost entirely covering tho east
was suspended on that side and over
this was pined wreaths of flowers.
Led by Commander E. W. Furrow, the
local G. A. R. post marched to the Chris-
tain church from their hall accompanied
by the members of the Womans Rellel
Corps and leaders of the G. A. R-
The exercises were In chage of Com-
mander Furrow, and opened by the song:
My Country 'Tls of Thee." Following
prayer offered by the post chaplain, the
general orders of the national depart-
ment of the G. A R. was read giving
the directors for the memorial exercise*
and calling attention to the fact thai
should any grave of a Confederate sol*
CON™TLTED"1}^PAG^
Map Showing District of Earthquake
S -P. MCJRSiKN, JR.
John Plerpont Morgan, Jr.. banker, Is
a son of J. Plerpont and Frances (Tracy).
Ho is a graduate of Harvard university
in the class of 1880. In 1890 he was mar-
ried to Miss Jane Norton Grew. Mr.
Morgan is a member of many big firms,
including J. F. M< rgan & Co., New
York; J. P. Morgan <fc Co., London. Ho
In also a director In the Acadia Coal
Company, the North British and Mer-
cantile Insurance Company, London, and
many othfr corporations. In club life he
lr a member of the Metropolitan, I'nlon,
University, New York Yacht, Harvard,
Racquet and Tennis, Century and several
other clubs.
Houston 4.
Oklahoma, n<
WESTERN LEAGUE.
Wichita 9-11; Denver 2-6.
WESTERN ASSOCIATION.
Jopiin 11; Guthrie 8.
Knld Pittsburg 1.
Muskogee 3; Springfield 1.
Webb City !>; Bartlesville!.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Chicago 1; Detroit 3.
St. Louis 2; Cleveland 0.
TE7XA8 LEAGUE
Hhreveport 2; Okla. City 0.
Houston 6; Galveston 8.
Waco 4; San Antonio 4.
Ft. Worth 3. Dullas 4.
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Unfortunately there Is \ dcar'.h
mographs In tills region and t
data procurable tnus far are of little val-
ue. Chicago has been pluming itself
for many years that It is out of the dang-
er zone and that it Is earthquake im-
mune. Hence the snocka of today wore
shocks In more than one way.
Illinois, Michigan. Indiana, Iowa, Wis-
consin and Missouri are the States most
*everely Jarred. Straggling reports are
'omlng In from moro distant points to-
day, but the force of the upheaval seems,
to have been pretty well spent outside
a radius of two hundred miles from t
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