The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 66, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 8, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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THUKSEAi MORNIN'J,
NUMBER 61
GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA J uLY b lu09
THURSDAY MORNINO,
VOLUME XXI.
WAN! TO
Honored G. A. R. Founder
STATE PENITENTIARY FUND
IS SAID TO BE DIS-
APPEARING.
AUDITOR LISTS WARRANTS.
E. W. Chandler to Conduct Inves-
tigation—Vouchers for Almost
Every Known Article Are Said
. to Be on File—Largest Expen-
diture for Material.
The state board of public affairs
fias ordered an investigation into the
expenditures made recently out of the
building fund of the Oklahoma state
penitentiary. It is alleged that $75,
000 of the $400,000 appropriated by the
last legislature for construction of a
new building of the penitentiary has
been expended. The board of public
affairs has claims for about $25,000
more against the appropriation which
are bein-g held up temperarlly by the
board ponding an Investigation.
Bert ("handler of the board of pub-
lic affairs has been selected by the
board to conduct the investigation and
he is now in McAlester for that pur-
'pose. State Auditor M. E. Trapp, at
the request of the board of public af-
fairs is preparing a list of the warrants
drawn against the appropriation in or-
der that the board may know for what
the money has been spent.
Inspection of the vouchers on file
In the state auditor's office shows that
against the construction appropriation
there have been entered charges for
livery and board bills for horses, pur-
chases of halters, cultivators, harrows,
pitchforks, double shovel plow points,
and Sweeps cow peas, rape seed,
hay, pins, stationary, artist brushes,
pencils, filing cabinets etc., these items
are all small however and the largest
expenditures have been made for ma
t< rials that go into the construction of
a building.
The appropriation equipment and
items listed in the vouchers on file in
the auditor's office might properly
cor.ie under the head of equipment. It
is known that a large number of mul
have been used in connection with the
construction of the walls and board
and livery bills for horses and mules
might very properly come out of this
appropriation. Also a clericle force
has been employed and the board of
public affairs has already purchased a
typewriter to use In this connection.
Members of the board of public af-
fairs believe that the money has been
properly expended but have ordered
an investigation that they may make
FUDGES
CHIEF JUSTICE
ACTION EXPECTED
Warry Charles Must Hang
Wafr-y Charles
fATHU* or roiACUAAM ViAXAMM CHAJJLCS^
Warren Charl&s.
ACTION OF THE SUPREME;.
BOSTON, July 7.—Warry Charles and
four other Chinese who were convicted
of shooting to deuth four members of the
Or. Long Tons, two years ago have been
condemned to die during the week of
Ottober 10. The Chinese
following the shooting. <
oell, th>: case of another was dropped a
I three convicted with those sentenc
ill ha
COURT WAS NOT A
SUItmiSE.
INCIDENT OF AN ELECTION,
a new trial. Warren Charle1
son of one of the condemned men, is
New Ycrk policeman with an excellent
record.
Warry Charles came to America many
years ago and settled in Nebraska, where
he married an American woman and
where the sons were born. His wife la
■re arrested stui living and is now In Boston. To-
died in his I gather with the two sons, she is doing
all she can to save her husband's life.
Pratt and P.artiett, attorneys, « f Boston,
represent Charles, and the family has
not give up the fight by any means.
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Chief Justice Kane Fought for the -t
Initiative and Referendum Law t *
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TOT STABBED WHILE
MAKING DOLL DRESS
Tiny Seamstress Impaled on
Pair of Scissors, Which Pene-
trate Her Heart.
PITTSBURG, Pa., July 4.-
WOMAN USZ-S A BAT;
MAN WIELDS SPOKE
FLOODS ARE
RAMPANT THERE
TOWNS INUNDATED AND
THOUSAND OF PEOPLE
AKE IMPRISONED.
* .Two Engage in Fight Over Rent
* 1 -f And Man Dies as Result of
Injuries Sustained.
Of the Coilgtii/Ution Judge VV'il- -f. While making a new dress for
lianis and Judge Hayes Advo- 1 her dolly, Bardie, the 7-year
cated the Section.
MONUMENT Tti MAJOK b.T. STEPHSN30N UNVEILfcD AT
WASHIN TSN, JULY 3"*
BURNSYILLB. N. C, July 6.—'Today
there was unveiled In this town a monu-
ment commemorating the brave deeds of
Captain Otway Burns, "North Carolina's
foremost son in the war of W12," who
made the United States respected and
feared wherever his vessel, the Snap-
dragon. sailed. Captain Burns was au-
dacious in his attacks and his taot.'s
baffled the enemy. He passed the last
years of his life as keeper of the Brant
Island Shoals Light Boat.
Otway Burns. 4th son of Walter F.
Burn*, Of New York, and great grand-
son of the sailor. will rull the rord which
will disclose the commanding form of his
111 ustrouh ancestor..
Music Has Charms,
But Not for Monkey Dog
Poncho Bits When Phonograph Plays, Maybe Because It Was a Ca-
ruso Solo, Though the Keeper Says Not.
CHICAGO. HI, July 7.—"Cy" De Vry, backs and purr, as though they liked it,
boss of the Lincoln Park Jungle, tried an<* Duchess, th<' old elephant vvh°
, , , though she Is foot loose and free, thinks
nut today the old pools declaration that I he „ chalned t0 „ post contribute,, „
"music hath charms to soothe the sav- I few note1? of her own to the concert when
ago beast" twisting the meaning of said the machine was played for her benefit,
poet a little mite. And he found that it Th« machine cat, o<l the most
did soothe some savage boasts, and that commotion amon, the monkeys. They
some It did not soothe. It was not quite chattered and •'cussed • and made all
a fair test though, from the ok] poet's ^ , They tore about hold ng
point of view, granting that he might " another's tails according to the
have meant quadreped ami not biped traditional habit, and one Inquisitive one
savages. Mr. Poet doubtless meant , "howed a disposition to take the ma-
by "music" the pipes O'Pan, while "Cy" : thine apart and
used a phonograph. There Is a differ- |
ence, say people who pretend to have I
heard the pipes O'Pan.
Anyway "Cv" gave each of his jungle j
savages nn individual concert, the graph-
ophone "kindly obliging" as the concert
hail annoucers say. The different ani-
mals took It differently. One lady Jaguar
evidently thought the counterfeit present-
ment of the tones of Hammerstein's
high priced sopranos was a cliallenge to
battle, so she clawed and spat and
yowled a lot herself.
Juliet, the old lioness, yawned at a
coon song, while her lord and master
looked gravely Into the trumpet of the
machine as though he was wondering , . .
what It was all about. A Sotisa march I c u'""l °' ,he lal)0ri! of ,he "peclal ""
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here the noise came
from.
De Vry went into the monkey eage
anri was severely bitten In one hand by
Poncho, the spider monkey. He declares
It was not because the machine had
ground out a Caruso solo.
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TARIFF COMPLETE TODAY.
WASHINGTON, July 7.—With n gen-
eral understanding that the final vote In
the senate on the tarlfT bill should be
taken at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon,
the senate adjourned at 7 o'clock this
evening in anticipation of the early con-
KINGFISHRR, Okla., July 7.—No sur
prise here followed the recent announce
i through the state press that Chief
Justice Mathew J - Kane of the Oklahoma
state supreme court had granted the vrlt
of mandamus, asked by former Chief
Justice Burt'ord to compel Secretary of
jjtate Cross to olficlally recognize the
petitions filed by the republican state or-
ganization for a referendum on the elec-
tion law passed by the recent legislature.
For many years Judge Kane has been a
staunch and unwavering advocate of the
Initiative and referendum, and in fact ad-
vocated it long before statehood came
to oklahoma.
The initiative and referendum, in truth,
was one of the main planks in the plat-
form, on which Judge Kane was elected
a delegate to the constitutional conven-
tion. ai d in that body lie was one ' f
th" foremost champions for such a pro-
vision In the state constitution. Not
only on the floor of the convention did
h<* champion this provision, but he also
demanded that the recall be Inserter in
1 thft constitution also, a demand he would
have won had not some of the leaders of
own party thwarted him In the cam-
paign. Perhaps in the entire %tate not
more stalwart and consistent advocate
of the initiative and referendum cannot
be found.
Likewise In the constitutional conven-
tion with Chief Justice Kan" "ere As-
sociate Justices Robert L. Williams and
Samuel W. Hayes of the state supreme
bench. Both of these men advocated
the init'aTlve and referendum in the
state constitution. Throughout this sec-
tion of Oklahoma. In fact, the voters
generally, irrespective of pol'tfe*. believe
th" petitioners for a referendum on the
state election law will obtain the fairest
and pquarest considerat'on from the
members of the state supreme court.
old daughter of David Smith of
321 Twelfth street, McKeesport,
started across the room to get
some thread. She tripped and
a pair of large scissors which
she carried in her hand pene-
trated her heart. Dr. C. A.
Rankin was summoned, but the
child was doad when he arrived.
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ST. LOUIS, July 4.—Follow-
ing a dispute over a nuestion of
rent, Mrs. Rosa Zeis and Wil-
liam F. Schmitt engaged in a
fight last night. He used a
wheel spoke and Mrs. Zfis' wea-
pon was a baseball bat.
Schmitt's skull was fractured,
and he died in an ambulance
en route to a hospital. Mrs.
Zeis was uninjured.
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I URGENT NEED OF HELP.
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! Over a Thousand Persons at Pat-
tonsburg Encamped on House-
tops-Aid Being Rushed to
* Them from All Towns Within a
1 Hundred Miles Radius.
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caused the big tigers to roll on their
sion of congress.
MISS QLA DYS GOODRICH.
NAVAL MAURI AGE
YORK, July 7—Rear Admiral
Caspar f . Goodrich, U. S. N., (retired),
bis announced the engagement of his
laughter A!' * Gladys Goodrich, to Lieu- I
!«nant Charles Belknap, . , IT. S. N. J
The wdr.lng will take place in tli * au-(
Ivmn a\ Gladwyn, the Goodrich country
h -use in Pomfret, Conn., where Miss
Goodrich is spending the summer with
uat lather. J
APPRECIATES THE FEARLESS
WORK OP THE STATE CAPITAL
IN EXPOSING THE GRAFTERS
MEDFORD, Okla., July 1.—Editor State Capital:—It does one
good who has been in the harness to read the Id reliable State
Capital nowadays. Its exposition of the Democratic outrages are
really refreshing and cooling this hot weather. The circulation
of the State Capital should be increased, especially in those
towns where the Republican papers are dormant, either for want
of ability or interest in the state's welfare, saying nothing of
party domination. The party organization, of which we learn
so much when some little office is at stake, but see so little
at other times, should now be pushing such papers as the State
Capital to keep the people advised of the abusive, not to say
insulting, acts towardthe people. Were this done now, while
tio campaign Is on, the Democratic party would be kicked out
of every office in Oklahoma at he next election wlhout an ef-
fort.
We were bored to death during the recent campaigns with
assurances of the people's rights through the invocation of the
initiative and referendum. When It is prayed for upon such
infamous legislation as the election law enacted by the last
Democratic legislature, a pretext Is gotten up by Democratic
leaders for Bill Cross (one man power) to refuse to grant the
people a right to express an opinion thereon. It Is a shame,
an outrage upon our form of government. Well do they know
that the people would turn it down und with it the party re-
sponsible for its action.
Keep up the expose of the graft on the dispensary farce.
The people asked or a loaf of bread and a glass of refreshing
water and were given a stone and a glass of rotgut. The peo-
ple never did vote for the sa'e of liquors by means of the dis-
pensary or other methods. The expose by the officer of their
own choosing shows why it was forced ujKin u : that there
might be some means whereby the gangof parasites could bleed
the people. That It was done by a lot of would-be preachers
does not help it any, though it does bring disgrace upon the
church.
Keep up the fight, though you stand almost alone, the gre ater
will be your reword.
Fraternally,
T. J. PALMER
Coupons Collected
To Buy Wooden Leg
Friends of Youno' Woman Who W .5 Bun Over by Train Siart Cam-
paign of Saving' 15, j00 Cigarette Vouchers.
BALTIMORE, Md , July 7.—The mis- was finally learned that on# of the
fortune of Miss Tillle Muller, daughter of <-igrurette manufacturing concerns
, ,, , .. „ ,, . .... of this country would give a cork leg for
■Mr. ami lira. Otto ilullcr, ol llorrell 15 W) coupon/ from th(|r clgi%tt.
Park who lost her left Ug about four boxes. This proposition was received
years ago when run over by a train in wjth favor.
the* Claiemont stock yard lias arous-d Immediately the group that Joined Mr.
the sympathy of her fri« nd.s, w!« are Wheeler started in quest of coupons and
now making; an energetic campaign to in0ldc of the la^t week havi; succeeded
procure for her a cork leg. The girl Is in collecting 4.000, Kvry man In that
about seventeen years of ;..?e. .-action who smokes at all is smoking
The first person to star! the present that particular brand of cigarettes sold
eampalgu was Jacob K. Sheeler, of S J by the company making the offer, and
Stafford street, the conductor of the that nucleus is gradually widening its
train that ran over Miss Muller as she . circles until there ar • many persons
was playing on the tracks. {scattered about
experienred no difficulty in Interest- jVist as hard to
KANSAS CITY. July 7.— Reports to-
night from the flooded districts in Mia-
mi indlcat that tha situation is hourly
becoming more critical.
At i'attoneburg, where over a thof
people are Imprisoned in second stories,
the situation is growing acute. Itoats
and supplies are being rushed there from
every large town witnln a hundred ffltfes,
but what success the boats will have in
crossing the two miles of swirling water
between the marooned residents and . .e
laud remains a conjecture. Many wo: $ n
and small children are among those held
prisoners by the river and their condi-
tion !s eauring general alarm. idy
at least one man is drowned, having ->een
carried away by the current in the main
street of the town.
In the vicinity of ChUUcothe, Mo.,
hundreds of people living in the Grand
river bottoms have been rorcetf to Tee
from their homes. Chlllicothe residents
have baked a thousand loaves of bread
for the sufferers and a number have
>pened their doors to the homeless. Anx-
iety Is felt f«>r the six men who were aeen
crossing the Wabash bridge late today
and have not been heard from since. The
bridge is still i standing, but ma| be
washed away before morning.
At Kansas City both the Missouri and
re working Kaw rivers are rising and rapidly ap-
btalnlng the 15,000 proaching the danger line. The thief
'ng ninny friends of th<- yo'.ns sir! The , oupons „re the Intimate friends of ,danKfr He, |n the stock yard, and west
Id" of n money subscription 'van con- the yof,nK woman. If the coupons con-! districts, the latter being where
Flaered. but those who hud the project lliuie to come In as they have durin-,- , , . ' ,r. inr.„ie,l
at heart he It.r.d beeau.e thev dl.l not lh, fcw doy, ,ampnlKn wln 'he large implement house, ar. located.
desire to embarrass Miss Muller bv tak- concluded within a month Yesterday
ing up a collection in her behalf. It 400 were received at headquarters.
RIG RAINS IN COLORADO
DENVER Colo.. July 7.—Tonight the
blockados In railroad traffic in various
Darts of Colorado, resulting from the
heavy rains of the last few days, are un-
broken. Probably the most serious tleup
occurred along the line of the Denver
and Rio Grando Yallroad west of Canon
City in the famous royal gorge, - ere
landslides caused by the heavy rains
have covered the track to a depth of
from six to twenty fe*>t In places. Three
through trains are held at Canon City
carrying over 1,000 passengers bound f<" r
various points on the Pacific coast, S
eluding delegates to the Elks national
convention at I^os Angeies. The Chris-
tian Endeavor convention In Portland and
the Epworth convention at Seattle.
At Itnmah, Colorado, the rains of last
night washed away a quarter of mile
of the Rock Island tracks and today
traln« for Colorado Springs nnd Pueblo
have been detoured by way of Denver.
BASEBALL RESULTS
WESTERN ASSOCIATION.
Guthrie 7, Webb City 3.
Ei Reno 2, Muskogee 1.
Enid 8, Pittsburg £>.
Springfield 7, Bartlesville 5.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
Wlchita-Des Moines, rain.
Topeka U, Omaha 8.
Pueblo-Hloux City, wet grounds.
Denver 4, Lincoln 8.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Chicago-St. Louis, wet grounds.
Detroit 3, Cleveland 4.
Boston 9, New York 6.
TEXAS LEAGUE.
Oklahoma City 4, fthreveport 6.
Galveston 5, San Antonio 3.
Houston 4. Waco 1.
Fort Worth 2, Dallas 4.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Boston 4-1, Brooklyn 7-5.
Now York 3, Philadelphia 1.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Columbus 0, Indianapolis 2.
Toledo U-2. Louisville 6-0.
Milwaukee 1, flt. Paul 6
Kansas City 0, Minneapolis 12.
USED AXE ON JOINT.
BARTLESVILLE. July 7.—The local
peace officers would do well to learn
the methods of D. O. Duree, proprietor
of the park on E tst Tenth street in
this business of abolishing the festive
joint Duree had a celebration yester-
elay and some bootleggers thought this
would be a good chance to do some
business They erected a stand near
the park and their first caller was
Duree. Hf took an axe away from one
of the proprietors and chased him a
quarter of a mile on his way to town.
He beat the other proprietor until he
hardly had enough breath to say
"enough.' He demonstrated in about
fifteen minutes that the liquor business
was unhealthy In that section.
Thousands of dollars have been spent
in the Armourdale district, Kansas City,
Has., in the last few months In building
dykes along the river front and it Is be-
lieved these will keep the waters back
OKLAHOMA CITY, July 7.—After un|eBS the flood reaches unexpected pro-
BIQ INDEBTEDNESS.
having voted $1,360,000 in bonds d
ing the last seven months, the city
will be called upon within the year
to add $566,000 to Its already gigantic
bonded indebtedness.
The rapidity
grown, the insistent and continuou
demands,
portions.
In the east bottoms similar dykes were
completed a few weeks ago and the final
work on the sewer flood gr.tes Is now
being rushed in anticipation of a further
rise of the Missori river. In this event
Ith which the city has ! the flood gates will be closed and th.
sewerage pumped ojt by mammota
.pumps recently Installed.
fforts to extend flro pro- • From ll8 far down the Missori as
tectlon, the demand by parents that' j,.fTer«on City reports of crop damage in
their children be given means for edu- the river bottoms are reaching here and
cation, with the population of the city the Inevitable further rise lr. that region
increasing by thousands each year, the will swell the total. Most or the wheat
bonded Indebtedness has been rolling ln the low lands has been harvested, but
up until the totol has reached the the corn crops ln some of the rich b t-
gigantic amount of $2, 986. 000. tom fields will be a total loss.
Building Will Cost $3,500,000
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NEW YORK, July 7.—Contracts have
been signed and d tails perfected, by
which the New York Central and Hudson
River Railroad Company and the New
York. New Ilaven ai d Hartford Railroad
Company, Joint lessees of the new Grand
Central Station, agree to b i.J two Met chants anr Manufactur m, KvchanTO,
twelve story twin co nmerc'al buildings which will take over the buildings uud-r
covering the entire bl^ek from Forty- a long lease at an aggregate rental of
sixth street to Fo:ty-elghth st< «st. Lex- **>,000,000. The cost of the operation will
inston avenue to Depew place, each cov- be $6,600 000, the land b' i;ig valued i l
ering i plot *7f x200 foet. j more than f3 OOO.OOO ar.d the building as
The other party to the contract iu thaApU'J ned at $:i.^oO.QOO.
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