The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 75, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 18, 1909 Page: 1 of 16
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VOLUME XXI.
SUNDAY MORNINw
GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA JULY 18, 1909, SIXTEEN PAGES.
SUNDAY MORNINJ
NUMBER 70
HANDSOME BRIDE
Harry Thaw Talks of His Health
IN THE WHITt PLAINS, COURT <iOOM
LEGISLATURE INTENDED TO
MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO
DEFEAT PEOPLES' WILL
'LET PEOPLE RULE" JOKE.
Diagustpy Democrat Is Outspok-
en Regarding Action of Men
Who Wouid Rule in Opposition
to Wishes of People—Cross Up
a Tree.
Read What Hon. William H,
Chappell, Member of the
First Legislature, Says--0n
Page Six.
Gradually the history of the Murray
bill, which ii now known an tne reier-
endum and initiative law and which was
passed by the first legislature la being
made public.
The bill as originally Introduced was
framed by William H- Murray, speaker
of ilia* Ji* t l«fr**brtri'*'—TW-my ajftur.iri
menu m«o accept eu jy the author. The
bill wns practically ready for final con-
sideration when Representative William
21. Chappell, N>f Logan county, consulted
the author of the bill and suggested an
amendment which would eliminate any
endenv>ra to defeat the will of the peti-
tion fur the initiative or referendum.
Mr Chappell suggested as the remedy
the following which became Section 3464 !
of the initiative and referendum law.
"Sufficiency of procedure'.—The proced-
ure herein prescribed is not mandatory,
but if substantially followed will be 9 t-
tlclent. if the end aimed at can be at-
tained the procedure shall be sustained
and clerical and technical errors dis-
CONTINUED ON PAGE 6. COLUMN 1.
V- MDNBCE ROBERT'S,
N10W YORK, July ' lT.--.\fl«* Jeanns
Tobln, daughter «>f Mr. and ,Mi*V Stephen
Richards Tobln, of the Kv.elyn. No. 101
West Seventy-eighth afreet, and Mj\ U.
Monroe Kobe rts, son of Mr'and Mrs. u.
M Roberts, of Brooklyn, were married by
the Rev. Matthew \. Taylor, rector of
tire' Church of the Blessed fcucramertt. In
the ballroom of th • K\«l.vn The, floral
decorations throughout14wei'e wMfrs and
green,, mainly roses,' Miles of the valley
paints.
Miss Tobln wore art empire gown ol
white i-atln1, irlirittfed with*"-seed pearls,
ros • point and dtJ'CliesH lace'and made
with a court train. Lilies of the valley
held her tulle veil In place, and on the
corsage she wore a nrgt- crown brooch of
diamonds, a gift frpm Mr. Roberts. Her
bouquet was of lilies of the valley.
Baseball Results
. TEXAS LEAGUE.
Shreveport 3, Oklahoma City 1.
Waco-Hou-ii'n rain.
San Antonio-Lmlveston, rain.
Dallas 0, Fort Worth l.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
St. Louis 7, New York 1.
Cincinnati 0. Boston 1.
Pittsburg 7, Philadelphia 6.
Chicago 0-4, Brooklyn 1-0.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Toledo 4. Columbus 5.
Indianapolis 1, Louisville 2.
Milwaukee 5, Kansas City 1.
St. Paul 1, Minneapolis 6.
WESTERN ASSOCIATION
Guthrie 3, El Reno l.
Pittsburg 4, Webb City 3
Bartlesville 4, Muskogee 11.
Enid 7, Springfield 3.
WESTERN LEAG
Wichita 0-S, Lincoln 10-
Topeka 4, Sioux City s
Pueblo fi, Omaha 4.
L>es Moines 17, Denver 2.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Washington t. < hicugo 3.
Philadelphia 0-4, St. Louis 2-5.
New York 2. Detroit !*.
Boston 6. Cleveland 4.
NO IK lil
IN EARLY KfS
ANCIENT HISTORY ABOUT j
FARWELL. ONCE STRONG
RIVAL OF HANSFORD.
VICTIMS FIERCE BLIZZARD
Story of Hardesty, Scene of Note-
worthy Incidents in Pioneer
Times in Oklahoma Card
Shark Hiirlocker, His Trade
and His Undoing.
A dvised All *o Remain Calm
*
Soft
- IXJN iWftuSTu a JLEJUUIA..
LIMA, I'«! u -mtitigii tne re
lias not been up > t i pi eip rr.v out
burnt of popular feeling hce on account
A the host up demonstrations of La Pen.
Bolivia, following the decision given by
President Alcorta, of the Argentine Re-
public, on the boundary limits of the
two countries, the authorities are takina
measures to prevent any reprisal against
Bolivia. In order to avoid the possibility
of exciting public feeling the jiuthoritics
decllnel to permit the holding of a pub-
II. meating, which had been arrange.! t
this evening. Police guardn also have
Peru is satisfied with ine award" and
the altitude of Bolivia, which has pro-
tested against the decision of the arbi-
trator, is unfavorably commented upon.
President Leguia addressed a large
gathering of all classes of society, which
took the form of a demonstration in front
of the university, requesting that the
people remain calm and exercise pru-
dcnce in the present trying circumstanc-
es. Me asked them to have confidence
In the government, which had taken all
**nry steps to inuintuln the honor
GUYMON", Okla.. July 17—When-
ever the old timers of No Man
Land" get together, reminlsio rices of
the unique experiences wirt eh befell
them in the early days «re sure to
come thick and fast Talcs are told
of exciting adventures in towns which
no longer exist and have probably
never been hoard of by many 01 the
present generation.
Not many of the new settlers know
that there was once a town of con-
siderable size on the flats a few miles
northwest of Hansford. rl his town
was known as Farwell, and once a
strong rival of Hansford, but the
superior generalshh) of the men in-j^
t^-eated In 4hc Hansford townsite
won the fight. While the contest was
at all times spirited, it was pood-j
natured and. did not engender any J
of the bitterness so common to fights <
' etween rival towns in this part of:
he southwest.
At one time Farwell had flourishing
nresr in all lines of business, a num- ;
m- of nice homes and one of the
-crest hotels in this part of the
uintry. After all of the other build-j
ngs had disappeared from the town-
sito the hotel building was purchased
by local ranchmen and moved to
Feaver county.
FOUGHT FOR HIS OWN T^WN
Huff Wright was the prime mover
in all of the fights for Hanford and
at one time journeyed to w York
in the interest of his town, when he
wyen went so far* as to discard his
western garb for a while and appear j
at an evening party or two in "open!
faced." swallow tall coat, although he
never told of that Incident at home
until two or three years later. He
even got the New Yorkers to believe-
ing that Palo Duro was navi-
gable as far as Hansford and some
of them suggested an appropriation
b> congress for removing tjio snags
from that stream.
After the demise of Farwell Hans-
ford prospered for a number of years,
until it was swept by one of the worst
tornadoes in the history of the south-
west. A new $115,000 court house was
demolished, and when work was re-
sumed on It It was partially wreck-
ed by another storm before the sum-
mer was over. It was rebuilt out of
the remaining bats, and the result
was a low flat structure, nothing like
the magnificent building originally
planned.
HARDESTY OLDEST TOWN.
The old towr «>f Hardesty, which J
was the scene of maiiMi noteworthy
incidents of pioneer days, was first
« stablishrd on tl* south side of Cold
Dodge City. Kos., but newer settlers
coming in changed the location to the
north side of that stream, where the
town struggled along for a number
of years and was finally abandoned
as a town in the spring of 1901. A
number of men who aro still promin-
ent in Texas county were citizens of
the town in its earlier years.
VICTIMS OF BLIZZARD.
Not long after the establishment of
the town its citizens found it neces-
sary to conduct their first funeral,
that of Joe Cruze and his wife, who
froze to death on Home Creek near
Beaver City. The first knowledge of
their death was when one of their
horses came in with the harness still
on. A search located the two bodies,
both frozen stiff. They were taken
to Hardesty for burial and the first
task was to thaw the bodies so that
they could be straightened out In the
coffin.
Then a squad of cowpunchers was
sent out to dig a grave. They were
told to keep on digging until the man
who was bossing the job should tell
them they had gone far enough. The
captain of the crew went hack to
town and become Interested In some-
thing else. When he thought of the
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TMAV<2> CHAS. mowchauser
WHITE PLAIN'S, N. \ . July 17.—
Harry Thaw took the forefront of his
action for release from Matteawan when
at the end of the court proceedings • ©
personally addressed Judge Isaac M.
Mills, announcing his willingness to sub-
mit to the examination of expert alienist*
and even proposed conditions calculated
to make that ordeal harder for himself.
Charles Morschauser, his counsel: As-
sistant Attorney General Reger Clark and
District Attorney Jaines K. Mack, of
Dutchess county, who are conducting the
case for the Htute, stopped in speechless
amazement, an did all others of the
throng then leaving the court room, when
Tbaw began to speak. Judge Mills gav<
the closest attention and acquiesced in
Thaw's suggestions.
"Your Honor," said Thaw, "1 want to
Say that I have not the slightest objec-
tion to my examination by expert alien-
pari mm
WITH PREMIERS
CARDINAL GIBBONS TAKES
JUDGE BROWN TO TASK
FOR DIVORCE VIEWS.
fctV FATHER LUKE
«J. EVANS
VJZ. HPNRV
A. PAKK
iss but I wish to suggest to Your Honor j lowed to question, suggest
that on Hci'/Ilint . . f mv rnnti ii.in.-nf t • ., I... . .. i...
that on account of my conlinemcnt I am
not In perfect physical condition. 1 need
only a little outdoor exercise to put me in
first class condition. 1 would ask Your
Honor's interi esion with Dr. Meyers, the
jail physician here, that i may be given
opportunity to have such exercise.
"Also 1 would like to suggest. In order
to make this examination as fair us
pQSSlble. perfectly, fair, that the expert
alienists who appear for me be not al-
Intet fere
le statt's
Juring my xamination by
allenlfits '
Judge Mills told Tluw that he was In
the charge of the sheriff, who certainly
would allow him all proper privileges
required by tlie state of his health and
that his other suggestions wou'ld r
due consideration bv tho.ve most interest-
ed. Thaw thanked the Judge and «iid
he wanted it proved beyond question that
he was nane.
CHRIST IS LIGHT AND GUIDE
Breaking of Marriage Bouds Due
Bather to Laws Which Make
Them Easily Put Aside Than to
Ministers and Religion, Says the
Prelats.
BALTIMORE, Md., July 17.—Cardinal
jlbuons, In an interview, replies to re-
>retne court justice, on the subject of
marks of Henry ii. Brown, former au-
di vorco before the Maryland Bar asso-
ciation at Old Point Comfort last week.
The Cardinal, discussing the reported
reference of Judge Brown to the feavlouc
"idea
ist,'
aid;
GREAT OIL FIREMINGLE'S PATElTAFT MAY COME
TANKS LEVELED BY CANNON IS
FOUND
QUILTY
Conflagration. Started by Electri-
cal Storm, Destroys About 50,-
000 Barrels of Stored Product.
Heroic Work for Protection of
Other Property.
BARTLESVILLE, Okla.. July 17. -
Two tanks, each containing 45,000
barrels of crude oil belonging to tho
Prairie Oil and Gas company, havn
been totally lost, and the greatest oil
fire in the history of the Osage nation
Is now raging.
Early Saturday morning canqn were
used to puncture the big steel tanks
that the oil might run into ditcher
and burn quickly. This was a pre-
caution taken to nave other tanks in
the field. One of the Prailie tanks
was on lot 5 in the Osage, and the
other was nearly In Glenn Pool.
Both fires woiV started by an elec-
trical storm lYfday afternoon at 5
o'clock. Fires ure raging now on lot
67 in Osage, where the Creston oil
company has already lost one tank
in lot 68, where two rigs belonging
to the Matsbn Oil company have
crumbled to the ground, and in lot
187, where one tank and a rig, the
proD£!t.\ of Senator Fancher have
becujjfub* low by the flames,
SPECIAL TRAIN TO SCENE.
When the disaster was reported to
the Prairio headquarters at Cane\,
Kansas, a special train carrying oil
field workmen was hurried to the
scene, which is about 1 miles from
Bartlesville In the Osage hills. But
22 men were available at headquar-
ters and the train picked up lagorers
fered Jl.Ot) an hour for workmen to
along Its route. In Bartlesville Dave
Stewart. Prairie representative, of-
joln th> expedition.
A night was spent preparing pro-
tection for the balance of the tank
.farms before the cannon were put
into action at daylight. The Prairie
had given up all hope of saving any
of the endangered oil when the first
cannon was wheeled Into place, and
a shot aent into one of the big tanks.
SHOOTING IS SUCCESSFUL.
With the first shot, the crude oil
flowed Into earthen reservoirs and
spread the flames as It sought the
ditch level, but the wricking of the
tanks hurried the destruction and
caused the protection given the
balance of the company's holdings
nearby.
At the Prairie offices here just be-
fore noon Saturday the statement was
made that the two bik tanks will
be lost by that company. Smaller
tanks could bo seen burning Friday-
night In the field about Ochelate and
Ramona, small towns in the Osage
west of Bartlesville. The Prairie de-
clines to estimate the cash loss, but
Court Gives Strong Admonition
That Verdict .ist Not Be Re-
turned on Sentiment Grounds.
Tears Wiped Away and Good-
Bye's Said.
BULLETIN.
ij> Oklahoma City,' July 17
© The jury a few minutes
{§;■ before 9 o'clock tonight
@ returned a verdict, find-
ing- Mingle guilty of the
murder of Pearl Pearson.
©
©
OKLAHOMA CITT,
Attorney Kcardon In th
At the .nil of Rear
stern admonition to the
upon the evidence regi
MAY ENT^TAIN 'BILL."
President Is Endeavoring to Visit
Cities of State VBproute East.
Would Enter from South, Then
Return by Way of New Or-
leans. .
WASHINGTON. July 17—It Is stated
that President William Howard Taft has
practically decided to Include a number
of Oklahoma cities as points which will
be visited by him on his return east
from Alaska-Yukon and Pacific exposi-
lt was thought that the limited time
which will be at the command of the
CONTINUED ON PAGE
art. the jury
COLUMN \
HELD FOR THEFT.
Is Charged With Taking $50,000
Worth of Plants From Park.
"In a recent convention of lawyers
Li Id ut Old Point Comfort Justice Brown
it:e t:iRon « x !ptiun to my views on di*
voroe and marriage. He Is reported to
have referred to the founder oi tne
Christian religion as an 'Idealist,* whose
sentiments, while tuitable t6 less favor-
ed times and circumstances, ftre not
adapted to this enlightened age.
CHRIST LIGHT AND GUIDE.
"The learned Jurist will permit nie to
say that the teachings of Christ hava
been the oasis of all Ciiristian legisla-
tion for nearly -,000 years and continue
to be the light and guide of hundreds of
millions of souls. We are indebted to
this divine legislator for the Christian
civilization tliat rules the destines of
Kurope, North and South America, Aus-
tralia and large portions of Asia and
Africa.
".Wither Solon nor Lycurgus, nor Ju -
tlnlan, nor Napoleon nor any other fram-
er of laws ever exerted a tithe of tha
influence which the Gospel of Christ ex-
erclses on the human rave. And there la
no subject which He treats more fulljf
and clearly than tne nutation of mar*
riage, which is the very foundation stont
of our family and social life.
"I don't see why a law which has been
enfor •« I and cordially accepted In every
age and country where Christianity dom-
inates should be considered obsolete or
Impracticable In the United States.
"The multiplication of divorces," the
Cardinal continued, Ms largely ascribed
by some writers not to our divorce laws,
but to the eagjr and reckless manner in
whi> oilnirteri of God officiate at mar-
rlaKe services. I have no word of apolo*
K ■ ur excuse for the scandalous conduct
of Some clergymen in this respect.
WHY DIVORCES MULTIPLY,
"But ure not tli>se person-* confound*
l,,,. aUfi(J tor effect? Divorces are multl-
nlt' 1 not becaust' Ministers willingly as-
*lst at 1!! assorted marriages, but becaus®
iona- legislation up matHinoiti' renders it I
ntemp ati' g
1 prayerfuMf
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