The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 142, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 10, 1909 Page: 1 of 18
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VOLUME XXI.
SUNDAY MORNING
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uUi'H_RIE, OKLAHOMA, OCIOBEK 1C, 1909.—SIXTEEN PAGES.
SUNDAY MORNINu
NUMBER 142.
' Union League
Dines Henson.
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OF ALL CHARGES
RUMOR AFTEH RUMOR CIRCU-
LATES AMONG FRIENDS
OF SECRETARY.
INVESTIGATION UNDER WAY
Man Under Cloud Continues Ex-
tremely Weak, With Chances of
Recovery — Considered Small.
Claim That Wife Is in City Is
Denied Also.
"There is orve thing sure," said an in-
timate friend of Colonel Bill Cross, sec-
retary of state, yesterday afternoon,
"and that la Bill will stand pat no mat-
ter how much his reputation may be
attacked by enemies in his own party."
Such statements as the above were ex-
tremely coming about the city yesterday
while a the same time there were state-
ments which were extremely sensational
In their nature and all of which seamed
to indicate that a searching: investiga-
tion into the war record of Bill Cross
and his past life was being made by
those who, a few months ago were pub-
lished lauding him.
COLONEL (ROSS LOVE.
While all this was transpiring, Colonel
Cross was-passing one of the worst days
he has experienced during the past two
weeks. I-radically a physical wreck,
caused by protracted Illness, he braced
up and vigorously defended his war rec-
ord and averted that he had been a Con-
federate soldier and that he had served
with honor.
It was pathetic to hear these denials
of dishonor from a man who but a few
days ago, was the Idol of the Confederate
soldiers of the .state and of the members
of the Daughters of the Confederacy,
all of whom he had assisted in their or-
ganizations. It was the same Bill Cross
whom the democrats had elected secre
tary of state, but how change, weak,
worn and weary he denied, again an l
again that he had ever mistated facts
as to his having served in the confed-
erate army, or that he has told an un-
truth when he had asserted that he had
carried the dead body of his father
from the battleflr'.d of Shiloh.
RUMOR OF EARLY MARRIAGE.
The renorts to the effect that he had
b^en married in 1888 at Humbolt, Tenn..
ard that his wife was still living and in
this ety, was dened equally as vigorously
by Secretary of State Cross who arrest-
ed that the lady in question Is instead
the widow of his dead brother rfick.
Rumor after rumor has swept over the
city all day Saturday, the principal sub-
ject of conversation centered on the
Cross developments. secretary Cross
was as weak as It Is possible for a man
to become, and still survive, and it Is
claimed by those who have been watch-
that it seems almost 1m-
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Dr. Cook Faced Death By Starvation When Stores
Were Seized "To Satisfy Perry's Commercial Greed "
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NEW YORK Oct. !
Commander PeaFry's
Achates for eighteen
stood with him at the
honored by being made
at a dinner in the Unlor
Fifth avenue, to which
i—Matt Henson,
faithful negroo
years, and who
North Pole, was
one of the guests
League Club, In
were invited the
NEW STATE TEAM MAX
GOOD SHOWING IN THE
MUD.
AN EXHIBITION OF PUNTING!
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officers and the scientific staff of the I
Roosevelt.
Their host was Charles F. Cox, a I
prominent railroad man and an active
member of the New York Academy of
Sciences.
Commander Peary was not present,
as he is now in Maine, and it is his in-
tention to accept no public honors and
no nvltatlonu of any kind until he Is
satisfied that the so-called Cook-Peary
controversy has come to a close.
First to arrive was Captain Robert
Bartiett, the master of the Roosevelt,
and close behind him with a group of the
companions of the voyage was the re-
doubtable Henson. Henson comes orig-
inally fr->m the Danish. West Indies,
which accounts for his name, and he was
In Washington when he entered the ser-
vice of Mr. Peary. H's face is intensely
black his features even and regular.
ms toraiilijiiTiM
AN OKLA. MAN SURRENDERS
R. E. Walter, Former School Sup-
erintendent at Tecumseh, in
Custody at Denver
DEN\ ER, Oct. f Declaring that he
would go to the penitentiary rather than
be alone with his conscience any longer,
Robert H. Walter, forme/ county school
superintendent at Tecumseh, Okla., to-
day surrendered to the police of this
city.
Walter disappeared from Tecumseh tV o
years ago, and, according to his confes-
sion to the police of this city was $400
short In his accounts. He is cliarged
with having deserted his wife and six
children at Earlboro, Okla., to run away
with a pretty school teacher.
Walter is being held pending word
from the Oklahoma authorities.
HEAR GRIDIRON CALL.
Game Marked by Large Number
of Penalisations—Johnson and
Bond of Kansas Flay Brilliant-
ly—Oklahoma Had No Individ-
ual Stars.
THE CANADIAN 3H1PARCTIC IN WJHTeR.
OUAISTERi NEAT?. MELVILLE 1SLA~NE> J
LAWRENCE,
11, Oklahoma 0.
On a gridiro nth at
and befoer a large cr
university today succe
QUEBEC, Oct. 9.—Captain Joseph E.
rnier, of the Canadian patrol ship
'vrctic, which spent the winter in the
. near Melville Island, arrived here
odiv and immediately wired his con-
r.filiations to Dr. Cook on the discov-
ty of the- north pole.
Capt. Bernier made public a letter
vr ti en to him by Dr. Cook last May.
Tn this letter to Captain Bernier 13r.
c.,oJc speaks of the action of Mr. Peary
slqppcy.; in
taking his supplies at Annatok In a
Hvlahoma H.;,y which showed he would have been
ded in holding j. an excedingly perilous position If the
Oct. 9.— Kansas
OKLAHOMA CITY. Oct. 9.~Twor
hundred students <.f Kpworth univer-
sity enforced a holiday today against
the wishes of the faculty and attended
a foot ball game between Epworth
and Central State normal. Classes
were called as usual by Dr. George
Crowell, the acting dean. No ac-
tion on tin students action will be
en until the return of Chancellor
irge H. Brandenford, who is in
Anadarko on business.
the foul ball team of Kansas university | A ,i(, had n0, left 8Uppl,e8 for him-
to 11 points. The game, which was Upcrnavik. May 28, 19 .
mostly a" exh,hllN,n ^ punting, prov-j.,My Dear Captain Bernier.-
ed that the predictions that the Ok-1 hasten to write you the first letter
a om.ins would put up one of the T an, akio to send after two years' de-
ar. ,Stfr,ISllH '' Heason were cor- 1 tf,ntjon behind the lev barriers. The un-
rect. The game was marked by a ,v. airl'val or the Arctic at Etah
arge number of penalizations for, iiaH b. ■ n a worthy crowning of our anl-
holding off side plays and once UK- uou undertaking'.
lahoma was penalized 30 yards for), -The supplies U atJ(you felt for me in
s ugr,ing. ^ marc of Mr. Whitney enable*/ me to coino
o m.«on and Bond of Kansas played io I'pernavlk. All my other property has
0 r usual brilliant game. While thero] been taken by Mr. Peary under guise of
wore no individual stars for Oklahoma a relief station for Dr. Cook.
1 team work of the Oklahoma* waal "Mr. Murphy, the man in charge of the
i lie niost pronounc(d feature of tho stj'ion, was, however, instructed not to
contest. Time and again they suc-
ceeded in holding Kansas for downs.
Oklahoma made a desperate effort to
make effectual gains by uso of the
forward pass, but failed each time-
The on-side kick also was tried un-
successfully repeatedly.
ON A MUDDY FIELD.
Owing to the muddy field, the game
was not a lair test of the strength
of either eleven. Towards the latter
part of the second half Coach K. li-
ned y of Kansas changed his line-up
materially, but the changes did not
prove to be very happy gain get-
ters.
VH nnce was the Kansas univer-
sity goal line in danger.
The Oklahoma team fined tha
game in splendid form, while a num-
ber < f eKnnedy's n.en received minor
injuries.
Oklahoma kicked off to the Kansas
45 yard line and Johnson returned
fforts nor to a!i
Eskimos
TEACHES
PUPILS
E-tK,Nri^-R
CAPTAI NI
fore nil
Captain Peary's
rof no r
uiiLuy I
month of March, when, of course, ail re-
lief efforts would be useles?.
"My large stock of supplies were there [ men ial grc
BIG IIIOHB CI1EEBS (IflSS
FLIES LENGTH OP FIELD
ATTORNEY GENERAL TELLS
COUNT / ATTORNEYS TO
GET BUSY.
QUOTES FEDERAL STATUTES
Declares Oklahoma Will Not Al-
low Gins to Show Favors to Ona
Person or Firm and Deny Same
tc Another Individual or Con-
cern
Attorney
decided to
alleged
this county st
out letters t
b of the
lenora! Charles West has
nako his campaign against
ginni-rs trust started in
wide and yesterday sent
I of the county attor-
asking their assist-
CONTINUED ON PAGE 2, COLUMN
WRIGHT
Officers of Army Prove Apt and
Several Spectacular Trips Are
Made -Highest Altitude Reach-
ed Was 15 Feet—Trials Entire-
ly Successful.
Russian Pianist Weds
Pvlark Twain's Daughter
BOND ACTION ON MONDAY
Banking- Board on That Day to
Make Public Statement of Af-
fairs of Columbia 3ank and
Trust Company — Why Condi-
tion Has Been Withheld.
MISS CLAIM CIEMOMS Ma.OSSFP GABftUOWITSCH
DANBURY, Conn., Oct. 9.—-At Storm-
leld, the picturesque country home of
Mr. Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain),
at Hedding Ridge, his eldest daughter,
Miss Clara Clemens, was married to Mr.
On sip Oabi llowltsch, u well known
Jitobiun pianist,
News of the wedding came as some-
what of a surprise to most persons ex-
cept the close friends of the family, for
although the names of the pianist and
Miss Clemens have been linVd at vari-
ous times,, no formal announcement of
the engagement has been made.
CITY.
OKLAHOMA
banking board tode
fid Its examination
ffired by w. l,. Norton a
fo the rehabilitation of t
Hank and Trust company
an unforscen hitch arises,
io bank
practically complet-
>f the securities of-
ma
Mo
i Columbia
and unless
he transfer
•fficials
The banking board
will nn that dny mnke n stetPment or
the hank's affairs and probably of the
cause of Its* suspension.
A member of the banking board is
sponsor for this reason as to why the
public has never been apparised of the
real condition of the bank. The most
■ative ,.f statements would have
opened avenues for speculation among
he enemies of the state banking law,
xaggeratlons probably would have oc-
urred, state hankers might have be-
ome prejudiced and the whole probably
would have ehaken the confidence ot
ublic. On the other hand, the hanks
s have been satisfactorily settled
confidence has remained firm.
board is receiving encouraging let-
from state bankers all over the
complimenting the board on the
hich the institution has been
set on its feet.
COLLEGE PARK, Md.. Oct ! .—For
the first time in American history an
aeropane owned by the United States
government soared In the air today.
With a breere scarvely a mile an hour,
( With a breeze scarcely a mile an hour
r | the officers of the fiignel corps row to
handle the machine. Off the starting
rail at 3:35" o'clock, he circled the field
for three minutes, twenty-five feet
above the ground.
Again at 1:09 a'clock Mr. Wright was
off for another flight. This time he
was in the air five minutes.
At 4:.r 1 o'clock he soared away
return after about five minutes.
• Each time he kept to the reservation
grounds. Then Lieutenant Lahm took
his place in the extra seat.
At ft: 15 o'clock the two rose to the
highest altitude attained during the af-
ternoon, probably 150 feet. They went
a mile and a half toward Washington In
hardly more than as many minutes. In
a few seconds more than five mlnut _
after they had left they landed twenty
feet of the starting rail.
In the last file- of the day, Mr.
Wright took Lieutenent Humphreys for
his flrts ride In nn aeroplane. In fiv
minutes they finished and brought the
machine to a halt along side the starting
rail.
APPRAISE?S AT WORK.
Analysis Discloses No Impurities
in the Supply.
BOY'S INJURIES FATAL,
DURANT, Okla, Oct. Roy Tad-
lock, 1 ti-year-old son of M. G. Tadlock.
thrown from a horse near his
homo, six miles east of this city yes-
terday evening, sustaining a concus-
sion of the brain, from which ho died
this afternoon.
' B Hough'.on, Hart Murphy and J
Fairfield, constituting the board of
appraisers appointed by the governmen
in connection with condemnation pro
ceedlngs for additional land for federal
building purposes, yesterday began in-
vestigation preliminary to the apprajse-
ment of the property at the corner ot
First Mreet and Oklahoma avenue. The
property is owned by Tost master Mc-
-, j. Tawney of California atid W.
Eager.
COTTON AND CORN LOST.
DURANT, Ok!t., Oct. 9.—Firo which
?tarted in u car of corn at Caddo about
noon today destroyed the Katy cotton
platform and burned lOu bales of cot-
ton nnd four cars of corn. The total
loss is estimated at $20,000. Wolfe &
Co., cotton buyers are the heaviest los-
ers.
St. Louis Aviators Make Failure.
Three Dirigibles Sail in the Air
Together.
ST. LOUIS Oct. 9.—Under adver.:
conditions, Glenn H. Curtiss, by
flight in his blrplane late tills after
noon in Forrest park, received th
applause and cheers of the many
thousands of persons who had waited
for hours for the wind to slack
George F. Osnvont and Ilugh
Robinson of St. Louis, attempted to
fly and failed.
Ozmont, after Curtiss had made his
successful flight, tried a second time
and his machine was damaged by
striking the ground, but he was unin-
jured.
urtlss just at dusk, wheeled his
hine out of its tent and. facing a
fifteen mile wind started his pro-
peller. rose thirty feet from the ground
and flew the length of the aero field.
He covered a quarter of a mile and
was aloft forty-five minutes. His land-
ing was beautiful.
The dirigibles of Thomas Baldwin.
Lincoln Beachey and Roy Knabenshuo
were in the air together. Baldwin
big gas bag narrowly escapted ram>
Ing the little Beachey flyer.
JUDGE AND SHERIFF
HARDLY SPEAK NOW
Texas County Officials Appeal to
Attorney General and Are
Told Their Duties.
and co-operation In obtaining evl-
tin" II". Combination!* to
govern the prl.-e pal,I for rot ton produced
will be investigated.
it is not probable that grand juries will
very generally be called as has been d<mo
in this county. In most places special
prosecutions will.be instituted in the du-
preme court by the attorney general un-
der the provisions of the anti-trust art.
After quoting the wording of the anti-.
arust act, the attorney general's letter
TELLS ATTORNEYS WHAT TO DO.
'If you find that in any particular lo-
1 to barter with the natives cality there is but one gin. it must fol-
low as a necessity that that gin is a pub-
lic business if cotton is raised in that
community. If you find in any com-
munity that there is more than one
cotton gin nnd that those gins are oper
ating in concert, whether with or
out an understanding, if they do actually
operate alike so that what one does the
'others do likewise, then those gins have
TREES virtual monopoly of the gin business,
—— — ■■ ■ jand they each and all of them are pub-
: Standing at Base 110 • i> ™iwe m una sute. with
. ~ -r, . r x. Its commercial and agricultural life large-
U of forests ot the lv „p ln |)rk.,. ,f
.d Again as Stage cotton seed, it Is a matter of public
TAFT VISITS BIG
::rough Trunk of Wa-I""" s"fh
rnunity at large as to
for ginning cotton and
Ph0t0£T
Of Mr
World
Passes
wona— ..Scenes Impress.
GLACIER, POINT, Calif ,
President Taft arrived here th
The trip from Wawona, where
the forenoon vi lting the Ma
tree groves, was over 26 miles
tain road and t ie president
for bed Immediately after din
The presdent arose b> f >re
with-
affect the
wha
.-barged
> spent
sa big:
specific violations OF LAW.
day
in a
and started
dense fog.
r the Sequoia
dch quickly c
se, their bu
ation of s<
from all other aritl
He was
the grizzly
tree in the
in the stag
trunk, one
the biggest ai
and he was
t passed thrc
largest of ti
trade
commit
Tonignl
SAPULPA,
. , | r
County Judge F. L. Davis and Sher-
iff K. M. Latham of Texas county havo
had a falling out and both yesterday
appealed to Attorney General Charles
J. West for advice.
During the trial of a liquor caso
•me words were passed between an
attorney in the caso nnd the shcrlf
and County Judge Davis fined the
sheriff $25 for contempt.
Yesterday fuiinty Judge Davis wired
Attorney General West what course toiMnail Inland town
pursue in a caso where the sheriff re-1 was here serving or
fused to obey the orders of the court, h? was a survivor
Attorney General West wrot^him that Iter raid and one
the court has the right to appoint a'tual
bailiff to protect the court and act/reat
in case the sheriff refuses to execute I forn
illd orders. of Mrs. Custer, \s
Attorney General West advised [the battlefield ba
Sharif LaUtam that the ooUnty judge ol her brave hwri
is the sole Judge of what occurs in! Knapp is a lyi
the court room and if the court or- the hardy pion
edrs the sheriff to do what the lat-1 len.-ed an
ter believes to be Illegal the sheriff that it s<
should leave the court room and seek j the old s
the advice of tho county attorney,
Saved Gen. Custer's Tody
Is Claim of an Oklahoman
Milton Knapp of Creek County Asserts He Performed the Duty rib
Request of Mrs. Custer, Who Was Near Battlelield When Her
Illustrious Husband Fell.
if the famous Cu-
if the first to rarr
wounded brave offieer from th
of the redskins' guns, a duty per
d in compliance with the reques
.it (L
id.
al rept
jentatlve
and exi
seasoned
xhlbits scars so numerous
a wonder that the life of
.iiuf uiu Diiiui was spared.
i Recalling "Cusur'a last stand1' Knapp
Of ti
him a'l v
f, with the
a quarterb
the duty of iai
fiom tlic fis'i.
kiilc
liLs band
800 men
-eli as
■intle exception
•ed, who managed to
it the greatest honor
b« a able t.• perform
ig the body ol Custer
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