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VOLUME XXI.
SUNDAY MORNING
GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA, NOVEMBER 28, 1909
SIXTEEN PAC-ES
SUNDAY MORNING
NUMBER 183.
CLARKSON OU
War Cloud Hovers Over Zelaya
B3.Fi. CM 15
BROOKLYN EXPLORER SLIPS
QUIETLY AND MYSTERI-
OUSLY AWAY,
ALMOST NERVOUS WRECK.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-Deputy
Survt vox* Richard Parr, of the Now York
Custom House, Is now being considered
by President Taft for the office of Sur-
veyor of the Port, to be vacated by M>'•
Ja.nes S. Cinrkson on January 1 Tho
appointment of Mr. Clarkson's succes-
sor was the subject of dlscusion by the
President, Collector Loeb and members
of the Cabinet, but no selection was
made.
SON LOSES CASE
Quoted as Remarking to a Friend
Few Day.i Ago, "If Tliis Thing
Keeps Up Few Months Longer
I Will Be in Insane Asylum"—
Muy Seek Rest Abroad.
Ni:w YORK, No
l u)k dropped cc
I >r. Frederick
•tely from publie
vi x i 11; y. Nut (\<n John It Bradley,
win se money was behind his polar ex-
pelltions, knows where ho is tonight.
Confiding his secret to only one man,
and p«-rhaps to his wife, tho Brooklyn
explorer slipped quietly and mysteriously
away, leaving behind hixn a string: of
puzzled and exisp rated friends and a
debute more M< ilmonious than that which
! >1 \\i d his announcement of September
hist that lie had discovered, the north
polo on Aj rU 21, 190S.
Charles Wake, an insurance man of
ti city, appears to be the only one
tvl known t: mystery of Dr. Cook's
whereabouts and Wake is firm in his
resolution to k p his lips sealed until
Co->i< himself sees fit to take the public
into
>nfide
CONCERN OVER HEALTH.
In m- ltlme concern is expressed over
tho condition of Dr. Cook's health. Al-
11 ■ • irrh some of his friends maintain that
he hus borne up well under the < n-
tinued strain of lecturing and preparfng
hi < 1 i i, as opposed to this an intimate
'■ "f t! do. lor said tonlgtit. that
ti •• explorer appeared to be on the verge
of a nervous breakdown when h*1 con-,
f ried with him at his Intel in the
Bron on Monthly night his: This
• ■ ■ • ■ I
a statement tonight In which ne quoted
"If t; is tl'imi keeps up a few months
CONDITION ADVERSE.
Ti is t st .foment In part as given
out by the friend In question:
..
fjrnmataii Inn anl conferred with Dr.
Cook. At that time Dr. Cook .was in
an ;>dv< condition and I was convinced
tb.ii iie«--s h- took a long needed rest
1 •• mi;'! t suffer a nervous breakdown.
He toM me he had been advised to po
:•'!> ! ;-i older to 1 •• In < -sy reach of
th" University of Copenhagen If his
I r. s nee was required there and at the
pant' time to get a much needed rest.
"Dr. Cook has taken me into his ron-
fid. n .> and I have been permitted to
examine his original data, and despite
ON WILL CONTEST RULING.
Missouri Supreme Court Hands
Down Important Decision
ToucEiing "Undue Influence" of
Child Over Parent Who After-
wards Benefits By Will.
JEFFKRSON CITY. Nov. IT.—In a
decision In a will contest case today,
<11 x. D ion number one of the Missouri
supreme court, made an Important rul-
ing regarding undue influence. It is held
that where one child is the constant as-
sociate of a parent and transacts all his
■ ■. -i* ■ s for him In his latter days, It
he beeotn.es the beneficiary of the estate
through the will of the parent, the
burden of proof is upon him to show
th he did not unduly influence the
parent, and not upo the other children
to prove that this child did exercise
an undu i influence.
TI;-- ense came from Nodaway county,
where Marion Norman was given by the
will of the ' ther. Wesley Norman, prac-
tically all of his estate, amounting to
$20,0(>o Irene, Mo wry and Mary Kett-
ring. daughters, brought suit to set aside
the will. The clreult court gave Judg-
ment for th- son and nn npprnt to tn«
supreme court, the case was reversed
and remanded for a new trial. This
resulted in a verdict for the daughters.
I'll" son then appealed to the supremo
uirt, which today affirmed the decision
of the lower court.
ANDES PIERCED
th i
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GRANTED NEW TRIAL.
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GREAT RAILWAY PROJECT.
Work Begun in 1903 Under Ap
proval of Chilean Government
Tunnell 5 Miles Long Trans-
Andine Railway 300 Miles Long
and Cost $15,000,000. ,,
SAN' TKIOO . ftlllo, Nov 27. The
tunn-'l of the Trans-Andine railway
w. s piero d today and the event was
m.".d< tlie occasion of a great celebra-
tion.
—o—
The Trams-Andine railway project
was approved by the Chilean congress
in l!iU3 an dthe first section < f the rail-
Wii\ was opened jn j906. This section
rea hes from Arica to tin foot of tho
A i• (1 • • s where the tunned begins. The
Chilean section of the tunnel was
opened March l." . 1908. and the work of
pit-reins the- Andes mountains has pro-
gr« «l rapidly. The tunnel is five
miles long. The line now reaches to
' ' '!'• ' ' : ■ . a:..i c i
ioin a railroad ol the same gnage from
Mcndoza. Th Trans-Andine lino will
continue on the La Paz, Bolivia. The
(i mplet • lint from Arica to I^i Paz
will be .. ut three hundred miles long
and will cost in the neighborhood of
< i i,. . . ift.
LIVE STOCK SHOW OPENS.
MRS BEN TEAX..
At.BANV, K. V . Nov. 27.—Mrs. Ben
Teal, \lfe of the theatrical manager,
••
perjury growing out of th® Frank Oould
divorce case has been granted a new
tria! bv the court of appeals. Mrs. Teal
w i.^sent to prison for oiv \.ar follow-
ing her conviction, but will now be re-
Jeaseel pending
at the stock
id of the finest
on rxhiiiltion.
• x
•resented.
as the judging
« from the ag-
CIIICAGO, Nov. 27.- TI
live stock sho • epened
yards today with 7,000 h«
live stock in the country
Arg'-ntiue R< publi . < lr>
Twenty-two states are ie
Th ' principal !• «tut • v
contests in which student
rkultural colleges of fifteen states com-
peted, The states represt • I Included
HlfnoK Missouri, Nrth I al--..ta, Neb-
raska, Iowa, Kansas, Texas and Wyom-
ing.
CLAIRVOYANT GETS 6 YEARS. ,
DENVER, Colo., Nov. 27.—Mrs, W,
heeler, a clairvoyant, convicted .if
obtaining money under false pretenses
by telling patrons the.\ would make
fortunes by Investing in South Dakota
and Nevada gold mines, was today sen
tenced to six years in the penlten-
ti ury,
CLEAR HIMSELF
EXPENSIVE SUIT TO DETER-
MINE SCHOOL LANDS
QUESTION.
CONSTITUTION SET ASIDE.
Department Made Catch-All for
Political Adherents—One of
Governor's Own Party Charac-
terized System Great Graft
Some Questions.
Republican persistency has again com.
compelled Governor Haskell— "the <>n$-
iran administration" to retreat and seek
courts as a method of' letting himself
down easy. This is in the case re-
cently filed here, to ascertain whether
or not the school land expenses are be-
ing legally handled.
Why lias Oklahoma an attorney gen-
eral? is asked.
Governor Haskell was told emphat-
ically by Attorney General West, more
than a year ago, that the state consti-
tution prohibits the paying out of money
except by direct appropriation and that
it also provides that the incomes from
the school lands shall be disbursed
among the schools of the state.
Why has Oklahoma a stale examiner
and accountant? is proving another em
1 .trrasing Question.
Charles A. Taylor, the state examiner
and accountant told Governor Haskell
In very plain language, and unmlstak-
uMv. that the school land commission
of which Governor Haskell is the chief
member, was violating the constitution
and had expended $205,000 from state-
hood to the end of the last fiscal year,
Illegally.
But Governor Haskell was stubborn
and did not like to get caught in the
net. Also he wanted the school land
department as a catch-all for politicians
he wanted to put on the state payroll.
In the s hool land department, such poli
tlcians could be and have been put to
work on unknown, unaudited and un-
■ he. lied salaries .*, great a graft, ac-
cording to a democratic member of the
last legislature, tli.1t "we dare not let
the people know."
Now, driven to the wall, Haskell sug-
gests a salt In the court to determine
the method of handling school land de-
partment expenditures. This ease In
court means that still more school land
money will be spent to pny the ensts
and perhaps the salaries of a half dozen
personally appointed attorneys before the
thing ends.
Ha
any protect!
the
from
lands.
et bfen provided
soon to come In
i lemnity school
PROMOTION FOR COL. PRATT.
WASHINGTON r>. r Nov. 27. -At a
onference today between President
Taft and s. .-rotary of War Dickinson
it was det k>d to appoint Col. Edward
F. Pratt of th Thirtieth Infantry, com-
manding the department of California,
. Uj .c.
moted.
BALLOON ESCAPES SHOTS
AN AERIAL WARFARE TEST
Twenty Pounds Fired a* Captive
From Specially Constructed
G:in Without Damage.
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UNDER GEN. toledo "WKEM thky
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AT COLORADO Jt/NCTION
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.—Tension In
the Nlearaguan crisis is at Its highest
point, while officials of the State De-
partment are anticipating what Presi-
dent Zelaya's reply will he to a per-
emptory demand f^r a $100,000 indemnity
and an explanation, formulated by Mr.
Knox, secretary of state, regarding tins
putting to death of two Americans.
Secretary Knox decided upon the de-
mand and received the sanction of Pres-
ident Taft.
It has hecomo known that Senor S.i!
Promised Earthquake Story
That Failed to Materialize
AN FRANCISCO, Nov. 27.—The
failur- of an erifcine in one of the largo
power houses which supply power ti
the lofial telegraph companies t< run
the company dynamos, caused by a low
tide shutting off the water from tlv
condenser, interrupted all telegraphic
and telephone communication with the
outside world for a few minutes to-
night, but isolated San Franesico long
enough t< give rise to a flood of ru
mors throughout the - >nntry that th
interruption had been caused by in
earthquake. For twenty minutes the
hundreds of wires running east, north
and south, were silent. As soon as the
trouble in the power house was repair-
ed and communication restored many
telegrams of inquiry from all parts of
the country deluged the local telegraph,
newspaper and press offices.
h- fact that Portland, Los Angeles
and Salt I >Wn telegraph offices r<
ported to their eastern connections that
y could not raise San Francisco
any wire, tended to give some color
lie rumors.
' . Interruption was so brief that
Deal telegraph offices did not have
time to start their auxiliary power
plants.
NEWSPAPER FORCES ARE
STARTLED BY BULLETINS.
In every newspaper office shortly
after 8 o'clock last night trouble start-
ed.
Telegraph editors caught their breath
and then read again a brief bulletin
which was flashed over the wires (
the Associated Press. It read:
SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 27.—
It is rumored another earthquake
in San Francisco Western Union
here r- port all wires lost into San
Francisco.
Things commenced moving. A wav
of sorrow for those who might hax
suffered—and then the telegraph editor
got down to business.
Night editors and their forces, fore-
men and their helpers heard the read-
ing of that bulletin. All prepared for
another period ; that which f«• 11■«w♦ •«1
! ■ • ' ' ' ' :
NFW YORK, Nov. 27. An anchor-
ed balloon, sent up off SandljP Hook
today at a continuation of the army's
•
scathed through a fire from a gun es-
pecially designed for the purpose.
Twenty shots in all were fired but
ionc hit the bag. The results of tho
xperinients are being kept a secret
but the outeonii' of today's test became
known tonight. The balloon was fir-
ed upon at a height of about five hun-
dred feet, but whether the failure of
the special gun to destroy It resulted
from the weapon's inefficiency or pocr
' yl
td W
WEATHER.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.—Fore-
cast. Oklahoma; rnin Sunday,
possibly turning to snow in west
portion, much colder; Monday
fair.
Missouri; rain and colder Sun-
day. possibly snow in northwest
portions; Monday fair, colder In
southeast portion.
Arkansas; increasing cloudiness
folio
>d by rai
(■r In west portion and by nisht
in east portion; Monday generally
fair, colder in central and east
portion.
Kansas; snow in north and
west, rain or snow in southeast
portion Sunday, colt||r; Monday
fnlr. Slightly warmer In nortll and
west portions.
o., Nov. 27. —
TP reports all its
ticisco lost.
Nov. 27.- Postal
18, 1906, shook San Francisco and then
destroyed by fire.
Anxious men crowded towards tho
Associated Press wires, waiting for
"flash.''
It came:
DENVER, Co]
Western Union h<
wires to San Fra
And then another
DENVER, Colo.,
offices here report all wires lost.
Something was surely doing on the
Pacific coast.
What could it be?
Editors and writers got busy.
Presses were held in reserve to rush
extras onto the street.
In the composing room men were al-
ready setting flash heads and preparing
forms to receive the story of a secon 1
destruction.
Men hungry for wire information set
at desks while still others searched for
information of past earthquakes.
And then there flashed over the wires.
SALT LAKE. Nov. 27.—Western
Union and postal have lost all
wires to San Francisco, Portland,
Oregon, reports no communi ition
to San Francisco and Los Angel* s
says nothing into San Francisco.
It was a sure thing Frisco was again
off the map.
Pictures of previous scenes in t!ie
doomed city were dug up. Everyone in
every newspaper office was now up to
a high pitch
Heady for the "great story" for Stir
day morning.
And then came from away down east;
NEW YORK, Nov. 27 The Postal
t . . , , '
Sat
iclsc
Aire
ork-
ing and the earthquake rumor is d
nied by San Francisco.
Things looked brighter but the writers
kept busy—and then came -
SALT TAKE. Nov. 27.—Western
CO^TT?r7uTD^ON PAGE 2. COLUMN "/
PARIS WELCOMES MMJAL
KING RECEIVES OVATION
Majesty's Visit Unofticinl To
Be Guest of President Fallie. ■
at Dinner Today.
i: •
rial gov. ut of General Estrada In
Nicaragua, d been consulted by of
fldals of the State Department despite
it"* l o t i it in- ;,:ih not yet prehente.l
hh credentials to I*r« l knt Taft or been
r . o^nisted !;s 11:1111s11 r.
MilKE
DID BLUEJACKETS LAND?
Report Says American Marines
Have Gone Ashore at Grey-
town—Nicar^gu i Congress Dis.
bands and Members Now Are
in Flight.
WASHINGTON, I). «... Nov. 27. It
was rumored here late tonight that
Anien. a: l iuej.i. kets In in the truiser
Des Moines had been landed at Grey-
town, Nicaragua, today. The report
enid not be confirmed. Naval officials
disclaimed knowledge of the reported
landing and declared that if such were
the case the navy department would
have been notified.
Admiral Potter, chief of the bureau of
Moines is not now
far us the departm
was at Port Lirno
lie lies
e vessel
Itic
SAYS BLUEJACKETS LAND.
NEW YORK, Nov. 27 Private, the
unconfirmed cable advices reached ;
York tonight that United States fo
'
who had
Nlc
'sfng
NO INJUNCTION YET.
CONGRESS HAS DISDANDED.
\*Hl.\'GTON", Nov. Ti. Th<
PARIS. Nov. 2
ortugal, arrived
He
eived
ovation
Lc
at
j. j. a x
i j. i t 4- 4: i i t-aauae a hunt.
railroad station where he was also offi-
cially greeted by Foreign Minister Pichon
and other government representatives.
\ large delegation from the Portuguese
v
The King was escorted to the Hotel
Bristol where the royal suite had been
prepared for him.
Tho visit of his majesty, which wul
continue until next Thursday, i- ur
official, but nevertheless a flattering
program has been arranged for his enter-
tainment. He will be the guest of Pres-
• • 1 i. •. • • ' .'!• • *
again on Tuesday, when he will have
luncheon at Ilamhouillet where ho will
ELOPERS KILL FATHER.
Leaving Body in Road They Pra
ceed on Their Jonrney
CAMtii&i, On., X v. «. IMrsulM
umbus Huey, T. J. Sellers, one of the
wealthiest farmers of Mitchell county,
was shot to death in the public road
ten in lies southwest of here this after-
noon when he caught the fleeing couple
Leaving his .body in the road, lluey and
Miss Sellers, it is alleged, went on, in-
tending to complete the elopement with
a wedding. v
MJ33 LCRJISEi V/WI*
Ni;\\ YORK. Nov Mr and Mrs.
h. Mix Taft,
•nt Taft, was i
thr< •
at Yale, 90.'. the same year as her
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......... , .-. : | ^
j-iv y in 1 and he is now .ied
In the lumber business.
n 0 v e. i.; i: i\\ ] ; ifcd in this
city durimr the e'.'hrl^tnms holidays anl
directly afterward Mr. Snowdon will
take his bride t • Seattle. IV ddenc
Taft will come from Washington fui" tua
wedding.
VOTE MONDAY
QUESTION TO EE SETTLED IS
WILL PROHIBITION BE
STATE LAW.
TO AMEND CONSTITUTION.
Proposed Statute Frohibits For-
ever Manufacture, Sale and
Keeping for Sale Alcoholic '
Liquors as Beverage- Fight
Proving Bitter Contest.
MONTGOMERY, Nov. 1*7.-The voters
of Alabama will decide Monday whether
they will make the prohibition of the
manufacture and salo of intoxicating
Ikiuorb the law of tho stale. The ques-
tion, whether the state constitution ia
i' b< thus amended was submitted at
' j " i.t: session of the state legislaturo
' ailed by Ueverui-r Come r iast August.
That session wus one of the most bitter
lit history of th -on.monwealth and
h* campaign following, which closed
■night, was not more peaceful. Tho
amendment, which would forever bar
liquor lrom tho state, is the crowning
tcature of the most drastic anti-liquor
legislation ever Introduced In any state.
'I he ni w law prohibits forever the
manufacture, Mile and keeping for sala
of al ' aolic and malt liquors and other
Intoxicating liquors and beverages* It
0 oiai.., nothing jn the state constitu-
tion .all be construed to prevent tho
legislature under tlv poliee power from
designating i ■ places where such liquor
may be stored or kept
Tlie i.iw also gives the legislature tho
1 • wei i ■ -r,il.it citizens from keeping
' r - r in their I ie «. If at any tiino
I-r-• i bit ion ent slam 1 ame strong
euiouf i i ' demand tills drastic action.
Th- if r at Ik put forth to meet tho
i' | it J "K of t • Biij.re.me court th:it
■ • ii rr • • 1 it y which can ho
i si..;. i w i .-re and In such
long as e ..... not offer it for pale.
t
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' '• IM ••! .i.\ ol ,i.;r pollt-
>• ' ! ni ted Stat 'S
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j i u the amendment. Governor
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Sp-aker farnacho'd are supporting it.
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