The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 187, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 2, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XXI.
THURSDAY MORNIXNG
NICARAGUA IS FACiNH
WAR WITH UNCLE SAM
SECRETARY SNOXIDIAKOND SPORI
CUTS KLA1H
GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA, DECEMBER 2, 1909 EIGHT PAGES.
Willing to Lead Girls' Strike
THURSDAY MORNING
NUMBER 186.
PSE3IDENT ZELAYA IS DE- BASEBALL DIRECTORS PRO
NOUNCED IN NO UNCER-
TAIN TERMS.
IS UP TO CONGRESS NOW
Washington Government Will
Hold to Strict Accountability
Those Responsible ior Death of
Americans Only Congress Can
Declare War—Text of Note,
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Doc.
Secretary of state Knox late today
returned the passports of Felipe Rod-
riguez, chnrKe d'affaires of the Nicar-
aguan legation, with a letter scathing*
1> denouncing the Zelayan administra-
tion of the government of Nicaragua.
The letter is definitely declared tc
represent the views of President Taft,
and is about as plain spoken a.s any-
thing emanating from the state de-
partment in many years.
The extraordinary feature of the let-
ter is that it seems to evidence
Intention 011 the part of the United
States to hold President Zelaya per-
sonally responsible for the alleged tor-
ture and execution of the Americans,
Cannon and Gorce, and exhibits the
uniquj situation of one government
holding the chief executive of another
practically as a common malefactor.
Zelaya is branded as a violator o!
solemn international conventions, t
disturber of the nutional and interna-
tional peace, a tyrant whose adminis
tration has been a blot upon the name
of good government.
favors revolutionists.
Secretary Knox virtually announces
the recognition of the Nicaraguan
revolutionists, declares It to be the con-
viction of the United States that
the revolution represents the senti-
ments of a majority of the Nicaraguan
people, and that there is evidently 110
responsible government with which the.
United States can deal. H« therefore!
announces that all parties will be'
held accountable for their actions as
affecting the interests of Americans'
and the peace of Central America,
He further informs Senor Rodri-
guez that while he has lost his diplo
matic quality, he may still serve as an
"unofficial" channel of cotnmunica
tion with the factiop which he is re
garded as representing.
This brings the crisis as near t
the satus of war as it could be brought
by executive action without a definit
declaration by both houses of congres.<
Which will convene next Monday.
other states stand by.
Mr. Knox's letter in all but so man,
words makes it plain that the action
represents the wish and attitude <>f
nil of the Central American states with
the single ,exception of Honduras,
which is regarded here as entirely dom-
inated by Zelaya. Mexico has all along
LONG LIFE OF LOCAL
CLUB.
HELD ENTHUSIASTIC FEAST
Secretary's Report Shows Club
Broke Even After Paying Large
Debts and Members Were Eag-
er to Subscribe for New Blocks
of Stock.
Mrj' ^ P Phelps
rhcto by M&nceim
"Take Me Out to the Ball Game."
will continue to be a popular air in
Guthrie next season as the result of
the action of the directors and offi-
cers of the Guthrie base ball club,
which conducted an enthusiastic meet-
ing in the city last night. The ques-
tion before the meeting was whether
or not base ball in the Capital City
should become a moribund Institution.
With one accord the promoters of the
club declared it should not.
The report of Frank Orr, secretary,
showed that the club, under efficient
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.—Mrs Rose Pas-
tor Stokes, wife of J. G. Phelps Stokes,
spoke at meetings of the shirt waist
strikers held in various halls on the
east side and expressed herself as pre-
pared to lead the movement.
Another development of the day was
u> departure of a committee of the
Waist Makers' union for Philadelphia
investigate the report that manufac-
turers here who are unable to operate
shops because of the strike are
sending their work to the Pennsyl-
vania city. The committee is expected
management, had broken even during t0 p turn with a report, and if it should
CONTINUED ON pace 8, column 4.
RENOUNCES WORLD
the season just curled, and with
grounds or grand stand to buy
suits to purchase, and a team already
organized, Its prospects for next
son are so bright that the thoughtful
business men composing the person-
nel of the club grabbed ihe opportuni-
ty and tied It with a double cinch knot.
The conviction appears to be that any
one investing in stock of the local base
ball association when given the oppor
tunity. Will be wearing silk hats at
breakfast next fall and spending their
leisure moments s, lectin* the blcgeat
diamonds in the show windows
the local jewelery stores.
board of directors.
When It was definite!,, established
that there was enough cash repre-
sented in the meeting aching for
'banco to change Itself into stock
certificates, the members proceeded
.0 elect a board of directors for tlie
ensuing year. They nominated, by a<
claim Lee Meyer, assistant secretary of
state: c. M. Sarchet. who is also t,.
act as press agent; Frank Mater,
Hilly Powers and H. s. Price, the pres-
ent holder of the club's franchise. Mr.
Meyer was not present but a delega-
tion will wait upon him this morning
t" acquaint him with the honor con-
ferred.
Th - board of directors, at an early
meeting, when their organization will
>e perfected. Wlll probably be held in
Kansas City, although Price, as ;i
faithful Oklahoma fan, voted for its
being held in the state.
Several of th
confirm the rumor that has come t<
LESS
WAR SECRETARY REPORTS.
Military Establishment Coming
Year Will Need $95,325,399 Ac-
cording to Dickinson—Many
Changes Suggested in Report to
President.
the strikers it Is threatened that tw.
thousand shirt waist mnkers In Phil
adelphia will be called out In a strike
in sympathy.
Mrs. Stokes, accompanied by her
husband, spoke at ten meetings
the strikers. At all of them she
grettted by large und enthusiastic
dienees.
"I am so keenly Interested In It and
anxious that It shall be won that 1
will offer my services to the strlk
leaders and will actively agitate among
the rank and file, so that there will be
no abatmrnt of enthusiasm among the
masses of the strikers. ' she said
FBI WAS ESSf
CROOKED WORK IN RUSH
Government in Prosecution of
Former Employes Shows How
Easy It Was to Underweigb
Truck Loads of Sugar As Tlu-y
Passed Over the Scales.
S11 e
NEW YORK, Dee. 1 --The fruitful op-
portunity for fraud in the baste and 1m
f the enormous business done dallj
e Williamsburg docks of the Amer
Sugar Refining company w
<rnm.nt sought to brliiK out te-l
n its prosecution of the six formeri
>yes of the company now on trial I
government I
what I
men present,
John
otBi is mm
FIGURES FROM TREASURY.
Public Obligation is $1,295,718,-
757, an Increase 0f $571,371-1
Working Balance $27,059:008—
Customs Receipts Show Big In-
crease for Five Months.
\>i: iv ; n >n.
* 1. 71S
which is
tual working
*.■71,371
sury
i ti .■ nations bank
I aggregate 1707,433,4*
1,4! Of thes<
J I'O In lawful mone y
I I nited States bonds
WASHINGTON,'T>. C., Dec. 1.—Many
changes In the military establishment
are suggested by Secretary' of War]
Dickinson in his annual report to the
president, made public tonight.
The following are some of his recom-
mendations: 11 ho gov
A change in the Roosevelt physical (jnv in
tests so as to require of officers In; '
addition to the annual, a weekly rid- ''
Ing or walking test. cliarged with defruudlng th<
The division of the United States by underweights.
into territorial and tactical districts David Fragner a customs insr
so that the organized militia of tbnjnnd on,„. an !19sistIlnt government' 1
may be conveniently combined! er. testified that at a busy time tiv>
with the regular army stationed there- trucks a minute passed over a single set
5 permanent brigades, divisions of (calea, or eight to the minute on th<
Ji-ps for Instruction and tactical! f„ur srls „s(> th(.re f()r f,V(,ry ho(]r
organization. of the da Each truek weighed half a
The location of troops in or near tipton, aml hn|f ton lh(_ K,n,.rrim„„t
principal cities of the United States: will contend. was weighed thirteen
instead of distributing them at remote ^ pound* short by the secret manipulations
orts, to meet the three requirementsjof government employers who, it i* now
■onomy. possibility of rapid move- charged, were paid cash hy the sugar
ment, ami the training of the mil company for the evasion of < ustnms
itia. duties If the Ranie ran properly, the
SALARY NO OBJECT
R.E v,^n \ -;M .Pilintv, iKvitii:
STRIKE IN THE NORTHWEST
THROWS THOUSANDS OUT
OF EMPLOYMENT.
BUSINESS PEEL?, EFFECT
Flour Mills Close and AH Small
Towns Are Threatened With
F amine Because of Inability to
Get Supplies for Foodstuffs
No Settlement in Eight.
elgh-
ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 1.—Kvery
line of Industry in the Twin Cities, Du
luth und Superior, and all cities of the
northwest dependent on the movement
of supplies, is seriousl} a fleeted hy
the strike of the railroad switchmen,
which began lust evening.
It is estimated upwards' of 12,000
men are idl • tonight on account of the
strike order; thousands of freight
handlers and teamsters are losing time
by reason of the freight blockade in
the terminal towns, while a continuance
of the strike for several days will
throw additional thousands oUt of] fi
work.
The i illroad yards are filled with
stalled freight trains and an attempt
to move a few by the aid of office men
drafted as switchmen is making: no
impression.
The railroad managers' committ-
annoum ed today that they were bring
ing to St. Paul new switchmen to
take the places of the strikers. To this
lent Hawley of the Switchmen's
i of North America, said:
All right, let them come, we will
not object.'"
BUSINESS AFFECTED.
generally are begln-
resuit of the strike
ectcd were the whole
FICHT AWARD POSTPONED
Greatest of All Prize Ring Con
• tests May Go to Tex." Rich-
ard of Nevada, Though Others
Are Confident Three Bij Pro-
moters Have Formed Pool.
Nrw vtii'.i;,
inounelng the
•. 1 The decision
cessful bidder for
. I an.plonshlp he:
sporting
vinning
y weight
.1 Jeffries
made known
clock tomor-
•irelos tonlerlit pi
Fra
the
tie club. San
Ihe California
'ex" Rickard.
ve apparently
pdlted with a
rlenrt it
Thus
B. F. YOAXUM AND B. L. WIN-
CHELL ARE PURCHASERS
OF LINE.
OTHERS MAY BE IN DEAL.
Severance Largely Due to Fear
of iederal Intervention, as Two
Lines Are Parallel and Tap
Each Other Frisco to Now Be
Operated Independently.
NEW VORK, Dee. 1,—Six thousands
ti--■ hundi.'l miles of railroad, forming
the St. houis and San Fruncisco rai'-
ri'U'l coinpai.y, generally known as the
i ii--' ". < i .uiK'-il hands in \ Yortc
today by Its severanc frmn i Hock
Island company, \\ t which it waj
merged in 1903.
The pur. ! a sera are H. f. Yoakum,
form- r . ti airman of the "Frisco Hock Is-
land board, and B. L. WireHell, former
president of the Rock I. land who now
becomes president of the Frisco
It la understood that Messeri Win-
<•'>#*11 and Yoakum have as their assoc-
iat"s in tiie deal some of the leading
< npltalifcts f f the middle west, Including
Aidophus Busch and F. J. Wade, of
.yt. Louis, as weil as tlie Union Trust
company of that - Ity
FEARED UNCLE SAM
•Ml i ' • •• t uat ti dissolution
u'.i I" lit about by fear of federal
Intervention. The Rock Island and
' ' ■ lines p.t: l and 1: i . a'ii otheij
;'i > iil'ui.s points, m l there is reason
that th.- i • it., cominerco
ning to feel th
The first to be a
husi
Wholesale grace
Ing is moving,
are doing nothing
in th<
hoi
report that noth-
mmlssion houses
id their customers
small towns who get their sup-
dies from day to day will soon be uii*
tble to serve fresh vegetables and
ruit Some of the larger commission
louses today reduced their working
orces and will make further red
tions if the strike continues m
Rickard In
or Callfornl
More officers for the army, and pro- povrrnment
motion on the merit system. r.,S80 pound
Liberal appropriations for the com- As this
pi tion of the fortification projects jaeroa
of the Philippines, Honolulu and Pearl [next
harbor. j Fra
Encouragement of rifle practice hran
among the citizens and school bo;, s entrh
Tin f stablishment of t national park w« id
at Niagara Falls to preserve its scen-j "N
lc features. j had t
The secretary made public his csti-l T,;'
mates to congress for the coming fis- shak«
cal year amounting to 32a.399, or the c
about $8,00(^000 less than was appro-.derna
prlated for the present fiscal ye r. I romp
WILL REMOVE OFFICE.
TUI-SA. Okln . D" I. Vl.-f Presi-
dent J. R. O'Nell «f the Prairie rip.
Line company, subsidiary to the stand-
ard. ha? notified the commercial club of
Tulsa 'that the office of assistant gen-
eral manager of that, company will be
moved at once from Bartlesville t thi«
>d to lose Its
stead flood of trucking rolled
scales, the checker who stood
weigher was too busy, said
o watch him. John .T Long
ker was asked if all the
which he certified represented
had seen the weigher find,
he admitted. "Sometimts !
'oss examiners were unable to
testimony of Andrew J. Mall en,
vho swore that .lames F, Ben-
CAPITAL GETS CONTRACT.
FLOUR MILLS CLOSE.
. 1" Minneapolis the flour mills closed
duties on j tonight anil it In < stlmate.l
mployed in them are idle. A
inuation of th- strike will thro
f employment 1,600 more emploj
he cooperag* and allied trades.
At th«- South St. l'aul stock
The board of public
'ontract for printing
en describing the n< I
o he sold in right Okl
r ooo p
ol land:
i-t tho!
miph-
today 3" i cattle were re
l.v 1,800 Is the dally aver
Bangs of Swift and cot
ed the question of redt
lacking house force dej
ly on the duration of
we cannot get stock, w.
would not say how long the p
run on th present supply
FAMINE IN TOWNS.
small towns will soon be
famine unless trains of fc
can be brought in soon.
lards
suaJ.
Inte
stride
GAJtOLrMT;
nn In ere
| j e. .nth. \. !
".:'7 for th-
j > al year begii
I the largiit lucre
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.—Many friends1 of t moneys
'if Miss Caroline Veronica Cullen.f repr. s.'i
daughter of the late Senator John J.'national bank dej
i'ullen, will be surprised at the an-iipplne treasury.
Ilouncement that she win (ake the vetlj Customi lpt
of the novice in the Academy of Mount!ed |2£ 537 129.
St Vincent, Rlverdale, and will tak^f months^of 1 1
ui^ the duties .if a sister of charity.
recorded r . ;
118,942 for the
total of $11 ;i.
t since the fis.
ase of $5,924,073.
i-^e for ft long period
in t he general funds,
its the balance in the
)osltorIes and the Phil
akes t
mont
an inc
foi
No
far, fo:
embr
fi\
celpts run $_'7.H> 7 :2 ahead of th<> * >h-
tyondlng 1 a'i i. d 1 t o-ar.
T' «B*" I t. I 1 , M.I u,,„ i„.
rest bearing debt is $1.718.7;,7. ,,
•t Increase of $.'.71,325, while this t..t il
swelled by the $1.375,359.S «if c« rti
i\f H a ed tt.'.sir- notes « ffs. 1 \,v . •. (
qual amount ol cash In the treasury, 4.
sire to become one of them returned to'to an aggregate of $2,fi71.078.620, a total
J Increase of $^,603,325 for the month. ' ,
Miss Culien is L'l •* irs old, and in u
withdrawing from the world will begin
work she planned wiien a small child j t -
A year ago she was stricken with n-
appendicitis and was operated on in St N
Vincent's hospital. She watched tho fir
sisters do their work and the old de j *
rlt v
CARTER OUT OF DANGER.
ARDMORE, Okla . Pee 1 -I'hysl-
). Carter, of the Fourth Okla! ma <iis-
ii't, announced that their patient ts
ut of danger and will be able to leave
I,. hospital in a few flays.
the
of
I ping id freight
ded their in-
last moment.
■nTtm!
}"';m
had taken cognizance of
threat to bid
* A not
is t
nteresting pi ase „f the trans
hat despite denials, the cur-
that It could
rent 1
>ellef
is that the Frisco will form
' some
aliiat
ice with the lines of EdwiA
v united with
1 llawle
i werld.
who
e ne ^ < oiq( r In t he r*al road
1 recently acquired, with B*
0 united with
Utah. Nevada
P. V(
jakun
1, control of the Missouri,
11 ansa
time
I T. \ ■ railroad At tho
the returns of the now dU
o ked ncfllnfd
Id Tom Mr-
1 vorced
■ be frl(
'Frl
•ndly
sco and Rock Island are to.
and f< r the benetlt of both#
TO
rdlng
BE INDEPENDENT
t" "Hi •; and ur.vffi •
Ang 'liM will
tateni
1 of 1
lents, t interests now In
he St. Louis and San Fran-
r . ent of the ,
pender
epert\ , thougii the actual
Roe
nnot be affected until tlie
k IhI H i whi. ii controls $29,
pnt Coffortti '
•ek. ha\ e . « n retired. Tho
Ion, yielded j
!■' • is B'.'A ind l arge q ian-
U with ciish. 1
traded
"in
11 th. st- x. hange at a
probably will
CONTINUED ON PAGE
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COLUMN 2.
SOME FRISCO HISTORY
WSHIN<;T< N.
ras 1936,65. #lcontis"'en on page 2. column 3. + continued on page 2 c
Nine European Bicyclists to Begin Long Grind Sunday
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BAD FOR GUARANTY LAW
WASin.Vr.ToN, Di
in Oklahoma
new state and one. for the Qer-
manla National Bank of J'onea
fit >' was approved today It 11
. t pi tali zed at J" not Only five
nitii'iitfil t-anks have ■ • % flur-
tered In Oklahoma since th ■ state
guaranty law ftoame operative.
* ■
neon L£TT ro seja.vir
•f j NEW YORK. Dec. I - Nine of the
T- j Furopean blcyi lists who are to com-
Y pete in ti e meet Saturday night and In
$1 the six day race in Madison Squaro
0- garden beginning next Sunday at
midnight arrived on the Touralne
Germain and Shirley. Butt and Stol
Cunlolo and Carrapeszi and the
Qeorget brothers, who are entered fo
the long grind, will do most of the! ,
srpL, WAisTt& icurr, hl
EM-Ji. GtOimLT
preliminary work on the roads and at will
the Vallsburg track. Charh-s Parent, track
who Is to meet "Hobby" Walthour in to t
a contest for the championship title cours
behind motor pace on Saturday night.
i'Ai most of his training on th«
in order to become accustomed
ie short turns on the garden
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