The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 245, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 1, 1911 Page: 1 of 8
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Sell Aythlng
Buy Everything
YOU CAN
Supply . All Wants
With Classified aU
In the 6UU Capital
The Weather
WAS
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fair Wednesday.
Much colder hy
night. Thursday
fair and colder.
GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA, FEBRUARY 1, 1911. EIP.HT PAGES
VOLUME XXII
WEDNESDAY MORNING
WEDNESDAY MORNING
BIO JUDGMENT
Federal Court Holds That Form-
er Governor Haskell Owes
Him $69,200
LIMITATION DID NOT HOLD
Appeal Will Be Taken to Higher
Courts—Counter Suit Creates
Strange Situation — An Old. f
Election Promise Is Recalled
Judge John II. Cotteral, of the United
States circuit court, handed down his
decision in the case of Loder v. Haskell
here Tuesday, holding that former Gov-
ernor C. N. Haskell must pay the old
New York judgment of $41,1100 and costs
that will raise the sum to something
over $tft,000. Haskell will appeal to the
United States circuit court of appeals
at St. Louis.
The case has been a long hard fought
one and dates back to 1900, when the
Illinois Steel company obtained a Judg-
ment against Haskell In New York.
This judgment was on papers put up by
Haskell as collateral security in one of,
his railroad building enterprises, tlwe
Lima & Northern, in Ohio. The olatm
was bought by Cornelius S. Loder, wjho
was an employe of the company.
lears passed on and the judgment
was not paid but Loder evidently kept
It alive, and when the ex-governor was
elected to his high position in Oklahoma
and became treasurer of the Democratic
national committee, Loder thought the
time was ripe to get his monejy, and
accordingly Instituted suit in the. federal
court' here.
Familiar Plea.
Haskell's first plea was the statute
of limitations, his attorneys claiming
that the judgment had never been prop-
j erly revived, but Judge Cotteral ruled
adversely to them, anu they were forced
to a trial on the merits. Cornelius S.
Loder, the plaintiff, was brought all tl>«
way from New York on process to te
tify and Judge Cotteral found against
J iaskell.
In the meantime a lust ditch tight
nas started and suit brought In the
name of Walter R. Eaton against the
Illinois Steel company in the viistrict
court of Oklahoma county. This suit
was brought by Eaton on claims assign-
ed to him by Haskell, growing out of
transactions In 1897 to 1900. According
to the petition Haskell performed cer-
tain services for the Illinois Steel com-
pany in acquiring lands in Minnesota
and Wisconsin and in assisting in the
consolidation of that company with the
Minnesota Iron company, for "which he
*>ays he was promised $51,250.
Haskell also claims that the company
contracted with him on Feb. 10, 1S97. to
furnish him 6,000 tons of 60-poajnd rails,
which, they failed to deliver, damaging
hiin to the ektent of $59,960. The two
claims aggregating $108,200 were assign
ed to Eaton, who was a Muskogee busi
ne.«s associate of Haskell, and suit was
brought, with garnishment on both Has
kell and Loder.
Sheriff Bart Murphy served a garnish-
ment notice on Loder here Monday, but
prominent attorneys claim that the sum
mons is absolutely void as Loder was
, here on process issuing out of the fed-
' eral court and therefore exempt from
service. It is also claimed that as Eaton,
who lives in the Eastern district, is a
non-resident of this district, and He
Illinois Steel company is a non-resident
of the state, that the new case, cannot
Ve transferred to the federal court, but
(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) ~
CONURESSIONAL SliMMAKY
STILL LIVING AT 134
HE REMEMBERS
WASHINGTON.
GRADYVILLR, Ky., Jan 31.—
John Morgan, a native of Ger-
many, believed to be the oldest
man in the world, has just cele-
brated his one hundred and
thirty-fourth birthday anniver-
sary.
Despite his extreme age he is
in the best of health and his
memory of over a century ago
is perfect. He was in the War
of 1812.
He te'-ls many interesting stor-
ies of Washington and other
makers of history in the early
times. In his younger days he
was a famous boxer. He says
he knocked out many soldiers
while in the army.
NUMBER 24G
G. 0, P. PARTY S3
OF PROGRESSION
Plague Sweeps Through Manchuria And
Each Day Microbe Increases From Man to Man
James E. Watson Calls Attention
to Manner In Which it Has
Advar-.ed
TAFT v ^
■\V'
EXPERIENCE
INiMIUKi Slit NIIW Blht
Said to Be In Oklahoma Look-
ing Up Record of D. C. McCur-
tain, Governor of Choctaws
Inspectors from the interior depart-
ment are in Oklahoma looking after
the political and personal record of
D. C. McCurtain, son of ex-governor
nor Green McCurtain of the Choctaw
nation, who was appointed by Presi-
dent Taft to succeed his father, but
whose appointment has not been ap-
proved by the senate.
MCurtaJn was appointed, it is said,
mostly on the recommendation of
Judge Thomas Ryan, of Muskogee,
who was formerly an official in the
Interior department at Washington.
A number of prominent Choctaws
were candidates for the honor, among
them Gilbert W. Dukes, of Talihina,
a former governor of the tribe and
candidate for litutenant governor on
the republican ticket last fall; Cap-
tain Dick Locke of Antlers, and Allen
Wright, of McAlester. All three of
these are active republicans, while it
is charged, that McCurtain has been a
democrat, was chairman of the dem-
ocratic county central committee in
1906, mentioned as a democratic can-
didate for congress and that he made
democratic speeches during that cam-
paign.
It has also been rumored that his
testimony in the McMurray bribery
eases will be thoroughly gone into
and that he was at that time in the
employ of the McMurray law firm. It
is also rumored that he has been ac-
cused of complicity with McMurray
and Cecil Lyons in the much talked of
ton per cent tribal contracts and that
his share was to have been $750,000.
StMTt WES HOME
.uute to P:esident Before
,*ansas Day Club At Banquet
Celebrating Fiftieth Anniver-
sary of Statehood in Topeka
.TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. 81.—James E.
Watson, former representative In the
United States congress from Indiana, in
a speech tonight before the Kansas Day
club, at a banquet celebrating the fif-
tieth anniversary of Kansas' statehood,
defended the record of the party as a
progressive record. "Is not our party
sufficiently progressive?" he ashed,
was," he declated, "when it passed the
Sherman anti-trust law in 1SJS9, a law
drastic as to enable the administrative
officers to destroy any obnoxious c«
hi nation of capital found within tlie
borders of our land."
"It was when it passed the Elkins
anti-rebate law."
"When it enacted the pure food law
"The national insurance laws.
"The railroad rate law.
"It was progressive when it enacted
the legislation in the last session of the
present, opngress that practically takes
the conrol of all the railroads of the
land out pf the hands of the man who
built them and the man who owns them
and placed them in tlie hands of the six
men in the city of Washington who con-
stitute the interstate commerce com-
mission.
"It was progressive when it passed
the various statutes it has enacted look-
ing to the preservation oi' our fores I
"Th? reclamation of our arid land
"The ^conservation of our wat-r power
and our mineral resources.
"In short, the Republican party has
always solved problems as problems
have confronted it.
"In l.he White house sits a man
wide experience, wide acquaintance v
men and events, splendid courage and
luminous patriotism.
I have full faith In the capacity, the
integrity and patriotism of W illiam How
ard Taft."
"MP" MPBtLL CALLED
House Works On Locating of
Panama Exposition — Senate
Passes River and Harbor Bill
WASHINGTON. D. C, Jan. 31.—
Today's session of the house of rep-
resentatives was enlivened by a de-
termined fight for recognition by New
Orleans and San Francisco, aspirants
for an exposition in celebration of the
opening of the Panama canal four
years hence. San Francisco was suc-
cessful.
Upon the conclusion of the expo-
sition fight the house took up consid-
eration of the agricultural appropria-
tion bill.
The senate passed the river and
harbors bill carrying an appropriation
of $3K,000,000.
Both houses are to be in session
tomorrow.
Recommendation of Cruce, for Senator Vandeventer Wants to
Some Reason, (Surprising) Has ! Know How Much Has Been
More Effect Than Rubens" Collected in Fees by Court
OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla . Jan. 31.-
The senate grasped Its first oppqi-
tunity to uphold Governor Cruce s mes-
sage Tuesday afternoon and over-
whelmed Senator Koddie when the Ada
solon tried to have his banking bill
reconsidered for the purpose of placing
more severe restrictions about tire de-
posit of funds by state banks in un-
guaranteed banks.
Roddle declared his proposed amend-
ment would prevent a national bank
from falling and ckrrying down the state
banks that might be under the same
mtrol.
Senator Stewart, from Antlers, quoted
A. M. Young, whom he styled the "big-
gest state hanker in Oklahoma," and
oppose^ the Roddle proposition. Young
is president of the Central Reserve bank
of Oklahoma City.
Roddle lost by n vote of 1 o to 10.
When tlie banking bill passed last
week, it failed to have the emergency
•lause attached, but this action was re-
onsidered Tuesday and the bill made
ffective immediately on pasage, by a
vote of 33 to 6.
FREE TEXT BOOK BILL
If Passed Means An Appropria-
tion of !(i60u.000
OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla., Jan. 31—
The house advanced to the third
rcadlns the Williams free text bonk
bill appropriating $500,000 for the
two years, equally divided, and the
ounty decision bill, throwing addi-
tional restrictions around the creation
of new counties, requiring a sixty per
cent vote in each county affected and
that the governor shall appoint spe-
.'lal election commissioners for each
precinct, as In county seat elections.
Jan.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla
After walling from Jan. 1J to allow
W. II, P. Campbell. Clerk of (he state
supreme court, to make a detailed re-
1 ''' senate on the Income from
Ids office Senator Vandeventer of Bar-
tlesville offered a resolution Tuesday
afternoon, giving Campbell five days to
comply with the former request.
Vandeventer wants to know the
total Of fees collected by the clerk since
statehood; the feels collected as clerk of
tile criminal court of appeals; Campbell's
Income from other official sources than
through fees, etc., the amounts ex-
pended for assistants; tlie ratas charged
litigants for service and publishing
houses for copies of decisions.
Senator Roddie volunteered the infor-
mation that Campbell was preparing the
I Information Mked for. with that undir-
|.standing, Vandeventer allowed the reso-
lution to go over, subject to call if the
report was not forthcoming soon.
Senator Gouldlng introduced a bill
appropriating 8,000 for the maintenance
Of the fire marshal's office until June
30, 1912. Senator Tillman offered a bill
creating the office of state Inspector of
weights and measures.
rebels are numerous
FOKXIciN ITCLI'lAJCr A>TD dOT-m.A.NX)jcRA
or LEGATION
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YELLOW*
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SHANGHAI
PLAGUE JNFF.CTED DISTRICT IN
MANCHURIA AND MONGOLIA
W000 WAVfS BETThK
Three physicians are dead as the
plague in China sweeps throughout
Manchuria, with hundreds of native vic-
tims. Legislation officers- are fleeing
and the epidemic Is considered the
in many generations. Nearly every
town and village within a radius of 150
miles is affected and without hospital
aid in most cases. The virulence of the
microbe increases as it passes from
to man, say experts.
Friends of Western City Smother
New Orleans After Ex-
citing Vote
MONEY IS ASKED
Oklahoma Congressmen on Final
Vote Are Divided Only Thirty
Republicans Voted for "Cres-
cent City"
1 anama canal in 1913
1 call to determine whether ti e .San
ncisro resolution or the New Oilcans
s .ii ba\e cor.sldiraton in die
se 1 'n ,l hnal vote the San Fran-
re•;i'p n v\;ig adopted by a vote
JF9 to W. ,
I"" a-r< orates of Sail Francisco ate
lainiing tonight that their fight is won
ind that tlie senate will ratify the ac-
won l:v rapturing trie
ort tame from the
thirty Republicans
oted
r la 13
MEN lIlT MSKtiU? MINI)
He Does Not Care a Rap About
His Future Election Says Secre-
tary MacVeagh in Speech
WASHINGTON. Jan. 31.—When Pres-
ident Taft's misd Is made up. he takes
ids position without regard to whether
the people or the public men will vote
him up or down—this was Secretary i
MacVeagh'g characterization of president
Taft tonight before the National F
club of Washington.
Secretary McVeagh's ''hobby'* is pres-
ident Taft and his exposition of ttie per-
sonality of-the"chief PKecullve wits till-
result of long association with him. He
illustrated President Taft's courage in
promoting legislation regardless of the
attitude of public men by citing the
pending Canadian reciprocity agreement.
"President Taft, believed he was right
and went ahead," said the secretary.
"I do not believe that the president
has ever had it in mind, in making this
reciprocity agreement, that he, the lead-
er of the tariff revision movement, had
suffered from misconception of his tar-
iff revision position. I am confident
he has not counted upon any justifica-
tion.
"He has not take himself into ac-
count at all. but anyone who did not see
before ran see now where the president
stands and where he stood And it is
easier now to say, the president better
understands tlie tariff question, and can
more advisedly lead the revision move-
ent than any other man.
Altogether it is a most interesting and
refreshing thing to see such a man In
the presidency. Where he fails to score
he is the victim of his virtues. He meets
life with cheerfulness and a frank wel-
ome to its happiness. He has the
peace which properly comes from his
■e fold courage—his physical, moral
and Intellectual4 courage. And he has
crowning gift of honor."
Brother of Madero Says 10,000
Bear Arms
WASHINGTON, Jan. *1.—Gustavo A.
Madero. brother of the revolutionist
leader in Mexico, arrived In Washington
today from San Antonio, Texas, where
lie has been in close communication with
the movements of the insurrectos.
Senor Madero said that within the last
month the army of insurance had in-
creased from 5,000 to 10,000 men. He ex-
pressed indignation at the alleged tor-
ture of prisoners by General Guererro of
the federal army.
United States to Have The Greatest War In Histon
STATE FAIR BILL CLUB
Muskogee Will Be Used Against
Oklahoma City
OKLAHOMA CITY. Olds., Jan. 31—
The two fair hills for Muskogee and
Clinton were reported by the sonnte
committee on agriculture without rec-
ommendation. Senator Gouldlng sub-
mitted a minority report to include
Enid.
The Muskogee people claim to be
able to pass the bill but It would he
probably held as a club over Ok'n-
homn City to force the nature of n
new state capital contest.
Head of Army Thinks Military
Besources of Nation Should Be
Better Organized at All Toints
OKLAHOMA FORECAST
e are going to have a liig war. It
1 omlng from the west and will be the
Attest ever known in history.
seen It Saturday night.
seen It extended from the ? out li-
test to the northwest and with it there
«lever was such a storm since tho world
began.
*'I looked up info the clouds and there
was dark ones and light ones and all
mixed up and rollln' 'round and 'round.
"Even if I hadn't seen the war the
Clouds mixed up and a sign of war.
"The lord shows me these things.
"I live three miles southeast of Guth-
rie."
Yenterdnv Benjamin Mason visited the
office of th State Capital for the first
time In months and made the foregoing
statement.
If any reliance ran be placed In the
second sight of Benjamin Mason, who
for the past ten years has been fore-
telling the coming of storms and ,ils-
aster;; and there are hundreds who be-
lieve he has seen in the future, the
United States Is presently to be engaged
|n the 'greatest war ever known In
history."
Benjamin Mason, who Is one of the
quiet talking negroes and very devout
christian, firmly believes that the lord
shows him the thing,i he foretells. He
sees litem as In a vision, he says.
With the statement quoted and Just
as quietly „s he had enterd, Benjamin
Mason walked from the office.
It is time to commence brightening up
the old gun and for the rough riders to
hunt up their mounts, while the homo
guards get busy.
FOR GUTHRIE AND VICINITY
Wednesday; probably colder Wednesday.
FOR OKLAHOMA—Wednesday, un-
settled and colder.
BAXTER S WEATHER
Forcast For Month of February
Worth Comparing
This month will enter with a cold
Wave. First to second, cold and blus-
tery. 3rd to 4th. pleasant. 5th to 6th
cloudy. 7th to 8th, rain. 9th to 10th,
pleasant. 11th to 12th, mild and
cloudy. On the 33th r storm will J Claude Orahame-White
Iflvnnpo from tVio 15^,. 1... ... i
advance front the Rockv mountains
14th to lKth, rain turning to snow,
followed by a cold wave. 16th to
l"tll, cold and nquoil.v ISth to 19th.
pleasant. On the 20th a storm will
advance fronl the Hocky mountains.
21st to 22nd, rain and snow. 23rd
to 24th, pleasant. On the 25th a
storm will advance from the Rocky
mountains. 26th to 27th. rain, turn
lng to snow. 28th, cold wave.
WASHINGTON, .Ian, 31—The neces-
slty for a better organization of the
military resources of tho country, not
only In preparation for a possible war,
but in caring for the Panama canal,
the Philipines and other island posses-
sions, was reiterated tonight by Major
General Wood, chief of staff of the Uni-
ted States army, in explaining his hobby
to the National Press club of Wash-
ington.
"We are all aware of the fact," said
General Wood, "that to maintain a po-
sition of importance and influence among
nations requires an adequate military
force and while the voice of the United
States is for international peace it al-
ways will be listened to with nure at-
tention if backed up by a good army
and navy, supported by a good ay.ste.rn
reserves.
"Wf must remember that if we should
sc sea control, well organized foiceg
n ''o landed on our coast in a very
lort time and there will be a.most n >
ne for us to enlist, train and organize
an army. We must have a rea "iiaMe
to meet the first shock of war."
General Wood said that office's >f the
army realize "that it is contrary to the
policy of our government to 1 uiintain a
large standing army." lie alvocatel,
instead, the organization of a military
reserve through the placing of train 1
officers in charge of the militia '>f the
United States.
birc men get prizes
White Receives Trophy While
Sopwith Is Handed $20,000
LONDON, Jan 31—The feature of
the dinner of the Royal Aero Club
tonight was the presentation of the
ordon Bennett aviation trophy to
Bar-
Mil FUME IIIII MJtHELl
United Mine Workers Exclude
All Members of the National
Civic Federation,
COH'MPITS, 0„ Jan. 31— By a
vote on roll call of 1,213 to 967. the
United Aline Workers of America
today adopted an amendment to the
constitution providing that members
of the National Civic Federation must
forfeit membership in the Unite Mine
Workers of America.
This amendment will force John
Mitchell, former president « f the
miners organization, either to give u.
his position with the federation or
resign from the miners' union.
Socialists were largely instrumen-
tal in aiding the supporter of Presi-
to adopt the amendment.
dent L<
Trial of Mylius Who Charged
a Morganatical Marriage Will
Plead Justification
LONDON. Jan 31. Proceedings
will be begun today before the lord
chief justice and a special grand Jury
!>\ the crown authorities against up-
ward F. Mylius, who is charged with
tlon of seditious ar'i ■!«•< nnd n d« -am
atorj statement that King George,
atically married to a daughter of an
admiral at Malta.
According to the Standard, there
is still a possibility that thq king
de Forest prize to Th P
with an English aviator.
Grahame-White's victory was scor-
ed at Belmont Park meeting last Oc-
tober. While Sf.pM, ith c il.t ured th
de Forest prize of $20,000 for the
g! e;t est total flights .j|f the \.;u in-
cluding the crossing of the English
channel on December IS. Numer-
ous other medals and trophies were
4handed to the winners.
In the witness box TI
• cnted will incl
with the Mediterranean fleet. Mun\
distinguished men associated with th«
kirn: at that time, are expected t<
NEW RIFLE RECORD
NEW YORK. Jar 31 Shoot
rlooi
In
the rnlted States, nr. W r,. Hudson,
record tnni rht In the one hundred shot
championship at 2.r> yards. On a quarter
In^h ring target, he scored 2.4S2 points
out of a possible 2.500, as aga'nst 2.18.'
made by Colonel w. A. Tewes in 1906.
I "> San Francisco.
The San Francisco resolution does not
as t< i government aid In any form. It
simply authorizes the president of tn
I nited State's to invite foreign nations
<«• participate in the fair.
An effort to amend the resolution to
include provisions for an international
naval parade from Hampton Roads,
through the Panama cairal and up the
west coast to San Francisco, was de-
feated on n parliamentary point >t order.
New Orleans Wanted Money
ie New Orleans bill called for an
appropriation of $1,000,000 for tho gov-
ernment exhibit and the creation o' a
government commission.
The proceedings In the house marking
the culmination of the exposition fight
were unlpie. The poller^, "neld tho
greatest throngs of the present session
and there was no attempt to restraiti
the applause that came from the spec-
tators as the fight progressed.
The rival claims of the two cities re-
cently were put up to the rules com-
mittee of the house. That committee
world no undertake to say which ex-
position measure should have the right
of way, hut gave a Solomon-like de-
cision that there should bo a call of the
house and each member was to rise in
his place and vote ' San Francisco" or
"New Orleans,'' instead of "aye' or
"no" as usual on roll calls.
During the taking it the ballot ex-
cltement ran high. The race between
the two cities was exactly a tie when
87 votes had been east on each side. It
remained even unt)ll the 100 mark anil
then San Francisco began to forge to the
front.
W hen the decision Jn favor of the Cali-
fornia city was announced there was a
demonstration both on the floor and in
tho galleries.
On the roll call on the motion to con-
sider the San Francisco resolution,
among those wno voted for San Fran*
elsco were-
Anthony, •"'alderhead, Madison, Miller.
Ree "er. Scott of Kansas. Creage r and
MeOulre of Oklahoma, Crow and Mor-
gan of Missouri.
For New Orleans—Campbell Kansas:
Carter, Morgan anil Ferris, Oklahoma;
Alexander, Rartholdt Rocher. Borland,
fla k, Dickinson. Klvins. QUI, Hamlin,
Tiloyd. Murphy and Shackleford, of Mis-
souri. The Arkansas and Texas con-
gressmen voted solidly for New Orleans.
IS null Itlli COLO BRICK
After A!! Why Should Kidnap-
pers Be Expected to Have Any
Real Honor in Oklahoma?
OKI,AHOMA CITY, Okla., Jan. 31—
A further evidence that the state will
have to pa v all the expense of office
rent In Oklahoma City as well as ex-
pens* s of removal is found in the
action of the senate today in directing
the 11 i fit iC buildings commit tee ti
bring in a bill looking to the protec-
tion of tic records of I he state. The
state board of public affairs feels at
the present i me hat it is not in po-
sition to take action along this
' * to put up a
rt. If the de
e might
not. hut
uck for
OPENED GRAVE—LEFT BODY
removing the eolfin occupied more
e than had h«en counted on and that
the ghouls abandoned their work be-
cause of the approach of dawn. No rea-
son for the exhumation l^-
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