The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 65, Ed. 1 Friday, July 8, 1910 Page: 1 of 6
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WATERS-PIERCE
TO PAY $75,000
SUIT BROUGHT BY AT
TORN'EY GENERAL WEST
COMPROMISED.
JUDGE HUJiON APPROVES
Stipulations Restrain Oil Com
pany From Entering Into Any
Agreement in Restraint of
'• Trade—Price of Oil Believed
to Have Bsen Fixed.
| ENID, Okla., July 7.—The famous
Quo warranto suit brought In this
J county by Attorney General West In
: the name of the state of Oklahoma
• against the Waters-Pierce Oil Co.. Is
now a matter of history. The final
chapter of the case as written at 1
o'clock todav when Judge A. II.
Huston, oi! Gutlu . approved the stip-
I ulatlon entfi ed Into by the parties
effecting a compromise of the suit,
i The stipulation, signed this after-
; noon, resulted in the termination of
the case inflicting a penalty of $75,-
000 upon the' Waters-Pierce Oil Co.
It restrains them from entering into
I any agreement or contract in restraint
r ©' trade. The stipulation also con-
tains many other points not made
public.
It is believed that this latter agree-
ment provides that a rnaximu. i .tariff
shall not bt=r exceeded by the de-
fendant company in their charges tor
oil in this .■ tate. Attorney General
West practically admitted this when
he said that die document contained
agreement relative to private business
and the welfare of the state.
The settlement of the suit pleased
botli side*. \\. x. Ledbetter, of Ok-
lahoma City, counsel for ie defend-
ant. said:
"I am :horoughly pleased with the
outcome of the suit. I think it is fair
to both sides."
J. D. Jolrason, of St. Louis, chief of
counsel for the Oil company, said
'I nin pleased to have this business
ended so rapidly. The company is
glad to get its troubles over with and
there will be no trouble in the pay-
ment of the fine."
Attorney General West said that the
outcome of the suit was a great vic-
tory for t state and will have a far-
reaching effect on corporations in the
state. He believed it woulu do Ok-
lahoma a great deal of gooi over the
country.
There was a prevalency of illness
among the high moguls of the oil
company. N. II. Pierce In sic . at St.
Louis, Arthur fierce is indisposed at
the same place and John D. Archbold
is under the weather, not well enough
to Rive testimony in the case.
PROM IbES TO BUILD REFINERY.
The flue is to be payable as follow- •
$23,000 In days, J'Jj.UUO In six
months, $25,000 In nlrje months, it wis
agreed that the defendant company'
should maintain uniform prices upon |
petroleum products In Oklahoma.
The company promises not to main - .
tRin any restraint of trade in petroleum
products In the state. The "Waters-1
Pierce company also promises to cre< t .
or acquire a refinery nt cost of not'
less than $150,000 near a suitable city I
It the oil fields.
Clark Returns From Abroad
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ilK. W1U.1AW A.. UI6 CAUGHT
NEW YORK, July 7.—On his arrival
in Ne York on board the Teutonic,
William A. C\irk. one time senator
from Montana, said that reporter from
Washington that he pianneu to
enter a contest fo the senate against
Thorm..; TI. Carter, of Montana, were
without foundation.
With Mr. Clark were Mrs. Clark and
their wc children, Andree, 7-years-old.
and llugetti 4 years-old. Neither of
the children' speaks English Hugette
has never b<->ftro been in this country.
Mr. Clark will take his family to
and
home
Butte, Mont., for the summer
expectr to open .iext fall Ikis hev
In 1 'ifth avenue, this city.
Regarding copper conditions Mr.
Clark said that the market was slow.
While consumption of metal la large,
production is even greater, and this
tends t keep prices down. He fa id
that business conditions on the other
side have been affected by King Ed-
ward's death,,but that they were fair.
Mr. ClarkVrraid that President Taft
undoubtedly had accomplished a great
deal thus far in his administration.
110 MEN Mil 11. GUIS WISES
ON GUTHRIE INFORMATION
Guy Ivy, Wanted at Fort Smith
for Alleged Complicity in Mur-
der There, Captured at Wister
.Junction — An Alleged Em-
bezzler Also Taken.
Acting on a telegram fro.n the po-
lice of Fort Smith, received on Juno
27. Night Chifcf Kyle went to the
Methodist hosp!tal, in this city, to ar-
rest Guy Ivy, wanted nt Fort Smith
for murder and supposed to be in the
hospital. Kyle was told that no such
man was at the hospital. The tele-
gram asked for a reply at once, and
when he failed to answer that the
man was In custody, the Fort Smith
authorities telegraphed him the full
particulars. They had been inform-
ed that Ivy wns knocked off a Ft.
Smith and Western freight train, while
escaping from the city, and badly in-
jured, and that he was brought l^re
and placed in the hospital. Kyle went
to the railroad authorities and doc-
tors and learned that no accident had
happened.
Knowing some of F. S. & W. trn&i
employes, Kyle asked them ' Inquire
along tilt line and see If there had
been any accidents. Com ictor Smith
on July b, while making his run to
Fort Smith, talked with the agent at
W ister Junction and found that a man
had been hurt there who answered
the drp ription of Ivy. but on the
evening Smith communicated with
Frisco. Arrivi g in Fort Smith that
the police and they immediately went
to Wister and arrested Ivy who was
( nly, disabled and not seriously hurt.
While returning to Fort Smitl the of-
ficer saw P' te .Tones, wanted there,
and leaving Ivy in the hands o
train crew, Jump < off and arrested
him.
BROKERS' OFFICES SUFFER
Telegraph Company Withd; ;.ws
Service From Ten Cities in Nsw
York and Pennsylvania With-
out Warning—Not Instigated
by the U. S
NEW YORK, July 7.—Without ex-
planation and without warning, the
Western Union Telegraph company
discontinued its service today to
brokers in ten cities of this stat and
Pennsylvania. The cities affected are:
Pittsburg and Johnstown, Pennsylva-
nia; Syracuse, Ithaca. Rome, Utica,
Gloversville, Auburn, Watertown and
Cortland, of this state.
Company oftlcials took the stand to-
day under advice of counsel they
could not discus.
cy. Officers of
exchange denied that the cut ii ser-
vice was >n #any way instigated by
them or that they had anv Ur.owlejge
of .t. Officers of the Consolidated
Stock exchange, ti: • "little board,"
could not be found tonight. There
were many subterranean rumors that
the cortwmjr wa actios on too ad-
company's poli-
one
\\;
supposed to be
general's pffice.
Hitherto tin-
ways taken th
carrier, it had
close to the attorne
Western Union he
Ivy was wanted
the murder of a i
by breaking his nei
ing his body in the rlv«
turned the trick and Ivy
ond one c a tight. Pet
or campliclty
n in r'ort Smith
nnd then throv
CON
nsLriD or;
.Tone
PAGE 3.
50,000 Garment Makers Out
For Shorter Hours, More Pay
NEW YORK, July 7.—K*ifty thousand [is purely
garment and cloak makers.
F.000 'are women, walked out tins after-
noon at the call of the International
1 .a dies Garment Workers union, whlcn
demands an eight hour day, an lnere;is
It wapes and a guarantPe that contr-ct-
crs shall stand behind sun-con tractor*
for wage payments. The Hl: 4 thus far
I- * *
tonight the)
tempted to sub-
cltlrs the union
united. '1
ny of the
approximately half an
WEATHER FORECAST.
WASHINGTON*, Jtwly
Forecas for Oklahoma: Gener-
ally air Frida; and Saturday.
npai.ietlc appeal.
A circular issued b
part
"Avoid guments
I cusslon with no one <ji
for Interested parties t
I anees which tnay lead t
Ir w and to arrests.
nd
into dls-
ouporlutu:
make dtsturb-
a breach of the
' w the world
you kno
both
r duties and
4* + ^ £ "fr * i ♦ "i" ♦ rights and are law abiding citizens.
ON ITS OWN INITIATIVE.
WASHINGTON, July 7.--It as
i own initiath- . not on ord'rs fr
e department of justie • here, t
estorn U11
aph
pany had discontinued its
a number of stock brokers of;
This wns the declaration ma
night by an ofilcer of the depa
of justice who played a pro]
part in th.- re. . nt raid:, made
called "bucket shi
Argument Won a Husband
5
4 /Ull
JOHNSON C P. BETS OLD
MAMMY WITH TSAR.
FUt SMBKACS
ROOSEVELT PROMISES TO
AID SENATOR WITH
ONE SPEECH
riCKINC WAY
RETURNS WITH THE ?AC0N
Enters Home a Gladiatorial Hero,
Leaves It a Smiling Joy Rider .
Takes Out Pacer p.nd Has Jolly
Time Talks Vaudeville and
European Trip. , ,
CHICAGO, July 7.—Jack Johnson,
champion prize fighter of all cham-
pions. Is onoc more at home with his
mammy—and his autoinobi'e.
In Rome, a returning victor was let
into his native city with his spoils
through a breach in the wall, and
adoring compatriots rent the air with
acclaim. Tbdav John Arthur • John-
son, best of modem gladiators with
the modern cestus, came into the city
with his following through a solid
wall people and ethical Chicago
lined miles of sidewalks with solid
ranks to catch a glimpse of the man
no one has been found who could whip
It was so much after his own
heart—this coming into his own—
that the champion announced all
tentative plans for the future were
off.
"Sam Langford?" k
make me laugh. I am not running
around now looking for fights Let
Langford put up his $20,000 first, then
he can talkj Just now I am going to
rest. I am going to Now York Sun-
day afternoon to begin a thirty
weeks vaudeville tour—at least I have
at my disposal. If it
a gfjod thing, I may accept
July 7.—W'thln three
.• had arrived in New
the Teutonic, Miss
Robertson, the Eng-
NEW YoRK,
hours after sli
York, on board
Beatrice l-'orbe
lish actress and juffragist. who was
a member of the New Th aire com-
pany last reason, had become the
bride of Mr. Swinburne Hale, Harvard
graduate and lawyer, of this city. They
arr.li,
itV T;t 1
fc'came acquaint
intr a suffragist meeting irt Tammany
Hall, where the actress delivered an
address ti an audience of which Mr.
Hale was a member. Her powers of
argument and oratory impressed the
young lawyer. Subsequently they
met an their engagement was an-
nounced at the end of "the season.
in N. E. A:
Make Mrs. Young President
Zachariah Xenophon Snyder, Choice of Nominating Committee. De
fe?ted« by Vote of 617 to 376—F, O Hayes of Oklahoma Elect-
ed a Vice President—Meet at Frisco in 1911.
BOSTON, Ji
y by pushing Mr
perintendent of t
ncago, through a
president of the
-Women teac
Jge of politics
l-.lla iflagg It
that.
ffc
go
nit?.
tell
though I'd h.T
Thousands Greet Champion. *
Five thousand members of his rac
nd a big sprinkling of &hito persons
:ade the living wall nt the Chicago
'Ml Northwestern railway station
•hen Johnson |rrivod at 2 p. m. Police
ere swept away like ehaff when the
nmense fighter, looming above the
rowd and %\vith a grim look, fought
CONTINUED ON PAGu
achools of c
tion of the
ait of the
a ado, who
aid ,
mi UttL ffiliilLTij
"The
eaffir
National lv
is its unalt< .
an division of t
amonr private or
belle es that ap
federal or state I
/ate
Boy Cause of Controversy
ent.
by the
GETS OUT AN INJUNCTION.
BALTIMORE. July 7.-A prelimi-
nary Injunction wns grnntnl today In
til.! circuit court restraining the Wrst-
• rn t'nlon Tclcfrrnph company from
illscontln .Inn service to the e. ne,--
'"r<i company, stockbrokers. Th I ill
of campiaint states that the telegraph
company atrreed to furnish the Her-
ompi
its
ervi
the
elpts filed with the bill shows that
Ilerford company paid J7.52G for
service this month.
rhe dlrec
has prospered."
"ided unanimously to
cntlon hi San Fran-
coir ti on closes to-
CAUTIOUSLY!
Sagamore Hill Fairly Swarmal
With Politicians, Resembling an I
Insurgent Rally New Hamp-I
shire Men See Colonel—Sen-1
ator Carter a Caller *
WESTERN ASSOCIATION.
Ki rs.
Joplin
Bartle
WESTERN LEAGUE.
coin lii; Sioux City 8.
• ha 21: xDes Moines 2.
LEAGUE.
liladelphla (
York 4
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
lington 4; Philadelphia 1
m 13; New York .4
AMERICAN
ASSOCIATION.
4; Minneapolis i
BOYS NOT GUILTY
OT8TBR BAT. N. V., July 7^—X.1-1
bert .1. Beverldge. United spates sen"!
ator from Indiana, and one of tho most |
prominent and con*|Ft< nt of tho "pro-
gTMtil R| publicans, caino down I
from Sagamore inn this afternoon!
\\ith a promise from Theodora Roose-
vel,t t. deliver a campaign speech in I
his fight for re-alection to the senate. I
Mr. Bit rldgi departed content and I
smiling, Ian he left it for the coionel'l
•'1 make the t npounoament <>f tho pro- I
!"•«.(! campaign speech in the sena-j
tor's behalf. And this is what Mr.
Roosevelt said:
"Mr. Foul! ? and Mr Swift came lei
i in! last night and apent fun
night here. They came to ren est me I
■ ' Indiana and ppeak in behalf I
ol Senator Beveridge. I promised them |
that I would."
I Ie added ti. it hi h la rre^d today I
t-i make only one speech for the sen- [
ator. and as far as la now known, he
-•ill make only one. The time and I
place for this speech have not been |
fixed.
Soy Action Is Significant.
Those \ have foil >u • -! tho pollt- I
ical conferences ;it Oyster Bay since
Theodore Roosevelt's return share the
belief tv::>t he has i" "ti feeling his v«y
catftloualy in i;is attitude toward the |
administration and the insurgents, !
today's incidents are considered the I
mftst important yet developed. Sena-I
tor B< verlage making bis fight for |
re-election as an insurgent. TTe
opposed by John W. Kern, who ran |
with T ryan in the last campaign.
In hfft fight the senator Is plaeing I
himee)f squarely against President
o far as tariff law figures. |
The law which the president has de-
fended
Evening Paper
Marriage
Gets Mixed
D-enied
tariff measuri' ever
nnru-ed without equivocation by |
nntor: nnd the same republican
•r.n' -ntion which endorsed Bev-
for another term virtually re-
«1 tho law. In the senate Tlev-
fought the bill to the last and
oted analnst It.
Supported Taft Nieaiure.
point 1 out. however, with this
on. President Taft and the sen-
>rn Indiana ! -.-e been puPing
r :■« i'nr ns administration ro'l-
re eni.rerned. There has been
Q*
>, i>:urr ss tho
iska govern-
the senator
in^nri;ent
i.1
Tafl's
ldmin -
> :-« ion
Swarms of Politicians.
CONTINUED ON PAGE 3-
'V I
itice
Ir Irl
ieiu
TO COMPETE FOR $25,000 PURSE.
new
H. Curtii
their rep
RK, July 7.— Roth Glenn
and Charles Hamilton, or
representatives, will compete fn
eroplane race from Chicago to
York for the 525.000 purse of-
fered bv the New York Times and
: • Evening Post. The Tlmea
made announcement of this today.
Clifford H. Harmon is considering en-
tering the race.
NKW YORK. July 7.—In tlie contro-
versy for the possession of Dean Mc-
Iaiughlin. the 8-year-old son of a
Brooklyn reul estate broker, who on
Monday was taken from the summer
home of his father, near Albany, b. his
mother. Mrs. Her-y P. Holt, mother
i battling /Pli nn a foction Tor
the child in the heart of. hie step-
mother.
The
lot Ik
Mrs. T^e
ii McLaughlin*wl
the real estate
en divorced I y tin
clared that sho
•p which may
ra Jack
tho wif
man after he ha
e boy'i lother. ha
111 neglect no lege
h<
djB
aid in restoring the
boy to her care.
Hefo.e leaving the city the step-
mother purchased scores of toys and
other articles which she believewould
delight t'.i> hcartt uf the o
Hi
will be made it
and
cry.
Kin, ti.
tnat the
tg at hea
epartinent of lakes on
ig will drop to half
emaln during the fune
lajor General Predoric
of tilt
e tederal build
mat and there
I. By order ot
Dent Qrant.
F
Todav
o t'ampbell Wai-
in.is, and Suaiuei
of Chief Justice
Aubry, Melville
jart s. aneparcu
he entire federal and state Judiciary
i ook county, delegations troin siato
city bar associations and scores ot
Tiinent lawyers have arranged to at-
tend the funeral services at Rt. James.
( , ort of ti• io r lias been selected ro
t the train bearing Chief Justice Put-
i body at tho La fcaile struct sta-
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