The Nowata Star (Nowata, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, July 11, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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Historical Society comp
The Nowata star
volume x.
DAILY AND WEEKLY.
NC.VATA, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1913.
TWELVE PAGES
NUMBER 21.
If You Knew as Much as We Do about the quality of prescription
drugs, you would not hesitate a minute about where to take your pres-
criptions. We can fill ’em all—and fill ’em right. Phone 25—we call
for and deliver.
Council Has Busy Session
Pumping Plant Debt Is Up
GALER’S
TAe H&xaJLSi Store
THE STORE THAT SETS THE PACE
The meeting of the city council
Monday evening brought out a full
attendance of numbers and a good
attendance of citizehs who were in-
terested in various matters before the
council.
J. D. Lambright, F. W. Galer,
George Bosworth, Mac Holcomb and
several others were present to make
application to be allowed to put in
sewers at their own expense, taking
chances that the city would later con-
nect with them. Other such applica-
tions had been on file for some
months, and the city has not money
enough to undertake the sewer work
that has been asked for. So it was
decided after discussion to direct the
city officers to take the preliminary
steps toward calling a special election
for an issue of sewer bonds, probably
in the amount of $10,oou. K was
thought that this amount will cover
all the work that has been petitioned
for and that the bonds will carry if
those who have asked for sewers
stand by the issue.
Two ordinances amending the pres-
ent vagrancy and auto license ordin-
ances were read and passed. The
vagrancy ordinance was made to con-
form with the wording of the state
law and the new auto ordinance pro-
vides for an annual tax on machines.
The city attorney is now working on
an ordinance regarding the cutting of
weeds, which will be brought up soon.
Tuesday Mayor Schwabe, City At-
torney Mason and several of the ald-
ermen were in session with Judge
the meeting tonight is for the purpose
of getting together.
A special meeting of the city coun-
cil was held Tuesday evening to al-
low Judge Charles Loomis, of Kansas
City, representing the U. S. Fidelity
& Guaranty Co., to present that com-
pany’s ideas of the amount due the
company for completing the contract
of the Nelson brothers, the men who
undertook the work of building the
pumping station and who failed to
complete it.
Mr. Loomis had quite a bill of par-
ticulars to present. In the first
place the company wants $1,600 for
abandoning work on the station on
the river bank and rebuilding
higher up. As this was done at the
order of the council it seems that the
demand is justifiable
Then the company alleges that the
payments to Nelson Bros, exceeded
the terms of the contract, which pro-
vided that payment should be made
every 30 days for 75 per cent of the
value of the work and material for
those preceding 30 days. The com-
pany alleges that Nelson Bros, were
paid practically 90 per cent of the
contract price before the work was
40 per cent done.
The company also claims to be able
to show from Nelson Bros.’ books and
invoices that in some instances the
city paid for materials a second time.
Altogether the company claims to be
able to show, that the city illegally
England Welcomes President of France | Oklahoma Wheat Greatly
Damaged by Lack of Rain
; 'vwy.yrtiyy;..
Oklahoma City, July 8.—Oklaho-
ma’s wheat yield for this year will
aggregate from 15,000,000 to 18,-
000,000 bushels. This represents a
falling off of approximately 50 per
and the crop harvested docs not rep-
resent the highest grade of wheat, he
said.
Fifteen million bushels will be a
good yield, according to D. C. Kolp,
grain dealers, who estimate that at
" a, nnu cnuillHte UIUL Mb
cent from what the prospects were least 10,000,000 bushels were lost be-
for a yield the latter part of May j cause of the drouth. This also is the
when the dry weather caused the i contention of R. H. Conyers, mnna-
wheat to lose the moisture that was ‘ ger of J. Rosenbaum Grain Co., and
so necessary for the final ripening of J. J. Stinnett, manager of the Ok-
period. Last year’s total yield for lahoma Export Co. The wheat will
Oklahoma was approximately 20,000,- bring approximately 75 cents a bush-
000 hnaholo it- *........._ ..
ocooiuii wiui ™ suuvv,, in»L tne city illegally
Charles 'Erdbiiltfr fff ‘Kansas city, rep-+paid out about .$.177000 which belongs
respriLimF flip IT S TTiHolifar £, n..n. tham ___ at. _
resenting the U. S. Fidelity & Guar-
anty Co.,’trying to arrange a settle-
ment of the bill for the work in the
settling basins at the waterworks
plant. The matter will be taken up
Tuesday night at a special meeting
of the council. Unless some of the
differences can be adjusted it seems
probable that the city will be in for a
law suit, as the bonding company
has a bill much larger that the city
officials feel that we owe. However,
to them for finishing the contract.
Add to this the unpaid balance on the
contract price and it wants the sum
of $52,000 from the city.
No definite action was taken by
the council Tuesday night. It is
quite evident, however, that any such
amount as that set out by Mr. Loomis
Tuesday night will have to be collect-
ed through the courts.
The matter now goes over to the
next regular meeting of the council
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Electro Corporation, N. Y.
President Poincare of France on his arrival at Portsmouth on his
first, official visit to Great Britian was received by the Prince of Wales
as he alighted from the steamer. The Prince can be seen in the photo-
graph by the President’s side. The president and the prince were es-
corted by the Guard of Honor and various high dignitaries of state to
Victoria, from Portsmouth, by special train, where King George received
his distinguished guest, meeting hi$ at the railroad station. President
Poincare was accompanied by the Frdiith4 Minister for Foreign Affairs.
MAN LOCKED IN BOOTH
AND NEARLY SMOTHERS
Bartlesville, Okla., July 9.— L. N.
Brown, salesman in the Lederer-
Baird clothing store, had a hot weatli-
er experience yesterday that came
near proving serious. He went into
the telephone booth to answer a call
when Ed Barnett, of Dewey, in a
spirit of fun turned the bolt in the
door with a button hook. When
Brown would make his exit he found
the door locked. After teasing the
man on the inside for a time Barnett
essayed to unlock the door, but the
bolt refused to move. All the keys
in the store were tried in vain to un-
lock the door and release the impris-
oned man, but there was “nothing
doing;” the door could not be unlock-
ed. By this time Mr. Brown had
about come to the conclusion that ha-
des wasn’t very far from the place.
With the mercury above the 100
mark, that airtight booth seemed
like an inferno.
Finally the hinges were taken off,
but that door Btuck like an old-time
Republican to office and could not be
pried loose. While one of the em-
ployes was out after a hatchet to
cut a way through the top of the
booth the lock was pried off and the
door fell with a crash. Brown came
out in an almost exhausted condi-
tion. His clothing wa8 saturated and
his collar was clinging to his neck
like a dishrag. He was hot other-
wise and some of the things he said
to Barnett wouldn’t look well in print.
MAL INDICT I. W. A. LEADERS
Salem, Mass., July 9.—The troubles
growing out of the Ipswich hosiery
mill strike are to be investigated by
the Essex County grand jury which
convened here today. It is rumored
that indictments may be returned
against several officers and other
leaders of the Industrial Workers of
the World on charges of inciting the
riots early in June in which a woman
was shot and killed.
AMERICANS TO TAKE
PROMINENT PART
Paris, July 9.—The Sixth Interna
tional congress of Free and Progres-
sive Christians and other religious
Liberals, which is to have its formal
opening here' one week from today
is expected to be the most important
meeting ever held for the purpose of
bringing into closer relationship the
different denominations of the Chris
tian church. The United States and
Canada will be represented by many
delegates. Among the persons of
wide prominence who will address the
conference are Sir Henry James,
Prof. Rudolph Euken of the Univer-
sity of Jena, Sir Henry Jones of
Glasgow university, Rabbi Stephen S.
Wise of New York, Dr. David Starr
Jordan of California, and Rev. Samuel
A. Eliot of Boston.
FRISCO RAILROAD
SWINGS INTO LINE
Oklahoma City, July 8.—Local of-
ficials of the St. Louis & San Fran-
cisco railroad received notification by
wire from General Passenger Agent
Hilton Tuesday afternoon, that the
two-cent passenger fare rate would
be reinstated on Frisco lines in Ok-
lahoma at 10:01 a. m. Monday, July
14.
The Frisco did not install the rates
last Thursday when other large roads
i- in Oklahoma put the reduced fare in
effect, giving as explanation the
statement that the receivership pro-
ceedings delayed them. It is under-
stood that the Frisco will put the two-
cent rate in effect in Missouri 24
hours later than here.
LYNCH MAY GET
LABOR
POSITION
EDITORS MEET IN WINNIPEG
Winnipeg, Man., July 9.—Many
newspaper editors and publishers of
prominence are arriving in Winnipeg
for the annual meeting of the West-
ern Canada Press association. The
sessions will begin tomorrow and con-
tinue over Friday. The meeting
promises to be unusually well attend-
ed.
ROOSEVELT IS TALKING
ABOUT HIS PR1NCII*LeS
Kansas City, July 8.—Theodore
Roosevelt, accompanied by his sons,
enroute to Arizona, arrived here to-
night and ten minutes later departed
for the west. In a brief address, de-
livered from the carsteps, Colonel
Roosevelt said:
“I have been mighty busy In the
last 18 months and I am now going
to Arizona for a month’s rest. I
find myself in a dilemma, as I don’t
want to talk politics and it is diffi.
cut for me to talk at all without dis-
cussing politics. However, I will say
this much:
“The principles for which I stand
must prevail. They mean justice to
every man, woman and child, and I
must continue to fight for them.”
Albany, N. Y., July 8.—After hav-
ing been unsuccessful in three at-
tempts to have John Mitchell, lormer
president of the United Mine Work-
ers of America, made state labor com-
missioner, Governor Sulzer tonight
sent to the senate for confirmation
the appointment of James M. Lynch,
of Syracuse, president of the Interna-
tional Typographical union, for the
position.
Mr. Lynch is now completing his
seventh two-year term as president
of the Typographical union. In an-
nouncing Mr. Lynch’s appointment,
the governor after praising hi8 work
as a conciliator and arbitrator said:
“If the disputes between capital
and labor are ever to be adjusted as
they should be by mutual recognition
of the rights and interests of both
parties |to every such controversy,
then the state of New York must look
to experienced men such as Mr. Lynch
to assist in this great work.”
000 bushels.
Chinch bugs did little damage to
el to the farmers, they contend.
“It looks as though the corn yield
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the wheat, the principal damage hav- will be unusually good.” Mr. Prouty
ing been due to the drouth, according said: “Of course it will be difficult
to Charles E. Prouty, secrctary-treas- to count much qn futures because of
urer of the Oklahoma Grain Dealer’s the possible damages from a long hot
association. Prospects for a big yield season accompanied by little or no
were never brighter than a week be- more rainfall, but as conditions are
fore the time for the wheat to ripen, now, the prospects are indeed bright.”
TRIAL OF BIG OIL
SUIT IS DEFERRED.
Washington, July 8.—The trial of
the government suit at Los Angeles
for the recovery of $500,000,000 worth
of oil lands held by the Southern Pa-
cific railroad probably will be delayed
until the supreme court of the United
States has decided the suit of Edmund
Burke and others against the rail-
road.
This was indicated at the depart-
ment of justice today although a final
decision will not be reached until At-
torney General McReynolds has re-
ceived a report from Attorney Town-
send, his special assistant in charge
of the case, which is pending on de-
murrer. The Burke suit, one of the
important cases left over by the su-
preme court for probable decision in
the fall, involved, it is said, the same
issues as the government action. The
lower courts, it is pointed out, would
hardly be willing to decide the gov-
ernment’s case until the supreme
court had rendered its decision.
The government in endeavoring to
recover the lands on the ground that
the patents of the railroad company’s
grants excepted oil lands.
TREMONT JURY IS
UNABLE TO AGREE
DEMONSTRATOR SELECTED
Chickasha, Okla., July 8.—After
being out since Saturday night at
10:00 o’clock the jury in the John
Tremont case reported to the court
Tuesday evening about 0:00 o'clock,
that it was hopelessly divided and un-
able to reach a verdict as to the guilt
or innocence of the defendant. It is
said the jury stood ten for conviction
and two for acquital.
Tremont, together with Mrs. Ada
Woodward and Emma Rivers, waa
charged with having brought about
the death of Mrs, Woodward’s hus-
band, Sherman Woodward, by means
of poison administered in the form of
rat biscuits placed in sardines.
Following the arrest of Mrs. Wood-
ward, while she was attending a lodge
meeting, she made a confession of
knowledge of the alleged poisoning
and implicated Mr. Tremont and Em-
ma Rivers. According to Mrs. Wood-
ward's confession the motive for
bringing about the death of Sherman
Woodward, was an insurance policy
he carried. This policy, according to
Mrs. Woodward’s statement, was to
have been divided between the three.
Mrs. Rivers will not be tried until
next fall.
McAlester, Okla., July 8.—J. M.
White of Crowder, Okla., has been
employed as county farm demonstra-
tor for Pittsburgh county by the last
Oklahoma agricultural association,
with headquarters at McAlester. Mr.
M’REYNOLDS AFTER
TELEPHONE ’TRUST
Washington, July 8. — Attorney
General McReynolds has practically
Crowder, Okla.
BRIDGE CONTRACT LET
OLD SETTLER DIES
Chickasha, Okla., July 8.-
Grady county commissioners met in
regular session and made allowances
for several bridges throughout the
county. The principal structures
contracted for were a bridge over the
Washita near Bradley and another a tiiuuw aim six-cnnuren. runerai
over the Little Washita near Ninne- services, will be conducted by the Odd
kah. ,l - .... •>-— • • ■ • — ■ ■ ■ -•
oration, the estimates for expenses of
the fiscal year were not made at this
session, but a special meeting will be
held on next Monday to consider and
make the estimates.
BRIDGE FALLS, TWO INJURED.
Chickasha, Okla., July 8.—A bridge
in Grady county, spanning Winters
creek, fourteen miles southeast of
Chickasha, collapsed with two wagons
and teams, killing one horse, breaking
both legs of C. H. Birchard and the
right leg and right arm of Jess Cross.
The bridge fell eight feet to the bot-
tom of Winters creek. A woman and
child, riding in one of the wagons,
were uninjured. The party was en
route from Fort Worth to Minco, Ok-
la. The injured were taken to a
nearby Farm Ihouse where medical
aid was summoned.
Youth Kills 13-Year-Old
Lad for Assaulting Sister
Muskogee, Okla., July 7.—A spe-
cial to the Phoenix from Stigler, Ok-
la., says:
Sam Albright, 13 years old, two
hours earlier adjudged insane after
attempting to assault 11 year old Le-
na Scantlin, was shot and instantly
killed tonight at the railroad sta-
tion by Jennings Scantlin, 14 years
old, brother of the girl.
Barefooted and wearing knee trous.
miles from his father’s farm to the
station where Albright and his aunt
were waiting to catch a train on the
orders of the county judge. With-
out a word he walked up to Scantlin
and shot five times. The first shot
severed the juglar vein and Albright
died immediately.
Fully 200 people witnessed the
shooting. Friends spirited the youth
out of town but he was later recap-
tured. Feeling in
. arters at lucAiesier. wr, . .----- . . I'.M. ti'-anj
White is an experienced farm demon-1 f'n'sh®d his investigation of the tele
strator, having formerly been employ-1 phone muon 0n the Pacific coast and
ed by the federal government and by 800n wil1 determine whether the gov.
the Ft. Smith & Western railroad at eminent shall prosecute the Bell in-
terests on charges of attempting to
monopolize the long distance tele-
phone business or of independents in
Washington, California and other far-
western states.
C. J. Smyth, special assistant to
Mr. McReynolds hus reported the re-
sults of his extensive investigation
of the situation.
This investigation has no connec-
tion with the inquiry into the general
telephone situation by the interstate
commerce commission inaugurated at
the request of former Attorney Gen-
eral Wickersham.
I Covington, Okla., July 8.—John H.
—The t Gyer, age 45, a well known and pros-
perous farmer died at his home one
mile north of here of typhoid fever.
He was one of the early settlers in
this county coming here at the open-
ing of the Cherokee strip.” He leav-
es a widow and six. children. Funeral
Owing to the want of full prep- Fellows’ lodge at 10:00 o’clock Thurs-
Carl Hatfield returned Tuesday
evening from Kansas City, where he
had been for the past two weeks vis-
iting friends.
day morning.
JUNKET OF NAVAL COMMITTEE
Washington, D. C., July 9.— The
members of the house committee on
Naval Affairs sailed on the yatch
Mayflower today for an inspeciton of
the navy yards and stations at Nor-
folk, Philadelphia, New York, Bos- -
ton, Portsmouth, Newport, New Lon- Rockville, Md., July 9.—The mem-
don and other points. The trip will ory of Genera] Edward Braddock, who
occupy two weeks and will extend as [ commanded the English and colonial
far north as Frenchmen’s Bay, Maine.. troops in the war against the French
and Indians, was honored here today
UNVEIL MEMORIAL
TO
BRADDOCK
---------...... nous, vureo. reeling in stigler runs nigh’day even
ers, young Scantlin had trudged three against the Scantlin family. to Tulsa.
THE WEATHER. by the unveiling of a monument erect-
-- ®d by the Daughters of the American
Washington, July 8.—Fair Wednes- Revolution. The monument stands In
day, preceded by thundershowers in front of the court house and marks
east portion, not so warm; Thursday the site of Gen. Braddock’s encamp-
| ment here, in 1755, on his way to Fort
-• I Duquesne. Several congressmen and
Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Scoville and Mr. delegates representatives of the army
--------------r and Mrs. H. G. Cheney returned Tues- and navy of the United States took
Stigler runs high'day evening from a short motor trip part in the exercises that attended
the unveiling of the memorial.
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Houghtaling, B. The Nowata Star (Nowata, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, July 11, 1913, newspaper, July 11, 1913; Nowata, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1320345/m1/1/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.