The Nowata Star (Nowata, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, June 14, 1912 Page: 1 of 12
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The Nowata Star
VOLUME VITl.
DAILY AND WEEKLY.
NOWATA. OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY. JUNE 14. :912.
ALL HOME-PRINT.
NUMBER 25.
$2,000 fOR ROADS TWISTED THE FACTS j AWAIT DECISION TAFl OR TEDDY j BRICK COMPANY SUED HARKINS JJENIED BAIL
County Commissioners Make Impor-' Advertiser Attempts to Create False Jeffries Hearing for Bail in Okla-
tant Appropriation —Ask the
Citizens to Help.
Impression — Humphrey and
,THudson Make Statement.
homa City Is Not Yet
Decided.
The county commissioners made a The following correction of an ar-1
Chicago, June 10.— The national
committee resumed today the con-
sideration of a large number of eon-
Seems Brick Co. Did Not Pay Up on Judge Furman, of Criminal Court of
Note It Gave, so Poilard Wants
to Foreclose a Mortgage.
Thursday morning the attorneys
S2.0U0 appropriation for improving tide in Friday's Advertiser is print- for the defense amt the prosecution,
the county's roads at this week’s td for the purpose of giving the pub-. together with Jeffries and Deputy
meeting. This sum is to be divided lie the truth concerning the Jeffries Price Jones, returned to Nowata,
among the three districts where it! trouble. It is written by Attorneys after presenting a petition for bail i tested places on the temporary roll
will do the most good. To make this I Humphrey and Tillotson, who were before the criminal court of appeals, of the national convention which is
monev most effective the commis- i the lawyers for the state at Oklahoma at Oklahoma City. No decision has to convene in the Coliseum at noon
sioners have asked the different'City before the criminal court of ap- been made by Justice Furman, but]on Tuesday of next week. Upon tne
cities and commercial clubs to enter peals: the general consensus of opinion is results of its deliberations depends
into a grand movement to fix all the We notice an article in the Daily that the justice will not allow hail. to a great extent the control the
roads of the county at one time. For Advertiser of the 7lh of June, 1912,1 Some of the most brilliant argu- j conventron and therefore ‘he nom-
instance, the commissioners are plan- about the Jeffries ease, entitled mentative work ever given before,,nations whtch " vice nresi
ning to let contracts for the rebuild-1 “State Made to Show Its Hand.' In the higher court is credited to the (offices pf president and vice piesi-
ingt*f Everyman’s Road from the hiU 'part it reads as follows: Nowata lawyers. |dent of the United States, to say
wt west of the Verdigris river east! "Following the order Thursday of Thraves, Humphrey and Tillotson nothing of the lesser matters of the
to the township line, if the Greater j Justice Furman of the criminal court for the prosecution, were highly com-, organization of
Nowata Club and city will guarantee j of appeals, for the state to turn over plimented bythe state Mftcers ^for |the text of the platfoim
to improve the road from the city ! to the defense all the evidence it
Jti the hill. The idea of this co- j pected to use against H. 0. Jeffries, sented their evidence.
Imperative movement is to have the I charged with the murder of Irene No decision can be expected “n '
. «uunty take care of the hardest work ] Goheen, the state complied with the the first of next week, and peihaps
and ask the citizens to volunteer order." not anil the end of the week.
She labor or money to handle the We wish to inform the Advertiser]
easiest end of the building. The road that regarding the above statement PARTY F'OR BARTLESVILLE G1R1.
■feast of the city ii in the worst Mon- j it has been misinformed; that no such j - I
.ijition from the river east to the | order was made, and whoever in-1 A party in honor of Miss Mary
•■county line and the commissioners] formed the Advertiser knew that no Settle, of Bartlesville, was given on
■propose to take care of that part! such order was made. i Thursday evening at the home of
,0jjj I In order that the public may know | Grace and Shader Arnold. There
A similar proposition will he made ] the facts, we make the following were about "5 young people present,
to Delaware on the road running: statement: 'Games were played and refreshments
east from that eity. I “After the court had fined Jeffries’ j served and everybody enjoyed them-1 figuring
The idea is a gem and shrouli re-1 attorney and the deputy sheriff for selves very much. Mary Settle for-
ceive the enthusiastic support of. being 45 minutes late, Mr. Watson, j merly lived in Nowata and has many
every citizen. Several of the oil ■ the assistant attorney general, huv- friends with whom she has bean vis-
romnanies that have to haul over! fng charge of the criminal business in | jting the pnsd 'two weeks. _
Everyman's Rond have already sig-j the attorney general's office, ad-1-
nified thier intention to aid both dressed the court and asked leave to j
file our additional affidavits and
Appeals, Compares Him to
Richeson.
Oklahoma City, June 8.—Compar-
ing the prisoner at bar with Beatty
and Richeson, the recent victims of
the electric chair, Presiding Judge
Henry M. Furman, of the criminal
court of appeuls, Staurday afternoon
National Republican Committee to
Make Important Decisions
on Delegates.
John B. Pollard, through his at-
trneys, Glass & Weaver, has entered
suit in the district court against the i
Nowata, Okla., Star Brick and Tile
Co. for the foreclosure of a mortgage i
on lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 17, 18, 1!) and 20
in Humphrey's Heights, an addition1 denied bail to C. L. Harkins, the
to the city of Nowata. i Nowata county veterinary surgeon
According to the petition, it would and farmer charged with poisoning
seem that the company gave a and setting fire to the bodies of his
mortgage to Mr. Pollard, presumably | fiancee, Miss Elsie Adams, and Mr.
as a stockholder, on these lots forj and Mrs. Harvey Hurst, with whom
the payment of a promissory note of I the girl lived at Delaware.
$924, dated Nov. 1, 1907, with in-1 The Hursts and the Adams girl
..... terest at the rate of ten per cent from were found dead in the ruins of the
convention and] Nov 1, 1908. The notes were signed j Hurst home, which burned down on
night of F’eb. 3. A postmortem
will guarantee of appeals, for the state to turn over plimented by the state officers for [the text of the platlorm. j by John Earl ns president and A. Jj‘he the Adams
~ — ■" ^ sion^of'the Z^"— ^ _ “‘‘in * Ztate condition at
the contests is apparent to anyone , FIRE COMPANY IN LONG RUN. | the time of her death and Judge Fur-
studyrng the list of delegates. Such j -
study incidentally discloses the great The fire department made a run
weight which may attach to the 20
delegates from Wisconsin and North
Dakota instructed for La Follette
and ten from Iowa instructed for
Cummins.
There is no reesneiling the confliet-
of over a mile Wednesday evening
at 5:40 on a call to the Mitchell home
at 637 North Elm. The ceiling of
the house had caught fire from the
stove pipe. The house was not near
a water plug, so the firemen hud to
They
overcame the fire,
man deduced from the evidence that
the presumption was that Harkins
had given her cyanide of potassium,
poured oil over the body and applied
a match.
“Illicit love caused both Beatty and
Richeson to go to the electric chair,”
Judge Furman declared, “and the
evidence indicates thut the Harkins
ing diaims of the Taft and Hoose-]fight the blaze with chemicals.. , . Harkins
•A " "»*«„•>» ■•»■'*■“"
ive strength of their followers; each caused but little damage.
into his tables delegations
emphatically claimed by the oilier on
the strength of convention indorse-
ments, alleged pledges and other more
or lest substantial grounds. _
PICNIC AT SWINGING
financially and by volunteer laH<ov.
A meeting of the Board of G«rvern-
ors of the Greater Nowata Glut) has
been called for next Tuesday night,
when the commissioners will in- given
a definite answer as to tht C.lub’s
support.
PEACE BOND.
At the instance of a man warned
Braden, Jap Rice was Monday put
under a peace bond of $200 by Judge
Seed. It seems as though Bladen
was boarding at a place where Rice
rfks his washing done, and Rice came
in late one nigto to' J hi> dican
clothes. Rice got / with Bra-
den, and so it seems, threatened
him if he djd not stay away from
the lady. Rice was arrested and
brought before Frank Hill’s court,
but Mr. Hill was 'out of town. A :
•change was made to Judge Seed Is |
•court and he put Rice under the
bond and set a date for his trial be-
fore Judge Hill.
our
asked the court for an order requir-1
in*? the defendant to file any. addi-!
tional affidavits they mitfht have, j
The court made the order, and Mr.;
Van Leuven, defendant’s attorney,!
said they would file the same, which ;
he did, and the attorney general’s j
office made copies of the defendant’s j
affidavits for the state.
“The above order was requested by j
the state and the defendant had noth- \
ing whatever to do with it.”
W. 1). HUMPHREY.
J. A. TILLOTSON.
The above statement was submit- j
ted to the Advertiser, but it refused j
to make the correction.
H Gentleman
ROOSEVELT GEES ONE
Taft Machine (Jets Kind-Hearted and
Lives Teddy One Lone
Delegate.
A man that's ch*an inside and <nit; who
neither looks np to the rich nor down to the
(poor; who can lose without squenling and
who can win without bragging: who is enn-
■siderate ol' women, children and old iieople;
■who is too brave to lie, too generous to cheat,
•and who title-** his slum? of the world and lets
.other people have theirs.
— Bessemer Monthly.
• or, he was no more worthy to be on©
HKIIIG.F than C. V. T. Richeson to be a
_ ] preacher,” said the court. “The il-
. . . , - ... , . relation existing between Rich-
guests of Frank Hancocks was held P trulti Elsie Adams to
at the Swinging Brdge Sunday after P sajd the Furman opinion.
noon. The members of the party’
were: " "
Nan Isjwery, Irma Holbert, Jess1
Allison, Fannie Sudderth, Josephine ]
Wilkins, Leondino Wyckoff, Etiza-
NOW UP TO TAFT.
of Commerce Court Awaits
President’s Decision — Houses *
Want It Abolished. .
| M I.ninw, ’ ’ Pate
1 both Faulkner, Lloyd Sturgeon, Earl
Sebring, Clias. Walterschied, E. G. I
Witter, Win. Scott, Davis Barnes and l
Ait Henson. --
| Washington, June 11. — Only the
j Owing to various causes, the prin- , si(,nature 0f President Tuft is now
j cipal one of which is that mar,y °f required to abniish the commerce,
i the business men interested arc out ] court of the unjt,.d States. The
Of town, the meeting of the Radium I leKisiatinE „ut of existence of that
Doth House boosters for 1 hursday tribunal, created only two years ago,
.night was called off. No other date I u|ld wb i c h the supreme count of the
has been set.
WITHDRAWS JEFFRIES
President Taft, on Request of Ken-
tucky Senator. HoldN Up His
Poslmastership.
SUSTAINED DEMURRER, •
ADMITTED AMENDMENTS.
burned the demurrer in the
fctrod ease, presented by Attorney D
S. 'Benton, of Muskogee, but allowed
W. ID. Humphrey, fur the prosecu-
tion to amend his petition.
WILL ST ART AT ONCE
Work of Finishing Waterworks Ex-
tension to Start Immediately—
Standing Co* Man flere.
Chicago, June 11.—One delegate
] for Colonel Roosevelt, the first that
| has been awarded him since the na-
_ .tional committee began the hearing
„ , _ „ * i#- i of contest cases last Friady, and 17.
J-U-Zthe demurrer in Adair- ZLZ the Sl££\
i national committee.
in all 101 delegates have been ac-
corded to President Taft since the
committee opened its hearings. The
.one placed in the Roosevelt column
today was D. C. Edwards, from the
eleventh district of Kentucky. The
Taft -forces on the committee re
fused, by a vote of 33 to 19, to seat
both of the Roosevelt delegates
who*? seats were contested, but
agreed to a split, which gave Colonel
Roosevelt and President Taft each one
delegate from the district.
The nomination ot H. O. Jeffries
jas postmaster was withdrawn from
.the senate Tuesday by President Taft j ^he'rThe “addressed"'the“CommercUl
United States recently declared had
exceeded its powers, finally and defi-
nitely was decided upon today when
the senute, by a vote of 36 to 23,
defeated an amendment to make pro-
vision for maintaining the court in
the legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill.
---- 1
Senator Gid Graham was in town
recently on his way to Delaware,
at the request of Senator Bradley, of ^
INTERESTING STATEMENTjSSrVl’Zl.riSS
--- it was stated that the name be vvith-
Valuation of Personal Property
Nowata County Shows Cp Well
—Condensed Statement.
1,1 held only pending another investiga-
! tion of Jeffries’ record and the out-
The senator has been ac-
tively engaged in the interest of No-
wata recently, having aided Miss Ma-
son in securing the Northeastern
Teachers’ Association convention for
of the Goheen trial. The post-ithis comirK fal1'
The half victory for Colonel Roose-
velt came at the end of a day in
which ah the other much-discussed
Mr. Thompson, representative of
the United States Fidelity .4- Guar-
anty C<o- .is in town now and has
announced that his company will
start immediately on finishing the contests from Kentucky had .been de- Unystery that the sheriff says he can-] Cattle
work on tine waterworks extension. cided in President Taft’s favor. In j not, at present, solve. It seems to Stocks of merchandise
This is the work that was left un- some of these the Roosevelt men had j be the idea among some people that Capitalization state bank
finished by .the Nelson Bros. Con-j acquiesced; in others they mustered there is an underground connection . Capitalization national bunks
W’truction Co. The work has been idle |a vote of 11 to 17 against the Taft j somewhere, though they do not seem | Personal property other
since Feb. 16, .and the city council j decisions. to find all the links. The joints; corporations ............
has had some trouble in making ar-1 Senator Borali,, the most active nailed up Tuesday, according to the Personal property oil and
rangements with the bonding com- ] Roosevelt adherent in the committee sheriff, were all empty, and why they | gas mining companies....
pany to take it up and finish it. ] protested against splitting the elev- j were opened, he says he does not |
However, a short time ago all the Lenth district delegation. l know. There was nothing in the]
arrangements were perfected and the] “If one is given, both should he,” he buildings. Those nailed up are the Minor items ol personal
extension work will lie finished in j declared. John G. Capers, Senator j buildings of Cap Kivett, Billy Cox,] property ...........
spite of all the trouble over.it. ; Borah and Francis J. Heney led an]-fink Hill, Hill Bros., and the Elev-]
USED SOME NAILS
Five Places at South Coffoyville
Nailed Shut Tuesday—Injunc-
.tions Were Violated.
- John W. McCracken,, county as-
Permanent'injunctions and padlocks sessor, has issued a statement of the
seem not to have much effect on the personal property valuation for this
South C.offeyville booze contingent, county. A careful reading of it does
Some time ago Judge Brown ordered j not tend to show thut the citizens of
injunctions on some places there, and j the county are experiencing what.be made,
the places were padlocked. Tuesday, wtiuld look like very hard times. In]
through some mysterious source, the ! fact, it would seem to show that the
information came that these places 1 people of the county, as a whole, are i - j 1 —
were open. John Reiner, Judge in very fair circumstances, and very M. P. Tippin, of Delaware, an- Hunk Bought Note, Which Has Never
Brown, W. A. Davis and Sheriff Gil- little apprehension can be felt as 1“ r. on need himself Wednesday for the I Been Paid, so Wish Judgment
lespey went 'to South-town in Mr. I the probable future condition of office of county sheriff on the Repub-1 tortile Amount.
Davis’ automobile, and nailed the i things. The statement follows: ] lican ticket. Tippin came to Okla- ] ---
places up again. ‘Horses ................... $484,080! homa from Kansas before statehood
How the places became open is a, Mules .................... 143,360 j and engaged in the oil fields for
397,650 , about three years. For the past 18
office committee has already made a!
minor investigation of Jeffries’ rec-1 Dr. and Mrs Collins, who were re-
ord and on the strength of the first ] cenfy married in Eureka Ran re-
information it was deemed wise to ! tu™etl to Nowata Saturday Mrs.
withhold the Nowata editor’s name ] °"'ns "’t*s Miss Minnie Graffiti bc-
until a more thorough research could j f°le her marriage.
DELAWARE MAX FOR SHERIFF
SUIT ON NOTE
Glass & Weaver, for the Commer-
cial National Bank, have filed suit in
the district court against Mr. and
243,468! months, however, he has been in the; Mrs. Joe Milliken on two notes of
46,148' general merchandise business
218,087; Delaware in the firm of Tippin
Myers.
131,747 ;
POLITICAL PICNIC.
There will be several improvements I effort to seat both Roosyvelt men,! enth Hour. There are still two hu'ld- Total personal property
over the old plans for the work, chief i but they could muster only 19 votes,
among which is the removal of the]The split delegation was then unan-
boiler house to higher ground from jimously seated.
■where it was originally planned to
have. it. It will be remembered a OUT FOR REPRESENTATIVE,
short time ago, when the river was
booming, it caved in a couple of the K. J. Raymond, better known as
unfinished walls. The new boiler “Judge,” announces his candidacy in
house will he away back from the; this issue for the office of repre-
river, where it cannot be damaged! sentative to the state legislature,
high water, unless the whole
by
plant is flooded.
The first work the bunting company
will start on will be the pipeline.
The basins are to be completed and
the boiler house is to bo built. It is
certain that the work will be fin-
ished in record time.
Raymond is a Republican. He is
associated in the practice of law in
the firm of Johnson & Raymond. He
is a young man, but has had consid-
erable experience. He has practiced
in Nowata for five years. He is a
graduate from the University of
Wisconsin law school.
. 832,348 • -:--
] This coming Saturday a picnic will
$2,7)08,888 fog held on the Haley farm, near the
Fairview school house in the south-
908,646 west corner of the county, at which
— all the candidates for public office
jare invited to make speeches. Many
$3,417,534 0f the ambitious ones are going to
take advantage of the opportunity
and the picnickers are sure to hear
some “spouting.”
$300 each. The notes were given by
the defendants to the suit to O. W.
Dickerson and sold by him, before
maturity, to the bank. They were
dated April 8, 1911, due in 18 months,
at eight per cent interest. The bank
asks judgment for the amount of the
notes.
ings in South Coffeyville unlocked, j values
One of them has an injunction on it, Less exemptions........... 207,720
but was passed up this trip. It is j
the one known as the Cozy Corner, Total taxable personal
and belongs to Woodland. The other, ] property ...............$3,209,814
belonging to F. U. Tatman, has never j This statement is just the per-1 Out of the 22 warrants that were,
had an injunction on it. Boli Hicks’ sonal property alone. There is no | js.4ued for those who, upon notice, j
place was locked up some time ago. real estate included. The capitaliza- fajied to pay their poll tax, there]
According to the sheriff, South ] tion of the banks of the county shows ] have boen but seven cases tried so!
Coffoyville is now the driest it has Up well, and it would look that, in
ever been, spite of the recent dry years and so-
---- i called hard times, Nowata county
Miss Addie Dodge, sister of W. N.! people have been forging ahead and
and John Dodge, came in this week 1 accumulating a little from time to
from Arkansas, where she has been time.
visiting. She will visit her brothers]--
for a few days before going to her, vv. L. Moore left Monday night for
home in Gardner, Kan. Vinita and other points.
far. All of them were fined and.
the fines paid, but three. These were
given a “stand-off” of 15 days by I
the judge.
Master “Billie” Patten, of Inde-
pendence, visited “Don” Sawyer, son
of W. G. Sawyer, for a few days this
week.
All Candidates
FOli ITHLiC OFFICE
MUST HAVE
THEM NAMES
(HYifiall.v Filed by
JULY 5th
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