The Nowata Star (Nowata, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, August 2, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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The Nowata Star
VOLUME VIII.
DAILY AND WEEKLY.
NOW AT ' OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2. 1912.
ALL HOME-PRINT.
ALL-STARS NEXT SUNDAY
Bartlesville Team, Which Beat Nowa-
ta 2 to 1 Short Time Ago, Coming
Next Sunday—Snappy Game.
KILLED CASTLE MAN FOR
HIS INSURANCE POLICY.
JEALOUSY THE CAUSE HE WANTS HIS MONEY
Two weeks ago this coming Sunday
the All-Stars, a semi-professional
baseball team, making their head-
quarters at Bartlesville, came over
here and beat the local team 2 to 1.
It was accidental, but a victory, at
that. An overthrow on the part of
one of the Nowata boys caused the
defeat of the local team.
Now these All-Stars want a return
game, and they will get it. They
seem to think that Nowata is worth
playing with, and, bolstered up by
their defeat of the local toam last
time they played, think they can do
it again.
The Bartlesville boys will come
over in automobiles, arriving here in
the forenoon. The game will be called
f at the local grounds at the usual
time, and one of the fastest games
of the season is promised. The two
teams are about evenly matched.
Manager Daley wishes to announce
that owing to the repair work on the
grandstand not having been com-
pleted last Sunday no admission was
charged to it, but this Sunday the
grandstand is in the best shape pos-
sible and a nominal admission of ten
cents will be charged for seats i'i
it. It is large enough to comfort-
ably accommodate 500 people.
Castle, Okla., July 30.—Three men
are now in the county jail at Okemah
charged with the murder of M. C.
Shipp, a prominent rancher and stock-
man, here at 9:00 o'clock this morn-
ing and attempts to lynch them are
feared. Shipp was shot in the light
side with a shotgun, and then clubbed
to death with the same weapon. Two
of the men, named Miles, are step-
sons of Shipp, while the other, named
White, is his son-in-law. It is claimed
by Shipp’s daughter that the three
men and her stepmother had entered
into a conspiracy to kill Shipp for
$2,0000 life insurance that he had
taken out a short time before and
that the murder had been arranged
for some time. Shipp’s wife was sup-
posed to have gone to a neighboring
state for a visit some days ago, but
when Sheriff Boulware found the
three men about 6:00 o’clock this
evening she was with them.
Feeling is running high here, as
Shipp was extremely popular all
over the county.
Farmer and Wife Had Separated and
She Was Living With Her Broth-
er-Lshe Received Attentions.
C. Hhfulp Wants to Recover on Mort-
fi.ge Covering Ten Acres of
Nowata County Land.
Through his attorney, T. L. Viles,
C. H. Culp has filed suit in the dis-
trict court for the recovery of $250
due him on a note for $2o0, made
CAN’T VOTE AS YOU PLEASE,
RULING OF APPEAL COURT.
ALL ROADS PLAN
BIG IMPROVEMENT.
More Track and Roadbed Work Than
at Any Time in History of State.
CHANGE AT PRODCERS.
Oklahoma City, July 29. — The
bumper cotton, grain, feedstuff, live-
stock, fruit and broomcorn produc-
tion year in the history of the state
is what the present year is being des-
ignated by the traffic officials and
they are making arrangements to
handle the traffic this autumn by
doing more track and roadbed im-
provement than has ever been ac-
complished in a single season in the
history of the state.
“If I had 600 laborers I could ship
them all to immediate work on the
Oklahoma roads,” remorked Supt.
Carnahan yesterday. “I have been
in Oklahoma 12 years and T never saw
such a demand for labor. The offi-
cials are very anxious to get their
roads in the best possible shape, so
that they will be prepared to handle
the big crop movement this autumn.
“Rock crushers are in operation, 65-
pound steel rails are being replaced
by 90-pound rails, heavy ballast is
being spread over the tracks, wooden
tanks are being replaced by steel, and
wooden trestles are being torn up and
replaced by steel bridges and concrete
culverts.
“There is not half enough labor
available to suply the demand. Many
of the transient laborers have gone
to Canada this summer, on account
of the unparalleled activity in that
country, and we are at present with-
out a sufficient unskilled labor sup-
ply-”
It is estimated thta the amount of
meney to be placed in circulation this
summer in Oklahoma by railway im-
provement features will exceed the
entire valuation of the state’s wheat
crop.
SOME MURE BOOZE CASES
They Will Sell Booze, and Have It in
Teapots—Tempo Makes It Easy
to Sneak in a Little Booze.
The appointment was made, Tues-
day, of W. H. Thomason, deputy dis-
trict clerk, as assistant cashier at
the Producers National Bank. Mr.
Thomason, for the present, is working
but a small part of each day at the
bank, and devoting most of his time
to the duties in the office of the
district clerk until a successor for
his place there is found. Mr. Thom-
ason will be actively at work at the
bank about Aug. 6 or 8.
Mr. Al. Reynolds, who resigned re-
cently as assistant cashier of the
Producers National, will be in charge
of the Perfection Tube Sales Co., with
headquarters, probably, at Detroit.
Mr. Thomason has been for the
past four years in the office of the
clerk of the district court, and for
about three years he was in the
First National Bank.
McCurtain, Okla., July 29.—Three
persons dead by the same hand and
one dying, due to the jealousy of
Robert Farmer, a coal miner, is the 27t by jr]ora Hall and
record here Monday night, and Far- jQbn -p jjall. The payment of the
mer’s life is included in the list of . note was seoured by a mortgage eov-
those snuffed out. Because of jeul-: erj ten acves 0f \and in Nowata
ousy he shot and killed his wife, her) county
brother, David Storey, and fatally ; Qia,p,jng that the defendants have
wounded Storey’s wife. He then | .j smal) arnount.fl from time to
turned the gun on himself and died ^ aggregating $59.45, the plain-
about two hours later. I tjff judgment for the balance
Farmer and his wife, after living: ^ fjveclosure 0f the mortgage.
here together for several years, sepa- ,__
rated a few months ago and the wife |«^ PUEBLO.
went to the home of her brother to live. | __.
Farmer for some time showed great j;m pinnen< wh0 went out to Col-
jealousy of the movements of the ^ ^ ^ fgw dayg ap> t0 bring back
woman and the attentions of ot"orj .rthur Spangle, for disposing of
men, and Monday he went to ,|t”cj mortgttged property, is sending back
Storey home and opened a fusn.de, ^ from Puebl0. He says every-
of bullets without warning. . and dandy and that he
The first shot pierced Mrs. Farmer , ^ ^ >bout Auf, 6.
in the right side and she died with-i I __________
out a move or even a groan. The sec-1 FOUND PEARLS
ond found its way to the right side ' VERDIGRIS RIVER 7
of Mrs. Storey, who succeeded in, ■__'
running out of the room and the QW Ju)y go.—A man of
third struck Storey in.to: heart » T ap rance found sleeping un-
he was attempting to get out of ^ Arkansas river bridge and ar-
range of the pistol. on a rancy charge, startled
Farmer then turaed he fu oficevs and spectators when arraigned
.r a: <■ a«ggg«g
Oklahoma City, July 30. —Indis-
criminate voting, regardless of party
affiliations, in primary elections is
not the law, and the opinion sent out
from the office of Attorney General
West to the effect that voters are
free to call for the ballot in the pri-
maries regardless of party affilia-
tions is not in conformity with the
provisions of the constitution, accord-
ing to an opinion handed down today
by Judge Doyle, of the criminal court
of appeals. Concurring opinions were
also handed down by Presiding Judge
Furman and Judge Armstrong.
PO JO’S BEDSTEAD.
The drawing for the bedstead and
toilet set at Po Jo Richards' store
took place Monday. The lucky num-
ber is 1805 and Mr. Richards wants
the owner of the number to come in
and claim the property. The bed-
stead is a beauty and one that any
person might well be proud to own.
WHAT WAS IT ?
„ O O O O O o O O o O O O O O, O O O O O O O O O O O 0 o o
WHAT THE NE.VSPAPER DOES. 0
A big blaze, out toward the south
end of town Monday night, attracted
a great deal of attention. At first
glance, from the business section of
town, it appeared to be a number of
houses all burning at once.
No call, however, was put in to the
fire department, so it is not supposed
that it was more than a prairie fire.
NUMBER 32.
HAS IT BEEN SETTLED
Attempt to Settle Question Whether
Homestead Lands Should Be
Taxed Still In Air.
The question has been asked the
county assessor, John McCracken, as
to whether the homestead lands in the
county were legally assessed or not.
Mr. McCracken did assess these lands,
and addressed a tetter to the state
auditor asking the question. The tet-
ters follow and are self-explanatory,
as far as thew do explain:
Oklahoma City, July 28, 1912.
J. W. McCracken, County Assessor,
Nowata, Okla.
Dear Sir—Yours of the 16th to the
auditor has been referred to me to be
answered. You still seem to be under
some misapprehension in regard to
the Indian tax cases. I send you a
copy of a letter which we have written
on the subject. You will notice in the
second paragraph we advise that it is
inadvisable to consider these lands as
taxable in making the estimate for the
current tax levy.
The auditor needs to have this state-
ment in making up the taxation re-
turns and I need it for further litiga-
tion of these cases.
Very respectfully,
< CHAS. WEST,
Attorney General.
HIS OWN IDEA.
HE EAILED TD APPEAR
Harold D. Lanr.om, Sued by His Ward,
Akey Ulteesky, for $20,000, Fails
to Appear in Answer to Suit.
Yes, once in a while a few booze
eases do crop out. On last Friday the
city police made a raid and captured
George Campbell and some booze.
His assessment of $55 was very cheer-
fully paid.
Then on Sunday there,came along
another raid. A. Adkins, working
for Mac McDonald, was captured. He
had some whiskey in a teapot, sit-
ting in the ice-box along with his
near-booze, or Tempo, whichever they
call it. He tried to spiil it, and suc-
ceeded in spilling all but about a gill
of it. That was sufficient to tell what
it was, and on the strength of its
presence he was assessed $55, and
given ten days in which to appeal.
The police still have his teapot and
are saving it as a souvenir.
Oh, yes, last Friday some more was
found. Away back in a corner be-
tween two buildings on East Dela-
ware street, Chief Cansdell captured
11 quarts of firewater. He feels bad
because he cannot find an owner for it.
Today there is nothing doing in po-
lice court.
Bartlesville, Okla., July 30.—Where
is Harold D. Lannom, the wealthy
Bartlesville oil producr, and subject of
so many sensational suits and charges
during the past few days? This is
the question that is being asked by
the authorities of Bartlesville, local
attorneys and government men in-
terested in the many cases in which
Lannom plays the leading role. No
one knows. At least if anyone does
know, he will not tell.
Ten o’clock this morning had been
set by County Judge Shipman as the
time for the hearing to be held to
decide whether the courts of this
county have any jurisdiction in the
suit filed by Dixon H. Bynum, United
States attorney for Akey Uiteesky,
the Indian girl who seeks to recover
$20,000 which it is alleged Lannom
appropriated in royalties from the
girl’s oil lands. The attorneys for Mr.
Lannom contend that as the residence
of the Indian girl is in Shawnee, the
courts of Washington county have no
jurisdiction in the case.
Lannom was to have appeared at
the hearing this morning, but when
Deputy Sheriff Griff Graham went to
his office to serve a summons, he
could not be found. H. O. Detrick,
secretary for Lannom, told the deputy
that the Bartlesville oil man had left
the country Sunday night without tell
ing anyone where he intended to go
Detrick said that he had no idea where
his employer had gone, although he
had intimated several times that he
might have occasion to leave soon for
South America.
When all efforts to discover the
whereabouts of Lannom proved fruit-
less, Judge Shipman postponed the
hearing until Aug. 3 At this time
the hearing to decide upon Lannom's
mentality will he held, and the auth
orities expect to determine his where
abouts by that time. The attorneys
who represent the missing man in this
city are of the belief that he has gone
to Shawnee, Okla., where his mother
and sister reside, and where Akey
Ulteesky, the Indian girl, is thought
to be staying. Some believe that Lan-
nom went there in an attempt to rec-
oncile matters with the girl in regard
to her suit against him.
The city and county officers have
instituted a search for the wealthy
Bartlesville man. Descriptions of him
will probably be sent to others parts
“f the state.
There never was an institution without its knockers. The) art
the main props of any business and give zest to ‘J* j{J
any line of business. There ar ■ people who say that thb pub e
press never gets anything right." When asked to cte any specific
case where the public press has been very far wrong, thej tail, or
dig up some instance that happened ynars ago, and that someone
told a newspaper man about, purposely telling him wrong.
The mission of (he newspaper is to tell the new's. Every ef-
fort is made to tell it as it happens. Once in a while a mistake
creeps in, but mistakes creep in’o the lives of every man that
walks this earth. It is morally inpossible for a newspaper man
to be every place a. every time and always know in advance when
a thing is to happen, so that he cm be on the scene and report the
hBPPMos7oMhTnews •>»». '« ,ht' nR,urp of thinKS’ to h<‘ ,old.,hC
o newspaper man by someone who waWthere* It is very much to
o be regretted that there are many people who have so very little
o regard for plain truth that they will not tel! it to a newspaper
„ man. But there are some of thos- kind of people, and they cause
a newspaper man an endless amount of trouble until they are
found out, which, however, does not take long.
It is never a good idea to criticize a newspaper for a minor
error, but to consider that newspaper men, like anyone else, are
nothing but human, and cannot always tell who is telling them he o
„ truth. A newspaper’s mission, and what it does do is o teH the o
o straight truth, as far as it is humanly possible totell it. When o
„ vou see an article in a newspaper, you can depend on it that it is
o ks near the truth as anything you can get. The great majority o
„ of people are honest, and it is for this reason that there is more o
o plain, unadorned truth in a newspaper story than in any other o
kind of a story that you can hear. ”
o
HoOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Charley Walker, of the Sugar Bowl,
has gotten up a bright little idea.
It is in the form of a combination
refrigerator and show case. Charley
had one built, especially for his own
needs, and it fills the requirements
admirably. The ice is in a compart-
ment in the center, and a compart-
ment on either side of it for choco-
lates and any other candies that
I have to be kept cool this weather.
BRYAN GIVES $1,000
Governor Wilson Receives the Dona-
tion at Seagirt af the Close
of a Crowded Day.
above the heart. Physicians were
called immediately, but they could do
nothing for Farmer and he died two
hours later. Every attention is be-
ing given to Mrs. Storey in an effort
to save her life, but the physicians
have little hope.
While the life of Farmer hung by
a thread, groups of citizens discuss-
ing the affair indicated that there
would be strong feeling against him
should he recover. Both families
were well known in this town and
county.
containing a number of pearls, said
to be genuine. He gave his name as
C. w. Knight and sa'd he had found
| the pearls along the banks of the Ver-
1 digris river during the past six
months. Local jewelers estimate the
gems to be worth $20,000.
PAPERS TO BE ISSUED.
BATTING AVERAGES.
Following are the batting averages
of the boys of the Nowata team. It
will be noticed that Harris leads, he
having been at the bat 34 times in
the seven games and having made 11
hits. This looks good for the boys,
and goes to show that we have a
real-sure-enough baseball team:
Av.
334
323
300
285
270
213
200
1 200
167
1 125
106
90
66
48
Tuesday evening Price Jones went
to Great Bend, Kan., to bring back
Sam Lynch, wanted here for break-
ing jail while waiting trial on the
charge of assaulting one Chrisp at
a dance.
Lynch was located at Great Bend,
and the authorities there asked to
hold him until an officer from here
went after him. On his arrival there,
Jones was told by Lynch that there
would be nothing doing in the line
of coming back without requisition
papers. Steps will be taken imme-
diately to have the papers issued.
Seagirt, N. J., July 30.—Governor
Wilson announced tonight that W. J.
Bryan bad contributed $1,000 to the
Democratic national campaign fund,
addressing the contribution to Sea-
girt.
The announcement of Mr. Bryan’s
contribution came at the end of a
crowded day. Early in the morning
the governor motored to Trenton.
He devoted himself to matters of
state there until after 1:00 o'clock,
when he met several politicians, and
also assured a delegation of negroes
representing a New Jersey organiza-
tion that the would find before the
campaign was many weeks older that
he was not only in sympathy with the
ambitions of their race, but had no
prejudices against the men of any
race. The governor came back to
Seagirt by automobile and upon his
arrival received a notification that
Representative Ollie James, chairman
of the notification committee, had in-
vited the. Democratic governors of the
country to attend the notification here
Aug. 7. The governor said he hoped
they ail would come.
In Re Indian Tax Cases.
Oklahoma City, June 14, 1912.
Dear Sir—In my letter to you of
June 11, 1912, concerning the taxation
of Indian lands, I called attention to
the facts that I did not think the
United States supreme court had
passed upon the effect of the Act of
Aprif 26, 1906, and that 1 intended to
plead this act in my answers. Until
these answers are passed upon by
that court I do not consider the ques-
tion as finally settled.
While I believe the slate has n
good opportunity to win these suits
on such answers, I deem it inadvis-
able to consider these lands as tax-
able in making the estimate for the
current tax levy.
The excise hoard would make the
levy accordingly, and if it would after-
ward turn out that these taxes could
not be collected, then a deficiency
would exist that would greatly cripplo
the administration of local affairs.
On the other hand, if the United
States supreme court should finally
decide that these lands are taxable,
and the owner has failed to return
them, I think there is ample proced-
ure provided by our statutes to en-
force the collection of the back taxes
and penalties. Respectfully,
CHAS. WEST,
Attorney General,
UNCLE SAM ISSUES AN
ULTIMATUM TO MEXICO.
Games
AB
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Nichols-----
4
12
4
Harris------
____9
43
11
Lindley -----
_ . 8
30
9
Johnnycake -
____9
35
10
Davis ------
____6
26
7
Pence ______
_____9
33
7
Osborn -----
____3
10
2
F. Harvey---
_______2
5
1
Foster______
2
6
1
Avery ------
_______2
8
1
Cheney -----
_______7
19
2
Radcliff ----
_______3
11
1
Beaubein —
_______5
11
1
Tait ........
_______8
21
1
WENT AFTER HIM.
Washington, July 30. — Secretary
Knox today officially informed Gen-
eral Orozco, of Mexico, that raids and
attacks on American citizens and
American property in the states north
of Mexico must be stopped Immedi-
ately or the United States would take
preventive measures.
General Madero has been requested
to send troops to north Mexico and
has answered to the department that
troops are now on the way and ex-
pressed the belief that the troub.e
will soon be quieted.
Price Jones left Tuesday night for
Great Bend, Kan., to bring back Sam
Lynch, who is being held there. Some
time ago Lynch and Roper, charged
with the crime of assaulting and rob-
bing Chrisp, broke jail here, and
Roper was captured after a tiresome
chase.
Lynch was not located until a few
days ago, and the officers at Great
Bend were requested to detain him.
Jones and his man will be back about
Friday.
FIREBUG BURNS PEACH SHED.
Guthrie, Okla., July 30.—Fire of in-
cendiary origin destroyed the big
peach sheds and 65 carloads of pack-
ing crates on the Frank Householder
peach farm last night.
Householder has an estimated peach
crop of 100 cars and the fire may
cause an additional big loss because
of inability to get other crates in
time. One thousand peach trees
heavily laden with fruit were also
ruined. There was no insurance.
INSANITY PLEA
DIDN’T SAVE HIM.
WENT TO CALIFORNIA.
Jim Pinnell, of the sheriff’s office,
left Saturday night for Susanville,
Calif., to bring back Arthur Spangle,
who is wanted here for disposing of
mortgaged property.
The horses which Plez Thompson
lost while out on an outing with his
and several other boys, were recov-
ered Monday evening. They had
strayed over east of Hayden, on
Lightning Creek.
Norman, Okla., July 30.—Although
Deputy Sheriff William Abbott was
in the act of placing Wm. George
under arrest for an examination as
to his sanity when the latter shot and
fatally wounded him, a plea of in-
sanity failed to excuse George to the
district court jury before whom he
was tried on the murder charge, a
verdict of first , degree manslaughter
being returned against him Monday
morning. Judge McMillan will pro-
nounce sentence on him Friday, the
jury having declined to fix any par-
ticular sentence.
TURNS DOWNJCOD JOB
Plez Thompson Likes Nowata Pretty
Well, and Turns Down $1,500
Job as Marshal at Tulsa.
Now, what do you know about that?
On Monday United States Marshal
Grant Victor, of Muskogee, offered
Plez Thompson the marshalship at
Tulsa, and Plez turned it down. Mr.
Victor called Mr. Thompson over the
long distance telephone and asked
him if he would accept the place, but
Plez told him that he would rather
stay at Nowata and work as city
clerk, than make the move, even
though there was a great deal more
in it, and the position offered will
last for four years, and there were
more than 100 applicants for it.
The fact that for 15 years Mr.
Thompson was one of Uncle ‘Sam’s
efficient servants before Rtatehood
proves that his work has been satis-
factory to the government and that
good service is recognized.
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Capps died Monday afternoon.
The funeral was held from the home,
about eight miles southeast of town,
this afternoon. . ,
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