Tulsa Daily World (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 192, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 27, 1913 Page: 1 of 20
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VETO POWER OF
GOVERNOR IS CUT
III I I i IXCED lo BNGHOSS-
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PASS l NsK.M i BILL
IT TO A VOTE
Stillwater v ind M. Appropriation
M ca-u re Passes KmU It. mm-
mi iniai iuii of Usury Law
OKI.AIHi.MA CITY. April 26
(Special) a proposed constitutional
amendment to limit th power
if the governor wan advanced to en-
grossment In tti houss Baturds)
morning it is In the form of
Jolut resolution by H. H. Smith and
Peery lubmitting the question to be
voted u)on at the special election to
he held August 5 1-913 when a num-
ber of proposed constitutional amend-
menti will be voted upon
If the proposed amendment I
adopted n majority of the member-
ship of h.ith houses may pass It over
hid vein and if the measure carries
the emergency only a two-thirds vote
or the aame number of vptei required
to put the emergency on In the first
place is required to paai the bin not-
withstanding the executive disapprov-
al Under present provisions of the
Constitution B two-thirds vote Is re-
quired to paai a bill Over the gover-
nor's veto and a t It ree-fourths major-
ity required if n- bill carries an
emergency section.
The provision nf the constitution
Which Stipulates that bills die If not
approved b the governor within is
days after final adjournment of the
legislature Is changed so that if not
approved by the executive within the
time limit measures heroine laws re-
gardless of the governor a failure or
refusal to net.
The house voted down a motion to
place on the culendar a senate bill
requiring that one member of the
hoard of public affairs shall be a
practical printer and that unless the
governor appoints one member of the
board with such qualifications the ap-
propriation for his salar) is not avail-
able was defeated. This practically
kills the bill.
The house advanced to final roll
call a bill by Iteece Jones and Bar-
retl which appropriates g 1 15000 for
each of the next two fiscal years for
the support and maintenance of the
agricultural and mechanical college
nt Stillwater. A hill also was ad-
vanced to engrossment making an
appropriation for the support of the
Industrial institute for deaf and
blind negro children at Taft.
The house committee of-the whole
killed a bill by Joyner to appropriate
$15000 for the re-erectlon and equip-
ment of a building for the rural
teachers training department at each
Of the state normal schools.
ii. .Minor Cruce Is requested to sub-
mit recommendations t the legisla-
ture to permit the Introduction of
bills prohibiting usury under the
terms of a house resolution by Smith
of Pottawatomie Brown and filasco
which was adopted b the house Sat-
u rd.iy.
Nothing More on Rod Hook.
OKLAHOMA CTTT April H.
(I pedal.) The famous Red Mook
claims came to the front again In the
Senate Saturday when that body con-
sidered nn amendment to the defic-
iency appropriation bill offered by
Senator Vanderventer to include an
appropriation of It 800 to cover the
claims of William 8trkcr. editor of
the Tulsa Democrat for print Inn on
that publication. The senate by a
big majority however voted down the
amendment.
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It i K RKS1 LTV
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Saturday iprtl M
i ntsvr ii i
six furlongs selling Billy .iors
tit. Brooks) to l won; Lady Wil-
lie (MoCloekey) i to L second; Mann
(Matthews) 10 to 1 third Time
1.21. Booger Battle Hlo Pecoe
Charlejj Ward Descendant and Ban-
dla also rail.
i ( ONO BACH
Pour furlongs purse for two year
olds Benedict (Gore) 3 to 1. won;
j.. Blair (Pendergast) 10 to l. sec-
ond Tom KnlKht (Singleton I to R.
third. Time: ..'2 3-.ri. Hob P. Aunty
('iirl and Deal Carroll "Iso ran.
THIRD H WE.
About seven furlongs selling--Have
Montgomery (Gentry) 8 to 6
won; Fanciful Hall (Small) 2 V to 1
se.-ond; Orn fctcOee ( K. Smith) 2ft to
I third. Time: Ml 1-6. Swede
Sam Bchurl and I.umhertha fllso inn.
FOURTH RACE
About five furlongs. Inaugural
Handicap I'-See-lt (I' lirooksl H to
I won; Annual Interest (B. Smith I
110 to I s ind; Upright (Smull) 6
to 1 third Time 1.01. Dominica
Furlong Tight Hoy and Hrlght Maid-
en also ran.
FIFTH RACE.
Six furlongs purse for 3 year olds
- Dublin John (Singleton) I to 2
won; ("apt. Gray (Carpenter) li to I.
second; Farraud (Gentry) to 1
third. Time: 1.20 4-5. Helle Craig.
Pretty Dale and Rosa Bonheur also
ran.
SIMM RACE
About five furlongs selling- Lady
VoUng (Matlsi IS to t won; Col
Austin. (Brooks) I to 1 second; Re-
srds 1 Martin i I to l. third. Times
l0t Doll Maker. Murk Kennedy
Our Leader O E. Norvin. Clysmlc
Lees Friar and Plum Creek also ran.
Odd Fellows of Tulsa County at Picnic Saturday
in Owen Park on Occ asion of 9th Anniversary
The seven 1. 0 O F. lodges of ' Dm
Tuls.i county assembled in TulSS vs- a
terda) to celebrate the Mih anniver-
sary Of the foundation of tint great
order a business session area held in
the morning and at noon the dele-
gates marched liehlml the Tulsa I an. I
to Owen park where a barbecue
dinner whs partaken of. with ladles
ng the afternoon the bind gave
i concert Appropriate speeches
were made bj ite Harley H. Mar
rlott ul the First Ba ptlsl i hui i h of
Tulsa; I'ast Qnuid Patriarch .1 C
Montforte ami professor ) A Koonts
of the city schools The entertain-
ment furnished the tisltors by the
lOCal I. 0. ' I. I'. lodge Was the subject
of the Rebe
lodge as special guests 1 of much favorable
.nun. ill
At Hie
morning session the Tulsa County f.
o 0. Pi annlversarj aasoclstlon was
formed with the following officers:
President .1 T WTillmott Glenn
P00I1 vice-president John leek
Owasso; secretary George it. Stan-
ley Tulsa assistant secretary. Al
Juby Ow&saoi treasurer. V K.
Bikma Jinks evi year's meeting
will be held at Owasso in April 1(14
Washington Scribe Dies.
WASHINGTON April 20. Jesse L.
CarmlOhael B newspaper representa-
tive here for the past twelve years
died tonight of pneumonia after a
week's Illness. He wa shorn at Mun-
cle Ind. 87 years ago.
PHI 11
A. RTJTI8 REPRESENTATIVE
til FOREIGN PINAXCE8
is IN Till; CITY.
ATHLETES FROM
SON IN KENDALL COLLEGE
Ha- Keen to All Oil FlCld of OQU
I- a l.lngul-t anil Like- Looks
of oklnlioina.
WEST 111 MEET
TAKR TWO )l THE RIG EVENTS
AT ANNl L CARNIVAIi OF
SPORTS IN THE EAST.
Tax Fcrrctl tarn taaMa.
OKLAHOMA CITY. April 2.
(Special.) The friends of the tux
fcrr. t law lost In a preliminary bat-
tle In the senate Saturday morning
when Senator Jones of Creek county
secured the adoption of ; minority
committee report made hy himself
that his bill repealing the present
tax ferret Statute be placed on the
calendar.
The senate passed finally a bill by
Edmonson and others which regu-
lates the payment of drainage dis-
trict assessments where' Charged up
SJfalnst state school lands Tip
hssee under the hill pays these tax
c hut in case he docs not exercls"
his preferem e right to purchase the
all IBOnO that has been paid In by
the lessee tOT such assessments Is
classed SJ Improvements and the pUT-
hier must reimburse him for that
amount The bill affects state binds
in several sections of the state es-
pMUIIy in Oklahoma. Lincoln and
Pottawatomie co.intles.
The senate adoption of a motion
hy Senator Thomas Instructing the
committee on fish and name to bring
In a hill vesting aUthoritJ for en-
iren.ent Of the lish and game laws
the stale In loc' pesce officers
amending the provisions relative
m'Bfl (ind sale of hunting lieens-
0 c wafj KJflBsa?
MAKE) NEW WORLD RECORD
nisoos Tiukw Brings out u ciium
plon; Hurdling Record Almost
llrokcn ne W ell.
PHILADELPHIA April 6.
Western runners took two of the three
big blue ribbons at the annual car-
nival Of relaj races and field sports
on Franklin Field today the Univer-
sity of Illinois winning the one mile
relay college championship of Amer-
ica and Michigan taking the two mile
relaj national championship. The
University of Pennsylvania won the
other big national championship for
mile runners being more than a match
for the other miters in the four mile
contest. In winning the two mile re-
lay Michigan cut tWO fifths of a sec-
ond off the record her hall tollers go-
ing the distance in I minutes Hat.
The Pennsylvania freshmen with
Meredith the Olympic champion run-
ning as anchor man. won the one mile
freshman relay national championship
in the record time of 1:16 . The
former record was S:26 4-". The clip-
ping of this record was due to Mere-
dith's running who covered his (unr-
ter mile In I!' -' seconds In this
race the Michigan freshmen failed to
hear the announcement and the race
eras started without them. Laterthe
Michigan freshmen were permitted to
run against time and were given sec.
ond place their time helng 3:3 1 4-5.
The one mile preparatory school
Championship of America was won b)
i'hlllp Kxter- In 3:26 4-5 breaking the
world's scholastic record for the
event of 1:27 1-i. The one mile re-
lay national championship for high
Schools was captured by the Huston
Bug lish school.
A new world's record for the dis-
cus throw was made by L Talbot t
formerly of Pennsylvania' State coi-
lege and Cornell He threw the
freight m! feet ti inch. The world's
re.'ud was 141 feet 4 3-N inches
made by M .1 Sheridan In DM1
Another record hich came near
Icing bfoken was that for the 120-
yard hurdle J. B Nicholson of Mis-
souri Western tnter-colleglate cham-
pion eounHln.-' the world's figure of
II l-J Seoasds held by himself and
several otbtr past and present hur-
dlers. He malted the figures In his
r.rst trial only to bs disqualified in
the seml-ftnai by knoiking down too
many hurdles.
with the ptlon of Nicholson's
hurdling and t!i mighty heavt of
Talbot in the ( f u throw the spc ial
event '"' brlbg out anything
the ordlnarv. despite the fai I
that there were Olympic and Inter-
r'Heglnte champion entered.
ois of the most distinguished men
who hU fever visited Tulsa Is now
(registered at the Tulsa hotel and Is
seriously contemplating making his
future headquarters here. His name
is A A. Itutls and he gives his home
address ns New York. For the past
twelve years Mr. Itutls has been counsel-general
from Persia to this
country for the states of Pennsylvania
and New Jersej .
Mr. Kutis. who speaks about a doz-
en different languages is h.-re repre-
senting i large amount of foreign
farming having seen it operated in
many countries throughout the world.
W ill Probe School Head.
PITTSBURGH Pa. April if it
was decided today bj the board Of
public education of Pittsburgh to al-
low the committee of i Itisena asked
to investigate charges of alleged Ith-
morallt made against Superintend-
ent 6 I. Heeler to act as It may see
proper without condition 'imitation
Or restriction upon Its powers. W. II
Stevenson chairman of ths commit-
tee of CltiSenS was present at the
meeting of the board and announced
that the Investigation would start on
.Monday.
Boitrne'S Wife Octs Divorce
PORTLAND 0re. April 26. Lil-
lian Elisabeth Wyatt Bourne was
granted a divorce today from former
United States Senator Jonathan
Bo U rut ' 00 grounds of cruel and
abusive treatment. Senator Honrn.-
was represented by nil atiorne; and
the deci was granted practically by
default.
Held for Murder.
DUNCAN Qkla.. April II. (flpe-
Clad.) Huse Merchant and Theodore
t lutes are held in Jail here charged
with the murder of Frank Blummoff
at Mallow on the night of April S.
IN Ail CI
IS 11 Bl
' DAUGHTER OF MILLION Mill
Mil K M .V M l tiOC M ID IN
NI.W MHth HOTEL
t an Investigate Ice.
HT. PAUL April I. Governor
Khcrhard today signed the minimum
wage bill which provides for a com-
mission and gives it power to Inves-
tigate vice conditions In the state.
JUSTICE OF THE PI5A4 I. VI' ALVA
MIST SERVE SENTENCE
roll KILLING GIRL
A. A. ItL'TIS
capital and In order to lok after his
large Interests in the southwest will
prohablv make Tulsa his headquart-
ers. He Is a firm believer in Oklaho-
ma and Tulsa and to show his faith
in this country he has placed his son.
America Ruptls In Kendall College
preferring this school to the larger
universities III the east. Wb n asked
why he sent Ms son to Oklahoma to
school Mr. Rutls declared that in. the
east he had seen so many graduates
of the big universities that failed 111
their WdVk that he sent his son out
to Oklahoma where real men arc de-
veloped. His son has been In iikla-
homs foi toui years working with
various pip. line companies learning
the oil business from the round up
and after lie graduates from Kendall
college. hlS fattier hopes he Will take
a big Interest In the oil game.
Mr. Itutis Is prohablv a s familiar
with the oil fields of the world ss any
man in this country He has visited
every city In South America Includ-
ing the oil fi. iiis of Braslt Columbia
Peru llrltlsh Guinea and every oil
field on the continent.
Be Is a member of the highest
secret order of the Persian govern-
ment the "Lion and th'e Sun." and
hears Credentials which entitle him
to th'e rank of a general In any mili-
tary g. iihering In the world lie wni
the representative of the Persian gov-
ernment ill the International Com-
meri i congress in Philadelphia in
linl and will probaltlv represent the
Persian government at the Internat-
ioiihi Dry Farming congress here next
tall. lie is a firm believer in dry
OKLAHOMA CITY April II -(Special.)-
L. n. Miller justice of
the peace of Alva must serve the life
sentence imposed on him for the kill-
ing of Mabel o.ikes his stenographer
His case was affirmed by the criminal
court of appeals in an opinion by
Judge PUrman handed down Satur-
day. Another murder case is affirmed In
an opinion by Judge Purman. Wil-
liam Maggard was convicted of man-
slaughter In the Second degree in
Caddo county and sentenced to two
years In the P nitentlary. The case
grew out of the killing of Marion
Miller an old man 6j years old.
Judge Armstrong Is the author of
un opinion affirming the case of
Alo e Rogers convicted in Love coun-
ty Of the murder of James DowllOf
and sentence to life In the penitentiary.
SHE LIKES TO TRAVEL
Fond of What tin- Family Calls
"( hihiish Pranks" and "Girlish
Escapades"
CONSCIENCE STRICKEN III sws
UK COMMITTED HANK ROB-
BERY IN ILLINOIS.
OKLAHOMA city April II.
CoMeienoe Stricken over participa-
tion in a bank robberjr in Murphys-
b oro ugh in. two years ago Joe
Hwan a member of the Salvation
Army In Oklahoma city confessed to-
day lie waived requisition papers
and will be taken lo Illinois as Minn
as officers arrive. It was through f-
forts of the Salvation Army leaders
thit Swan who joined Ihetn here n
few months ago. confessed. In the
robbery one of the bank olTlclals was
killed. Hwan however denied the
killing. The sheriff has recently re-
ceived Inquiries regarding Swan.
HOSTi i April 2. Itomonn llor-
don tumbled Into the arms of her
father Oail Bordon the millionaire
milk dealer of New Vork at the Hotel
Touralne todayi and so brought to an
end whit the family has decided li
regard as a school girl's escapude.
Half ail hour later father and
d .lighter drove awav in an a utomobile
for a destination HOI made public.
Mr. Bordon is hopeful that the affair
win soon he forgotten and is deter-
mined to protect the girl from more
notoriety.
Miss Borden will not return to New-
York in the Immediate future. Her
father plans to place hd under medi-
cal (are in a quiet retreat to recuper-
ate from the nervous strain that at-
tended her night from the sanitar-
ium at Pompton Ni J. last Wednes-
day. There win he no legal proceed-
ings against anyone.
Miss Bordep was located at noon
today nt a hotel where she was stay-
ing With tWO girl friends and she WM
asked lo return to bar father. Shu
promptly consented. Mr. itorden whs
waiting for the girl when she arrived.
Later it was said tti.it the reconcilia-
tion was complete.
A person authorised to speak fill
Mr. Borden said tonight:
"Mr. Borden's daughter has been
restored lo him lodav bv the Ill-ad
vised .nil foolish persons who assist-
ed In-r to evade his authority. Tin-
case is simply that of an undisciplin-
ed girl who found the Stud) and ills
Clpllne her father had laid OUl for bel
distasteful ami what was made so
notorious Is actually nothing more
than a reiki -ss escapade of souo
school girls. Mr. Borden's only
thought has been the good of his
daughter at heart a good girl and a
sweet girl wiio now fully recognises
tin- deplorable consequences of her
foolish eonduet and is happy to ha
hack with her father"
once before Miss Borden broke
away from tin- parental moorings and
for that reason her father decided to
place her in the New Jersej rest cure
after she had been found In Wash-
ington ten days ago. At that time
she visited friends in the south being
absent from home without permis-
sion. When she was placed in the sani-
tarium she regarded It ..s a punish-
ment and last Wednesday while out
walking with a nurse Jumped Into an
automobile ami was whirled iwey
The Identity of her companions in the
car was not known. The party went
from Pompton to Newark. Atlantic
City New York and New Haven.
Tbursdiy afternoon they arrived lu re.
The next day one nf the partv left
Miss Itorden remaining at a hotel
with tWO girls.
Yesterday one of the girls was rec-
ognized hy a Boston acquaintance who
communicated with ir. Borden Bs
arrived here early todav and local de-
tectives who had been searching
promised to restore the Klrl to her
father.
Hanker Rlxbi a Mystery
LOS A NO ISLES April Jii The
whereabouts of George 11 . Righy the
banker of Long Mosohi Wanted as a
witness before the grand Jury Invest!
gal. on of the alleged millionaire white
shoe ring ion remains a mysteo
today although his son ami attnrne)
Insisted he would appear Monday (ie
is said lo b. in several placesi ami
one newspaper quoted him as ssylni
that political antagonism caused but
name to be brought Into ths sfi ilr
jiiiy former!) was a count) htghwaj
ommlsi loner
President i- Isolated
Washington April II. Presi-
dential Wilson Is resting tonigbl on
tin- presidential ifachi Sylph soma
where on Un- Potomac riv.r near
Chesapeake bay. n weni into re
neat earl) todai for ths week end
ami so complete were ths arrange
iiK-uis lo give him seclusion thai the
oommander of ihi vessel had not re-
ported her position up lo late today
(bough lii wireless reach of the nnv)
yard
Muoty-Eour Bodies Pound
PITTSBURGH April II When
the emergeno) rescuj eras of the
Pittsburgh station of the government
bureau of mines was withdrawn to
iluv from Die Cincinnati mine of the
Pittsburgh ''"al company! near Pin-
ley villa Pa where an explosion oc-
curred Wednesday then- had been II
bodies rem. .veil and two miners taken
out alive
Insurance iti dii-- t p
st LOUIS April 28 Fire Insur-
ance agents In 81 Louis were busy to-
dav placing policies as there is a great
lush oi property owners to take In-
surance before the risk rompanltjl
i (as.- vv riling business in Missouri on
April :ti) Man) agents expeol to
keep their offices open all day Bun-
dav in order (o write as nianv new
policies as possible
Re-united Republicanism
PITTSBURGH I 'a. April 2B.--Unlted
Slates Senators Charles 1-:.
Townsend of Michigan addressing the
American Republican club toda) on
the occasion of Its annual (Irani Day
banquet) pleaded for a reunited re-
publican party To those who had
strayed from it in the last national
campaign In- "extended the ungloved
hand of genuine party friendship.''
RATE Willi
GETS HE ME
IIS 11 OF
ML MSERS'
DEMOCRATIC MEMBER PROM IL-
LINOIS CALLS VITIATION
TO PLATFORM
A LIVELY TARIFF DEBATE
Boys i. un. Death
Sol'Klt. okla. April l(8peclal)
.While a pain of voung boy" were
Scuffling over a revolver which eras
being carried III the belt of one of
th.-m ni" aeepori was discharged and
a hnllet entered the breast of Hoy
Hughes aged Is. Th- bov died a
few minutes later.
Tells Mc Murdoch Hint Progressives
Arc second Greatest Part in
Nation.
WASHINGTON April IsV-Con-fronting
progressiva members of the
house with a plank In the national
platform of tb.-lr party pledging them
to Immediate revision of "SXcesSlVS
tariff schedules" without waiting for
their proposed non-partisan tariff
commission representatives Lawrence
B. Stringer a new dent crat from II-
llnoiSi called upon the third party
represent.ltlves in the house tonight
to support the Underwood bin if they
wisind to cur; out their party de-
clarations I'lrst defending tin progress-lies
against onslaughts of both democrats
ami republicans and daolarini thai
they represented more than four mil-
lion voters and had the right to claim
that their party was "the second par-
tv in this nation.'' tin- Illinois dem-
ocrat emphatically denied that they
represented a ''protection party."
"You tell me that the progressive
party favors a non-partisan tariff
commission" deolarsd Mr. Stringer.
"That Is true but that plank in the
platform concludes by saying 'the
work of the commission should not
prev.nt iio- Immediate adoption of
acts reduoing those schedules gener-
ally recognized as excessive. "
Waiving aloft the quotation and
idd reSSlttg himself to Victor Mur-
dOek progressive party leader 111 the
house. Mr. stringer continued:
"1 call the attention of the gentle-
man from Kansas to the statement
that if he and the progressive mem-
bers of tins bodv pleads desire to
enrrv out the dec la rations of their
own platform and 1 bsllOVt they do
they will be compelled hy the logic
of those declarations to join with us
III the passage of this ending meas-
ure.'' "Thai platfOrm denounces the Pav-ne-Ahiru
h bill as 'unjust to the peo-
ple' " the speaker continued. --( de-
clares for an lli'-ome tax and I say to
the gentleman from Kansas his con
fer.-es have already said to us th.it If
they fall to keep faith with the peo-
ple -md fall to carry out (he platVSS
which they have made. th--v will
meet the consideration which they
deserv e."
The Income tax was the Sub St t of
a long discussion riy n th- ii
Representative HtUi of Tennessee
author of that section explaining it
iu detail.
in n si i i s oi i rroRNEV'i
II is si 4M(f i .
I.N'G EXPENSI -
WOULD BUY A BUILDING
Office structure for Teaspurar) Cap
Roll i". Main- Testifies at Re-
ormatort Hearing
OKLAHOMA cri v Apoi .(Spe.
rial i The house Int.- this afternoon
adopted un- Maxc) amendment cut-
ting down th- traveling expenses (ft
tin- he.ni i . i the department or chart
tics ami corrections to too a year and
in i contingent sspensss to MM a
vear. A moii. hi b) Smith of I'olta-
datomle to allow her 11000 tor em-
ployment of an attorney to protect
Indian minors was defeated This
leaves Hi- department only one steno-
grapher at $:iii(i a year besides ihn
commissioner ami amounts almoal to
abolishment
Tin- legislature may buy the sl-
story building occupied b) tin- Miller
Dry o is company at Grand avenue
nn i Harvej street in this city for a
temporary state house. This was de-
veloped when the houses .Saturday
afternoon voted to strike from tho
general appropriation bill an Hem of
7 r. . i) o it for each of two years to pay
rentals for stale department! In Okla-
homa city. The motion was offered by
smith of Pottawatomie who deolarsd
thai the state should own its own
building and that what would In- paid
for rentals In s fen years would bus
the building and (In- state could sell
It for more than II cost when the cup.
itoi is completed;
Rspresentative Matthews chairman
"f th.- oommlttes of the house m e-
lecl quarters for the departments stat-
ed that the state can purchase UlS
building and make such additions and
Improvements us are necessary for
t'000 The CommittSS has In mind
the purohsM of the Miller building
Un- adding of three stories and divid-
ing into office rooms for the depart-
ments at the foregoing cost. The flats
WOUld hue ten floors Including the
basement for : I - a mum
Granite Hearing
Complete eradication of disease and
evil practices at the (iranite reforma-
tory or any other Institution of that
kind. Is an impossibility and a euro
for Victims of awful habits such 'as
existed at Granite is unknown to thu
medloal professions according to the
testimony of Dr. j. o. Mahr statu
. ommlssioner of health before tho
commissioner of charities ami correc-
tions Saturday. Dr. Mahr said he or.
ganbied a part) of physiclsng to make
an examination Of the Inmates of the
various state Institutions and that ill
l K tober or November of Ull ihe
Granite reformatory was visited and
each inmate was given a physical ex-
amination After examining inoro
than three thousand Individuals at tho
various state Institutions the board of
health Issued a detailed report of tho
party's Bndlngs) Dr. Mahr stated that
disease and evil practices were to be
found In penitentiaries and reforma-
tories and among persons of the class
usually found in such places. Ho
doubted if any equipment such as
single cells or Isolation would put un
cud to certain practices He had
never beard of or seen nin victim of
certain practices which existed al
Granlt mpleteb cureeLA pertnanevf
cure was unknown to the medical
Will Id.
Accompanying Dr- .Main- upon his
ins pei Hon tour of the state including
iio- Granite reformatory were Doctors
John W. Riley Curtis k. Day A. D.
Young Edward P. Davis k. Blllson.
The witness said Uul prisoners In the
reformatory wen- szuiteedi. He ra-
gs rded tin- health conditions of the
inmates to In- very good at that time
though there were many known to be
atfillcted with disease and many who
showed evidence of practicing certain
evils.
UKIjAHOMA CITT April 11
(Special.)- Action of the house in
passing no- resolution to refer the
school abolition question to S vote of
the people It is believed saved the
maintenance appropriations for state
educational institutions from being
vetoed by thi gov-( rnor. Bchool ap-
propriations aggregating nearly three
qtWrtara of a million dollars were ap-
proved by tho governor late Friday
afternoon.
The School maintenance hills so-
proved by th- governor ind the
amount carried bj each are: Ada
normal. 117000; QoodWell Agricul-
tural School tJs.dOO; Tahlequak
Normal Jt!'.6!M); Tonkawa I'repirs-
tory school 110090; Broken Arrow
agrli ultural school 000; Bdmoad
normal. 114000; Tishomingo Agricul-
tural school I2. 0o- Warm-r Agri-
cultural school Lawton Ag
rlcultural school. IIMMj Alvi Nor-
mal 111100; ChJckaans Industrial
School for girls lit 100 1 Weath.'i-
(ord Normal. 14.'. 000; Helena Agri-
cultural school 111101; DUMUM Nor-
ma 1 $.".0000: Claretnorc Preparatory
school tit. 400.
The appropriation bill lor the stltn
university at Norm. in was fluallv pst-
fected and sent lu roll call In tins
house. It carries $200000 per annum
for maintenance; $ir..oon i year for
university extension work: ITt.lOd
for a heating and power plant: $lr..-
' for s. .. ne building and $1.1. tit
for repairs.
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