Tulsa Daily World (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 85, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 24, 1913 Page: 1 of 10
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: Oklahoma Digital Newspaper Program and was provided to The Gateway to Oklahoma History by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
iriHiiE WBAinoBi
V. ASIIINU HlS. ll. V I l
Oklsluuns : Cloudy wnh I1"'! ' 1
imwH Wsdassds) Tlnir.ili.) fair ii
mM
11 I ..) lie- 'j.l Tl.i' tssiperttsSSI
liaslmaai II hi i n in um II Noribstat
Kinds 11111 rlsiu
irjaiT "iP o?a
A O 5 V TV CJ
I'M. I. II I i M'lHI kSatOCIATRD MM Bfl lii I'niiT
WL IT lOls
WW v
w
12000
IMM 1 lie iglWwlatll I I li' M'apM
I'l 1 1 I lilt)
1 1 1 1 1 1 si 11 wiitr ahmm'I.vtru I(i:mn hi I'imr
V11L. IX. NO. 85
CHI! Ill
IS II I LAW
TULSA. OKLAHOMA I. I KM A Y . IH: !: M H K H 2 4 1 1913
r It ICE K I V
CEN r
SCHMIDT PARANOIAC
TESTIFY ALIENISTS
hii.vi.n id mi nn sliu N r m;
MINI 1 1 PAH1 l K 0 Lot
LAM Mi. in
wilsqn priiseo milto
I'iImk i i'iir i. "Mil Pens tfta President
W i "I tin- M urn- li at Mu I'-
iiir Mawui Urw
WA8HlNOT iN
lie.'. 113. Presi
dent Wilson signed Ui 01 om-Owen
eurrenoy bill nt o' ' tonight
In tb presence uf member of his
cabinet th congressional contmltteeg
on banking and ourrenej und demo-
Bra tic laeders In oongres generally.
With H tea stroke of tha pan tha
president converted Into law tiie
measure to be known as tha tedai il
reserve act reorganising tha nation's
banking and i urrenoy lysUm and
furnishing. In tha word "f the prest-
dent "the machinery tor free and
elastic and uncontrolled condition
put at the disposal at the merchant
ami manufacturer of thla country for
the iirt time In Bfty year."
Enthusiastic applauae ran through
the ceremony not onlj as tha presi-
dent affined hi signature but aa he
delivered an extemporaneous speech
obaracterUin. the desire of the ad-
ministration to Laka common eounael
n-nii ; lie business man of the coun-
try Km! the latter' effort! to meel tha
government' advance as "the oonstl-
tution "f peace."
Tin- event oame at the close of a
day of rejoicing in tin- nail on a! cap-
ital Mr congraM bad racaaaed for
two weeks fur the Bret lime since It
oonvened luai April
The democratic leader were .1 u it-
la.it baoaua they had completed two
big place of legislation the tariff
ami the currency reform In nine
month a performance which they
considered unprocodontde in the his-
tory Of the country.
Thanked the Meal bars.
1 need not toil you." ald the
prsttdani to the assembled group ai
he took tti- pen. that I feel a very
deep gratltlcatlon at Iwing able to sign
thlH Mil and 1 feel that 1 ought to
express very heartily the admiration
I h.r e for the men who have made it
possible for li e to sign this bill There
have been currents and counter cur-
rents nit the stream has moved for-
ward. I think wa OWS ;. lal admi-
ration to the patience and the leader-
ship of the chairman of the two com-
mittees; and In-hind them have stood
the committess themsetvoa exe rout-
ing a decree of scrutiny and of oare-
tU thought In tills matter which un-
doubtadly has redounded to tha bene-
fit or the bill Itaelf.
"Then thers lias grown s we ad-
vanced with tbi business and tha
Bleat pit f bualueaS which preced-
ed it. svidencsa of tea mwork that to
my mind hV been very notable In-
deed. Only constructive action only
the action which accomplish some-
thlBg fills men with the enthusiasm
of co-operation and 1 think that at
thla session of 1101111 we hiive wit-
nessed an accumulating pleasure a-id
enthusiasm on the part of the mem-
bership of both houses In seeing sub.
s nn snd lusting thing t oom-
sAfMd. 'It Is s matter of real gratification
to me thai In the CUM of this bill
there should have been so COlkider-
abie a iiiitnber of republican votes
cast for it. aii great measure under
our system of government of neces-
sity ire party measures for the party
of the majority Is responsible for
their origination and their passage;
hut this cannot b called a partisan
n ensure It has been relieved of all
Intimation of that sort by the crdlal
co-operation of men on the othor side
of the house who have acted with ns
iind have given very substantial reas-
ons and very intelllgel re eon for
O' tlng with us. So that I think we
can go home feeling tliut W are In
better spirit for public service than
Tie wore even when we convened In
April
"A for tha Mil iiself. I fori lhat
we can say that It is the first of a
series of constructive measures by
which sre certsln to follow. Then
that It knOW bow to ser ve the coun-
try "In calling It the first of a series
of constructive measures I need not
sy that I am nt cs.itlng any reflec-
tions upon the great tariff bill which
preceded 1t The tariff bill was
meant to remove tLose Impediment
io American Industry and prosperity
which have so long si tod In thrir way.
it wss s great piece f preparation
for the achievement of AtttfrtCM
commerce and American Industry
whlo hare certain to follow Then
there came upon the heel of It thl
bin which furnishes the machinery
for free and aUHlfl credits put at
the disposal of the merchants and
manufacturers of this "try for the
first time In fifty years.
"1 was refreshing hi! m-mory on
the pasaxge of a natb ual bank ci
which cane In two pieces as you
know. In Pebrunry of 1SH3 and In
June of 1864; It Is Just fiity years
lm e that inesure suitable for that
time was passed and It has taken
us niore than a generation and I half
to come to an understanding as to
the readjustments which weer neces-
eerv for our own time Hut we have
I I t'iRI I i II VI I III M I
I'KII KT In ' It .
i Icon I bin lie l ooked mi Murder -
n Rgcvlflo lb- Wa Com-
manded lo Make.
M-' vi n;K Do Allenlat
celled i" the defense t'Stified today
hi the lri.il of Mans s hmldt for the
minder of Anna AutnUllW thai IhC
i rlioner is a pgygnoiac Ifigamlnatlon
of nllenl(f will be continued when
tin 'ri-ii is resumed tomorrow
i r v i I lam A. sVhit of the Untted
Sttate Hospital for the Insane W:.sli-
Itlgton 0 O-i Hiilil he was convinced
the defendant' Inaanlty w-as of the
paranoiac type. Schmidt he believed
bad an unpen ci ted understanding of
ibi nature "f ids a t but he looked
up in ii as i glorious sacrifice which
he had i.ccn commanded to make.
Ur Henry Cotton of the New lar-
ge state hospital ai Trenton gaw
teatlmoni coinciding with t.at of Ore
.) llllle II id VA hit He thought
ttchmidl h.ui suffered from aborra
tlou for i b-u.i six year and waa In-
I curable.
Thai Bi bmidl was insane at the
lime of the H inder was the opinion ul
In. M. s Qragory of Bellevu hospi-
tal huh iii lie deaoribed the men-
tal state of the defendant In the
terms used b) the other gilanlsla.
1 II CM
II ffi HERE
H ANT TO I. l in i'l in i V
s I I I i 1 1 I I n I I lit
iim aw.
I
Chopping Dav left.
Do It
. i
m mm
IE 11 in
Take v our lilt If ImmUr
witli you.
!IVj
UVitniiUU Will II' Mended to the
tgte 1'iMnmiUoc M'bon Ii Neel
In t M. I. tin m. i in ItlU .lav .
IS. YOUNG Mi IN
v h i i ii ii K IkiTO si n 1 1 1 n -1
1 sin v in BCKOOIit
es'tou Membera Refused to I'ole
Storm) .Mis-ting of tie-Board.
It ontlnin-d on Tage 2 )
CHICAGO Dec . Ifra. Ella
Flagg foung was voted back Into the
superintendency of the Chicago pub-
lic aohool tlds afternoon after a
Stormy NWlon of the board of educa-
tion. Seven members refused to vote
on the giuiind that the board hud no
poWVr to reconsider the election of
John D. shuup. assistant superinten-
dent under Mrs Young who had
been elected her luooemor. Conten-
tion also was made that tin- four
new member Of iHo board named by
Mayor Harirson to repMO four whose
realgngtion be bad enforced were
not entitled to their seats
The action of the board in remov
ing Bhoop and replacing M is. Young
at once will be challenged In court. Is
was announced by the opposition.
Mrs. Youngs failure to be re-elected
two weeks ago by the school board
roused a storm of popular Indignation
Mass meetings were held and the
school board and the mayors office
worn boeigd by delegations which
demanded ihat Bboop resign and
make way for -Mrs. Young to QOUM
back. The women's organizations
political and civic were solidly be-
hind the deposed superintendent
Mayor Harrison I" replace four Bhoa
burs of the school board appointed
by him had Voted against Mrs. Young
In an "underhand' way lie summar-
ily accepted tlm resignation of four
whose resignations had been placed in
his hands when they took office. Ite.
fnsal of tha four to abide by thiN ac-
tion wus the storm center of the fight
In the board nieellng today.
The four were in their seats before
the meeting convened snd refused to
leuve. The new men were forced lo
find chairs elsewhere. Men and
woman jammed Into every available
corner of the hoard room. A squad
of policemen summoned to keep order
remained I nthe corridor and did not
Interfere although until th latter
part of the meeting when the Young
faction got to working smoothly to-
gether the uproar was continuous.
v publii inuM meeting vv ill be held
i in the Commercial club room.- gl
o'clock Prlday nighi for in purpo
of formulating plans to land the n"t
ri publican state convention for Tulsa
A movemei I to bring the 181! con
irentlon t" Tulsa was launched ye-
teniae. Air. ady anuinber of Tulaans
have be i . ured w ho vv in go to
Oklahoma ''i'v SaturdaiV morning to
prei .t Tu'ra'a idalm before tin-
stni immlttoe thai will meel there
that .i.i v according to a call lued by
i-it i . Chairman Arthur Oaiaglar
Peter Oelchman committeeman for
Tulsa county wil.l head Hie Tiilsu
dologatlon and b. win probably be
accompanied by John it. Blmmone C.
It Rogers and oilier prominent local
ui porter of the republican party II
i pgpnated thai Wm Harris repub-
lican national committeeman from
Oklahoma and brother-in-law f
I'ler Oelchman and resident of the
eiist ide will favor Tulsa for the nox!
convention II Is also believed that
all other easl side delegate at the
conference In the capital city Satur-
day win be partial to Tula.
The directors and sec rot rv of the
I Commercial club nn- 1 king the
movement. Beoratary Bandi raon said
yesterday that the Commercial club
would extend a strong Invitation to
the committee asking that the next
meeting be brought here "Tulsa Is
to he the convention clt of Okla-
homa for I'll and the republican
stHle convention Is h nraiberlng that
Would he ( benefit to any city" said
Mr. Sanderson. The Invitation that
v hi be astunded by th Commercial
chili win hear the aignatura of 0 n
l.oneid nregldnnt of the eluh. and
the secretary will off.-r the ag of the
Oraad Otters house baiiding.
The meoiing this year will be
doubly Important as It wdll be for the
purpose of completely reorganizing
ihr rei ui Moan party in this state and
to Inject Into the state platform the
principal plank adopted by the re-
cent special meeting of the national
committee mid also to make plans f"r
the till slate campaign which will
be the greatest vohc In the history of
Oklahoma fur the republican party.
The delegates to the state onnven-
Itlon will be chosen al republican
' primary election to be h.-id either In
January or February In every county
In Ihe state. The i xu t date for the
I primaries will he deirded by the state
committee In their Saturday meeting.
BuffM l.c.'nc for I . S.
vkiia CRUX Dec. II. The U. S.
battleships Louisiana and Men Hamp-
shire sailed this gftagrnoon for tht
I'nlieil States.
OFF FOR MS VACATIONS
President ami ill-. Famil) ' "ii l.usi
igbi i Spend Badidays in
Wttppl
WASin.NiiT' in. Dec. Presi-
dent Wilson with Airs. IVlleon their
two daughter Hi Margaret and
Kleii nor Miss Helen Wood row Bona
and Ur. Car) UravMin naval aide
bft ITaahlBgton tonight at 10:45
o'clock for Pan ChriatiiA Miss. to
spend Clnistiuas.
The president .Puled the crowd
which had gathered at the depot to
see him depart by boarding' his pri-
vate car an hour before the scheduled
time for its denature. He will re-
turn to Washington In lime for ih
diplomatic reception January 13.
Joseph Tumulty. the pros dent's
secretary will remain at the White
House during the holidays and keep
In touch with he president by tele
graph.
Kl t S
Kilo bed
I I ink
nil
PI1A1
I -1 1 1 III bT
NOTE To DAD
I don't know where III ' I01-:
11.1s. Had Just now 1 cannot say
lint 1 would be most awful glad
If I could have my way. Perhaps
yog catch my sentiment the
thing that sc ins to di ivv f
mean that I'd see Christmas -pent
with Just yourself and M i. The
old home's culling dV by day il
seems I can't resist the voice
thnt comes from far away When'ef
I pause to list. Th-- sound kt Cat
though sweet and clear and seems
to shout: "Hurrah' At fhrlst-
in us times you should b near
your dear old It id aud Mai' It's
hard to suy Just what I'll do It is
I must declare with me awuy
down here and you and Ma awuy
up there. However. 1 am going
to see If I cun t find some lad
who'll come and work SWhlls for
me while I see Ma an I Dad.
Hay' lis to serve aimth i men
I'm coming sure as fs.. -t'll
all the boys with whom I ran to
tome and celebrati I want to
nee them one by one and have
them shake m paw but 1 est of
all will be the fun of seeing you
and Ma! Vernon L Smith.
um in I'iIHi
George chip.
PITTSBURGH iec ::i. rrank
Klaus of Bast Pittburgh claimant
of th. middleweight championship
wa knocked out in the fifth round uf
bis fight with George Chip ..r Madi-
son I'm. before ii local athletic club;
tonight t'hip outfought Klaus in the.
first round held his experienced op-
ponent even In the next three rounds
and knocked him down for the count
In the fifth round- M was the second
time in three month Chip had knock
ed Klaus out. After the fight fhip
Issued I defy to all middl" weights
M Mlsll l I
oi nun
ill!
d in.
Sav-
gtiih Selling
Omm I
Idqnoi
NUTS LI IS CUT
li.VING hi i us ill M in i: VI -l
Mil BKHWi 1 1 itltl roll'
Klll'lar till ClltlUltUUil Utblll ll'IOeeu
liiarc and ffftlhuailUa and
l b. n IMdppituorcd
II A11K7- Boa. 1'" 28 A IK lug
whdge of federal troops swept Into
n bel territory today and adopting
tin luetics of guerfllu warfare begun
a campaign to destroy railroad
bridgoa and telegnPpli lines accord-
ing to rebel reports.
Their first an' wis tu cui off com-
munication beiween General Fran-
cisco lila s ti.noo rebel .it Chlh lahuu
and the rebel base ui Juarei nv pull-
ing down telegraph wins south ol
Juarex the federals temporarily
bol it' d iiiu in Chlhuahiis so tar is
direct communlcatipn was cm rued.
The rebel bellev I lie federal will
form nothing inure than u fugitive
bind destroying what property they
can renoh and lb i before
they can I"- overtaken. Kxtenslve de
structlon of railroads and telegraph
lilies would handicap Ihe rebels but
so far no serloua Damage boa I n
done as the wires bftwocn Juare and
Chihuahua soon can be repaired
Rebel headquarters heJd to the be-
lief that Sa laser took onlj a small
part of the federal armj from
OJinag. I! also Was said that Sain
zar after cmsslna lb" rebels' line of
communication and temporarily crip-
pling It. might netfer again he heard
from. Salaaar had only what are
known hs f. deral volunteer who
tiiipht return to civlllsn life
An attempted Invasion by the fed-
erals of fell"! territory was etp td
end it Ana sabl Vllls ri garded It as
lnlglllflnsill The total federal
stronith is about 11000 tdHssra the
bulk of vvhfiii are at fijlnaga while.
v.lth more tlian 10.000 men. Villa
controls almost a.'i the whole of th
country north of Torreon and WSt of
Monterey.
The last teport from Villa was that
ho wns sending nun and supplies
toward Torreon In preparation for an
attack on that cltv. As the fed (rat
from Torreon had not opposed the
rebel advance General villus plan
vns to Implant his men strongly ond
In numbers near that city before at-
tacking It.
A train which left Chihuahua for
fuareg before the telegraph wus inter-
rupted had not eached here tonight
although It vvus believed the railroad
hud not been Impaired.
Irmlee t ibsciwe Bolldnyi
tVABHIXOTON Hoc. 23. Keen In
rebellion torn Mexico the holiday s-a
ami is bringing some measure of
peace. State deportment advices n-
dlcale a general slackening of hos-
tilities and there has been nothing In
Ihe nature of a battle since the unlm-
portani skirmish of December is al
Alts Mirs. near Tain pt co. Today
reports showed that Torreon and Con-
cepcton had been reocoupied by fed-
rail 'ind that th rebels had re-entered
th towns "f General Cepods
and Parras all without real fighting
I nun the west mast t'ommand -r
Eiegemior on bord the Annapolis at
Acaptllco reported that the condition
ther" wus unlet that th" OOMtitU
tionailst bad obtained possession of
Ban Marco and that they were re-
i orted to be ope raging throughout
t Ii r whole state ..r 'iuerrero.
Offiot! h.-te iittseh no ihrnlflcanoe
to the failure of Nelson O'ghaugh-
nesay thi American charge to attend
th birthday reception last night of
General Hi trta and it was stated
that th-re i no offlrlal ObJoOtlon ft
hi ait"rdi"i; sie h functions If he
Cares 10 do 10 as he has in 'lie pant
tnothci lin n Dynaniltod
BRXICO CITY Das II IJnasrar'
of the presence of northern rebels at
a point so far south a train carryini
ii dete iimi nt of government troops
on a t ur of exploration rsn over j
r '. 1 dynamit1 mln near i heroes to-
dav and wss practlegUy destroyed. A
majortti f ihe federal who saoaped
death In the explosion w. r.- killed
iftcrwardl bj ihe rebels
I'harcos. wbi'h Is now o eiipb d bv
the tebets is tost north of San I.uls
potest and is the farthisi point south
t-i which tbi northern rebel havg ad-
vanosd iVrncli i .n-er io Taaapk n.
VRftA CRIIB Dog The Kreiicb
. t ul.-. r Condi -ailed front here this
afternoon for Tumpico. ih.. eotn-
-litis- ur Ml Mi II' VI I 111 I
ul I Ii . Il l" Is NOW IS-
si III II.
MEANT FOR EVERYBODY
riic itkdi aad the i' - Hike Wiit
Participate in tiie i ci ' oioiii. -oii
si llied Grounds i "in hi
hVllpslug lu magnitude and splen-
dor the nrst dream uf thus having
in thought ii" municipal spectacle
oi the "Tr r Light ' the f -m iti. H
in inaotion aith that event on tlm
high school ground tonlghl promlao
to be most inspintig
li in i.e a lug ai . ui iii i lie life of
III" city Bnd It Will be il no tool abb'
I celebration uf the yulotlde II Will
bring together for ope rouunon pur-
poM the bapi'v and the lad the poor
i ami Ihe rl h. Ihe SutlStled and Hp dl
I sattatied Together Hp s will see aud
I listen ami partldpati The very light
ol i he tree itaelf is the a ri ex-
; t. n. led. Every sound of music from
the bod) of mualciam snd evert ton
of the great choir will be but mi
extended welcome The ''rice of
I Light" is everybody' and is for every-
bod) to . trtoy.
i ine of Mayor frank M M len'l
I little golden-haired gnis will touch
! the button that vv 111 start the tree lo
flaming In the open air of night This
! vv 'II ur sholtl) after 1 1 .. clock .
: Hut n few Of the lights "III be iii the
! green ami blue and I' d I" lend arils
j Hones lo the it The Inn;. 'dur
it Hie lop ..f the tree -.x 111 He Hie lust
to light
Veati-rday afternoon work was be-
gun on preparing the tree f"t the ne-
oessarj wiring. Everything win be
in read I n ess by dusk today.
following the lighting of the tree
all of the membership of Local No.
Id American federation of MuatclaiM
mid numbering about Ti win play
upproplral" and selected music pord
of the anthem and enrols to be sung
will be distributed among tin crowds
aud thousands of vol. es will mingle
together.
The event will be the only one of
like kind to be held In the southwest
and Is btlt another sign Of the for-
ward movement In ail things whloh
characterise the Tulsa spirit
"THE BOOK OF JOB" TO
BE STAGED AS DRAMA
V II I. Ill I III I IIIKT I IMI Ol
MORI It N I Mil
ProfpgaiM1 Claims li Is Iiir im'v
IMtNM ill Ihe I II' inline o ibe
Hebrew BatS'
me in
TO BREWER
MAOISi IN
b""k ui lob1
li
will
hi
stun
I
oonstii
'bin
ob"
Aorn
the
I ol
phy
I Mm 1 1 li KRK ATltll M II i.i it
i li n i in iii BinMMWll'fevl !
HI If III V .l I
GOVERNOR WEP1 ON STAND
Wus sibl ITc. led . l
DgBiagim TnaUaaoay IgadMi
III- I Woods and Mil. -.
VI' 'K8Rt'R0
MIn
dl a by Hie t'nivel sit) of V I
Oramatlc locloti tins seaaun
will pmbublt be Ho first thus
ha ever been given on tile '
stage Thai i' was presented
in. p nt Hebrews i: Hie com -I
1 1 vi Kalian instructor in pin
ui the unt orally
Mr hTa-lleu smd he has noi - ma
Used the work but sliniill res id It t Krl Urewer governor
i 1 1 ill" tot iii in which ii wus oi ' nil I
written tor the ancient Heorej Tills
is different from Hie opinion mol
"i the for. most men In liter Be t"-
'lav To thorn "Job" Is an i eTIcv
. In nn I hat In thl lr vv hob JCalurn
the .lews have noi a single draffih. Mr.
i. eii. ti admlU 'Hp liook of lob" may
Un the only drama in the languagi
I ill hi v s hours ol st ml v hue n
v 1 1 1 ... I hint I liit II Is ope In II
original he said 'The Hook of Job"
i i entitles i In "In It Irecfc dra I'
ML
nio has nil the ftharacteristicM of it
dram wrl len b.v a Hebrew writer in
the CI r ceh language.
CANNOT FACE WORLD
pi in
i it's
I " s
r it mi n it
in JAM
Blght-H Law ppllcs.
PORTLAND Or. Dec. II The
state supreme court today decided
that the eight -hOur labor law applies
to "at" Institutions and that lu re
after no employe of the asylum for
th Insane the penitentiary refarm
schools and other slate Institution
should be worked mole than eight
hours in everv 14 The result of Ihe
decision m.ii. officials say will he
Urge shortage in th appropriations
for all etatestnstltuUona.
GOT FOUR LIFE SENTENCES
One Woman Sentenced for Live t1c
Times and n tddl Lionel five
Years.
MERIDIAN T.x . Dec ill pour
sentences of life 1 ui pr isoti men t and an
additional Lv years aera in. posed on
Mrs. Ellen Walker Bthrldg hire to-
day. She was convicted of Hie mur-
der of four of lo r st. p children and
an attempt to murder the fifth. Mrs
Bthrldga had confessed to giving tha
i liildteii poison.
The Jury that tried Mrs Bthrldg
"ii four indictments reached a verdict
after an hours deliberation. Hhe was
first convicted of the murder of Hs-
cir. aged five and then went ..n trial
for the murder "f Harrison Beulah
ad Dick and an all. nipt lo murd'-r
PearL Ther has been no announoe-
iii. nt of an intention t" appeal the
ease.
Ill I I I It I M V
I III
IN-WI
l)s so- Waul- lo Hie mid lie Hurled
nil Man sin- lived Heoyetti
W illi for V cai
ViONTICEIXO N. I". Dec II
Miss Ade.talde Brauoa Hi woman
who was with Meivin ii Couch for-
mer diet lot attorney of gulUvan
county when he died luddenl) Bun-
day morning In Ids office w is given
her freedom Lata thi afternoon thi
authorltie having failed to oonneot
her with Ihe death of the pom for
v hum she immured herself for thyet
v ears.
Though Heed now evn of tlin
charge of petty larceny on which sip
was held pending un Investigation of
Hie man's death. Miss Itruii' . has ask
id permission to remain a voluntary
prisoner for two'or three days
"I cannot face the world now" sin
said today "i um sick at heart and
sick phystoally."
Sheriff Kline v.ll.l permit the
W( in m tn stay long enough to regain
h.T strength. She Is destitute and
say she ha no place to which sh
might go Today she OSprOSSed the
wish tn die and be burled beside thl
dead man.
Miss Branoe refuses to give Mliv lli-
tormittion aa to her relatives savin"
she does not wish to bring disgrace
upon them It was learned today that
.'.Hss Branca and Couch had quarreled
Shortly before Ills death The woman
told Couch sh- wished to visit an "id
time friend over the holidays To
Ibis she said te lawyer would not
listen. lie grew excited and Miss
trance fearing a seen. rtnal'y prom-
ised would remain with him. a
few minutes afterward the aged man
fell over on the couch. Sip ran out
to get a physician hut on the return
found th lawyer dead
Couch was hurled this afternoon
from the realdeuoe of Ills wife.
Is-wl- Appointed in Prt'i Ideal.
ITASH1NOTON Dee Senator
Lew-Is of Illinois w.is appointed by
President Wilson tonight a delegate
b) the International Maritime Con-
gress which Is holding sessions In
London Mr. Lewis win nn th place
declined by gen at or Root "f Bow
York who has advised the president
that It would be Impossible for him
t.. .'I. .- pt the appointment at thisj
time beoaus of pressure f personal
h ff a I rs
(i nil d on page a
I N II. I.I-;. III.. Oei . 21. I cited
States Marshal Charted Pitch of Paris
Ills. one of the former ipeskei
Canon's political managers In the I
eighteenth district was today acquit-
ted of the charge of being connected i
t.ith the illegal sale of Ibpiois ut an
nuns meat park in I'arls
fount) Judge Maxwell ended pro-
tl0rtlngn by refusing to admit evi-
dence submitted by the prosecution
lending to . onneet pitch with the all-god
sale of liquor and Instructed the
in ry to retttm a verdict of not guilty
97 DAYS
hate elop-s-d sloce the date on
which the illy adinlid-lralioo a
month previously dclinllclv prom-
f. I thst II would tiiriil-di an
inopi. supply of pun- ilrtnklug
water through Ibe oil) main- and
that piomU' ha- not jet h 'en fulfilled.
i liritftmng slliou ami Dinnor Will lie
Provided.
Al.liA.N'Y. B. v.. I ! gpeolal
Chrlstmaa dinner and sntertaln-
nwnta consisting or moving picture
and musical egsrcinss are being ar-
raitged bv Buperlntendent Riley f n
Mm Inn. lies of slat" prisons and hls-
pitais for ti rlmlnal Insane.
Qovonior Qlyna reoeived today ami
referred to the prison department a
letter from Miss Muv I: I AVOfUl .. :
New Orleans asking thai special
Chriatmai sntartaln ments be provided
for convicts
"If ther- Is one day In the real
ahin the line between over-lndul-1
rem . and Iranian Jti-Hce In the
hi in ii of ih"-' aha at-. ii-ing;
punished for breaking the law should
not i" drawn too sharply' th- gov-
ernnr r plied "It is I'hrlstmis Day
and personally i am Inclined to sp-
pOUr proposal."
Braskst Trafttt! BMory.
BMW fORK Doc. :"i Trsff. an I
tiie subway and SHrVsted lines of the j
Utlerbo rough Rapid Tranati company I
was h -.i.bt on Monday it became
known today than on an' previous
day in th" corporation's history'.
'Christ m .is M-.tila." al -ays has been
..lie of th- haavleoi days of the year
but this season s total of passengers
Mf(tf. r- grSSantl an lie leas.- of
I let ov that of ItlZ
I III Mi. II I ul i BKIM1 M H.
Not the night before ChHatnUM
nur th night after Chrir'mus
but th.- real night of Christmas
when nothing w.ts Stirling for
father objected In buics that re-
flected he hotly detested th"
poor kitty's put ring. He meekly
requested 111" do. u lo ll be muffled
that ull of tin kid- to the b M-
mem be shoved ami ihowed
vry plain!) thai ha was quite
naffJed at scene ami at sounds
he th day I. ef..re loved. A muf-
fL was placed o'er t'i" clocks
tinging spiral the telephone's
Hug was cut off with a rag. for
father wns fulling downhills of
..i.i Tyr.d and pulling back up
with a foot-weurv Wng The
Steam radiator that lesmod much
too nervy was yanked from Its
fastening out in th.- ball; the
phonograph bog was klik-d out
topsy-turvy for father objected
to sack one and all Not Ihe
night after PhTjStffiBg. nor tha
night before I'hrlstmus hut the
real night of fhristmus When all
through .ii- house not a litSOtllf
was creeping for father wis
sleeping off off off hi- orley-
ed annual souse Vernon L.
Smith.
Mag '.'H -
I Al . -si ppl.
testified tods) in no trial ..i gtat
gonator u a H..I. is ih..i K..I.1. hu.t
admitted t" blm he w.is UM of
briber) and had Implored him to help
him out of his trouble vt't.i tbi-
testlmoni and Ihat "f Rev 11 11
W'ei.b. ii college nlaaomate of Hobbt
to in. . i thai Hobb told htm "he
would never drop anything put into
ins blind" tb. gtat iii Hie trial "f
tiie senator on t hangs ..f reci Ivlng
and soliciting u bril loaed in . um
"Vou know you have Ihe good on
Bilbo uini nte" iii governor testified
in quoting Bobbs. "i came here to
ihe legislature a good man I nam
her with Mill." II.. h Ho. crookef
est member of i lanity. lie i od
oi" io Hi.- door of the panltantlary.
No" be kick in. out. If you will
bel ' I "III g out oM ti. stump
for you for governor against Bilbo
W'hen Qovernor Prewar spoko of
Bobbs aad Bilbo who is lleutenaui
governor and lolntly Indioted with
Bobbg on no. briber) charge Ids
'm. .11. iva gppari nt and ..lie of th
defense attorneys accused him of cry-
inn The governor denied ll Tears
came im t .j.s r nroub ns hs
listened i" the governor's raoitgj.
The governor began his story al
the Km he wild Stephen Cast I smati
"f Bolsonl Miss . told him Hobbg hud
agreed to accept a bribe in connec-
tion Willi ii tow county bin ) irhloh
Castleman was Interested Asked wh)
no steps were taken t have Bobhl
arrestod then the witness said he was
atlsflad others were knpiieatal and
he wanted to get than nil. thai ar.
rang i i.-nt- madu with detee.
Uvea to get evidence "f further eon-
' " faatloman told him hp and
Hobb were lo have and thut he did
tiol want to tsks lbs mu le ito tha
curls until evidence sufficient for
on) lotion u aa assured
After tins had been grrsngad sad
re. mils of conversations between Cas-
tleman and II. .bbs bad been r corded
through telephonic devlo s the gov
ernor said the matter was brought to
the attention of the Warren count)
grand jury grhloh returned tha la
dietitian t
It was .vhtl. this grand (ury wa
InveatlgaUng ihe :i. that tfobbt
went ta Jackson Uml eonfessi-d ac-
cording to the governor. The gover-
nor mud in- advised liobb t.. arrangs
for ball.
Oovemor Brewer snd Boob hud
1 n hi friend politically and that
his only motive in bringing the mat-
tor to the attention or the grand Jurv
was in furtherai if rh it he inter-
preted to be his duty.
Earlier in the dav three person
who said they hoard conversations
between fastleinan anil llobbs
through Secret telephone testified
I h. y w-nre w. L DOttghM and J. a.
terthusr stonographen and Sher-
Iff Mlddleton of Hinds county. The
stenographer read whit purported to
be notes of th-ae conversations A.'-
cording to thesa notes Castleman wns
willing to give and Hobb to receive
a bribe hut apparently they were mg
pioiOUS of SSch other. Sheriff )g.
diet. in said he listened to the conver-
sations but took no notes. It r-
roboratod the testimony ..f tin- two
Stl ti"gtapliers.
Mr. Webb said he met KobbS in
Haslehurst Miss after Bobbg had
b.en elect i sMator but bofora he
had been SWorn In Mr. BTebb form-
erly resided at Belsonl th. proposed
seat of the new county.
"What will you people down tilers
pay to have this county bill passed?"
Mr. Webb -aid Hobb- Sskd him. Mr
W"bb said Bobbg then laughed and
apparent! thought nothing of the re-
mark The witness testified that n
f.-w minutes later however Hobbt
remarked "I wouldn't take a bribe
l nt T wouldn't drop anything placed
in my hands." Th uivorsuti m then
turned to oth'-r things Mr Webi
said.
Frank: Ca&COnuon a detective an
other wttneeg today mid he saw ca-
th man hand llobbs tlfti) In the lobby
of a hotel at Jackson.
The defense expects to begin in-
tt ... luring ns witnesse-i tomorrow
LORD Ml RR ) in i in (
In lb
uimrv In Ihe I ol
Pearson Kyndioate
i:w ORLBANB Dee ;j fjord
Hurrai ..f Rlibank one (f the srigs.
. pel stockholders In the firm of
Pt - t. Sons Ltd. London with
extensive oil holdings tn Mexico
landed here today on a t 'umer from
Colon ' nroUH t" New York. Ho h id
been engaged In trying lo .lose "on-
tracts for valuable concessions '! Co-
lombia which so far have been un-
availing Lord Murray would not
discuss business affairs. He said hs
Intended to resume his Journey tl
New Yoik i hrislm.is fiv
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Lorton, Eugene. Tulsa Daily World (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 85, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 24, 1913, newspaper, December 24, 1913; Tulsa, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc134907/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.