The Shawnee News (Shawnee, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, April 28, 1911 Page: 4 of 6
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THI SHAWNEE DAILY NEB'S, SHAWNEE, 0K1AI0KA.— KR1DAY, APRIL 28, 1911.
LARGEST CIRCULATION
THE SHAWNEE NEWS
CORNER OF MAIN AND PHILADELPHIA
LOU S. ALLARD, PUB.
New h Business Office Phone •• No. 321
Lou S. A Hard's Residence Phone — No. 246
Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at Shawnee, Oklahoma, Under the Act
of Congress of March 3, 1879
DAILY NEWS SUBSCRIPT ION
tiy Carrier Per WVek
One Month By Carrier
One Month By Mall
Three Monthi Paid in Advance
Six Months Paid in Advance
One Year Paid in Advance
WEEKLY NEWS SUBSCRIPTION
By Mail Six Months
By Mail One Year
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STRAIGHT TALK NEEDED.
(Editorial.)
DieciiMbliig aihe Lorimer investiga-
tion, the Chicago Evening Post be-
lieves that the best course for thp
men who made up the $100,000 fuud
for the election of the Illinois sena-
°tor is a .clean brehst of the matter.
The Post says: 0
"In Illinois the crime of testifying
falsely under oath is punishable
with 14 years In the penitentiary.
The man who gave $5,000 or $10,000
toward the fund to which Mr. Funk
says be was asked to subscribe faces
no such penalty. Indeed it is doubt-
ful whether he committed a legal
crime at all. • • * Confession of
such an act would now be bitter
medicine for any man of position in
the business or financial world. But
is it to be compared in bitterness to
a prison sentence on- a perjury con-
viction ?
"And if there is no prison sentence,
if the marvelously simple and ef-
fective law and practice in perjury
trials fail to bring a conviction, how
about the prospect for blackmail?
Somewhere down the line of the wit-
nesses' employes there must be some-
one who knows that that $5,000 or
$10,000 was paid. It may be secre-
tary, clerk, stenographer or office
boy. It is an exceedingly good gam
ble tlmt some one of these has the
proof that tjie check went to the
'underwriters.' If he has and if he
is a certain type of man, or if cir-
cumstances force him to take ad'
vantage of his knowledge, he can
make his wretchcd employer come
to look upon jail as the lesser of
two evils.
"Enlightened selfishness as well as
a regard for the be«t public inter-
est points to the wisdom of 'straight
talk' to the Helm committee. • '
"One other reason makes this
'straight talk' a matter of common
Justice. As things are now rumors
and suspicions are attaching them-
selves to men high In our business
life who are perfectly Innocent of
any connection direct or hidlrect,
with the Lorimer election. This is
giving the city as bad a reputation
as Pittsburg earned in her recent ex-
posures And giving it to us un
Justly."
—o—
HEADLINES, OPINION AND
TRUTH.
(Editorial.)
There is much point in what Ed-
itor and ex-Senator Lafayette Young
of Des Moines said to Missouri
students about too much headline
reading. The danger of little
knowledge is proverbial. and, of
course, the best headlines cannot
convey much knowledge. They are
not Intended to; they serve to at-
tract attention to the news, as the
show-window does to the goods iu
the store, but the show-window is
art, not routine, and the headline is
art, not prosaic, accurate reporting,
says the Chicago Record-Herald.
We are not apologizing for per-
version, sensationalism, hysteria In
headlines; for such things, as Mr.
Young says, there is no -excuse even
in "art." But the headline writers
labor under terrible limitations—lim-
itations of language, syntax, time,
space. In the majority of cases they
are remarkably successful.
It scarcely needs saying that a
public sentiment formed on mere
headlines would be worse than blank
ignorance. We call free govern-
ments "governments by discussion,"
and we constantly appeal to public
sentiment, the implied assumption
being that the average man takes
:are to inform himself, to get at
facts and realities. The newspapers
do all that is humbly possible to
bring facts and realities home to
him by reports, interviews, special
articles, comments. They cannot
force anyone to read beyond the
headlines—the saying about the
horse and the water suggests itself
-but they are not guilty of encour-
Guthrie, Okla., April 28.—A report
ou the condition of the Oklahoma
bank guaranty fund as made to the
State Bankers' Association by an
auditing oompanv of Kansas City,
was made public today. The report
covers transaction relative to the
guaranty fund from the time the law
went into effect March, 1908, to Jan-
uary, 1911, and is printed under di-
rection of the Bankers' Association.
A circular letter frcm G. D. Davis,
president of the State Bankers' As-
sociation, C. D. Boarder, secretary,
and M. S. Runyah, treasurer, accom-
panies the report. The letter snyt
the duty of making such a report
devolved upon the association "after
waiting for three years for state of-
ficials to make a report to the asso-
"B exclu8lVfi he dUne read!"g-1 elation, without avail.-
An introductory statement made
They are grateful to statesmen, Jur-
ists, publicists who urge careful
reading of news and intensive cul-
tivation of the paper. Without care-
ful and earnest study of facts there
an be no justice, no statesmanship,
no conservation or progress, no ap-
preciation of good work, no intelli-
gent criticism of bad or poor work.
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JUDGEMENT SUSPENDED.
(Editorial.)
The country at large should sus-
pend Judgment on the alleged dyna-
miters until more light is thrown on
the matter.
So far as the developments have
been made public it must be admit-
ted that it looks black lor the cause
of union labor and especially the
bridge workers, but the more
thoughtful will be inclined to listen
to the "other side" and suspend j
judgment until the evidence is all1
In.
The Times disaster of Los Angel-
es, if the result of willful crime, was
unquestionably one of the most dia-
bolical In the "history of the country
and an outraged country might well
cry out for justice to be meted out
to the offenders when caught.
That a horrible fatality occurred
is knowu, whether it was by acci-
dent as some claim
others believe, remains to be seen.
If the former it will be none the
less regretted and if the latter will
be all the more so and the blood of
the victims will cry out for ven-
geance until the perpetrators are
brought to justice.
The cases of Pettlbone, Haywood
and Moyer are still fresh in the
mlnd6 of the reading public and that
fact will probably aid all in forming
their opinion of the alleged dyna-
miters at this time resulting In their
being given the benefit of the doubt
to President Davis by the auditor re-
fersfers "to the incompleteness of
records available" and says:
"The auditiug of the affairs of
each bank which failed or has re-
quired assistance has not been possi-
ble. In the case of the Columbia
Bank and Trust Company, which
failed in Oklahoma City, September
29, 1909, certain absolutely essential
records have disappeared." The
statement also says, "apart from in-
dividual banks, the records of the
banking board are very incomplete."
A 6o d PosTBon
Can be had by tmbitioua young men
and ladies in tfie field of "wireless"
or railway t^legarphy.
Since th« elght-heur law became
effective ana since the wireless com-
panies are establishing stations aK
throughout the country, there is a
great shortage of telegraphers. Po-
sitions pay beginners from $70 to $90
a month, with good chances of ad-
vancement. The National Telegraph
Institute operates six official insti-
tutes in America, under supervision
of railroad and wireless officials and
places all graduates into positions.
It will pay you to write them for
full details, at Cincinnati, Ohio, Phil-
adelphia, Pa., Memphis, Tenn., Daven-
or design, as| ,ort Iowa Co]umh|a s C ( or Port.
and, Ore., according to where you
wish to enter. •
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Kansas City, Mo., April 28.—Every
minute, day and night, for more
than a year, the Armour-Swift-Burl-
ington bridge, now being built over
the Missouri river, and its approach-
es, have been watched and guarded.
If you go down there today an4 walk
toward the structure or near any of
the material that lies on the ground
you will see a man come from the
door of a shanty. He will have a
big stick and be will stand still and
watch you. If you walk past he
will watch you until you are out of
sighL If you step upon the property
of the compauy he will come to you
and ask your business, and if you
are there only through curiosity he
will tell you politely to go away.
There "are bumps under his clothing
that look like revolver handles, and
he has on the breast of his coat a
big badge that gives him the right
to make arrests.
There is another watchman on the
Clay county side of the bridge, and
at night there are two or three more
who patrol the bridge, walking back
and forth upon the spans all night.
In spite of the vigilance, persons
got close enough to the bridge twice
to place explosives upon the great
steel chords and stringers that lay
upon the ground. But they never
could get close enough to damage
the structure itself. One charge of
dynamite was placed between two
of the girders and exploded.
A charge of nitroglycerine with a
clock-work attachment was found
near the bridge and destroyed be-
fore it exploded.
The great danger that was guard-
ed against was that the dynamiters
would float down the river some
dark night and place dynamite
against one of the piers and explode
it. To prevent that, lanterns were
run ou the piers and watchmen kept
their eyes on the river all the time.
FOR RENT.
Five acres and four-room house,
stable room for four head stock, good
chicken ho%se, best water and plenty
of it, three blocks north of end of
Broadway car line. Eee Engilman,
on premises. tf
STEEL EARNINGS FOR
QUARTER $28,519,208.1
New York, April 28.—The quar-
terly report of the steel corporation,
just made, shows earnings of $23,-
519,203 for the quarter ending March
31, 1911. Earnings of $27,500,000 had
been expected.
The board of directors re-elected
all the old officers, with the excep-
Guthrie, Okla., April 28.—An at-
tempt to burn Logan County's $200,-
000 courthouse, which was used here
until recently as the Oklahoma state-
house, was made last night about
midnight by unknown parties.
The evident desire of the incen-
diaries was to destroy the ballots
voted at the general election last
fall, because of several election con-
tests now pending. The outside wire
screen was torn from a small win-
dow into the big vault in the county
clerk's office, the window was pried
upward and a ball of fire was drop-
ped through the iron bars into the
6acks of ballots lying underneath.
The window was then lowered and
a piece of cloth hung over the out-
side to prevent the flames from show-
ing through. Smoke fumes alarmed
passersby, however, and the fire
company was called out and the
flames extinguished. About half of
the ballots were destroyed. For sev-
eral days the contest case of S. J.
Favors, Republican nominee for
county commissioner from the Sec-
ond District, against John Murphy,
Democratic incumbent, has been in
progress before Special Judge Mil-
ton Brown. W. H. Mitchell, defeated
Republican nominee for sherifT, also
has a contest pending against Sher-
fff Bart Murphy, Democrat. Sheriff
Murphy Is not in the city, but his
deputies are working on the ballot
burning case, and it is stated they
have some clues. It is understood
that none of the ballots were de-
stroyed that are involved in the
Favors-Murphy contest, but in Mit
chell's case a recount of the entire
county, which the fire has now made
Impossible.
All records of the county clerk's
office for 22 years were in the vault
where the Are was started. The
vault was the one which until re-
cently was used by the state school
land department.
THE ODEON THEATRL
5c SUPREME IN EXCELLENCE CF PHOTO-PLAY PICTURES 6<
VITAGRAPH COMEWY.
"DAVY JONES"
EDISON DBAMA.
"BETWEEN TWO FIRES."
or Heal music for every picture
"HIS WIFE'S HUSBAND." GOT IT?
GET THE ODEON HABI1
ALL CARS STOP NE^R.OUR DOOR, LITTLE PRICES
THE BOSTON GROCERY
NEXT DOOR TO UNION STATE[BANK
Sweet Potatoes
We have lots o( em—and good too. They are from Old
Virginia. Cooked—already. Big cans, only
10c
FORMERLY, "SOUTHWESTERN TEA & COFFEE CO."
SUNDAY SIGHT AT
THE FIRST UNITED
BRETHREN CHIJHCH.
until their guilt or their Innocence J „on of- w }, DlcUson whn reBigned
shall have been established.—Mus-
kogee Phoenix.
Do Chests Haunt Swuuipsf
No. nevor. It's foolish to fear a
fancied evil, when there are real and
deadly perils to guard against In
swamps and marshes, bayous, and
lowlands. These are the malaria
germs that cause ague, chills and
fever, weakness, aches In the bones
and muscles and may induce deadly
typholfl. But Electric Bitters destroys
and casts out these vicious germB
from the blood. "Three bottles drove
all the malaria from my syBtem,"
wrote Wm. Fretwell, of Lucama, N.
C., "and I've had tine health ever
Bince." Use this sate, stire remedy
only. 50c at all druggists. *
HEAD THIS.
This certifies that we have sold
.'eias Wonder for a number of yean
nd And .. to be the best Kidney,
Bladder an I Rheumatic remedy we
have ever sold. We have as yet to
lear the firs! complaint. Shawnee
)rug Co., Cor. Main and Broadway. •
15 OR 15,000
We have about IB stockholders. Shawnee has about 15,000
people. Was the Guaranty Law made for our 15 stockholders
or Shawnee's 15,000 people? This law has proven to be good
for the depositor. Now, if it can be made Rood for the bank-
er, that much better.
YOU can't loose.
WE pay the freight.
as vice-president some time ago. His
place was not filled.
Averts Awful Tragedy.
Timely advice given Mrs. C. Wll-
loughby, of Marengo, Wis., (R. No.
1) prevented a dreadful tragedy and
saved two lives. Doctors had said
her frightful cough was a "consump-
tion" cough and could do little to
help her. After many remedies
failed, her aunt urged her to take
Dr. King's New Discovery. "I have
been using it for some time," she
wrote, "and the awful cough has al-
most gone. It also saved my little
boy when taken with a severe bron-
chial trouble." This matchless medi-
cine has no equal for throat and
lung troubles. Price 50c and |1.00
Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by all
druggists. *
WE WILL GLADLY BACK UP
our lumber with the strongest kind
of guarantee. We can afford to
for we carefully inspect every
board and beam before it leaves
our yard. We sell the kind of
lumber you can rely on absolutely;
tfie kind you swear by, not at.
Want any now? We'll send you
anything from a few boards to a
carload or more.
TAYLOR LUMBER C0„
Ninth and Oklahoma Phone 112.
Better be safe than sorry.
SECURITY STATE BANK
New and Clean. $1.00 Start* An Account.
NAll.OHS FIND #10,000
WORTH OF AMBERGRIS.
Boston, Mass., April 28.—A keg of
100 pounds of ambergris, the largest
shipment ever received in this city,
Is awaiting appraisal in the vault of
a wholesale drug five here. It Is
valued at more than $60,000. The
proceeds of the sale will be divided
among a score of lucky sailors who
found the treasure while whaling off
the coast of Africa In December.
The sailors, members of the crews
of the boats Bertha and Viola, were
pursuing sperm whales one fine De-
cember day when they succeeded In
harpooning a 30-footer who lagged
behind his fellows. Me yielded only
15 barrels of oil, but the grumbling
of the whalers was dispelled when
i. huge black lump of ambergris was
taken from him.
Regular meeting eterj Filter
nlglil, at ( bristlier IlalL
J. B. LOWER!,
Secretary.
All Dentil Work obtained at my
office standi for quality, iklll a.4
reasonable prt.^ei.
Office Phone tilt Res., 11*.
DR. AUSTIN, Dentist.
Over Har/yman's Drug Store Mr,
Bell and Main
STRAYED OR STOLEN.
One bay pony horse, 4 years old,
I about 14 hands high, weight S00
I pounds; no brands, both fore feet
have small wire cut. Finder please
ff_ _ _ ^ | notify J. II. Carlisle. Dale, Okla., and I
I receive reward. 24-3t
SHAWNEE LODGE, NO. SI, L O.
0. r.
ile.'ti e% >>ry Thursday night
Visiting Breth-en welcome.
Evangelistic service—Rev. L. Wal-
ter Nine will preach on the subject,
"Sowing and Reaping."
Large chorus of 30 voices will
slug.
Song service will begin at 7:45
o'clock.
Bring your friends. Church, cor-
ner Ninth and Center streets.
CRAZY MAN IN TOWN
Has three modern houses will sell to
the highest bidder, on termB. 105
N. Broadway. Phone 938. 23-3t
CHOICE EGGS.
Fine eggs for setting. Buff Orping-
ton (Biggers' tine strain), $1.50 per
15. Plymouth Rocks, 75c for 15. 908
N. Klckapoo. Phone 1066 Red. 26-tf
THE COZY
THURSDAY - FRIDAY - SATURDAY
Bonner & Meredith
Presenting a Comedy Sketch
The Cowboy's Proposal
3000 feet of high class motion pictures. The pictures
for today are: "A Daughter of the Revolution" (Rex.)
"The Lover's Signal" A "Hero" [IMP.]
A first class show in every respect.
Matinee every afternoon at 2:30 and at
night beginning at 7:30.
ADMISSION 5 AND 10c
E-. F. PAXON COMPAQ
INSURANCE, LOANS,
REAL ESTATE
Phone No. 35 Watch the Want Column, lor Our ,Sp«.aU I 19 N. Bdw
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