The Shawnee News (Shawnee, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 195, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 12, 1911 Page: 1 of 10
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SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1811.
BIGGEST WEEK III
Demurrer to the Evidence Was Sus-
tained—All Other Accusations
Against Wanette Officers Have
Been Dismissed.
The past week has been the biggest
week In the cotton market this sea-
son. Cotton has been coming in
freely and Saturday was the biggest
day of all, more than 100 bales being
marketed here before noon.
A price of 9 cents for middling
cotton has been maintained by Ker-
foot & Burke. Farmers are now
realizing that Shawnee is the proper
P'ace to sell their cotton, If they
desire to put it on the market at this
time.
FIVE CENTS.
Judge Wilson, Saturday, in the
hearing of the accusation for removal
from office against George M. Adams,
water commissioner of Wanette, after
the State had rested, sustained a de-
murrer to the evidence and instructed
the dismissal of the defendant. This
was the case in which misappropria-
tion of funds was charged. Another
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Blurs DEFENSE
accusation was dismissed Friday.
Other Cases'Dismissed.
Following the dismissal of the
Adams case, County Attorney Holt
dismissed the accusations against the
other Wanette officials who were sus-
pended from office by the late grand
Jury, pending their trial upon the ac-
cusations returned.
County Attorney Appeals.
The decisions of the court In the
Wanette cases were the cause of a
rather strained relation between the
court and the county attorney, which
resulted in a near-clash several
times. The county attorney is ap-
pealing to the Criminal Court of Ap-
peals from Wilson's decisions.
health department.
All bills due the City Health De-
partment are payable at the office, in
the basement of the City Hall. 8-6t
SLEUTHING WORK
OF "MOT TRUST"
IN KANSAS CITY
Governor Stubbs and the judges of
the juvenile courts of Kansas are in-
vestigating an alleged "baby trust,"
said to sell infants to those who wish
to.adopt them. The headquarters of
the alleged trust are in Kansas City,
but it has branches in Topeka, Wich-
ita, Atchison, Independence, Hutchin-
son, Salina, Pittsburg, Leavenworth,
and agents in practically every other
Kansas town.
Two men and a woman are said to
be the chief exploiters, but they have
assistants throughout the State They
„i„,, ,K . , , on Its operations in the State. Frose-
vlslt the rescue homes and keep close ,,, ,
>.h ih/i.n ■ . . cutlons will begin as soon as the
tab on tnoso neonlp who Hn not nam
Hugo. Okla., Nov. 11.—Dr. L. C.
Rucker, proprietor of the Choctaw
pharmacy, was shot and Instantly
killed in his store no Broadway just
before noon Friday. Dr. R. D. Love,
a prominent physician and acting
county health officer, soon after was
taken into custody, charged with
murder. Love is alleged to have
walked into the drug store and called
for a cigar, Rucker waiting on him
Love paid for the cigar and, it is
claimed, as Rucker turned his side
to Love while putting the money in
the cash register, Love fired on Ruck
er with a 38-callber revolver, the ball
entering just below the right lung
Rucker fell to the floor and Love
continued to Are, according to re-
ports, until he had put six bullets in
Rucker's body. Not a word was
spoken between the men that would
Intimate there was trouble between
them.
Dr. Love made the following state-
ment to a reporter after being placed
in jail:
"I shot in defense of my family.
I did only what any other man would
do under similar circumstances."
Dr. Love is a brother of Col. Jack
Love, chairman of the Oklahoma
State Corporation Commission, whom
he wired to come to his assistance.
The killing created a sensation
owing to the prominence of hoth par-
ticipants, and there was some talk
of mobbing Love, but that idea, it is
thought, has been abandoned.
til ECHO OF THE
CAPITAL FBI
A. ("Honey") Robinson, who has
been missing since Tuesday morning,
has not yet been found and no trace
of him can bo discovered, though a
number of parties have searched for
him and the fact of his disappearance
has been published far and wide. His
wife and family are tortured with ap-
prehension as to his safety.
Searrhlnir Parties Return.
Several searching parties went out
to look for the missing man Friday.
The first, under Chief of Police Hill
and Constable London, went in the
morning. After careful inquiry in
THE UNION ADVOCATES REMOVAL the 8urround'"S country, so far as
FROM ARDMORE W AS TO I'hey could find out the last seen of
HELP PUTNAM. Mr- Robinson was Tuesday evening
about 5 o'clock, at a point two and
one-half miles east of the Santa Fe
IRVING SCHOOL WINS
In an interesting game of football,
played at Benson Park Friday even-
ing, the Irving School won from the
Horace Mann School, thus winning
the championship of the city ward
schools. The contest has waxed warm
ever since the football season opened
and the victory made the Irving sup
porters hilarious with Joy. They
celebrated their victory with vocifer-
ous shouts as the car they occupied
passed along Main street on the way
home. •
cure a deed of adoption, the money
is paid over, and no record is made.
State Issues nn Order.
The State <has issued an order pro-
hibiting all the orphan asylums that
receive State aid allowing babies to
be adopted under the MissQuri law,
and requiring all adoptions to be in
Kansas.
Governor Stubbs has directed the
State Board of Control to investigate
the circumstances by which four ba-
bies were sold for $40 each to people
in one town and to see how much
further the "trust" has been carrying
on its operations in the State. Prose-
Oklahoma City, Nov. 11.—In Judge,
Taylor's division of the District Court!!,h0P8' "e W"8 C°ming W!'8t at that
, time. Other parties went out in the
Friday the case of the Ardmore Na- afternoon, one party being on foot,
tional Bank against I. M. Putnam They scoured the woods without suc-
asking Judgment In the sum of $12,-
363.11 is in progress. The action Is
brought on an alleged assignment of
notes dated July 1, 1909, and asks
for accrued Interest at the rate of
8 per cent.
According to the petitioner, 1. M
Putnam, the defendant, Governor Lee
Cruce, president of the petitioning
bank, and J. K. Armstrong of the
Union Publishing Co. entered into an
oral agreement July t, 1909, where
by Putnam became liable for notes of
the publishing company held by the
bank. At the time the publishing
company was an Institution of Ard
more with a general circulation
throughout the State and I. M. Put-
nam was seeking to have the plant
removed to Oklahoma City. The
creditor bank refused to permit the
transfer until Putnam, it alleges, be-
came liable to the brfhk for the In-
debtedness.
At a former trial In the District
Court the jury disagreed, necessi-
tating the present trial. There will
be a number of witnesses prominent
In the commercial affairs of both
Ardmore and Oklahoma City, and
among these will be Governor Cruce.
W. I. Gilbert of this city and W. B.
Johnson of Ardmore are counsel for
the bank. J. V. Cabell, formerly of
Ardmore, but now of the Oklahoma
City bar, Is representing Putnam.
cess and returned to the city late
Friday evening.
Sullied to Spells.
The apprehension of the family is
occasioned by the fact that Mr. Rob
inson was subject to spells during
which hla mind was a blank, the
spells being the result of an old in-
jury to his head. A number of times
heretofore he has wandered off, but
was always found before he got en-
tirely away. His family fear that he
has perished from exposure.
Another Henrch.
Another searching party Is being
organized to go out today In search
of the missing man. It will ; e headed
by his sons. There is now little hop*
of finding him alive entertained.
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OKLAHOMA WINS ANOTHER
VICTORY.
tab on those people who do not care
for babies and who, through misfor-
tune, wish to have their children
adopted Into other homes They also
work with the State and private or-
phan homes.
Hon Rabies Are Sold
Every Sunday in Kansas newspa-
pers appears an advertisement offer-
ing one or more babies for adoptlou.
The people apparently do not run an
orphan home or foundling asylum.
They offer children from a week to
three or four years old. When one
Inquiries about these babies he re-
ceives a letter telling all about the
children and announcing that by the
payment of from $10 to $50 the
agents will furnish the baby and see
I he adoption papers are made out
properly.
Under the Kansas laws the consent
of the parents must be given before
an adoption, unless there is a guar-
dian. But under the Missouri law
no consent of this kind is necessary,
and a deed of adoption Is granted
and no record kept of it
No investigation of the circum-
stances is made in either State. But
a Kansas probate judge of the Juve-
nile Court may refuse adoption pa-
pers, so that after the proposed fos-
ter parents have seen the child the
agent and new father or mother go
to some Missouri county seat and se-
evldence can be secured.
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"Smart Set" at the Seeker.
The far-famed "Smart Set" Com-
pany, with its capable and acceptable
fun-makers, vocalists, singers and
dancers, headed by Salem Tutt Whit-
ney, is underlined as the next attrac-
tion at the Becker Theater, Tuesday,
November 14, for one night. The or-
ganization will appear in a brand
new and effervescent musical comedy
in three acts, entitled "The Mayor of
New Town," written by Mr. Whitney
himself, and music by T. L. Corwell.
The production easily assumes prece-
dence over any similar offering seen
hereabouts in some time. Mr. Whit-
ney has been provided with a part
suitable to his well-known talents,
while the supporting cast, a large
one, is capable in every department.
Foremost in the company are J.
Homer Tutt and Miss Ethel Mar-
shall, a clever prima donna.
The Oklahoma University
Sooners defeated the Kansas
University Jayhawkers Satur-
day, 3' to 0. The victory was
greater than Oklahoma's most
ardent supporters anticipated.
A great crowd witnessed the
contest on McCoolu Field at
Lawrence.
ORGANIZED EFFORT TO BE MADE
BY COMMERCIAL BODIES TO
INCREASE ACREAGE.
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There was war between the ba-
nana dealers at the corner of Main
and Broadway Saturday morning,
with the result that the public pur-
chased bananas cheaper than they
ever did before in Shawnee, perhaps.
Selim Ezar has thn stand at the
I • ttuu duiiih ernice, re-
Union SUte Bank, and Ben Hadad Is | * queftlng thp nmyor t0 get ,t
located on the opposite side of Broad- J .j. and Bend lt t0 hlm tor
way, at the State National Bank. need „ nowhe wr|tc8
Saturday morning a rivalry was 4. v
started by the two men calling their J 4.
wares and bananas at once dropped'
JOHN VOLK WANTS HIS
MONEY NOW.
John Volk, formerly city
scavenger, now serving a two-
year sentence at McAlester
for burglary, writes • "Mr.
Honhorabel Mare A. D. Mar-
ten" that the city owes him
$24 and soniH sence,"
Frank Price, a coal driver for the
Chrisney Grocery Co.'s coal depart-
ment, suffered a peculiar accident
Saturday morning which almost
caused his death. He was driving
along West Main street on a load of
coal when he fell from the wagon
to the pavement and suffered painful
Injuries. Bystanders went to his as-
sistance and removed him to his
home in the Maywood Addition.
Fainted and Fell.
It appears that Mr. Price, while
riding on the coal, suffered a minor
injury that caused such acute pain
that he fainted and fell from the
wagon, striking the pavement vio-
lently on his head. The external
table of hi**, skull was fractured and
one hand injured. It is not believed
that his injuries will prove seriouq.
Oklahoma City, Nov. 11.—Kaffir
corn, for many years the butt of Jests
and ridicule, is coming into its own
and the "kaffir corn woolly" will
800 nbe recognized as the really wise
man of the farming community.
The Oklahoma City Chamber of
Commerce, the Retailers' Association
the Ad Club, the Hoitio Products' AS'
sociation and the State Manufactur-
ers' Association have joined handB
in a kaffir corn campaign and will
take as their text-book the address
delivered before the Ad Club during
the past week by John Fields, editor
of the Oklahoma Farm Journal, which
set forth in ultra-condeiised form, but
with great vigor and clearness, the
merits of kaffir corn and the desir
ability of having it grown on every
Oklahoma farm.
The address has been printed and
several copies of it, with a letter of
explanation, will be sent to every
commercial secretary In Oklahoma
The point made by Mr. Fields and
emphasized by the commercial or-
ganizations, is that kaffir corn is al-
ways a good crop in Oklahoma, while
corn is uncertain, and that the bank-
er who loans the farmer money on
his live stock or the merchants who
extend him credit to tide him over to
the next season would have much
better security if they would insist
on his having a patch of kaffir corn,
which would take care of his stock
if other crops fall.
Mr. Fields stated that the only rea-
son why more kaffir corn iB not
grown In Oklahoma is that the busi
ness men of the various communi-
ties have poked fun at it, only dis-
playing their own ignorance when
they did bo. To educate these men
and particularly the merchants and
bankers, is the purpose of the pres-
ent cmaipagn. The commercial or-
ganizations in the towns and cities
will also be asked to help the farm-
ers in getting the seed and give their
assistance to the movement in that
way.
Business men in Kansas have al-
ready realized the value of such a
movement and have been doing all
in their power to increase the acre-
age of Kaffir corn. The Kaffir Corn
Carnival held recently at LMdorado,
Kan., served both to demonstrate the
results already obtained and to en-
courage further efforts along the
same line.
Testimony at Preliminary as to Con-
rersation With Hershall Barrett a
Short Time Before He Shot Tom
Boyd at Earlboro.
FARMERS MEETING
The Up-to-Date Farmer," official
organ of the Farmers' Society of
Equity, published at Indianapolis,
Ind., In its current issue gives a
cover page notice of the State meet-
ing to bg held here this month, and
also prints a half-page map of Okla-
homa 011 the front cover, showing
Shawnee In big letters in the center
of the State. This is good advertis-
ing, as the magazine has a nation-
wide circulation.
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Pathe's Weekly at the Odeon.
The latest issue of Pathe's Weekly
will be shown at the popular Odeon
today. Joseph H. Smith, president of
the Mormon Church, the twelve apos-
tles, the tabernacle, and excellent
views of the beautiful grounds is one
of the gerat features shown in this
vastly popular news picture this
week. President Taft is there, too,
and ten other features. The Pathe's
Weekly is a regular Saturday and
Sunday feature at the Odeon and
should be seen by everyone on either
of those days.
The wor'd's series, "Philadelphia
Athletics vs. New York Giants," is
slated for Wednesday next (November
15). Every fan in Shawnee will see
this feature—likewise, many women
and children admirers of our national
game.
Each program at the Odeon is well
worth seeing, care being used in the
selection of the best subjects, which
are projected in a skillful manner.
Mr. Frank C. Stevens is on the job
daily with an appropriate muBical
program.
Candidly, where have you been af-
forded better entertainment than at
the Odeon?
Mrs. Nathan Dwyer, divorced wife
of the late Tom Boyd, of Earlsboro,
who was shot and killed there by
Hershal Barrett, was held by County
Judge Lockrldge Saturday without
bond on a charge of complicity in the
homicide.
Divorced from Boyd.
Previous to the killing of Boyd by
Barrett, near the postoffice building
in Earlbsoro, Mrs. Dwyer had se-
cured a divorce from him, but at the
time of the killing the six months
required by law to make the decree
effective had not expired. In the
preliminary Saturday the State In-
troduced the testimony of C. E.
Francis, deputy sheriff and town
marshal of Earlsboro, Mrs. O. D.
Patten, and others, concerning a con-
versation between Mrs. Dwyer and
Barrett, held in the postoffice, about
fifteen minutes before the killing. The
testimony of Francis was to the efr
feet that Mrs. Dwyer (at that time
Mrs. Boyd) had asked him to get
Barrett and asked him to meet her
in the postoffice. At that time, Fran-
cis testified, Mrs. Dwyer said some-
thing to the effect that "Boyd would
have to be put out of the way." Mrs.
Patten and others testified to over-
hearing parts of the conversation
between Mrs. Dwyer and Barrett Just
before the killing, and heard Mrs.
Dwyer remark that "someone must
be killed." The killing of Boyd la
alleged to have taken place within
fifteen minutes after this conversa-
tion between the two.
Married Again.
Since the death of Boyd, his former
wife has married Nathan Dwyer, a
section foreman of Kingston, Mar-
shall County.
Released on Bond.
Although lt was the order of the
court that Mrs. Dwyer be held with-
out ball, on account of her being In
a delicate condition Judge Lockridge
released her on the nominal bond of
$1,000.
from 15 cents a dozen to two for
15 cents, and then rapidly to two
dozen for a nickle. D, zi ns of dozen_
of fine fruit were purchased by the
crowds that assembled, the rivalry
among the purchasers being so great
that they carried bananas away In
their arms without even waiting to
have them wrapped up. The Incident
attracted a large crowd.
Divorces Granted.
In the District Court Saturday two
I divorces were granted. Mrs. Mary
Bednar was given a decree of di-
vorce from John Bednar, and William
Murkroy from Mamie Murkroy.
Fresh oyster*, cranberries, and all
kind* of meat* at the City Market.
North Broadway. Phon* 109. 3tf
TO MOTORISTS.
We are now open for business at
our new garage, corner Tenth and
Broadway, and are prepared to give
you the best aervice to be secured In
Shawnee. Our building is constructed
and equipped especially for garage
STORK
LARGELY
REAPER.
IIESTS
The stork has again largely
bested the grim reaper in
Pottawatomie County. Dur-
ing October there wore
twenty-live deaths reported,
five being stlll-blrths and
three having occurred during
the preceding month, and
there were 150 births. No
cases of tuberculosis were re-
ported.
Funeral of Mrs. Welker.
The funeral services of Mrs. Fred
Welker were held Saturday noon at
her residence, one and one-half miles
east of Aydelotte. The services were
conducted by Rev. L. Walter Nine,
pastor of the First U. B. Church of
Shawnee. Interment was In Fairview
cemetery
Mrs. Welker was 36 years of age,
and leaves her husband, five children,
two sisters and two brothers. She
was a member of the United Brethren
Church and was loved by all who
knew her. The church and commun-
ity, as well as her home, will miss
her sadly. Mr. Welker and other
members of the family have the sym-
pathy of all In their sad bereave-
ment.
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Dancing Club.
The Rosebud Dancing Club will
- , —. _—give an Invitation dance at Chrisney
purposes. We have room and equip- Hall Tuesday evening. E. 8. Jeffrie*
ment for storing automobile*, and is the director.
handle automobile uupplle*. I —————
THE AUTOMOBILE GARAGE AND J We have the best the market kf*
SUPPLY CO. 8-St, fords In freeh home and Kansas
Corner Tenth and Broadway. city meats. City Market 10-tf
Dr. J. A. Walker of North Broad-
way Heights entertained Dr. W. C
Bradford, Rev. L. C. Wolfe, Rev. G
W. McCall, John McKellar and W, F
Skelton Friday evening at a " 'pos-
sum supper." Roast 'possum and
sweet taters constituted the "piece
de resistance" of the spread, which
was a sumptuous one and greatly
enjoyed. The function was a de-
cidely pleasant one. The opossums
had been captured by Mr. McKellar
and his hounds the night previous.
C. M. Cade leaves Tuesday on a
hunting trip to the Kiamichi Moun-
tains, as a guest of the Oklahoma
Hunting and Fishing Club. The party
will go from Tulsa to Cove, Ark., in
a special Pullman. A haudsomely
engraved card brought the invitation
to Mr. Cade.
C. M. Cade Jr. left Friday with a
party made up largely of Wetumka
people for the west side of the Kl-
amlchls, on a hunting trip.
First Church of Christ, Scientist,
has moved the place of meeting from
Carnegie Library to 224 North Broad-
way.
Old newspaper* for **: 6c
Bundle, at Thr Shawnee New*.
per
STILLWATER SHERIFF
HERE WITH CONVICTS
Sheriff Hoyt of Stillwater, Payne
County, was in Shawnee last night
on his way to the penitentiary with
three prisoners. They were Elmer
Cohorn, sentenced to serve Ave years
for rape; Asa Hammond, one year,
for assault with attempt to kill; Ben
Butler, two years, for burglary ia
Attend Night School W. B College, th* second degree.
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