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The Hugo Husonian
The Official Advertising Medium of the OSty oi Hugo and the County of Choctaw.
VOL XI.
HUGO. OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1912
No. 14
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EtiCTORUl COLLEGE
IS STATE OFflCE
FRED P. BRANSON SAYS THAT
STATE HAS EXCLUSIVE CON-
TROL OVER ELECTION OF EL-
ECTORS
Opinion of Former State Chairman
Is of Interest in Every County in
Black Belt
MUSKOGEE. Okla., June 5.—Fred
P. Branson, who as chairman of the
state democratic central committee,
initiated the amendment to the Ok-
lahoma constitution known as the
Grandfather law, which law is now in
operation In this state, in an opin-
ion just given out, holds that the
ten presidential electors in Oklaho-
ma are state officers' and that the
laws of the state, will apply to them
in the November"el«ction. Mr. Bran-
son's opinion, which will be trans-
mitted to the different boards of
election of the state, means that
the negroes who cannot stand the
Grandfather test, will be denied the
right to vote for president in Okla-
homa this year. Two decisions ren-
dered by Judges Campbell and Cot-
ter a 1 in the eastern and western dis-
tricts of Oklahoma, have caused some
of the election officers of the state
to be in doubt, but Mr. Branson's op-
inion will clarify the situation. In
the case tried before Judge Camp-
bell certain, precinct election officers
were prosecuted under the United
States laws, for refusing to permit
negroes to vote at the general elec-
YORK WORLD
STARTLES NATION
GREAT NEWSPAPER APPEALS
TO BRYAN TO INDORSE NEW
JERSEY PRESIDENTIAL CANDI-
DATE
Nebraskan Declared To Be Only Man
Who Can Aid in Defeating Roose-
velt For President
WASHINGTON, D. C.. May 31 —
Daily thrill furnished by the Roose-
velt-Taft contest was eclipsed in the
East yesterday by a ringing declar-
ation on the part of the New York
World of its choice of GoV. Woodrow
Wilson for the democratic nomina-
tion for the presidency. The declar-
ation made in a two-column display
editorial, attracted especial attention
because of the cautious triggering
that the New York democratic lead-
ers have been doing in the past
week on the subject of the demo-
cratic nomination.
Th? World not only tells why, in
its opinion. Harmon, Clark, Under-
wood and Bryan would not make
effective candidates against Roose-
velt, but jt calls upon Bryan to get
out on tke firing H/ie for the New
Jersey governor.
"We appeal to Mr. B*van," says
the editorial, "to throw his great po-
litical Influence upon the side of
Gov. Wilson and aid the democratic
party to meet adequately this great
crisis in the nation's history. He
has the most brilliant opportunity
that has come to any American of
this generation, and he has before
him in Theodore Roosevelt a strik-
ing example of the meaning of ruth-
BIG LAND GRAFT
IS BEING
tlon in November 1910. Mr. Bran-
son. who represented the election of- j less' and unyielding ambition."
fleers, demurred t<? the indictment on ' The editorial then sums up an en-
tbe grounds that, while the ^mend- j thusiastic eulogy of Gov. Wllspn's
ment to the constitutions-may have j qualifications in which the governor
been intended /o give negroes the j is labeled a constitutional progress-
right to vote, still congress had made
no provision for Its enforcement and
until such provision was made, the
state was supreme. He argued that
tbis had been 80 decided by the
United States circuit court In an op-
inion handed down by Justice Lur-
ton, now of the supreme bench, and
by other appellate courts. Judge
Campbell sustained Mr. Branson and
the men were discharged. The court
held that the state was supreme in
providing laws for the election of
state officials. The case decided fty
Judge Cotteral in which the court
ive, with this expression of confi-
dence: "Goi. Wilson has had more
public experience than Grover Cleve-
land when he was elected president'.
He is better known to the rank and
file of the party than Sampel J. Til-
den when he was nominated for
president. The World believes that
he would be a progressive constitu-
tional president whom the American
people could trust and for whom
they would never have cause to ap-
ologize."
Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia.
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon and
Wilkin* To Alabama
Cklrdon Wilkins' received a tele-
gram from Jacksonville, Ala.. this
morning, notifying him . that his mo-
ther, who Is 71 years of age, Is at
de«thi door. Mr. Wilkins left on the
•ttijptoon train for Alabama, In the
ho^P of teaching his mother before
. death ilsitos her. Mr. Wilkins wlil
he gone about ten days. He leaves
a flek child at home, but the little
one Is reported better today.
Miss Daisy Cooper of Ardmore, is
the guest of Mrs. L. E. Hutchlns on
Ethel street.
YOU 1ST REGISTER1
IF YOU VOTE
refused to sustain a demurrer to the Senator Gore of Oklahoma and Rep-
indictment was different, for in this resentatives McGlllicuddv of Main
instance ,the mWn were indicted for Henry of Texas and Goodwin of Ark-
conspiring to prevent a negro from i ansas are out in interviews corn-
voting for a congressman, which was ' mending the World editorial, declar
a crime. : jng n unanswerable and ascribing to
Mr. Branson in his opinion, holds it a far-reaching effect in Gov. Wil-
that presidential electors are nothing son s candidacy for tlie nomination.
but state officials, and while the gen-
eral impression may be that a voter.
in casting his ballot, is voting for
president, he is mistaken and Is only
voting for electors who in turn maj-
or may not vote for president. He
holds that electors must be voted on,
Just like any other state officer and
if the election officer finds that the
negro voter cannot qualify under the
Grandfather amendment, then the
negro can be denied the right to vote.
It Is estimated that there are 40,-
000 negro men in the >tate, who are
over 21 years of age a f this num-
ber, less than 15,000 il( be permit-
tM'to vote for presidential electors
Id November
Election officers air ' be advised
to let every man vote vho i* entitled
«•, under the law, but rui to be inti-
midated by United Si'-s marshals
who will try to force r ti ■ officers to
permit Ignorant nfegroe? to vote for
presidential electors.
Mr. Branson has made a close
study of the question and he says
that the law Is squarely on the side
of the Oklahotafc election officers and
they are supreme in the matter
ALL REGISTRATION CERTIFI-
CATES EXPIRE JULY FIRST
AND MUST BE RENEWED WITH-
IN THIRTY DAYS ,
Registration Good For Two Years
And Women Who Vote Will Also
Have to Be Registered
Those who expect to cast their bal-
lots in the primary election on Aug-
ust 6th, should remember that reg-
istration certificates will expire in
July, and those who do not register
before the primary will not be allow-
ed to vote. These certificates will
be good for two years, and it is a
matter that should not be neglected.
As stated the^ present certificates ex-
pire on July 1st, and .thirty days will
be given in which to renew them.
The inspectors who will look after
this part of the work have not been
appointed, but this will be attended
to in ample time, and announcement
will be made of the parties appoint-
ed. All elections and primaries be-
tween now and the next registration
will be held two years from the date
of July, 1912. can be voted In only
by those who have compiled with
these requirements. This includes
the women's votes on school elec-
tions. There is usually trouble
about women voting for the reason
that they have not been voting long
enough to "have the habit" and they
neglect to register along with the
men. And the men should by all
means remember this and comply
with this part of the election laws.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC MAY HAVE
TO LET GO OF ITS KERN COUN
TY HOLDINGS
Has Land in California Obtained Un-
der Agricultural Grant That is
Worth $15,000,000
WASHINGTON, D. Q., May 31.—
In a public statement Attorney Gen-
eral Wickersham declared that the
government's suit against the South-
ern Pacific companies for the recov-
ery of valuable, oil lands in Southern
California has developed "sensation-
al and startling disclosures." Testi-
mony by witnesses subpoenaed by
the government, he says, "presents a
remarkable picture of criminal con-
spiracy among high officials of the
Southern Pacific company to acquire
under an agricultural grant oil land
valued at $15,000,000."
The statement was issued after a
conference between the Attorney
General and Willis N. Mills, his spe-
cial assistant in charge of the case,
concerning recent developments In
the suit. The proceedings were in-
stituted 'by direction of Mr. Wicker-
sham in December, 1910, to set aside
patents and revest in the govern-
ment title to 6,b00 acres of valuable
oil-bearing lands In the Elk Hills
country of the McKittrick oil district
Kern county, California.
The lands are within the indem-
nity limits of the grant of July 27,
1866, to the Southern Pacific Rail-
road company in aid of the- construc-
tion of the road. The original grant-
ing act, the attorney general's state^
ment says, excluded all mineral lands
the intention of congress being to
grant agricultural lands, reserving
I the mineral lands to the United
States for all time.
The government lawyers are confi-
dent, the statement avers, that the
disclosures made by the testimony
of Charles W. Eberlln "will result In
the restoration to the public domain
of a vast tract of the most valuable
of lands in the state of California."
As acting land agent of the South-
ern Pacific Railroad company the
statement alleges that Mr. Eberlin,
"saved from the conflagration follow-
ing the San Francisco earthquake all
the secret correspondence and docu-
ments relating to the conspiracy to
defraud the government out of these
lands."
Upon being placed on the stand,
the statement continues, Mr. Eberlin
"produced correspondence between I
himself and the late W. D. Cornish,
vice president of the Southern Pa-1
cific, and ('. H. Markham, general I
manager, fully establishing previous
knowledge on the part of the raflroad
of the mineral character of the land
in indication an intention to keep
the fact from the government offi
cials until patents should be secur
ed."
WILL DRAW MOT
COLONEL BURTON WILL MAKE
FIRST ASCENT OF LOCAL CITI-
ZENS WITH AIR NAVIGATOR
Huge Event First of Its Kind In
Oklahoma and Will be Witnessed
•y Thousands
It is about decided that Col. Bur-
ton, secretary of the chamber of
commerce, will, be the first citizen
of Hugo to fly In the air at the avia-
tion meet here June 18-19. Colonel
Burton has signified his willingness
to make i iie ascent in the Moissant
machines when they come and will
probably be given the first honor.
The Frisco will make a rate that
will attract people for many miles
at the Hugo aerial fair, for this will
be the first big entertainment of the
kind ever pulled off in Oklahoma,
and while it will be imitated, the
premier city will set the pattern, and
here will be the Mecca of those who
wish to see the first big event of
the kind in Oklahoma.
Write all your friends out of town
that the avi'ators are coming to
Hugo to be here on June 18 and
19 under the auspices of the cham-
ber of commerce and any one desir-
ing to go up to the skies above, in
and out among the cluods, will be
I privileged to do so, as Harold Kant-
th# famous aviator, who will be
] the attraction in chief, will be glad
to afford this thrilling trip. Plying
machine exhibitions never get tire-
some, and one cannot help but feel
like going out and seeing the intre-
pid navigators of the air mount the
trusty machines and rise birdlike to
heights seemingly perilous, but not
so, with the air craft in perfect con-
dition, for which purpose the most
skilled mechanicians are carried.
Harold Kantner, the aviator who
will be here, is one of the Moisants';
most skilled and daring flyers, and j
with favorable weather some thrill-1
ing dips, glides and figures in thej
air are promised. Flights have been j
made in fifty mile gales and to alti-
tudes of over 6,000 feet until the j
birdmen and their craft look like
mere specks.
E. E. IMMTHIM SUI-
CIDES IN SULPHUR
FAMILY TROUBLE AND FINANCI-
AL MISFORTUNE CAUSE OF
MALI'S RASH ACT
HAS REPORTED
OKLAHOMA'S CONDITION GOOD
AND PROSPECTS FOR BUMPER
CROP ARE REPORTED
Washington Bureau Says That Acre-
age Statistics Are So Far Very
Unreliable
Special to The Husonian
WASHINGTON. D. C., June 4.—
The bureau of statistics this morn-
ing issued the report on the growing
condition of cotton. The status at
large is nominal, being 78 and 9-10
per cent.
The condition of the Texas crop is
73 per cent. Missouri 74 and Okla-
homa 78.
Acreage reports are not available
this morning, and because of the late
crop planting In many localities, the
bureau warns that accuracy is not
as reliable as expected.
Oklahoma's splendid condition Is
due to the heavy moisture in the
spring and the more careful prepaid
atlon of the soil. With conditions
as now expected, the Oklahoma con-
dition will improve, and with the
heavy acreage bids fair to have
the record crop of all time in the new
cotton state.
Formerly a Resident of Hugo Where
He Solicited For An Insurance
Company
TRAIN
RHJ FREIGHT
SMASHUP OCCURRED IN EAST
END YARDS SATURDAY NIGHT
ON THE MAIN LINE
Many Passengers Slightly Injured it
Being a Bad Night For Knee
—Caps
A peculiar wreck occurred in the
east end yards of the Frisco at 9
o'clock Saturday' evening, when No.
571, the evening passenger from
Hope, ran into a freight train that
had been standing on the main line
track since 4 o'clock Saturday aft-,
ernoon.
The passenger train, under Con-
ductor O. W. Hanna, had no chance
to escape the collision, as the freight
was standing on the track and with-
out lights. The passenger was com
ing at a good rate of speed, and the
collison was a hard one. Passengers
were thrown from their seats, and
various people Injured.
| The seriously injured were:
j W. M. DeVinne and wife of Pitts-,
| burg. Okla., he having a broken knee
I cap, Mrs. DeVinne being badly skin-
1 iled.
W. S. Pollard. Pari3. Texas, knee
I cap broken.
' James White of Van Buren. Ark.,
has a wooden leg, and it was broken,
i his only injury.
A. M. Wad&H!, Roth, Oklahoma,
! suffered an injured knee.
F. E. Adams of Black Rock, Okla.,
had his shoulder hurt.
| City Commissioner Downing's wife
was the worst Injured of the Hugo
passengers, but it is believed that
her injuries are not permanent.
The cause of the wreck, due to the
i freight train being left out on the
main line track, is not easily traced.
Yardmaster Gearheart states that
he instructed Engine Foreman Ifrate
to pull the freight off the main line
before leaving duty, but the orders
were not obtainable Sunday. Frate
was peremptorily dismissed from the
service, pending a full investigation
The engine foreman says that he did
not receive the orders and conse-
quently left the train on the main
line track, without lights, just as it
had been left In the afternoon.
Conductor Hanna, while Injured,
suffered another severe loss. He had
purchased three chickens and a
pound of butter on his trip, and was
just in the act cf getting his poultry
out of the baggage car when the
wreck occurred, the chickens escap-
ing and the butter being* destroyed
in the smashup. Although the con-
tactor was -so badly injured as to
be compelled to lay off, he mourns
the loss of the poultry more than the
Injuries received.
SULPHUR, Okla., June 4 —E. F.
Wortham, a local insurance man. en-
ded his life at 12:45 o'clock Mon-
day by cutting his throat with a
pocket knife, almost severing his
head from his body. He ate his din-
ner at the hotel as usual and went
back to his office and was talking to
the Wei la-Fargo agent at 12:30, who
officed in the same room and was
just leaving for dinner. He was dis-
covered dead fifteen minutes later
by the Friaco agent. He left no
statement, but It is supposed that
worry over separation from his fam-
ily. a few years ago. together with
financial depression, is the cause
Was Known Here
E. F. Wortham was well known
here, having had ofrices in the Dar-
rough building and been connected
with the Capital Life Insurance com-
pany sales. He was a man of splen-
did address and made friends easily.
He had financial reverses here, fol-
lowed by family troubles, and it la
stated that for the past year Worth-
am has been despondent.
Notice to Candidates
' All candidates for the various
township offices must file, their nom-
ination papers within 30 days from
today. The right to file expiree at
midnight, July «, 1912.
I. L. STRANGE. Secretary of the
Board.
Hugo. Okla.. June S. 1912.
Mr* C. E. Byrns haa returned from
Fort Smith, after a several day visit
there.
Vi
I. H. FRITZ FELL
MR NECK BROKEN
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE BIG
STEEL HIGHWAY BRIDGE AT
ROBY THURSDAY
Bennington Man Fell Sixty Pstt.And
Suffered a Broken Neck A* a Re-
sult of Tumble
W. H. Prit*. employed on the
bridge being constructed across the
Kiamichi river at Roby. fell from
the structure, Thursday afternoon,
about 5 o'cIock ana was Killed. Frit*
was working out on the bridge, lay-
ing runners, and whether he took
a cramp and fell, or stumbled, no
one knows, but he pitched backward,
falling a distance of 60 feet, striking
on the shoulder, breaking his neck
and also the right leg just below the
hip.
Other workmen hastened to the
man, but he was dead before anyone
reached him.
The dead man lived at benning-
ton, Bryan county, but bp buri-
ed Friday afternoon at Fo*t TWsoO.
No one sap the man start tt> tall,
but other workmen atate that
was subject to cramps and would
fall. However, this was unknown to
his foreman, and Frits worked out on
top of the big bridge, no one suppos-
ing that he was other than a strong,
healthy man. Jie was about 50 years
of age.
IS
SELT DEFENSE CLHN
EMMET ROSS DID NOT FIRE UN-
TIL HE HAD BEEN SHOT BY
WILL CROSS
Witnesses To Roadway Tragedy
Could Not See All That Transpired
Orf Night of Killing
Following selection of a jury in
the caSe< Of Emmet Ross, who is
charged with having killed Will
Cross', In the roadway in front of
the Cross home September 30, 1911,
the state introduced it's first testi-
mony Monday afternoon, and for the
first time the story of the killing of
Cross was brought to light, the only
difference of opinion being that the
state claims murder whilst the de-
fense for Ross is that he shot in self-
defense and not until after Cross
had emptied three chambers of his
weapon at Ross, only one bullet
taklhg effect.
Thomas Henson, one of the men
who was charged with having made
a confession and who was also ar-
rested after the tragedy, charged
wltn having knowledge of the case,
was. a witness for the state,
ani fi!s testimony was the outlining
of the tragedy.
As the trial progressed. It ' was
brought out that Will Cross ^ was
called from his home by tmmet
Ross, and that a quarrel ensued in
the roadway. The cause of the
v.or<ls, ^jid who brought on the bat-
tle are still matters 6f controversy,
but this much was evidencecfy. Cross
and Ross exchanged words, and
Cross at least fired three shots from
his revolver. Ross using a winches-
ter, firing but once. According to
Henson and a relative of Ross' wife,
Cross fired first. Henson stated
that Cross had stepped backward
several f*gt before Ross fired, the
one shot ending the battle, as it in
filcted a fatal wound. Ross admits
the shooting, but his defense is that
Cross attempted his life and one bul-
let had glanced along his head before
he attempted to return the fire of
his assailant.
The killing occurred at 9 o'clock
on Saturday night, and there was a
moon shining, but there was also a
haze Cross lived near the conflu-
ence of the Boggey creeks. and
there is a heavy timber surrounding.
A man occupying a tent nearby
heard words, but it was impossible
for him to outline the conversation,
and he could see but little of what
transpired. The relative of Mrs.
Ross was not far away, and he saw
some of tfc£ tragedy, disclosing that
the deceased was not unprepared for
an emergency and that the shooting
did not immediately follow Ross
going to the roadway.
After being shot, Ross staggered to
his house, where the family took
him inside. He died some hours la-
ter. It was two weeks before ar-
rests were made, and Henson was
one of those arrested. Emmet Ross
maintained a silence throughout the
entire time since his arrest. save-
to maintain that he was guilty of no
crime against man or God in the
matter. Sim Harrison, a noted Choc-
taw of that country. Is also under
bond, charged with having guilty
knowledge of the occurrence.
Thirty witnesses were in all ex
amined by the state and defense dur-
ing the trial, many of them being
character witnesses
At 3 o'clock this afternoon Judge
Hardy commenced reading hit in-
structions to the jury, following
which County Attorney Hardison
and the defense, Stewart & McDon-
ald, will make their addresses to the
Jufy. George Richardson of the
firm of Richardson and Warren, was
brought into the prosecution Mon-
day.
(From Wednesday's Daily?
The case of the state versus Em
met Ross for the killing of Will
Cross, went to the Jury at 6 o'clock
Tuesday evenig. The jury went to
supper and commenced deliberations
and is still out.
This afternoon Judge Hardy called
in the jurors and asked them rela-
tive to a verdict. The foreman re-
sponded that the jury stood seven
to live, and had neler changed its
rertict since the first ballot. of
course no one knows which side has
the stronger number.
There is little probability of a
verdict.
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