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THE ENID DAILY EAGLE.
VOL. IX, NO. «.
SIXTEEN PAGES
THE ENID DAILY EAGLE si XDAY, J AM AIH . ifl, i9j0.
SECTION ONE
ft ; vC0TT BY
M
National League Organized
At Washington
TO FIGHT IALL FOOD TRUSTS
\YHEREYKit THE PRICE IS MELD
IX) BE EXHOIIBITANT.
On the Same Day and Hour in Every
State in the I'nion League
Members Will Start
Boycott.
Washington, Jan. 15.—The Na-
tional food trust league was organ-
ized here tonight by more than 250
residents in protest against the ex-
orbitant high prices charged for
the necessities of life. Dr. Emil
Scharf is president and John Mil-
ton, secretary. It is proposed to
gather a million subscribers to th<?
league from every state and terri-
tory in the Union. There will be
no dues and no .tax levied on the
masses to sustain the league. It Io
the purpose of the league to insti-
tute national boycotts against all
food trusts that raise the price of
food products beyond a point of
reasonable profit to the dealer. State
organizations, subsidiary to the lea-
gue, with state directors are to be
organized. A national boycott will
begin in every state on the same
clay and hour. Members of the lea-
gue will stop using any food article
binder the league ban on that day.
They will continue the boycott until
the league calls it off. which will
be when prices fall to a reasonable
level.
RUSSIA LEADS UNITED
STATES III WHEAT
Russia is now the greatest wheat
producing country in the world, hav-
ing distanced the United States last
yt-ar by a margin of twenty-six
milion bushels. The Russian crop
was seven hundred and eighty-three
million bushels. The United States
crop of last year of seven hundred
and fifty seven million bushels was
the second largest this country ever
raised, being exceeded only by that
of 1891, but it was not large
enough to take the ribbon.
didates this morning and tomorrow
take another look and see the changes
then get to work for your favorite
candidate. She wants to go to Eu-
rope at the expense of The Daily
Eagle. She is worthy, deserves to
go. The Daily Eagle is willing to
send her and all that is required is
for her friends to see that she gets
more votes than any of her compet-
itors. Vote early and often. Re-
peaters are encouraged in this elec-
tion and The Daily Eagle is just now
in favor of woman's suffrage. Vote.
The Special Offer.
Feeling that the contestants and
their friends needed a little extra in-
centive or stimulant in the contest
The Eagle, through it's contest de-
partment, has decided to give just
double the amount of votes shown in
the second period schedule, or 100
per cent increase over the second
period. The offer is perfectly fair
to all alike and it is made to all can-
didates at the same time and gives
all the same results from their ef-
forts and all have the same oppor-
tunity thereby. It is sure to meet
with the heartiest approval of all the
candidates. Read the double vote of-
fer in this issue of The Daily Eagle.
PIUCE FIVE CENTS.
WILL PREPARE
FOR THE FRAY
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE MEET-
IXC WILL ATTRACT MANY.
L GET A HEW DIRECT
'-ST.
CITlf-ST. LOUIS LINE
Will Intersect The Famous "Katy" At Vinita
Enid Via Bartlesville And Pawhuska
CONSTRUCTIDN IS BEGUN LAST THURSDAY, AND WILL BE RUSHED
Best Piece Of Railroad News Received For Months-Enid The Objective Point
For Well Planned Line.
This New Railroad
And Reach
"The Osage and Western railioa !,
and frol Enid to St. Louis about i coal in Oklahoma. The freight rate
will he running trains into Enid eighty miles. This will give the j from these
from Vinita just as soon as con-illne a advantage in handling
struction work can be completed ""TT'', and f''elKhl tra(tlc from
a„., ,, . . . ! Enid territory to the north and east.
and the line placed in operation un-
STARTLING DEVELOPEMENTS
IN SWOPE CASE
APPEARANCES INDICATE FOUL
MURDER PLOT, INVOLVING
WHOLE FAMILY.
Kansas City, Jan. 15.—Two start-
ling developments were disclosed in
the Swope case today. One was a
report by expert chemists in Chi
cago that a white powder was found
in the stomach of Chrisman Swope.
The other was announced by John
G Paxton. executor of the Swope
will, that on the very day the mil-
lionaire died he was planning to
change his will and take one mil
lion dollars from his relatives and
give it to some public benefaction in
Kansas City.
L TAKE
EUROPEAN TRIP?
Perhaps Newcomers Will Forge to
the IamkI, Hut Among Present
Contestants Are Many
Real Hustlers.
The contest for the free trips to
Europe is waxing in interest in each
of the four districts and yesterday's
balloting caused many changes in the
standing of the contestants.
Miss Helen Donald takes the lead-
ership in the First District and Miss
Agatha Hanson taking first place in
the Second District. Miss Maude
Wheeler of Blackwell takes the lead
In her district by a small margin, and
Miss Nora McNight of Okeene cap-
tures the high seat of honor in her
district, with several of the other
contestants in each of the districts
making considerable gains.
That the contest is "catching on"
is demonstrated by the heavy vote
being cast for the three score of
young ladies who have been placed in
nomination for the tours. If the con-
testants will keep busy they will see
still greater changes in the standing
of themselves and their opponents.
The Daily Eagle has made a popular
move in this contest—the movement
is bound to become more and more
popular as the days go by. Note the
position occupied by the various can-
< liairman Harris Predicts Much
Benefit to the People From
Republican Activity.
•
Guthrie, Ok., Jan. 15.—"1 look
for much good to result from the
gathering of republicans here Mon-
day afternoon," said Acting Chair-
man Jim Harris today. "The com-
ing campaign in my opinion will be
fought on state issues, and the peo-
ple are with us this time. 1 have
recently made a trip over a consid-
eiable portion of the state and 1
find the conditions the same every-
where—the people disgusted with
the antics, extravagances and re-
sulting high taxes of the present
state administration. 1 have com-
munications. too. from every por-
tion of the state, and there is no
dissenting voice in the republican
ranks. Our motto in the coming
campaign should be 'look at your
tax receipt, then vote.' We need
not fear the outcome.
'"Yes, the committee will discuss
whatever matters of importance in
the coming campaign that may be
deemed necessary by any of the
committeemen. I look for much
importance to be given the Taylor
election law, it's present status and
w£at is necessary to be done, hence
forward, ot guarantee to the peopl*
of the state their rights :n securing
a referendum vote on any subject
they may desire. At the same time,
as was announced several days ago
every requirement of the initiative
and referendum law must be com-
plied with so that there will be no
throwing out of the returns as there
was when the liquor dispensary sys-
tem was submitted and defeated.
less unforseen difficulties are en-
countered."
Such is the statement of a high
official of the new road to a repre-
sentative of The Eagle. Unknown to
anyone in Enid, construction work
on the city's twelfth line of railroad
Opens a New Territory.
The Osage and Western will open
up to Enid a territory of great rich-
ness and importance. In the opin-
ion of local business men, the road
to the east is every whit as import-
ant to this city as the road to the
west. From Billings to Pawhuska
the line will traverse a very rich
was begun on Thursday morning of and fertile section of which is not
lost week when fifty teams and i tapped at present by any line. The
complete grading outfit were un- no.rth two thirds of Noble county,
loaded at Vinita, and put to work one of the richest sections of the
building the line this way. The road state, is without an east and west
will pass through Vinita. Bartles- road, without any road in fact ex
ville, Pawhuska. Bliss, Billings and I cept the Santa Fe. Osage county
Enid. Contracts have been let for | has a meandering branch of the
the construction of the roadbei Santa Fe through a small portion
the east of the west side, a 11
AX OIHGINAL ELK IN TOWN.
The Enid lodge of Elks received
visit yesterday from one of the
oldest members of the order, Mr. J.
F. Norris. Mr. Norris, who
Mackin in the team of Mackin and
Wilson, vaudeville performers, is one
of the original Jolly Corks, organ-
ized forty-two years ago in a board-
ing house, 187 Elm street, New
York City, and which organization
a few months later merged into the
Elks. There were seven of the orig
inal Jolly Corks and in a small
pamphlet, which Mr. Norris com
piled, contains also a directory of
Elk lodges in which he t,ells of the
subsequent birth of the Elks
that city, February 16th, 1868.
The Jolly Corks took their namo
from the fact that all of the mem-
bers of the original body were min
stral men or bunt cork artists as
they were called at that time. Some
of them were singers and others
performers of various characters.
Mr. Norris was a baritone with Bry-
ants Ministrels at that time. He is
one of the four living members of
the original body and carries a neat
gold shield on his vest guaranteeing
his claim to membership in the Jol-
ly Corks. The instigator of the
order was an Englishman of the
name of Vivian.
JEFFRIES AX!) JOHNSON
WILL FIGHT AT SALT
(AKE.
Salt Lake. Utah, Jan. 15.—"Tex"
Rickard makes the positive an-
nouncement that the Jeffries-John-
son fight will be held in Salt Lake.
Rickard tonight sent to official
stakeholder Tim Sullivan a letter
saying he is willing to post the
entire purse of $101,000 and in the
event of his failure to carry out
his part of the contract, he author-
izes Sullivan to pay the purse over
to the fighters.
from Vinita to a point on
side of the Arkansas river near
White Eagle, just below the junction
of the Arkansas and the Salt Fork
streams, and the line has been fin-
anced to this point by the sale of
bonds to St. Louis financiers.
Surveyors Here Soon.
Surveyors will be at work be-
tween Billings and Enid within thir-
ty days mapping out the route the
road is to take into this city. An
effort is being made to obtain a
lease on the Billings branch of the
Rock Island from Billings to Enid,
to purchase it outright, if the
law will permit such a sale, but in
the meantime before such negotia-
tions have been concluded surveyors
will determine what course the lino
will take into Enid if the Rock
Island branch cannot be had.
May Extend to Goodwin.
The ultimate destination of the
new line is Goodwin, Texas, one
hundred and thirty miles west of
Enid on the state border. But.
should the E. O. & W. be construct-
ed before the Osage and Western is
ready to occupy the field west of
Enid it seems probable that the lat-
ter will have Enid as its western
terminus.
Shortens Kansas City and St. Louis
Routes.
The present eastern terminus of
the new road will be Joplin, Mo.
Connections will be made there with
Kansas City and St. Louis and Enid
will be put in closer touch with
both placeS. The route from Enid
to Kansas City will be shortened
about sixty miles by the new line
TOOK CLOTHES OFF CORPSE
"While it is not infrequent that
reports come to the police depart-
ment that clothing ha3 been stolen,"
said Chief of Police Thrasher yes-
terday afternoon, "an incident took
place yesterday which surpasses any
thing thai I have encountered i]
my official career."
"Yesterday a man died in i
rooming house""and when the un-
dertaker went to the place for the
purpose of preparing him for burial,
the proprietor of the place said
that he had no clothing. The mat-
ter was reported to me and 1 learn-
ed that he did have good clothing.
1 went to the place where the man
had roomed until a short time ago
and found that he took with hint
when he left the place a suit case
of extra fine quality and a suit or
black clothing which had been worn
but little.
"I returned to the place where
the man died and told the proprie-
tor of the house that I knew the
man brought with him a suit of
good black clothes. He denied it
first and then afterward pro-
duced an old suit case containing
some poor wearing apparel. 1 per-
sisted in questioning the man and
finally he produced the suit case
containing the clothes of the man."
line which is lit-
tle traveled and does not make the
country easy of access. The Osage
and Western will pierce the center
of the great sOage country and will
open up a rich farming territory
which it is now impossible to reach
except after a very roundabout
route by rail and a long drive over-
land besides. At present, to reach
Pawhuska, the capital of the Osag-
es, one must go in from Arkansas
City, Kansas, on the north, or Hal-
lett or Tulsa on the south, in either
instance a very long way around.
With the new line built it will be
bul four or five hours ride from
Knid to Pawhujil . and one hour
farther to Bartlesville.
Through Valley l,an<ls.
The valley lands of the Osage
country lie adjacent to the route
of the new road and comprise by
far the richest sections of that dis-
trict. These lands are now being
bought up by white men as fast as
the restrictions are removed and
are being rapidly converted into fine
mines to Knid should be
much leHs than from McAlester, be-
cause of tho direct route and the
shorter distance. It is estimated
that the McAlester rate to Enid is
double what the Nowata rate will
bo when the Osage and Western 1b
in operation.
Probably the Ivaty.
While the high officer of the road
interviewed would not admit that
the new line is being built by the
Katy interests there are many cir
cumstances which point to such
situation, and in tile eastern part of
the state, al Pawhuska, Vinita and
Bartlesville it is believed that the
Katy is pushing the new road. It Is
also said in financial circles that
Katy financiers have underwritten
the bonds. The road will be bond
ed for $25,000 per mile, it is said
and the bonds brought ninety cents
on the dollar. Railroad men say
that It would be very difficult for
an independent new line to make
such a favorable bond sale.
Three Years Preparations.
The Osage and Western now has
headquarters in Pawhuska. Plv
bankers well known in that part of
the state took out the charter ror
I he new line. One of these men
told a representative of The Eagle
that the charter was not taken out
until all necessary financial arrange-
ments for the building of the line
had been completed. He said that
the preliminary work which was
done before the charter was ratten
out covered a period of nearly three
years.
Pawhuska has subscribed $50,000
bonus to the line. The promoters
asked $75,000 but the town, which
has about three thousand five hun
dred inhabitants, has been so far
unable to raiase the amount. It) ;s
said that in addition to the bonus,
necessary. So (his item in the I
budget lias excellent chances of be-1
lug stricken out. The application
has been made, the drawings eX". j
cuted, and the proposition for a
station fully gone over by the of-
ficials of the road, yet tills does no: !
guarantee the building to Enid by!
any manner of means. "Oh, I guess |
we will gei along with what i
have" Is the characteristic expre-
sleu from all railroad men and it is Confession Of Rav Lam-
a pretty good indication of the way
the railroads feel toward plans for
improvements in Oklahoma.
An outcome of the recent visit.
of W. K. ICtter. of Arkansas City,
superintendent of the Enid division
of the Santa Fe, to Enid was a de-
cision to enlarge and rearrange the
yards here. The present arrange-
ment of the Santa Fe tracks in the
yards has proven very unsatisfactory
because there is room only for the
use of one switch engine. There
being no through track, one engine
in the yards effectually blocks the
jards to the use of any other
switcher. When the tracks are re-
laid this difficulty will be obviated.
- t. .. Pawhuska will be required to do-
Id, wl" betile (losest '"*• nate ihe right of way rnroough itir
town and enough ground for term
tributing point to this rich section
and to all that lies between it and
this city.
A Rich Coal District.
The new road will also be of
great value to Enid because it will
put some of the richest coal mines
in Oklahoma in direct connection.
These coal fields are in Nowata
county and the Osage and Western
will pass right through the richest
coal district. It is said that the
Nowata mines produce the Dest soft
inal facilities.
A representative of the road will
be in Enid within ten days to se*.
what this city is going to do toward
helping the road come here as pro-
posed. It is not known what will
be asked or what conditions will be
imposed but it is given out official-
ly that the litie intends to come
here if the city gives it such en-
couragement as new railroads usual-
ly expect.
FRISCO BRIDGE AT jC. H. ROSIER IS VERY SICK
ARKANSAS GITY OH'
UNIONISTS ARE LEADING
IN BRITISH ELECTIONS.
London. Jan. 15.—Returns from
88 districts give the Unionists 4 2
stats. Liberals 35. Labor 6 and Na-
tionalists 6. The Unionists gained
seats. Liberals 4 and Laborers
There were no changes in 67
districts.
The Frisco lost Its bridge at Ar-
kansas City when a big rise in the
Arkansas river occurred Thursday
destroying 112 feet. Jrains have
been detoured over the Santa Fe to
Perry and thence to Enid but today
passengers will be transferred across
the bridge instead of being sent
around and a two hours delay avoid-
ed.
H. V. Kengle, foreman of the
bridge and building department, and
a force of workmen are at work on
the bridge and it is expected that
they will be able to have the struc-
ture repaired in a couple of days.
IAILHOAD NOTES.
Street Railwuy Promoter Is In a
Foil Worth Hospital—May
Not Recover.
Superintendent Cline of the Enid
City Railway company received word
yesterday that C. II. Bosler, presi-
dent of the company, is very seri-
ously sick at a hospital in Ft. Worth*
Texas. Mr. Hosier was operated on
Tuesday of last week ana the
chances were reported against his
recovery. With a party of friends
including Mr. Cline he was about to
go on a hunting trip to Matagorda
Texas, but the sickness broke up the
outing. Many friends of the strlck
en promoter will anxiously await
news of his recovery.
WEIST IS HERE,
READ! 10 PROCEED
late
way
that
E. Welst, jr. arrived in Enid
Saturday from Dalhart on hi?
to Chicago. Mr. Welst stated
construction work on the west
end of the line out of Dalhart Is
progressing satisfactorily and that
ht hopes to be in Enid soon to take
up this end of the proposition.
Asked about the offices opened
here last week by B. H. Tallmadge.
Mr. Welst stated that he had been
Instrumental in getting him to take
hold of the E.. O. & W. proposi-
tion to help forward the interests
of the new road and he expects the
company to do much toward that
end. Mr. Welst Is giving every
assistance to Mr. Talluiadge and
asks that the people of Enid do
likewise as in that manner the con-
struction of the new road can be
hastened.
STRIKE OF DENVER
PRESSMEN IS SETTLED! >
phere Is Substantiated
8* PREACHER WHO HEARD IT
NEGRFSS ALSO KNOWS THE
HORRIBLE STORY.
She lias lleen Arrested, and the
Details of Awful Series of
Crimes May Conic
Out.
Laporte, Ind.. Jan. 15.—Follow-
ing the publication in a Chicago
morning paper of the confession
made by Ray Lam phere to Rev. Dr.
E. A. Schell, Judge Rltcher today
ordered that Elizabeth Smith, the
negress referred to in the story of
Dr. Schell be arrested and ques-
tioned regarding the charges against
her iu the confession. When ques-
tioned by Prosecuting Attorney
Smith at the county jail she de-
nied she had accompanied Lam-
phere to the Gunness house the
morning of the fire or that, she had
anything to do with the death of
Mrs. Gunness or the children. She
admitted Laniphere was at her
house the night of the fire, but
said he left there at 3 a. m. to
go to the Gunness farm. Later the
negress was released on five hun-
dred dollars' bond. It is expectei
she will be called before the grand
jury to tell her story.
Baptist Church.
! :4f> a. m. Sunday school.
I I a. in. sermon by Evangelist
Wolfe. Subject, "Repentence."
3 p. m. sermon to men only. Sub-
ject. "God's Standard of Man-
hood." Special music by male
quartette.
6:30 p. m. B. Y. P. U.
7:30 p. m. Dr. Wolfe will preach
on "Self-Deception."
Prof. Wade will lead the singing.
Tonight will close the series of
meetings. All are invited to attend,
these services, especially the men's
meeting at 3.
Denver. Jan. 15.—The strike
which the pressmen's union has been
waging against the Denver news-
papers was called off late tonight.
The strikers accepted the employers'
own proposition and returued to
work at 20 per cent Increase in
wages, but without the back pay
which they had demanded.
The original demand of the press-
men's union were for a forty-seven
per cent increase and eighteen thou-
sand dollars' back pay, based on
the claim that the Increase should
have gone into effect last March.
EIGHTEEN THOUSAND MEN
SHOVEL SNOW IN NEW YORK.
New York. Jan. 15.—Eighteen
thousand men were put to work to-
day cleaning the streets of the enor
mous quantity or snow that has fall-
en in the last few days.
Dr. Frank P. Davis, secretary or
e Oklahoma Medical board, re-
turned last night from Guthrie
where he has been attending a
quarterly meeting of the board. He
now busily engaged in the work
of editing the January number of
he medical journal. The Oklahoma
Physician.
Ira E. Logan. Frisco brakeman.
left for Winfield yesterday, having
been granted a leave of absence for
a few days.
C. W. Avery, Frisco conductor. Is
laying off on account of sickness.
The Frisco pay car came in last
night and Frisco employes wear the
broad smile.
WILL ENID GET
THAT SANTA FE DEPOT?
SANTA
THE
FE BUDGET CONTAINS
ITEM IlUT IT MAY HE
STRICKEN OUT.
An order received at the Rock
Island office yesterday changed the
train schedule of the E. & A. pas-
senger to the time it formerly ran
upon. About a week ago the time
was changed from 3:45 p. m.
5:00 p. m., and now the old schedule
is again effective. In consequence
Conductor Elliott returns to the E.
A. run and George Dunn takes
the Billings passenger again.
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The Bumplr«g Place.
Many a man has gone to the wall
because he was unable to see the par-
tition between enterprise and chi-
canery.
I Enid is slated for a $35,000 rail-
way station. Whether the city gets
it within the next twelve months is
another matter, but nevertheless, It
is a fact that an Item in the budget
very recently submitted to the gen-
eral officers of the Santa Fe calls
for a station at Enid to cost $35,-
000. The building Is badly needed
which Santa Fe officials who visit
here readily acknowledge. But
needed though It may be it is a
matter of great question that Enid
will ever get such a building for the
all sufficient and final reason that
railroads refuse to expend money In
Oklahoma except when absolutely
Presbyterian Church.
The Madrigal club will sing at tho
morning service.
Sermon, "Proportion in Christian
Life. Evening service, 7:30.
Music by the choir and Miss Helen
Mott, sololist.
Sermon, "The Great Teacher."
Stereopticon views.
Mrs. Charles Morse, wife of the
convicted banker, who has Just been
sentenced to fifteen years in a fed-
eral prison at Atlanta for bank fund
manipulation. She has already be-
gun a campaign of pardon that he
is working along the endless chain
method. President Taft Is said to
have been greatly affected by her
marital devotion.
VOTING BALLOT
COUNTING ONE VOTE
For Miss or Mrs _
District No
In the DAILY' EAGLE TOUR-OF-EUROPE CONTEST,
Subject to conditions governing contest.
Ballots to be counted must be separated, carefully trim*
med around border and deposited unfolded.
Use this ballot to vote for yourself or a friend In the Tour-
of-Europe Contest.
This Ballot will be
Void at 4 p. m.
Jan. 22
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