Morning Examiner. (Bartlesville, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 62, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 28, 1910 Page: 1 of 6
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BARTLESVILLE, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1010.
NUMBER 02.
WORK ON ELKS' HOME
WILL BE STARTED SOON
At the regular meeting of the
Elks' lodge last night considerable
time was devoted to consideration
of the Home building. A warrant
was ordered drawn for $5,000 for
the purchase of stock in the enter-
prise, and the sentiment of the
lodge very plainly expressed that the
work of proceeding with the build-
ing should be gone Into with a vim.
A committee of ten was ordered
appointed, which committee will
work with the trome trustees in
selling stock in the Home. No
trouble is anticipated in the selling
of the stock, as the lodge already
has made a good start along that
line. Plans were discussed to get
the building started and the draw-
ings of Architect Nichols appeared
to meet with approval. The tenant?
In the building on the Elk lot are
under short time rental leases and
may be ordered out at any time, so
that no delay will be experienced
there. It is expected that in a
■hort time the trustees will be ready
to advertise for bids for the erection
of the handsome Elks' Home at the
corner of Dewey and Second.
The "Detroit 1910" matter was
also pretty thoroughly discussed
The members are considering a plan
that if perfected may result in
bringing to this city the parade prize
of $2,500 as well as get for Bar
tlesville a lot of good advertising. It
is proposed to have about seventy
five of the members agree to attend.
They are to get as many spotted
ponies, with the usual accoutre
ments, and each rider is to be cloth
ed In full Osage Indian fighting cos-
tume. Further discussion of the
trip was postponed until next Tues-
day night.
At 8:30 that evening one of the
old time smokers for which 10«u
is famous will be enjoyed and the
Detroit meeting of the grand lodge
will be gone into. This is the first
effort of the new entertainment com
mittee and they are going to make
it a good one. This committee con-
sists of Clyde Smyser, John Child-
ers and E. V. Klnsey. All the local
Elks and all visiting Elka are invited
and a rousing good time is assured.
On Friday, May 6, this committee
also announces, there will be held at
the Elks' rooms a social evening, at
which cards, dancing and music
will be enjoyed.
OKLAHOMA FRUIT
ESCAPED DAMAGE
Report of Government Weather Fore
caste rEnroui-aging
Guthrie, Okla., April 27.—Okla-
homa escaped the ravases of the
killing frost that nipped the fruit
crop in the Central States during the
past week. Sunday right was the
coldest experienced for years in
April, but the daily report of the gov-
ernment weather reporter, J. P.
Slaughter of Oklahoma City, indi-
cates that very slight damage was
done to growing crops.
The lowest temperature recorded
was at Holdenville, where the trer-
mometer registered 31 degrees, ana
at Shawnee and Weatherford where
it reached 32. The average minimum
at stations throughout the state was
34,
MISSOURI WILL AID IN
OKLAHOMA RATE CASE
Jefferson City, April 27.—Attor-
ney General Elliott W. Major will
represent the State of Oklahoma be-
fore the federal court of appeals at
Bt. Paul in an action involving the
railroad rate clause of the constitu-
tion of Oklahoma. The case Is dock
eted for hearing Mu. l.
Thie point at issue is the right of
Oklahoma to fix even a provisional
railroad passenger rate. The con-
stitution of that state fixes passenger
rates at 2 cents per mile, but also
provides that if the railroads cai)
shr* to the corporation commission
er that such rate is confiscatory, the
latter may order a mgner rate. Ail
tb" railroads but the Rock iHianct.
'Katy," Santa Fe and the Gulf &
Colorado took advantage of this pro
▼ision and succeeded In convincing
the commission that thejr should bt
permitted to charge a higher rate
The four roads mentioned applied
directly to the federal court and ob-
tained a Judgment la their favor,
from which the state appealed. It
was on the Invitation of the attor-
ney general of Oklahoma that Attor-
ney General Major consented to be
come interested in the case.
The board of corporation commis
sioners of Oklahoma is similar In
many respects to the board of rail-
road and warehouse commissioner'
of this state, except that the latter
is a statutory body and its authority
to regulate rateB has always been
! questioned and defeated to date in
the federal courts. All It can en
force against the railroads is what
•they do not seriously object to.
If the Oklahoma constitction is af
firmed by the court of appeals at
St. Paul, a way will be opened to
say In the future about what kind
: f rates the railroads may chars'
i he public. This Is the chief in-
terest Attorney General Major has
'n the Oklahoma suit.
ALBERT W. WOLTER
SENTENCED TO DEATH
New York, April 27.—Albert W. < the offense, which was one of the
Wolter, slayer of pretty Ruth most brutal and unnecessary in the
Wheeler, who was found guilty ot j annals of New York criminal Juris-
prudence, was sentenced to die in
lie electric chair by Judge Foster
.iere Wednesday. Characteristic ot
is demeanor since his arrest less
han one month ago, the condemned
young man received the sentence ot
.he court apathetically and without
ndication of break-down or sorrow
r humiliation.
Peculiarly, Wolter's only request
up to date has been the privilege ot
marrying Kate Mueller his sweet
heart. According to his own con
fessions he desires to marry the
Mueller girl at once.
Ruth Wheeler, the murderer's
victim was but fifteen years old at
the time she fell into Wolter's
hands and was hacked to death. It
was alleged at one time that Kate
Mueller, whom he now wishes to
marry, was a confederate in this ne-
farious practice.
The execution will take place at
8ing Sing.
"EAGLE EYE" BECKLEY
WILL ARRIVE TODAY
"Eagle Eye" Jake Beckley signed
the credentials yesterday evening in
Kansas City, whereby he will become
manager of the Boosters.
This news comes at a time when
the baseball horizon is somewhat
dim and should cause merriment In
the hearts of the many loyal ball
fans of this burg. Jake has had
more experience on the diamond
than the average old timer ana
when he takes hold of the toim there
will be no excuse if we get ' gyped.
He is the sort of man that if things
don't suit, will begin to rebuild, but
it is hoped that the boys on the
team will show that they possess
the goods and remain with us. One
of the members of the baseball as-
sociation said last night, that he
thought there never was a more gen-
tlemanly bunch of boys brought to-
gether than the ones that represent
; Bartlesville now. Jake in company
! with Charley Hodge will arrive to-
' day, and before the end of the
week, Tony will hand over the reins.
CLERGYMEN WILL
TAKE THE STUMP
• nthrie Ministers to Tour Oklahoma
in Interests of Guthrie as the
Capital
Guthrie, Okla., April 27.—Four
Guthrie clergymen will leave here
morrow to campaign the western I
' ilf of Oklahoma In the Interests ot
Guthrie as the permanent site for
the state capital. They represent dlf
'(•rent denominations and will work,
each among hlB own fellow believ
< rs. T. I. Noblitt, Christian, will cov-
er the southwestern counties; H. II
\bernathy, Presbyterian, will wori;
In the south; Rev. E. E. FairchlM.
Methodist, and Rev. H. O. Scot
Presbyterian will tour the north
west. John O. Hickam, of Perkins, a
prominent Baptist layman, will
work" the Baptists.
The divines propose to work In
silence for two weeks, then take th"
rostrum In a series of campaign ser-
mons.
Mrs. Herbert Wadsworth, the'
Washington society woman who is
leading a party of friends on a 200
mile horseback tour through Vlr
Kinta. Mrs. Wadsworth raises her
own hordes ui^d takes a party of her
friends on a tour every year. This
year's trip is through Manassas, The
Plains, Little Washington and the
•Lurat Caverns to Stoney Mountain in
the Blue Ridge. (Photograph copy-
right. 1910, by Ctlnedinst.)
TO CELEBRATE.
FRIDAY NIGHT
COMPLETE GULF PIPE
LINE IN SIXTY DAYS
W. H. Markham, president of the across the Arkansas River which wy
Gulf Pipe Line Company, arrived'
here from Pittsburg Monday and met
F A. Leovy, general manager and
John Fisher, general superintendent,
of the Gulf Pipe Line Company, who
came up from Beaumont, Tex. These
offiials remained here in conference
till yesterday afternoon, when Mr.
Markham returned to Pittsburg ana
Messrs. Leovy and Fisher returned
to Beaumont.
The meeting here at this time is
supposed to have had reference to
the extension of the Gulf Pipe Line's
system into the oil fields of North-
ern Oklahoma. This undertaking fo"
which preparations have been being
made for some time, is now under
full headway with three gangs in
the field and eight-inch pipe being
put down at the rate of something
more than a mile a day.
The line starts at the terminus ot
the main trunk line at the Watkins
pumping station on the east side of
the Glenn field and runs north, com-
ing np on the west side of the Texas
Company's Clinton tank farm at Le-
fevre and to the earn ot Red Fork,
crossing under the Frisco railroad
track in the southern limits of West
Tulsa, crossing the Arkansas River
near the Tulsa Water Works and
then runnin north in almost a
straight line through the Osage
country to Lot 52, which makea the
extension 52 miles long.
No part of the lower division has
been put down except the section
placed two weeks ago. It is expecteu
the extension will be completed la
sixty days when the Gulf Company
will be in a position to handle Oil
from the Osags and Bird Creek dis-
tricts It is the purpose of the com-
pany also to extend the service into
the Bartlesville field and application
has been made to the commissioners
of Washington County to lay lines In
that county. Thus the Gulf Pipe Line
Company will come Into direct com-
petition with the Prairie Oil & Gas
Company in all the principal oil fields
of Northern Oklahoma. It is the most
important move maae by the Gull
Pipe Line Company since completing
its trunk 11 e from the Gulf of Mex-
ico to the Glenn field, something
more than three years ago. The total
cost of the extension north will be
in the neighborhood of $300,000.
It has been reported that the Gall
Pipe Line Company had an option
on tire Far.cher oil property of the
upper Osage and that this option
was taken up April 25th. It has ftlBO
been reported that the Gulf Pips
Line Company was building steel
tanks on Lot 55 of the Osage. Neith-
er of these reports «e true. The
option on the Fancner property was
taken by the Matson Oil Company
of which J. H Evans is the head. The
Gulf Pipe Line Company Is not
known to have any produtlon of Its
own in the Northern Oklahoma field,
and it is expected to buy oil wher-
ever it can get it
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TULSA MAYOR DEFENDS
IN ALIENATION SUIT
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The Duchess of Hohenberg, who
recently became Involved In an alter
ration with the Archduchess Marh.
Valorie, the daughter of Emperor
Francis Joseph, of Austria, which
ended In a pitched battle with um-
brella* In which the two women had
to be separated by their husbands.
The Duchess of Hohenberg Is the
morganatic wife ot the heir to tha
tbrone snd Is looked upon by the
fastidious and haughty court as an
Intruder of low birth. The feeling
between the two women had its out-
break at the recent launching of an
Austrian battleship at Trieste. As
a consequence the heir and his wife
are expected to remain away from
the court for tome weeks.
SANBORN IS IN
TROUBLE AGAIN
On complaint of J. H. Harshbar
ger, Frank Sanborn, local manager
of the Penn Lumber Co., was ar-
rested yesterday afternoon and tak-
en before Justice Ross Kenton
where he furnished ball lu the sum
of 91,000 for n hearing Saturday
moraine. He li charged with crlm-
Innl Intimacy with the wife of the
complainant and the Incident which
caused this arrest Is said to have
occurred Tnesday night. This Is the
second tltae In six weeks thnt San-
born has been arrested on practi-
cally the same charge and to under
ball to appear before the grand
Jury next weeh.
His bondsmen were George Van
Dyke and John Cobley.
KXIGHTS OF PYTHIAS TO HAVE
BIG SOCIAL SESSION.
If Being the Close of tin -:r mil
Lodge \car Rusinev WIM '
Superseded by Pleasure.
Friday .. ning the Knights ot
Pythias of this city will celebri e
the close of the grand lodge with a
►dial time 'o which all the knlgh's
ind their ladles are invited. Ice
cream, cake, apples and punch wl'l
be on the menu, whtle the progru.n
wl'l be made up of short addr'jssos
rec lations. voca' and instrumental
music— the latter by Professor and
Mrs. Webber.
The order has grown wonderfully
during the past year and the local
lodge has received Its full quota ot
new memberships. The I'nlform
Rank has been organised and there
Is some talk of securing a Temple
of the D. O. O. K. for this city. The
latter Is the degree with whiskers
on It. on the same plane of tha
Shrlners In the Masonic fraternity.
Next week the delegates and past
chancellors go to the grand lodge at
Muskogee, where several things ot
vital Importance to the local lodge
snd to the city In general will be
contested for. After the state grand
lodge, or on the fifth of May. the
Bartlesville delegation will go to
Kansas City, Mo., where a class of
more than 1,000 will be given final
Instructloni In the secret work ot
the order, and where Knights from
■U ever the country will congregate.
Members of the local lodge are
requested to be prsssat nt the co-
rrida? evening.
Tulsa, Ok.. April 27.—With the
testimony of Mayor John O. Mit
chell -and co-defendants Chief of
Detectives Ed. T. Egan and his wife
got other material witnesses in the
cases this afternoon's session of the
trial of the Vera Rankin $25,000
alienation suit proved more inter
estlng than ever. The court room
was packed all day and court was
in sessslon continuously from nine
o'clock this morning until six this
evening, when an adjournment was
taken until tomorrow morning.
Mitchell denied ever making un-
due advances towards Mrs. Rankin,
ever being alone with her or locking
Egan's door and pulling down the
blinds while Mrs. Rankin was alone
with him as Dr. A. C. Marshall tes-
tified yesterday. He testified that
he furnished Rankin money after
separation of the couple and pro
duced the cancelled checks made out
to Rankin, He denied that he ever
visited Rankin's home in his absence
and kept company with the bakers
wife.
He also denied any knowledge ot
the presence of Mrs. Hgan and Mrs.
Rankin In Kansas City and Eureka
Springs at the time he went there
and denied having been unduly In-
timate with Mrs. Rankin at either
place. Mr. and Mrs. Egan testified
substantially to the same facts as re-
lated by Rankin, Mitchell and other
witnesses, differing with the prose-
cuting witnesses on many occasions
as to details.
Mrs. Egan could not remember
whether she or Mrs. Rankin regis-
tered at the different hotels and that
she did not see Mitchells name above
hers on the register or know that he
occupied the adjoining rooms.
Egan on the stand denied that he
had ever connived with Mitchell to
debauch Rankin's wtfe and swore
that Rankin abused his wife, cursed
and beat her, threw a chair and a
book at her snd that he never fon-
dled or caressed his pretty three-
year-old daughter.
Mrs. Rose Reynolds, residing op-
posite the Mgsn-Rankln home, testi-
fied positively that she saw Mayor
Mitchell ascend ttfe back stairs to
Rankin's apartment several times a
week la the afternoon and evening
and that the could not be mistaken
as to his Identity. She was the last
witness on the stand.
fi
•even cesse of heart trouble have
been reported from tha hall
grounds this year, tour of thea yes-
terday. Dan't ever let this
The figure of the Goddess Of
Nelth, which was recently stolen
from the Metropolitan Museum Of
Art nnd has just been recovered from
a Bowery pawnshop where It was
"hocked' for fifty cents. Ths little
statuette ie valued at 91,500. The
thelf Is supposed to have been some
visitor at the museum as the atten-
dants there were eogalaaat ot the
value of the antique. Tha little
statute to only about sixteen iachae
high, but to one of the rerest bronacs
la ths mueeum. it |* estimated t
he !.••• yeaat eli.
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