Sapulpa Evening Democrat. (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 84, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 4, 1913 Page: 1 of 4
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SAPULPA. OKLAHOMA. SATURDAY. JANUARY A 1913
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ONE READS
TITLE CLEAR
Ixm Framt* Will Be Conlirin-
ed an Meinlier of Board
/ of Affairrt
JONES VOTES TO GONHRM
Doolin and Riley's Cases Have
Not Yet Been Completed by
the Committee
Oklahoma City. Jc x 4 -By a vote
of flT« to two the mum tn vertigo;
t«15 flonmHue voted to recomi- »nd to
the senate which will convene Tuee-
day. Go ernor U* Oruce’e appolnt-
ffin'nt of Lon M. Piwnw aa ctaalrmar.
of the stare board of affaire.
Those voting In favor of recommen-
ding the confirmation of Lon M.
Frame were. Senators Frank.!in, of
Pur<ell. J. L. Carpenter of Mangum,
J J. Jones, Sapulpa; R. E. Echols,
of Elk City: George W. Barefoot of
Chickaj,,,'.a. Against confirmation, El-
mer Th'.mas, Lawton: J. T. McIntosh ^
PROVES 10 BE A MYTH
The Alleged Find of Much Gold
Coin Near Oglesby is Not
True
AWFUL
Wan the Crime Committed by
Unknown in Brown
Cane at Kiefer
Oglesby, Okla., Jan 4 - The report
of the finding of 117,000 In twenty
dollar gold pieces in a pine line
trench by workmen is a myth How
i.Tjrrji.’Lrs six parties in custody
ed the scene of the suppo.-ed find) -
but no one has yet bea n found who ' l * . xf ,
will say that the find has been made. *'erY Effort to be Ma<le to
The man, George H&rdaook. who U
alleged to have made the find wa.s
here but has not been located since
the rumor of the find.
Miss Myrtle Wilkonson departs to
morrow to resume studies «t the un
lvetutty at Norman
A Near Fair
A trip to the southwest oil field,
convinces one that there is something
doing. AH of the leases out in that
section have been In great danger
of late on account of many prairie
fires In that section which sweep
down on them with the rapidity of a
race horse. Yesterday when George his busin
Chuebuck, an oil well shooter, at com.
panted by the editor were opposite
the well In section 9 neo.r the road
Capture tbe Fiend Who
Added Murder
TO HIS CRIME OF LUST
Funeral of Little Girl Held
Thirt Afternoon and the
Whole Town Attends
if a stranger in the town of Kiefer
could
SEVERE BARB WIRE CUT
Little Lucille Trore Injured on
Forehead Whifeat Play Last
Evening
A bunch 3f little girl* were playing
on East Meleoo avenue last even
Ing enjoying whet they call -Go
*ieep gc." Among those in the party
was Wttle Lucile Trone. She stumble
ed and fell and struck a strand of
barbed wire, cutting her forehead tot
about three inches In length. The
child was hurried to the office of Dr
Sweeney who sewed up the wound
I.ocal t’nton No. 8 of the iron wor-
kers here just re-elected W. R Red
din as their president and It was
br unanimous rote. As Reddtn was
one of the dynamite party he will
have to conduct the business from
the Leavenworth
WOMEN IN
THE SADDLE
How the Female Lcgishitcrp
Greeted Each Other Wlien
the Colorado Lawmak-
ers Met
WERE READY EOR EATS
And Quickly Seconded a Motion
For Luncheon— Hats Were
Tabooed at Start
OWEN CALLS ON WILSON1
Denver. Cota., Jan 4.—‘•You deer
*»wee* ihlng," -aid Mrs. Agnes Riddle,
the woman representative from the
Fast district, as she p.anted a rous-
ing smack on the lips of Senator
Helen Ring Robinson. 'Happy New
Year."
''Thanks, a Happy New Year to
. you.” aid Senator Robinson as she
not or would net teU people j fettnd thnt life still existed. A insh I returned the vatu grtetlngs of Re-
The parcel post 1* developing some
funny things The latest was a jug
of .no'ussee and the jug broke.
of Atoka.
Ion *i. Frame was appointed chair-
a fine cvne sweeping down over the
nrm of the state beard of affairs of ed. The team
hill and for a time it looked like the
derrick, tools and tanks were doom-
----—! -------- -- •—------
or why he happened to *'1s n,a*' for d00*0” b«I netwith-; preseatative Riddle with a kk
Urges the Naming of an Okla-
homan Citizen to a Position
in tbe Cabinet
Trenton, X. J., Jan. 4.—-Senator
Ro‘<ert L Owen of Oklahoma Friday
ia e.-enied to Pre-ldent-eleet Wil-ou
the nanie of Rotten Royers, an Okl*-
homa lawyer, for the post of secre-
tary of the interior. When senator
Ow« n left the governors office he
declined Co say whom he had talked
about with Mr. Wilson. Tbe Presld-
er.t-elect later deflated that Senator
OOweo had come to aiwtk for Mr.
Rogei*.
•senator Owen dwelt upon the
fact that Mr. Rogers has a general
practice in which he haa distinguish-
ed himself," said Mr. Wilson. He
added also that Mr Rogers had been
prominent as a progressive demo
crat la Oklahoma.
Mr. Roger* wan n clans mate of
Mr. Wilson's at tbe Ualvwnfty of
Virginia hut they bare not noon each
other sines, the governor said.
; Fate of Newly Weds Who
Had Unfortunately Lost
All of Their Money
LOCKED IN AN ICEB CAR
be there on Friday evening he was
standing every thing porulhle
done, death came without .»
Immediately surrounded by a number ^ the ^ * fh.
"as This scene was enacted in the sen
word ace chamber in the presence of men
of citizens and was not i<ermitu-d to
continue hi* journey until his ana wets
The Child's Fate
little girl had been assaulted
colleagues of the women legislators
and everybody knew I t the Nine
ceuth General Assembly of Colorado
was tied and by the
* U1 VV'AAtlU
were sot:isfaetory. This was the pol- am* crime o' raipe committed, had opened in a manner entirely dts
—------- — ky pursued and the decermlnation c>f '!<*r h*d Vfn rr,r,,a"'ir cru*hcd tlnct frtm all pit toms .-. »e;ons
Okie homa by Governor Cruoo, follow- u«e of seme o.d overall# and several ctlzc ^ ^ ! An-I having ratified hlr ,u-t the
Ing the adjournment of the last ses- bucketa of water 'he fire v,as whip-' * * *°° eei >r n r*al . *m’e or hewtes exempted fa nldt ihe
nloi' of tbe legislature and his name ned out at the very edge of the dev- ' Kk'‘er was no plaoe 1oT -vArangc:s evidence of tbe'r crime hv rll'n? a
rick. The rig belonged to Contractor who *ould not fiD8W«*r a* to their brush N-p over tbe body and then_______ liwp iilM Mn.
b, business in that city for the part few ^ f' e to -he grass In the vlr- ator to hold office in Colorado and the
inlty with the honee that thejlsm-'tj rirat in all tbe Untoed bat
she has no intension of shattering
was au ra'tted for confltmation to
thv> special -cssion of the senate con
vc.-d IVcemiber 3, which met for r’-e
purpose of having confirmed all ap-
pointments made by the governor dur-
ing vacation. The senate refn-ed to
confirm 'he appointment of Frame
as chaim tin of the state board of af
fairs; J^hn B. Doolin. state game war-
den, an 1 Ben F. Riley, secretary of
the state election board, until a spec-
ial senate committee hid investigated
the oenduot of their offices.
The ts>ectai committee has not vot-
ed upon the recatmnt'ndat'on of John
B Doolin and Ben F. Filey.
Peculiar Assault Cage
Terre Haute. Ind, Jaa. 4 —WIlMam
Newkirk, a glare blower, was fined
$1 and costs by Justice McOuinn be-
cause he fcrc4b1y washed the feet of
leo West a fellow workman. Newkirk
, • "ntf auou
Insisted they needed wa.hlng but tbe wr w (h#
in * Ice held he had committed assault
and battery.
Endeavored to Keep Their Iden-
tity a Secret Bat the Story
Leaked Out
Wilmington. Del, Jaa. 4.—A wad-
ding trip la a
Che bride and gr<
way. Is the latest
"Gretna Green." Word nw
that Henry Hoffman, U jm
of Shamokia, Pena., nad M
Ray. aged 1* at Sandbary p
were married laft Monday
George L Wolfe, rode tnm
phis to Reading. Pnaa., M m
lurnn and the well is
-om« Tulsa parties.
owned
C W. Harmony of tbe Republican
offue is vising in Arkansas. C. W.
has been talking about how mui h
money there is in hogs for so long,
that tt woujdn't surprise us in the
least to see C. W. bring back a num-
ber of razor backs and go Into the
hoc rnising business.
ME THAN
or thre* 4*y». a* stated in Fiidav s ,nUv "ot>e® ^
, . . . . .. -wfmM wipe the evldepcF'of ihc
ksue the Whole popultU.cn was en- or,mp ^ (0 tv<# ^
gaged in an effc-t to It cate ;he bod: , that she had been caught In • the
of the little Brown girl, for with the
passing hours the people became
arid had been injured in trying to es-
cape.
thoroughly imbued with the idea that, c^!,d wa* <>n<* of » P*lr of
.u -ok *—i _i-.. ____• twins and the two girls were nearly
always seen together. Evervbrdy
Required to Furnish Bonds For
Thirty-two Dynamiters in
Their Appeal Cases
knew them and they were liked bv
all They were bright children and
when the people hwcame convinced
that the little girl had been foully
the had met with fowl play and even
wor.-e. The big oil ooiupan.es turned
their men loose with Instructions
to leave no stone unturned to find
the body. This force relieved the big
force which had followed up the Mu>-( dealt with there waa a general e<
kogee dogs after their arrival early pretslon that no commutation of non-
Friday morning and the hunt was con-: tence to life imprisonment would be
tinned without any thought of weari-1 tolerated. In fart many a man de-
or even without .-topping to take dared that the courts would not be
Chicago. Jan. 4 —Judge Baker and ^ meals. A signal wa* agreed upon in called upon to hear the case Said
Seaman fixed bonds for th'rtytwo case the tedy should be found. Tele ope man .'Kiefer may have a tough
V. :>cn Mrt Robinson took jv wa! Mrs. Crawford, wife of A. P. Crsw
it. the ui-per bran-h of the Itsisla iirc ’ '< rd. on yesterday underwent an opep-
at noon she was cstaVi- alag a i re- atlon on het eyes and they will be
h t daged for a few days to await
develop!) erts. Thera is every Indica-
tion that the op«.*nt!<»n will ha a
i auocesa.
cedent of being tbe first wdn an sen-
name but we wlH not tolerate an\
thing of this kind In tbls vicinity.*'
And his declaration met with a hettr-
From tbe looks of the country on
soot h west of town, the farmers are
obeying the wist of Governor Cruce
of the thlr'y-Chree dynamiters on grams were sent In every direction
appeal at >10,000 for each of their J so that officers of other places might
sentences, agq egatlng over a million , hold any suspicious individuals and
and at the same time Informed the j request* were made of railway offl-lty reeponee fr.«m a crowd at the
author*'l.-s of the lower court that, cLls to ha/oe all cars of all trains j scene. The remains were taken to
'hey had been too hasty in conveying which had passed through Kiefer ex- the dwelling of the parents on the
"be men to prison Ward was atamtoed. In fact every effort posd west side of the cMv and hundreds
once conveyed to the men at Ixvtven hie was made to secure a clue. The'of people gathered at the borne They
worth and they were called before, three or four suspect* were kept In were hitter and bv common consent
Z RTa8S< ot *r »}.**!*" *as af-,ins •*«^ «■
customs.
She has announced that her col
league- may smoke In her presente
to their heart’s content and also that
they may Indulge In all the privileges
such as chewing, etc. Mrs. Robinson
ha-* lieen officially dubbed as Mrs.
Senator Robinson for her debut as
a lawmaker.
The rule* prohibited wearing her
h'i* but Senator Robinson wore a
handsome gown of dull primrose silk,
while her hands w«ro encased In long
white gloves.
Senator Robinson unanimously was
given her choice of se:tt9 and select
«d one In the firs', row.
Her maiden speech was a hit. She
seconded the nomination of Senator
Austin Blakey for President Pro Tern.
Everybody waa getting hungry by
the time the nominating began.
"This is not time for oratory but
ft*' luneneon," said Senator Robinson
“I take honor In seconding the nom-
ination of Senator Jllakey. too—Senat
or Blakey, th> jgrand old fighting
DfWINDS Of
TOLIES
They Tell Turk Representatives
They Must Accept by Terms
A
by Monday
fair. The bonds fixed are as follows • right party was attt at large
Seventy thousand dollars. Frank
M. Ryan, Chicago.
Sixty thousand doll.Ws. John T. But
l«r. Buffalo; Olaf Tveiimoe. San Fran-
cisco: J. E. Muneey. Suit Ijake City;
Eugene A. Clancy. Sun Francisco;
PhflHp A. Cooley. New Or lean8: F.
C. Webb. Noy York: Michael Young.
Boston.
Forty thousand dollars. John H.
Barry. Ft fouls; Peter J. Smith.
Cleveland.
Thirty thousand dollar*. Murray
L. Pennell. Sp-lngfleld. 111.; Wilfred
Bert Brown. Kanaaa City; Paul J
Morrtn, St. Louts; Henry W. I>e;g!el-
ter. Denver; (tharlea .V, Beeni, Mln-
neaiolJa: Edward Smythe. Peora. I1J.;
George Anderson. Cleveland: Michael
J. Hannon. Bcranlon, Pa.: Ernest W
Bxaey. Phlladeftihla: Michael J. Mc-
Cain. Kan®a* City: MTlIlam R. Red-
din. Milwaukee.
. Twenty thousand dolltw*. Richard
deleirvrtion .wflio presided, told Reahad j h Houlihan. Chicago: Frank J. Hig
gins, Boston; Frank K. Painter. Om-
londcn. Jan. 4.—Although the word
‘'ultimatum'' was not pronounced,
what practically U an ultimatum was
pt ere rated to Turkey at Friday's ses-
sion of the peace conference on lie-
half of the Balkan allies. Lazar Ml
nrkoviteh. head of the Montenegro
I‘a-hi after the Turks bad sulnr.ltted
a ;vopc-al which fa« considered un-
a ejitable, that either by Monday
Tn key must find a way (o renounce
to 'be Balkan allies her rights over
tbe Island of Crete, cede the island*
in tha Aegean sea and present a ratl-
Beitlon of the frontier of European
Turuey. wtMch would in* ride Adrian-
opl* in too territory of tbe allies or
the allies would consider that further
negrttkrtjons for peace were useless
aha: Fred Ftierman, Indianapolis
Ten thousand dollars. William S
Sbujte. Chlcapo; James E. Ray, Peor-
ia. III.: Wllltern C. Bernhardt, <"1n-
ovlnnatl: Frank B. Philips. Farhcuse
Charles Wachmetater. Detroit and
Fred J. Mooney, Duluth, Minn
Herbert Hock In Is the only one
who did not appeal. Every effort will
be made to furnish tbe bonds In the
cases.
4
the fiend.
On the Trail Many Rumor« Afloat
In the afternoon of Friday dogs Afl sorts of rumors are afloat in
picked up a (jrell and were followed reference to the affair hut few of
b.> a big oiowd to a house four miles ‘hem can be traced to any authentic
from the City of Kiefer and on ano- source. One story started about noon
the- oooa*:on a trail picked up at an- was lo the effect that two men were
other point led In the sane direction, under arrest at Okmulgee and that
Ihe pan.v waited at this piece was a confession had been secured. Lew
missing and could not he located and wilder at Kiefer stated at noon that
this tact seemed to convince the the story was correct so far as ar
posse that they were on the right rests were concerned hut that the
track. In fact there were other clr-|nimor of a confession was Incorrect.
cjinstances which confirmed tbe be-1 He said that six anests had been
lie. One of th*i-e was that a little made in connection wWh <he affalrj
girl named Bruto had stated she hud i but there was really no evidence
New Board on Monday
Monday the new members of the
county board, Slason, Beardsley and
Lorett will be sworn In. They will
then take up the bonds of the officer*
elected In November and after appro-
val will present for consideration tb«
n lines of those who are to serve as
deputies and assistants.
ZINC LAND
IS GOBBLED
American Smelting* Company
Grabes Every Tract in the
Bis* Miami Field
»e*n the Brown girl with the petty
who was mUdng. Another ru: or
waa that the pa. :y had joined lu the
search for a time and that he hid
suddenly disoippeajred ar.d that he had
not 'been iven since the appearance
of the dogs from Muskogee. The
searching parties managed to keep in
call with each other and shortly af-
ter four o'clock a shrill scream came
from the timber about three quarter>
of a mile J.oni the city limits. It
was at once picked up and in a few
minute* a h'g crowd assembled at
the scene. Mr. Blair, an oil man
wss the finder. He was going up a
hill and had reached the top of fi
rocky cliff when he happened to
glance down in a ravine and saw a
hand protruding from a pile of brush.
As soon as several arrived the brush
was removed and tt was at once iremely pathetic.
against any of them except suspicion
that their answers were not satisfac
tory and they "ire held to await de
velopmenits. Three of these are In
the Creek county jaill. Against one
of them are some supposed spots of
blood on his clothing. Two are heVl
at Okmulgee and another party is In
custody at Beggs. The statement
that one man waa taken to Musko-
gee is incorrect.
Last Sad Rites
The funeral of little Ella Brown
took pk.oe this afternoon. The whole
countrn- turned out to pay re-pect#
to the memory of the deceased child
and r'rong men were seen to weep
at the service*. It wa* a sad vel
thrilling sight. The remain* were
brought to Sapulpa for Intrtrment.
The scene at the cemetery was ex-
WILL BE A
BIG WELL
The Gasser in Section 35 Prom-
ises to lie One of the Best in
This Section
The gasser mentioned in the Demo
era' of Friday as having been brought
In toy the Oklahoma Oil company Is
some gasser. It Is in section 35-17-U
and Its capacity was eettmsud at 4.-
000,000 tout it Is believed to be of a
much greater volume. The rock
pr<->ure Is enormous The well was
protected hy double packers and In
thirty minutes after tbls work was
don- the packers were blown off.
Miami. Okia.. Jan. 4.—The Ameri-
can I-cad, Zinc and Smelting company
has keen granted an option on vir-
tually every tract of mining land In
the Miami district, involving probab-
ly 1.500 acres The price stipulated
I* $1,500,000. the Miami Rov&Ky Co.
granging the option.
For some time the American com-
pany has had a number of field men
here Inspecting the situation, A force
of twenty-five men. Including drUki*.
surveyors, engineers and others has
gone over the various tracts, obtain
ing complete informal) ton as to ore
bod'es, conditions of the ground and
other details in connection with the
work that would extend to thonraugh
development of new territory and In-
crease operations in old properties.
The Miami oil company holds lea es
on aN but a few hundred acres of
this mining land Included in tbe Ok-
lahoma district.
Rome of the richest if-opertles In
the en'lre southwest field aceamone
the tracts involved. The output of
the district in 1912, Including both
leod and zinc was almost double tbg;
of 1911 A total of IR48.000 worih of
ore was produced.
The American company has inves--
ments of *.'1,000.000 In the Joplin
lead and zinc districts and owns and
operates smelters at Dreeing and
Caney. Kan as. PracticslK all stock
of ihe company la owned locally and
at a ro.'ent meelng of the dltectors
it was decided to enter the Miami
field, first consulting the Miami Roy-
alty eo*ni«any In order to obtain prac-
tically all the territory where ore
bodies are known or believed to
lie. A development Period that should
place the Miami production far abort
that of many camps In the south west
district should result from their pro.
posed operation*, the American re-
presentatives say.
In the F* bos of a
Thev were discovered and
whea the (M0M
train arrived at Reading. There
sympathetic persons raised enongk
money to pay their fares In 9biBn
kin. The couple were also given a
hearty meal, -omethlsg they ween de-
cidedly short on.
When the pair went to
Wolfe he was told they
WII■tsetse >!nee
had lost all their ■irnej AC
request the clergymen married
free. Young
ly peld $2.50 for a
That waa before fen lest hie maney.
It la not knows haw they aq| •»
Philadelphia.
They were m> dseparate in anaafe
BHamokin that they hrardad • tsaOa
on t^e Philadelphia aad Rendfog
railroad at Bast Falla, a anhnsfe ad
tbe Quaker City, eHaablag fe foe mat
ed the trap of toe lee compartment
and lowered his wile on eafeaa at One
He went In himself aad ftmtenad ffee
trap from the inside. R asm a Mgfel
squeeze and the frigid almnaiifema
soon mede them numb. Just before
Reading was reached a trala Inepee-
tor ws* startled by hearing nttees
emanating from the Ice box. He hor-
ridly opened the trap and tibrte found
the newly weds tightly wedged la.
They were so numb sod occupied
such a small space that the train
civ-w had difficulty in getting them
out. They tried to conoeel their Id-
entity but In vain.
Referee Throws Out Votes u
Gives Summers Title by a
Majority of 12
Just at tbe close of toe term the
ref. wee In the Cast eel-Summers elec-
tion contest case files his report nad
•Summers gets title to office aad
gives Casteel the pleasure of pa-lag
the coots. And In this connection.
If tbe county election board had done
just what the referee did in this
case and what has been done In oth-
er section of the state of Oklahoma,
democrats would hold certificate* to
more of the county offices than they
do at prest-nr. Referee Preston In
hi* report state* that he Khrew out
sixteen votes because they were voted
In violation of the grandfather clousi
of the state. Tbe finding gars Bum-
mers a majority of twelve vetea.
Hughe* and Miller represented Stam-
mers in this action aad Blddeeon aad
Campbell represented Cert eel
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