Sapulpa Evening Democrat. (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 133, Ed. 1 Friday, March 8, 1912 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL. 1
SAPULPA, OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY, MARCH 8, U>12
NO 133
STANFIELD COMMONER TAFT IS IN
TO OFFICERS ON OKLAHOMA
A BIG BLAZE
WESTFALL
IS ON TRIAL
LAST CALI
THIS EVE
Letters Jto Decker, Harrison
and Herry in Regard to
Local Affairs
HIS’POSITION EXPLAINED
Orders of Court in Refeieme to
Injaactions Must be Obeyed
to the letter
The following
s*-l'« xsl-anatory:
correspondence Is
Says the Plan in This State
Would be Good System to
Adopt Elsewhere
Okmalgee, Okla., March «. 1*12
Hon. Y. S. Decker,
County Attorney,
Hapulpa, Oklahoma.
Dear Sir:
The parties restrained from enter-
ing their places of business were per
mitted t» return upon the express
understanding and promise upon their
part that the shio-iff or tlie dei«ut> I
MtMitdf oould enter and search their
pinna ai all hours, without the aid
of a MMLrch ami seizure warrant arid
I herawtth enclose to you a copy of
a letter l have by this mail forwarded
to tie sheriff of Creek County and
(dso to Iris deputy, Holmes Davidson.
You a* instructed that in the event
these pert:<-» nefu.se to allow t'hetr
prrndi—( to be searched without a
starch warrant and you ate called
upon by the sheriff or deputy or any
ether person for a search and seizure
warrant, that you are to forthwith
obtain the same ami plaoe U in i«e-
eessuut of the sheriff or deputy sher-
iff attempting to make said search.
You are further instructed to use
every means in your power bo ascer-
tain whether or not these restraining
orders are being violated by the par-
ties against whom they are directed
and to report to me at your earth st
opportunity the conditions surround-
ing tbewe places.
Yours very truly,
WADE S. STANFIELD
Lincoln, Neb., Mstroll 8.—Holding
up Oklahoma as a pattern for other
states to copy in the mater of pto
gressive democracy. W. J. Bryan km
the following in the forthcoming Jasue
of the Commoner:
“Oklahoma seto an example to pro-
gressives. Mr. Harmon's supporters
were active in their efforts to (secure
the state but Oklahoma is progressive
and the fight finally narrowed down
to Wilson and Clark, and their
friends had the good sense to agree
upon a division of mo delegation
half and half. This was an admir-
able settlement of the controversy
tend may well serve as an example
to other states. The contest between
progressives should be an amicable
one and It will very much strengthen
our party's chances after the conven-
tion if the friends of Coventor Wilson
and Speaker Clark can so conduct
their campaign as to unite their
forces in states where me sentiment
is evenly divided.”
Some mouths ago Mr. Bryan urged
the progressives to get together in
each state and sopiiort the pnign*
elves strongest in that Mate. The
Oklahoma plan works toward the
same end. No one but a progressive
can hud the democratic party to vic-
tory and a progressives chances will
be improved by harmony among pro-
gressive aspirants.
Will Deliver an Address in Toledo
Tonight and Tomorrow
Speaks in Chicago
Toledo. Ohio, March 8.—President
Taft will deliver an address hero to-
night and tomorrow in Chicago. These
will be his first public utterances
since the artnonuoement of Roosevelts
candidacy. Although no announce-
ment has b«?n made of subjects for
the president's speeches, It is re-
garded aa almost certain that he will
make clear his own views on many
of the doctrines advocated by Colonel
Roosevelt in his speech in Columbus
two weeks ago. A reply to the whole no clue as
speech of Colonel Roosevelt is not
looked for, but it is the general opin
ion that tihe president's views in ri»
pard to tile recall of court decisions
will be mode unmistakably plain to
the i>eop!e before Mr. Taft leaves
Brick Block is Wiped Out and Oklahoma City Times Tells of the' The Cearter Ameddments Re-
Clint Graham looses His Law
Library
Marietta. Okla., March 8.—Fire of
an unknown origin which visited this
city Thursday, completely destroyed
a large brick building In the heart of
the business section of Marietta, oc-
cupied on the ground floor by the
Marietta Drug company and a grocery
store, and on the upper floor by a
number of offices, including the law-
offices of Hddleman & Graham The
loss is estimated at {32.500. about
half covered by insurance. There is
to bow the Are started,
and it had gained such a headway
before It was discovered that it was
impossible to save the ouildtng or
any of its contents The law library
of Eddieman it Graham, which was
completely destroyed, was valued at
Progress of the Case in That
City
ceive the Signature of Lee
Cruce on Thursday
Frank S. Westfall, former presi-
dent of the Creek Bunk & Trust com-
pany at Kapil!pa, charged with mak-
ing false reports of the condition of
his Inst it ut ion to the state i sinking
board, is on trial in Judge Claridh governor of Oklahoma.
home next Saturday i Hi,500.
Circulation gets returns.
Okmulgee, Oklahoma. March ©th, 1912
Mr. Darn son,
Cure Mars, Burke and Harrison.
Sapulpa, Oklahoma.
Dear Sir:
Someone in Sapnlpa lias busily en-
gag«<l tibomselves with the newspa-
pers -» criticism of my actions in re-
paid to the injunctions which were j
ikhiksI by me and by Judge Allen.
Mr. Davidson informed me that Judge
Alien raid for him to allow the own
era of these places to return to their
places of business after a few days
I took the view that It was better to
have tile owners In their place's and
have them responsible than it was to
have tike plai t's oim-ii and in charge
of some clerks, and further, that
there was a very serious question in
my mind of tho log-d right to al ow
a man to conduct a business and yet
restrain him from going about It.
1 (ioutre to assure you that if you
eon invxluoe testimony showing vio-
lations of these rest ruining orders
(and all of them are continued In
full force and effect) that the par-
ties guilty of violating the restrain-
ing orders will be dealt with in such
manner that they will not be again
violated.
There is do disposition on my part
and never h«s been, to undo the
work Instituted by myself and car-
ried on by Judge Allen, with regard
to the enforcement of the liquor law-
in Creek County, and if instead of
crltlat-slog the court the people inter-
ested in the enforcement would come
into court and proceed1, letter results
would be accomplished.
Further, I desire to say that any
official who fails to discharge his duly
with regard to the enforcement of tho
liquor law, either Iti the sheriff’s
office or county attorney's office,
where a sufficient showing is made
will be proceeded against for the pur-
l*ose of removing him from office.
Will) you kindly lot me know how
you feel about this matter and what
additional steps, if any, you desire to
take against the places against which
restraining orders have been issued
At any time you desire to take any
additional steps with regard to the
places restrained, you will kindly let
me know and I will return to Soipul-
pa and hear the matters.
I haul a talk with Mr. Frank Smith
on Monday and went over tho entire
situation with him, and 1 think he
thoroughly understands my ixwition
with regard to these matters, and if
you gentlemen desiio to be fair it
w ill lie my pleasure to hear from you
to that effect.
-Very truly yours,
WAiDK S. STANFIELD.
Chicago for
night. _____
The speech here is to be delivered
NEW BOOKS IN LIBRARY
ted to the conclusion that the presi-1 _
dent w ill avoid discussing big issues I
ot a purely i>o!i. i< ai nature as it bus Local Libra y installs Depart-
1m en. his custom in the past to avoid!
politks and make questions of direct
intericst to the business community
the subject of his remarks when)
speaking before a commercial body. |
Tlie program piepared for the Chi-
The amendments to the city charter
which the [teople of this city adopted
by their votes one week ago are now
filed in the archives of the city and
contain the stamp of approval of the
ment ofiRecent Fiction For
Benefit of Pations
ixs-al women will be interested
to learn that the Library club has se
cuied several of the books of popular
fiction that everybody Is talking about
1 Among the recent additions are “The
he core* to discuss. Fits principal (jf )-y W. J
Locke, a charmingly written story of
a life in England ana France. The
ougo visit will afford abundant ;>•
partunity for the president to speak
his mind freely on any subject that
division of the district court.
The defondant's banking o|»*ralions
occupy a l«mg space in the history
of the state. It has occupied the at
tent ion of three district courts in as
many different counties and in a»ldi-
tion has lew ii brought to the atten-
tion of two governors. He wa« oharg
od with committing the offense dur-
ing September, 1910, by forging Items
in the bank's ledger to ueeeive tho
banking hoard as to the actual health
of the concern. Ills forgeries benefit
id himself to the extent of indicat-
ing that the bank was within tho
statutory reserve fund limit, when in
fact it Is alleged. Die reserve fund
had been practically depleted.
He is at lend* *j at the trial by Mis.
West full mid- almost a score of citi-
zens of Sapuljia, who heartily l>e-
lleve in his innocence, ills counsel
include E. (J. McAdams of Oklahoma
City and W. O. Fairchild of Sapuipa. j
Prosecuting him are A* F. Mass,
H]ieciu-1 prosecutor in the Gentry micr-|
der case; Ross Likinnd, ass ist amt I
<■011111) attorney, and L. M. iAiie of'
On Thursday morning City Attar
ney Burt, Commissioner Rice and
Frank Smith met Governor C-rucc by
appointment. The amendments were
gone over as were letters and a J>etl-
tion accompany tng tho documents
and when the above named committee
left the office of the stale executive
to the amendments wo* attached the
signature of l>*e Cruoe and the
great seal of the state by Secretary
of State Harrison.
The election therefore comes un-
der the sti-iiervlsion of the county
eltwtion Imard and the amendments
are now a part of the charter of this
city.
City Clerk’s Office Will be Open
After Supper For Late As-
pirants
The city election will be under the
county elect iou board and all filings
with the city clerk will be turosd
over to Chairman Boyd tonight, hut
tbe city clerk will ruoelve fllin»v this
evening and will keep his office open
until a late hour touigbt for the pur-
ls*©, ac it is not the desire to ohut
out any one who may aspire to offlee.
Today Charles Wolfit W. A Brittain
and Jamie Harris filed, for pubhc
utility commissioner and W. L. Mr-
Kuea for the school board in ward
three.
It is known quite a number expert
to tile late this afternoon and this
evening. Among them it is said ooh
lady will file for the hoard of Edu-
cation. e
WILL BE A SCRAP
lhe Republican Convention
Meets at the District Court
Room Saturday After-
Hpoeches in the western me'ro|x>tis i
will l»e made before organizations of
a imlitieal character, one of them
under tho auspices of the Union
League club and Hhe other at a Ivan-
quet of tlie Illinois Swedish-American
Republician Imague in Chicago also
the president will be in the center <rf
what Is regarded as the hot bed of
Rooseveltism. The chief Roosevelt
headquarters are in Chicago and it Is
from there that the Roosevelt propa-
ganda Is being sent throughout the
west.
WILL NOT
Okmulgee, Oklahoma, March 6th. 1912
Hon. John W, Berry,
Sheriff Creek County,
Kapul-pu. Oklahoma.
Dear Sir:
On the application of the part lie
rest rained from going about their
places of business in Creek County,
and -'he modifying of the order per-
mitting (hem to return to their places
of business It was wiih the express
understand.irg that any representative
from your office had the right 10 en
ter and siurch their places of busi-
ness at any hour without a search
warrant, and that no request for a
search warrant would be made by
the parties. You are therefore, dir-
eoted to search at frequent intervals,
places against, which restraining ord-
ers have been issued in your county,
tnd if lntoxioiiit.ing liquors are found,
to Immediately arrest the owners of
said places and those round In pos-
session of (hem, including their em-
ployees, and notify me of said amst.
In the event they should re-fuse to
allow you or your deputies to si inch
their planes without a search warrant
your deputy attempting to make the
search is Instructed and directed to
remain upon ithe premises and see
that no intoxicating liquor of any
kind la removed therefrom until a
search warrant can be obtained, and
to forthwith communicate with the
county attorney's office or one of the
assistants for the imrpose of obtaining
a search warrant to enable you to
complete -the search.
Kindly let me know by return mail
the condition of these pianos re-
strained.
Yours very truly,
WADE S. STANFIELD.
heroine of tbe book ‘‘Clementina, is
■ great artist, but, through a betrayal
of love in her youthful days, she
became a social recluse, wearing odd
clothes, living alone, and cultivating
a sharp tongue and a grimly cynical
out-look on life. The mother spirit in
her, however, cannot be entirely re-
proved and she takes into her heart
Tommy, a young art student, and a
girl relative. Through Tommy she
comes in contain with his uncle
Quixtus. a min of an exceptionally
fine nature, who, through misfortune
has lost faith in life and is being
made the prey of designing iieople. I
How the mother spirit in Clementina
• aves (Jtiixtus and Tommy and at]
- lust transforms herself is the theme,
ii|»on which Locke has written a fas-
Tutea, representing t-he state banking
board. Oklahoma City Times.
Most of tbe S&iMLipans called to Ok
latuuna Ctty as witnesses in the Wedf
tali case have returned home. The
tmtimony in tlie csiNe was completed
last evening and court took a recess
until tins morning when the argu-
ments was to have been heard. The
Sapul|vans subpoenaed in this cav-e
were: Henry Adams, J. E. Rii-e, W.
G Barker, Sam Matthews, J. S.
Woofter and B. C. Burnett for the
state and Burt Buffington, R. VV
lluffstetter, Ira Eldridgc, K. E. Cow-
man, Frank Smith, J. O. Hereford,
J. J. Mars and J. W. Clinkoeales for
the defendant.
nuon
The city authorities this morning
tccelved from the State Board of
The txvrt.de.in county e-tec tn«v approval of that body of
cinating story. Another delightful
- J book by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott is
| "Molly Make-Believe," Molly was a
Nays He is Not a Candidate For uttie Vermont girl who went to the
city and advertised to write letters1 Declares Remsrks Attributed to
the Nomination For the Pres-
idency
New York, March 8. — Mayor Gay-
nor announces according to an au-
thorized interview in the Herald,
positively that he is not a candidate
for the democratic nomination for
president. A previous less formal
declaration to this effiet was made
several weeks ago notwithstanding
the mayor's name -bad been still
mentioned.
Five Dead in One Family.
C. C. it Hi >ert, w'ho came in frort
a hunting trip down on De-e-p Fork
last night, brings with him a sio-ty
of the ravages of meningitis near
the town of Edna. A family of nig-
gers by the name of Mayes has been
almost completely wi-ped out of ex-
istence. Out of a family of seven,
only two are left, according to his
information. The father and mother
and three children have succumbed
to the disease, while the remaining
two aj-e improving under the care
of an Indian woman doctor. Mr.
Rupert was on tlie way to inform the
county health officers of tihe casiu
when seen by a Democrat man.
Already tihe good and bad in the
various candidfttu-i for offlee is being
discussed, if a man die the good 1*
nil that Is brought to the forefront.
If he runs for office the had- is all
you hear. AVe'll take ours In
"croaking.'’
to lonely i>eople. Her delightful, whim
sicol letters with their undercurrent
of tenderness and humor find a p« r
manent place In the in-art of the
a slck-a-bed young man, who, through
loneliness, has become one of her
i u-'totners. The >oung man has a
fiariix— a cold, bromidic, conventional
sort of girl, and this m ikee complica-
tions. But you have to read the
story to know i,ts charm. "The Iron
Woman" by Margaret Delaod, one of
the much talked of I rooks of the year
i.s also in the library. This book
brings up one of the big moral ques-
tions of the times and is I borough iy
worth while.
Girl of the Lumberlost,'' “On the
Threshold," by Robert Hit-hens, 'The
Light Everlasting," oy Marie Corelli,
' The Harvester," and others. More
books have been ordered and -the
library will soon have a tine depart-
ment of recent Action. The postpon-
ed hook shower will probably be held
at an early date.
The Library club bold its annual
election of officers yesterday. The
following were -elix-ted, 1‘resldeni’,
Mrs. Henry Campbell; Vice resident,
Mrs H. C. Scott, Second Vice Fiew-
dent, Mrs. C. XV. Uveiy; 'Secretary,
Mrs. P. L. Swlnrey, corresponding
Secretary, Mrs. Casey; Treasurer Mis
W. P. Root; Trustu-R. Mesdanies
Elizaibeth Welch, Brodie, and Ding-
man. Parliamentarian, Mrs. HlUer-
man. A prettily appointed luncheon
was served by Mesdamce Lytle, Live-
ly and Terry.
Him mlthe] Light Were Ab-
solutely Untrue and False
me-n.s at the district eourt room Sat
urduy afternoon and tho indications
point, to a Kilkenny cat affair. The
organization men have ueen putting
their heads together and they give
out such knowing statements as
"just wait mnd see." when asked ffir
figures as to which faction will oon-
tiol. The Roosevelt followers as.-ert
they have » majority and that they
will instruct for Teddy and Prteetty,
and go so far ns to assort that if
there- is any tomfoolery" they will
move to another hall and do business
on their own account. This, accord
.ii-- to some, is just what the organi-
I zatIon wants them to do, as thait
I will give them the regularity which
i hey prate about.
Tlie Taft organ, whlcti now is for
j Roosevelt, is also coming in for some
discussion. Republicans point out
that Flynn wu# for "Taft first, a-nd
| all the time’’ and even wont so far as
to assert that it wins "a sVtndpa/1”
Mitxit and that all other candidates
could not expect to receive any con-
sideration at its hands. But all this
is changed and it is now howling for
Teddy—but why?
Commissioner Hiliis this morning
requested the Democrat to abaoiuto
!y deny the statement attributed to
him in lust evening's Light and to
further state that he had nailed ujon
tlie editor of that paper to make a
letractlon which was proinls-ml in the
issue of this date.
Mr. Hiliis said in talking of the
subject which he was alleged to have
made that he would see to it during
Other books are “The the remainder of liis slinrt term thit
Hie prohibitory law was enforced.
Death Claims An Infant.
Tlie fourteen months old baby of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Baugher died
yesterday afternoon at tiieir home in
Kilter, of pneumonia. Mr and Mrs.
Baugher lived for several years in
this city and have many friends here
who sympathize with them in their
misfortune. The remains was brought
to this city late this afternoon for
Interment hem
The county superintendent is send-
ing out the regular monthly ai»)tor-
tiomnent to the different schools.
The apportionment is slightly larger
than that of last month. Hapulpa
share will be $2,629.76.
EIRE FIGHTERS COMING
Sometimes we
weather and then
have some bad
we have—worse.
Chief Stajfjf Receiving: Many Let
ters Concerning the Coming
Firemen’s Tournament
Some of the fire boys are busily en
gaged in mapping out the program
and nading matter for the tourna-
ment program so that the document
can he sent to the various depart-
ments of lhe state as early as p« ssl
ble. The board of control urged their
being sent out at least fifty days
SEWER PLANS
Approves of the Sanitary System
Adopted by the City of Sa-
pulpa After Long Wait
the plans and speci-ficaitlonu of the
sanitary sewer syatem of thJ« ctty.
The approval has been a long time in
reaching the city clerk and has given
the aapthorltlea considerable worry
as moat of the work uaa been done.
The approval is given by J. C. Mohr
ami he aaai-rts that the plane must
he carried out or the approval will
lie of no effect. Under the plane the
sanitary system oiuptios into what
is known as Pole Oat creek.
Judge Allen is Busy.
Judge Allen is having a time in
Muskogee county. The same proce-
dure ih-:it took plaie here is being
carried out there. In one instance
Attorney Tom won, and one of the
leading lights of the Imr of that chv
w-iui addressing the court and said;
"Why, your honor, you don't daue
send my client to Jaill.” At this point
Owen w-as interrupted by the court
who said: ‘.Mr. Sheriff—take the de-
fendant to jail."
Muskogee Disbarment Case.
Attorney I). A. McDougai returned
from Muskogee today where he has
lieeu hearing disbarment proceeding*
•gainst Attorney Peyton, as referee.
The prosecution completed its testi-
mony when the defense naked for fur-
ther time. The case was then ad-
journed until the 18th when the d<v-
fense will have their inning.
Mr. John Egan wishes to correct
his statement made in a reoonit issue
of the paper to the effect that women
do not need to register. Upon
J studying the law further, he finds
ihat they must answer -the same
registration requirements as the male
voter. According to the Oklahoma
taw, the registration clerks of Che
diffiTtnt wards will call upon the
citizens of ih© city to stcure their
prior to the tournament. Chief Stags registration, and Mr. Egan intends
is daily in receipt of letters from all1 to use his Influence to have good
I tortious of the state and the indiea- j looking and entertaining men for this
tions are that tlie attendance at the
1912 meet will Mirpara that of any
year since the organization of the
state -association. Many of the big
paid de|«artnic«nts will have teams
here this year, in addition manu-
facturers of lire suppliu; and appara-
tus are writing that they will attend
and show some of their latest im-
provements for the use of fighting
fires.
W. G. Disney,
the city.
of Muskogee, is in
hun»ose, as an additional incentive
to the ladies to avail themselves of
the hallot box privileges. This will
probably not be necessary, however,
for the women are usually iniertwt-
ed this year in voting on school mat-
ters and are likely to run a candidate
of their own. This will add an ele-
ment of variety tot he city elections
at any rate.
The Potter piano company are buiW
Ing a sound proof phonograph room
in the rear end of their store.
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