Sapulpa Evening Democrat. (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 157, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 3, 1912 Page: 1 of 4
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SAPULPA, OKLAHOMA.!!WEDNEESDAY. APRIL 3. 1912.
‘‘DRAG OUT THE DEAD AND MANGLED”
Democrats Win i,7 Nearly All the City Commissioners Grant Re-
Cities of the State of Okla- quest of Commercial Club
hama For An Exhibit in Sapul-
Oklahonia City, April .1.—'The demo-
crats elected five of the nine mem-
bers of the school board,
MoAlester, April 3.—The democrat-
ic ticket headed by Wallace Ilond
was chosen by over 5<H) majority..
Nine of twelve members of the school
board elected are democrats.
The Ticket Selected From the Bunch of Nominees by the DEMO-
CRAT Was Victorious at the Polls—The People hollow the
Advice of This Paper in Making Their Selections For City
Orficers~-Smith, Wertzberger and Likely Are
Successful—The New School Board
Tulsa, April 3—Two democrats were
chosen at the polls by majorities,
while a reballot for mayor and the
two other commissioners will be re-
quired.
Hobart, April 3.—The democratic
ticket was victorious at the polls,
four of five councilmen brink demo-
crats and six of seven members of
the school boa:d.
There was a special meeting of ths
city commissioners this morning at
which a petition signed by merchants
was presented urging the city to
grant permission to the Greater Par-
ker Carnival company to show in this
city from the 22nd to the 27th of
April free of charge. The carnival
is to divide its proceeds with the
Commercial club and the Firemen's
association, the money to go to-
wards entertaining the visiting fire-
men in May. Manager Beckwith was
with the commissioners and explain-
ed the character of the shows and
the commissioners by unanimous vote
decided to grant the request. This
company is one of the best carnival
attractions on the road, has excellent
feature shows and a great many at
tractions.
THE RESULT OE THE ELECTION IS SATISFACTORY TO THE PEOPLE OF SAPULPA
The Railway Boys and Business Men of the City Come to the Rescue of Likely—An Eve-
ning of Uncertainty Turned Into Rejoicing When the Last Precinct Announces Its
Vote—Tabulated Statement of the Results by Precincts—Mrs. Bassett and Ira
Eldridge Race to a Tie For the School Board
Ml Itcno, April 3 P. P. Duffy, demo
crat, was re-elected for a three year
terra. He received 788 votes to 318
for T F. Hensley and 240 for George
Phelps.
Muskogee, April 3.—Perry Miller,
democrat was elected mayor over J.
F Darby, republican by a majority of
500. The city commission is demo-
crats scratched the ticket consider-
crats scratched ehe ticket consider-
ably to express their sentiment as to
‘•wide open" policy, which was the
main issue implied. The ‘-wide open"
policy won out.
Milwaukee. April 3—Over 80,000
votes were cast being 20,000 more
than two years ago and the Socialist
ticket headed by Emil Seidel was
swamped by the combination ticket
of democrats and republicans by over
17,000 majority. There was general
rejoicing throughout the city over the
ousting of the socialists.
PROBATION OFFICER
P. P. Hillerman has been appoint-
ed by Judge Warren H. Brown to
the position of probation officer of
Creek county, court, salary *50 a
month, or $600 a year.
The work of probation officer con-
sists of looking after the cases of
juveniles charged with lawbreaking,
studying their home conditions, find-
ing work for those who need it. and
finding homes for those who need
them. This work has previously teen
performed by Mrs. Bassett with no
charge at all to the county, and Mrs.
Bassett is recorded in Kate Bernard's
office as the probation officer of
Creek County.
THE TROUBADOURS
Kansas City, Mo., April 3.—Henry
L .lost, 31 years old, democrat, was
elected mayor of Kansas City over
Darius A. Brown, republican incum-
lent, by a majority estimated at
3,500 votes. The entire democratic
ticket outside of a few aldermen was
elected.
Mayor Brown, who was formally
president of the league of American
Municipalities, ran on a platform that
favored municipal ownership of gas
and electric light plants. Mr. .lost is
assistant proewuting attorney.
Montgomery, Ala.. April 3.—All of
the results in yesterday's state demo-
cratic primary aro decided except
that for congressmen at large be-
tween John W. Abercomble and V
B. Atkins. Returns from many of the
rural counties are incomplete and will
probably decide the contest. Aber-
crombie appears slightly in the lead
with friends of both himself and At-
kins claiming the nomination.
There were three separate contests
in all of which the incumbents IX-nt
in the second; Hobson in the sixth
and Richardson in the eighth have
won easily over their opponents.
Six Alabama congressmen were re-
nominated without opposition. They
are Layter of the first, Clayton of
the third, Blackmon of the Fourth,
Heflin of the fifth, Burnett of the
seventh and Underwood of the ninth.
"The Troubadours" at the Lyric to
night promise an entertainment of
merit. It is under the auspices of
the Presbyterian church, and being
for a good cause, ought to draw a
big crowd. Ther© will be hosts of
title folks In the play. Attention of
the reader is called to the program
elsewhere;
I)r. 0. R. Robinson of Tulsa, pre-
siding elder of this district of the
Methodist church was here last night
to attend the quarterly conference
which was held at the church last
night. Dr. Robinson was entertained
by Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Lytle, and
left this morning for Guthrie where
Mrs. Robinson has been ill in the
hospital. The local friends of Mrs.
Robinson will be glad to know that
she Is recovering from the effects of
her late illness and is ready to leave
the hospital.
Miss Katherine Lytle is ill.
Mr Fred Mayfield of The Harrison
Theatre Co., is in the city billing his
attraction for the Lyric next week.
.1. H. N. Cobb has returned from a
busines trip to Tulsa.
WERTZBERGER
I-
DEMOCRAT
Light
METER
BYPASS.
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For Mayor.
S. J. Smith .......
P. J. Zachritz ____
For Commissioner
C. G. Wertzberger
A. O. Wilkonson. .
For Commissioner
H W. Gray ......
of Finance.
of Public Affairs.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Total MaJ.
41
105
68
74
150
73
66
55
—633—166
131
33
29
24
36
59
102
52
—466
65
101
79
70
105
71
67
63
—621—153
106
35
21
28
74
60
100
44
- 468
75
73
58
46
95
61
81
40
—529
94
62
39
50
88
72
85
67
—557— 28
Louise Anderson Files Suit
Against Harry and Grabs all
His Wealth
Cause Oklahoma City Officers to
Remove Negro Rapist to El-
Reno
This morning Attorney Jacobs filed
a suit for ;i divorce for Ixiuise Ander-
son against Harry Anderson. In ad-
dition he secured a restraining order
against Anderson disposing of his pro
perty or of touching his bank roll
which Is said to be *4,000.
were married 6 years ago in Vinita
and have two children. She wants
their custody, the $4,000 and the pro-
perty. Mrs. Anderson owns the Coxy
Rooming house and she alleges de-
fendant drove her to the street last
evening and she also alleges he has
In-en keeping one Edith McKinney.
Scott and Cole Report.
State Accountants Scolt and Cole
left this morning for Oklahoma City,
and will report at the state treasur-
ers office on the audit of the hooks
of Sapulpa township. The audit re-
veals all sorts of delinquencies In the
books of public officials, shows up
shortages, and evidences of gross
earelssness of intentional misconduct
In office. The report is of a most
sensational nature and will reveal
new leaks through which the tax
payer's money has been wasted A
summary of the report will appear
later in the Democrat
B H Mills,
city today.
of Wetunka, is in the
In one of the most hotly contested
battles of the ballot box Sapulpa has
known, Messrs. S. J. Smith, C. G.
Wertzberger and Vance Likely, the
choice of the Democrat, were the
winners. This was predicted in the
columns of this paper from the date
that its choice was made, and even
in the issue of the afternoon of elec-
tion day.
The Democrat takes upon itself
some of the credit for this victory.
This paper urged the people of the
city to vote for the amendments to
the charter because of the fact that
the proposed reductions In expenses
of *16.000 in two years would go in-
to effect right now. It then urged
the election of Messrs. 'Smith and
Wertzberger because they had sup-
ported the amendments and because
of their qualifications for their respee
tive |iositions. The position of Mr.
Likely on the amendments was not
known at the time. The support of
The Democrat was given to Mr.
Likely's candidacy because of the
campaign of villlfication, calumny and
maliciousness Inaugurated by The
Light on a matter that the editor of
that sheet knew was not true and
also because The Democrat was of
the opinion that Mr. Likely's qualifi-
cations for the position of Public Af-
fairs, especially in reference to the
waterworks, were superior to that of
his opponent, Mr. Gray,
The contest was a bitter one. Th«
fine weather brought out a big vote
and this fact makes the victory the
more complete. As a sample of the
efforts of workers the story is told
that a train crew arriving at 6:50
found ready men to take the train
into the yards so the crew could get
to the poll*. The railway hoys and
business men of the city elected Mr
Likely. The attack of The Light on
the Frisco was one of the causes for
this.
Interest was intense over the re-
sult and large crowds gathered at the
newspaper offices, city hall, pool
rooms and other places where the
returns were bulletined.
At the Van Orman rink where a
dancing party was in progress the
returns were also bulletined and
when the final vote was announced a
cheer was the result.
As usual the Democrat gave the
first news. The last precinct report-
ing to the city hall was telephoned
to this office before It was given out
to the crowd w-aiting for the finals.
At the city hall where the largest
crowd was present, uncertainty pre-
vailed over the closeness of the flgur
es. When four precincts were in—
the 2nd. 3d, 4th, and 6th—the vote
stood Likely 223, Gray 238. The
first precinct's returns gave Likely a
lead of four. When the Fifth was
bulletined Gray led by 3 votes. The
Seventh was- next and Likely led by
one. His election was then conceded
but the crowd waited. The Eighth j
finally came in and a yell went up j
which lifted the roof of the building, j
This was followed by the ringing of j
IJkely, 72.
The vote for school board was as
follows:
First Ward.
H. M. Watchorn ................131
R. C. Harford .................113
Second Ward.
W. J. Brisco ....................128
C. M. Noble ....................206
I). E. Smith .....................105
Third Ward
One year term.
J. W. Hoover ....................162
W. L. McEwen ..................101
Two year term.
E. E. Cowman ...................157
John F. Egan ....................115
Fourth Ward.
Mrs. Mabel Bassett ............. 84
Ira F. Eldridge ......... 84
W. D. Richardson .............102
Fifth Waid.
Jasper Cox .....................128
E. B. Hughes ....................108
For school treasurer John S.
Woofter received 880 votes, by pre-
cincts as follows;
First ............................137
Second ......................... 77
Third ........................... 71
the fire bell and the city soon knew | 0,lrth ..........................74
the result. It was a great victory.! *............................
The Democrat has occasion to rejoice ...........................130
Seventh .........................137
over the result.
All three of the members of the
county election board were present
at the city hall this morning when
the canvas was made. The results as
announced last night were practically
correct. Wertzberger only received
76 votes In Precinct Three instead
of 79. The vote of all the candidates
on the city ticket in Precinct 6 was
changed hy the official canvas, except
that of Likely. The vote stood:
'Fmlt'h, 76; Zachritz. 60: Wertzber-
ger, 73; Wilkonson, 62: Gray, 62;
Eighth .......................... 69
Total .......................880
The total vote cast In the city for
mayor was 1102, for commissioner of
finance 1090, for commissioner of
public affairs, 1087.
In the First and Fifth wards there
were but two candidates for the
school board, consequently Messrs.
Watchorn and Harford in the First
and Messrs. Cox and Hughes In the
Fifth will have to decide which has
At the Baptist Church.
Rev. W. T. Scott directed hla re-1
marks last night to the Christian
forces of the church. In part he
spoke of the great wisdom necessary
to become a worker He showed
that work done comes from a devd*
tion to duty and that the reward of
faithfulness is the superior Joys of
earth. His subject this evening will
be -Sin and its Remedy". There was
a large audience last night.
Oklahoma City. April 3.—Henry
White, negro, who attempted to com
mlt criminal assault upon Mrs. F. J
Frew, a white woman, near the resi-
dence on Oak street In Capitol Hill
Tuesday morning, was taken to El 1
They j Reno Tuesday night by Deputy 3hen
iff Burk Wakefield and Special Depu-
ty Theodore Benhoff. The officers
left here with the prisoner at 7
o'clock. The three boarded an inter
urban rar at the outskirts of the city
The negro was taken away to pre-
vent a possible lynching by aroused
citizens. Immediately after the news
of the crime spread over the city,
men began to gather In group* and
the attempts to assault was the topic
of discussion. Frequent talk of
lynching the negro wa* heard during
the afternoon.
The burly negro attacked Mr*.
Frew white *!»<* wa* walking on th^
flapltoi Hill roJd. She wa* dragged
The Eastern Star held * special
meting at their hall last night for
the purpose of the Initiation of can-
didates. A large number of the mem-
bers of the order were present. The
following candidates were initiated:
Mr. and Mrs. Gamble, Mr. and Mrs,
Manning and Judge and Mrs. War-
ren H. Brown. After the candidates
were initiated refreshments were
served and a general reception was
tendered the new members.
The attention of many people of
the city will be centered Thursday
Friday and Saturday on the Ross
building where a unique baby bazaar
under the auspices of the First Metho
dlst Episcopal church will be holding
the boards^ A great deal of Interest
is being shown in the baby reception
which will be held on Friday after-
noon at which all mothers will be
asked to bring their little ones. At
tendants will be on hand to care for
the youngsters and each child will
be given a souvenir. Dainty child-
ren's clothing and other articles will
be on sale, and ice cream, coffee,
and cake will be served during the
entire time. In connection with the
bazaar there will be a sample sale.
A new special article is a baby bed
which every mother will want when
she sees it. 157-3t
Likely as not, or iierhaps, more
than likely. Likely had a by-pass, and
he passed Dennis, meter and all.
the long and which the short terms
In waid Two the vole by precincts
stood:
Precincts 2 3 8 Ttl.
Brisco ...............74 23 31 128
Noble ...............74" 69 63 206
Smith ...............— 52 53 105
In ward Three the vote by pre-
cincts stood:
Precincts 4 5 Ttl.
Ono year term:
Hoover ..................49 113 162
McEwen .................46 55 101
Two year term:
E. E. Cowman ...........58 99 157
John F Egan ............36 79 115
In Ward Four the tie vote between
Mrs Bassett and Ira E'dridge will
probably be decided by lot.
It has been suggested that in each
instance except In the Third Ward
where the voters decided the length
of terms by their ballots that the
vote of the high man be for the long
term and the next choloe for the
short term.
a considerable distance to ^ *5
mediately north of the bridge which
spans the Canadian river.
From there she was forcibly taken
to a cluster of heavy undergrowth,
where the brute a tempted to commit
the assault. The woman's sciwi
were heard by a farmer, who was
passing, and realizing what was tak-
ing place he, in turn shouted for addl
tlonal help. Two men from a nearby
dairy establishment and the farmer
himself rushed to ehe rescue, but the
negro escaped through the brush be-
fore they arlrved. When first found
the woman was bleeding at the mouth
and was terribly bruised about the
face, showing that the treatment she
had just undergone was of the most
brutal kind.
The shouts of the fanner also at-
tracted a party In an automobile In
which were Officer John Cassidy, Com
mlsstoner Trueblood, W. P. Light sad
others. These men chased the negro
and caught him 300 yards away. The
negro was taken directly to th*
county jail, and shortly afterwards
removed to Canadian county.
Okmulgee’s County Judge Man-
damnsed to Return Cash
Bond Money
This morning Judge Wade Stan-
field granted a writ of mandamus
compelling County Judge Georgs
Johns, of Okmulgee county to pay to
J. W. Cashell *500. One Frazier was
arrested for booelegging and Cashell
put up a *500 cash bond. 1,-ater
Frazier was convicted and Cashell
has made repeated attempts to get
his money but has been unsuccessful.
The writ was then resorted to.
Lawrence & Rutherford were Cash-
ell's attorneys.
Bookshower Thursday.
Tlie annual bookshower of the Li-
brary club will be held at the home
of Mrs. Sam Matthews tomorrow at
three o'clock. A delightful program
has been arrange*! and everybody is
invited to he present and bring a bok.
Judge D A. MdDongal and Attorney
L O. Lytle are -in Tulsa on legal
business
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Johannes, Fred C. Sapulpa Evening Democrat. (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 157, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 3, 1912, newspaper, April 3, 1912; Sapulpa, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1470487/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.