Kiefer Searchlight. (Kiefer, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, March 10, 1911 Page: 2 of 8
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GOVERNOR CRUCE
IS FOR ECONOMY
SEARCHLIGHT PUB. CO.
OKLAHOMA
KIEFER
Among: other thing . tne automobile
has tnkin a load off the Humane so-
ciety.
As vet, the aeroplane has not begun
seriously to worry the automobile
business.
It is better for one's aeroplane to go
wrong ton tulles from land horizon-
tally than vertically.
A German woman advocates com-
pulsory domestic service for all gills.
She must live in the suburl
APPROPRIATION FOR NORMAL AT
EDMOND IS VETOED
ENOUGH ROOM THERE NOW
Sends Message to Senate and Strongly
Intimates That Other Schools
Will Fare Likewise—A
New Bill Introduced
American heiresses when caught
very young may be more • usily
trained by thi-'r titled husbands.
Five generals of the Haitian revolt!
lionary army have been captured and
shot. Presumably the private got
mv ay.
Maybe the woman who received coal
when site thought she w.i^ buying
eggs is in luck that it vvu- not dia-
monds.
Aviator Latham l*is gone duck
hunting in a monoplane. The Innova
Hon Hdds to the undesirability of he
Ins a duck.
Fresh air advocates will not be sur-
prised to learn that a hermit who had
remained Indoors for forty years died
of pneumonia.
Paris wants a new law to discourage
dueling, the Idea being to shed ora
tory instead of blood when some one
has a grievance.
The enterprising journalist will see
to |t that, the Hope diamond keeps
true to its traditions in the matter
of worrying its owners.
Possibly the Chicago thieves who
were betrayed by the singing of a
canary have come to the conclusion
that a bird on the dump is worth two
In the fiat.
Funny the lightning picked out the
Missouri tntehouse as its objective,
when big. tall, glittering rods are up
in New Jersey, Ohio. Massachusetts
and New Yors
Oklahoma City.- Asserting that the
normal schools of Oklahoma are at
present little more than high schools,
and that there is ample room in them
I for «il students ... wish to attend
if they were held strictly to their
proper province as nnrpial schools,
Governor (’nice Thursday sent a mes-
j sage to the senate announcing his veto
of the senate hill by McMechan and
Colville, appropriating $100,000 for a
new building for tlie Central State
Normal school at Edmond, and $1.1,000
j for its equipment.
He also intimated very strongly
that the other normals would receive
similar treatment.
Immediately following the ret * ipt re
the message, in which ilie senate con-
curred by it ymiiilrnous vote, a new
I bill was introduced by Senators Me
Meehan a 11 < I Colville and Representa-
tives I!<den, Wright, HeFonl ami Pee-
I bly. appropriating $.'»«,000 for a build-
j ing at Edmond. It is understood that
ithe governor has agreed to approve
u bill for that ami*.nt. He stilted in
his message that the school at Edmond
has tin* largest enrollment of any of
the normal schools, and that it is the
school that was entitled to an appro-
oriation if any of them are.
NEGRO OFFICIAL CAUSES STORM
BIG LEVY ON
STATE BANKS
ONE PER CENT EMERGENCY AS
SESSMENT ON ALL DEPOSITS
IS EOR GUARANTY TUND
Assessment is For the Purpose of
Placing Guaranty Fund in Shape
to Meet all Emergencies—
Other News of Interest
SUFFERED FOR YEARS.
WILLIAM E. LORIMER.
United States Senator from Illinois.
It had been charged that Senator Lorimer'B election to ihe senate was
procured through bribery, and the senate has had the matter before it for a
long time. The question was settled when the senate voted down the Bev-
esdg resolution declaring Lorimer s sea* vacant.
One of the scientists predicts that
Ihe women of the future will be bald
headed. Pshaw ! He is dreaming. If
women were bald headed, how could
they use hatpins?
The Montana bride who had never
spoken to her prospective husband un-
til a few minutes before the marriage
ceremony will probably make up for
her lack of loquacity.,
Three thousand girls are taking a
commercial course in the Boston high
schoools. Perhaps this is one of the
reasons why schoolboys are being
taught to sew and darn.
In Germany there is a dog that can
speak seven words. No woman is
tikely to have much respect for a dog
that can't make use of a more exten
sive vocabulary than that.
New York city is about to legislate
against hatpins. Being strung on one
does not improve the temper of the
tired citizen who must ride home
packed in a subway train.
American football may he frowned
upon by European educators, hut we
can point with pride to the fact that
our universities have not accepted
anarchy as a popular sport.
East St l/ouis wants eggs to be
stamped with the date on which they
were minted. Cannot Wizard Burbank
or Wizard Edison invent a hen stiff!
cieutly intelligent to use a time clock?
Taft's Appointment of Lewis Leads
To Severe Protests
Washington The appointment of
Urn. 11. Lewis, it negro ot Boston, as
assistant attorni* general of the
United States, has already brought
down a storm of criticism on the head
of President Taft from Southern mem-
bers of eongress and social and official
I sets of the capital.
From members of official and social
sets, objections were r;/sed *t the
first mention of lewis’ name. The
bitterest protect comes, however, from
the democrats in the senate and the
| house.
The official status of an assistant
attorney general corresponds with
that of an assistant secretary of an
executive department. Huntington
Wilson of the state department and
| Wm. H. Lewis, would rank side by
j side. Ordinarily, the rank <*f an as-
j sistant attorney general gives him pre-
i cedent socially over brigadier gen-
j Praia, captains of the navy, the district
f commissioners, the justices of the dis
| trict courts and humorous other offi-
j cials.
Wants to Know “Original Cost"
Oklahoma City. Corporation Com-
missioners A. I*. Watson, J. E. Love
and G. A. Honshaw are busy preparing
a list of witnesses to he summoned
I for the hearing to determine ttie orig-
inal cost of all railroads it. Oklahoma.
| The hearings probably will be held
about the middle of March, although
no definite date has be«n svt by the
; commission.
Railroad attorneys in the state and
city are asst rtlng that an erront ous
Impression has been spread broadcast,
nnd that the idea is being gained by
the people that the roads are fighting
the proposed order and effort of the
commission. These attorneys and
clerical experts declare that such is
not the case, hut insist in the state
meats that tire railroads will do all
within their power to aid the commis-
sion.
LORIMER HOLDS HIS SEAT GETS A SCOTCH VERDICT
The party who referred to the
Smithsonian institution as u "trash
heap” evidently labors under the lm
presslon that the specimens slaugh-
tered by Col Roosevelt are already
there.
A New York judge has decided thai
a wife, even though she he childless, is
a man's "family" to the extent of shar
tng In his money Even the law these
data of women’s rights is deferring to
the lady.
A peaceful citizen who was held up
and robbed by two Chicago crooks
wants to thank them because they
didn't kill him All of which const!
tutes our notion of the uttermost limit
of optimism.
A rich coal operator of West Yir
glnla wants a divorce because his wife
Insisted on putting on hoxlng gloves
with him and whipping him every
night. Before deciding to break up
his happy home he should havo tried
putting on a catcher's mask and an
umpire's pad
Russia Is going to build a $75,000,-
000 fleet for the Black sea Evidently
Russia isn't taking much stock in
this universal peace business
A Philadelphia woman wants a
divorce because her husband allowed
her only 25 cents a day. Evidently
■he isn't satisfied with her quarters.
Mother Dies of Grief
Denison, Tex Vesper Nix. aged IS.
died in a sanitarium in Sherman of
pellegra. Three hours later his moth-
er, Mrs. Elizabeth J. Nix, died from
heart failure, superinduced by the
i grief for the loss of her son. The
funerals were held and the mother
and son were laid side by side.
No More Gold Coins
Washington. The mints will stop
making gold coins as soon as Brest
dent Taft signs the Dill which con
gress has passed permitting the sec-
retary of the treasury to issue gold
certificates against gold bullion and
foreign gold coins.
It is not surprising that the re-
mains of a dinosaur should bo found
In New York city. Dead cues are
plentiful in the vicinity of iio-t.lwaj
• Chicago Nominations
< liicago. Chicago republicans nom-
inated for mayor Charles E. Merriam.
professor ot political economy at the
university of Chicago. There were
five candidates. Returns from
precincts out of l.-'L'l gave Merriam
37,72 ., as compared with C.t.hnT re-
ceived by his nearest competitor.
The democrats polled a larger vote,
the same number of precincts giving
j former Mayor Harrison a lead of 2,......
One Killed in Wreck
Jennings, Kans. c. w. VnnCleve,
8n .‘migrant, was ki.icd, and many
, other passengers were badly shaken
up when a Rock Island train loaded
with homeseekers was ditched three
I miles east ot Jennings, Kans.
Robbers Get Much Money
Pittsburg, Kan. Mrs. tius Joseph,
post mistress of Fuller, a coal camp
near here, was held t>p and robbed of
$10,523 by two highwaymen. She had
just received the money by express
from Kansas City.
Split in Both Parties Results in Vic-
tory for Illinois Senator
Washington William Lorimer re-
tains his seat in the I’nited States sen-
ate. By a vote of 4R to 4o that body
Wednesday defeated the resolution in-
troduced by Seantor Beveridae de-
claring that the junior senator from
Illinois had not legally been elected.
The end to the case that so many
months had been before the senate and
which had provoked one of tiie most
bitter tights in that body for years
a fight in which the personal equation
served to heighten and intensify ihe
feeling—came shortly after 1:30
o’clock. Senator LaFollette lead the
floor at the time and the rap of the
gavel forced him to an abrupt ter-
mination of his anti-Loiions speech.
The ayes and noes were sounded, and
the crowded floor and galleries fol-
lowed the roll call with interest most
intense.
The senate voted as follows, the
ayes being in favor of Lorimer:
Ayes Republicans, Bradley, lirand-
egeo, Briggs, Bulkley, Bt ham, Bur-
rows. Carter, Clarke of Wyoming,
Crane, Culloin. Curtis, Depew, Di. k.
Dillingham. Dupont, Flint, Frye, Gal-
linger. Gamble, Guggenheim, Hale,
Heyburn, Kea»i, MeCumber, Nixon,
Olixer, Penrose, Perkins, Piles, Hmh-
ardson. Scow, Smoot, Stephenson,
Warren, Wet more.
Democrats -Bailey, Bankhead, Flet-
cher. Foster, Johnston, Paynter, Sim-
mons, Smith of Maryland, Thornton,
Tillman, Watson.
Nays Republicans, Beveridge, Borah.
Bourne, Bristow, Brown, Burkett, Bur-
ton. Clapp. Crawford, Cummins, Dixon,
Gronnu, Jones, LaFollette, Lodge,
Nelson, Page, Roof* Smith of Mich-
igan, Sutherland, Warner, Young.
Democrats — Bacon. | Chamberlain,
Clarke of Arkansas, Culberson, Davis,
• lore, Martin, Money, Newlands, (Ber-
man, Owen, Percy, Kayner. Shively,
Smith of Se.uth Carolina, Stone, Swan-
son, Taylor.
TWENTYTHREE CITIES PADDED
Censss Reports Were Greatly Exag-
gerated in Some Sections
Washington.—After careful investi-
gation of the returns and schedules by
expert clerks in the census bureau, it
was found necessary to correct the
population figures for twenty-three
ciiies of the Cnited Slates, whose re-
turns had been inaccurately made, or
j "padded," either intentionally or
through carelessness or error. In no
lease, however, was any oorre.tion in
[Hie population figures made without
j first conducting a careful investiga-
tion iu the ciiy itself.
The director states that in several
cities there seems to have been a
deliberate conspiracy bi t w een private
individuals and some ol the special
agents or enumerators, or both, to
inflate, fraudulently, the census re
turns. The census bureau Inis al-
ready laid the facts thus far ascer-
tained w h regard to seveial < ases
of "padding" before the department
of justice and other cases will shortly
be brought to its attention.
Committee Probing Gore Charges
Makes Its Report
\\ ashington—Senator < lore's charges
made against certain C. S. senators,
Attorney J. F. Me Murray of McAlester,
and Jake Hamon ot Lawton, tire sub-
stantiated in a majority report which
was made yesterday by the congres-
sional investigation committee, yet tin
tit . used men are held blameless. The
majority report is signed by all ex
cept Congressman John H. Stephens
of Texas, who will hand in a minority
report today.
The report is more in form of a
reprimand or a "Scotch report," name-
ly. "not proven guilty." The commit-
tee, however, agrees with Senator
Gore that the well known ten per cent
contracts with the Indians of the
Chickasaw ami Choctaw nations should
not be approved.
In the report of Vice President Sher-
man and Senator Curtis of Kansas,
are completely exonerated, hut Attoi
ney McMurray, Hamon, Cecil Lyon of
H-xas, and R. C. Adams. Delaware
Indian, are severely roasted.
The report declares that Hamon did
make an improper proposal to Sen-
ator Gore regarding the McMurray
charges, but the report says that there
is no evidence to show that Hamon
was the authorized ag< .it of .McMur-
ray. The reports treats the Hamon
j matter lightly as it declares Gore had
many firendly dealing with Hamon
after the time when the alleged bribe
was made, ihe committee also reports
that Hamon made improper overtures
to Congressman Creager, hut still no
evidence was found that Hamon was
acting as McMurray's agent.
Cuts Baby's Throat
Cleveland, O. Following a quarrel
with Dis wife. Anton Sceseik killed his
baby by cutting its throat with his
rnz/or. He then attacked his wife and
after severely wounding her, cut his
own throat, inflicting a probably fatal
wound.
Oklahoma City. For the purpose of
placing the state bank guaranty fund
on a substantial basis so that any and
all demands upon it can he met imme-
diately and efficiently, the state bank
tng board Friday afternoon levied an
emergency assessment of 1 per cent
on all individual deposits.
The assessment became effective
Saturday morning and will total $500,
000. In compliance with the new bank
ing law recently passed by the legisla-
ture, tlte assessment will not lie taken
from tiie banks, Dut will be certified
to the bank guaranty fund to uo drawn
out upon emergency.
The call, which will affect the 700
state banks in Oklahoma, was an-
nounced Friday night, after the boai<1
had deliberated upon it with Govern-
or Cruce for more than two weeks, it
is directly in line with the governor's
ideas and recommendations.
Although a general idea is prcvalei:
that a large number of the state insti
tutions will refuse to meet .he assess-
ment. and will become national insti-
tutions, this is denied by prominent
state bankers iu Oklahoma City.
Governor Cruce, in discussing the
levy Friday night, said:
“The object of this assessment is to
place the state guaranty fund on a
solid, substantial basis. W’o want to
see that fund so that any and all
emergencies can be met with per-
fect confidence and dispatch. Not that
any failures are expected to the con-
trary the bank commissioner reports
that the state banks are in excellent
condition, but the guaranty fund must
be placed in good shape.
“In the future it will be the policy of
the banking board to take the state
bankers entirely into its confidence. As
soon as the guaranty fund has been
checked up, a statement will be issued
and put in the hands of every state
banker in Oklahoma and in the future
we will issue statements to the b ink-
ers every three months, thus keeping
them fully advised its to the condition
of the fund.
“1 predict that the banks that have
nationalized during the last year will
begin to come back under the guaran-
ty law and tiie state domination with-
in the coming six months. The peo-
ple of the state who are placing 'heir
money in state bunks are not unmind-
ful of the fact that not one dollar has
ever been lost by depositors in the
state institutions of Oklahoma since
the state law went into effect, and not
one dollar ever will be lost while .his
banking law is on the statute books."
Illinois Senate Resumes Probe
Springfield, 111. The slate senate in-
vestigating committee Friday resumed
its inquiry into tin* bribery scandal
and the election of Wm. Lorimer to
the United States senate in the las
legislature. Members of the state as
sernbly are incensed tit Senator Cul-
lotn's vote to allow Senator Lorimer
to retain his seal. It is probable a
resolution will be adopted to cond< mu
him.
What sculpture is to a block of
marble, education is to a human s il.
—Addison
riT.CS ( FRED IX O TO 14 I) \ya
F"’r .,!r,|W '' »UI r.ftir-l ii.i.ncv If |*AZ(J i'I.TT-
vir.Nl n..,- ... cur.' an. ,.f nohiiur. It -it
SlccdiUfc' ..r I’ri.tniUlua I'lle-a ,u tfu. Huaja.
Tiie test of whether you are edu-
cated Is. can you do what you ought
when you ought, whether you want te
rio it or not?—Herbert Spencer.
Dormitory Bill Favored
The bill appropriating $100,000 for
a dormitory ut the industrial institute
and college for girls at Chickusha, has
been recommended for passage by the
house.
Government Aid Asked For China
Washington To meet the pressing
[needs of the starving people of China,
American Consul General Wilder at
Shanghai cabled to the secretary of
state tin urgent appeal to the people
of the I nited States for tin* contribu-
tion of $100,000 more to be sent by
cable to the stricken people. Mr.
M ilder makes it plain that that amount
Will be needed before the army trans-
port Buford now loading at Seattle car.
possibly arrive in China with its sup-
plies. The situation. Mr. Wilder adds,
is desperate. While some relief I.a9
been given to the starving multitudes,
thousands are dying of starvation,
i Barks and weeds, the consul g< nerai
says, provide the only food for thou-
sands of olhers.
Employe Plunges Into Fatal Bath
Shawnee, Okla Elmer Bierce, a
boilermakers helper at the Rock Isl-
and shops, was fatally scalded by
plunging held long into a vm of boil
log hot lye aid murid?!'* arid, used
for boiling out the engine pumps.
Railroad Heads Change
New York. William Cotter resigned
the presidency of the Cincinnati, Ham-
ilton and Dayton railway company and
Daniel Willard, president of the Balt-
imore and Ohio railroad company was
elected his successor
Approves New Mexico Bill
Washington—The house gave its
formal approval to the constitution of
New Mexico, advancing that territory
another step toward statehood.
The constitution of Arizona has not
yet reached Washington and cannot
be acted on until tiie next session of
congress.
Canada Express Loyalty
Ottawa. Ont. The Canadian parlia-
ment Wednesday formally declared
political loyalty to Great Britain. The
declaration was made as an answer to
allegations that reciprocity with the
United States will result in annexation.
Neither the government nor the opposi-
tion intended to make this declaration
when the house was opened. They
were surprised when the proposal was
sprung by the French nationalist
group, which has been freely charged
with disloyalty for its stand on tho
i naval issue.
Haskell Getting Busy
Muskogee, Okla. Former Governor
Haskell and associates Thursday
bought 200 acres of land adjoining
Muskogee, for $120,000, organized a
really company io handle the property,
organized a company with $2un,000
capital to build a bridge across tIn-
line from Muskogee to Fort Gibson, a
distance of ten miles, and organized
still another company with $10o.ooo
acpltal to build a bridge across the
Arkansas river.
Will Call Caucus
Washington At an Informal eon
fcre-nce of democratic representatives
Friday Representative Clayton of Ala
banta, chairman of the caucus, was au-
thorized to call tt caucus of democratic
representatives of the congress inline
diatcly upon call for extra session.
Washington. The senate Friday
passed the house bill incorporating
the Nation: 1 McKinley Birthplace as-
sociation, the object of whi.lt is to
. red a mi mortal io the late president
at Niles. Ohio. Among those named
in the bill as incorporators are J. G.
Butler and Myron T. Herrick, of Ohio.
Waco's Big Skyscraper
Waco. Ti \ Next month a thousand
men will be put to work on the twen-
ty-three story building now in course
of construction here in order to finish
the structure ( n contract time. August
1. \ ci nstruction company of St
Louis at present has up fourteen stor
tcs. and when tlie steel frame is com-
pleted men will be put to work on
every floor, in the basement and on
the roof and walls, making the larg-
est number ever employed on one
building in the southwest, probably i«
the United States.
Dr. Pierce’s Pellets small, sugar-cnite I
fa‘> ,n ' li'P as candy, regulate and invig
“rate stomach, liver and bowels. Do ml
gr.pe.
I honor any man anywhere, who
n the conscientious discharge of what
he believes to be- his duty, dares to
stand alone Charles Sumner.
Sore Throat is no trilling ailment B
will sometimes carry infection to the a
tire system through the food vou -av
Hamlins Wizard Oil cures Sore Throat
Tasted Good.
I saw John, the butler, smacking
his lips just now as he went out. Had
he been taking anything. Katie?"
ftsweil tlie mistress.
"What was he doin', ma'am?” asked
Ihe pretty waiting girl.
Smacking his lips.”
"Sure, he'd just been smacking
mine, ma’am!”—Yonkers Statesman.
Consumption Spreads in Syria.
Consumptives In Syria are treated
today much in the same way as the
lepers liHV-e been for the last 2.0^0
cars. Tuberculosis is a comparative-
ly recent disease among the \rahs and
Syrians, but so rapidly has it spread
(hat the natives are in great fear of
it. ( onsequent^ when a member of
a family is known to have the disease,
be is frequently cast out and compelled
fo die of exposure and want. A small
hospital for consumptives has he. n
opened at Beyrout under the direction
of Iir Mary p. Eddy.
A Ciertcrous Gift
TYofessor Munyon has jU8t i<*Ue,! *
I rno,'t beautiful, useful and complete a
inauac. It contains not only all the * .
(mine intoniiatmn t-oneeming ihe moon's
jriv.'s the mt!‘n,mating'of"*"™*’
tra. ho. beauty culture, n-ani«-urir.»'
gives weights an, n,..... i . ,
weights and measures .KR
mana<\ that ,?nt only n
lenc.'.n. but will nfWd n"ht .I'.
c Pc-. Iv icrZel-'’ral,’r, "f ,lle hmtL.
VIES a Stvfc
It will be sent to anvnne aheolntrlv
f-«*e on application to th<- Mur.von pen*
edy Company, Philadelphia. Pa. *
Kidney Trouble Caused Ttrrio.a
Misery.
D. C. Tv. y lor, 705 E. Central Ave.r
Wichita, Kan., says: "For years I
Buffered from kidney trouble and was
often confined to bed. On one occa
sion while working
the pain was so se-
vere 1 was helpless
and had to be car-
ried into the house.
1 found no relief
and was in terrible
shape when I be-
gan taking Doan's
Kidney Pills. They cured me com-
pletely, no sign of kidney trouble hav-
ing shown itself in years. I have
recommended Doan's Kidney Pills to
ut least one hundred people."
Remember the name—Doan’s.
For sale by all dealers. 50 ccdm a
box. Foster .Milbuni Co., Buffalo, N. Y
NO blGP,
Ticket Collector—We don't stop
b-re, sir.
Montague Swank (who has just
given up a ticket)—Stop where?
Ticket Collector—At the pawnbro*
ker's.
FRENCH BEAN COFFEE,
1 CENT A POUND
It will grow In your own ga >n.
Ripening here in Wisconsin in *0
days. Splendid health coffee and cost-
ing to grow about one cent a pound
A great rarity; a healthful drink
Send us today 15 cents in stantjs
and we will mail you package above
coffee seed with full directions and
our mammoth seed and plant cam
log free. Or send us 31 cents and wo
add 10 packages elegant flower and
unsurpassable vegetable seeds. «u!i!
ci< nt to grow bushels of vegetabl- -
and flowers. Or make your remittance
40 rents and we add to all of above 10
packages of wonderful farm seed spe
rialties and novelties John A. Salz.-r
Seed Co., 1S2 S Mb St., La Crosse, Wts.
Give a girl a present, and she will
not worry about the future.
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IF V lit I SK II VI |. HI.I E,
Get Ri-.l Cm*-. Rail Blue, the best Ri:
Blue. Large- 2 oz. package onlj 5 cent*
Scoundrel's Last Refuge.
Patriotism is the hist refuge of <* f
scoundrel Johnson.
For constipatinn, biliousness, liver I.*-
tiiri.an.-i-. and dis.-ii-es resulting from itg
pure blood, take Gartiel.l Tea.
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