The Enid Events. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 15, 1910 Page: 1 of 12
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he Enid Events.
Vol. 19
ENID, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1910
No. 9
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GIFTS HEAL USE AND ENJOY
A Suit
An Overcoat
Pair Silk Socks
Pair Suspenders
Pair Gloves
Handkerchiefs
THE MANSTORE
Tie Ring
Shirt
Neck Tie
A Muffler
An Umbrella
A Bath Robe
EVERYTHING A MAN OR BOY WOULD WANT
HARRY B. WOOLF
A Stick Pin
A Fancy Vest
A Sweater Vest
Color Box
A Suit Case
A Trunk
THE BOYSTORE
DEADLOCK FACES LEGISLA-
TURE IN CAPITAL MATTER
.Agreement Seems Impossible
* and Another Session to
Decide Case Thought
Futile.
Oklahoma Cty Dec. 14—Hopeless
deadlock between the Senate and
House, foreshadowing immediate
adjournment of the extraordinary
session of the legislature without
passing a capital bill is the situation
here tonight.
Much bitterness was manifested in
today's proceedings and the Senate
and House appear to be further apart
than ever before.
At the morning's session of the
senate Senator Roddie introduced a
resolution providing for the location
of the capitol on the Putnam site at
Putnam City. Putnam submitted a
$970,000 bond with the original Put-
nam propositions: 1600 acres of laud
to the state free and a bond to guar-
antee $1,600,000 for the capitol
building with $150 000 for furniture
$40,000 for the capitol commission
and $10,000 for the expense of mov-
ing the office furniture from Guth-
rie. The senate agreed that the
proposition should go to the capitol
committee with instructions to re-
.JWit at two o'clock. This proposition
was rejected.
The senate capital committee sub-
mitted a report in favor of the Cul-
berson site, northeast of town.
This was adopted by an over-
whelming vote. When the action of
senate went to the house it was
tabled by a unanimous vote.
The senate made a prompt retort
with a resolution providing for the
location of the capital within eight
blocks of the business center, the
state to erect the bui'ding. The house
came back with a proposition to have
the capital remain temporarily at
Guthrie, and that the site be selected
under the initiative and referendum
laws.
The senate closed the debate by
passing a resolution for sine die ad-
journment.
Apparently an agreement is impos-
sible. The senate will never favor
the Putnam location. The house
seems to be determined to have this
or nothing. The governor's state-
ment that he will call another extra
session will not have much influence
since there is little chance that any-
thing can be done before the time
arrives for the convening of the reg-
ular session.
Apparently the Putnam proposi-
tion and the local factional fight have
killed Oklahoma City's chances in
the legislature, and the most prob-
able outcome is another vote by the
people.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD
FOR INFORMATION.
, -The Events Will Pay the Amount
for Knowledge of the Where-
abouts of J. H. Busha.
The Events will pay the sum of
$10 for Information leading to the
apprehension of one J. H. Busha
Newspaper Men of the state—
attention!
The said Busha passes himself off
as a newspaper solicitor, offering
prizes wi'h subscriptions, and is
supposed to be somewhere in Ok-
lahoma now.
The Events has issued a warrant
for his arrest and will pay the re-
ward offered to anyone informing
us of his whereabouts.
From information at hand it
would appear that Busha secured
about 300 new subscribers for the
Events, taking money therefor and
agreeing to give the party sub-
scribing a prize, either a butcher
knife or pair of shears. After tak-
ing the subscriptions Busha pulled
out of the county without giving
the prizes promised and without
even turning in the names of
persons subscribing to the Events.
Hence, this paper doesn't know
who subscribed, with the exception
and A. E. Stephenson, request
of about twenty persons who sub-
scribed the first of November. We
are informed that Busha also prom-
hT'd certain' people to send them a
daily paper after April 1st.
While attempting to apprehend
and punish Busha the Events would
like ^o have tile names of all peo-
ple whom he worked for subscrip-
tions and we will place each and
every one on the list without ex-
pense to them. if we can find him
we will see that he gives the prizes
that l:c promised.
In the meantime everybody >—
subscribed for the Events by this
man Busha will do us a favor by
sending in their names.
hereafter the people of the citv
and (ounty will pay no money tu
anybody pretending to represent
the Events unless notice of the par-
ty and his name appears in a copy
of the Events authorizing him to
do business for us.
NO DEVELOPMENTS
IN KANSAS MURDER
LORIMER HELD NOT GUILTY
IN SENATE REPORT.
Sab-Committee Which Has Been In-
vestigating Charges of Bribery
Declares Illinois Senator
Innocent.
The sub-committee of the senate
which has been investigating the
(harges of bribery in connection
with the election of Senator Wil-
liam Lorfmer of Illinois, decided
unanimously Monday that the tes-
timony did not prove any of the
charges made. The committee took
up the evidence in its entirety at
an executive session. It canvassed
the testimony, weighed the evi-
dence and the arguments and took
into consK.eration all the facts that
have been advanced in connection
with the charges concerning Lori-
mer's election. The members de-
cided there had been shown "no
foundation the charges that bri-
bery had entered into the election.
The motion finally was offered
to report to the full committee of
the senate. On this motion there
was no dissenting vote. Following
this action, the sub-committee's re-
port will be prepared for the full
committee at once and will be sent
to the senate within a short time.
The sub-committee consists of
Senators Burrows, Michigan; Bulk-
ley, Connecticut; Gamble, South
Dakota; Heyburn, Idaho, Republi-
cans; Frazier, Tennessee; Painter,
Kentucky; and Johnston, Alabama,
Democrats.
Democrats agreed just the same
as republicans, hence, talk of
"whitewash" is pure buncomb.
GOLTRY POST OFFICE ROBBED
The post office at Goltry was
entered Friday night, the safe
blown, and about $30 worth of
stamps taken. Postal officials of
this district have been at work on
the case since the robbery was dis-
covered but not the slightest clue
which might lead to the capture of
the guilty party or parties has been
secured. Post Office Inspector Gar-
igus, of Enid, returned from Gol-
try where he has been investigat-
ing the robbery. The outer door
of the safe was left open by the
postmaster and the Inside door was
blown open with nitro-glycerine
and the stamps stolen. The theft
was committed some time Friday
night, but it was not discovered
until the following morning. The
afternoon before the robbery the
postmaster had made a deposit of
over $1000 in a bank in Goltry.
OFFICERS NAMED BY
ROY\L ARCH MAS0N3
Feagle and Bailey Maintain
Innocents. Unknown
Man Wanted.
Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 14.—
Though none of the clews upon
which the police have been working
brought new developments in the
mystery surrounding the quadruple
murder on the Bernhardt farm south
of here last week, and two men are
being detained for the investigation
by the authorities. John Feagle, ar-
rested by the Kansas City, Kas., po-
lice still held that ne Deturned over
to the authorities of Johnson County
Kansas tomorrow. Sam Bailey ar-
rested on the suspicion that he was
connected with the murder, was
questioned today but maintains he is
innocent of the crime. He will be
held, the police say, until a chemical
analysis can be niado of the stains,
believed to be blood found on his ov-
eralls. A story circulated late today
that the body supposed to be that of
Geo. Bernhardt, was the body of a
former farm hand, is ndt believed by
the police. Shortly after the bodies
were found neighbors positively iden-
tified that of Geo. Bernhardt.
A search is being mado by the
Kansas City, Kas.. police today de-
voted to trying to locate a mysterious
stranger seen near ti:e Bernhardt
farm last week. This man, who was
dressed in corduroy clothing, is be-
lieved to have been a former hired
hand on the farm. The day he dis-
appeared he displayed a ladies' gold
v atch and as one is missing from the
Pernhardt farm, the officers beHeve
he may know something of the
HATTiE LE BLANC
FOUND NOT GU!LT\
Little Cape Breton Girl Is
Acquitted On Murder
Charge.
The Royal Arch Masons met and
elected the following officers for
the ensuing year: W. B. Penni-
man, High Priest; Abe Mehew,
King; h. S. Corey, Scribe; D. W.
Eastman, secretary, and Charles D.
Porter, treasurer. The other of-
ficers will be appointed by the
High Priest.
THE FIGHT WAS STOPPED
Oklahoma City, Okla., Dec. 14.—A
scheduled 10 round bout between
Monte Attell and Jeff O'Connell was
stopped by the promoters at the end
of the fifth round here last night and
every one in the audience was re-
funded entrat ce money Promoters
refused to pty cither fighter. The
right was tame from start to finish,
Attell getting a shade of all exchang-
es.
Hissing stirted in the first round
end throughout the fight the audi-
ence could net be conti oiled. Be-
tween the rounds the nose would in-
crease. Twice during the course of
the fight Promoter Tommy Elks,
coming to the ringside, requested the
referee to make the two men fight or
get out of the ring.
The president of the club in which
the bout was staged, declared the
lighters would receive no pay. At
iell was to have thirty percent of the
gross receipts, win, lose or draw.
ROOSEVELT SPEAKS
ON APPLIED ETHICS
Ex President Delivers Nove
Lecture to Harvard
Audience.
Cambridge, Dec. 14.—The jury in
the trial of Hattle '.sBlanc, the 17-
year-old Frem h-( anadian girl, the
youngest woman ever io face execu-
tion on the charge of murder in a
New England coui'l today returned
a verdiit of not guilty, after having
been out one hour and 35 minutes. |
Judge Bond's charge was generally!
considered favorable to the defense. I
He dwelt at great length on the sub-
ject of reasonable doubt and called
attention to the fact that the state
had presented only circumstantial
evidence.
When the verdict was announced It
was received with loud applause by
the spectators who crowded into the!
room. The strain that the 17-year-old
girl had been under during her trial
showed in her demeanor as she
watched the jurors file into the box
to record their verdict. She swayed
as she rose to her feet dry lipped and
white-faced io await the words that
would send her to the electric chair
or set her free. She leaned forward
to catch the first word of the verdict.
When the words "Not guilty" struck
her ears, she swayed and seemed
about to fall. Then she broke down
and the tears streamed down her
cheeks as Matron Warnock kissed
her and aided her.
After the verdict had been record-
ed Hattie was formally discharged
and taken across the street to the
jail where her father and two sisters
were given an opportunity to greet
her
Clarence F. Glover owned a laun-
dry in Waltliam. He was found on
the night of Nev. 20 1909, with two
bullet wounds in his neck, crawling
from a side door of the laundry. He
was rushed to a hospital where he
died four hours later, jlrs. Glover
was notified at their home but
claimed to be too weak to go to the
hospital.
To several persons Glover is said
to have declared that Hattie LeBlanc
shot him. Upon a third search of the
Glover home. Hattie was found un-
der a bed. She denied having shot
him.
Judge Bond completed his charge
to the jury at 9:30 a. m. today and
after a conference of attorneys the
12 men retired at 9:45. Just before
the jury went out the clerk of the
court arose and said: "Hattie Le-
Blanc, you may speak if you like."
"I didn't do it. I want to go home
with my father."
during the month and 2C births.
The number of births over the
number of deaths is not as great
for the past month as for October.
Pneumonia claimed more victims
than any other disease.
At the regular meeting of the
Garfield County Medical society,
ueld in the office of Dr. McKce, of
fleers for the ensuing year were
chosen, and other business trans-
acted. The officers elected are:
Dr. Kelso, president. Dr. Shannty,
vice president; Dr. Jones, secre-
tary; Dr. Aiken and Dr. Lukens,
censors, Dr. Ebright, Dr. Wolf,
Dr. Boyle and Dr. Damrell, dele-
gates to the state convention .
DISTRICT COURT HAS
PREARED DOCKET
Cambridge, Dec. 14.—In speaking
on "applied ethics" as the Noble lec-
turer in the Canders theater tonight,
Col. Roosevelt touched briefly on the
building of the Panama canal, t!io
progress of conservation and the
movement toward general peace as
typified by the recent fisheries de-
cision at the Hague. The Noble !e -
ture at Harvard provided by the fund
given by Mrs. William B. Noble, in
memory of ner husband, an Esip.-o-
pal clergymas, is for the benefit if
students and faculty. Col. Roose-
velt's visit to Massachusetts was ex-
pressly for the lecture, although lie
attended a meeting of the Harvatd
overseers in the forenoon at their of-
fice in Boston.
He was elected a member of th >
board last June. Just before going
onto the lecture platform tonight,
Col. Roosevelt learned of Che Carn:-
gie Peace foundation fund. He hail-
ed the announcement with delignt
and was especially pleased with the
selection of Elihu Hoot as the per-
manent representative of the Unit .'1
States at the Hague.
Toward the end of the lecture, he
referred to the gift as providing
means for making "real progress t;i
bringing about results which Carne-
gie desires to achieve.
"lie is entitled to the hearty pral '.o
! of all good citizens h*re,' ;ald Col.
Roogevtlt, "ivsd of till patriots In all
countries."
District Judge James W. Steen
met with the attorneys of the city
and arranged a docket for the term
of the district court which begins
Monday. The docket Is about the
usual size and contains several Im-
portant cases, among them being
the hearing of the petition asking
for a writ of mandamus requiring
the school board to accept the Ini-
tiative and referendum petitions
relative to the location of the high
school. At the last meeting of the
board of education their attorneys
were notified to appear at the hear-
ing in behalf of the school board.
1 OKLAHOMA CONVICT A LEPER
A specialist engaged by the state
! board of health ha3 announced that
I Ernest Williams, serving a seven
I year term in the state penitentiary
Ion a forgery < hargd from Muskogee
j county, has leprosy. The man wil.
be moved to some colony immedi
I ately. He has a wife and <hil<
; living at Sapulpa, and was in tin
I Muskogee jail for tlx m nth:.. War
den Dick of tli'1 penitentiary ('.(
dares he baa been kept apai - fro
the other prisoner:: iriin?: ti1
whole time be has been there.
FATALITIES GREAT
DURING LAST KCNIII
The vital Btatleti<n report of Cat
| Held county for the month of Ni
; ve:nber which has just been i.-«ie<!
I i>y ronnly Health Superintendent
i Drmrell shows there were 19 death.-
BLACKWELL LOSES
BAPTIST COLLEGE
Oklahoma City or Enid to Be Seat
of the New Church School.
At a meeting of the board of di-
rectors of the Baptist college at
Blackwell several days ago it was
decided to reduce that institution
to an academy and build a colleg!
cf higher training at Oklahoma
City or Enid.
A committee of live members of
the board was appointed to decide
where it should be located, and
propositions from real estate men
of Oklahoma City and Enid ar*
under consideration by the commit-
tee which is to make its report
within thirty days. The report will
be made to the new educational
commission created at the state
convention of Bapttsts held here a
short time ago.
The new institution is to be es-
tablished at a cost of over $100,000
and is to be known as the Oklaho-
ma State Baptist college. The ten-
tative plans call for an administra-
tion building, girls' dormitory and
a residence for the president. It
will be a separate institution en-
tirely from the college now under
construction at Shawnee.
The decision of the board t>
make the change states specifically
that it Is to be located at Oklahoma
City or Enid and propositions from
other cities will not be considered.
The reason for making the change
is given that Blackwell is too small
a place to furnish accommodations
for the increasing number of stu-
dents at the school.
TALLMADGE PAYS 'EM BACK.
Promoter of the E. 0. & W. Sends
Checks to Cover Amounts In-
vested in Railway
I!. H. Tallmadge, a railroad pro-
moter who originally hailed from
New York City, can get anything
he asks in the future from ten or
twelve prominent business men of
this city who in the last few days
have received remittances ranging
from $100 to $600 each from Tall-
madge .
Accompanying the checks were
brief letters from the promoter
saying that he was repaying the
amounts contributed by Enid men
to the defunct Enid, Ochiltree and
Western railroad project which
! went dead about a year ago after
(onslderabei cash had been spent
without result.
Tallmadge is said to have spent
ten or twelve thousand dollars of
bis own money backing the project
and about $3,000 was raised here,
but the proposed line failed to ma-
ture. Tallmadge told those hen
Alio had assisted him that he was
:orry and promised to repay them
i : soon as lie could get the cash,
lie said he had nothing left but a
large amount of land which I10
ov.ld not fell.
For city loans, see
IK'KIN'SIIEETS LAND & IOAN CO.
io3 Stephenson Iildg. *mo
TRAIN PLUNGES INTO
jRIVER AND ONE KILLEB
Practically Everybody On ('ftr
Is Hurt ami All Art-
Badly Shaken l"n.
Davis, Okla., Dec. 14 One mam
was killed and thirty-one injured
when a south bound Atchison, Top«-
ka and Santa Fe train was throrfn
from the track by a broken rail on
the bridge across Washita ri\ / In*
miles from here late today.
The dead man is Floyd Gcr of
Davis, Okla., an Indian boy a°,cil
about 18. The injured are:
Dallas Johnson, Iona, Okla.; E. E.
Howsc, Wichita, Kas.; Grove Chant
Ardmore, Okla.; J. W. Freze, Wynne-
wood, Okla.; W. A. Harbin, Dough-
erty, Okla.; L. B. Exzell, Lone Grove.
Okla.; J. H. Hatcher, negro Oklaho-
ma City; H. C. Hodges, Pauls Valley.
Okla.; Frank Roland, Ardmore, OK;
Robert Ethoridge, Mills County,
'texas; J. C. Humby, Oklahoma City;
William Jennings Ardmore, Okla';
M. E. Reynolds, Oklahoma City; ~"V
W. Oakes, Grove, Okla.; P. Jackson,
neyro porter, Clebourne. Texn*; Job*
Taylor, Garvin, Okla.; Joe Cunnins-
tubby Davi Okla.; P. K. Cunning-
tubby, Davis, Okla.; W. A. Dunbar,
no residence giTen; William .lena-
ings, Elmore, Okla.; Elmer Duiinlng-
ham, Berwyn, Okla.; J. W. Oakes,
Stockton Missouri; H. E. McNeeTy.
Kansas City, Mo.; Andrew Shsnks.
negro, Purcell, Okla.; It. H. I'ark.
Davis, Okla.; Jim Caton. Davis.
Okla.; W. II. Bice. Elkins, New Mei-
ico; M. L. Bice, Elkins, New Mexico;
Elmer Starr, Purcell, Okla.; Frani
Hart, Hutch'nson, Kas.
Practically every one on the n-aln
was more or less seriously injured,
but only those named were unable to
attend to their own wants.
The smoking car, baggage car and
chair car plunged from the track
forty feet into the Washita river,
landing bottom side up. The engine,
for some reason, did not follow them
and the pullmans and other passen-
ger cars kept on the track, thougft
the shock was severe for every one on
the train.
Work of attending to the injured
was started immediately, and they
were taken into the pullmans where
their wounds were dressed until late
into the night. The train will remain
here until the bridge, which is almost
totally demolished, has been repair-
ed, and the injured will be taken to
the hospital at Clebourne, Texas.
The wrecking train has been tele-
graphed for, and is on its way freni
Gainesville, Texas.
COMMERCIAL CLUB
TO BE BANQUETED
Real Estate Men to Hold I51g
Get-Together Meeting
Tomorrow.
J. M. Brandt, the newly elects-it
president of the chamber of com-
merce and the board of directors t
that organization will be the gueais
of the real estate men of the ciiy
at a banquet at the Loewen hotel
Friday night which promises to bo
the foundation of the greatest <?et-
together movement ever launched iu
the city. Since the election of Mr.
Brandt the matter has been under
consideration by a number of real
estate men and at a meeting held i"
the office of Strickler brothers on
the north side of the square last
night plans for the banquet wnv
completed and this morning a cois -
mittee will begin arranging the pro-
gram which will include talks frota
representatives of every kind of
iness in the city.
While the banquet 's being give*
primarily to entertain the officer*
of the chamber of commerce ant
starting a cooperative movement be-
tween the members of that organio-
tlon and the real estate men it •
also being held with the view of net
letting an organization of tiie re;:I
estate men. The need of such an o
ganization lias been shown in many
ways in the efforts of the buslnc?-)
men to secure different things tcr
Enid and at the banquet tomorrow
night is believed to be a most oppot*-
tune time to stir* the movement
perfecting such an organization.
Tlie merits and demerits of 'l'*
city will be aired and every one is
invited to attend and offer any ;!g-
gcstlons they may have tending ^
improve the commercial Interests of
Enid. Tickets will bo passed araouss
the business men today and sold : t
a minimum cost. The banquet vUl
begin at 7:30 o'clock.
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