The Enid Events. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 12, 1911 Page: 1 of 8
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Enid Events.
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CRUCE STANDS SOLID
ENID, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1911
The biggest joke of the season consists in the daily > "rZ^ Taft u maklng f!,„J
headlines of the Morning News detailing alleged ' daily
«n bis western trip. He is not in
cold receptions" received by President Taft on his w<33t- bulging in meaning^ common-
PftI fFIflAN^ FIIR1CMK ern tri?" The Wichita Eagle, Daily Oklahoman and
I v wl III vIilllU 1 UixIvVlJ other anti-Taft papers contain accoun's of great ovations
In tho class with tho demagogue
received by the president at the same points. Those politicians seeking tho reformation
- of1 the world by word of mouth mut-
; teTlngs, meant to mislead and (le-
headlines or news columns. It's awful hard sometimes ceIve Ho i3 frankiy and honestly
to git away from the fighting kind of Kaintucky politics, discussing the vital questions be-
fore the American people and stat
No. 52
The Governor Meant It When He Said He Would be Gov- newspapers do not allow their opposition to poison their
ernor Without Regard to Politics: Ho is the
People's all Important Defender against
the Machinations of Unscrup-
ulous Politicians.
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The Frisco Payroll at Enid for the month ended ln* his own vlew8 w,thout e(1"lvn
« ««*« nnn rrt_• • • cation or reservation. He Is proving
hold exactly the same opinion
regarding tie necessity of call-
ing the extra session, as I have
always held. I do not think an
emergency exists, which necessl-
elections.
Hitting at Cruce.
The resolutions were passed by
the committee after Governor Cruce
had made his position plain in a
tates immediate attention from the ; speech before the committee. "If
legislature. When I am convinced you concede by calling two separ-
that an extra session is necessary, ate elections" argued the governor,
then I will issue the call. Even the |''that the law cannot be enforce.!
grandfather clause situation did not 1 In elections for congressmen and
create an emergency that necessi- national officers, the democrats
tates an extra session.. The deci- place themselves in the position of
sion by the federal court at Enid doubting the validity of the law."
will be tested, I understand, in the He sa d that personally he does not
i .supreme court of the United States. 1 believe the future political complex-
,We have no immediate need for : ion of the state depends on the
October 15 will amount to $108,000. This is an in-
crease of $60,000 over former months. The amount
will continue to increase in the future. Who said there
was anything wrong with Enid?
The Sons of Rest had agreeable occupation Thurs-
day morning. They had lots of fun criticising the work-
men who were engaged tearing out the front of Evans
Bros.' store.
further legislation in regard to tfre
grandfather clause, and will not
have until November, 1912. I do
not think his situation demands an
extra session at this time."—Gov-
ernor Cruce.
The democratic politicians of
Oklahoma—the state committee,
dominated by ex-Governor C. N.
Haskell—met alt Okjlahoma Cl'y
Saturday for the purpose of "fore-
grandfather clause in the law.
Cruce Unalterably Opposed.
As presented to him, the resolu-
tion adopted Saturday afternoon,
provided for the holding of two
separate elections, one for sta:e
and the other for national officers,
and to this Governor Cruce declared
himself as unalterably opposed.
THE STOm OF THE YOUNG MOTHER AND THE FAT HOG
ing
his sincerity as well as his capacity
and courago to deal with the greaf
questions confronting the nation.
He is demonstrating that he is a
DOWN WITH
GUN TOTERS
Chief of Police Austin Takes a Stand in
Defence of a Civilized Communi-
ty:—Wages War Against Mis-
cellaneous Gun Toters:—
Citizens W ith Him.
Chief of Police Fred Austin has
started a moat commendable cru-
sade against gun toting, beginning
with the arrest of F. B. Buzzard
and two alleged detectives named
Reynolds and Burford. Buzzard is
said to be a deputy enforctmtnt of-
ficer appointed by the local enforc c-
man In whom the people can safely j ment officers not by the goveino1-
place heir full confidence and be I—and It is said that there are rtf-
relied upon to deal honestly and j teen or twenty such "deputies'1 now
fairly with their Interests." 'carrying concealed weapons after
I the fashion of frontier days.
j lu the opinion of leading law-
I yers these "deputies" have no au-
j thority in law to carry concealed
lUNfHFftN flMTl— and that to allow them 10
LuI'vilLivfi* U'JLiJI I g0 armed would throw down the
ibara to all lawless Inclined persons
SENATOR OWEN
One time a little mother, who was only 25 years of age begun to
feel tired all the time. Her appetite' had failed her for weeks before
the tired Seeling came. Her threa little* girls,- once a joy in her life,
now became ft burden to her. It was "mamma," "mamma" all day
long. She never had noticed these appeals until the tired feeling
came. The little mother also had red spots on her checks and a
slight dry cough. One day, when dragging herself around, forcing
her weary body to work, she felt a sharp hut slight pain in her
chest, her head grew dizzy and suddenly her mouth filled with blood.
The hemorrahage was not severe bat it left her very weak. The doc-
tor she had consulted for her cough and tired feeling had said: "You
Wednesday Luncheon a Big Success:
S. T. Alton Hits Koynote for
Enid's Development
Senator Robert L .Owen was the
guest of the Chamber or Commerce
_ , Thus the governor becomes the de-.are all run down; you need a tonic." For a fee he prescribed biters,
ing" Governor Cruce to call a spe- i ftnder of public rights without re- | made of aleohol( water and genitan. This gave her false strength for
awhile, for it checked out her lit le reserve. When the hemorrhrage
occurred she and all her neighbor* knew she had consumption and-
cial session of the legislature, i gard to the contemptible intlmida-
Strong resolutions were passed in j tions of machine politicians and ex-
which the conviction of Guinn and hibits the evidences that he meant
what he said in his recent letter
when he informed ue that he in-
tended to be governor of all the
people without regard to politics.
If Governor Cruce persists* in
BeaJl—-Kingfisher county election
inspectors—was given as a "rea-
son" for a special session. The re-
solutions were untruthful and de-
ceptive, stating that Guinn and
Beall were indicted and convicted his present course—as undoubtedly
"for refusing to violate the ConstI- he willt—he people of Oklahoma
tution and Laws of Oklahoma." ' will",Jfcftvg great cause to be thank-
They also brazenly advocated sep- ! ful because he occupies the exe-
OTate dates ifor state and national ' cutive seat.
'GUILTY AS CHARGED
ff : decency, to jail six months for con-
Woman Convicted of Sin in County
Court on Evidence of Debauchee
—Correspondent Pours in
Some Hot Shots Worth
Reading
I I
* A -Wo
Enid, Oklahoma, October *9.
Editor Events:
The most deplorable scene ever
staged in a Garfield County court
room was put on last week when
the County Attorney, his assistant,
and the Judge of -the County Court,
permitted an alleged detective to
upon the witness stand In he
esence of a court-room full of
bung men and boys and a crowd
of old curiosity seeking rubbernecks,
and publicly detail his debauchery
of a woman.
County Attorney Harmon in liis
opening statement to tne juryf
stated that he would prove by the
witness, the specific act of such de-
bauchery. The Court sat on the
bench without protest, the assis-
tant County Attorney, Mr. Balch,
sat silent in the immediate rear of
his Chief, and Rev. Sutton of the
Baptist church reinforced with his
presence, immediately behind Mr.
Balch, where he and Rev. Wright
of the Christian church had been
taking time about "minding" the
County Attorney to see that he
quit dismissing cases against the
erring and festive law violator and
dtao to herd Mr. Balch, the deputy.
« the court room and see thai, ne
continually occupied his position as
re-enforcing officer ito his Chief, and
to hasten to his rescue when the
onslaught of the enemy became too
strong, and Incidentally and un-
doubtedly to Influence and intimi-
date the jury, some of whom who
otherwise would not, might vote
"guilty," in order to flee the wrath
of these two most worthy gentle-
men and custodians of the public
morals and conscience.
Mr. Harmon did prove the act,
or at least the witness, or rather
the moral leper, testified to it, if
tlfat can rise to the dignity of proof
and be so called, and under the in-
structions of the Court, whlcu
should have ordered the seif-confeiw-
e'd maurader and ravliher of public
[ tempt and dismissed. the? case, the
jury went forth to their jury room
under .the benign influence, re-
turned a verdict "GUILTY AS
CHARGED." And while they were
out deliberating, this libertine d
baucher and moral ulcer was out
in the Judge's private ofiiee, smok-
ing cigarettes, or in the Clerk's of
fice ente,raining a young lady who
should have been spared the contam-
ination of his company—waiting
for another victim.
For beautiful, magnificent moral,
elevaing and virtue inspiring scen-
ery this certainly takes first rank.
It is understood that another of
his victims whose case was dismiss
ed because the County Attorney
couldn't draw an information
against her that would stand up
under the rules of law, and who is
known to be a member tf a most
respectable family who lived in
Enid for years, told her attorney a
pitiable story of neglect and bru-
tality. That she was a member of
the Christian church, where the
court, the Deputy County Attorney
Enforcement Officer Roberts, (who
was also a witness in the case that
was tried) all worship under the
pastorate of the Reverend Wright,
and she had never been expelled
that she knew of. and had lived
within a block of the church for
two or three years. That while she
was keeping boarders and attending
to her two or three small children
and supporting a worthless boot-
legging husband at the Old Monroe
Street Boarding House, and living
a respectable life, the pastor came
not to offer assistance, no good
Samaratln gave her a drink: she
worked away, morning, noon and
night, week days and Sundays, un-
til finally her worthless husband
ran off and took her children, leav-
ing her penniless. She worked tor
several months in restaurants and
kitchens and until last spring( when
heart broken and fagged out, sho
gave up the fight and on the in
formation of a dirty skunk who
gave his evidence in the case that
was tried and beside whom Judas
Iscarlot is a gentleman and scholar,
and who purchased her with his
few "pieces of holy silver within one
block of the church where she wor
shipped when life was young and
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the doctor, should have known it and told her mouths before.
Now she wrote to the State Board of Health and said: "I ,am
told that consumption in its early stages can be cured by outdoor
life, continued rest and pienty of plain good food. I do not want to
die. I want to live and raise my children to make them good citlz-
Where can I go to get well? ' The reply was: "The Great State
of Oklahoma has not yet arisen to the mighty economy of saving Lao
lives of little mothers from consumption. At present the only place
where you can go is'to the gravo. However, the state will care for
your children in an orphan's asylum after you are dead, and thsn in
a few years homes will be found far them. But save your life-—never."
So the little mother died of the preventable and curable disease, the
home was broken up and the shildren were taken to the orphan s
Iwniie. ,
A big fat hog one morning fjand he had a pain in his belly.
He squealed loudly and the farmer came out of his house to see what
was the matter. "He's got the hog cholera," said the hired man. So
the farmer telegraphed to the Board of Agriculture and the reply
was: "Cert. I will send you a man right away." Sure enough the
man came. He said he was a D. V. S- anid he was too. He had
a syringe and a bottle of mediclTK in his hand "bag and he went far.
the hog. It got well.
Anybody—even a fool—can see that it would be foolish business
for the State to save the life of a little mother, but the hog can be
turned into ham, sausage, lard and bacon.
Moral: §e a hog and be worthsaving.
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to carry weapons.
Reynolds and Burford, when ar-
rested, were found in possession of
revolvers and a slung shot. They
claimed to hold commissions under
Sheriff Jack Spain, of Oklahoma
, „ County. Chief Austin called up
at the weekly lunhceon at the Ox-1 n...
I Sheriff Spain who stated that tho
ford hotel yesterday. Senator Ow«n i men d,d nQt hol(j| conlinlssions un-
came in after the speech making be-|der him
gan and he was received with en-1 \ test case will be made against
thusiasm the whole company stand- Buzzard and will bo carried to the
highest court in the state if nec-
essary .
TheTe seems to be no excuse what-
ever for Reynolds and Burford.
ing and applauding him. He was
the final speaker on the program^
and in his brief address expressed
his appreciation of the opportunity
to meet with the business men of
Enid. He spoke of the great possi-
bilities of Western Oklahoma as an
They will be tried Saturday befor.i
Police Judge Jacobs and should bo
given the limit of the law as an
agricultural region. He expressed example for a)1 like-minded get>-
the opinion that this section of H'e I try wjj0 to pose as officers and
state Is capable of a great deal more1
development than is now generally
understood. He emphasised the im-
portance of diversification of crops
CHISHOLM TRAIL
GREATLY INTERESTS FARMERS
Monday night at the Spring Val-
ley school house, the farmers of that
township bad "a good roads meeting,
A RECRUIT TO
REPUBLICANISM
for the purpose of starting the work Tulsa World Changes Editors and
Swings into Line for Effective
Service in Redeeming Ok-
lahoma from the Bane
of Machine Pol-
ities.
and said that business men should in
some organized way endeavor to Im-
press upon the farmers the import-
ance of planting crops thaUwill stand
the test of the climate. More kafflr
corn, milo maize, bermuda grass and
broom corn would add greatly to the
wealth of this section.
In the afternoon Senator Owen
visited the High School and made a
short talk to the students. Later in
the afternoon an informal reception
was tendered to him in the rooms of
the Chamber of Commerce .
The Chamber of Commerce lunch-
eon was largely attended and 'was
characterized by some exceptionally
interesting speeches. Judge Dan
Huett presided. In presenting Sen-
ator Owen Judge Huett, while pay-
ing a high tribute to his ability, ex-
pressed his disagreement with him
in the matter of the recall of judges.
Judge Huett said that no matter
what may have been his opinion on
that subject at one time he was now
very much opposed to the recall.
Senator Owen responded expressing
the hope that the toastmaster, who is
also a superior court judge, would do
nothing in his court to strengthen
the argument in favor of the recall.
The first speech of the day was
Judge Wedgwood who took tho po-
carry g\ij^s. '
Chlsf Austin takes the posi-
tion that the pioneer days are over,
that Enid is a law-abiding peaceful
city, that to allow numerous men
to carry guns under pretexts is to
throw down the bars and might re-
sult In he death of one or several
Innocent or ignorant "persons. The
position of Chief Austin is emi-
nently sound and -correct and ho
has the support of all our citizen*
with hardly any division.
We must not throw down the
bars in Enid.
dun toting must cease.
And it makes no difference what
.the pretext is.
It's an Insult to the Intelligence^!
the eommuntiy that any band of
men should for a moment think
Enid would tolerate such lawfesF
methods.
Chief Austin does well to main-
tain the dignity of the city and the
Integrity of the community's in-
telligence.
and getting together for the meet-
ing Friday afternoon of this week.
The house was crowded with the
liveliest bunch of good roads boost-
ers in the county.
Isaac Regier, the township trus-
tee was instructed to get o work
at once end plow three furrows or °f
each side of the road crear through manager, vice Tom Latta, resigned, hereafter be determined by their pro
the towmttiiip before Friday after- Republicans of Oklahoma will re- aucing power rather than by specu
noon to let the people know that the joice at the change, not because of lative estimates. Capital he said
Chisbolm rail was begun. ■ the men, but because that under should be induced to come to Enid
L. W. Beavers and Geo. Muna Initio the World advocated a pollt- and Oklahoma for profitable invest-
were appointed to get bills printed policy more to the advantage nients rather than for speculative
and distributed over the north half of tlu> democrats than the republl- purposes. The time has passed he
Eugene Lorton has taken charge
the Tulsa world as editorial sitjon that values in Oklahoma must
of the county..
VERDICT FOR DEFENSE IN
MADDEN VS. MURPHY SU.T
After being out little over ^wo
hours the jury in the case of Mrs.
A. E. Madden vs. Mrs. Alva Murphy
for the care of a minor child the
jury brought in a verdict late yes-
cunu-uurn nairt
terday afternoon for the defendant ment (nurtured in
and placed the penalty at $1.00. The
suit was for $"97 for the care of the
child for ninety-nine weeks, at $3.00
cans. And it has been hard for Raid when fortunes are to be made
republicans to understand why tho in real estate speculation but that
World lent support to "Insurgen- (here are unlimited possibility for de
cy" LaFolleteism and other lsma velopment.
DEFENSE SCORES
VICTORY IN TRIAL
calculated to distract and divide the
party, when all tho party's forccs
were needed to lend united effort
to remedy deplorable political con-
ditions in our own state.
1 Those who knew Latta personally
admired him, yet regretted that his.
child-barn hatreds of the govern-
the old Indian
Territory Missionary days) shout.!
poison his perspective and cuus
him to lend his unquestioned bril
llant talents to voicing the vagui
mutabilities of ( radicalism.
It Is evident that Editor Lor.or.
Is not Inoculated of the soclall.:i.
bug. In his first taaue he lei.
us know where he Is in the follow
per week. T!ip case attracted consid-
erable attention and tin# points of
law were brought out by both sides
In the case. The jury ordered that
the costs be divided between the par-
ties to the suit. |
The hearing occupied the entire 'nK> which is a distinct reversal of
time of the county court and upon (the Latta method. Latta never salt!
the completion of the case, the jury anything good about Taft> or, I
was dismissed until th's morning at he could do no worse, damned the
Mr. S. T. Alton of the Alton Mer-
cantile company discussed the possi-
bilities of Enid as a wholesale center.
These possibilities he said had ex-
isted for some time and were extend-
ing constantly. Enid's advantages
in this respect he 3ald are due to her
facilities for distribution and to the
advantages she enjoys in the way of
freight rates on inbound shipments.
Continued on page .4
MARRIAGE LICENSE.
Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 11.—James
B. Mc.Namara went on trial today to
defend his life against the charge
of murdering Charles Haggerty by
dynamiting the Los Angeles Times
building on the morning of October
1, 1910.
Upon the announcement of Chief
Counsel Clarence Darrow that the
defense desires separate trials. Dis-
trict Attorney John D. Fredericks
chose to try first the alleged dynamit-
er and not his brother John J. Mo-
Nainara, who is charged with having
directed tile crime from his union
labor office in Indianapolis.
In the brief session held today the
line of defense was clearly outlined.
Z. T. Nelson, a grocer of Long Beach,
Cal., the only venireman examined,
was subjected to a cross fire of ques-
tions by La Compte Davis that eoueht
to show his attitude on union labor
and if he had an opinion as to wheth-
er union labor Is a mena
community. The district
vigorously objected to this line < ■
questions on the ground that union
labor was not on trial and had noth-
ing to do with the case.
The defense won a victory when
Judge Bordwell decided that the ven-
iremen could be examined regarding
their bias or prejudice against labor
Ottervin M. Maddy, 32, Hennes-
sey and Garnet I). Sills, 21, Hsn-
nessey.
Clias. F. Davis, 29, Tulsa and
Nell A. Asher, 22, Enid, j
Chas. 11. Lee( 19, Enid and Neva unions. Before the defense had con-
Murley, 18, Capron. eluded Its examination of Nelson,
Burtls Alge,
9 o'clock.
president with satirical faint praise. Id, Archer, 23,
i7," Nash, and Ada Judge Bordwell adjourned court un-
Nash. til 10 o'clock Friday morning.
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