The Sapulpa Light (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 318, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 3, 1908 Page: 1 of 4
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ASSOCIATED I I.I SS
Vol. I
SAPULPA LIGHT
A3 GOES ERIE
I. Y.
SAPULPA, OKLAHOMA, TUKSOAY,' NOVEMIi.,
>« UOK.S THK \ \TIO> |\ A l'l!l SI.
h u J.0( triov
« K BIT PALO
VOTINGjEARLY AND LIVELY
V'Vnllirr all Over
I \FT VOTES I VTI. 1\ | \y
Presidential urdldutc Docs \„t
rive Home I'ntll Morning
llnslnc- Holds Him
Ir-
Cincinnati, Nov.
Panied by h;s wife
the founlrj- I'm or-
able lo a Full Vote- The
I iitested (, ron nil
•!. Tatt accom-
arrived here this
morning from his e kction tour, im-
portant office matters required ,iis
attention upon his arrival and he su
he would cast his ballot late this after- i
noon, lie ei< clared he ft it In < '
way as good as the day he began his I
campaign.
TniM'ka \esr
Topeka, Kans..
lion from over
large vote beinj;
New
's Sr-rj: (oil ijtsr
ov. o.—Informa- i
stau shows unusual I
Dolled. Negroes I
v , s scratching the ir ticket heavllv in To
^ oi k, N„v, 3.—With the first ' l'pKa.
ay shadows of approaching dawn |
:! AmeriCan v,"p,s "ought today to >cicr Touched Hide |„e
President of the United Danville III., Nov. S._with
weather clear and warm a heavv vote
is being polled all over the congns-
sional distiict represented bv Speaker
Cannon, today. So far as Vermillion
county and Danville are concerned the
club women
SAVE THE COUNTRY
One Wing of a Very inlereslinf Political Debate
by Members of Gentler Sex
I ULY
No. 318
1 1 F( riox IfKTJ IMS
1 ">il a late hour tonight
Hill be souieoiK
Oftlce read.1
calls
Uk
"V election
• or phone L'ltt.
there
the l.lght
lo answer telephone
mioniiatioii.
federation
CLUB WOMEN
loose
Slates
The early weather reports were
vorable and a heavy vote is being
in every part of the state where
•ere has been a semblance of a con-
ork — - "■ jz,r,; ™"-
l'e was a
|""b """" """ 1' JjJJ 1 J"" Mmt
" on the question Hill vs iiiii/i * , • ,
:,isr -
Utl l\
SESSION
VI;|JV OlflLT Kl,l ( TlttV
Indications „t - Were Lor Light
Aote—\o Trouble Inywhere
That Sapulpa can hold
i ace able
bu
1 lection
a quiff and
an hour trying
ding the breath
ailed to Dill Taft
run' he just stood
Th" (!ebate «'as Illustrated by car Iw" n"?™* J"8t 88 he is doinK 'here.
■ ■ 081 n"er could have saved the win-
o'clock
ose at the hour of five. The
ish of voters
illing plac
practically every
in this city this morning
< soon as the ballot boxes were open-
Krie county, In which is Buffalo
which is usually declared the in-
'x t0 the national result, will be one
the first counties to announce the
! - suit.
I'Tsident anil Son Vote side In side
Oyster Hay, Nov. 3._P,,sldent
roosevelt reached the polling p|ace
■a an,i cast |janot numbe|. m
Theodore Roosev.lt, Jr„ deposited
allot number Hi-. After voting the
esident and son drove to Sagamore
The president shook hands with
•'erybody at polling place and after
"•ceiving ballot from the clerk re-
gained in the booth one minute
leodore Jr.. was handed a ballot
lined lately after his father but took
t'dce as long to mark it. After Sec-
•tary Loeb had voted, president and
-- drove to Sagamore Hill.
Ki\K ( \| si s hi I.I.I \(;
Ardmore Seem
Ardmor
stable from .Mulkey
a farnie r
toons 1 lesented by Mrs,
In a ver.v able manner.
I h" debate was as follows:
'lr>. Welch Advocates Bryan
Madam Presld« nt. Udtea':—
l-ong years ago two girls stood be-
aUfiiencp of Perhaps three hun-
old'r in""'6 'hP ai"litorium °r the
old college at home, the professor had
{struck the first chords of the duet we
| were ,° sing. Those Sabbath Evening
• when m\ companion took s
fright and fled leaving
p D n . I,al" bet \ PCI
B' .,anct |^ows Uill Taffs house
<'i slaughter of Two,
" <l Hounding of Third by
Drunken ( on.panlo,, ' I fright and"fle7leVvinTm°n t.°°k ! i0"ld H hi" n,lv
~ H 8llf(t of music, I turned\vaith allWHth I 7 COi"* fui'ther he decla
Nov, 3.—D. B. Cook, a con- |dignity and indignation 0f iu !c°U,Cl *
and .1. A. Sinies.
io._j.J5 had not
un,e coiue rushing In bearing aloft
II 'H"°°ns and when thev
8 • ^selves as others see them
lf> tainted. (i0 to bed. the tight is
ovei. it was only a dream, but even a
straw shows the way the wind blows.
J- ' ^sanl feel some-
hmg as | |nia!tllle the braKBart
, /h0 walk^ into the |„b-
1 ot a Chicago hotel and declared he
man in that town.
a red he
"IP any man in that county.
" old time has
repeatedly proved during ,l„.
'd8t VVHV" month8' 111 "'at time no
tllau half a dozen elections have
county seat, bond and today
he national election. At none of
hese has there ever been the least
trouble.
3h1i"V-m Pounding the breath i <oui'i, v""''' Wh'°h ,ncludei1 sta'e
The election today is the first of its
l,ml ev"r "eld in Sapulpa and there is
ts. excitement than is seen here 01,
the ordinary Sunday afternoon. The
police have had less to do than usual
there not having been even a dog
IT IKIUIOHE,
H'l I! l> \ \ s llt(.'l\ M\(;
TODAY
A MOST NOTED MEETING
<"• Two Bodies
Occurrence Betlrlng I'rcsl-
denl's (ireetiug
r he walk
today
me i s companion, was
wounded. The foui
re led atte r drinking.
Billings, the fal-
se riouBlv
(itiar-
lork Town Wiped Out
Syracuse N. Y.. Nov. 3.-The village
bavaunah. twenty biles c.-t wi st
" "I"108' Wipfd ofr <he map by a
Twenty-two
$130,000 lire today,
buildings were consumed
Ballot Confuses the SI. 1,0
•Shooting Fata I It, at Bartlesillle
Bartlesville Nov. 3—There was a
shooting fatality at this citv Sunday
night the result or an old feud. Harry
''arlton. a cook at the Sapphire, was
shot in the throat by Hcrry Croff, a
onlsians (hotel proprietor, and his death foi-
st- l.ouls. Mo., Nov. y.—The polls loWed at the hospital. He made an
at six o'clock this morning. antF"mortuni statement exonorating
'• a C." a roafcs'ns ballot t'.-i vet- ' C"rofr-
i: K is proceeding slowly. 1
" Id and pleas CITY COUNCIL MEETINC
st. Joseph slum
"Kht to disturb the quietneBs
day.
At L':.:0 the indications were for a
vote less than normal being polled.
The second ward, which is the largest
citv. registered at that time
on j I-IJ votes in. The same condi-
tions are true o fthe other
Ward :: had 151, Ward
Ward I had lis at that hour. The
Ught was unable to get the vote at
Ward 5. which is the Woodlawn ad-
dition but estimating at the ratio th.
total vote at that time was only a
little over 600 which is not much more
than half of the normal vote
vote would probably
quite liberally befoi
wards,
4 had 110 and
"I mii kchis i'ii 1 si.\ c
ri.Trno\ to t i.osi. si \.
I'll SHOWS
l i'liter and Kefiindiua Or-
dinances Passed Hut \nt
Signed
• ■reatesl Interest
'"M •,08('l|ii- Mi, Nov. Kb etion 1 I. A 01 !-;>
> ay was cloudy but pleasant. An •
1,1 usually heavy vote is polling. There i
greater Interest manifested than in I
i.v previous presidential election I., ,
j ('illiibling
I "pekans Scralcli I,ike Dog Hill, Fleas
Topeka. Kans,, Nov. 3.—The city's i
>nnal republican majority of 3,000
• i'1 he greatly reduced at today's | The d,v oou dl met in regular ses-
< ection. say conservative politicians. sion 'ast night with j
I w stiaight tickets are being cast. , ^11 > ( -.Ctpt A;.!cii:.i 1*
Heavy vote Is being polled. J Crawford.
# "tO IIiirrj~ii| lYichlla L?Lcftw! 2! U'aUU' °f n"
Wichita, Kan... Nov. S.-Damp I'"8I " as „
rare in Kansas, lias
year old girl and saVl - slxr,tn nce "^ain. ({rowing bolde
were shot and killed by John walk right ba, k here iJlf ?" !' 'nt? "'nelight and extending
31 Artn'°" todav. James to sing this duet alone in" ^^ <Ucla"'1 "e could wh p any
~n she did come > "an " " ta"'
sang the duet and as I turned to hlt , i J, ^0t"U' fr0ni tlle rural dls-
there was handed me a bunch of roses i tifs Iona li, 7" Ol unW0Ulld
and on the card was written "For ti, V U , ""d ,,roc«dtf' to Pun-
brayest Girl in Town." I passed th ■ , ^ra«Sart. Our hero arcs., telt
my cheek and left r, ^ b°nt" n- "We" , t n!
happiest girl i„ town. The ros. s I Il:ls,ake ,llav he in cuoos-
have yet among my treasures but u ' c'1008lng my territory.
oourage is ,0„e and today I thln^al, WaUt t0 ^ Br>an is
fee) as Eugene Fields felt when h Hi 1 " ' / " ""s,ake nia-v be ' I1003-
— home sick in ,.ondon vit^oniv ^th ' " ' ai" ""t a politi,ia,
dollars and six bits in the b,n 1 " " "Ri°U8 or ,
enough. I have 4 dollars and siv hit' ' 11 ""'ln s sultl'aK'st. so I have taken lot
in a corner bank and I would giv I n ,8|llljj<ct' "thl* man Bill Bryan." 1
every cent to have that girl coui-t j** d not willingly or knowinglv
hack again that 1 might ling L vo,^ in wcr.fan
day the song of Bill Bryan "Shall n' ■ 1" " ' S° ' ask yotl' ladles to keep your
People rule;" and at the same th ^ "'"th the hems of vour
'0 the U^^^ 'at^r 1(8,1 frantic- atteiup"
Pulpa. Not enough, for I am scared !| w ' ■' n,'°' 86 my b'a,'in«s- but
and the cold chills ai#chasina , 1 r 1" 3°" S',a" hew straight to the
on and down and all arin J1 ' ' Chl"8 fa" 'hey may.
spinal column but I ask if 1 J niv 1 101> "B eve n the crude chips mav turn
become stage struck t i ! ' Sarlam'8 "r beau,v a " Jov i
democrat sister or even a dca " fT '' °'' '"'e """ ^"-cHr of the I
fot'8 "b i'll^B rv''' J"8' 'a" Hl"'lah j wVV'lis 'hat"l hid^bene" " ■ " I " "",,td to tE" '"e oil men who had
bring me back ""f ' *" "''Ve " w|ll!myself somewhat upon i'h,' i.litJ0'''" ' "'a"ntd a rece|,t|on and 'unch for hlin
I inanv Wi .S't'^'r -e j re sented by "he two Bills TT K" *< ,«**** <* visit -Monday
that everv in> 1 ,oda'v believing ing upon the table the . T 6 " sl,ould bp held. The affair
conviction until Ti'ev"0'11811 t0 ! "la,fonn and beside it the i> ilubl'i"!,', ! T? r°' ilt the Robinson
When the 1 u H "'"verted. 1 platform I trace d . arefullv lnl ' "le R,,ve r,,or informed the com-
th s / ,e: ^ ^„ 2is i.z! r'vnso u is «•«
- ■ — ^h^r: !r -
This
be Increased
the polls close
but men in touch with the situation In
both parties stated they did not be-
lieve anything like a full vote would
be polled.
ot course no one has any informa-
11,1 118 to how the votes were being
cast but It seemed to be the general
'pinion that the republicans had the
<> « 'nd of it and were getting the
••'R.~.st bunch of votes. At least the
" publicans were all feeling happy
and their friends .the enemy, we
looking very much worried.
'1 is "ot often that it fc given onp to
a*' 113 '"aster of ceremonies at his own
funeral, it was considered
^ The Women's Federated clubs met in
Aidmor, todaj for a four days ses-
" "'"'ting is mentioned as one
the state"081 PO' U,U eVer ""ld '
the state, or any state, for the princi-
pal event of the meeting, the amalga-
niation o ftwo strong cJubs,those of
This ' rlt<" v and °r °'d Oklahoma
hs is a history making period in
Oklahoma and the ladies are not un
ss ot the mindful of the opportunity which Z
come to them.
A year ago the federations of the.
t vo erritorles held thelr preparatory
me tings leading t0 this Important
step They decided to amalgamate,
I ZVu T ' 0"""it,,>fs to make
P • inunai'y arrangements. This
included a plan for the division of the
officers as nearly equal as possible
between the two bodies. For the past
car the presidents of the two federa-
tions have be,,, .Mrs. I). A. .McDougal
o this city for the Indian Territory
side and .Mrs. John Threadglll or Ok-
lahoma City for the Oklahoma Terri-
tory Side, The committee to divide the
officers granted the presidency for the
coming year to the Oklahoma end for
the reason that there were a greater
uumbi r of federations in that end ot
the state, than In this and Mrs. Thread-
Mil announced as a candidate for the
greater pla,e. She Is not to have it
however, without opposition for
Kiddle of Chickasha
ambition to fill ,he 8ame ^ aw(
hasannounced her candidacy, ti,*
thi " VFIy "Vely scramble for
he place and the result may be that
he choice may come to this end of
the state through an effort to com-
promise the factions. There are
federations in Oklahoma
Sirs,
has an
toons were great educators'^ pe"o-" I wondeT'"1'"'-'- """ *"0,'e' ' WHS lo8t '
t h nil crK * * I. ! '
Pie. Irelan thought the
members pres- I emius and France said.
cartoonist a
, subject
| W illiam Taft while I would
■ ^ illiam Bryan, w
toon is t
why not have j problems to
so I decided having no grand
children. I would leave these puzzling
go*, nior of Oklahoma his elutv to do the sL , al,h0UKh thls cud of
" at at Tulsa this week wh,,, he at- rite of^ '"ceasing at the
ate of ten a year while the former
nus increased but two.
The ladles who served on the com-
mittee of division from Indian Terri-
tory were .Mrs. I). A. .McDougal. Sa-
" "«■ Mrs. Emma rt. Karly, A|„sk„Kte
and .Mrs. .Michael Conlan., Lindsay
'or Oklahoma. .Mrs. .lohn Threadgl ,
o. Oklahoma City; .Mrs ,, w.
Ardmore and Mrs. H. F. King, ,Vw-
affair was cancelled,
fill I'OKMIW
The
1- -el
represent might adjust themselves
We spent sometime ZtZ bJL", ^ yi'"rS 8,"('e
A | more and more interested and amnll i L 8 "atloBal lp«der. Bill
nt a|mar,U„'g0WnfW" "°°" "0,"■ " "9" ~"'e °f °1"'
ordinance , would I ^ "
with.
fog.Ji.umber Of Indies were present from
prevailed over I llle different churche s to prese
the southern portion of the state to- i11,1011 asking for
< audidates predicted a rain j sinil' and skating rink I thusiastie did we hp " I "" " mature, steadier nuletpr I """'f"" '"«ie
r purged early voting j.Mte^n^i ?!\^!- had ^ng ^ ^ ^ —
Qiilel
Boats Cosl
program of the meeting pro-
Colllsioi: Belivecu I W edneselav^'today, and
• One Life
i Th . and Thursday morning.
I hursday afternoon the I
Washington. I). c„ xov, 3,_Earty
today a collission in Potomoc river
between the Steamer. City of Wash-
as changed !"Kt°" a"d the fe, l'>boat. Lackawanna,
steadier. „ „ ^0UIUl fro"' Washington to Alexandria.
will come together
Longon, the noted
llocket'ellcr Had to Hail
New York. Nov. 3,—J
-Her stood In
fore he had a
ballot. Judge Alton B. Parker
in line almost directly behind him.
conventions and
ne raised in protest the
manner
cross of gold
j he has taken seriously his leadership
,f, | he "ld leaders were against him but
' "refeied ae<ond Place'i'uV Irelan jw^bdenio0"8"1 """ i m'ma then'
the Bills by the hand
Hello Bill, How You Cominin?
thyouncll gave'",:;'; ilrlluute"* ll'T "",l<,le 0f b0,h
John D. Rocke-I names, ol motion M5
Mler stood In line forty minutes be- Thompson seconded h 4 f''"""1,
asked that the Old car along Z U"° " <> "" d°W" tlliS la"" Whe
he left there as it ^ full of coal. ' " "
1 Limit lo Scraichliig
Wichita Nov. 3.—Voters are only
allowed to remain In the booths three
minutes at the end or which time they
re driven out. Ninety per cent of the
ballots are being scratched.
forty
years old, a merchant of Alexandria,
was killed. The collision was be-
lieved to be due to a confusion of sig-
nals and inability on account of the
low stage of water to properly handle
the ferry boat.
von with that little three
j™;";;;;«* - <•<,
by Blake the Frisco
move the car.
Moved by Thompson that Clark notl
O Water Superintendent Schwab
Mr. Overton to be
was ordered to I let'i
and
present at .tHe lireet-
ing tomorrow night. This was on ac-
count ot a controversy
city and railroad
Missouri Flection Judge UsHultcd
St. l-ouls Nov. 3.—Oliver It. llurk- ! ,7,'''''' """"versy between the
hart a republican election Judge was |a car of 8hl"n"",f "r
shiei el\ beaten near the polling place I T' e ordinance committee
here today. There were a score of three ordinances
ever there was a railroad, a turnpike
or a bridle path year after year teach-
Say I'll tell vou wii'nr I"*5" 1"leadlng' ''''bating, defending, he
S do." you were about ready to h? ? . " < '""'l8ed" "e has been laud-
.vou felt just like you were on the old ' ,7' 'le llH8 bte" defeated
Play Krol'"d a« school and soij j Sh^'!';'"1 "V" "" 18
run round the corner savinji tv., '"ganged. The world acknowledges
Kil ls. I ll tell you ".^1 Jt fp[a^ whv I o f 'V * *■
It has ne ver been even a wonder i ' ! " iu'lnclplt-s. courageous, patient
since. , hist ' 10 M,e I a,,d of all hopeful. He s„ld "Whe n
riouds IVeep for Oklahoma
Until lie. ()k„ Nov. There was a
full and early vote lit Oklahoma today.
I he union men generally were follow-
ing instructions to go to the polls in
the morning hours. Cold rain in por-
two bodies
with .Mrs. 0. B.
. trlJanientaiian of
Kansas City, presiding at the request
of both organizations. At this meet-
ing it is expected that the
are to be chosen.
Friday morning .Mrs. I
give a parllamentar
benefit of the ladies.
Mrs. .McDougal of this city, who has
just closed a remarkably successful
year as president of the Indian Terri-
tory federation, is a candidate for the
office or vice-president at large,
with no opposition, so fm
from.
While a home lover Mrs. McDougal
s interested in the federation onlv so
far as it aids her to be a better home
maker. With this thought uppermost
new officers
•ongan is to
drill fop the
and
as heard
I 'list saw her two years ago
«ii(l that smile
one
presented 1 zens of Sapulpa
tious of the state did not dampen the I' Work lo1' ,he federation has been
interest. ° U ,<,ud *hich will be of lasting
1_ ' bfn£flt- The position of president
"ercanf lie Vgei.c, In ^"' wl'"!!, ""80ll<"ed la8t v' ar while
and absent from home.
prohibiting the
arrests following various offenses here I '""""^Cure and sale of ||qilor8t ,
today. Among these was Felix Mc- fing onllna,!'^ °' !!.l."ai"'e and a «Kht- ; sable
I realize the enormity or this undertak-
; mg. I began and I would retire. Night
Adams democratic nominee lor the IwUhZ"yT' ^ ad°^d |d^nS""8 r''0'" ^
legislature r,o,n the Third „ . Thl l"' 'W° "'^"tlng votes.
",e Thlrd dl8t,lct. "'ayor wltheld his signature ten,
here is Indication or a tull vote I |)orar">-
throughout the state and much scat- I T,he eo,,n<11 the" adjourned to meet
<'hing. j aKaln tomorrow night to take up some
unfinished business.
mat smile eauRht and 1i-ih i i i "inuence upon
of 'he very be , republican clti ' h t ' ,,le<lKed n,V8elf "',l"8a< t "'e l,,,8l"H8s formerly sent
Springlleld. Eight men will look
Later on I began to
and I slept, and as I slept
I dreamed, and lo betor
I saw that 1 had an Influence upon
minds of men,
that I would never forget that this
means for me a moral responsibility,"
and he has never forgotten. A short
time ago when lecturing before three
thousand students of the University of
Illinois, "ir elected I want to tea,
In Oklahoma
Muskogee Nov. ,!.-R. ti. & ro
will establish an agency here and
appeared Bill Bryan and BilTWrl'iT ! heBrt eVe''y 8, "IhI' ambition
rayed as if for war. l.oul ' al ' d r . V * ' "" < OUn">' -ars
hnln || -| | | ailed foi | whatever flhllltv I "ii ...
help and Irelan flew to my aid when
a \o ce at my chamber door awakened
me saying "What Is the
whatever ability 1 have,
no other man has
He did what
ever done, he
matter are you
I Continued on Page Two)
a f t e r the work.
Heel in Time for Birthday
Amoy. China, Nov. The seventy-
fourth anniversary of the birth of the
Dowager Kill press of China was cele-
brated today. The event was made
the greatest day or festivities In honor
of the Visiting American battleships
under Rear Admiral Kmery.
The Wisdom of the selection has been
well proven. There are manv l„ the
City who would be pleased to see Mrs
McDougal advanced to the higher posl
111 the gift o fthe federation
The clubs or this city are well rep-
resented. The following ladies repre-
senting the clubs indicated have gone
or will go during the meeting: .Mrs
D A McDougal .retiring president of
the Indian Territory federation; Mrs.
O. I.. James. Sapulpa K. ailing Club-
Mesdaines. Whelan and lire.,lie. Ladies
Library Club. Misses Fanny Dingmau
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