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Circulation yester-
day
26,455
The Evening Free Press
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y VOLUME I.
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1911.
NUMBER 64 S_
ATTORNEYS IN
O'BRIEN CASE
ARE REBUKED
AUTHOR KILLED BY MANIAC IN NEW YORK
Judge Brown Rays That He
Never Before Knew of
Such Reflections.
SOME INSINUATIONS
Both Lawyers Apologize
and Tilings Are Smoothed
Over—Case Nears End.
CONIES TO CLOSE
C. B. Bee Is Final Witness
and He Suggests Newy.
Tariff Sheet.
PROTEST TS ENTERED
In order to get time to prepare
the instructions to the jury in the
Mike O'Brien perjury ease in the
district court Special Judge
Brown adjourned court at 1 :-30
o'clock Friday afternoon nntil 9
o'clock Saturday morning. Fol-
lowing the reading of the court's
instructions to the jury Saturday
morning the arguments in the
case will be begun.
A conflict bctwM-n t'no opposing attor-
neys In the Mike O'Brien perjury case In
the district court caused Judge O. A.
■Brown to administer some strict admonl-
Hon Friday morning, and the jury was ^
excused from the court room -while Judge j
Brown heard arguments from Attorneys the tariff sheets Indicated, but merely
Harris and Prulett as to the admissibility i wJiat th„ rajiroa<js kept," said Mr. Johns-
of part of tho testimony of J. ' P(', "Sj j ton. "in regard to the testimony of the
T want It ,,8tlLC' 5Lrrtl^ to hj cas railroad men before this commission. It
permit any reflertton^bc cast ^ ^ remembered that they helped
make these rates, hence would naturally
defend them"
r. b Bee, expert rate clerk to the
commission, was the final witness. He
suggested that when the commission
made its final order It should contain
rules as to the bedding of live stock and
the number of men In charge of live
stock shipments.
Mr. Bee offered a scale of rates higher
than the average in Kansas and Texas,
but lower than the one proposed by the
ommisslon. He asked that the rapes
l'hose Pushing Tase Say
Oklahoma City Live Stock
Market Is at Stake.
"I am sure the railroads are getting
more revenue from live stock shipments
today than they were ten years ago."
That was the statement of J. H. Johns-
ton, manager of tho Oklahoma Traffic
association, at the live stock rate hear-
ing before the state corporation commis-
sion, which was finished Friday morn-
The Tates formerly were not what
upon one counsel by
Judge Brown, "and I trust I will not have
to emphasize the Importance of this. This
Is the first time anything like this ever
occurred In my twenty years' experience
and it will not be tolerated."
This statement, addressed to the attor-
neys, came during the testimony of Plck-
1ns, Who was a marshal at Cotton Hill
at the time the supposed body of Mead-
ows was found In the cornfield, picklns
had testified he did not think it was
Meadows' body and after close cross-
onewtlofflng by Iho' a" be -made maximum charges,
asked when he told Detective Ujrter who , ^ nk,flhoma
rates on cattle
was employed by the Pioneer Telephone
company and assisted in ferreting out
evidence relative to the disappearance of
Meadows, that it was not the body of
Meadows. He replied that fie told him
the night before the body was found.
Then Attorney Hairls asked for an ex-
planation of how he could tell before
the body was found that It was not that
of Meadows.
Jury Is Excused.
The Jury was excused and the expla-
nation developed that nt the time Lawler
asked him whether ho believed Meadows
was dead, he had in his pocket a letter
telling where the body would be found.
The explanation given after the ,1ury
The present Oklahoma
are alleged to be so high that it is in-
juring the local market and the Morris
packing plant. An Idea of the rates may
be had by comparing the charges made
for four distances. For example, the pros
ent rates on cattle per 100 pounds Is
cents for 25 miles; P.5 cents for
miles, 12 cents for 7T mlies and 14 cents
for 100 miles. The Texas rates arc, re-
spectively, 7.5 cents, 10 cents, 11.R cents
and 12.5 cents, while the Kansas rates
are 5.5 cents per 10ft pounds for a haul
of 25 miles, 7.5 cents for r>0 miles:
10 cents for 75 miles and 11.5 cents for
lftO miles. It will thus be seen that,
the present Oklahoma rates for thoss
distances are all higher than those
called to the court room was that he had Kansas for a similar haul.
told "Dawler it could not be Meadow
Ttody becauae he did not believe Meadows
was dead.
The Jury was sent out directly after
the quertlonlnK of the witness by Attor-
ney Fruiett, who asked If he knew "why
lAwler and the state had not called to
the stand the witnesses who had identi-
fied the body as not being that of Mead-
nwi" Attorney Harris strenuously ob-
jected at once on the ground that 1t was
The commission's proposed order would
make a rate of 7.8 cents per 100 pounds
for 25 miles, an increase of eight mills
over the Kansas rate. For 5ft miles the
proposed rate is 9.4 cents, for 75 mile1?
11.5 cents-and for 10ft miles 12.9 cents.
The .latter three rates are all lower than
those lr Kansas for the same distances.
Mr. Bee suggested a still lower scale
of rates, as follows: For 25 miles, 7.2
ents per 10O-- pounds; for 50 miles,
FINAL MOTION IN
O'BRIEN'S BEHALF
A motion was made by counsel for the
defense to dismiss Mike O'Brien on tho
allegation that the state had failed
prove that any jurisdiction had ever been
had by the oourt that handled the Tege-
ler case and that there was not sufficient
evidence against O'Brien and that the
Hubject matter in the indictment against
O'Brien was noi. the name as that In the
haige brought in the case now pending
Further allegation was made that O'Brien
should be released on the ground that he
had been'denied his constitutional right
to have a preliminary hearing
Arguments and authorities were sub
mltted to Judge Brown by both sides. His
decision was reserved until Friday after
noon, but counsel held tho opinion
he would overrule the motion
Judge Brown announced before court
w • VsS
adjounied Friday morning that ho would
give Ills instructions in the Jury Friday
afternoon when court convened at -
clock. Following their reading, closing
arguments will be begun.
The closing arguments will be opened
by Assistant County Attorney
Fteady, who will review and analyze the
idenee. Assistant County At torney H. M
I'eck and Attorney Harris will present ar
guments for the state, the latter to pre-
sent the closing argument of the case.
Attorney Moman Prulett will present the
losing argument for the defense.
while on his way
David Graham phillips, the well- known author, who was recently shot down in Ne
to luncheon by Fitzhugh O. Goldsborough. a madman
York
HENNESSEY CHURCH
DESTROYED BY FIRE
BELLE ISLE
PATRONS WIN
BIG VICTORY
HTMl Whrs .*
nr Tiinnrn nnitm poration Commission.
BE TURNED
Powerful Interests Arrayed
A gainst Tariff Treaty
With Canada.
TOO DEMOCRATIC
Republicans State That
Ratification Would Be a
Blow to Partv.
in Improper ana unproved assertion on cents; for 75 miles, 10.7 cenU; for 100
the part of Mr. Prulett. JudRo Brown miles. U.O cents.
railed a halt In the ronversatlon of both when the commission will Issue Its
attorneys and told them It wa. not In order Is not known, as the evt-
acrordance with the rule, of Mb court voluminous and must first be
to permit any such statements. I.<ator| r A1S^r f".
Judge Harris objected to a question, say
Inr It was an attempt on th. <*, rate3 In Oklahoma
the counsel for tho defense to Introduce, ■ ,or ,,
testimony that the court wrouldI the greatest complaints have come from
out. This also oaa^a city. An ord,
At 2 o'clock Friday afternoon the com-
mission took up the matter of switching
A proposed order lias
been Issued for the entire state, though
Oklahoma City. An order was made
some months ago, but the railroads were
granted a new hearing. They have al-
ready offered their testimony and the
state's witnesses will be examined Friday.
The only switching rates now in effect
"re those made by the railroads.
wise rut
the court n second admonition. Judge
Harris said he did not fully realize hnw j
his w6rds would sound and both he and -
Mr. Prulett apologized.
During Attorney Harris' cross-ques-
tioning of Picklns Attorney McAdams
made an objection to which Attorney |
Prulett, leading counsel for the defense. I
snapped his fingers, saying. "Eet him I
answer." Again Attorney McAdams made!
an objection, and Attorney Prulett told j
him to let the witness proceed; that he
wanted Picklns to tell his story.
Both Sides Conclude.
At 10:80 o'clock Friday morning both!
sides had finished their evidence an*!
Judge Brown excused the Jury until 1:30
o'clock, admonishing them to remember!
their Instructions and to not mnkt any | (^oilllllittCP MflkC-S Slich Kc-
attempt to reach an understanding or'
even discuss the case until they had re-
. rived their Instructions and the closing
nruruments had been heard.
He said It might require two or three j
hours to prepare the Instructions, which j
must be lengthy. The Instructions will,
be given to the Jury Friday afternoon and !
■ losing arguments will be begun.
Charles E. Lacy, of Capitol Hill, was
called Friday morning and testified It ]
,vas not Meadows' body- The
CONTRACT WANTED
port to the House Fri-
day Afternoon.
TO PRIBE DEEPLY
week and proposes through subse- j
t weeks became known Friday, when
A new contract may be made between
the state of Oklahoma and the Capitol
Building company. The spoclal commit-
tee named by the house to look into the
. . , agreements between the stat« and the
ainlnatlon brought from him a statement, promoterB of ,^ capltol reported to the
that the l,odv had a mustache, when oth. Krldav that It might bo well to
. rs say It did not have a mustache, lie
also 'aid on cross-examination that the j
body was in a good state of preservation,
as though it had been dead three or
four days. A picture iaken,of It showed
the face was almost decayed auav from
the bones and it was dead two or three
week*.
After the last evidence had been hea/d
counsel for the defense called Deputy
County fiery E. S. Blackburn to the wit.
nesii stand and offered to prove by him
that l ie grand Jury that indicted Tegeler
was Illegally drawn. Vpon objection by
Attorney Harris the court ruled out the
evidence and refused to let Mr. Black*
hum testify Deputy District Clerk flab,
cork was again called to the atand and
the court ruled she' could not testify in
referem e to the re.-ord? on file regard-
ing the empaneling of th* grand Jury.
new contracts. It was suggested In
the report that a special committee be
named to go over all existing papers with
a view of having new ones signed.
Eugene M. Kerr, the new representa-
tive from Muskogee and Haskell counties
to succeed the late James A. th
■worn In Friday.
Witnesses Summoned in the
Vote-Buying Investiga-
tions for Nest Week.
Danville. 111., Jan. 27.- The Vermillion
county grand Jury, now Investigating al-
leged selling of votes. Is still "beyond
control." That the Inquestors had changed
their plans and Instead of (leaning up
their work on the election cases Monday.
Intend to carry the Inquiry on through
next
quent
approximately thirty subpoena
sued for witnesses, who were directed to
appear Monday and succeeding days.
Percy L. English of the First National
bank was one of the day's most Impor-
tant witnesses. President English was
before the grand Jury more than half an
hour.
As the head of the Firs- National hank,
President English was supposed to have
knowledge of the trip of the celebrated
"pay car" automobile, which started from
that institution on the day of Mayor
liouls Piatt's election and made the
rounds "f all the polling places In the
city.
Veterans from the soldiers' home were
called before the grand Jury after Mr.
English had concluded his story. The
most Interest'ng of th' se witnesses was
Harry Johnson, an aged negro, wno
served In the United States navy during
the civil wai. Before entering the grand
jury room Jonnaon said:
"I don't Know anything about Mr. Can-
non ever paying any old soldiers any-
thing to vote for him. Indeed I don't Yes,
I always vote for Mr. t'annon myself, but
I nsver knew of any Insane old soldiers
being voted for him. I was never paid
anything f"r voting for him and I don'I
think anybody else at the home ever was.
We all voted for him anyway."
Six Chicago and one Indianapolis news-
paper correspondents were subpoenaed t<.
appear before the grand Jury and give
testimony.
Enid, Okla., Jan. 27.—Fire of an un-
known origin Friday morning'destroyed
the Christian church and parsonage at
Hennessey, Okla. The loss Is $6,M0. A
store belonging to O. W. Reed at Docy,
Okla., also burned this morning with a
loss of >4,000.
The Pointer's Baily
Inconsistency
no.
That the pointer
city as it clal
fully borne out
ro in Hfty dire
who do not rec
over 26,000 cop
cover the city,
only between '1
claim) and sen«
(so they claim
does not cover the
lo the advertiser is
the fact that If you
you v 111 find many
it at all. It requires
the Fre
Pr
Washington, Jan. 27 There will be n
reciprocity with Canada, at least at this
session of congress, and probably never
under the terms of the proposed agree-
ment sent to congress Thursday
President Taft. This definite statement
is made mi the best authority
Powerful interests arc arrayed against
the agreement's ratification. The conflict
involves features as Important as those
which characterized the long drawn out
c lspute over the Payno tariff bill.
Agricultural interests In the west and
fish Interests in the east, with a host of
manufacturing Interests, will fight the
ratification of the treaty bitterly. Be-
cause fish had been placed on the free
list, such powerful senators as Crane and
Dodge will oppose the treaty. 8o far,
tho president has received n- direct as-
surances of support of any of the repub-
lican party leaders. In the meantime the
present duties on pulp and paper Im-
ported from the United States lnt<> Can-
ada will remain. Whenever pulp and
paper enter the 1'nlted States from all
parts of Canada, free of duty, then simi-
lar articles will be admitted into Canada
from the IJnltod States free of duty. This
Is as remote a« It ever was
No Changes Possible.
To be successful the treaty must be
ratified in Its present form. No changes
or modifications can be made in It. Con-
gress must take It or leave it. if re-
jected merely because of the objection to
one or two schedules further diplomatic
procedure will stop. One senator by vig-
orous opposition can do much toward
killing the treaty. A round dozen are
opposed to it.
Tho only way President Taft could
force the Canadian reciprocity treaty
through congress Is by calling «n extra
session, was the assertion of representa-
tives from the northwestern states to*
day, after they had carefully dissected
tho proposed free list and mutual reduc-
tions. Even then he would have small
chance of success. Pome of the leading .
insurgent/s who fought so long and so (
bitterly f« r lower tariff duties, frankly j
admit that the reolprocity treaty savors
too much of free trade to suit them. Tin
northwestern states feel that they more
than any others are affected. An one of
the representatives put It, "We are belny
slaughtered to make a reciprocity holi
day."
Is Democratic.
One of the members of tho Mlnnlspta
delegation made the statement : ' If th
treaty goes through the republican party
In Minnesota will go out of business."
So far as agricultural products are con
eerned, there Is no doubt that such
states as Minnesota, Maine, Now Ifamp-
UlLshlrc, Wisconsin, Iowa and those In the
ntlre northwest will feel the effect* of
he reciprocal free trade most.
The Insuigents are busy today study
r-dules. Neither
nator lAFollette
d by Alfonso on the deml-J y„"t indicated how ho will vote when the
| and other cities. Alfons«i j lreaty comes before the senate. Mos
EFFECTIVE OX FEB. 6
Order Must Remain in
Force Until Conditions
Are Changed.
"It 1j, therefore, ordered tluit the de-
fendant, the Oklahoma Hallway company,
stop its local cars upon the t ustomary
signal for the purpose of taking on and
letting off passewgers at each street
crossing on what, is known as Its Belle
Isle line until further ordered by the
commission. That this order shall take
effect on and after tho rtth day of Feb-
ruary." Corporation commission's order,
made Friday.
Complaining patrons on the Helle Isle
line have won their fight after a hearing
before the corporation commission, which
Friday noon Issud an order compelling the
Oklahoma Railway company to stop Its
Belle Isle cats at every block In case sig-
naled to do so. The order will be effect-
ive February 6. The commission Is re-
quired to wive ten days notice of such
orders and the papers were served Friday
en officials of the street railway company.
The trouble began In the latter part of
November, when the street car company
Installed a new service with the Idea of
making faster time. On November 28 It
quit, stopping Its Belle islo cars every
block, stopping them only every othef
block. 'J. W. Owens and about 125 others
living on Thirty-second strnet made com-
plaint before the commission. It was
claimed the service was bad, that the
cars were Insufficient, many poorly ven-
tilated and some of them not ventilated at
all.
The order relales that the Belle Isle
line Is used In addition to local service
for Interurban cars between Oklahoma
City, Britton and Yukon and that these
Interurban lines are to bo extended to El
Reno, Guthrie and Edmond. When the
lines are so extended and are also hmit
into Norman, they will be competitors
with the railroads for passenger traffic,
«nd tho commission feel* that th«nr an
order to stop the cars at every block
might Interfere with prompt interurban
service. It feels, however, that such a
condition does not exist and points out
the fact that the Belle Isle lino Is the
only one over which that portion of th«
city northwest of Epworth university can
be reached. The commission states that
while the company should stop all local
cars at each street for the present, and
When the Interurban lines are extended
to El Reno or Edmond the commission
will hear an application to modify the
order Issued Friday.
ora train
TI LINE SPUN
Attentions of Alfonso to
Other Women Cause In-
ternational Scandal.
'! Madrid, Jan. 27 -Queen Victoria
! quit the royal house of Spain shortly ajid (
return to England. She does not plan to |
return. It Is asserted In official circles Jng th« new
that she will no longer tolerate the a,-JcUmmlns n<
ten lions slv
monde of F
IS
Report
Net
for 1910 Shows a
Profit of Over
$19,000.
Ittttlv
tell
Pointer runni
I SO,000 (so th
6,000 out of toi
i advertiser th
I is said to have oponly insulted the qu^en, I tjie B(.nator* and repr>-s<
tiie daughter of the late King Edward, tioned today were of the opinion t!
Hnd that when she leaves for her former there |R not one chanr
erlng
As they C'
Khort In order
not mwch wond
tlrely, and hunt
thirds of the
Mr Webster
says he does i
lariy.
John Statopv
1500 block on
Pointer at all
city.
itlnually count their ^
to save white paper 1
ler that so many miss'
dreds of others about t
I that the treaty can be
I The president !* anxloui
should be ratified at the
Hen
Charley Tlmsh
W. Merret. 1?
Bogus. 1521 W
In which four
say they seldom i
Mrs. .limson, 1"-
same information
not come regularl
Mr. Ishmael, 81
dom gets the paj
M I. Barber. IT
receive the Point
A. M. Ballard, r
not receive the I
while.
Mr. Depew, FOf
i'est Sixth, never gets a
iner. 1521 West Sixth;
, |U1 Waal sixth. John
1 West Sixth, and .Me
st Sixth. Here 1« a fin
families reside: they all
receive the pointer.
C?,4 West Sixth, glvfes the
m that the Pointer does
1 North Douglas
er at all
home It will be forever.
Among the king's feminine charmers Is
nuint'Tfd Oaby Des I.Vf. th- rtroM wlio
<-.>st King Manuel of Portugal his throne
und who threw him overboard in London.
\lfotiso 1* said to have won her before
she m"t Manuel and when lie tired of her
she went to the deposed Portuguese ruler.
Alfonso has made frequent trips to
The cabinet has tried hard to
this knowledge by official an-
,o111 that the king was spending
vs In the retirement of his home.
v known he has had many esca- j
i tho gay French capital. On ————
these trips Alfonso remained In! . A„nw tt
ir nearly three months. During ( Uflts 'iflVlV '01 U
it Alfonso's pranks were such
Paris polio
n their efforts to guard him igni
< identity unknown.
h detectives had a similar ex-
on Alfonso's last visit to Eng
That the waterworks department is ona
of Hie best paying corporations if It can
be termed such In the state of Oklahoma
Is brought out In a report on the water-
works department for the fiscal year
ending December <11, 1910, Just com-
pleted by Superintendent V. O. Shlnkle.
The reports show that after deducting
including the paying of
! $i«
HUPP! IN
IS
CELL
enseu,
Interest on
the departn
oflt of $19.007 19
he bonded indebted-
ent, a balance or net
remained in tho
s of last year.
figures showing ex-
are as follows:
rd quarter,
eipte, fourth quarter.
It is
ong
PJ"ek«:r„^| Trial—The Attorneys and |
Judge Broken Down.
$32,417.43
28,820.79
$61,758.21
$15, *14.35
. 17.jai.47
$.12,761.02
$11,758.21
perl en
laud,
111 tl.<
en he spent muci
<nnpany of Hctresi
at this time to LI
mt that a royal
averted.
of his time
es His at-
y Elsie were
scandal was
i Wheeling, W. Va., Jan ?7
I of the terrific strain of tho
' Laura I'arnsworth Bchenk,
! prince pal figures
state
lent
his ho
« SENATOR BAILEY
WILL SPEAK HERE
the
reac
A. Fried, Sixth
neighbor?, only g-
then.
Mr. Cannon. 40
verag
many want jobs.
Hundreds of letters arp being received
by tJovernor l^c Cruco from persons In
every county In Ihe state, who want to
he tax assesors In the seventy-seven
counties under the provisions of the bill
creating the office of tax asgetor in eactf
county.
The bill has not become a law as yet.
but the house hsa passed ]i and It It
thought the senate will do likewise.
run
of So hen k was kept In h«
ay, 1306. being county Jail Prosecutli
qI love affair. | Handlan was sick In b
oily disproved. , was ill a' his home ti
rd, < old facts, arduous sesslonn and
most of the O'Brien w as con fine.i
nope, was ar- Xs a result the questloi
purposes. Hehenk's ball cannot I
Isers aro mak - I Sat urday.
patch up the Mrs. Schenk was a
«• told the king | her cell In the Ohio r
>f his kingdom and catted gall
Joseph W. Bailey. United States sena-
tor from Texas, will address the okla-
homa legislature. In h letter to State
Senator Stewart. tlr distinguished Texas
senator accepts the Invitation recently
tended him by the house and senate
come to Oklahoma Clt.v and make
speeel
SECTION OF Till
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te
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nt onco.
but this will be arranged to
shown
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