The Evening Free Press (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 175, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 6, 1911 Page: 2 of 12
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TWO
Wedding Gifts
That Last
When you buy anything In Jewelry,
Cut Glass or Silverware from us for wed-
ding gifts, you are assured that you are
buying something that will give lasting
pleasure.
We call particular attention to our
complete lines of Cut Glass and Sterling
Silver, as being the best and largest in
the city.
Boasen Bros.
<33 West Main Street
STEEL TRUST MEN
SOON MUST FACE
US THE MERCURY
BUBBLES PRICES
Of
BIG BOXER CLAIM WAR IN SiGHT
Washington, June 6 — An Investigation
la to be made of the payment of $388.ouo
out of the Boxer Indemnity fund to tne
heirs of "Qeneral" Frederick Townaeni
Ward, when the claim upon which pay-
ment was made had no connection with
the boxer uprising- The probe will be
he'd by the houae committee on expendi-
tures In the state department, which 's
"digging deep Into atate department af-
fahrs.
John W. Foster, former secretary ot
atate, secured the payment, and receiv-
ed a fee of 1184,000. Mr. Foster did the
collecting for hla client. Mrs. Georgians
Amldon. The claim wa* left the de-
acendanta of ''General" Frederick Town-
aend Ward, tne famous American soldier
of fortune, who died In China, claiming
the Chlneee government owned him |li>0,-
000. Mrs. Amldon'a first husband was a
brother and one of the heirs of "General"
Ward. My the time the claim wa* col-
lected It amounted to $336,000, of whlcn
amount Mr. Foater received 1184,000 for
hla services.
CAREY COLLEGE TO
OPEN ON THE DOT
It la announced that Carey College, the
management of which accepted the offer
of I. M. Putnam lome weeks ago to re-
move to the site donated to It near Put-
nam City, will begin lta first term in
lta new location September 13. It will
be housed the first year in the $100,000
brick building that Is now being complet-
ed by the Putnam company. The teach-
ing force will constat of twenty educa-
tors, vocal and Instrumental musical
courses having been added to the achool
curriculum, and special lectures will be
Riven on economic and sociology, public
-health and sanitation from time to time.
The college takes lta name from Will-
lam CaTey. the father of modern mls-
alons. but It will be undenominational In
lta character, although fostered by the
Baptist churches of the atate. A build-
ing will be erected at a coat of $100,-
000, and an additional $150,000 will be
given the school for endowment purposes.
Accommodations for 200 pupils will be
provided at the start.
TWO CONCERNS TO
PRINT DIRECTORIES
Oklahoma City will likely have two di
rectories. Two printing concerns, tne
Warden-Hofflne and the Worley-Frlss
company of Dallas, have started to work,
each aaaertlng that "It" will be the au-
thorised directory. Thus far the Cham-
ber of Commerce has not endoreed either
company although the organisation
been aaked to do ao The directories
will ba out within six weeks.
Chicago, June 6—A. J. Uchstern has
cornered the grnln storage room In Chi-
cago, and Is preparing to send tho price
of cash whent to $1.25 before unloading
the 12,000.000 bushels he was forced to
Duy as the result of his attempt to
. squeeze "shorts" In May.
I This Is the belief of the board of trad.*
brokers, who were on the verge of panic
Tuesday when they realized the signifi-
cance of the situation. The great ma-
nipulator^ latest move was declared to
be the most daring and audacious In the
history of the "pit." .
The situation became apparent when
It waa obaerved that when Llchatern took
In the wheat he found It necessary to buy
as the result of hla attempted May
"squeeze," he was not particular whether
It waa atored In public or private ware-
houses As deliveries are not "regular."
when the wheat offered Is not In public
storage, and It would no<t have been
neressary for him to accept any grain In
private warehouses. It was whispered
that Llchatern had "a trump up his
aleeve."
OFFICER KILLS
TWO BURGLARS
Hatttesburg, Miss., —June 6.—In e
midnight battle between a deputy sheriff
and burglara who were trying to rob 'the
offices and blow the safe of the Lamar
Land and Lumber company at Clyde. 12
miles west of here, the crackamen, Geo.
DeWltt anil Wm. Taylor were killed and
W. 8. Chambers, the deputy, waa slightly
wounded.
DeWltt was shot climbing through the
window; Taylor was later found dead at
hla home frm wounda. Indicating that he
had ben shot by his comrade.
BOOSTERS BOOST
MEETING OF VETS
At the regular meeting of the board
of directors of the Chamber of Commerce
■this morning, held In the offlcoa of J. H.
Johnson of the Colcord building, an ap-
propriation of $500 was made to cover
the entertainment expense of the Span-
ish* American war veterans, whose na-
tional convention occurs In Oklahoma
City In August. In addition to th!a In-
dorsement was made by the directors of
the Warden-Hoffln Directory company,
who desire to establish themselves here.
Ten applicants were also admitted to
membership in the Chamber of Com-
merce.
Washington, June 6.—Criminal and civil
actions agulnst the steel trusts and Its
officials are to be brought by the admin-
istration according to a well founded re-
port current In Waahlngton.
Tuesday morning President Taft and
Attorney Oeneral Wlckersham held an
extended conference over the matter T"'t>
report that the prosecution would follow
waa not denied.
The lepartment of Juatlce his obtained
I lta own records In the absorption of tr.e
Tennessee Coal and Iron company by me
United States Steel corporation and with
I evidence to be submitted bby the bureau
of corporations of the department of com-
merce and labor, At*. v General W u-
ersham la soon to begin legal act'on to
dissolve the steel trust and 'hla will bo
followed by criminal actions against t.io
members of the trua
President Taft and the attorney *<n-
ora 1 Intend, It Is believed, to tro back of
ihe "O. K." put on the absorption ot
the Tennessee company by iho U. S.
steel corporation by former President
Roosevelt.
Astonishment was expressed In offl-
ial circles here when it becamc known
that the administration was contemplat-
ing prosecution. It waa learned that
Chairman Stanley of the special house
committee Investigating the trust, con-
ferred Monday with President Taft and
Tuesday with Attorney-General Wicqer-
aham. Mr. Stanley is said to have pre-
ented evidence to the attorney-general
nd to the president a« to the violations
f the Sherman anti-trust law by tne
United States steel corporation which
have not yet boon made public.
Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner ot
the corporation, who haa been working
for more than tw years n the operation
of the steel trust, has also placed evi-
ence In the hands of t>ie attorney-
general, It Is said, to make sure that
the trust will meet the same fate as be
fell the stanuard oil and the tobacco
monopolies.
FINEST BRIDGE
RAILWAY COMPANY WINS
The Jury In superior oourt brought in
a verdict for the defendant In the $10,-
000 damage caae of Mrs. Mae Miller
against the Oklahoma Railway company,
This waa the second trial, the flrat one
reaultlng In a hung Jury.
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
Mr. Lewis Thomas announces the en-
gagement of his daughter, Etta Mne to
Mr. Charles Ross Spears, the marriage to
take place Wednesday afternoon, Juno
14, at 5.30 o'clock at the residence of
the bride, 1701 West Nineteenth street.
After July 31 tho young people will be
at home at 1609 Went Twenty-second at
What Is said to be the finest bridge
In Oklahoma has Just been completed,
and the board of county commissioners
allowed the final bill on It, Tuesday
morning. It Is the new handsome cement
structure on Grand Boulevard at Ex-
change avenue and crosses the Canadian
Tlver. The total cost was $55,000, which
was borne by the city park board, the
Oklahoma Railway company, and Okla-
homa county.
It stretches out for a distance of two
hundred and forty feet, la 75 feet wide,
and besides room for street car tracking
has driveways, and paths for pedestrians,
To make it on a solid foundation. It waa
necessary to sink the columns down
through twenty feet of quick sand to tho
basic rock.
While the work of efMVlqn hay been
completed, It will be about three weeks
before It Is opened to traffic. The work
has taken eleven months, construction
having begun last July. The structure
waa erected under the supervision of tne
Topeka Bridge and Iron company.
GOVERNOR PARDONS
CHARLES HAST
Special to The Free Press.
Shawnee, Okla., June 6.—Chas. Hast
will not go to the penitentiary. A pardon
was received Tuesday and he was re
leased from the county Jail and went to
hla home In McLoud, where he Is In the
hardware business. He has a wife and
three children.
Hast was convicted of criminal assault
In December. 1903, though friends all be
lleved him Innocent, and sentenced to
six years. The case was appealed, but
the papers were lost In the appeal court.
They were recently found and the de-
cision of the lower court was affirmed
Hast was committed to the county Jail
April 28, the order of committment to
the penitentiary being held up pending
application for pardon. The petition for
pardon was signed by fl. P. Freellng.
prosecuted the caae eight years ago. by
nix of the Jurorn. all who could be lo-
cated, anil Presiding Judge Burwell wrote
a letter to the governor for llast.
According to an announcement by Carl
Glltach of the New State Brewing as-
sociation, the price of ice coupons will I
be advanced from 35 to 15 cents a hun-
dred, immediately. The cash price of
40 cents a hundred will remain at the
old figure.
"This simply means a return to the
prices that are always maintained during
the summer months," said Mr. Olltach
this afternoon. "Last September I re- !
duced the price to 85 cents as u stimulus
to trade during the cold season, but can-
not allow it to remain at that figure now
We are at this time supplying all the.
other companies In the city with Ice out
of a quantity that we have In storage,
aggregating 2800 pounds. * te demand
upon the Ice manufacturers In the hot
months Ih bo great that If It were not for
this surplus there would be a serious
shortage."
Mr. Olitsch la confident that there will
not be a famine in ice this summor, and
states that ao far as he Is concerned
there will be no raise In prloe.
MAIL HANDLED ~
SHOWS INCREASE
Following out the orders of the postal
department at Washington, Postmaster
Elmer E. Brown during the month ot
May kept account of each piece of in-
coming and outgoing mall, all classes,
what It weighed and how many minutes
were consumed in the handling of It.
In order to facilitate this he employed a
number of extra clerks, and from the
completeness and comprehensiveness of
lila report appears to have accomplished
a seemingly Herculean task without
trouble.
There were 8.532,224 pieces of mall
matter, all clasaes, handled at the Okla-
homa City office during the month. Tho
actual time consumed in handling this
amount was 559,942 minutes. Of the
outgoing mall there were 1,691,779 pieces,
handled 254,096 minutes, and of Incom-
ing mall 1,840,445 pieces were handled In
204,946 minutes. It waa found necessary
to advertise 3,807 letters as uncalled for.
Postmaster Brown states that the re-
sults for the month of May show that
Oklahoma City handled 25 per cent more
mall matter than Muskogee, the second
city In the state In point of population.
NEGROES MOVED TO
PREVENT LYNCHING
Birmingham. Ala., Jun0 6.—Seven ne-
groes are In Jail In Marlon for safj keep-
ing. They are those charged with parti-
cipated race riot on a Southern passenger
train on Sunday when Brakeman Foxhaii
was killed. The prisoners were remove!
from Union town to Marlon on account of
demonstrations at Unlontown and are
guardod by militia. The Travis negroes
who are thought to have fired the snots
that killed Foxhall have not been cap-
tured.
SUIT MAY SOLVE
Our $5.00 to $10 Waists
On Sale Tomorrow For Only -
The very
newest and
latest of our
embroider-
ed Marqui-
sette Waists
in the Peas- fj
ant styles go
into this sale
for—
Beautiful
hand e m -
bro i d e r e d
Lingerie
Waists that
are trimmed
; \ with linen
cluny and
Valencien-
nes laces go
into this sale
for—
We are going to give you a ehauce tomorrow to secure the very best of this season's Waists
for the price of the ordinary kind. And to get them right at the very first of June is something
that doesn't happen often. In fact tomorrow you can get these handsome waists at the price you
expect to pay in August. There is only one reason for this—just to stimulate business ill our
waist department for this one dav in the better class of New Summer Waists.
BEAUTIFUL HAND-EMBROIDERED WAISTS in white with the high neck and the short
sleeves—trimmed with linen Cluny and Val. Laces. There are two styles of this kind.
THE EMBROIDERED MARQUISETTE WAISTS—beautiful, fine quality of material made
in the Peasant styles and trimmed with the. Cluny and German Val. Laces—These waists are
embroidered in blues, white, black, coral green and lavender. See window display.
OUR $5.00 TO *10.00 NEW SUMMER WAISTS IN 8 DIFFERENT STYLES ON SALE
TOMORROW FOR—$4.00.
Women Are Only Too Glad To Buy
Such beautiful Undermuslin as Baum's carries in stock at the one-fourth Reduction that is in
force this week They find the Qowns so much longer and wider—The skirts fit so much bet-
ter—The Corset Covers are nice and full over the bust—The materials are so fine and the trim-
mings are all so dainty and pretty-and every garment is so perfectly finished whether you pay
50c or *18 75 Besides the Undermuslin garments we have GOOD PRINCESS SLIPS made
of lawn in white, blue and pink FOR $1.00-A GOOD REDUCTION ON SHORT KIMONOS.
BANK CLEARINGS
TuMday
ThU liny taut Mk
Ttil cluy U«t month
Tlila day laat year
.1138.819
. Holiday
181 ..18*
519.319
100 Silk Foulard Dresses
$15.00 Values on Sale Thursday
Morning at 9 o'clock
$3.75
Grounds of Navy, Brown, Copenhagen
White, with pretty Ring, Dot, Stripe_ and Fig-
ured Effects; a wonderful value.
in our window.
and
Fig-
See them
defaulting cashier
left only one dime
DEATH MYSTERY belonging to th. Fanners State Bank o. I,. I. Buebner. former cashier of ne
I Tushka Okla.. wa. opened In the shop. Farmer. State Bank o! Tuahka. in.
of the ' Manganese Steel Safe company. cashleT waa short In his accounts. He
Special to The Free Press. here iate yesterday and found to contain 1 disappeared suddenly about two montns
Chickasha, Ok a.. June 0— Mrs. Thomas IoUr empty money bags and one dime. : ago and a few days later the news dis-
Simer filed suit for $25,000 damages The cafe which weighed about two ' patches carried the Information that he
against the Chickasha Gas and Electric | tonB had been sent here when the bantc had died by his own hand. The amount
company charging them with negligence officials and experts had found It lm- jf his shortage was not made known by
that resulted In the death of her hus- possible to open It one morning at the' the bank officials. It Is not known how
band. Tom Sinter, who waa electrocuted j opening of business. A Plalnfleld bank much money was taken from the safe,
In the office of the company here last i official was present when the steel box though an official of the bank In a state-
-u"- - * was finally opened after a week"a work, ment to the Free Preaa Tuesday declar^l
The bank offlclala at Tushka have been that he doea not believe the sate con-
notlfled. When the safe arrived here talned more than $1,000 at the time it
there were evidences that the combine- was entered and the combination tam-
tlona had been tampered with. pered.
Perspiration, Filth and Worms
Removed from your feathers by
having them cleaned by
IPS
PHONE '
spring while on duty, in district court
Tuesday. The death of Mr. Slmer which
occurred April 9th, has remained a sealed
mystery.
M. J. Shaw Feather Co.
1311 W. 1st St. Maple 74i
SAYS CHILDREN ARE LOST
An aged man in a demented condi-
tion who gave hla name as Thomas Hell
waa found upon the etreeta Monday aft-
ernoon by the police department. He waa
taken to the city Jail. Phyalclans claim
that the excessive heat was the cause.
Bell made numerous requeata upon Hu-
mane Officer Farrla to find hla two
children although he did not aeem to
know their names.
YOUNG GOLFER
DEFENDS TITLE
Special to The Free Proaa.
Muskogee, Okla., June 6.—Henry a.
Owlnnup of Muakogee haa twice won the
amateur golf champlonahlp of the state.
I<aat year he won that title at Tulsa at
the annual meeting of the Oklahoma
State Qolf association, and successfully
WOMAN MAYOR
WILL STAND PAT
Hunnewell, Kan., June 6.—Mrs. Klla
Wilson, the woman mayor of Hunnewell,
Tuesday begun action to oust three alder-
men, who failed Monday night to show
up at a meeting of the city council, there-
by preventing a quorum. Two aldermen
showed up.
"I Intend to stand my grounds," she
declared. 'T will declare the offices ol
three aldermen vacant, and I am sure
that the state authorities will permit me
to appoint men who wl!l work with me
for the betterment of tho city."
NO TRACE OF
MISSING AIRMEN
Nice, France. June 6.—Six torpedo
boats that have been scojring the sea
for Lieutenant Bague, the missing army
lator who set out from here to fly to
Corsica, returned Tuesday without hav-
ing found a trace of him and hope that
he had escaped was abandoned.
JOHN BIQELOW BETTER.
Highland Falls. N. Y. June 6.—John
Blgelow, the veteran diplomat and au-
defended the title at the meeting of the . thor, described by President Taft as "the
association held at the Town and Coun- grandest old man of the age," was
try club this year. ! Bnghtly Improved Tuesday from the at-
Gwlnnup Is a young man, 30 years old, tack of paralysis which took him to his
n prominent club and society man of thla hed several days ago, but on account of
city. All of his golf training has been se- j his advanced age of 94 years, it is feared
cured on the courae of the Town and that the lllneaa will prove fatal.
207 W. Main
15$
The House of
Values
m
WHERE COURT MEETS
It waa announced thla afternoon that
the state aupreme court will convene in
'judge Clark's court next Thursday morn-
ing. for the purpose of again taking up
the matter of a supersedeas, asked for
by "Mayor" Lackey and the city coun-
cil, to retain their offices until the final
decision as to the validity of the char-
HOR8E KILLS MAN.
Rochester, N. Y., June fl.—Arthur
Ha yd en was Instantly killed Tuesday
morning when a horse which had be
come frightened tramped upon him.
HOTEL MEN MEET.
Boston, June 6.—Five hundred hotel
men from all parts of thfc united States
and Canada are in attendance at the
Thirty Second Annual convention of the
Hotel Men's Mutual Benefit association,
which opened Tuesday at the Hotel
Brunswick. Mayor Fitzgerald welcomed
the delegates and a reception was ten-
dered at the state house by Governor
and Mrs. Foss.
HADLEY INN
128 1-2 W. Third
Suite with private bath.
Rooms by the day or
week. Monthly rate.
1
How Can They Do It ?
Fine, large Roll and Coffee 5c
Cream Griddle Cakes 5o
All Cereals and Milk 5c
Prime Roast and Potatoes 10c
Veal Cutlets and Potatoes 10c
TICKETS: 21 full meals, $3.50, and j
50c back on First Ticket. Wo can
board you cheaper than you can keep
houc).
WHERE? CITY HALL CAFE
109 1-2 W. Grand Avs. Nsxt door west1
City Hall, Down Staira.
"On Time"
IS OUR MOTTO
Try us with that next order
(or stationery
THE QUICK PRINT SHOP
R. M. WHITE, M£r.
Walnut 7458 2 1-2 N. Harvty
MEN AND MATTERS
HENRY Q. QWINNUP.
1 Country club here, except a little desul-
i lory playing while he waa at school. He
J takes an active Interest In the game and
has been coached for the past two years
J by Wm. A. Nichols of Scotland, the pro-
fessional golfer who Instructs the ama-
i teur members of the Muskogee Town and
i Country club i d who this year won tne
I Interstate profesalonal match ami purse
put up by the 9tate association In this
j match were professional golfers from
I Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas.
Bertrand Mitchell of Dallaa, Texas. Is
a gueat at the I/ee-Hucklna hotel.
The board of county commissioners let
the contract for the printing <>f the tax
rolls to t.ie Times-Journal Publishing Co.,
Tuesday morning Its bid was |18S, the
only other one being S242 bythe Warden
Printing company. The tax rolls con-
sist of eighteen volumes this year, mak-
ing In all 5,340 pages.
Another "Grand Boulevsrd caae" was
called In the district court The com-
plaining parties are R. Schuneman and
Minnie Schuneman The appralaers fixed
the damagea at $1,600 for a alxty-foot
strip through blocks fourteen and fifteen
of "Schuneman Acres."
The threat. newaleat afternoon news-
i paper Is the Free Pre
Private Money
B. M. LOVELACE
1023 Stat. Nat l Bank
Ladies:—
The coolest
thing for Sum-
mer is our
Clothes in Im-
ported Wool
Crashes. They
are cooler than Linen or Silk
and keep their style. Come
and let us show you. 128 W.
2nd St. Plione Walnut 4608.
Complete
Machine Shop
AUTOGENOUS WELDING PLANT.
PREST MACHINE WORKS. 320 B.
Grand Ave. Phone Walnut 4628.
OKLAHOMA
Repair Shoi1
We have some good secondhand bi-
cycles for sale. Also do all kinds
of light repairing. Rear old postofflce.
16 N. Harvey.
PHONE WALNUT 2669.
HILL'S BUSINESS COLLEGE
"UP-TO-THE-MINUTE"
letches tbe very latest up-to-date methods—
1NVESTIGATE—N.W. Corner Main and I d'y
OKLAHOMA CITY "telephone 343
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