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THE PEOPLE’S PAPER
SAPULPA HERALD
THE PEOPi^'J WER
'VOLUME II. NUMBER 45
SAPULPA. CREEK COUNTY. OKLAHOMA. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2 3. 1915
FOUR DOLLARS PER YEAR
Defense Attempting to
Batter the Testimony
of Policeman Wheeler
Gambler and a Deputy Sheriff Used to Sustain
Contention that Wilder Did Not Drimc
There and Could Not See
Into the Joint
t GOOD WITNESS
SHELLS FOR THE GREAT FRENCH OFFENSIVE
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appeared to be leas Informed on
most matters pertaining to her bus-
iness than most people would be,
She did not know from whom the
MRS. FULTON WHO RAN ^ME,room was rented, to whom the mon-
RESTAURANT IDENTIFIES DIA-;py wag pailj nor *bere her partner
GRAM TO PROVE NO DOOR IN- nor wbai was in the next room
TO JOINT BUT SHE DID NOT nor w^0 )ia(j tbe place before she
KNOW WHO SHE RENTEDi»ent in on the 2tith of May but she
This photograph of great stores of shells, which has Just reached America, gives some Idea of the preparations
made by the French for the recent offensive In the western war rone. The picture was taken near a hidden battery.
FROM NOR MANY OTHER PER-
TINENT MATTERS THAT MIGHT
HAVE BEEN DAMAGING TO DE-
FENSE
At 2:30 this afternoon after
most of the time had been tak-
en up with futile objections
and unnecessary spread eagle or-
atory on the part of Ben Thomp-
son, who aeciif'-; to be feeling
better and only one witness
examined the court aJjourned
for the reasons that the witness
wanted by the defense for next
consideration could net appear.
The real reason is that the
witness in question w-as too drunk
to appear in the court loom,
Kellogg, ex-deputy Jailor, being
the man wanted. If they had any
other witnesses they could have
put on they did not choose to
do so and in fact the whole
trend of the defense since they
began this morning has been to
delay as much as possible the
decision in this case, apparently
In the hope that they wil be able
to do something besides Intro-
duce testimony.
At the adjournment the state-
ment of the court Indicated that
the defense was practically
through wfth Its testimony and
that the rebuttal would be begun
at least on Monday afternoon.
If this is the case and the de-
fense has but little more to of-
fer their ease Is very weak on
facts, however strong they hope
It to be In argument.
The defense this morning after
demurring singly and in toto to the
counts and the paragsaphs of the
counts In the accusation in the
manner prescribed by law and at
which four paragraphs of the first
count were stricken out because the
attorney general had not considered
it ribcessary to add evidence In
those respects and one in the sec-
ond count for the same reason began
its side of the case with a short
speech to the Jury by Henry Asp di
rected at witness Bert Wheeler whose
4
evidence was so damaging yester-
day.
He said that he would show that
Bert Wheeler was drunk that day,
that Harry Bteln took a quart of
whiskey away from him in the res-
taurant and tyat there was no con-
nection between the restaurant and
the Joint. He ended his speech by
saying that when the defense finish-
ed he believed there would not be
any doubt in the minds of the Jury
much less a reasonable doubt of the
innocense of the defendant.
MRS. FULTON
Perhaps the most Important wit-
ness the defense had on the stand
today was Mrs. Henry Fulton of Oil-
ton who is supposed to be the lady
who was in charge of the restaurani
when Harry Stein and the sheriff
and “Senator” Wosner were there
and at which time Bert Wheeler tes-
tified that he saw them drinking
beer rbought in from the bar. Her
testimony was practically all con-
fined to the identifying a plat of the
Oil Exchange ground floor which
showed no doors from the restaurnnt
Into the joint. She also said no
drinking was ever done In the res-
taurant.
On cross examinaPon however, she
did appear to know that there was
no other restaurani In the building
because they bought the restaurant
“privilege'’ in the Oil Exchange,
from whom she did not know.
THE “SENATOK”
E. A. Wesner, who was supposed
to have been there with Wilder, was
the next witness. He is or was a
deputy sheriff under Wilder, a
henchman of his in Kiefer and has
been in his emp) >ye ever since he
went in office.
Ills testimony corroborated that of
Mrs. Fulton concerning the location
and arrangement of the restaurant,
that there was a door into the bar-
ber shop and one from the barber
shop into the west room, which he
did not know to be a joint. Said
Bert Wheeler came in hoistrous
and soiis»d and Stein arrested him
and took his whiskey away and then
let him go on a promise to go home.
On era's examination he also did
not know a lot of things, did not
know where the Oil Exchange was
though he was a deputy sheriff and
had been In Ollton many times dur-
ing the months that joint was run-
ning wide open, he became con-
fused in hi* directions and in the
time of the meal, which had been
identified by Bert Wheeler as being
an evening meal while Wesner said
it was a noon meal eaten after a
raid on a Joint in an alley back of
the Oil Exchange building. He also
said he came there with Wilder
a week before and stayed there a
week until this Aecasion took place,
this later having said that the meal
on the first occasion was eaten In
Harry Anderson’s place.
He also said he did not know
either Gilkey or Tindle, both of
whom lived at Kiefer for years and
moved to Oilton a ndoeenpd
moved to Oilton and opened up a
Joint at that place, nor did he know
where Foster and Crltes place was.
He also testified that they tried to
raid a place later Identified as be-
ing in the Oil Exchange building
but did not raid because the doors
were locked.
GAMBLER NEXT
The next witness was Harry Par-
ent who said he ran a hotel in Oil-
ton called the Gusher hotel. His
testimony concerning the location
and arrangement of the restaurant
was the same as that of the other
witness^ who all insisted u|>on the
non-existence of a door from the res-
taurant directly into the joint, the
absence of an annex for tables and
the inability of anyone to see into
the joint from the restaurant He
also testified that it had always
been in that same condition from
the time he came to Oilton.
On cross-examination he admitted
he came from Tulsa where he had
been an oil lease man, a gambler
and a boo'legger and had visited
the Oil Exchange joint where the
gambling and liquor selling was go-
ing on practlcany every day. He
also admitted that one goes through
the barber shop Into the joint and
that was the way most everybody
went when they went in early In
its existence, and before the en-
trance waB made on Main street. He
described the doors. He also admit-
ted that he was in the restaurant
as many as five or six times a day
but did not say for what. An amus-
(Continued on page four)
TO SUE FOR
OFFICES IN
DRUMRIGHT
Chief of Police Won t
GiveU and Two Jus-
tices will Also Go to
Court for Rights
DRUMRIGHT, Oct. 23.—Drum-'
| right is still In the throes of f a
municipal mlxup and the end is no
where In sight. Judge McLaury, ap-
pointed by District Judge E. B.
Hughes and acting on the advice
and recommendation of the l,aw
and Order League, and the Drum-
right Bar association, is still serv-
ing. The city council met in a called
meeting and approved the bonds of
O. C. Elliott, recently appointed as
Justice of the Peace, and A. D. Jor-
don as chief of police. The reporter
was present In the court room this
morning when O. C. Elliett present-
ed his credentials for the office of
Justice of the Peace. The document
was a short one and directed Judge
McLaury to surrender his books and
ofifee to Mr. Elliott, and was signed
by J. 11. Pickens as president of
the Town Board, and Frank Fos
ter as City Clerk. When O. C. Elliott
handed the papers to Judge Mc-
Laury he took a minute from his of-
ficial duties and read the paper. Af-
ter he had finished he told Mr.
Elilott that the rase would have to
be tested out in the courts. Mr.
Elliott smiled, put on his hat and
Immediately left the court room.
Judge McLaury was asked wh&t
course he expected to pursue. He
said he Intended to hold the office
and have the\ matter tested in the
courts.
Mr. Elliott was asked what he in-
tended to do and he said a suit
would be filed at once for posses-
sion of the office. C. T. Tomlison,
chief of police, said he would not
surrender the office to A. D. Jor-
don and that If Jordon got the of-
fice he would have to bring an ac-
tion in the courts to get it. He fur-
ther said he was appointed by a
majority of the council and that he
expected to serve until a majority
removed him.
The way things now stand both
eases may be in court for a year.
We ean only judge the tuture by the
past and in former rasps where suit
has been brousht for the possession
! of an office, it is usually appealed
| from one court to nnother until all
| legal means are exhausted. Let’s hope
that harmony will prevail through it
ail and that the town will have
honest, conscientious officials, who-
ever they may be.
JURY LIST OUT FOR
GRAND JURY OVER IN TULSA
The Mg investigation in the
:iel,hboring county which is to bo
held by the attorney general himself!
will begin on the First of Novem-
ber and the Tulsa World, after Its
manner of breaking tie news that
isn't to be broken if Justice Is
served, lias already published the
list of names.
The Tulsa gang will now proceed
to do the rest if they can, since their
organ has made the first step.
I SHOOK If
n oil
Secretary of the Association Even lit Rabid Hyphenated
Gives Some Facts and
Figures on the In-
dustry Here
COMPROMISE 55 IN OPERATION ANGEL OF MERCY
IS TALK WITH
THE C.L&F.
Mat Rateo F ive Cents
for Glass Companies
-•Little Fellows would
be Hard Hit
Americcns of New Yoik
Shocked that Such Gmel-
tll Gould Be
A gas meeting was held in the
office of MePcegal, Lytle and Allen
last night at which the gas commit-
tee apposed •: the mass meeting
and the representatives of the glass
company, tlu< city and the Central
Light and Fuel were In attendance.
This la one of a series of meet-
ing* that have been htid In an ef
fort to make a compromise with th»5
Central Light * F*uel company and
continue the use of their gas lines
thia winter. Judge Ames, counsel for
the Gas company waa also in at-
tendance and between Mr Cantrell
and Judge Ames they laid before the
glass men and the several manufac-
tories heie a proposition that on one
side at least was satisfactory.
The Central Light and Fuel com-
pany lost $17,000 last year, accord-
ing to Its hooks, this is the loss on
Sapulpa Had Bali Close to Goal
Several Times- Many Play-
ers Wore Injured io
Scrimmage
In a hard fought game between
Muskogee and Sapulpa and Sapulpa
highs, S. H. IS. was defeated for the
first time this season. Although the
score was 18-0 the playing was
more equally divided than the score
would indicate.
The game started with S. IT. S.
kicking off to Muskogee. After ten R(.tual M|>endlllires for Oper*tlon
minutes o. bard play, M. H. S. made an(j maintenance of supply and
her first touchdown. Two minutes llnPg. ThP plans as gubrnmpd by
later Rhymer was knocked out but the Ras company some time ago
went in again. Next the quarterback rhanged the deficit Into a $44,000
Spocogee, was hurt and had loleavn profit. This of course merely an es- ft day. The purely Independent
the game. Bartlett was knocked tiinate on laat year'* budget. Last
MANY PLANTS RUNNING AND
MAKING BOTH ENDS MEET BE-
CAUSE OF LOW PRICE CON.
TRACTS MADE BEFORE JUMP
—OTHERS IN DIFFICULTIES
OILTON, Oct. 23.—In regard to
the organization of the Western Re-
finers association and the work It Is
doing, and giving the statistic* ef
liie oil refining business In the west,
Secretary H. O. James of the West-
ern Refiners delivered an interest
Ing address recently before the an-
nual convention of the National I’e-
troleum association at Atlantic City.
He has thus given out much import
ant data, of vast value to the oil
world. Mr. James advocated a dose
fraternal organization that would
he of mutual benefit all the time,
and in particular at the present time
when many independent refiner# are
finding It a difficult matter to se-
cure crude oil on which to operate.
“Of the 63 refineries of the Mid-
Continent field, not including the
Standard, but Including the pierce,
Texas and .Magnolia refineries, 3>j
were In operation when the Cushing
sand was discovered,” said Mr.
Jam**. "Two of the 3$ have since
been dismantled and gone out of
business. Twenty-one new plant*,
or 19 of the 55, were built during
1914-1.1, or since the discovery of
the Cushing deep sand: 21 western
refineries at the present time are
either In course of construction, shut
down or running less than 300 bar-
rels a day.
“The 65 Mld-Conl Inent refineries
nt the preesnt time* are handling
about 82.000 barrels of crude oil a
day. The Magnolia, Pierce and Tex-
as are handling about 26,000 barrel*
ALL BRUSSELS ADORED WO*
MAN WHO REFUSED TO DC*
PART THOUGH DANGER WAS
PATENT EVERY DAY — RE.
FUSED TO PLEAD FOR LIFE
IN A MILITARY REGIME
senseless. The main plays of tills
quarter were forward passes from
Hayes, to Rhymer and line plunges
by Burgess and Hayes.
In the second quarter Sapulpa was
within two yards of the goal but
lost the hall by an intercepted for-
ward pass. Rhymer had to leave the
game and Fox took his place.
In the second half Muskogee kick-
edd off to Sapulpa. Bartlett ^ot the
ball and went within twenty yards
of the goal. Hayes intercepted a for-
night the committee succeeded in
changing the plan to such an extent
that the $44,004 was reduced to
about $31,000 In this manner: The
glass companies would pay a kind
of Mat rate of five cents per thous-
and. this regardless of that sliding
scale In force last year, and there-
fore regardless of the small or large
quantity consumed.
The other plants like the brick
yards and Light company and the
city waterworks and ltovaird supply
waul pass and gained ten yards hut .would have to pay on a sliding scale
lost the ball on downs. For a while
the game was straight scrimmage
By long end runs Muskogee made
her second touchdown.
In the thrld quarter Mallory was
so high that for the most part It
would make their u»e of gas almost
impossible, Ihe rate going in one In-
stance at least as high as 13 cents,
i This part of the agreement was not
and was in possession of the hall
most of the time. Although weak-
ened by loss of som^ of the n gular
players the team never once lost its
fighting spirit.
In the last quarter M. H. P. made
Its final touchdown Just five min-
uteB before the whistle blew.
8. H. 8. was far superior to Mus-
kogee in team work and interfer-
ence. Muskogee's coach said “if 8a-
pulpa men had each been 5 lbs.
heavier to the man they would have
out-classed Muskogee.” The team
did better work than evpr lefore.
tn the veldence printed in the 0nP of lhp crpat„Ht
| Herald yesterday appears the name i eame was that of grit and endur-
ance. Rhymer and Spocogee will not
be ready to plav In the Cla'cmore
replaced by Elliott. Burgess went In ] satisfactory though the glass far
as quarterback and irvln took Bur-! torv rate was satisfactory. No final
geas’ place. Irvin gained much ground 1 action was taken hut the smaller
consumers hardest hit by the present
plar will make the Gas company •»
definite proposition on Monday aid
endeavor to get a compromise on
that.
Thp indications nre that a com-
promise will be made and the gas
question settled for this year.
Ray Short Denies
of Ray Short a* drinking beer in
the company of Bert Wheeler. An
examination of the stenogratphl'’
record shows that this wav an error
of the reporter, only two men were
irame hut Capt. Hsyps has his line-
up mnde out and will whip these
men Into fine shape for the coming
struggle. The folio* in* was the
lineup:
C.—Jones.
R. E.—Rhymer.
R. G.—Cohagan.
R. T.—Rickart.
L 11—'Mallory.
* L. G.—Hlllls, MgT.
1/. T Cantrell.
R. H—Bartlett.
L. H. -Burges*.
Q. B.~ Spocogee.
F R—'Hayes, Oapt.
Sub*- Elliott, Irvin, Berry-hill and
Lindsey.
fineries at this time ar" running
approximately 67.000 barrel* a day.
They were running far In excess of
this a few month* ago
"Nearly every district In the Mid-
Continent field produce* & different
grade of crude. From the Kansas
crude only about 9 percent of gas-
oline is serured: It make* a fine
lubricating and superior road oil and
is an unexcelled filler.
"Cushing crude produce* from 23
to ii percent gasoline, 20 percent
kerosene, hut lias little value a* lub-
ricating and fuel oil.
“Healdton crude i* 70 percent
fuel oil. It produces 7 12 percent
gasoline and about 13 percent kero-
sene.
"Kaw City and Newkirk crude re-
fines about IS percent of 60 (grav-
ity) gasoline and 22 percent, kero-
sene. Okmulgee produces 12 per cent,
gasoline and 23 percent, kerosene.
Tiger Flats crude lias a fine para-
flne base.
"One refiner reports he is getting
now 27 1-2 percent, sasoline and 23
percent, kerosene from Cushing
crude. Mixtures of Mid-Continent
crudes produce about 18 percent,
gasoline. It Is claimed that Bartles-
ville sand oil wherever found after
wells are jof a certain age. is of
practically the same value.
"Cushing crude at a Kansas re-
finery costs $1.11 today. From it the
refiner gets 22.36 percent, gasoline,
25 percent kerosene, 46.64 percent
fuel oil, 5 percent loss That Is to
«ay, on en 80-cent market he gets
9 81 gallons gasoline at 71-2 cents.
73 57 cents; 10.2 gallons of kerosene
it 21-2 cents. 25.30 cents; 19.2 gal
Ions of fuel oil at 1 1-2 cents, 23
NEW YORK, Oct 23.—Germans la
Flew York are as shocked and a#
deeply stirred by the shooting of
Mias Edith Cavell, the British nurse
in Belgium, as are Americans and
Englishmen, according to Herman
Kidder, editor of the Staats Zeitunft
here today.
"It seems a terrible thing," sa'd
Kidder. "It seems too awful that
such things should have to happen.
There should never be a necessity
for the death of a woman under any^
circumstances.
"Had Mis* Cavell* cgs? been
taken before the kal*er she would
probably have been pardoned.
Owe People Won’t Support Thom
"There are time* when German
commanders tuny do thinge In the
heat of war Jn which even their own
people will not support them,”
'Tt Is one Of the tnosi shot Kind
and’atrocious incidents that any war
of modern time* ha* disclosed,” wu
the comment of Oscar \Strauss, the
noted peace advocate.
"It Is another evidence in line witii
4ho destruction Of the Lusitania that,
amid tbe barbarities of this war,
Germany has no appreciation ofthn
public conscience of tbe world."
LONDON. Oct. 23.—The Amstefw
dam correspondent of the Daily Ex*
press sends a story concerning the
case qf Miss Edith Cavlll, the Enfc
llsh nurse who was shot by the
Germans, which, he says, he secured
from an Intimate friand of the Brit-
ish nurse. The dispatch follows:
No Chance for a Pardon
"It is said that the execution of
the death sentence of Mis* CareU
was ordered by the governor per-
sonally, a* the kaiser had already
pardoned a number of women and
the governor feared that If Miss Ca-
vell were pardoned It would weaken
the authority of the court martial.
"Miss Cavell was ruahed to her
death and shot In the barracks ear-
ly In the morning. ¥he was bravo
before the German rlflea, as she had
been before the court martial. She
refused to have her eye* bandaged
and pinned a small Union Jack to
her bodice.
Soldiers Wept ae They fhot
"Some of the landstrum men who
had been forced to take part tn tho
execution are saiyi to have wept.
She was buried In the Exile* Ceme-
tery.
“The cold bloodi-d execution.” con-
tinue* the correspondent, "troduced
a deep sensation of horror in Brus-
sels, where she was worshipped for
*11 the good she b*d done during
the German occupation.”
cents. Total 121.87 cent*. Cost of
rrude to Kansas refiner $1.11; cost
of refining 24 cents; total $1.31. Re-
fined products bring 121.87 cents;
loss to refiner 913 cents.
Jas. A. King returned to his home
In Newton. K*ns., this morning. He
was called here on account of tho
death of his brother's little daugh-
ter. Mr. King is In charge of the
O. F. and D. Bureau for the Sant*
Fe at Newton.
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