Oklahoma City Daily Pointer (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 17, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 17, 1909 Page: 4 of 4
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STILL DEADLOCKED
R «elal * r Hrarit Syndicate N«w* Strvlrr.
Springfield, 111., Feb. 17.—On the
Iblrty-MOoud ballot the legislature
vu ailll deadlocked and there Ih not
Riuch prospect of the Immediate elec-
tion of a United States senator to suc-
ceed A. J. Hopkins.
NO AMERICANS LOST
Mexico City, Feb. 17.—Later reports
from the scene of the Acapulco thea-
ter fire Indicate that while the total
■umber of dead may reach 350, no
Americans lost their lives. The search
•f the ruins brings forth scores of
•harred bodies which are not recog-
nisable. The greatest loss of life, ac-
cording to survivors was caused by
the fall of the root which tumbled .In
Within a very short time after the
Sicies broke out. The occupants of
• pit fought like demons to escape
tntll their struggles were stilled by
Ike collapse of the roof.
SWALLOWS ACID
El Reno, Okla., Feb. 17.-— Because
he said his wife had made threats
that she would ruin his practice, Dr.
Henry Riley, aged 50 years, ended
his life with carbolic acid.
Riley deolared to his landlady, Mrs.
Cox, that he had nothing to live for.
He had frequently theatened to take
his own life and recently a pistol was
taken from him.
Dr. Riley came here from Elk Cltv
several months ago. The body will
be taken to Plattsburg, Mo., for bur
lal.
SHERIFF SHOOTS
Chandler, Okla., Feb. 17.—Deputy Sher-
iff William Key, while attempting: to ar-
re«t two IfexIrani was stabbed In the
bark by a stiletto In the hands of our of
the swarthy desperadoes. To protect him-
self Key shot the Mexican who Is now
In h dying condition. Key's wound Is
not serious. The encounter took place
near {Sparks, Okla.
At THE
TRADERS
OUR 8ALE ON TRIMMED HATS WAS A GREAT SUCCESS.
•OLD 100 HATS AT $1.00 IN A FEW HOURS. WE BELIEVE IN
GIVING THE PEOPLE THE BENEFIT OF OUR ABILITY TO BUY
CLEAN MERCHANDISE AT A PRICE. OUR SLOGAN: "WE BUY
FOR LESS AND SELL FOR LE6S."
This Week, Commencing Friday
f A. M., FIRST FLOOR. GROCERY DEPARTMENT, 350 POUNDS
GUNTHER'S FANCY CHOCOLATES. MARSH MALLOWS, FRUIT
QLACE, MINT CHOCOLATES CARAMELS. CREAMS —ALL IN
FANCY BOXES, WORTH UP TO $4.00 PER BOX.
GUNTHER'8 GOODS NEED NO ADVERTISING; THEY ARE
THE BEST MADE. LOOK AT THESE PRICES:
CHOCOLATE PEPPERMINT, |
Sic SIZE, FANCY BOX 1LQ
1 LB. CHOCOLATE AND CREAMS,
60c TO 75c SIZE, FANCY BOX 63C
ft LB. CHOCOLATE, | A_
lie SIZE, FANCY BOX . 1UC
MARSHMALLOWS, 10c
SIZE. FANCY BOX DC
MARSHMALLOWS 25c 1 A#-*
SIZE, FANCY BOX 1UC
FRUIT GLACE, 35c 1
SIZE, FANCY BOX IDC
CARAMEL8, 10c r
SIZE, FANCY BOX DC
2 LBS CHOCOLATE, $1.00 AND C(\rs
$1.16 SIZE, FANCY BOX 3UC
FIRST COME FIRST SERVED.
Here Is Another
• HINOLA, 10c SIZE, NEW PATENT SELF-OPENING #-
BOX—FRIDAY AND SATURDAY DC
0HINOLA BRUSH AND DAUBER; fA
OTHER8 A8K 25c, OUR PRICE * 1UC
ONE THOUSAND FOLDING LUNCH BOXES
ONE FREE TO EACH CUSTOMER PURCHASING $1.00 OR
MORE IN DRY GOOD8 DEPARTMENT OR SECOND FLOOR.
THIS 18 A HANDY ARTICLE FOR LABORING MEN AND
8CHOOL CHILDREN. WHEN EMPTY, FOLD AND PUT IN YOUR
POCKET. FOLDS LIKE A POCKET BOOK.
NO DELIVERY
ALL CARS STOP AT OUR DOOR8.
121—GRAND AVENUE—128
Plaintiff Dead:
Case Dismissed
Because the plaintiff, W. J. Reed,
was reported to have died two weeks
ago, the divorce case filed by Heed
against his wife, Nellie Reed, last
June, was dismissed when It was
called for trial in the district court
this morning. Reed's complaint al-
leged that his wife frequently spent
the evenings with other men, neglect-
ing him while he was Injured and In
the hospital for treatment.
Reed was also the plaintiff in a
$5,000 damage suit against Joseph
Hucklns of the Huckins hotel for dam-
ages resulting from injuries received
when he fell down the elevator shaft
at the hotel about a year ago. lie
claimed to have suffered a broken
leg and internal injuries . The dam-
age case hast not yet been set fpr
trial.
CONVICTED OF
BOOTLEGGING
Charged with selling liquor, Tom
Cunningham, who was arrested by en-
forcement officers nt the Frisco ho-
tel three months ago, was convicted
on a bootlegging charge in the coun-
ty court today. The case was tried
by a jury. No punishment was as-
sessed.
POOR CRIPPLE
BACK
Jim Boles was right.
Sylvester, the cripple man, released y
terduy by Judge Illghley came buck.
James Sylvester, that's his name,
was found guilty on a drunk churge in
the city court yesterday morning and was
told to get out of town. He promised to
rto so. He afterwards pleaded with the
Judge for more time whleh wns given be-
cause Sylvester Is a cripple and walks by
aid of two crutches.
"He'll be drunk before morning.'* was
the aeml-cheerful remark made by Jim
Roles, city Jsller, as Sylvester left the
station. .Tim Holes doesn't claim to be a
prophet, yet he does know what to expect
of u police court victim.
Sylvester was given his freedom again
today with no promises. "The truln leaves
0:08," said the police sergeant.
HIIM II M; DEATHS.
001 hirtlis; 690 deaths.
According lo the figures given out today
by the beard of health, the first year of
taking vital stntlstles shows there were
(JO-I births In Oklahoma City during the
past year, and 606 deaths.
The year closes today, February 17. Up
to this time last year no records «>f deaths
and births had ever been kept by the city,
so It Is Impossible to make any compara-
tive figures. It Is certain, however, tlint
a large number of births have never been
reported to the hoard, so the report should
read much more favorable than it does.
Practically every death In the city la In-
cluded In the report.
KK(iKO KHF.A8FI).
fJeorge Young, negro, the gentleman
who was found with a big knife in h>
possession, was released in the city court
last night.
Young promised to leave the city. lie
said he lived down by the viaduct, "lie
Is one of those crap shooting negroes,"
remarked a policeman.
BBGGE1> HALF-PRICE FINE.
Found guilty on n drunk charge Herman
Altrogee was fined $3 in the city court
last night.
Altrogee Is the man who said yesterday
while in a state of lutoxlcation that the
world wns filled with cigarette papers aud
whiskey.
Because he had only about $.1 he begged
for rclenxc on that amount, stating that he
was employed by a lending commission
company. "If you are worth anything to
them they'll come and get you," remarked
the Judge.
TRAIN WRECKED; 3 KILLED
Special by Hearst Syndicate News Service.
Murphysboro, 111., Feb| 17.—Three
passengers were killed and two score
were injured when an Illinois Central
fast train bound from St. Louis to
New Orleans was wrecked by a brok-
en rail, near here. The train struck
the broken rail on a trestle. The en-
gine passed safely over but all the
passenger coaches rolled down the
embankment. Two of the dead were
members of a troupe of show people.
Several of the injured will die.
DIES BY HANGING
BpreUI by Hearst Kyndiratc N'fwi Sfrtlrf.
St. Joseph, Mo.. Feb. 17—Will Sny-
der, an employe of a medical concern,
disappeared yesterday. An all day
search revealed his body banging
from the rafters In the barn. No mo-
tive for his suicide is known.
REVERSES RULING
Special by Hearst Syndicate h'ewa Service.
St. Louis, Feb. 17.—The Federal
Court of Appeals has reversed the de-
cision of the lower court verdict
claiming a penatly of from $100 to
$600 for each offense ordered against
the Union Pacific for violation of the
twenty-eight hour law regarding the
shipment of cattle. The railroad
claims that conditions were congest-
ed the court held was no excuse.
The case established a precedent
IN HOT WRANGLE
Special by Hearst Syndicate News Service.
Topck*. Kant., Feb. 17.—The houa*
developed a quarrel of goodly dimen-
sions when the date of adjournment
waa fixed at March I by resolution.
On a Tote to adopt the resolution tha
speaker declared It lost by three
vote#. Ufa raUot (tarte^ a sot wraa-
ale as4 U * result the natter wal
laid MH until tomorrow. Ualast
thero la oosoerted aetloa the le(lsla>
turs *UJ Mjourn without ba'luf ao-
somplUned afiyiatat,
Famished by the Hearst News Service and
printed exclusively In Oklahoma City by
The Pointer.
Mrs. Frederick L. 8m«ll, whoee af-
fections, her husband alleges( have
been alienated by Arthur H. Soden,
the Boston baseball magnate, and who
is being sued by Small for $500,000
damages.
COLLEGE MEN TO
MEET ON THE MAT
CURSED IN
COURT
C. Johnson, hannna peddler, seemed lo
think he hnd beeu horribly mistreated
when fined $1 in the city court lust night
« hur«ed with violating the ordinance re-
lative to keeping the wagon moving.
Officer Jones claimed Johnson had
blockaded the alley. Johnson said he was
arrested while selling the fruit. He claims
the ordinance allows the wagon to stop
during n sale.
To avoid any mistakes, the Judge de-
cided to assess the flue and said, "You'll
be more partloular to move hereafter."
"Well didn't I moveV" replied Johnson
indignantly as he fairly boiled over with
rage. II«- paid the fine with costs which
amounted to $2. Ho left the court room
cursing In an undertone. The Judge threat-
ened another fine.
The trouble happened right at police
court time last night. In less than 20
minutes afterward Johnson was out sell-
iug bananas again.
KILLS AND SUICIDES
Speelnl by Hearst Syndicate News Service.
Lawrence, Kans., Feb. 17.—Pap
Johnson, a town character, shot and
killed Mrs. Frances Switzer at her
home last night and then took his
own life.
The motive for the crime Is not
known.
Johnson had been living at the
Switzer home for some time and
about a week ago he attacked the wo-
man after his arrest charged with
running a blind pig.
When students exposed prohibition
violations ti year ago, Johnson was
sentenced to sixty days in jail for
selling booze.
Revenge is thought to have caused
the deed.
FIREMAN HURT
Mat artists of Epworth and Oklaho-
ma Universtiy may meet for a match
If negotiations which have been open-
ed up are carried through success-
fully. Epworth has asked the Nor-
man contingent to consider a proposi-
tion for a wrestling bout here and the
down state athletes are known to be
favorable to the meet.
Epworth is planning the construc-
tion of a quarter-mile running track,
a baseball diamond and a football
gridiron with bleachers for the accom-
modation of spectators. Work will
begin as soon as the weather moder-
ates enough to permit outdoor labor.
While crossing Main and 'Broadway
streets at 5 o'clock last evening. Paul
Leunett, ex-policeman and member of
of the fire department was struck by
an automobile driven by Bert Bobbins
and painfully although not seriously
hurt. Witnesses of the accident say
that the car was running at a moder-
ate rate of speed.
Lennett was placed in the machine
and taken to his home, 120 South
I Walker street.
Good From Now On
Tf in the future you notice in our
advertisements an improvement in
diction, an exquisite chestiness in
style, It is because we have joined
the newly organized Oklahoma
City Advertising club. A good club
with many commendable purposes.
No more lying from now on, no
more clothing firms, for example, j
will b<* allowed to advertise "the j
largest business in the city" on the ;
same day in the same issue of the !
same paper; these claims must be
at least twenty-four hours apart,
so our constitution says.
We had expected to appoint a
committee whose duty it would be
to teach us how to get $1.00 ad-
vertising space for 98c, but as the
committee on organization consist-
ed mostly of newspaper men, we
defererd this to a more propitious
time.
From all of this you can Bee
| that whatever our ad. crimes may
have been in the past, from now
on our ads. will be truthful and
aB faultless as those of a post-
graduate of a correspondence
school.
No. 10 N. Broadway
Just South Lee Annex.
KNIGHT TEMPLARS
ELECT OFFICERS
Officers were elected and slight
changes were made in the constitu-
tion and by-laws at the fourteenth an-
nual conclave of the Grand Command-
ery of Knights Templar of Oklahoma
which wns held In this city yesterday.
Following the afternoon session a
dinner was served to the Knights by
the Ladies of the Eastern Star and
at 6 o'clock an elaborate musical pro-
gram was given.
The following Oklahoma City Sir.
Knights were among the officers chos-
en: Edward P. Gallup, deputy grand
commander; Rev. J. M. D. Davidson,
grand prelate; George W. Spencer,
grand recorder.
BADLY BEATEN
J. C. Harnett, jr., a Santa Fe switch-
man, was slugged by highwaymen
while walking through the yards on
Monday evening at 7:30 and for seven
hours lay unconscious under the
wheels of a string of freight cars.
When consciousness returned Har-
nett made his way to the freight de-
pot more than a block away. His
groans attracted the attention of help-
ers at the station and he was sent
to his home, 822 West Fourth street,
where he is recovering .
The robbers did not succeed in get-
ting the money they sought although
Barnett had his month's salary
amounting to over $100 in his pock-
ets -when he was attacked.
Barnett is of the belief that two
men were implicated In the assault
although they were upon him before
he knew of their presence.
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JUST RECEIVED o
A New Lot of
DIAMONDS
WE SOLD ALL OF OUR RESERVE LOOSE. DIAMONDS
DURING DECEMBER, AND HAVE JUST BOUGHT A FINE
LOT OF BLUE WHITE STONES FOR CASH. AND AT PRICES
THAT ENABLE US TO GIVE YOU THE BEST VALUE FOR
YOUR MONEY TO BE OBTAINED ANYWHERE IN THIS
COUNTRY. WE HAVE QUITE A LOT OF UNREDEEMED DIA-
MONDS AND SOME BOUGHT OF INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE
PRESSED FOR CASH.
WE ARE PREPARED TO GIVE YOU ANY SIZE STONE
MOUNTED IN ANY STYLE MOUNTING YOU WANT. AND
AT PRICE# NOT QUOTED BY ANY FIRM IN THE STATE,
QUALITY CONSIDERED.
REMEMBER THE PLACE
BUMP THEJEWELER
I / W fri I f XXXXJOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOt
BARTH&MYER
214-216 MAIN STREET, OKLAHOMA CITY
The Zenith of
Value-Giving
QNLY A FEW MORE DAYS
remain to avail yourself of
the big price reductions on B.
& M.'s entire stock of high-
grade winter Overcoats and
Suits. "Final cut of the sea-
son" on all Men's and Boys'
Clothing. No goods carried
over from season to season.
Prices reduced one-third up to
nearly one-half.
SEE WINDOW DISPLAY!
NOT GUILTY.
Ben 'Oleltz, charged with assnnlt on J.
T. Robertson, pleaded not guilty in tlio
city court today. The rose will be tried
tonight.
All three-day ads. left now will appear
In the Friday and Sunday Pointer. Pest
home paper for want ads.
TABLE LINEN!
My Poems
My Poems are read in every
state. They are read by men both
early and late.
75c BLEACHED AND HALF
BLEACHED TABLE LINEN—
THIS IS A SPECIAL VALUE
AND WILL NOT LAST LONG, !
FOR THE
LOT
WE ARE AGENTS FOR THE !
CELEBRATED McCALL PAT ;
TERNS—A FULL LINE NOW IN. <
48c
Austin George
My Poet Book, 10c.
: Yon Wald's Notion Shop,
7-1 (!) 114 NORTH ROBINSON ST.
WOULD,
YOU
like to save from $50 to
$100 on your piano pur-
chase?
The opportunity awaits you here and it is
RIGHT NOW!
When we find a factory that has a money
saving propositson to make us we are al-
ways ready to nail that opportunity, and
whenever we save in our buying we offer
a corresponding saving to our customers.
Just now we are showing some factory
samples and odd styles at prices 'way be-
low the usual figure. Only a few dollars
paid down places one of these in your
home and the balance you can pay to suit
your convenience.
COME IN AT ONCE and see for yourself
what we have to offer.
FREDERICKSON - KROH
—— MUSIC CO. ——
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23 North Broadway
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SHAWS HEIGHTS!
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ADDITION TO OKLAHOMA CITY.
JOHN R. ROSE
214-215 SCOTT THOMPSON BUILDING, 132 WEST 2ND STREET
WILL SELL A FEW LOTS AT FROM $125 TO $250 PER LOT—
$10 DOWN AND $5 PER MONTH. THIS IS BY FAR THE BEST
OFFER THAT HAS BEEN MADE FOR SOME TIME COME
EARLY FOR CHOICE. THESE LOTS WILL DOUBLE IN PRICE
WITHIN A YEAR.
SMMMMMMS JOHN R. ROSE
HAS MOVED FROM 138 '2 WEST MAIN TO THE ABOVE ADDRESS
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