The Wave-Democrat (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 172, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 6, 1910 Page: 1 of 4
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vol. 2.
WAVE-DEMOCRAT
6. 1910.
TUESDAY. SEP
enid, oklahoma,
No. 172.
LABOR HONORED
IN APPROPRIATE
MANNER MONDAY
With Pomp and Splendor the Local
Workingman Honors His
Holiday.
U S SENATOR GORE
IS PRINCIPAL ORATOR.
Local Organizations in Massive
Pageant Show Citizens Their
Strength—Parade Was
Impressive,
In spite of the gloomy (lay yes-
terday, organized labor of Enid did
itself' proud in the fitting observa-
tion of its national holiday. With
an impressive parade, sports and
speeches intermingled with fun
and good fellowship, the day was
the greatest spectacle of the kind
ever pulled off in Enid.
The exercises started at 10 o'clock
yesterday morning, when the var-
ious locals of the city all dressed
in the working clothes of their craft
or wearing badges setting forth
their trade, began forming in line
on the public square. In addition
to the laboring men in line, the old
soldiers, the city officials and the
fire department were also in evi-
dence. These were augmented by
floats, representing practically every J
craft in the city.
Late Wire News
From Everywhere
WEATHER INDICATIONS
I Paris.—The minister of war has
ordered ten military monoplanes and
) twenty biplanes to be delivered j
! within three months.
London.—The Mail announces on
absolute authority that the Elkins-
Abruzzl marriage will take place
in February near Racconigi. The
girl is preparing to enter "ie Cath-
olic church.
! He returned home
' ed, but seemingly-
dusty and
fresh.
heat-
Oak
n of
court
la.—Judge Smith
the United States
today denied the
Red
Phersc
triet
quest of C. W. l'ost of Battle Creek
Mich., for an injunction restraining
the American Federation of Labor
and its officers and Buck's Stove
j and Range company of St. Louis
: from entering into a closed shop
agreemeut. The court said suffi-
cient notice had not been given the
SENATOR GORE.
Who was chief orator at the Labor
day exercises here yesterday.
DEMOCATIC MEETING.
1ft in the city. ! The Garfield county central com-
These floats were fittingly appro- mittee is hereby called to meet in
foctilv decorated and lended Enld Saturday, September 10th,
priate, tastily decorated and lended
a holiday appearance to the affair.
Some of these floats were unique
in constructjpn and were works ot
art. They were all good to look at
but the one that perhaps brought
forth the most favorable comment
from the throng that lined the j
streets was the one designed and
constructed by *he electrical work-
ers of Kennedy's electrical depart-
ment, it being an automobile, tas-
tHy trimmed and decorated with j
various electrical appliances and
varied colored globes and fixtures.
The one representing the Enid Typ-
ographical Union was another, it
being unique in construction, being
a large reproduction of the "union
label" of that organization.
The parade was a mile in length
and much more attractive than . a
circus parade, because it represented
the bone and sinew of Enid, and
the element that has made the city.
what it is today.
After the parade the vast crowd
scattered for lunch and at 1 o'clock
the racing and other athletic spoits
began, the scene of this part of the
program being on the north side of
the square.
After the racing the crowd gath-
ered on the east side of the court
house and Senator Gore of Oklahoma
was introduced as chief speaker of
the day, and delivered one of his
characteristic addresses, which was
well received and attentively listen-
ed to by the vast crowd. His ad-
dress was filled with good thought,
and while it was tinged somewhat
with politics, this was explained by
the speaker, when he explained that
the questions that today were of
vital interest to the great laboring
classes were political questions. His
address was filled with striking epi-
grams, which were punctuated witb
many humorous stories, told in a
way that kept the audience in a
good humor all the time.
After Senator Gore's speech came
the balloon ascension, which failed
on the first attempt owing to the
parachute coming loose as the bal-
loon started its flight, but the sec-
ond attempt was satisfactory. There
was also a speech by Hon. Camp-
bell Russell, president of the State
Farmers' Union, and "daddy" of the
"New Jerusalem" idea of a state
capital. ,
After supper came the run of the
local fire department, which was
spectacular as one might ask. The
festivities of the day closed with a
garnd ball at Kreplin's hall.
CHARGE IS REDUCED
AGAINST MISS LENEVE.
(Wave-Democrat Special.)
London. Eng.. Sept. 6.—The
Crippen-Leneve hearing resulted in
police court of the charge against
Miss Leneve being reduced to an
accessory after fact. Prosecutor
Humphreys announced the examina-
tion of Mrs. Crippen's remains had
shown that there had been an ope-
ration upon the victim, also the
presence of a large
1 o'clock p. m. in democratic head-
quarters, Room 320 Beck building.
Respectfully,
FRANK L. HAMILTON
County Chairman,
IN THE COURTS
Federal Court.
The federal court convened today
in the district court room. Judge
Cotteral presiding. The time wa3
taken jp today in preliminary work
and the empaneling of a grand jury.
A damage suit against the Santa Fe
was also taken up and argued in
demurrer.
granted the decree of absolute di-
vorce to plaintiff. There being
nothing further docketed for trial
until September 19th, court adjourn-
ed to that date.
St. James, L. L—Mayor Gaynor
walked six miles today in a broiling
sun, with the thermometer at 79
and the humidity at the *ame mark. [defendants. J I
ENID PROBABLE TEDDY TO TAKE
DISTRIBUTING POINT ISSUE WITH TAFT
Nations) Oil £££*"
Impressed With Enid loi Rewrites Parts of
L,C"S S J.Q. i H'„ Speech.
Information comes from reliable (Wave-Democrat Bpectan
source that the National Oil com | t. Pan Mln ., SeKoose.
M r.TI '■ ; r,r -
ing a distributing station, and after mediately plunged
looking over the various cities of
the Southwest are more favorably
impressed with the advantages of
Enid than any city they have vis-
ited.
This city is considered by the oil
people as being better than Kansas . many parts
City, owing to its location and « make igsue wlth
good as far as the railroad facilities ^ He od ^ ^ ^ ^
arThTw7umean much to Enid and'lem which Taft straddled yesterday,
Phis will mean m fiavlng that he dldn-t t.are to go on
will be another st p ^ ^ ^ record on the question favoring
ting her on the map _ ^ submRtinR tUe que8tion to con-
gress.
Roosevelt takes the stand that the ^
water site is the principal question
of conservation, but will also come ;
out strongly on other points of in-
terest.
After breakfast with the gover- |
' nor, Roosevelt met the Spanish war ,
j veterans and the Roosevelt club, J
I then started for the conservation
congress.
For hours before he arrived the
crowds gathered in the streets. Fifty
thousand visitors here attending
the state fair, recognized Roosevelt
and cheered loudly. He was given
an enthusiastic reception.
He refused to comment on the
wordy battle led by Stubbs In the
governor's conference yesterday but
evidently is greatly pleased with
Stubbs' stand for Pincliot.
Oklahoma City, Okla.. Sept. 6.
For Oklahoma; Generally fair to-1
night and Wednesday.
CITY SCHOOL NOTICE.
' The Enid City schools will open j
Monday, September 12.
The boundary line of, the var-1
ious districts will be the same as
last year, but the board may mak<>
some" changes later if found neces-
sary.
Saturday forenoon of this week
the principals of the various schools
will be found in the offices at the
I buildings for the purpose of assign-
i ing to the proper grades all pupils
| from the second grade to the eighth
I grade, inclusive, who did not at-
j tend the Enid City schools last
I year.
I Grade cards and other evidences
j df the pupils' advancement should
jbe presented at this lime. Work
I will begin Monday morning, hence
I the Importance of the pupils re-
ceiving assignment as indicated
j1 above.
The office of the city superin-
I tendent is in the rooms occupied by
the board of education, over Mc.
i Gill's grocery.
THOS. W. BlTCHER,
Superintendent City Schools.
MAYOR RANDOLPH
WEILDS OFFICIAL
AX ON POLICE
mediately plunged into the battle
in the conservation congress, v
He immediately went into con-
ference with Pinchot and received
inside information and as a result
of the conference, he summoned a
! stenographer and began re-writing
of his speech already
delivery
ONE DEAD, THREE INJURED
AS RESULT OF COLLISION.
(Wave-Democrat Special.)
Kansas City, Mo.. Sept. Not
| seeing a Union Pacific stock train
ahead on the curve a Rock Island
! freight collided with the rear end,
killing Patrick Brown, a Galena,
Kansas, stockman. Three others
were seriously injured. AH were
riding on the caboose platform. Five
cars were wrecked.
commercial centers of the southwest
The final decision of the company
will be made within a few days.
NOW SERVING TIME,
GIVEN 6 MONTHS MORE.
(Wave-Democrat Special.)
Leavenworth, Kan., S->pt. 6.—
Chester Arlington, a convict in the
military prison, who attempted to
escape last July when William A.
Laughlin was killed, was tried by ft
court martial and found guilty of
bad conduct and sentenced to six
months imprisonment, which was
added to his present term.
WHITES' OBJECT
TO NEIGHBORS
Pratt, Kansas, on Verge of Race
Riot Caused by Negro Pur-
chasing Residence in
White Neighbor-
hood.
Superior Court.
The superior court convened in
the county court room this morning
by Judge Huett. The case of Jen-
nie Stovall against Charles C. Stov-
all, suit for absolute divorce, was
called. The plaintiff waived right
teo a jury trial and as no defense
was offered, after hearing the testi- . Bell and Coody Properties
mony of plaintiff. Judge Huett t nf
OIL LEASES BRING $250,000.
Disposed of.
Muskogee, Okla., Sept. 6.
wells and leases worth a quarter
of a million dollars, principally In
the Muskogee field, were sold heie
embraced in the holdings of the
Georgia Bell and the Coody Oil C om-
panles. -The purchasers were Moore
&Klskaddon of Pittsburg, Pa. The
consideration was $250,000. e
Georgia Bell property was pnncl
pally in the Muskogee field, and
includes six producing wells and
660 acres of leases. A large part
of the Coody company's holdings
GROWING IN FAVOR.
.llUBumo
h mi nines i The neople want a man to repre-
of the ^ody company I ^ ^ ^ natiom(] haU f
i8 in the Haskell and 1 ,1 h i and they think Judge
and some near Tulsa. The
owners will further develop
properties.
new
the
Frank Wallace of Nashville
an Enid visitor yesterday.
County Court.
The time of the county court
was occupied this forenoon in em-
paneling a jury to try cases on the
criminal docket. The case of State
against J. M. D. Mulliken was the
first on the docket. The defendant
was not present and his bond had
been forfeited some time since, so
this case was disposed of easily. In
the case of State against J. W.
(uillesuie. parties were ready for trial
but Attorney' Sturgis was busy
with a case In the federal court, so
trial was postponed.
A case has been filed in county
court entitled State against Chas^
Tates, In which Tates is. accused of
assaulting George Washington. This
case is set for trial September 13.
HASKELL CASE MAY
GO OVER
Muskogee, Okla., Sept. 6.—It was
announced here today that the in-
vestigation by the sub-committee
into the methods used in securing j — ^intendent of the feebl
indictments against Gov. (. V HaB" ln(Jed institute, has announced the
kell and other prominent citizens .tment 0f Dr. Julien Fields
in the alleged town lot frauds, will ,clal]
Hon. N. E. McNeil of Pawnee,
democratic candidate for congress
from the First district, has been in
the city the past few days greeting
old friends and meeting new ones.
Judging from the expressions heard
on every hand yesterday, Garfield
county is certain to give McNeil a
handsome majority.
(Wave-Democrat Special.;
Hutchinson, Kan., Sept. 6. \
special from Pratt says a race war
is imminent because George Will-
iams a wealthy negro, has purchas-
ed a residence in the exclusive sec-
tion, from Joseph Lees.
Attorney R. Crick led a mob of
three hundred to the Lees home at
| midnight and ordered him to leave
town; they then went to the ne-
gro's house and ordered him to
leave or be killed. Williams and
friends intimated that they would
resist. ' IV
The whites are doubly incensed
because Williams is courting a white
woman, and intends, occupying the
house after their marriage. The ex-
citement is intense, both blacks and
whites congregating on the streets,
and bloodshed is feared.
And As a Result of the Investiga-
tion Night Patrolman Owens
Is Dismissed.
OTHER PATROLMEN ARE
UNDER OFFICIAL PROBE.
Recent Rooming House Exposures
Bring Forth Charges of Ir-
regularities of Police—
Investigation Still
Going On.
As the result of the investigation
of the alleged police irregularities
hy the mayor and commissioners this
afternoon, Patrolman Owens was
dismissed from the force and the
investigation was continued until
tomorrow, when additional witnesses
will be brought before the investi-
gating body.
it has come at last! The shake-
up in police circles is on, and the
present indications are that when
Mayor Randolph gets through
weilding his "official ax this after-
noon, two and a strong probability
that three patrolmen will be re-
lieved of their clubs, star and offi-
cial authority, and officially decapi-
tated or to use plain everyday talk,
"canned,'' "fired," and on their man-
ly bosoms in the place of the shin-
ing police star will be the "sklddoo '
or "23" tag.
The mayor, chief of police and
eity commissioners are holding a
star chamber caucus in the mayor a
office this afternoon and several pa-
trolmen are on the carpet.
To the Wave-Democrat reporter
this morning Mayor Randolph said:
"You may say that we have the
goods on two patrolmen dead to
right and from the evidence that is
being furnished it looks very much
like the third one will be caught in
the net before we get through. The
fact is that patrolmen have begun
to "squeal" on one another and you
know what the result Is in a case
of this kind.
"1 have tried to treat the boys
right, and when the charges were
first made 1 said wait until we got
the goods, but now we have the
proof and 1 will act. Not only have
they told on one another but have
admitted some of the charges that
have been made against th' iu.
••It's the old story of seeking cov-
er for yourself by trying to lay the
blame on some one else."
Some three weeks ago Ethel Hi.
ardson, the girl detective, made so.^s
sensational charges against meinbi
of the police force, and made t.
legislature and they
McNeil is that man
DR. DAVIS NAMES
HIS ASSISTANTS
AGAIN. Dr Fields Named as Physician and
Cuark Callahan as Clerk of
the Feeble Minded
Institution.
Miss Minnie Kirk has accepted a
position in the dress goods depart-
ment at Brown. Fraser & company's.
STUBBS TALKS AT
CONSERVATION CONGTESS
Delegates to Conservation Congress
Wildly Enthusiastic for
Teddy and Stubbs.
Dr. Frank P. Davis, recently ap
(Wave-Democrat Special.)
St. Paul. Minn., Sept. 6.—With
about half the audience women, who
be delayed, as Senator Stone,
member of the sub-committee, has
not yet completed similar work in
San Francisco. The investigation
was to have begun September 3,
in Muskogee.
a )nuiuuncm
a8 physician and Carl Callahan as
clerk of the Institutelon, and these
appointments of Dr. Davis have
been confirmed by the board of
control.
Dr. Davis stated today that he
Because the committee has
DtsrauBc v..-
been able to start the Investigation
on schedule time it is generally be-
lieved that the Haskell cases, which
arc set for trial at McAlester Sep-
tember 20th. will aealn be P081-
I poned.
not I thought the institution would be
t e + u oa tpm-
n. also tne i Prof. C. C. Taylor, wife and little
quantity of daughter have returned from their
ier vacation.
lliuugui
opened by September 15th, as tem-
porary quarters have been secured
in a hotel recently erected in the
Cloworth addition In North Enid.
Dr. Davis also stated that there were
eight applicants already for ac -
mission to the Institution, one of
them being from Garfield county,
which would probably be the first
admitted.
UUUUl
massed the galleries and presented
hriilian spectacle, John Barrett,
head of the bureau of American
republic, addressed the congress
briefly. Suddenly without the
Blightijst warning, the vast multitude
broke into wild yells for Governor
Stubbs.
Stubbs talked briefly and declared
that he strongly favored federal con-
servation.
Roosevelt arrived aud was the
signal for a big demonstration, the
audience stood up and waved flags,
for several minutes. A similar out-
break was shown when James J.
Hill mo-in ted the platform.
HIGH SCHOOL NOTICE.
The High school will open on
Monday, September 12th. On
Wednesday, September 7th. at X a.
m., the Seniors will enroll at the
High school building. At 10 o'clock
on the same day. the Juniors will
enroll On Thursday, Septembd
8th at 8 a. m., the Sophomores, and
Friday, September 9th, at 8 a. m.,
the Freshmen. Students from the
country may .enroll on any of these
days. Every high school student s
urged to enroll at the proper date,
as given above. Recitations will be
held on Monday, and there will be
no opportunity to enroll on that
day until after the close of the ses-
sion.
tt is of the utmost important e
that students enter at the opening
of school. High school teaches
that the most important single week
of the school year is the opening
one A few students who enter late
catch up with the classes and do
good work, but the majority are un-
able to do so. t . ,
principal Bailey may be found
this week in the office at the high
school building.
THOS. W. BUTCHER.
Superintendent City Schools.
Miss Jennie Plnell and father,
who have been visiting at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Harrel. 215
West Oak, left Monday for a few
weeks' visit On Kansas. I^om
there Miss Plnell will return to her
work in Wisconsin.
publicly in the presence of aej *r
persons who were in police
at the time. Mayor Randoli
that time asked the newspaper
to refrain from making public ■
charges until he had time to
tigate their truth. An Invent
was begun by the mayor, • .hie.
Police Thrasher and the . ommib
sloners. Some of the roomi. g house
keepers who were convicted began
" U .on
and revelry in their places I "h ct
some of the police took par Out
aiders began to tell of certali Mngs
of the police, and finally some
police began to do some talking
themselves, against the other ellow
and the "other fellow hearing It.
did some talking himself, so link: by
Hnk the chain of evidence was forg-
ed until Mayor Randolph says
has the dope straight,
Among the charges that ar
made against the officer, under fire
according to Mayor Randolph and
Chief Thrasher, are that ceita
licemen have visited -tain room-
ing houses and drank beer with the
i .« — nls„;
in rooming houses with S!l1
lewd character, and that one officer
after drinking beer in a rooming
house on South Grand avernie P' "
ed his gun and put on a mlnlatur
Wild West show. Charges of eav
ing their beat late at be-
ing seen lying on a bench In a
,rv stable, also discarding polUe
coat and helmet and borrowing a
coat and hat from a citizen and
leaving .heir beat for the space
■in hour or two. There Is also
charges of informalities in arrest,
or supposed arrests that were said
to have been made, but no formal
oniplatnts were ever filed.
These, among several minor
charges, are what the officers who
are placed on the carpet this a •
ternoon before the committee win
be called upou to explain.
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