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VOLUME TWENTY
ARDMORE OKLAHOMA FRIDAY MAY 22 1914.
NUMBER 193.
MELLEN FINISHES ANOTHER AMERICAN RACE WAR WAGES iXH RffUl
NEW HAVEN STORY KILLED IN MEXICO 'IN GUATEMALA WEDS IN MUSKOGEE
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MELLEN ADMITS HARVARD PRO-
FESSOR WAS PAID TO LECTURE
IN INTERESTS OF ROAD.
HELP PLACE BLAME
Railroad Man Promises Interstate
Commerce Commission He Will
Help Place Blame for Exploitation
of New Haven's Funds.
Washington May 22. Charles S.
Mellen today agreed to look up the
story by which the interstate com-
merce commission ho' - to place the
blame for the exploit p ev
Haven railroad's funds.
Mellen concluded his
''A
testimo...
ted that the
noon today. He intimated
people who objected to the New J lav-
en buying the Tarrytown White
Plains and Marmaroneck railroad elec-
trie line were political bosses. The
road cost one million dollars.
When asked why William A. Read
& company of New York got tea dol-
lars more per share than the others
when the New Haven bought the Wor-
cestor railway Mellen said it was a
hold-up.
"Did you employ Professor Bruce
VYyman of Harvard to lecture in the
interest3 of the New Haven?" asked
folk.
"I suppose so" answered Mellen.
Giving testimony regarding the one
hundred and forty thousand dollars'
commissions to H. F. Kelley Mellen
was asked if it told anything. "I
wake up nights thinking about things
not brought out here and congratulate
myself" he replied.
$3000 Fire at McAlester.
McAlester Okla. May 21. The
drug store of C. E. Stillix in the Gus
A. Gill building was almost totally de
stroyed by fire early this morning and
the building badly damaged. Loss
will amount to $3000 covered by in
surance each owner carrying a pol
icy of ? 1500. A door found unfasten
ed when it was left locked last night
led the fire chief to conclude the fire
was started by burglars.
OP THREE KILLED
BOTH BANDITS KILLED BY PRO-
PRIETOR OF ROAD HOUSE NEAR
SAN FRANCISCO.
Sail Francisco Cal. May 22. Three
persons are dead and another Is badly
wounded as a result of a fight in a
nearby road house last night when
bandits vainly tried to kill the pro
prietor. Both bandits were killed.
MINENT DIVINE WILL OCCUPY
PULPIT AT BROADWAY METH
ODIST CHURCH.
Rev. C. R. Gray pastor of the
roadway Methodist church has writ-
from Oklahoma City where he is
ending the conference that Dr. Du
bse of Georgia will occupy the pulpit
nday night In his stead.
Hr. DuRose is from the north Geor-
conference and is regarded as
of the most eloquent pulpit ora-
in the south. He is a great
ptor a deep thinker with a broad-
Is of vision that is refreshing in
se days of strict orthodoxy.
tr. Gray especially urges the mem-
Is of his congregation to take ad-
tage of this opportunity to hear
eminent preacher who will be
for the one service only.
REV. DR. DO HOSE
SUNDAY NIGHT
CONFIRMATION OF THE KILLING
OF RICHARD URBAN AT NACO-
ZARI REACHES CAPITAL.
INVITATION TO REBELS
Another invitation to Participate in
Niagara Falls Conference to be Sent
to Constitutionalists Within Next
Twenty-four Hours
Washington U. C May 22. Con-
lirmutioii of the killing of Richard Ur
ban an American at Nacozari in
Mexico lias been received today from
Consular Agent Montague.
To Invite Constitutionalists
-'on 1). C May 22. It is
defiiu. expected that within the
next twenty-four hours another invi-
tation w ill be extended the constitu-
tionalists to take part in the Niagara
Kalis conference
Urgent Deficisncy Bill.
Washington D. C May 22. The
senate today passed the urgent defi-
ciency bill carrying an appropriation
of six million three hundred thousand
dollars including items covering the
expenses of troops in Mexico The
house passed it yesterday.
Rebels Offer to Assist
Washington D. C May 22. The
constitutionalists at Nuevo Leon have
otTeied Consul Hanna an automobile
and flag of truce to aid in the search
for the long missing American vice
consul John Silliman.
S
T
AFTER MANY POSTPONEMENTS
THE MEETING WILL POSITIVE
LY BE HELD.
The much-advertised mass meeting
to be held under the auspices of the
Ringling bonus committee and the
citizens' committee at the opera house
will positively be held next Tuesday
night.
The committee had intended hold-
ing the meeting last night but some
of the committee were not in the city
and it was thought best to have them
all there when the meeting was held.
The principal feature of interest to
be developed at this meeting will be
the reading of the contract between
the Ringling railroad promoters and
the citizens of the city. There has
been considerable controversy over
this document and the citizens will
be given an opportunity of hearing it
read.
The bonus committee will also
make its report showing the amount
of money collected on the bonus and
where it has been expended.
The committee especially urge that
every citizen who is interested in
this matter be present and learn first
hand how the affairs of the committee
have been conducted. The meeting
will be called to order promptly at 8
o'clock.
MAY 22 IN HISTORY.
1S07 Aaron Burr's trial for treason
began.
1S13 Battle of Reichenbach.
1S41 First telegraph message sent by
Prof. Morse. Line completed from
Baltimore to Washington.
1S72 President signs the amnesty i;i;i
contemplating the political reor-
ganization of the country.
1905 More than 100 preachers march-
ed to Mayor's office in Philadel-
phia and prayed for him to pre-
vent gas lease.
1913 Mexican rebels defeated Feder-
al troops near Sacramento Coa
huila gaining possession of all
towns between Saltillo and Monday.
MAS
EH
SIXTY-FOUR NEGROES AND IOO
INDIANS KILLED OVER DEATH
OF INDIAN GIRL.
New Orleans May 21. The I'nited
Kruit company today was using its
wireless in an effort to confirm a re
port of a race riot reported by mail
to have occurred on one of its plan
lations in Guatemala in which it is
reported sixty-four negroes and prob
ably 100 Indians were killed.
Smouldering race hatred of the na-
tive Indians for negroes inflamed by
one of the negroes an American win-
ning the Indian girl Nazada from her
lather at dice and his refusal to sell
her back to a native is reported to
he the cause of the trouble.
Wins Money Then Girl.
The negro Clarence Williams had
been working on the Teuhana farm
one of a long string of plantations the
United Kruit company operates in the
Montagua river district. He had in-
curred the hatred of many of the
Indians because of his prowess at
dice.
In a game recently in which was
Nazada's father he won all the peon's
money and then in true Guatemalan
fashion the old man wagered his
daughter. He lost. As is customary
among these Indians the girl did not
object to her part of the transaction
and was taken to the shanty of the
American negro.
Father Is Eliminated.
As the story goes Christofo Zurello
halfbreed boss of a neighboring farm
had wanted Nazada for his son and
was incensed when he learned she
had become the property of the negro.
According to Guatemalan Indian cus
torn the father of the girl was elim
inated from the matter by his unlucky
cast of the dice so Zurello entered
into negotiations with the negro. He
offered sixty pesos for the girl. The
negro refused.
Soon after Williams left for his
work Saturday May 9 three men ap-
peared at the shanty. It is said they
were Zurello a peon named Pedro
and a half-breed. Williams had occa-
sion to go to the shanty a few hours
later. Tied to a nearby tree was his
Indian girl horribly mutilated with
knives. Just before she died she
told him who had committed the
crime. Arming himself Williams be-
gan a search for Zurello found him
and shot him to death. Then he kille.l
Pedro and later the same day the
halfbreed.
Fighting Lasts All Night.
All during that night there was
fighting between the negroes and the
Indians all of whom it seemed had
alligned themselves with other mem
bers of their race.
Religious services were held In a
little church as usual the next morn
ing. When the Indians came from the
church the negroes were enmassed
nearby and opened fire on them. In
this fight Williams and twelve of his
followers were killed. Many Indians
were slain. Fighting was kept up for
many days and according to the
story reaching here the bodies of sixty-four
negroes were found. Just how
many Indians were killed probably
never will be known as they remove
and hide their dead as quickly as pos-
sible. BOARD IS RESTRAINED.
Motion for Rehearing is Filed in Fa-
miliar Oklahoma Case.
Oklahoma City Okla. May 21.
The present hoard of agriculture of
five members created under an amend-
ment to the constitution and later
sustained after a test in the supreme
court was again today restrained
from performing" any service by the
filing of a motion in the supreme court
for a rf hearing of the matter. The
action today comes from what is
known as the Elliott Perslnger fac
tion of a former board which was
eliminated by the adoption of the
amendnifnt by the people. A rehear-
ing Is asked on the ground that the j S
amendment creating the new board
was only indorsed by resolution In
the lower house of the legislature and
the act itself never passed upon by
that body.
Fresh Country Butter Thursday. D.
Christie phone 424. 19-3
BEAUTIFUL AMERICAN GIRL DRIV-
EN FROM HER FATHER'S
RANCH WEDS.
Driven from her father's ranch in
Mexico alter it had been looted by
bandits .Miss Jane Wi-ller left behind
her the wild dashing life of the plains
when she married C. Joseffy of New
York at the home of her aunt Mrs.
J. K. Davidson Tuesday.
Mrs. Joseffy escaped from Mexico
about six weeks ago and came direct-
ly to Muskogee. Her father is re-
puled to be one of the wealthiest
ranch owners in Mexico owning about
200.HHO acres of land near Musquiz.
The iirl's husband is a prosperous
young business man whom she. met
while at a fashionable boarding school
in the east three years ago.
Soon after that she went to her
father'.) ranch there to ride over the
prairie on the spirited little Mexican
poni.-s or to sit behind the wheel of
a luxurious American touring car
And all the time letters kept coming
from Nt w Y'ork.
Then began to brew the storms of
Mexican revolution. Fearing Huerta
not understanding Carranza and re
garding Villa as a cattle thief J. II
Weller began to view the political
situation with increasing uneasiness
He threw in his lot with Huerta. One
night several months later the rebels
attack Musquiz and Mr. Weller and
his family sped to the border In the
big touring car. The ranch was looted.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseffy left Immedi
ately after the ceremony for New
York where they will sail for Aus
tralia there to spend their honey
moon. ' Perhaps when peace again
comes to Mexico the beautiful bride
will take her handsome husband back
to her father's ranch for after all
that is where the romance nurtured.
Muskogee Times-Democrat.
INDIAN BILL IS LARGE.
House Conferees Will Insist on Reduc
tion of Total Appropriation.
W ashington May 22. Unless the
senate trims the Indian appropriation
bill recently reported by the senate
committee considerably It will find
hard sledding before the conference
committee according to Representa
tive Henry of Texas chairman of thf
house Indian committee who will be
one of the conferees. As sent to the
house the bill carried a total of about
'.'.ooo)00 but the senate committee
increased this to about $13000000 and
added a multitude of legislation oh
jectionable to the house committee
"The Indian appropriation bill has
been a convenient dumping place tor
many sessions" declared Mr. Steph
ens "and it has required the great-
t scrutiny to prevent them from be
ing given legislative effect. Rather
than see the bill go through as the
senate committee has reported It I
and the other house members of the
committee would be willing to author
ize a joint resolution continuing for
another year the amount of the exist-
ing appropriation. This has been done
in several instances.
McAlester Announces Platform.
Oklahoma City Okla. May 22. J. J.
McAlester of McAlester who is at the
pre.-ent time lieutenant governor of
Oklahoma is a candidate for president
of the Loard of agriculture. He has
announced a platform that has for its
principal feature the working of con-
victs to benefit the farmers. He says
he thinks a plan may be perfected
for road building by prisoners and
th.r. a factory should be established
for the manufacture of fertilizers by
convict labor. Mr. McAlester says he
is strongly in favor of Oklahoma con-
serving the soil and adopting better
cultural methods.
Read the Want. Ads.
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WEATHER FORECAST
New Orleans La. May 22.
The weather forecast for Ok-
lahoma for tonight and Satur-
day is unsettled.
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BECKER'S FATE
CASE OF POLICE LIEUTENANT
ON TRIAL SECOND TIME WENT
TO JURY AT NOON.
CHARGE OF SEABURY
Jury Instructed That it Must Either
Acquit the Defendant or Find Him
Guilty of Murder in the First De-
gree fcr Killing of Rosenthal.
New York May 22 Justice Sea-
bury in charging the jury today in
the Charles Becker case told them
that they must either acquit the for-
mer police lieutenant or find him guil
ty of murder in the first degree.
The case went to the jury at noon
today.
Contest Decisions Are Delayed.
Washington -May 21. 'In the house
committee on elections It was an
nounced today that the contest of
John J. Daws democrat of Chandler
Okla. against Itird S. Mcliulre re-
publican of Tulsa for member of
congress from the first Oklahoma dis-
trict and the contest of Judge John
J. Carney democrat of Oklahoma
City against Dick T. Morgan repub-
lican of Woodward from the second
Oklahoma district" would probably not
be decided for two weeks. Tho de-
cision was scheduled for today. Rep-
resentative HamiL of New Jersey
chairman of the committee Is absent
from Washington.
T
TO THE OIL FIELDS
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COM
MITTEE WILL RAISE MONEY TO
KEEP ROAD IN REPAIR.
The committee recently appointed
by the Chamber of Commerce to raise
money to keep this city and the Heald-
ton oil fields in repair met with Com-
missioner Kirkpatrick and In a short
time enough names had been secured
to guarantee $2.'0.H0 per month and
the committee led by M. Gorman the
chairman will make a hard effort
to get the amount to the $.")00 mark.
with every assurance of mceess.
The road will extend from here to
Lone Grove over the present route
thence one mile north to the section
line then four uililes west and one
mile north again and straight to
White City in the heart of the fields.
One oil company has already donated
1000 barrels of oil to be used on the
road after the work Is finished and
all other companies operating in the
field v 111 b; called upon to donate. The
oil dressing will after a few applica
tions be a great help to the road.
M. Gorman will lay out the route
and will have the lines established
f-o that the work may begin at once
It is the purpose of the Chamber of
Commerce to have the road between
this city and the fields In such condi
tion that parties living in town can
make the trip from here to the field
and return every moonlight night they
desire to take a pleasure trip and w ith
the amount of money pledged. Pres-
ident Mullen says the work can be
done and maintained.
The state highway commissioner
will be asked to lend what assistance
he can in tills matter with a view of
making the highway permanent.
A Splendid Record.
Tulsa Okla.. May 21. When he is
promoted into the high school next
week Orville Wlckizer of Rivervlew
school Tulsa w 111 have established
a record unequalled so far as is know n
He will have attended school for eight
years passing through eight years
wit'tout being absent or tardy a single
time. Young Wlckizer Is 14 years old
and is the only son of a Tulsa business
man.
WILD SCENES IN
L
SCENE OF RIOT AT BOW STREET
COURT WHEN TRIAL OF SUF-
FRAGETTES WAS CALLED
SNEERS FOR
Suffragettes Harangued King and
Queen This Afternoon at His Ma-
jesty's Theatre Women Bound Ov-
er For Six Months to Keep Peace.
London May 22. The wild women
of the Women's Social and Political
Union today attacked the national art
treasures. A woman with a loaded
cane ruined live master pieces In the
National Gallery while unollier wreck
ed a picture in the Royal Academy.
Both were arrested.
'1 lie trial of the fifty-seven arrested
yesterday was postponed because the
defendants howled down the court.
The scene at tlie Row Street court
today surpassed all previous efforts
of the militant party. Concealed in
tlie rafters a male suffragist blew
the Marseillaise on a cornet then
blew the charge and a general fight
began.
Women spectators threw their bag
of flour at the judge and the accused
women shrieked. One Jerked off her
shoe and hurled it at the Judge Sir
John Dickinson who caught It deftly
In his hand. It took the efforts of two
policemen to keep one of the accused
from climbing over the rail at the
Judge.
Later In the day the women were
bound over to keep the peace for six
months. All refused to give sureties.
A suffragette harangued the king
and queen this afternoon at his ma-
jesty's theatre. The police tried to
take her out and found she had chain
ed herself to the seat. She shrieked
a Russian cheer at the king. While
the police sent for files another climb-
ed upon the stage and harangued the
king.
Expect Big Potato Yield.
Oklahoma City May 21. Eastern
Oklahoma potato raisers are pleased
with the prospect for a big crop at
this time. Hie acreage In the imme-
diate vicinity of McAlester is about
normal the crop being 1200 acres.
The crop will move about June 13.
C
INFERIOR QUALITY OF STEEL
SENT TO PANAMA WAS NOT
USED IN LOCKS.
Washington D. C May 22. The
steel locks in the Panama Canal are
perfectly safe it was stated today at
the Isthmian canal offices here. It was
said that the Inferior steel which the
Pittsburgh firms furnished was not
used.
LATE TRAIN MADE IT IMPOSSI-
BLE FOR HIM TO FILL DATE
LAST NIGHT.
F. E. Herring of Elk City candi
date for the of fie of governor of the
state disappointed a good-sized audi
ence here last night when a delavej
train niada it impossible for him t
arrive in the city in time to address
the gathering. The train did not ar-
rive until after ten o'clock and by
that time most of the crowd had dis-
persed. Ha left this morning for Madill.
where he speaks and wiil return at
noon go to Marietta where a crowd
has. been assured him and return In
time to address the people at the
corner of Main and Washington
streets at 3:30.
LION COURT
PANAMA LOCKS
SPEAKS
THIS AFTERNOON
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Easley, John F. The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 193, Ed. 1 Friday, May 22, 1914, newspaper, May 22, 1914; Ardmore, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc153932/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.