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DIAZ RESIGNED
THE ARBITRARY AND UNCONSTI-
TUTIONAL RULER OF MEXICO
STEPS ASIDE
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and Enid Wave-Democrat
JO! IN THE REPUBLIC
Madero Is Pleased and Says the War
Will End—De La Bara Provi-
sional President.
This afternoon (Thursday) Presi-
dent Diaz of Mexico, resigned, and
is now a private citizen of the re-
public.
Every one had expected an uproar
when the announcement should be
made, but within the chamber of
deputeiB the words announcing the
event were followed by silenec. The
deputies seemed awd by what had
taken place. In th streets, black
with pople, every street leading to
thet hall being blocked, the news
that Diaz was at last no more the
president, was the signal for wild
shouting and manifestations. There
was no violence nor destruction of
property.
On the motion to accept the re-
signation, 167 deputies voted aye
while two of them did not express
themselves. As their names were
called other legislators arose and
bowed their affirmative.
In similar fashion the resignation
of Vice President Ramon Corral,
now in France, was unanimously ac-
cepted and similarly Francisco De
La Barra, late ambassador to Wash-
ington, was chosen provisional pres-
ident. The latter will take the
oath of office at noon tomorrow.
Of less interest was the assump-
tion of militar ycontrol by Alfredo
Robles Dominguez, Madero's person-
al repesentative. Personally Domin-
guz commands a small body of local
rebels, but the federal garrison is
under orders to make no move what-
ever without his approval. Domin-
guez stated he can bring 6,000 or-
ganized rebel troops in the capital
city within three hours.
The one dramatic speech of the
day was made by Jose Aspe. In in-
troducing the president's letter of
resignation he made one of the most
brilliant oratorical efforts with
which the the chamber has ever
rung. His voice was drowned with
applause and the floor fairly shook
with the demonstration which fol-
lowed his peroration.
"President Porfirio Diaz is dead;
long live citizen Porlirio Diaz." The
speaker admitted that Diaz had been
called to account for his errors by
a people who had progressed faster
than the author of their progress
had realized.
Madero is delighted. "I am very
glad that Diaz has resigned," he
said at Juarez, as he was told of the
abdication of Mexico's chief exe-
cutive. "That, of course, was the
principal demand of the revolution-
ists and now it has been satisfied,
peace will follow. On the strength
of the dspatches announcing Diaz*!?
resignation General Navarro and the
federl officers then prisoners were
given their liberty. Madero, it is
believed, will receive word from De
La Barra as to whether he ought to
hurry to the Mexican capital.
IRRIGATION CONGRESS
IMPORTANT EVENT.
Chicago, 111., May 25.—"The West
directly and the entire country Indi-
rectly are profiting immensely as a
result of the movement launched
and so successfully carried forward
by the National Irrigation Congress.
An impetus has been given to the
reclamation of vast areas of desert
land that has set us forward scores
of years beyond the point we would
have attained through the unaide^
process of development dependent
alone on the presence of natural
resources. Too much commendation
coul dnot be given to the National
Irrigation Congress and its record of
achievement in practical benefit to
the country."
This is the opinion of Governor
M. E. Hay of Washington, concern-
ing the value of the work of the
National Irrigation Congress, which
meets this year in Chicago. Gover-
nor liay haB just addressed the con-
gress headquarters, asserting that he
hopes to be able to attend the nine-
teenth annual sessions of the organ-
ization here in December. Of the
Chicago meeting he says:
"The choice of the City of Chicago
as the place of meeting for the
nineteenth sessions of the congress
is a most happy one. The wonderful
growth of that city is but a re-
flevtion of the development of the
entire West. Its interests are bound
up in the interests of the West.
Chicago is the natural gateway for
all that prtains to the development
of the nation's resources, and the
West 1b the great storehouse of those
resources. Since that is so true, I
am Bure that the nineteenth con-
gress will prove as successful as the
enormity of the development move-
ment throughout the country juBti
fies."
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HEW TO THE LINE, LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY."
E^.D. (Garfield County),
THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1911
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ENID, OK L; A H O M A .
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MEMORIAL AND DECORATION
DAYS WILL BE PROPERLY
OBSERVED IN ENID
Grand Army of the Republic, G. A.
R, Circle and Women's Relief
Corps Take Prominent Part
Class Day Exercises Yesterday-
Alumni Banquet Will Be Held
Tonight.
Memorial and Decoration days,
fraught with memories of the viol-
ent struggles of half a century ago,
and rich with patriotic impulse, will
be fittingly observed next week in
Enid. The old soldiers who fought
for union and freedom will do hon-
or to their comrade heroes, and dec-
orate the graves of those who have
marched on ahead.
The Memorial Day sermon will
be preached by Rev. Baker, of the
First Methodist church Sunday af-
ternoon. The G. A. R., Circle and
Women's Relief Corps will meet at
the Odd Fellows' hall on South
Grand at 1:30 p. m., and march
from there to the church in a body.
It is especially desired that all the
school teachers and pupils attend
this service, as there is much of
instruction and patriotism to be de-
rived from it. Special music and
prayers will be rendered, as well
the sermon by Rev. Baker.
The arrangements for Decoration
Day are more elaborate. Not only
the G. A. R., the Circle and Corps
will take part, but also the Sons of
Veterans and the Spanish War Vet-
erans, Auxiliary of Spanish War
Veterans, City officers;. Commercial
Club, civic organizations, pupils of
the public schools.
The organizations will meet at
the Odd Fellows l'fall at nine a. m.
and at 9:30 will leave for the cem-
etery on street cars, together with
all others who wish to go.
It is requested that all who will
furnish flowers to deliver them to
the committee on decoration at the
hall on that morning.
The morning will be spent at the
cemetery in decorating the graves.
In the afternoon appropriate ser-
vices for the unknown dead will be
held at the First M. E. church,
where the principal address will be
delivered by Rev. Mr. Russell, rector
of St. Matthew's church.
The following is the program:
1—Call to order by chairman, Col-
onel Eastman.
2—Reading of Orders by Arj. Com.
Whitson.
3—Song.
4—Prayer.
5—Reading of Lincoln's Gettysburg
Address, Steele White.
6—Song.
7—Recitation, Grand Army Button.
8—Song, Carrier Choir.
9—Address, Rev. Russell.
10—Song, "The Soldier Boys of '61.
11—Benediction.
PARALYTIC IS MADE lu
WALK BY HYPNOTISM.
Amazes Onlookers by Crossing Room
After Emerging from
Trance.
New York, May 24—Seven doctors
and a circle of nurses at St. Mark's
hospital watched Doctor Alfred J.
Fox demonstrate one of the miracles
when he commanded a paralytic to
walk, under the influence of hypno-
tism, and was obeyed. For three
years the man had been unable to
move himself.
It was one of those intensely in-
teresting things that now make peo-
ple thiuk, but which not so many
years ago would have caused the
doctor performing the feat to be
burned at the stake as an uncanny
person, who communed with familiar
spirits.
The doctors and nurses, which
delegation included Doctors Rufus
Jackson, Henry Friedland, Kaufman,
Llchenstein, Weisman, Mohr and L.
M. Atocei-Biscuilli, watched a great
giant as handsome as an Apollo, ly-
ing on the operating table, while a
little, thin, bold man, & feet 6 inches
tall, leaned over him.
There was none of the grandstand
Svengali demonstration about the
little doctor. He spoke to the hypno-
tized Bubject with the calm assur-
ance that ho mighi use in ordinary
conversation. The giant subject,
Melchior Lusterborg, seemed to be
twice the size of the doctor, who
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effect toward the helpless mass be-
fore him.
"Now, Mr. Luysterborg," began i
the physician, "you are going to
move your feet. Move your feet up
and down. You have control of
them."
The man, who could not do any
such thing for three years, began to
move the hitherto helpless feet. The
doctors looked on with undisguised
interest.
Now you will notice that your
legs are getting warm, you are go-
ing to perspire."
The suggestion almost instantly
brought a glow. Then the doctors
watched the perspiration start and
then the same quick tones came:
"You can stand up; you can walk.
Of course, you will have to lean on
these doctors, but you can walk."
The great form raised itself and
got off the table. Leaning on two
doctors, like a child just learning to
walk, the big man went slowly
around the room.
Then he returned to the table and
the hypnotic influence was removed.
And it was here that the doctors got^
the greatest surprise. The man im-
mediately sat up and said:
"1 want to walk."
His effort was better this time
than on the previous occasion, and
he went around the room with bet-
ter effect. It was almost uncanny in
its effect upon the watcher.
GUTHRIE SECURES
METHODIST SCHOOL.
Decision at Midnight Wednesday
Night—Enid Made Good Bid
But Lost.
Although Enid made a bid of for-
ty acres of land and $200,000 in
money for the Epworth college,
it was decided last night at mid-
night that the school would go to
Guthrie.
The decision was made at Guth-
rie in a meeting which lasted from
eight o'clock until early Thursday
morning. The vote was a close one,
standing eleven to ten in favor of
the proposition of the ex-capital.
In accepting Guthrie's proposition
the opinion is that political methods
were used and that the best offer
was not chosen. Guthrie gives 40
acres and $100,000.
OKLAHOMA STATE FAIR
The annual premium list of the
Fifth Annual State Fair at Oklaho-
ma City, September 26th to October
7th, 1911, is now ready for distri-
bution . Send a copy and prepare an
exhibit. See that your county and
community are represented at the
State Fair, as it is the great adver-
tising medium of the Btate. For full
information address 1. s. Mahan,
ON JUNE 6, 7, AND 8—FIRE LAD-
DIES WILL BE ROYALLY
ENTERTAINED
BT LOCAL DEPARTMENT
Enid Boys Confident of Victory in
the Several Contests—Dance
at Lakewood Park.
The enthusiasm of the local fire-
men in the convention to be held
here June 6, 7, and 8, grows daily
and the Enid department feels con-
fident that they wiil make the meet-
ing one of the best ever held in the
state. On each mail letters are
received telling of members of the
association who will be in attend-
ance and yesterday news was re-
ceived that eighteen of the Pond
Creek delegation would be sure to
come, while Hennessy would solid
14. Each town in the association
will be well represented and probab-
ly 900 visitors will take Enid by
storm" these three days.
Arrangements are about completed
for the dance at Lakewood park
which will be held on the night of
the 6th. Manager Cline of the street
railway company has made a fare of
five cents for each way and tickets
for the dance may be had by calling
on any of the firemen. This opening
of the festivities is expected to
start the ball rolling in royal style
and every effort will be made to
make this feature of the entertain-
ment one to be remembered.
It has been arranged to hold the
races and drills on West Main street
and the intersecting streets will be
roped off when the events are in
progress. The courso too will prob-
ably be roped in order to keep the
crowd from interfering with the
competitors.
an acre,. if the ground is inolst
enough to bring it up quickly and
it is given frequent shallow culti-
vation.
Forty bushels of milo lias the
same feeding value as 36 bushels
of corn. It is a good feed for work
horseB, beef cattle, dairy cattle and
hogs. If every farmer in central
and western Oklahoma would plant
and thoroughly cultivate 40 acres
of milo this year, the crop alone
would make the entire section pros-
perous .
A farmer in southwest Texas last
year raised one and a half tons
oi milo to the acre, forage and
grain. One half inch of rain fell
from the time the crop was planted
until it was ripe. He disked the
ground thoroughly before planting
and cultivated five times.
Plant shallow with a lister in
rows three and a half feet apart
and drop single seeds four inches
apart in the row. Put a press wheel
behind the drill to press the soil
around the seed and make it ger-
minate quickly.
Five pounds of seed will plant an
acre and this quantity will not
cost over 10 cents. Test the seed
before planting to see* if it will
grow. There is a great deal of dead
seed.
Cultivate before the plants come
up and every week thereafter until
the heads appear. PLANT MILO
PLANT IT NOW.
The corner stone of Enid's new
$200,000 high school building now
under construction will be laid this
afternoon at G o'clock with appro-
priate ceremonies. If the weather is
favorable a large attendance is ex-
pected. The exercises will begin with
prayer by Rev. L. C. Walter of the
Presbyterian church, followed by
music by the Madrigal club and two
10 minute talks, one by Superintend-
ent Thomas Butcher and Rev. Wal-
terand a 20-minute address by Ed-
mond Frantz. The exercises will
flose with the singing of "America"
by the gathering. The song will
be led by C. G. Pierpont.
The senior class of the high school
held its annual class day exercises
in the chapel of the school Wednes-
day morning at 10 o'clock. The
chapel was beautifully decorated in
the senior colors of red and white.
The young ladies woro white dress-
es with sailor collars and red ties
which added greatly to the beauty
of the scene. The program was be-
gun with the class song. Miss Mil-
dred Ingle presiding at the piano.
J he program included many inter-
esting numbers and was said to have
been one of the best ever held.
The alumni banquet of the high
school will be held Friday night at
the Loewen hotel. VV. H. Wright,
ditor of the Eagle, will preside as
toast master.
BOARD SUES BANK AT LAHOMA.
Seeks to Collect Assessment Made
Before the Institution Was
Nationalized.
STUDENTS ARE FINED.
Griffin and Hayes Plead Guilty and
Pay Small Fine.
PLANT MILO NOW
In Oklahoma, wnerever the
ground is moist enough to bring up
the plants quickly, milo should be
planted.
Even with a dry summer, milo
planted on ot before June first in
Pleading guilty to the charge of
petit laTceny, Worth Griffin and
Harry Hayes were fined ten dollars
and costs before Justice E. F. Smith
Monday for the theft of a bicycle
from Harry llayen.
Through leniency of the county
attorney the value of the wheel
was placed at $ 15, which admitted
of the charge of petit larceny in-
stead of grand larceny, which is
punishable by jail sentence. Hayen
did not appear against the boys,
and Judge Smith accepted their
pleas of guilty and placed the flue
at the minimum permitted by law.
BRYAN COMING TO OKLAHOMA.
William Jennings Bryan, for
the past several years the first man
in the Democracy, but who like Har-
ry Clay was so fitted for the posi-
tion of president that Illegitimate
interests were against him and an-
other had to be chosen as a com-
promise, will spe*k at Alva on the
Chautauqua platform sometime dur-
ing the week beginning July 2.
Preparations are being made to
accommodate an immense crowd the
The state banking board has in-
stituted suit against the First Na-
tional bank of Luhonia to recover
a one per cent emergency assessment
levied before that institution became
nationalized, the petition being filed
in the district court by Stuart,
('nice and Gilbert, of Oklahoma
City.
The action taken against the La-
homa bank is similar to a large
number of other proceedings begun
by the banking board against for-
mer state banks to collect the as-
sessment.
The petition recites that prior to
nationalization, the Lahoma bank
was known as the Farmers and Me-
chanics bank. On March. 27th, the
institution was converted into a
national bank. By reason of the
conversion, it is claimed, the La-
homa bank came iuto possession of
all the assets of the farmer state
bank and became liable for all in-
debtedness of the same. During the
winter the banking board found the
fund to be reduced below the five
per cent required by law. It there->
fere became necessary to levy an
emergency assessment of one per
cent. The banking board seeks to
recover from the Lahoma National
bank this assessment against its
deposits amounting to $543.46.
A MAN WITH TWO WIVES.
Extraordinarily Lucky Man Lives
Peacefully With Two Spouses.
Pittsburg, Kan., May 24.—After
being separated from her husband,
Peter C. Sharp, of this city, since
the Chicago fire of 1871, Mrs. Anna
Catherine Sharp of Oakland, Cal.,
arrived here today and was wel-
comed Into bis home. Her husband
and his present wife, Mrs. Louisa
Sharp, whom he married nine years
ago, after giving up the senrch for
FTs first wife, met her at the train.
' It's good to see you again," was
the greeting the first Mrs. Sharp
gave her husband.
"How do you do?" she said to
Mrs. Sharp the second.
The three rode together in the
family buggy to the Sharp home on
the outskirts of the city, where the
first Mrs. Sharp intends to make her
future home. Forty years ago Sharp
and his wife lost each other by ac-
cident. It was through the war de-
partment that Mrs. Sharp finally lo-
CAMPBELL DISMISSES CASES AND
C0TTERAL SAYS GRANDPA
CLAUSE IS UNCONSTI-
TUTIONAL.
TO
Western Court Holds Oklahoma Has
Violated Constitution in Writing
Objectionable Legislation.
Oklahoma City. The news has
been given out that the fourteen in-
dictments against electiou officials
in Eastern Oklahoma were quashed
in the United States courts and the
defendants dismissed at Muskogee by
judge Campbell. Later in the day
the grandiather clause amendment
to the Oklahoma constitution waB
ueclared to be In coutlict with the
inieeiith amendment to the consti-
tution of the United States by Judge
John Cotteral Monday In a decision
overruling demurrers 10 indictments
in tour election cases in Western
Oklahoma.
Willard Smith and D. VV. Jef-
fries of Seward, Logan county, and
Frank Guinn and J.J. Beal of Hen-
nessey in iviiigiislu i luui.i),
given until the first Monday in June
ti. plead to indictments charging
them with conspiring to injure negro
citizens in the exercise of their
right. The power to give the right
to vote, said the court, was not giv-
en to the federal government, but
the states were prohibited from dis-
criminating against citizens by the
fifteenth amendment, which declared
that the right to vote should not oe
denied to any person because of
race, color, or previous condition of
servitude.
It was inevitable, said Judge Cot-
teral, that the grandfather clause
would fall by that test. There was
no contention, the court continued,
that the imposition of an educational
lest was a restriction of a suffrage
right. Here the requirement was
hat the voter Bhould read and write.
But this educational test was ex-
acted of some and not of others.
To make the subjection of individ-
uals to the educational test depend-
ent on their condition before 1866
would make it depondent on their
race and color, Judge Cotteral de-
clared.
Date Was Significant.
Yhe court held it a significant
fact that the date adopted for a
dividing Hue was prior to the adop-
tion of the fifteenth amendment.
It was observed that the federal con-
stitution still operates to prevent
any state from discriminating
against citizens because of race or
olor.
Judge Cotteral declared that the
grandfather clause did Indirectly
what could not be done directly, and
that should it be permitted, the
country would soon get away from
the foundation principles of itB gov-
ernment.
Judge C'otteral's opinion is some
10,oOT) words in length and goe$
deeply into the legislative and judi-
cial history of suffrage acts and suf-
frage restrictions.
The fact, however, that Judges
Cotteral and Campbell disagree lends
Interest to further proceedings along
the line of negro suffrage In this
state.
OKLAHOMA BANKER
LOCKED IN VAULT.
Holdups Get $2,000 and Escape Be-
fore Victim Is Rescued.
Durant, Okla., May 24.—Two un-
known persons entered the national
bank at Albany, this county, after 8
c clock Wednesday morning and ef-
fected one of the boldest robberies
ever perpetrated in this section.
Th robbers enterd town on horse-
back, went to the bank, found Pres-
ident Cain alone, covered him with
revolvers, took $2,000 cash, then
locked him in the vault and made
their escape.
Discovery of the deed was made
by Dr. Bradley, who released the
banker, lie was almost suffocated.
The robbers cut all telephone wires.
It was late Wednesday before the
news was received here. SherlfT
Hamilton and a posse hurried to Al-
bany In autos. Officers with blood-
hounds from Bonhain, Texas, are on
the way to meet the sheriff. Late
Wednesday no clue had been found
to the robbers.
OLD CITY JAIL HAS
"GONE TO THE DOGS "
Mayor Bowers issued an order
yesterday to fit up the old shack
formerly used as the city Jail for ail
ownerless, tagless and other dogs
who are caught runnlug at Urge
uuchaperoned. The cell* and cages
of the old building have all been
moved to the new building where
they are now being put up.
The old shack now deserted, is
ready for the reception of the luck-
less canines, and In more senses
than one, the once mighty ^ison
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