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ENID, OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY. JUNE 6, 1912
No. 34
M'KINLEY CLAIMS
583 FOR TAFT
OHIO DELEGATES IN-
Sectety " 4FT
f "sior(c;i
It's War to the Death on the Fly.
iter Hi-o! who Siiici Supporters
T. R. "Were Driving Their
Titanic Full Speed Upon
the lee."
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Chicago. June 4.—Director Mc-
Kinley issued a statement Sunday
declaring that 583 delegates to the
Chicago convention are pledged to
President aft. This i s43 more than
enough to nominate. He declares
further that Col. Roosevelt has 42 7
or 113 less than enough to nomi-! ■'af^ won 'n f°r Ohio s six
nate. Twenty-two delegates remain j delegates-at-iarge to the republican
to be chosen. Col. Roosevelt is
is counting 200 of Mr. Taft's dele-1
gates.
"There is no longer any question
Columbus, O., June 4.—President
that the friends of President Taft
will be in a majority in the conven-
tion and will control that body from
the election of temporary chairman
until adjournment," said Mr. Mc-
Kinley. "Mr. Roosevelt and his
friends will face a very different
situation in the republican national
convention from any they have fac-
ed thus far in this campaign, in
that the delegates all will be repub-
licans.
"Secondarily the delegates for the
most part are men of calm and ma-
ture .political (Judgment -who will
not be stampeded by noise and
bluster. Dema ndwill be made on
all sides for a strict adherence to in-
structions and pledges and no dele-
gates instructed by their constltu-
pnts to vote for President Taft will
record their votes otherwise.
' Mr. Roosevelt will be accorded
the same so.uare deal. No rights
which any candidate may possess in
the premises will be denied and on
the other hand no rights which any
one candidate may have will be per-
mitted to be perverted by unfair
mear.s.
'"Ihe methods which Mr. Roose-
pelt and his managers have pursued
to attain their ends is amply re-
flected by the contests now pending
before the republican national com-
mittee. Mr. Roosevelt is contest-
ing the states of more than 200 del-
egates before that bpdy and a
flimsy pretext on which he is mak-
ing l:is contests will be shown to
the country when the contests are
heard before the committee. The
contests will be shown to the coun-
try when the contests are heard be-
fore the committee. The contests
will be decided on their merits by
the ruling body of the party."
national convention at the state con-
vention today by a vote of 390 1-2 to |
362 1-2.
Immediately after the election of
the Taft delegates and alternates the
convention recessed until July 2 ;
when a state ticket will be named.
These Taft delegates-at-large and ;
alternates were named:
Delegates—Senator Theodore
Burton, Harry M. Daugherty, War- j
ren G. Harding, Chas. P. Taft, Arth-
ur I. Vorys, D. J. Cable.
Taft's victory in Cleveland and
his strength in the cities gave him
his victory. Of the S8 counties Col-
onel Roosevelt had a majority of the
delegates in ."1 and President Taft in
34.
TO MAKE CONTEST
HEARING PUBLIC
KENTON'S PLURALITY LARGE
Iowa Senator Renominated by Be-
tween 50,000 and 75,000 Plu-
rality.
Des Moines, Iowa, June 4.—Sena-
tor W. S. Kenyon was nominated to
succeed himself by a majority of be-
tween 50,000 and 75,000 votes over
LaFayette Young and Des Moines
in yesterday's primary, according to
incomplete returns tonight. Com-
plete returns, It is believed, will
show that Senator Kenyon carried
90 of the 99 counties in Iowa. D.
W. Hamilton of Sigourney was un-
opposed United States senator.
P. G. Holden tonight conceded
that George W. Clarke of Adel will
be the Republican nominee for gov-
ernor. It was estimated tonight
that Clarke's plurality would be 20,-
000. E. G. Dunn of Mason City
will receive the Democratic nomina-
tion for governor over J. T. Hamil-
ton of Cedar Rapids by a majority
of 5,000.
AMERICAN MARINES
ARRIVES IN CUBA
450 Fighters for Uncle Sam Land
On Troubled Island.
Chimanera, Cuba, June 5.—Four
hundred and fifty American marines
under command of Col. Lucas were
landed this morning at Deses Point,
near here, from which point they
proceeded by train for Guantanamo
city. The announced purpose is to
guard American property against
possible attacks by negro rebels and
not for i.-tervention.
MARRIAGE LICENSE.
Hewitt O. King, 27, Dallas, Texas,
Wllda S. Herndon, 27, Enid.
Benjamin Akins, 62, Enid, Anna
Taylor, 49, Enid.
Arthur Rose, 23, Saltfork, Okla..
Luella Brand, 17, Billings, Okla.
James M. Collins, 47, Glascoe,
Kans., Nanue Ethel Baker, 27, Doug-
/as, Okla,
President Taft Sends Letter to liar- |
ry S. New Suggesting Deliber- i
at ions Be in the Open.
Chicago, June 4.—President Taft
has written to Chairman Harry S.
New of the sub-committee on ar-
rangements for the national Republi-
can convention, suggesting that the
meetings of the national committee
at which contests are heard be
thrown open to the press aud the pub-
lic, '
The president suggests that Mr.
New take up with the committee the
matter of open hearings; and that,
if the committee finds it possible,
the deliberations over the contests,
230 of which have already been pre-
pared for submission, be carried on
in open session.
SCREEK ORSMASCt
EFFECTIVE APRIL
TO OCTOBEK.
KtCES WKlBfc
| STARVE TO
OEATM
jCKtEHf-
Gr:;> in Atlanta Constitution.
LIBEL SUIT
The Kvents Has Sustained Its Con-
ditions in the Opinion of the
Public.
SERIOUS CHARGE
FACES H. P. CARTER
FRANK MANNING
MUST SERVE TIME
Arrested on Warrant Charging Him
With Defrauding John Ehler.
Eight
Year Sentence for Killing
of Joe Kenelick Is
Affirmed.
TAFT FORCES WILL
FIGHT STUBBORNLY
Colonel's Ultimatum That Root Must
Net he Selected Causes Strength-
ening of President's Adher-
ents.
H. P. Carter, a well to do citizen
of Enid, was arrested yesterday
charged with defrauding John Ehler,
formerly a motorman on the Enid
TAFT MEN CONTROL NATIONAL
COMMITTEE?
Chicago, June 5.—A plan to meet
at once the full force of Colonel
Roosevelt's fight to control the or-
ganization of the Republican nation-
al convention, by making permanent
the temporary organization, \yith
Senator Root as a chairman, was
partly agreed on today by Taft lead-
ers, who are here for the opening
session of the Republican national
committee tomorrow.
Taft Controls Committee.
The control of the national com-
mittee by Taft forces is said to be
certain by members friendly to the
president's candidacy. When the or-
ganization meets at 2 o'clock tomor-
row to organize for the hearing of
contested delegate cases, the Roose-
velt forces will not attempt either
to seat R. B. Howell of Nebraska,
to succeed Acting Chairman Rose-
water, or to select a Roosevelt com-
mitteeman as presiding officers for
the contest hearings.
Will Champion Root.
It is said that Taft leaders regard
at least 35 of the 53 members of
tre national committee as favorable
to the president's candidacy.
The ultimatum from Colonel
Roosevelt that Senator Root must
not be selected as temporary chair-
man, which was reiterated by Sen-
ator Dixon on his arrival in Chicago,
was met by a strengthening of the
Taft forces In opposition. The Taft
leaders determined r.ot only to ad-
here to their effort to seat Senator
Root, but to call upon their forces
to help make him the permanent
chairman of tre convention when it
meets June 18.
DIVORCE GRANTED.
Judge Dan Huett granted the di-
vorce to James 8. Lowey against
Mary Virginia Lowey. The grounds
were desertion.
The court of criminal appeals Sat-
urday affirmed the conviction of
Frank Manning, under sentence for
killing Joe Keneflck at his home near
street railway company, while the Pav.ljee November. 1910. Kenc
latter was seriously ill. Carter gave ' wag a welj.knowll oil producer
bond and the preliminary trial has [ and the klmng created a sengation
not as yet been set. . I in eastern Oklahoma at that time.
According to the information j jjanning's defense was that Kenefick
sworn out by County Attorney Chas. ha(J insulted hlg wlfe.
N. Harmon yesterday, Carter is al- jTannillg lias also been tried once
leged to have gone to Ehler while I th(j murder o[ Tb0mas T. Welt-
the latter was ill and 'while his moth-^ a jjnotype operator, in Oklahoma
er was dying in the next room and J C(ty }n 19Qg Re .g nQW awaltlng a
arranging with him to care for him , ge(,ond tr)a, Qn that cbarge. Mann.
during his sickness provided he, Eh-! jg un(jer an eight-year setnence
ler, sign over his property to him. It fQr fhe kinjUg ot Keneflck.
is alleged that Carter intimated
Ehler that he did not have long to
live and that as he did not have any-
one to care for him that he would do
so for this consideration. Ehler In
this condition, It is said, signed over
his property to Carter. Several days
ago Carter took Ehler to the county
poor farm and left him there as a
charge on the county.
Much interest has been taken in
the case for the past two or three
days. County Attorney Harmon ac-
companied by Judge M. C. Garber
went to the poor farm Tuesday af-
ternoon to see Ehler and the infor-
mation sworn out yesterday Is the
result of this visit.
PRANK COLE IS INJURED.
Frank Cole a driver for W. B.
Johnson met with a painful accident
yesterday afternoon when the team
he was driving took fright and ran
away, throwing Mr. Cole out and
fracturing h 13 arm.| Shortly after
noon yesterday Mr. Cole complained
that he was not felling well and de-
cided he would go home. As he
kept the team at his own stable,
was driving home when the animal?
took fright and became unmanage-
able. Though Mr. Cole's injuries
are painful they are not thought to
be in any way serious.
STRUMOUS TOUR OK
WESTERN OKLAHOMA
Senator Owens is Mapping out
Complete Campaign Itinerary.
Oklahoma City, June 5.—Com-
mencing today Senator Robert L.
Owen will make a most strenuous
campaign for twenty dayB In central
and western Oklahoma In interest
of his re-election, he itinerary calls
for twenty-seven set speeches and
covers half as many more towns In
some twenty lountles. his trip will
keep the Senator busy until June 22
TEDDY
SAYS HE
WILI
FIGHT ROOT
First Test to Come on the Selection
Of Temporary Chairman.
Oyster Bay, N. Y., June 5.—Upon
the selection of temporary chairman
of the republican national conven-
tion may hang the political fortunes
of ex-President Roosevelt. He de-
cided tonight to oppose with all his
strength the seating of Senator Root
and issued a call to all his support-
ers to stand by him. Colonel Roose-
velt declares that Mr. Root, "has
ranged himself against the men who
stand for progressive principles
within the republican party," and
says it is Wm. Barnes, Jr., of New
York, who is to be the real head of
the Art canvass at Chicago.
The Colonel's decision to make a
square issue of the seating of Mr.
Root was reached after a long con-
ference with advisers. At Saga-
more Hill where Senator Dixon, Glf-
ford Pinchot, Wm. L. Ward, New
York, George W. Perkins, of New
York; Frank B. Kellogg and An-
drew Rahn, both of whom are from
Minnesota and Truxton Beale, dele-
gate from California.
After Colonel Roosevelt had com-
pleted his statement he brought up
the question of whether he is to go
to the Chicago convention.
"After tearing what the men 1
have seen, have to say,'1 ho said,
"my impression Is that 1 will not go.
I may reach a different decision if
any strong arm tactics are attempt-
ed."
"TURKEY TROT" PROH1HITED
Editor IHscliarges Sixteen Unconven'
tional Women.
Philadelphia, June 4—The Curtis
Publishing company Is without the
services of 16 young women who so
far forgot the rules of that corpor-
after which date he will go to Bal-jation as to indulge in "the turkey
timore to attend Ihe national demo-(trot" on the third floor of the
cratic convention June 25. Ladles' Home Journal building.
This is tlie day for the defendant
to nlecri to the petition filed against
the editor of the K\ents by the
Eagle Printing and Publishing Co.,
and the defendant has filed a demur-
rer to the petition It being the opin-
ion of the attorneys for the defend-
ant that the plaintiff's petition does
not state facts sufficient to consti-
tute a cause of action in favor of
the plaintiff and against the 'de-
fendant. Anybody can file a pe-
tition against another for libel on
the mere mention of his name In a
newspaper and still such mention
\ . ;,ld not be such a publication as
is Contemplated by the law on libel,
and if the contention of the attor-
n.s for the defendant should be
fusti'.ined by the court, upon a hear-
in; of the demurrer, there would be
no further proceedings and that
would end it.
Undoubtedly the plaintiff consid-
ered the crowded condition of the
, o.! ;; and the usual courEe of cases
filed in court and had no intention
of a speedy trial of the case if it
over come to trial, but filed the case
in ; .i effort to upset the evil effects
t'.tc Ftock-Jobbing of Fagle stock
would have in certain quarters after j
fie exposure by the Events.
It seems probable also that the
taking of depositions was a matter
overlooked by the plaintiff when it
filed its suit and It probably was not
looking for this publicity before the
primaries and we would not be sur-
prised to hear it charge the defend-
ant with trying to delay the trial by
filing a demurrer, but If it makes
such claims it will be because the
depositions are bringing out some
things which the original intention
was to keep from the public, till af-
ter the primaries and the effect of
the exposure died out and the case
be permitted to die of neglect. For
Instance, from the objections inter-
posed by plaintiff in taking the de-
positions it is obvious that the plain-
tiff wants M. H. Wright to be the
"goat" and the officers and those
connected with the plaintiff are try-
ing to make it appear that none of
them had anything to do with the
Eag le stock-jobbing that Wright
was attempting to put over, but
people will wonder why Mr. Taylor,
1 resident of the plaintiff company,
Mr. Drummond, Editor and Direct-
or of the Eagle and Mr. Sexsmlth,
also a director of the Eagle com-
pany, accompanied Mr. Wright out
to the Emerson farm in North Enid
Township at night to see If Mr.
Emerson would stay by his subscrip-
tion of Eagle stock, also why Mr.
Drummond went to the office of
Geo. Kennedy when the whole af-
fair was about to "blow up" to as-
sure Mr. Kennedy that Wright was
O. K. and could be relied upon, also
why after a visit or two by Wright
to Mr. Hills Mr. Drummond was
along when the candidate for State
Senator pulled the cork clear un-
der and gave his consent to take the
stock and give his note for same,
also some people may wonder why
Mr. Drummond was up at the meet-
ing in George Ralney's office in the
court house where Hare, candidate
for sheriff, Kennedy for Clerk, Scott
for County Judge, Tyler for County
Superintendent, Flannagan for Coun-
ty Clerk, Emerson for Commissioner,
Smith for Justice of the Peace, were
all present In a secret meeting to
dls: uss the stock proposition. Not-
withstanding M.r Drummond made
a nice little talk in that meeting
that It made no difference to him
or the Eagle whether those divers
and sundry candidates took the
stock or not then afterwards as Mr.
Shockley says he understood him
in a private conversation that he did
want the sale of stock to go through.
Also Mr. Emerson testified that ac-
cording to Wright Mr. Drummond
would be In charge If stock was sold
as there was not room for two man-
agers and Drummond would be man-
ager If Wright sold the stock and
was or was not the plaintiff corpor-
ation, through Its officers, interest-
ed in who was to run the thins?
Such innocence! It's a shame to
take the money.
However, io matter how the mat-
ter effects either the plaintiff or the
unfortunate candidates who were
duped and ro:>ed in on the stock-
jobbing scheme, wh ■ have orr pro-
found sympathy and for whom we
feel exceedingly soiry, the lefend-
ant will fight this suit every inch ot
the ground and take advantage <jB
every right the laws allow, . nd we
predict that before a trial th- wholn
thing will "blow up" just as the
sale of stock to candidates who
v, ere evidently afraid the Eagle
would not suppor! them theft
didn't "jlne" the slate makers inion.
or the "candidates trust" and come
through with the bo. • s per
share. To do what, make so; .• mon-
ey on an investment in atered
stock? Save the Eagle frojn
Democratic control? He' Milt
Wright? Or form a .olltical
poo! of candidates, one • each
office only, unbeknown o the
opponent of each and l.i' gen-
eral public, obtain the support ot
th :agle and its r.ust uisting
l'rier.ds, and thereby monopolize alt
the nominations for county or ices?
Then again did the ilaintlfl
through Its officers know what
Wright was doing, w; he doing it
for the plaintiff as well as :or him-
self?
V'r-s affairs I- f 1i sh,<.ie that
Drummond would ■ go i : unless
Wright put the sale of stock over
and did not the plaintiff want Drum-
mond as editor?
The truth generally Is a .parent,
but time will explain.
In the meantime, the Events will
proceed as usual propound! ::sr great
truths and exposing great fr.rnds.
SENTENCED TO
75 YEARS
Negro .Murderess Draws n
tence.
Mary Wallace, the negro known
among police officials as "Slow
Walking Mary" who shot and killed
i^elma Moore, another negress in a
dance hall in the "bottoms" on the
night of March 2 was found guilty,
of murder by a jury in the district
court and her punishment fixed at
75 years in the state penitentiary,
When the woman was returned to
her cell after hearing her fate she
fainted and the services of a physi-
cian were required to revive her.
The killing for which "Slow
Walking Mary" was convicted oc-
cured in a dance hall In that part ot
Enid known as the "Bottoms"' ou
the night of March 2 of this yeqr.
About a year ago the Wallace woman
was cut and badly Injured by Arth^j
Wallace a negro man. He wis pres-
ent at the dance hall on the night of
the murder and during a disturbance
of some sort the Wallace woman,
claims to have fired at him when the
ball struck the Moore woman. S^io
made the joint claim of accidental
shooting and self defense.
The jury which found the womiin
guilty was composed of C. O. Whi£e,
W. A. Royer, Bert Mill, .1. P. GflN
ord, O. W. Hays, James Bodenhanw
mer, E. D. Whybro, W. A. Krucken-*
berg, J. R. Lytle, H. Olerklng, C. M,
Barnes and W. N. Johnson.
OFFICER PIUS WITT'S SON
FELL DEAD IX WICHITA
Officer William Prewitt, of the
police force, received the sad newa
Sunday morning that his son Arch!
had dropped dead on the streets ol
Wichita Saturday. Mr. Prewitt lelt
for Wichita Sunday afternoon *nd
the funeral was held in Arkan-
sas City Monday. Details ol
the young Mr. Prewitt's .:eathl
were not made known in tllfl
telegrams except that he fell dead
on the streets and that his death
was due to heart disease. A reft
Prewitt was the only son of Williaril
Prewitt. Though he had visited his
father on several occasions, he hafl
never made his home in Enid. The
sympathies of Mr. Prewif s many
friends are being extended
father In this bereavement.
to the
HERNDON-KING.
Monday morning at ten o'clock in
the parlor of the Loewen Hotel oc-
curred the marriage of Miss Wilda
S. Herndon, daughter of Mr ani
Mrs. Henry Herndon to Mr. Hluett
O. King of Dallas, Texas. Only reN
atives and intimate friends attend*
ed.
The young couple left on th®
morning train for their new home, J
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