The Oklahoma Leader. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 11, 1911 Page: 1 of 8
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Contains All the
Newt of Oklahoma
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For the Home
and Fireside
official state paper.
TH« ONLY SIMON-PURE DEMOCRATIC PAPER IN OKLAHOMA.
AvasaoHi AU3A3 oanssi
VOLUME 21.
tiUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA. TlintSDAY. MAY 11. 1!H1.
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CHAPTER meetingg • INSURRECTOS IN CON OF INTEREST TO CH AMGCES IN utls HtP - uLICAN ATTAC£pS.,n AVAIL
NEARS THE END TROL OF JUAREZ SSCHOL DIRECTORS STATEHOOD MEASURES OF NO AVAIL
use Committee Completes Bills for Free List Bill Framed By 'Jimocrats
Arizona and New Mexico. Passes The Hou «
INTt P.KSTED IN
OKLAHOMA
PROH; B'TlON
Eostern Star This Afternoon Begins Generad Navarro Reported Beaten Attorney General Gives Opinion on Mr
Election of Officers
and Flees From Citty.
Seperate Schools.
The battle at Juarez which began The opinion given today by Attorn- Washington. 1> C., May 10 Ohaii \\ aslr.nmou. l> < . May 9
Mnnrtiiv reiiclie.l Its culmination this ; ey General West to County Attorney! man Ford. o| the house committee hours oi continuous pounding a the
Monday reached its culmination tni d, choctaw county, on the on territories expects to call up lor hands oi the Hepublican minority of
morning when utter desperate light. arat„ icbn0| question Is of especial action today the Joint New Mexico the house ot representatives to mike
ing. the rebels gained control of the fnterest at this time as the various! Arizona statehood resolution, the ;i change in the lirst Democratic tat
hool hoards will hold their committee having completed Its de iff hill, that placing on the free list
liberations, recommending several agricultural Implements, meats and
« r ti. „i, hmitu r«nt ti * 'Ihe attorney genera! holds that dis- changes in the proposed state con- many other artici
ings of tbf citj and shouts ient the whjch hav, separate schools tor btltutlons, which must be approved pas
ir. General Navarro, who command ^hlte and colored children must at by the voters before the President
' city. Insurgent flags could be seen district
flying from the most important build rnnual meetings in the near lutu
of the city and shouts ren: ' i.n.do tii t r is
who cowman
federals, fled from the city fheir annual meeting vote a tax upon proclaims admission
and was pursued by rebels. The the taxable property of the district The propose* amendment
d the
Election ot officers of ue grand
chapter of the Order of the Eastern
Star was commenced In the closing
session at the Masonic leir.-pie this
afternoou Lively contests are on
for several places and It i« expected
that the elections will run to well
along in the evening.
The annual meeting of The grand
chapter has many of the features of
a national gathering. About fourteen f4,(1
hiut.es have been represented in the ana * • * "■ -. . . . • , ,
arrivals The head of the order In fighting lasted four hours before Na-, . ulficient lo maintain both white and New Mexico constitution provides
tinned States Mrs M Alice Miller, I varro deserted tlie city. Navarro colored schools, taking into accounthat any future amendments niust.be had
. " , on' ■ • ' •* - ! — u. i n..hi in ilm ihu nor i-nnifn riiut rilmtinn of fnnds .fono rod In ulfhor Ihiina nf the Leuis der
of El Reno has been here since Sun
• deati) He expected reiUlOrceillt:UL , iiun «JU nuiu hhpimi ""I 1XT..IM1 "•• Jill ill w ttUU nuuiium
but at lost reports they were two: state school lands and from fines, but n approved by a majority iu both Democratic majority was a compact
hundred miles away. until provisions are made by the leg- houses, and ratification must be by and sn ootlily working machine for
With the surrender of the bar-1 islature for the distribution of funds u majority of the voters. Kxceptiou the enactment of legislation. Minor
racks where General Navarro and derived from the levy which a conn- <s tuatte, however, as to elective Iran* ity Leader Maun threw amendment
his troops bad taken refuge, which j ty may make in aid of the common I mtse and education amendments, after amendment Into the debate.
took place at 12 35, the capture ot schools of the county, under section: wnicn will require three-fourths vote ranging all the way from free rici
luarez was practically completed. ] of article in or the constitution tne 0f ootn houses of the legislature. to free lead and pig iron, hut thos
General Oro/.co gave orders to his district must bear the whole expense a constitutional convention to re- that were not ruled out of order felon
men to give all Jljd. possible to the of maintenance of both white and: ■ ise tne constitution is lo be culiea were cheerfully voted down hy
wounded on isJh Ides. lie shook | colored schools therein. Uitttln twenty-five years, with the ap- almost solid Democratic vote
?«, ".* Write Governor C *i - •
ii>U As To Enforcement
Law In Thi Stat*
Oklahoma Cltv. Oltla., M
jvernor Cru« eoffice has i
TO INSURE THE
GROWER A
Financiers Plan Banking Sv-ittm Ta
C i- iantee Cotton PrJ*«
9 --
eived
(By l«atod Wire.)
Birmingham, Ala., May 9 —For the
failed. The oill
Monday nlRht by a
236 to 109, the Democrats
voting solidly and mustering -1 He-
publicans with them
This came after the
down or ruled out of or
many letters from Texas regarding purpose of perfecting a corporation
newspaper «ommunirations written which will ;i- ure the farmer a mar-
ie ;i Texan who had been in Oklaho- ket for his cotton crop at a guaran-
n:a and observed workings of the teed .minimum price, and at the same
prohibition law lu view of the state time to niak>
wide eampaigti in Tex..-., the letter perfectly
nt ing
day, and today she instructed the of-
ficers and delegates in ritualistic
work. Last night was devoted to the
ritual, the Guthrie chapter putting
ou au exemplification and the Talo-
ga chapter conducting a model ini-
tiation-
Representatives of Tennessee,
South Dakota, Kansas, Missouri, Col-
orado, Texas, Indiana and other
states have appeared in the sessions.
Pew meetings ever held here have
covered a wider range. Everey part I congratulate#
esented i Kstinu;.';, >
bauds uiili 1'
of the state Is well represented
Preliminary to the elections this
afternoon the reports of the commit
tees were received. The grand chap'
ter will close with Installation of ol
fleers by Mrs. M. Alice Miller, most
worthy grand matron
a delegation from the grand chap
ter will attend the funeral at perry
tomorrow of Mrs. R. 10 Wade, a form
er grand matron, who died Monday
a|,pidno'ma City ;
l,. b. more"
ral officers and — loval of three-ffcurths of the members Morgan Supported Bill.
Vn their bravery The attorney general In an opinion j of the legislature, or after the tiist The Republicans who voted for the
tnumber of dead to state Auditor Mever held that the! twenty-five years with the approval measure were Representatives An
•this afternoon. I central Light company of Sapulpa, of two-thirds of the legislature. deson Davis. Lindbergh. Miller Vol-
.ragged from the should be required to pay a gross pro- Another amendment, applied also stead, and Steenerson of Minnesota
It is believed the I percent or the gross receipts. The t entries must vote upon, provides of Kansas, Hanna and Henderson or ture to either provide him the means noto wm l)t, through the htcentrsl
r more than one company is engaged iu producing as l:,al ..ie states fchall never enact any No'th Dakota; Lenroot Kopp, Morse so that he could properly t 'rv Jj' banking system to b« put into oper-
, ii'nd groans are j duction tax equal to one half of one ;0 Arizona, wh^ch the people of tne Anthony. Jackson, Madison. Murdock cry to <1
heard const am-,,,
dead will numl
hundred. 1 well as disposing of natural gas
A. 12:45 firing had ceased, except
for an occasional shot In the foot- The attorney general declares that «<r previous <
hills. The main street of .laure/. is t| c change In the 1*909 law relative to The resubmission of the recall lea-
in ruins. election of officers in incorporated ture of the Arizona constitution Is di
acted, citizens to vote at a state ei«c
about the enforcement in Oklahoma,
and whether it is true that liquor is
generally sold by jolntists, as was
Democrats allege.) in the communication. It. is
understood that Governor ('nice does
not desire to meddle with th
pa iff n affairs of Tex
personally replied to any of the
communications
Letters have been wrtteen from
here, however, advising the Texas
people that the laws affecting the
liquor trattle are enforced as rellg
those j icusly as are the laws affecting any
or misdemeanor. Governor
('nice has been in the executive office
since early in January, and one of
the first messages to the legislature
dealt at some length with the prohi-
bition question lie then made It
plain that all laws would be enforced,
providing he was given the inachlti-
so, and urged the leglsla
iho farmer's note a
liquid and negotiable as*
any other trade paper held In banks
son e of the couutry's most promin-
ent financiers are In JWrmlng!ham
holding daily conferences with the
leading hankers and cotton men ot
this city and section. The organiz-
ation, as proposed provides for the
iiid has not. establishment of what is called a bi-
central bank system, and a South-
ern cotton corporation, the former
being headed by William It. Ridgeljr
former comptroller of the United
•States currency.
For months capitalists have been
working upon the details of a plan
oi finances which will guarantee far-
mers' crop notes, snd at the same
time guarantee him a certain price
which may vary from year to year,
for his cotton This plan Is to be
launched In fMrmlnghair, as the lo-
gical center of the cotton helt.of the
South.
Central Bank to Back Note.
The guarantee of the farmers' crop
The excurslou to Darlington,
seat of the Masonic home, will start
here at 7:110 a. m., tomorrow.
The officers and delegates and vis,-
jt.ors generally seem weKl pleased
with Guthrie. They have been shown
many attentions and they have had
full use of the splendid new Masonic
temple. The attendance is the larg-
est on record for the order In this
state.
Mrs. Lucy L. Easton, a prominent
—- I towfiis, giving towns two trustees u
El pane Texas, Hay 10.—Boih [ed- each ward Instead or one, has result-
tbJ erals and 'rebem occupied Juarez last | eo In much confusion and win result
night When morning came a fire In further confusion In 1!)13 if no
which blazed in the town, destroy- | change In the law lakes place. In an
ing several blocks, still was smolder- opinion to Robert W Wylie, president
ing an,I Ihe town again was Strug-, of the hoard of trustees or Henness-
gling under the renewed fierce ai-:ey, he stales that all incorporated
.ack of the rebels who had sur- j towns en the first Tuesday in April
rounded the place with reserves and 1 should have selected a clerk, assessor
uegun an advance down Ihe mainland Justice of Ihe peace for eae i
ihoroughfares. "ard, to succeed officers elected In
iMany bullets crossed Ihe river and 1909, and u marshal to succeed Ihe
fell Into El Paso. United Slates r nrihal elected In 1910.
troops had considerable trouble with
Mexicans on ihis side of the line That all city elections, spec|tl, pri-
who Insisted upon exposing them- mary, or otherwise, should be ooo-
member of the Eastern Star, has the|se;VPs l0 stray bullets, several Mex ducted In the voting precincts desig-
lion on an amendment provlulug «na
every public officer except r
G«ciary' n old ing au elective oifiSt;
aiihject to recall by the qualified
tors of an elective dlst'rix*. whitu m*
include tne whole state, Jfc per -®"
.f the electors who voted at the 'as
preceding election having lo p«nti'>>
lor such recall.
COULDN'T PART WITH
t SHOTGUN
Sam Coleman's Devotion to Smoke
Pole Brings Him to Grief.
>d providing that
si mmarily remove
who refused to enforce the law pro-
hibiting liquor sales, but when the
bill was 'finished It provided that
be increased to $10,-**
V.:mY?!*,;! i OOO.OOO later.
m 1 in general the plan Is to institute
a system of most, careful and thor-
ough bank inspection and audit. The
hanks so inspected and audited may
■'i.iw restrici'ing Ir'aiiridgitig the rigut Nelson of Wisconsin; LaFollette and | the parly's pledges or relieve him a(|on by the Nttt|onaf Alldlt Ban*
of sutrrage because of "race, color Warburton of Washington; Lafferty at.d his department ellt' ®|-• 4 <iuarantee company of Washington,
ondliion of servitude or Oregon; Kemp of California; Hub sraied that he did not want D C i nf whlch nidgely Is president.
bard of Iowa; Morgan of okahom*. odium of iiot.-enf.«cemenl s Thp |tB, gtf>(.k of fn# company lg
Norris of Nebraska, and Koberts or hands were to he tied , $1,(10(1,000 with a surplus of 600,000
Nevada. ^ Ihe recommeudatlons. hills were offer- f • v.„ «iaJ
The Republican leaders roundly ed providing that the governor might lUUt ,oio,
denounced the Democrats for deny-
ing freedom of debate and amend-
ment. Former Speaker Cannon said
that never in the history of congress
had the right of representation on
the floor of the house been so limited
and forn er Republican Leader Payne
asserted the Democrats woulu be dis-
credited before the country for their ; ter a hearing in court ' In addition.
arbitrary exercise of majority pow- the law revises the penalties, making
the first offense a minimum of $50
lAfter four of five hours the Re-
publican fight took on the complex-
Ion ()f a filibuster. Once, denied u
vote by the chairman. Mr. Mann In- , .
Sam Coleman and the shotgun he timated the bill would not pass In a penitentiary for a minimum of o
if they choose, avail themselves of a
guarantee feature. The farmer is to
ech county officer could be suspend-1
ed, If the charges of non-enforcement
were found lo he probably true and ^ ^Thle'V
removal could be sustained only af- |)er w||, h(1 a(,,.etlUl)jle at aU Mme,
for .amounts which the cotton insur-
and thirty days in jail, the sec
" ... , tem the southern sta
$.00 and six mou lis '"Jalllu fo. ratlon will guarant
Ihe Ihlrd conviction the culprit s |o| p„rBo(r<,red
made a elon, with cotiflnement in the h f hnn(ta „
Following that Republicans year.
rising votes,. The governor is also authorized ' when due
unique position of editor of two pa- [ leans were arrested for throwing r ated by the coifnty election hoard' t,fed when he bud lbe ' ™!'rjtP(j|v Hemanded
pers in different towns. She mall- I stones at United States troops • for general elections is the gist of an, argument with H. Roseiib rg, |n the end Mr Mann made no at- ' name a slate enforcement
ages the Leader at Paxon and The Tijuana, Mex.. the Mexican town c pinion rendered today by the attorn ) n.lles east of the city, on February , inn in tne end .Mr. Mann made no at- ( name n emouemeiii.
«ews at Chattanooga, Comanche I jn ijUwer California, captured by the ev general to Secretary E. V. Porter i. were
ntice system will guurantee at his
nnil' own Under the blcentral pys-
tem the Southern States Cotton Cor-,
intee that all com
red for rediscount
operating under the
National Audit Bank Guarantee com-
pany and found solvent, will be paid
•county. Mrs Easton is second vice
president ot' the Oklahoma State
Press association, which is to meei
at chickasha next week.
rebels yesterday, was still in their of the Garfield county election board, no last night
hands today. There was further The attorney general further holds Devotion to the shotguu was what
lighting there that the county election board has brought Saiu to grief. He has been
Federal forces that were in Agua authority to change wards and vot-; traced all through Oklahoma and
brought to town trom 131 He- tempt to delay the final vote on the with the powers
sheriff
o flic ei
in all.
Bank Notes Guaranteed.
By this system1 of guarantees on$
bill In all the Republican leaders counties of the stnte, who may have bank is able to make loans to
offered 83 amendments.
I'rieta evacuated that town today.
Automobile and team owners today
continued their good work of "show ' pederals Drawn Into Trap.
Ing off' the town. The visitors were Laredo. Texas. May 10. —Reliable
taken to many points of interest anfr j information that fifty-six federals
the strong points of the city
pointed out to advantage
were killed at SaItillo yesterday in
a tight
ing precincts in the county or city Texas by means of that gun, and the
after thirty days notice has been glv- law kept gaining on the pair until
en tl.e closing scene at El Reno yester
ilpy, when Sam was arrested. Slier-
U. S. Russell, assistant pure Too<l <ff Murphy had all Oklahoma towns
and drug commissioner drew an ouin-j posted and Sam was nabbed when he
SANTA FE TO EXTEND TO
FORT DODGE
Closes Gap That Will Make Guthrie
The Gateway to the Pacific
The contract has been let to the
iih t«iHiirrpMn« *wn« hrnneht ,roni the attorney general today showed up in El Reuo after a long Johnston Construction company ot
' ... t • v.„ Vm i'n ntifVimii iiu.l tt K>.nrii " HoiHo shei'iu /niarillo, Texas, and work will be-
PEiACE DOVE PERCHED
AT BALTIMORE
here todav hv a railway conductor ;11' the effect that he was without au- iramp through the tields. Sherin /,,,
who was a witness The federals tfrorlty to fix another standard for .\iurphy went out for him immediate-, gin at once on the extension of the
a trap (vinegar as the pure food law estab- |y and came in last, night. _ Denver, Enid and (Julf line of the
deputies with like authority, hut the: farniGr when the farmer has given
legislature refused to make an ap assurance and proof through the
propriation with which the officersi Southern Cotton Corporation that h«
are to work Some sheriffs hnve ask- wijj jjQ alj|e his note with
ed the governor to name a number rPQp planted. In order that the
or deputies in their countier, the niay jcnow the condition of the
names of whom will not be unnoun- fanner wishing to obtain a loan, the
eed. but they will operate under spe- 0f a cotton corporation has beo%
cial instruction from state authorities' advanced. *
in suppressing the liquor Ira flic. The — ^ —
governor has not named his state en SOLONS SEEK LIBERTY
forcement officer, and will not until> By CONFESSING
the bill becomes effective, June 9.
Prevention of Future Wars Accom-
plished in Resolutions.
Baltimore. Md., May 5.—The chiet .
* More Indictments Expected to be Re-
MAY MEAN DEMISE turned Against Legislators
OF COMMITTEE
—— Columbus, O, May 5—Intimations
Will Court Decision End Lorimer In- |Tat the knowledge of Prosecutor
Vestigation? iTurney and Attorney General liogau
possess concerning the bribery in the
Springfield. 111., May 4 —That the general assembly was limited to the
"-I lished a standard which cannot he gani is the negro accused of a Santa Fe system, now operating
! ehanged except by legislative action.: deadly assault on R. Rosenberg, the northwest from Guthrie to Kiowa.
! El Paso, Tex., May 9. (Insubordina aged German farmer, owner of the Kansas, a distance of 125 miles, to
I tion in the ranks of General Maderos fhat a person cannot hold the of- place on which Reuben Russell, col- Dodge City, Kansas. For some time
j army and a lust for the tight whicn , fjce 0f trustee and justice of the 4 red. was killed last December. Rus- the Santa Fe has been trying to pur-
font ii re nn the time ram todav at the nce8f 8 €t ?i ,Jera! fov!fr"" peace of the township is the holding sell, a negro, was called to the cab- (hase the Rock Island's Bucklin
third national neace concress was 1 n,enl apparently deprived them C( the attorney general to H.W.Binger \v door and shot one night and no branch as a portion of the extension
the renort of the committee on reso-1 ca.u.st a ^frcf atta°h Jv,arez ! town clerk at Osage The attorney c)ue has been found. .Rosenberg ami •„ Dodge City, but has finally with- ojm i.ir..c.u, —- j ~w
lutionJ scheduled for nresentation it wh,ch culminated last night in a Keneral also volunteers the imforma- pjH other tenant had a row on Feb- drawn negotiations and will construct uecision In Judge Petiti s court lew cases 'n whlch
t he cio8eo^ tills al ternootf'B meet ing ?ref"' retr?ai ,he un; tion that a person cannot reside in ,uary 2. and the wind-up was the u line the entire distance to Dodge, Chicago adverse to the senate In yes- i posed as lobbyists o'raplegisatofa
the close qf this alternoon s meeting ( der cover OI darkness, afte,. a day 0l }, ,md hold office in the township, j shooting. Rosenberg, after several his extension gives the Santa Fe sys- ligation committee probably will re- uere rafuted when the g.and Jury ad-
- | weeks In the hospital, was sent bacK tem an important cut-off between its i suit In the death of the committee I Journed until Monday, v
MEDICAL EXAMINERS DILEMMA home, but he is in bad shape His n,fajn lines running from the Gull Is the consensus of opinion among
j left arm is useless and lie is in bad I north and from Chicago west to the members of the Illinois^
No Money For Expense? Except S«c condition generally. Pacific coast. It is stated that the and the joy among
retary's Salary, Rules Attorney N it seems that Sam had been trav- increasing business handled each
General t'lng
The resolutions are to be a crystal
tzatlon of the sentiment which In-
spired the sessions and which marks
the present development of the peace
movement. The resolution endorsed
the Anglo-American arbitration treat-
ies aud approved the proposed cele-
bration of the hundred years of peace
between the English speaking na-
tions.
At the afternoon session Dr. T
Lyepaga, a native of Japan «nd pro-
fessor of the University of Chicago
spoke on "Peace in Asia."
Washington, p. C„ May 5—Andrew I «r banks In direct line of the fire
< arnegie was today presented a gold U1™"11 "f the Fourth United
continuous skirmishing.
The 150 rebels, who early Monday
opened fire on the federals, not only
captured some of the important out-
posts, but carried the fighting into
Juarez. Failing reinforcements the
retired.
The casualties of the insurrectos | for aoy expense of the state board ot
and federals are not known, but five medical examiners excepting for pay-
people on the American side of the ment of the secretary's salary. This
line were killed and at least 12 were (jg opinion of the attorney gener-
wounded. j al to Charles A. Taylor, state exaniin-
Thousands of people in El Paso er anj inspector, who reported to Mr.
stood on top of houses or lined riv- West that this state board is paying
expenses from fees collected. Mr.
West states positively that all fees
The recess was taken for the rdas-
Ion, according to the prosecutor, that
Lorimer , :-uch a mass of incriminating KH*
forces over the Chicago decision i deuce had been accumulated that a
"aUnoBt constantly since the. month~b° the"De'nver, Bnid and Gult unconcealed. Iew da>"' tlme WQS necessary to go
ucur'o t.lllg ttl iiiuot Luiinion. j oiik.1 v— ~| i.itniin u me L ni'ci, ryiini aiiu yun .. ,.nri
No funds are available at this time shooting, and he was gradually work-jftom Guthrie to the northwest has Members of the committee who are a
ing back to Guthrie. The gun, which, teen such that the construction ot| attending the sessions of the general i «fnf« th '®r.«ni
seems to be the one he dlil the shoot ; the extension to Dodge City has be- assembly decline to be quoted upon a> ei° ® n grana j y.
ing with, was never out of his sight, j (.ome a matter of necessity. At the the status of the committee
He appears to have carried
trelght trains and in days of
along rivers. It has probably been! me coast must be carried due north i the status of the Illinois senate com- ^
ins chief aid in sustenace. to the intersection wltn the east and mlttee. The ILorlmeE forces obvi- an g
west line and then due west, comprls- usly believe the death of the com-1 u
Sheriff Murphy went out before day- a haul along the two legs of a mlttee will be taken in Washington
out so t.hgt it
in
an effective
ry.
There is no longer doubt that c«r-
n .T.e,,.. (unit* ii uiaiLCi UI iicvcDOHt. nt i ic uir omnia ui t-nc iuihuhvivv. , „.
it on | present time the traffic orlgnating at Both the I primer and antl-I^rimer to set In thefr tes-
hiding the Gulf ports for shipment west to, interests see national significance In ™J!fQiS, A
Iv been mo onnat must i * onrripri dn« north i 5tntn« nf rhp Illinois senate com- i timony and confessions, if thus the.
nedal of honor from the Pan-Ameri- States eaviilry protested to both arm- must be covered into the state treas- |jght this morning and proved again right angled triangle. With the con-as a weakening of the case made
can union In recognition of his serv I ies aga|nst the fire into American ury and can not be paid out there- t>,ut any man who steals anything pection shifted west to Dodge City'those who hnve 1)een opposing the
ices toward securing universal peace, territory, and it lessened considerate I excepting on warrant drawn by; j ertaining to horses or to a horse from Guthrie, the route is shortened; junior senator
Twenty-one nations of North and ly thereafter. the state auditor in pursuance otjin(j wagon, horse and buggy or horse; by a great, number of miles.
South America were represented in Nearly 1,000 American troops were an appropriation by the legislature. an(j ahything else Is going to sojourn port smith and western Extension
bestowing the honor on him I massed on the border keping crowds president Bryan of the state board ,a whlle in the Logan county jail. This it develops, too, that the Fort
back and ready to respond to any or- of agriculture has called the attoTVtime the man said to have annexeu|<Siolth and Western is anticipating a
| ders from Washington. ney general's attention to the fact} wheel was landed. The sherin Memphis connection in the near fu-
General Madero. is a sad and down that the engrossed and enrolled bill i thinks the Logan county thieves have|ture through the construction of a
i hearted man. His efforts to prevent j of the recent Jegislature, enatctlng ( organized a trust to assemble rigs line, now in progress across Arkansas
'a general attack were successful, but the law for drilling artesian wells ih|by piecemeal. Part of the gang f,0m Memphis to Fayetteville. The
'only after he had been bombarded ; Heaver county, do not agree, the en-isleaiB tfoe horses, then some negro! intention of the Fort Smith and West
KILLS BOY WITHOUT
any warning
/ille 111 May 5—Charles with conflicting stories as to the ac rolled bill calling for a well In town- comeg along and steals a set of bar- trn j8 t0 build the connecting link
imew a former policeman ,ual cause of the conflict. ship No. 2 instead of township No. 3. nosBi then a town thief takes a tew Letween port smith and Fayetteville.
d shot and killed Frank Cord- General Madero thinks remarks at-, Mr. Bryan states that it would be|iap robes and whips. Occasionally \ Southwest from El Reno, Okla., the
- rd-1 tributed to Colonel Tambourel of the money wasted to drill a well in the one sneaks a buggy out, and a few intention of the Fort Smith and
Hlj federal garrison in Juarez, taunting location specified in township No. 2|i,ngro last fall stole .les Copeland s western jB to build to a connection
i'iav ritv 111 twelve miles southeast ithe insurrectos, incensed them Gen- | but Mr. West states that, whatever [ wag0n. Now comes the theft of a | with the Orient railroad, thus giving
o«" Louisville at 7 o'clock last night i eral -xla(lero- in a statement regets.tae enrolled bill directs must gov-]jeft hind wheel of a buggy. |an outlet to the Pacific coast. The
unity. Prosecutor Tur
in possession ot
some valuable leads to testimony
by through anonymous "letterg. Presum-
ably these have come froin persons
who unwillingly were made to ^con-
The nnii l-nrlmer force* insist the ! tribute to corruption funds In order
evidence'behSlfcl" cSnn.lt-i Jo secure even meritorious le«...a-
tee will figure prominently In thei"®"-
federal senate if the Lorimer inquiry No Action To Expel Legislators
Is reopened, and permitted to follow
Common Pleas Judge Kinkead
a„ 'eada It had " opened . other ev, j ^
dence far more conclusive would
have been presented.
CONDITIONS IN MEXICO
ARE ALARMING
Angry Father Clsims Youth Made Re
Marks About Daughter.
LoMisvilie
Farbbolomew
rer™0?1^vears^'old"son"'of VCord-' tributed to Colonel Tambourel of the ' money wasted to drill a well in the:0ne sneaks a buggy out, and a few intention of the
nor' nronrletor of the Re* hntei Ht i fe<leral g rrjs°n in Juarez, taunting if cation specified in township No. 2U.ngro last fall stole .les Copeland's i western |8 to b
' - - ' , the insurrectos, incensed them Gen- [ but Mr. West states that whatever[ wagon. Now comes the theft of a] with the Orient railroad, thus giving
i left hii__ ..
the occurrence. ern: he advises, however, in accord-; jap pbillpps. white, is the man un- present indications are that the pro- ing anxiety approaching alarm
K The fight lasted until darkness ance wiflh Bryan's statement, that j (;er arrest on a charge of stealing j pf8ed amendment to Section 9, Art. (f it by administration officials
nn# in the hend -ind two in the came an«l furnished many a thrilling i no money be spent on the township; wheel from Will Gooch, twelve) jx, of the state constitution, which the safety of Americans in Mi .
breast ' ' spectacle as well as continuous ter-1 No^ 2 well. ] niles northeast of the city. The thettj w0Uld encourage railroad building in especially in the vicinity of Acapulco, I ^ ;1 •J) ■
hers. There was no action taken
the notice, which was tiled In accord-
a?ice with a statutory requirement.
For the present, at least, no action
bag been taken looking toward the
Five shots were fired with a .32 cali-l
her revolver, three of which took ef-|
Vniin* Pnrdner e^eorrert Rnrtholo- ror for niany Americans living along The attorney general's office has v.ag jn February and shortly after its the state, was defeated last Tuesday, on the west
mew's daughter Alice, 18 years old. llle river hanks. About a dozen in-J outlined a plan for settlement b^| occurrence Phillips ducked out for and for this reason it will he iiO; scribed as in
« , , . . .. . ... . . . expulsion of or suspension of indict-
Administration I, Worried for Safety ^ memhe,.s wllh the exception ot
of American Re ents. j^ye they are in attendance on rou-
Washington, D. C„ May 6-Increasj t"^0?^e8^aI1Ildon. of cleveland, sec-
fnr retary to former Governor Herrfck;
fenUmof' American ""exlco ' Wolfe, proprietor of two ld<*.
rety or Americans in Mexico, j IieW8l;;|per8# and 0pha Moore, secre-
tary of the Manufacturers' assocla-
de
is believed to have ein-
coasr. Conditions ««
tolerable were reported < *on, ^ men
home8 fr6m8"a"tbe^VHc'al1 performance! «nrrectos were seen to emerge from tween the outgoing state Game and fhe old Indian territory country, possible f0r the Fort Smith and to the state department today. Ir, 18 timntLdehold\n)S8 were 'among'1 thi
about two weeks ago and afterwards 'he barren hills around Juarez early | Fish warden and his assistants and having a brother near Wagoner. He Western to use the Katy lines, as in ; probable naval forces will be order- , p before'the grand jury.
flDOUI. IWO WLBHS USU, mill Ulieiw.1111 Jnl, n-v,.,., .. il «flnnlnla ,- . . , , .. nr tu'rt I-.,. .AI,1..K„^,„ r«l.., *#,«.. ,.l«« I „,n,aHlnlalv VlineSBeS UHJOTe I lie hl"l'U _ J 3
I™ neriine,! or havine made a in the day. They skulked the Bhrub-. deputies and the incoming ofBclaHJ slipped hack home a night or two (ended, into Oklahoma City
Ilrrnffatorv remark hv Bartholomew, bRr>' toward the end outlet posts, o fthat department. It is stated that Fallis, a point thirty miles east ol
vho talked with the bov and Cordner, firing repeatedly at a squad of fed- court decisions relative to fees have sheriff Murphy reached the Phil- Guthrie. Instead, if the Fort Smitn
s> rvirrtnors hernmlntt alarmed erals cooped up in un adobe house. I confused such a settlement, together np8 home before daylight this morn- pnd Western enters Oklahoma City
hL'rt a warrant Issued for llartholo- The version of the affair given a. the I with West s opinion of April 24, 19X1, ' —-
n^.w as voune Cordner denied hav- Madero headquarters Is that the fed- that assistant game wardens are not
hi. said anvthina about the girl ''">>« be^n ihe engagement At any entitled to fees for Issuing licenses.
Bartholomew later was accused or rate the federals soon left their adolr West's plan suggests that Ihe set-
lnattentlon to duty and lost his place stronghold and fled, pursued by the tiement be made therefore as ot
a. a policeman. Last night Frank insurrectos April 24, permitting each assistant
Cordner went out on the front steps Not a few Americans were among I warden, each duty warden and each
o< the hotel to listen to a band plav. i 'h<>8e wl>° entered .luarez. The fits! county clerk to retain 2fic for each
r'srihlnme. annroacheil a side street.i person killed on the American side ! hunter's license issued. The old war-
urrt without a warnlnr ilred the bill-i 'he ne was Antonio Garcia, who [ den must then settle with the iucora-
let strlklnr Conner In the breast, was standing by the side of the As-: Ing warden by delivering to him 1.2b
Al be fell four more shots were tired sociated Press correspondent, ahnut , lor each license Issued by himiell
hv Bartholomew two of which took' yards from t.ie advancing insur and |1 for each, license issued by a
'L ,i ' . • .. i . i ai— 1 inn nornsu Iho rivpr X ivnmnti . rianniv ap stlarlr or hv nBQiatnnt nrior
from jed to Acapulco Immediately.
ing and demanded that phillips come
out. His mother and brother made
c.efermlned resistance, denying they
had seen him. The sheriff was pos-
itive the man was in the loft and
told the people It was no use argu-
ing- that he was going to have the
man If he had to tear the bouse
down. Finally Phillips woke up and
crawled out.
FARM HOME DYNAMITED
the company must buttd Its own track
into that city, and it is understood
this, will be done from Richland, in
Candian county, a point twenty miles
west of Guthrie.
COUNTY TO' GET LARGE SUM
(Stillwater, Okla . May 5.-—By an
agreement reached between the coun
ty attorney's office and the attor-
neys for the Santa Fe railroad, Payne
county is about to get $15,00<> back
El Paso. Tex., May 5—Peace ne-
gotiations between Mexican insur-
rectos and the Mexican government
were suspended today to await an
answer from Mexico Cltv to the prop-
osition submitted yesterday by Fran-
cisco I. Madero Jr., that Preelaent
Diaz make public his intention to re-
sign. Federal representatives admit-
ted they did not. expect a favorable
answer.
Predictions were made that Mon-
day the grand Jury would return in-
d'ctments against at least two legia
lators, a senator and represents'ivt-
REBELLION IN CANTO'N
PUT DOWN
educational institution
Extermination of Rebels and Fri rrus
Ordered by Viceroy.
Hong Kong, May 5—Canton is rran
c.uil, the rebellion having been com
pletely crushed. The viceroy has or-
dered the extermination of all rebels,
changes severe punishment for their sympatn-
izers, a revision of the firearms law
effe"taow7™the head andTne^n^he1 rectos across the river. A woman , deputy or clerk, or by assistant prior! Tulsa, Okla., May 5—The home ot j taxes. In 1908 the Santa Fe rail- Oklahoma City, Okla., May jupplT8,1,811011 °* the reop,e 8 food
-ij- ' ! sitting on a porch several blocks with ; to April 25. Attorney General West' perman gteinbuchel, a wealthy farm-, road*was aasesed $27,823.56 In Payne hers of the newly created state board - it " hfl
also states that an assistant warden | er re8iding near Broken Arrow, In county, and paid $14,749; in 1909 it of education decline to talk, but it
has no authority to administer an Tulia <.olinty, was partially destroy-, ^s a)|^ed „J!!S !" ."nd.*"f°°.d .t!llvb0.ar?. lor the prevention of smuggling, and
TIMBER WORMS BUSY.
Tulsa, Okla., May 4.—According to
in the city received a bullet in her
wrist and another in her abdomen.
About six o'clock last night twp un
J. P. Harter, demonstration agent for j the Santa Fe bridge. The name ot
the United States department of ag-, one is suposed to be Camp, and his
riculture, the timber worms have ar-1 home is said to be In Nebraska, while
rived in Oklahoma In-great numbers, the other had on his person a mem-
and consequently orchards as well as or atrium reading: "R H. Ferguson,
wild timber in this\ section of the 1 Troop F. Third csvr'— ~
oath or do anything official in connec-
known Americans were killed 'near^tion with the issuance of licenses
This opinion is given to R. B. Lewis
of Oklahoma City, a former assistant
warden; to Mont Highley, his attor-
ney; to State Examiner and Inspect-
or Taylor and to both state Game
He has appealed to the governor
Kong to co-operate with him
ed by dynamite last night. The f£t jM*; In it w«InSon^ rrau^eT the cil^^^d^8" in^cMet
nn" the® wcupanU^ined wa^ die to rtflway^omplnrilai^ till assw j Vwo 0^^*06 resl^ aUons are said ot TprlX'^
Ignorance , ''handle the^dyna^ «« WJ, ^^
the part of the perpetrators ol
the outrage Stelnbuchei had no
known enemies and can not account
lecttng ihe balance. By the agree- jIP> to statements from an uthentlcj t^n resumed to NartOn.
ment and stipulation which has been source. The board will probably an-, A squadron of six war hips lj
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