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FORTHE NOME AND
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COTAINS ALL THE
NEWSOF OKLAHOMA
THE ONLY SIMON-PURE DEMOCH
ISSUED EVERV "THURSDAY.
VOLUME '24.
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NUMBER 18
MAY RECESS FOR SIX MONTHS.
Oklahoma City. April 15—The ques
tlon of a six months recess at the
end of the special session instead of
adjournment slue die hs growing in
favor among the legislators, especial-
ly the members of the house. Repre-
sentative Rexroat, author of the reso-
lution Introduced Saturday to adjourn
April 19 to October 16, says he has
assurances from eighty members that
they will support the idea of a re-
cess.
The legislators are about worn out,
and will hasten to a speedy end all
work deemed necessary or submitted
by the governor at the present time.
The house investigating committees
have been doing exhaustive work
since the last rushing week of the reg
ular session, which was equally ex-
haustive, and while their labors are
not done by any means, the necessity
for rest is great. It has been the pol-
icy of the investigators to attend *o
the usual legislative work during the
day. and then work until midnight at
the general investigations of the state
departments. The result has been
that the investigators have put in
from 12 to 15 and 18 hours a day.
The lawyers of the legislature are
beginning to be strongly pressed by
matters pertaining to their business
at home. They have postponed and
re-postponed their cases until their
clients and courts are losing patience,
and their practice beginning to suffer.
So with the merchants and physician
members. And the impatience of the
farmer members these warm days
when everything, even the newspa
pers, is full of talk of crop prospects
and planting time, may be easily
imagined.
Test of sentiment Possible
There Is another feeling too. It
is believed a recess might tend to
clear the atmosphere both of legisln
tlon as well as official investigations
allow the legislature to see what it
had done, and what should still be
done. The legislators would return
home and in a thorough and leisurely
way get the opinion of the people a>-
to some of the big questions which
appear likely to go unsettled if ad
journinent were finally taken now
and would be in position to settle
them quickly and solidly after the re
cesB. Hut if adjournment were f!n
ally taken now, the legislature would
have turned the situation loose, and
no matter what a clear restrospect o
a few months might disclose, would
be without power to intervene.
Especially, so the "recessers" argue
would this be the case of the official
investigations. There Is a general be
lief among the legislators, and the in
vestigating committees, for that mat
ter. that while several of the highest
officers of the state have been remov
ed, the bottom of the investigations
has not yet been reached. With the
investigators anxious to get home tc
private matters, and thoroughly tired
out byi long hours or daily work, tc
attempt to conclude the investiga
tions in the short time of the special
session remaining, it is feared, would
lead the legislative probes to an un
timely end and leave unmolested
some things thnt should be probed.
Rent Bill is Signed by Governor
Oklahoma City, Okla., April 15—
The rent for the buildings in whlcl:
are located the state courts and the
offices of a number of the depart
ments will now be paid by the state
treasurer in accordance with senate
"bill No. 07, which was formally ap
proved Monady afternoon by (.over
nor Cruce. The bill provides for an
appropriation of $47,410.04 for rent or
the Mercantile building owned by the
Levy brothers and $23,0;i? .00 due tc
C. L. lawrence for rent on the
Lawrence building. The approprla
tlon covered the amount due the own
ers of the two buildings for a period
beginning January 1. 1911, and ending
June 30,. 191 J?. The measure was
framed by the senate committee on
appropriations and carries the cmer
gency clause.
ens. Governor Truce vetoed a bill.
passed at the regular session, which
would have abolished the fish and
game department and the present bill ,
is a compromise with the first meas ;
ure.
Will Rent New State Offices
The house adopted a resolution pro
viding for, the appointment of a com-
mittee of five to hunt for a new lo-
cation for the various state offices
now scattered over the city in dif-
ferent buildings and in two instances
more than a mile apart. The coinmit-
ee is instructed to secure a building j
in the business section that will house
under one roof all the state depart !
ments.
Will Not Abolish State Schools
Oklahoma City, Okla., April 1.'-
No state educational institution wrll
be abolished by the present session |
of the legislature. The house of rep (
resentativcB Monday by a vote of 3ti
to 34 refused to place on the cal-
endar the Woodward resolution which
would submit to a vote of the people
the question of abolishing the insti
tut ions.
I«ast week Woodward asked ihat
his resolution be taken from the
louse committee and placed upon the
alendar for disposal before S7e
house acted upon any of the vari-
)iis institutional appropriation bills , u^ou w en
now .pending and yet to be introduced, protect them irom insu
His request was refused and upon the
lommlttee's refusal to report the reso-
lution favorably. Woodward appealed
to the house to Assign it a place on ,
the calendar for consideration. Oklahoma Pity. Okla.. April
The fact that the state institutions The most stringent anti-gambling
ire scattered over the state in nine law ever placed on the statu''-
een different counties makes the "in- of Oklahoma became i lav. ' ,U'M
uitutional representatives" a power when Governor Cruce approved House
o be reckoned with in the legislature Hill No. 51. by Pruett. M >rris. Brown
?ut Up To Gov. Cruce Mitchell. Williams, of Tu.sa. and (
SUFFRAGETTES MARCHING ON PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE TO THE CAPITOL WITH PETITIONS.
f
? iffragette* who had an mi,
ant experience !n th ir parade ot
I eve of tlie inauguration of Pres
police faile
GAMBLING BILL IS SIGNED.
ouraued from
lefore ongres. w; 4 culled In extra
it ssion Monday, tliey mat l^ed up
Pennsylvania av
and net lions foi
ibe Constitution.
ith banners
meudment tc
j member of the board
Governor Lee Cruce, previous to j dell of the house. llo'tui ug i
le general election, stumped the! of the senate. The gamal i*. how
tate speaking against the existence ever, are given a short lea- ' o. it
thf
m :-.s ; f-
cniose
pf Irusi-
pugh
he
jtat~ „ -
}f so many state institutions and as the new law did not 1 •j11-
jpenlv recommended the abolishing j emergenscy section and w !1 net
>C several of the so-called state nor- come effective until three ti
nal schools. "Abolitionists"' in the ter the legislature adjourn*
louse Monday freely predicted, that i Wher local o, .. *
■vhen the proposed institutional bills *uf.,:,c« tae new „ i:mur •
■eached the governor he would refuse ling houses can be put on
o approve of many of them causing nesa as whoever conducts such Dual-
he schools which the legislature ness stares the penitentiar> in ie
.vould not abolish to starve to death fat e. Section I ol the bill api lies to
or the want of maintenance appro those who conduct gambling houses
iriation. or operate, for hire or not
Tax Penalty Will Re- of poker, roulette, craps.
nain At 18 Per cent . lug or percentage or oil-
That tax penalties will not be re igame played with dice, «
lueed from IS per cent was evident |device for mone
Monday when the senate refused to | tive of vain
lass a ten per cent tax penalty bill.
>->position to the reduction comes
chiefly) from cities that claim a re-
luction would greatly retard the col-
ectjon of taxes
A/ill Investigate Graft Report
game
bank-
er gambling
ards or any
or any representa-
Tlie penalties for vio
latioti of this section are a fine of
from $500 to $2,000 and in addition
Imprisonment for a term of from one
to ten years.
Section 2 of the bill is intended lo
punish those who play at any of the
et of
] Missouri river i
Lake Contrary w
lor that vicinity li
Oklahoma City. OlJla April 16. . ti, higher ground
Following the lipid pf the house, th« channel may
which had already passed the I and destroy the
lenate Tuesday afternoon bv a
vote of 27 to 7. repassed the 'bill
aboUshing tile office of state prohi-
bit ion enforcement officer, which
(1 both bouses I*, a big major.t\
at the regular session but was vetoed
by the governor.
PrediCwSd That Goveinor
Will Again V«to Bill.
It is considered p'rolmi. e that the
present bill will meet a similar fate.
at the governor's liarwls. but the sen-
ate showed the streiucth
on the matter I y iakins.
ON DEATH BED MAN CONFESSES
I .Chicago April 16— A patheti- hu
mhn document- blotud and curiously
misspelled- produced yesterday in
Judge Cutting's court resulted in
property and money stolen many
j years ago from a girl with "braun
bare' in Kscanaba. Mich , being re
stored to her with large interest.
The "braun hare' today is snow
white, and the man who did the w rong
lies in his grave.
Ilis letter, written to a priest thru
days before his death in a Van Huron
street lodging house, tells of the
promptings of the 'still, suiall voice"
and of a life long mental anguish en-
dured bv the writer. Rend before
Ohe little group assembled in the
court room, it Veil upon their ear*
like a message from beyond the
grave -an appeal for Justice and the
righting of a wrong.
The letter was penned by Thomas
Connelly, January 22, IwlIt was
addressed to the Rev. Francis Xavier
Rarth. pastor of St Patrick's Romau
Catholic church at Kscanaba
Theft Is Confessed
It asked him to find Mrs. Anna
n Washington watvjlane Gallagher Mccaulcy, formerly
were i . e to go Miss Anna Gallagher, from whom tin
, ' ' \ I money and Jewelr\ were stolen u
it bout a rlM «,t t on|May i
their In ; Connelly on his death bed made ;
complete confession, and naked in th
name of the Almighty that amends h>
made for his wrong doing that h<
might die at peace with the world
and Ills God.
'"My nanitf is Thomas Contiell
the letter read. "I am 7- years old
j and vfunt to make myself rite wit!
one hundred ' ^od the reason i went lo find thi*-
I laddy is i stole $300 worth'of julery
__ from her twenty years ago I alio
STATE UNIVERSITY 'stole $_'o and a beautiful prayer book
a e of them were found until an
pern the of The Cnlversal Detective
\geiK . located in the Cushiug oil
ield sent a description of some sus
ieets to Sheriff Mhboiioy. Mahnnev
got busy with the result that he is
now on thq way to <JutVirle with
is and Arnote.
tcle|ihone message to Cnder
heriff Walter Humphrey from Sheriff
; ahoney this morning, stated that
two men were arrested lost
ight without resistance on .their
art. •
Since the rowd
not so large the
over their route 1
of the scenes that
aim ration parade.
Into
a overflowing
aters and residents I
a\> begun to mo 'e
It is feared that |
change its
lake. Th«
cut to
bank.
GUTHRIE CITY BALL LEAGUE.
A bunch of enthusiastic fans and
ocal ball players met at the lone ho
tel. last night and began the organ!-
itlon of the Guthrie twilight league,
ith three teams, to play a regular
schedule during the present season.
James will be arranged for one day
ch week, beginning about May 1,
d Sundays and holidays C. M
rehet was temporary chairman of
rhe Initial meeting, with L. H. Sei-
zor as secretary, and a franchise com-
mittee was named consisting of
Harvey Matchett, Dan Williams and
Walter Baldwin. It is understood
hat. the I<ogau county court house
otllcers and employees, the Elks and
the Kagles lodges, and the Chamber
f Commerce will have franchises.
There are a number of former league
ers in the city for a nucleus and
the teams will be made up with form
r college stats and youngsters. Three
good teams of equal strength are cer«
tain.
HAS DEVELOPED MANY Now father, lor God s sak
NEWSPAPERMEN Mind the laddy. father, i have suffered
j for nil my sins and I am living
rUirs the i pauper in a Van Huren street lodging
During the past
State Cnlversity ol (V..lahoma has , house, i have
turned out a large n imber of news-
fate. .paper men who have made eminent
sen-1success In the journalistic profession.
if its views. These young journalists are now
the bill up holding important editorial positions
f the largest, m
out of its regular ofder, suspending' on some of the largest metropolitan
the rub's and placing At on third read-! dallies from eastern cities to Call-
ing almost as soon as it was reported fornia Practical newspaper wort*
from Hi.- committo.-. * '"i1 f'tcllnios are far too
Gov. Cruce Signs Rent Bill. I limited to m«-.-t the present rt
Goveruoi cruce sjyned the blil I inands I lie newspapei i roresslon.
xvhi- 1. appropriates approximately J like all others, demands the highest
to pay rentals for state de- j possible qualifications available, and
part ments to owners of the Lawrence . t liev aiv to be acquired at a proles-
Men antile buildings Th
Solons Draw Mileage Today
Oklahoma Cltv, Okla., April 15—On
account of the press of business and
the number of warrants to be madi
out, the pay fbr mileage for the legis
lators was not ready until Monday
afternoon As the result of this delay
a rumor became current that the
claims would not be paid, but thU
proved to be without foundation.
State Auditor J. C. McClelland stat
ed Monday afternoon that all of th<
warrants were ready and will be paid
at once.
The payrolls, which were sent to
the auditor Friday, have kept the off
ice force busy since that time mak
ing out the warrants These had
then to go through the formality
being sent to the state treasurer tc
be registered when they were again
returned to the auditor.
•Fixes Maximum Tax
The house Monday passed finally
bill fixing the maximum tax tha
can be levied in municipal subdi
sions of counties having more thai
eighty thousand population. The
maximum levies are: county, three
mills; city, four mills; eommor
schools, four mills; township,
mills; incorporated towns. fou
mills.
Public Service Corporation Tax
The house Monday passed to final
roll call a joint resolution providing
that all public service corporation
taxes be paid into the state treasur,
and distributed as other state school
funds are distributed.
Abolish 12 Deputy Game Wardens
With but one dissenting vote, t
house passed finally senate hill abol
Jshing the twelve deputy game ward
amount, parried
building was $17.41 <L04
wrence building
the M
antile
and for the
atonal s< boo!
[as well as th
work
such
investigate rumors that, the prohibited gambling games or at any
iporting fraternity had maintained a game whatsoever in which chance is
arge slush fund during the regular a material element or who bet on any
session of the Oklahoma legislature of these game. The penalty Is a fine
xnd with it brought about the death of not less than $2." nor more than
it that session of the anti-gambling j $100 or imprisonment in the county
Mil, a committee composed of five' jail from one to thirty days or both
nembers was appointed Monday to such fine and imprisonment.
stigate the rumors. No Shaking For Cigars
ower Passenger Rate Slot machines of all types where
'easui e Passed t j any representative of value is played
The house passed finally senate bill I for are prohibited under the net. a
giving to the state corporation com-j maximum fine of $100 or thirty days
ission the power to put into effect in jail being imposed for violation,
lower passenger rate on roads op- The playing of dice over counters for
a ting in Oklahoma. cigars, money or anything of value
Another bill passed finally by the is made a misdemeanor under the act
louse Monday was the Can* bill, re- through an amendment added in the
liiiring natural gas to be passed senate. This will put the pretty cigar
hrough standard meters. | girl out of the dice shaking game if
| enforced and may have a tendency to
TENNER OFFERS reduce revenues as well as the num
FREE QUARTERS TO her of small cigar stands. Anoth^i
STATE OFFICERS. I amendment to the bill makes it pos-
sible for an accomplice to a gambler
to give evidence to aid in giving con-
victions, the gambling law being- spec-
ified as an exception to the statute
on accomplices as applying to other
crimes.
Property owners who knowingly
rent rooms or buildings for gambling
purposes are subject to a fine of from
«10.i to $1,000 for each offense to be
recovered iu a civil suit to be brought
by the state and each day of violation
of the law constitutes a separate of-
fense. Property used for gambling
purposes may lie destroyed upon ad-
judication by the court.
Governor Cruce signed the bill
which appropriates approximately
$70,000 to pay rentals for state depart
ments to owners of the Lawrence and
Mercantile ibulldings. The amount
arried for the Mercantile building
as $47,410.04 and for the Lawrence
building, 928,03:1.
er ol
In the Daily Old a ho man of the
th the committee of the house on
apitol quarters advertised for
heaper quarters for state offices and
n response thereto the following
• was sent the commitee. by the
r e Chamber of Commerce offer-
ng them an opportunity to save a
arge sum of money f<Y the tax-
ayers If they saw fit;
April 15, 1913.
Ion. W. H. Mathews, Hon. J. T.
Farrall. llonu. W. A. Chase,
Hon. K. C. Vosburg. Hon. H.
Wright. Committee of the house
on eapitol quarters, State Legis
lature, Oklahoma City, Okla.
enticm-en; I notice in the Okla
Ionian cf this day and date that yo:
asking for bids or offers on
heaper quarters for state officers.
Allow me on behalf of the Chamber
j| Commerce and citizens of the City
>1 Guthrie to offer to the state
hrcugli your committee and the
louse of representatives adequate
juarters for all the state officers ah-
olutely free from now until sucii
line as the eapitol building is com
pted.
Trusting that you may act favor
ably upon this offer and thus sav
nany thousand dollars for the tax
•rs of the state. 1 am,
Yours respectfully.
FRED L. WK.WKR.
Secretary,
Guthrie Chamber of Commerce.
FLORIDA LEGISLATURE
FROWNS ON SUFFRAGE
(By Associated Press)
Tallahassie, *^la.. April 10.-
Women suffrage, by constltutiona
iniendment, in Florida, is now dear
for four years. The house commit
ee today reported against the pro'po
ution.
NATIONAL BANK CLOSED.
(My Associated press.)
Washington. I). C., April 16.
The First National Bank of Norwich
onn.. closed its door today becaus
>f the relations of its president wilh
he insolvent commercial concern
GUTHRIE UNIVERSITY CENTRE
:
At a special meet int.- of the board
,)f trustees of the Mcahodist Cnlver-
sity held last Thursday at the Uni
rsity building a committee ol
three was appointed by the trustees
to confer with a like committee from
the citizens of Guthrie relative to the
securing of a valid title to the
campus, thus permanently locating
the l.'niverslty in the city of Guthrie.
Such committee being composed of
the following gentlemen: Rev. .1 •
T. Riley 1>. !>.. district superintend-
ent of the Muskogee district; He v.
T. E. Carter, distri< t superintendent
of the Ppnca City district, and Mr.
.1, |L Lankard, president of the
Kingfisher LM1U & Klevator company.
This committee met with the follow
<ng citizens; Mr. .V'd llolman.
president of the First National bank;
Mr. I.ymon .1. Gray, president of the
Oklahoma State bank, and Mr.
.1. Dibblns. president and mana
the C.uthr.e Gas company. T
trustee's committee thoroughly
plained the necessity of the Univer-
sity sertiring a permanent location
within the immediate future and ex-
plaining the great advantage it'
would be to the Cnlversity In secur-
ing permanent endowment it they
mieht sav to the public that they
held a deed for their property, had
a home and are permanently located.
Ill reply to this the citizen's commit-
tee meeting with them agreed to put
the matter before the citizens ot
Guthrie with a recommendation that
a campaign be launched at once with
a view of turning over to the Cnl-
versity. permanently, the bulldlnr
and grounds on which it Is now
located The citizen's committee
also requested of the University of-
firials a statement of the attendance
at the University and of the probable
amount of money expended by them
and other information which niigut
be of service to the committee and
,he public in judging the merits of
the University.
aching 'he sdentifi
hnlcal side of the
The time is now ripe when
s liool should be established
State University and if 'lie
state legislature sees the opportunity
which is open, the State University
will prepare to do its part iu the
great newspai er field by establish-
ing a School of Journalism next year.
Education Board Members Named ^
The names of Ben H. Hester, of
Claremore, and A. R. Muesseller, of
awhuska. were sent to the senate
for confirmation late Tuesday after-
noon by Governor Cruce as members
if the state board of education. With
hese appointments the board now lias
its full quota, although what action
the senate will take on the appointees
annot as yet be learned.
One of the new appointees is a
school man and the other is n law-
rer and business man. Mr. Hester is; j look at
widely known in the state and has 18C'ar(;
held the office of county superin
ndent of Rogers county. Mr. Muew .
seller is an attorney, practicing at j onouKh to shoo
Pawhuska, and In the early days was This is the tlrst report
register of the land office at Wood- wolves doing damage in this county
ward. I for some time. This specie of the
The first four members of the board family is dangerous and the aniina s
were named by Governor Cruce in (become quite bold at times jand w i
January and since that time the work j attack any young stock.
has been conducted by them, they,'zens of th
with the state superintendent, con-
stituting a quorum. Resides the two
LOBO WOLVES KILL
AND EAT YOUNG COLT.,
Hobart. Okla., Al>rU 16—Two
laran lobo wolves killed anil ale
mule colt belonging t Jake Downing,
north of I-oue Wolf, last night. I' rank
Thomas, who lives two miles north ot
Lone Wolf, discovered the wolves in
•• hollow and approached to take a
The wolves did not
nd Mr. Thomas returned to
11lie house for his gun. He pursued
the animals, but could not get close
hoot.
of lobo
MOTHER SUES RAILROAD
FOR DAMAGES FOR
DEATH OF SON.
Another case filed against the St.
Ijouis and San Francisco Hallway
company and the Stroud Cotton Oil
company is that of Victor (J. Thorp
by his mother, Martha C. Wigal, of
Depew. Okla. On December H2, of
last year, the boy, a lad of 12, was
standing on the station platform nt
Depew, when the train pulled in,
striking a heavy truck that had been
left there by employees of the Cot-
ton Oil company. The truck was
hurled by the train on the platform,
striking tlio boy and severely cutting
and bruising his face and head and
also injured him internally and break-
ing his collar bone.
The mother of the boy asks for $10.-
000 damages.
JESSIE WILSON BREAKS RULE.
Richmond, Va.. April If.-—Declining
many social invitations. Miss Jessie
Wilson, daughter ofrthe president who
came here to attend the convention of
the Young Women's Christian asso
elation, departed from her rule yes-
terday to call on Josephine Blair, S
years old. who recently has had some
correspondence with the president.
When Mr. Wilson was nominated
the little girl wished him well, adding
that while she could not vote, she
bad a half brother and he would do
everything he could. Ten days ago
Miss Blair beard that Miss Wilson
would attend the convention so sh
sent this letter to President Wilson:
"Mr. Wilson. I would like so mm 1
to see Miss Jessie. Won't you tell
her to come and see me?"
The president did so and Miss Jes-
sie called.
I in under
underware trying to save it for
tills laddy. i made every cent of this
money out of her things i stole and i
want to pay this laddy her nion
they can pay for my funeral with the
rest 1 have."
Sorry For Name
In a postscript Connelly add
"Father, this is a good Irish name
and i w.sli i had never brought sham*
upon it."
Another letter from a friend ti
Connelly's also reached the priest, it
told of "Poor old Thomas Connelly'
death on the way to the county hospit
al. and begged the priest to
his friends dying request.
Search was made for the writer of
this letter, but he Is supposed to hav
died ill a recent lodging house fire at
(>r l South Clark street.
At the time of the theft Mrs. McCa-
ley was a maid employed in the home
of Mrs. George Kddy at Lincoln and
Adams streets. The Eddys now llv
at 5S52 Sheridan road.
Lelldy Hackett, an attorney here,
represented Mrs. McCauley in muk
ing her claim against the estate. The
claim will be paid in full
WIRELESS PREVENTS
ANOTHER SEA TRAGEDY
Norfolk, Va., April 1(5—In response
to a wireless cable, fifty passengers
were taken last night from the Steam
er City (Dalttmore. While under wa
a cylinder head broke ten miles be
low Annapolis. The steamer returned
to Baltimore for repairs.
LAND GRABBERS ACQUITTED.
Chicago, ill , April 15.—Albert C.
Krost and the four other defendants
•barged with a conspiracy to defraud
he government out of Alaskan coal
amis valued at. $10,000,UDO were
found not guilty yesterday by a jury
federal Judge Landis' <*>urt. The
* has been In progress since
March The defendants acquitted
ire;
Albert c. Frost, former president
if the Ch! ago & Milwaukee Klectrlc
Hallway company and of the Alaska
'entral Hallway company.
(Jeorg, M Seward. Chicago broker,
ormer vice president of the same
ailroad companies.
Pierre (i Beach, Chicago lawyei,
former secretary of the companies.
(leorge a Ball, glass manufacture
)f Muncle, Ind.
Frank Watson of Spokane, Wash.,
who dire Led the location of mru,y
if the claims.
When the - lerk completed the
-eading of the verdict, which was re
nnied shortly after 2 o'clock yes ter.
lay afternoon, there was u momen-
tary silence. Attorneys for the de-
ense started to riao to say words
>f congratulation to the defendants,
when Judge Uindis suddenly turned
toward the clerk and said slowly:
Let me ape that verdict."
Judqe Locks at Verdict.
He stiffened up in his seat tier,
eptibly. 'miked over the verdict
arefully and then brluglng it nearer
o his eyes squinted at. the signatures
>f the Jurors. He dropped the paper
o his desk and leaning toward the
refendants and their attorneys said
lowly and clearly:
"I think It is for me to say that
•onnsel for the defense are to he con-
gratulated on having achieved a most
xtraordinary victory."
MAN HURLED 100
FEET;
UNINJURED.
(Bartlesville, Okla., April 1G.—To
be hurhd a distance of 10O feet when
a boiler blows up and escape serious
injury was the ejcj^erienco of L. \V.
CJantpbell. a tool dresser, in the oil
field. He was standing beside a
oiler on tjlie 'Barnsdall company's
lease, north of here, when It explod
ed. Campbell suffered only slight
burns.
POPE PIUS SINKING.
(By Associated Press)
Rome. April 16— Pope Pius X was
disturbed more than usual during last
night by a> rough; the fever has dis
appeared but lie will take no nourish-
ment. The lawyer who drew the
last testiment of Pope Leo was sum-
moned to the Vatican this morning. It
is feared the end is near.
Privat
FIGHT IS ON OVER
PROPOSED WOOL TARIFF
(By Associated Press)
Washington. D. ('., April 16.—
"Fifteen per cent advalorum duty oii
raw wool," was the slogan of the
organized opposition to the admin-
istration free woo(l bill when the
demo..-ratio caucus .resumed consld-
ration of the new tariff bill today
A NEAR FIGHT.
ENID WILL BORE
FOR 0*1 L AND QAS.
v.nld, April 16—'The city commis-
sioners today considered the bid ot
Charles Jioeser. of Tuulsa, to drill two
wells for oil or gas to a depth of 2 -
500 feet each for a lease of 5.000 acrea
surrounding each well in the event
nil or gas is discovered an<l $22,-
5JO. Although the city officials were
still talking over the proposition with
Mr. iRoeser, they will probably sign a
contract with him soon embodying
these conditions.
The bids were opened yesterday.
Only one received any serious con-
sideration. the bids being scarce and
generally unsatisfactory, it was stat-
ed today. Hoeser makes an offer to
drill two wells in different localities
to a depth of 2,500 feet each for the
sum named in the specifications. $22,-
500, if they are also given oil leases
on 'five thousand acres surrounding
each well, the leases to be theirs If
oil is struck. These leases which
are asked are the only thing which
makes it possible for this company
to make such a bid as the cost of
putting down two such wells is far
in excess of the sum available, but
.Mr. Hoeser, aud his father, arc old
oil men. having been In the drilling
business for thirty-eight years and
they believe the oiJ will be reached
around Knid and the leases would
then make up the difference !n the
lew members, the board is composed
if Dr. A. B. Fite, of Muskogee; M.
I. Duncan, of Pauls Valley; Frank J.
Wlkoff, Oklahoma City; Judge Pot-
er, Ardmore, and R. H. Wilson, state
superintendent, who is ex-officio a
The citl-
community where these
wolves live, should organize a hunt
and kill them off before further dam-
age to stock is done.
MISSOURI OVERFLOW.
(By Associated Press)
St. Joseph. Mo .
(By Associated Press
Springfield. IU.. April 16.—Pro-
ceedings In the legislature wer
livened today by an attempted per-
sonal attack on the speaker, \Vm.
M-KInley. hy Representative Lee
O'Neal Brown, during a heated de* j cost of drilling.
>ate in the house Brown rushed —
towards the speaker's rostrum waiv- LOW WAGES NOT CAUSE OF VICE.
ing bis* fist and showering threats at j
McKinley. Others interfered. Pittsburg. Kan., April 16.—Bishop
— — William A Quayle. who came to In.
MAHONEY GRABS TWO SUSPECTS. auKurate a buildins tu'erprise for
'the Methodist church here, does not
(Sheriff Mahoney has landed two believe that low wages bear any re-
more cattle thieves | lation to the question of immorality
Throuuh the aid or the Cnlversal m women or that the investigations
but reliable information j jAgency of Oklahoma City, of the Illinois vice commission will
was obtained today to the effect that j r|H, sheriff got trace of the confed ! result in any good.
urates of Sol. W. Wells, who. on "It i« tickling the skin when there
January 10th of the present year.! is a blood trouble." said the bishoo.
sti.le live head of fat cattle from j "It is marvelous to me how little ;-
Frank Rlnehart of this city. Thei vestlgatlons of this kind accomplish.
cattle it develops, were driven to The (Oinmlssion Is not going Into
Oklahoma City by Wells. Dude Stacks j ifffe psychology of the question. Caste
and Wes. F. Arnote and sold to the among women is a \ltal cause of
Morris Packing company. immorality among their sex. Too
The theft was discovered early on many clrls are working who should
the morning of January 11th and the be at home. It is the duty of every
cattle traced to Oklahoma City father to support his daughter. The
Rinehart ret overed two Of tne steers; j solution of the morality question
three had lx>eii slaughtered before, among women is the determination
'lie arrival of the officers. i to do away with artificiality and lead
. . .. «« i no 'the right kind of a life."
while the Pope was without fever. In
Is much weaker.
Rome. April It*,.- At four thirty-
five o. m. the pope had an alarming
coughing spell, almost coughing into
sufiVication (The attack {was /ol-
lowed by km oh exhaustion that it was
thought by those attending the
pontiff that the end bad come.
Some scientist has asserted that
man's existence after death Is In the
form of u gas. That's the form of
16.—Thoc-.^e rjr-Ti !h :'.ic!~ • n o\V.;:
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