The Hartshorne Sun. (Hartshorne, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 1, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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DOLLAR DAY—Postponed Tilt
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For You Galore
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DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS AND HOME PEOPLE
ESTABLISHED 1895.
HARTSHORNE, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1915.
NUMBER 27.
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TO HER EXECUTIVE
"KING OF THE JEWS" MOB
CRIES AS JOHN SLATON RE-
TIRES AS GOVERNOR.
ATLANTA, Ga., June 2(5.—At n
luncheon given this afternoon by the
Rotary club of Macon in honor of
Georgia's new governor, Nat E. Har-
ris1, inaugurated today, John M. Sla-
ton, the retiring governor, referred
to the case of Leo M. Frank, his
action in which evoked a hostile dem-
onstration against him in the closing
days of his administration.
"Honest people may disagree with
me, an honest man," said the former
governor, "but we realize that we
must be measured by our conscience.
Two thousands years ago another
governor washed his hands of a case
and turned over a Jew to a mob. For
two thousand years that governor's
name has been accursed. If today
another Jew were lying in his grave
because I had failed to do my duty,
1 would all through life find his
blood on my hands and would con-
sider myself an assassin through
cowardice."
Governor Slaton indicated that he
intended going away next week for
an extended vacation.
"Those demonstrations a few days
ago do not represent the sentiment
ol Atlanta, Fulton county, or the
state of Georgia," he added, "and
while on my vacation tour no one
will I say aught except in exaltation
of the state. In public life we must
be prepared to make any sacrifice in
fulfillment of our duty."
No reference to the Frank case was
made by Governor Harris in the
speech of thanks he made to his fel-
low citizens of Macon. He expressed
the hope, however, that "we will have
no more trouble."
During the inauguration, cere-
monies at the capitol there were sev-
eral tense moments. When Govern-
or Slaton approached the new gov-
ernor to deliver into his hands the
grand seal of the state, a few hisses
were heard from the crowded gal-
lery. Presidnet G. Ogden Persons of
the state senate rapped sharply with
his gavel. The hisses continued and
Governor Slaton paused. President
Pearsons rapped again and the hiss-
ing ceased. He warned the specta-
tors that unless they were in order
the galleiies would be cleared.
Instantly there was a tumult of ap-
plause. After it subsided Governor
Slaton turned to the new governor
and said, presenting the seal:
"Governor Harris, I know that dur-
ing my term of office this great seal
of state has not been dishonored."
His words were greeted by another
prolonged outburst of applause.
Leaving the capitol, the crowd
surged in on the former governor
and had to be held back by the mili-
tia. Hisses and shouts greeted his
ears. Some one yelled "Traitor,"
and another called him "King of the
Jews." Governor Slaton hurried to
his automobile, accompanied by his
successor. The crowd followed the
car under the impression that it was
on the way to the terminal station,
where the police had to disperse a
throng that quickly gathered. The
two governors did not go to the sta-
tion. They were on their way to the
hotel where the luncheon to Govern-
or Harris was given.
Senator Hoke Smith also spoke at
the luncheon. He confined his re-
marks to a denunciation of Great
Britain's blockade policy as it. affects
the cotton business of the south.
A battery of artillery, fully
equipped, a battalion of infantry and
a troop of cavalry stood guard to-
night at the country home of ex-
Governor Slayton. All was quiet
during the early evening and there
seemed to be no indications of far-
ther demonstrations tonight by per-
sons who disapproved the former
governor's action in commuting the
death sentence of Leo M. Frank.
ARRESIEDATELPASO
RELEASED ON BOND AFTER
SPENDING DAY UNDER
GUARD AT FORT BLISS.
JULY CELEBRATION
HARTSHORNE, JULY 5
El Paso, Texas, June 27.—General
Victoriano Huerta, who arrived here
this morning from Chicago, was vir-
.... .. , all day at Fort Bliss,
together wi.h Pascual Orozco, who
met him at Newman, N. M„ twenty
miles from here. Tonight both were
released on bond, Huerta giving se-
curity for $ 1 ,000 and Oi'okco for
$7,500. The charge in each case was
conspiracy to incite a revolution
against a friendly country. Their
release was ordered by United States
District Attorney J. I.. Camp at San
Antonio.
When Huerta reached Newman at
<i:40 a. m. he was met by Pascual
Orozco and Major Luis Fuentes,
Huerta's son-in-law. Present also
were twenty-five United Stales cav-
alrymen, commanded by Colonel
George Morgan, accompanied by a
number of Federal border officials,
Huerta was told that he was under
arrest, but that he would lie treated
with every courtesy. He readily
agreed to a request that he and
Orozco accompany the Federal of-
ficials to El Paso for a conference.
After the conference he and Orozco
were taken to Fort Bliss and helu
there until released on bond tonight.
•After his release Huerta went to the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Fuentes.
While they were held at the post,
General Jose Ynez Salazar, another
Huerta leader, was reported within
forty miles of Juarez with two
thousand men and to be awaiting
only the orders from his superior,
General Huerta, to begin an attack
on the border town where Huerta ex-
pected to establish his capital and
start his revolution to sweep all Mex-
ico. The Juarez garrison was ex-
pected to mutiny and a majority go
over to the Huerta movement as
dissatisfaction has been fomented
there by spies. In a warehouse on
the south side of El Paso today, mil-
lions of rounds of ammunition were
discovered and is now being guarded
to prevent it from being taken
across the border. Approximately
10,000 former Federals and mer-
cenaries were expected to join the
movement here and along the border
to Ojinaga.
Huerta appeared jovial. He joked
with the guards, prattled of Ameri-
can women and their beauty and
seemed to enjoy his newest experi-
ence immensely.
He refused to make a statement
regarding the purpose of his visit to
El Paso or on the Mexican situation.
He said he hoped Villa and Carranza
would scratch out each other's eyes
and end the revolution which he
could not end.
PROGRAM
9 :;{<). I*
. a null*. liciuU'il by automobile iieiirinjc speak civ. fol-
lowed by band, Sunday School lloats, autos, carriages
and horsemen.
Arrival on the ground, music by the band.
10:00. Welcome address by Mayor Geo. \V. Walshe.
Song by Sunday Schools, "The Star Spangled Banner."
Address to the farmers, IT. T. ForbLs.
Music by the band.
Song by the Sunday Schools, "Red, White and Blue."
Address by the speaker of the day, Sam L. Morley.
Music by the band.
Song by the Sunday Schools, "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean."
Address to the young folks and children. Robt. W. Faulk.
Music.
12 O'CLOCK DINNER.
Address by Charley Hummel.
Free for all horse race. Cash prize, $10.00. Entrance
fee $1.00. (All track horses barred).
Pony race—not over 1:5 and a half hands high; cash
prize $5.00. Entrance fee, 50c. (Track ponies
barred.)
Free for all foot race. Cash prize .$1.00.
Slow nude race, cash prize, $1.00.
Boys' foot race, cash pv:ze $1.00; age limit \'l years.
Free for all girls' race, cash prize $1.00.
Boys' potato race, cash prize $1.00.
W. O. W. Competitive Drill; cash prize $25.00.
Base ball game, Shawnee vs. Hartshorne; cash prize
$50.00.
Sunday School Floats—First prize, $7.50; second prize, $5.00;
third prize, $2.50.
The marshal of the day will announce the result of con-
tests from the speaker's stand.
trap shooting all day. Free picture show. Dance platform.
Capt. J. P. Grady, marshal of the day.
Announcement has been received
here of the birth of a son to Mr. and
Mr*. Arnold Wilson of La Salle, 111.
Mrs. Wilson was formerly Mis* Hare!
DeGroff. Congratulations are ex-
tended.
'HOME OWNERSHIP" DEPART-
MENT ORGANIZED.
The State Prepare* to Launch a
System of Long Time Farm
Loam.
Oklahoma's new "Home Owner-
ship" law is now in effect and the
State School Land Board has organ-
ized the department for its adminis-
tration by the selection of J. Frank
Laux, the present Title Examiner
of the board for secretary.
This department will have the
handling and investment of the
monies derived from the sale of sec-
tion 13 (the State Educational Insti-
tution lands or lands taken in lieu
thereof) and "The New College
Lands" all of which have been or will
be sold within the near future. Un-
like many private investment com-
panies this department will start with
over four hundred thousand dollars
of real money and this will be in-
creased to a total of over half a mil-
lion by January 1st, 1916.
This money is to be loaned, or in-
vested rather, in first mortgages on
improved farm land in Oklahoma
under the rules and regulations of
the Commissioners of the land office
in sums not to exceed two thousand
dollars to any one individual or fam-
ily.
Loans are to be made only upon
lands on which the borrower reside?
and holds as his homestead, and not
to exceed one-half the cash value of
1:00.
1:20.
1 :30.
1 :45.
2:00.
2:10.
2:20.
2:30.
2:45.
3:45.
the land. The notes are to run for a
period of twenty-three and a half
years and payments of four per cent
of the full face value are to be paid
semi-annually; at each payment in-
terest .at the rate of six per cent per
annum upon the unpaid balance of
said note is to be deducted from the
amount paid and the remainder is to
be credited upon the principal of the
loan.
Loans from said fund can'only be
made for the following purposes:
1. To assist the borrower to pay
for a home.
2. To pay off an existing moil-
gage on the home.
3. To make improvements on the
home farm.
Further provisions are made for
the investment of the fund in case
loans are not available and bond is-
sues based upon the notes and mort-
gages. or any portion of them, taken
for the sale price of the public lands
named, or bonds based on the notes
and mortgages taken for the loans
may be issued by the commission to
provide additional funds. These
bonds will be gilt-edged, five per
cent bonds, non-taxable and receiv-
able as collateral security for the de-
posit of any public funds, and are
approved for the investment of trust
and sinking funds.
Oklahoma is the first state to em-
bark intelligently and with a substan-
tial fund behind it on a plan of
"home ownership" and the eyes of
the nation are upon this economic
experiment. It should solve, in time,
the problem of farm tenacy and in-
augurate a practicable and rational
"back to the farm" movement.
Thif department will in no way
ccnfll". with or infringe upon the de-
partment that has in charge the loan-
ing of the common school funds of
the state. It has charge of an en-
tirely distinct fund and is designed
to handle a different class of loans.
The commissioners expect to com-
plete the organization and begin mak-
ing loans in August.
TO MEET INTEREST
JUDGE CARPENTER AUTHORIZ-
ES $2,500,000 ISSUE OVER
UNTERMYER PROTEST.
Chicago, June '28.- -Judge Carpen-
ter in I he United States district court
this afternoon authorized the issu-
ance by receivers for the Frisco,
Look Island and Pacific Railway com-
pany of $2,r>00,l)()0 .'i per cent re-
ceivers' certificates to meet interest
due July I on certain underlying
bonds.
Samuel L'ntermeyer, representing
the Amster commission, opposed the
issuance all day but finally professed
himself satisfied with a proviso writ-
ten into the order that none of the
proceeds should pay interest on other
obligations unless the court wa^ sat-
isfied the earnings of the road were
equal to the burden and legally could
be so applied.
Mr. Untermeyer contended the
Keid-Moore group of financiers are
seeking to minimize the road's earn-
ing power, which he said was never
better, with the ultimate purpose of
buying cheaply a rich property.
lie insisted that 20.11 per cent of
the earnings are being used for equip-
ment and maintenance for the pur-
pose of restricting earnings. The ap-
plication for receivers certificates, he
asserted, looked much to the same
purpose,
"As a matter of fact the road is
earning $3,000,000 a year over and
above all fixed charges and this in
spite of the unheard of maintenance
charges," said Mr. Untermeyer.
Judge Carpenter by frequent com-
ments made it plain that he believed
Ihat the road needs the money ap-
plied for.
A
W. O. W. BOYS PLAY TO CROWD-
ED HOUSE—SPRINGER PLAY-
ERS FURNISH MUSIC.
HEW SKODA SHELLS
MOSTJEJIOLr OF ALL
Latest Explosive Means Death to
Everything Within Radius of 150
Yards When It Explodes.
A NEAR BLAZE.
Fire started in W. P. Hixenbaugh's
store Sunday morning caused from
ignition of a quantity of gasoline
that had been spilled on the floor
while filling the container. It was
soon extinguished without any dam-
age, except possibly Hix was several
hours recovering from the shock.
REVIVAL MEETING.
The meeting at the First Baptist
church is still in progress, although
greatly hampered by the continued
rains in the past week. The ground
! is so wet under the tent, services are
I being held in the church. We are
! requested to announce that Rev. W.
j W. Chancellor will preach Sunday
I and "Sunday night. A large attend-
l ance is expected.
DOLLAR DAY. Saturday, July 3.
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Fourth July
Grand Free Celebration
and Basket Picnic
Sans Souci Park
Mcalester
July 4th and 5th
Appropriate addresses by prominent speakers.
All kinds of amusements and athletic contests.
Something doing every minute. Bring your bas-
kets and stay all day.
Excursion Rates From All Points
• *** *
BIRTHDAY PARTY.
The "Mohawk," the home talent
performance staged at the Star Mon-
day night, for the benefit of the W.
O. \V. uniform rank, under direction
of Kugene Massey, was greeted with
enthusiastic applause. It was said
by old heads to have been one of the
strongest amateur plays ever wit-
nessed.
In making his announcement of the
week's engagement of the Springer
players, the spokesman for the com-
pany took occasion to speak in com-
mendatory terms of the production,
saying that it was on« of the clever-
est he had ever seen.
The Springer Players did the hap-
py thing by the boys in not only call-
ing off their performance, which was
billed for the same date, but furnish-
d music for the home talent, which
/as a decided treat to the audience.
The Mohawk was first presented in
the Gowen Airdome Saturday night
Inst to a packed house. They also
have engagements for Wilburton at
an early date and will likely fill an
engagement at Sans Souci.
Warsaw, June 12.—Seven-eighths
of the wounded in the Galician fight-
| i:ig were caused by shells, half of
which were fired from big-caliber
guns, said Surgeon Major Lesghint-
saff to an interviewer on returning
to Warsaw from the front. He con-
tinued :
"Bullets play no part now," he
continued, "and the infantryman's
rifle is a toy. Infantry merely oc-
cupies the trenches the cannon have
won.
"Most devastating of all are the
new skoda shells of the Germanic
-allies, which are seventeen inches in
: diameter and weigh 2,800 pounds.
The Kodet howitzer shoots at a high
angle, and its shell, penetrates twen-
ty feet into soft earth before explod-
ing, two seconds after striking.
These howitzers do not resemble the
Krupp mortars of the same caliber,
to which tjiey are said to be superior
in every way.
"When a skoda shell hits, it means
death to everything within a radius
of 150 yards and even farther off.
The mere pressure of its gas rips
open. the bomb-proof shelters and
catches those who escape the metal
fragments and flying debris. This
gas enters the body cavities and tears
flesh asunder, sometimes stripping
the men of their clothing. Of course,
the men in the immediate neighbor-
hood of the explosion are annihilat-
ed.
"So firce is the heat of the explo-
sion of the shells that it melts rifle
barrels as if they had been struck by
lightning."
Little Miss Olive Edna Beall gave
a birthday party Wednesday even-
ing, June 23, on the occasion of her
twenfth anniversary. The following
invited guests helped to make the
event a pleasant one: Joe Tom
Loden, Welda Harris, Willie Whiting,
Da\e Wallace, Joe Gannerr Joe Long,
Macelow Casey. Harrison Casey, Fred
Brown, Joe l orman, Bert Hendrix,
Joe Hulsey, Jack Gerard, Richard
Gerard, Hellen Carter, Ama Whiting,
Laura Hanki: <, Moline Harris, Vava
Harper. Dalorow Abbott, Audie
Midyett, Violet Birchfield.
GEORGE KING DIED;
FUNERAL WEDNESDAY.
George'King, who was sent to a
hospital in McAlester, following an
accident in the mines, Saturday, the
19th, in which he sustained a badly
crushed leg, died Monday night after
the amputation of the limb on Sun-
day. The remains were shipped home
on Tuesday afternoon's train. The
funeral was held from the residence
on 11th street at 1 p. m. Wednesday.
He is survived by the' widow.and .
other relatives, who hi|ve the sincere
sympathy of the community in their
bereavement.
Services were conducted by Rev.
Tlios. D. New. Interment at city
cemetery.
WAR COSTS HOLLAND $36,000,.
OOO MORE.
London, June 29.—An Amsterdam
dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
company says that the Dutch parli-
ament has decided to issue a new war
loan for 90,000,000 florins ($36,000,-
000) to pay the cost of mobilization
and other war expenditures. The
draft of the bill was sent to the coun-
cil of state today.
PONY CONTESTANTS.
Up to the date of going to press
the following have registered in the
pony contest:
Eddie Brady, Nina Jackson, Ruby
O'Roark, Walter Wornick, Van Un-
derwood, Lonnie Parker, Graden Car-
lock, Joe Parker, Will Watterson,
Tony Kowalasky, Forest Jackson,
Alice Hill, Grace Shields, C. E. Jack-
son, Maurine Harris, .Claude Hughes,
David George Cunningham, Maurine
Howell, Tony Allen. There is plenty
time for you to register.
DOLLAR DAY, Saturday, July 3.
* BRYAN DEATH TRAGEDY NO *
* MORE; COMMONER ALWAYS *
REVIVES DECLARES GORE. *
DENVER, Col., June 29.—
"1 have wept at so many funer-
als of William Jennings Bryan
that the occasion now ceases to
be a tragedy. He always comes
back to life." Thus spoke Sen-
ator Thomas P. Gore of Lawton,
Okla., as he was boarding a train
at the Union station Tuesday
morning, bound for Canon City,
where he delivered an* address
Tuesday night. Senator Gore is
one of president Wilson's most
adarent supporters and declared
that Bryan took the wrong time
to resign as secretary of state.
"But he will come back to life.
He is boun% to," said the senator.
Senator Gore announced that at
the meeting of the national
' democratic committee in Wash-
ington, January 8, he will uige
that the next democratic nation-
al convention be held in Denver.
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