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OKLAHOMA STATE REGISTER.
OKLAHOMA STATE REGISTER
Entered at the Postoff iC6 ti Guthrie,
OKlahoma aa Second Class
Mall Matter.
J. M. Dnlph. Hri s. John Qoloble, See
Published every Thursday by
OKLAHOMA PRINTING COMPANY
Subscription price per Year. $1.00
JOHN GOIX)BIE, Editor.
THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1915
CITY WIMIMSTHATIONS ARE
IHSISKSS OROAMZATOXS.
Kansas legislature Is passing a bill
providing for a city to loan money to
build homes (or Its needy citizens.
This is going far, but city adminis-
trations have become business promo-
ters Cor all Its citizens. The old idea
( lumber of Commerce Vdds Mini)
New Member* and Will Get More.
The Chamber of Commerce under
the lead of the newly elected presi-
dent B. F. Coughlln, of the Monarch
Dry Goods Company, is putting on new
life and vim and started in to make
things come Guthrie's way this good
year of 1915.
K VMGAROO COURT POSTPONED,
Price on Starr's Head
Governor Williams Offers Thousand
Hollars Reward Today
Oklahoma City March 1.— Governor
Williams today for the first time ex
ercised the authority given him under
I the terms of the law passed by the
The tlrst plan worked out by the Present legislature In offering a re-
President and Hoard of Directors was*ward for the capture and conviction
for a general membership campaign .anyone charged with robbing a bank
to try and Induce every man In the " proclamation issued by him of-
ctty to Join the Chamber of Commerce , fl'rs l'le reward of the Carney (State
and work for the upbuilding and ad- Bank at Carney. The name of Henry
vancement of Guthrie, forgetting all. tarr, who has been connected with
past differences and controversies. many lawless exploits in the Btate, s
to carry out hla pUn the enilre city mentioned in the governors procla-
wrh divided Into districts and mem- 'nation as one who has been charged
bership committees appointed Tor each , with the ( arney bank robbery. Other |
district each committee to visit every
an in the district not a member of the ,
("public sale!
REGISTERED and GRADE
parties whose names are not men-
tioned have also been connected with
that thev arc simply lazy regulators j OI (,.inlz,|llon on Wednesday, March 3, 'he robbing of that bank.
v ,„i ,...b i. 1 iii t(V inin the ,.ii .mohpr nf The bank was robbed on December
of lis moral affairs Is obsolete. None | an 1 ask him to join the chameber of^ ^ ^ ^ ^
but the largest cities have any longer
the mere problem of police regulation
to keep them busy.
Here is an idea our city dads might
follow:
"The town of Owaneco. six miles
northwest of Pana, has established a
precedent for economy in the expen-
diture of its municipal funds under
the mayorship of John E. Baton who
is also president of the Eaton State
Bank, and for law and order that is
perhaps not equaled by. any other mu-
nicipality in the United States. In
fact, so orderly is the town and so
high do its citizens regard the law
that the municipality will go without
officers the coming year unless the
present officials will continue to serve.
"There has been no announcement of
candidates for municipal office and no
primary election will be held under
the state primary law which names
Tuesday, March 9, as primary election
day. The retiring officers are: Mayor
J. S .Eaton; aldermen, J. C. Large,
John C. Brandon, John H. Saltaglver
and Emmet Richter; clerk, J. C. Hose,
police magistrate, George Tarrant.
None of these officials are seeking re-
election and all have refused to again
serve the city.
"In reference to economy in the ex-
penditure ol the municipal funds, it
may be cited that the munificent sum
of $10 a year is paid the chief of police
who is Len Fleckenstine, a lumber
yard salesman. He has held the posi-
tion since last May and has never been
called upon to make an arrest, not
even a "plain drunk, so law-abiding
are tne inhabitants.
"The citizens ot the town take turn
about working the streets and thus
do away with the expense of salary for
a superintendent of streets and a
working force of "white wings." All
alleys and boulevards are kept tidy
weedless and garbageless by the resi-
dents. The mayor and aldermen ten-
der their official services free, while
the police magistrate has been with-
out a case or a fee in the past ten
months."
Guthrie has no more need for a lot
of city officers to sit around the city
hall idle, drawing large salaries than
has this city of Owaneco, Illinois. But
what it does need is for some depart-
ment that will take care of all the
citizens' interests as each one takes
care of his own interests. To be pro-
moters of enterprises and schemes
that will add to the city population
and develop new Industries.
A city administration has the moral
power of the whole city's wealth be-
hind it, if it knows how to use it, to
influence large men and corporations
that no person, single-handedly can
do.
Guthrie is now making a remarkable
forward movement and it needs the
City's official force to help it
COMPLIMENTS.
This newspaper, when It becomes
acquainted with the Inside history of
how the asylum for which its owners
paid $1112,000 was sold for $100,000 de-
sires to pay a compliment to Gov. Will
lams for his pressure, which he is said
to have brought to bear. When such
things happen, the suspicion is always
out that It might have been bought
cheaper.
I^et the inside facts out for public
satisfaction.
none or the parties have been appre-
hended, according to the proclamation.
In offering the reward the governor
commerce.
To add zest to the canvass, pressure , J , _ , _
on the candidates and ml* a little fun hended, according to the proclamation
with a really serious problem a Kang
aroo court was organized to meet on includes the following provision;
Thursday at the Chamber of Commerce | "it is further proclamieu diat in of-
and try all who refused to Join for fering lhis reward It Is not contem-
various misdemeanors and sentance all plated that any life shall be taken,
those found guilty to hard labor on the hut If the said Henry Starr, or any
road on next roads days and to pay other said parties, while resisting ar-
dues to the Chamber of Commerce for rest, Is killed, upon furnishing of sat-
nol less I hail ten months. Isfaetory proof to me that he, the said
Tills court, on account of the bad i Henry Starr, or any other of said par-
weather, has been postponi-d until ties is guilty of the crime for which
next Tuesday, has been postponed until
culprits, but they will be caught next
week.
The soliciting committees will act as
grand Jury and bring in indictments
against various delinquents when
brought before the court during the
afternoon and evening by a force of
Kangaroo police operating two auto
police patrols.
The nifimberahip canvass resulted in
the bringing in of over a hundred new
members to the Chamber of Commerce
and many more will (be added during
the coming week, from among those
who are ont of town or absent when
the committee called. The new mem-
bers will double the working force of
the organization.
GOOD R0AD8 POSTPONED.
The good roads committee of the
Chamber of Commerce at a meeting
held yesterday decided to postpone the
March good roads days from the 11th
and 12th to the 25th and 26th, owing
to the continued wet and cold weather
which has delayed all of the farmers
of the county In their plowing and
oats sewing. A strong effort will be
made to secure the observance of these
fwo days generally over the county.
THE NEW SPIRIT.
Good for the loyal Guthrie citizens
m ho joined the Chamber of Commerce
in the last twenty-four hours. Over
one hundred were added to the list—
merchants, professional men, clerks,
laborers. More will Join in the next
few days.
This is the spirit that builds cities.
I* t no man who does not join the
r'ty'y "Plying Squadron." who do and
criticise things, sit back and call such
•'critics" knockers.
He who does things has a right to
criticise those who don't.
But this new spirit of civic energy
LIQUD CULTURE FOR FARMERS.
J. A. Farquharson, U. S. Farmers
Cooperative Demonstration Agent for
lx)gan County has just received word
from the Department of Agriculture
that they have a liquid amount of
Liquir Culture of Nitrogen Fixing Bac
terla for the inoculation of leguminou0
plants, such as alfalfa, sweet clover
etc. Any farmer who in .nds to sow
any seed of thrs« plants and wishes to
use some of the 11 iuld can procure
enough for two ac res by leaving his
order with him or at the Chamber of
Commerce, Guthrie. Okla.
SEIZE ALL SHIPS TO OR FROM FOE
IS \SQriITH'S ORDER.
Premier *ets Out to Parliament Eng.
1 ami's Reprisal to Counter Ger-
many oil Its Sea War
Zone Policy.
London, March 4.—If the combined
fleets of Great Britain and France can
prevent it. no commodities of any
kind except those now on the seas
shall henceforth until the conclusion
of the war reach or leave the shores
of Germany.
This is England's answer to Ger-
many's submarine blockade and it is
to be effective forthwith.
Premier Asqulth, reading from a
prepared statement, made this an-
nouncement in the House of Com-
mons this afternoon at a session which
will be historic. Studiously avoiding
the terms "blockade" and "contra-
band"—tor these words occur nowhere
in the prepared statement—the pre-
mier explained that after this day the
Allies considered themselves justified
in attempting and would attempt "to
detain and take Into port ships carry-
ing goods of presumed enemy destina-
tion, ownership or origin."
The premier emphasized, however,
that vessels and cargoes so seized
were not necessarily liable to con-
fiscation. and begged the patience of
neutral countries In the face of a step
which they were likely to suffer. He
added that in making such a step the
Allies had done so In self-defense.
this reward is offered, the reward will
be due and payable the same as If the
said Starr, or any other of the said
parties is guilty of the crime for
which the reward is offered, had been
arrested, tried and convicted."
During the interval between Sep-
tember 30 and January 13 thirteen
banks were robbed and another, that
of the Oklahoma State bank at. Pres-
ton was damaged to the extent of
about $1,200 though no money was se
cured.
Out of the number only In three
cases were any of the looters caught.
Bob Moore, an officer, was killed
while trying to effect the capture of
the robbers. Three were caught in
this case. One afterwards pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to thirty
years in the penitentiary and another
will be tried for the murder of the
officer. Secretary W. B. Harrison of
the Oklahoma State Banker's associa
tlon today stated that a check for $900
would be forwarded today to the
widow of Moore as coming from the
bankers for the death of her husband.
This Is not all that will be given her,
the remainder following later.
Two were caught In the robbery of
the Farmers' National bank at Tupelo
on October 6 when $800 was taken, ani
two were caught as being connected
with the robbery of the Garber State
bank on januai'y 13. One of these
pleaded guilty and was given a sen-
tence in the penitentiary.
Following is a list of the banks rob-
bed since September 8 to January 13:
September 8, Keystone State bank,
$3,000; September 30, Keifer Central
estate bank, $6,400; October 6, Farm-
ers' National of Tupelo, $800; Octo-
ber 14, Pontatoc bank of Pontotoc,
$1,-100; October 20, Byars State Bank
of Byars, $700; November 13, Farmers'
State bank of Glencoe, $2,400; .Novem-
ber 20, Citizens' State bank of Ward-
ville, $800; December 16, Prue State
bank of Prue, $1,400; December 29,
Carney State bank of Carney, $2,853;
January 4, Oklahoma - State bank of
Preston, $1,200 damage, no money
taken; January 5, First National bank
of Owasse, $1,500; January 12, First
National ibank of Terlton, $1,800; Jan-
uary 12, Garber State bank of Garber,
$2,500; January 13, Vera State bank
of Vera, $1,300.
Henry iStarr, whose name is men-
tioned in connection with the Carney
bank robbery, is supposed to have re-
appeared in Oklahoma last fall. He
had been in the Colorado state peni-
tentiary for several years and was on
parole when he turned up In Okla-
homa.
He was doing time in the Colorado
prison for robbing a bank at Amity in
that state. His wife was formerly a
school teacher In the eastern part of
the state, and a very estimable wom-
an. When Starr went to the peniten-
tiary in Colorado he announced to the
world that he had quit crime and de-
cided to try to redeem ilmself. His
behavior In the prison there was such
that he soon became a trusty and was
given privileges not accorded to other
prisoners. The prison officials there
were willing that he should redeem
himself and aided him all they could.
Starr was finally paroled from the
penitentiary after serving
years of his term
CATTLE
Having sold my Dairy business I will sell at Public Auction at my farm
\ mile east and Z2 mi^e north from N.E. corner of Guthrie, Okla., on
Wednesday, March 17
Commencing at 12 o'clock M , the following property:
*#%REGISTERED and HIGH-GRADE
53 JERSEYS
21 Cows giving milk, 9of these are reg-
istered; ranging iti age from 2 to 9 yrs.
Mostly young
5 coming 2 year old Heifers,3cf these
will be fresh soon af;er the sale.
15 yearl'g Heifers.3of these register'd
9 Calves under one year old.
1 3-year old Bull, name Merry Maid-
en's Foxy No. 108888
2 Bull Calves, 11 months old, subject to register.
TERMS--Eight months time given to purchasers on notes with approved security bear-
ing ten per cent interest. Five per cent off for cash. No property to be removed until
settled for.
GEO. GAFFNEY, Auctioneer
LYtHON GRAY, Clerk
free lunch at noon
A. A. Frisbie,ow^j
BETRAYKI) ITS (MVS SPIES.
LEGION FOB DEFENSE.
New York, Feb. 28.—Formal an-j
nouncement was made here tonight of Hlcliard Stegler Accuses Germany of
the formation of an organization of Sending Lody to Death.
first reserves to be known as the
American legion, to be composed of
former army, navy and militamen,
which will better Insure the Nation's
preparedness In case of war.
It
Mhii Takes Ills Own Medicine Is ail
Optimist,
He has absolute faith In his medic-
ine—he knows when he takes It for
certain ailments he gets relief. People
who take Dr. King's New Discovery
for an Irritating cold are optimists—
they know this cough remedy will
penetrate the linings of the throat,
kill the germs, and open the way for
Nature to act. You can't destroy a
.cold by superficial treatment—you
must go to the cause of the trouble. Be
cstching and will sweep all before | an optimist. Get a bottle of Dr. King's
New Discovery today.
AXTl-l'HICKEN STEALING BILL.
Measure Would Make Theft ol* Domes,
tic Fowl flrand Lartenj.
Oklahoma City, Ok., Feb. 25. The
Senate has passed to engrossment the
House bill by Representative Peebly
which maikes theft of a chicken grand
larceny. The bill -was passed by the
House last week for no obvious reason
and without debate, and the same
thing was done in the Senate this
week with the exception of a few
facetious remarksv The bill is as
follows.
"Every person who shall take, steal
and carry away any domestic fowl or
fowls In the night time from the mes-
suage of another, or from the prem-
ises upon which the dwelling house of
another is situated, and any person
purchasing or receiving such domes-
tic fowl or fowls, knowing them to
have .been stolen, shall be guilty of
gnand larceny, regardless of the value
thereof, and upon conviction shall be
punished by imprisonment in the pen-
several itentlary not exceeding five years, 01
The next heard of by fine not exceeding $200, or by con
him, however, was in Oklahoma and finement In the county jail not exceed
that forflted the confidence that had ing two months, or by both such fine
been placed In him u the belief of (an^ Imprisonment
many who have connected him with !
the epidemic of bank robberies that j
followed through the fall and winter.
in Oklahoma.
RUSE IIOKSES.
CASTOR IA
For Infant* and Children.
Tki Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signatory
Farmers, have you sold any horses for
the European war? Has any agrnt
from England, Germany France,
Austria, or Russia, been in your
neighborhood, buying horses? They
are all over here—right in Oklahoma. CONVICTED OF C01TNTERFE1T1NG. Qnd man was to follow in his foot-
New York. Feb. 26.—Count Von
Bernstorff, the German ambassador
to the United States declined today to
make any statement or give an inter-
view on any subject concerning the
statement by Richard Stegler, a Ger-
man reservist under arrest in this city
charged with fraudulently obtaining
American passports.
Charles H. Griffiths, Stegler's attor-
ney, gave out this afternoon what he
said were further details of Stegler's
confession. He said that Stegler had
refused to accept the mission which
Boy-ed had asked him to undertake
in England as a spy, because he
learned that he was to be made use
of as a "dummy" to deceive the Eng-
lish and that the real spy was to be
another man.
"Steigier said he found out that his
presence in England was to be made '
known to the English authorities, so
,that he would be arrested," said Mr. j
Griffiths. "The scheme was that while ,
the attention of the English authori-
ties was concentrated on Stegler's ac-
tivities the other man was to do the
real work. Stegler did not care to'
take the chance of being shot.
"Stegler's original instructions were j
that he was to find out the number of!
British ships in St. George s ( hannel, j wantr(j t0 get her material first hand
all the Information of the naval situa-1
tlon that he could, then take a boat
to Rotterdam, proceed to the German
border, there meet some German offi-
cers to whom he was to make himself
known by a secret number, deliver his
information and return to America.
"Stegler said he had received ex-
plicit instructions in the case from
Boy-ed. Upon discovering that a sec-
RED LIGHT HABITUES DULL
Chicago, Feb. 26.—Mrs. W. T. Web-
ster, wife of William T. Webster,
freight agent for the Monon Railway
Company, and the champion of the
single standard of morality, who dar-
ed to visit and was arrested for dis-
orderly conduct in the red light dis-
trict of l uisville, Ky., was driven to
cover yesterday by the publicity atten-
ding her arrival in Chicago.
She barricaded herself behind the
doors of her apartment, 6414 Kenwood
Avenue. The husband of the woman
who went alone to the notorious dis-
trict in Ixjuisville, trailing the "thrills
that men find in resorts," was expec-
ted to return to the city this after-
! noon.
I Mrs. Webster persistenly refused to
j grant an interview to reporters after
I her arrival yesterday. She said she
i was in no condition to see anyone.
| She promised to have a story for the
I papers in a few days, and declared
I ' It would some story."
Press dispatches from I uisville
j showed that Mrs. Webster had been
I arrested in a notorious house in Louis
xvillev She had been buying drinks
for a group of men who sent in a call
I to have her removed.
j in an interview in an evening pap-
er she said that certain publishers
KA NSAS CITY LIVE STOCK MARKET
Kansas City Stock Yards, March 2.—
The cattle market is sensitive to vol-
ume of supply, too many at Chicago
yesterday causing weakness, while a
moderate run here today, coupled with
light estimate at Chicago for Wed-
nesday enabled salesmen to retrieve
yesterday's decline. Native steers at
$7.25 to |8.35 were called 10 higher
here today. Stockers and feeders are
selling at firm prices, which improves
the tone of the whole local market.
Fears of foot and mouth disease are
diminishing, although Government and
State officials are not relaxing their
vigilence in the least. The strong men
of the feeding business are holding
their cattle back to a great degree,
and the impression prevails that the
available supply of fat cattle will be
strung along in a way to keep the
market healthy. On the other hand,
muddy feed lots and high cost of feed
will dislodge a certain number of cat-
tle light aloug regardless of market
prospects. Top steers here today
brought $8.35, but prime steers would
exceed that figure 25 or 35 cents.
Most of the good cows sell at $5.50 to
$6..'5, tops around $6.75, good bulls
$6.75 to $6.25, veal calves up to $10.75,
stockers and feeders largely at $6.50
to $7.50, some feeders to Illinois this
week at $7.60. Quarantine receipts
Farmers should fat up and groom up .
their fill grown horses, and take bet- 'n Federal Court here
ter care of the two and three year Wright and C. (M. Johnson were found
olds than they would ordinarily. They gu„ty Qf counterfeIt|ng and win be'
sentenced to the penitentiary tomor-
wlll all bring a higher prices than
just ordinary demands would bring.
The war in Europe will last at least row. Donald Ballew, an 18-year-old
two years. Everybody thinks so. the boy, who was arrested with them, was
experts especially. Horses are killed a0quittod. The men traveled with a
faster than men. The time will come ej| cyg and were charged with having
when America even won't have enough paMr(, bills which had boen raised
draft and cavalrv horses to supply the fro,,, jj to jio.
nrmleg of Europe.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
Real Estate and Farm Loans.
I always have a few real bargains
to offer In farm and city properties.
Many trading propositions. Lowest
rates and easiest terms on Farm I^oans.
T. A. BAGGETT.
steps and having heard that Carl
lx)dy had met his fate in the opera-
tion of this two-man spy system, he
declined to go.
"Stegler further said that the sec-
ond man in the case had gone on the
Franconia and previous to his depart-
ure had asked him for his passport.
Stegler also was told that Ixxly's wife
an American woman now living in
Omaha, has received $15,000 from the
German government as compensation
for the death of her husband."
Mr. Griffith added that Stegler told
him the name of the alleged spy, who
had gone over on the *Yanconia.
had asked her to write her views on are 8mall, a few Texas steers here to-
a single stanrdard of morality and she day selling at $7.15, 1192 pounds av-
erage, and some Ixmisiana steers at
The interview quotes her as say- $6.40. The government released 24
ing: counties this week, located in Okla-
"I was interested in finding some- homa, Texas and other states, from
thing in common between them (the ,he aroa quarantined on account of
men habitues of the red light resorts) ,he fev?r tick. Order buyers paid 5
and me, but there was nothing. There hl^Ler for hogs today up to $6.80 and
wasn't a single clever thing said. Packers steady to strong prices, larg-
though 1 plied them with drink in the e,y to $6.75, receipts 16,000 head,
hope that they might respond to what, krcal Packers are shipping a good
I supposed was their native element, many hogs from surrounding markets
I am frank to confess that I made Purchased at prices below the range of
the mistake of venturing into strange' Prices here. Killers are disposing of
waters. 1 wish now I had asked Mr.
Webster to go with me."
Everybody should attend the Elk's
play of the "Two Bears." It will be
the most laughable farce given for
years. The play is to be given in the
Opera House, Friday night, March 5.
Over one hundred local actors have
been rehearsing in the Elks rooms,
under the management of the Rose
Producing Company, and Dan Wil-
liams says It is one of the best musi-
cal comedies on the road. You can't
afford not to be there Friday night.
large amounts of pork, and as the sup-
ply shows a tendency to fall off a
little, stronger prices appear logicaL
bheep and lambs sold 25 higher today,
receiptR 6000 head. This advance fol-
lowed a rise of ten cents yesterday,
and a strong gain last week. The
main strength of the market iB the
good return killers get fro mwool and
other by-products. Umbs sold up to
$0.60 today, medium lambs $9.25, good
yearlings $8.50, middle class wethers
and ewes at 7.50 and $7.20 respectively.
J A RK'KART,
Market Correspondent.
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