Coweta Times. (Coweta, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 20, 1911 Page: 2 of 12
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The Coweta Times
Mm A Leftwleh Editor and Prop
eoWTA ‘ OKLAHOMA
MANY KILLED IN
SUNDAY BATTLE
IN8URRECT08 ATTEMPT TO RE-
LEASE PRISONERS
DIAZ TROOPS
REPULSED
ALL DAY FIGHT ENDS IN VICTORY
FOR INSURRECTOS
JUST BUBBLES
Tbe loafer I not afraid of spring
fever germs
It looks as If the harem skirt were
to be hobbled
Tbe trouser skirt Is not popular
even on tbe Paris stage
ONE HUNDRED WOUNDED
ONLOOKERS WOUNDED
Tbe silk bat Is threatened but
threatened bats live long
In catching a street car a barem
skirt has a bobble skirt skinned a
block
There ought to be no trouble In get-
ting a little light on the so-called
match trust
New uses are continually being
found for radium All that Is needed
Is some radium
Sometimes when you think tbat op-
portunity Is knocking at your door It
turns out to be a collector
The meanest man bas been found In
Texas He was arrested for stealing
milk from an orphan asylum
A hospital physician declares that
everybody Is crazy now and then
So It Isn’t always the other fellow
An unusual happening Is reported
from Connecticut A woman found
$3000 in her dead husband's pockets
To teach the young Idea how to
swim Chicago educators think is quite
as Important as teaching it to shoot
The harem skirt has been causing
riots In Rio Janiero but Buenos Ayres
appears to be making an effort to take
It tranquilly
Now we are told that a woman’s
skirt Is her crowning glory All of
which is our notion of no place to
wear a skirt
In parts of Nova Scotia automobll-
ing Is allowed four days each week
The rest of the time the roads are
perfectly safe
You can send a day letter by tele-
graph now but old-fashioned people
will cling to the ’’arrived safety” and
"am well" formula
A New York physician promises to
make bad boys good by proper breath-
ing It is a far cry from a strep In
tbe woodshed to a breathing exercise
A foot race bas been arranged for
one-legged men from Minneapolis to
St LouIb And thus the great work
of tbe twentieth century goes on
A New York office boy made $50-
000 speculating In Wall street but
they got $20000 of It away from him
the next day— and he Is still fooling
around In Wall street
In New York a woman Is trying to
prove that she loved a man and she
offers In evidence letters in which she
called him her ’’ugly monkey” and her
“curly bear” It must be Bplendid to
he loved like that
By an astronomer it Is alleged that
because comets are composed merely
of dust collisions with them need not
be feared Just the same they give
the solar system the appearance of
needing a vacuum cleaner
Winsted Conn has a fisherman
who claims to have caught a pickerel
because the latter mistook his nose
for bait and jumped at it It strikes
us tbat said fisherman must hare con-
sumed a vast amount of bait to ac-
quire a nose so brilliant that a pick-
erel would Jump at It
Under the new law it costs $10 to
carry a pistol in New York Instead of
only $250 But those who expect to
see the difference reflected In a de-
crease of shooting affrays will proba-
bly be disappointed If the fee was a
million and It was not enforced more
strictly than the $250 one it would
be just as Ineffectual
Sir Hiram Maxim Is still singing the
praises of that great American dish-
pork and beans Some of these days
the humble and much-abused pie will
find an authority abroad who will sud
denly eleevate It to the heights and
make us ashamed that familiarity and
tradition have made us belittle the hid
den sweetness and light we have with
us
A Jilted Brooklyn man Is suing the
fickle fair one for the time lost In
courting her She pleads by way of
defense a woman's Inalienable right
to the pursuit of happiness by chang-
ing her mind in face of this consti-
tutional right the unlucky swain has
no case AH the courts appealed to
on this issue have hitherto upheld this
right which Indeed antedates every-
thing but the creation
King Sodultch Choa Fa Maha Za
Jlravudh of Slam cables thanks ftr
sending an American representative to
bis late father's cremation That 1-:
nothing We are quite willing on gen
eral principles to send representative!
to more cremations of oriental poten
tates considering that tbe Orient hat
such potentates to burn ' But It Is t
he hoped tbat Siamese court etiquette
will not require an American tongut
to get twisted around His Majesty's
given name -
Federate Resist Attack and After Sev-
eral Hours Fighting Drive Back
Insurrectoa With the Aid of
Reinforcements
Chihuahua Mex — Forty or more ln-
surrectos were killed and more than
100 were wounded in a -battle fought
between Sause and Santa Clara Can-
yon about 60 miles north of here ac-
cording to federal couriers who ar-
rived Sunday They brought orders to
have hospital cots ready for federal
wounded The federals report five
killed but later developments may
change the figures Several women
and children are believed to be among
the killed
Coming across from Casas Grandes
on their way to Chihuahua with pris-
oners under General Luis Valdez the
federals followed by about 100 ref-
ugees were attacked
Five hundred Insurrectos under Gen-
erals Oroczo and Villa had been In-
structed by Francisco Madero to head
off the Casas Grandes contingent and
if possible capture and release the
prisoners The light occurred on a
hacienda as the prisoners shackled
together by ropes and the women and
children refugees weary from the
long tramp were scattered in a long
broken line
The federals Immediately responded
with heavy firing and placed the pris-
oners and non-coirbatants under pro-
tection The lighting continued for
several hours and resulted in send-
ing north General Rabago with 600
reinforcements
The extent of the fight became
known when riderless horses arrived
here with evidence of having left the
front in a stampede So far as known
none of the prisoners among whom
are believed to be many Americans
was wounded and none escaped al-
though thees statements are based on
unofficial reports
Lorlmer Probe Certain
Washington — Senator LaFollette's
resolution for a new investigation of
the Lorlmer case is regarded now as
certain to pass the senate Supporters
of the Illinois senator have lost their
nerve Saturday one of the senators
who voted for Lorlmer at the last ses-
sion gave out confidentially to anti-
Lorlmer colleagues that he will here-
after vote with them This senator stat-
ed that he and others who entertain
his sentiment say they can no longer
stand out against a new vote to retain
Lorlmer in his seat
Solons to Stay Out of State
Nashville Tenn — The thirty-four
bolting members of the Tennessee leg-
islature who fled from the state to
prevent the enactment of legislation
they hold to be inimical went to Bir-
mingham Ala prepared to stay out
of the state for six months If neces-
sary Governor Hooper was in confer-
ence with United States Senator Lea
for several hours Saturday trying to
devise a way of breaking the deadlock
Made Money on Two-Cent Fare
In a report compiled by Auditor Wil-
merlng of the corporation commission
It is shown tbat railroads In Oklahoma
made a fair profit under the operation
of the two-cent passenger fare Ac-
cording to the figures of Wilmertng
which are compiled from the Sants Fe
business a net profit of $3323?437
was made on the two-cent fare during
the fiscal year ending June 30 1909
Postal Savings Banks
Washington D C — Steadily Increas-
ing Interest in the postal savings bank
system is indicated by a statement
made public Monday by Postmaster
General Hitchcock It showB that
$201906 was on deposit at the 48
postal savings banks at the close of
business on March 31 an increase of
$68C92 The number of open accounts
Increased from 3364 to 4307 In March
and the average balance of depositors
from $3654 to $4689 ThiB represents
the business of only two months
Fight Against Plague
Washington D C — The hunt for
squirrels and other rodents which car-
ry the deadly flea which spreads the
bubonic plague is to be carried into
Monterey national forest Hunting
parties organized by the public health
servlcd will begin work as soon as
the department of agriculture gives
permission Since last July 85000
squirrels have been examined in the
suspended districts The government
has so far spent $800000 on this work
and the state and counties of Califor-
nia have spent $500000
Hero Loses Life
Chicngo — Alexander Doty 16 years
old lost his life Sunday trying to save
bis chum Osborne Darby 18 years old
with whom he had gone boating on
Lake Michigan Their canoe capsized
about a quarter of a mile from shore
- Money 8old as Copper
New York — Fifteen hundred tons of
Chinese money is aboard the steamer
Katuna which reached here Sunday
from tbe far east The money is worn
and mutilated and was sold as old cop-
per bv the Chinese government
tCopyrlght 1911)
LORIMER PROBE GROWING BIG
NAME OF TAFT ENTERS INTO
THE MATTER
Hlne’s Testimony is Contradictory and
Eastern Congressmen May Be
Quizzed In Effort to
8traighten Kinks
Springfield 111 — Former Congress-
man Sereno E Payne of New York
may be aBked to appear before the
Helm investigating committee as a re-
sult of the astounding and puzzling
disclosures made before that body
Thursday when the white light was
turned on the election of William
Lorimer to the United States senate
The situation has in a sense been
placed up to the two prominent legis-
lators from the east by reason of the
contradictions of Edward Hlne’s testi-
mony and the account given by Her-
man H Hettler in the Union League
club The question Involves national
Issues and problems and brings in the
name of President Taft
Mr Hettler under oath declared:
“Hines told me he had elected Lorl-
mer Then he said: ‘I am a bigger
man than Taft I beat him on the
tariff’ ’’
Further in one of the affidavits from
Marquette Mich secured by M B
Coen Hines is quoted as saying:
"Lorimer promised me to stand for
a high tariff and protect the lumber
interests”
That is one side of the puzzling ques-
tion These are the facts that lie be-
fore the committee In contrast to
this according to the deductions of
prominent legislators Is the testi-
mony of Hines on the witness stand
it was as follows in part:
"I saw Senator Aldrich and Payne
and they told me they w-ere extremely
anxious that I induce Mr Lorimer to
be a candidate for United States
senator They declared that President
Tuft was desirous of his election and
that they wanted him for the tariff
bill”
The statement of Mr Hjnes would
indicate say some legislators that he
acted In harmony with Taft while
the statements of the other witnesses
tend to show he was opposed to Taft
The committee has no power to sub-
poena tho witnesses They must come
voluntarily
The question that would be pro-
pounded to the men from the east
would be relative to the alleged conver-
sations with Hines So far they have
made no answer affirming or denying
the testimony of Hines
Will Prosecute Mm'derers
Washington — United States Consul
Miller at Tuxpan Mexico reported to
the state department Friday that the
investigation of the murder of G W
Crltchfield the New Jersey mining
man has been completed and that
the murderers are under arrest They
will be vigorously prosecuted by the
Mexican officials
Jury Has Assault Case
Anderson Ind — After two days of
testimony and a half a day of argu-
ment a jury now has the case of Ben-
jamin C Barnes a young traveling
salesman of Dubuque Iowa accused of
having entered with criminal intent a
berth of Miss Cecil Hill of Chicago In
a Pullman car near midnight of Jan-
uary 27
Denman Thompson Is Dead
West Swanzey N H — Denman
Thompson the veteran actor and
creator of the part of "Josh Whit-
comb” in the rural play “Old Home-
stead” died at his home here Friday
He was 77 years old and had been ill
for some time
8chool Girls Robbed
Wheeling W Va — Private detec-
tives set at work Friday to attempt
to catch an expert school girl burglar
who has robbed more than seventy-
five of tbe 400 pupils In the local high
school
Ojinaga Reported Fallen
El Paso Texas— It was reported
here Friday that Ojinaga Mexico has
been captured by the rebels under
General Sanches There has been
severe fighting in the vicinity of Olln-
ms for esveral weeks
N
FOUR STATES TORNADO SWEPT
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION LEFT
IN WAKE OF TWISTERS
Score of Persons Killed and A Hun-
dred More or Lest Severely
Injured — Money Lots Totalt
Close to Million Dollars
Kansas City Mo — Although the
weather is fair Friday throughout the
tornado swept districts of Kansas Ok-
lahoma western Missouri and north-
ern Arkansas the major portion of the
telephone and telegraph wire's Is still
down and only meager reports of the
death and destruction wrought by the
storm Wednesday are obtainable It
will be several days before a complete
list can be obtained
It now appears that at least nine-
teen persons were killed The names
of twelve of the dead are known Four
deaths reported from Meeker Okla
and three from Plummer Ark are
without names
The list of injured will number more
than a hundred
Several who were reported killed
proved later to be seriously Injured
Of the injured few are thought to be
seriously hurt
The monetary loss In Kansas alone
is estimated to be In excess of $600-
900 It is thought the damage in other
sections viBited by the storm will
bring the total to more than $1000000
The identified dead:
Frank Hammond Fred Kern Jennie
Brown Big Heart Okla
Mrs Joseph Sullivan Mrs Ethel
Wheeler negress Lawrence Kans
Miss Geraldine Meisenheimer Miss
Elliot Robinson Kans
Mrs Fred Stone Reserve Kans
Jane Petton 7 years old Hiawatha
Kans
J E Rosenbaum Germantown Kan
Mrs Almeda Shelly Joplin Mo
Infant child of Ed Halters Checotah
Okla
Miss Eva Stroud Mountainburg
Ark
Tin Plate Mill Closes
Sharon Pa — The tin plate mill at
South Sharon closed Thursday throw-
ing about 200 men out of work It
is said the paint will resume in the
near future
Negroes To Meet
Washington — To formulate plans for
participation In the presidential cam-
paign In 1912 the national negro demo-
cratic executive committee has Issued
a call for a convention In Indianapolis
May 17 on the bdBis of one delegate
from each congressional district and
one from each territory
ARBITRATION TRIBUNAL
Bill Introduced In House to Create
Court to Hear Labor Difficulties
Washington D C — A national arbi-
tration tribunal with power under cer-
tain restrictions to settle controversies
In case of a threatened or existing
strike or lockout In which is lnvoved
any commerce with foreign nations
among two or more states or with the
Indians or in case such strike arises
In any territory of the United States
is provided for in a bill introduced
Friday by Representative Foss of Illi-
nois a republican
It call for six members the secre-
tary of commerce and labor being a
member ex-offlclo Their terms are to
be for six years and their compensa-
tion $8000 a year
Girl Asks $20000 for Being Kissed
St Joseph Mo — Twenty thousand
dollars damage Is asked by Margaret
Chase in a suit filed Saturday against
W T Magot a wealthy farmer of
Crawford township whom she accuses
of having hugged and kissed her
against her will at her home on
April 5
Honduran Revolt Ends
Ceibaga Honduras — Ex-President
Bonilla one of the leaders of the re-
cent revolution published a proclama-
tion Friday disbanding the rebel
army
Infantile Paralysis
Muskogee Okla — The 6 months old
child of Mr and Mrs W H Tiger died
Saturday and the attending physician
reports that be believes it was a case
of infantile paralysis It Is the first
that bas ever bees observed In this
eltv
8even Douglee Aria Citizens Hit By
Stray Bulelts While Watohing
Battle Between Opposing
Forces— Other Newt
Ague Prieta Mex — (Via Dougli
Arts from the Associated Press ct
respondent In the field) — The mo
important battle of the Mexican revo-
lution was fought here Monday be-
tween 1600 federals under the com-
mand of Lieutenant Colonel Diaz and
1000 rebels under Balsarlo Garcia and
resulted in the repulse of the former
The battle however waB not final-
ly decisive It lasted from 6:30 a m
until sundown At nightfall two fed-
eral machine guns were in possession
of the rebels and ths federals had
suffered a loss estimated by the rebels
as at least 200 killed and wounded
Tbe rebels gave their own loss at 20
From the beginning of the battle
regardless of the warning given by the
United States government to the lead-
ers of both forces a rain of bullets
poured into the American town of
Douglas and when the day was over
it was found that seven non-combatant
residents of that city has been
wounded
TAFT REFUSES TO TAKE PART
Tells Governor of Arizona His Motives
Might Be Misconstrued
Washington — President Taft Monday
replied to a message from Governor
Sloan of Arizona asking protection for
citizens of Douglas from tbe fire ol
federals and Insurrectos that he was
loath to endanger Americans in Mexi-
co by taking so radical a step as send-
ing American troops across the border
to prevent further fighting
The president in his telegram to the
governor said the situation might
'ustlfy him in ordering troops to cross
lie border and attempt to stop the
fighting or to fire upon both contest-
ants from the American side He hesi-
tated to take such a step however
because of the possibility of resistance
and greater bloodshed and tbe dan-
ger of having his motives misconstru-
ed and arousing Mexicans against
Americans now in Mexico
In view of the conditions therefor
the president felt he could not order
the troops at Douglas to cross th
border but he again emphasized the
advisability of tbe people of Douglas
avoiding exposing themselves to flying
bullets
Mrs Burnt Not Guilty
Altus Okla — Mrs Eva Burns charg-
ed with the murder of her husband
Jeth Burns on their place near Altus
about two months ago was acquitted
by a Jury In the district court Mon-
day after forty-five minutes delibera-
tion It was alleged that Mrs Burns
killed her husband with a shotgun
when he threatened her with a pitch-
fork Bride Burns to Death
Rogers Ark — Mrs Irwin Orput 19
years old a bride of two days was
burned to death and her husband was
fatally burned when an oil stove ex-
ploded at breakfast time Monday The
bride was cooking her first meal
Furnacemen Strike
Batlesville Okla — One hundred and
seventy-five furnacemen employed in
smelters of the Bartlesville Zinc Com-
pany struck Monday for a raise of 30
cents per day They now receive
$245
To Be Investigated
Washington — An investigation Into
rtie administration of the affairs an
conditions of the Five Civilized Tribes
in Oklahoma is provided for in a reso-
lution introduced Monady by Repre-
sentative Carter of Oklahoma
Is Up To Congress
Washington D C — President Taft
fetl Monday tbat be has done personal-
ly all that can be done by him to con-
trol the situation along the Mexican
border He and his advisers believe
that now congress must say whether
the situation Is grave enough to war-
rant Intervention and its conse-
quences Mayor For Fifth Time
Chicago— Carter H Harrison took
the oath of office Monday night and be-
came mayor of Chicago for the fifth
time He was inducted into office with
out great ceremony and except that
the council chamber In the new city
hall was crowded with friends the
meeting resembled an ordinary session
of the council
King Undergoes Operation
Bordeaux — King Alfonso arrived
here Monday to consult Professor
Moure who has previously performed
operations on the king’s nose Tbe
king was closeted with the physician
for two hours and it is said a polypus
eras removed
New Senator Takes Oath
Washington — Miles Poindexter the
new senator from Washington took
the oath of office Monday being es-
corted to the vice president's seat by
hi colleague Senator Jones
French Boy Caused Merriment by Tal
ing the Order of the Court Too
Literally
A droll Incident Is reported as hav-
ing taken place In one of the provin-
cial appeal courts In France A boy
about fourteen was summoned to give
evidence and his appearance was such-
as to move the whole court to laugh-
ter He wore a long redingote pecu-
liar to the Basque country and Im-
mense boots His trousers collar and
hat were unquestionably those of a
man The court was convulsed and
the president asked the boy how he
dared to treat the court In such
manner Tbe boy seemed as surprised
as the president and taking out tbe
citation from his pocket read the
formula Inviting him "Comparaltre
dans les affaires de son pere” (To
appear in bis father's suit)
Crippled by Tuberculosis
According to a recent report by Dr
Conrad Biesalskl of Berlin there are
75000 cripples In the German empire
out of a population of 60500000 Over
60000 of the cripples are In need of
proper treatment Doctor Blesalski
states that In 15 per cent of the crip-
ples examined their deformity was
due to tuberculosis of the bones and
joints and that there were 10000
such children In great need of med-
ical treatment He advocates the es-
tablishment of seaside sanatoria tor
this latter class of cripples
Need of the Agriculturist
“Here I am” said the returned wan-
derer “back with the fortune I said I
would make and ready to pay the
mortgage off the farm! ”
‘‘Ef that ain’t hard luck!" exclaim-
ed the father “As times are goin’
now tbat mortgage ain't botherin’ no-
aody I’d a heap rutber have seen
you broke an’ ready to do regular
work for wages”
Deaths From Wild Beasts in India
Wild beasts and snakes were tbe
cause of 21904 deaths In India In 1908
Tigers killed 900 people leopards 302
wolves 269 other wild animals 686
and snakeB 19738 while 17926 wild
animals and 70494 snakes were d
stroyed
Health Is the greatest of all posses-
slons and Mis a maxim with me tbat
a hale cobbler (S' a better man than
sick king — Bickerstaff
The errors of a great mind are
more edifying than the truths of a
little— Borne
COFFEE CONGESTION
Causes a Variety of Ails
A happy old lady in Wisconsin
says:
“During the time I was a coffee
drinker I was subject- to sick head-
aches sometimes lasting 2 or 3 days
totally unfitting me for anything
To this affliction was added aome -years
ago a trouble with my heart
that was very painful accompanied
by a smothering sensation and faint-
ness “Dyspepsia also came to make life
harder to bear I took all sorts of pat-
ent medicines but none of them helped
me for any length of time
"The doctors frequently told me
that coffee was not good for me but
without coffee I felt as If I had no
breakfast I finally decided about 2
years ago to abandon the use of cof-
lee entirely and as I had read a great
deal about Postum I concluded to try
that for a breakfast beverage
“I liked the taste of It and was par-
ticularly pleased to notice that It did
not 'come up' as coffee used to The
bad spells with my heart grew lesB
and less frequent and finally ceased
altogether and I have not had an at-
tack of sick headache for more than a
year My digestion Is good too and
I am thankful that I am once more a
healthy woman I know my wonder-
ful restoration to health came from
quitting coffee and UBlng Postum"
Name given by the Postum Co Battle
Creek Mich
“There’s a reason” and It Is this
Coffee has a direct action on the liver
with some people and causes partial
congestion of that organ preventing
the natural outlet of the secretions
Then may follow biliousness sallow
sljln headaches constipation and final-
ly a change of the blood corpuscle
and nervous prostration
Read the little book “The Road to
Wellville" in pkgs “There's a Rad-
eon” '
Bver read tfca abava latter? A mom
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