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Miami Ottawa County Oklahoma Friday Sept 22 1911
JGETTHENEWSJ y0L XIX NO 44
Whole Number VolXXIX No 11
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County Court at
Chelsea Adjourned
Judge Wants Contempt Proceedings
Entered and Parties in Contempt
Haled Before Him
Roger county is having its court
troubles and jury booze venders and
law and order league are charged -with
working together while the judge and
attorney are counter charged with be-
ing there to protect the bootleggers
It’s a pretty mixup and here is the
Clareraore Progress’ version of the af-
fair: “When the criminal docket was
leached Wednesday morning in the
court being held at Chelsea the first
case called was the State of Oklahoma
vs Capt Lane the jury was agreed
upon and the case proceeded to trial
Judge Knight’s version of the case is
that Lane who is a wealthy and influ-
’ ential citizen practically admitted on
the stand that he had sold the goods
which the state claimed he had and
that it contained more than 90 per cent
pure alcohol and that the remainder of
the contents of the bottle was ganger
The county attorney and Judge Knight
both expected a verdict of guilty and
after instructions by the court proceed-
ed to the trial of Lee Payton charged
with the same offense as Lane While
Payton’s trial was going on the jury in
Lane’s case returned with a verdict of
not guilty Judge Knight after asking
if that was their verdict proceeded to
deliver a verbal lecture to the jury and
the Law and Order League which left
no doubt as to bis opinion of the ver-
dict He stated that if it was the intern
tion of the Law and Order League to
prosecute certain individuals and allow
its own members to go free he would
adjourn court and leave the bootleggers
with them until he could secure a new
jury to try their cases Peyton who
is a poor boy with no friends nor mom
y stood a good show to be convicted
and Judge Knight ordered the trial
stopped and the jury was instructed to
return a verdict of not guilty in his
case Immediately after Peyton was
discharged Judge Knight adjourned
court for the term
" “Soon after court adjourned some
members of the jury complained that
the affair was arranged between Judge
Knight and County Attorney Elliott to
try Lane first who they allege are
Lane’s ' personal enemies that they
knew they had no evidence against him
and that it was agreed that should he be
acquitted they would adjourn court
thus protecting the bootleggers Coum
ty Attorney Elliott has made affidavit
that these men made such remarks and
Judge Knight has asked them to ap-
pear before him and show cause why
they should not be held in contempt of
court”
Washington Nw
The democrats do not need to shoot
President Taft full of boles in order to
show his weakness misdeeds v and ab-
ject submission to the “big interests'
as the insurgent republicans are doing
this work for them and doing it well
Senator Works of California a repub-
lican Bays Taft js a willing tool in the
hands of the great trusts and that he
has brought his party face to face with
the greatest crisis in its history
In a recent speech Senator Clapp of
Minnesota a lifelong republican and a
vigorous supporter of President Roose
velt’s administration has denounced
President Taft in flaming words for his
veto of the bill admitting to statehood
Arizona and New Mexico which was
vetoed simply on the ground that Ari-
zona had the recall provisiou in her
constitution They have gone so far as
to charge that President Taft is trying
to turn the presidency into an imperial
office and thus deprive the American
people of self government for our judg-
es if they cannot be recalled are our
masters ard real rulers and seat of the
power of the great trusts Our judges
are our imperial rulers
The insurgent republican organiza-
tion which controls nearly all the im
portant states west of the Mississippi
is a vigorous one which as now per-
fected is being extended through other
parts of the country in an effort to de-
feat the renomination of President
Taft next year It would be to the in-
terest of the democrats to have Mr
Taft renominated because he could be
defeated about as easily as any man in
the republican party whereas the nom
ination of a man like La Fellette of
Wisconsin or Cumminsrs of Iowa would
cause more than a substantial fight by
the democrats
President Taft will not stop at Wi-
nona Minn this year Neither will
' he thank any one who mentions the
place to him
Thus far it hasn’t occurred to Gov
Woodrow Wilson to attempt to explain
why New Jersey cities persistently
vote down the commission form of gov-
ernment which he has advocated
A Record Without a Blemish
Speaker Champ Clark has given due
notice to President Taft that in the
campaign pilgrimage which the latter
is preparing to make he must avoid in-
temperate or ill-considered speech for
there is at least one able sturdy con-
scientious democrat who stands ready
to defend the party from any assault
the president may see fit to make
There is something militantly demo-
cratic in Champ Clark’s every utter-
ance and act A genuine Westener he
is also a man of the people who has
himself experienced in his own proper
person all the hopes and aspirations of
a Westener has endured western hard-
ships and knows western needs With
a single intermission cf two years he
has been in congress more than eigh-
teen years -He
knows every problem that is in-
volved in government from A to izzard
Not a blemish mars his record and he
never dodged a vote When he speaks
it is in the undiluted terms of democ-
racy not simply the democracy of the
partisan but of the people His con-
duct of the potential office of the
speakership in the last session com-
mends him Thousands of democrats
have never had a thought of anyone
else than Champ Clark as the best can-
didate the party could name His defi-
ant challenge to Taft marks him as a
man capable of successfully meeting
the latter in a presidential campaign—
Lincoln Neb Daily Star
Where Taft is Strong
According to a dispatch from Bever-
ly Mass appearing in the St Louis
Globe-Democrat President Herbert N
Davidson of the New England Associa-
tion of Commercial Executives recent-
ly pledged to President Taft the sup-
port of business New England
Doubtless it was supposed that this
information would give Mr Taft con-
siderable prestige in his speechmaking
swing around the circle in the west
Actually however it may be expected
to have a far different effect and the
cool reception the president has already
met at Several points indicate that the
attitude of New England’s business
men has caused no enthusiasm among
his bearers
In most New England communities
commercial organizations are largely
controlled by the manufacturers and
these -have been -the beneficiaries of
the high protective tariff schedules in
years past That these interests favor
President Taft and stand-pat republi
canism is not news— Ex
Stock Yards Report
Kansas City Sept IS— The cattle
market made a brave finish last week
recovering the loss of the first three
days of the week by the close Friday
This did not count for much last week
as three-fourths of the week’s supply
came in before prices started to ad
vance But it counts today the run of
21000 head selling strong to 10c higher
than Friday Pasture men in Kansas
and Oklahoma are still holding back
though dealers look for a good run the
next few days Short fed natives sell at
$575 to $725 native grass steers $5 to
$725 western grass steers including
Colorados and Wyomings $460 to $6
native cows $3 to $5 top heifers $7
bulls $3 to $425 veal calves $775 for
best stockers and feeders $350 to $6
Cattle direct from the western ranges
are not coming freely as a year ago
Panhandle cows sell at $3 25 to 410
Quarantine receipts are dropping off
steers a little higher than a week ago
at $4 to 8560 cows $3 to $450 veals
$750
Hog receipts show a fair increase
over this period a year ago but are
still not large enough to permit pack-
ers to pound the market continuously
Occasionally there is a day or two of
strength but this is not one of them
sales today 5 to 10c lower than' the
close of last week- Prices declined 15c
net last week Run is 6000 here today
top $705 bulk of sales $675 to $695
which is the lowest place they have
occupied in a long time about two do!
lars under a year ago Fresh meat de-
mand is good but the general sent!
ment looks for further decline '
Theatres Sold
The Odeon theatre and the Lyric
have both been purchased by Curran &
Newmyer of Hastings Neb who was
here Tuesday closing the deal for the
latter with John Gamble owner of the
Lyric Curran & Newmyer own a chain
of moving picture shows all over the
country and we understand will place
both of these properties in competent
hands and install improved service as
soon as the present lease is out on the
Lyric They bought the Odeon of Mr
Madgett before coming here
The republican newspapers are al
most in tears beoause J W Bailey will
not be in the next senate There will
be no one to defend Lorimer then
That Oklahoma congressman who
put three “mashers” out of commis
sion need never lack for a job in any
large city should he be put out of
politics
'alls 200 Feet
and is Uninjured
flachine Caught Fire aad Young Avi-
ator Glides to Earth Unharmed
Near Tulsa
Carl Mahr a young German has
been building an aeroplane at Alsuma
five miles northwest of town On last
Saturday everything was complete and
he made a flight
He gracefully rose from the ground
to a height of 200 feet when his engine
suddenly stopped In some mysterious
way Mahr himself does not know how
his machine caught fire So intent was
he with his battle for life and to save
himself from falling to death that he
did not notice the flames
The people below frantically shouted
at him but he did not hear nor did not
know the meaning of their cries until
his own clothing began to burn Mahr
then without hesitation began the dan-
gerous spiral glide such as Beachy
made in his altitude record trip and
which has claimed the life of many
aviators
It was a spectacular sight this young
aviator’s descent to earth Like a great
torch his body enveloped in flames
the fire hiding the aviator from sight
of the people below he swept down-
ward through the air He alighted in
time buthis machine was badly dam-
aged Mahr has made two successful flights
this week in one of which he remained
in the air eleven minutes He built his
machine himself He is not in the least
discouraged but will go to work at
once to repair his machine and when
this is done will again - take a trip
through the air It is hoped that no ac-
cidents will befall him next time—
Broken Arrow Ledger
Ottawa News
Quite a change in the weather Cool
and cloudy which puts the hay makers
on the bum ' -
Mr and Mrs Len Wilcox and Mr
and Mrs Frank Trigg went to Miami
Sunday evening to visit Mrs E A
Trigg who is very sick 1
-A large number of friends made a
surprise on Mr and Mrs Hawkins last
Sunday first by attending church sec-
ond by taking well filled baskets and
spreading dinner under the shade trees
Everyone had a fine time the dinner
was excellent and the morning sermon
was so good that it gave the people a
good appetite
Walter Hall and wife of Lincoln ville
visited at V A Burton’s last Sunday
Jerry Supemaw had business in Mi-
ami Monday laBt
News is awfully scarce this - week
but “Casey Jones” is still with us
Very few people of this locality were
able to attend the picnic at Peoria last
week
Mr Noah our school “ma’rm” Bpent
Sunday last with his wife’s people
Not a very large crowd came to work
on the cemetery Monday but those
who did were faithful and did lots ef
good work '
H K Wind went to Miami last Mon-
day Everett Wyford and family spent
Sunday last at the home of Em Albro
The cattle in this locality were dipped
for the third time last Friday and Sat-
urday They are looking much better
than when they were first dipped as
their coat of hair looks fine and smooth
and seem in better condition every way
This dip is certainly very beneficial to
all stock in various ways
Mr and Mrs Costin Beauchamp are
enjoying a visit from their son wife
and baby of California
Holt Hubbard has rented his farm
out for the coming year and expects to
move to California to try his fortune
V A Burton went to Miami Tuesday
last
H H Uallenkamp went to Miami
last Tuesday
A man who thinks his wife ought to
make her own hats would have a fit if
she offered to make his ties
GO TO LOHMANN’S
VARIETY STORE
'
We try to have what you
want at the lowest prices
I that quality permits
Cjuld Harmon or Wilson
Thq democratic party would be very
unwind o Experiment with any candi-
date jose ability to get along with
his pd-ty in congress is wholly un-
known That was the foundation of all
of Cleveland’s troubles— he couldn’t
get along with his congress Could
Harman or Wilson if elected? Nobody
knows ' But we know that Champ
Clark could he has demonstrated that
fact While minority leader he took
the fragments of the party in the house
welded them together united with the
insurgents and spanked the majority
until Uncle Joe declared in his despair:
“This is no longer a republican house!”
The fight he made won the election of
1910 nd he was unanimously chosen
speaker Success made no change ex-
cept to bind the democrats of the house
together under his leadership more
firmly than ever Some said’' he would
lose his ihsurgent allies but he lost not
one and today he stands out as the one
great strong figure that was developed
by eighteen years of hard fighting-
fighting his way up in a body where
each man finally finds bis proper posi-
tion Each crisis in the country’s his-
tory brings its strong man to meet the
situation and Champ Clark stands out
today as the great leader wise in coun-
sel strong unselfish well balanced
He has shown that he can be progres-
sive without being radical that he is
conservative without being a moss-
back— Alton III Daily Timas
' Fitness For Office
Commenting on the fact that the
democridf governor of Massachusetts
has named e republican as chief justice
of the Massachusetts supreme court
thus following the precedent set by
President Taft in naming Justice White
a democrat chief justice of the su-
preme court of the United States the
Chicago Tribune observes:
“The day will come ' and it cannot
come too soon when the voters break-
ing party ties will elect judges not
because of their political affiliations
but because of their high legal stand-
ing Then we shall have better judges
than we have now and the agitation
for the judicial recall will die a natural
death”
As a matter of fact the qualities that
make for fitness are the same in elec-
tive qfficea - as in appointive offices
While the special preparation and op-
portunity for showing special capacity
for a judicial place are unusual enab-
ling the appointing official to make
comparatively accurate selection still
for most of the important places in
government it is possible ordinarily to
choose the best equipped man That
this is hot done appointjvely or elect-
ively is due to many conditions or
rather to many aspects of one condi-
tion namely party affiliation
We shall always have parties'! Under
our form of government we shall con-
tinue to have two major parties But it
is seriously to be doubted if the party
affiliation that once prevailed the old
vote-her-straight from top -to- bottom
affiliation will ever be found in Amer-
ican politics again The day is coming
when men will be elected to all offices
executive and legislative as well as
judicial not because they belong to a
party but because they belong in the
place thev seek:
' This will not mean the end of parties
and partisanship It will mean the end
of unworthy parties and stupid parti-
sanship— Globe
Police Court Grist
Tuesday Police Judge Zilar had E
Elgin before him charged with a dis-
turbance at his home near the railroad
bridge in which it was alleged he beat
his wife and abused her and assessed
him a $9 fine and trimmings
E’W Hawkins of Afton for exceed-
ing the auto speed limit contributed $5
and costs
Another one to face his honor was
Phoebe Nidiffer for raising a disturb-
ance within the corporate limits who
was Monday fined $500 and assessed
costs
M N Thomas also known as “Ax-
handle No 2” was pinched and assess-
ed a fine of $4 and costs by Judge Zilar
charged with drunkenness and disorder-
ly conduct
- Just Like Him
Some exceedingly powerful business
combinations being involved in the mat-
ter the president’s action in the case
of Dr Wiley is inconclusive Mr Taft
exonerates Wiley from trifling charges
trumped up against him but he does
not go to the root of the matter at all
The department of agriculture is pre-
sided over by an aged person of the
name of Wilson It actually is run by a
young and active person of the name
of McCabe It is McCabe who has
made most of the trouble for Wiley
Wiley wants to enforce the pure food
law McCabe seems to have other
views
If the president were constitutionally
and temperamentally capable of taking
a position and holding it his finding in
favor of Dr Wiley in the recent absurd
little controversy would have necessi-
tated the prompt elimination of Mc-
Cabe from the public service Instead
of separating McCabe from his usurped
position in the department however
Mr Taft barely mentions him He is
too stout too merry too keenly intent
upon travel to make a thorough job of
anything in which private interests ap-
pear in antagonism to those of the peo-
ple There will be no -honest enforcement
of the pure food law until all the up-
starts like McCabe and ail the unlawful
boards like that headed by Prof Rem-
sen are excluded from the bureau of
chemistry It is highly characteristic
of a president who surrendered to the
standpatters to pat Dr Wiley on the
back and yet leave him practically
bound und gagged in the hands of his
enemies— St Louis Republican
1 State Items
TheAvant glass plant has begun op-
erations in Osage county
Stephens county sends her 35th pa-
tient to the state insane asylum so
says the Duncan Eagle and adds that
the Norman asylum now contains 882
patients and the1 Ft Supply asylum
700 making an aggregate of almost
1600 insane in the state institutions
The biggest business transaction ex-
er pulled off in Inola was closed this
week when G H Rash of Miami
bought the hardware stock and lot and
building of Camerpn & James The
amount involved in this deal is about
$12000— Claremore Meesenger
Rogers County has purchased a poor
fcrm of 80 acres near Claremore The
price paid is $3000 This is a good move
provided they can corrall all the pau-
pers Ottawa county is put to a great
expense by allowing pauper claims
Some way should be discovered to cut
down the poor and insane bills but will
a poor farm do it?
Shawnee Herald: The state of Okla-
homa is showing a good deal of pa-
tience with Oklahoma City in the Capi-
tol muddle The tendency has been to
give the metropolis plenty of time to
see if it means to make good upon the
representations upon which the capital
was moved there from Guthrie The
state was at that time made to believe
that Oklahoma City would donate a free
capitol and when the supreme court
held that the bill passed by the whole
people was not constitutional the leg-
islature met and carried out the state’s
end of the agreement still upon the
same understanding Now when the
failure of Oklahoma City to make good
on the city’s end of the proposition has
become notorious and practically be
yond any redemption the people of the
state are becoming impatient Many
of the newspaper men in reply to the
query of Governor Cruce as to matters
which should be taken up by the legis-
lature if called together in special ses-
sion have named the capitol matter as
one of the most important of all the
matters which should receive attention
Frisco to Keep Posted
In order that they ' may be able to
keep thoroughly abreast of the times
the officials of the Frisco have put into
effect a plan by which practically all of
the most up-to-date Information regar-
ding railroad service and the many
things pertaining thereto may be
brought to their attention with the
least possible delay
To accomplish this the publicity de-
partment of the Frisco has been au-
thojized to subscribe to seventeen lead-
ing magazines All of these magazines
will be read each month and whenever
articles which may be of value to any
of the many departments are found
either a brief of it or a note calling
attention thereto will be sent to the
official in charge of the appropriate de-
partment In order that hints information or
suggestions for all departments should
not be neglected it was found necessa-
ry to subscribe for a large number of
publications which Include those upon
engineering accounting immigration
mechanics traffic ’and law in addition
to several which devote considerable
space to articles upon the general
financial legislative and political conditions
Two Teacheri Claim the Job
The school board in district number
one Catale is having its trouble as
well as some of the others The trouble
at Catale finally had to be taken into
the district court and a pretty school '
marm enjoined from teaching school
before the matter was settled
Miss Mary L Thomas of Craig coun-
ty the possessor of a first grade cer-
tificate in Crhig county was employed
by the Catale school board to teach
school for eight months at a salary of
$75 per month one of the conditions
being that she must hold a first grade
certificate to teach in Rogers county
This the lady failed to do but relying
on her certificate from Craig county
proceeded to open school on schedule
time
B H Hester county superintendent
refused to recognize the Craig county
certificate and notified th& school board
to that effect The board told Miss
Thomas that she could not teach but
she “allowed as how she would” and
on the first day opened school repeat-
ing the trick on' the second and third
days by breaking open windows and
doors to the building so the board al-
leges W R Holland of Foyil was employ-
ed to teach the school but he refused
to do so unless the board would remove
the presence of the pretty girl who
protested that she was boas of the
premises The board finally asked the
district court for a temporary injunc-
tion restraining Miss Thomas from
teaching school or interfering with Mr
Holland or the school board The tem-
porary injunction was granted and the
plaintiffs will seek -
nent as soon as the ' matter comes up
for trial in the district court — Clare
more Progress
After His Hanging a Band
Frank Edwards who will be hanged
at Ada Okla Octobes 20 for the mur-
der of William Gray has arranged for
his funeral In a letter to William Cur-
ling a friend at Temple Okla Ed-
wards wrote:
“Dear Sir: I will write you £ few
lines I received your Bible and was
glad to receive it My wife and baby
are here with me My'time is set for
the 20th day of October and I want to
be buried at Temple Tell Doctor Ben-
son and Jim Webb and Bill Holt fo tell
all of the other people to meet the train
the 21st day of October for I suppose
that I will be shipped to Temple that
day Mr Curling you tell Mooney
Bros and the band boys to meet the '
train and play Borne marches for me
and open my coffin at the station so
all my friends can see me When you
read this letter please send it to Bill
Holt at Taylor’s store”
Death of Mrs Hudson
Mrs Hudson wife of Geo Hudson -of
the Illinois Rooming House died on
Tuesday night at 10:45 The body was
shipped Wednesday evening to Nauvoo
111 the former home of the Hudsons
for burial Deceased leaves a husband '
and one child and had been sick for
several months
Whereas our dear sister Mrs Nellie
Hudson departed this life Sept 19th
at 10:45 p m therefore be it
Resolved That in the departure of
Sister Hudson we lose a sister beloved
because of her superior qualities of
womanhood a true wife a good moth-
er possessing talent and using it for
the improvement of society Her loss
is felt the morejkeenly because she was
one of the most active faithful re-
sourceful and intelligent ladies of our
midst She was a superior secretary
and always added interest to any work
in which she had part Her interest in
the church was unflagging
We hereby extend our sympathy to '
the bereaved husband and to all her
loved ones Mav God’s blessing be upon
these and upon the little boy Carl
who is left motherless
In this hour of sorrow we bow in sub-
mission to the will of God who brings
blessings out of what seems to us to be
calamities and who says "All things
work together for good to those who
loVethe Lord” '
Resolved That a copy of these reso-
lutions be spread on our minutes and a
copy be given to the family '
Ladies Aid Society 1st M E Church
' Mks M R Tidwell Pres
Mrs Gordon Act Sect’y
Miami Okla Sept 20 1911
Dr H H Wynne Oculist
Specialist of the eye ear nose and
throat of Oklahoma City will be pro-
fessionally in MiamiWednesday Oct 11
Glasses fitted One regular visit each
month Inquire at either drug store or
physicians office
Chickasha Firm Takes Hold
W B Schmueker has assigned his
contract he has with the school board
for the construction of the Central
school building to Lisle Dunning &
Co of Chickasha but will complete
the other two ward buildings himself
The time limit for the completion of
the Central building is March 1st next