Marietta Monitor. (Marietta, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, August 1, 1913 Page: 2 of 8
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JOLT FOR MON IV LENDER
South Pottawatomie Borrowers Kick
on Usury
Tocumaeh— -The 1 Voter’ league of
South 1’ottawatoml cunty ha em-
ployed the firm of Baldwin ft Carloton
of thl city to prosecute for It mem-
ber uaury salts against tbo vsrlJus
banka of thl aoctlon for uaury At a
lari meeting held at tho Itay Schvnl-
house In the south part of the county
arrangement were made for more
than a hundred suits to be had before
January 1 1114
A resolution was adopted that In
ths case of national banks the actual
money borrowed would be returned
and In the case of state banks twice
the amount of Interest paid would be
deducted and the remainder due cn
the note WQtlld be paid In all cases
ths member of the league will pay
back the amount due the banks un'er
the Oklahoma law but It Is the Inu-ut
to suad ot their legal rights to re-
fuse to pay Interest when the bnuk
has been guilty of charging usury
The Voters league of Pttawatomle
county numbers a thousand members
In the south part of the county The
meeting was held by call of the
county president Leander rounds
and the state organizer W M
Sharpe
ALMQST DECAPITATED
1 1
Garfield County Farmer Meets Hor-
rible Death When Wheel Breaks
Enid— 'a- U Relm wae Instantly
killed wheithe wheel of an ensilage
cutter flew to pieces while revolving
at a high fate of speed one of the
long knives striking him la the head
and another In the abdomen
The cutter had Just been set In mo-
tion and Mr Relm was oiling the
machine and It la estimated that the
wheel waa making 1200 revolutions
per minute when the accident oc-
curred One knife cut the entire top
of his bead off and a second knife
cut the body almost In two making
a frightful wound In the abdomen
Another knife which struck a tree
nearby cut It off as cleanly aa If It
bad been sawed down
Mr Relm is one of five brothers
all of whom are prosperous fanners
ol the community He leaves a wife
and eight chlldVen
WILSOiy WATCHING MEXICO
President In Doubt and Awaits Report
of Ambassador
Washington — Developments In the
Mexican situation last week were con-
fined to Informal discussion of sug-
gested plana for a definite policy on
the part of the American administra-
tion toward Its neighbor republic
Every kind of plan has been sug-
gested to administration officials from
a mediation board of Americana to
adjust the dispute and supervise the
holding of an election to a tripartite
commission composed of representa-
tives from the United States and two
South American republics who would
attempt to bring about peace between
the warring Mexican factions
There will be no expression of pol-
icy however until after the confer-
ence between the president and Am-
bassador Wilson who was called borne
from Mexico City
A Negro Land Good Job
Washington — Adam E Patterson of
Muskogee Okla was nominated to
be registrar of the treasury by Presi-
dent Wilson The position which
pays 15000 a year has been held by
colored teen under both republican
and democratic administrations for
many years
Horton For Congress
Altus — State Senator Guy P Hor-
ton of Altus has announced that he
will enter the race for congress In
the new' district of? which Jackson
county la a part Horton bar a large
following In this part of the state and
is the author of several important
measures yassed by the ' last legla-
lature - V '
Methodists Meet At Ramsey Lake
Sulphur — The eighth annual meet-
ing of the Oklahoma Methodist As-
sembly is In progress at their own
grounds qear Ramsey lake
Now Drilling May Follow Oil Raise
Bartlesville— The price of crude oil
in the mid-continent field Jumped to
98 cents Monday the highest price
pair here for crude In nine years Oil
men predict that the price will go to
a dollar 'within a week If there is a
rain soon sufficient to replenish the
streams and ponds -100 additional
strings of drilling tools will be started
in this field Lack of water Is retard-
ing operation at present The raise
in price will cause a rush for oil leases
and much wild catting will follow
Electrical :Storm Causes Big Loss
Tulsa — The moBt severe electrical
storm of thq season swept through
this section of the mid-continent oil
field causing damage etslm&ted from
$150000 'to $250000 The horizon
around this city was dotted with oil
tank fires casting a bright Illumina-
tion all over the sky At Sand Springs
a suburb of Tulsa one 550000-barrel
oil tank belonging to the Waters-
Pierce Co was burned in addition to
a 35000 barrel tank belonging to the
Phoenix Refining Co The lots of the
two companies la $100000
MURDER ENDS FAMILY ROW
Bon Kills Fsthsr Aftsr a Gsnsral
Fight at Chlckasha
Cblrkssha— J A Thomas la dead
and his son Hilly Thomas aged 24 It
In the Grady county Jail charged with
the murder as a result of a family
quarrel that culminated In a shooting
affair at the Thomas home six mlh-i
southwest of Alex In addition Clap
ence Mcl-emore and W L Walker-
hired hands on tho Thonm farm were
arrested
That he fired the fatal shot youn
Thomas does not deny snd though
as yet details r meager It la believed
by the authorities that he will plead
self defeuso as a reason for the mur-
der It la stated Hint J A Thomas
the father threatens several days
ago to kill his daughter the rest of
tho -family and then Kill himself
Members of tho family stated to 8hrr-
iff Lewis they took a revolver away
from tho deceased hut that when tbo
shooting occurred ho was unnnued
Tho young man refuses to muko a
detailed statement of tho case
Father and son bad left tho supper
table amt wers on tho front porch
alono Suddenly tho other members
of the family heard a aerlea of shot
In rapid succession When they
rushed to tho socno they found tho
father's body on the edge of the porch
Ho died almost instantly Six shots
were fired from a 32 caliber auto-
matic revolver taking effect and from
their posltloni it la believed any of
them would have produced death
KILLS BROTHER IN-LAW
Wesley Graham Exonerated For
Shooting Sol Kelley
Ada— Wesley Graham shot and in-
stantly killed his brolher-ln-Iaw Sol
Kelley at the former' homo near
here Kelley and his wife had sep-
arated more than a year ago and It It
said Kelley has tried unsuccessfully
to Induce her to como back to btm
Kelley went to tho Graham home and
demanded that hla wife come back
with him declaring if she did not he
would kill the whole family He ap-
proached the door of the house with
his gun and Wesley Graham grabbed
hla automatic shotgun and fired three
loads Into Kelley Graham waa after-
wards exonerated
Indian Killed In Stomp Dance Row
Tulsa— Rufus Severln a wealthy
Indian was shot and killed at the
annual stomp dance of the Cherokee
Shawnee and Chickasaw Indians ner
Sperry Webb Chism said to have
done the shooting came to Tulsa and
gave himself up to Sheriff McCol-
lough Chism la also wealthy At the
same stomp dance last year Dave Ty-
ner a rich young Cherokee killed
Tom Jones his brother-in-law in a
quarrel over a Delaware Indian girl
and got and eight-year sentence
Missionary Work In Mining Camps
McAlester — A committee composed
of J O Kuykendall of Atoka and W
W Chancellor of McAlester appointed
by the executive committee of the
Baptist general convention 'of th
state of Oklahoma met In McAlester
last week for the purpose of investl
gating conditions In the mining dis-
tricts of the state and to form a defi-
nite plsn for missionary work among
the miners In the different mining
camps in this section of the State
Carnival At Forgan
Forgan — The '’organ Commercial
club Is making elaborate preparations
for a six days’ carnival and street fair
to be held here the week ending Aug-
uso 18 Special trains will be ryn
from Woodward
Clay Nation lo Acquitted
Mangum— Holding the defense had
proved Clay Nation shot n self de
tense when he killed hi brcther-in
law Jake Dulworth a Jury In tbe dis-
trict court here returned a "verdict of
not guilt)
Jury Decide to Break Bailey Will
Shawnee — Contestants of the will
of the late Samuel Bailey succeeded In
getting a verdict from a superior court
Jury which will break the will undei
which be left about $75000 to a neph-
ew Sherman Spencer and the estate
will go to bis sisters
Nash Jury Splits and Is Discharged
Hobart— The Jury In the case of
Frank Nash for the murder of Humpy
Wardman ws dlschrged by Judge Tol
bert when It became evident that no
agreement could be reached
Grady Motorists For Better Union
Chlckasha— A call has been Issued
for a meeting of all automobile and
motorcycle owners In Grady county at
University park In this city on July
23 for tbe purpose of launching a
county organization
Only Eight-Hour Day
Forgan — Contractors on all public
works going on In Forgan have been
notified by tbe labor commissioner to
discontinue working all classes of la-
bor over eight hours per day This
affects the municipal waterworks and
the consolidated school building
Harrah Visited By Fire
Hnrrah — Fire of unknown origin de-
stroyed two buildings and damaged
another here causing a loss estimated
at f000'
Congressman Doromua of Michigan
who hao boon olactod chairman of
th Domocratlo congrosolonal cam-
paign committaa Is naw to national
publle llfo but la a young man of
great capacity and sntrgy
TRIANGLE HORROR IS REPEATED
FIFTY LIVES SNUFFED OUT AT
BINGHAMPTON N Y
Careless Clgarott Instantly Trans-
forma Building Into a Roaring
Seething Furnace
Binghampton N V— Fifty persons
were killed and as many injured a
dozen or more fatally' In a fire which
swept tbe four-story factory building
of the Binghampton Clothing com-
pany The victim were chiefly women
and girls About 125 persons wero
in the factory when the fire broke out
The big outstanding fact of the
catastrophe la its swiftness In this
the fire bears strong resemblance to
the Triangle Waist 'company holo-
caust in New York City where 147
llrei were lost when the Inflammable
material upon which the ' employes
were working and the waste littering
the floors blazed with Inconcelvablo
rapidity and set the workers Jumping
from their window to death The
parallel here of the catastrophe la
lessened only by the diminished height
of the building and number of dead
The fire started by the carelessthrow-
lng down of a cigarette butt - -In
the tragedy tbe deadly burst of
flame quickly followed after th
alarm There waa little opportunity
to use ordinary or even emergency
means of escape Fire drill had been
carried on regularly so frequently In
fact that the employes had tcund them
monotonous
Tbe building was equipped with fire
escapes and an automatic alarm sys-
tem The alarm tinkled at 2:30
o’clock Mrs Reed B Freeman wife
of the proprietor telephoned to the
central fire station The usual appar-
atus for a first still alprm responded
Jhe first puff of flames was hardly dis-
covered before the fire leaped along
the staircases and walls up tbe ele
vator shaft along the floors and cell-
ing There ’waa a roar front and
rear and tbe flames bellied forth
across Wall street on which the build
lng fronted
After this blast the fire seemed to
burst from every part of the oulldlng
at once Upon the fire escapes girls
women and men were clustered and
inside others were waiting to get on
tbe iron ladders But the flames were
too quick for them
When the firemen arrived In re-
sponse to the telephone alarm they
were unable to get within twenty feet
of the burning building and Ihe ends
of the streams from their hose were
turned Into steam without effect upon
tbe fire
’ Life nets and extension ladders were
equally useless There was no chance
for those on the upper floors except
the last resort to jump and this
many took while others fell shrivel-
ed and crumpled with the heat
Scarcely one of the survivors was
able to give a connected account of
what took place on the upper floors
of the factory when the employes
there — mostly women and girls real-
ized that the fire call was no falpe
alarm and that death was sweeping
upon them
As soon aa the first of the fire vie
tims were brought to the hospital
convalescents among the other p-ttl
ents set to work tearing bandages
physicians sawed boards for splints to
bind up broken limbs and Fathers
Ellis Walsh and McLoughlln to-
gether with Rev Mr Francis came
to offer spiritual consolation to the
desperately Injured
The coolest among them recalled
that Women fainted by dozens and
that tbe scene was one of Indescrib-
able confusion Some of the men em-
ployes apparently kept their heads
snd worked heroically to rescue the
Imperiled women
Verdict In Williton Cas
Pawhuska— Flnfirng Sheriff E A
Willlson of Osage county not guilty
of the chatge of accepting bribes but
guilty of Incompetency In office the
Jury In tbe ouster case of Willlson
made Us report
ADMINISTRATION FINALLY BAY!
A FEW THINGS IN STRONQ
LANGUAGE AND IB OBEYED
AMERICAN Of F1CIALSURRENDERED
After Being Shot by Mexican Bob
dlora and Held In Jail 24 Hour
—Raisas of Two Others
t Is Demanded
Washington — Strong representa-
tions tho most drastic In phraseology
that have been made since the pres-
ent American admlntatratlon cams
Into power wero made to tbo Huerta
government In Mexico
Th United State government de-
manded not oaly tho prompt arrest
courtraartlal and punishment of th
Moxlcaa federal soldiers who shot
Charles Ii Dixon an American Immi-
gration official at Juaret Mexico but
tbe lmmodlute releaso of Charles Hist
sell and Bernard McDonald mining
managers Imprisoned by federal so
dlora at Chihuahua City and au:d
to bo threatened with execution
Dixon waa promptly released at
Juarex and taken to a hospital at El
Paso
Dixon waa In Juarex on official bus!
nous Investigating a wnite alavo case
when he was arrested by a band of
federal who started matching him
away from the city In the direction
of the foothills where many execu-
tions have occurred Dixon started
to run and after getting a block away
was fired on and hit In the hack
Dixon made a statement In the
hospital In Juarex to American' offi-
cials that be believed the Mexicans
were marching him out to shoot him
when he ran He says tbe Mcxlcrn
soldiers were drunk
Dixon was sent by a superior to
Juarex to see a negro in connection
with a white slave case that was be-
ing probed here' The negro bought
drinks for the soldiers and Induced
them to arrest him after telling them
Dixon planned to kidnap him
On the demand of the American con-
sul the soldiers Involved and toe
negro have been arrested
S NICARAG(jAN PROTECTORATE
Bryan Altars Treaty to Permit Central
American Union
Washington — Important modifica-
tions are to be made In the propoesd
treaty with Nicaragua by which tho
United States would establish a pro-
tectorate over tbe southern republic
U has been discovered that by the
terms of the agreement originally out-
lined by Secretary Bryan Nicaragua
would have been prevented from ever
joining with other republics to form
a single Central American unon
This was not contemplated by the
administration when the treaty waa
proposed and the suggestion has cre-
ated suspicion among othe Central
American countries At a conicren-e
between Secretary Bryan and mem-
bers of the senate foreign relations
committee it waa agreed that the or-
iginal draft of the treaty should be
changed and definite statements be
Included In the compact providing
that It should not stand In the way of
any action Nicaragua might decide to
take toward Joining a Central Amer-
ican commission
THE TROUBLE IN CHINA
U- S Blueisekets Landed to Protect
Foreign Intereots
Shanghai — The United Slates auxil-
iary cruiser Rainbow's bluejackets
who were landed for a devioicUril Ion
arc now guarding the foreign settle-
ment The Rainbow was struck three
time during the fighting lclach-
nients of American Pmlfch Japanese
French and lUIhut bluejackets are
patrolling the settlement nnd the
Chapel boundary
The municipal poll) ’ reinforced
with a atrong body of Shanghai volun-
teers at Chapel Immediately north of
tho foreign settlement boundary
where they disarmed 300 soldiers and
twelve officers and toot six three inch
guns
Wn Ting Fang Chinej minister tc
the United States Is engaged ith
negotiations for peace but Hc north
ern generals are not empowered to
treat with him Thus far however
the negotiation have been successful
as the northerners have decided to
fight only If they are attacked
Davis Named As Silocltor-Geoeral
Washlngton-r-John William Dsvla
of Clarksburg W Va represenmlve
of the First West 7lr:'nl congres-
sional district was nominated by Pres
Jdcnt Wilson to be so'lclter general of
the United 8 tales Mfi 'avU was tbe
Choice of Attorney General McRey
nolds from n long list of pronlnent
lawyers to fill the Important IldOin
position He will be second ranking
legal officer of the rouulry and the
government’s representative before
the 1 supreme court of ths United
States '
Mis Eleanor Wilson on of th
preoidont’e daughter lo much Inter-
atod In art and betides la a good
tonnlo player
SUIT AGAINST BELL COMPANY
ATTORNEY GENERAL McREY-
NOLO OROER8 DISSOLUTION
First Attempt to Apply Federal Stab
Uts to Telephone Situation—
May Appoint Receiver
f -
Fortland Ore— Dissolution of ths
alleged telephone monopoly on tbe
Pacific coast by the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph company — the
so-called Bell telephone trust — la
sought by Attorney General McRey-
nolds in a civil anti trust suit filed
here The government charges the
giant corporation and its subsidiaries
with absorbing Independent telephone
companies to destroy competition and
create a monopoly In Oregon Wash
Ington Montana and Idaho In violation
of tbe Sherman law
Thla la the first attempt ever made
to apply the federal antitrust statute
to the telephone situation
Receiver If Necootary
Tho attorney general asBa the court
to compel the Bell company to rctln
qulsh control of the Independent Tel
ephone company of Seattle the Home
Telephone company of Puget Sound
the Northwestern Long Distance Tel
ejdione company the Interstate Con
solldated company and the Indepen-
dent Long Distance Telephone com
pany If necessary to accomplish the
dissolution the court Is asked to ap-
point a receiver for the companies
The attorney general asks for the
restoration aa far as practicable of
competitive conditions existing prior
to the consolidations and that the
Bell companies their officers and
agents be enjoined from acquiring In
terest In or control of the companies
relinquished'
Aside from the American Telephone
ang Telegraph with a capital of $393
209925 par value and assets of $924-
250818 sixteen corporations and
twenty-five Individuals headed by
Theodore N Vail are named aa de-
fendants i
Tbe companies by reducing rates
below a paying basis by giving free
service snd by threats It Is alleged
have forced several Independent com
panies forming links In the long-distance
system of the Northwestern
company to violate their contracts for
connections with the Northwestern
company and to give their business
exclusively to the Bell concerns In
encouraging Independents to violate
their contracts with the Northwestern
It Is charged that Bell' companies In
some- Instances agreed to pay attor-
neys' fees and other expenses Incurred
through possible litigation Asqulsl-
tlon by Bell Interests of the Inde-
pendent Telephone company of Se-
attle a link in the Northwestern sys-
tem It Is added destroyed competition
In that city -The
bill recites the sale to the Bell
Interests for $550000 for the Home
Telephone company of Puget Sound
although the company was appraised
at $2927132
THIRTY-FIVE CONVICTS BRUNED
Fir I Mississippi Prison Claim Dee-
porwts Negroes For Victims
Jackson - Miss— Eighteen ' charred
bodies of convicts were recovered
from tbe ruins of the Oakley state
convict prison fire In which n total
of thirty-five convicts all negroes
perished The bodies were found
huddled together In the corner farth-
est from where the fire started
DOESN'T AOREE WITH PRESI-
DENT WILSON ON MEXICAN
' POLICY
WANTS HUERTA RECOSNIZEO
Affairs Left With Under Secretary
While Ambassador “Takes a
Rost"— Huerta May b Com-
pelled to Abdlcato
Washington —Ambassador Henry
Lane Wilson will not return to Mex-
Ico The embassy will bo loft In
charge of Secretary O'Slinughnessy
whllo Henry 1-ano Wilson will “take r
rest" at the request of President Wil-
son Ambassador Wilson summoned
from Mexico City to Inform th Wash-
ington administration of condition
In tho rebellion-torn republic spent
two hours with President Wilson and
Secretory Bryan submitting chiefly a
recommendation iUuJl the United
States use Its Influence to stablllxo
tbe Huerta regime'
No policy waa evolved— at leant
none waa announced— but it became
known that President Wilsons Ideas
aud those of Ambassador Wilson as to
tho course to be pursued are so radi-
cally different that administration of-
ficials Interpreted the day’s develop-
ments as forecasting the acceptance
of Ambassador Wilson's resignation
Th president Is concerned over the
morality of any poliry adopted by th
United Slates and It effect on ether
Latin-American countries and la dis-
inclined to strengthen a government
that came Into power through the
questionable events Incident to Ma-
dera's assassination
While the chief officers of the Amer-
Icau government were debuting the
facta of the situation It became known
that a movement was on foot which
might eventually spare them the ne-
Henry Lae Wilton
cesslty of offering mediation or any
other kind of Interference In Mexican
affairs upon which the national prid
of Mexico Is sensitive
Thfe plan contemplates a repetition
of the process by which Diaz abdicat-
ed 1 favor of a provisional president
acceptable to both factions In the re-
volt against him Prominent Mexicans
of Influence are Interested In the Idea
and have informed Secretary Bryan
that If the American government will
refrain from any policy of mediation
at least for tbe present they felt
confident of bringing about an under-
standing between the warring forces
looking toward a peaceful solution
' RIOTING IN THE CAPITAL
Mass Mooting In Oklahoma City Enda
In Fighting
Serious clashes between striking
firemen the' augmenting of the ranks
of recruits from other cities In the
state a maasmoeting of strike sympa-
t hirers and a proposal Jo recall tie
city commissioners were features of
the firemen's strike In Oklahoma City
The climax of a day of Interference
with the work of the recruits came
when men on the hose wagon of No 2
station were stopped and assaulted on
their way to the fire at No 37 North
Robinson avenue
Striking firemen In uniform stepped
out of the mass meeting on West Main
street and seized the bits of the horses
of No 2 hose wagon Tom Cox was
driving beside' him sat a recruit
named Simpson A former fireman
In uniform jumped to the footboard
and struck Simpson with a hose noz-
zle taken from the wagon
Recruit Meade riding the rear end1
of the hese wagon was struck behind
the ear with a hose nozzle and seri-
ousl Injured
Several thousand attended the mass
meeting which was addressed by Per-
ry Ballard deposed Insurance com-
missioner Mark Kesler deposed fire
chief and several agitators from1
among the strikers Tbe flro alarm
came durlng the meeting half a block
away" and for' a few minutes there
was serious danger of a pahlc as the
trowd rushed to the firo
All the strikers have been replaced
and the department reorganized The
city commissioners have decided not
to reduce salaries but the old men
cannot get back on the force
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