The Leedy Times (Leedy, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 10, 1912 Page: 2 of 8
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TEE LEECEY TOS
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LEEDEY OKLAHOMA
OXLAHOMA NEWS NOTES
A stats bask at Nobis kaa Juit
baea opened
All over the state the farmer are
ball dins silo
Oklahoma ehonld quickly increase
her stock of piss
The alfalfa this year is estimated
St (7000000 la value
Enid is after a factory for fke mak-
ing of kaflr corn headlns machine
There are lost of “made in Okla-
homa” clubs belns organised all over
the state
The Apache preoners at Fort Sill
are to he moved to some point In
the far west
The newest and most promising oil
Bold is located about IS miles east of
Hobart la Kiowa county
A R McLennan has been appoint-
ed commissioner of finance of Law
ton vice P' J Bedford resigned
B EL Dockhart shot ' himself st
Enid a few nights ago ehaimlng that
he had discovered that bla wife had
“gone wrong
Two school children ran away
from a country school near Perry a
few days ago and were married at
Stillwater
President Georg EL Ladd of the
state school of mines at Wllburton
has appointed Miss Olive Rose of
Bowie Texas as secretary
The "New Jerusalem county seat
of Cotton county has been located by
a committee near the present tempor-
ary county seat of RandleL
Some persimmon growers In east-
ern Oklahoma are trying a new vs
rlety no pucker in the green fruit
they will hardly be persimmons
John Freeman caught an eight
pound bass at the Ardmore city re-
servoir a few days ago but his lesi-
ons frelnds declare that he “loaded”
It with four pounds of bird shot be-
fore he Weighed 1L
Two farmers neighbors living
near Sayre in Beckham county have
long been enemies and a few days
ago Paul Bodlne sought a quarrel
with W A Givens- and in the row
the latter shot Bodlne death result-
ing 8 C Montgomery of Grandfleld has
complained to the corporation com-
mission that he had given the Rock
Island agent a shipment of household
goods at Watonga for Grandfleld on
August 17 and that they had not ar-
rived at their destination on Septem-
ber (0
Women’s Wllson-Marsball clubs
will be organized throughout the
state under authority of the Federal
ed Wilson-War hall clubs given at Its
meeting in Oklahoma City The re-
quest was presented by Mrs Rebec-
ca Finch president of the Woman’s
Chamber of Commerce of Guthrie
following which the federation
adopted the necessary resolution
I Police Chief TUghman's $1000 race
oolt Rio Brazos slipped and fell on
a wet apot on the track at the fair In
Oklahoma City throwing Jockey Sam
MoGraw after which the animal ran
at breakneck speed In the direction
of ita stall at the atables Because
of the excitement Incident to tho
mlahap Rio Brazos butted against
tho stable walls and was seriously in-
Jured One hundred novices nr expected
to cross the burning sands of Shrine-
dom In the first ceremonial session
of the Akdar shrine of Tulsa which
will he held November 1L An elab-
orate and extensive program la being
planned for tho occasion and the lo-
cal shrine will make every effort to
ntrtaln-4n a royal manner the large
number of-vlsltors expected More
than 100 petitions now are in the
hand of J P Bartlett recorder of
the shrine
Jessie Johnson 10 years old was
struck by an automobile In Oklahoma
City as he was returning from a store
where he had been aent by his moth-
er and his skull was fractured at
the right of tho base of the brain Dr
A Lb Bleah and City Physician Hun-
ter attended the boy and removed
the piece of skull that was pressing
against tha brain and It la believed
ha will recover
Dr W C Guthrie of New Tork
City has arrived In Muskogee n spe-
cial Investigator for the United States
department of the Interior of tuber-
culosis and other diseases among the
Oklahoma Indiana
State Examiner and Inspector
Fred Parkinson has Issued aa order
directed to tho county clerks and tha
county treasurers of tha state re-
quiring them to make reports of tho
various funds of their counties at tho
close of each month pess reports
Biuet be In the hands of the examiner
and Inspector not later than the 15th
of the following month This le the
system of accounting it Is claimed
waa pnt In vogue by the previous ex-
aminer and Inspector aad Mr Parkin-
b msV ssstb Ike stfsa
SULZER IS NAMED
BY N Y DEMOS
CONGRESSMAN IS SELECTED ON
FOURTH BALLOT
GOV DIX WITHDRAWS
Tide to Sulser wee Tee Strong and
Present Executive of Empire
State Gave Up Gracefully—
Other News
Syracuse N Y— William Sulzer
representative in congress from New
York City was nominated for gover-
nor by the democratic state conven-
tion It was the seventh time he has
been n candidate for tho nomination
Mr Sulzer was formally declared
the choice of tbe party on the fourth
ballot after tbe name of Governor
DIx had been withdrawn Martin H
Glynn was nominated for lieutenant
governor
Joseph A Kellogg nominated Gov-
ernor John A DIx The delegatee
applauded the governor’s name Tho
speaker appealed for support for Gov-
ernor DIx on his administrative rec-
ord and what Judga Kellogg termed
fair play”
New York Congressman nominat-
ed by the Democrat for Governor
Tbe roll was then called and show-
ed Governor DIx leading with 147
BulzeV 126 Mets 70 Glynn 46 Con-
gressman Francis Burton Harrison
who was not placed in nomination
received 21 votes Two hundred and
twenty-six votes were necessary for
a choice
There was no choice on the second
ballot only scattering changes from
the first ballot resulting
Mr Sulzer however went ahead
of Governor DIx the vote standing:
Sulzer 141 DIx 124
On the third ballot Sulser went to
195 while DIx dropped to 87 Gov-
ernor Dlx'a name was then with-
drawn and on the fourth ballot Mr
Bulxer waa nominated
Aa the various counties began to
turn their votes over to Congressman
Sulzer on the fourth ballot Judge
Kellogg asked the unanimous consent
Co withdraw the name of Governor
Iilx and let that of Mr Sulser he
unanimous The action waa second-
ed but Chairman Parker announced
It was necessary to complete the roll
ealL With this ended the chair an-
Bounced that Mr Sulzer had been
nominated for governor having re-
ceived all the votes of the conven-
tion except three cast for Martin H
Glynn Mr Glynn was nominated
lieutenant governor
Naval Officer Dead
New York— Rear Admiral Lncien
Young formerly captain of the Mar
Island navy yard at San Frandaco
died her after a brief Illness A de-
ficiency of blood brought on a by a
ruptured blood vessel of the stomach
was given ns tha cause of death
Oparatlng Augusta Cara
Augusta OL — Fir tha first time
Bine the Inauguration of the street
railway strike her eight days ago
j cars were operated Thursday Tbe
only persons riding however were
the Imported motormen and conduc-
tors and three Imported deputies
guarding the ears But little disor-
der marked the resumption of senr-
Soe — — — —
Liquor Takan In Raid Stolen
Denison Texas— During a raid
her officers aelsed a quantity of
whisky and beer The goods were
locked In a vacant building Later It
waa discovered that the building had
been entered and tbe goods stolen
Chance In Charge of Cubs 1
Chicago — Manager Frank L
Chance of the Chicago Nationals for
the first time since be was operated
on recently In New York for a blood
slot la tha spinal canal appeared oa
Ike kail Bali Veioeeiw
r
POLITICS!
(OserrisfcL)
Ne Escape for
BRUCE BROWN IS
AUTO RACE VICTIM
KILLED WHEN Hlg SPEEDING
CAR THROWS A TIRE
Milwaukee— David Brucs Brown
wealthy young New York sportsman
lost hla life and hia mechanician
Tony Scudalsri was fatally Injured
the result of an accident on the new
Wauwautosa automobile race course
on tbe eve of the tlghth running of
the Vanderbilt cup race Bruce-
Brown was driving his high powered
Flat car 90 miles an hour when a
rear tire blew out The heavy car
swerved into a ditch and the men
and machine catapulted diagonally
across the road and Into a field The
men were thrown clear of the car
which waa hurled high in tho air It
fell a heap of wreckage
Brace-Brown’s skull waa fractured
hla left leg was broken and be suf-
fered Internal Injuries The top of
Scudalari’e skull waa crushed hla
right arm broken and hla body seri-
ous y torn
UNCLE SAM HAD POOR MONTH
Disbursements Mada Hava Exceeded
Receipts by $5000000
Washington — Uncle Sam opened
hla October account Tuesday with a
$90013494 working balance In tho
treasury: a publlo debt decreased by
$211590 during September and with
customs receipts rapidly increasing
as tb main feature of tha monthly
figures
The final reports for September
showed total receipts of $65682556
disbursements of $584446265 and a
total balance In the general fund of
$149846635 The total customs re-
ceipts were $27475127 an Increase
of $2728818 over September 1911
but the International revenue re-
ceipts not Including the corporation
tax fell $7125653 below the $26147-
673 of a year ago The total dis-
bursements overran the receipts by
nearly $5000000 against an excess of
nearyl $2000000 In receipts over ex-
penditures of September of last year
to belated appropriation legislation
Secretary MacVeagh and Assistant
Secretary Bailey decided that the
banks are fully able to cope with tbe
situation without help from the
treasury The comptroller will an-
swer tomorrow tho condition of
hanks on September 4
There were twenty national banka
authorized to begin business during
September
IRRIGATION CONGRESS
Open Session Held In Mormon Tab-
ernacle at Salt Lake
Salt Lake City Utah— The twen-
- - - I
tleth convention of the National Irri-
gation congress opened at the Mor-
mon tabernacle September 30 Del-
gates from all parts of the country
and many foreign lands were pres-
ent Preceding the opening of the con-
gress the queen Irrigation and her
maids of honor were escorted to the
elty end later to the tabernacle by
Governor William 8pry and hla staff
city officials and military organiza-
tions -
Auto Good Roads Fund
Atlantic City N J — Announcement
eras made at tho American roads con-
gress that automobile manufacturers
of the United States had agreed to con-
tribute one-third of 1 percent of their
gross return during the year 1913
for the good roads cause This will
create a bund of $15000000 It waa
said
Soldiers te Guard Trait
Atlanta Ga-— Governor Joseph M
Brown Issued a proclamation Tuesday
dec Vs ring martial law In Forsyth coun-
ty upon tha arrival In Cummlng Ga
Wednesday of four companies of mil-
itia accompanying six negro men to
be tried there tor assault on two white
women
- T Reward Cripple Newsboy
El Campo Texas — William Rugh
tha newsboy of Gary Ind who gave
the skin of hts leg to cover the boras
of Mias Ethel Smith win receive $50
POLITICS!
Mr Bleep
BAY STATE CITIES
INGRIPOF MOBS
INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE
WORLD START RIOTS
Boston — Violence lifted Its menac-
ing hand In the early hours of tho
one-day strike demonstration In
which Industrial Worker of tbe
World called In four Massachusetts
cltlesto protest against the Imprison-
ment of two of their leaders
Demonstrations ranging from pa-
rades to serioup riots occurred in
Lawence where pickets and police
clased Nearly a aoore of persona
were hqrt
The outbreak coincided with tha
opening at Salem of the trial of
Joseph J Etter and Artum Giovanni-
tl two of the leaders of the Indus-
trial Workers and Joseph Caruso a
mill operative in connection with the
killing of Ann LoposzL during the
riots in last winter's atrika In Law-
rence The cotton woolen shoe and
granite industries chiefly were affect-
ed Next to Lawrence the largest num-
ber of workers were out In Quincy
where 2600 granite workers struck
Strikers marching through the quar-
ry district called to tha workmen to
com out Two of them were then
dragged out forcibly
Five hundred strikers marched
through tho shoe manufacturing dis-
trict of Lynn tyring generally with
small success to get tb operatives
to leav their benches '
A mob then tried nnanoceesfully to
rescue a man after he had been ar-
rested for wavlsg black and red flag
In Lynn
TROOP8 TO SCENE
Governor of Georgia Would Prevent
Race War In Forsythe
Atlanta Ga— Governor Brown an-
nounced that he will eend troops to
Forsythe county this week to pro-
serve order end prevent n resump-
tion of tbe recent race war In that
county resulting from the murder oi
two white women near Camming by
negroes Six negroea charged with
complicity In the murders sow are
In the county Jail here and will be
aent to Camming to trial next week
The soldiers will be sent to Cummlng
Tuesday or Wednesday Feeling Is
running high In Forsythe and adja-
cent counties and the trials are ex-
pected to draw large crowds to Cum-
mins Father of Judge Cotteral Is Dead
Gnthrie Okie—' William Wilson
Cotteral father of Federal Judge John
H Cotteral of the western district of
Oklahoma and one of the pioneer of
this section of the state died at the
home of hie daughter Mrs Milton
Brown her late Monday afternoon
Mr Cotteral waa taken tick about n
week ago and gradually grew wora
until death came He was 8$ years
old aa dhis death la attributed to na-
tural infirmities He la survived by
hla wife who Is three years his Junior
three eons and one daughter all of
whom were at hla bedside when the
end came Mr Cotteral waa born In
North Caroline and come to Okla-
homa from western Kansu when the
Cherokee atrip wu opened for set-
tlement making the ran to Perry
where he resided a number of years
Contract Awarded
Oklahoma City— Tho Printers Pub-
lishing company wu awarded tha
contract for printing tho ballots for
the general election by tha statq
board of affairs Their bid Is $2194
Oklahoma Company Bankrupt
Wilmington Delaware-— The Cen-
tral Fuel OH company an oil produo-
Ing company In Oklahoma chartered
In this state wu adjudged a bank-
rupt in the United States district
court Liabilities are placed at $13-
$5768123 and assets $252951446
The company own and controls a
number of oil concerns In Oklahoma
Ita largest alngl creditor la tha
Texu company of Hooston ' Texas
which ku a claim of $7000000 The
Danker Trust company of New York
la trust for tho holders eg bonds
finSMIEItlCMI
DlOODJS SUED
FOUR UNITED STATES MARINES
KILLED IN FIGHT
HICMCDI SCENE Of BATTLE
Revolutionists Routed and Govern-
ment Forces Are Placed In Ad-
vantegeeue Position— Other
New of Interest
Washington — In s gallant assault
American marines end bluejackets
drove the Nicaraguan revolutionary
general Zeldon and hla forces from
Coyotep and Barranca Hills near
Masseys after S minutes of fighting
but In the action four privates of the
United 8tatea murine corps were kill-
ed end a number wounded
The victory of tbe Americans opened
the way for tho Nicaraguan glvern-
ment troops to assault the town of
Masaaya which they took from tha
revolutionists and the starving In-
habitants were relieved
Rebel losses were heavy The gov-
ernment forces lost 100 killed end 200
wounded General Zeldon the rebel
scaped bnt later waa cornered and
killed by a troop of federal cavalry
One thousand American marines and
bluejacketa under Lieutenant Colonel
Charles O Long are moving on tbe
city of Leon the remaining rebel
stronghold
The American marines killed were:
Private Ralph Victor Bobbett en-
listed at 8L Louis Hla father Uvea
at Nevada Mo
Private Charles Hayea Durham en-
listed at Indianapolis Hla mother
Uvea at Junction City Ky
Private Clarence Henry McGill en-
listed at Boston Hla aunt Mary Her-
bert Uvea at Portland Me
Private Henry Pollard enlisted at
Rochester N Y Hla mother Uvea at
Midway Mass
The Americans most severely In-
jured were:
Second Lieutenant George Martin
Company C first batallon enUated at
Boston
Sergeant A P Sherburne enlisted
nt Boston His mother Mrs Francis
L Sherburne Uvea at Georgetown
Mass
Private William Harvey enlisted at
Boston
Private Alfred Lunder enlisted at
Fargo N D
' T P Captain ordinary teaman of
the cruiser California
The navy department cannot iden-
tify Captain
Admiral Southerland In reporting
the battle to the navy department
aald:
“The department and tlje country
have every reason to be proud of tbe
officers marines and bluejacketa who
were engaged In this action
TUGBOAT WINS $50000 PRIZE
Floats Sunken Ship In Gulf Off Pens-
acola Getting Lloyd’s Reward
New Orleans La — The $60000
prise which was offered by the Lloyd
company to any wrecker who could
the steamship Cornlston aground on
a sand reef 76 miles eaat of Pensa-
cola In the Gulf of Mexico for tha
last fourteen days has been captured
by tho tug El Toro owned by W J
Biaso of this city after several tuga
from other cities had tried and failed
Tbe El Toro had been at work on
the steamer since September 20 It
released the ahlp a few days ago
and brought her to port her to the
dry dock
Tho Cornlston went aground Sep-
tember 17 while en route from Gibral-
tar to Port SL Joe The vessel struck
a sand reef In five feet of water
WILL HOLD AIRSHIP STEADY
Qtsnn Curtis Declares His Invention
Maks Flying “Foolproof”
New Tork — Returning to this
county from a trip to Europe under-
taken in the Interest of the hydroaer-
oplane Glenn Curtis mad the an-
nouncement that bo had perfected
a gyroscope device which gives au-
tomatic stability to the flying m
chine He hu attached the new saf-
ety device to tho latest development
of tho new marine type of aerocraft
known u the flying boat which car-
ries three persona In flight or skim-
ming on the surface of the water and
u a result declares that the machine-
la “foolproof”
Morgan Before Probers
Washington — J P Morgan told tha
gpnate campaign contribution's com-
mittee Thursday that while he had
tontributed $180000 to the last two
republican presidential campaign
fund the gifts were mada “without
expectation of return” I
Man Baat Up and Horae Killed
Enid Okie — After an Ineffectual at-
tempt to get Claud Glgoux of Car-
rier to atop hla galloping team Chief
of Police Austin shot both the horses
killing one near the city limits Gig-
oux stopped at n resldehce here and
quarrelled with hla wife who had left
him Jhtn her brother appeared and
beat pp Glgoux the latter starting for
homo The officers were notified nnd
In three autos pursued him Overtak-
ing the fleeing man Auatln ordered
hfta to atop and than shot hla horses
Glgoux la la JaU
DACKACHC IS
DISCOURAGING
Until Tee Get
After The Cease
Nothing more dis-
couraging than e con-
stant backache
Lam when you
awake Pains pierce
you-wbea you bend
or lift It's bard to
work or to rsat
Yow sleep poorly
aad next day tbs
same old story
That backache In-
dicates bad kidneys
and calls for soma
good kidney remedy
Naas so well rec-
ommended as Doan's Kvfril jullr(
Kidney Pills nut a mwv”
Hera’s A California Casa—
Mrs £ Waleb Troth
rtaaoteeo Cal eaya: "Tbr eherp kolfe-
llke pains ta my bark wrrr
brarablr 1 oftrn hen la cry out Ones
whlla walking I had a euddrn attack
And doctor hid to b
ssd Dog no KMmi Plllf ad tlirjr modo
01 WOlls"
Get Dcaa’s at Aar Dias Stem 90c a Sea
DOAN'S VDJfiYr
FOSTEXAnLaUKN CO- BUPPALO W T
QakMy Bade
Weak Sera Eraa
W N U Oklahoma City No 41-1912
The Reason
Poor Hamlet had a dog’s life”
Well wasn’t he a Great Dane?”
As a snmraer tonic there is no medicine
that quite compares with OX1DINE It not
only build up ths certain but taken reg-
ularly prevents Malaria Regular or Taata-
lant formula st Druggists Adv
Always th Way
“Do you think a woman can keep
a secret?”
“No she always tries to syndicate
IL”— Judge’s Library
Put It on Her
Gibbs— Ohi yes Jones Is an as and
all that but youll never hear him
aay a mean thing about his wife”
Dlbbs — I don’t know! Ha saya ah
made him what ha la
On Problem Settled
Mrs Strongbead had Just thrown a
paving stone through a drugstore win-
dow merely to prove that aha was
entitled to a vota (saya Judge) and
had been marched off to jail “Thank
heaven” said Stronghead “That set-
tles tha where-shall-ws-spend-ths-anm-msr
problem anyhow”
Sailing Ships In Demand
In consequence of the better outlook
tor sailing ships values have gone up
considerably during the last year or
two For Instance n four-masted call-
ing ship of 2750 tons register which --
was sold in January last year for $32-
BOO la at present In tho market for
sale and tha owners have refused a
definite offer of $45000 they are ask-
ing $50000
Butterfly Farm
Business men from New York are
to establish in Red Bank N J th
first butterfly farm In th world They
will raise butterflies of all varieties
specializing In specimens of brilliant
coloring and highly decorative appear-
ance The product of the farm Is to
b sold to society women who thna
will be enabled to satisfy their whim
tor having butterflies about their con-
servatories and parlors
Ths Grsatsst Woman
Who was or Is tho greatest woman
In all history? Two hundred teach-
ers answered the question and with
enthusiasm and unanimity tho Judges
swarded the prize to the one who
made this reply: “The wife of tho
fanner of moderate means who doe
her own eooklng washing Ironing
sewing brings up a family of boys
and girls to be useful members of so-
ciety and finds tlms for Intellectual
Improvement"
The Food
Tells Its N
Own Story
s
It’s one dish that a
good many thousand peo-
ple relish greatly for
breakfast lunch of sup-
per Post
Toasties
Crisped wafers of toast-
ed Indian Com— a dainty'
and most delightful dish
Try with cream and
sugar
nThe Memory Lingers9
Poetsm Carpal Company Lt4
BaiUo Ccoek Mak
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