The Leedy Times (Leedy, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 20, 1913 Page: 2 of 8
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MRS RICHARD C BURLESON
THE LEEDEY TIMES
A 0 BRADSHAW Editor
COL JOHN E B SEELY
Leecbt
OKLAHOMA
OKLAHOMA NEWS NOfES
Lawton business men have organ-
(zed an athletic club
Two socialist candidates for city
offices at Alva have withdrawn from
the race
Sapulpa has passed an ordinance
put t in ft the ban on Sunday pool and
billiard halls
Construction work on the 11-1000
church being built by the congrega-
tion of the Christian church at Ard-
more lias begun in earnest
Five suits of clothes a frock coat
and a lady's tailored suit were stolen
from an Knid tailor shop when the
thief removed a pane of glass
Having already sown the bulk of
thir oat crop the farmers of Oklahoma
are now preparing to plant corn The
prospects for the wheat crop were
never brighter
Sam Nabors former proprietor of
the Sumner hotel at Bromide has dis-
posed of the hostelry to R C Dutton
formerly of Durant w ho has taken
active management
Mrs George Mitchell of Stillwater
recently gave birth to a son which
makes her the mother of eighteen chil-
dren sixteen of whom are still living
Her husband Is a farmer
Henry Phipps an 11-year-old boy
residing at Carney was kicked iu the
face and on the side of the head by
a horse and after lingering for thirty-
six hours died as a result of the in-
juries Sapulpa had a cheanup March 11
The ladies of the Commercial cluh bad
charge of the districts of which there
were twenty The mayor Issued a proc-
lamation officially declaring the day
“Cleanup Day”
Judge MceKowan In the court a
Ada issued orders that the newspapers
must refrain from publishing any of
the testimony adduced at the habeas
corpus proceedings in the Lancaster
Paggs and Rogers rases
A feature of the second annual
Washington county school fair at
Bartlesville In connection with which
is also held a track and field meet
will be a parade of 3500 students of
the various schools of the countv on
May 2
William C Morris charged with kill-
ing Bean Sioane near Akin In 1912
and who was apprehended by Sheriff
Johnson of Sequoyah county In the
state of Washington waived the pre-
liminary hearing and is now- awaiting
trial He is held In Jail at Muldrow
When the safe in the bank at Cher-
okee recently destroyed bv tire was
opened it was discovered a large num
her of notes of farmers held hv the
hank were destroyed by the intense
Rieat Learning of this more than fifty '
farmers have already voluntarily vis I
ted the bank officials and given new
Rotes -
The ‘'Old Settlers" of Bartlesville 1
gave a ball March IS at which old-
fashioned dances prevailed such as
the "square dances'' etc and the
ynusic was furnished by a fiddler and
a bass violinist Five Delaware In-
dians in native garb sang several
songs In Indian dialect and coffee
tnade In an iron kettle was served
"he affair was a memorable one
It is announced that a monument is
to be erected over the grave of Hen
Saunders of Idabel Okla the youth
who recently died in that city from
6mailpox He contracted the disease
while removing an aged and penniless
widow afflicted with it to a detention
hospital so she could have better treat
ment Saunders died four days after
the disease developed
T S McFarland charged with the
theft of a letter containing $n was
found guilty by a Jury at Pauls Valley I
and his punishment fixed at a fine of
150 and a jail sentence of thirty days i
An appeal has been taken in the case
Duncan will hold a general city pri
mary March IS for the purpose of
choosing a candidate for the office of
commissioner of public comfort
health and safety as well as two
members of the board of education
Friday March 14 was a big day In
Poteau On that day the farmers and
their families were invited to be guests
of the Poteau chamber of commerce
The LeFl ire County Agricultural asso
ciation was organized free tickets to
motion picture shows and other places
of amusement were given pony races
hoys’ races and a fat man's race were
run the Kansas City Southern had an
agricultural train there and an illus
trated lecture on farming was given
at night there was spaklng on farm
subjects garden and farm seed were
distributed free and altogether the
day made a memorable one in every
respect
Hobart citizens are making elabor-
ate preparations for caring for the
State convention of Woodmen which
will assemble in that enterprising lit
tie city for a two days’ session March
£5 It is expected there will be sev-
eral hundred delegates and visitors
Wanette Pottawatomie county re
centiy voted on the question of a bond
issue in the sum of $8000 with which
to Install an electric light plant in that
town The result of the election was a
tie vote an equal number voting for
and against the bond issue It Is now
up to the mayor to call another special
election
TWENTY-FIVE DEATHS REPORTED
FROM FIVE GULF AND
VALLEY STATES
PROPERTY LOSS IS ENORMOUS
Heavy Downpour Follows Path of
Cclone in Most Localities
—Wire Service la
Demoralized
Dallas — Twenty-five persons are re-
ported to have been killed and prop-
erty valued at several hundred thou-
sand dollars destroyed by a wind and
rain storm accompanied by lightning
w hich swept portions of Louisiana
Texas Alabama Mississippi and Ten-
nessee The deluge of rain extended
over a more extensive area and prac-
tically demoralized telegraph and tele-
phone service for several hours
(Ireatest property damage and loss
of life was reported la i’rovenreal and
Many La The town of Proveneeal
practically was wiped out many build-
ings were blown down and wire ser-
vice demoralized Only meager re-
ports from the stricken district were
I obtainable Deaths Injuries and de-
ist ruction of property were reported at
Many
i The property damage at Brooke-
land Texas near the Louisiana bor-
der was estimated at $100000 While
only one person was reported killed
at that place many were seriously in-
jured ! Reports from Gadsden Alabama
told of one death one person missing
land destruction of property in Etowah
and Calhoun counties All wires In
the path of the storm In that section
1 were blown down or put out of com-
1 mission by lightning
I Pleasant Grove Mary county Ten-
I nessee was stmek by the storm and
it Is thought the death list will amount
to four persons at that place
Lexington and Camden Tennessee
are said to have suffered damage
although no loss of life has been re-
ported In Mississippi some damage to
property was reported between Tupe-
lo Corinth Saltillo and Guntown
New Senate Organized
Washington — The senate elected
Senator Clurke of Arkansas president
pro tempore and chose other officers
as follows:
James B Baker South Carolina
secretary Charles P Higgins Mis-
souri sergeant-at-arms Forest J
Prettyman Washington D C chap-
lain Thomas W Keller West Vir-
ginia assistant doorkeeper Carl A
Loeffler Pennsylvania acting assist-
ant doorkeeper
Senator Gore objected to the elec-
tion of the latter who was named by
the republicans as tbelr confidential
employe on the floor He declared a
senate page had told him that Mr
Loeffler was responsible for the dis-
appearance of the so-called Holstlaw
certificate of deposit which figured
prominently In the first trial of Sen-
ator Lorimer R-pdbKcans warmly
defended their sole employe and de-
clared the charge was a "gross in-
Jutsice’’ to Mr Loeffler
The more important democratic
chairmanships which are now be-
lieved to have been settled Include the
following
Gore agriculture and forestry Ba-
con foreign relations Stone Indian
affairs Newlands interstate com-
merce Johnston military affairs Cul-
berson Judiciary Bankhead post-
office and postroads Swanson pub-
lic buildings and grounds Overman
rules Fletcher printing Pomerene
district of Columbia Thornton fish-
eries Two Goverr-or In Arkansas
Little Rock — State Senator William
K Oldham and Senator John M Fut-
rell each claiming to he governor of
Arkansas and with each maintaining
office In the state capltol the affairi
of the state are in a tangle wtilch ap-
parently only the courts can unravel
Senator Oldham has an apparent ad
vantage In that he Is In possession of
the governor's office and Is backed by
an opinion by Attorney General Moob
that be Is the legal governor
As toon as the legislature adjourned
Senator Futrell appeared in the gov-
ernor's office and demanded posses
sion This was refused by Senator
Oldham and Senator Futrell then es-
tablished his office as governor In the
office of the president of the senate
He announced that be would at once
institute legal proceedings to oust
Senator Oldham
Senator Futrell aaid he would at
once call a special election to select
his successor Senator Oldham said
he would call a special election "as
soon aa things get quieted down a
little”
The altuation Is caused by the ac-
tion of Governor J T Robinson in
hastily resigning Saturday after
which he hastened to Washington
and waa sworn in as I’nlted States
senator leaving his brothpr-in law
Senator Oldham In possession of the
governor's offire
The constitution provides that In
case of the resignation of the gov-
ernor the president of the senate shall
become acting governor and if the
vacancy occurs more than one year
from the expiration of term shall im-
mediately call a special election to
eboose a governor
Mrs Richard Coke Burleson wife
tf Lieutenant Burleson of the Third
Field Artillery now at Fort Meyer
Va has bten appointed grand mar-
shal of the suffragist pageant to be
held In Washington March S Mrs
Burleson hails from Texas
Disaster at Baltimore Results From
Explosion on Tramp Steamer
Baltimore Three hundred tons
Of dynamite being loaded on the tramp
steamer Alum Chine In the lower har-
bor off Fort Carroll exploded Instantly
killing from forty to fifty men In-
juring and maiming three score more
some of whom may die and dealing
destruction to half a million dollars
worth of property
The Alum Chine and a loading scow
alongside her were annihilated the
tug Atlantic which twice went to the
rescue of the imperiled seamen was
set on fire and later Bank the United
States collier Jason’ Just completed
and ready for trial was raked to her
deck and her armor riddled and build-
ings in Baltimore and towns many
miles away were rocked by-the force
of the terrific explosion
The cause of the disaster is un-
known but federal authorities have in-
stituted a thorough searching inves-
tigation to place the blame Excited
survivors told conflicting stories some
Insisting that a negro Btevedore
caused the explosion by Jamming a
pike into a case of dynamite This is
denied by eve witnesses who declare
that smoke was seen pouring from the
Alum Chine's hold several minutes be-
fore the explosion occurred
TURKEY BOMBARDS
PORT OF DURAZZO
Servian Troops Under Transport
Threstened By Cruiser
Belgrade — The Turkish cruiser
Hamidleh bombarded the port of Dur-
axzo although it is an unfortified
Tlace The cruiser then proceeded to
Han Giovanni di Medua which she
also bombarded It is not known
whether any damage was inflicted
The Hamidleh disappeared finally
In the direction of the Italian coast
Her activity rauses alarm as a large
number of Servian troops are being
transported to the Adriatic to aid the
Montenegrins in the attack on Scutari
News from Adrlanople is scarce but
from Constantinople it is said another
week will see either the capitulation
of the fortress or a desperate attempt
ty Shukrl Pasha to break through the
lines of the enemy
The allies’ reply to the powers re-
garding mediation again is delayed
and there la little doubt that before
European diplomacy can get to work
on the problem Adrlanople will be in
possession of the allies
DIPLOMATIC CORPS
ASSUMING FORM
Many Probabilities Now Can Be
Named Announcement
Soon
Waeblngton — President Wilson has
not completed his roll of diplomats
but announcements are expected with-
in a few days The president has
been considering many names and has
been sounding prospective candidates
through bis friends
Richard Olney of Massachusetta
ran he ambassador to Great Britain
If he wlehes
Charlea K Crane of Chicago ran go
to SL Patarebtirg er Peking if he de-
eiree Frederick C Pentleld of German-
town Pa will be ambaaeador to one
if the European courts probably Rus-
sia Austria or Turkey
Democratic Chairman William F
McCombs ran be ambassador to
France if be wishes
T W Gregory a lawyer of Austin
Texas may he ambassador to Mex-
ico Henry S Morgantheau of New York
and Thomas Nelaon Page are being
considered for ambassadorships
It is believed that Charles Barrett
of Georgia president of the National
Farmers' union who wan strongly
urged for the post of secretary of agrl-
turture will be associated prominently
with Secretary Houston of the agri-
cultural department
OPEN REVOLT AND DEPREDA-
TIONS BEING CARRIED ON
THROUGHOUT MEXICO
BIG BATTLE AT NACOZARI
t
“Too Hot For Me Here” Flashes Op-
erator As He Quits Key
New Disturbance la
General
Douglas Arlz — Encamped within
striking distance of several important
border towns 800 constitutionalist
troops rest on arms while Insurrec-
tions among federal garrisons
strengthen materially the rebel forces
No word has come from Nacozarl
south of here where a fierce battle
waged all of Saturday and it Is not
known what the result of the en-
counter has been The last word re-
ceived from the besieged city wns
from the telegraph operator who
flashed "Too hot for me here” and
left bis key just before all wires
between Douglas and Nacozarl were
cut
Open revolt and scenes of disorder
have occurred among 250 federal de-
fenders of Agua Prieta and the mil-
itary officials there gave warning to
all Americans to leave the town
The best citizens of Agua Prieta
generally fled to Douglas while the
drunken and rebellious soldiers pa-
ruded the streets crying "Viva Ma
dero!” "Viva Maytorena!” and “Viva
Diaz!”
Brawls between politically estranged
companions In arms added to the con
fusion and terror which held the town
in its grasp throughout the day
Many Deserting Federal
Desertions among the federal sol
dlers at Guaymas the California gulf
port held by the federala were re-
ported here and though orders were
received by the commander of that
garrison to move against Hermosilio
with his full force immediately no
move has been made by them
It Is reported that federal officers
there are In bitter disagreement and
rioting is expected A message re-
ceived at Nogales from Mexico City
states that another division of troop-
ers numbering 2000 has started its
march against Hermosilio to attack
the constitutionalists
At Magdalena 1000 new recruits
organized and are now ready to ituke
the field The state troops have com-
mandeered trains for use in the trans-
portation of insurgent troops The
state troops paymaster is paying the
railroad men for their services
Rebels Cut All Communications
The soldiers of the rebellion burned
bridges on the Southern Pacific to
within thirty-five miles of Nogales on
the Arizona line and three bridges
on the branch running to the Amer-
ican mining center at Cananea With
both wire and railway communication
blocked the Insurgents are now in
complete control of Sonora and de-
clare they will be able to check any
advance made against theta by the
forces said to havw been dispatched
by Huerta
All movable valuables including
safes were brought to the American
side from the Mexican customs bouse
and Nogales banka are preparing to
transfer funds to this side of the
border
General Ojeda commander at Agua
Prieta has received orders to evac-
uate the town and march to Nogales
but this) order was rescinded when
Mexico City learned of the battle rag-
ing at Nacozarl
Rebels Win Fifty-Hour Fight
El Paso Texas — Desperate fighting
In an attack on Parral Chihuahua re-
sulted ip a large loss of life in a fifty-
hour battle Some 1500 constitution-
alists rebelling agalmt Huerta's gov-
ernment in Chihuahua were driven
back by almost an equal humber of
federal regulars and a number of
American mining and industrial inter-
ests were greatly damaged by bom-
bardment aDd street fighting In which
lownspebple also engaged
Insurrecto troops who rebelled
against the Huerta government and
left Parral laat week after mobiliz-
ing and recruiting at Santa ' Barbara
nearby returned on March 6 to re-
take the city One thousand federal
from Chihuahua City had reinforced
the 200 regulars at Parral
On the afternoon of the fifth the
insurgents attacked and the battle con-
tinued until the evening of the seventh
On the morning of the last day the
rebels took the fortified bills surround-
ing the city driving the federala to
cover In the town
Col Mercado the garrison com-
mander and Colonel Castro who had
brought the reinforcements from the
state capital called for volunteer! to
take the outlying positions Four bun
dred men responded and after charges
and almost hand-to-hand fighting
drovs the Insurgents from the hills
Then the constitutionalists concen
trated their fire on the southern sec-
tion of the town driving the city offi-
cials from tbelr bouses and killing
many residents At night the resi-
dents wl'hdrsw whan pursusd
The RL Hon Lieut Col John Ei
ward Bernard 8eely is ths successor
of Lord Haldana as British secratary
of state for war He was born in 1868
the son of Sir Charlea Seely and is
both a lawyer and a soldier In the
Boer war he won the Dietlnguiehed
Service Order and the queen' medal
with five claept
sTijSSriau
Every Stage of the Dieeaee la Repre
tented In Selection! — Berlin Doc-
tor Creates a Sen-
sation Montreal — Dr Frlederirh Frani
Friedmann of Berlin demonstrated his
treatment for tuberculosis upon fifty-
six patients at the Royal Edward insti-
tute In the presence of a representa-
tive gathering of physicians They
were chosen from a list of ninety odd
cases presented by Dr E 8 Harding
and his colleagues of the medical
board of the Institute The persons so
presented were choeen from a list of
several hundred who applied person-
ally or through their physicians for
treatment The medical board in mak-
ing its selections were guided by a de-
sire to get cases typical of every class
and every stage of the disease with
the exception of cases so advanced aa
to be hopeless The number treated
s by far the largest ever Inoculated
iu one day or in one city by Dr Fried-
mann outside of Berlin
To facilitate the process of demon-
stration the history of each case had
been printed on two cards one in Eng-
lish and the other in German
Dr Friedmann's methods were fol-
lowed with the closest attention by
the physicians present and his rapid
diagnosis of the cases presented and
his professional technique were the
subjects of comment
The rases represented the three prln
clpal divisions of tuberculosis infec-
tion — pulmonary glandular and bone
or Joint affection and ranged from
the early stages of the disease to ad-
vanced rases of several yeara’ dura-
tion The youngest patient waa a 14-monthe'-old
baby girl and the oldest
was a man of about 50 years Most of
the patients were able to walk In with-
out assistance and to stand while the
treatment wis given hut for a few
mostly children an operating table!
was necessary In every case an in
travenoua Injection of the vaccine was
made In the patient's arm while in a
number an additional Intramuscular
injection was made In the hip
One of the most interesting cases
was that of the 'l4-months-old girl
who had been a sufferer for about two
months from the disease The arm 1
was so tiny that Dr Friedmann found
It impossible to make the usual in- 1
travenoua injection and he performed
the rarely attempted operation on so
young a child of inserting the needle
In a vein of the neck while in this
case he also made the extra injection
in the hip The little one bore the
ordeal well and Dr Friedmann re-
marked In a confident tone that Its
complete recovery might be expected
CATTLEMEN ARE COMING
Southwestern Association Votes to
Come to Oklahoma City In
1914
Amarillo Texas — A victory was '
cored by the Oklahoma City dele-
gation when the Panhandle and South-
western Stockmen's association with
a membership of nearly 1000 con-
fined to owners and dealers In live-
stock selected on first ballot that city
aa the place of Its 1914 meeting leav
log Texas the first time In lie history
Arrest Wife For Memphis Tragedy
Memphis Tenn— August Scheiber
president of a lumber company of this
city was shot and fatally wounded
and a young woman who gave her
name as Lillian Howell was slightly
wounded in the same apartment In a
downtown flat building Mre Scheiber
waa arrested charged with the shoot-
ing She refused to make any state-
ment One of (he five bullets fired
struck 8cheiber near theright tempi
and passed through his head another
wounded the young woman in the arm
Scheiber died
FREE ADVICE
TO SICK WOMEN
Thousands Have Been Helped
By Common Sense
Suggestions
Women suffering from any form of
female ilia are invited to communicate
promptly with the
woman’s private
correspondence de-
partment of the Ly
diaE-Pinkham Med-
icine Co Lynn
Mass Your letter
will be opened read
and answered by a
woman and held in
Strict confidence A woman can freely
talk of her private illness to a woman
- thus has been established a confidential
correspondence which has extended over
many years and which has never been
broken Never have they published a
testimonial or used a letter without the
written consentof the writer and never
baa the Company allowed these confi-
dential letters to get out of their pos-
session as the hundreds of thousands
of them in their files will attest
Out of the vast volume of experience
which they have to draw from it ia more
than possible that they possess the very
knowledge needed In your case Noth-
ing is asked in return except your good
will and their advice has helped thou-
sands Surely any woman rich or poor
should be glad to take advantage of this
generous offer of assistance Address
Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co (con-
fidential) Lynn Mass
Every woman ought to hate
Lydia K l’inkhani’s 80-page
Text Iiook It Is not a book for
general distribution as it is too
expensive It is free and only
obtainable by mail 'Write for
It today
Feminine Arithmetic
Tjpist — It's my birthday tomorrow
I'm going to take a day off
Bookkeeper — Why don't you take
five years off same as you did last
j i-ear? — Bystander
Cruel to Be Kind
"What makes you carry that horri-
ble shriek machine for an automobile
signal?”
"For humane reasons" replied Mr
Chuggins "If I ran paralyze a per-
son with fear be w ill keep still and I
can run to one side of him"
Girlish Scheme
“Your daughter play? seme very ro-
bust pieces”
"She's got a beau in the parlor”
growled Pa Wombat "and that loud
music is to drown the sound of her
mother washing the dishes ” — Louis-
ville Courier-Journal
Plea for Liberty
Mrs B was entertaining a few
friends and Elsie was allow d to re-
main in the room provided she made
no disturbance But she was inter-
ested and talkative and asked so many
questions that at laat her mother be-
came exasperated
"Elsie if you open your mouth an
other time you'll have to go back up-
stairs Now remember!"
Elsie was accustomed to obey so
for a long time Elsie's lips were kept
tightly closed At last however she
touched her mother and sad softly
"Mamma can I open my mouth if
I don't say anything?" — Chicago Trib-
une IN A 8HADOW
Inveterate Tea Drinker Feared Par
alyele
Steady use of either ta tr coffe
often produces alarming symptoms I
the poison (caffeine) combined I
these beverages acts with more p
toncy In some persons than in other
"I was never a collee drinker
writes an III woman "but a tea drlnl
er I was very nervous bad frequet
spells of sick headache and beai
trouble and was subject at times t
severe attacks of bilious colic
"No end of sleepless nights — woul
have spells at night when my rigf
side would get numb and tingle Ilk
a thousand needles were pricking m
flesh At times I could hardly put m
tongue out of my mouth and my rlgt
eye and ear were affected
"The doctors told me I was liable t
become paralyzed at any tune so
waa In constant dread 1 took no en
cf medicine — ail to no gid
"The doctors told me to quit ualn
tea but I thought I could not llv
without It — that It waa oiy only eta
I bad been a tea drinker for twent
five years was under the doctor'
care for fifteen
"About six month ago' I Snail
quit tea and commenced to drin
Post urn
"I have never had one spell of ale
headache since and only one Ugh
attack of bilious colic Have quit hat
Ing those numb spells at night alee
well and my heart la getting stronge
all the time" Name given upon r
quest
Post urn now cornea in concentrated
powder form called Instant Poatutr
It Is prepared by stirring a level tn
spoonful In a cup of hot water addin
sugar to taste and enough cream t
bring the color to golden brown
Instant Postum Is convenient
there's no waste and the flavor Is a
ways uniform Sold by grocers every
where
A 5-cup trial tin mailed for grocer'
name and 2-cent stamp for postagi
Postum Cereal Co Ltd Untile Creel
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