Claremore Messenger. (Claremore, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, April 14, 1911 Page: 2 of 8
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ihommmMtssowt IS HERE TO SKY CONGRESS
CONVENES
CLARK •MITM, Publisher.
clarkmorb, okuahoma Control and Publicity for Pubtio
Spring sunshine wlH do aoiue good
road building
Theru Is quite a dlffurenoa botwaoo
feOCHtiUK iUld bOSStlUg.
trovers tor SO years elopod In Dela-
ware What *u.t Ittulr hurry7
When umuoy talk* U Is sure to at-
tract the Httoiitluu uf byntauder*.
lUvn you had a •
seats ri served in tho
uuple of
coronation Hum?
l*> we gut <>ur garden sonde from
the l«ki session <>r thu eitra e «ssiur
of congress, or both?
Aa soon ah a little more of the fr<«t
KftH out uf tin: ground the aviator
vlll risuimt huslues*.
If whiskers aru to be put under the
ban an htdlnx placos for microbes,
what about the fur coat?
"England l Bald to lone $7r>.000,000
it year tlirouKb the ravages of rata."
Why doesn't sho keep a cat?
Tho Michigan small lioy who swal-
lowed u aaf'VpIn la thriving. There
must bo something In a name.
For our women readers only: "A
MassactiuHettH scientist snys that the
X ray will reveal a person's age."
Berlin I about to ta% each purchas-
er of a ticket to the moving picture
tthowH. That Is getting cloae lo rob-
bing the babies.
Possibly that baron rroBt d with
briiKB knuckles In hln pocket was on a
matrimonial expedition after the good
old baronial fashion.
Service Corporations.
VERDICT OF PROMINENT MAN
rhssders N. V«ll. President ef Wssfr
•rn Union and Telephone Compa-
nies, Recognises Rights at th*
American Public.
Public regulation of public aervlca
corporation* baa come to slay It
ought to have come anil It ought to
stay That l ihe flat and unequivocal
assertion of Theodore N. Vail, presi-
dent of both the American Telephone
and Telegraph company and the West-
ern t'nlon Telegraph company. It
came In the form of hU annual r
port to the seventy thousand stock-
holders of the two great eorporatlooa.
Although Mr Vall's advocacy of full
publicity In connection with the alfalra
of auch concerns was well understood,
nobody In financial circle* had anllct
pated so frank an
SIXTVSECOND MMION OP tO-
LONS STARTED
CLARK CAUTIONS PARTY
Warna Hla Party That the «yes of the
Country Are Directed Toward
Washington in Silent and
Severe Scrutiny
Washington.—The gUly awond con
gress met In extraordinary session
Tuesday. What the session will bring
forth or when It will adjourn were mut-
ters of conjecture.
The democruta took possession of
the house and put Thump Clark of
Missouri In the speaker's chair. In hla
speech accepilug the honor be wanted
the democratic members that ihc eyoa
of the country were main them; thill
paieu so Iran. ... avowal of full pub- .he parly was on trial nj " 1"J
.. ..i.ht- in >h.. ht.Miti.itf of their sen- an opportunity for Hie tlrst time in
m'SI.. i XT'ZwZ' •' « r™,"T
I.urprt.., .... only Mr.,... •! I" < ' " « > """
HALTED
tCvprnahi. i ii•)
THE ALASKAN LAND GRABBING.
In addition to the harem skirt we
have also a "three-quarter" skirt in
our midst. The poor skirt Is being
wantonly mutilated thcHe days.
An Ohio woman In a divorce suit
claims thut her husband has not spok-
en to her In seven years. Possibly thf
poor fellow never got a chance.
There Is talk of a $25,000,000 high-
way from New York to Washington.
It is to be hoped that It will not be
an extension of Wall street.
Amonj those who will be benefited
by the discovery of telephonic hyno-
tlsm Is the man who doisn't know it
Is his wifo he Is talking to on the
wire.
"The Makin's of a Girl" is one of the
new literary efforts on the market. It
beats all how the cigarette habit per-
sists in breaking into the literary
game.
Because her husband hasn't spoken
to her for seven years a Philadelphia
woman wants a divorce. Evidently
that's too long a time, between last
•words.
Paris protests that that city Is not
responsible for the harem skirt. Paris
has enough blots on Its 'scutcheon
without the prepetratlon of the harem
garment
During coronation week some of
the London hotels are going to charge
$50 a day, so now you can figure up
how much you're golug to save by
*iot going.
novelty and squareness, but also oa
account of the unqualified acuities,
cenee of a board of dlrectora comprls-
lug such eminent and conservative
financiers as llohert Wlnsoa, of' Kid-
der, Peabody 4 Co.. and Henry L.
Hlgglnson of Huston. Henry P Davl-
son of J. P Morgan t Co ; Henator
W. Murray Crane, (leorge F. User,
T. Jefferson Coolldge, Jr.. Norman W.
Harris. John I. Waterbury and others.
President Vall's declaration Is her-
aided as ihe first recognition by those
In high corporate authority of the Jus-
tice of the demand that the public
be regarded us virtual partners
In all matters that pertain to tho cora- i
intin welfare. He goes directly to the
point.
"Public control or regulation of pub- j
lie service corporations by permanent
commissions," he nays, "has come and
come to slay. Control or regulation,
to bo effective, means publicity:
It means Boml-public dlscusBlou and
consideration before action; It means
everything which Is the oppo-
site of and Inconsistent with effective
competition. Competition- aggressive,
effective competition means strife.
Industrial warfare; It means conten-
tion; It oftentimes means taking ad-
vantage of or resorting to any menns
that the conscience of the contestants
or tho degree of the enforcement of
tho laws will permit.
"Aggressive competition means du-
plication of plant and Investment. The
ultimate object of such competition
la the possession of the field wholly
or partially; therefore It means eith-
er ultimate combination on such
basis and with such prices as will
cover past losses, or It means loss of
return on Investment, and eventual
loss of capital. However It results,
all costs of aggressive, uncontrolled
competition are eventually borne,
directly or indirectly, by the public.
Competition which Is not aggressive,
presupposes cooperative action, under-
standings. agreements, which result
In general uniformity or harmony of
action, which. In lact, is not competi-
tion but. is combination, unstable, but
for the time effective. When thor-
oughly understood it Will be found
i that 'control' will give more of the
I benefits and public advan ages, which
are expected to be obtained through
such ownership, and will obtain
i tbem without the public burden of
! either the public olflce-holde
lie debt or operating deficit
fldeuce.
Throughout tho dny the shadow of
thu coming presidential Ughl hovered
about Ihe ntpltol, and there Is no ques-
tion but that maneuver* for political
advantage will play an Important jmrf
In the affairs of Ihe house and senate
In ihe next few months.
William J. Bryan of Nebraska and
(Inventor Harmon of Ohio were lead-
ing figures on Ihe floor of Ihe house.
Had Governor Woodrow Wilson been
present, the list of generally accepted
democratic presidential possibilities
would have been complete.
SLUSH FUND FOR LORIMER
CHICAGO MILLIONAIRE PACKER
NAMEO AS COLLECTOR
Editor Kohlsaat, of Chicago, and Clar-
ence Funk, International Har-
vester Official, Teetlfy Be-
fore Bribery Committee
Springfield, III.—Clarence 8. Punk,
general manager of the International
, Harvester company, before the state
Tho senate's opening was aedute. as , investigating committee, Wed-
usual. And while the leadership °f IU,gdBV <.xpi0ded the biggest sensa-
the upper branch remains In repub (|(jn ^ (hp brli,ery Ca8e.
STATE LOSES LIQUOR CASE
U. 8. SUPREME COURT DECIDES
AGAINST COMMONWEALTH
Court Saye It Has No Jurisdiction
In Casae Brought to Prevent
Rallroada From Shipping In-
toxicanta Into Oklahoma
llcan hands, the change in Ihe person-
nel was almost as marked as in the
house. A Id rich. Hale. Beverldge and
others of both the regular and progres-
sive factions were miBBod.
The republican Insurgents In the
house indicated their purpose to act
Independently in declining to vote for
Mr. Mann for speaker and by giving | ei.ate.
their support to Representative Coop- The hnrvoBter company manager
er of Wisconsin. further testified that Mr. Hlnes named
The Insurgents gained a member | Kdward Tllden, wealthy Chicago pack-
when Representative Akin of New | er. as the collector of this fund to re-
York, elected as an "independent dem- imburse the men, who. as Mr. Hlnes
Mr. Funk testified that Kdward
Hlnes, of Chicago millionaire lumber
dealer, asked him, as manager of the
JlarvoBter company, to contribute $10,-
OdO to reimburse certain men who had
put up a $100,000 slush fund to elect
William Lorlmer lo the United States
ocrat," and heretofore carried on the
democratic rolls, cast his lot with the
republicans and chose a seat on the
republican side.
Hepresenlallve Ilerger of Wisconsin,
the only socialist in the house, voted
"present" in the speakership ballot-
ing. He also chose a seat on the re-
publican side.
LAWTON TURNS HAMON DOWN
Gives G. H. Block Heaviest Vote For
Mayor
Oklahoma City.—Oklahoma went
democratic Tuesday. Practically ev-
ery large town in the state elected a
democratic mayor, noticeable among
them being Lawton where C. H. ltlock
defeated Jake L. Hamon by the heav-
iest majority that a democrat ever has
received in that town.
The normally republican towns in
almost every instance elected either a
democratic or an Independent, mayor.
Among these are Guthrie, ISnid and
Ponc.a City, tluthrie's new mayor
Frank Olsmith, was elected on the in-
dependent ticket, but. be has been
or pub- I known as a democrat throughout al-
I most his whole career. Enid's new
was quoted, as having said, had un-
derwritten" the election of Lorlmer.
Mr, Punk said the object he had In
giving his testimony was to save H.
H. Kohlsaat, publisher of the Chicago
Record-Herald, from a possible Judi-
cial sentence as a result of Mr. Kohl-
saat's refusal to give certain informa-
Washlngton.—Hccause of a lack of
Jurisdiction tho supreme court Mon-
day dismissed two actions brought by
the suite of Oklahoma against tho
railroads in tho celebrated liquor
cases. One was an original action
while the other rested on an appeal
from the state supreme court. Similar
action was taken In the suit agalnBt
the Santa Ke In the rate case In which
the state contended discrimination.
In the former cubcs the court held
that the liquor laws of Oklahoma are
a part of the penal laws of a state
and should be enforced as such being
purely a state matter over which the
supreme court had no Jurisdiction.
Attorney General West had contend-
ed that the state laws Bimply carried
out the acts of congress in the premlB-
ob in that connection, having in mind
the stringent prohibition laws in force
in the Indian Territory and the Osage
nation prior to statehood.
Attorney General West said that the
decisions came as a surprise in view
of the court's previous holdings in the
Kansas against Colorado water cases
STATE LOSES
IN GAS FIGD1
COURT DECLARES CONSERVING
LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL
INJUNCTION IS UPHELD
Judge Sanborn, In Federal District
Ceurt at It. Louie. Holds Act l
Against Interstate
Commerce
Bt. lunula, Mo.—The Oklahoma l w,
Section 37 of Ihe constitution, prolilb
Itlnif Ihe piping of natural gae out ol
that slate, was declared unconailtu-
llonul by Judge Walter II. Sanborn ol
•he United Statea circuit court of ap
peals for the Highlit Judicial district,
In a decision handed down late Krlday.
An Injunction obtained from the
United States circuit court for the
eastern district of Oklahoma by W. K
Cowhan of Michigan, waa auatalned
and made permanent, and prevent* In
terfurenc* by the Oklahoma olllclals
with the piping of natural gas to olbat
elates.
The decision holds also that at-
tempta by atate officials to enforce
the prohibition against pip* lines
through the police powers of Oklaho-
ma, la In conflict with the Interstate
commerce laws.
W. P. Cowhan, In bringing ault, set
out that he was the owner and lessee
of extensive natural gas Interests In
Rogers and Washington counties, Ok-
lahoma.
F R EE
SENATOR MARTIN NAMED
tipn demanded by the committee last aD(1 (he Georgia vs. Tennessee copper
week.
Funk testified Wednesday that he
voluntarily released Mr. Kohlsaat
from the pledge of confidence, when
he felt, that the publisher would be
Bent to jail unless the Information was
given. The disclosures made by Funk
called meeting of the senate committee
members.
CHICAGO CHOOSES HARRISON
it
A Boston waiter returned a wallet
containing $15,COO to a man who had
left it on bis table. A New York
waiter would have regarded It a/
merely a tip.
A harem skirt caused a near riot
In Atlantic City a few days ago. If it
had b.en summer and she had worn
a bathing suit everything would have
been all right.
A New York woman wboe artist
tiUBband said her figure was more per-
fect than that of Venus has been
awarded alimony In the sum of only
$25 a month. Why be a Venus?
Parisians started a riot the other
day at the production of a new play.
Such things do not happen in America,
but they are richly merited by some
of the alleged plays that are thrust
bpon us.
London dispatches tell us that
Americans are recognized In England
by the smartness of their footwear.
It strikes us that most of them are
reoognlzcd by the largeness of their
bank rolls.
At Its experiment station for horsea
at Weybrldge, Virginia, the United
States Department of Agriculture has
Invented a "breakfast food for horses."
The new breakfast food, it Is said,
ahonld be found in every manger. It
Is made of two parts cocoanut meal
and one part peanut meal. The gov-
ernment claims this will keep horses
In good condition at two-thlrda tba
cost of oats.
They are going to do things artistic-
ally hi the matter of street decora-
tions In London for the king's dprona,
tlon next June. They are going to
erect plaster columns and arches and
that sort of thing Instead of the bar-
ber poles they have always used. Over
In this country we do that whenever
any little dinky hamlet has an old-
homo week.
A woman In California killed hereelf
^irinnT1 0f disappointment at not be-
M repaid money lent to a friend. It
ha mod thing for the population that
thto disappointment Is not generally
eonsldered good cause for suicide.
wcordg ^
ekow that IS7.000.000 waa seat
r daring 1*10 by Austro-
living In America- Amep-
to mate
When through a wise and judicious
state control and regulation all the
advantages without any of the disad-
vantages of state ownership are se-
cured. state ownership la doomed."
J "If Mr. Vail Is right." says
I Harper's Weekly, in a concise sum-
ming-up, "then It seems pretty plain
that we are entered upon a new era In
1 both economics and politics. And It is
I high time we did If evolution Is to
I supplant revolution as an efficient
force in the development of civillzar
tlon."
Democratic Candidate Elected Mayor
For Fifth Time
Chicago.—Carter H. Harrison, demo-
crat, was elected mayor of Chicago
Tuesday for the fifth time. His plur-
ality, judged by 75 per cent of the re-
turns, as first brought in, wbb about
18,000.
Prof. Charles E. Merriam, his repub-
mayor was elected under the commis-
sion form as a non-pnrtisan candidate,
but he has been a republican. An in-
dependent ticket won out in Pouca
City.
In many towns socialists were elect-
ed to the minor offices, among these
being Hugo and Poteau.
Peter P. Duffy, newspaper man, and
at one time candidate for lieutenant
governor of Oklahoma, won his fight
to be first mayor of El Reno under
the commission form of government.
Duffy defeated five candidates for the
place.
J. B. Burton's fight against R. R.
Bridges in Chickasha was successful.
Bridges was nominated by the repub-
! llcans in a desperate effort to defeat
! the promised democratic majority. At
one time he was president of the Com-
mercial club at Chickasha and iB one
case in which the interest of states
of Kansas and Georgia were held par-
amount. In the former the interest or
Kansas in the flow of the Colorado
river for irrigation purposes were sus-
tained and the same was true as to
Georgia's complaint that the fumes of
the Tennessee concern destroyed trees
across' the line in the Cracker state.
Just why Oklahoma interests in the
freight rates of a foreign corporation
doing business in the state should not
be a question for the supreme court
as well, is still agitating Mr. West
and other Oklahomans in Washington.
This case was brought by Attorney
General Charles West against the At
chieon, Topeka & Santa Fe and other
railroads and express companies, seek-
ing to enjoin them from delevering in-
toxicating liquors to any person in Ok
lahoma holding a federal liquor license,
and also against transporting liquor in-
to the old Indian Territory, on the
Chosen by Democrats as Permanent
Caucua Chairman
Washington.—Senator Mnrtln of
Virginia, at Ihe democratic senate
caucus was Krlday selected as perma-
nent caucus chairman and minority
leader during the present congress
He received 21 out of the 37 voteii
cast, 16 going to Senator Benjamin
F. Sblvely of Indiana, who was then
elected vice-chairman.
Senator W. K. Chilton of West Vlr
glnla, was elected secretary of the
caucus, tho two last named places hav-
ing been filled by acclamation. Sen
ator Owen declined re-election
secretary.
The expected long contest did not
develop. Prior to the session, the pro-
gressive democrats, as the followers ol
William Jennings Bryan prefer to be
designated, met in the office of Sena-
tor Owen to canvass the situation.
Several found themselves in an em-
barrassing position because of pledges
made many weeks ago that they would
support Mr. Martin.
—
TO FIGHT FOR OFFICE
A trlsl package of p£
PilU will be sent free to snyoeo oo rs
qm- t. Address Prof--""
JelTerunn Bta., I'hlMe pMs, Vt" ^l'
j„ ..wd of medicd ^
write PmfoMor Munyon. Y«ur eomwnni
ration will be treated In 'triot coolWUwe;
and your case will be diagnosed sj esr
fully ss though you hsd a personal later
view.
Munyon'. Psw Psw PM.>JB
all other laxatives or cathartics. TMt
eons the liver into activity I P"1'
methods. They do not scour. **** *
not gripe, they do not weaken, but they
do start all the secretions ol the liver
Mid stomach in a way that
these organs in s healthy ^Uon ^J
corrects constipation. In my
constipation is responsible lor mo*ia i
inents. l'hero are 26 feet of hnmsn
bowels, which is really a , P"*;
When this pipe becomes cloMod lhs-
hole system becomes poisonod. cans
inu biliousness, indigestion and mpui*
blood, which often produce rheumetim
and kidney ailments. No woman who
suffers with constipation or any livet
ailment can expect to havo a clear
complexion or enjoy good health. I
I had my way 1 would prohibit the sale
of nine-tenths of the cathartics that are
now l>ci? K Bold for the reaHon thai they
goon destroy the linin« of tho ■tonwwnp
setting up serious forms of indi«PHtion^
and so paralyze the bowels that they re-
fuse to act unless forccd by strong
purgatives.
Munyon's Paw Paw Pills sre a tonic
to the'stomach, liver and nerves. They
invigorate instead ol weaken; tliey en-
rich tho blood Instead of Impoverish
it; they enable the stomach to get all
the nourishment from food that is put
into it.
These pills contain no calomel, no
dope; they are soothing, healing and
stimulating. They school the bowels
to act without physic.
Regular size bottle, containing 45 pill".
25 cents. Munyon's Laboratory, 53d <l
Jefferson Sts., Philadelphia.
llcan opponent, conceded the election
to Mr. Harrison, at 6:30 p. m., tVo and
a half hours nfter the polls closed, butl™0~ds that Bince there was a federal
said the results were Buch as would law ftgainst the selling or conveying ol
Fighting Man.
It is man's nature to fight. It Is his
merit to fight for what he believes to
be right. Courage and bravery are
not achieved by hiring a lawyer. A
man who is not willing to flsht to the
leath for the right or for his own Is
not as good or complete a man aB one
vho is is willing. But opinions about i 0f the most popular business men In
this are not so Important as the fact j t)le town.
tjiat It is man's nature to fight, and |
'hat neither resol> nor legislation Socialists Lose In Wichita
tor provision to gel over all kinds of Wichita, Kans.—Jonn H. Graham, in-
trouble In any other way lhan fighting ,jepell(ient candidate for mayor, and
will avail.—Ellwood Hendricks, in At- four independent candidates for
lantlc. the board of commissioners, were
I elected here Tuesday by majorities
I ranging from 1,500 to 3,000. The may-
1 orallty race was the closest, Graham
being hard pressed in several pre-
cincts by A. H. Blase, hla socialist
rival. Socialism was the chief issue,
More to the Purpose.
"Are you In favor of a ten-hour
day?"
"I don't care anything about the
days," replied young Rotinderley, "but
It would be a Jolly good thing If we j socialists having nominated a full
^ould have 24-hour nights."
ticket at the primary last sveek.
Two Killed By Explosion
Fltchburg, Mass.—Lieutenant Chas.
<V. Orinnell of the Fltchburg fire de-
partment, was Instantly killed, and
I... ij j neopp 9nouter "An George Dow. a grain elevator foreman,
LuZJ".?; -s! J-SJ r.
Misguided Energy.
"I am bound to make a noise In the
world," said the determined youth.
"But be careful how you go about
Joyous Economist.
'You don't mind high prices?"
"No," replied the resolute philoso-
pher. "When prices are high, think
Bion during a fire in the Cushing build-
ing in the business district Tuesday.
give him hope for another contest
Scrutiny of the returns by ward and
precinct allows that Prof. Merriam waa
given nearly 7 per cent less votes
than given Busse.
Youth Killed By Machinery
Bokohoma, Okla.—Trying to throw
a belt with his foot proved fatal on
Thursday to I. S. Crow, aged 19, son
of George Crow of Bokohoma, Okla.
The boy died on a Frisco train en-
route to Texarkana to a hospital.
Crow tried to kick the belt ofT which
was running at a high rate of speed.
His foot caught in machinery and he
was frightfully crushed.
Peace Conference Held
Washington, D. C.—An important
peace conference, the "first meeting be-
tween the Mexican ambassador here
and a representative of the Mexican
revolutionists, was held In Washington
on Sunday, March 26, the news of
whichi hitherto a matter of much se-
crecy,' was obtained Tuesday night,
April 4, by the Associated PreBB.
American Killed in Mexico
Washington.—United States Consul
Miller at Tamplco, Mexico, Tuesday
telegraphed the state department that
George Critchfleld, an American citi-
zen, was fatally Bhot from ambush by
unknown persona on his ranch near
Tuxpan, Mexico.
Flames Threaten 2,000
New York.—One hundred persons
were rescued from fire escapes and
two thousand In all were driven from
their homes In terror by a fire in the
five-Btcry apartment building extend-
ing from Twenty-sixth to Twenty-sev-
enth street in the East Side of Sev-
enth avenue early Tuesday.
liquor In Indian Territory for twenty
one years, that it was in violation of
the law for railroad or express com
panles to even transor. liquor into that
country.
The defendants insisted that the
jtate law, prohibiting them from carry-
ing liquor into the state, was against
interstate commerce and that the In-
dian Territory law applied only to at-
tempted violations of the law by per-
sons attempting to engage in the liquor
business or to convey it from place to
place for their own ilse.
ROADS LOSE COAL SUITS
Manuel Paying Court to Dealys
Paris, France.—Manuel, the exiled
bow much more you save every time | Klng of Portugal, Is in Paris incognito
you decide to get along without som
thing.'
No Great Matter.
"How do you like this grand opera.
Bill?"
•ijrjng."
"That's all right. You ain't mlaalng
no Jokes " .
So Unexpected.
"Tour wife has received some ass-
den chock. What haa happened?-*
-I dont know, doctor. 1 tuam hoM
paying court to the beautiful young
dancer, Mile. Gaby Deslys.
, Reciprocity Will Satisfy Taft
Washington.—President Taft has de-
elded to concentrate hla attention for
I can't understand what they are i the present upon reciprocity with Can-
ada, and It was Indicated Tuesday will
not attempt to secure a permanent tar-
iff commission at the special session
of congress. He told callers ho had
come to the conclusion that the proper
time to ask congress for a perinane.it
tariff would be at the beginning of a
regular mmlm. M4
9** ** ^^ . gficm >e \
Butte Choosea Socialist Mayor
Butte. Mont.—Rev. L. J. Duncan, a
Unitarian minister and a socialist, wa*
elected mayor of Butte, Mont.( Tuea-
day.
Kern In Chair
Washington.—Vice Prealdent Sher-
man Tuesday found the first opportu-
nity to extend a courtesy to Senator
Kern of Indiana, hla recent competitor
for the vice presidential office. The
Indiana senator occupied the vice pre -
ldent's chair about Ave minutes almost
immediately after he had
Supreme Court Interprets Hepburn
Law Adversely for Carriers
Washington, D. C.—The "commodi-
ties clause" of the Hepburn rate law,
interpreted two years ago by the su-
preme court of the United States was
given new life Monday by that tri-
bunal In a second interpretation. So
effective was the re-consideration
of the subject that government offi-
cials predict the evil will now be rem-
edied and railroads divorced from the
coal business.
Chief Justice White announced the
decision of tho court. The entire
bench agreed with him, although on
the previous consideration Justice
Harlan dissented.
Burglar Confesses,
Hugo. Okla.—Cleve Spencer, the
man who broke jail here a tew weeks
ago and was recaptured, pleaded guil-
ty In the district court Monuay to burg-
lary and breaking jail. Judge Fergu-
son will pass sentence in ooth cases.
Shawnee Official Dead.
8hawnee, Okla.—Goodwin R. Wiley,
head of the city sanitaiy department,
died suddenly Monday ot internal hem-
orrhagea. He was 65 rears old. He
came to Shawnee four yeare ago from
Bethel, Maine.
Woman Won at Polls, but Counted Out
By Councilman
Hunnewell, Kan.—After winning the
mayorality of Hunnewell with a heavy
handicap, Mrs. Ella Wilson has been
counted out by the old city council
and the certificate of election given to
her opponent, O. M. Akers.
When the vote was counted election
night a tie was found to have been the
result of the voting. A law was dis-
covered directing a casting of lots by
the judges. When the slips were
drawn Mrs. Wilson won. The judges
made a return showing her election.
When the ballots were counted by
the council, it is asserted, Akers was
found to have one more vote than Mrs
Wilson. The council Issued a certifi-
cate of .election to him.
Mrs. Wilson has engaged lawyers
contest the case.
OCEAN PASSENGERS SAVED
All Souls Aboard Prinxesa Irene Are
Safely Landed
Long Island Saving Station.—In five
hours and ten minutes Friday after
noon the 1,720 cabin and steerage pas
sengers on the stranded North German
Lloyd iner Prinzess Irene were trans
ferred to the deck of the Prinze Fred-
erich Wilhelm and one hour after
nightfall they were on their way to
■New York. The feat is unparalleled
In the history of marine disasters, and
probably will remain for years to come
Not a life was lost, not a case of
panic was reported. The first passen
ger off was a woman and the second
a baby. The cabin passengers, maa-
ters of the situation, generously gave
precedence to the more timorous steer
age.
MADE HIS ESCAPE IN TIME
Metaphors of Millionaire Found No
Response In the Breast of
the Farmer.
The millionaire accepted the farm-
er's cordial invitation to ride, and with
much scrambling gained a seat on top
of the hay.
"My good man," said the mllllonalre-
patronlzlngly, "this swaying, rolling,
sweet-scented divan is a couch upou
which I could win Blumber and be Ir-
resistible to the arms of Morpheus,
whenever I courted sweet sleep."
The farmer stiffened. "I'll hear no-
more of your talk; I'm a respectable
married man, an* IJ11 ask you where
you're goin' so I can avoid tho place.'"
Dreamily the millionaire smiled
"I'm getting back to Mother Natnre_
wfto has been outraged and abused by
me for years; I am a broken man.,
and she will forgive me and bring me
back to health."
The farmer stopped the team and.
pulled a three-tlned pitchfork from
the brace socket—but his passenger-
was gone.—Success Magazine.
No Excuse at All.
N. C. Goodwin, the comedian, war.
condemning a new comedy at a din-
ner in New York.
"Its climax," he bald, "Is false and
unsatisfactory—as false and unsatis-
factory aa Rowndar's excuse.
"On Rowndar's return at a very late
hour, his wife said reproachfully:
" 'You used to vow I was the son-
shine of your life, but now you stay
out night after night.*
'Well, my love,' said Rowndar. T
don't ask for sunshine after dark.'"
Woman Fei Mayor
Hunnewell, Kan.—Mrm. Ella Wilson
la now mayor, or mayoreea, of t
city. At the city election, held Mon-
day, "he and O. M. Altera were tied
for the office. Because she ran aucb a
good race the Judgea gave her the o«w
Three Hundred Join Church
Sherman, Texas.—The united reviv-
als, which began here several days
ago, continue with unabated Interest.
The total number o< additions to the
church membership since the revivals
commenced Is nearlng the 300 mark
Wainwright Glvee Up
St. Louis, Mo.—Ellis Wainwright, a
millionaire brewer, who was In Europe
when he was indicted in 1901 on a
charge of bribery in connection with
a atreet railway franchise, surrendered
Friday to the sheriff. He was released
on 120,0(10 bond.
Mob Lynchea Negro
Lawrenceville, Ga.—A mob of 200
masked men stormed the Jail here ana
secured a negro. Cbarlea Hale, arrest-
ed earlier In the night for aasaultlng
Mn. C. C. Williams.
Bryan and Taft Confer
Waah In gton.—President Taft and
William Jennlnga Bryan talked about
peace Friday. Other thlnga may have
come up In the hour'a discussion the
prealdent and the Nebrnakan bad at
th* White House, hut International
ponce predominated.
Vagaries of Finance.
"I understand you have paid the
mortgage off your place."
"Yep,'r replied Farmer Corntossel.
"Then why do you complain of hard
times?"
"All the neighbors have done the
same thing. That leaves me with
money on my hands that nobody
wants to borrow."
■L
It Does
The Heart
Good
To ee how the little
folks enjoy
Post
Toasties
with crenm
Sweet, cmp bfa of pearly
white com, rolled and
touted to aa appftnit
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