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THE INOLA REGISTER.
VOL. V.
INOLA, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1911.
NO. 50.
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MOTOR RACER
IS KILLED
VKATH CLAIMS LEWIS STRANG.
FEARLESS AUTO DRIVER
SOUGHT TO AVOID FARMER
Han Who Hu Many Timet Toyed
With Fat* in Time-Killing Con*
tests, Killed Whtn Car Waa
Qolng 4 Milea an Hour
Milwaukee, Wis.—Lewis Strang waa
Wiled when hie motor car went Into
• ditch near Blue River, Wis.
By a strange hand of fate, Strang,
famous as a daring driver of racing
automobjjes, who hundreds of times
has risked his life In mad dashes
around motor courses, lost his lit*
while driving along a country road at
tto more than four miles an hour-
pushed over an embankment by fear
of collision with * farmer's cart.
8traag was piloting the machine of
the technical committee of tho Wis-
oonsln Automobile association on Its
annuual reliability run from La Cross
to Lancaster, a distance of 128 miles.
Strang's car wan traveling only four
iniles an hour when a farmer In a
wagon was seen going In the same dl
rection. Strang turned aside, driving
toward a small embankment. Tho
ground suddenly gave way and hia car
slid down the embankment, turning
turtle and Strang, reluctant to jump,
went under to his death.
Tho embankment was only Ave feet
high.
ASK THE AIO OF DOCTORS
OF THE ENTIRE COUNTRY
Health Officials Are More Worried
Than Ever Over tho Cholera Sit-
uation at Now York
New Tork—The health officials not
only of New York, but of the whole
country may be asked to hefe repel
the threatened Invasion of Aalatic
cholera. The discovery of Ave "cholera
carriers" among the six hundred Immi
grants undergoing bacteriological ex
aminatlon at quarantine emphaaized
the difficulty of confining the disease
to quarantine hospitals. The case of
these cholera carriers presents a puz
sle. As yet tjie health authorities have
rot decided how soon it will be safe
to permit them at large. A careful
bacteriological examination detected
the presence of cholera germs In these
apparently bealth'y persons.
Railway Case 'Appealed
Oklahoma Clty-r-The Clinton ft Okla
boma Western railroad has appealed
' to the supreme court from an order of
the district court of Custer county,
which denied It a right of way along
certain atlfeets In Clinton. The Orient
road wait first glveh a right of way
and then .the Clinton & Oklahoma
Western proceeded to build along one
of the same streets. The White Lum-
ber A Coal compauy, whose property
faces on the street thus completely
occupied by the two railroads, brought
Injunction proceedings and obtained an
Injunction against the occupation of
the street by the railroad company,
from which It now appeals.
Holdup Man la Killed
Baxter Springs. Kan.—Berne Wliaon,
a local merchant, who was shot while
attempting to hold up John Hlckens,
a farmer, and his wife while they
were driving home from church, died
from 'he effects of the wound. Wilson,
who comes of a highly respected ('hero
koe county family and who is married,
•as auccessful In two holdups prior
to '.he fatal attempt on Hlckena.
Amylun Olrl a Climber
Lima. Peru —Miss Annie S. Peck, tho
American moun^in climber, accompa-
nied by Carl;Volkmar and live Peru-
elans. ascended two peeks of the vol-
cano Coropuna on July 18. The Coro-
punua la one of a number of glsnt vol-
canoes In southern Peru, the elevations
of which are varloualy given at from
It,000 to 20,000 foot.
Santa Fo Rotrackod
Oklahoma City—Only about ton or
twelvo miles of tho main lino of tho
Hanta Fo remain to be re-tracked be-
tween Arkansas City, Kan..' and 'Pur-
cell, Okla., and when that email bit
ot work la completed, tho Santa Fo
main line through Oklahoma w'll bo
equipped with new tO-pound raila.
Teheran In Danger
Teheran.—Newa that tho former
jhah, Mohammed All Mlrta, la hurryy-
Ing to the capital has caused great con-
sternation. Tho government haa de-
clared martial law and tho Bakhlta
chiefs have offered 8,000 men to de-
fend Teheran but they cannot arrive
la ti mo.
OHIEF AT NAVAL ACADEMY
J
Captain John H. Gibbons, U. 8. N.. until recently a member of the gen-
eral board of tho naval department, baa been made auperlntondent of tho
naval academy at Annapolla
COTTON FUTURES TAKE
AN EXCITING TUMBLE
Now Orloana Market Scene of Sensa-
tions! Slump in Prices of
Southern Staple
Now Orleans, La.—The cotton mar-
ket Tuesday was one of the most ex-
citing in many mouths, with heavy
sales and sensational declines In all
future*. Private reports from Liver-
pool that the bull leaders were liquid
ating stirred up selling orders in all
parte of the cotton world and futurea
on the New Orleans exchange opened
at a wide decline only to go still lowor
as the trading progressed.
When the trading was over It was
the general opinion on the floor that
the bull campaign In the summer
months bad been abandoned, but not
until the leaders materially had light
ened their load. August, tho most ac-
tive old crop month, lost 48 points at
Its lower, or nearly He a pound. A
couple of points more and It would
have been $2.50 a bale under the prev
loua day's close. This represented an
enormous loss on tho lines of long
August cotton tho bulls arc supposed
to own.
FIGHT AGAINST CHOLERA '
ON AT NEW YORK
Appearance of Plague There Hat
Caused Much Unoaalneao Among
Officials—Death List Si*
Railroads Will Appeal
Oklahoma City—Notice of appeal to
tue supreme court was served on the
state corporation commission Tuesday
by all the railroads of the atato from
the proposed freight schedule on grain
and grain products and coal. The
grain rata would have gone Into effect
on July 24 and the coal rate on July SI
The appeal will act aa a stay to tho on
forcement of tho orders until the court
has disposed of the matter.
Somnambulist Killed
Wilmington, Del.—While walking In
his sleep, William Bolden, aged B0.
stepped from a third story window
and crashed through a skylight to the
ground. He was instantly killed.
Want Hoko In Congress
Atlanta Ua.—In a resolution In the
hous* of representatives Governor
Hoke Smith will be called upon to re-
sign at governor and proceed to Wash-
ington to assume the duties of United
iste* senator and give Georgia her
full representation. The resolution has
been prcptrod by Representatives
Ragadalo and Scott
Dlroct Election and Publicity Bills
Washington.—That compromises
will be reached by which tho bouse
will bo ablo to agree to both tho di-
rect election of senators and the cam-
paign publicity bills, both of which
tho senate amended. was tho opinion
expressed by Representative Rucker
of Missouri, In charge of the bllla In
the house. He said he thought the
house would agree to the senate
amendments to the campaign publicity
bill, with "some minor changes."
New York—The right to bar cholera
from the port of New York as the
result of fears of invasion of the epi-
demic through passengers from Euro-
pean countriea, continues with a fed-
eral expert helping tho local health de-
partment.
Another death from cholera occurred
at Swlnburn Island hospital, making
tho total six. Two hundred and forty-
eight persons who arrived two weeks
ago on the steamer Moltko are still
under observation and will undergo
bacteriological examinations and a
more rigid quarantine will be enforced
at Swlnburn Ialand, where fifteen cases
of the disease are confined with four
others under suspicion.
Tbese cases with tho sis deaths
since the Moltko brought the germ
here from Naples show the reality of
the danger the city facea from tho
epidemic now raging In Southern Eu-
rope.
While nothing even approaching a
panic exists here now, the situation la
receiving greater attention and Dr.
Alvah Doty, health officer of tho port,
haa felt called on to laaue a reassur-
ing ststemenL Dr. Doty says that the
cholera germ can bo received In one
way one, through the mouth, and that
their is no danger In ordinary con-
tact with persona who have tho dis-
ease.
However, Charles Duahklns, counsel
for complalnanta, at the Investigation
of Dr. Doty's official conduct now In
progress, declares his belief that chol-
era patients now In hospitals caught
tho disease not on the steamer but
at the Immigration station, where all
nassengers were detained after land
Ins-
Rubber Mills Close
Woonsocket, R. I.—The Alice and
Mlllville mills of the Woonsocket Rub-
ber company closed for a month be-
ause of lack of orders. In the Alice
mllla 1,500 hands are affected and In
the Millville plant 800.
Final Movement On
Ban Antonio, Texas—The Anal move-
ment of troops under tho recent order
maneuvers division la under way.
Payment Ordered
Santiago, Chill—In accordance with
King George's award, the Chilean gov-
ernment has ordered tbe payment of
187,000 pounda sterling ($9S6.000) to
the representative of the Alaop claim,
anta.
American Autolst Killed
Taris—While traveling 70 milea an
hour In hla car at the Snrthe automo-
bile course E. N. Nau'd, the only Arnett
lean entrant In the racea to begin la
s few daya, waa killed
Bankruptcy Petltlona
Guthrie, Okla.—Involuntary petltlona
In bankruptcy wer filed In the federal
court here against O. M. Armatrong
it Frederick, and H. W. Kay. doing
bualness aa the Kay Mercantile com-
pany of Clintoa.
MUST LESSEN
TUE HAZARD
INSURANCE COMPANIES NOT
MAKING MONEY NOW
CANNOT GIVE LOW RATES
Comm lesion«r Ballard Advises Com-
paign to 8tamp Out Incendiar-
lem—Other Nowa of Intereot
to Oklahoma People
THREE APPEALS MADB
TO SUPREME COURT
Two Railroads and One Fire Aeoool
tion Seek Relief From Payment
of Judgmenta
Oklahoma City.—That the leasenlng
of the fire hazard Is tbe only way in
which Oklahoma can secure lower In-
surance rates Is the position taken by
Insurance Commissioner P. A. Bal-
lard.
"There was considerable discussion
la the last legislature in regard to la-
surance rates In Oklahoma," said Mr.
Ballard, "and there haa been some ag-
itation again recently. Aa a matter of
fact, Oklahoma now has for the most
part very fair rates, as compared with
many of the surrounding states.
"The ratio of losses to premium re-
ceipts in Oklahoma last year was 6.28
Per cent. In 1909 it was 63 per cent,
and for the last ten years, including
the very low losses in 1905 and 190t>.
It has averaged 51.2 per cent. With
that much money paid out in loases
the insurance companlee are not mak-
ing any money in Oklahoma, and It Is
useless to expect a reduction in rates
antll the loss ratio is decreased.
"I believe that the new fire marshal
law will have a very decided effect la
reducing the fire hazard and the fire
losa and that In turn meaaa tho reduc-
ing of ratea. With the offlcera doing
their duty, as I believe they will, I am
satlafied that tho losa ratio will bo ma-
terially reduced thla year aad that It
will at leaat be kept below (0 per cent,
although wo cannot expect to make a
complete change la one year'* tin.a
"Tho real trouble now la that tho
moral hazard, especially In Oklahoma
City, la too great The pbyalcal haz-
ard la not ao great here aa It la In the
smaller towns over the state, but tbe
moral hazard la greater. While it ia
not really a part ot my duties, I have
been making some Investigations my-
self and I am satisfied that 70 per cent
of the Area in Oklahoma City In the
laat alxty daya have been of incen-
diary origin.
"Thinga of that kind will have to
bbe atopped before Oklahoma geta bet-
ter Inaurance ratea.'*
Oklahoma City.—Tho Ft Smith A
Western Railway company appealed
to the aupremo court Saturday from
the declelon of the diatrlct. court of
Okfuakee county, allowing $1,000 dam-
ages to Robert L. Blevena, an employe
of the company, who waa on a work
train between Boley and Castle when
a tackle block burst, breaking hia lag
in four placea and crippling him toI
Ufe. He aued for $12,250.
The Friaco railroad also appealed
a damage suit In which J. A. McAlester
recovered $570 damagea In the district
court of Stephens county for injuries
sustained in getting off a train at Mar-
low after he had put his wife and
children on board the train.
The Fire Association of Philadelphia
appealed from a Judgment of $4,500 In
tbe district court of Comanche coun-
ty In favor of the Farmers' Ola com-
pany of Davidson.
29 Oil Companlee Fail to Report
Oklahoma City—C. V. Usman, spec-
ial tax clerk In the atato audltor'a of-
Ace has returned from a trip through
tho oil district in eaatern Oklahoma In
connection with the gross production
tax on oil and gas. In Washington
county be found twenty-five companies
which bad never reported their pro-
duction to the auditor's office and hat!
paid no tax on it, and a considerable
number In Tulsa county. Practically
all of them promised to pay and s
number of remittances were received
Tueeday, tbe largest payment betni
$815 delinquent tax by tbe Cudahy Oil
company. The production thia yeai
appeareutly will be omaller than last
year, but thtre are enough more com
paniea reporting this yoar to mako the
returns from tho gross production taf
greater than for any prevloua yoar.
TEXAS DRY?
TEXAS WET?
NOBODY KNOWS, BUT EACH Bll
CLAIMS VICTORY
THE VOTE IS VERY CLOSE
Votoo Counted up to 11 O'clock
day Night Glvo Antl-Prohlbltioa-
leta Load of 4,234—Total
Vote Cast Cloee to 460400
1,074 Prisoners In Pen"entlary
Oklahoma City.—There w«a 1.0M
prisoners la tho Oklahoma atato peni-
tentiary on Jaw SO, according to a re-
port —*p " - Dick.
"Thalf HI llkMtOfcrirtltea. «9
Indians and $ Mexicans in the list and
only 19 women, five white and four
teen black. In sdditlon to five pris-
oners held for safe keeping, most of
whom are under death sentence, there
were 133 life prisoners, more than any
other class except two-year men, who
numbered 164. There were five under
fifty-year aentence, eleven In for twen-
ty-five years, four for thirty years, five
for forty yeara and one for forty-five
years.
Dallas, Tex.—With tho antl-prohibt*
Uonlats leading by 4,2S4 votes la tkt
returns counted up to 11 o'clock tat
day night from tho stato-wldo prohi-
bition election of Saturday; with tbe
loaders of each side Issuing state-
ments claiming victory and with the
additional feature of fraud rlisrg—
Sunday made by prohibition leaden
the outlook shortly before midnight IB
that full returns will be necessary te
decide the reoult.
Both sides stand ready to Mstes|
the vote. For 24 hours the raters*
have about divided themaelvee for aad
against prohibition. The total vote
cast Saturday possibly will exceed
450,000.
The contest Is the closest la the his-
tory of the state. Tens ot thousands
ot persons collected around bulletin
boards watching the returns, t la
practically Impossible to forecast what
the final returns will show. About SS
per cent of tho estimated vote oast la
accounted for.
The counties and boxes still
Ing are widely distributed over the
state. Some of them are admittedly
prohibition aad others oertata aati
prohibition. None of them are vary
large. The reports la hand include
practically complete returns from •*
*ry large city aad oouaty.
The total toto cast Batarday probe'
bly win reach 471,000. Probably St
per rent of thia It reported. Osly a
few small counties which lack wire ft
rllltles have not been heard from aad
there are scattered boxes la many
other countlea still out The territof?
from which the returns are Incomplete
Is about evenly divided betwoea the
"wet" and "dry" districts
The totals oi the returns np to 11: St
p. m. give 222.474 for the prohibition
amendment, and 226,704 against the,
amendment '
Refussd Admission
Oklahoma City—Insurance Commis-
sioner P. A. Ballard has refused a li-
cense to the Woodman's Accident aa
sociatlon of Lincoln Neb., of which A. 1
O. Faulkner Is president and with
which other prominent members of
the Modern Woodmen of America are
associated, because of the fact that
tbe Oklahoma law does not allow the
licensing of foreign mutual companies.
The company has assets of $189,212 .
and no question Is raised aa to Its
financial standing, tho refusal being
based wholly on that provision of tbe
Oklahoma law. The company operated
In Oklahoma before statehood, but waa
refused a renewal of its license two
years ago by Comralaaioner XIcComb
on the aame ground.
Land Caee Appealed
Oklahoma City—Jeff Curlee of Roger
Mills county, who was given four yeara
In the penitentiary for ateallng 310
pounds of lard, has appealed hla case
to the criminal court of appeals. Curlee
was convlctcd of grand larceny In the
district court of Roger Mills county on
March 31 of this year, but thinks that
ho ought to have a new trial.
Freedmen Want Deed Sot Aeide I
A Creek land case. In which the de- /
eislon of the lower court waa favorable
to the purchaser of the land, la that
of Ellen Sango et al. va. Laura Park*
et al.. appealed to the aupreme court
from the district court of Muskogee
county. The lower court decided thai
the deed given to O. F. Parks by Ed
and Ellen Sango, Creek freedmen, foi
the allotments of their deceaaed chil-
dren. Luanna. Roaa Bella and Minnie
Sango. was valid, while the Sangos,
who brought suit to set aalde ths
deeds, signed their namea and had his
employes witness the signatures as
though they had signed. They also
assort that they were ignorant and
illerate and did not know what was
being done at tho time.
RECIPROCITY BILL PASSES;
NO AMENDMENTS MADB
Vote on Final Paoeage SS to 27—Effam
tivo When Approved by
dent Taft and Canada
Seek to Evade Killing Charge
Oklahoma City.—W. L. Dykes, held
la Jail at Tishomingo on a charge of
murder, has appealed to the criminal
court of appeals for a writ of habeas
corpua to secure his release on bail.
Two Indians, Campbell Henderson and
Rome Wolfe, were found murdered
near Devils Den. north of Tishomingo.
Dykes, who Is a prominent stockman,
surrendered to the authorltieo but la-
ter denied sny connection with thq
murder, claiming that it bad been
committed by Jim Crawford, a former
employe of Dykea
Watson to Hear Caddo's Griofe
Oklahoma City.—Corporation Com-1
mlssloner A. P. Watson will go to Cad- I
do to hear two complaints which have
been aet for hearing there, one In-1
volvlng the maintenance of street
crossings over the Katy tracka and
the other request for Improved train
service. The commission also has
three Important cases aet for heartag
during tbe coming week. Including the
big oil rate case oa July SB, the Rals-
ton bridge caae (for additional evi-
dence). on July 26. and the local lee
ease, la which It Is proposed to li-
cense all lee distributor*, on July tj.
Rehearing Denied
Oklahoma City.—The Oklahoma su-
preme court Saturday afternoon denied
a rehearing In the Swanson county
caae, but allowed George Glddlngs,
the attorney representing Swanson
county, fifteen daya In which to pre-
sent hia petition to some Justice of the
United States supreme court. Unleaa
the United States court takes action
Eraating a writ of error and allowing
aupercedeae bond, tho case will be set-
tled and the Oklahoma courts will
h«ve aothlna more to da with it
Shaughneeeey Paroled
Oklahoma City—Governor Cruce has
granted a parole which reetored cltl
zenship to Ed Shaughneaaey, formerly
a lightweight pugilist of some repu-
tation la Oklahoma, who waa wen-
fenced to fifteen yean' Impriaonment
for killing Andy Wiley at Cleveland la
April, 1906. The murder waa a mya
tery until Shaughneaaey, who thought
ho was under eaaplclon. made a con-
fession, admitting that he had slugged
Wiley for the purpooe of robbery, but
atated that it waa a caae of mlatakea
identity, aa be waa after another man
who had shown a roll of $300 in a
Cleveland saloon oa the evening of
the aaeault
Cruce Lenient
Oklahoma City—After a hearing oa
the caae of A. F. Brldgea of Wilbur
ton, who was cited to appear aad show
cause why hla commission aa notary
public ehould not be revoked, Uover>
nor Cruce declined to revoke the cos-
mission at thla time. It appeared from
the evidence that Bridgee may have
boea careless, bat that there waa aa
Waablngton.—The reciprocal trade
agreement between the United St-Uca
and Canada, embodied in the recipro-
city bill that proved a storm center la
two aesaions of congress, pasted the
senate without amendment Saturday
by a vote of 63 to 27. A majority of
republicans voted agalnat It Of Aft}-
three votea for It, thirty-two wera dem-
ocratic and twenty-one repablicaaa;
of the twenty-aeven agaiaat it, twenty-
four wore republlcana and thre>>
ocrata.
Thla action Battled the whole
dian reciprocity question ao far aa
congreaa la concerned, and save for
executive approval and the Caaadtaa
parliament's ratification, virtual lyy
made the pact the law of the land.
Congreaalonal practice win delay
tho affixing of the preoldent'a algaa-
ture until July 26, when tho houae la
again In aession. Tho reciprocity bill,
having originated In tho house, moat
be returned there for engroosment and
for the signature of Speaker Clark
while the house is sitting.
Following Is a list of commodltlee la.
eluded la the reciprocity agreemeat:
Present Rate New Rata
Butter, 6c pound free
Eggs, 5c dozen free
Potatoea, 25c barrel free
Freah halibut, lc pound free
apples, 25c bushel frwe
Tomatoes. 26 per cent frea
Oniona, 40c buahel free
Cabbage, Sc each bee
Peachee, 5c bushel free
Poultry, dreaaed. So pound..... free
Poultry. Uve, lc pound....w... tree
Mackerel, le pound fns
Bacon aad ham, 4c poud lUelk
Beef and pork, M per eeat frwa
Inoreaeea In Pay
Waahington.—Poetmaater General
Hitchcock has ordered promotloaa Car
postotflce clerks and cMjr letter ear-
ners which carry salary laereaata at
about $2,000,000 a year. Orders alee
were Issued for promotions la the rail-
way mall aervice which will total $171*.
000 a year. Theea lacreatae are fa
addition to the increaaee far ratal
null carrlera, totaling $4,000,060 a year.
effective Jaiy L
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