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THE INOLA REGISTER.
VOL. VIII.
INOLA, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1914.
NO. 4.2
REMARKABLE 8R0 P OF HWAH LEADERS |
A remarkable photograph was taken at Washington City recently of a group of men and women of
Indian descent who are active In the affairs of the government. The party was assembled for a consultation
with Cato Sells, Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Standing, left to right: Mrs. Marie L. Baldwin. Chippewa, Clerk, Indian Office. Chas. E Dacenett Pw,ri TT a Hi.n®r-
vlsor Indian Employment. Francis LaFleache. Omaha. Ethnologist. W. J. Kershaw, Menominee Attorned I^wRnv SheJ.
man Coolldge, Arapaho, President The Society of American Indians. Hon. E. B. Merltt. Assistant Smisitaer 3 Indian
Affairs. Thos. L. Sloan, Omaha, Attorney-at-Law. Harold E. Bruce, Winnebago, Clerk Indian oXe Xmel w Plik^ Pnt
awatom , Clerk. Indian Office. Miss Luclle Parker. Choctaw. Clerk, Indian Office. ' Jame" W" Plake* Pot"
a/Szxtf&x us: i&'ffssJassa wss-srss.
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Center, sitting: Oabe G. Parker, Choctaw.
NIAGARA FILLS
<JNqgD STATES MAKES NO AT-
TEMPT TO INFLUENCE DELE-
GATES PLANS.
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CONSUL SILIIMAN STILL
Government Is Alio Concerned In Re-
gard to Safety of Many Other Amer-
cans In Different Parte of
Mexico.
Niagara Falls.—The delegate; to
peace conference have arrived, held
their first meeting and are getting
down to business. With the arrival
here frojn .Washington of the third
mediator, Eduardo Suarez, fhe Chil-
ean minister and the two Xmerican
delegates, Justice Joseph R. Lamar
and Frederick W. Lehmann, the per-
sonnel of the conference awaited for
Its completion the three Mexican dele-
gates who arrived later.
Ambassador Da Gama of Brazil and
Minister Naon of Argentina, devoted
themselves to the formulation of ten-
tative rules of procedure. Their an-,
ncementa were held In abeyance
ending the approval of the Chilean
mediator,, but it was understood that
among other things, the rules called
for informal discussions as precedent
to all formal negotiations. The lat-
ter, It was said for purpose of record,
would take the form of protocols or
-written agreements as to what had
taken place, signed by all parties to
the negotiations and drawn up as oc-
casion demanded. While the mediat-
ors continued to maintain strict retic-
«nce as to the nature, of the mediation
proposals they will submit, it general-
ly was accepted here as extremely
probable that the elimination of Huer-
ta would be their first suggestion. It
was more than ever believed that
-with the attitude of President Wilson
on the subject so well known, the me-
diators would'be less hopeful of set-
tlement If the Mexican represents
tlvee prove unwilling to grant this Im-
portant concession.
Scope Broad.
The broad scope of the proceedings
and the Importance sttached to them
by other South and Central American
. countries was evidenced by the arrlv-
Jial here of Dr. Gonzales Cordova, min-
uter from Ecuador to the United
States. He declared he had come on
Instructions from his government. It
Is understood that Dr. Alberto Mem-
breno, minister from Honduras Is
coming and Vmf other Latin-American
diplomats or their representatives al-
so will be on the scene.
Dr. Cordova's announcement of the
Interest of his country In the media-
tion was accepted here aa an Indica-
tion of similar Interest en Jhe part of
other Pan-American countries. Those
in cloee touch with the situation
pointed out that the mediation means
much more than the settlement of
the problem between the United
States and Mexico. It was said- the
general Pan-American desire to see
tbe mediation a (Access was as great
as thst of the three' big 8outh Ameri-
can countries whose good offices hare
been accepted.
ARNOLD KRUCKMAN
ARBITRATION FOR TOLLS CASE
SENATE LINING UP BEHIND SUB-
STITUTE MEASURE
Arnold Kruckman, one of the
foremoat experts on aviation In
America and head of the bureau
of aeronautics for the Panama-
Pacific International Exposition,
Is the man upon whose should-
ers rests the responsibility for
the grest international globe-
girdling aviation race that Is to
start and finish on the exposi-
tion grounds In .1915.
IRRITIA FLEES WEITA'S WRATH
Dictator's Former Righthand Man
Guarded by Amerlcsn Marines.
Vera Cruz.—Hooted by a mob of
Mexicans and called an assassin by
one who alleged that his brother had
been killed by the order of ex-Minister
of the Interior Dr. Aurellano Urrutia.
who held that office and was once
Huerta's most trusted counselor, was
arrested for the second time since his
arrived here among refugees from the
capital.
Dr. Urrutia hsd fled from Mexico
City to escape the wrath of the presi-
dent snd had the appearance of an or-
dinary jaborer when he disclosed his
Identity on board the American train
this side of the gap. He was detained
by the American officers
He was again token into custody
because of the demonstration made
against him but was released the
second time and a«nt to his room,
where he is guarded by n marine,
whose presence waa requested by the
fugitive In the belief thst his Ufa was
Ic danger from hla own people.
Antonio fUrero do la Tom, editor
of n Dlctamen waa the leader of tha
demonstration against tbe former mln-
later. Ha appeared in the street be-
neath the window of the room occu-
pied by Dr. Urrutia at the Dlllgenclas
hotel and began an Impassioned
speech. He shouted "sssassln, cow-
ard." and charged that Urrutia waa
responsible for the execution of his
brother, one of tbe deputies of theh
congress which Hnerta dissolved. He
cried out tbht Uftutla feared to walk
the streets tike aa honest man and
challenged him to appear. Da la Torre
Opposition Against any Delay on Ac-
count of Opening of the
Canal.
Washington.—With the canal tolls
exemption controversy nearing a vote
sentiment in the senate is growing in
favor of an effort to substitute for the
pending biltWresolution which would
provide for the submission of the dis-
pute between the United States and
Great Britain to an international tri-
bunal. Although senators who have
discussed this proposal are not sure
it will win, they claim many of their
colleagues are willing to adopt this
course.
Senator O'Gorman, leader of the
forces fighting repeal, will not con-
sent to arbitration and the proposal
undoubtedly will meet with vigorous
opposition ameng the senators on
both sides of the issue. It was point-
ed out, however, that before the house
passed the repeal bill President Wil-
son was willing that the question
should be settled bf arbitration.
Two republicans and one democrat
added their voices to those who see in
arbitration the best way out of the
difficulty. Senator Sutherland made
a vigorous speech on the exemption
repeal bill, asserting that arbitration
was the one way to settle the dispute.
Senator Williams announced that he
would gladly vote for It and Senator
Works agreed that this plan was de-
sirable. A resolution providing for
submission to arbitration has been
introduced by Senator Norris and may
come up for consideration before a
vote on the repeal Itself is demanded.
On the republican side It developed
that Senators Root snd Lodge, as
well as others prominent In the fight
for repeal, would favor arbitration.
A two-thirds vote of the senate
would be required to pass an arbitra-
tion resolution. Those opposed to the
Idea pointed out that arbitration
would mean a long deld^SEM that in
the meantime the canal would be
opened and operated and many com-
plications would arise, no matter what
the decision of the eourt might be.
No effort spparently has been made
on the democratic aide to sound ont
senators on the plan.
Democratic leaders who expected a
vote on the repesl bill next Monday
have discovered that the chance for
this hope being realised was growing
slight Senstor Jones gave notice of
his Intention to speak on the repeal
bill on that day and it was under
stood that other senators might not
decide to speak before then.
T. ROOSEVELT WELCOME! ROME
Reachss New York Wtlh Tale of New
River and Unknown Anlmala.
Now York—Theodore Rooseveltkaa
returned home from his visit of many
months to 8outh America. Accom-
panied by the two naturalists of his
party. George K. Cherry and Leo R.
Miller, he arrived from Para at quar-
antine on board the Booth Uner Aal-
dan.
Friends who had been alarmed by
reports of Colonel Roosevelt's severe
Illness ware greatly surprised when
they saw him. He was noticeably
thinner and he used a cane, but bis
face wore a healthy tan and be appar-
eatly bad net last aa ounce of hla vig-
PLANS MADE TO HAVE PATRON.
IZING CONFERENCES CON-
TINUE THE FIGHT.
6EKEAAL CONFERENCE CLOSES
Plans Formed To Create Two New
Theological Schools—Laity Rights
Denied to Women—"Holy Cath-
ollc Church" Retained.
Qklahoma City.—The seventeenth
quadrennial general assembly of the
MethodiBt Episcopal Church, South,
which has been In session for three
weeks past, adjourned sine die, after
passing hundreds of matters of minor
and several of major importance. The
entire college of bishops, all the con-
nectional officers, about five hundred
ministers and laymen, as many alter-
nates and several thousand visitors
have been here for three weeks, at-
tending the sessions. The assembly
was also honored by the visits of fra-
ternal delegates from the Methodist
churcftes of England, Japan, China,
Canada, the northern and the colored
church.
The biggest piece of legislation be-
fore the assembly was the settlement
of the Vanderbilt controversy. This
was up for discussion for a number of
sessions and was decided and recon-
sidered several times, before it was
finally determined to transfer the con-
trol, real or "negligible." from the
general conference to the eight pa-
tronizing conferences which had the
control previqus to 1895. It is held by
a majority of the delegates that fur-
ther legal action to upset the decision
of the Tennessee Supreme Court can
be better prosecuted by these con-
ferences than by the general confer-
ence and It J* the understanding that
the matter will be fought to a finish
with the general conference footing
the bills. However, all contributions
whatever by the church or patroniz-
ing confei^nces will be shut off from
the University until final settlement
of the matter. A commission was ap-
pointed to conduct future negotiations
and also to make plans for a new
University at Dallas and one in the
southeast, in case Vanderbilt is finally
lost.
As a side Issue to the Vanderbilt
controversy, an effort to remove the
publishing house of the church from
Nashville to some other point, waa
voted down.
The suffrage movement was blamed
for promoting the proposition to grant
full laity rights to women and this
proposition was voted down by a very
small majority.
Next to Vanderbilt matter, the tople
which took most discussion was on
the abolition of the phrase "holy Cath-
olic church" from the creed, but the
change was not msde. On account of
the misunderstanding of the younger
members who confused the phrase
with the Roman Catholic church, It
was proposed to substitute the
"Church of God," but the proposition
did not carry. Another change, how-
ever. was made in phraseology. Here-
after maidens who marry In the M.
E. Church. South, will not get a "man"
but a "husband." The "man and
wife" In the marriage ritual was
changed to "husband and wife."
Bishop A. L«. Wilson was retired and
placed on the superannuated list. No
new bishops were elected. The next
assembly will likely be held In At-
lanta, but this was left to a com-
mittee to decide.
The new connectlonal officers elect-
ed were: Publishing Agents, R. M.
Smith and Dr. A. J. Lamar: Book
Editor. Rev. Gross Alexsnder; Editor
Nashville Christian Advocate. Dr. T.
N. Ivey: Sunday School Editor. Dr.
E. B. Chappell; Missionary Secretary.
W. W. Ptnson: Secretary of Board of
Church Extension. Rev. W. F. McMur-
ry; Enworth League Secretary, Rev.
F. S. Parker; Secretary of Education.
Dr. Stonewall Anderson. All if these
were re-elected.
MAS. lECIEi It FOUR OIILTY
Jury Spends Only Short Tims Do-
liberating; Five Ballots Taken.
New York.—Twelve men decided
tor the second time that Charles Beck-
er was ths arch conspirator responsi-
ble for the Roaenthal murder, which
•early two yean ago woke New York
to a realisation of corruption In the
police department and opened a now
era of police reform.
Becker once a police lieu tenant,
waa found guilty of murder In the
drat degree. Only a pardon or Inter-
ference again by the const of appeals
n save him from going to the elec-
tric chair following the flour gnmea
who shot Herman Rosenthal, tbe
gambler, early on the mosnlng of July
It IMS. The Jury
NEWS OF THE STATE CAPITAL
Tubsrculsr Cows Killed by Officlsl.
Action of city authorities la con-
demning fourteen head of cows In a
local dairy after subjecting them to
the tuberculin test for tuberculosis,
was upheld by the post mortem exam-
ination of the carcasses after the ani-
mals had been slaughtered at the
stock yards.
The fourteen cows were slaughter-
ed in the presence of federal inspec-
tors, local authorities and nearly a
hundred Interested dairymen and milk
consumers. Thirteen of the carcasses
were condemned as unfit for food and
were destroyed. One carcass showed
Insufficient tubercular lesions to cause
condemnation. All of them had react-
ed here In January this year.
The slaughter test was declared by
City Veterinarian Robnett to be a
successful demonstration of the value
of the rigid dairy Inspection conduct-
ed by the city authorities. Dairy men
and milk consumers present, who had
been doubtful of the value of the work
became convinced they asserted, that
rigid, scientific inspection of dairies
is necessary to the protection of the
public.
The animals slaughtered were sold
by a breeder in Illinois to a local
dairyman. The local man purchased
twenty-two head. They were deliver-
ed here in JaJnuary This year.
Psrolss Given to Two.
On the theory that he was only
technically guilty and was mentally
irresponsible at the time he gave tes-
timony in the district court which con-
flicted with previous evidence at the
preliminary, Andy Miller was given a
parole by Governor Cruce from the
penitentiary where he had been sen-
tenced to ten years' imprisonment in
June, 1913, from Cherokee county. J.
B. King, attorney for Miller, stated
to the prison board which recommend-
ed the parole, that he believed Milter
was insane when the perjury was
committed and desired to enter that
plea, but was restrained by the wishes
of relatives of the convicted man.
Lafayette Homer, a fullblood Choc-
taw Indian, sentenced November 29,
1912, from Atoka county to serve five
years for arson, was paroled by Gov-
ernor Cruce upon recommendation of
the prison board.
Attorney for Homer claimed to the
prison board that the Indian confess-
ed to having burned one of his own
houses in order to get rid of an unde-
sirable tenant who was living in it
and that he pleaded guilty under a
promise from officers who arrested
him that he would be given but six
months in jail.
Railroads Pay Taxes.
The> steam railroads, express and
Pullman companies paid taxes in Ok-
lahoma for the present fiscal year-
amounting to $3,339,030.27, according
to an official report which has been:
compiled by Fred Parkinson, state ex-,
amlner and inspector, and filed with
Governor Cruce.
Of the total amount of taxes paid'
by the foregoing corporations, $689,-
493.91 goes to the state for the sup-
port of county government, $259,-
949.82 to the various townships, for
township government; $233,1)4.40 to
the various cities and towns of the
state for the support of municipal gov-
ernment; while $1,217,253.99 goes to
the" various school districts for main-
tenance of the common schools.
The St. Louis and San Francisco
Railway company is probably the
heaviest taxpayer in the state paying
on an assessed valuation of $61,333,070
while the Rock Island railway stands
second, with an assessed valuation of
$48,031,845./ The total assessed valu-
ation of the steam railroads, express
and Pullman companies in Oklahoma
is $199,855,793.
Indian's Sentence is Commuted.
The electric chair, which Oklahoma
has not yet Installed will be cheated
of a victim on May 22, the date set
for the electrocution of John Corn-
tassel of Stillwell, who was sentenced
to death from Adair county on March
10, 1914, for murder. Governor Cruce
commuted the death sentence to life
imprisonment in pursuance of his pol-
icy of not permitting legal executions
InOklahoma.
Corn tassel on the night of the'mur-
der had attended a party at the home
of Ben Knight. After some time Corn-
tassel and Charlotte Knight quarreled
over some matter unknown to the
rest The girl had left the house with
a number of others who had been at-
tending the skrii and were In the
wood# nearby when Corntassel ap-
proached armed with a rifle, and shot
the girl through the head, killing her
almost instantly.
Railroad Extension Report.
There comes via Paris, a rumor
that the St. Louis * San Francisco
and Santa Fe railway companies have
entered into a trackage agreement
that will change much of the traffic
in the southeast section of the coun-
try. In substance the rumor has it
that the Frisco will give over to the
Santa Fe system its trackage north
out of Paris to Arthur City on the Red
river, and that the Santa Fe will route
a train north through Hugo, thence
west over the Ardmore ft Arklnda
division, north again on the Frisco to
the Santa Fe.
Bankrupt Dealer Sues Jim Harris.
James A. Harris of Wagoner, re-
publican national committeeman from
Oklahoma, was made the defendant
in a $25,000 damage suit brought
against him in the superior court at
Muskogee by Harry Kirschner. a lo-
cal merchant. Kirschner claims that
Harris agreed to build a storeroom
for him by a certain date, was three
months late, and no sooner had he
moved in than Harris served notice
on him to leave because he had rented
the storeroom to the United States
government for a postoffice.
Duncan Resigns as Member of Board.
M. H. Duncan of Panls Valley, has
sent his resignation to Governor Cruce
as a member of the state board of
education. He has not definitely an-
nounced his future plans. Mr. Duncan
was holding his position on the board
by virtue of a recess appointment
from Governor Cruce. His name was
sent to tbe senate of tbe last legisla-
ture for confirmation, but tbe senate
adjourned without taking action, and
he was reappointed by the governor
soon after adjournment of tha legis-
lature.
East Central Graduates.
The address of tbe Rev. J. E. Car-
penter of McAlester at Ada closed
the 1914 commencement of the East
Central State NormaL Seventeen per-
sons were given the normal diploma.
Eastern Prep. Commencement.
Tbe 1914 graduating class of the
Eastern University Preparatory
■vhooL located at Claremore, waa the
it yet graduated from that
Pastor Sold Church to Pay His Salary.
Because members of the Epworth
Free Methodist church at Bartlesville
failed to pay his back salary, amount-
ing to $40, Rev. H. C. Broese, paator,
sold the church building. When
force of workmen prepared to remove
the building a crowd of 100 men,
women and children surrounded the
workmen and a free for all flght en-
sued. A riot call brought Sheriff Jor-
dan and several deputies who re-
stored order and placed deputies
about the building.
The pastor claims he has received
only $16 salary since last November
and that the sale of the church build-
ing was ordered by the quarterly con-
ference.
Sollara Is Paroled.
Riley Sollars, who had been sen-
tenced from Lincoln county to five
years' Imprisonment for criminal as-
sault, was given a parole by Governor
Cruce. It was claimed In a letter
written by H. W. Oliver to the board
of prison control that Sollars was
prosecuted partially as a result of
malice because his father enforced
the "Grandfather" clause. He had
not been In the penitentiary. Another
parole was issued by Governor Cruce
to George Brown of Washington coun-
ty. serving a four-year term for man-
slaughter.
Confederate Home Annsx Accepted.
The confederate home board met
last week and accepted the confeder-
ate home annex which haa just been
completed. It will be occupied at
once. The building Is a three-story
structure, fireproof and equipped with
all modern conveniences. It has
twenty rooms and will be equipped as
the hospital department of the home.
Members present: General Halley of
McAlester, Dr. John Threadglll of Ok-
lahoma City, Colonel R. E. Sneed of
Sulphur. George Henry Bruce of Ard-
more and N. F. Hancock of Muskogee.
Railroad Llnsa Planned.
Announcement direct from high offi-
cials of the Rock Island railway says
that company Is contemplating con-
struction of a spur from McAlester to
Ashland possibly extending on to Sul-
phur by way of Tupelo. The ftaty,
too. It is tanned, Is considering sim-
ilar project Snch n line If tha Katy
builds Is to be nn extension of Its
Wilburton branch.
Miss Flthen Bset Speller
After the election of oflcere nt the
fourth annual convention of the Comi-
ty Superintendents' association, med-
als were given to the winners of the
state championship spelling content,
as the closing fee tare of the meeting.
Margie Flthen. aged U, of district
No. 224, Woodward county, won the
state contest In competition with fbr-
ty-eight entrants, and waa presented
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