The Sulphur Post (Sulphur, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, December 26, 1913 Page: 2 of 11
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SULPHUR OK LA POST
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foreign
Theodore llooaevell lafl
for Paraguay
la Iho tlrl gnmn of Ilia world lour
'ho Aotrrli'ati tin m ii'(i'Rtrd a team
of Toklit I'ulveraliy Id lv 8
IIiihIoii Duutncniub Hoi-lalM acini-
or Inronncd I’roHlih-nl I'lilin-nm (lull
o Would WTi d thu olllt-ii of iiTioo
mliiMcr
An iii-ini Iimi'I 1'iuinnlilcc for ilm
lirnliullon of wild nnliiml lauiKiiuU
lug lla foi'cca lit U i id'i'inrli-ra III
a IIiihIh for a w to bl-whln nimpalgii
' rnuilllo (li'iuiUy I lie IIcIkIuii auto-
mobile luring illol won hi ildclitiilly
aliot mid killed In a furerc nciir limn-
ri Ih hy the editor of h IIi-iihhi-I new-
A ttiovcinciit la on foot at Havana
to erect u leiumriiry innmmieiit In ili
Jlild of I’liutn t'liHtlo lit rlie eld lit nee
lu the hurhor In roiiimemornllng the-
Maine dlHimti-r
Mertr t Im n 250 tnitlvea ierlHlied
" wlirn a trrrltlr tnrtinricr hlrirtwrnfy
eiilinea with l)io native out to aeil lit
Freetown Hli-rrn I lone! The ciihbr
ship rescued litl of them
A n iiieiitia of idiiriiiu the rebel ter-
ritory on a normal IuihIh General villa
IrMiied nu order that hllfood Htuff
ahull ho Hold at the irleea iiHiially oh
(allied III time Of peace
All onllnuiirt’ vuikliiK it a ml tlo
"meanor for woniAn tit w ear hat pin
with unprotected polntH while lh
atrevt cars oinnihur the aiiliway
Iheuter or tiny puldli) pli-n likely to
rrowded wii homed hy the nrefeel
nf pol Ire of I'ari
A Niihi-1 peine prize for Fil2 wiim
conferred on I' 8° Senator Cllliu
Hoot of New York mid that folr l')t:
on Ki'tintur Henri" ln Fmiialun of
FiniHHela who waa formerly prealilent
lif tho permanent International I’oaee
Iturimu Of Homo Switzerland
Nineteen earn ago a limited iifgl-
live five monthn nRA tratiHformed
ffom u roving bandit to a determined
avenger by the uaHnaHlnatlati of Prod-
dent Madero (lea FrniiHlHro Villa en--ered
Chllimihita In triumph at tlm
head Of 10000 victorious coiiHtliutlon-
allat'troopa -0
The proapoet of n utrlke of 100000
epiphora of tho llrltlah poatolllco dur-
tig Chrlatimia aenaoti Inerenaea daily
Tho general aentlment among (lie mn
ippeara lo Im In favpr of ' giving the
poatinuRtef-general nu ultimatum Im-
mediately demanding a fifteen per
cenl IticreaHo r’-“
Sllll fortifying hla telegraphic and
railroad coinmiinientlon with Juarer
against a pnaalhle nttnek by federal
ilonrul Franelaeo Villa with IiIh rebel
irniyreiyaln near Smtz about thirty
rnllea north of Chllniulmn Villa said
an would delay Ida entry Into (lie cop
Hal city tint II he waa rmdldcnt Im waa
lint going to ho cut off from the north
DOMESTIC
William Doerlng the haryealer inn-i-hlnery
manufacturer died at Miami
Flu Ida wilder Immo
The hank nt Prlmroae Neb waa
robbed of 84000 In currency by a
lOghwnyman who compelled tlm enab-
ler to hand over all available cnslt
Tilly O Pm-kctt who bus been cm
trial at Clinton Mo charged with the
murder of Ida mother Mra Huauii
' Puckett Mukinaon waa found no
guilty
A leglalntlve hnn on the killing of
cattlo under two yearn of age la tho
object Bought through A reaolutlou
punned by tho Now York State Hotel
bifbdutibn
Harry Kendall Thaw who la realat-
Ing effort to cxlradlte him to New
York on clinrgea of conaplrncy In con--nectlon
with hla eacapo frojn Mu'tto-
wan Itna applied for' hull
ltetftennnt Colonel David Dubose
Halliard who directed Iho engineering
work the Culcbru cut nt the Pam
nma banal died nt the John llop-
kina hoapltul KnUlmoro where ho had
been anriouaty ill for Rome time pant
United Slatea Attorney II Snowden
Marshnll for the governmoht brought
tour additional aulta at ' New York
eglnat concerna engaged In the Impor-
tation of Idmngca china to rdcover
peiiultlea nggregatltig more than
too
Jc im-n Ky Mbdulre ex-mayor ot
riracuMi- N Y plondeil pot guilty
to tu ladhdment elnrglng him with
aolioblnit a ISoni) cimtrllmllon from
tuu Union Oil company for the ui of
Hi I -Uimmctnilfl ' atato catupalm com-
I 11 0
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r jr T -fus-V'-a wpnwnWHian — aiy tumlajn
Mr mi rtM VoM tar Ik last
I four fnn urrlnliBdvBl of school
Chicago III failed to bo rlce4
by lb board of cducalloa
ITb resignation ef II Want ft
reiver ef lb Frisco railroad -wa
icrplad lr Judga Naabora ef lb fed
oral circuit court al El oule
I’ractlrally Ilia onilro business are-
linn of lba 'Iowa ef Eherlll twenty
mlloa borlb of I’ina lilulf Ark w
jlaRiroycd by lira Th loaa la call-
Inatod al f iu ooo i
A movement for William Jennliiga
liryau for prealilent Mi ''Inin waa
atarted at l-lina l Hi lo al a meeting
of IIihiHiIo Htain ilrango and -iloraed
hy’ Dot) d h-gatea
A preferenee for dcMtli rather Ilian
trliil on a elm run of Idiuuuy caused
Jack M J’Hiciih aued -JH of Alcxnn-
(lihi li In In bit ioIhiiii from the ef-
feela of which ho died al llnualmi
After an iintiif keu record 'of forty
yi-Hra iir tllvhh-uil iyer tlte New
York New lluveii A llirtfnid lli 1 1-
leiel t'oniuiiiy llnnlly Ini heeii forced
to I lie lieeeRRlIy of MlHprliillng further
dlHhiirKiunciit on 11 1(57110110011 of
slink
Tim Milt brought by Knnn City
Mo hreuer ii-i nlly to enjoin llyi
pollen id Kaunas' City Kan fronie'lie
leiferlnit with the delivery of beer III-
that -lt y ly brewery wugon from tlm
MIhhihiiI aide was iIIhioIhhciI In thu
feileral I'oint In KaiiRii City nt thu
rin mot of the brewer'
The pemoiinel of tlm rerelvelHlilp
of the 8t I mil A Han FranelHro rail-
l vmd waa aeparated from the dirortor-
nte mid oillreralilp of tlm rollil wln-rP
VX Nixon mid II lllddUv ro-
reiver realKneil iim prealdent uml vice
preHlilent renjiectlvely They tiltio
latter for flthh An order waa Riven
aiRtied ua illrectorH
Fifty-eight atilt aaklliR Jildgmem
for 3:if)7!)n!t7 were tiled In tho Culled
Htatea rourt at New Orleana NgalnNl
Urn Amerlean Hnimr lleilnliiR Company
under the provlalona of the Shernmu
nntltruaf law umkliiR a total of Flo
‘wlililu the punt two week HgaliiHt the
Kamo roneern reek I mi daiungeM tiRgria
gating more than IftiotMinotin
WASHINGTON
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Prealdent M’llaon lui§ tho grippe
Mia Mnrgarct Wllaon tlm preab
dent' cldcat daughter entertained tlm
blind -In Wnaldngton With aonga and
recitation from fiitnoiiH authot-s
IcglHlntlon preliminary to govern-
inont owncraldp of telegraph and long
dlHtancu telephone line or both
may be( Included In the annual pout-
olllre aproprla!lon cm
Secretary Litno of the Interior de-
partment baa ilcalgnatcd hla peraonnl
Inspector K ft Llntmn to take charge
of n rigid Inveatlgntloa of certain 1r-
icgularitlea In the Indian servlcii
PrCHl(le'nt VHon‘a views on trust
legislation ore Imlng aougbt by con-
grcKBlonal lenders upon whom will
fall the task of mapping out the anti-
trust program fur legislative action
Thu department of agriculture baa
Issued nu olllclnl program for the an-
mini reception of tlm champion mem-
bers of the Hoys’ and dlrls' agricul-
tural dubs which will bn huld In
Washington December liio 18 TIi(T
Itinerary incImh-H a reception by Pres-
ident Wllaon
si
'bj' nrinlnlsti-atlon postofTIre bill
were passed by the bouse Ono would
ellmluntu the distinctive stump now
used on ollldal poslul savings corres-
pondence another would make nmimy
orders pnyabln nt ony policy order
posloinco instead of nt a specified of-
fice as at present and tlm third would
nutlmriro the postmaster-general do
telmburao postmasters for losses sus-
tained through no fault of their own
as by robbery
- Practical trial of government owner-
ship of railway mall cars Is proposed
In n bill approved by the homm -post-olllce
and post roads committee The
measure would sppropilnto $100000 to
be used by tho postmaster general Jn
buying and operating a number of the
earn ns on experiment
More than $8000000 for the Mlasls-
alppl river utmost $9000000 for the
Ohio river more than $2000000 for
tho Mlastfurl river almost $2000090
for the Columbia river and $1000 000
for the Delaware river are the
amounts considered necessary by the
chief of engineers of tlje'tirmy for
tho Improvement and malntonnnco of
wnterways during the fiscal year of
1918
Reorganisation of tho department
of agriculture Is foreshadowed In Dec-
retory 'Houston's' first annual report
presented to Prealdent Wilson A
plan lo be aubmltted to congress In
the fiscal estimates for 1918 proposes
to carry out the work of the depart-
ment In live or lit main group such
ti rteslrch tst relation rural on
gsnlutlon fortit lervle wstbr
end regulation o
(y - n up aw SiimReMx-iXWSAW-
GUTHKIE’S NEV7 OATH HOIKS DEDICATED
tr'-'
V-- A
rfiiiku aiiuiAiuk i
iluthrlo’a lloooua municipal batb
fcnua waa formally opened laat weeb
with many prominent men of lb atato
present liuv Crura headed a parly
CHINCH BUG PROCLAMATION
A aintewldu campHlgt) for (he extermination of the rlilnrh blit
one of(tiklulmma furtm-rs' greatest cncmlci Jh urged lu priM'luinatb'b
11 iKHiictl by (iovi-nmr lee t’rm-e cilllclslly dcaiaiuiilug Dct'cnite-r ‘is
u tlm day lu begin the work Ik'l met lull by lire or otherwise of the
dacea where tlm luma take refuge In the winter lathe plan Follow lug
is tlm proc In mu I Ion: - -
' "During tlm month of lu-cemher I9l2rar-the rgipicat of thoae wh
bud given the matter Ike moat careful thought and who were prl-
niarlly Inti-reated In tlmgruln produefa of Dili aluto I tssuod a procla-
mation iloalgnaiiiig cAYtaln day upon which all farmer wcnr-askcil
lo born luhbh lull of gruaa and other biding jdaeo of rrop-dcstroy:
mg liiKcds A number of farmer realising the Importance of the
object of the priNluuiMilon contributed their effort inward a dent rue--lion
of lhcse liiHcctH but a large Humber of the farmer paid little or'
no uttoatlnu lo tho procliiinailon Tho result la now apparent and
evciy grower of amall gruln lu Iho alate caperlally In Iho itorlhorn
uml wcatorn-aei-lbma upprocliitea the ravagea wrought by the chinch
bug during the pnt year ' Tlm destruction (hey did to the wheat and
out crops alone totaled millions of dollars and many farmer are feeling
llm baud nf ndvcralty which would not have been 0 heavily laid upon
llifin If they had taken (hla precaution
— : — ia grout many people wore under tho mlanpprehonalott thnt It Waa
expected that all incudow and pasture lauds should be burnt off It is
only intended to ark funner and other Interested parties to destroy
tuft of grass nod oilier hiding place of llm chinch bug Thoae who'
hnvii given this subject nny thought know where thmm hiding plaeea
prevail and know tlintlmvo apota enn bo burnt off without Injury lo
surrounding laud ami without linhii to pasturn Innd -Itond overseer
should oe that all aiit-li places along llm highway are destroyed as
should llm ofllrlal of rnllronda along their right of-way To make
till day of practical value every matt should do hla duty It la of lltll
effect for a single nuin In a neighborhood to observe thin proclamation "
If Ilia neighbors neglect to do so
"Wherefore I (’nice Invurnor oft!m state of Oklahoma
ihslgtmte Tlmi i'thiy Deeetuber 18 I9l:t na a day to bo observed by tha
farmer mml ovmraeera railway employes and other Interealed parties
and - rail upon them to destroy idl hiding places where ehlneh lings are
known to have aougbt tlu-lr winter iiuurters mid should this day
because of ri'n or other renaonaTe sueli na Urn proclamation ennnot
be observed then I reipmat that the first duy thereafter thnt I suitable
be observed for till' ptirioao - -
"In witness whereof I have bereiltto ret my band and enured to
be nlllxod the great seal of tbii state of Oklahoma thla the lot dor
of December 1913 -
o - 1 " "IEK rum: Coventor of OklnhoniOc"
Istutt New Order an Railroad Fares
Another step toward giving passen-
gers traveling-- In Oklahoma tho full
benefit of tlm 2 cent railroad faro was
taken by the corporation commission
when It Issued jin order repealing a
former order which ruvo the roads
the right to ussess on excess charge
ngulnst passengers buying tickets on
bnftrd the trains Abuse of tho privi-
lege' given the roads under tho lr-
liter order Is given as the cause for
It a -tapes I
Tho order Is effective December 20
nnd Is expected to overcome at lonst'
ouo- of llio difficulties now experlncod
In tho enforcement of the 2 cent rnte
Home time ngo the commission Issued
an order directing tho rondo to stop
passenger trulns Inbound or outbound
nt tlm station lienri tfio state lino
and wtliln tlm stuto to permit paa-
Bcngora traveling Interstate to pur-
ehuso tickets ut the rate of S cents n
m'lo for that part of the Journey
within the state
Oklahoma Charters-
Secrctov? of State Deu F Harrison
thin week grunted the following char-
ters: North Miami Lumber Company
capital $5000 Incorporators Lon Ed-
wards'' A It Hotts J M Hobnrda
North Miami Middle (’reek Oil Com-
pany of Tulsa capital $20000 In-
corporators Howard McMahan Dart-
lesvllle C A Mayo W II Mayo Cy-
rus 8 Avery Tulsa Oklahoma News
Company of Oklahoma Cltjr capital
$100000 Incorporators f J W! Fos-
ter F R Dlckel O B Parker
Oklahoma City H W Rickey C F
Mosher Cincinnati Ohio The Chick-
ssha Oil and tins Development Com-
pany of Chlckasha capital $10000
Incorporators J C Ambrlster Oeorge
R lleulcr T 8 Hendricks W 11
Thompson Chlcknsh The Lindsay
Oil and Development Company cap-
ital $16000 -incorporators J C Am-
brlatfer F Mr Frey W H Thompson
W 8 Corbin Chlckasha Trulock Cat-
tle Company of Eubanks capita! $10-
Otto Incorporators O P Trulock
Tliomas F Ihirke Eubanks George F
Hicks Paris Tex
MeALCmR NOT GOING
Lieutenant Governor McAlestlr has
nnnnunced Hint ho jxlll noi go to
fiiew York In the spring for the
Intinaiting of the battleship Oklahoma
and Hint If Gov Cruce goe he pro-
maea lo do os lie plertsea with the
govi-rnor1 office ntid 10 mike no
rromlfcp ns to wbnt he will or will
not do (lav Cruc will likely h
:p ijiu trip 1
from lb raplial aad kla (Undue
broh f but tlo of Hut brio mlporal
water on lb from balcony lr arm-
bollta Iho event w
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Big Area Will Go Aov Lin
A little lesa ihun 3000 seres of ter-
ritory In Okluhoma in - which tick
eradication work has been done will
bo added to tho "dean” territory if
recommendations mudu by llm Okla-
homa board of agriculture co-operating
with federal livestock officials
are -adopted by the f - leral bureau of
nnlmifl Industry The" recommenda-
tions wore inadc to the convention of
NiOlonal Livestock Sanitary com mis-
sinners held In Chicago laat week
It was first Intended to Include
about 1000 acres more In the terri-
tory souRht to be pluced above tlie
federal qtinrautliio line but the work
did not progress as was hoped for
About 8000 acres additional territory
will be recommended next fall to go
above the line which will Include that
left out of the recoiiimemlytion nf
this time a
Leslie Bush superintendent of the
livestock department of the state
hoard of agriculture and Dr'1 F W
Brewer inspector In charge of the
local station of the federal Hgrenu of
Anltnl Industry reprAgented Oklalyi-
ftiu’s Interests at the Chlcngo meeting
An 'Expensive Scrap
James K Perrlno ajocal livery-
man will have to pny a judgment of
$2939 for tho encouragement ho gave
to a fight between tilS son Walter
and Jnrii8tov Hniinclk In Itjs livery
bnrn In 1909 In tfie opinion of the
state supreme court On August 23
1900 Henncik and a friend hired 9
buggy and horse frdm Perrlne’s barn
returning later In the day An argu-
ment arose over the amount to be
paid for Iho rig Walter Perrlno do-
tnfihdod $1 more than niuL been paid
According to the evldenoo the father
told tho son to “get him get him”
Immediately after which the son
struck Ilanadk a savage blow caus-
ing Injury and complete loss of one
eye Ilnnactk brought suit against
the father In the Oklahoma -county
superior court reviving a Judgment
of $2939 from which the appeal to
the cupreine court was taken —
Cotton Crop te Mostly Picked
Elghty-nme per cent of the Okla-
homa cotton crop Is picked "aud
ginned according to the November re-
port of the board of agriculture Thla
is about 81000 more bates than wtire
pinked and ginned t the same time
Inst year In aplty of the fact that It
was reported some time ago that tha
cotton crop would be extremely ahort
In Oklahoma this year Tho 191S
acreage comproil to thnt of 1911 I
abdut 189 per cent which howa much
more cotton plnnted this year than
Inat The average yield per acre In
lint la reported aa 139 pound
WHOMr LIMIT IN TIMT AN
ICONS I0NBI INCRIltQ
" TO TIJTT fOUNOI
tmciQuitcigTotiMi
lalertlala Cammtna Coimiin Ap
prtvte OurltltN' Chaagatw
- Raisa Cut and Waight
Railed In All lent -
Washington — 'olmnlrr General
Burleson's proposal lo pii-roaNa the
wlgltl llinlls id parM pm-t packages-
In the first and second aom-s from
twenty to fifty pound to admit books
lo the pnreel post and to Mine rates
In Hie third fourth fifth and alslh
Rone were approved by Ike Inter-
alate commerce commission'
ThMtlfmum weight of parcels (
all (ones beyond Ibe second was In-
creased from eleven lo Iwenly pounds '
The approved changes In rates and
weights to b In effect January 1
1914 follow 1
— To reduce (he rater for tha Ihird
sons from 1 cent fur the first pound
and 6 cents for each additional pound
to C cents for the Brat pouiid and 8
cents for each additional pound -t
To reduce the rate for the fourth -gone
from I cents for the first pound
and ala cents for each additional
pound to 7 cents for the first pound
and 4 cents for each additional pound
To reduce the rates for Hie IRth
tone from 9 cents for the first pound
and 7 cents for each additional pound
to "cents for tha first -pound and I
cent! for cnch additional pound
To reduce the ratoi for the elxth
lone from 10 cents for the first pound
and 9 cents for eacli additional pound
to 9 cent for the firit pound and I °
cents for each additional pound
It Ja provided by the postmaatpr
general with the consent of Hie com-
uiislon 'that the fate of postage on '
parcele containing books weighing
eight ounce or Icr shall be one cent
for each two ounces or fractional part
t In-roof and on those - weighing In
excess of night ounces the sone parcel
post rates shall apply” Thla la to be
effective March 16 1914 1
Serious objections to the proposed
change In the rntca on books and cat--nlogs
wore made chiefly by mailers of
hc-ivy catalogs but the commission
sa£s It feels that the chnngea are In
the interest of tho "public generally
Gold By Parcs! Reat"'
Consent also Was given by the com-
mission to admission ot shipments of
gold gold bullion and gold dust In
Alnka-and-to arid from Alaska Ip —
packages weighing- not more' than
eleven pounds The rnte of postage
fixed la ‘two cents an ounce or frno-
tlon thereof for all distances
'The postmaster general Issued an
order effective'' August 15 Inat In-
creasing Jlie weight limit In the first
nnd lecond tone from eleven to
twenty pound and materially reduc-
ing the rates of postage for thess -tones
and stated st that time thnt this
tep was In the naturo of an experi-
ment” said n statement Issued by tbs'
postoffleo department- 1
T'm -number of parcels handled In
the Aral and second tones since these
changos became effective show pm
Increase of approximately 16 per cent®
The average weight limit has atao In-
creased -from 1-02 to 17 pounds per
parcel and notwithstanding the great
reduction In rates Ri the - first and
accond cones the average postage has
Increased per parcel from 77 to 10
cents
WANTS HALF MILLION
New Albanian King's Idea en Salary
are Extravagant
Paris— A halt million dollars la tho
minimum salary demanded by the
Prince -of Wled as king of Albania
The prince already has accepted the
throne and the Austrian and Italian
cabinets are trying' to Induce the oth-
er powers to accept him He insist
upon a reasonable allowance to keep
up his court Hie present Income Is:
$30000
Inagln Outagln Qonlgln Emelin
London— Mrs Emmeline Psnk-
hurat the militant auffrnget leader
who waa arrested at Plymouth on De-
cember 4 on her arrival from tha
ynlted States aboard the steamship
Majestic haa been released from th
Exeter Jail Mrs Pankhurat began
b hunger strike Immediately following '
her arreit Mrs Pankhurst was driven
to a 'hotel Bhe appeared very weak
and Immediately ' went to bed In
charge of a nUrse Mra Pankhurst la
liberated on aeven days' license Rhe
Intends to proceed to London at tho
lArllest moment
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