The Hooker Advance (Hooker, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, August 25, 1911 Page: 3 of 8
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IRELAND TAKES FRESH HOPE SECRETARY FISHER GOES FISHING IN ALASKA DERIDE UP0N PFACE PR0GRAM
DEFEAT OF HOUSE OF L0RD3
HELPS THE ISLAND.
An Increasing Number of English
People Favor Self-Government
for Emerald Isle.
London, Eng.—The great consti-
tutional struggle that ended when the
house of lords by a vote of 131 to
114 adopted Viscount Morley's motion
not to insist on the lords' amendments
to the veto bill, may result among
other things in home rule for Ireland.
An election with the parliament
bill as an issue probably would re-
sult favorably to the government, but
an election over the question of home
rule for Ireland is another matter.
There is an increasing number of peo-
ple in England formerly opposed to
home rule who are now prepared to
give Ireland a local self-government,
which is all that John Redmond asks
at present, and accordingly the pros-
pects of an election on this issue are
not as threatening as heretofore.
The Irish press adopts a moderate
tone in discussing the passage of the
veto bill. The Irish Times of Dub-
lin says that it i3 only the first step
in a bitter and prolonged contro-
versy.
The Dublin Freeman's Journal says:
"The curtain falls on the discomfiture
of the peers, the inveterate enemies
of Irish nationality, only to rise
straightway on that nationality in its
triumph."
Peace Conference at Berne, Switzer*
land, to Help Solve War
Problem, Closes.
Berne, Switzerland. — The peac*
Idvocates closed their conference
having decided on the essentials to
be included in a declaration to the
world in which their hopes and their
program will be set forth. The mem-
bers of the conference believe that
very important consequences will
follow this meeting of economists
and that for the first time the problem
of war will be studied scientifically by
the deepest thinkers of all nations.
Neither effort, time, nor abundant
funds will be spared to carry on the
OUR STATE CAPITOL LETTER j
DOINGS OF THE
OKLAHOMA
STATE OFFICERS.
A Brief Resume of What Our
"Hired Men" Are Doing, How
They Spend Their Time, Etc.
JUDGE QUITS HI8 OFFICE.
Board Is Reorganized.
In the course of the reorganization
of the state board of agriculture, fo!-
,± .. . . , ,. i lowing the election of three members
research wort*, the result ot which,-it , ftt the farmerg. gUte instituU at Still-
Is expected, will illuminate the whole water> thes0 committees
were appoint-
subject and have an authoritative
value. The final act of the conference
was to send a telegram to Andrew
Carnegie at Skibo Castle, whose peace
foundation made the gathering possi-
ble.
ed:
College, H-aymes, Corley, Brewer,
Wilson and Elliott; institutes. Cobb,
Elliott and Diehl; acquisition o!
school lands from the United States
government, Corley, Brewer and El-
liott; dairy commission work, Diehl,
WIRE MAN MAY GO TO PRISON Cobb and Hinds; feeding stuffs, Grif-
fin, Hinds and Wilson; demonstra-
Resignation Follows Probe Into Al-
leged Indian Frauds.
Judge T. J. Barnes, county Judge of
McCurtain county, has resigned. HIS
resignation followed the probe into
Indian minor guardianship affairs ot
that county.
Miss Kate Barnard, commissioner ot
charities and corrections working in
conjunction with the federal govern-
ment, claims to have fouud 6,000
deeds to minors' lands which warrant
investigation and 500 have already
been submitted for arbitration, for
either a payment of full value or to
be deeded back to the minor from
whom obtafned. Judge Barnes has
been in office since statehood, and
is supposed to have passed upon all
transactions involving the proper"/
of Indion minors. This is the county
in which It is alleged a conspiracy ex
isted on the part of certain county of-
ficials, and fi\e men, to secure control
of all the minor Indian land3 In the
county.
Judge Archibald, Who Gave Light
Fines, Not to Hear Case of
Frank Gould.
New York, N. Y.—Frank Gould one
of the eighty-three men indicated in
the wire trust prosecutions, may not
have a chance to go through the
tion farms, Cobb, Haymes and Wils-
eon; live stock and poultry. Hinds,
Griffin and Wilson; live stock, quar-
antine and nursery inspection, Grif-
fin, Hinds and White.
Must Sentence In Ten Days.
In a letter to T. F. Shaelkford, coun-
SEEK BUSINESS INFORMATION JUSTICE IN ONE ALASKA CASE
Project to Bring Together Capital and
Labor in Order to Learn What
Should be Done.
GRAND JURY SAID TO HAVE RE-
TURNED ONE INDICTMENT.
Washington, D. C.—Representative j
Littleton of New York, following a
suggestion by George W. Perkins, j
announced at the steel trust hearing i
that a resolution soon would be in- j
troduced in congress providing for a j
thorough investigation of the indus- )
trial situation of the country.
"I am advised," said Mr. Littleton
"That there is to be a thorough in
quiry into all the commercial ills ot j
the Nation and that a conference will ,
be called to determine the problem of
how to deal with the Industrial 6itua- 1
tion in America. It is a project that
will involve a most drastic investiga- i
tion and bring together capital and !
labor in an effort, without bias, to
find out just what should be done."
Hazey Murder Was Connected With
Coal Land Grab and No One
Was Ever Prosecuted.
tania, but will be too late to answer
, the indictment before Judge Archi-
M0RE MISSOURI "BLACK HAND" bald, who let his associates off with
nolle contendre bath. He is hurrying ^ attorney at Sallisaw, Attorney
to this country on the liner Maure- j General West holds that it is manda-
tory upon the trial judge to pass sen-
tence within ten days after convic*
...v- 'Ion of Persons found guilty for
fines of from $L007"to ^l^oT when j second time violations of the Oklaho-
Columbia Man Gets Letter Demand ' they went before him and announced j
ing $10,000 Under Pain
of Death.
Columbia, Missouri.—Two
Hand" letters were seift to
"Black
0olum-
they would not contend the accusation Pe"alt^'8 *f00 flne an* si.x monthS !?
of having criminally violated the Sher-1 J®11- ^he ten days ,!ia"ns
man law. Judge Archibald, who is ** defendants would be permitted,
regularly assigned to Pennsylvania, is ; ««°n to the Judge;and up-
no longer sitting on this circuit of the
Caught Montana Bank Robber.
Lewistown, Montana.—One of the
bandits who held up the First Na-
tional bank at Harlem, Mont., ten
days ago, is in custody here. The
Harlem town marshal killed one of
the robbers and wounded his com-
panion. A man suffering from a gun-
shot wound visited a Lewistown physi-
cian for treatment. The Harlem
bank cashier has identified him as
one of the hold-up men.
New Postal Banks.
Washington, D. C.—Postmaster Gen-
eral Hitchcock iBsued orders that
postal savings banks should be opened
September 11 in the following towns:
Beloit, Garden City, and Sterling,
Kan.; Farmington and Fayette, Mo.,
and Frederick, Ok., and in these towns
September 12: Cherry vale, Galena
and Norton, Kan.: Lamar and Union-
town, Mo., and Miami, Ok.
Tacoma, Washington. — With the
disclosure of the identity of the wit-
ness who came from San Francisco
to testify before the federal grand
Jury it is believed the secret indict-
ment had to do with the Hazey mur-
der case in Alaska.
That explanation accounts for the
surmise that the grand jury probe
was in connection with the coal land
cases. Hazey was killed in a frontier
fight waged for possession of a right
Df way to certain mineral prospects
by the Guggenheims. The unpre-
cedented haste in calling the grand
iury is accounted by the fact that j
the statute of limitations would soon j
expire. \
It turns out that the star witness,
whose testimony was followed by the
secret indictment, was H. J. Douglas,
formerly auditor for the Guggen-
heims in Alaska. Douglas resigned
as auditor for the Guggenheims in
1909, following friction over the
Hazey murder investigation in which
It was alleged a verdict of guilty was
not returned because the jurors had
been bought by the • interests."
bians recently. One was to the j tederal court, and there is much specu-
effect that if ,J. W. Brockman did lation here as to whether the regular
not place $10,000 in gold and bills in a | judges of this circuit will permit pleaa
meal sack and leave it by a certain j of nolle contendre with only fines as
tree on the Mexico gravel road near! punishment.
John Glenn's farm he would lose his •
life. This is the third letter he haa SHE NEED NOT DO STREET WORK
received.
on good cause shown, to file a motion
for a new trial within thirty days af-
ter date of the judgment, and when
this law is taken into consideration
the attorney general does not think
that an accused person has been de-
prived of his due process of law.
'I have no such sum as $10,000 and
if I had I wouldn't give you five cents
of it. If you want to kill J. W. Brock-
man, just come ahead. I am armed
and intend to look after my own in-
terests," was the reply of Brockman
to the third of a series of Black Hand
letters. It was printed in a local
paper.
tola's Woman Prisoner is Pardoned
and the Town's Honor
is Saved.
Negro Murder Case Appealed.
Dsn Anderson, negro, under sen-
fence for tin* murder of John Vannoy
neai Coweta on May 11 of this year,
tias appealed his case to the crimin?
;ourt of appeals. The killing of Va~
aoy grew out of a quarrel over the
alleged selling by Anderson of land
belonging to Vannoy. Arabelle Van
aoy, wife of the murdered man, was
Property Rights of Aliens.
Persons residing in another coun-
try although they own property in
Oklahoma, would not have the same
rights pertaining to Institutions of the
state as do bona fide residents. Is the
holding of Attorney General West to
Superintendent A. A. Stewart of the
Oklahoma school for the deaf. The
superintendent received inquiry from
residents of Mexico relative to plac-
ing children in the institution basing
their righ: to do so upon the fact they
still held property here.
Cement Comapny Appeals.
The Dewey Portland Cement Com-
pany of Dewey, has appealed from a
verdict in the district court of Wash-
ington county awarding Alice M. Blunt
$9,000 damages for the death of her
husband who was killed while in the
employ of the company. Joel E. Blunt
was employed as a common laborer
and according to the allegations of
the petition was smothered to death
by fine crushed rock while working
jt the bottom of a pit twenty feei.
jeep into which crushed rock wa*
dumped.
KANSAS IS MAKING HISTORY
Strang Line Can't Close Stations.
Olathe, Kansas.—The Strang Line
company has been restrained in the
probate court from refusing to stop
its cars at Lackman Station, Sixty-
second street, Heit's Grain house,
Merriam road and Hambaur. All of
these points are almost wholly de-
pendent on the Strang Line.
Good Roads for Clay County.
Kansts City, Missouri.—The rock
roads of Jackson county were in-
spected by the judges of the county
court of Clay county and a delega-
tion of business men and farmers
from Liberty and Excelsior Springs,
who are working for better roads in
that county. The trip over the 100
miles of rock roads in this county
was planned as an object lesson in
good roads building.
Dragged a Boy to Death.
Wellington, Kansas.—Paul Stuart,
10 years old, was leading a cow to
pasture, and tied the end of the rope
about his waist. The animal began
to run and dragged the boy. His
head struck a bridge timber and he
died an hour later.
Blasting a Well Kills One.
Wellsville. Kansas.—Elijah Chilton
Is dead and Ktlby Pence and George
Pence, are in a dangerous condition
as a result of entering a well on the
Pense farm south of town too soon
after a charge of black powder bad
been exploded.
Senate Amends Peace Treaties.
Washington, D. C.—Disregarding a
telegraph request from President
Taft for a contrary course, the senate
committee on foreign relations agreed
upon an amendment to the British and
French arbitration treaties eliminat-
ing the provision conferring special
powers on the proposed joint high
commission.
A Missouri Lynching Averted.
Poplar Bluff, Missouri.—Prompt ac-
tion of Sheriff McGowan averted a
lynching here by spiriting away to
Cape Girardeau, Charles Smith, a
negro, suspected of murdering Henry
Little, an eight-year-old white boy.
Stubbs' Mandamus Case Will Serve as
Precedent for Many Other
States.
Topeka, Kansas.—When Attorney
General Dawson defied Gov. Stubbs a
Iola, Kansasl.'—In special session
the city commissioners ordered the
release of Mrs. Ella Reese, the woman j
whom Judge Smelzer had said should
put on bloomers and work out her j ilso charged with th« killing and At>
sentence in the public streets. It was j lerson wanted her put on trial fust, | _
a solemn meeting to save the honor ! :!aiming that she could give valuable soclation on unauthorized insurance
of the town, the commissioners said, j testimony in his behalf if acquitted of and he wjth Arthur Pettit, deputy
the charge. Judge de Gratrenned's
-pfusal to take the cases up in the oi
Jer la on« of the principal reasons as-
signed for asking a new trial.
Ballard Will Push Fight.
Perry A. Ballard, insurance com.
missioner of Oklahoma, will make an
effort to obtain organized action of all
state commissioners of insurance
against unauthorized companies, when
the national convention of commis-
sioners is held at Milwaukee on Aug.
ust 22 to 25. Mr. Ballard is chairman
of the committee of the national a*
"I herewith submit, gentlemen, the
pardon I have issued for Mrs. Reese,
subject to your approval," said the
mayor.
"Move It be approved," shouted
Commissoners Glynn and Smith in
while back he probably did not realize chorus.
that he was making national history. [ As soon as the mayor signed tha
And when the Kansas supreme court pardon Chief of Police CofBeld went
decides Gov. Stubbs' mandamus case, to the city jail and informed Mrs.
it will be making some more history.
Wrhile the supreme court is settling
for Kansas the question of guberna-
torial powers, the United States will
be listening. Different state officials
here have received letters from near-
Test Suits Planned.
County superintendents over the
jtate are planning to make a test case
on the ruling of the attorney general
to the effe-t that th-3 incumbents can
not take advantage of the ne* law
allowing them their traveling expenses Grant on the representation that he
London Strike Settled. |n visiting the schools over the COU'-.- could and would give $1,000 to $250.
London. Eng.—The strike of dock- tV( on the ground that it is an in- Attorney Dickey of Wagoner, repre-
men, lightermen, coal porters and car crease in the emoluments of the of- sented Plumley, and Jesse Watts, also
men, which seriously disturbed all fiCf<. They insist that an expense al- of Wagoner, appeared for the Arkat>
Reese that she would be released.
commissioner, will attend the nation<
al convention.
Requisition Granted.
Following a hearing In the gover-
nor's office, an Arkansas requisition
was honored for D. Plumley, wanted
at Fert Smith for obtaining money
under false pretense, and now under
arrest at Wagoner. Tt is alleged that
Plumley obtained $250 from J. E.
ly every state in the union requesting business in London and resulted In a lowance is not an emolument and will
a copy of the court's decision as soon shortage of food stuffs and other bring suit to compel the payment ot
as it is made. And they say that the necessities, is ended with the settle- that allowance out of the county funds
Kansas decision will serve as a pre- ment of the lighterers' dispute. The
cedent in the various states until the men were conceded a ten-hour day
United States supreme court is forced and an Increase of about 25 per cent
to settle the question.
some county where the treasurer
follows the attorney general's rullnc
ind refuses to allow it.
! in wages. It now is expected that
all the men will return to work.
Paroles for 18 in Kansas.
Leavenworth, Kan.—Paroles have
just been granted to 18 state prison
ers, two of whom are women.
Teach Farming In Graded Schools.
The state board of education has
Government Gets Four Islands. , ..
Washington, D. C.-The United | a .three,y®arS_ ~U™e_
There States government shortly will come
were 30 applications. No names were Into full possession of four islands-
divulged. as Warden Codding believes Naos, Flamenco, Porico and Culebra
a paroled convict has a better chance —In Panama bay at the Pacific en-
outside the prison if his identity be trance to the Panama canal. The
kept secret. Pacific Mall Steamship company has
accepted the awards of a joint com-
mission by which it will receive $44,-
000 for its half interest in the islands.
Electric Trust on the Run.
Washington, D. C.—Rather than
take chances in the courts the elec-
trical trust has compromised with the
department of justice and will short-
ly dissolve in accordance with plans
submitted to Attorney General Wlck-
ersham.
Rush for Dakota Lands.
Mlnot, North Dakota.—So eager
were the homeseekers to register for ( given as reasons for a movement of
lands in the Berthold reservation
that ten deputies are taking the ap-
plications at the rate of about 100
an hour.
Employers' Liability in Iowa.
Des Moines, Iowa. — Employers'
liability or compulsory insurance, ac-
cording to the viewpoint taken, is
a subject that is now demanding the
| attention of a commission appointed
Unions May Build Ice Plant. by Gov. Carroll and just organized
Shawnee, Ok.—The high price of under a law passed by the state legifr
Ice and charges of short weight are lature last winter.
labor organizations in this city to Foreign Spies Active.
build an ice plant and operate it in Washington. D. C— Startling evl-
the interest of consumers in Shawnee, dence of the pernicious activity of
leaching of agriculture in the graded
schools of the state and has readopt-
•d the text books used last year in
connection with this study. This is
he first systematic course of study
>n agriculture ever adopted for the
:ommon schools of Oklahoma.
Oklahoma Would Rent School Lands.
The commissioners erf the Oklaho-
ma land office at a meeting adopt-
ed a resolution authorizing John Will
lams, secretary of the board, to ad-
vertise for proposals for the rental of
about 100 sections of school lands that
have been vacated by lessees or have
not been occupied up to this timo.
The land to be rented comprises sec-
tions 16 and 36 and 13 and 33 scatter-
ed throughout the state.
sas authorities.
Meyer to California.
State Auditor Leo Meyer is in Cali-
fornia, to be gone for a month or sii
weeks. During his absence he will
attend the meeting of the grand lodgs
of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, ot
which he is one of the grand tru
teea.
Stone Is Colonel Now.
George B. Stone, former president
of the Oklahoma City Chamber of
Commerce, has been commissioned by
Governor Cruce as colonel on his per>
sonal staff.
Appeals From Damage Verdict
An appeal was taken to the supreme
eoart bv the Fort Smith & Western
foreign spies is in the possesion of ; railroad from a verdict awarding Aub- offThe^trauT He bnmght suit in L*-
Put Off Train; Appeal to Court.
A damage suit growing out of th«
fact that Peary L. Newbern was put
off a Rock Island train between Al-
derson and Hartshorne at midnight of
December 13, 1906, on a cold and
stormy night, and had to walk si*
miles to Hartshorne to get shelter,
was appealed to the supreme court by
the railroad company. Newbern al-
leged that he bought a ticket from Po.
teau to >k*Alester and return, and
made It all right on the going trip,
but that when he got on the train at
McAlester to return, the auditor re-
fused to honor his ticket and put him
Heated Hay Caused Fire.
Dodge City, Kan.—Fire destroyed
the barn of Mr. Carter, about three
miles north of town, and killed seven
horses. Fresh hay at high heat is
believed to have caused the fire.
Standard Pays Court Costs.
Washington. D. C.—A check for
$42,395 was received by the depart-
ment of justice rrom the Standard
Oil company in payment of costs in
the dissolution suit brought by the
government.
Prison Officer to Resign.
Leavenworth. Kansas.—As a result
of the Investigation of affairs at the
federal prison, the resignation of F.
S. Ilines, superintendent of construe
tion has been asked for.
Liquor Men Active.
Oklahoma City. Oklahoma.—It has
been definitely decided that the ques-
tion of local option will be submitted
to tBe voters of Oklahoma this falL
Dr. Hyde's Second Trial. i the army general staff, which ac- j rey 4b Seraple, coal dealers in Logan
I Kansas City, Missouri.—The second counts for the serious consideration county, $1,000 damages for alleged de-
trial of Dr. B. Clark Hyde may come that is now being given to the most lays in a shipment of twenty-seven
October 16 after all. Virgil Conkling, trifling report of attempts to discover cars of coke from the San Bois Coal
the county prosecutor has sent word the military secrets of the country. Compavy at McAlester.
to assistants to begin at once getting
the case ready for trial. Attempted Jail Delivery. Requisition Issued.
Leavenworth, Kan.—Delivery from A requisition was issued on the gov. tj,e office since statehood. September
Liverpool Strikers Riot. the Leavenworth county jail was ernor of Louisiana for J. L Watts. ]<), 1907, has turned Into the state
Liverpool. Kugland—There has bepn frustrated by the sheriff. Tom Larkin, wanted at Muskogee for forgery, and treasury $£26,392. During tl*.\t per.
rioting growing out of the strike. One who found a hole through the four-foot under arrest at Shreveport. Watts the total expenses of tue office
i I'oli, mun was killed by being struck south wall. The bricks had been ! Is charged with forging the name of have been but $33,676. the
on the bead with a brick and many replaced and whitewashed to harmo- the MeKee Construction company to collected representing the net
:ilze with the interior of the yard. a check for $51.
Flore county for $2,000 damages, and
i got judgment for that amount.
Insurance Fees Enrich State.
The state insurance department 1a
preparing a report which shows that
ider
ont
ersons were injured.
to the state from the department
For Seven National Reads.
Washington. D. C-—If a bill intro-
duced in the senate by 8enator Cullom
of Illinois is enacted Into law. the na-
tional <apital will become the cen-
tral point from which seven great
national highways will radiate
Leconte Elected.
Port au Prince. Haiti.—Gen. Clncin-
oatus Leconte was elected president
of Haiti unanimously by congress.
Leconte headed the larger of the two
revolutionary factions that overthrew
President Simon
Beer Flowed in Galena. Kan.
inlena, Kansas.—A thousand pint
ties of beer and a quantity of j (truck a snag
whisky and wine confiscated in joint aear Alton.
Three Sisters Drown Together.
St. Louis. Missouri - When a ?kiff
e Missies)ppi river
young women of
ids here were destroyed by officers I'pper Alton were drown
by order of T.
toraey general
T. Burr, assistant at-
Two of
Heat Death in Leavenworth.
Leavenworth. Kansas —James Mon-
ahan. sanitary officer In the employ
of the police department, died sudden-
ly at his home as a result of heart
disease superinduced by the extreme
heat.
The Recall Favored.
Colorado Spring*. Colorado.—In
terest in the annual convention of
the Colorado Federation of Labor,
which is in session here, centers In
Gates Fortune to the Son.
New York. N T.—The will of John
W. Gates, who died ia Paris, will be
probated In Port Arthur, Texas, where
the financier made his residence. The
the probable actio* in favor ot the fortune is estimated at be twee* $40,-
recall of the judiciary. \ (HM.fth) and ftSO.OW.OOO.
the young
effort to
n were drowned in an
the other slater.
Topeka Growing Metropolitan.
Topeka. Kansas—Topeka is fast be-
coming metropolitan. The city com-
missioners have directed the city at-
torney to report an ordinance next
week which will prohibit teams being
hitched in Kansas avsau*.
MMer9 Abide By Bleaching Edict.
The Oklahoma Millers' Association
bas notified the food and drug com-
mission ot its decision to ibide by the
.uling of the commission that after
September 1 all bleached flour mu&t
fce so branded, and will cooperate with
the department In the enforcement ot
that rule All bleached flour In the state democratic chalrir
hands ot millers, either In mils or p.enedict. former supers
warehouses, after that date, must he hools. and Chare Is E
"Beavers" Is Newest Order.
The organUa'ion of the Pro't
and Fraternal Order of the De:
Is to tve !« in<hed la Oklahoma
charter granted by Secertai
Slate Harrison to the order at
kogee. with no capit
r or para tors beiac Fi
orfc. the
P Brans
a: John
or of Ind
eager.
landed. The rule also applies to :i<,~>mber of congress, sll of Mushog?*
fl.jor shipped in from outside the .-kogee Is to baea the grand «xn.-v
stat*. IcX
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