The Guthrie Daily Star (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 215, Ed. 1 Friday, November 15, 1912 Page: 4 of 8
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PAGE FOUB.
THE GUTHRIE STAR
FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15, 1012.
IS
EMBEZZLER ELD
IN MEXICO GOV
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overturning a gun, completely block
ed the road. A wild panic ensued.
The Turkish gunners cut the trace#,
leaving th© guns and wagons be-
hind, and galloped up the valley ov-
er their own infantry, riding down
men In the muddy road, where they
were trampled to death by the feet
of their comrades behind. "Others
were pushed over the erdge ol a
■precipice into the mountain torrent
below.
The route continued through th#
mountains, with the Servian guns tak-
ing a dreadful toll. Near the top of
a mountain some Turkish regulars at
tempted to stein the Servian ad-
vance by the occupation of hastily
dug trenches. The First Servian bat-
talion, on arriving within 300 yards
of the trenches, had exhausted their
ammunition, but the troops, elated by
victory and filled with exultation re-
fused to wait till fresh ammunition
had been brought up. They ch&rgcd
the position with the bayonet, and
drove out the Turks, killing or cap-
turing almost every man.
BANK SAFE
B) THREE
FOOTBALL 1
BANDITS AT ELECTRIC
DEFENDANT WINS IF HIE COULD SEE
IN JEFFRIES CASE 111 FAGETO FACE
Oklahoma City, Nov. 14.—On a
charge of embezzling $11,775.16 from
The Mellon company of this city j
j while bookkeeper and manager dur-
! ing several months prior to December j
I 31, 1911, and now being held in ens- j
! tody in Mexico City, Mexico a reqiul-,
sltlon was issued by Governor Cruce
for Richard E. Jackson alias Dick
1 nichards, alias Vent Wilson. Sheriff
Jack Spain, accompanied by another
officer, has been designated to go to
Mexico City and bring Jackson back
here.
Jackson who, it is said, is only 24
years old left the city January 22.
1912 after his books had been inves-
tigated by an expert accountant and
the transactions shown to have
been made at Jackson's hands. Jack-
son's alleged defalcations began sev-
! eral months before an investigation
! of his accounts was ordered.
I Jackson came 'here from ^es
Moines, la. His father and family are
said to reside there now and to be
highly respectable people.
M. D. Scott, as manager of the
Mellon company, signed the (com-
plaint against Jackson.
Merit, Tex., Nov. 14.—Three bank
robbers in a fast flying automobile
stole $4,000 from the First National
bank Pf Merit about 2 o'clock this
morning and escaped. The loss was
fully Insured.
When bank officials, awakened by
the explosions, reached the bank
they found the vault scarred by ]
three explosions of nitroglycerine. A
speeding automobile was seen leav-
ing Merit about the time W the ex-
plsion. An automobile in which three
strangers were riding 'had been seen
here about midnight.
The local university eleven and
Winfield MethodiBt college's team
are scheduled to appear at Electric
Park gridiron this afternoon and It is
thought, tliat one of the fastest games
of the season should result The lo-
cals have been crippled badly by the
loss of two regulars but are in good
shape for the contest and are hoping
to annex a victory. Only one more
game remains on the 1912 schedule
after the game today, and that will be
played with Kingfisher on Thanksgiv-
ing Day here. There has been much
i rivalry between the locals and Wln-
versl-
p^'in
Claremore, Okla.. Nov. 14-Th# If we could see you face to face,
state has absolutely failed to connect we could prove to you beyond the
H. O. Jeffries with the murder of ^adow 0f a doubt the advantages of
Irene Goheen and unless stronger (h<j famoua Byrne Practical Book-
evidence is introduced it is admitted keeping ami Business Training and
. > v m_i ... Ill Kn n nmlit t oH rniin- ... < ni il. 4 WT A /imil/l
field since last fall an3 the UDlv«si
ty boys are hoping to clean up*'in
that Jeffries will be acquitted. Coun
ty Attorney Thraves was on the wit-
ness stand himself all of Wednesday
afternoon, but failed to connect Jef-
fries with the case, except in a re-
mote way, which Is purely circum-
stantial. The prosecution charges
that the defense is running state wit-
nesses out of the state before being
i allowed to testify.
Simplified Shorthand. We could
show you clearly how It Is that we
can turn out a better stenographer or
bookkeeper, and do It in three months
less time than when we used to teach
the systems that are now being used
jn other schools. This saving of three
months' tame means much to the pros-
pective student; at a conservative sal-
ary of $50 per month, the three months
SUSPECT IN JAIL
the game today. It is hoped that
good crowd will be In attendance at
| the game.
ji/ww wo*..*. or per rnuum, mo
The prosecution will probably close t[me would amount to $150, three
its case today. Night sessions are be-1 m0ntj,g' boar(i at $12 per month would
Ing held. Judge Hudson has asked umount to |36i or a total saving of
to be assigned another week in the t0 gay nothing of the fact that
case and the defense has about fifty student of our school gets three
I witnesses yet to examine.
WOMAN CELEBRATE jm j PETITION
Pittsburg, Kan., Nov. 14.—Suffra- |
gists of Crawford, county Kansas
have arranged to celebrate their re-j
cent victory at the polls In this state |
with a 'big bonnet burning" here to-
night ' *
Every woman attending the meet-
ing is expected to bring at least one
last year's bonnet to help make a
big bonfire at the city hall square.
If you need hel® use a Star want
ad and find Vt
Attorney Arthur Swank yesterday
filed a petition in the district court
in which Belnea M. Simpson asks
that U B. Simpson be ordered to
give her separate maintalnance, ali-
mony and the custody of six child-
ren. They are farmers living about
ten miles southwest from Guthrie,
and were married at Gainsvllle, Tex.,
15 years ago. The petition charges
that Simpson is guilty of extreme
cruelty and gross neglect o fmari-
tlai duties.
Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 14.
Presch Niles, negro, charged with
killing Miss Mary Stevenson 18, and
j. b. Berges, 83, near Gainesville
late yesterday, is in jail today at
Ocala, where he was hurried to es- j
cape a mob. It is said that Berges
was killed when he attempted to ]
save the girl from her assailant, and
then her throat was cut. Niles, said!
to have been near the Berges home1
tyteeterdiay, was found wHth blood
stained clothing and was arrested, i
A mob began forming near Gaines-
ville bu.t officers succeeded in elud-
ing the angry citizens.
WILSON RIDES BIKE
STILL STRONG FOR GUTHRIE.
R. M. C'hilcott returned last night
from a business trip to Payne and!
Don't buy an article simply because
It's advertised—but the fact that It's
advertised shows the merchant's con-
fidence in It, and his belief that it
will stand the test of comparison and
Investigation—the "publicity test1"
Stors eompetition in thla city 'a
worth a lot of money to you every
year—but It's worth twice as much to
the person Who watches the ads as
the person who neglects them com-
pletely.
MAYCROSS, GA„ Nov. 14.—Steps to;
reorganize the old Georgia State base
ball league will be taken at a confer-
ence of the promoters here tomorrow.
According to ipresent plans the league
territory will be confined to the south-
ern half of the state. Among the clt-
i ies proposed for the circuti are Bruns
I wick, Valdosta, Waycross, Americus,
Thomasville, Cordele, Tifton and Fitz-
! gerald.
Princeton N. J., Nov. 14.—Presi-
dent-elect Wilson is going to lead
Newspaper correspondents a merry
chase when he begins his vacation
next week. He said today that he
intended to make long bicycle trips
as he has been accustomed to do for
years on his vacation in England.
The president-elect will sail on Sat
urday afternoon for the retreat, a
short distance from New York, where
he Is going to spend a month and
there will be a party qf correspond-
ents along who are already training
for the bicycle journeys.
Governor Wilson said that besides
bicycling he expected to ride horse-
back a good deal.|
"My youngest daughter is very fond
of riding," he said.
menths practical experience, while
the student of the other school is just
finishing his course and has no experi-
ence.
We have hundreds of graduates
< -- -, — - - i holding the very best positions to be
Pawnee counties. He states that the i f0unj. in our larger cities. We have
feeling is strong for Guthrie in that mor0 calls for our graduates of
section and that the voters there are j Bookkeeping and Shorthand than we
confident that Guthrie will win in the ...
count yet. He also reports a fire In
Quay on Wednesday night which de-
stroyed a livery stable, burning some
stock.
That one of those newly discov-
ered natural bridges in U'tah has a
span of 261 feet
IX J. Stark came over from Navina i
yesterday and transacted business in
Guthrie, > | ilPlfflRII
FLAGGED TRAIN WITH SHIRT.
Tearing his shirt from his back an
Ohio man flagged a train and saved it
from a wreck ,but H. T. Alston Ral-
eignh, N. C., once prevented a wreck
with Electric Bitters. "I was in a ter-
rible plight when I began to use
them," he wr/tes, "my stomach, head,
back and kidneys were all badly af-
fected and my liver was In bad oon-
dition. but four bottles of Electric
Bitters made me feel like a new man.'
trial will convince you of their
matchless merit for any stomach
liver or kidney trouble. Prce 50c
at all druggists.
are able to supply. You may enter
with us at any time; our work is
practically all Individual instruction.
Thorough preparatory work in Eng-
lish branches is given free. Write
for catalogue; make your arrange-
ments to enter at once, so that we may
soon have the pleasure of placing you
in a good position.
Capital City Business College, Guth-
rie, Okla.
If you make the news from your
stare of personal importance to he
ought-to-be patron of your store, you
will soon change him into a sure-
enough patron. Of course, when we
say "him,'' in such an Instance, we
probably ought to say "her!"
Every good store ad makes good
store friends, in course of a little time
of people to whom that store had—
" I u'p to the time the particular ad had
A want ad in the Drtdy Statf caught thelr attention—meant nothing
produce neauita. [ mfyTe t{,an a name.
GtiANDMOTH E R'S ^ LU LLAB1ES
as sung liV IRENE FRANKLIN in
The percy WILLIAMS' Vaudeville Circuit in Greater New York *
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davq Those old fash-ioned ways, As she sang mo this quaint lul - la - by.
wrote On a thir - ty day note, For Bob-ert, or Ju-hus, or Jake
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Words by
IRENE FRANKLIN and JACK HAZZARD
Modcruto. i j
3.17.
Music by
BURT GREEN
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Sit - ting on grand-moth - er's
The fa - tlier-land's keep-ing its
CHORUS.
Sleep, lit - tie ba - by, sleep!
Dreamily.
Her sweet em - lirace,
emp - ty and bare, It
Hor tsmil - ing face,
Grand - moth - er's chair
knee
own,
high, Pa - pa their watcli - es will keep
ver from
ev - 'ry one's
She brought dad - dy
The lul - la - by
Sing - ing some old mel - o - dy
stands in its placo all a - lone
While you're in your lit - tie nest.
He don't lose no
ter - est,
I think of her now with a sigh Those far a ■ way
To soft - en each child - ish heart - acne
4——^
Deutschland,
sing - ing
Klei - nes Lieb • clien, ba
Copyright, by I.EO FEIST, .34 West 37th St., New York
International Copyright and Performing Right5 Secured and Reserved
"THINK IT OVER MARY"—The Season's March Song Hit
Used by permission, MURRAY MUSIC Co., New York
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randraothcr's Lullabies.
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