The Guthrie Daily Star (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 115, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 23, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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THE GUTHRIE DAILY STAR
NINTH YEAR.
GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA.,
TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 23, 1912.
NUMBER 115.
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FRANK A. BIUHSEY, PROGRESSIVE
Steam Roller Amos
Ewing and Go on
Record as Want-
ing to "Hold on"
About the smoothest "piece of
"steam rollering' and still like all
steam roller work must be—very j
crude—that has been pulled oft In a
meeting of the Board of Education of
the city of Guthrie claimed as its vic-
tims yesterday the same old bunch
who have been run over time and
time again' during the last few
months. Yes, the members are C. M.
Sarchet, Amos Ewing and L. H. Sel-
eor. It wag neatly performed—this
Job of steam rollering and absolutely
without pain, probably because of the
fact that the three are used to it.
It all came about when Amos Ew-
ing introduced a resolution providing
that the board instruct their attor-
neys to withdraw a petition for a re-
hearing in the supreme court in the '
matter of a contest between the old
and new board; thus giving up with-
out further expenditure of money or
more delay in allowing the charter
board to take their seats.
The resolution in full is as follows:
Resolution hy Amos A. Ewing.
To The Board of Education of the
City of Guthrie:
Whereas, at the time of the adop-
tion of a charter form of government l
in the city of Guthrie, there was
elected a board of education of the
city of Guthrie, as provided in said \
charter, and,
Whereas, since said time, this board
has been contending in the courts
that the board elected under said char
ter was illegal, and,
Whereas, the district court of this
county rendered a decision in favor
of the board elected under the charter
and against this board, which judg-
CAN IE AS
DOES NOT MEAN
THAT 'GRANDDAD'
CLAUSE IS VALID
Attorney General
and Secretary of
Election Board
Disagree on It
Judge Campbell's Opinion Has Absolut-
ly No Bearing on Legality of Grand-
father Clause, Says Attorney
One of the staijchest supporters oi ( olonei Roosevelt and the progressive
movement in the Republican party is Prank A. Munsey, the magazine publish-
er. It was reported that he hoped to be made ambassador to England, but
he denied that he sought that or any other office for himself.
Forced to Buy Tobacco For
Husband; Sues for a Divorce
OKLAHOMA CITY, July 22.—(Spe-iing on a farm near Newalla.
cial)—To have been married at the The family increased, but Zumwalt 11',"°°
age of 13 to a man aged 40. to bear spent his summers awav from home j C ° ' !°' 5 6 ° * °
him four children, be forced to sup- coming >,ack to be supported In the! ^ ^ Li rV" >,T
port them and even buy tobacco for winter. He insisted on his wife sup- u:f, ' ° the body of the article
their father and after all that to be plying him with prodigious/ quantities i . quot ng , ' ' 9
The Democratic press all over the kogee, saying: "The state won today
state has been making a strenuous ; in the federal court, which upheld the
eleventh hour grand-stand play over provision of the amendment to the
the refusal of the federal district constitution known as the 'Grandfa-
' court at Muskogee to take into con- ther Law,' in a sweeping decision by
i Bideratlon any of the allegations mad , Judge Ralph E. Campbell, who upheld
OKIjAHOMA CIT\, July 22. (Spe- against the registration officers who the contentions put forward by at-
cial)—In reply to an article In the refused to register any negroes who , torneys for the State, that the edu-
Muskogee Times-Democrat, which rep would not stand the test of the' no- rational test, as provided In the
resented htm as ruling that an elect- toriou8"grandfather law. Grandfather'Clause, applies to ne-
or at the primary can vote only the That there was no consideration; groes on registering as well as In the
ticket of the 'party under which he whatever of the merits of the case or general election."
has registered, Attorney General Chan 0f the constitutionality of the law by Further on, In the same article, It
West has made a vigorous denial that the court made no difference with the is said: "Judge Campbell hold that
such is his position and reiterates an Democratic press. All they were af- the federal district court has NO
opinion formerly given out from his ter wns a chance to brace up the elec- JURISDICTION in original cases to
office to the effect that a voter can tion officials over the state who stood Issue a writ of mandamus."
ask for any one ticket which he de- ' in fear of a federal prison sentence A more elaborate article appeared
j «1res at the primary, regardless of under the ruling of the court In the In Sunday's Oklahoman. The article
past patty affiliations or lack of aflil- Kingfisher cases a year ago. The fol- j also states that Judge Campbell held
lations, although he is of course re-: lowing statement by County Attorney that tho court had no jurisdiction in
stricted to voting for the candidates John Adams will prove interesting In ' an original case in mandamus, which
on the one tickei which he calls for. t.hls connection, as it gives the exact w&s the suit before the court.
The Attorney Generals ruling is of j status of the matter. This case was an original ca«o in
particular interest just at the pres-, Guthrie, July 22. j mandamus to compel the registration
ent time because of the fact that a The Daily Star: i officers to register colored voters who
very large number of former Repub- | in Sunday's Issue of The Star there I
licans who are now supporting Theo-: appeared an article dated from Mus-
doro Roosevelt and the new progres-1
aive party have registered as indepen-
dents. It has been announced In var-
OU8 places over the state that this
vould exclude them from voting at
ie primary, inasmuch as there is no
'orpendent ticket in the field, but
fnf)lev tho attorney general's construe
tion of the law they may call for any
ticket they want, regardless of their
registdation.
West Differs From Ulley.
j The articles which called forth the
latest opinion from the attorney gen-
I eral was published in the Times-Dem-'
ocrat Saturday evening. Tho head-
lines stated that West held that an
(Continued on Page Four.)
Guthrie Will Win in Capitol
Fight; Says Travelling'[Man
(Continued on Page Four.)
by him, wis the stop of of tobacco and when she did not he
Belle Zumwalt as told Monday went to the store and got it, charging ^ °/ tn° 7™ , ^ "
' superior court when she eecur- it to her account. Finally he left her, 1/ ^ *
- - * " i in the city, agreed with him.
deBertod
Mrs
in the
fcd her divorce from lien Zumwalt
Twenty-one years ago lieu Zumwalt,
a county beau, married the ;:irl at
Llshon, Mo. All went well as long
as his money lasted, but he wouldn't to help support the family,
work. They moved to Oklahoma, l.v- j Her divorce was not contested
was the opinion of Ben W. Riley, sec-
retary of the state election board, and
nine years ago. She moved into town j
obtained a position as janitress in the!
American National Bank building and
two of the little girls worked at night
in
The Sapulpa Dally Light says:
Hon. A. W. Maxwell, Republican can-
didate for the nomination for con-
gressman at large, who spoke at the
three-fold task of running for con-
gress, pushing the circulation of his
daily, the Star, and boosting for Guth-
rie for the state capital. Guthrie
h11 in the Star and Mr. Maxwell a
tower of strength and the wonder Is
that the merchants of that city who
hope to see the capital sent back to
Guthrie, do not give the Daily Star a
more liberal advertising patronage.
The only objection the Light has
heard waged against Guthrie is that
it is dead and the citizens there have
It in their power to contradict the
charge by patronizing their newspa-
pers more liberally. A city is Judged
very largely by its newspapers and
Guthrie, while a good city has never
given her papers anything like the
patronage they deserve. Liven up a
bit, boys,, If you want your neighbors
to boost for you.
The outside Impression of Guthrie
st present is not very great, due to the
fact that their merchants apipear
"slow."
COUNTRY WIDE SEARCH IS
BEING MADE FOR DAYLIGHT
SLAYERS Or N. Y. GAMBLER
j
SAPULPA, OKLA, July 22.—(Spl.) . Muskogee, Tulsa and Sapulpa
—"Guthrie will carry by an over- would not give Oklahoma City twenty
whelming majority In the coming per cent of their votes on the capital
capital election," said a prominent question if the election was held at
travelling salesman today who has present and many express the belief
just returned from a trip through, that ultimately Oklahoma City will
Eastern Oklahoma. "Oklahoma City gracefully withdraw from the Hgh£
ha8 been trying to "hornswoggle" the before election day. Her explanations
people long enough, is the opinion of are becoming numerous. The gover-
many of the leading business men nor has been called into the game of
and the time has come to give Guthrie "explaining." No amount of plausible
her just dues—the state capital." 1 excuses for the capital muddle Jn
This appears to be the sentiment of Oklahoma City will satisfy the voters
practically eighty per cent of the peo- of Eastern Oklahoma. They feel that
pie in Kastern Oklahoma. The "Sand ! real estate "boosters" have gone a
monopoly" and Johnson's famous tele- step too far In the matter and that
gram knocking against any approprl- ; Oklahoma City has been in league
; ation for Arkansas river improvement [ with them to a very great extent.
| which was never apologized for by j Guthrie should, by reason of this
the traffic department of the chum- shameful affair be given the perman-
her of commerce in Oklahoma are ent capita! and voters in this part of
t'actors which cause many voters to ! the state are outspoken in their prof-,
a strong feeling agallnsh erence, according to the best inform-
TO BE RAISED
entefltain
Oklahoma City.
! ation obtainable.
choice of Taylor but Governor Cruce's j
friends are fighting hard for Fred
Parkinson, of Wagoner. There are
five candidates.
T r. T>enn has moved from his form-
or hOsi'ltnl on Division to his new
ce-ient block hospital at 110 East VI-
W. rhnne 1412. Will be (dad to sec
(t'l Ms former clients when In need
of a veterinarian. 11512. i
NEW YORK, July 22—The Rosen-
thal conspiracy mystery nears its so-
lution. This is the belief of Deputy
Police Commissioner Dougherty,
who expects today to arrest two or
three gun men and gangsters who
were hired to kill Herman Rosenthal
before the gambler could disclose
more secrets of the relations between
the gamblerB and the police.
Sweated and grilled by a fierce
third degree, Jack Sullivan, a former
newsboy, held as a material witness,
and Sam Paul, the east side gang
leader, sullenlly made statments
early today from which the police
commissioner pieced together impor-
tant evidence. The two men, Sulli-
van and Paul, were taken into custo-
dy last night, along with "Bridgie"
Webber, the gambler.
Detectives have learned enough of
the case to adlmt the gun men were
gathered together on Monday and
taken to Webber's poker roomy,
where the final arrangements for the
killing of Rosenthal were perfected.
Webber denies all knowledge of the
shooting.
Plans to kill Rosenthal were laid
on the excursion trip of the Sam Paul
association.
OKLAHOMA CITY, July 22.—(Spe-j
I cial)—Cuonty assessment calues for
the year 1912 will be equalized at a I
that excursion trip and the detectivesj session of the state board of equali-
now know that "Bald Jack" Rose and nation beginning Tueday morning.
"Bridgie" Webber were also on board 1 Taxes for the last two years have
the steamer.
It was the day that the word that
Rosenthal threatened to tell more
about how the police grafted on gam-
bling house8 was passed about.
Search Whole Country,
New York, July 22.—Countrywide
search for the slayers of Herman Ro-
senthal, the gambler, is in "progress
today. Names of the men who killed
him have become luiown to the police
through several prisoners. Gang-
sters who were engaged in the killing
after it had been carefully rehearsed
in an uptown gambling house are be-
lieved to have fled within a day oi"
tjyo, having been convinced that the
police system will not be ablo to pro-
tect them.
Some of the "east side characters"
whom the detectives are searching j
for are "Lefty Louis," a gun man;
"Whitey" Lewis, Harry Vallon, gam-
bler; Sam Schepps, a gangster ,and
"Itsky" another gangster.
USE CHLOROFORM
aroused such universal complaints
that the action of the state board is
awaited with eagerness, in spite of j
the fact that its power to levy taxes OKLAHOMA CITY, July 22.—(Spe-
does not extend beyond the small levy j cial)—Chloroform was used effective-
for state purposes. ly as an aid to burglary for the first
As matters stand now, the counties time in Wichita last night when the
of Oklahoma and Logan are In shape home of Henry Sauterfi 621 North
to receive the most radical increases,: Emporia avenue, was robbed. Several
though it is known that great care applications of chloroform' through
will be taken to make no more chang- j the screened window of the Sauter's
es than are necessary to make the: !>ed room saused Mr. and Mrs. Sau-
basls of values the same throughout: ter to sleep too soundly to hear the
the state.
■
JUS IRE BENCH
SEATTLE, WASH., July 22.—Unit-
ed States District Judge Cornelius N.
Hanford, whose conduct on the bench
has bee nunder investigation for al-
most a month by a sub-committee of
the house judiciary committee, tele-
graphed his resignation today to the
President.
Judge Hanrord gives 111 health as
the reason for his resignation.
I. R. ELECTORS Oil
BE NEW EXAM!
ransacking burglars
"I wakened a short time after we j
went to bed and smelled a peculiar;
odor in the room," said Mr. Sauter TOPEKA, KANS., July 22.—The
"My wife could make nothing of it so Kansas sureme court handed down a
I went to sleep again. I wakened and decision today that the Roosevelt
again smelled the odor. This time presidential electors must remain on
it was stronger. So 1 took a flashlight the 'primary ballot, and voters can
and made a thorough search of the j express their choico between Taft
house. I found nothing wrong so I
returned to bed and slept until morn-
-(Spe-j ing .My head was within a foot of the
OKLAHOMA CITY, July 22
Police Lieutenant Charles A. Beck- cial)—Considerable heat has arisen i open window and I am satisfied that
er, head of thq "strong arm" squad over the naming of a successor to the burglars sprayed the chloroform
whom Rosenthal directly accused of State Examiner and Inspector Cbas. through the sf-reen onto the bed."
Rosenthal had been talk ; sharing In profits from gambling, was A. Taylor, who died last week in Los
lng too much. Some well known gun transferred today to an uptown pre- Angeles, Calif. Hugh Gerner, pres- Attorney Frank Burford spent yes-
men and blackjackers were along on I clnct, where he will do desk duty. ent chief assistant was the personal terday In Oklahoma Cjiy on business. I taken from the primary ballot
and Roosevelt as Republican nomi-
nees, in Kansas.
The court held that the row in the
party ought never to have been taken
into the courts, as It was purely polit-
ical, and ordered all suits dismissed.
The Taft leaders brought suit to have
the names of the Roosevelt electors
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