The Guthrie Daily Star (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 233, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 10, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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THE GUTHRIE DAILY STAR
NINTH YEAR.
GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10,1912.
NUMBER 233.
RENFRO WILL GOME ID GUIH RiE WHEN
COH ATlORNEr SENDS III MG
Refused To Confirm Governor's Ap-
pointments To Board Of Education
Status Of Cede Not Printed
..Oklahoma City, Dec. 9.—(Spe-
cial) That tomorrow would be the
last day of the special session
seemed to be the consensus of
opinion among senators tonight,
all of whom are anxious to get
home in plenty of time for Christ-
mas. But before adjourning they
started something not expected
by Governor Cruce when they ask
ed for several reports from state
departments and also as to the
status of the new code of Oklaho-
ma laws, which was adopted by
the legislature two years ago, but
never printed. |
The senate absolutely refused
to confirm any of the Governor's
appointments to the board of ed-
ucation, thus leaving the state
with its two most imporant boards
composed of one man each, the
state board of agriculture now be-
ing President G. T. Bryan, on ac-
count of the Russejl bill having
recalled the others and the state
board of education being compos-
ed wholly of State Superintend-
ent Robert II. Wilson, on account
of the refusal of the senate to con-
firm the appointments. Such a
situation will probably never ap-
pear again in he history of the
state.
It is possible that Governor
Cruce and Superintendent Wilson
will now get together and agree
on a board, acceptable to both.
This is the plan suggested by a
number of the senators and it
seems to be the most logical solu-
tion of the problem.
There is considerable history at-
tendant on the non-publication of
the new code. Everything was in
readiness to turn it over to the
printer, when it was discovered
that one section was adverse to
the state's contention that the
bods of rivers in the state were the
property of the state. The sand
and gravel scandal, growing out
of the attempted leasing of the
beds of the Arkansas and Grand
rivers, will readily be remember-
ed by all.
Clerk W. H. L. Campbell of the
supreme court, who draws no sal-
ary and has to be content with th<-
fees of his office, was requested to
file a report, showing the number
of cases appealed where the costs
were less than $20. It was also
suggested by some senators that
the clerk be requested to show
just what the .income of his office
was, as it has always,been sup-
posed to be a veritable gold mine.
ETI#
On his promise that he would
come to Guthrie whenever need-
ed, Charles E. Renfro. one of the
pioneer druggists of this city,
who was arrested yesterday in
Eugene,'Ore., on a charge of hav-
ing jointly with William It.
AlcBrine, on Dec. 29, 1910, sold
a forged state warran i'or $950 to
I Ilayden Farquharson, cashier of
the Oklahoma State bank, was al-
lowed his liberty on. the making
of a cash bond of $1,000, the mon-
ey having been sent here last
night.
'Hie release on bond followed
| an interchange of telegrams be-
i tween County Attorney John
! Adams, Renfro and Sheriff H. L.
I Brown of Lane county Ore., a tel-
ephone conversation between the
county attorney and Attorney
General West and assurance from
a number of Renfro's friends that
they were satisfied that he could
not afford to became a fugitive
from justice.
It is understood that Renfro
may be implicated in two more
charges and that at least one
more arrest, in connection with
the McBrine case, will be made in
a day or two. Sheriff Bert Mur-
phy, who brought McBrine back
to Guthrie, has been working on
the case for several months, and
was ready to get Renfro at any
time.
On account of the fact that it
would be impossible to try
McBrine at this term of court, he
was not arraigned yesterday and
probably will not be'for several
days yet. For a time County At-
torney Adams and Attorney Gen-
eral West were considering re-
ducing McBrine's bond, but on
account of rumors that certain
parties were anxious to get
McBrine away to protect them-
selves, it was thought better to
allow the bond to remain at $10,-
000.
While the arrest of Renfro was
something of a surprise, it had
been known for sometime 'that he
had handled some of the war-
rants and that he had sold some
of them at a considerable dis-
count.y. Renfro had been promi-
nent in Republican politics in the
GAL TWO—RENFOR i P ... , ,
i . . u . , Committee got down to work to-
county and state, but was bitter- 6
ly disappointed when Postmas- ^ alter a recess of several
ter W. M. McCoy was re-appoint- j months. The program for till-
ed, disposed of his Guthrie hold- ! next few days included the call-
ings for land in Kay county and ing as witnesses of several New
went to Eugene, Ore. York bankers, among them Ja-
It would have cost close to $300 J cob II. Schiff and some represen-
for Sheriff Bert Murphy to have tatives of the New York Stock
gone to Oregon for Renfro and Exchange.
when he telegraphed County Ant- j At the opening session of the
torney Adams that be would come committee today Chairn^n Pujo
and was willing to put up a cash j made a statement in wli&h he re-
bond and the Oregon Sheriff rec- j pudiated published reports of
omended it, Adams agreed to it, what purported to be the commit
although requisition papers had
already been prepared.
usm
Reticent Witness Does Not Think Re-
fusal To Clear Throttling Business.
Pujo Denies Purported Statiment
Washington, Dec. 9.—The
House Money Trust Investigating
ANN 10 BE TRIED
THE COM WEEK
GIRL OFFERS ARM
TO FREE BROTHER
ings.
"At no time has there ever
been any friction, misunderstand-
ing or difference either among the
members, or with or between
counsel. The utmost harmony
has prevailed from the beginning
and the reports to the contrary
have been sheer fabrications. Nor
is there any authority for the per-
sistent published report as to pro-
posed remedies or legislation.
The question has never been be-
fore the committee and it would
b premature to consider it. The
committee is not yet in possession
of the facts on which to base a
judgment. It has barely reached
the threshold of the inquiry, and
reports as to its aation are de-
cidedly premature to say the
tee's intentions for the course of
inquiry. He said:
"In resuming his inquiry the
committee feels tliat many unau-
thorized, misleading and inspired ! least.
reports that have been circulated j The first witness was William
concerning its work and plans c. Cloud, 'president of the State
should be reconsidered and the j Bank of Maryland. Samuel Un-
P'lblic be warned against placing ' tenneyer. counsel for ihe
WAYNOKA WOMAN MADE
TWO SUICIDE ATTEMPTS
Waynoka, Oklsi., Dec. 9—Mrs.
Katellamacher, 18, a bride jt
four months, made two unsuccess-
ful attempts in one hour to take
her life in this city lsist evening.
The first attempt was vnde at 4
o'clock when Mrs. Hamacher
locked herself in a room at the
home of her brother-in-law, Elmer
Meyers, and hung herself to a
bedpost with a rope made of an
apron and other clothing. Meyers
heard noises and sounds of a
struggle in his sister-in-law's
room on the first floor and find-
ing the door locked kicked a win-
dow in and cut the rope from the
ROW WILL STEVEN
The district court jury comes
case to be tried, that of Steve
Winsley for grand larceny, and
a number of civil cases.
Steve Winsley,is the dark-town
dandy who is accused of taking
three diamonds and a bunch of
stick pins—by mistake. He was
arrested jointly with Ida House,
a negress who is more or less pop-
ular in police court circles, but it
was decided to try them separate-
ly.
It took considerable nerve to
swing the trick as they swung it.
Ida walked into the ,J>eming
Drug company and engaged the
clerk in conversation. Tt is claim-
ed that Winsley then enme in an.i
while she held the attrition of
the clerk, sljpped a raffle c."rrl.
containing three diamonds. val-
ued at $100. and some stick pir.s
under his coat. The missing jew.
elry has never been found.
woman's neck in time to save lier
life.
The second attempt at self de-
struction occurred at 5 o'clock,
one hour later, when Mrs. Hama-
cher swallowed the -contents of a
two-ounce bottle of crude carbol-
ic acid. Answering a call, Doc-
tor* Gordon and Clapper reached
the house in 15 minutes and with
the quick use o fa stomach pump
again saved the woman's life. A
razor was taken from the woman
today by members of the family.
Mrs. ITamachfr refuses to talk,
but it is known that trmble with
her husband, Chan Hamacher.
who is employed in a garage at
Carmen, is responsible for the at-
tempts to take her life. The
Hamachers were married last
August and have had considera-
ble domestic trouble. It is said
that recently Ilamaeher told his
wife that if she did not leave him
he would leave her. Mrs. Ham-
acher came to Waynoka a week
aeo. since which time she has
been very discouraged. TTer hus-
band has been notified of her
tempts at suicide, but refuses to
"ome to her.
Norman, Okla. Dec. 9—Special)
The bond of Oliver II. Akin, for-
merly a member of.,the Oklahoma
legislature, in five cases was re-
duced from $500 to $100 each here
today. It is claimed he left Okla-
homa to escape political influences
of a degrading nature, according
to his own story,, it is said, and
was brought back to the state on
charges of having written checks
on banks when there were no
funds to meet them. He was re-
leased from jail on bond in the
sum of $500 today.
When Akin was first brought
back to Norman he was placed
j under bond of $500 on a charge
j of giving a check when he did not
j have funds to cover it. lie was
1 at>le to make bond in this case,
! but he was later arrested on five
j other charges and .could not give
the additional $2,500 bond. On
an application of his attorney his
bond was reduced to $100 in each
case, which he was able to secure.
His cases have..been set for the
regular term of the district court,
which will probably be next Mon-
day, at the latest. £
any credence in them. There has
been a consistent hostile effort in
certain directions to embarass the
•com-
mittee, took up his examination.
Mr. Cloud said his bank had ap-
plied for clearing house privi-
inquiry. No statements have leges but had been refused, be-
been or will be made or authoriz- | cause jt was not a member of the
ed on behalf of the committee at Baltimore clearing house, but de-
any time except such as may be j sired to clear through another
openly announced at the hear- [ bank, that was.
DANIEL ur Tut MAN If NAMES
WILL GO BACK TO CAROLINA
j Denver. Colo., Dec. 9.—"If the
; state of Colorado must have
its pound of flesh I will give it
! my right arm for the release of
its claim on my brother."
This was the message given to
Governor Shafroth by Gail Sliel-
den, sister of 18 year old Roscoe
i Sheldon, who, according to Super-
intendent Paddleford of the State
Industrial school at Golden, must
leave his 17 year old bride of a
year, his 6 weeks old babe, his Safe and secure in the Oklaho- South Carolina negro is supposed
$18 per week position, his little ma County jail lies Dan Smiley, to have such a thing instead ol
home he is paying for, and return a];as pan Brown alias Dan Cole- the Pr°verbial gallus.
, to Golden to remain until he is 21. aljas ^ Harri for | Two or three months ago Dan
Uch„„ n,o°yer..OIL r."lv «* • «Mf Hart Jtopl.y „„1 ***■
scnool two years ago and tne only deputies have been searching e ,0 0klah<>ma and being a
way we have of preserving dis- seaicning, crap shooter of ability had no
cipline it to make a severe exam- J these many days. And unless —iA:__
pie of runaways when they are can aKa'n secure his freedom
on habeas corpus, as he has done
before, the Dan of many names
will be taken back to South Caro-
lina today.
The slippery negro it not
only supposed to be an escaped
convict but is wanted for obtain-
caught," is the statement of Fred
L. Paddleford, superintendent of
the school.
"Mr. Paddleford is a good
man; he has absolute power to do
as he pleases. I do not—in fact,
I am not sure that I would have a
right to interfere with him," is j . .
the statement of (rovprnor Sliaf- i ^i^ce his escape. Tt is also alle^j- n . . ,
rotK ' ed that he something of a reputa- a^° nd^ arl ran UP aKalnst
In the anti-room, while wating tion as a "bad man" a,l(1 t,lat PL'P,ut^ BlU M?rphy and,? shot
b lit 1 j vi. hplt—if h
captured Sunday at Arcadia by
trouble in getting acquainted in
Darktown society. He finalfy
drifted into Guthrie was arresed
by he police, secured his freedom
, on a writ of habeas corpus—and
; flew.
After it became certain that he
was the right man Sheriff Mur-
ing money under false pretenses P^y detailed some of his deputies
to garner him in. Three weeks
her turn to'see"the governor!'the ,three sca,ps adorn his belt—if a m th® leg " as the resuIt 110 was
ey business \m
VINTON GOFF.
The funeral of Vinton Goff.
held by Rev. A. J. Taylor, of
Stillwater, marks the passing of
a pioneer and a veteran. Mr.
Goff, who was 69 years of age, is
survived by his wife and two
sons. Oliver Goff. of Butler. Okla..
and Walter Goff. of this city.
He was a member of the Odd
Fellows lodge, a veteran of the
Civil War and a member of the
Orand Arrnv of the Republic. and
for many years had been a com-
nnnicant ;>nd earnest Heinle of
the Met^odirt church. 9^r a time
the OofTs Imd lived at Stillwater
.ind Pev. Taylor was n warm
frierd of the deceased. ITis widow
vil' make h°r Enme w:th her son.
Walter Goff, 1301 West Logan.
Beginning Wednesday, Dec. 11,
a series of weekly booster luneh-
j es will be inaugurated. The mem-
bers of the Chamber and the busi-
ness and professional men of the
city who find it convenient, tak-
ing luncheon together once a
week and during the hour discuss-
ing matters of importance and in-
terest to the city. Under his plan
our citizens will get better ac-
quainted and become more en-
thused over the prospects of Guth-
rie, the best city in Oklahoma to-
i day-
I The luncheon this week will be
at Matchetts* Cafe at 12 o'cloek
sharp. Come out ti is first time
and help boost for Guthrie, and
we are sure you will come aarain.
N. HOLMAN,
President Guthrie Chamber of
Commerce.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Black, of
"Warren, Tnd., are visions' with
j the fami'i i of J. W. Randolph
and J. E. Jones.
girl told hi;r side of the story. She
| did not waste words, because she
I had to see the governor and get
i to her room to dress and be at her
j work by 7 o'clock.
"The boy hasn't had a fair
chance." she said. "None of us
| had a fair chanee.
"He did run away from the in-
dustrial school. He couldn't help
it. It's in the blood. Father ran
away from mother when the
youngest child was thirteen
months old. Mother has done her
best to keep us four children to-
gether ever since. That's been
ten years. Mother fought the sa-
loon keepers and gamblers in
Glei.wood Springs.
"The boys in the Springs were
in the habit of taking the rail-
road velocipede and stealing rides
Roscoe did it with the other boys.
He was arrested a-d the man in
charge of the mac'; s—ore that
the machine was ln-hed. It
wasn't.
"Roscoe was paroled. Then he
ran away from school two days—
and they sent him t.o Golden to
remain eicrht vears until he would
be 21. Mother collapsed. She
couldn't see the boy. She has
seen i.im o""e since then—once."
OF 0. M. U
I Deputies James Kirkwood and El-
mer Spencer and taken to Okla-
1 lioma City where be broke loose
j but was again nabbed and taken
before Governor Cruce who hon-
ored the requisition for lam.
Oklahoma Methodist Universi-
ty foot ball season closed on
Tanksgiving day with a record of
three games won and five lost.
Friction on the part of a few first
team men and dissention, togeth^
er with the fact that a change of
coaches was made in he middle of
the season are thought to be re-
sponsible for the poor showing
III luck also overtook individual I
members of the team, Ballinger
receiving a sprained ankle and
Stoeton a broken nose. Only two |
men of this year's squad will |
COMING OF COLUMBUS.
"The Coming of ^Columbus,"
given as a benefit for the Catho-
lic ladies at the Elite last night,
attracted a large crowd, and still
more people are expected tonight
when the same classic film will
be shown again, or one of the
same rank. The management of
the theater has turned the busi^/
ness over to the ladies for
two performances. An admis-
sion price of ten ce^s is charged.
FALLIS PROSrSi
«OOD
r" aduate, Captain Horn and i -X
Meador, end. Good new material 1 Fallis, Okla., Dee. ¥®*The oil
is in sight and the squad will be ■ well being drilled li'Mi is now
reinforced "reatly. It is hoped down 1,200 feet, and f •Piil men
that the services o fan eastern eol- are confident that a strike will
lege man may be secured, one wh<- I be made within the nevt day or
will receive the support of each ; so. Not only has a stratum of
RubPTlh - for Th St:
member of the squad and by this j blue shale been pierced, but some
|m",ins overcome the friction pres- .of the famous Bartlesville oil
"ring the past season. The sand has been brought up hv the
o fthe season were McKen- drillers. Drilling in now being
z'e and Ralston. commenced at Yale and Agra.
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