The Guthrie Daily Star (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 64, Ed. 1 Friday, May 24, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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THE GUTHRIE DAILY STAR
NINTH YEAR.
GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 24. 1912.
NUMBER 64.
TAFT OR
Spectacular Catch With the
Bases Full Saves Okmulgee
OKMULGEE, OK., May 23 (Spl.)—| able to stop tfie~0kmulf ee sluggers
Okmulgee male it three straights to
day by defeating Guthrie in a close
game of 5 to 4. Baxter made a sen-
sational catch with three men on has
es and, two outs. This was by far the
feature of the game and certainly
saved the day lor Okmulgee
The Guthrie pitching staff was un-
who hit the ball consistently.
The score:
Guthrie . .
Okmulgee .
Batteries:
eymaker;
Webber.
R H
003 001 000—4 6 1
. ..012 001 100—5 11 1
Womack, Rice and Mon-
TayTor, Harrison and
E
According to Latest Dope, Taft Has 451 ,1 • V? 1 . i ni
Delegates; Roosevelt 436; Cummins Guthn6 Selected aS Pla<*
and LTollette 46; Uninstructed 83
WASHINGTON, May 23 (Spl.)—
Who will control the National com-
mittee in the National convention at
Chicago? ✓
That is the all absorbing topic in
Republican •political circleB in Wash-
ington. I)ivector McKinley of the
Taft campaign bureau declares, "we
own the commTTfee."
Senator Dixon,' director of the
Roosevelt campaign, made no such
boastful claim but declares that the
■eommittee will not dare go againBt
the wishes of the people -expressed
in the numerous direct preference
primaries, ft is generally believed
on all sides that neither Taft nor
Roosevelt oan get enough votes to
nominate on the first ballot. The bal
ance of power reste with the con-
tested and uninstructed delegates
while there are 35 LaFollette and 10
Cummings delegates to be reckoned
with. Cummins anff"~LaFolette be-
ing progressives. Roosevelt is count-
ing on their vote and the Roosevelt
campaign headquarters claim that
the uninstructed delegates -will Tote
with their candidate when he shows
greater strength than Taft.
The committee on credentials will
pity an important part in the selec-
tion of the candidate.
for Annual Encampment
of State Militia Officers
ON LARGE SCALE
Lack of Funds Will No Longer be a
r actor to be Overcome in Building
up a Great Industry in Guthrie
If Taft controls the committee
will be able _£o ""materially aid
The
merce
Guthrie
has
Chamber of Com-, dent that the Officers who will be
TOWN OF JAY
FIGHTING YET
oers School of Instruction. General lishing the camp at Guthrie. This
fight while' Roosevelt can almost as- f?10" a"d 8ta" Came UP fr°m °k" encmpment coming at the time it
sure himself of victory if he wins oma Clty a hursday morning and does means much to Guthrie and on
his numerous contests 'D ronylany wlth members of the the other hand Guthrie extends her
Here Is Situation. Guthrie Chamber of Commerce visit- hospitality and a warm welcome to
According to the New York Her- ^ th6 ParkB and 8elected Mlner#11 these officers who come from ever>
aid. which made public a statement Park the Cam'P' U WlU take, part of oklahoma an<l compose the
today, Taft now has 451 delegates 1,000 acrea of land to carry out be8t professional anil business men
while Roosevelt has 436, Cummins ^ P'anB °f /man<,uverlnS and thej of the State. About sixty Oklahoma
and LaFollette 46 and 83 unlnstruct- pasture laud +dJac«nt to the park is Militia Officers will be in attendance
0^ used. Cteneral Canton is well and the most celebrated RegulAr Ar-
United States Senator Root, who! acquainted wlth the mineral wells my Officers will be here as instrue-
ha8 been officially selected as tem- the waters' vlrtues- The gen- tors, celebrated as being the most
porary chairman of the Republican " * WSyS haS the Guards' inter'; efflcient in th*lr liBeB ln ^ u- 8
convention loomed un ests at heart and for th« benefit de- Army. June 18 will see the ar-
NEW $800000 CORPORATION
A new corporation capitalized at
I $80,000 known as the Guthrie Seating
j Company was formed in Guthrie yes
still, however, with limited resources
Mr. Wood has demonstrated by
shrewd and efficient management
that the factory will be a paying in-
terda.v. The new corporation will stitution when it has sufficient "cap-
take over the plant of the Guthrie ital with which to operate. For. dur-
Sehool, Church and Office Furniture ing the past year, since the factory
Company and conduct the business has been under his management a
on a much larger and broader scale, volume of business aggregating
than the former owners were ever about $5,000 monthly was being done
able to do. The following officers and some twenty-five or thirty of
have been elected: President, Rob- Guthrie's skilled laborers have been
ert Sohlberg; Treasurer, E. P. Wood; employed.
Secretary and General Manager, E
P. Woods; Superintendent, A. H
Robillard
Finances Were Limited.
As is well known the Guthrie
This new company have leased all
the buildings and equipment of the
old company and will carry on the
business in the same quarters here-
tofore occupied by them, but on a
convention loomed up toflny as an
available dark horse possibility for
the nomination.
Senator Root is rated as one of
the availables, because of the high
esteem ln which he is tield by Colon-
el Roosevelt; who at one time de-
clared that Root ffa-i the possessor
o* one of the Ijrighte-rt te^nOs in Am-
erica.
rived from the waters he is confl.
(Continued on Page 8)
54 to Finish and MostofTkem
Are Sweet Girl Graduates, Too
EPWORTH CONVENTION.
Tonight the Logan County High
School passes a notable milestone
j in its history as the graduation ex-
A session of the Epworth League"e 1x1868 for the class of 1912 wil be
convention of the Guthrie District hed in the HiBh school auditorium be-
waB held at 8:45 Wednesday morn- ginning at 8 p. m.
School, Church and Office Furniture much larger scale.
Manufacturing Company built and opj The Guthrie Seating Company will
erated for a few years a very largej control enough capital to maintain a
wood working plant, manufacturing pay roll from tw6 thousand to three
school desks, church pews and oth- thousand dollars a month and a vol-
ume of business Is expected to ac-
crue from seven thousand" to ten
thousand dollars monthly.
This new enterprise will be a great
boon for Guthrie and it speaks well
ing at the West Site M. E. Church
At 9.30 the delegates visited the hos-
pital and university. At noon lun-
cheon was served i>y the Ladies AM
| society in the Sunday school room
at the church. A large body of stu-
er similar lines of •public furniture.
but because of limited finances it
practically closed down something
more than a year ago but some of
the loyal citizens of Guthrie took ov-
" th* bn8iDess under a temporary! for Guthrie, that Its business men
alone has completed the work in 3 lease and continued Its operation un- should create and maintain so strong
years. Both the saiutatorian an^der the management of E. P. Wood, and valuable an enterprise
valedictorian are girls. Of the first
ten honor students two are boys. yds, \ NINE POUND BOV
Quite a number contemplate college
courses here and elsewhere. The I Eimer day foreman ftt thp
GROVE, OKLA., May 23 (Spl.)—
Attorneys representing the owners
of the new townsite at Jr.v appeared f™*' "°Wara' T
tefore the District court today an«lMeade and Dr' Da*
asked for a writ of .mandamus to
compel the removal of the county re-
cords to New Jay.
Judge Pitchford refused to grant
the writ and an appeal will be taken
to the Supreme court. The records
now tn the building at Old Jay are
still kept under' heavy guftrd.
irr cc™n
school in this city Starting this year Retta May Conneway, Forrest O. smne. Becaus^Thc^finest ' nine
with sixty three, fifty four will grad- j Cress, Leona Marguerite Dolde, Mary poimd babv boy arrivp(1 a( h,g h
Th h. h °"ly eI7e" b0y8' Fl0rentine Eisenschmidt, Clinton C Thursday. The mother and son are
The highest average for the four Fees, Dale O. Fish, Grace Opal Hur- getting along nicely and Flmer is
j dents from the University and the years work being 92 per cent. In j ley, Raeburn Miller Jenkins, Mary Ed the proudest fellow in the world
faculty attended the luncheon. Rev. the classical and normal courses. | na Long, James D. Morgan, Mabel because it is the tirst The vounst^r
E. B. Rankin acted as -toastmaster. whlch are four years, one student (Continued «n page 8.) win probably be named F H Jr
The speakers were: p—f 'Mnyhrrrr.; '
Prof. Howard, Prof. Green, Rev.
ALIEN INT Sll
IN DAVIS GASE
MONEY L0S1 BY
COURT'S RULING
Next Encampment of G. A. R.
and W. R. C. Goes to Chandler
E FGR THE
FATE
iBy Staff Correspondent.) I The state reunion will be held in
Kingfisher, May 23.—One of the Pawnee, in October.
largest and most successful encamp- The following officers were chosen
ments of the Grand Army of the Re- by the Grand Army members.
public and the Woman's Relief corps Department Commander, W. R
closed here at 3 o'clock today with Kelley, Kingfisher; Senior Vice Com-
a 'joint installation of officers. j mander, L. C. Coffin, Lawton; Jun-
Chandler won over Guthrie by five ior Vice Commander, O. T. Tripp, of Washington, May 23.—The senate
votes in the contest for the next enj Blackwell; Surgeon, Dr. H. V. Har- committee on commerce today took
cappment. Chandler's cause was wick. Lamont; Chaplain, Peter De- "P the report on the Titanic disaster
giv'en a great boost by reason of the | Clark, Oklahoma City; Assistant Ad- wh'ch will be submitted to the sen-
GO AFTER THE
RONDS'TODAY
City Treasurer Tom Jenkins re-
ceived a phone message Thursday
from Attorney General West to the
effect that he (Mr. West) had sign-
ed both the $100,000 issue of park
bonds and the $14,000 funding bond
issue.
Mr. Jenkins will go to Oklahoma
City today for the purpose of getting
the bonds. He will hold them until
the purchasers are ready to take
them and pay the cash into the city
treasury.
court swore himself off the bench to-
day in the trial of Jack Davis for the
murder of Jesse Maxwell following
the filing of an affidavit to the effect
that Allen was biased. Judge R. P
Degraffenreid, of this city, or Judg)
Russell, of Ardmore, will likely try
the case, which is set for June 6.
An attempt will be made to secure
a change of venue.
I WASHINGTON, May 23 (Spl..)-
j That the state of Oklahoma should
| not lose one cent in taxes t&rough , * * . c. ■ v ,, ■
the decision of the United States Sn- Spanish War Veterans jutant General, T. H. Soward, Guth- ate next Monday. It will be
I preme court in the Choctaw and the alr<,ady vo,ed t0 meet there and j rie; Council of Administration, W| sweeping arraignment of conditions
It is planned to hold both conventions j M. Smith, Lamont, Joe Becker, Ana- "nder which the Titanic swept along
E BATTLE
MUSKOGEE, OK., May 23 (Spl.)-
, . „ « I nt.i ii, u 18 pianneu 10 noi
Judge R. C. Allen of the District Chickasaw land tax cases is the op- . . .
I . . cxn iike same aate
Inion of Representative Carter who
has just submitted a resolution in
the House calling upon the govern-
ment to make good any losses in-
curred by the court's opinion what-
ever amount these may be.
Senator Gore today introduced an
amendment to the general appropria-
tion bill which will come up before
the Senate within a few days which
J'
(Continued on Page Four.)
Negro Youth Held on Charge
of Stealing Postage Stamps
-_ In the arrest of Isaih Agent, a
provides for "an appropriation of $300! 16 year old negro lad, the polloe be-
000 for the conduct of school in the lieve they have a clever stamp theif,
districts affected by the court's de- who has been working in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY, May 23 (Spl.) I cision for the coming year. City and Guthrie for the last few
7 TEAKS FOB YOUTH.
—TEat Roy Peel \yas guilty of aid-
ing and encouraging Blanche Jones
to commit suicide was the verdict re-
turned by a Jury ln Judge Taylor'
division of the district court Thurs-
day morning. His punishment was
fixed at seven years imprisonment,
which is the minimum allowed "by the i
law.
:AUT0 TO DELIVER
THE RURAL MAIL
rtionths. Since the police arrested
the negro, which was late Wednes-
the iceberg area to her
through
doom.
It is understood the report will
severely criticize Captain Smith of
the Titanic as mainly responsible for
the disaster because of failure to
heed the warnings of other vessels;
the British board of trade for lax
inspection, J. Bruce Ismay, who was
passenger, and will point to
OF PRES. MADERO
El
Paso., May 23.—Four hundred
miles south of the American border
later released. In the meantime, a l,aSBenK°r. and will point to the near Rellano, along the Mexican Cen
Postmaster^McCoy got next to the lack of dif>cipline in the time of dan- tral railroad, a fierce battle is be-
fact that the Stamps were being of- fer' ^ap^aln Ij0rd of the Callforn. ing fought between the Mexican
wi- —° me Mexican
fered for sale. He immediately be- lim' wlU flBure in the responsibility forces in north Mexico of the rebels
pame hucv thn because Of failure to take nerpRsnrv anrf r<nnnnni n ~
came busy on the case.
During the afternoon the
went into the office of G. W
negro I
Bruce,
day night they have found where he secretary of the I. O. O. F. Lodge in
TRAIN IS WRECKED.
j CHICKASHA; May 23 (Spl.)—
James Lindsley, the first man to rw
McALESTER, OK., May 23 fSpl.)— ceive a postal appointment under
East bound Rock Island ■passenger j the terms of the highest grade in
train No. 48 was wrecked near Stew- j the county examlnhtlon is also the
art, Okla., tonight. first man In Grady county~to install
The tender of the engine was de. an automobile as his mode of travel
railed. Traffic was delayed about 7 on his rural route. He
sold $34.50 worth oTstamps. ~$24 of
the Btamps were stolen from the
Chamber of Commerce and sold to
various' places in the city.
When first arrested the negro de-
clared that the stamps had been sent
to him by a pal in Oklahoma City.
However, he later admitted that he ma City story but when
had taken part of the stamps from the by Fred L. Weniier, of the Chamber
Chamber of Commerce. j of Commerce, he admitted his guilt.
How He Was Caught. Postofflce inspector, are working
on the case and arrests both in Ok-
It Is said that the negro went to lahoma City and Guthrie are likely to
V/i. lUf 1 t'UeiB
because of failure to take necessary and General Pascual Orozco and the
steps when near the Titanic, whose federals commanded by " General
roeket signals of distress were seen Huerta. The battle may prove to
_ aboard the "Californiam Congress be a turning point of the revolution
of will be asked to reward Ca-ptain Ros- Ever since late yesterday when the
tron of the rescue ship Carpathla. federals attacked the firing has been
A general bill is being drafted by almost incessant.
Senator Smith whtch along with It , .
other measurae. already framed ln 3 8 ma ed t at 3,o00 troops
negro was under arrest All dnrini? the senate and the house will be con- _ 6 engage 011 ®ac ®We and al-
negro was unaer arrest. All during .... ready scores of dead amd wounded
the afternoon he held to the Oklaho-1 8,d;rcd conimercie committee „ot thp degert J^
. . . and reduced onnrrpfp Ipplalntinn tn
this cityv He sold |5.00 worth
stamps for $4:60. He was paid with
a warrant of the lodge and gave a re-
ceipt. Mr. Brace immediately noti-
fied the police-tnd in an hour the
confronted and redufed to concrete legislation to ' DaU'e *round Th«
confronted ^ ^ ^ ^ advantage today appeared to be with
disaster.
the rebls in that they held their
strongly fortified poBittong In front
of Rellano, repelling the repeated
hours. No one was hurt.
' ' mc icijeaieu
Miss Aileen Dunn of St. Joseph's federal charges of the federal caval-
. — Academy went to Kingfisher to sing i.ry and Infantry.
a certain place in this town and of- result. The negro will be turned ov- «t a musical entertainment given by
i ?.Lt0 the Un,t€d 6,fltes f0r pr08eCU- the Benedlctlne Sisters of that Place L. H. Matchett returned yesterday
automobile rural delivery today. , was taSen to Ihe sheriff's office but tion.
Thursday evening.
j from Oklahoma City.
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Hornaday, W. H. The Guthrie Daily Star (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 64, Ed. 1 Friday, May 24, 1912, newspaper, May 24, 1912; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc275568/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.