The Guthrie Daily Star (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 120, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 28, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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THE GUTHRIE DAILY STAR
NINTH YEAR.
GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA,
SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 28, 1912.
NUMBER 120.
1,000 TREES AND SH0W MAN
CRATES BURNED TOUND DEAD
So Many Good Men
In the Field That
Taxpayers Lea-
gue Won'tChoose
Seven car loads of fwacli crates
stacked around the targe packing
sheds at the Prank Householder or-
chards, southwest of Guthrie about .a
mile, were totally destroyed by fire
at 7 o'clock last night.
Th fire, originating from some un-
known cause, swept the sheds and
hundreds of crates, totally destroying
all. The crateg burned like tinder
and to extinguish the flames after
they had start.d at all was absolutely
impossible.
The terrific heat destroyed about
1000 of the finest 'peach trees in the
orchards.
Was If end j to Ship.
Mr. Householder had everything in
readiness to begin packing and ship-
ping peaches within the next two or
three weeks. The crates had arrived
only a f.w days ago and were unload-
ed.
The total loss will probably reach
$8,000 without a cent of Insurance.
Mr. Householder's loss may be even
greater than this on account of the
fact that it will be almost Impossible
for him to get more crat a in which
to ship the hundreds of bushels of
peaches which will be ripe in a short
time now.
IN HIS BED
The taxpayers league of Logan
county will not endorse any one can-
didate before the primaries.
This fact was brought out In Sat-
urday's meeting of thg members of the
league which was held at the city hall.
When the m etlng convened, commnnl
cations from the majority of the can-
didates from Logan county were read.
The candidates all expressed them-
selves as being heartily In favor of
th economy platform adopted by the
league.
When all of the communications had
been read, there waB Bome disposition
on the part of a portion of the mem-
bers to pick out a good man from each
party and endorse th m before the
primaries. This idea, however, met
with a great deal of disfavor and af-
ter several talks, W. M. Spurlock
moved that the 1 ague maker no en-
dorsements until after the primaries.
A motion to table Spurlock's motion
was voted down, and then the league
voted almost unanimously for the
Spurlock motion.
More than 2300 voters are regis-
tered In the city of Guthrie1 for the
coming election—that is—according
to unofficial reports of the election
inspectors last night. In fact, a
rough estimate waB made in one ward
because of tlr?; fact that th? registra-
: lion officer could not be located last
I night.
| In the entire city less than 150 wo-
men registered for the school elec-
' Hons.
j It is thought that this do s not rep-
: resent the full number of voters of
i the city and it is apparent that there
are a number who will not got to vote
in the p irles.
Some Inde|x ndents.
Every precinct officer reports a
number of voters registering as In-
dependents.
xThe following is on unofficial tabic
of the registration by wards:
Precinct A 350
FIRST WARD—
Precinct B 2','6
SECOND WARD—
Precinct A . S;.->0
Precinct B 300
THIRD WARD—
Precinct A 275
Precinct B 200
FOURTH WARD—
i Precinct A 190
Precinct B 159
FIFTH WARD—
Precinct A 225
Precinct B 75
Total 2396
Lou B. Coman, who has been pro-
prietor of the Highland Theatre for
about six weeks, was found dead on
] his bead about six o'clock yesterday
morning, by his daughter. Miss Es-
ther. Th y were rooming in the
Weinberger building, and had retired
about eleven. The daughter says she
heard her father about midnight
breathing rather hard but noticed
that he seemed to be asl pp and In no
pain and did not awaken him.
When she attempted to waken him
after six she found him dead, and on
calling a physician it was decided he
had been dead for several hourB.
Justice Chas. Seton was called and
County Physician Cotteral and the
county attorney, after consulting with
! the local physician decided that death
was caused by an overdose of mor-
phine and sulphite of strychnine. A
hypodermic syringe with the poisons
was found In his pockets and there
were evidences of recent use of the
syringe.
Under the circumstances ther-
could be no post mortem and ag he
was found to belong to several or-
ders members of some of the local
lodges had the body taken to th? Pat-
terson rooms, where Is was embalm-
i ed.
The daughter wired her mother at
j Fremont, Nebraska, and a reply was
j receiv- d that she and another daugli-
1 ter would leave Immediately for this
j city, and the funeral arrangements
i were dalayed until they arrive. Ther?
seemed to have been no evidences of
any struggle, the position o the* body
and hands indicating that the end
had come very quietly and peaceful-
ly.
n em o
Oklahoma City Woman Accused " of
Causing Death ot Temple, Okla.,
Woman by Attempting a Criminal
Operation
GOT A UN'
JUST THE SHE
MULHALL, July 27—(Special)-—'The
great trade day meeting at Mulhall
brought together an Immense crowd
from all the sourroundlng country.
The general program for the day was
carried out in full detail. Th Guth-
rie drum corps came up and furnish-
ed line music for the day which was
greatly appreciated.
There were several county candi-
dates present and made short talks
but the speech of the day was made
by Congressman Bird McGuire, who
was listened to for over an hour and
a half with the strictest attention. His
opponent, John Hickam, was adver-
tised to be here and a few of his
friends were greatly disappointed at
big mysterious absence. As it was he
got the most artistic dresing down
that any candidate ever received in
this section, and as Mr. McGuire read,
record after record showing his ac-
tions in the past in bolting his party
ticket and in never giving his party
nominee the support he would natur-
ally be expected to give, the audience
became hilarious and cheered McGuire
long and loud. There Is no one here
tonight to even whisper any defense
for poor old John Hickam.
CAN HAVE FINEST PARKS
IN SW., VERY CHEAP,SAYS
KANSAS CITY PARK MAN
W. H. Dunn, -park commissioner for
Kansas City, was in the city yesterday
in consultation with the park board
and the city commissioners relative
to the general park situation in and
around Guthrie. After inspecting the
parks and surroundings and going ov-
er thp' plans as the board proposes to
improve the grounds, the members of
the city commission and the park
board, with the president of the Re-
tailers' Association and the Chamber
of Commerce and the press were giv-
en a dinner at the lone, at which all
these matters were disfiussed in de-
tail. .t
Mr. Dunn suid that Guthrie hag a
very fine beginning and that with a
modest expenditure of money there
can be a great amount of valuable and
permanent Improvements made which
will serve as the foundation of one of
the finest park systems in the state.
He dwelt in detail on what he would
do with the splendid prospect at High-
land park, mostly in extending the
drives and walks and doing just a lit-
tle ornamental planting. He said ho
would manage in some way to build
a drive aroun dthe river bank of Min-
eral Wells park, and start the wo?-k
of beautifying the land south of the
park. He would not sacrifice a single
one of the fine treeg in the park, no
matter if the grass would not grow
in tho shade. He spoke at length of
the importance of this fine little park
right in tho edge of the very business
part of the city, so easily accessible
to all people with so little cost of
time or transportation.
Mr. Dunn said he had examined the I
plans of the Rock Island road for im- J
proving the sunken garden, and said !
it would with slight modification, I
make something feasible and attract- |
ive. He would build a walk on both 4
sides of the garden.
PEDDLERS KIEL
OKLAHOMA CITY, July 27.—(Spe-
cial)—As the result of sensational de
velopments in regard to the sudd 11
death Thursday afternoon of Mrs. L
H. Malvern, of Temple, Okla., who
was visiting at the home of her bro-
ther, Albert E. Powell, in Packing-
town. Mrs. Bessie Powell, wit of
Mrs. Malvern's brother, and Mrs. El-
la Parrig are in the county Jail,
charged with the murder of Mrs. Mal-
vern and her unborn babe, and offi-
cers are In pursuit of a man whose
name Is unknown, who bore the prin
cipai part in the awful crime. When
Mrs. Malvern left her home in Tem-
ple, Oklahoma, last Saturday a week
ago she kissed her husband good bye
and told him that she hoped that he
would be 'able to come to Oklahoma
fity soon to see her.
Rumors that there were imdrital
difficulties between . them proved to
he but idl gossip as on Wednesday.
Mr. Malvern received word from her
that she was enjoying her visit here.
■She died suddenly at 3 o'clock Thurs-
day afternoon. At 4 o'clock he re-
ceiv d a brief message that his wife
was dead and hurried heartbroken to
Oklahoma City. After Mrs. Malvern
died Thursday afternoon without any
physician in attendance, Justice Sam
Bartell was called to Street & Dra-
! per's undertaking parlors to which
the body had been taken to act an
| coroner. He refused to issue a bur-
ial certificate and going to the house
1 found traces of blood on the bed oc-
cupied by the dead woman,
A coroner's jury was ordered attd
after that a post mortem examination
was held. Physicians d' clare that
Mrs. Malvern met her death as the
direct r suit of an attempted criminal
operation which was gone at in a bun
glesome manner that her unborn balio
was also killed.
Little George Henry Lewis, aged6,
told Justice Bartell that a man ac-
companied Mrs. Paris and his aunt
into his mother's room and that they
sent h'm away to the grocers to buy
! some sugar. Neighbors saw the man
! com with Mrs. Paris and saw him
leave. Both Mrs. Powell and Mrs.
Paris deny that, any man waB presen*
and attempted to ascribe the death
men were arrest d.
After the. post mortem examina-
i tion, Assistant County Attorney H*t~
iiert M. Peck filed information against
the trio charging them with first de-
gree manslaughter and the two wo-
me nwere arrested.
Mr. Malvern, who is a prominent
hardwar-i dealer at Temple, iB ren-
dering every help possible to the of -
ficers.
(Continued on Page Pour.)
QUARTER IHULUON
MORE BALES: SAfS
OKLAHOMA CITY, July 27.—(Spe-
cial)—That Oklahoma would produce
250,000 more baleg of cottln thig year
than In 1911 was the statement made
today by R. P. Irby, of the Harris-
Irby Cotton Company.
H® also stated that Oklahoma ought
to be at least fifth In the production
of cotton by states his year. He es-
timates the yield at a million and a
half bales in spite of the fact that the
cotton acreage has been cut ten
per cent.
SHE WOULD JOIN WOMEN'S
C. OE C. BUT SHE DIDN'T
WANTjTO CARRY BANNER
The campaign for new members to
the Women's Chamber of Commerce
which is being organized 1n this city
is going merrily on. The members of
j the committee, who are in a contest
for new members are enthusiastic and
are working every day. They are not
passing up an opportunity to ask a
woman to become a member and the
members of the two sides are anxious
to be victorious over the others in
getting the greatest number of points.
She Would Join, Hut—
The committe g are running against
some very funny things—excuses, ex-
planations, etc. One woman was ap-
' proached by a member of the "Red"
committee. "Yes, I would like to join
all right but I don't want to get mil-
' ed up in anything where I will have
to carry a banner of any kind in a
i parade and especially no suffragette
[ banner."
And then the lady mat on to ex-
plain that her sister, or cousin, or
something, got into some kind of an
organization and the first thing she
knew she was required to carry a
banner with the words, "Votes for
Women" conspicously emblazoned
thereon.
The Two Extremes.
On up the street just a little ways
another member of the committee was
told by a lady that she would join but
that hiET husband did not belong to
the Chamber of Commerce and that
she did not think she should join the
Women's Chamber of Commerce un-
der such circumstances.
These are a few of the things but
th« majority of Guthrie ladies are
anxious to boost the town and when
they become better acquainted with
the purpose of the organization it will
bo but little trouble to get them to be-
come m.imbers.
WEWOKA, OK., July 27.—(Special)
—In an attempt to arrest two ne-
groes, Jim Davig and Frank Goser, in
the Little River bottom, 14 miles
south of here this morning, Dug
Knight, a white constable, was shot
and killed by one of the men who
were wanted for violation of the pro-
hibitory laws. A shotgun loaded with
buckshot wag the weapon used by
the n groes, who escaped after the
killing although before he died the
constable shot a horse and a mule rid-
den by them in attempting to prevent
escape.
It is said that the negroes had been
to Asher early Saturday morning and
secured 20 pints of whiskey which
they expected to sell in a farm neigh-
borhood where they lived. The fact
that they had the whiskey became
known and Knight, with a warrant,
went after them. At the first com-
mand from him to lay down their
arms, the shotgun was fired, the first
load taking effect.
The men are believed to be in
hiding In the- underbrush along Little
River and Sheriff T. W. Turan, with
a posBe of deputies is scouring the
woods.
GOV. DEMANDS REV. CULBRE1H IS
THAT 4
10
II WAS ALL TOO
NAUGHTY TO PRINT
OKLAHOMA CITY, July 27.—(Spe-
cial)—Sensational charges of Immor-
ality against W. L. Bradley, secre-
tary to Mayor Whit Grant lead to hi#
resignation by request, which was
accepted Saturday by the Mayor. Re-
lations between Bradley and a young
woman aged 20 who had applied to
the Mayor's office for a position came
to light recently and an investigation
was ordered. Bradley admitted the
truth of most of the charges. The
young lady 1b In a serious but not
dangerous condition. The affair was
entirely too sensational to permit de-
tailed investigation.
OKLAHOMA CITY, July 27.—(Spe-
cial)—Governor Cruce today demand-
ed the resignation of W. H. Branden-
burg of Oklahoma City, Frank Hayes
of Chandler, Scott Glenn of Shawnee,
and State Treasurer Robert Dunlop
as members of the State Board of Ed-
ucation, growing out of tho dispute
between him and that body over the
letting of text bookg contracts. The
resignations wt re not fUrtfhcoaning.
Members of tho Board state that they
feel that they are in the right. The
board, sitting as the state text book
commission, has completed its hear-
ings of the representatives of var-
ious publishing houses and will com-
mence the letting of contracts for the
five year period commencing August
1, 1913, n«<xt week.
Governor Cruce has already stated
that he will never approve the bond
of the publishers awarded contracts
or acquiesce in the letting and that,
if necessary, he will simply leave the
entire matter up to the legislature.
Attorney General West has held that
the law requires the governor to ap-
prove the contract. The supreme
court has held that there is no way by
which he can be forced to perform
the official act. The next step in the
interesting little game between Gov-
ernor Cruco and the board, six of
whom are his appointees, will bo
looked for vith Interest.
Rev. J. Martin Culbreth, Assistant
General Secretary of the Epworth
League work of the M. E. Church,
I South, will speak at the M. E. church
South, both Sunday morning and ev-
| ening.
R v. Culbreth is one of the most
brilliant young ministers of tho
South and is fast gaining a national
reputation as a specialist in young
j peoples' work. Rev. Abernathy, who
lg an old friend of Rev. Culbreth, i*
very anxious that the citizens of
Guthrie give the speaker a splendiei
bearing, and thus show their apprec-
iation of the visit of the distinguish
ed speaker. K v. Culbreth is a na
tive of North Carolina and a graduatr
of both Trinity College and Vander
bilt University.
WIFE, MM HUS-
BAND SHOT DIES
mcalester, ok„ July 27.—(Bp*
j clai)—Mrs. Will Owens, who was
| nhot by her husband at the tlm« My
i rain Kittchens was killed by him at
| a picnic at Canadian Thursday died
late last night. Owens waived a pre-
liminary hearing today and waB held
to the grand Jury on a charge of mur-
der without bail.
NO PREACHING TODAY.
There will be no preaching at the
Presbyterian jhurc'i today.
Sunday school ; nd Endeavor will
be held ag usual.
Alfred Witt, tho genial advertising
man and window dreser of the
Brown Dry Goods Company, was call-
ed to big home in Leavenworth, Kan.,
yesterday on account of the serioun
Illness 2f his sister,
J. L. Burns, attorney, was over
from Perkins yesterday on legal bun
Iness.
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