The Guthrie Daily Star (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, May 3, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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THE GUTHRIE DAILY STAR
NINTH TEAR.
GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY MORNING, MAY :l, 1912.
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NUMBER 46.
NEAR NtW
0. M.U IS GIVEN
UNANIMOUS VOTE
Weeks of preparation and hard
study on the part of the three mem-
berg of the Oklahoma Methodist Uni-
versity debating team were reward-
ed Thursday night when the three
judges gave them an unanimous de-
The question debated was: ' Resolv-
ed that Congress Should Establish a
Central Bank." The Oklahoma Meth-
odists had the affirmative side. W. K-
Brill opened the argument, H. G. Mc-
Alester was the second speaker on
the affirmative and Thomas McKee
IMS GET AM
E OF
BULLETIN. | when it began to crumble. He gave
NEW ORLKAN'S, May 3 (1:30 a. m.) the alarm and called for aid but there
—Though thousands are homeless1 was no aid available. Finding him-
and monetary damage runs into the j self powerless he ran to his own
millions, residents of the threatened home to save what he could of his
portion of tills city are resting easier property. Mr. Phillip's place is in
this morning whan the walls still are the path of the crevasse waters and
holding their own against the unpre- he saved practically nothing. Many
cision over the picked trio of debat- closed. The Baker team was compos-
ers from Baker University. ed of E. B| Hopper, E. V. Wood and
A large audience greeted the rival ! P. T. Barton.
orators of the two leading Methodist The judges were Judge Jesse Dunn
schools of Oklahoma and Kansas in of Oklahoma City, the Rev. Frank Neff
the First Methodist church. The mas 1 of the First Methodist church of Tul- _ Ji luc
terful arguments and clever rebuttal i sa, and Prof. Roy Hadsell, of the De- 0,ll"rie> referring to a real, honest-1 formers of the locals was Shortston
I —. . ... tt_ I to-goodness baseball score: but the ~ "
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; OFF FOR THE EAST
What's the sco? Why, man, its | Manager Luettke has good material
fo'te*>n to fo', can't yo' see the sco'! here fr°ni which he can build a club
bo'd?" which will be grasping at the top
It has been a long time since that rouni1 throughout the season, what
familiar quotation has been heard In "n'e 11 UOt Per°he<1 °n the hlghe8t
point. Chief among the stellar per-
dented pressure of the tlood. .Hope
non is high that they will stand to
the end. A double force is being
worked to repair every place where
weakness appears.
Pandemonium Keigns.
TORRAS, LA., May 2.—Rushing
about the streets like persons bereft
of their reason women screaming and
men yelling (j they hurried into their
homes and grabbed their children and
what articles of clothing and valua- i
bleg they could place their hands on :
in their mad effort to reach places ot j
safety, and the stampeding of animals |
turned loose by their owners to seek j
safer places, were some of the chaotic j
conditions that prevailed in Torras1
last night when the alarm was sound-
of his horses and cattle were drown-
ed.
The breach this morning is about
400 feet across. An army of men
was rushed here last night and here
efforts are being made to check the
flow of water, but there apparently
is little hope of a successful fight, or
at least until enormous damage has
been done to the sugar cane field§,
which lie directly in the path of the
flood.
BATON ROUGE, La., May 2.—The
second line of levee protecting the
big convict farm of the state of
Louisiana from the Mississippi river
at Angola, on the east side of the
river, broke shortly after noon today
brought tumultous cheering at the
close of the various addresses, and it
was pronounced the best debate ev-
er held in Guthrie.
partment of English of Oklahoma Un- '"~suuullvas "aseuan score; but the cole, who secured three hits nut nf
iverslty . j ,le8ro ran ln the bleachers here Thurs four times, one of which was a dou-
Following the debate a reception j J afternoon was heard to remark ble. Besides, he handled five
was held at the lone Hotel.
ASKED CHI'S FIRST
FOR FULL FROM
TELEPHONE POLE,
ed that the levee at the junction of
ana <n a few hours the
5,000 acre
.. j ... . , i plantation was inundated. The state
the Old and Mississippi rivers hads __ , , , ,,
J recently completed a half million-
given way to the mighty pressure of; , .
tll_ „ t ; dollar sugar refining plant on the An
gola farm and this will be flooded.
the flood waters before It. Although
it had been known that for several
weeks s>pots had developed where the
hreak occurred, little attention had
been paid to this by the citizens of
Torras and they were caught unpre-
pared. Within a few minutes after
the break had become known the
towns people were thrown into a pan-
ic which continued for two hours be-
fore any semblance of quiet was re-
stored. Few thought of going toward
the crevasse and make an effort to
stop it, safety apparently being the
ori' thought in their minds.
Before the streets were entirely sub
merged a majority of the inhibitants
had sufficient time to reach places
of safety. Three hundred women and
children were placed aboard a freight
train which had just arrived in Tor-
ras. These were taken to a point be-
low here.
Practically the remainder of the
population spent the night on the
levees along the embankment of the
Texas and Pacific railroad and in the
railroad station, which is out of reach
of the flood, being built high on pil-
ing. j
No loss of life has been reported,
but it is feared some fatalities may oe
cur in the interior as the water iB
rushing through the country so rap-
idly that siiflVoient warning may not
have reached those living in districts
remote from wire communication.
No Aid Available.
N. P. Phillips, head of the levee
hoard at this place, was on the levee
Nearly 1,000 convicts have been sta-
tioned here.
A suit was filed ln the district court
yesterday by R. A. Banta against the
Pioneer Telephone & Telegraph Co.
for damages amounting to $15,000.
Banta was an employee of the com-
pany and with the foreman was re-
moving some old lines near Mulhall
last winter. The foreman ordered
him to climb an old jpole and remove
All hope ol closing the Torras ere- some of the wires and other equip-
vasse was abandoned at 1 o'clock ment, and while at this work the pole
IS
j something like that several times. He and flve assistrJuh^^y'^e'i'ohble
made other remarks but they were the eleven chances. That was good
, not recorded, for Tulsa had the "fo'. but ln the third inning with two down
j teen and Guthrie the "fo'. " and two on th(, bag„ hp ^ ^
By that same game, Tulsa secured left Held and captured a high ball
tile odd contest of the series, leaving that looked good for a clean single,
for home with Guthrie for opponents So far out was it that after a ahrd
loi the next three days. At that the run, It was only by a lunge that ho
Guthrie fan has no cause for tears, managed to check It and hold it for
nor yet for digging into the graves the final out.
long since forgotten to bring forth the While three of the new applicants
obnoxious hammer. Tulsa outplayed for positions on the Guthrie pitching
Guthrie, it is true, but it was a team 1 staff were trying to find the plate,
against individual players; a team Ferns, who had pitched a few innings
which has been training longer than In the opening game, went the entire
this afternoon following a conference | broke and he was thrown
between Governor Sanders of Louis-
iana, the chief engineer of the state
levee board and engineers on the
scene. At 1 o'clock the crevasse had j su°h an extent that it had to be
ground.
Banta's left arm
such an extent
to the
was injured to
widened to nearly 700 feet and was 1 stitched and otherwise repaired, and j
crumbling rapidly. ! he was "nable to work at his job any I
longer. He now asks that damages
in the above amount be assessed
The federal government js supply- j
ing rations to approximately 90,000 j
homeless Louisiana people and if pre-
dictions as to the effects of the Tor-
ras crevasse are realized this num
ber will be almost doubled within the
next three weeks.
Only three lives have been sacri-
ficed to the flood waters in this
state, so thoroughly prepared were
the people to hustle out of the low-
,lands on receipt of news of a levee
break, and two of these deaths, negro
children, were due to carelessness.
At Baton Rouge today the Missis-
sippi river guage registered 4.23 feet,
almost two feet higher than ever be-
fore recorded. At Donaldsonville the
against the company. The case will
be docketed for trial at the next term
of the court.
The first indebtedness ever create^
by the city of Guthrie—a water works
bond issue of $50,000 sold in 1892—
has been entirely wiped out. The last
day to make payment was yesterday.
The refunding bonds, in the sum of
$14,000 were finally approved by
Judge Huston in the District court.
The payment of the $50,000 for Guth-
rie's first bond issue was turned over
to the bondholders in New York on
Thursday and jUBt as soon as the can-
celled bonds are received the funding
bonds will be turned over to Geo. R.
Broiyl ill, of Oklahoma City, who put
up the money some time ago to take
up the old indebtedness.
The bonds are now in the hands of
the District clerk, where they will be
held for a few days.
any other club ofthe Oklahoma State
league and which carried a license,
on this account, to take two games
out of three from an aggregation of
■players who have been together only
a few days, and with pitchers work-
ing who never before worked with
the men who were receiving behind
the bat.
route for the visitors and pitched a
steady game. In two Innings the lo-
cal sluggers got busy, and aided by
'several free passes they were able
to get over a total of four runs, and
seemed to be within striking distance
until in the seventh, when the visi.,
tors batted around and 'put seven ad-
ditional scores to their record.
-NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OKATOR j
E
. Providence, R. I., May 2.—Collegi
orators accompaniea by delegations
of student rooters gathered at Brown
university today for the third annual
competition in the New England In-
tercollegiate Oratorical league, ln
addition to Brown, the league com-
prises Amherst college, Bowdoin col-
lege, Wesleyen university and Willi-
am's college.
CONGBSSIONALTO LEAVE SCHOOL
ANOTHER THREE
stage was 33:5 feet and at New Or-
leans 20.7 feet. This latter reading
shows a fall of two-tenths since 7
o'clock last night, but a one-tenth
rise since yesterday morning. Low-
levees here have been topped with
sand bags and there Is practicall;
no danger of a break In the city, ac-
cording to the engineers.
CHICKASHA, OK., May 2 (Spl.)—
Judge Will Linn of the superior court
| issued an alternative writ of manda-
mus directed to J. Alexander Moore,
commanding Jiini_ to vacate the pres-
idency of the Girls' College here to-
; day. The w rtiis returnable at two
! o'clock Friday afternoon. The peti-
| tion filed in the case sites that Jonas
Cook was duly elected to fill the of-
| flee and that Moore hag no official
control over the school at present.
TAXPAYERS LEAGUE MEETIMi.
The regular meeting of the Logan
County Taxpayers League will be
held at the city hall, Saturday next^
May 4th, at 2 p. m. All members and
all others interested are urged to at-
tend. Matters of interest to all tax-
payers will be up for consideration,
and all should be there promptly at
the opening of the session.
AMERICAN FLAG IS TORN DOWN AND
TRAMPLED BY
It
NEW YORK, May 2.—The Stars and
Stripes were torn down and trampled
under foot and a red flag substituted
during a firce fight at a May day
meeting of the Cocialist party and
affiliated unions in Union Square
parq late Wednesday afternoon. That
a serious panic did not ensue is be-
lieved to have been due- to the fact
that thousands, of persons in the out-
skirts of the crowd did not know
what the trouble was. Responsibility
of the tearing down of the flag is
disclaimed by the Socialists. They
assert that members of the Industrial
Wtorkers of the World committed the
act. The Socialist representatives on
the platform appear to have done
their best to protect the national col-
ors.
Te trouble started at the conclu-
sion of a parade of 8,000 men and
women who gathered in the park for
speech making. Red banners, the em
blems of socialists adorned the plat-
form and the band was playing the
Stripes were carried to the stanr. In
stantly there was the wildest excite-,
ment. «(J;
"We don't recognize that flag,"
cried a man in front as he tried to
reach the platform. That cry waB ta-
ken up by others, a number of whom
foughh their way to the platform.
Some of those on the platform tried
to protect the flag and
OKLAHOMA CITY, May 2 (Spl.)—
Three more aspirapts for Congress,
two of whom will run in districts, and j
one at large, showered their hats in-
to the ring Thursday, by filing peti-
tions with Secretary Ben Riley of the
State Election Board. The candidate
at large is J. W. Corley, republican,
of Howe, member of the state board
of' agriculture; Neis Darling of Ok-
lahoma City filed as candidate for The Baker University was rep-
congress before the republican pri- resented at the debate by Prof. A. E.
mary and will oppose Uncle Dick Mor Leach, teacher of elocution; E. Pe-
gan. J. J. Parson, of Isom Springs,; ters, manager of the debating team;
will oppose Representative Charles j and by the debaters, Paul T. Barton,
Carter, Fourth District, for nomina- j Junior, E. V. Wood, senior, and E. B.
tion on the democratic ticket. Harper, senior.
Mrs. A. G. C. Bierer and daughter,
Louise, left last evening for Perry to
attend the commencement exercises.
Woman Charged With Murder
of Husband Stands the Test
EATONE, OK., May 2 (Spl.)—Mrs
fist fight i Hattie Cornish, charged with the mur
resulted In which a lone policeman
was the only officer who figured. His
club knocked down three men. Sev-
eral men were tossed bodily over the
platform railing into the crowd.
Bloody faceg were numerous.
The flag was finally torn down and
hurled to the ground.
Miss Caroline Dexter, a member of
the Socialist party, a tali muscular
woman, elbowed her way to Where
the fallen banner lay.
"Men like you should be shot," she
pried as she gathered up the flag.
She met no resistance and carried the
der of her husband, Elmer Cornish,
was subjected to a gruelling cross-
examination when she took the stand
in her own defense in the Justice
court this afternoon.
County Attorney J. A. Fain kept her
on the stand from 4 o'clock until late
tonight.
JenkinB, with the crime. It was as-
serted that Dr. Jenkins purchased
the gun two weeks before Cornish
was shot and is said to have threaten-
ed his son-in- law with death.
IS OEM HAS
REACHED THE PEN
OKLAHOMA CITY, May 2 (Spl.)—
Mrs. Alevrta B. Gentry, convicted ot
the murder of her husband, Thomas
J. Gentry, was taken from the coun-
ty jail at 9 o'clock Thursday morning
to the state penitentiary at McAles-
ter, where she will begin a life term,
the penalty for her crime.
Sheriff Jack Spain, Mrs. Spain, Jail-
or Buck Wakefield and County Attor-
ney Sam Hooker had charge of the
party of prisoners of which she was
a member.
She seemed cheerful and even hap-
py as she was led from the jail to
an automobile which awaited her,
though she confessed to one of the
jailors, "I do hate to go over there."
BANKRUPTCY PETITION
Creditors of M. L. Wallo.pter, a mer-
chant of 'Nardin, Kay County, Thurs-
day gled a petition in bankruptcy in
the Federal court asking that Mr.
Hollopter be adjudged a bankrupt.
The creditors and the amount each
claims to be due from Hollopter are:
Jett & Wood Grocer Company, $428.- Pohl of Freemont, Kansas, arrived on
90; Ranney Davis Mercantile Com- j Thursday to spend a few weeks with
pany, $80; Wellington Produce Com- their son. They have been visiting
pany $66.63. | their daughter in Wichita, Kansas.
Mayor J. E. Nissley departed yes-
terday for San Antonio, Texas, where
he will spend several days on busi-
ness.
The aged parents of Rev. H. H. E.
ENGLAND IS NOW PROBING TITANIC
.CHARGED WITH BOOTLEGGING.
The police yesterday arrested Lew
Matthews, a woman, on the charge
Her story of Belf defense and of j of having intoxicating liquors in her
"Marseilles," when the Stars and the flag home with her.
the alleged cruelty of her husband,
however, was never weakened. The.
state had three witnesses. It is doubt
ed that she will be held to the dis-
trict court.
In the wife's preliminary hearing,
the state developed an attempt to con
nect Mrs. Cornish's father, Dr. J. H.
possession with the intent of violating
the city ordinance governing the sale
of Intoxicants. She gave bond in the
sum of $55 and will be tried in a few
days.
Mrs. A. Linwall has returned from
a few weeks visit in Oklahoma City.
LONDON, May 2.—Lord Mersey, in
his capacity as wreck commissioner,
and 5 assesors who will adivise him
in his questioning on the technicali-
ties of nautical affars, held this morn
ing the first session of the board of
trade inquiry into the loss of the
•White Star liner Titanic. In point of
Mersey then recommended that board
of trade provide another room.
From the series of twenty- • six
questions which the attorney general
announced wiuld be taken up, it be-
came evident that the inquiry would
cover practically the same ground as
the investigation by the comittee of
interest to the public and the impor- Am«r'can senate, but would be
tance of its results upon the laws gov conducted in more accordance with
eming the mercantile marine the in- l'rocetlllre of court of law and deal
vestigatlon .promises to overshadow definateiy with stated cases,
all previous tribunals of a slifiilar ^'Sht puestions, Sir Rufus Daniel
character. Isaacs said, would relate to happen-
| ings given the Titanic and the result
The scene was the armory of the ing ^cautions taken; ten to the
Scottish Rifles whose broad drill floor casua|ty ltgelf and consequent events,
with two rows of galleries affords ope to the eq|uipment aD(, C0Mtruc_
uccommodation for several hundred tlon of the ve8se,_ and the ,agt tQ thfi
persons, however, when the inquiry ru,€g ot the mer<.hant ghlpping act
opens, not more than one hundred i A twenty foot model of the Titanic
spectators were present. The major-! carrying sixteen miniature lifeboats
ity of these were women. The acous-, and a big chart of the North Atlantic
tics of the building proved to be so j were prominently displayed before
poor that the early proceedings were tW JnTgtigators. In front of the plat
inaudible to the spectators. Lord | (Continued on Page 8)
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Hornaday, W. H. The Guthrie Daily Star (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, May 3, 1912, newspaper, May 3, 1912; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc275758/m1/1/: accessed March 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.