The Logan County News. (Crescent, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, December 17, 1915 Page: 2 of 12
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BOY-ED AND VON PAPEN FIRED
ST. LOUIS GETS CONVENTION
LANSING
SENDS THEM TO FOL
LOW DUMBA.
SITE OF WILSON'S RE NOMINA
TION SELECTED.
NEW BILL
FOR THE BRUTAL MURDER OP
RICH HARDIN, A MCINTOSH
COUNTY FARMER.
FIRST EXECUTION IN CHAIR
in the State of Oklahoma.—The Fataj
Current Applied By a Man Who
(s Opposed to Capital
Punishment.
McAlester.— Henry Bookman, negro,
the first man to be executed iu Okla-
homa by electrocution was sent to bis
death in the electric chair in the base-
«nent of the state penitentiary at 1
o'clock Friday morning. Seventy men
■witnessed the execution.
The first application of electricity
was made when Assistant Deputy War-
den Jedlicke rained his hand in .signal
at 1 o'clock. Behind a canvas screen,
an unknown executioner throw a.
switch. At the Rlight "chug" of the
lever the bound negro stiffened. Five
seconds the seventy spectators knelt
or stood breathlesH. A second signal
was given. A second time the switch
was thrown. In the gap between the
black mask and leather cap, dead eyes
stared from a black face which had
t>een living a moment before.
Doctor Shaw, prison physician, lis-
tened at the chent of ;he lifeless flesh
for the sound of heart beat. There
was none. Until he nodded a few sec-
onds later the only sound to be heard
In the white-walled basement room
was the labored breathing of a son of
the man for the murder of whom the
negro had been killed by the law and
the choking gasps of the executioner.
The physician nodded and turned
away. Prison attendants began the
unstrapping of bindings. The specta-
tors stared briefly at the chair and
victim and slowly filed from the room.
Warden R W. Dick of the peniten-
tiary was in direct charge of the exe-
cution. S. L. Morley and A. N. Wil-
cox, members of the state board of
affairs, were present. It was under
their direction that the electric chair
had been Installed.
Bookman was killed by the state in
payment for the murder of Rich Har-
din. a farmer of Eufaula on April 2,
1915. The switch that sent 2.300 volts
of electricity through him was closed
T>y a man opposed to capital punish-
ment.
Warden THck is opposed to capital
punishment.
The crime for which Henry Book-
man was sentenced to be electrocuted
was the murder of Rich Hardin, a
white farmer, which occurred nt the
home of George Booth, Bookman's ne-
gro employer, about half way between
Nero and Fame, In McIntosh county,
shortly after 2 o'clock in the afternoon
of April 2. this year.
State Department Prepares To Make
Clean-Up of Undesirable
Diplomat*.
Was! ington Developments which
have followed the request for the
withdrawal of Captain Karl Boy-Ed
and Captain Franz Von Papen, naval
and military attaches of the German
embassy indicated that the state de-
partment will conduct a wide inves-
tigation of foreign consular officials
in the T'nited States whose suspected
activities in some instances are looked
upon with extreme disfavor. Should
the investigation disclose that any of
the officials have acted in a manner
. sue
Capt. Franz von Papen
considered improper their exequators
will be cancelled or the state depart
ment will find other mans of having
I them discontinud in the offices they
| hold.
Any action that may be taken will
I undoubtedly have the full approval of
| President Wilson. It is understood
i that the state department is proceed-
ing with the utmost care and officials
are reluctant to discuss the matter.
' It was said at the department, how-
ever, that no decision had been
| reached in the case of Alexander Von
i Nuber, Austrian consul-general at New-
York. whose name frequently has been
mentioned in connection with the ac-
tivities of Boy-Ed and Von Papen.
IT IS UP TO AUSTRIA TO EXPLAIN
of American Lives On
Loss
American Lives
Ancona.
the
Washington—The United Stales has
«ent to Austria-Hungary a note asking
for a disavowal of the submarine at-
tack of the Italian liner Ancona assur-
ances that such an act will not be re-
peated. some degree of punishment for
the commander of the submarine and
reparation for the American lives lost.
The communication sent by cable
from the state department to Ambas-
sador Frederick Penfield at Vienna,
who was instructed to hand it to the
Austria-Hungarian minister *f foreign
affairs, Baron Burian.
Friendly but forceful terms. It is
laid, characterize the document, which
Is understood to make a particular
point of prompt assurances for the
future safety of American lives. Aus-
tria-Hungary has never informed the
Cnited States whether the command-
prs of its submarines had been given
Instructions similar to those which the
German government gave to its com-
manders after the Lusitania tragedy.
It is understood that the note referred
particularly to the charge that shells
from the submarine killed and wound-
ed some passengers on the Ancona-
MUTINY ON CHINESE WARSHIP
Shanghai Harbor Scene of Battle Last-
ing An Hour.
Shanghai—The crew of the Chinese
cruiser Chao-Ho mutinied and opened
fire on two other warships and the
arsenal. The fire was returned, the
engagement lasting for an hour. Sev-
eral shots fell in the foreign conces-
sion. Apparently the outbreak has
been confined to the Chao-Ho.
Conflicting accounts of the outbreak
are current and owing to strict meas-
ures taken by the authorities it has
been impossible thus far to obtain offi-
cial information. It appears, how-
ever, that twenty men set forth from
the foreign settlement in a launch and
went alongside the Chao-Ho, which is
lying opposite the King Nan arsenal.
On the arrival of the launch the
crew of the Chao-Ho mutinied, appar-
ently by prearrangement. At about
6 o'clock the mutineers opened fire
on the arsenal, the cruiser Hai-Chi and
the gunboat Tung-Ching.
BRITISH LOSE IN MESOPOTAMIA
No Nearer Bagdad Than They Were
Three Months Ago.
AND NOW FRANCE IS BUTTING IN
Will Have To Be Reminded of Cause
of War of 1812.
Washington. — A German seaman
aboard an American vessel on the high
seas is immune from arrest by Ger-
niany'i enemies, in the view of the
at ate department unless i,t can be
shown that he is an active member of
German naval or military forces.
Department officials made this clear
in commenting informally on news
dispatches that five Germans had be n
forcibly removed fi«> n the American
merchanten Coamo and Carolina by
the French cruiser Des Cartes. It was
eaid the men were entitled to Amer
lean protection.
Will Build Our Own Ships.
Washington.—Secretary Daniels an-
nounced that contrac for construc-
tion of batth ships No. 43 and 44, auth-
orized by the 1 t < had been
awarded to the New York and Mare
Island navy yards respectively. The
bids were \« w York • « 0; Mare
Island $7,413,15G. Bids of all private
builders for these ships exceeded the
limit of cost fixed by congress. They
will ask congress to authorize the
equipment of the yard at Philadelphia
for battleship construction at a cost of
11,000,000.
London—The British. German and
Turkish accounts of the recent fight-
ing in Mesopotamia, while contain-
ing minor dispatches respecting the
casualties and character of the British
retreat on the Tigris, clearly estab-
lish the fact that without further re-
inforcements to equal the overpower-
ing odds against which they have been
struggling, the British troops under
General Townshend have very little
prospect of continuing the march to
Bagdad, which city appeared a few
weeks ago to be almost within th*ir
grasp.
Having advanced during October and
November through the desert of Irak,
to the very environs of Bagdad, the
British force is now retiring upon Kut-
El-Aniara, eighty miles southeast of
Ctesiphon, the scene of the battle
fought in the latter part of Novem-
ber in which the British troops met
their first serious check.
PAPER PRICE UP
Rise of From Half a Cent to Four
Cents a Pound is Posted.
New York Paper jobbers have re-
ceived announcements from leading
manufacturers that the price of both
white and colored papers has been
advanced from half a cent to four
cents a pound, according to the grade.
The greatest advance is in coarse
grades. Writing paper, envelopes, oil-
ed paper used oa printing presses,
sand paper and drawing paper share
in the rise.
STATESMEN AND NEAR STATES-
MEN ALL KNOW HOW TO
SAVE THE COUNTRY.
2,000 "IMPORTANT" LAWS
Are Offered for Consideration the
First Day—Speaker Clark Re-
elected and Both Houses Or-
ganized for Business.
Washington. — Congress assembled
and organized for the session which
is expected to be the greatest within
the memory of the present generation.
Four hours' work in the House saw
Speaker Clark returned to the chair;
Representative Mann returned to the
leadership of the republican minority;
the introduction of 2,000 bills and reso-
lutions, many of them proposing meas-
ures of national defense and many
more In opposition; the reappearance
of constitutional amendments to en-
franchise women and a miniature rules
fight that flickered out with the adop-
tion of last year's rules with a few
changes.
In the senate practically nothing
was done except the election of Sen-
ator Clarke of Arkansas as president
pro tempore. Vice President Marshall
was absent because of the illness of
his wife.
Both houses then, after sending a
joint committee to the White House
to give official notice of the opening
of congress, adjourned until Tuesday
when the real business of the sessions
began with President Wilson's mes-
sage at a joint session in the house
hall.
Budget of Largest Expenditures.
A budget of the largest expenditures
ever placed before any American con-
gress in times of peace was brought in
from the various branches of the gov-
ernment, the total being some $170,-
000.000 more than was asked for last
year. The great part of the proposed
increase expenditure is for the en-
larged army and navy programs and
aside from working out the problem of
national defense it will be the business
of congress to raise the revenue to pay
for it.
In the stream of bills and resolu-
tions that poured into the hopper were
not only plans for military prepared-
ness hut others proposing investiga-
tion of the motives of men and organ-
izations who champion national de-
fense.
Senate to Discuss Foreign Relations.
Notice was given that in the sen-
ate demands would be made for a
showing of what the United States has
accomplished against Great Britain's
interferences with American com-
merce abroad. The entire fabric of
the American government's delicate
relation to the conflict across the seas
probably will be brought to the edge
of congressional discussion and the ad-
ministration leaders are not unmind-
ful of their tasks to preserve that for
which President Wilson has expressed
a wish, that there should be a united
America.
The first roll call in the house
showed 427 members present ancf
eight absent—one of them accounted
for by death. The democratic majority
although reduced put Speaker Clark
back in the chair. 221 to 104.
In the senate the newly elected and
re-elected members look the oath. The
body was leaderless when Secretary
Baker rapped for order at noon and
Senator Martin of Virginia was chosen
to preside.
Thirty senators were sworn in. Sen-
ators Brady of Idaho and Smith of
South Carolina, being absent. After
this ceremony Senator Clarke was
elected and the senate recessed.
BERLIN IS ASKING QUESTIONS
For Withdrawal of Attaches; Lansing
Refuses to Comply.
Washington.—Germany notified the
T'nited States that she desired to know
upon what grounds the state depart-
ment asks the withdrawal Captain
Boy-Ed, the naval attache of the Ger-
man embassy here, and of Captain
Von Papen. the military attache. Sec-
retary Lansing received the request
from two sources—from Count Von
Bernstorff, the ambassador, and from
the Berlin foreign office through Am-
bassador Girard.
Mr. Lansing will not discuss the
facts nor will he give the courses of
information concerning the activities
of the attaches in conn* iion with
naval and miliary matters to which
the state department objected. With-
out reference io the reasons which
prompted the department to ask the
withdrawal of the attaches it is stated
the United States will stand upon the
established understanding anions na- |
tions that an intimation of this sort
does noi require its grounds to be
given.
Enormous Appropriation Asked.
Washington. Estimates for the
most elaborate program of expendi-
tures ever asked of an American con-
gress in times of peace were sub-
mitted proposing a total outlay of
$l,2S.* ,857,M>S or ?170,853, >14 more than
was appropriated last year. The great
increase is almost wholly due to the
administration plans for military pre-
paredness. More than S116,000,000 of
the total is for expenditures on the
army and navy, with millions more for
coast defense. By establishments the
Session to Open Wednesday. June 14—
Republicans Will Go
to Chicago.
Washington.—The democratic nat-
ional convention of 1916 will be held at
St. Loui beginning Wednesday, June
14. at noon. T**e national committee
named the convention city and adopted
resolutions calling for the renomina- j
tion and re-election of Woodrow Wil-
son as "the trusted leader of national
democracy."
Chicago and Dallas contested with !
St. Louis for the honor of the conven- j
tion, but St. Louis easily led from the
start and won on the second ballot. ;
\\ hen the trend of the voting was seen !
Texas moved that the choice of St.
Louis be made unanimous. Dallas
held second place on the first ballot |
but was displaced by Chicago on the
second roll call.
The result of the first ballot was: i
St. Louis 25, Dallas 14, Chicago 13. On j
the second ballot the vote was St.
Louis 28, Chicago 15, and Dallas 9.
The majority for St Louis gained on
this ballot, when John H. McGraw
arose near the end of the call and
changed West Virginia's vote from
Chicago to the Missouri city. Then
the choice was made unanimous.
It has been customary heretofore for
national conventions to begin work on
Tuesday. The fact that Tuesday fell
on the 13th next year may or may not
have had something to do with the de-
termination of the democratic com-
mittee to begin the proceedings a
day later. The official explanation,
however, was to the effect that the
convention would not require more
than three or four days to complete
its work and it would not be too late
in the week to start on Wednesday.
Political leaders in Washington re-
garded it as practically certain that !
Chicago will be selected for the re- j
publican convention when the national i
committee of that party meets here
next Tuesday. Dates for this conven-
tion probably will be late in June.
Each of the three cities contesting
for the democratic convention put in a i
bid of $100,000.
St. Louis Facilities.
St Louis.—The St. Louis coliseum
at which the democratic national con-
vention will be held beginning June
14, 1916, has a standing and seating
capacity of 12.907. The coliseum was
built in 1907 at a cost of $336,000.
The structure occupies the entire
block on Jefferson avenue from Locust
street to Washington avenue with the
main entrance on Washington avenue.
It is approximately a mile and a half
due west of the heart of the retail
busintss district.
The building is the equivalent of
three stories high and is an irregular
octagon. Interiorially the building
consists of an immense octagonal
arena, circular at each end; a row of
forty-eight boxes surrounding the
arena several feet above the arena
level, and arena balcony and above this
the balcony proper.
Tentative plans for the seating of
national political convention provide a
speaker's platform and a platform for
press representatives with a seating
capacity or 1,717. This takes about
half the arena floor and two sections
of the balcony. The rest of the arena
floor designed for delegates and alter-
nates will seat 2.400; the boxes will
seat\282, the arena balcony with two
sections used for the press platform
will.seat 2,661, and the balcony 3,348.
This gives a total seating capacity of
10,407.
Ample telegraph space is to be pro-
vided under the arena balcony with a
runway leading from the press plat-
form.
On the arena floor are two large
committee rooms and on the second
floor is one committee room.
The building was opened to the pub-
lic during the presidential campaign
of 1908 when William H. Taft, then
the republican nominee, spoke here.
No political conventions ever have
been held in the building.
FRENCH LOSE A SUBMARINE.
Austrian Vessel Is Active in the
Adriatic.
Vienna.—The sinking of a French
submarine boat, the Fresnel and six
steamers and six large and several
small Montenegrin sailing vessels in
the lower Adriatic sea off the coast of
Albania is reported. All the vessels
were loaded with war material which
they either were trying to land on
the Albanian coast or to convoy there.
Five of the steamers and sailing
ships w«re sent to the bottom by the
Austrian cruisers Novara and Austrian
destro>ers t San Giovanni di Medua,
which li. - in 'l e Gulf of Drill to the
north of Durrazo.
Submarine Sinks American Tanker.
Home. The American oil steamer
Communipaw has been sunk by a sub-
marine in the Mediterranean near
Tobruk, Tripoli. No information has
been received concerning the crew of
the nationality of the submarine.
STATE AUDITOR PREPARING TO
ENFORCE COLLECTION OF
INCOME TAX.
OKLAHOMA CITY NEWS EVENTS
What the State Officials and Deoart-
ments Are Doing—Items of in-
terest About the State
Oklahoma City.—
State Auditor E. B Howard already
la preparing for the collection of the
income tax due the state for 1915.
The blanks are ready and the citizen
who understands that such taxes in
arrears stand as a lien on whatever
property he may own will not be dil-
atory in making application for the
blanks. Whether such return is made
to the state auditor or is not collected
for the year, non payment will cloud
the title to any property transferred.
The new law, section one, levies a
tax on all incomes. It differs from
the old law in that the old law con-
tained a provision that such income
tax should not be levied upon incomes
derived from property upon which a
gross revenue or excise tax had been
paid. The effect of that tax upon
oil producers, for example, was that
they did not pay any tax on income
received from their oil properties.
Under the new law, on the con-
trary, there is no exemption except
the amount they have paid in the way
of state and county taxes.
Those Who Should Pay.
Section one of the new law levies a
tax on all persons whose incomes are
in excess of $3,000, if unmarried; on
all persons whose income exceeds $4.-
000, if married; and on all persons
whose income exceeds $4,000 plus $;!00
for each child under 14 years of age.
The law provides that persons hav-
ing incomes subject to taxation under
the provisions of the law, shall make
a report of same on blanks furnished
them by the state auditor. Whether
a report is made or not, there will be
a tax outstanding against the property,
so that persons who believe them-
selves to be amenable to this law
should make application for the
blanks.
If they have transferred any prop
erty there will be a cloud upon it if
this tax is not paid for the year in
which the transaction occurred. Be-
cause the auditor does not discover
it is no excuse and does not obviate
the lien upon the property.
The blanks now are ready for the
report of incomes for the year begin-
ning last January and terminating
December 31
Bookman To Die Dec. 10.
Unless Governor Williams inter
venes with executive clemency, Henry
Bookman, a negro, will be electrocuted
in the penitentiary at McAlester, Fri-
day, December 10. It will be the first
electrocution in the history of the
state and the first legal infliction of
the death penalty in Oklahoma in sev-
eral years.
Bookman was convicted of the mur-
der of a white man in McIntosh coun-
ty. His sentence has been affirmed by
the criminal court of appeals and the
record of his case has been before the
governor for several weeks. Shortly
after his sentence was affirmed, Book-
man is alleged to have feigned insan-
ity, but the fact that he is not insane
has been established by the prison
authorities.
While no intimation has Veen given
by the governor as to what he will do,
it is generally believed that he wi',1 j
not interfere. He has repeatedly stat- \
ed that he will never commute a death
sentence unless some unusual condi-
tion exists.
Installation of the death chair in the
penitentiary was completed several
months ago. The law provides that
the execution shall be performed by
the warden or one of his deputies.
Warden R. W. Dick is known to be an
avowed opponent to the infliction of
the death penalty and it is expected
he will designate one of his deputies
to turn on the current if the execu-
tion is held,
Nearly a Million In State's Wallet.
The various state departments were
carrying with W. L. Alexander, state
treasurer and official depository, the
sum of $967,707.64 at ilie beginning of
last week, according to a report filed
with the governor by Mr. Alexander.
This money is on deposit in a number
of banks throughout the state and is
protected by securities amounting to
$1.091,029.50. The interest on this sum
amounts to approximately $2,400 a
month. The money is deposited to the
credit of the heads of the several state
depart ments.
Prison Population Has Healthy Gain
There are now more convicts in the 1
penitentiary at McAlester than there
have been at any one time since the
completion of 'he reformatory a'
Granite Dec. 1 there were 1.:-!SS con
vlcts confined In the prison and this
number was expected by prison offi-
cials to be increased to 1.500 or more
before the end of the present week
The increase at this time Is attributed
to the fac* that sessions of the district 1
court have been in progress for sev
era! weeks in many counties and that
many convictions have resulted.
State Adopt* New Leat* Agreement
The new form of oil and gas leas*
contract, recently drafted by the olt
and gas division of the school land de.
partment, has been accepted by the
commissioners of the land office and
will be used in the future in the execu-
tion of mineral leases on state school
land.
It is provided by the new lease con-
trad that at the expiration of five
years after the lease has been executed
the value of producing wells anil th<
cost of drilling shall be Included In
the appraised value of the property
covered by the lease. Heretofore, only
the value of physical property was
included in the appraisement. It also
provides that no cost shall he included
for non-producing or dry wells.
Another important provision is that
the agricultural lessee on land on
which a mineral lease also is made,
shall be protected by bond executea
by the mineral lessee, from any dam-
ages accruing from the production of
oil and gas upon the property covered
by his agricultural lease. It also is
provided that where gas is produced
from the lease the agricultural lessee
shall be furnished free gas for his own
consumption, provided he makes the
necessary connections.
The new lease contract establishes
a flat royalty to the state of 12Vi per
cent of the oil and gas production
from state school land.
Consumptive Convicts Freed.
Because they have contracted tuber-
culosis and their future confinement
would be a menace to the health of
other prisoners, J. L. Lewis and E. K.
Allen, prisoners in the penitentiary at
McAlester, were paroled by Gov. Wil-
liams. Lewis was sent to the peni-
tentiary in 1913 from Love county on
conviction of a charge of pandering.
He was sentenced to a term of five-
years. Allen was convicted in the dis-
trict court of Washington county in
July of this year on a charge of em-
bezzlement and sentenced to two years
imprisonment.
Other paroles granted by the gover-
nor were as follows: Claude McGee.
Garvin county, violation of iprohib-
itory laws; John Mowakski, Pottawat-
omie county, violation of prohibitory
laws; Rov Van Brunt, McIntosh coun-
ty, assault to kill; Elmer Cochran.
Payne county, statutory offense; Tom
Treadway, Muskogee county, violation
of prohibitory laws; Harry Skelton,
Muskogee county, violation of prohib-
itory laws; Jesse M. Hatchett, Wash-
ita county, burglary; E. R. Sutton.
Pontotoc county, petty larceny; Chas,
Taylor, Greer county, violation of pro-
hibitory laws.
Tax Warrants Sent Out.
Tax warrants for $6,397.50. affecting
delinquency In the payment of gross
production taxes, were issued last week
by State Auditor E. B. Howard. The
warrants were issued against these oil
producers: Matson Oil Company, In-
terstate Oil and Gas Company, Cont
nental Oil and Refining Company, Sil-
urian Oil Company, the Gladys-Belle*
Oil Company, Goodyear Oil Company,
Riley Oil Company, Burns Oil and Gas
Company, J. C. Starr et al, and H. L.
Campbell.
The amounts range from 67 cents
to $3,308.50. the latter charged xi the
Silurian Oil Company and for delin-
quency for the quarter ending June
30, 1915. To each item of taxes past
due is attached a penalty of 18 per
cent in addition to the costs of the
proceedings to secure payment.
When returns are made on these
Items, Auditor Howard states, the
gross production tax will have been
collected for the quarter from all of
the 1,186 companies known to be op-
erating in the state, aggregating al-
most $700,000.
Socialist Victor in Fight for Office.
Reversing the district court of Mc-
Clain county, the supreme court held
that Mark Reader, socialist, was reg-
ularly elected sheriff of McClain
county in the election last November.
Reader and Frank Farriss, democrat,
were candidates. Returns showed
Reader elected by a margin of only
a few votes and over the objection of
his democratic opponent, he was
awarded the certificate of election.
Farriss brought quo warranto pro-
ceedings to oust Reader from the of-
fice. The district court of McClain
county held that Farriss was entitled
to the office, hut the supreme court
took the opposite view of the case.
Would Amend Bank Inspection Law
An amendment to state banking
laws which will transfer the duty of
examining state banks from the juris-
diction of the state banking board to
the state examiner and inspector's de-
partment has been suggested by some
members of the legislature in connec-
tion with proposed effective anti-usury
legislation at the contemplated extra
session. At present there are ten bank
examiners, working under the direc-
tion of the State banking board, whicb
is composed of bankers.
King An Assistant Attorney General.
C W. King, former county judge or
Harmon county, has been appointed
by Attorney General S. p. Freeling
as fifth assistant attorney general.
Mr. King was county judge of Harmon
county for one term and while holding
that office enjoyed the distinction of
never having one of his decisions re-
versed by the supreme court. He was
the secretary of Judge Frank Mathews'
campaign committee in 1904, when
Judge Mathews was a candidate fot
territorial representative for Okla/
homa to congress.
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