The Oklahoma Democrat (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 29, 1912 Page: 2 of 10
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THE OKLAHOMA DEMOCRATISALVITI0N ARMY
LEAHR IS DEAD
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
R. T. WILLIAMS, Editor in4 Publisher
Entered m aecond-cUaa matter February 1. 1908. a. the Poatoffice M
Altus. Oklahoma, under act of Congreat March 3. 1679.
NEW com
IS CREATED
PROJECT TO DIVIDE COMANCHE
COUNTY CARRIED BY
LARGE MAJORITY
WILL CONTEST ELECTION
OPPOSING FORCES NOW ALLEGE
FRAUD AND RECOUNT
WILL BE ASKED
OKN. WILLIAM BOOTH AT LAtT
YIELDS TO GRIM MAP.
ER'S CALL
EICHTY FOURJEARS OLD
HIS GREAT RELIGIOUS WORK,
CONFINED TO BLUMS,
WAS WORLD WIDE
Walters. Okla.—The state of Okla-
homa Boon will have 77 counties
within Its borders for complete re-
turns received on the election held
Thursday on the creation of the pro-
posed Cotton county, show that the
proposition carried by a vote of 1.672
to 936, or 96 more than the require!
60 per cent of the votes. The result
means the division of Comanche coun-
ty at a point almost equal to the
northern border of Tillman county.
A heavy vote was cast in the election,
£.608 ballots in all being counted.
The vote by townships on the prop-
osition was as follows: Beaver 144
for, 11 against; Bryan, number one.
92 for, 49 against; Bryan, number
two, 30 for, 21 against; Crosby, 41 for,
20 against, Ash, number one, 110 for,
190 against; Ash, number two, 124
for, 10 against, Devol, 97 for, 72
against; Hulen, 107 for, 61 against;
Jackson, number one, 102 for, 14
against; Jackson, number two, 78 for,
29 against; Jefferson, 84 for, 199
Mangan, 22 for. 25 against; Strauss,
449 for I against; Texas, number one.
75 for.' 89 against; Texas, number
two. 25 for. 86 against, and Texas,
number three, 92 for, 50 against.
The new county comprises a taxable
area of 456 square miles and has a
taxable valuation of 17,776,000. Walt-
ers is the temporary county seat and
■will be in the race for the permanent
location of county government.
Leaders, of th# fight against the di-
vision of Comanche county are forced
to admit that the vote shows more
than the required 60 per cent in favor
of the proposition but they declare
they have evidence of gross irregualr-
ities in several precincts and a re-
count will be asked.
The evidence, it is said, shows that
manv persons voted in two different
precincts. It also is charged that at
least two of the special inspectors
appointed by Governor Gruce were
guiltv of permitting open frauds. In
several precincts it is charged that
money was used by the new county-
boosters to win support from those
who opposed the division.
Big Blare At Capital City.
Oklahoma City—One of the most
disastrous fires of the year occured
Wednesday afternoon at the freight
station of the Santa Fe railroad, when
a blare starting from some unknown
cause destroyed part of the freight
sheds, five box cars and their contents
and a quantity of valuable merchan-
dise, valued at between $40,000 and
$50,000. The firemen had a danger-
ous job, as several of the carfe were
loaded with high explosives; but de-
PERRY PLANS CELEBRATION
Nineteenth Anniversary of Cherokel
Str'P Opening September 16 | Mn _rhe Rey WlllUm Booth.
commander-in-chief and general of
Perry. Okla—Nineteen years aga tbe Salvation Army, died at 10:13
September 16 that portion of Okla- oclof|, Tuesday night. He was born
homa known as the Cherokee strip. #t Nottingbam in 1829. The veteran
was opened to settlement. Nobis j solvation Army leader was uncon-
county, one of the seven comprising | iCj0Ug for <g hours previous to death,
the newly acquired territory, was sit- > Tbe medical bulletins had not re-
uated almost in the geographical cen- : ,eijed the aerloutmsss of the gener-
ter of the strip and Perry, its county I a,.# condltloni which for a week past
seat, located on the mai.) line of the > now admitted waa hopeless.
Santa Fe. was one of the principal V. Twelve wwk> ag0 General Booth un-
S. land office towns of the newly op- -#rwent >n operat|0n for the removal
ened country. f cataract in his left eye. For
It was here the homesteaders ^ tfter the oper8tl0n indications
flocked by many thousands to perfect lfled the hop# of the general s
their entries and afterwards to make | movery< Then septic poisoning set
final proof on their lands It naa j ^ ^ ^ ^ wJth th#
here the hundreds of claim holders. ^ o{ occaglonal raUlel, the pa-
from Kansas on the north to th- line decllned> xhe
of old Oklahoma on the southgeneral recognUed that the end was
bled and waited the r turri at the land ^ and often >poke of hi, work as
office door to obtain a filing cert i n- flniihed.
rate before going out to their lonely I ® # ,
J"". or "u«ouM . ,l pr.frl, l th. *
plow prepare . ho„e .or „tt. . d J™
or ll t bietorlc I Mr.. B~th. «...J";
time the old settlers of the county in remitting attentions to him,
conjunction with a number of Perry night and day.
pioneers have determined to make The aged evangelist died at his res-
this a permanent annual event. It , jdence, the Rookstone. Hadleywood,
has been celebrated for the past sev- tome eight miles from London, where
en or eight years and every year it | he had been confined to his bed ever
grows more' interesting and enjoy- j Bmce the operation. Present at the
able 1 bedside when the end came were Mr.
New features are added each year I
and this year the committee has pro- .
vlded many new out-door attractions. |
including an aviation meet. Another J
special feature and one that has been
asked for, will be a union Sunday ser-
vice attended and participated in by i
all the churches of the county. At j
this Chancellor George H. Bradford.
of the Oklahoma Methodist Univer-
sity, will deliver the principal- ad-
CITY COUSIN
(Copyright.)
COMING
TWO INDICTED FOR PERJURY
B.nk Deposit. 8w.ll S..ln,. .. Hpg.J >• • C"'
Sum of S100.000 th* 8tat*
dress.
Interurban For Kay County
Ponca City, Okla.—At a meeting
held in this city recently. Arkansas
City capitalists announced that they
have financed the construction of an
interurban line from Arkansas City
south into Kay county which will con-
nect the towns of Chilocco, Kildare,
Newkirk, Blackwell. Ponca City and
Tonkawa. They anonunced that sur-
veyors will lay out the route of the
proposed line at once. It will be
J
GEN. WILLIAM BOOTH.
New York—Two former men.bfrs
of Police Lieutenant Charles Beckws
strong-arm" squad of gambling raid-
ers, Detectives James White and
Charles Steinert. were Indicted for
perjury in connected with the alleged
"framing up" of Jack Zeltg, the east
side gang leader, who is said to have
suggested the names of the gun men
in the Rosenthal murder plot.
The indictments came soon after
Becker, chared with instigating the
murder, had refused to plead to the
superseding indictment against him,
and four of his alleged tools, "Whltey"
Lewis. "Dago Frank" Cirofici, Jack
Sullivan and William Shapiro, had en-
tered pleas of not guilty to murder
indictments. Becker was allowed to
delay entering his plea.
Mr. Whitman has procured from
Justice McCall a panel of fifty men.
from which the twenty-three members
I of the extraordinary September grand
jury will be selected to co-operate
with Justice Goff in his proposed
"John Doe" investigation of the gen-
eral police graft situation. The pros-
ecutor's investigator turned up evi-
dence of large bank accounts held by
a police inspector and a high civilian
employe of the police department
which will be a subject of Investiga-
tion.
Still more of Becker's bank depos-
its have come to light. Detailed tab-
ulations of his accounts in nine banks
show deposits as high as $6,300 in one
day. There is one of $6,000, one of
$3,000, two of $2,500, one of $2,300,
four of $2,000, four of $1,000, and sev-
eral in odd amounts.
Th. nearest some people . .r come
to getting clos. to natura la to alt
to a palw room
The Natural Infareaeo. •
"Whfci out motoring the other day, I
ran acroaa an old friend of «ulne."
• Was he much hurt?"
A « **t majority of •uii.wer till are
due U> Malaria la Us-
.Itud. and hesdsches sre Iml two Mmo-
u>i . t'XII'INR eradicate the Malaria
prw and t nei up th. *atlre .y.tein.
Cause of the Delay.
"Strang** those two nations do got
declare war."
"They art* haggling about what pei*
centage each la to get of the moving
picture receipts."
Where He Balked.
•She haa a terrible time with her
husband"
• Yes, she Is driving him to drink.
"Nonsense! If she was driving him
to drink things would be different,
she's trying to dflve him the other
way."
Opening Up Lhaea.
Lhasa, which Is the capital of
Tibet for generations waa known as
, the Forbidden City, because of Its
to oklahoma political and religious exciualreness
TO oklahoma | ^ ^ ^ British srmed eipedltlon
opened the mysterious old city. Pre-
vious to that time practically avery
European traveler had been stopped
In his efforts to reach the place
The population of Lhasa Is about 35.-
homa City date la September 24. al- i 000. _____
though there is a possibility that II 1
may be changed, barely a possibility. The Cannibals Need Fa*,
though, for It is understood that that An officer of the F rench colon al
date can best be fitted Into his ltln- I army brought a letter from the chief
erary. It Is also expected that Col- j 0f a group of missionaries In tbe
onel Roosevelt will speak in Musko- southern Islands of the Pacific not
gee and several other Important iong ago. which winds up as follow",
points. In fact, plans are under « iy "j regret to tell you that our l'"le
for the securing of a solid vestibuled | company can do little against the fa-
de luxe train to carry the colonel natlcisra of these poor wretches. More-
through Oklahoma. | over, famine Is ravaging the country
According to the bull moose cam- ror the harvest has been destroyed,
paign plans, Colonel Roosevelt will Therefore the dispatch of more mis-
spend most of the time in the west 1 g|onaries has become urgent."—La Pe
and Governor Johnson most of his ' tjte Republlque.
time in the east. Oklahoma, being I —
almost in the center, will draw both I couldn't Happen to Them,
of them, and every effort will be | M)ke t a job moving some kegs
made to get a big vote for the pro- i of'_owder an(j to the alarm of his
gresslve candidates in Oklahoma. foreman wa8 discovered smoking at
The exact date of Governor Johnson s ^ wori(
visit is problematical as yet. "Je-ru-sa-lem!" exclaimed the fore-
Colonel Roosevelt has been in Ok- ^ „Do yon knQW what happene(i
lahoma several times before, but has | & man 8moked at this Job some
only spoken here once, at the reun- There was an explosion
ion of the Spanish-American War vears aKO'
Veterans in 1899.
Oklahoma City.—The date practic
ally agreed on for Roosevelt's Okla
something more than fifty miles in ^ Mrg Bramwen Booth and their
length. The backers of the line are , hter and B0Di Adjutant Catherine
C. T. and Lafe Brown, eastern capital | ^ Sergeant Booth; the gen-
ists, and C. T. Atkinson, A. H. Denton | eraj,g y0ungegt daughter, Commission-
ed E. Kirkpatrick of Arkansas City ^ Mrg Booth.Helberd, and Commis-
They have been investigating the | Howardi Colonel Hitching and
proposition for some time and an- , ^ Wardlaw Milne.
nounce that all of the towns are en 1 '
thusiastic over the line. A meeting |
was held at Newkirk and at Black-
well.
Bramwell Booth Succeeds Father
London—In the presence of all tha
National Bank for Duncan Salvation Army commissioners and
Duncan, Okla.-The First State the principal officers in London at the
bank the onlv state bank in Duncan international headquarters,
and the largest state bank in Ste Booth's testament, entrusted to the
phen8 countv, has changed to the army's solicitor 22 years ago, appoint-
First National bank, with officers as )ng the late commander in chiefs son,
follows: G. H. Connell, president: Bramwell Booth, to succeed him, was
Frank Jones, vice-president; J. R- opened and read. Bramwell Booth,
Prentice cashier, and C. H. Kayler who has been chief of staff of the
assistant cashier. j army since 1880. accepted the succea-
- ] eion formally with much feeling. His
_ . . l. . cneech was a prayer and the scrip-
Dormitory Started at State Sehoo | readiug was followed by an im
spite "the danger they worked hard I ' presslve service.
and succeeded in preventing the sue of warrants P > j
Improvement association for a a c^( ^ B# We)| Guard#d
pipe line to the Cameron state * Washington-The largest gun ereT
of agricutlure was sold to George l. manufactured bv the United States,
Rose of this city and twenty ^ gtand6 unmounted at Fort Tot-
and —
flames from spreading to other build
ings and even saved the major por-
tion of the freight sheds themselves.
Lightning Causes Terror
Little Rock, Ark—In the midst of
one of the most terrific electtrcal
storms ever experienced In Little
Rock, lightning struck the home of
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Kyler, In this
city. The bolt struck the bed where
Mr. and Mrs. Klyer were sleeping,
■tunned and blinded them temporarily,
tore up the mattress and ploughed
a hole through the floor. The house
was set on fire by lightning, but the
blaze was extinguished by the drench-
ing rain before the fire department
could respond. Lightning also broke
Mosquitos Cause Death
Milwaukee, Wis.—The wet summer
has caused the mosquito pest to be-
come a thing of terror in many parts
of this state. In Appleton, where a
church college flourishes, the young
theologians compare the pest to the
plage of the flies as told in the days
of Moses, and churches are holding
prayer services to ask heaven to rid
them of the mosquitos. At Grand Rap-
ids. Wis., Fred Gels, 82 years old,
who had disappeared, was found to
have been so badly mosquito-bitten
that he conld not see to find his way
home, and he died as a result of the
bites of the pests.
years ago?
that blew up a dozen men."
"That couldn't happen here," ra-
turned Mike calmly.
"Why not?" n
"'Cause there's only you and me.
was the reply.'-Everybody's Maga-
zine.
Amendment to Pure Food Law
Washington—A far-reaching amend-
ment was a<jded to the pure food law
when the senate passed Representa-
tive Sherley's bill, which includes
under the term mis-branding as used
In the law, any "false statement, de-
sign or device regarding the cura-
tive or theraupeutic qualities of a
package." This measure has already
STERN NECESSITY
He—Isn't your bathing suit rather
loud?
She—It has to be loud. I'm trying
to mash a deaf old millionaire.
THE WAY OUT
Convention Adjourns
Blackwell, Okla—The Women's
Christian Temperance union of Kay-
county has closed a successful two-
day convention here. There was a
large attendance. The principal ad-
dresses were delivered by Mrs. Hiller-
man of Sapulpa, state president, and
W. C. Tetrick of Blackwell. A medal
contest was conducted the closing
night.
Wilson May Visit State.
Tnlsa. Okla.—Robert -Galbreath.
democratic national committeeman,
haa written to Governor Woodrow
Wilson, to arrange, if possible, for a
Yiait of the governor to Oklahoma
this fall. It Is believed here that
Governor Wilson will accept the In-
vitation extended to him and that in
his trip through Oklahoma he will
•top at Tulsa and Oklahoma City and
aa many other towns as caa be ar-
ranged conveniently.
Governor \yilaon wants to come to
Oklahoma. A delegation of Okla-
homans who vieited him at Seagrit
recently aaked him if it would be pos-
sible for him to come to Oklahoma
this fall and he expressed himself as
being delighted with the idea of Tis-
iting the State which had done so
much to further hia candidacy
Let'ers also have been written by
Galbreath :o '.overaor Wilaon's cam
paign managers who are told that Ok
lahoma it anxious to receive a visit
from the democratic nominee and
that the people here are aaxkmalv
•waiting word aa to wb«fl tho go*-
after the sale was ™de.fC0°8tr"Cti^ ten N. y. will be sent In a short time
work on a girls' dor°'to • t0 Panama aB a part of the canal forti-
state school *as started. T PP r,tions The gun was completed in
line had been built by a company^ ^ ^ Watervliet arsenal. New York,
business men which financ , ^ ^ ^ ^ thjrty geamen can
school's location and when a do Ug enormouB
tory was needed, it was agreed .f the atand siae y
city would buy the pipe line the com , muzzle.
panv would build the dormitory Thf . To probe Alleged Lumber Comblno
building will accommodate eighty, geattle Wash. — Subpoenaes hare
girls and will be complete when ! fceen iggued for twenty leading north-
school opens September 17. | west lumbermen to appear as wit-
up the show at the Royal theater, by i pagged tbe house and will now go
burning out all the electrical connec-1 tQ the pre8ident for his signature.
tions of the moving picture machine I
as fast as they could be installed The Farmers Adjourn
flre department had three calls for j ghawnee okla—The State Farm-
fire caused by lighting strokes and , ^ union convention has adjourned.
during one of the runs George Car- j L}ttie business was transacted aside
michael, captain of fire house No. 2 ifrom indorsement of the Mississippi!
was seriously injured in a collision | the Galvegton plan and the i Chanfl# of pood Brought Success and
with a street car at Fifth and * ain Farmers- National exchange. j Happiness.
streets. |
• ' , ., , „ I An ambitious but delicate girl, after
French Having Trouble In Morocco tQ through Bth00i 0n ac-
Paris.—Considerable anxiety is evi- count of nervousness and hysteria,
to be dead and property damage to dent tn military circles here over the j jound ln Grape-Nuts the only thing
the eitent of many thousands of dol- situation in Morocco, where the , tbat seem€d t0 build her up and fur-
lars as the result of a terrific rain , French troops for the moment are 1 nlgll jjer the peace of health.
and electrical storm which struck practically on the defensive pending
this place Sunday and raged contin- the arrival of reinforcements, which
uously for twenty-four hours. Train are leaving Toulon and Marseilles
service was interrupted. daily.
— The abandonment of Marakesh on
Russian Sailors Feared August 16 by Gen. Llautey, the French
' resident governor of Morocco, was the
Storm Tn Michigan
Niles. Mich—Two men are known
Leases at a hearing in this city to toll
i what they know of an alleged combi-
Premium* For Pair —
Durant Okla.-More than IMO has nation among middle west lumber re-
been hedged toward the premium taller* which the government charge,
Ln of .he Brvan county fair, which exists in restraint of trade.
will" be held here in September. Th«
committee in charge expecta to s
cure about $1,000 in all.
Defeat Government Forces
Managua —News of the govern-
ment's defeat at Leon, fifty mllos
torthweat of here, when tho Insur-
gents slaughtered almost the entire
Booster Trip For Connell School
Helena Okla-A booster trip show garrison of SCO men. ha. been con-
PSOO* feet of moving pictures and firmed. The insurgent, captured the
l^hf nhoto«raDhic views of the fortress and now are in coulrol of
eighty photographic
school is planned in connection with
the opening of the fourth session
of the Connell School of Agriculture
here on September 3. Professor *
S Calvert, president of the school,
Leon.
Bt P.tersburg.-Kronstadt^ r„luclll •— —
principal fortress and military po firg( note (ndjcatlng that serious com-
of Russia, twenty miles west o , were hampering the French
city, has been declared in a state or P
siege. The measure waa taken as a , „ J , wt w
precaution to prevent possible trou- This was followed quickly by news
ble on the part of malcontents ln the that the pretender. El Hiba was ap-
Russlan fleet anchored there. proaching the abandoned city, which
- (a the religious capital of the country.
was arresiea n waTg have managed when defeated
a result of an investigat^n of rw-ent columns to escape to the
"V?. Swfci—•-« P.i.w. « . .b«. th„
worth of tob*cc® * . . have had no difficulty in marahaling
Th. arreat of Gordon s ".e hird wl h- connivance, the
in a month In connection with th. 'rFrench of 8pan,.rds.
vestlgation.
Emperor Cel.bratea Birthday
Vienna.—The otghty<econd birtb-
o iav of Emperor Francis Jooeph
George Leorv Hyde, director of music I ^lebrated her.
and other members of the faculty will
b. in charge of the entertainmenta
with
Choctaw County Levi..
Hugo Okto —Tbe tax levy for Oioe-
Uw county as fixed by the eicl.0
board is aa follow. Hugo city 1U
mills Hugo schol ditsrtct. >5 mills,
county, i-01 • •: l ml]H-
Tbe total tax tor all pj*pos«s is 33 U
enthusiasm
throughout the country. His majM-
ty, who is in good health, la stayiog
st IschL I'PPer Austria
The entire imperisi family wma
(resent at a «tat. banquet ln honor
of tbe emperor Prince Leopold of
Bavaria toasted the emperor, who ro-
plVed briefly, tack «ueot received a
ooovenir la the akapo of a silver out
Mtto of Wa maKoty.
i New Union Oepot for Chicago
Canadian to Attend Maneuver. Chicago — Conatmction of a new .ta-
Montreal—Among the passengers tion by the Pennsylvania railroad and
who Bailed on th. Royai Goorge Is Col. other lines u..ng the prnent union
Samuel Hughes th. Canadian mln station, which will coet approximately
STof mmarv and defense, who i. WS.000.000. will be oegun soon. The
going over to attend the autumn man plana which are being made by Burn-
• .v. r__n.fc .,mr ham A Company, architects, of the
m,v.rs of th. English army. ch,caro pUnTnclud. also the locate
~~~~~ of a new postoffice just across th.
Trwops Invsd. City street from tbe site of the new station
Pekio—A force of 22.000 Mongolia? and connected with It the main federal
troops ha. occupied th. city of Tao- gilding aad other autions by subway
... Manchuria, aad has begun looting. The site of tbe new station is bound-
house. and stores, according to a re- ed by Adams. Caaal and Clinto*
port raoalrad here. .streets aad Jack so* boulevard.
"From Infancy," she says, "I have
not been strong. Being ambitious to
learn at any cost I finally got to th.
High School, but soon had to abandon
my studies on account of nervous pros-
tration and hysteria,
"My food did not agreo with me. I
gTew thin and despondent. I could not
enjoy the simplest social affair for I
Buffered constantly from nervousness
ln spite of all sorts of medicines.
"This wretched condition continued
until I was twenty-flvo, when I became
interested ln the letters of those who
had case, like mine and who were get-
ting well by eating Grape-Nuts.
"I had little faith but procured a
box and after the first dish I expe-
rienced a peculiar satisfied feeling
that I had never gained from any ordi-
nary food. I slept and rested better
that night and in a few day. began to
grow stronger.
"I had a new feeling and peace and
restfulness. In a few weeks, to my
great joy, the headache, ar.d nervous-
ness left me snd llf. became bright
and hopeful. I resumed my studies
snd later taught ten months with ease
—of cours. using Grape-Nuts every
day. It Is now four years since I be-
gan to use Grape Nuta. I am the mis
tress of s happy home, and th. old
weakness has never returned " Nam*
given by tbe Postum CO, Battl. Creek.
Mich.
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