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Mangum Weekly Star.
VOtUMK XXXIII.
MANOOM, GREER COUNT
FOUR IMPORTANT
COURT DECISIONS
Last Monday was Opinion Day in the
United States Supreme Court, and
Four Important Decisions Came Forth
of State and National Interest.
ORGANIZED LABOR
SECURES VICTORY
DISMISSES CONTEMPT
AGAINST UNION LEADERS.
, *
Complete B»v«rul-Relieved of Jail
Sentence. But They Must
Heavy Pin*.
Washington, May IS.
'the sentence* of Imprisonment impos- instituted against the labor men, by
ed by the supreme court of the L>ls- the Buck's Stove and Range company
trlct of Columbia, for alleged dutobe- at whose Instance the original con
tfience to a boycott Injunction, the su- tempi case was brought.
pre me court of the United States to-I The court was led to hold that the
day held that Samuel Gompers, John contempt proceedings In this case
.Mitchell and Frank MQrrlson, presl- must l>e civil In nature l>ecause crlml-
dent, vice president and secretary, re-: nal punishment cannot be exercised
spectively, of the American Kedera-1 by courts to force persons to do acts
tlon of l.abor, had been erroneously' commanded. In the present case the
sentenced to jail on a charge of con-(court took the view that the labor
la so holding, the supreme court of
the I'nlted States found that the
court of apepals of (he District of Co-
lumbla and the supreme court of the
district, erred In treating the con-
tempt proceedings as a criminal case
and Sot a civil one. The effect of hild-
CASE proceedings a civil one was
to make Jail sentences impossible.
Hence the Jail sentence# had to be
set aside.
To correct the error the case was
P*y sent back to the local courts with di-
i reetton that It be dlsmlseed. At the
same time, the court expressly made
Setting aside It possible for civil proceedings to be
Last Monday, being opinion day the only sentences that could be lm-
: with the supreme court of the United posed on the labor leaders were fines,
states four decisions were handed in so holding, the supreme court or
out two of which are of national lm- the United states found that the
Dortance and two effect on<y Oklaho- court of aiiepals of the District of Co-
ma directly but establishes a preced- lumbla and the supreme court of the
ent which extends, of course, nation- district, erred in treating the con-
wide where like conditions may in the tempt proceedings as a criminal case
filture arise ana not a clvil one-
It will be admitted at once that the The effect of holding the proceedings
most important and far reaching ot a civil one was to makv jail sentnces
i the four decisions is that touching the impossible. Hence the Jail sentences
interests of the Standard Oii Compa- tiad to be set aside.
ny This corporation is said to be the To correct the error the case was
most gigantic combination of monied sent back to the local courts with di-
! interest ever created In the world, rection that it be dismissed. Ac the
* and ranking as such, it is not amiss same time, the court expressly mads
I to say that the effects of the decision it possible for civl. proceedings to be
I may be indeed far reaching in its in- instituted against the labor men, by
f Uuence upon the business of the coun- tne Buck's Stove and .uinge Company,
| t at whose instance the original con-
S The news sent out from Washing-1 tempt case was brought
I ton concerning the decisions are as The court was led to hold that the
I follows- contempt proceedings in this case
Standard Oil. must be civil in nature because crim-
t - washington, Mav 15. —The Stand- tnal punishment cannot be exercised
ard Oil Company of New Jersey and by courts to force persons to do acts
its nineteen subsidiary corporations commanded. In the presen case the
were declared Monday by the su- court took the view that the labor
1 - preme court of the United States to men were being sent to jail, not to
be a conspiracy and combination in j make them do something the court
restraint of trade. It was also held ordered, but because of 'something
to be monopolizing interstate com- they bad done."
merce in violation of the Sherman Indian Land Sales.
anti-trust law. The dissolution of-the Washington, May lo.—Three cen-
combination was ordered to take turies of civilization have not brought
mace within six months. tile tull-blood Indian to the point
. Thus ended the tremendous strug- where hift rights are equal to those of
gle on the part of the government to the white man. Such was the decis-
put down by authority of law a combl- ion today ot^^lMifr*rae cour*,°...'
nation which it claimed was a me-; L'nite# |^teinm folding constitution
nace to the industrial and economic al the twenty-five-year restrictions on
advancement of the entire country, i tne «*!e of Indian lands.
- At the same time the court , inter- Thetwenty-0ve-ye»r rwtrictlon was
nreted the Sherman antitrust law so imposed by congress in 1906. Prevloty^
jS^TlfmttIts^StoStonio act. o! .to tnat-Ume; iW&vidtaai meters 6i
"undue" restraint of trade. It wa» the flve civilized tribes inOktaboma
on thla point that the only discordant < ™»re presented from making salesof
note was heard in the court. their lands within Ave years of the
note was neara in tae cou time of allotment. The contention
Washington, May 15—The legisla", s00{* ar<>se that the fullbloods had
tive act of Oklahoma, intended to ; 8uch rights as citizens as made the
forbid tne laying of a pipe line for e^ension unconstitutional.
thepurpose of exporting natural gas Marchie Tiger was one of the In-
to points outside the state, is declared | dians concerned. As a Mlblood Creex
unconstitutional in an opinion handed he i"her"'e^K. fo.ur. !} !, , *?'. ,
down by the United States supreme j transferred this inherited land to real
court Mondav. I estate companies, but .-ter ne chang-
The opinion is based upon the con-j llis mind and brought suit to have
stitutional principle that neither the Jtracers set aside on theg round
nf oklahoma nor anv other that the restrictions forbade his con-
~1ta e cin make a law to regulate In- *118 the land' The Supreme COUrt °f
1 Oklahoma held that the restrictions
The federal constitution delegates'merely referred to lands allotted di-
this power alone to congress. j and to the
The court holds in effect that natur- lands inherited by them The su-
al gas is a commodity. It cannot be : £rf™e F0"1"* of the ^n.te<* . f. ?
transported from one state to another | '''jey aPPiled to inherited
in sacks or bags, and can only be* ianas as wel1-
tempt of a local court.
The court unanimously held that
the only sentences that could fie im-
posed oil the labor leaders were lines.
men were being sent to Jail, not to
make them do some, .ng the court
ordered, but because of "something
tiey jiad done."
transported by means of pipe lines.
For a state to say that citizens may
The court held also that only con-
gress could determine when the In-
dian became free from the white
~the gas shall not be sold at all, and
that ~thpr*fore the eas i* nracticallv A feature of the ruling, according tc
practicany Oklahoma laweyrs Is that thi8 te the
i.rst time that the United States su-
preme court has reversed a decision
useless.
In its opinion, the court says.
"The Oklahoma statute does not . .. .... . .
alone regulate the right to acquire of the Oklahoma supreme court,
possession of the gas, but when the
right is exercised, when the gas be- OUR OLD SOLDIERS TRAIN
comes property, takes fro mit the at- ATTRACT ATTENTION,
tribute of property, the right to dis-
pose of It; .indeed, selects us market Mangum Camp No. 1135 of the Unit-
to reserve it for future purchases and ed Confederate Veterans, passed
use within the state on the ground through Hobart (Monday morning in
that the welfare of the state thereby two special cars to attend the Re-
will be subserved. : union of Confederate Veterans at Lit-
•The resul of this contention repels tie Kock, Arkansas.
its acceptance." There were about 10 in the party.
The case decided was that of the It Is proper that these men, who
Kansas Natural Gas company against fought in the defense of what they
the attorney general of Oklahoma, in- believed to be right, to meet and
volving an attempt of the Oklahoma greeet ach other just as much as it is
Authorities to prevent the gas compa- right and proper for the veterans of
ny fro mobtaining a rifeht-of-way for the Civil War, who fought on the oth-
a pipe line, which was to transport | er side, to meet and go over the many
Oklahoma natural gas into Kansas trials they had to undergo.
and other points outside of Oklahoma. Wen. you ever at a reunion of eith-
Attorneys for the state contended j er the blues or the grays? Well we
that the statute was necessary for the i have been to each and there are just
proper conservation of natural re- as many heart thrilling scenes In the
sources and that its ruling principle camp o fthe one as there are the
was "conservation and not com- camp of the other.
merce." It makes your heart leap for Joy to
The lower court held the law to be see the old veterans meet and greet
unconstitutional and sustained an in- each other for the first time since the
junction against the state officials war.
from enforcement. This decision is Yes it is well for these men that
sustained by a majority opinion of the rought in the defense of what they be-
supreme court. The notation is made, iieved to be right to meet and re-
that Justices Holmes. Lurton and count those days of terrible bloodshed.
Hughes dissented from the majority The ranks of the gray as well as
OKLAHOMA CITY'S
BOOSTERS VISIT US
They Visited Mangum Tuesday Morn-
ing, Spent an Hour Among Our Bus-
iness Men, Exemplifying Oklahoma
City's Noted Boosting Spirit.
BOARD ATTEMPTS
TO CLOSE A RATI
State Banking Board Attempts to iarce
Collection of Special Assessm</it to
Replenish Guaranty Fund, ana Bank
Secures Temporary Injunction.
*—
Oklahoma City swooped down upon pushed by the vim and push of Okla-
us Tuesday and in a twinkling ho a tllty's enterprising citizenship,
the gaily bedecked army of boosters it is the talk the world over. They
had captured our outposts and before have outstripped everything in their
we could make any showing of a splendid efforts for genuine go-ahead-
stand they were right in the heart of tiveness, and yet we are an convinc
the city bombarding everybody and 1 ed that Oklahoma City has just tairly
everything they encountered in th*tr started. Who dare say that this
wfty, splendid nietropolis Will not accom-
Two hundred strong, splendidly atr^pjish as great wonders in the ne^t
fired and well equipped, led by a mart 7en years as ahe has. In the last ten
whose eadgear resembled a house years'i .With the greatest oil and
cat 8fltn ita "tlAPder up" and another gaa u7;Ms In the worn in her very
bearing the well known emblems or yactf, coal beds inexhaustible at he*,
old glory, all moving in unison to the i door, manufacturing enterprises of
strains of martial music, they soon eyery kind within her gates and on
were right in our midst, and we were top of all toat a spirit of unsurmount-
fther'n." 1 at),e push and energy pervading it
' Oklahoma City Is certainly becom- all, we as«. where is her end.
ing an artist in handling these trade Uet the greatest and proudest cities
excursions. They ounch together in our whole land take notice for in
their best gifted taffy dispensers and the boundless southwest there , has
" arisen one who is sure to write Its
fame upon the topmost point of hu-
man accomplishment, and every part
of our great con-monwealth will share
alike in the distinction.
Judge J. Li. Carpenter, in a few well
chosen words, greeted the visitors and
in the name of Mangum most heartily
received them, immediately following
then proceed to spread the sweets all
over the state, and oft times it runs
over the line into Texas, Kansas and
Arkansas. When it comes to "doing"
the particular locality in which they
happen to be sojourning they can
shake hands with more men, smile
sweetly upon more ladies and kiss
more babies than any bunch we have
ever encountered. Again, we say they j which Frank P. Wycolf, banker of
they are all artists with gifts to] Oklahoma City, responded. Then
"make up a change" as quickly and asi ft-e-v. J. H. O. Smith, pastor of the
easily as the "end man* in a negro Kirst Cnristian Church, of Oklahoma
minstrel can change into an Irish padr- Ci-ty, in his inimitable and masterful
dy. ] way bound together the hearts of the
Hut we love 'em just the same. No j Citizens of IMangum anu her visitors
company of town builders or ener®et»c with words and thoughts which even
hustlers ever accomplished more in time will not sever.
the same time than has been accom-' lUentlemen, come again.
MILLIONS SPENT
finding.
Contempt Cases.
those of the blue are fast thinning
out. It will not be but a few years
Washington. May 15.—Setting aside at the best until the last of (hose that
the sentences of imprisonement im-
posed by the supreme court of the
Otstrict ol Columbia, for alleged dii-
obedtenc** to a boycott in function, the
met in mortal combat ahall have pass-
ed away.
May they enjoy each and every
j year fertilizers to the value of 1«
I million dollars, making the ttpproxi-
j mate consumption of soil foqjds by tne
FAft TTHTII I7I1T/V'"'rcers or the country about 100 mil-
hi IK rrJa I II 1/lllll llon dollars per annum, omitting con
* "aa 1 lilai luauatia* | gj(jeratjon jn connection of cot-
=== ! ton-seed meal, used in part as fertillz-
U. S. DEPARTMENT COMMERCb^ mWrial, but largely as a
AND LABOR GIVE FIGURES. i The increase in importation of the
■ 1 more important classes of articles
Largest Bulk of Fertilizer Imported used as fertilizers is indicated by the
Fo,.l3„ Countries ,n U.e I- j VSK M.SK? h.'.e "".J
United States. ( teased from 3 million dollars in 1S!M)
j to 5 million in 1900 and to over 16}*
Soil foods seem to be rapidly gain- million dollars in the calendar /ear
ing in popularity or absolute require- 1910. The imports of potash salts of
ment, or perhaps both, among the the fertilizer class, chiefly the muriate
agriculturists of the United States, and sulphate, have increased from 1
The total value of imported fertillz- million dollars in 1890 to 2 million in
ers. including materials largely though 1 into and 6% million in 1910; while
not exclusively used for that purpose, imports of phosphates, guano, kalnit
aggregated *0 million dollars in the. and other fertilizers have increased
calendar year 1910, against lOVfr mil- from over 1 million dollars in 1890 to
lion in 1900 and 5V4 million in 1890. million in 1900 and 9V4 million in
according to fi&iires compiled by the 19i0.
Bureau of Statistics of the Department The commercial source* o fthe fele
of Commerce and Labor: while other ments chiefly relied upon as soil
reports covering the production of foods—nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and
fertilizers indicate atso a large and i"»tash—are comparatively few. Ni-
perhaps equally rapid growth in do- ""ate of soda, valuable because of Its
mestic output of the various materials ni*h content of nitrogen, comes al-
used for fertilizing purposes. The most exclusively from Chile, from
production of phosphate rock, for ex- which the Imports amount to over
ample, largely used in the manufac- '"<*.000 tons, valued at about 13 mil-
ture of artificial fertilizers, increased. llo*i dollars per annum. The potash
according to reports of the Geological *alta are practically all the product of
Survey, from 6V4 million dollars In Germany, the imports therefrom of
toda:
M lu-
be Id ti
at 8amu
I Prank
e United States
>1 Gompers, John
Morrison, presl
nd secretary, re
1904 to lo\ million dollars in l»Of
while the Census Office reports the
value of fertilisers manufactured In
1*90 at 39 million dollars, in 1900 at
uoilara. .and if the rate of iacrea»e
uriate of potash.
Its richness In
from 2O0 i
nd*. value
aluable by re
available po
Hilton to MM
I at from "
Guthrie, Okla., May 12.—The at-i "We oppose the payment ot tb«
tempt of the state banking board to guaranty assessment," said Guss, "for
collect the recent special one per cent, the reason that the guaranty fund U
assesment on the average daily depos- not legally Impaired; therefore tha
us of state banks to recuperate the special assessment Is not legal. The
guaranty deposit fund, came to a law specifically states that the fund
climax cere Friday when U. C. Oass, can be qsed for no other purpose than
president of the board of directors of to pay the depositors of failed banks."
the bank, secured an injunction from If the fund is impaired, it is be*
County Judge Jeremiah C. Strang, cause it has been used for illegal pur-
whlc.. restrains the banking board or poses, and the men or officials who
any of its agents from interfering In j caused such misuse should be com-
any manner with the operation oi that pelled to reimburse the fund, not the
(jank, state bankers. We have told the
Fred R. Dennis, member of the state banking board that whenever
state banking board; A. C. Cruce, i civil and criminal suits are started to
brother of Governor Lee Cruce and compel the reimbursement of the
special attorney for the banking guaranty funds, we will immediately
board; Fran* Canton, adjutant gener- pay our assessment, also if the state
al, and Mr. Garnett, a state bank ex- banking, board makes us a report,
aminer, came to Guthrie early Friday showing that the fund has been legal-
trom Oklahoma City to take charge ly expended, we will pay."
of the Bank of Indian .erltory because During the little scene at the Bank
of non-payment of the guaranty fund of Indian Territory, Guss told Attor*
assessment. aey Oruce that he could never be
Guss, as spokesman for the bank, paid attorney fees from the guaranty
denied their right to close a solvent fund as such use of the fund was ilie-
institution, and when the notice was gal, "and, moreover," declared Guaa,
posted that the bank was in charge of "the fees that were paid from th«
the state banking board It was torn fundheretofore to W. A. Ledbetter as
down and the members of the visiting a iorney fees must be paid back." All
party were threatened even with lm- these matters Mr. Guss Intends to
prison ment in jail if they attempted to present to the members of the state
close the oank. Bankers' association, In annual self
Conversation Warm. «ioo. In Oklahoma City, May 22.
"But we have the state militia with To Supreme Court.
us in General Canton," was the re-, It developed Friday night that ti#
joinder case started today will be taken ciea*
"That makes no dlftragce, you through to the United States supreme
have'no right to diose a soWt hanh," t%ourt, on the same queation that the
Gus replied "You gentlerilen Just railroad companies have defeated toe
wait a few moments; we are having operation of the two-cent fare law,
an application prepared for an injunc- that it Is confiscation of property la
tlon to preveiit you from interfering that the guaranty fund does not per*
with onr< bank. and. we desire to. serve mit the state banker to make a ret*
It on you. W£ will say, too, thit fn oms*l« profit.
have a judge there who will not atop "We can get affidavits without nua-
a grand jury probe sin ply because a ber that the assessment la eon«saa
governor demands it." * tion of Property." said one banker,
Within a few minutes the injunc- Friday. No local state bank has paid
tion was obtained and served. Soon the guaranty fund and numerous oth-
afterward the members of the bank- er banks in this locality have held
ing party left in an automobile for out wiatiug on the action of the local
Oklahbma City. .banker.
1 ■—
lands, the Dutch West Indies and. n
some years, from Uruguay, Venezuela
md British possessions in Oceania,
jf the imported crude phosphates Bel-
glum, French Guiana, and brltlsh
Oceania are the chief sources; while
0 (the other imported fertilizers not
separtely enumerated by the Bureau
of Statistics Germany Is the chief
source, supplying from 70% to 80%
the remainder being chiefly from the
United Kingdom, Canada and Bel-
gium. ' '*
Additional evidence of the increas-
ed consumption of artificial fertilisers
in the United States is contained in
the figures of the Census, which show
that the number of establishments de-
voted to that purpose has increased
from 278 In 1880 to 553 In 1905; the
tons of material used, from 727, 45'J
tQ 3,591,771; and the value of their
product from 20 million dollars in
1880 to 57 million in 1905. The ma;
terials used by the domestic fertiliz
er industry in 1905 included bones,
tankage, etc-., p million dollars; phos-
phate rock, 4Vi million; potash salts.
3Vi million; superphosphates, 3 mil-
lion; cotton-seed meal, 2% million:
pyrites. 2 million; kainit, nearly 2
million; nitrate of soda, 1% million:
sulphuric acid. 1 million: fish, nea.^
1 million: ammonia sulphate, a little
over a half million, and various other
articles, such as sulpnur, lime wood
ashes and salt. ^
finds it. It is necessary also that he
know how to get it from business
men, politicians, etc. ' He must Know
numan nature, and stn . "every man
in his humor."
ESSENTIALS OF A •
NBW®>APER man
Professor Theodore Hampton
Brewer, head of the department of
Engltsu at the State University, dur-
ing an address before the student
Press Club this week made some re-
marks which it would be well for all
young men aspiring to the newspaper
field to bear in mind. Professor Brew-
er is a veteran newspaper man, having
entered ojurnallsm as editor of his
college paepr at Vanderbilt and later
worked on the big dailies of the Nash-
ville. Chicago and New York. He
saiad, "The success of a ournalist de- i
pend« upon four essential prerequi-'
ites:
(1) He must have a good com-
mand of English. When necessary he
nuet know how to economize his Eng-
ish or spread it to suit the occasion.
(?) He must have a love for the
PROF. SHUMATE NO MORE
IN OUR SCHOOL
Most of the patrons of our most er.
cedent city school are sorry to leara
that Prof, and Mrs. Shumate will not
be connected with our school another
year. For a long time we have feared
that our little city was not able to
pay Prof. Shumate a sufficient salary
to keep him, at least w*e have believ-
ed that he was wortu more money
than we were able to pay him.
It is not disputed by any one but
that the Professor has given us a fine
school, second to none In the state.
And the best of all is, he has alwayg
stool on the right side of every moral
question and has not been afraid to
stand byhis convictions. Yt nen the
prohibition fight was on. Professor
Shumate was in the thickest of the
fight. He has always stood by the
law- and order league, in fact his con-
duct in Granite has been above criti-
cism. He is wide awake, energetic,
conservative and scholarly man. He
possesses a most amicable gift In the
management of children, and ij jfc,
wa.ve agreeable with his twehers.
There is not a l)<Ktec all a-ruund
•ekwl Sim In $kia'homa. The town
that is fortunate enough to secur,a
him is to be congratulated. — Greer
County News. ,
PRISONER MAKES HIS ESCAPE.
One of the Inmates of the reforma-
tory made his escape last Monday on
one of the horses belonging to the re-
formatory The officers chaseu him
with blood hounds tot 25 or 30 miles
when they came upon the horse rode
by the fleeing convict, dead by the
road: evidently the horse had fallen
dead from exhaustion The coavlct
'took another horse from some one Bid
continued his flight norihward. The
dogs were tired down and so the
chase had to be postponed for a
tine. We are told that the convict
would have had but few more months
until he would have had his iibeity.
—Greer County News.
LET THE WOMEN DO THE WORK.
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