The Searchlight (Guthrie, Okla.), No. 485, Ed. 1 Friday, August 9, 1907 Page: 2 of 16
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ch as this Is a bona
clemency. On the
a ItTecVfiiie as $29,-
htest encou
or to t
minal <
rd
nited
of the
ved h
st the swee
and the
any with
an of
andls, in
ourt to-
ndard
0,000,
h of
Judge
they will know be
er nex
e man for
hunt. I shall
must
Indiana,
t-c<mn
fo<^aL"^gcial
consider evi-
WS
aske
a watch
sensational
BUT WILL IT BE PAI
New York, Aug., 3.—The
Oil company will appeal
States court of appeals.!
unprecedented fine was
with excited interest
Chicago, Aug., 3.
the, United States^distt
day, imposed a fine.upos
Oil company of Indiana
tihe maximum anoint -in
the 1,462 coue
on which thefcpufl
con v I oied ot
the Chicago auj
shipments from \\
Bast St. Louis,
Judge Landia*'
that a call be U
grand Jury whicKC _
dence against the party to the rebat-
ing operations or which the Standard
was to :nd guilty, and it is therefore
probable that Witfiiti 'a short time' pro-
ceed lugs will be commenced against
The reading of the opinion by Judge
Laud-it) aroused almost as muoh-Jinteiv
est as-ilie prpwuee of John D. Rocke-
fellei- lk»tU other officials of; the Stand- :
ardupon '^he witness stand; The oourt
room M'as crowded to Its. capacity and
deputy- fnafe-i'ials finelly were com-j
pelled: %© refuse aihnittartfce to all
late comers. 'strfstud gill oi -*<
The government wag- represented
by United States District Attorney
Sims fthd by Assistant District At tors
aey WiNtersQti. The-' oftlw 'members/
of tlw- Standard's counsel present:
were Eddy and Martin, neither • of |n
whorrfI-iwas prominent in the : actual
trial 'e»f the case: Only a-few-Of the
lesser officials of the1 Standard- werte-
in tihe court room.
■ l »d h ititfi
3iJu b'i^qiite eKii .aniii Jill'ti 'Ji
Standard President's
-- bj Peevish Comment,
New-1 York, - Aug., 3.—J ames ■•■A.
Moffett,"-president of thW Standard dll
company of Indiana!; in a stateriieot:
today ! i;i reference to the'*' kandis
judgment, declared -that the -eighteen
cent Tate was a cjass and conrmd
dity rate aiul never was intruded tfe
appl yto coal oil. c said1- that' tW>U
sands of tons of fright had b^en
shipped " between -points in ques-
tion under the same felroufnstanc^s- aff
the Standard shipments,- and that if
the Standard is "i$Hty, evetty other
sli ipjter'-Iss guilty, ife -as&r "is theire'
a purpose of- selecting the Sfarrdtknl
as tihe victim?"
Moffett. asserts that Hie Standard is
not even technically guilty .and that
the prosecution of" the defendant
under the circumstances is a prostl
tut ion of the spirit and high ptirpqae
of tihe "interstate.1'commerce act, ~
After More Rebaters. mv-jII
Chicago, Aug., 3.—Indictments were
returned today in. the district court
against ;A, Ilooth and company, gen-
erally known as the "fish truatT" the
New York, Chicago and- -St.: Louis
railroad and the -Lehigh Volley rail-
road, oharged with violating., ;rt be
Elklns law prohibiting rebating..mco •=>■
CHLlGHt
e the s
sant one, 1
cently g&» tin1
trance to the famous wolf
gTmrwda, ah^re Pr
performed his hero
feats.
The girls were immediately imbused
with an ardent desire to, emulate the
example of the Wdsident.i TH<S 'result
was one of the most startling exhi-
bitionslof eMtwa-egu^rlaaisia. ever
ijeen oft'th^~ western plains.
GIHL COYOTE GHASERSv - - >
Chattanooga, Okla., Aug. .2.-rMiss
Margaret f;i)»son, Miss Ethel- G MHlt-
ken and Miss Emma ".T. Wairi Scott,
tliree Washington girls, who wei;e s^jnt
to Oklahoma hrconnectibn" with'tfh ftp'
vestigatiou of certain questions by thfl
Indian department before some high
collared official decided that the new
state was too wild and wooly to be
trusted with the entertainment of east,
ern femininity, are having the time of
their ltres while engaged In their
work lrpre. ■
"Who said thar Oklahoma was
wild?" questinea Miss Wainscott in
dignatftly. "Why, I think it's just too
lovely for anything. 1 was raised in
Montana, md this looks like the
heighth of civilization" compared to
what I; wag nsed to when I Was a
child. Of course the other glrltf finff
It rather strange, but they are just
Moijnted
whose disjfoft!
jto be of b
from Chattshrtfoj
-:eil the. capture
lupine
§hort dist
grown c
.the grasj
country
} Three
;pjtf keys,
young w
awi the
Miss
the wayii
.'formed df
the Oklaho
time thait
evolution,
over hisj
on: the
ever, wa
«pirit of
for his
The hi
also wa:
eiiase, ai;
staying
interest
time sh
pony sh
she retu
Gipson
and the
and disg^ii
the
g;
number of the
Titrty-a
when
out
(cross
lope.
shrieks, in three differ-'
iaimed the fact that the
had spied their quarry,
was on.
n was the first to fttt by
an
ity to keep
over his home, fearing
that possibly the assassins, who have
recently sent several threatening let-
ters, may attenkpt1 to harm Mis: wife.
The third man who has been threat-
ened is Nickolas Malick, who was ar-
rested at tfie lime Father Martooges-
sian was Uken into custody, and yho
^ Mame* l&gCalustldfimsiofte (ft fee
J|r®s °|Pered t^r|pis fl 8 g
~'d#ect-^* threaro^weW maae
against me by any one," he said to-
aay, "but I reeeive^ one-threatening
may iui.Hi w
The' 9us
She had not
e quick turning hi
cow pony, and
sr mount perfort
lowing the wolf,
i d and lighting
ei| sward. Her
jroughly imbu
chase, and
, but followi
ridden by Mli ^
nduly enthusiast
fir si
& ho*
ijth the
Wm*\
188 Miiliken was- so busy
that 6he;:
lned
all
Ice,
ttdwii.
<<• Miss \jk-
chase un
•'timber ajon
too, retufn
The thi1
game.
"We di
-thisttim
she rue
!"Jant! we
guess w^Cr^^oWes-lr^. as
welli as the president can, an3 we are
igoinjg to catch one too, aren'J we.
SirW? !2MAUA
And we are going to take him
back A\rashinglT)n With iis, aild pre-
sent htm-to Mr. Rooserelt. ' I guess
that "wiH—'-'show (h'ose department
clerks- IlM~Ok!ahoma IS nttt too'wild
fAr Washington girlsi'*
I rn.., \ ■' ,■ ,v
: MtLLIONAIRS W DREAD
iNew York.- August.. Joday^
? scott
she lost tire"^ybte" In the
the Deep Red.iwben she,
to Chattanobj^a
[were tired, but they were
have very good luck
claimed Miss Gipson as
cribbed, a. bruised spot,
mm
gai i»i
tii^ilh.f^K^ri.w^uS
chakist. reign of terror. - At least
three wealthy Armenians have been
given until tonight to pay large sums
to the blackmailing society or die, and
others , have been threatened with
death but. Without. definite time limit.
One of tbe men who had been
doomed to die today Is Armon
Aleon, the millionaire rug dealer. Mr.
Aleon.is taking no chances, but, arm-
ed with two revolvers and his house
surrounded by guards, be held all
night vigil at his beautiful home in
Last Orange last night.
So seriously does Mr. Aleon view
the situation that lie has arranged
all his oftfee affairs and made his
JJ'ill. In a statement today" the mil-
lionaire said he was" willing to ac-
cept death rather than to give the
Cities In an
Argoote, named
the real toad of the
hand in this country. Armenians
that Areoin is a' man of great we.
and that he seldocot stops any len
of time in one. place. He was i
heard of in Providence.
Two relatives of Bedros Kh
dorian, or Hampafto&mian, the mur-
H. SJ, T^vchanjian, we He
theTombs. ,They ijrged the slayer, td
make a confession and Jet the author!
ties know whd,^uced him to commit
the crime, ■■y** V '■
The authorities declare that |ne
prisoner 1r on the point of telling fell
he knowquregarding the blackmail
society whlch.l? alleged to have
o pay Tavshanjian.
—rsfe—-— y y
IAL Mi8T0RYf !
" ' .1 I
2»—Before an-!
largest fintf
may i be
K. M. Lan-
Compajiy,
[the company
'icted of using Hie-
^ >'3«dge Landis lbs
fixed Upon tomorrow as the day u|n
which the •will, pass sentence on
company. 5-3
When, under the indictment sec
a_yfiar.ago, the Standard Oil Coi
■MHoniM
thlT'anti-rehat^Taw,
e fine~f5'r*fhat oirense~devolved on
Judge Landi?, ,^nd as he ihad a free
handf fa ^asaesfeihg any fine between
$1,000 and |20,0|00 on each of the 1462
founts in the indictment. be was con-
fronted With a rather difficult -proposi-
tion. He did not know how much
punishment the compan could stand,
and tbis Is the reason Why he sum-
moned John D.. Rockefeller and1 others
prominently connected with Stan-
dard Oil altoirs. so as to: learn some
of the financial secrets of. the company
Ttt c&Mjfef "either luname
or lunwilling to tell. The judge found
that M!r. Rockefeller knew very little
about /the affairs of the company: of
which he is president, and that-little
he was not sure of. . He divtulged, ihow-
ever, that, the capital of the Standard
OH Conmpanyi of New Jersey la "about
$100,000,000;v and that its annual di-
vidends now are ''about 40 per cent."
No hint has leaked out as to the
possible extent of the fine to be im-
posed tomorrow. The maximum fine
for tihe number of counts in the indict-
ment is something over $29,000,000,
aud there are today predictions from
persons connected with, the prosecu-
tion Lhat this maximum fine will be
assessed. The only excuse which a
judge may feel called on to offer in
imposing less than the maximum in
^MURDER BANO?
Oklahoma City, , :Aug.H j^^Char)^//
Gunreth, Is years old, working as a
laborer on a construction gang
Jim im)le,^i.^T\/
.iir ■ w "H1^ 9$tth.f.,teara,..*,. A,
^r,). he,;it, g
camq r
& wf^9 binl
a
police
. - W-d**-:')'*
Ti * 1 ' 1 !'>"> I'I'IllO'l I liliL. f.lril
It was not until three o'clock yestBSf-ju.-.n
?.ay :tt Miemy^etj* i of ,j
ated by the fart WaJ};ijtW^eadibwly<.<«tti»li)i
* fouud.:la ,ft'ibox/papMiou
at Chickasha, had been mutilated/hyj'iiM
cutting the fa«ft::fi;PWMU«:head, wa?,)/
Anally,^ w„|; Jui,
Then :two farni6r8r>OJ"F. 'rtiiiplegate-.no-.
and PjjiMi, MWIee itogeWiei'.: with .'two' - m
boyp idohiogi)ij4o(Hl tovfrh "ulls(<oV^tieQ-<
Gunreth's .hotdy- lying:$ac6!.'doim
near iW*6t End lake,-atid'-,\v ithln i i
feet otAhe Rock:l«Jand r«fi'lro«(L'tia-ei?;ii^f|!
The body waim fall^Wof rbaft but
Bothj gars hau ihken> ^seveired-'-frtun^iau
thejhead, a»..wMi a-'*a>foMt/uri(|->fauit slq
bulk;t:«K«indb(*'dre in'Sflidibtid^; <t:-
two o£.'t^'bk;h:.W0l^lld-baV«^prOp(ifl;fstaf•', b^n
Tihe right earhos/itob y«|:be^i fbtfndrianiiii
HaWtharnei whi'i'O"
was takeaJanioohargu Hy-'iie^'flsenta- '«'•>
tlv^3 "of' iCh Q - > det«c tiv^e' -dgelicyi,''43 be-1 >:
ingiheld pending an>«ftiVeWfgiitiofi--be-l' J;-
cau^e'-ii«j.t»-as^^een-'''ttea.'i*t<htnff!<on the <"l
strejet0Corner 'i^u-^'Wa^ ''''''
foundf'"^!^ Ol'.i! Ifnlcg:; •y^-, ?.jj heifiS/•)".'
That'ltho'tfturdeiWs '-'IftuWreW bit
whq VM MVmrA -fi»#m»i|i1«!mfea«! moui
the; m^i awho -Jim<i-tWn»tf'-^ut°
the;ears-mdw frtiW'd ifii'tf^tftniw&l
car atf'ClilekafiM- « -few! UtryiH a^o^ah1#'nioi
wihd 'ls- -yet -nWfltntifiieii tli^sfeiW^'ie'S
is the:-«pi(rioft .;<vf -the 'Offices,' oil I
,Jieve 'Ah6iiaix;taeKhg¥fcefaWflW'iap tuftfiw,
J»ct teiitaf ctjib dfP -*H#-t>ato<«f tli*
*ym|.- b sew ?.10E> .oil; u, noirwilduq* ailT
:>•11 t«;flelifrv-'^^fto^^^llWfhiafi9l'>9!
the maH'toftfWf mtMshk%apy,oa^
murdered'at-;O^lahotnrr'Cfty dhd
h'ody-sdfcrefe^^irHhv vjiv (ff-'th^'hiftv-!:1
"r twlllq *(t
' "•^Sxpfe'deti 'i^vol:v.ei-', CiuiHdgvft
near the' bodV found in Ih'e box car ,
'conv^cjhl with those ,ft.foilad jnear 9^'
ajuiuutjj. u± skivis were.jired iutothti
fallen bqdy. iri,.'ih'e Tfgfombi.'lhe he'arL '
' iu suis(:--...-»o f)di
The./^ey^a .garp «f-ittStttPl«(?MrBHlisa8
man a.t Chickashaj ,W«re ;in <, ri,
oar. JSflt.-one, of {/iwiu-etih'sj.-fia^jaijhasvjf'j,. ,
been Jpund,..^. vMjamdt& .m-pit
Robbery to.<ftpvff.)^ii(^%aflc(!)
k mcttiyp «f;:;ga»jr©th.'« wunifi*. bW#-/no"
shattered, watch »n4. • -lH,o^ni,l-8h%^-rjC1
were lying near the body. His clg^'^oj
ing bore the majpk .K^ler & .Gpv-r
Chicago.
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