The Cushing Citizen (Cushing, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 26, 1914 Page: 2 of 8
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tks IP1J adopfioaa. •bleb he baa
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menu I'adar tba new law a certain He rood* to anjr war kjr wklch tbolr
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board of affair* Tbia fart alone ar tba lattor doe. not maka a rant profit,
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ln« raqul.lt on. for ."pplloa which trieU hav„ been torm^ ^ TotM
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mf*a of €aiaa e*p»«tly orgaa '
i**d aa a mobile itftkt»( fnrr* far tka
fir*I attack la »t*oi of hostilities. A
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available to saabls tka administrative
i to transport at leaat MM man with
rifle* and ammunition from Petfast tc
any threstered pdni ia I'Uter In tbr*a
boar*, Independent of tba re M way j
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mora of th» war office. pan ding which j
tha situation remain* uachanced ■
Abaoluto order prevails In tbo city,
Kightr apaclal ier*lr# "minute man"
on doty at Craig Avon marched to tha
Praabytertan church, taking their bo*
rltsl com* and ambnlsnce men. aten
the turgeona. but leaving fifty men
behind to gii.rd rifle, .ad patrol th« |
ea*ate while the other* proved In the
cotton tottt 14,127.356 bales
Ofcf Or THC IAHGCST C«0»t
PMOOUCCO IN UNITE OtTATCft
Raccd of U0-024 C*caada by 10.000
^•daral Cantu. Cat■ mats far
Oklahoma.
formed
with little water,
and In the Intena
ttmna.
There was little lo.. of time In
plunging Into the desert, aome mount-
ed and other, on foot Great clouda
of fine denert duat marked their pro-
greaa over hummocka of cacti-crowned
aand and through dry water courses.
federal, were trying to equip a force
to attack hi. rear and the other that
In the knowledge of certain defeat Ve-
laaco was saving as much artillery a
possible.
Torreon. although founded less than
other leader.
The parliamentary fight for home
rule waa waged for m*nv years and
gar» rlae to extraordinary seaalont
^ , In the usually staid British parlla
It waa the purpoae to work aute con- , ment. often bringing about the e*pul
| Of the contract, awarded by the TU. Z Tnd j £5^—^ -
board of affair, aince it ha* had charge complied with aeveral necessary con- ; The first effort of the Ttrlfl.h
j of the state printing. 204 have been ,ution. upon which the convict, could ernment to meet the Ir'sh demsnrt fnr
diatributed among 85 of the country be aecured. The constitution clearly demand for
newspapers, prohiblta a use of convict, that in
jany sense ia equivalent to their be-
Capitol Board to Take a Long Trip. in« P'aced at the disposal of a con-
I tractor.
A conference with the .uperrlsing
architect of the treasury of the United
State., who i. rccognized a. one of
the moat valuable aotirce. of Infor
Washington —One of the large.'
cotton crops ever grown, amounting
to 14.127.3M equivalent to j00-pot-
bale* of lint and 62P.7kS. equivalent 'o
500-pound bales of (Inters, wa. pro-
duced by ths farmer, of the Tntied
pew behind Sir Edward Carson and j States during 1»I3 the censu. bure-u
announced In iU preliminary report
of cotton ginned a* reported by gin-
ners and delinters to February 2S
These figures compare with 1S.70J,-
421. equiva'ent to ROO-pound bale* of
lint and 609.594 bales of linters, last
Great tank wagons, laden with the wa- j thirty year. ago. has a normal popula-
tr;r supplies which had been Villa's ; Hon of 26,000. It has great soap, cot-
greateat problem, rumbled In the trail. | ton flour and Iron manufact0rieB and
the wheels at timeH almost hub deep in
the sand. When branches of the tough
mesqulte bush and aoapwood were mat-
ted under the wheels, sturdy peon, put
hands to the spoken, there were
streams of profanity addressed to the
mules In a language Hald to be in this
respect the most adequate In the
world, and the column would proceed.
The lips of the foreigner, in the ar
my were cracked and swollen from the
heat and alkali duat^ but the Mexlcons.
trained to Buch conditions, covered
their mouths with folds of their blan-
kets and fared better. All eyeB were
bloodshot.
In this way amid all the suffering
which the harsheBt waste of arid land
in Mexico can furnish, the outskirts of
Torreon were reached.
Villa Everywhere
There was no opposition and General
Villa declared there had been none
since he began to repair the railroad
south of Jiminez. The federals con-
tented themselves with strewing all
possible obstructions except bullets in
the way. There were occasional ex-
change. of shots between outposts, but
nothing that assumed even the dignity
of a skirmish.
General Villa was everywhere, for
now that the eve of the battle is at
\ a great smelter receive, ores from the
■ mines. Nine months of the year the
landscape Is a picture of desolation,
as It 1b now, hut the annual rains
bring with them color and bloom. The
important adjacent cities of Gomez
Palacio and Lerdo rise or fall In a mil-
itary sense with Torreon. Normally
there is a large foreign colony, but
tMOSt of theae residents have fled, leav-
ing only a few as caretakers of im-
portant property.
General Carrnnza and Provisional
President Huerta some time ago
agreed to the establishment of a neu-
tral zone where foreigners would be
safe from bullets, but foreigners said
they would stay in the city to guard,
as far as possible, the interests left in
their care.
, George C. Carothers, special repre-
sentative of the state department, ar-
rived and throughout the campaign
will be the guest of General Villa,
whom he has known for many years.
Carothers was smiling, but he let it
out that he took J25.000 Insurance on
his life before leaving El Paso. His
particular duty will be safeguarding
the rights of foreigners.
Governor Appoint. Doctor Delegate*.
The following physician, were ap-
matlon on the cost and coB.truction j P°,nted and commissioned by Gover-
of public buildings, is Included in the I nor rruce as delegates to the third
Itinerary of the capltol building com-1 aniJu*l meeting of Alienists and Neu-
misBioners, who have left for a three r°l°Ki8t» of the United States, to be
weeks' inspection tour of a number of ! at Chicago. July 14 to 18: Dr.
recently constructed capltol build- j( ^ Border. Mangum: Dr. George A.
jngS j McBride. Muskogee; Dr. J. T. Frizell,
Building, at Little Rock. Jackson. Butler; Dr C W" T«drowe- Elk City
Nashville. Frankfort, Washington,
New York, Providence. Madison. St.
Paul, Denver, and Salt Lake City will !
be visited, according to announcement j p' g
made by the commissioners.
The visit to Washington, where a
conference has been arranged with
the supervising architect of the treas
ury, is considered by the commission-
ers as the most important part of their
Journey
supervision over the cost and con-
struction of all federal government
buildings and is considered the best
source of information in the country
W
Dr. J. W. Baker, Enid; Dr. James
A. Riley. El Reno; Dr. Z. J. Clark.
Cherokee; Dr. L. S. Willour. McAles-
ter; Dr. H. T. Ballantine, Muskogee;
F. Fortner. Vinita; Dr. A. D.
Young, Olahoma City, and Dr. C.
Reeder, Tulsa.
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Referendum On Local dption Law?
Within the next three weeks it is
This offlcialThair"complete P,a"n<ld to begin the circulation of
petitions among the voters of the state
on a bill providing for the repeal of
state wide prohibition and the substi-
tution therefor of local option and
on matters relating to modern public j ^'sh ,irP.n9ft ,a.W8' if the United rivic
building construction.
From Washington the commission-
ers will go to Providence for an In-
spection of the capltol building there.
| Association of this city is able to
carry out the work that was planned
j and mapped out by its board of di-
rectors whidi was attended by a
„ . .... . „ ,, . j number of business men, besides the
The building at Providence was de-: board of directors.
signed by the late Stanford White and j
is considered among architects anod j Cherokee. — Charley Bower, con-
builders one of his greatest works. J vicfed of kmins Jay French near herft
Special attention will be given to last, November, was setnenced to
th« Kentucky capitol building at ■ twenty-five years in the penitentiary.
Frankfort. This building was com- • with the understanding that at the
pleted a few years ago at a coat of ^ end of five years, if he has a good
$1,700,000. Its cost is approximately prison record, the trial judge will rec-
Rebel. Reported Hard Pre.aed.
Juarez, Mex.—Heavy lighting with
the rebel, hard pressed waa reported
here. A force of federals I. said to
have met Villa', army at Eacalon, an
Important railroad town 100 miles
north of Torreon, and both sides have
beeu reinforced. The battle raged
Sorcely all day.
One detachment moved west of the
railroad wHh mountains between tt
and the road, while the main body
went dir ctly by rail to Escaloo. The
eastern «Vta< hment svideotly was try
tog to - In Villa's rear, as It was
j Federal. To Yield Vergara'a Horaes.
Eagle Pass.—Adj. Gen. Henry Hut-
| chins of Texas held a conference with
the Mexican federal commander of
! Piedraa Negras. General Alberto Gua-
; jardo, concerning the Clemente Ver-
gara case. While detail, of the con-
ference were not made public, it was
said that the horses stolen from the
Vergsrg ranch, near Palafox. which
led the ranchmen to cross Into Mex-
ico. where be was arrested by federal
soldier. *nd later executed, would be
returned to hi. family.
the same as the amount to be expend
ed on the Oklahoma capitol.
ommend a parole. French was a quiet,
unprovoking man and defenseless.
Cimarron Leases Valuable.
According to a report made by R.
L. Lunsford to the school land com-
mission. there is to the credit of the
itate <8.687.65 aq the net receipt, on j
>11 royalties from the Cimarron river
>ed. This covers the time from De-
rember to February, inclusive. The
fross production of oil was 65,443 1
»arrel* In royalties this amounted
o f*.1803O. and there was an ex-
tense of 1492 75 sustained *y the state
or sdvertl.lng and minor charges
rbl. Is from the Cimarron river alone,
tad come, from three companle*.
File Petition For Suffrage Law.
J<#in M. Hale, chairman of the state
Progressive committee, filed with Sec-
retary of State Ben F. Harrison a
copy of the petition. The measure
proposes to amend the constitution,
and if successful will give the women
in Oklahoma the right of suffrage
equal with other voters. No special
election is called for the measure and
if the petitions are secured within
forty day. before the primary in Au-
gust it may be rabriltted then, but if
not then at the general election in No-
vember.
home rule wa. made hv the late WII
|«*rn findstone when premier. In 1886.
The bill was rejected after its intro
dttctinn hart brought about a. great
split In the liberal nartv. which caused
the secession of ,To«eph Chamberlain
an$ other leading liberals, who since
have acted with the conservative party
on Irish questions.
Since then several Irish home rule
bills have been introduced by liberal
governments, and the last one passed
the house of commons, but was re-
jected by the house of lords. This
let to the passage three years ago of
the parliament act. under the pro-
visions of which nnv bill, not en appro
nriation hill, rejected bv the house of
lords becomes automatically a law on
passlne the house of commons in three
successive sessions.
Carson Leads Oppoaltlon.
The present agitation has been
mainlv brought about bv the nractica.
certainty of Premier Asquith's Irish
bom" rule bill becoming a law with-
out the consent of the house of lords
Sir Edward Carson is at the head of
the agitation against home rule among
the unionists of Ulster. He and sev-
eral other leading men took the in
itiative in organizing an army ol
Ulster volunteers to resist the intro-
duction of home rule for Ireland in
its entirety. They insisted that Ulster
sb^"M be left out of its operation.
The chief point at issue In Ireland
is the religious one. Out of a total
population of about 4,500.000, approxl
mately 500.000 are Protestants of varl
ous denominations. Most of these are
found in four Ulster counties of Lon
donderry, Antrim. Armagh and Down
The other- five counties of Ulster are
predominantly Catholic As a matter
of fact, Ulster returns eighteen nation-
alists and only sixteen unionists to
parliament.
Western Association Orqanlged.
Tulsa.—Optimism was the keynote
of the meeting of the orgnnlzcrs of
the Western Association, held here Tor
the purpose of arranging n playing
schedule for the season of T!>14 The
switching of the Pittsburg Kan . fran-
to Snrinefleld Mo., and the Port
Smith. Arte., franchise to McAlester.
Okla.. however, made the prepared
draft impractical and the committer,
will revise It during the week, to be
»o another session of the
league magnates wblcb will be held
here next Sunday.
year and 15.692.701 bale, of lint and
557.575 bale, of linters In 1911.
The department of agriculture esti-
mate, announced December 12. placed
the 1913 crop at 13,677,000 equivalent
500-pound bales.
The number of running bale, of lint
cotton, counting round as half bales,
was 13.964.981. and the linter cotton
629.019 running bales, compared with
13,488,539 running bales of lint and
602,324 running bales of linters last
year, and 15,553,073 running bales of
lint and 556,276 running bales of lint-
ers in 1911.
Included in the production for 1913
are 29,267 bales, which ginners esti-
irated \tould be turned out after the
time of the March canvass.
Round bales included numbered 99,-
916, compared with 81,528 last year
and 101,554 in 1911.
The average gross weight of bales
for the crop, counting round as half
bales and excluding linters, was 54[a.S
pounds, compared with 508 last Agar
and 504.5 in 1911.
The number of ginneries operated
for the crop of 1913 was 24.730. com-
pared with 25,279 for the 1912 crop.
Production of states in equivalent
500-pound bales, exclusive or linters.
with comparisons and the department
of agriculture's December estimate,
which excludes linters, follow.
Arkansas—Total production. 1,071,-
359 bales, compared with 792,048 in
1912 and 939,302 in 1911. Department
of agriculture estimated 900,000 bales
for 1913.
Oklahoma—Total production. 830,020
bales, compared with 1,021.350 in 1912
and 1,022,092 in 1911. Department of
airrlculturo estimated 820.000 bales for
1913.
Texas—Total production, 3.943.133
halt.», compared with 4,880.210 in 1912
and 4.256,427 in 1911. Department of
agriculture estimated 3,390,000 bales
for 1913.
Torpedo Boat Ram. Steamer 50 Drown
Venlc.;—A torpedo boat cut down a
•mall passenger steamer which plies
between a Binnll group of islands an 1
the lagoon of Venice from the Ajlria
tic, and fifty persons were
1 he sharp nose of the torpedo boat
went through the stern of the steam-
er, which *ank almost Immediately.
Many American, are visiting Venice
but !t |* not believed any were aboard
the steamer. The victim, included
many women and several children.
The names of the dead are not yet
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