The Guthrie Daily Leader (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 49, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 20, 1915 Page: 1 of 6
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VOLUME XLIX
HOME
GUTI1KIE OKLA U 0 MA W El .N ES DA Y -TAX TA H Y 20 1015.
PRICE 2c
NUMBER 8
CUTEDME
IE STRIKE!
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EADEhS
PLEAS OF GU
Chief Actors in Prairie Coal Mine
Conspiracy in Federal Court
Lin III I WED
III CAUSING MINE RIOTS
Former Chief Officers of United Mine
Workers to Receive Sentences
in United States Court
at Ft. Smith
Ft.' Smith Ark. elan. 20. Pokr K. Stewart of McAlertor
former district president of the Mine Workers of America ; Fred
Holt of McAlester former secretary of the union; James Mc-
Xiimart former member of the city council of Hartford Arkan-
sas ;. JauieH Blankard former constable of Hartford township
and Clint Burris Sandy IJobinsou and John Manick miners
plealed guilty in federal court when the Prairie Creek coal
mine conspiracy cases were called today.
All the men were charged with conspiracy growiug out of
rioting in the district.
Sentences will be passed late today.
The government nolle prossed the cases against F. W. Rolf
crts of Mansfield Arkansas and eleven other defendants.
The cases of John Edwards of Hartford a merchant was
left on the docket without action.
King George of England Nar-
rowly Misses a German Air Raid
London Jan. 20 German Zeppelins and other air craft
accomplished the long predicted attack on England last night
and escaped to the German base without loss.
King George had left the Sandringham palace only a few
hours before the raiders visited it. The points visited are less
than 100 miles from London.
The aircraft circled -over the cities visited for more than
four hours dropping bombs at will. Five persons are known
to have been killed and as many more injured.
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Towns and Cities in Italy W he;e Earthquake
Killed Thousands
. M E. D IT E. R R N E. A
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This map shows the urea in Italy .population of 10 000. Rome had two
where thousands were killed In the shocks but little damage was done
earthquakes which radiated from to the 'historic: monuments of the cit.v.
Sora and Carapobasso January 13. The tower of Marcus Aurelitis was
score or more towns ware almost damaged but the Coliseum St.
wiped out and in one Avezzano it is Peter's and other landmarks were
believed 9OO0 were billed out of a not injured.
Y BOOZE GASES
IN FEDERAL COURT
Judge Herod in Charge For the I
Government; White Slave
Cases Begin Friday
chilmc
DEGREES
The circles indicate distances In
miles from the center of the dis
lurbance.
Judge Herod scored another con vie
tion In federal rourt yesterday when a
Jury brought In a verdict finding J
W. Young guilty ot introducing in
toxlcating liquors on an Indian al
Iotment Tho court announced that
sentence would ibe pnssed '.Monday
IR. iFitzke a iGernian citizen of
Pawhuska was indicted at the No
vember l$U term of the grand jury
on a charge of introducing intoxicat
ing liquors on an Osage Indian allot
ment in Osage county. Today he en
tered a plea of guilty but stated to
the court in broken English that lie
did not know it was against the law
to keep liquor for personal use.. He
waa sentenced to serve sixty days and
fine of f 100 assessed.
This afternoon a jury Is hearing er
idence !ln the 'Hill Hunter case. The
Indictment In this case was also re
turned at the '.November 1!)'14. setting
of the grand jury. The charge is dls
posing of liquor on an Indian allot
ment.
Trial of the several white slavery
cases will 'begin iFrtday.
ill!
IED
ZEPPELINS
IKE RAID
ON ENGLAND
BOMBS HURLED FROM SKY
EXPLODE NEAR PALACE;
CONSTERNATION
AUSTRALIAN SEAT OF GOYEKX.UENT TRANSFERRED
Melbourne Australia Jan. '20. The seat of the common-
weal th's government has been transferred temporarily from
Melbourne to Sydney. Minister of Defense Pierce today de-
clared that there is no limit to the number of troops the Aus-
tralian common wealth will send to the front.
GERMAN' ARMIES GAIN IX WESTERN THEATRE.
Rerlin Jan. 20. The German official statement today
claims minor successes at several point notably at Notre Dame
DeLoretta and in the Argonne where live hundred yards were
gained. In the forest of North Seunheini the German advance
it says has been satisfactory. t . . i
f'XCLE SAM ASKS FOR INFORMATION. ".'
Washington Jan. 20. The state department today re-
quested the British embassy for information why th'e. American
steamer Green Urier from New York to Bremen with a cotton
cargo under certificate of the British consul at New York was
stopped by a British cruiser sent under a British flag to a
British port and detained two days before it was allowed to
complete its Toyagle. - '
Washington ID. C Jan. 20.-HThe
first extended raid b.M a German air
fleet on tho British Isles took place
at about 10 o'clock last night. Upon
four towns one a royal residence
within fifty miles of London in Nor-
wich county .bombs were dropped by
hostile aviators who it is believed
were hunting the way to (London.
Damage 'was done at each place ac-
cording to meagre reports. Several
I aerial explosives dropped at Yar
mouth caused loss of life not yet as-
certained and wrecked property.
At Kings 'Lynn two houses are re-
ported demolished. A boy killed
and a man woman and baby were in-
jured. (Between five and seven fbom'bs
fell. !
Near Sandringham palace at the
town of the same name four bombs
struck apparently aimed at the mem-
bers of the royal family.
(At Kings Lynn and Samlrigham the
air raiders came fn a Zeppelin Lon-
don reports say. An aeroplane is re-
ported to have visited that place in
another dispatch.
iFrom Am sterdam conies news that
three German airships sailed over an
island in the North Sea yesterday af-
ternoon headed' toward England.
ilf the aircraft which made the at-
tack were the ones which passed ov-
er the Island of Ameland they prob-
ably started from the vicinity ot
Cushnven. In this case they would
have had to fly about M."0 miles
GRESH1 SUES J. IV.
Ifl'NESL ON CONTRACT
Suit for recovery ofmoney on con-
tract and bond was filed today in
district court by 'Frank S. Gresham
the Guthrie Mill man against J. IW.
Md.Veal and L. W. Baxter.
FIXING OIL PRICES.
Oklahoma iCity Jan. 20. Action on
the corporation commission setting
aside orders previously promulgated
fixing the price of crude oil at 50-
cents and regulating 'production will
not be taken for a week at least and
prdbably longer said Georg .A. IHen-
snaw member of the commission.
EMUS .
'PHONE
LITIGATION
DISTRICT COURT
' ADJOURNS FOR WEEKi
District court adjouruel today un
til next week when criminal case
will 'be taken up. The jury has been
ordered to report IMonday
Jack IMcConnlck the box car burg
lar will be first at the bat. His case is Thursday the Thirtieth
WORK OF MID-WINTER RITE
REUNION SMOOTH AND
IMPRESSIVE
UNIVERSITY TALENT PLEASES
VISITORS AT TEIBPIE
isicale of Exceptional Ml Pre
sented By Faculty and Students
of Institution
Philosophic and Chivalric degrees
held the boards at the Masonic tern-
de Wednesday. The '.Nineteenth de
gree which is freighted with Masonla
chivalry as deduced by Albert Pike
was impressively mounted during the
momilng hours. .This empllTica-
tion was followed with work in the
Prussian Knight or Twenty-first de
gree. Late in the afternoon the
Twenty-ninth degree Scottish'
Knight of St. Andrew was mounted
by the Oklahoma City learn. On
Thltry-first
CITY ATTORNEY ASKS UNI-
TED EXPRESSION ON WIRE
COMPROMISE
GAS WELL
EXPLODES
ID KILLS
UXDLQRO'S LEIN BILL
PISSED 61 BOUSE
Special to The pally Leader.
' Oklahoma fity Jan. 20 The bill by
Hunter of Choctaw creating a land-
lord's Hen wa3 reeoirmended for fin-
al passage 'by the house in the face of
hitter opposition from nearly half the
membership. (Representative Wald-
rop Democrat declared that if the
bill should become a law there -would
be 6J Socialist In the next legislature
instead of five.
Another men'ber of the majority
declared that the bill would make the
?ight of the tenant farmer in Okla-
homa worse than that of the peon of
old (Mexico. On roll call the bill vn
passed by a vote of 43 to 41. The
vote indicated that on final passage
the bill 'will not have enough votes to
carry the emergency clause and this
(Continued on Page Two)
BISHOP T. S. HENDERSON 10
VISIT GUTHRIE TOMORROW
probably means that If the bill he-
comes a law the Socialists -will peti-
tion to have it referred to a vote of
the people.
Tho bill provides for a landlord's
Hen for supplies furnished to the ten-' Tho coming of Bishop Henderson
ants. i will be a great treat and uplift to
christian workera of all churmes.
Rishoi) (Henderson is an expert on
JAKE SKELLY ASKS $120000
DAMAGES FOR WIFE'S
DEATH
Sapulpa. Jan. 20. (What is probably
the heaviest damage suit arising out
of one accident ever filed in this
countji was filed in the district court
today wihen Jake .Skelly began suit
against the (Southwestern Petroleum
company and David Gunsburg for the
sum of $120000. flu .March Skelly
and his family were living in a ten:
on the Jemima 'Richards lease In 4-17-7
on which property- Skelly was
working as a teamster.
A new well came in close to the
tent and on the night of March 30
gas settled into.Jhe tent. In the
morning when ISkelly arose and lit a
match there -was an explosion as a
result of which (Mrs. Skelly died of
burns and Skelly himself was so bad-
ly iburned that he was rendered per-
manently an invalid.
The suits filed are three in num-
ber each for $40000. The first i'b
for the loss of his wife the second is
filed in the name of the 17-year-old
son of the icouple. who asks $10000
The hill providing for scientific cnr.bu.in uc. ... r (h? dpath of moher Thf
temperance instruction in the pnhli.- 'sl uellue;u"i" V' " " ) thkd asks $40.om for the injuries to
schools and the measure to allow but evangelism and pcrnap s has tie gx eat" isk(Ilv llms;plf and a lhat
. "v. Mt message on that theme of ny; . -
one cuange ui ei venue in cmi - - . sight np.s Deen Impaired and tiiat V.e
er touay; uiu
evangelistic
the senate.
The house in
whole advanced the following follls
to third reading and final passage.
. r. iaiIov iTTia nrtrtiimr IR Irt COn
hefore justices of the peace vere both uurna have permanently incapacitat-
P?ssed finally today and now go to!" evangelist. conferences d
t hell in a mure tuicicm. vvttii&vinu.
committee of thele h'!J b.a heard h" mhers anu!
I workers of all cnurcnes. .
'Bishop iHenderson will epeak at the
mw iLemon: Providing or freeml i-""'"-"
transportation of pupils to and from"" tomorrow (Thursday) n ght. Jle
schools in rural districts. also 8PeaK al lUB
t tki t-- el-at 10 o'clock Friday morning a he iSnnny" Brown charged
school children In districts other than Tlc U urged to attend these eerv- ( beating up his yellow girl pleaded
ices. You will go away saying nis gamy totiay in jiisuce court anu was
was one of the greatest speeches you fined $10 and sentenced to 13 days in
ever heard. til. C. .Case. the county Jail.
T
SERVE J!l SENTENCE
with
one where they (reside.
Have The Leader delivered 45o mo.
City Attorney TlUbetts explaining
the new phase in telephone litigation
said today:
"The litigation and negotiations
over telephone rates have resulted
in the following proposition:
"The i telophone company would
now be willing to dismiss .its case m
the supreme court in which it at-
tempts to raise the rate to $2.00 per
montni for residence and $3.00 for
business phones and waive its claim
to back rental of the difference be
tween the present collected rate and
the proposed rate for the past six
years provided we will consent to
the establishment of a rate of $1.50
iper month fin all residence phones
and $2 50 on all business phones
(which are the present collected
rates on ail execf;.t about one hun-
dred and firty subscribers) and dis-
miss our proceedings before the cor
set for Monday. and Thirty-second degrees will coh-
Arthur and Julius Allen both dude the official work. A large iper
charged with murder is set on the centage of the class dropped off at.
calendar for Tuesday. Arthur Allen the close of Perfection work but at
killed a woman at .Meridian and Jul- least one hundred will be 'possessed
lus killed his sweetheart at Crescent of tho Roval Secret hv vTlmrsria
City. The state against Hugh Handell
for changing a state tlalm Is set for
Wednesday and Jack IBrowp charged
with a statutory crime is scheduled
for the same day. .
Dr. Adams charged with seltin
fire to his dental office will be tried
Thursday.
(Continued on Page Four.)
81 01
CREATION
OE COUNTIES
HOUSE PASSES MEASURE
KILLING OFF COUNTY
SEAT WARS
SAY SELLS
STANDS IN
-THE LIGHT
OKLAHOMA . DELEGATION
AT WAR WITH INDIAN
COMMISSIONER
Special to Daily Leader.
Oklahoma City Okla Jan. 2 -The
Kdmoudson bill whi h practical
ly prevents the creation of anv more
new counties in Oklahoma as well
as precluding Tulsa county rrom an-
nexing a portion ot Rogers county
was passed finally by the senate
and over the Vigorous objection or
Senator Davidson of Tulsa. The bill
row goes to the house.
Governor Sign Service Resolution.
The governor scut word that he
had signed the Mcintosh resolution
Demoralizing congress tn shorten
(Continued on Page Four.)
Special to The Daily Leader.
Washington Jan. 20. .Members of
the Oklahoma congressional delega-
tion 'both Individually and collective-
ly stated today that the delegation
had ceased its efforts to have the
Indian office art favorably upon any
recommendations made by the dele-
gation. The split 'between the dele-
gation and Indian Commissioner Sells
lias been growing wider ever since the
appointment of Gabe E. Parker a3
superintendent to the Kive Civilized
Tribes.
Sells "Put Over" Parker.
The breach was further widened
when the Indian tffice turned down
the recinimendatioTi? of the delega-
tion that the 4S0)0-acre departn.en:.i!
lease lixit be modified to permit the
building of the White and Sinclair oil
pipe line fro n the Oklahoma oil gields
to the gulf which would have meant
the expenditure of several millions of
uouars employment Tor .Thny men
and Improved marketing facilities roe
Oklahoma oil
A further cause of complaint a?ainst
Indian Cjrmissiuner Sells by mem-
bers of th3 di'lrgadcn Is tho purport-
ed attempt of the Indian office to
seek credit for the inclusion of the
$209 per capita payment to the Choc-
tnws in the 'Indian appropriation bill
as it passed the house.
evening. "
Elation is the wed to he used la
connection with class feeling.
Inspector llailey said today: "This
is the most representative class I
l.nve seen for years. The members
are fully imbued with the work. The
workers in the various degrees ara
also deserving of speciul commenda-
tion." i' '
Royal Entertainment for Ladiea.
Tlja wlvesv mothers sisters and
sweethearts of Masonic classmen 'and
visitors are enjoying the entertain-
ments given in their honor iby the
consistory and its local friends.
Tuesday afternoon the Shall room
of the lone hotel was the scene of an
informal reception 'and card wty
for the visiting ladies. During the
afternoon Adler's orchestra played a
selected program which was much
appreciated by an 'audience of foutt
hundred (people. Misses Mary
Douglas Rhea Walton Ioua Wallace-
Mary Neal Lee Hughes Ruth Rlne-
hart. Arline McElhlnnev. Ruth Hlld-
relli and Christine Stagner served
punch and assisted in receiving the
guests.
Entertained at Lutz Store.
The F. O. Lutz Dry Good3 company
entertained Chis morning from ten
until eleven-thirty. The suit room
on the second floor was decoraetd
with palms and jotted plants.
Chocolate and wafers were served
by the Hager coniectionery for the
ccmpany assisted by Misses Virgil
Taylor and Wanda Thompson to
about one hundred and fifty ladies.
(Continued on Page Slx.
THE WEATHER
KILLED m PISTOL DUEL.
Drumr.'ght. Okla. Jan. 20 John
llutston hold-up mau. and Georse
Day aged 2ft. of Cushing teamster in
tho oil fields at Gypsy Creek oan-p.
five miles west were killed in a pis-
tol duel llutston lives here.
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tCcpjniilit. fcr McClar Syndtcttk)
What Government Forteaatar Report
VI Ophelia
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lWw Orleans La. Jan. 20. Tonight
and Thursday fair.
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Niblack, Leslie G. The Guthrie Daily Leader (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 49, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 20, 1915, newspaper, January 20, 1915; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc615504/m1/1/: accessed April 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.