The Guthrie Daily Leader. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 36, No. 59, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 21, 1911 Page: 1 of 8
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The Guthrie Daily Leader.
VOLVMK XXXVI.
GUTHKIi: OKLAHOMA '1TKSDAY FEBRUARY 21 1!
HOME.
NUMBER 59
E
FOLLOWS UP
Mil SPELL
NORTH WIND
PARBIITk
WITH IT SNOW A.ND
FROST
DRIVING STORM STRIKES
ENTIRE SOUTHWEST:
Southern Part of Slate Dam-
aged By Freeze But in North
Fruit is Helped
was ti reasonably good reminder of
what the people are having at the
North. There was a eold wind all
day and some fin0 snow and Che
coldness kept ui Increasing ico
formed on the walks but no severe
accidents seem to have occurred as
a result.
The effect of the freeze on crops
is still uncertaii
shade trees on
hack the loni'in;
It is beneficial to
account of holding
Fruit had already
lieen badly damaged.
Hunters were mind'
encotir.
Denver Co)o Fob. 20The snow-
storm which visited Colorado Wyom-
ing and northern New sfexkco yes-
terday and last night continued with
intermittent preci
scattered locaiitie
mountain region t
that the fall varl
in wid'dy
le Rocky
portions o
two and Kb
districts
relieves tit
thr plains
ec feet in thej
he snow fall
water short-I
ieit assures
needs of UtB
Iv lower lein-i
t low recordsi
mountain
not onlv
1 stock rsnctie
te moisture for
I Today align
eg prevailed in
tot approached.
we
Kansas City Mo. Fob. 2U More
.than ten inches Qt snow covers the
greater pari of Western Missouri
Kansas and Oklahoma. Almosl live
inches has Bailee and according to
the weather bureau there will be no
Little snow Is melting. The low-
est temperature ropol'led today ;u
this section of the country was lit; de-i
greea above zero. The weather will I
be colder bv morning it is officially!
C
COLD WAV
Hugo Okla. Feb. 20 A brisk
norther blew up here Sunday morn-
ing and In u few hours the temper-
ature fell thirty ueg.e s. Consider- POPULATION
aide snow tell the first ol the witt
ier inn it melted as lasl as 11 l
.Much apprehension is felt for
of wind and sleet lias done exten-
sive damage to telephone and tele-
graph wires in Ka.v County. A strong
north wind prevails snow flurries
continue and the Ihermometer is
dropping rapidly.
Duraiit. Okla. Feb. JO- Snow rell
briskly for more that) an hour Sun-
day morning hut melted ns fast as it
fell. A severe norther Is raging.
with the mercury below freezing. The
CHICAGO BOY REVEALS QUEER
MENTAL PROCESSES ON MOTHER
WHO OFTEN CHANGES RELIGION
(Bv L
ased Wire)
LM.. -'".Mother i.s a
Chkago Feb. 1
glutton for religio
pie w.th enough
Iieople aud ha i die
was the comment
She can grap-
do 15 ordinary
it easily." Such
today of R. W
Lawrence IS years
old. who is un
der arrest for kidnapping bit Utile
brother Lee aged 9 from their moth-
er Mrs. Alice Lawrence who ia de-
clared by the elder son to be a mem-
ber of a religions cult known as
"Happiness Circle" organized by the
wife ol Evelyn Arthur See founder of
the Perfect Life cult.
In his cell at the Fast Chicago sta-
tion Lawrence sail he was going to
stop mingling in tiio matrimonial
troubles of Ins parents.
-As soon as I get out of this
trouble I am going after mother's
enli with the Idea of squaring my-
self. As soon as I am right with the
public 1 ant going to qolt. The
whole family car. then climb on the
toboggan and whoop it. up as fast as
in.-.. Wiu. Iyr m 1 c..u -. u- .
ence.
lie readily admitted Unit he hail en-
ticed his younget brother away from
OF
INDEPENDENCE IS
"G
(Bj Lease
Iowa Cii low
ullllig the Dcelu
mdence nothing
Wire)
O Jefferson for making what she
0 called h perfectly ridiculous
0 statement that "ail men were
0 created free and equal" Miss
. . . a .1. i i . . . . T
V .Alice i''encn 01 i a; ''upon ion;
v better know
I V.vorhl as Oi
(. Pressed i tie
1 9 i pi rail v' (i
0' weekly
sc. vgct. Patriotic Societies and
T 1 1 a Relation to a Uatvi rslty."
M . ' Freiu h came bei a In I be
'men of the Colonial Dames
4ng the ttetlorjil historian of
i .it society.
irt-i
0 boys sad girls the destiny of O
0 iiiis country lies In your hands." Q
O O
OOOOOOOOOOGOOOOO
Ardmoro Okla. Feb. 20- Tempera-
ture dropped below tfeelng Sunday
and snow has been falling. lrull
trees are in bloom and the crop Is
in (In ncer.
v said the 3d
all over the
Sunday night
Ion dollars to
county Saturday a
was woita Inllv a
these two interests alone
Cincinnati o. Feb. 2
-A sU ot.
i -.i.;d
ing over the blue grass section of
eastern Kentucky and esuaaj heavy
damage. Lexington and Georgetown
Kj were practically cut 01 from
communication with the outside
Springfield II
JeW waa i s it v
snow storm of
Street cars are
ill Serin'
he. 1 es
last nlghi
mnnissioii
NEWSPAPER MAIM Dlt
(Uy Aai iafod Press.
SEISMIC
TURKE1
CAMPING
OUT.SUFFERS INTENSELY
FROM COLD
(Ry Associated
Press.)
20 A
iveral Hvi
camping out
from the cob
hat is hell to raise a kid in. it is in
he midst of a hunch of religious fan-
atics" he said "and that is where
.in' was living when 1 look him.
Mother always was religious and lias
:ried almost every kind and it has
"She was raised a Presbyterian
but shorily after she was married
went in strong for mental scie. ce.
Then ihe took up magnetic healing
and about fifteen years age joined
I
'. It was alter
DsUed that she
rro
ter a short time soS wert in for this
''Happiness Circle.'
"There nre about one hundred wom-
en in the circle all of whom are mar-
ried or divorced. The main helier Is
M-ot la.ii tbfWfpbt fvi I niont will
accomplish anything and all their
tin ughts are concentrated on tHelr
mm
BANKERS OF
3 STATES
MEN OF FINANCE MEET
IN GUTHRIE AND
"TALK SHOP"
Wild SOME PLEASURE
TO BANISH DULL CURE
Kansas City and Wichita Bank-
ers Gome to Town in
Special Train
Group of the Oklahoma Bankers'
association. A large delegation oi
Kansas City and WMtfta bankers
appeared here this being the first
stop on a tour of the state 1 lie
gathering was one of the largest and
tiiost Important from a financial Stand
no.ni ever hi 11 here. The Heater
nectlons were represented by prtnei-
pal oftUsers. Wlthoul being a meet
i-fi of gnat millionaires; it wag ini-
portent for the reason that every man
presenl came us the representative
M'ee Till:
E. P. 1)::
Scuthwc
Ichel as
an G. G.
its an 1 ca-'itiei
onal bank; G.
:: bier Firs
assistant cash 1
ts' National! Q Bverhard vice
presideo't Corn Belt; K. H Griggs as-
slstanl easliiei NTatkmal Hank of the
Republic; lv J Hilkey assistant treas
urer American Trust company; J. ft
Mead vice president National Hank
representative of bankers magazines;
Clement chase of the Western Bank-
er. Omaha; C. A. Chapman of the
Walters-fMatchette Co. liank brokers;
f. L. lobnston cashier National Re-
serve bank: C. B MeCluskey vice
president National Reserve; T. F.
111
w
Southwestern Bankers; Leland Scro-
gln. Kansas National Wichita; J. I).
Wright earlier Pea(p'8 Nti'tion;
whom they do a great deal of hnsi-
1 ess jAttctaJng j'.he group) meet-
ings gives an opportunity to talk to
ting oi t.troup
jrrow. Groups
i Wednesday
Claremore Fri
0 ne neid i tiere
me! at Chick-
lore Thursday
At the opening of the group meet-
g i": ithe auditorium of ihe lone ho-
today Rev. 1. it. Ramsey pastor
(U bar son manlle an address of wel-
oome G. ti Dowis of Itlackwell
spoke for the members of he group.
i lie reports of the president secre-
tary and treasurer were made at the
morning session.
speeches ol iue meeting were made
as follow: "nills of Lading." 1. W.
McNeal. Cm brie: "Country Hanking"
George C. Hoggs McLoUd; "Chattel
Mortgages" 11 A. McCandless; Pet-
'As We See OU
Vakisb. Holden
e informal part
Jtnpio v e
Ro-
representatives irom
re!M tiled. Tlie OOttCtt
live minut s talks
Shd money conditions
live localities.
Group ;i is obmpof
nenibers made
taxes crops
n i heir re.mec-
1 of the coun-
; Hughes. Kav
Osage Okla-
tawatomle aid Seminole.
The officers for ihe ear have been
President C. " K. Gracian. president
fittti National. Stroud; vice presi-
de!:: . H. S. Knimerson. president The
Noith Oklahoma Siate Brftton; sec-
retaty C. 1). Rorer. active vice liresl-
dent Security State Sliaweee; treas-
urer. W. S. l'rai on prei deal First
National Edmcnd.
La!" today there were eleOtlOOfl of
Bankers generally report the fin-
ancial situation as good. There has
it there will be
in letiing out
u Ktvs
io truopiC Wl
JOIllillUt
THE WEATHER
New Or
Tonight fair and
oorooooooooooooo
0
O TWO PAPERS
o
0
O1
Auihoritat ive announcement
is made Hint The (iitintie Dailv O
O Leader is NOT going 10 mow to O
O Oklahoma City and thai the 0
O Guthrie Capital Is going to move 0
0 and will issue the Brsl paper at oi
O Oklahoma City before the Brat 0
O of March. Newspaper owners O
O can see where The Leader 0
0 could materially profit by mov-o
O ing to Oklahoma City but they 0
Q cannot see wln-re the Capital OI
0 Will gain inneh if anything by 0
0 Democratic and The Leader la O
O pull; The Leader could contest O
liie Held at Oklahoma City with
C- 'lie Oklahonian and do well bul O
C where the Republican Capital
expocta io increase its business O
0 we eannol see. m years past
the Capital has questioned the O
I 3 loyally of The Leader to Guth-
0 '1e but it seems town pride is O
t ti The Leader's side and the O
Capital is the traitor to the 0
O town which itood b ii In its O
C adversity; now that Guthrie suf- O
O fers the Capital pulls out. The C
Leader never received a penny o
" of bonus In its history from O
C Guthrie but when ii can better O
0 Uself by making n change it O
i slays by its guns and by its O
O town. And luring the past six O
C veins The Leader has been a O
C much stronger and more sub- O
0 Btantial proposition ban the O
0 Capital. Guthrie is large enough O
0 I'edd does not justify more. The O
.Li people or Guthrie owe it to 0
0 themselves to get solidly behind O
j O The Leader ami give it unalloy- O
0 ed Mijiport. -From the Custer 0
Count v Newi
O
0
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PULLED OFF
MIMIC MEXICAN WAR
STAGED ON BANKS OF
COTTONWOOD
very much in the lead of .Inure as
Mexican war center. Men who
will In a lew days be Ughting in Ihe
rebel army had a rehearsal that
came near resulting in more damage
than the average battle below the
pi l ire men there was for a whik
staged on the banks of the peaceful
t ettonwnod a 1 'Greaser" embroglio
that looked promising. The Interpret-
er and padrone losi control and sail
ed for thfl police aittd Anally Ihe war
riors were subdued.
At lite west side of the Cottonwood
en ted a large colony of Mexicans!
many of whom are awaiting tratis-
portatton to ihe ak$ country and;
WbO nre evidently aqulrmtng to get j
into the fight against the Diaz DOOMS.
The men of the colony have been dis-
charged bv the Santa Fe camtikny
week. They Struck camp and idle
ness made them restive.
Yesterday afternoon the fight start
ed over a woman it is said. The In
lerpreter endeavored to slop the
light hut somohoih pushed him so
tar toward ihe river he hesitated'
Tent slakes were pulled up and
knives commenced to flash. Men
women children and dogs got Into
the melee and a great noise arose.
Slashing blows were struck in every
direction. Apparently there was a
general massacre.
Chief Mitchell got hold of four po-
licemen Kyle MUler Dye and Red-
man and rushed them to the baiile
ground where some lighting was still
going on. Most o' the women had re-
tired to tents and were alternately
swearing and calling on the saints.
The men were lining up for more
trouble. The combatants were per-
lUHded lo quit and to tight no mo e
mil II they get over the border. The
padrone promised to Veep them quiet
liie most apparent result was a HW
slush on the left hand of one woman.
She had a dangerous slash. Many
j heads Were bruised noses peeled and
I handa clawed
I Perhaps sixty people wore in the
and the wonder is
nit no
iilled
GREASER"
EHR0M
ELABORATE
ARGUMENTS
IN PHOGRFSS
GRANDFATHER CLAUSE'
DEMURRER IN UNITED
STATES COURT
ACIGR OE "PAID IN FULL"
AN EXAMPLt IN REAL LIFE
F H Gordon Goes to Pen
lof
Three Years tor Forging Name
on Money Order
i " cast s in federal dls-
The defendants election
la.t November are here
I). W. JeffrtS and Wil
irici court.
managers
as follows:
laid Smith
Hennessey
(illll II. I'll
county I1
will be re'
which will
Si w ai d ; I larry Neal ot
.1. .1. Beall and 1L C
in township. Kingfisher
is said other Indictments
lined by the grand jury
resume operations here
next Monday The actions are taken
on complaints Of negrot's that they
were deprive:! of votes In the con-
gress! nal election.
C G. Hornor of Guthrie led off for
the defendants. The feature of the
demurrer argued by him was that
Hie state election ' law commonly
known as the "grandfather clause" is
constitutional; that the state had a
rlghi to adopt it and did legally adopt
it. The discussion was taken well
into constitutional fields and numer-
ous decision
the courts (
frage regula
Hi: t rift A
probably CO
He Btaintait
diet nierts o
to show tl
an with s
attorney jonn Bmpry win
nclude late this aiternoon
ns the integrity or the IB-
ui ihe grounds they allege
of the Pifteent amend-
ghow conspiracy in re-
violations
meiii and
Btralnt of
suffrage.
W. A. Ledbettt r
son argued for tin
and Fred P. Bran-
defendants. C B.
Mormaiw Haskell.
appears as a part
the defense.
Muskogee also
the counsel for
.if
Two women were arraigned this afternoon-
Mrs. H. A Bolton and Mrs
M .1. Hill of Pawnee. They were re-
cent I; charged with trafficking in
liquor without license. They are de-
fended by Judge Neil B McNeil.
It was reported from Oklahoma
City today that a contraband China-
man had gone into the real estate
business there and the Other real es-
fcat ra were gelling nervous about it.
Marshal Chris. Madsen and Assist
ant District Attorney (';. F. Zimmer-
man wetn down to Investigate the
Chinaman. It is claimed he was
smuggled into this country
Frank II. Gordon
ing "Paid in Full"
last full for forging
wiien arrested
a signature to I
this morning in
monei order was
etributlon He was
ral district court to
.eavenworth prison
"on the rojeks" at
e forged another
Ud secured $U ai
le was arrested at
His show went
Anadarko and Ik
Gordons name a
the postofflce. H
Hobnrt.
Robert Richard
ond hand dealer
i lie stuff young G
a mail sack was
three years in
prison.
Ihe Wniinka sec-
vho took some ol
kSgOW look' out of
oduy sentenced to
the Leavenworth
George Metz of Watouga was
ny sentenced lo pay fun and
M've !tn days in nail for selling
County Officers Expected to
Locate in Court House
By March i
Assignment of quarters in the
court house are being made by 'he
commissioners with a view to mov-
ing all iCOUttty offices by March i.
There will he exception it is ox-
pected in the case of the courts. The
court rooms cannot be arranged for
the current terms.
Formal release
ing was received
commissioners
since statehood
centred The
much cleaning
floors and walls
of the county b
this morning bv
the
For the first time
the state is out of
commissioners ilnd
up nif'essaiy. The
ire in bad condition.
county commisalon-
c county judge and
register of deed
floor and that
i will take the first i
the sciioot superin
tendent treasurer sheriff and sur-
veyor will take the basement. The
courts county n t tovney ami respee
tive clerks will take the second and
third floors.
ASSIGNMENI OF QUARTERS
III BACHELORS
to assist her in finding a good O
0 husband in the far Wast from O
0 ;i writer who described herself O
Q as Mrs H Arnold a young
0 widow of llarl'in resulted in O
0 the arrival at her address of O
0 More than 200 proposals of mar- Q
rlage during the lasl week O
o she was a 'jolly good tik of o
O both plain ami fancy dishes." 0
0 The "Jollj cook ' line seemed Oj
cs to have caught on well when II O
0 was published In a Seattle news- ol
paper for in addition to the 0
Q mail) h'ltors to the widow a o
O seme or more of telegrams O
O poured IB upon the widow from 0
0 alma candidates
o o
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WEEK OF SMS
PREDICTED
(By At
Washington D. C Feb. so. This
week will be one of low temperatures
III practically all districts east of
the Rock mom tains and generally
fair weather preceded however by
snows in northern and central and
day night according to the prediction
Of the Weather bureau.
An extensive area 01 cold weather
thai covers the plains stnies and the
northwest will advance eastward and
southward and cause frosts and freez-
ing temperatures Monday and Tues-
JOINT BUY CELEBRATION
There will he joint celebration
here of the birthdays of Washington
and Lincoln The Q A. R. and allied
bod I 's will hold memorial aervl isi
at the first M. K. church Wednesday
evening.
At C'e trinity Gpiscopal church
Sunday afternoon there were spec-
ial services for Ihe W. R. C.
The schools todaj commenced ob-
servances by short exercises. Com-
mittees from the Q A. ll. began
rounds of the schools to make pat-
riots talks.
The while schools will be closed
Wed'.e.'sda; on e-c.unl of the trip to
Muskogee of the teneheM and the ex-
ercises had to be moved on that ac-
ONLY BASIS UPON WHICH
MEXICO WILL CONSIDER
PEACE TERMS
(Hy Associated Press.)
Paris Feb. 2ii. 'In a review of the
crisis in Mexico today for ttte Asso-
ciated Press Jog B. Yves Liiuanlor
minister of IT
President Diaz
basis lor peaci
ents lay dowi
negotiations w
which on its
forms of evils
tioi. possible.
in the cabinet of
ire i that the only
i that the insurg-
ir arias pending
the government
would trant re-
iv a de the revolu-
; hal
NSURGENIS
IMIIPT I IV
h II f
mi 1 1 I I I ii i
III U U I lm I I I
DOWN ARMS
PITTSBURG GRAFTERS BURNING
RECORDS OF CROOKEDNESS AND
PLANNING ANOTHER BIG GRAB
(Bj
d Wire.;
Pitlsbnrg. Feb. 20. The Voters'
league la preparing additional sensa-
tiens hero in the school board inves-
tigation t he start ling disclosures
showng how the schools are domin-
ated by saloonkeepers gamblerg ami
resort keepers and how the funds
are gquai dera in the tenderloin and
in picnics where children are forced
to mingle wth the worst scum of
ihe city are said to !e only a hint
of future developments.
Indications are that the league has
in its possession incriminating infor-
mation against 2(M'i school board mem-
bers in the great city.
Prominent among the sensational
statements maafe la that many school
boar! books showing records of re-
ctipta and expenditures have been
burned and that others are being con-
signed to the flumes in the hope of
preventing incriminating evidence
being secured aga'nst them.
It is further said the league has
mil know lode- of a gigantic graft
now 'being engineered which uutkes
some of the re eiil eonnciimanic ex-
posures pale. The first payment out
T
j
CIALS DECLARED GUILTY
OF CONTEMPT
IOWA RAILROAD LAW
STANDS JUDICIAL TEST
Rai!road Employe May Sue for
Injuries In Spite of Relief
Benefits Received
rn
iclated Press.)
Washington. D. C. Feb. 20 The
supreme court ot tile United States
today found the mayor and certain
members ot the city council of clay
Center Kansas guilty of contempt
id court for destroying subject mai-
ler In litigation before it. The court
let I hem oft with the payment of
costs of the
Complaint hi
K ourt I hat
portion of II
that city aft
mtenipt proceedings
jeen made to Ihe
these men destroyed a
lie elect t ic light plant in
er the supreme court of
States had dismissed an
from the decision of the
in a controversy in re-
the united
appeal to it irom
lower courl in a
gard to the plant
The COnstlttttlO!
law passed in 18
road employe to
injuries notwiths
thai he received
allty of an lows
s enabling a rail-
iue a railroad "OT
anding the fact
benefits from the
was upheld today
relief department
by ihe Called States supreme court.
Washington I). ('.
BSntStlVe Fitzgerald
Feb. 20 Repro-
of New York
member ol the
ee on appro-
prlatloilS announced
day that the sundry
ill the house to-
civil bill would
carry a provision for
tion of . the Panama
statement was made In
question from Hohson
the fortitica-
eanal. The
answer to a
of Alabama
with applause.
Representative Allen Dies
Washington I). C Feb. 20 Rep-
res rotative Amos Allen of Maine
died of pneumonia at his apartments
here this morning aged seventy-four.
Mien Mleeeed.M Thos. R. Reed in
congress in 1&99 and ferved con-
tinuously since. He was not. re-
Democrats Magnanimous.
Washington Feb. 20. A great ma-
Jority of Democrat today voted with
tee Republicans for adoption of a rule
providing that all rules be suspended
on a two-thirds vote during Ihe re-
mainder of the session to hasten a
tion on tardy measures. The Demo-
crats announced they were willing to
do anything they can- to help the Re-
publicans out of the predicament and
avoid an extra session if possible.
A three days' filibuster was broken
todaj when the war claims bill was
passed
A Daniel Come to Judgment.
Washington D C Feb. 20. Hear-
ings In the MoCall bill to carry out
the provisions of the Canadian reci-
proelty agreement were begun today
by the senate committee on finance
During the forenoon the only wit-
ness was John Strange of Xeenah.
Wis. paper manufacturer and form-
er lieutenant governor of his state.
Si range opposed the bill In vigorous
language charging that false senti-
ment in favor of it had been manu-
factured by a league of newspapers
which he believed to be In violation
of the Sherman anti-trust law.
of thiii graft it is declared has becm
set at 34iKH) which amount Ja to be
delivered within six months. "Hand
money" out of this little fortune it Is
affirmed aieardy has been paid to the
head grafters.
Kxaetly similar to the famous conn
cilmanic list of grafters furnished by
John Klen the Voters league is known
to be in possession of a complete list
of all members of school boards in
GJr eater Rgttfftrarg who Tave 1ee"1
bougbl and are open to bribes. Check
marks and crosses are placed oppo-
site the names. Further It Is af-
firmed there is a school director in
Pittsburg who has been an angel
to his fellows like Capt. Klein. He
was the distributing agent for a long
nine and dispensed the bribe money
for others and to others who Quailed
at the responsibility.
Regarding developments it Is said
the league will wait possibly three
or four weeks for several things to
happen before prosecutions of the
aliened grafters are benun.
Graham Gamble of Mississippi is
visiting Associate Justice Wlllams.
fo i in
m
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