Farmers' Champion (Elgin, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 9, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 19, 1912 Page: 2 of 8
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TROOPS NET DEO
AT TOWN Of JAY
COUWTY SEAT SCRAP IN DELA-
WARE CCUUTY REACHES
WARLIKE CONDITION
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Mllei ttruck ftii eight or nlne-lt Tela
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of coal. nuilni men there are Jub-
ilant and a propect abaft will be
unit at once The YHn-was found at
a depth of ilztr-3re feeL
Item frora "Indian Section" of tho
Colour Courier "rjoesle Throwin?
Water ha twin boy babies born De-
cember 2 Ted and Ned. Their mother
wanted someone from the tchool to
name the twins o Mrs. Email narae4
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lam tar "We have plenty good can-
dy to eat and many other fancy fruit
no salt but sweet candy.' "
During tho laat few days there ban
been a rapid and tery pronounced de-
velopment among the democrats of
Guthrie of n Mntlrnent In favor of a
woman ai the nrt postmaster. It Is
rged that no democrat In the city
has donu rnor- and stronger work for
thss success of Wilson In that city and
county than Mrs. Kr-becca Finch tho
president of the women's chanter of
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lag of Use ot sub4 proposed to take
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Is Sri! etrei aow-rer. that it was ibJi arrest in ft "-ago last January-
tie pTs Meat's tcu-stion to settle tils ' Holloway s'co and killed Ed Starr
ix3rtaat 4eKlo before closlsx his In a pistol duel at Tulsa In l&ftS. as a
adMialKiratkB. by having th senate riult of a quarrel which grew out
agree tit sbmlt i' to arbitration or of a dispute over 'he division of spoils
pW-rMy. by A taore dfreet naai ' from a bank robVry but was released
of as agreement b'w-en the two de- after his preliminary examination on
cUtoaf. rfrred to ih the British cote. the ground of self defense.
Kir Edward Grey begins his note
vitb. the statement that the president .ROOSEVELT FLAY
does not felly appreciate the British j THE IDAHO COURT
point of view and has misunderstood 1
even the note of July S. He says the
British government does not seek to
prevent the Uai-d States from grant-
ing subfldlc-s to its own shipping pass-
ing through the racal nor does It seek
to deprive the Pnlted Slates of any
liberty which 1 open to either them-
selves or to any other nation to en
courage Its own shipping or own com
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merce by subsidies The purpose of'
the United States In negotiating the
Hay-Pauncefote treaty was to recover
their freedom of objection and obtain
the right which they had surrendered
In the Clayton-Bulwer treaty te con-
tract the canal bemselves.
Son Killed But Father Live
Seattle WaBh C. A. Johnson an
tnglnecr after fai'lng to effect a re-1 pagn pian and at the afternoon Bes-
conciliation with hU wife picked up ion when progreslesc leaders from
bis 6-year-old son and ran In front of . various parts of the country told of
passenger train The boy war. killed
but the father was tossed aside with
a broken leg and ncnlp wounds
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&j tsy'trissi oSesse there irst It
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raties.i at oir poiits w.-e
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ducted frots ti-e. He d.-.fttd ir.to
Orltboi City ''Ajerz. iii ecae
frots Texas wi-- ire was waitevi for
basic robbery as.i attenpt4 tsrder.
He was ss4r J.Ov? bo&d la that
ttate asd lrt ill tsretJes to make It
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t-ft- wu r?im in iit- v '
rtrsrt: to Texas wbDe he was in Otla-1
to QUj. bat w-hoct scccesi Liter
t came lato protslneace by reason c " CiTe commiuee meeunzs every
bis claim tiat twe of his pals had at- 7 be?innls January 5. it Is ex-
tempted to fctfl hla ner the stock J P"t5 t devote 1 day to each sched-
vards It latr dvloted that he had I clJ- tboeib if necessary two das
shot himself Is crier to prevent his j
ImmedUte removal to Texas. He e-
captd from the b?iplttl following tiat 1
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affair and was r'o heard of here until
Defeated Candidate for President
Leading Figure at Progressive
I. eve Feast
It
CbJeajo. Colonel Theodore Roose-
velt Geo. W. Perkins tad Miss Jane
Addams headed a list of speaker at
the national conference of the progres-
here cM RoosevelL dl-
.
gressing from a prepared speech at-
tacked the Idaho state supreme court
for its decision during the recent cam-
paign regarding presidential electors.
Mr. Perkins was the center of attrac-
tion when It became known that cer-
tain of his fellow progreslves had
started a movement to oust him from
the party. Miss Addams presented a
most comprehensive educational cam
their experiences in U-e recent cam
paign the conference developed Into
a lov feast.
Jams W. Cr. rvin; t-i th &tsv
tt-w!it tJiit. wa tlKtH ;ytfnsr e
Cha.
EGG MARKEJMN PANIC
R.fSittifta Wiie That The Price
WHI Reach . Lsw
Lre
CiStao. Fcr-y-eii: n raiiid dor-
tz. et5 a toal cf 5S5.W5 were
ircTTs creriiiri by local specula-
ten tt a kui of 2 cr.ts a doren.
Tier trfe to eel rid of Mrera! tioHs-
iMi tsare. tt occH lad so takers.
Tie pttic ;s dae to tie collapte of
tit Iriiit-; i. redtla? from the
ticiiti2 of tie price committee of
1 the Cika.ro VsUer aid eg? board.
J CorzrJistoi es tay tie price of
-5?i is i drop to the bottom
theJ' ' ' ""1th OTer J.500.-
"- ctf-e ti cK storarc e??s will
try? to 1 ceats a dozen before Jan-
crrr 1. ciltss serere weather Inter-
t . .. . .. .
Acraniiis 10 tee atociauon mfrfr
art iCiJM cass 0: egrs now in
rtorar 34U7i aore than last year.
Hoi! cf tiwe zre held by small spec-
; cbtor who borrowed to purchase last
I sprtzr or rot toiss on receipts after
' tit er?s iad bea stored.
Latt cf the Allen.
"WytieTille Va Final settlement
0 u l- cases restating from the kll-
lIS o: nve pertoas in the HUlsrille
coart- .is by the Allen clan on March
li- 'r reached when SIdna AUen
pieaaea pcuty to tecotxi degree murder
for WDliis Sheriff Webb and Wesley
Edwards pleaded -raflty to thre
ciaryes pesdlag against hlcx. Thirty
flTe years ia the pesiteatary is tie
penalty Sldaa Alien wil pay. Allen's
aphew. Wesly Edwards will spend
twesty sifn year. In the pealtentar;
Tariff Revlilrr. n int Sestisn
Wasfclrgtoa. Tboroock rem.oii :
tie preseat tariff law by the next
congress was Indicated by the dec!-
s3 ?3 democratic majority of
& bo-u-e ways and means committee
H allowed. By merging two or
oi the minor scehdules with the
adJo!iag Important ones the com
r-ltM MT-t Jft pot thmnoh -lfc
Ittee expects to get through with
the bearings by the end of January.
Fcstbalt Receipts Heavy.
SwU. 5-eeJers to Meet.
Arnarillo Tex. The Northwestern
Texas Swine Breeders Association will
hold Its annual convention here Jan-
uary 17.
Robbing the Red Man.
Washington. Rapacious land sharki
mostly of a low and undesirable class
are swarming like butzards around
the 30000 restricted ndians of the
Five Civilized tribes waiting to and
actually carrying on swindles and
fraud against the red men acordlng tc
the statement of George Vaux Jr. a
member of the board of lnllan com-
missioners who conducted an Invest!
gatlon in Oklahoma last May and
whose report in incorporated in th
annual report of the board.
Other Clerks Had Access To Cage
Chicago Testimony that numerous
jersons were permitted to enter the
cage of the assorting teller of the
United States sub-treasury where mil
flons of dollars were kept prior to the
disappearance of 1173000 was gven
In defense of George W. Fitzgerald
on trial for alleged embezzlement o'
the funds. Frank J. Walsh clerk ol
the crlmlnat court formerly employed
as a vault clerk In the sub-treanury
declared It was a common thing fu
other tellers to eo Into Fitzgerald"!
cage on business. '
Grsne. "bat approacies a taaj
siieii cJril war exlfU at Jay. tie sew
eoxrty tat cf Delaware wnaty la
tie qearrel between tie cixea of
Oii Jay aad New Jay lor xseskm
oi tit ewe h&ste. Tie goreraor ias
bet.3 uke4 o sd Xzxsjih to sove
ti- recwrds U Ke-w Jay la tie fe
of as araed mob
Declarisg tbat "eosrt decree look
Hie krre lette-rs." the oitlxetu of OM
Jay still are boVdia'; tie tort. Sgsra-
tively ard la fact
The deci of 'b-r sapretae ecmrt is
the mandamus wilt araiaxt tie oouaty
officials caaaot be "aioreed exent i;
aid of the state zailitia. as tie oonatv
official are nrs'ral and are preventeid
from executing the court's order by a
mob of fifty arznd m-c. In tie amb
are men trained In tie ae of 2r
arms and they are In possesion ai
hard-shooting rifles which they free-
ly display.
Some of the officials are rtlll with
th records in tblr office but prac-
tically no buslneBH Is going on.
The pitched battle that was sched-
t'ed to take plac did not transpire
for the reason thai-Sheriff Bud Thorn-
ason could not secure a cufllclent num-
ber of possernen to render probable
the successful carrying out of his pur-
pose of securing the records and carry-
ing out the orders of the court and
the county commissioners.
Citizens Fear to Serve.
The sheriff still Is seeking deputies
but only a few men can be secured.
Private individuals realizing that to
carry out the court's order means
bloodshed and possibly death shirk
the duty.
The holding up and assaulting of
Enforcement Officer Sherdon served
to indicate the desperate determina-
tion of the mob that controls the
courthouse at Old Jay.
County Judge W. C Hall. In a state-
ment s-aid: "The rnajortiy of the resi-
dents of this county are law-abiding
and are looking to the covernor of
Oklahoma to send state troops to save
bloodshed and restore order." That
Is th way people here are viewing
the situation. It is not believed that
bloodshed can be avoided If the rec
ords are remov unless
It is done
undr the protection of
the state
militia.
The last census gives a population
of less than SO for both Jays com-
bined. PEACE
ENVOv HAVE
ARRIVuO !N LONDON
Will Begin Sessions at Once to Dis-
cuss Ending the Bal-
kan Wart
London. The Greek. Servian and
Montenegrin peace commissioners ar-
rived In London from Paris. They
were greeted at the Charing Cross
station by a cosmopolitan crowd
which Included members of the varl
ous legations.
The Greek premier. M. Vnlzelos.
and other delegates expressed appre-
ciation of their Indebtedness to the
British government's courtesy and
earnest hope for this speedy and suc-
cessful conclusion pf their mission.
M. Venlzelos said they were deter-
mined to do their tttmos't to gain a
lasting peace and desired hereaftei
to be tho best of friends with tht
Turk
Details of tSe procedure anil the
date cf the first meeting of the con-
ference will not be arranged until
all the delegate? arrive. Sir Edward
Grey British foreign mlnlstor. will
attend the opening meeting and mak
a short speech of welcome.
There Will be. One Vacant Chair
Washington Representative Chas
C. Bowman of the Eleventh Pennsyl-
vania district was defeated by the
house by passage of a resolutlou de-
claring that corrupt practices had
been used In his election In 1910. At
the same time the house refused to
seat George R. McLean his democratic
opponent- It was charged that he had
been guilty of the same practices.
Tho seat will be vacant until March
4 when It will be filled by John J.
Caaey a democrat elected In Korea-ber.
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