Farmers' Champion (Elgin, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 44, Ed. 1, Thursday, August 14, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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Farmers' Champion
VOL. III.
KM. IN OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY AUGUST 14 191
NO. 44
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As Told in a
Few Words
Good and Noway Item
of General Interest Con-
denied to Small Space
FOREIGN.
Tho traders' federation has called
off the proposed general strike- of
ljL miners In South Afrlcn.
Twenty-two coal miners perished In
r Arc In tho Mavis Valley pit of tho
(ladder collletles in Scotland. Tho
bodies wcro all recovered.
Tho family of Ex-Prcsldent Castro
of Venezuela embarked at TenerlfTp
Canary Islands on tho German steam-
er Wasgenwnld for Havana.
An aviation pupil named Brooks was
killed when tho tucl tank of his aero-
plane exploded aftor .in abrupt land-
ing at the Jobannlsthal aeroplane near
Berlin.
Tho Chlncso government vlll bo un
able owing to financial difficulties to
furnish the funds necessary to support
tho Chlncso exhibit st the Panama-
Pacific exposition.
Japan has opened a vigorous mili-
tary campaign against 1:0000 savages
of tho Island of Formosa better known
ne "head hunters" who havo refused
to submit to the domination of Japan.
News was bro-ight to Lima by mes-
sengers traveling by devious routes
over the mountain passes of the com-
pleto destruction by an earthquake of
the Peruvian towns of Caravelo and
Qulcacha.
Foreign interference In tho conduct
of his task of pacification will not bo
tolerated by 'Provisional Prcsidont
Huerta. Ho proposes to stay in tho
presidency and will brook no Inter-
ference on tho part of nationals or
foreigners.
DOMESTIC.
Anthony V. draco was put to death
by electricity at Sing Sing prison for
the murder of his Brother "Jack"
Grace a wrestler.
Georgo O. Hartman the St. LouU
lepor who was taken to an Isolated
cottage at quarantine sovcral miles
south of St. Louis has escaped.
District Attorney Charles Whitman
of New York nnnounccd that he would
accept tho fusion of anti-Tammany
nomination for district attorney.
For a distance of 1000 feet tho
Southern Paclllc tracks at Thlbo
Nov. were burled beneath gravel and
boulders woshed over the right-of-way
by a cloudburst.
Porter Charlton charged with the
murder of his wife In June 1910 at
Lake Como Itnly will bo taken from
tho Hudson county N. J. Jali August
10 to stand trial In Italy.
Governor William Sulzer of New
York was nearly $50000 In debt as
tho result of stock market specula-
tions at tho tlmo of his nomination
nnd used contrlbntlons to his cam-
paign fund to mnko additional pur-
chases of stock wlillo this debt was
hanging over him according to testi-
mony brought out at the hearings of
tho Frawley commlttoo of tho legis-
lature. John P. Abbott and David U. Wil-
liams ofllcerB and L. O. Nelll nnd It.
E. Van Lnndrlngham members of the
Birmingham Moose lodge wore form-
all charged with manslaughter In tho
second degree In a verdict returned
by a coroner's Jury which Investigated
tho deaths of Donald A. Kcnnoy and
Christopher C. Gustln. The men died
bb tho result of an electric shock ad-
ministered while they wero being In-
itiated into the order.
Thomas Lockhart of Wellington.
Mo. after spending twentysevon years
In bed virtually in nnn nnnltlnn.
wholly ossified met the death he long
had prayed for.
Two men boarded the Louisville &
Nashville train No. 4 enstbound from
New Orleans at Calera Ala. last
Tuesday night handcuffed two of the
clerks aboard tho mall car tied an-
other by the thumbs and rifled the
car making their escape when the
train reached the outskirts of Birming-
ham with practically all the registered
letteri and packages aboard.
The season's record for h in Kan-
sas was broken last week when n torn-
of 114 degrees was registered at Clay
Center.
A hulk belloved to bo tho Titanic.
Is reported near tho point where that
vessel sank last year on tho New-
foundland Hanks.
Georgo O. Ilurtuian of St. Louis
who was pronounced a leper was
taken to tho Isolation cottago several i
miles south of the city.
The attorney general of Missouri hn j
declared tho Orr law unconstitutional I
and the Insuranco companies will re-
BUiuu business In the state.
Flro which destinyud the plant of
the Wood Mosaic l'looilng company
and seventeen houses at New Albany
Ind. did daningo estimated at moro
thnn $300000.
Hundreds of settlers entered tho
10000 acres of land in Hamilton!
county Knnsas opened by tho govern-1
ment last week and staked out tho
claims they wonted.
A Jury was sworn tho government
stated It scaso and tho taking of tes-
timony was begun In tho .rst of tho
niggs-Camlncttl trials at S.ui Fran-
Cisco for white slavery.
ornor qf Campeche Mexico Ik held '
without bail at Now Orleans on a
chargo of murder nnd robbery pre-
ferred by Mexican authorities nnd his
attorneys will mako application for a
writ of habeas corpus
Attorney General Dawson of Kansas
has tiled a suit In the supreme court
to test th nstltutlonality of tho
law passci. b) the last legislature
which requires all companies taking
sand from navlgablo streams to pay
the 6tato a royalty.
Kvclyn Nesbit Thaw Horry K.
Thaw's wife "'ed a voluntary petition
in bankruptcy 'u the federal district
court nt New ."ork. Her liabilities
sho schedules us $8051; her assets
as $'250 represented by household fur-
niture. Her chief creditors nro dress
makers to whom sho owpjj $11884 for
gowns and a firm of silversmiths who
recently obtained a Judgment of $2503
against her.
WASHINGTON.
No determined opposition to the ad-
ministration curency bill bo mode by
tho republicans In tho house. '
Tho $60000000 of federal funds
about to be distributed In the national
about to bo distributed In tho national
banks of the west and south to assist
In moving tho crops will bo Increased
to $150000000 If neccssnry.
Predictions of nn early passage of
tho democratic tariff bill by tho senate
havo gone glimmering. Majority lead-
ers reali.o that notwithstanding the
fnct that they have Bet nn now record
in pushing consideration of this mens-
uro only n beginning has been made
and tho earliest nnyono now will
promise completion of the task Is Sep-
tember 15.
A loss of :t0000U0p0 bushels of
corn tho natiou's1 greatest form crop
haB resulted from tho great damage
wrought by drouth and other condi-
tions slnco July 1 was estlnfated by
tho government's ngrlculturnl ex-
ports In their August crop report. A
total production of 2072000000 bu-
shols of corn was predicted. This Is
452000000 bushels less than last
oar's crop.
President Wilson by proclamation
authorized tho disposal under tho reg-
istration plan of about one million
acres of surplus land In tho Fort
Peck Indian reservation Montana. All
applications for registration must be
sworn to and presented at Glasgow
Great Falls Havre or Miles City
Mont. between Soptembor 1 nnd 20.
Secretnry Lane has also authorized
the disposal under tho registration
plan of about 44600 acres of land
within tho former Fori Niobrara mil-
itary reservation Nebraska. Appli-
cation for that land must bo prcpentcd
at Valentine Neb. between October
13 and 25.
William J. Price of DanviUo Ky.
was selected by tho prosldont for min-
ister to Panama.
The proposed protectorate for Nic-
aragua embraced In tho treaty sug-
gested by Secretary Jlryan probnbly
will be abandoned becnusu of adverse)
action by the senate foreign relations
committee.
After a coufc-rcnco with tho presi-
dent Secretary Bryan declared that
the United States was In no way be-
ing pressed for action In Mexico by
European nations
THE WEEK'S NEWS
OKLAHOMA
SCHOOL LAND COMMISSION OR-
DERS 298558 ACRC3 SOLD IN
TWO COUNTIE8.
S1MARR0N SEPT. 3j TEXAS 0CT.13
$50 Down and Balance In 40 Annual
Payments at Five Per Cent!
Other Brief State
News.
Tho salo of now cojlcgo land In
Cimarron and Tcxus counties which
has been pending for some months
was finally ordered by the state cshool
land commissioners at a meeting in
tho governor's ofllco last week.
The first sales will bo mado In Cim-
arron county whero 2S5.37G acres will
bo offorcd for salo. Tho salo begins
on Soptembor 22 and continues until
October 10. On October 13 182874
acres will bo put on nolo in .Texas
county beginning nt Guymon and con-1
tlnulng until October 29.
Fourteen townships in tho northwest
corner of Cimarron county compris-
ing altogether about 150000 acres
havo boon segregated as containing
mineral deposits and will not bo placed
on salo at this time.
Under tho terms of tho salo 5 pot-
cent of tho purchase prlcu mutt be
paid In cash and in no event will tho
Initial payment bo less thnn $50. The
balance will bo divided Into forty equal
Installments to be paid annually until
tho cntlro amount is paid tho unpaid
balance to bear Interest at tho rate
of 5 per cent until payments are com-
pleted. Tho land to be offered for salo Is
unimproved and tho Icbsoc hns no pret-
! crenco "right of purchasfc according to
the plans of tho school land commis-
sioners. No Improvements of any kind
j that might havo boen mado on the
lands by tho lessee will be paid for
this plan giving tho nonresident pur-
I chaser tho same advantage of the
lessee or nny resident of the state.
i Tho lands In both counties will be
sold In front of tho courthouse at the
county seat In each county
i Tho commissioners also passed nn
ordor segregating tho bed of tho Cim-
arron river from the west boundary
t lino of Logan county to the mouth of
tho river near Tulsa. A part of tho
'territory adjacent to the river bed in
1 tho torritory lying between dishing
and tho mouth of tho river is Improved
oil country nnd Secretary Williams
was authorized by the board to advor-
tlso that portion of tho river bed for
lcaso Immediately. He also was di-
rected to prepare plans for tho Bale of
somo school land In Custer Washita
Caddo and Canadian counties.
Construction of Railroad Started.
Ardmorc. Governor Leo Cruce par-
ticipated In the exercises Incident to
tho driving of tho first spike in tho
construction of tho Blngllng railroad
which Is building west from Ardmore.
Tho governor and President Hamon
of tho road took stroko about in driv-
ing tho first spike A temporary audi-
torium floored with stool rails and
covered with ennvns was built on the
track. J. S. Mullen member of tho
governors stnff presided at tho meet-
ing. Speeches wero mado by the gov-
ernor Prcsidont Hamon J. It. Pen-
nington and County Judgo Freeman.
Big Shrine Doings at Tulsa
Tulsa. Tho members of tho Im-
perial dlvnn of the Ancient Arabic
Ordor Nobles of tho Mystic Shrine
and some thirty other prominent
Shrlners including past imperial po-
tentates will add to tho magnitude of
tho Joint ceremonial of Oklahoma's
threo shrlno temples to be held in
Tulsa November 20.
''Near Beer" Controversy.
Shawnee. An ordlnanco to tnx the
salo of Imitation beers presented to
tho council aroused spirited opposi-
tion from Alderman Farrls who
vigorously opposed "making fish ot
ono and fowl of another" In tho way
of drinks. Such notion has been
tried numerous times by tho council
with no success. Local dealers sell
Imltntlon beers for the real article at
25 cents per bottlo and Mayor Btonrns
has declared that ho beliovntt they
should pny for the prlvjlego
IMMENSE PARADE A FEATURE
Four Thousand Early Settlers March
at Lawton.
Lawton. Throngs which rushed
Into the Ktown-Comnnche country 12
years ago to securo homes In the
new government town located near
Fort Sill wore moro than repro-
duced In numbers when fully 30000
people swarmed the streets of Law-
ton for tho last of tho threo days set
asldo to celebrate tho twelfth anni-
versary of the original opening Aug-
ust C 1901.
Four thousand people marched In
Min crnnt ntinlvnranrv nnrtwln tvlifntl
extended over twenty-four blocks of
the city streets and required ono hour
and twenty minutes for passage. Fif-
teen hundred of these wcro registered
members of tho "1901ers" association
eight hundred of them United States
troops of the Fifth Field artillery Fort
Sill nnd ono thousand Indians nnd
cowboys. Tho others were mnrchlng
clubs from the various Klowa-Coman-
cho country towns and drivers of
flonts automobiles or decorated ve-
hides of various descriptions.
COUNTY RECORDS REMOVED.
Official Return to New Jay
Judge's Order; No
Trouble.
Per
Jny. A portion of the records nnd
ofllco equipment of Delaware county
officials wero moved from old Jay to
New Jay without trouble of any kind.
Complying with an order of District
Judge John II. Pltchford tho county
commissioners ordered the removal ot
the records.
Tho Delaware county trouble nt last
appears to bo settled. There was no
resistance on the pnrt of the citizens
of old Jay to prevent the removnl nnd
it is believed that New Jay now will
remain the seat of county govern-
men. The records moved wero placed
In a fire-proof bUildfng.
Some tlmo ago a portion of tho
county records were stolon from old
Jay and taken to Now Jay. Those
will not be disturbed.
THOUGHT 80N BURGLAR.
Farmer Living Near Hydro Shoots
Boy Who Tried to Enter
the House.
Hydro. Believing a burglar was In
the house E. Gloason a farmer shot
at the supposed Intruder and found
that he had killed his 12-ycnr-old son.
The boy had gone out In the yard
to find n cool place to sleep nnd lay
down on the grass. Late In the night
he nwoke und tried to get In tho
house. He tried sovcral doors but they
were locked and was In the act of
lifting out a screen when his father
fired nt him killing him Instnntly.
Tho elder Gleason was almost crazy
with grief when he found tho mitsnke
ho had made.
Cornlih Has an Oil Well.
Cornish. A big oil boom for the
Carter-Stephens county oil field wag
stnrtcd when the Bed Blver Milling
Company brought In a well on Section
8 township 4 south range 3 west just
north of Cornish which is estimated
at from 150 to 200 barrels. The strlko
was mado at a depth of 940 feet.
About thirty barrels wero pumped out
without lowering the surface of tho oil
at nil and work wns then closed down.
McGoodwIn Appointment Held Up.
Washington. Tho nomination of
Preston McGoodwIn of Oklahoma to
be minister to Venezuela was held
up in tho senate foreign relation com-
mittee ponding investigation. No
formal charges havo been filed against
McGoodwIn but his political affilia-
tions are to bo looked Into. The crisis
In Venezuela had nothlngUo do with
the committee's decision it Is said.
Blows Top Off Brother's Head.
Chandler. While their mother was
in Chandler and their older brother
at work on the road near the house
little Boy Folks 12 years old In try-
ing to cock a Bhot gun discharged It
accidentally and shot the entire top
of the head off of his younger brother
who was 8 years old.
Tulsa Bandit Killed.
Tulsa. After successfully balding
up a club house near this city about
midnight an unidentified bandit was
shot und Instantly killed as he was
making his escape In as automobile.
N
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MEXICO CITY
UNOFFICIAL AMBA88ADCR TO BK
"EYES AND EARS" FOR U. S.
GOVERNMENT.
NO RECOGNITION FOR HUERTA
ryan and Wilson Meet With Foreign
Relations Committee and Out -
lino Attitude of the Ad-
ministration.
Washington. With tho arrival ftl
Moxlro City ot John Llnd personal
representative of President Wilson
administration officials declared that
no further steps would bo taken In
carrying out the policy of tho United:
States toward Moxico until Mr. Llnd
had mado a careful study ot the gen-
eral situation there.
Wlillo tho president has mapped out
a distinct' courso of action nbout which.
Btrict secrecy Is being maintained it
li known that tho Instructions to be
sent Mr. Llnd from time to tlmo will
depend largely on developments In the
Mexican cnpltul In the next few
wcoks.
Mrr. Llnd will mako all his recom-
mendations to Charge O'Shuughnessy
so that whntover representations aro
transmitted by tho latter to tho Hu-
erta government will differ In no way
from tho note stho American govern-
ment has hitherto advanced to the da
facto authorities In tho Mexican capi-
tal. Mr. Llnd's connection with there
It was stated would not bo apparent
Ills mission It was explained" is to -act
as a substitute unofficially for Am-
basador Henry Lano Wilson whose
personal views ot tho Mexican con-
trovcrsy were so pronounced ae to
make It embarrassing for the admin-
istration hero to communicate them
through him.
j Meet With Committee.
' Two hours of conference between
Prcsidont Wilson Socrotary Bryan
and the senats foreign rotations com-
mittee brought nbout no change In
tho attitude of tho administration.
President Wilson took tho senators
Into his confidence far enough to out-
line the following:
That John Llnd his special envoy
does not bear any solution of the pres-
ent situation but goes to continue
this government's effort to Induce
Provisional President Huerta to re-
deem his promises for free and con-
stitutional election.
That under no circumstances does
the administration propose to recog-
nize tho Huerta government
That Mr. Llnd has gone to Mexico
City to be tho "eyes and cars" of the
Washington administration on the
ground and to explain tho attitude of
this government when ho has fully
familiarized himself with the sltua-
tlon. That by withdrawing Ambassador
Wilson and sending Mr. Llnd the presi-
dent planned to have a man on the
ground who wbb In sympathy with the
administration here and was in no
sense a factor In the situation In Mex-
ico City. ..
Jmgo Talk Annoys.
The president did not ask that sena-
tors refrain from debating the Mcxt
oan policy but ho left a distinct Im-
pression that prominence given la
Mexico to congressional discussion
and newspaper comments reported
from the United States caused em-
barrassment for the administration in
attempting to carry out Its difficult
policy of peaceful settlement
PEACE IN THE BALKANS.
Ones More the Allien Sign Agree-
ment to Quit Fighting.
Bucharest Iloumanla. The peace
treaty between the Balkan states was
signed. In honor of the occasion the
city was decorated with flags guns
wore fired bells wero rung and the
bands played. A solemn te deura In
the cathedral at noon was attended
by King Charles Queen Elizabeth
(Carmen Sylvia) and members of .the
royal conference
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