The Oklahoma Miner. (Krebs, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 16, Ed. 1, Thursday, June 19, 1913 Page: 2 of 8
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Oct 14-14 Tafcm Comfy fair. Broken
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A Wood county fanner has a herd
of mnl-tooted hogs.
A Xew Mexico judge Fn fenced a
uun to tha penitentiary tor 100 rears.
"Oil Pwr Over One Hundred" ac-
cording to the pulse of a local citizen
say the Lavarne Iesdor.
The ilowo SUr mentions tb fact
that "elder Joints" In tho town pay a
tax of $200 par year each.
Tho Texas county summer normal
in in session At (luymon with an at
litnrisuiCQ ot ninety tarhera.
JJryn ooanthoca ara jfttlna; arla-
tocratlc; they now har monlngltU
and Iatr may be opcratad on toe ap-
ponrfloUui. Tito oournorclal club ot Bnfaula has
purchHCMl four tea la team and put
thorn to work grading the road lead-
ing Into town.
"Tho whole d d world la inrltni
to attctnd' any tho !aat lino of a
notice in tho Duncan Etagle ot a com-
ing picnic try tha aocfallatH
D'woy Okla. IntondB to atago a
moHt Klorioiia Kourth ot July colohro'
tion in tha hiaiory ot tha country or
hronk a aiipanrior in tho patriotic
offort.
Who friakod iho I'ria:o. aaka an
oxchnnnu and thr; KlngKton MiKngor
iuiyHinlH that it waa poaaihly donn
by frlnky oNIcIoIh wltii hllla for their
offlolnl frlaklnoaa.
Tho accidental dlcliarg8 of a allot-
gun torn off th left hand of J. H3
MUrnpor wlillo fiunllnx near Okarnah.
Mtarnpor ia a travoltnx aaleatnan for
a St. Louia hIioh hottae.
Tho Hrornlrlo Iloral( aroiiHod over
iho Inforinntlon that a alnglo fly'ln
April will prodncn 7000000000 by
Roptornbor and dronda to think of
what u marriod fly might do.
Tho Canadian Valley Hocord (alia ol
a cltlzon who nwnhonod during the
nfht and found a bat ronallng on hU
noHo. Hlnco Ibon ho haa boon nloep-
ln; with a Imwelmll maak ovr biv
bond.
Tho Twlact Dnmocrat llilnki Ibat If
noma Oklabnmaii ahould producn 8L
I'aul a a candldato for Oklaboina'a
nlcho In tbo hall of famo iotn poli-
tician would promptly file chargoa and
affidavit agaltiHl HI. I'aul.
Tho Illploy Hiillotln publlalieil notice
of a forruor cllb.eu baring bla bwid
out off br a train and to the arnbar-
rnwmiont of tho twlUor tho man turned
up In (own with hie bead on bla
ohuuldora.
The l'oruir ICnterprlae cooa no cauea
for Immediate alarm bocHtitte tbore
are noma counlnrfHt 5 bllla In clfcu-
latlon but aya that when counterfeit
nlukoln cointnuncu to circulate It rum
itomH rlaka of bolng eliHated.
Tbo fourth quadrennial national con-
clave of tho IliollHtrhnod of American
Yoomon at Oklahoma City compli-
mented the convention city by unanl
mouxly oloctliiK Mine Charlotte Staph-
ortHon to tin poaltloa of eupreme chap-
lain of the Mocloly.
Tho editor of the I looker Advance
In JunIIuo or the peace and baa jiiMt
iiolotinil.oil bla llrnt marriage uero-
niony. Me devoted half a column to
tellliiK about the maninge- One year
for now ho will be "blllng" thorn down
Into throe-line paragraph!.
Tbo Dimwit hemoorat tolU of a
local cltlieu hiccoughing for twelve
day and after doctura and trained
nurHON had dlapalrad or eavlng the
innn'ii life be reaoveied when three
loo-cold boll lea of beer wore given
him. Hot aa wiih the wentliar Inat
weak throe IioIHoh or lau-cohl bear
vould have rt'Mtoiod lire to nn JCKyp-
llau inumuiy.
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MOB OF NEARLY ONE THOUSAND HANGS
BEN SIMMONS 18 YEAR OLD NEGRO
KILLED SUSIE CHURCH SIXTEEN YEAR OLD GIRL
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Brafce Caught Near Scene of His Atrocious Crime aiuL
Lodged! in Jail at Anadarko The Mob Works
Openly With No Attempt at Disguise-
Oil Covered Body Burned Alive
aaniaafaa. OMa. Waft tfce aao
iHathaal mi kto prayer maA U toe
merer as the iaaafs lempcA up bis
body Bcmto Sfanaott. aa liPyear-old
aegsrv boy ekared with the murder
ot Soate Charea 14 yeai old near
Coaaw waa lynched here beiweea 2
aad 4 o'clock Friday momJag by a
aaob which waa estimated to faehuU
probably 1490 peopW.
AH ot the reatdenU of thai Cogar
neighborhood where the crime oe-
earred aeemed to be In the mob and
aympathy here waa with thm to avch
an extent thai there waa lltle effort
to hinder he mob In la eonrae. The
crime was so brutal In Its character
and feeling la the neighborhood waa
ao high thai Slmmona waa rttshed to
the county jail here immediately after
htt arrest to avoid the vengeance
which had been threatened If the mar
dfcrer ahonld he found. All day Thurs-
day the mob was forming at Cogar and
the more conaervatlre citizens of the
community who were at first inclined
to let the law take its course were
swept away by tha tide of popular
feeling and tbo impassioned arguments
of the inob leaders that such a brute
should not be allowed to live even an-
other day and by the time the atart
waa made for Anadarko there waa no
division of pentiment and all alike
were crying for blood.
Removed to Old Jail.
The sheriffs office here had boon
notified that the inub waa forming and
when assurances had been received
that it had actually started for this
city the negro was removed to the
old federal prison In "old own." Lit-
tle difficulty was experienced by the
mob leaders however in locating him
and the guards who had been placed
over him there made only a perfunc-
tory roalstanco when tho mob reached
the old Jail and demanded the pris-
oner. He was taken out to a wagon bridge
Just north wost or the city and hanged
to a big cottonwood tree growing along-
side the stream. Then coal oil was
poured over his body and lighted. Tho
negro prayed and shrieked In agony
as the (lames reached his flesh but his
cries were drowned by tho yells and
jeera of the mob.
Body Riddled With Bullets.
As his cries grew fainter and It be-
came ovldont that he waa losing con?
iiclousness a volley of shots came from
the mob overy member or which
heavily armed emptied bis weapon
Into tho auluglng body which was lit-
erally cut to pieces by billots.
The members of the mob then de-
parted for their homes leaving tho
body Ktlll swinging. When news of
the affair spread through thh? city
r;roat ciowds thronged out to view the
gruesome spectacle. The body was
still hanging until after 8 o'clock when
it was cut down by the sheriff who
Is preserving In hU office the rop
with which the hanging was done.
CHARLTON MUST GO BACK
Wlfo Murderer to Answor For HIj
Crime in Italian Courts.
Washington. Throe years to a day
aftor the discovery or tho body or bis
wire In tho waters of Ldiko Como-
Italy Porter C'lmrlton lost bis long
light against biting turned ovor by bla
nallvo Inud to the Italian government
for trial on a charge of murder. Tbo
Hiipremo court sustained the stnto de-
partment's decision to deliver Charl-
ton In compliance with Italy's do-
mamf. Charlton was a hank olork Jn Now
York and his father Paul Charlton
classmate of ox-Prosldant Taft and
until recently iedornl judge In I'orto
Hlro. The young man. has been held
In Jail In New Jersey since hia arrest
threo years ago.
Insanity was alleged as tho main
ground for opposing Chnrlton's re-
moval to Italy and it was further
oonteuded that the United Status
could not extradtto ono of Its citizanu
to Italy inasmuch n that country
had lefuasd to oxtrndlto Its subjucU
to tho United SUob.
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No attempt wax made by taw sk
hers of the snob to conceal their iden-
tity bat ft fa act considered likely
that there will ever be any proaeea-
tioaa aa the few people who reeon
atxed tha men fat the mob are thor-
oughly ia aympathy with them and are
not likely to reveal their Identity.
EvWenee Was CeocJewtve.
WWle Simmons made ao confession
it Is considered that the evidence
against him waa conclusive. A direct
trait led from the place where the
girl's body waa found to the farmhouse
where Simmons was found. His un-
derclothing waa covered with blood
and a bloody pocket knife was found
In his possession when he was ar-
rested. The girl's body waa found by her
parents with the throat cut and the
body covered with knife wounds. She
had gone to Cogar on horseback from
her farm to do some shopping When
the horse returned alone a search was
started and Anally a pool of blood was
found by the side of the road with
other evidences of a desperate strug-
gle and from that point a trail of
blood led to the lonely clump of bushes
where the girl's body was found.
Story of the Murder.
Anadarko. With-her throat cut and
her body covered with knife rounds
the lifeless form of Susie Church. 16
years old was found by her father
and mother in a clump of underbrush
nc-ar Cogar. Shortly after the finding
of tho dead body of the little girl a
young negro named Ben Simmons was
arrested and charged with the crime.
He was hurried to Anadarko and
placed in jail.
When arrested the negro's clothing
bore spots of blood and it appeared as
though an attempt had been made to '
obliterate them by the use of sand.
When searched at the jail at Ana-
darko a bloody pocket knife was found
in his possession. He refuses to make
any statement concerning the charge.
Cogar is an inland town In the north-
eastern part of Caddo county and
Fred Church and wife live on a farm
near the town. Tuesday afternoon the
little girl riding horseback started
alono to Cogar to do some shopping.
About 4 o'clock Mrs. Church and neigh-
bors heard screams and shortly there-
after Susie's horse came homo alone.
Mrs. Church irjounted the horse and
rode to Cogar and there met her hus-
band who said Sutiie had left the store
on her return trip home. The parents
then returned toward their homo and
came upon a pool of blood in the road1
and also noticed evidence of a struggle
having taken place. Following the
trail of blood they came upon the life-
less body of thoir daughter about
thirty yards from the loadside.
Neighbors were summoned who
took up the frail and followed It to a
neighboring negro's house whore the
Simmons negro was round. Simmons
had been working In the community as
a farm hand.
PUBLICITY LAV SUSTAINED
Supreme Court Decides In Favor of
Postofflcc Department.
Washington. The validity of the
newspaper publlolty law enacted in
TD12 as a provision of the postal ap-
propriation act was upheld by tbo
unanimous decision or tho iiupremo
court or the Unltod Statos. Chief
JiiHtlco White anrouncod oht court's
conclusion.
This law roquli8 every nowapapor
mnguzlne or other publication to illo
Homl-annunlly with tho postmaster
general and tho local postmasters
sworn statomonta or tho nnmos of the
editors managers owners stockhold-
ers and bondholders and in the case
of dally newspapers or tho average
dally circulation. Publication or theno
stntemeits Is required and for failuro
to comply with nny of tho provision
the publication shall be denied the
"prhllogos of tho malls." A second
paragraph provides that paid for edi-
torials or rending mnttor of any such
publication shall bo marked "ailvor-
tlsomonf" under penalty of a flue or
ImurlBonmonL
ts
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ID $2000000
TO FREE LIST
ROM AND TEEL RAW MATERIAL
IS CUT AffP SLASHED BY
COMMITTEE.
LBOUT READY FOR THE CAUCUS
3fMte On the Undervood Tariff BUI
ts Open in Senate by June 25
It ffev Predicted by
the Leaders.
Washington. The transfer to the
tree list of the tariff hill ot Iron and
steel raw materials with an estimate''
dutiable value of more than 1000000-
it a year was approved by the ma-
jority members of the senate finance
eommittee. This increased tho sen-
ate'? additions to the Underwod free
list to an aggregate annual loss of
13000009 In revenue making the
total estimated annual revenue loss
from the free list about $76000000.
To the free list were added pig iron
ferro-manganese steel blooms slabs
and billets On all finished steel prod-
ucts an average reduction of 10 per
cent was made from the Underwood
rates.
Aluminum will be changed from an
ad valorem to a specific tariff basis
and the duty will be reduced but will
not be transferred to the free list as
many advocated.
All structural steel which was made
dutiable at 12 per cent in the Under-
wood bill haa been reduced compen-
satory to the free listing of raw ma-
terials the average rates being about
10 per cent ad valorem. The raw
materials were placed on the free list
largely because they are controlled by
the United States Steel corporation.
It is predicted the caucus will make
few changes and that debate on the
measure can begin in the senate by
June 25.
FIERCE FILIPINO BATTLE.
Moros Attempt Desperate Rush On
Lines of Americans.
Washington. "Probably no fiercer
battle since American occupation" Is
the description by Brigadier General
Pershing of the battle with the Moros
last week.
The Moros made desperate attempts
to rush the American lines but were
Anally beaten back and overwhelmed.
Their lcade Amil and several other
noted out uws were killed but the
total loss of tho Moros was not re-
ported. One American officer Captain Taylor
A. Nicholas of the Philippine scouts
was killed; First Lieutenant Edward
If. Hockley Philippine scouts was
wounded and three Philippine scouts
of the Fifty-first company all natives
were killed.
The fight resulted from the refusal
or the bandits to obey the disarma-
ment order.
INJUN WAS GAY DECEIVER.
Escapes White Slavery But Must An-
swer Breach of Promise Suit.
Tulsa. The white slavery charge
against Tom Gllcrease a very wealthy
oung Indian of this city which waa
brought by Ethyle Chambers an old
Bweethoart about one week ago end-
od abruptly when the pro4ecuing wit-
noss told United Spates Commissioner
Connor her memory failed on several
important circumstances.
Commissioner Connor was privately
examining the girl just before the
preliminary hearing was to start with
a view to getting a lino on the prose-
cution. This was tho second proceed-
ing that Ethylo Chambers had insti-
tuted against young Gilcrease.
Trolly Accident at St. Louis.
St. Louis. Twenty-four persons
mostly women and children were In-
jured in a rear-end trolly car col-
llclon on tho Crave Coeur lake line in
fit. Louis county. Two of them will
probably die. A scoro of others were
burled and cut by flying glass. The
ncctdont Occurred near Overland park.
Roth wore open air cars crowded with
picnickers. The trolley of the first car
came off as It rounded a curve leaving
tho car In darknoss and tho second
running forty miles an- hour crashed
into it.
Plagiarizing Mra Gunncss
Madrid. All Spain is aroused over
a confession made by Senorlta Maria
Louisa Sanchez the daughter of a
former captain of the Spanish navy
living near Coruna that a "port of
missing men" and "murder farm" sim-
ilar to that conducted by Hello Gun-
noss in tho Unltod States which be-
came noted a few years ago has been
oporated at her father's home. Tho
developments in the Coruna case are
rully as mystifying and as horrible
ns thoso in the Guuuess revelations.
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MILLIONS PRAISE
Slot SprinuK Liver Euffons
' he bet remedy for liver stoma oh
or bowel troubles and eifpr-dally con-
stipation is 'he famous HOT
RI'IUNON MVKR WJTTON8
Don't mlxM fitting a box to-day
they lonn up h liver drive out the
poisonous waste Jn tbo bowels and
rnak roti fee simply splendid la a
few hours.
Cut out Calomel and eiaaa bang
purgatives. Try HOT SPRINGS
MVJCH WJTTOHB Just once and
you'll havn no uko for any other liver
remedy Fine for sick headache sal-
low Hkln dull ey&s and blotches.
Druggists everywhere for 2ic. Freo
narnplo from Hot Springs Chemical
Co. Hot BprlngB Ark.
Cut Down.
Husband In that pitcher roaliy cat
' Wlfo Well I got it at a bargain
nalo.
Turn AbouL
"Mr. Wombat" eaid the boes "you
have been getting off to go to the
baseball a good doal lately."
"I know it sir."
"Then would you mind working at
tho office for a few extra innings to-
night?" An Qbject of Attention.
"I Buppose your family will go away
for the summer?"
"Yos" replied the man In the al-
paca coat
"Oh I'll have a nice time too. I'm
the one who will alt quietly at home
and look at the pretty pictures on the
postcards."
Eats 'Em Alive.
"I understand it takes four years ot
education to prepare a lion for circus
life" said the visitor to the trainer
standing beside the lion's cage.
"Yes that la true" replied the
trainer.
"You must get very tired after four
years?"
"Oh I haven't been training this
ono four years. I am the eight hun-
dred and fifty-second trainer they've
tried on this one. I've only been hero
two hours!"
She Waited.
George was famous for being late
at his appointments. He was engaged
to be married to a young lady in a
neighboring city and when the day of
the ceremony aiiived George as usu-
al did not put in an appearance. The
bride was on the verge of nervous
prostration when the following tele-
gram was received from the missing
bridegroom.
"Dear Helen Missed the early
train. Will arrive on the 4:31. Don't
get married until I get there. George."
Ladles' Home Journal.
No Time to Lose.
They had been married just two
months and they Btill loved each other
devotedly. He was In the back yard
blacking his shoes.
"Jack!" she called at the top of her
voices "Jack come here quick."
He knew at once that she was in im-
minent ranger. He grasped a stock
and rushed up two flights of stairs to
the rescue. He entered the room
breathlessly and found her looking
out of tho window.
"Look" Bald she "that's the kind of
bonnet I want you to get me." Har-
per's Magazine.
Proper Method of Serving Asparagus
to Get Best Flavors Turnip Cups
Also Very Good.
Asparagus Steamed Wo are in-
debted to Sir Henry Thompson for
this recipe. Ho says: "A hint about
boiling asparagUB is worthy of men-
tion since the proper method 1b rare-
ly followed by English rooks As-
paragus of tho stouter sort always
when of the giant quality should bo
cut of exactly equal lengths and bo.l-
ed standing heads upward in a deep
saucepan. Nearly two Inches of the
heads should bo out of the water
the steam sufficing to cook them as
they form tho tenderest part ot tho
plant while tho hard Btalky part is
rendered soft and succulent by' the
longer boiling which this lan per-
mits. Slide the asparagus (they should
be tender in about 30 or 40 minutes)
out very tenderly on an inverted sieve
with a cloth laid on It."
Turnip Cups Boll and halve tur-
nips. Scoop out tho centers and fill
with peas carrots In dice beans or
beet root anything in Bhoit that
will form a pleasant contrast in point
of color. These can be put round' a
dish of lamb or veal. The qcooped
out part can bo used for a puree and
the cups put round It. Before filling
the cups coat them with whltq
sauce.
Turnips au Beurre Young turnips
aro required shaped according to
taste Sufficient butter Is then to bo
melted in a atewpnn. It should Just
rover them in a single layer and tho
cooking should bo gentlo or they aro
liable to break. Cook 30 to 40 min-
utes. A groat improvement in flavor
is effected by parboiling them in white
stock. Serve as they are or Bprlnklo
with chopped pamley or capers. They
aro nlco with lamb or veal.
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