Chickasha Daily Express. (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. FOURTEEN, No. 152, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 25, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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Reported lhat President Has Asked
Famous Graft Fighter to Take
Charge of Cases lhat
Started Scandal
THREE LAWYERS ARE
BEING CONSIDERED
Representative Kahn Still Wants
Information President Gives
Out Correspondence Ac-
cepts Resignation of McNab
Telegram by United Press.
Sun Francisco June 2.1. Frauds
lleney is on a train enroute to Los
Angeles and bas not yet been reached
by wiie from here.
It is reported that the president
has asked lit in to accept an appoint-
ment as special prosecutor In the
Western Fuel Diggs and Caminetti
ClUiCS.
Tclegiam bv United ires.
Sun Francisco Cal. June 20. The
"broadside" which McNab pioinieeu is
expected immediately. "I ant glad thf
president acted promptly" said Mc-
Nab. "The president declares my
claims iu regard to the attorney gen-
eral were unjust but even the presi-
dent car.r.ot change facts."
McNab declined to discuss further
his promised "broadside" or Indicate
Its nature. He says he has heard
nothing but the newspaper report
that the president would appoint Fran-
cis Henry as special prosecutor for
thi' government In (Iip WVmern Knl
and I'iggf'-Cuininetti cas-es which go
tJ tiial In July.
Telegram by United Press.
Washington Juno '2.1. Representa-
tive Kahn of California declared today
that he is still of the opinion that the
house should require the production
of papers in the Diggs Caminetti and
Western Fuel cases.
Representative Hinebatigh said he
was sat slicd with the announcement
that the rimes will he pressed and will
not urge a report by the rules com-
mittee '.n his resolution proposing an
investigation by the house judiciary
committee. "Ktati inents Issued at the
White House contain only excerpts
anil til" house and prople are entitled
to the fi'II letter files." Kahn declared.
Chairman Clayton of the judiciary
committee stated that he would expect
Kahn to appear before the committee
tomorrow in behalf of his resolution
and wmild permit Kahn to introduce
vihairwr evidence he desired In sup-
pint of pii -a.
Special prosecutors hi the cases w ill
be named by the president today.
Matt Sullivan Thomas Haiden and
Francis Henry are still under discus-
sion today for special prosecutor.
Standing at the bar rather than politi-
cal influence will land the place it is
mated.
President Wilson Tuesday night tel-
egraphed Vol ted States District Attor-
ney McNab of Sun Francisco accept-
ance of the hitter's resignation the
form of whicli the president charac-
terized as "inexcusable intimation of
Injustice and wrong-doing" on the part
of Attorney General .McReynolds. In
a letter to the attorney general the
president exonerated him from blame
and adopted Mr. McReynolds' sugges
tion tha the Camitiietti-Diggs and the
Western Find rnsen be prnsreuted im-
mediately by special prosecutor.
Developments were rapid during
the day in"ie situation which was
precipitated by telegrams of Mr. Mc-
Nab on Saturday to the president and
the attorney general accusing' the tat-
ter of yielding to "rich and powerful
influences" in ordering a postpone-
ment of these cases the father of one
of the defendants being Anthony Caml-
netti commissioner general of immi-
gration. The subject absorbed the cabinet
meeting Tuesday and Tuesday night.
Tho preisdent came to his office to
make public the full correspondence.
First the president telegraphed Mr.
McNab as follows:
"Washington. D. C June 24 1913.
J'John U McNab Esq.. San Francisco
Cat.:
I "1 greatly regret that you should
Ben Johnson president of the Com-
mercial and Kami Bureau will be hoHt
to the members at the park Friday
evening when a thicken barbecue will
be oh the program.
It will be the regular monthly meet-
ing of the bureau and C. A. McN'abb
will give a talk. At the same time
representatives of the Southern States
Cotton Corporation will be present to
present their plans for 15 cent cot-
ton. R. M. Evans secretary of the bureau
today sent the following notice to
members:
Commercial and Farm Bureau vs.
Yourself et al. Summons.
You are hereby commanded to ap-
pear before Hen F. Johnson president
at University park; Chickasha Okla
have acted so hastily and under so
complete misapprehension of the ac-
tual circumstances but since you have
chosen such a course and have given
your resignation the form of an Inex-
cusable intimation of injustice and
wrong-doing on the part of your super-
ior I release you without hesitation
and accept your resignation to take
effect at once.
"WOODROW WILSON."
Attorney General McReynolds' state-
ment that ho ordered a postponement
of the cases as an ordinary procedure
In commercial trials without antici-
pating that "any fair-minded man"
would attribute "a malign motive" to
him was acknowledged by the presi-
dent iu his letter:
"June 21 111'.
"My Dear Mr. Attorney General:
"Allow me to acknowledge with sin
cere appreciation your letter of today
giving me a full account of the way in
which the department of Justice has
dealt with the Diggs and the Western
Feel company cast's pending in Cali-
fornia and transmitting the document
conLeetcd with the two cases neces-
sary for their elucidation.
"1 am enlirelp satisfied that the
course you uk in both the cases was
prompted by sound and impartial judg-
ment and a clear insistence for what
was fair and right
"I approve your course very heart-
ily and without hesitation. But 1
agree with you that what we may think
of what has been done does not re-
Sieve us of the obligation to press those
cases with the utmost diligence and
energy.
"1 approve very heartily of your sug-
fection that In the circumstances spe-
cial counsel be employed the best
thut we can obtain. I will be very
glml to ceiilrr wiih you about the se-
lection. 1 hope that you will do this
without delay. I am ery glad indeed
that you are git lug our personal at-
tention to the immediate and diligent
prosecution of the cases which T agree
with you in regarding as of serious im
portance from every point or Mew.
'WOObUUVV WILSON."
Besides the attorney general's let
ter to tlie president tne White House
gave out a letter written to Mr. Mc-
Reynolds Tuesday by Secretary Wil-
son of the department of labor in
whicli the latter declared that An-
thony Cominetti asked for leave of
absence to attend the trial of his son
before ho took the oath of office as
commissioner general of immigration.
Furthermore. Secretary Wilson stated
that neither Mr. Caminetti nor anyone
else suggested that he ask for the post-
ponement of the cases but that he did
It of his own volition so as to keep
Mr. Caminetti in Washington for the
work of organizing the immigration
bureau.
in the letter to the president. Attor-1
ney General McReynolds recited the
history of the two cases and submitted
files in each case.
Responding to instructions from the
attorney general for a detailed report
of ths Diggs Caminetti cases and to
take no action until further advised
by the department of justice the attor-
ney general said United States Attor
ney McNab snt a report received on
May 27. In this report In; added Mc-
Nab "details a version of the acts with
his Inferences therefrom and expresses
the opinion that the case was aggra-
vated and should be vigorously prose-
cuted: also that there might be at-
tempts to Interfere with the dun course
of justice by improper influences."
WEATHER FORECAST.
For Oklahoma:
Generally fair
Thursday.
ton ig lit. and
homa Friday evening June 27 1U13
to aid and assist in all discussions
and then and there to testify as to
the general qualifications of one
Thomas J. Boyd official chef of the
plaintiff in preparing a "Chicken Bar-
becue;" all of whidh is ordered for
this occasion and there remain from
time to time until discharged by the
president.
Herein fail not but have you then
and there this writ with your return
passage close by hereby showing how
well you have executed the same.
Witness our official signature at of-
fice in city hall Chickasha Oklahoma
this the 24th day of June A. D. 1913.
Commercial and Farm Bureau of
Grady County. R. M. Evans Secretary.
MOB KILLS NEGROES.
Telegram by United Press.
Tacowa Miss. June 2a. A
mob killed one negro and an-
other is dying following an at-
tack on a white lumberman.
ORVEYING
ClilSHOLfi?
TRAIL ROAD
W. R. Goit engineer for the state
highway tiopartocnt was in Chic-kasha
today and in compauy with E E.
Colby left this morning for a point
south of Ninnckah where he will take
up the surveying of the Meridian high-
way and complete it north to the
Canadian river. When this section of
the survey is finished the location of
the road through Oklahoma will be
finally fixed.
During the past week Mr. Goit has
definitely located the road from Red
river north to his present ioint. He
tsays a meeting will be held at Duncan
Friday when representatives of the
towns along the line will meet and
designate days for working the road.
According to Mr. Goit the state high-
way department has located the Merid-
ian highway along Die line that be is
now completing mn It will remain
LliHt way. lie pledicts that the load
will become a popular route for tour-
ists as soon as il is improved.
BANKE
TO HAVE
Tciegrnm Dy United Tiess.
Washington June 2.1. Objections
of (lie bankers of the American Bank-
ing association to tho Wilson-Glass
cu-'ency bill will be considered by
the president this evening at a confer-
ence between Glass Senator Owen
Geo. M. Reynolds president of the
Continental Commercial National bank
of Chicago John l'enati of Los An-
gules and A. Barton Hepburn who
will give the hankers' views.
It is expected that the bankers will
A HEARING
ask for minority representation on thtrf.P(R 0f the anle en to a charitable
reserve board and for a plun of redis-
tribution of bank reserves in favor of
country banks.
Representative Henry of Texas plans
to oiler a substitute for the Wilson-
Glass bill. He talked with the presi-
dent fifteen minutes and told the
president that he favored reform and
would now to the will of the majority
when the bill was 'finally agreed on
but he Intended attempting to swing
the leaders to his way of thinking.
POINCARE RECEIVES PAGE.
Telegram by United Press.
Ixmdon June 2.1 Poincare of
France began his second day as the
state guest of Great Britain by re-
ceiving United States Ambassador
Page who expressed the felicitations
of Americans for which the president
liianked him profusely.
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LI SEN
DELEGATE
0 MEET
The meeting of the Retail Mer-
chants' association was well attended
last night and practically all the mem-
bers spoke in favor of sending a com-
mittee to the meeting of the State Re-
tailers' association at Stillwater on
July S. That a committee will be sent
was definitely decided but as yet no
appointments have been made by the
piesident. Chickusha is entitled to
five delegates and J. E. Schow the
piesident will make the appointments
of five delegates and five alternates'
within the near future.
The question of a celebration for
July Fourth was brought before the
meeting but owing to. the short time
in which to prepare the plan is not
expected to materialize. J. E. Schow
stated this morning that he would
be in favor of the proposition of hav-
ing a bird man here on that date if
therexwas yet sufficient time inwhich
to make all necessary arrangements
and to propn ly advertise the event.
The general sentiment of the retail-
ers it is said was against the band
concert on Thursday evenings there
being a strong sentiment for a change
of the date to Saturday evenings. No
action was taken however.
"Alexandra Day" is
Observed in London
Telegram by United Press.
London June 2.1. This was "Alex-
andra Day" when the queen mother
drove through West End today. Queen
Mary was with her. Many criticised
the younger woman saying she forced
herself in the spotlight to share th-3
applause.
Twenty thousand women wearing
hats encircled with flowers bold arti-
ficial roses iu celebration of the jubi-
lee of the queen mother's arrival in
England forty years ago. The pro-
institution in which the queen mother
is interested.
TENNIS FANS RETURN FROM
THE STATE TOURNAMENT.
Tired by two days' hard work tan-
ned to nicety and voicing their entire
approval of the hospitality of the
Crescent Tennis (dub J. E. McNeil
W. T. Phillips and H. N. Smith jr.
the Chickusha representatives in the
Annual Cimarron Valley Tennis tour-
nament returned last night arter liat-
tl'ng on the Okeene courts with the
sharks of the .;nw from Oklahoma
aud Kansas. That the play was fast
and furious was evidenced by the fact
that the Chickasha men went down in
the early rcuuds of play leaving the
nemi-finals and finals to be played off
today at Okeene.
ALLEGED
ROBBER
ARRESTED
As a result of the search for the
Amber robbers Clyde llayward and J.
F. Desenbary were arrested yesterday
afternoon by Depe'les Phillips and
Thompson and the belief of the offi-
cers that they have the right men was
strengthened by the fact that they
found some of the stolen goods on
their persons. It is believed that these
men were connected with the robbery
of Latham's drug and jewelry store at
Tuttle which robbery occurred on the
same night as did the affair at Amber.
In part the men have confessed but
state that two other men did the actual
robbing while they watched on the
outside of the buildings. The officers
are now trying to locate the other two
alleged robbers. The men arrested
were carrying several knives taken
from the Amber hardware store and
later took the officers to the hiding
place of the remainder of the booty
consisting of two shot guns a dozen
knives several razors and a quantity
of earrings stick pins and lodge em-
blems in the form of buttons and pins.
The alleged robbers will be arraign-
ed before Justice T. I. Moore tomor-
row on charges of burglary and lu the
meantime a desperate effort will be
I m-.uln A fin1 tha ilior twi m.r
ALL READY
FOR BATTLE
From the cam us of the hostile Six-
teenth Street and West Hill tennis
clubs comes the information that
everything is in readiness for the big
battle ou tho diamond ut University
park tomorrow. Manager G.-ibi states
that his tribe is in perfect condition
and trained to a nicety while S. D.
Barr. big mogul of the Sixteenth
Streeters states that his crew is ready
to go in for a world championship ser-
ies tomorrow if necessary. Those on
the inside state that about 9ft per cent
of the training accomplished by either
team has been in an easy chair with
a pipeful of fragrant tobacco accom--panied
'by reminiscences of the prow-
ess of former years lu this connec-
tion some startling stories have been
uncorked and according to the dope
thus dispensed every man on either
team was once fit. material for the
big circus. Anyhow it Will be a con-
test worth the 'money. The game will
be called as soon after 1 o'clock as pos-
sible and there will be no charge at
the gate. '
A second I. 0. 0.
F. lodge is iheing
organized here today
be conferred tonight.
Degrees will
IIERNDONiS
APPOINTED
ASSI
NT
At Muskogee yesterday D. H. Line-
baugh United States attorney for the
eastern Oklahoma district announced
the appointment of C. C. Hcrndon of
this city as one of his assistants Mr.
Herndon went to Muskogee the first
of the week and It la understood he
has entered upon the duties of his of-
fice. The position of assistant United
States attorney carries a salary of
$2.-)00 a year and the appointment Is
for a term of four years. Mr. Herndon
was not an applicant for the position
but his friends were active in his be-
half and his appointment will meet
with general approval in this county
where his character as a citizen and
his ability as a lawyer are well
known.
Mr. Herndon located in Chickasha.
about four years ago. Ho served two
years as ' assistant county attorney
making a splendid record and he is
now a member of the law firm of Wel-
borne Herndon &.' Durbin. It is under-
stood that the duties of his new posi-
tion will probably necessitate his
changing his residence to Muskogee.
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Telegram by United Press.
Buffalo N. Y. June 25. Until the
firemen aud police finish the work of
searching the ruins to verify the
names of 172 persons known to have
been in the building destroyed yester-
day afternoon the exact number
known to rave been killed in the ex-
plosion and lire at the Husted Milling
company can not be ascertained.
The known dead this morning num-
ber six. The body of one man was
removed from the ruins this morning
and another died in a hospital. Of the
87 injured surgeons say a score may
die. Assistant Fire Chief Murphy
places the number of dead still lu the
ruins at eighteen.
The explosion was caused by the
puffing of dust accumulations In the
feed house and was of frightful force
tearing out one wall of the wooden
structure and breaking windows for a
quarter of a .mile; around. John Con-
roy engineer oi a switch engine was
blown from his cab and received in
ternal injuries irom wnicti it is re-
ported he cannot recover.
TEACHERS' EXAMINATION.
For the convenience of some teach-
ers who are not attending the normal
at Edmond and elsewhere a teachers'
examination for al! grades or certifi-
cates will be held at. the city hall June
.'-2".
fiFK-
Attorney General and the Corpora
lion Commission Receive Cea-
jure and Praise Motives
are Not Questioned
GOOD ROADS DHL
" PASSED BY HOUSE
Abolishes the Position of Colonel
Suggs Recall is Proposed in
Resolution Introduced in
the Senate
Oklahoma City June 2.1. Reports of
the house investigating committee on
the attorney general's department and
the corporation commission featured
in Tuesday's proceedings in the house.
The passage of a good roads bill and
the Introduction of numerous bills
made up the rest of the proceedings.
The good roads bill finally passed the
house of representatives Tuesday
with the emergency attached. It abol-
ishes -the state highway commissioner
but retains a state highway depart-
ment under the general supervision
of the state geological survey and
makes numerous changes in the road
laws of the state.
The bill as passed is the substitute
prepared by the senate before the re-
cess. The vote on the bill was S7 ayes
22 ntys and 18 absent. The emer-
gency carried wlh one vote to spare.
The bill as passed will remove State
Highway Commissioner Sidney Suggs
from office.
A constitutional question is propos-
ed in a resolution by Scnatmr sr-
rells and Redwine the same provid-
ing for the recall of elective and ap-
pointive officers. There is no law on
the statute books at present making
this provision which is proposed as a
new section to the constitution.
Section one of the proposed new sec-
tion provides: "Every public officer in
the state of Oklahoma holding an
elective office either by election or
appointment is subject to recall from
such office by the qualified electors
of the electoral district from which
candidates are elected to such office.
The electoral district may include the
whole state. Such number of said
electors as shall equal 25 per centum
of the number of veto cat at the l.wt
preceding general election lor all of
the candidates for the office held by
such officer may 5y petition whicli
shall be known aa the 'recall petition'
demand his recall."
Report on Attorney General.
That Attorney General West may be
an extremely active aud euergetic of-
ficer and prompted by what he be-
lieves the best thing to do. but that
some of his policies have not served
tho best interests of the btate nor are
hardly in keeping with the position
he holds as chief law officer and ad-
viser of tha Btate government Is the
way the general investigating commit-
tee of the house of representative
summarize their opinion of his official
career in a report filed Tuesday.
The attorney general is censured for
various expenditures from the fund
of his department Including Items
from shoe shines to unauthorized as-
sit'.ant attorneys general -ind U par-
ticularly criticised for his handling of
the Oklahoma two cent rate eases.
The stipulation tiled in i y 1 1 whirrt
stopped all action in the Oklahoma
cases says the committee will cost
the traveling public of Oklahoma ip-
proximately $2. 100000 and has put Ok-
lahoma two years behind neighboring
suites in fighting such litigation.
The report of the committee antici-
pated the action of the attorney gen-
eral Tuesday in filing a motion to dis-
solve the. Hook injunctions and ex-
presses little confidence in such pro-
cedu re.
Corporation Commission.
That so far the corporation commis
sion of Oklahoma has hardly return-
ed results commensuiate w ith its cost
to the people of the state appears to
bo the opinion of ths genera! investi-
gating committee as filed with tin
house Tuesday afternoon.
The committee has no specific com-
plaints to make as to the eommi-'-iimi.
except the genera! critici:-'i mci' d rut
ta -many of the department for creat-
ing regular position and p;-t vir-s til-?-
i (Cot)tiurJ tm IV.? two )
BY PROD
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