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VOLUME FOURTEEN.
CHICKASHA OKLAHOMA FRIDAY JULY 25 1913.
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Young Thomas are Discharged
Had No Connection with
the Killing Near Alex
BELIEVED THAI DEAD
DAN WIS INSANE
Father is Said to Have Brooded
Over Daughter's Love Affair
Officers Get More Light
' on the Affair
Following n investigation at the
scene of the Thomas killing near Alex
by Sheriff John C. Lewis ami County
Attorney Simpson Clarence MeUimorc
Hint W. U Walker hired hands who
were arrested with young Thomas on
tu night of tl killing were released
hs it was thoroughly established that
they were not connected witn the
shooting. Upon the return of the of-
ficers bust nitiht tho met' were releas-
ed from the jail.
H is believed to be more thoroughly
established than wua at first suspic-
loned thai the elder Thomas' mind was
unbalanced and hud been for smoe
weeks. It is thought this state of af-
fairs hud been brought about by the
attentions to his 1 " year-old daughter
by an Indian named Cray. The man
had been calling upon Ming Thomas
for some time und it is said that her
father developed a fear that she would
marry him. The father tried to break
up the liijtih and cvciituaHy the In-
dian left the country. The girl stated
repeatedly ua she d;d to the officers'
yesterday that she had no intention
of lui-oniing Gray's wife but a b iter
which one of the family had taken
from a . ret mail box it is said
poiut'd tn t'i pcssib.lity of a mar-
riage. Tin- letter was turned over to
the father and worry over it is sup-
posed to have kept the father's mind
lh it:? a state of agitation as to have
developed Into insanity.
During the past few days the de-
ceased became more agitated and stat-
ed that he was doing tt till the entire
family and then kill himself adding
that he would then know what became
of them before he left the earth.
According to stories from the family
they were in constant fear during the
past tew days of his life and many
sleepless nights were spent by them
on account of his threats lie had i
nhnt-nn a Winchester rifle and a six-
i Iic'iter all of which weapons he kept
loaded and the latter of which he car-
ried with him a greHt deal. According
t.t i epul is some -weeks ago he told his
daughter that If she did not break her
acjmiptarfp 'h flrsy and forbid him
to rail he would kill them both.
On the morning of the killing it is
claimed the lather went to the cow
lot whcie his daughter aj milking
and told her that If she had anything
to say to her brothers or mother she
wiist say it that day as it was her
last day on earth. Mrs. Thomas stat-
ed that on Sunday he told her be whs
poing to kill the entire family before
five days and that on the morning of
the killing he sttted he "would kill
them all before the next morning.
After being told by her father that It
v.as her Inst rt.iy on earth Miss Thom-
as went to liie field with the other
members of tin- family and bocd cot-
ton all day crying the entire time yet
keeping up with the fast pace set by
the stronger nP"
After supper ctt th" f.'"l nieht. .1.
A. Thomas .and one of the hired men
. went to the front porch to smoke.
Later they were joined by the son
Willie After a few minutes Mr. Thom-
as told Willie to go to the lot and turn
the horses into the pasture for the
night. This as stated by the family
was unusual as the father always at-
tended to this work himself. Fearing
that his father was seeking the oppor-
tunity to kill his sister Willie told one
of the hired hands to turn the horses
out and he. stayed with his father.
Mr. Thomas went Into the kitchen
where bis wite and (laugh t;T were
washing tho dishes. There he remov-
ed his shoe's "and went onto the back
porch to baiho his feet. Willie came
Into the house and sat down in a room
adjoining tho back porch. After a nio-
inent he went to the back porch where
Ills father was sitting. That is as far
as at this time facia have been estab-
lislied an tl what happened on the
perch immediately prior to the shoot-
ing is known only to Willie Thomas
who fired the fatal shots.
Mrs. Thomas stated that she heard
her husband and son engage in a con-
versation and that the father said
something about someone attempting
to steal his daughter two nights be-
fore. Ho said he would like to know
who it was. His next statement was
the last he ever made and according
to Mrs. Thomas and her daughter it
was that he intended to kill the whole
d n familly. After this statement a
mater of two or three seconds elapsed
and the rattle of an automatic gun was
heard by those in the house and the
hired bands who were then on tho
f.".?nt porch. When they arrived at the
scene it was all over and J. A. Thom-
as was dead.
Willie Thomas in the Grady county
jail talks but litth yet he does not
seem to worry over his possible fate.
In speaking to Sheriff Lewis about
the affair ho said "I feel that I did
my duty and that I saved the lives of
my sister my mother and my two
younger brothers I don't know what
will happen to me but it doesn't mat-
ter much and I am not going to worry
over my future."
The preliminary hearing will be held
some time next week but as yet the
young man has not retained counsel.
DVOCATE
NGE IN
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ARTICLE Wm
A-stiown line of ai giiiiit-nt in favo'"
of the proposed amendment of article
of the state constitution which Is to
be voted upon at the special election
August was advanced by State Sen-
ator Kendrick in a speech on Second
and Chii. kasha avenue last night. The
senator was introduced by T H.
Uwyer and he siKike during an interim'
in the band concert a large crowd be-
ing present.
That the people rather than the cor-
porations would benefit by the pro-
posed change was the statement of
Mr. Kendrick who declared that the
trunk line railroads were not in favor
of the amendment which is now before
the people.
It was pointed out that in the
event the law foi bidding railroad con-
snliriifinn is repealed small lines like
the Oklahoma Central and the Wichi-
ta. Falls &. Northwestern would be ab
sorbed bv the larger systems which I
would make it possible for the corpor-
ation commission to order two cent
fares and reduced freight rules on
fhoe rri;irs and at thp same time the
properly would be assessed for taxa-
tion on the same basis as the trunk
lines.
The speaker said there would be lit-
tle railroad building in Oklahoma un-
der present conditions because none
of the domestic lines were paying and
financiers were unwilling to invest
more money in such enterprises. It
was further shown that the interests
of tho public would be amply safe-
guarded miller the powers given to the.
corporation commission by tho pending
amendment.
Before closiu;; his spech Senator
! Kendrick offered some arguments In
opposition to tho repeal of the mining
lnw adopted by the last legislature
which is also to b submitted to the
Soils Sentenced to
Fourteen Days in Jail
Telegram by United Press.
London July 2.1. Lady Sbil Smith
daughter of the Earl of Antaim Mrs.
rethick Lawrence and Miss Evelyn
Sharpe the suffragettes who started
a disturbance in the house of com-
mons today refused to give two hun
dred dollars bond and were jailed for
fourteen days.
Mrs. Kmmeiine Pnnkhurst the mili-
tant leader today was s'htoeted to a
transfusion of blood operation in a
desperate attempt
to snve
!":k - n
her life.
! Successive hunger
jail undermiir il :-
ganic sysit:.:.
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WlATHER FORECAST 4
for Oklahoma: t
Tonight and Saturday unset-
tied; showers In east portion
tonight or Saturday
Temperature Yesterday1.
Recorded by the local U. 3
weather bureau observer:
Minimum . - 71
Maximum !)3
ME OF
TAFTU
ED
Telegram by United Press.
Washington July 25. -Counsel for
the National Association of Manufacturer.-!
will not be allowed to cross ex-
amine Mulhall other than by written
questions submitted through the com-
mittee it was announced today
Mulhall will be released as noon as
his direct examination is concluded.
The 'association's attorneys would not
say whether they would attempt to
fight the decision of the committee or
not.
Former Congressman Watson cf In-
diana mentioned repeatedly in letters
as the National Association of Manu-
facturers' chief aide faced Mulhall to-
day alternately jeering and frowning
at him.
In a letter to Foraker Mulhall said
he hud talked with President Taft and
the latter seemed very anxious to get
"our people actively to work in Ohio"
and was "greatly pleased with our
work."
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Telegram by United Press.
Washington July 2;;. That tho
tariff bill should pass the senate by
August 1j and become a law by Sep-
tember 1 was the prediction of Sena-
tor Williams of Mississippi today.
Williams said the Democrats would
probably have only one more general
discussion. Senator' Works is sched-
uled to conclude his speech today on
the effects of the bill on California
industries.
As no further Itepublican speakers
are ready the senate prepared to con-
tinue consideration oi the measure by
paragraphs.
Dion
BallC
ami ouu
IfUtUl tl Vi i ilu.w
It was a tops tiji as to which was tho
greatest feature the dinner or the ball
game at the MlWH(i Sunday school
picnic yesterday. At the noon hour
all voted that the dinner was about
the biggest feature that ever figured
in any event but someway along
about i o'clock there didn't seem to
lie anybody that was ever ho terribly
crazy about dinners and many showed
a strong' inclination to crawl off some-
where and just rest.
The way the youngsters "fell to" at
the refreshment tank was something
wonderful to behold also the way a
511-pound boy could put away such
quantities of soda water red at that
and Ice cream was barely short of
marvelous. The moment a hint of nn
invitation vas given by tho teachers
in chargo the crew of young Ameri-
cans swooped down npou the supply
of bottled soda like a band of murder-
ous redskins upon an isolated outpost
with very much the same result a ca.se
of complete destruction.
The ball game was a hummer and
as close as one could 'wish to see. A.
E. McKenzie's clan put the branding
iron to the team representing the of-
ficial board of the church 8 to 7. It
was a big Garrison finish -when the
McKenzie bunch nosed out in an eye-
lash finish and with two down Neal
singled stole second and went home
when P.lakey allowed a throw at third
to get. away from him. With the score
then tied Matthews poled a homel-
and it was all over but the explanation
of how it happened. "The picnic was
a success in every detail and I believe
everyone
enjoyed ihemselvs" said A.
v toriay.
'eld at the park and
. .'. . ... vera! hundred.
01 LiuJllW
TO CAPITAL
Ambassador Arrives in New Ycrk
from Mexico and Leaves at
Once forWashiugton Due
there This Afternoon
MEDIATION PROPOSAL
AROUSING INTEREST
Some Indications that the Move
May Be Acceptable President
May Send Personal Represen-
tative to Mexico City
Telegram by United Free
New York July :!5 Ambassador
Wilson arrived this irorning from Mex
ico City having couio via Havana. He
left f t once for Washington where
he 111 arrive this afternoon. It is
expected that he "Will at once go into
conference with the president and sec-
retary giving a detailed report on
conditions in Mexico. The belief is
that information given by the ambas-
sador will have an important influence
upon the Mexican policy of the admin-
istration. The ambassador declined to
talk for publication during the brief
time he was here.
Refugees Arrive.
Galveston July 2."i. One hundred
and eighty-five American refugees ar-
rived on tho steamship Texas today
irom Mexican ports. The American
consuls at Tampico and Vera Cruz ar-
ranged for their passage.
Telegram by United Press.
Washington July 23. With Secre
tary lirynn back and ridy to consider
the Mexican situation with the presi-
dent the instant Ambassador Wilson
arrives the situation in Mexico todujr
was more quiet than at any time in the
past six weeks.
Advices received indicate that both
factions in Mexico are keenly watch-
ing the progress of affairs here. The
mediation proposal has aroused gTeat
interest and prominent members of
the Mexican colony said they thought
it might be accepted.
It is believed today that after hear-
ing from the returning ambassador
the president will send John K. Lamb
of Terre Haute as his personal repre-
sentative to Mexico City to check up
the situation from the information fur-
nished by the ambassador.
Lnmh bus been selected to be am-
bassador's Wilson successor if one is
named
The Democrats of the house com-
mittee on foreign affairs conferred
about the Mexican situation sounded
out sentiment among members of the
house generally and recorded a de-
eided fertjng against intervention and
in favor of backing up any diplomatic
move President Wilson and his advis-
ers may feel disposed to make.
Discussing the proposal to prohibit
entirely the shipment of arms into
Mexico from the United Slates Prof
Francisco Esculdero a member of the
constitutionalist cabinet who is in
Washington to explain the purposes of
tho Carranza cause said that his col
leagues were satisfied with the Idea
but hoped soon both sides would bo
permitted io secure amis on equal
flailing
Further assurance that Americana
at Madera are in no immediate dan-
ger was given by the state department
in an official announcement..
MAY PROCLAIM
MARTIAL LAW
Telegram by United Press.
Lansing Mich. July 2.1. If rioting
continues today in the copper country
in northern Michigan martial law will
be declared before night according to
those close to Gov. Ferris.
Train loads of people are leaving
the copper country fearing a repeti-
tion of the troubled days of 3893 when
martial law was proclaimed and troops
put rolled the country for several
months during the miners' strike.
Two thousand troops are enroute to
Calumet. It. is reported that the strike
mnv spread and include forty ihc"-
baud iron miners.
Oklahoma City July 25 As the
me for the opening of the schools 1
. ! eo'.! .. "n j intcrift in the text b;
iur i t:poi u u tl;e ia.jj oi .
tracts made last summer luv t.;:i
circulated by different people. The
following interview from Supt. Wilson
gives a complete history of the con-
troversy. It is his opinion that we
either have the PJ12 adoption or none.
' "Contracts were mado by the old
state board of education on Saturday
July 27 1912 for spelling books and
teachers' registers and on Monday
July 23 1912 contracts were made
with various publishers for the other
text books. On Saturday July 27
1912 the governor demanded the res-
ignations of four board members. On
Monday July 29 1912 Supt. Branden-
burg resigned as requested tho other
three members did not and about the
time the contracts were mad.? the gov
ernor claimed to have summarily re-
moved the three members. The gov-
ernor announced prior to the time the
contracts were made that he thought
it bad politics to make a book adop-
tion during a political campaign and
unless we postponed the adoption that
he would not approve any contracts
When the contracts were presented t
him he resigned to approve them
"On or about May 19 1913 the gov-
ernor approved the contract made on
Saturday July 27 1912 for the spell-
ing books and register.
"May 27 1913 the board advertised
for a new adoption of text books. Im-
mediately after seven publishers filed
petitions in the district court to en-
join the board from making another
adoption and the injunction was grant-
ed by Judge Carney. The attorney
general appealed to the supreme court
one case of the seven filed and asked
the court to dissolve the Injunctions.
This was denied and the case was
set for hearing on September 9. The
attorney general and the attorney of
the publisher whose case was anval-
ed that of W. H. Wheeler & Co. sign-
ed an agN'emenv that the books they
bad in use in the state adopted in 1908
primer first second and third readers
be continued in use and that they be
LAUNCH OIL
COMPANY
A charter has been issued by the
Oklahoma secretary of state to the
United Oklahoma and Texas Oil and
Gas coa.pany of Chickasha which as
Its name indicates will operate In two
states.
Thn incorporators of the company
are L. Krlich F. Wohlgemuth and B.
W. Lubman of this city and J. J. Wohl-
ceinuth of St. Louis and it is capitaliz-
ed for $.11000.
It is the purpose of the company to
develop property in the Wheeler field
in Oklahoma and in the Petrolia field
in Toms "Wo expect to start drill-
ing a short distance from Oil City in
the Wheeler field next week" said
Mr. Krlich. "We are ready to begin
work as soon as the necessary ar-
rangements can be made by the
driller."
Names Okla. Negro
Register o! Treasury
TelegTam by United Press.
Washington July 25. Adam E. Pat-
terson of Oklahoma was named by the
president today to be register of the
treasury.
Patterson is a negro living at. Mus-
For msnv years this office has
been filled by a negro.
The custom of appoint? a negro to
the office has been followed by botn
Democratic and Republican presi-
dents. QUAKE REGISTERED.
Telegram by United Press.
Washington July 23.- An
earthquake was registered here
today. The disturbance bfan
at 7:51 a. ni. and lasted till
S:0S.
The center of the disturb-
ance was estimated at. three
thousand miles distant from
this place.
not liable on their bond If they failed
1 finish the additional books secur-
'ed in the 1912 adoption should that
i a leption be held to bo valid. The at-
...raeys fur the other six publishers
' announced to the court that they were
not a party to this agreement as their
case had not been appealed.
"The time has passed In which an
appeal cttii be taken in these other
cases and tho injunction they securml
from the district court stands which
makes their contracts for the present
valid under the law. These companies
announce that they intend to furnish
their books for the use of the schools
beginning September 1 and that they
would bo liable on their bond if not
furnished. They also claim that the
use of any other book will be a vic'a-
tlon of the law.
"I have always contended that the
contracts made last summer were
regular and valid. In this position I
have been sustained by both Judges
Carney and Clark la cases that came
before them Involving a judicial con
structs nof the law bearing on this
controversy.
"The law makes It the duty of the
state superintendent to enforce the
law providing for uniform text books.
Unless the adoption of 1912 Is good
there is no adoption of text books for
the 1908 adoption "pires August 1
1913 and cannot ba renewed except
by act of the legislature and the house
refused twice to continue tra 1903
adoption and the senate refused once
to do so. In the session just closed.
"It is presumed that all of the pub-
lishers who secured contracts In 1912
will have their books on sale in the
state by September 1 If their con-
tracts are not legal there is no adop-
tion and the use of these or any c'!:.?
books will be lawful. If the adoption
of 1912 is legal then it will be unlaw-
ful to use any of the 190S books not
readopted in 1912 or any other book
not adopted in 1912. So it appears to
ba tho safo thing for the publishers
who secured contracts in 1912 to avoid
liability on their bonds; and for teach-
ers' school officers and patrons to es-
cape penalties for violating the uni-
form text book law by complying with
the terms of the 1912 contracts."
Z
Tfegram by United Press.
London July 25. The son of
Tugh Davis a wealthy retired
druggist of Southbourno today
received from the probate court
papers announcing him sole
heir to 10000 pounds and the
one paper left by bis father
who had committed suicide
after killing his wife. The testa-
tor had burned all of his effects
in the nature of papers except
the will to which was attached
the following explanation of his
deed :
"This sad affair Is due to the
continuous nagging of my wife.
Nobody knows what I have
gone through in the last nine
years. God have mercy ou our
souls."
TEXAS MAN HAS
MUCH TROUBLE
It all gnfs to show how easily a
man can get into serious trouble. John
Heatley living in Texas was released
from custody here today after tne set-
tlement of three lawsuits costing him
a total of $120.70. His .married daugh-
ter who lived near Ninnekah had trou-
ble with her husband. Mr. Heatiey
came from Texas and took her her.-
with him in a buggy and later return
ed to her former home at Ninnekah
after a cow which he claimed was her
personal property. Inadvertently he
crossed the nuarant'ue lino with the
COW ."IV.. -e;r-' '
-ome of the res-
Mr. Heatley
! '-tt ensued
'.; "".) si' c 1 in-
Mr. 11. -alley for
u?e: t i ' v ' . it" " ;1 '. i
ol.jVctwl a;'..; ' - i '. "1 '
some lively n; i;. . v '.:
cluJiug a gun play by Mr.
which be was arrested
three charges was lodged
A total of
igainst him
in the courts here; one for breaking
the quarantine law one for carrying a
concealed weapon and one for point-
ing a pistol at an adversar". The lat-
ter charge was dismissed when he
plead guilty to the other two and puid
his fines.
Brandenburg Finds Chickasha C
ness Men Eager to Enter Grady
County Products ia the
Contest at Tulsa
COMMITTEE IS NOW
COLLECTING EXEIIIT
Fifteen Western States and Twenty
Foreign Countries to Ee Rep-
resented Interest in Con-
gress is Growing
After conferring with C. A. Mc-N'abb
R. M. Evans and other officer;.' of the
Commercial and Farm Bureau togeth-
er with a number of bankers and bus-
iness men in the city Prof. W. G.
Brandenburg field commissioner for
the Intvnatiocal Dry Farming Con-
gress who was bore yesterday an-
nounced that he was highly pleased
with the prospects for a good exhibit
from Grady county at the Tulsa expo-.
sition.
Mr. McNabb Geo. W. Caldwell and
C C. Goetting are now gathering pro-
ducts for the exhibit which will b
sent first to the state fair and later to
Tulsa. Preliminary steps toward a
county exhibit to be held in Chicka
sha have also been taken and will be
further discussed at a meeting of the
d'rector3 of the bureau next week.
To a person who has kept in close
touch Tilth the growth and work of tha
International Dry Farming Congress
from the time of its birth seven years
ago as I have done for I attended the
first convention of tho congress wnich
was held In my state Colorado and'
have been at nearly all of them sine
that time it Is nothing more than nat-
ural that I should be enthusiastic re-
garding the movement and what the
meeting of the congress and exposition
to be held in Tulsa October 22 to No-
vember 1 means to Oklahoma" said
Prof. Brandenburg.
"Sometimes people say we suppose
your methods are very good but will
thh average fanner apply them? To
this we make answer that many thou-
sands of the best farmers do in all
parts of the west where the rainfall
comes at such Irregular intervals dur-
ing the growing season that unless
proper methods of cultivation are em-
ployed with tho idea of conserving tho
moisture when It does fall the farmer
would havo small ajsursnctj of suc-
cess. "Thousands of these men hare madn
tho conquest cf tha d?nrt w!l nveb
complete and are todsy th owners of
prosperous homes on the land and
have developed in a great many in-
stances that attending a meeting of
our congress and seeing the crops on
display and talking with the farmer
who grew them has been responsible
for his success.
"Wherever the congress tnpotj (snd
we are in different sections of th
west every year) we endeavor to be
of the highest possible benefit lo tie
farmers of that particular section of
the country.
"In the building of our program this
year the interest of the Oklahoma
farmer will be largely consulted. Ques-
tions that vitally affect him as to soil
cultivation evaporation etc. will bo
fully discussed both by the practical
Oklahoma farmer and scientist ts well
"Then the exposition will bo so
planned that it will be of great edu-
cational value.
"All exniDits are- to bn inheitni te
show under just what conditions iiiey
were produced and the farmer Willi
have the privilege of comparing the
different exhibits in such a way that
it will be of great value to hi:n.
"We hop to have every county in
Oklahoma represented for it is a rarn
opportunity for this state to show what
she can do along agricultural ilnr-s St
will prove a wost valuable advert
meut as we expect representative
from at least twmy foreign countries.
Exhibits will be shown from at lea-
fifteen different western B!a:e.-i.
"We are delighted to know tiuit a
fine exhibit ia. to be mado from tin
county. I believe you will find it tm
best investment the county bus ever
made especially if you buck it up wf'S.
a big live exhibit of your fanmn n-i
t business men m well."
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