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VOLUME FIFTEEN.
CHICKASHAT OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY OCTOBER 22 1914.
NUMBER 251.
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'.. By Seira. Owen
Tells Voters What Democrats in Wash-
ington Have Done Thoroughly
Agrees with Fields on Kafir Ex-
- presses Entire Confidence
in Judge Williams
"There Is one thing on which John phone company insurance company
Fields and 1 absolutely agree" Bald Amalgamated Copper American Cot-
Senator Rout. L. Owen yesterday to a ton American Tobacco every big cor-
crowd that comfortably filled the Air-
dome "and that's kaf.'Ir coin" added
the speaker with a smile. "But I think
he's away off on Merita and red cot-
ton blossoms."
In the main Senator Owen devoted
his speech to what he termed a "re-
port" of what tha Democratic congress
and administration had done in the
past two years. "This is the first time
In 50 years that the Democratic party
lias had full possession of all the pow-
ers of the fedtral government" His
remarks concerning the policy of
Woodrow Wilson iu handling tht Mex-
ican situation and his views on the
Kuropean war brought much applause
from the audience.
The speaker said In part "The great
problem that has confronted the Dem-
ocratic powers in eon gross is to regu-
late the gigantic monopolies that would
arbitrarily control the credits prices
of thingB that men consume and every
other human enterprise that requires
enormous credits. The tariff wall that
has surrouuded the United States us
these walls enclose us and which have
kept away foreign competition we have
reduced from 4!) per cent to 25 per
cent.
"For Instance all the American
manufacturers of felt hats could meet
behiud closed doors -In secret session
and make a gentlemen's agreement to
sell one grade of fe't hat for no less
than $7 and to sell another grade of
felt hat for no less than $." and so on
clown the grades. They could then
compel every mau who wears a felt
hat to pay tribute lo them. It was Im-
portant to lower that fence but we
have yet left that fence 25 per cent
high which affords ample protection
to the American manufacturer.
"Why is your cotton nut bringing a
high price? It cannot be exported and
there is an overproduction for the
American spinner. The mills of Eu-
rope are in the main closed. The men
v ho operate them are engaged in a
tieadly conflict one with another. En
glish German and French spinners are
closed and are on the field of battlu
and are more or less unemployed. Un
der the law of self service the Ameri-
can spinners then have hammered the
price down.
"Our exports are puld for by im-
ports principally. If we received froiu
Kurope gold Tor all our exports their
gold supply would in a few years be-
come exhausted. In our reduction of
the tariff we havo sougnt to take the
tariff off of the necessities and place
it on the luxuries thus taking the bur-
den from the backs of the poor and
blaring It upon the weli to do thai
those who are able may do their cor-
responding share In maintaining the
expense of the g6vernmout.
"While we were engaged iu the re
i.iion of the tariff Washington was
litcrallv overrun by lobbyists who
with the interests of. the big monopo-
lies at heart sought to influence con-
gressmen. They submitted untold
numbers of typewritten and printed
briefs sought interviews and in every
way strove to hinder the passage o
the tariff measures. The situation be-
came bo dangerous that it was neces-
sary to take steps to drive them out.
They were called before au investi-
gating committee and cross question-
ed minutely. The result was that pub-
lic omnlon drove them out and we
i .... rcii with our
-were c-nauieu iv i"-
work. '
"The money trust Is just as real a
thing ns this house. The house of rep-
resentatives1 appointed an investigat-
ing committee composed of experts
to investigate the money trust. The
report known as the Pujo report cov-
ered 3000 page and was the most im-
pcrtant report ever made It reveal-
d tha fact thai half a doren f I. .
l the money market of the world.
One hundred and twenty-five men con-
.lMr 320 directorships torn!
complete control of the credits as was
of. They control every
railroad every telegraph and tele-
poraticn. There is no competition.
When any group of citizens desire to
launch a great enterprise and go east
for the money the profits are divided.
For instance they take it to Morgan.
Every other member gets his respec-
tive share. To control this money
trust I; was necessary to perfect the
organization of the banking system.
The result was the establishment of
12 reserve banks. No depositor in any
bank coming under the national re-
serve system of banks need fear that
any 'bank that Is solvent cannot get
money on its notes. As a consequence
there will be no panics and a low rate
of interest will be in evidence under
the protective competitive system.
' At the present time Europe as you
know is engaged In a terrible war.
Europe has improved on all devices for
killing men. The English are brave
men the trench are brave men me
Germans are brave men but to be
a brave man does not necessarily
mean that one must be engaged in a
war. Woodrow Wilson has been a
brave man to keep peace in ttie United
States." This statement was greeted
with enthusiastic applause.
Continuing the senator said "We
would have been pngaged in a war
with Mexico and a w ar with Japan had
It not been for the wisdom of Wood-
row Wilson. The Japan situation was
very serious. The ambassador of .Tapau
said to Secretary Bryan.. 'Mr. Secre
tary I take it that that is the last
word?' llryan's w ledum was shown in
his reply. He said 'Mr. Ambassador.
I take it that there never is a last
word among friends.' Think where
we would have been had Theodore
Roosevelt been in the president's
ffVwitlnnM nil Pnt Thr.
WILLIAMS
WILL SPEAK
HERE
Announcement was made today that
Judjje R. L. Williams Democratic can-
didate for governor will speak in
Chickasha on Monday evening Octo
ber 2fi.
The candidate will arrive here Mon-
day morning at 10:58 and will leave at
oncefor Alex where he is scheduled
to speak at 3 p. m. and returning to
Chickasha he will be heard at the
court house at 7:30.
Flans are being made to give Judge
Williams a big reception here. The
Young Men's Democratic club have
some matters brewing and it is inti-
mated that they may pull off some-
thing in the way of a surprise. Fur-
ther announcements as to the meeting
will be made later
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SE
I OWEN
AT VER
Verden Okla. Oct. 22. Yesterday
Hi'ternoon. Senator Robert Li. Uwen
spoke for thirty minutes to a good
crowd dealing with the record of the
Democrats since they have been in
charge of the federal government lie
paid a high tribute to It. U Williams
Democratic state standard bearer and
drove home with strength the fact that
Williams Is not a machine politician
tut a nimi of rigid integrity.
Senator Owen declared that he
fought maihino polities wherever lie
found them. That he said was the
reason he attacked Penrose in Penn-
sylvanla and Sullivan In Illinois.
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Removing the "Assumption of the Virgin" from Antwerp cathedral for
the purpose of hiding it in a cellar to save it from the vandalism of German
raiders.
M0T1
DISMISS
IS DENIED
Defense Opens in Carman Case--Attorney
Declares Mrs. EaUey
Murdered by Man Whose
Identity Not Known
Ey Unlied Press.
Mineola N. Y Oct. 22. In the trial
of Mrs. Carman charged with the mur-
der of Mrs. Bailey the court today de-
nied the motion of the defense to dis
miss t .e charge after the state had
rested.
The crops examination of Frank Far-
rel the tramp who swore that he hap-
pened to pass the Carman home at
the time of the shooting was conclud-
ed this morning and then Attorney
Levy made the opening statement for
the defense.
Levy said "We not only propose to
show that Mrs. Carman is guiltless
but we will also prove that Mrs. Bailey
was murderea by a man whose iden-
tity wo have been unable to establish
Mrs. Carman did not go down stairs
at all at the time when it Is charged
that she shot Mrs. Bailey."
Mrs. Conklin the mother of the de-
fendant was in the court room today
for. the. first time since the trial be
gan. The aged woman nearly collapsed
when she embraced her daughter but
the defendant was cooler than ever.
The testimony of Celia Coleman the
negro maid and Ferrell were the main
features in the trial yesterday.
Farrell said he w-a3 on his way to
the rear of the Carman house to beg
for food w hen he heard a crash of glass
and a shot. Looking up ho saw a wo-
man dressed in a dark garment that
extended from her shoulders to the
ground standing by the window in Dr.
Carman's office with one hand holding
a wire screen above her head and the
other hand thrust into the window.
Farrell said ho was frightened and
ran away. He looked back once and
saw a flush of-white as if "the woman
had raised her petticoat to move
faster." -
On Farrell cross examination he
contradicted himself In a few minor
details; On the whole however ho
clung tenaciously to his story.
The first witness for the defense
was the stenographer w ho took th !
statement of Celia Coleman on July
SI which differed materially from the
testimony given by the negro maid
yesterday.
MELDRIM PRESIDENT OF
. THE BAR ASSOCIATION i
Washington Oct. 2-. Peter
Mel
drim of Savannah (la. was today
elected pres'dent of the American Bar
j ! association at the closing session of
the ftimu-vl meeting.
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SEVERELY
WOUNDE
BY A SHOT
Negro Cotton PlantervQuarrel Ovtr
Pickers and Near Tragedy Re-
sults Wielder of the Dead
ly Weapon Escapes
Henry Pulliain a negro farmer liv-
ing about six miles southeast of Chick-
asha is severely wounded as the result
of a charge of shot fired into his body
last night from a shotgun in the hands
of Gene Stevenson another negro. The
quarrel that led up to the shooting
w as it is understood over a number of
cotton pickers.
Last night about 9 o'clock Pulliam
dragged himself up to the home of
William Crew hammered on the door
and said that he was shot. Mrs. Crew
was alone with the children and was
afraid to admit the negro. She how-
ever phoned to Kinnekah for a physi-
cian who arrived just in time to pre-
vent Pulliam from bleeding to death.
Sheriff John C. Lewis was notified
and arrived soon after the Ninuekali
physician.
Pulliam has an immense cotton
field from which about 40 bales oi
cotton have already been picked aud
stored on his place. Stevenson also
lias a cotton field but of far inferior
quality. It is stated that a crew of
pickers had picked over the Stevenson
field once and when the owner wanted
them to slirt again on the patch they
refused on the grounds that the cotton
was so poor that they could not make
money becoming liuuriateu Steven-
son drove them from the house in
which they had been living. They
went to Pulliam who took them in and
gave them a job in his fields.
Yesterday afternoon Pulliam and
Stevenson had a quarrel and fist fight.
One of the cotton pickers stated that
at that time ho took a gun from Pul-
liam. Later Pulliam went to the home
of Ed Williams another negro the
cotton picker accompanying him.
About 8 o'clock last night they started
home. The young negro had staked
his horse in a watermelon patch near
the Pulliam cotton field. As they ap
proached the place the young negro
got out of the buggy and went after
his horse. About the time he arrived
t his horse he stated he heard a
shot and thought it was from Pulliam's
gun he having given the weapon back
to Pulliam. lie proceeded on to the
gate where he found Pulliam's buggy
overturned. He then called and some
one answered.
He went in the direction of the voice
- ! und came upon Stevenson asking who
fired the shot. Stevenson answered
that he had shot Pulliam following
which statement he fled and up to
noon today had not been seen again.
Village Priest
About on His Mission
of Mercy on Battlefield
BY WILLIAM C. SHEPHERD.)
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
On the Battlefield of Soissons Oct.
2. By mail to New York.) I wish 1
could show you the little grey-haireil
priest of this village near Soissons as
he goes about his d 'ties these day3.
There's the peace of a certain war-
less land that he knows about on his
face and he reads his services over a
dead German with" the same tender
tones and the same smile of hope thai
he has for the dead soldier who sleeps
in the red white and blue of France.
I first saw him as he passed through
the village square in his robes that
had once been white. His surplice was
slashed with the mud of hundreds of
automobiles which dash through the
narrow wet streets. On his feet were
army shoes as muddy as any soldier's.
But he raised his face as he chanted
a service from a book in his hands and
when I saw his smile I forgot the
grime. Behind him marched four men.
guarded by soldiers. Even before I
knew who or what they were I saw
that there was something especially
eyil and gruesome about them. A
French officer explained the proces
sion to me:
"These men are Germans who were
caught wearing civilian clothes. May
be they were spies; who knows? But
they are worse than spies. They were
caught looting the French and Ger-
man dead out there on the .battlefield.
They are being taken out now to be
shot."
It was a thing to shudder over but
the little clergyman marched on with
the look of hope and mercy on his
face as if he know Someone who un
derstood and even controlled all this
madness and evil into Which humanity
has fallen. Someone who knows the
weakness of humanity so well that he
might have pity even on a man who
had robbed the dead.
The next time I saw the little cler-
gyman was at the entrance to the Red
Cross hospital. Three caskets stood
The youngster became frightened and
went to a negro's house to try lo get
aid in a search for the wounded man.
In the meantime Pulliam had wander-
ed about and found the Crew home. A
party of negroes with lanterns started
a search of Pulliam learning later
that he was at Crew's. .
The woundernegro said that he w?s
driving along after the young negro
had gotten out of the buggy. Sudden-
ly a man raised up from the side of
the road and fired at home knocking
him from the buggy upon which the
horse ran away.
The shot entered the left breast bo-
low the heart "and tore a terrible hole
in his body. The phyjiclan probed
for the shot but so deep had the charge
penetrated that he was able to extract
but four shot. They were No. 4 size.
A report from the wounded man this
morning stated that he was better.
Decision of "Uraps"
Sustained by Bailey
Despite the fact that the Minco man
agement has agreed to call the Geary
Minco game of last Sunday a draw
the district court of Grady county
with Judge F. M. Bailey on the bench
has decreed otherwise upholding the
decision of Umpire Womack in calling
Brownlow safe.
During a lull in the heavy legal can-
nonading the question was threshed
out from a legal standpoint B. B. Bare-
foot and Algei Melton taking the posi-
tion that Brownlow was safe while
Harry Hammerly Ad Melton and A. L.
Herr took the opposite side of the
case. Attorney Herr opened the argu-
ment and closed thereby having ft
slight advantage. '
In his closing argument he especially
took advantage of his opponents by
attempting a physical demonstration
of how the play wrs staged. In the
opinion of Bert Barefoot he would
have scored a sweeping victory had he
been active enough to get both feet
off the floor at the same time when he
attempted to demonstrate how Brown-
low jumped over the batted ball. He
also stated that it was Impossible for
a short stop to field the ball because
among other reasons when Brownlow
jumped In the air he at the same time
kicked sand in the fielder's eyes.
After due consideration Judge Bai-
ley decided that the mau was safe on
the grounds that Curtis the short stop
was guilty of "eontribut'ory upnU-gence."
Move
in the high hallway which opened onto
the street. A line of French soldiers
stood at attention facing the doorway.
A Red Cross ambulance drew up and
the soldiers broke their rigid forma-
tion to make way for five wounded
soldiers who were carried past the cof-
fins where three dead soldiers rested.
The soldiets reformed again. There
was evidently a hitch in the proceed-
ings. The church was across the
street and by the glances of the offi-
cers towards the church door I could
see they were waiting for the clergy-
man. Then I saw him come to the
door..
Five women and two little girls all
in black were following him persist-
ently and speaking to him. He stop-
ped and spoke a moment with each
woman. They knelt one at a time on
the sidewalk as he raised his hand in
blessing over each mourning-bedecked
head. He held his hands on the
heads of the little girls and raised his
face upwards as if he were telling
someone to take special notice of two
little folks who needed extra care.
All this time the soldiers were wait-
ing. The priest walked across the
street through the mud his soldier's
shoes spattering the dirt onto his sur-
plice the officers saluted the soldiers
raised the caskets the little priest
led off through the slush and the three
dead soldiers of France were started
on their last march.
I've seen the little priest a score of
times since then. He marches more
than any soldier. There are scores of
dead to bury; there are dozens of stor-
ies and confessions to hear from dying
men in the hospitals; there are the
broken hearted women and children
of the village who have lost their sol-
dier loved ones to be comforted and
his task was so great that it seemed
to me that if I were the little priest
and saw so much of such terrible sor-
row in a world gone o far awry I
would take off my white robe and fold
(Continued on Pne ftww.'
CONGRESS
READY TO
DJOURN
By United Press
Washington Oct. 22. By a vote of
12G to i2 the house today adopted the
conference report on the war tax bill
the Republicans voting against it. The
bill has now gone to the senate.
After the conference report was
adopted Representative Henry of
Texas declared that no adjournment
resolution should be presented until
the Lever cotton warehouse bill had
been considered. Henry made th
point of order "no quorum" to force
the members to consider the ware
house measure.
Underwood today told the house that
although the war tax measure expires
in January 1916 the war would likely
last longer and the period of the oper-
ation of the law would be extended if
necessary.
By United Press.
Washington Oct. 22. The members
of congress from the cotton producing
states have given up their fight for
relief for cotton growers and will not
filibuster against the war tax hill
which will probably be finally passed
today. Congress will probably adjourn
tonight. j
The failure of the southern repre-
sentatives to tack the proposed riders
relating to cotton. on the war tax bill
left the decks clear for 'both houses
t-j receive the conference report on the
war ax hill and for final adjournment.
Agreement on the war tax bill wa
reached by the committee late Wed-
nesday afternoon when the conferees
eliminated the proposed amendments
to the liquor taxes rejecting the sen-
ate amendments to increase the tax
on heer from $1.50 to 11.75 a harrel
and to Impose a tax of 5 cents a gal-
lon on rectified spirits.
In sacrificing these amendments the
conferees made no substitution. Rep
resentative Underwood's proposal to
restore the tax of 2 cents a gallon on
gasoline as contained in the house bill
having been rejected by the senate
conferees. This action fixed the esti-
mated annual revenue at approximate-
ly SftlOOO.OOu instead of S105.()o0.0O0 as
contemplated In the senate bill.
POSITIONS
ARE HELD:
BY ALLIES
Germans Violently Assault on Left
but Make No Headway and Re-
pulsed Ehcwhere Russian
Success Reported
ENGLAND SAVED
FROM INVASION
Belgians With Aid of British Fleet
' Check Dash Toward Dunkirk
Germans Lay Out Line
for Retreat
By United Press.
Paris Oct. 22. The official state-
ment issued by the war office this aft-
ernoon was brief mentioning merely
the fact that the allies were holding
their position on the left and repuls-
ing attacks elsewhere and referring
to progress made by the Russians.
The statement said "On our left
wing the Germans continued violent
attacks but the allies maintained their
positions. On the rest of the front tho
Germans made only partial attacks
all of which were repulsed.".
It was also stated that the Russians
had accomplished important supcess
around Warsaw putting the Germans
to flight and capturing more than fifty
guns with large stores and thousands
of prisoners.
According to an unofficial report
the allies pierced the German lines for
two miles in the fighting north of
Lille. The Germans are reported to
have left ten thousand " dead ' and
wounded on the field after an unsuc-
cessful assault. 1
The Belgians are reported to bo
holding the line from Nieuport to
Dixmude. ( '
Laying Out New Line.
By United Press.
London. Oct. 22. Aviators that were
sent by the allies to secure informa-
tion concerning the movements of the
enemy report that the Germans are
laying out a new line far behind their
present front.
It Is reported that the Belgians from
Nieuport to Dixmude aided by the
greatest guns of the British fleet
along the coatst rolled back the Ger
man dash toward Dunkirk and thus
the Germans lost their chance to In
vade England.
It Is believed that the plans of the
Germans was first to terrorize Lug-
land by an aerial raid and then while
the German fleet battled with the
British fleet to rush an invading force
across the channel to England from
Dunkirk to Ostend.
Fear Attempt on Suez Cana).
By United Press.'
London Oct. 22. The foreign office
has notified the powers of England's
intention to remove from the Suez
canal the Austrian and German shipa
which took refuge there. It is feared
that an attempt will be made to de-
stroy the canal.
Drastic Steps Against Spiec.
By United Press.
London Oct. 22 Drastic moasurea
have been instituted and are reported
to be effective against espionage by
Germans in England.
The east and south coasts of the
country have been set apart as areas
from which anyone of German or Aus-
trian birth is prohibited.
All Germans and Austrians of mil-
itary age are being sent to detention
camps and women and children are
being shipped to Germany. The coun-
try is shaken over the fear of a Ger-
man Invasion.
Native Chief Is Executed.
By United Press.
London Oct. 22. Reports received
here today state that the native chief
of the German province in west Africa
was executed for trying to foment a
revolt.
COAL RATES ORDERED
CUT BY COMMISSION.
By United Press.
Washington Oct. 22. By a decision
of the Interstate commerce commis-
sion issued today the freight rates on
coal from the mines of Oklahoma and
Arkansas to Texas are ordered lo be
reduced.
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