The Weekly Chieftain. (Vinita, Okla.), Vol. 29, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, July 19, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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FOR JULY TERM
26 Civi' Work Completed Judge Parke
Surprises Friends by Showing His
Knowledge of the Bible.
10.36.
4 o The work of the trial of causes was
completed last 'night at eight o'clock
and when Judge Parks discharged the jury.
5 1-2 -On. Monday morning Arthur Huffman
2 1-4 of Eig Cabin was sentenced to serve a
term of 30 days and to pay a fine of
gVY $50.00. He decided not to appeal.
4 of M. V. McDaniel whose sentence had
SW been affirmed by the criminal court of
appeals began serving his sentence In
4 of .
18 jail.
Kmt On Monday morning when P. J. Law-
52.67 less was called before Judge Parks
1 Afor sentence after haying been con-
ert"yVicted by a jury for trespassing and
y in cutting down a fence the defendant
Iun. proceeded to make a speech in which
rwP- he Btated that he was uneducated and
that before sentence was passed upon
nerS uf3 int nac iuc uiau ami uc
reby wanted to have a word with his God.
lliza- After hearing the statement of the
vdefendarit and being in possession of
untv all of the facts in the case and being
lg ol acquainted with the defendant; amon
theotber things in passing sentence Judge
ltion Parks said:
"P. J. Lawless if this court was in
ningthe ministry and called upon at this
and moment to deliver a sermon in keep-
I ing with this occasion I feel that I
n cj' could talk from either of the texts that
letonow come to' the mind of this court.
the The first text that I would take would
or a De: jje that turneth away his ear from
hearingthe law even his prayer shall
mug
inoifbe- abomination' or 'The way of. the
rseransgressor is hard' and I think I
(23) could give afew exhortations on. this
theme: 'And in hell he lifted up his
teereyes being in torments' and before
angf exhausting myself - a few passing re-
var j-nrarksconid be -made on either of these
rda1tests: 'Let the wicked forsake his
nin) Vay' or 'Tne wicked flee when no man
pursueth; but the righteous are bold
saic as a lion.'
itioi "You sajr you are untutored and un-
learned aind that you did not know
ownthat you were violating the law. Why
ublicj. p. Lawless you are a chronic fre:
quenter of the courts of this county
. nnil this rHstr'rt Whv cir th dockets
"S Of .u...vi ' ' " J w- w
n fyof the courts of this county would not
d oi be complete unless your name appear-
ssit; e(j either on the civil or criminal side
feei
nitaand yet you say you are ignorant of
in i the laws of this commonwealth. Sir
enu-the testimony in this case shows that
na!fyOU openly defied the laws and the
courts and that you violated the orders
(24j of the district court in committing the
sai( crime for which the jury found you
r1 guilty. ; '
t'n "You. say you had contracts cover
pra jr.g the leases upon which you tres
passed. 1 ou know those contracts
foul were void. You plead ignorance when
an' the testimony showed that yem were
uDli grafting upon some ignorant minors
sai and you knew they were minors at
ir'n the "time you were working your game
f g! of graft. 'The chickens are coming
riff I- .
d n home to roost' to you and your sins
t-ity-finding you out and the time has
i:li;c.ome for" you to quit."
' The defendant was sentenced to pay
fee
tllla fine of $100.00 and the costs of prose-
h locution. ;
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SOU SflMS FOB
INI 1IES IT IUISI
il fo: "
s Tulsa Okla July 17 Robert Splcer
ns i a well to do citizen of Af ton Okla.
''was found dead in the Frisco railroad
an(' yards here at 7 o'clock yesterday
aEimorning. His trousers' pockets had
m been cut out and no money or other
""7 valuables were found on his person.
-Tbe police are working on the theory
" that he was given drugs of some kind
iou"' strong enough to kill him and then
jw robbed
4! Sj The body is at the Mowbray Under-
1 26 taking rooms waiting advice from rela-
3itives who have been notified. In his
3.W effects at tl depot were found tax
:el receipts anil other papers that indi-
.: Bij cated the ownership of some property
;ann at Afton and at Grove Okla. Letters
am from a son William Spjrer at Jeffer-
son City Mo. showed that the boy was
!'e having some kind of trouble with the
-authorities there.
4 yDicer arrived from Afton over the
vFriscu at 11:45 o'clock Monday night.
! What he did between that time and
vhen he died is the solution Of the
; mystery.
Peacemaker is Killed. - '
Arnett Okla. July 17. John T. Holt !
21 years old son of a wealthy farmer
near here shot and killed Guy Swisher t
a neighbor 35 years old last night
after his father had upbraided him for
swearing into a telephone. Holt who
had been drinking became threaten-
ing and Swisher was asummoned by
Miss Holt to quiet him. Holt met him
at the corner of the house and shot
him through the heart. Kneeling over
the dead man be spoke to him and re-
ceiving no answer shot himself. He
will die. Swisher leaves a widow and
five children. He recently sold his
farm expecting to remove to Kansas
City.
BARNES RIISREO
' TO EUFALA JAIL
Fistic Bout With
After Successful
Rival Morris is Killed By Father
of the Girl.
rests may follow completion of the in-
Checotah. Okla. July 17. A lynch- vestigation now in progress. Two of
ins- was narrowlv averted here it Is
ing was iLd.rrowiy averted nere ii is
believed following the killing on Sun-
day of Joe Morris a young man cf(
Council Hill by J. R. Barnes father
a young woman to whom Morris had
neen paying consmeraoie attention.
Ramos was mshpd awav from the
nwnv from thp
vicinity and taken to Eufaula where
ha lnriffAd in ths mnntv tail to
await a preliminary hearing on Fri -
Th Barnes family recently moved & number of telegrams were sent to
from the Council Hill neighborhood tothe department of justice at Washing-
a farnr near the Sulphur Springs ton.
school house and it was .at the school ! 0f tne three unidentified bodies two
house that the trouble took place. Mor- are he wlfe nd daughter of C. S. Pot-
ris went to that place while Sunday ter of Jackson Mich. The other is
services were being held and a quarrel (that of a woman about 40 years old
took place between him aifd another weighing about 125 pounds.
young man named-Gladden who also1 Tlie bodies of Mrs. Potter of Jack-
was pitying attentions to the young 8n.- Mis?s and her daughter were
woman. The two went away from the identified by Mr. Potter Monday night
school house settled their difference Both bodies had been badly burned
in a fist fight in which Morris evident- and for a few hours Mr. Potter was un-
ly was the victor and then returned -certain in regard to the identification
but Barnes forbade him to enter the Later when the contents of a suit case
school house or speak to his daughter.
In. the midst of the closing hymn
Morris started into the house of wor -
ship and- it isalleged Barnes pulled
hia gun and fired five shots all of them
taking effect in the back and body of
the unarmed boy. lie was killed al-
most instantly.
None of the members of the con
gregation interfered but the worship ;
was brought to a hurried close iand j
Barnes with his family went" home. I Oklahoma City July 16. J. C.
He was arrested there later in the day. Fraiser appointed county assessor for
Monday feeling among Council Hill Oklahoma county by Governor Cruce
citizens where Morris lived ran high early In the year told the state board
against the boy's alleged murderer of equalization yesterday when as as-
and It Is said a mob was in process ' sessed returns of Oklahoma county
of organization when word was re- were under consideration that the
ceived that Barnes had been taken to ' States Tax Payers league promoted
Eufaula. by Oklahoma City residents sought
to Intimidate him into giving Okla
All OIL BOOM IN OKLAHOMA
the league had adopted a standard of
Muskogee Okla. July 15 "There values for the town and that if Fraiser
will be more drilling for oil in the state would follow it he would be re-elected
of Oklahoma in July than in any month 'assessor but if not they would start
in the history of the business" is the'ougter proceedings against him. The
statement of a big oil man. That iV papers had already been drawn he
because of the-high price of oil andwas told but he declined to follow the
the prospects of its going higher. Oil suggestion.
today is selling for just double what! Last year Oklahoma county was fix-
it brought a few years ago when the'ed by the board at 117000000. Frais-
Big Glenn and Cherokee shallow pools 'er-s return this year is 104000000 and
were at their best. 'the county board's reductions bring it
Rigs are going up all around Mus- to aDOut $84000000.
kogee in tne l uisa neid in tne usage
field. Bald Hill and Cushing fields andthorized against the county board
practically all over the Cherokee na-'herei" Attorney-General West told the
tion. Even in the old fields where other members. "It is a recalcitrant
wells hal been abandoned and where board and not only does not want to
the production had fallen off until it but will not do what the law requires
was no longer profitable to pump wells 0 them -and its members should be
new rigs are going up. Oil companies 1 removed from office."
which have had leases undeveloped J Land values for the county are re-
for two or three years are now con- ported at $26 per acre. And all the
tracting with drillers to put down test abstract books here place the valua-
wells.
Capitol Work is Delayed.
Oklahoma City July 17. Governor
Cruce says that he does not know George Franklin Breaks Leg.
when work will begin on the capitol While coming to this city this aft-
building as proposed through the con- ernoon the horse being driven by
tract between himself as an individual j George Franklin and a boy named
and the State Capitol Building Com- Pittzenberg became frightened at a
pany. Some of the company the gov-'passing automobile and lunged to one
ernor said expressed the belief that it &ide of the road throwing the occu-
would be unwise to spend any of the pants of the buggy under the wheel
money until after the election for if
the capital is returned to Guthrie It
will mean a total loss of the amount
put in the ground. As yet there has
been no adjustment of the differences
between the architects.
V1N1TA CR.AI6 COUNTY
TRAFFIC IIIER
BLAMES FLAGMAN
Federal Government Taking Active
Part in Investigation of Wreck
Sunday Night.
Chicago July 16. P. S. Eustis pas-
senger traffic manager of the Chicago
Burlington and Quincy Railroad com-
pany issued a statement Monday say-
'ing that the collision between trains
Nos. 2 and 8 in the Western Springs
iyard was investigated by several road
officials with this result:
"The evidence shows the accident
was caused by the failure of the flag-
man of train No. 2 properly to protect
hia train against mail train No. 8. The
'engineer of mail train No. 8 contribut
ed toward the accident by running by
the block signal set against' him at
Western Springs."
The federal government is taking an
active part in the investigation of the
wreck and it was reported several ar-
tne interstate commerce commission
... .. ....
inspectors oi safety appnances visited GovernoP wiigon he sail
the accident scene. The inspectors de-. of' Madison 'wis
1ZiM
i'" f.to succeed Ury Woodson of Kentucky
. '"- wmuiu
At a conference between Charles F.
vl a tuuicicuve uciwecu uaiics r.'
Duwoody .gent . ol I the department of
Justice In Chicago and Assistant
; United States Attorney Harry A. Par
it t
were examined he was sure. This
Reaves only one of the thirteen wreck
( victims unidentified
j
ASSESSOR SAYS ATTEMPT
MADE AT INTlDATIOfl
homa county an under valuation.
According to Fraiser he was called
before a meeting of business men soon
after the assessing began and told that
-i think a proceeding should be au-1
jtlon at $125. Attorney General West
has motions pending to value lands at
$45.
and dragging Franklin for several
feet breaking his leg just below the
knee. Pittzenberger sustained a
broken arm and the other won jerked
out of place. Both are getting along
nicely.
OKLAHOMA. JULY 19. 19
WILSON NOMINEE
CHOSEN TO LEAD
PARTY CAMPAIGN
Wm. F. McCombs is Unanimous Choice
to Head Committee Message
From Clark.
Chicago July 15. William F. Mc-
Combs of New York Governor Wilson s
choice Monday was elected chairman
of the democratic national committee
and was empowered to appoint a com-
mittee of not fewer than nine mem-
.bers to take active charge of the dem-
ocratic presidential nominee's cam-
paign. Mr. McCombs also was authorized to
t select a national treasurer and such
other officers as he may see fit includ-
ing possibly a vice chairman and after
consulting with Governor Wilson to
select a place for headquarters would
be in New York.
"Rut 1 am not going to appoint any-
. ... . .
body or select any Dlace until I confer
Johnson I. Martin of St. Louis was re-
. . .
&ud
to appoint a campaign committee of
I iJlttJUl ilj Ul n UUUi U.1 C LU UC
members of the national committee
with Mr. McCombs as chairman of the
subcommittee were ordered on resolu-
tions offered by Committeeman Rob-
ert S. Hudspeth of New Jersey as rep-
resenting the wishes of Governor Wil-
son. Tribute to McCombs.
In ytysenting Mr. McCombs' name
Mr. Hudspeth said:
"His intelligent and sagacious hand-
ling of Mr. Wilson's campaign in the
last year and a half has demonstrated
his wonderful fitness for leadership
and shown him to be amply equipped
to carry the democratic party to vic-
tory." The vote for the selection was un-
animous and Norman E. Mack retir-
ing chairman yielded the gavel to Mr.
McCombs.
"I cannot hope to achieve success
unless I have the entire support of
this committee which I believe I
have" said Mr.' McCombs. "I urge all
of you during this campaign to con
sult with me freely." .
Committeeman Walter J. Costello of
the District of Columbia read a letter
which he said he received from Speak-
er Champ Clark just before leaving
Washington.
In the letter the speaker said:
"I hope the committee will formu-
late plans wisely for the success of
Wilson and Marshall and organize for
the campaign immediately . and thor-
oughly." Mr. McCombs brought up the ques-
tion of raising campaign funds. He
urged the members to adopt the policy
of a popular subscription to be pro-
cured by appeals through newspapers.
On inviation of Committeeman
Thomas Taggart of Indiana the com-
mittee decided to leave at 11:30 o'clock
Monday night for Indianapolis to meet
Governor Marshall Tuesday. '
Gore Holds Proxy.
This resolution offered by Senator
Thomas P. Gore who sat in the com-
mittee with a proxy was adopted un
animously:
"Be it resolved by the national dem-
ocratic committee that we congratu-
late the country and the democracy
on the exceptional prospects of demo-
cratic success in November next. We
rejoice that all democrats everywhere
are united and enthusiastic in support
of the platform and nominees of the
party. We earnestly invite all voters
without reference to previous political
faith or affiliation who are In sym-
pathy with such a platform and nom-
iness to unite permanently or co-operate
temporarily with the democratic
party in this supreme struggle for the
establishment of justice as against
favoritism and privilege.
"Resolved that we gratefully ack-
nowledge our profound appreciation of
the courageous disinterested and pa-
triotic course of many republicans and
independents including a number of
the. most distinguished leaders and
editors In declaring the intention to
support the democrats in the pending
presidential contest."
The committee concluded its work
in less than two hours and was about
to adjourn subject to the call of the
cha'.r when at the suggestion of many
12
members a recess was taken until to-
night when plans for raising campaign
funds again were discussed.
30000 Miners May Strike.
Pittsburg July 16. A wage confer-
ence between the miners of the Pitts-
burg district and operators has reach-
ed a crucial stage. The miners be-
lieve there will be a suspension unless
concessions are made. Upwards of
30000 miners are involved.
The wage conference has been on
for a week. Tonight both sides are
holding an all-night meeting.
JEFFERIES MURDER
CASE POSTPONED
Attorneys for Defense File Motion for
Change of Venue From Nowata
to Rogers County.
Nowata Okla. July 17. It was de-
cided Tuesday evening by District
Judge Tom L. Brown and the attor-
neys in the Jeffries case that no crim-
inal trials would come up at this term
of court. This means that H. O. Jef-
fries charged with the murder of
Irene Goheen and C. L. Harkens
charged with a triple murder at Dela-
ware probably will not be tried until
the September term of district court.
The Jury already selected was dis-
missed. t
In the Jeffries case Tuesday the de-
fense submitted a motion for a change
of venue from this to Rogers county.
The motion will be fought out next
Monday. The county attorney then pre-
sented his motion filed some weeks
ago for the disqualification of Judge
Brown to act in this case in which he
charged connivance with the defense.
The defense answered! by denying
every -statement made in the motion.
The question was left to the decision
of the judge and the motion overruled.
The county attorney then served no-
tice on the judge and attorneys for the
defense that he would present the mo-
tion before the court of criminal ap-
peals at Oklahoma City next Saturday.
Lated in the afternoon Judge Brown
stated that he had not yet read the
motion and asked permission to file an
answer of his own to the motion. This
was done County Attorney Thraves
then refused to have anything further
to do with this particular phase of the
case contending himself merely with
the statement that already he had pre-
pared his petition for a writ of man-
damus which he will present to the
court of criminal appeals. The county
attorney stands pat on his motion and
there will be somewhat of a scrap be-
fore the whole thing is finally settled.
W000R0W WILSON
IIIVITED TO TULSA
.
Democratic Presidential Candidate
Expresses Desire to Address Throng
Here During the Dunbar.
Tulsa Okla. July IS.--Word was re
ceived here yesterday that Woodrow
Wilson democratic candidate for pres
ident will In all probability speak in
Tulsa during the annual Tulsa Dur
bar and Fair the week of September
16. Governor Wilson was invited to
come to Tulsa by J. Burr Gibbons
"publicity manager for the Tulsa Coun-
ty Fair who sent the invitation
through United States Senator Robert
L. Owen with whom Mr. Gibbbns re-
cently made a trip through Oklahoma.
Upon receipt of the telegraphic In-
vitation from the Tulsa man Gover-
nor Wilson personally wrote the fol-
lowing letter to J. W. Bailer Wash-
ington D. C private secretary to Sen-
ator Owen which is self-explanatory:
"State of New Jersey Executive De-
. partment.
"July 9. 11)1?.
"Dear Mr. Bailer: Thank you for
forwarding the telegram from Senator
Owen. I will take great pleasure in
laying the suggestion before my cam-
paign committee when It is formed
and you may be sure that I shall have
a very strong inclination to accent
it. Cordially yours
"WOODROW WILSON."
Senator Owen will probably speak
here simultaneously with the appear-
ance of Governor Wilson.
NUMBER 4T
WILSON COIIFERS
Candidate And Floor Leader of House
Go Over Situation State by
State.
Seagirt N. J. July 17. The political
battle ground of the campaign of 1912
where the democratic party will strain
its Binews for every vote was placed
before Governor Wood row Wilson yes-
terday by the man he regards as bet-
ter informed than any other on condi-
tions throughout the country Oscar
W. Underwood leader of the demo-
cratic majority of the house of repre-
sentatives. State by state the nominee and the
house leader went over the map at
their luncheon at the Country Club at
Trenton and when the conference
ended two and a half hours later they
hal "taken from the debatable states"
Wisconsin Missouri Maryland Ken-
tucky and New York with a reserva-
tion that there would have to be some
campaigning done in Missouri and that
while New York was pretty certain to
go democratic the democrats there
would have-to be on their guard and
not feel too cock sure and made a list
of the states where they will have to
fight -for votes with a good chance of
carrying them.
In this list they placed first the
middle western states of Illinois Ohio
and Indiana; from the New England
group they put down Maine and Con-
necticut. Along the Mason and Dixon
border they made note of West Vir-
ginia. In a class by Itself they placed
Pennsylvania and last of all they jot-
ted down New Jersey as debatable al-
though the Jersey leaders close to the
governor have promised the state to
him by pluralities ranging from 50-
000 to 100000 votes.
BOY SCOUTS LEAVE
FOR SPAV1UAW KILLS
The Vinita Boy Scouts troop No. 2
accompanied by their scout master
Wm. Simms left this morning for a
ten days camping trip through the
Spavinaw hills.
There were only about twenty
Scouts in the company on their start
this morning but others will join them
at the different camping places along
the way and the line of march will be
marked by Scout signs so that these
or other Scouts who may be on special
or message duty can easily find their
camp even though they be several
miles behind the company- on its
marc n.
The company will walk to the War-
renstaff ferry on Grand river today
and camp pitched there for two nights
and the time will bo spent exploring
the river and surrounding country and
for Scout tests to be given the boys
in their ability as scouts. The march
into the hills will be resumed Friday
and no stops will be made intil they
rc-aeh their permanent camp on Saline
creek when strict Scout discipline will
;go in force.
The Scout program for a day in
camp will be:
6:00 a. m. Bugle call. All Scouts
must be up and answer at roll call.
6:30 Swimming.
7 to 8 Breakfast. .
8 to 9 Arrange camp for day.
9 to 10 Scout business.
10 to 12 Freedom.
Noon Dinner.
1:30 to 2:00 p. in. Clean camp.
2:00 to 5:30 Ifreedom.
5:30 to 6:30 Supper.
6:30 to 7:00 Arrange for night.
7:00 to 9:00 Freedom.
9:00 Taps. . All in bed.
10:00 Last bugle call.
The camp will be watched over at
night by guards each Scout must do
guard duty.
SIX HELD AS TRAIN ROBBERS.
Coffey ville Kans. July 15. Six men
are In jail charged with holding up the
Missouri Kansas & Texas limited last
Tuesday night near South Coffeyville.
They are Harry Bomar a sign painter;
"Can" Klvitt formerly ft. South Coffey-
ville Okla. resort keeper; Joe Kelly
of South Coft'eyville; Al Livingston a
chauffeur; "Cady" Campbell former-
ly a jointkeeper aud his brother-in-law
who has been arrested at Pittsburg.
The men will be turned over to offi-
cers from Nowata county Oklahoma
tonight. They waived requisition.
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