The Weekly Chieftain. (Vinita, Okla.), Vol. 27, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, December 24, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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Vol XXVII.
VINITA CRAIG COUNTY OKLAHOMA DECEMBER 24 J 909
NUMBER 26
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IS TAFT VICTIM
OF CiSPlCf?
Congress Adjourns Until January 4
Initial Steps Taken Toward In-
vestigating Controversy.
Washington D. C Dec. 22. That
the double force of the Taft adminis-
tration la behind the investigation de-
manded by both sides 6f the so-called
Balllnger-PInchot'controversy was dis-
pelled by events In and out of con-
gress yesterday. There Is row no
question but that Taft himself la eager
for a merciless probing of the whole
matter as he was hitherto reluctant
to admit a necessity far It. Men in
position t v know the sentiments of
Taft declared last night that he has at
least become convinced of the truth
of vhat his friends have been telling
him for many Weeks of what be has
hitherto laughed at that there lies
behind the attack on Balllnger a more
or less definitely organized movement
to discredit the Taft administration
especially by spreading the impression
that the so-called "Roosevelt policies'
are in unfriendly hands; that Ilallin-
ger was made a target only on the
theory that he offered for the present
the most vulnerable point In the ad-
' ministration.
Having opened a channel for con-
gressional Inquiry the selection of the
proper tribunal to hear evidence for
and against both Balllnger and Chief
Forester PInchot becomes a very Im-
portant question. Attention was giv-
en to this subject today. Republican
lawyers In the senate have practical-
ly agreed that Senator Nelson chair-
man of the committee on public lands
should be at the head of the probing
body. It Is likely the-efore that a
decision If 'lie renate Is determined
In the selection will fall upon the sen-
ate committee on public lands.
COMPLETE VICTORY FOB
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By Associated Press.
niueflelds Nic.Dec. 22. - General
Estrada has won a complete victory
over the government troops at Rama.
A total of six hundred men of both
armies were killed or wounded. Nine-
teen hundred of Zelaya's men have
surrendered Including General Gon-
tales who was In command. Two
Americans are reported killed. Sur-
geons have beeu landed from the
American warships to care for the
wounded.
Washington D. C Dec. 22. Con-
firmation of the Associated Press dis-
patches from Nicaragua was received
today at the navy department la a
cablegram from Shipley of the cruiser
Des Moines at BluefleJds. Shipley
places the government loss In yester-
day's battle at twenty-six hundred
killed wounded and captured. Estrada
la confident of complete success.
LONG SESSION OF
IHE CITY COUNCIL
W. Beets Is Selected to Fill Vacancy
In Fourth Ward Pass Ordinance
to Tax All Venders.
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HER FIRST CHRISTMAS.
We hung uy the tiny wee Btocking
Close by the warm chlroney-slde
So when Santa Claus came with her presents
Twould be the first thing that he spied:
We stole to the little white cradle
Where our sweet tender one lay
Her head of brown curls on the pillow
Dreaming the night hours away!
We gaied on the beautiful dreamer
Gazed through the mist of pur tears
As we thought of that wonderful season
Far back In the drift of the years
When the Angels sang to the Shepards
At the break of the First Christmas morn
The Peace and the Good Will of Heaven
The news that "a Savior la born."
We hung up the tiny wee stocking.
And Bmiled In our love as we thought
Of the Joy of our beautiful darling
When she saw what Old Santa had brought;
We thought of our dear little angel
Our Darling In DeamJand astray
And wo longed for the first rny of sunlight
To shine on her First Christmas day.
. Preston S. Davis.
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med acnnQnc CAiicn
FOR AERO NAVIGATION JiJ..J .. ....
IU Mi Ml
Spokane Wash. Dec. 23. W. R.
Clark an Inventor living in Spokane
has completed a model of a flying ma- Report of Commlttee Say calm
Not Established- Dr. Cook Fooled
chine one sixth of the normal slve con
taining 952 cubic feet of plane sur-
face with which he will attempt
flight early next month. He bellevos
he has solved the problem of success-
ful aerial navigation by creating fric-
tion on the element against which he
Is contending. Four propellers are
used on the sides and the rear of the
machine with two top wheels' giving
the same action as the gyroscope. The
speed of the side propellers is 1.000
revolutions a minute. There is also a
dome to hold the air under pressure
and glvo the rtlp the steadlnesi main-
talned by a di jendlng parachuto. The
completed machine v 111 be 14 feet
from tip to tip and 02 feet from pilot
to rudder the motive power being two
40-horse power gasoline engines.
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ASSASSINATION OF
HIGH 0 IS
Washington D. C Dec. 22. Con-
gress adjourned yesterday until Jan-
uary 4. In the senate important Initial
steps were taken towards congress-
ional Investigation of the long exist-
ing controversy between Secretary of
the Interior Balllnger and Chfef For-
rester Pinchot. A resolution by Sen-
ator Flint calling for all papers bear-
ing upon the case was adopted. Sen-
ator Jones read to the senate a Tetter
from Secretary Balllnger practically
demanding an Inquiry.
A resolution by Senator Goro nam-
ing an Investigating committee of
eight members of each senate and
house and Including on that commit-
tee several of the so-called "insur-
gent senators" was successfully side-
tracked by Aldrlch who had It re-
tired to the committee on public
lands.
The house was In session but ten
minutes.
GREAT INCREASE III
YEAR'S BUSINESS
Business Done By Ratcliff-Sanders for
Year 1909 Far Exceeds
Expectations.
"The business of the year Just clos-
ing Is by far the best this house has
ever enjoyed" was the statement of
It. C. Ilelmlck local manager of the
Ratcliff-Sanders Grocery company.
It has been known that the busi-
ness of this wholesale house bad been
on the Increase during the past year
but the magnitude of the Increase in
business over 1908 would astonish
the citizens of busy Vlnlta If It were
known. Mr. Hehnlck would not make
a statement as to the amount of the
Increase over last year but Intimated
that It had exceeded hla most san-
guine hopes at the beginning of the
year.
Not only has the Ratcliff-Sanders
company enjoyed an era of untold
prosperity but the retail merchants
of the city almost to a man report the
biggest years business of their exist-
ence. This Increase In business has
come notwithstanding the many new
stores that have opened In the city
during the present year and is the
best evidence of the solidity of Vlnlta
business houses.
The city council held one of .the
longest and busiest sessions of It's his-
try last Tuesday night with all mom-
present. The council elected T. W.
Beets of the fourth ward to fill the
vacancy on the board of aldermen.
The usual monthly budget of bills
was presented and allowed with the
exception of the judgment of G. P.
Fogle former city clerk which was
for an amount claimed for clerk hire
during his term of office and which
the former council refused to allow.
The matter of the charges preferred
against the night police force was
presented and the council decided to
call a special meeting for Thursday
night to consider these charges. The
charges are included In the report of
the police committee and were not
read at the meeting last night.
The water proposition was the sub-
ject of a pretty lengthy discussion
and the water committee was Instruct-
ed to have an Inventory made of all
of the taps or persons using city
water so that the city may have a
new basis upon which to work the
coming year.
The bids for the construction of a
sanitary sewer In three districts were
received and referred to the sewer
committee for action. These sewers
are to bo constructed in blocks 26 47
and 42. A new sewer district was
created to Include blocks 79 67 and
54 in the south part of town. The
city clerk was Instructed to advertise
for bids for the construction of a sew-
er in this districts
An ordinance was paused for the
paving of South Wilson street and the
clerk will advertise for bids on the
same.
The matter of some property owners
paying H. J. Overley & Company In
cash for work done in this city In-
stead of going to the treasurer was
taken up and the committee In charge
of the same asked for some time In
which to submit its reports.
The council passed an ordinance
providing for a license of $23 per year
for all venders of vegetables and
meats In the city other than farmers
or the producers. This law will not
In any way interfere with farmers
who have any kind of produce for
sale but merely affects peddlers. A
tax or license of $10 per day is made
on cars of bananas of other pro
duce Bold at cut rate sules.
The application fee. a pardon of J.
P. Lively who was convicted of man-
slaughter In the dUtrlct court here
has been received by the board of par-
dons at Guthrie and a hearing will be
bad on the application 1-. January.
OKLAHOMA REPUBLICANS
SEEING A GREAT LIGHT.
By Associated Press.
Enid Okla. Dec. 22. Judge M. C.
Garber of Enid today announced his
candidacy for the republican nomina
tion ror representative to congress
from the First Oklahoma district. He
will It Is announced make the race
on an anti-Cannon platform.
To Captain Army Team.
By Associated Press.
Washington D. C Dee. 22. Ileut
enant W. M. Clapton Jr. of the Thlr
teenth Cavalry has been designated
by the war department as captain of
Many Officers Slain By Hand of
Dangerous Element That Threat-
ens Existing Regime.
STOLEN IIIE!
Courage And Tenacity of Vinlta Wo-
man Prevents Loss of $40 From
Her Purse.
By Associated Press.
Washington D. C Dec. 22. An
official dispatch received this after
noon oy tne state department rrom
Bucharest is to the effect that the
prime minister of Roumania has been
shot and seriously wounded by an
anarchist.
London Eng. Dec. 22. A remak-
able series of political assassinations
of personages high In office la report-
ed today from widely separated points.
In Seoul - Korea Premier Yl the
head of the Korean cabinet was stab-
bed to death by Yl Chaini Yog an
other Korean. This was the apparent
result of the Intense feeling In Korea
against the Japanese influence.
Iu St. Petersburg the chief of sec
ret police Colonel Karpoff was
blown to pieces by the explosion of a
bomb supposedly thrown by an an
archist.
In Bombay British India the chief
magistrate of Nalsk Arthur M. T.
Jackson while attending a special per-
formance was assassinated by a na-
tive for revenge nnd presumably as
part of the seditious movement ugalnst
the British official.
In these countries the gene hI au
thority Is mean.iced by a d.wg-Tous
element directed against the existing
regime.
Coljnel Karpoff was lured to a
house in a reunite street and blown jiinrr niPTMriTP DV
to pieces by the bomb exploded pre- fj H L t li'lUlU I lULIl I U Ul
sumably by his host Michael osh-
kressensky. The hitter was captured.
What ever may have been the im-
mediate motive for the assassination
of Magistrate Jackson the outrage
can not fall to Increase the ever pres-
ent fear of an uprising against Biitish
rule in India.
An interesting story of the courage
of one of the most prominent society
women of this city is told by those In
position to know.
This lady was returning from Kansas
City a few daya ago or rather nights
ago. Soon after leaving Kansas City
she retired and placed her purse be-
tween her head and the window In
the berth. She dozed and was soon
aroused by the presence of an arm
extending across her face and which
was Just In the act of replacing her
purse. Seeing that the hand was
black and the arm was covered by
a white sleeve the lady quickly de-
cided that It was one of the porters of
the Pullman. Upon examining her
purse she found her Jewels safe but
found a shortage of $40 in money. She
immediately called the conductor and
told him she had been robbed by one
of the porters. The conductor called
in all four of the porters and each de-
nied any knowledge- of the affair. The
lady however was positive that she
had seen the arm of one of the porters
and demanded a search of the car.
The car was sidetracked at ft station
farther down the road and detectives
searched the car. The two missing
$20 bills were found wadded Into a
waste pipe. The money was returned
to the laily and the matter left In the
hands of the detectives for settlement.
IHE PRESIDENT TO
TRE SUPERVISORS
He Reiterates Former Instructions.
Against Politics In the
Census.
MUSKOGEE GRAND JURY
Maddox-Roberts Wedding.
Surprising their friends In this city
Marlon Maddox and Miss Llllle Rob-
erts were united in marriage last
night at the home of the bride's sister
Mrs. Henry Raines. Rev. J. E. Persh-
ing of the First Congregational church
officiated. After the ceremony the
couple left for Muskogee for a short shall
visit after which they will return to Each gave bond IIiIb afternoon
Mm-kogee. Okla Dec. 23. Charles
Vann William Harris and T. J. Sut-
ton three county commissioners of
Muskogee county weie yesterday af-
ternoon Indicted by a special grand
Jury here. The specific charge Is mal-
feasance In office. Details of the in-
ducements could not be obtained.
The commissioners were ordered by
Judge King to come into court by De-
cember 23 and show cause why they
not be suspended from office.
Each
this city. "Pep" has been the butt of the accused men gave out state-
of a number of Jokes among his ments denying his guilt and Insisting
friends on the streets Tuesday one of that he will not resign but make a
them being that the prospective groom fight for vindication.
became so frustrated that h lo-1 the
license after securing the penult to
wed and white en route to claim his
bride.
Injunction Hearing Postponed.
The hearing on the temporary In-
junction granted by Judge Ralph
Campbell restraining Sheriff Klden-
hour of Craig county and ether o.Ti-
It wvt. n:H oirced that the Indicted
officials Wi!l be iMven an opportunity
to resign. b'!t t?"e stile will reser;e
tne right to prose ute. The grand
Jury Is liovv protii: g Into the aff iiis of
the sheriff's office.
Washington D. C Dec. 22. Presi-
dent Taft's ringing address to the
census supervisors from the Eastern
states in conference here was Intend-
ed not only for them but also for
all the other supervisors for the can-
didates for enumerators' places the
politicians and the world In general.
He said:
"I am very glad to see you. You
number about a third of the forco up-
on which we have to rely to take the
census. I expressed by opinion about
the character of your duties when I
wrote a letter to Mr. Durand. I did
not write that letter just for the fun of
having H published. 1 wrote It to be
a genuine Instruction to you and I
hope you will all observe It. I know
If you pursue It It will be an easy
course for you. If you don't observe It
then I will observe you. I know of
course there will be pressure.
"Many of you most of you have
been recommended by congressmen
and It may be that some of these con-
gressmen will come to you and -expect
because they did recommend you
that you owe them something in the
way of selecting the men as enumer-
ators who will help them In their con-
gressional election. You have got to
use sense and discretion. You have
got to select the men that you think
will do the work and If you catch
them doing political work I wish you
to remove them. Just as 1 will remove
you If I catch you doing political work.
It Is business.
"I am not. quarreling with the con-
gressmen. Each man is looking for
all the aid he can get to get back Into
hla place and I am not objecting to
the efforts In that direction. But you
are the gentlemen that want to make
responsible through Mr. Durand for
taking this census and you are the
gentlemen I rely upon and if I can't
rely upon you -then I am going to
direct Mr. Durand to let me know
about It and I will see If I cannot help
him out with somebody else.
"I take great pride In this census
I believe we can make it the best cen-
sus that has been taken If we take It
as a census and do not use St and re
gard It as Incidental to something else.
"Now you are not well paid. This
Is not a business that Is going to en
rich any one of you; but it la a busl
ness that is worth doing well and I
hope It will turn out bo that when the
census g taken we shall all have
pride lu the fact that we were a part
In taking It however humble.
"I am glad to meet you gentlemen
I would be glad to say this same thing
to your fellows but having this op
portunity of delivering a little lecture
I could not r strain myself fro.ii 1 ii
so. I mean every word I have said
All From King Down.
By Associated Press.
Copenhagen Dfc. 21. The Univer-
sity of Copenhagen the first institu-
tion of learning; tp recognize Dr. Fred-
erick A. Cook as the discoverer of the
north pole today rolemnly declared
the explorer had failed to establish
the claim on which bis high honors
had been baBed. The committee ap-
pointed by the university to examine
Dr. Cook's records recently presented
It's report to the consistory of the uni-
versity which reviewed the deductions
of the experts with greatest care and
discussed the findings from every
stand point. That both committee
and consistory were disappointed was
soon known. The consistory met to-
day and adopted a report to the effect
that the alleged papers submitted for
examination by Dr. Cook failed to
prove his claim.
The report of the committee of
which Professor S. Tromgren was
chairman as presented to the consis-
tory Btates that Dr. Cook's papers are
without any value and that hla reports
to the university Is ' practically the
same as ' that publinhed In the New
York Herald on his return from hla
arctic expedition and that the copies
of his note Jjooks submitted contain
no original calculations of observation
I but only the results thereof. Accord
ingly the committee concludes he af-.
fords no proof of having reached the
pole.
New York Dec. 21. "If tho public
knew the truth concerning Dr. Cook's
mental and physical condition as It Is
known by close friends they would
take a more charitable view of hla
present unfortunate situation" were
the slgnlflcent wordn uttered by 11.
Wellington Mack counsel for Dr.
Cook today when the Copenhagen
dispatch was shown liltn.
"He fooled us all from the klt.g of
Denmark down" was the exclamation
of John It. Bradley Cook's backer In
his arctlc'trlp "and.he fooled me with
the reBt."
Bradley said he began to lose con-
fidence In Cook soon after the Iatter's
return from Greenland and weakened
decidedly when Cook disappeared over
a month ago.
William I... Cook the explorer's
brother says his brother Is In Norway.
Washington D. C Dec. 21. "Three
months ago from tho Labrador coast
I sounded an explicit and deliberate
crded warning to the world based up-
on complete and accurate Information
In regard to Dr. Cook's claims. In
doing so I accepted the responsibility
devolving upon me and fulfilled my
duty to myself and to the world."
With these words Commander Robert
E. Peary today pointedly expressed
his sentiments regarding the failure of
the University of Copenhagen to ac-
cept Cook's proofs.
Mycr of Pittsburg Dead
By Assoi lated Press.
Pittsburg. Kans. Dec
cers along th route of the Katy ral!- Cliggltt mayor of Pittsburg died to-
road from aelsting shipments of In- day. He was a prominent attorney
toxlcatlns liquors that was to have having been I'nited States district nt-
the army cavalry team to compete In' been beard nt Muskogee yesterday torney during
he national rifle match for 1&I0. has been postponed until January 8 nation.
tho Cleveland admlnls-
ASKS $5000 BONUS
UNO HOTEL SITE
Proposition Submitted to Commercial
Club For Building a $50000 Hotel
In This City.
What Is considered one of the best
business propositions Vlnlta has ever
had has been presented to the Com-
mercial Club by Messrs. S. H. Burt of
Toledo O. and II. Ryan of Wichita.
Kans. This proposition Is for the erec-
tion and operation of a first class hotel
In this city.
The proposition as submitted by
the above named gentlemen la that If
the city will give them a bonus of
$5000 and a site they will build a
$"Q000 hotel here. These men are
said to be experienced hotel men and
regard Vlnlta as an excellent location
for a good hotel.
The need of a big hotel In this city
is epparent. Tho lack of such hotel
causes many traveling men to go to
other towns to secure hotel accommo-
dations. The Cobb and Green hotels
are filled to overflowing every night
and the same Is said to be true of the
other hotels of the city. This matter
will be taken up at the nest meeting
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The explosion really occurred In the. of the Commercial Club and it Is not
mine of the Cangler Coal company in- Improbable that the proposition will
Jtinng five men none seriously. ;e accepted. '
Erring Report of Explosion.
By Associated Press.
McAle.iter Okla. Dec. 23. In a dis-
patch sent out from here yesterday
It was erroneously reported that an
explosion occurred In Mine No. 2. of
the Samples Coal Mining company
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