The Weekly Chieftain. (Vinita, Okla.), Vol. 28, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, September 9, 1910 Page: 2 of 8
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ITT0IE1S FILE
CAPITOL BRIEFS
Claim Location of Capita! at Guthrie
by CongreM Wii Done Merely to
Please Bird; McGulre.
Upritlng In Philippine Ends.
Cuthrie. Okla.. Sept. 2. The attor
nevs for Oklahoma City in the capital
litigation now ponding in the supreme
court have filed fitir briefs in that
court. The attorney for Oklahoma
Citv are Attorney General Charles J
West and Attorneys Stuart and Cordon
of McAlester Burwt-11 Crockett and
Juhuson of Oklahoma City.
In their brief the attorneys outlined
much the same argument that was pre
vlously presented to the district and
federal courts and declare further that
the proviolon of the enabling act lo-
cating the temporary capital at Guth
rie until 1913 was not the enactment
of a national policy In which tho Gov-
ernment could have a sufficient in-
terest to enforce but merely to please
Bird S. McGulre the only delegate
from Oklahoma Territory in congress
who had a personal interest in Guthrie.
. The arguments in a nutshell are thai
individual citizens of Guthrie could
not obtain property rights under the
enabling act; that a third party can-
not enforce the terms of a compact
where the United States government
takes no interest in its nfoi cement;
that the enabling act waa merely a
temporary measure; was not binding
upon the Btate after Its admission as
all states must be admitted on an
equal footing; that tTie removal of the
capital does not Involve an Impairment
of the constitution but Involves a po-
litical power Inherent to the state gov-
ernment which cannot be contracted
away; that the enabling act and ordi-
nance Irrevocably are contrary to the
constitution of the state; that the In-
itiated bill operated for the immedi-
ate removal of the capital from Guth-
rie to Oklahoma City and that It is
impossible to maintain the 1mporary
capital and permanent capital at the
fame time and that the federal gov-
ernment had no right to enforce the
contract upon the people of Oklahoma
und that the people of the state had
no right to contract away their power
to remove the capital at will.
MADE CLEAR FOR BANKS
TO USE EMERGENCY MONEY
Washington J) C Sept. 2. Secre
tary MacVeag'.;' ruling on the term
of "commercial paper" In the treas
ury department's Interpretation of the
emergency currency law became
known with full Import Thursday. The
way is now made clear for the banks
of the United States to put into clr
dilation live hundred million emer-
gency money at tins first sign of a
financial stringency.
The law provides that commercial
paper which Is emergency currency
may be issued to include only notes
representing actual coinuiercl j1
transactions which shall bear til-
nanu s of at least twej responsible per-
Hons and not more than four mouths
to run.
A large proportion of bankvi hold
notes of reputable lud'.viduals and cor-
porations which are bought from note
brokers. The notcn bear only the
name of the maker. Seii-etaiy Mac-
Vcngh decided that the endorsement
of the holding bank upon such notes
would constitute the second endorse-
ment the law calls for.
Ily Associated Tress.
Manila P. I. Sept. 3. The uprising
In the province of Neuva Vlzcaea led
by Simon Mandae former governor
of llecos Norte collapsed today when
Mandae who had been seized by the
people of the province among whom he
had fought to stir up trouble was
turned over to the constabulary. The
natives co-operated with the govern
tnent authorities In running down the
disturbers.
GRANTS BAIL TO FIVE
WANTED IN MQ0C0
Guthrie Okla. Sept. 2. On the
grounds that the live men under arrest
are citizens of the United States and
not in the position of foreign fugitives
and that thero may bo a question as
to whether the statute of limitation
should not Intervene to prevent ex-
traditions District Judge Cotteral of
the United States court today granted
ball in the sum of $."000 each to W.
L. Chapman A. I.. Brown L. C.
Grimes. R. 0. Conine and John Gar-
rett under provisional detention here
on application from Mexico for their
arrest.
The men are wanted In Mexico for
alleged participation in the notorious
Klekapoo Indian land frauds that four
years ago left a broad trail through
Oklahoma Texas and into Mexico.
Judge Cotteral first fixed ball at
$3000 each but when the United
StatcB attorney objected attorneys
for the arrested men stated that they
could easily ralde $3000 ball mvh
and with the judge's permission would
thus meet the contentions of the Unit-
ed States attorney. To this Judge Cot
teral agreed. The five men are to ap-
pear at Enid September 6th for a
hearing on the extradition If the Mex-
ican papers have arrived by that time.
Bond was immediately made by the
men and they were released.
HOKE SMITH fEHNATED
BY GEORGIA DEMOCRATS
It It LaFollette or Cook?
Atlanta Ga. Sept. 2. Former Gov-
lloke Smith "came back" politically
yesterday when nominated for gov
ernor of Georgia and endorsed for the
presidency of the United States In
11)12 by the state democratic conven
tion here. He wus nominated for gov
ernor with 2H3 votes against 78 for
Joseph M. Brown the present gover
nor the ballot being under the county
unit system.
In his speech accepting the nomina
tion for governor Hoke Smith said "the
great corporations of Georgia must
keep out of politics. They must not
be allowed by hired political agents to
dominate or control legislation or ad
ministration."
He also made a plea for assistance
lu the conservation of national re-
sources and the improvement of the
condition of the children of the state.
He announced that he would not bo a
candidate for re-election.
CROWD AT ST JOSEPH
CHEERED FOR TAFT
l-y Associated Pre.
Milwaukee-. Wis. Sept. C At the
ftatewlde primaries today the voters
will choose between Robert N. La-rolb-tte
and Samuel A. Cook for the
republican nomination for United
States senator.
ROOSEVELT DAY AT ST.
PAUL m MINNEAPOLIS
Ty Associated Pre?s.
St. Puil Minn. Sept. 6 This Is
Koosevclt day in tha twin citys.
Roosevelt reached Minneapolis from
Fargo N. IX at seven o'clock this
morning and after breakfast was es-
corted to St. Paul where he was sched-
uled to make two addresses one be-
fore the National Conservation Con-
gress in the morning and one at the
Mate fair grounds in tho afttrnoon.
When they arrived at the stato capi-
tal Roosevelt was met by the original
Roosevelt club and Spanish war et-
rans. who escorted him to the St
Paul howl. A.'ier a brief rest Hoc.-
vt It with his escort proceeded to the
St. Paul auditorium to d-ll-cr a
FPtech 1 fore the cons-r a tion cor-gross.
ley Associated Press.
Omaha. Neb. Sept. 2. U.ntei in
Omaha early today without any special
demonstration by the people of the
town Roosevelt was escorted to the
Omaha dub where breakfast was
served to a small i.;.pany.
When the roosevelt train leached
S. Joseph Mo. at 12:4 nVlml this
morning there were continued calls
for a speech from a large crowd.
Roosevelt being asleep did not re
spond As if in rt (.illation the crow d
cheered for Taft.
PRAIRIE CHICKEN SEASON
NOW OPEN IN OKLAHOMA
Yestt-rday began the open reason in
Oklahoma for prairie chicken mhI
many of the now rare fowls were slain.
A few yenti ago the druniui't;? pnthie
chickens eould be heard it'l around
Y1nlt.i but now one Is rare'y seen. In
the da- before statehood when pime
wa un;i ote ted nearly ail of e pnn-
r!t (hit ken were killed or dove: out
of '.hi trefoil. There me still a few
to he found but hunting them cow !j
lik'i hinting the proverb' il needle !n
the bays-tack.
Several Vinita sportsmen were afield
eaily yesterday morning to get first
chance at the few remaining birds. A.
('. B. Allen. Frank Smiley and Roy
Nash went out in one party aid re-
port excellent luck. They killed ( . It
thickens and six teal il n '. G. P. r .-!
roll and T!o. p. try wer- n! i cut an l
ic; ':. only a f..-v r f t; cuUk ; :-
Sit Lflfl
BY
(II Mil
JIS6UISE0 OFF
3 jj
Plj
UL
Played Tag With Two Kansas City DetectivesM
for a Couple of MonthsWere on His Trail
and Then Off Larkin Lured to Kansas
City by Letter From WomanWas Oat
in Utah Boosting His Land Deals-
Woman Notified Officers When
He Arrived.
The Kansas City Journal this morn
ing is the authority for the following
account cf the arrest of J. T. Larkin
formerly of this city at Kansas City
Wednesday night:
"You've got me but you must admit
that I have given you a good time"
said J. T. Larkin of Milan Mo. as be
sat In Inspector Edward Boyl's room
at police headquarters Wednesday
night.
Lark lit was arrested on the instruc
tions of the Texas and Oklahoma state
authorities. The Kansas City detectives
bad been trying to locate Larkin for a
couple of months. J. F. Lyugar and C
T. Lewis city detectives had been
working on Larkin's case for a couple
ot months. They would get on the
man'B trail and then he would disap
pear and this was accounted for' by
reason of the fact that Larkin came
to Kansas City and then left for some
other part of the country.
Larkin had getrieh-qulek schemes
that would be a credit to a frenzied
financier. He is only 27 years old but
between the time that he quit teach
ing school a couple of years ago and
when the Kansas City detectives rap-
tured him he Is said to have succeeded
In swindling individuals banks and
even the government out of thousands
of dollars.
As in -frequently the ease a woman
was the cause of Larkin's capture. Lar-
kin was out In Utah boosting his big
.land deals when he received a letter
from a woman by the name of Mrs.
Josephine Dlehl asking him to come to
Kansas City. From Utah be went to
Minneapolis Minn. to transact some
business and then came to Kansas
City only to be betrayed into the
hands of the police indirectly by the
woman that he had loved. Larkin and
Josephine Dlehl had been friends for
a long time.
Larkin says he was a member of the
firm of Larkin Bankus & Co. The
firm be says was composed of R. H.
Bankus president; J. J. Hoffman
vice-president; J. T. Larkin secre-
tary. The company's letterhead shows
that Its place of business was Vinita
Okla. but the ollliclals of the com-
pany lived at Milan Mo. The busi-
ness of the firm was that of real estate
brokers ostensibly. From what the
detectives have been able to learn
that was what the members of the
firm other than Laikiu regarded it.
I" ven Larkin ad suits t'tflt all other
members of the firm are honest men
and that he Is the only dishonest one.
I.nrkin said that he had barned of
the practice In Oklahoma to buy In-
dian lands for a mere "song" and said
that he thought that he might just as
well n ap a fortune through that source
as others. He tried the scheme a".d it
proved profitable. Then he developed
Into a manipulator of titles to lands
oilier than that belotinlng to Indians
lie carried his schemes Into Texas
Kansas Colorado Missouri Mltnieso-
M and even Michigan. He had a gl-
pantle project In view. A llflo.ooy cor-
'ir.ra'K.n whs hi objective mid lie
claimed that this was promoted with
no Intention of dishonesty. Put it was
the other deals that Larkin was con-
nected with that pot him Into trouble.
Alleged forged patents to Indaln lands
in Oklahoma was the principal cause
of his arrest.
Wednesday night Boyle received a
message from a woman to the effect
that the capture of Larkin could be
made In Kansas City If some one were
sent to Eleventh street and the Paseo.
Detective Alex. Johnson one of the
smallest men on the force wns called
Into service. A woman's skirt shirt-
waist and hat were borrowed from
Mrs. Maud Moran police matron.
A woman was to meet Larkin at
Eleventh street and the Pasco and
Detective Johnson dressed as a woman
went to that place and waited In a tax-
Icab Larkin came according to ap
pointment and when he entered the
taxicab he was driven off to police
headquarters.
Among some of the crooked deals
that Larkin lias managed in this part
of the country was the swindling of
the West port bank out of f l.. This
was settled by Larkin's father pi;) Ing
the hank the full amount that they had
lost through his son' fraudtilit-t repre-
i t n : s.
Win n Lnik'ln wa arretted be- bad
r f ) in iiion-y w Uh hi:
mitted that he was wanted in Texas
and Oklahoma for land frauds. He
Bald that he waa a. partner of J. P
Reader of Statford Tex. It also de-
veloped in Inspector Boyle's office last
night that Larkin J-a wanted in Texllne
Tex. for swindling a bank out of $550.
Larkin said that he had lost much
of the money that he had made by his
Bwlndllng methods on the Chicago
board of trade.
One of the heaviest losers because
of Larkin's land deals he says was a
man of hla own town B. F. Guthrie
postmaster of Milan and editor and
p.'Cprh tor of the Mi'an Republican.
Larkin admitted last night that be had
relieved Guthrie or $3340 In a land
deal.
Larkin said that he bad defrauded
a Kansas City real oslpte company out
of $800. He said thct he had been as-
sisted in this deal by Josephine Dieh!
ai'd it was through the woman that
the money waa returned to the firm
that had lost it.
The postofflce inspectors have giv-
en Larkin more trouble than any of
the other authorities. He said last
night that there was always-one of
the inspectors after him and that was
the thing that he most dreaded. Even
the Pinkerton detectives were on his
trail.
Larkin Is a graduttle of the Chilli-
cothe Mo. normal school. He left that
school in 1905 and taught school for
a couple of years before going Into
the land business. He even had In his
possession last night letters from min-
isters introducing and recommending
him to whoever he might meet.
litis PflESlDENT
i'llD HOT GOI
Union Men Decide to Continue Nego-
tiations for Strike Settlement
Without President Lewis.
By Associated Press.
Kansas City Mo. Sept. 2. Presi-
dent Lewla of the miners' union stat-
ed tliis morning in a message to the
arbitration committee her that he
would be unable to come here to take
part in the negotiations. He was ex-
pected to Join Elliot of the operators
In writing a contract. His excuse for
not coming was that he was too busy
The miners decided to continue with-
out the president. Today their com-
mittee of three representatives one
from ea( h district anil three repre-
sentatives of the operators have been
conferring vainly einee morning Irving
to dec ide on term s.
The miners' committee consists rf
Charles Ratley of Missouri Alexander
Ifowatt of Kansas and 1". H. Sywart of
Oklahoma and Arkansas. Tho rep-e-sentatlves
of the operators are: James
Elliott President; John Reed and Ira
Fleming.
GOOD SHOWING MADE
BY INTERNATIONAL BANK
The statement of the International
Bunk and Trust company of Vinita.
Oklahoma which .is shown ! this Is-
sue of the Chieftain Is one tint the
executive officers as well as all those
who live In this community may well
be proud of. Their deposits t-how a
splendid gain over the last call and
the statement Is suggestive o' strict
conservative bnnklng In ever detail
and this particularly applies to their
small overdrafts and ftronjc cash re-
serve Khowing that the v Xecutiv t -t of
this splendid financial institution hip
using every effort to eliminate over
drafts entirely and complying with
every requirement of the !:w rg. dat-
ing theta.
'P'r Having the insurgents as be-
int; unworthy of the party name all
o. r S '.;!!. w i t l'.--."ili th!4 Weik
V !. 1'! i ! !! ef Shem m on re.uhing
ll- ad- Okl.sieeijii i ! ; ier party harmony.
Nearing Five Million Mark.
Washington D. C Sept. 2.- Greater
New York Las a population of 4.766.8S3
under the Thirteenth Decennial census
according to figures issued by Census
Director Durand.
This makes New York the second
largest city in the world and as large
as any two foreign cit'es except Lon-
B3ER KILLED BY ROCK
THROWN BY ENGINEER
By Associated Press.
Colorado Springs Colo. Sept. 1.-
In a desperate attempt to hold up the
west-bound Colorado Midland train
east of Divide er'- this morning an
unknown bandit " j instantly killed
by a rock thrown by Engineer Frank
Stewart aftsr he had shot the engin-
eer in the leg. The highwaymen
crawled over the tender as the train
slowed up at the siding to meet the
east-boimd train. As the train stopped
Stewart turned to see his fireman Paul
Bachman standing with hig hands
above his head and heard the robbers
say 'Tut up your hands quick or I'll
blow your head off." The robbers then
marched the men to the express car.
At the door of the car the fireman
ducked under the train. When the
robbers stooped down to shoot the
fireman the engineer hit him with a
rock. The robber fired wildly hitting
the engineer In the leg and then died.
Two young men found near the holdup
scene were arrested.
much valuable land td
be sold in october
Muskogee Okla. Sept. 2. The In-
dian agent has announced that during
the week beginning October 10 there
will be 40000 acres of Indian land
placed on the market. This is the same
week that the Muskogee State Fair
and the International congress of In-
dians will be held and It Is expected
that hundreds of outside buyers will be
here to grab a farm. Indian land has a
peculiar lure for the average farmer
from the east and north. The words
to them seem to have a golden sound.
There are some rich bargains In
some of these Bales. In tho sale for
October the agent pointed out there
Is one tract of land of 320 acres In the
Choctaw nation which Is appraised at
only $750. There are HO acres of this
fine bottom land but It Is covered with
great oak and hickory trees. A small
part of it Is lu cultivation. A shrewd
energetic farmer could in a few years
turn that into one of the finest farms
in the state. And there are 140 tracts
of land advertised at this sale. Of
course some of them are worthless
some very fine and some only passlbly
good. But any prospective purchaser
can see the land and get the appraised
price set by the government in ad-
vance of his bid. It Is noticeable that
the sales each month are getting bet-
ter and the demand for land greater.
The old fear that the titles are bad is
disappearing.
PLANNING GAME PRESERVE
N HILLS NEAR TALEQUAH
Muskogee Okla. Sept. 2. A number
of people at Tahlequah headed by .1.
B. Moore aro promoting the bipgest
game preserve in the state. Their plan
Is to acquire a great body of land in
the wild section of the Cherokee na-
tion east of Tahlequah fence it and
stock it with all Kinds of game and
fish. The Illinois river runs through
this tract. The company is capitalized
at $50000 and has already 5 ot)0 acres
of land.
A club house will be built on what
Is known as the McSpndden farm S
miles from Tahlequah. At this place
whb h Is a part of the preserve there
Is a magnificent artesian well and
splendid springs. Around it is a wild
section of the Ozark mountains. Al-
ready this is plentifully supplied with
wild turkey and deer. The club mem-
bers propose to extend their holdings
until they cover twenty or twenty-
five thousand acres of land.
The membership of the club Is lim-
ited to 200. Each member is required
to purchase at least $250 worth of
stock and a majority of the stock al-
ready has been sold. The land being
too rough for cultivation can be
bought very cheaply bikI is admirably
suited for the propagation cf game
particularly deer and turkey.
System For City Businets.
The city council will meet In reg-
ular session tonight and will probably
adopt the new system of keeping tli
city accounts that the auditors have
been preparing. It is the intention of
the romicll to place the entire business
of th city on a business b !';- and to
se that cmh department i lu-lf-sup-taln'ng.
SHED!! BALKED
ST IIITEIOGATIH
In Straight Old-Fashioned Republican
Speech He Declares Tariff Bill
Fulfilled "Pledge.
Enid Okla. Sept. 2.- It was a
straight old-fashioned republican talk
that Vice-President Sherman last night
gave to 4000 citizens of Enid and vi-
cinity gathered in front of the court
house. Party arguments were hurled
at the listeners who were assured that
republicanism and prosperity were
synonymous.
Tho democratic party declared Mr.
Sherman spelled disaster and Le in-
vited voters who desired hard times
to bring about the return of the rival
organization to power. The Payne-
Aldrlch tariff bill Bald the vice-president
presented one fulfilled pledge t
the republicans. lie declared that thol
reductions made were all on the ne
cessities of life while the things that
were Increased were champagne silks
and other luxuries. Prices he admit-
ted had advanced but he asked "Do
you want tho price of the things you
produce lowered?"
Higher wages and increased earn-
ing power on the part of tbo nrofes-
sional men and others he Bald made
It easy to pay the increased cost of
living.
The vice-president repeated Cja
statement that he did not wlnh to
drive any truo republican out of the
party. Every true party member ho
declared was "progressive" for the
republican was the party of progress.
"Hurrah for Teddy!" shouted a man
in the gathering.
Mr. Sherman went right on with his
talk.
Former Congressman James E. Wat-
eon who followed Mr. Sherman de-
clared he was assured of the civiliza-
tion of Oklahoma because be bad
found a great number of Indiana men
and wonien living in the state. Mr.
Watson told at length of the promises
which the renublican nartr had made
and kept and entered into an analysbr
of the tariff bill. j
I don't care what we call ourselves f
'standpatters' 'regulars'" exclalme (
Mr. Watson. "When you scratch in
surface you will find a rocky bffV'
tectlve republican."
Mr. Watson turned to the politic
situation in this state.
'I understand you have spent $n
000.000 since you became a state" sai
Mr. Watson "and that you are $4000
000 indebt. What did you do with it
You talk of opening the books of tb
corporations. You democrats open yen
own books and let In the light of day
"Grandfather Clause" Upheld.
Muskogee Okla. Sept. 3. The fir
case decided on the "grandfathei
clause was by Judge Doyle at Welec
ka and upholds the suffrage amem
merit. One hundred negroes were b;
red from voting under the "gran
father" clause at a gas franchise ele
tion and Judge Boyle Friday held Hi'
the law wqs sustained by the Hectic
clerks and Judges In refusing to pe
mit tier roes to vote unless they quo'
fled under the recent law. The en-
win be appealed.
PIERCE OF ROCK ISLAND
CALLS ATTORNEY A Llf
Chicago. Ill Sept. 2. At the h ..
ing todiy E. B. Pierce of the He
Islansf nilroad called B J. Jam
representing tho Cincinnati Hiippe-j ?
liar. James was being cross-exam
by Comptroller Nay of the Hock Islar '
He averred that Nay bad left certa
figures out of the tables Introduce
'If that Is your opinion you nre-
liar" yelled Pierce "if the attorney
not satisfied I will meet him outsid
Hisi.. a and the gnvH finally restor f
order.
By Associated Press. f
London Eng. Sept. 6.- At the op i
Ing today of the trial of Dr. Crlpp'-(f
charged with the murder of Ids wi
Belle Elmore the procutlon annou ' ?
d that large quantities of poison h( i
been found in the woman's body h"!i
that there was evidences that she Ye
been subjected to operations. '!f
bf
THOUGHT SHE WAS SLIGHT Et3
AND COIOTS S0ICI1
By Associated Press. T f
St. Joseph Mo. Sept. 2. 1M J )r
Eeketa. aged Hxteen committi I (n
clde at Maryvillo Mo. by shooting 1 " f
self km nlch! becai.s she hr ' v
been Invited to a party. The l 1
recently moved to Maryvillo from C
nam. brie tho-iitht th young pe-pi '
tho tow n l!gbca h.'-r.
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