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HMTA BAILY CHIEFTAIN
VOL XII. NO. 229.
VINITA OKLAHOMA MONDAY JANUARY 16. 1911.
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BILL TO ABOLISH
THE COMMISSION
Senator Frankling Proposes to Leave
Building of New Capitol in Hands
of Board of Public Affairs.
Oklahoma City Jan. 16. A bill to
abolish the state capitol commission
and to transfer all its powers and
duties to the 6tate board of public af-
fairs was introduced in the senate Sat-
urday by Senator V. M. Franklin. The
state capitol commission was created
by the special session of the third leg-
islature in connection with the pas-
sage of the bill locating the perman-
ent capital at Oklahoma City.
Immediate!y following the approval
of the bill Governor Haskell reappoint-
ed the same men who served on the
capital commission prior to the time
the court declared the initiated capital
bill void. The members of this com-
mission are Tate Brady of Tulsa
chairman; Dr. Leo Bennett of Musko-
gee and Boone Williams of Lehigh.
Each member receives $2500 a year
for bis services. The duties of the
board are to select the site for the
governor's mansion employ an archi-
tect and engineer for the preparation
of plans for the capitol building and
beautifying of the grounds and to em-
ploy what other help is necessary.
These duties are transferred to the
board of public affairs by Mr. Frank-
lin's bill. The latter board Is now In
existence and has supervision over
the construction and equipment of all
state buildings and the purchasing of
supplies and letting of contracts for
the state in every department.
Mr. Franklin made a fight"" against
the creation of the capitol commission
in the special session on the ground
that this additional board is unneces-
sary but the senate feared the capitol
legislation might be blocked by such
a provision and it was killed.
Governor Cruce approved the first
bills of his administration Saturday.
They were bills appropriating an ag-
gregate of $30000 for the salaries of
members and employes and other ex-
penses of the legislature.
The senate passed finally the Gould-
ing bill making October 12 a legal
holday known as Columbus Day and
passed In committee of the whole the
bill by Stewart giving a person out of
possession of real estate the right to
bring suit for possession and in the
same action to sue for clearing of the
title! Senator Stewart has fought for
the passage of this bill in every ses-
sion of the legislature since statehood
but it was always killed in the senate.
A bill by Mr. Sorrels which was
passed through the senate committee
for the whole Saturday appropriates
$32000 Tor the payment of salaries of
stenographers of the district and su-
perior courts of the state.
A bill was introduced in the senate
by Messrs. Denton and Horton pro-
viding for the sale of Section 33 in the
portion of old Greer county between
the North and South forks of the Red
river and two bills by Mr. Goulding
were Introduced defining legal signa-
tures and providing that the legal de-
finition of the term "signatures" shall
Include "marks."
In the house the appropriations com-
mittee reported favorably a bil to ap-
propriate $20000 for the equipment of
the building and beautifying the
grounds of the Southeastern normal
at Durant.
A bill by Mr. Glover makes it a mls-
deamor to adulerate mill products and
makes it unlawful to sell such prod-
ucts unless the packing is labeled to
show weight and character of prod-
ucts with percentage of admixtures
used in the product
A Villi hv IWr MrTTTTKnpv mnlrpa
Crowder a county court town of Pitts-1
burg county and Mr. Rolan introduc
ed a bill authorizing county commis-
sloners to contract for the construe
Jiton of court houses or jails or for the
.
MILFORD . BERGER SHOE COMPANY.
Silk Shoes and Pumps
Very Latest in Stylish Footwear
A Lot of Spring Oxfords Now Open
MILFORD - BERGER
Well Known in Southwest.
By Associated Press.
Kansas City Mo. Jan. 16. Dr.
Lloyd Champlain arrested in England
as a spy is known throughout the
southwest for his campaign for pure
milk. For five years he has written
and lectured through Missouri and
Kansas on the subject. He was study-
ing in Europe. He is proprietor of
the Kansas City Milkman and a mem-
ber of the faculty of the Kansas City
Veterinary college.
BARRY RETIREMENT MEETS
APPROVAL OF PRESIDENT
By Associated Press.
Washington D. C Jan. 16. The ap-
plication of Rear Admiral Barry for re-
tirement was today approved by the
president. A telegram today from Rear
Admiral Thomas who was appointed
as Barry's successor says he has as
sumed command of the Pacific fleet.
The navy department retired Admiral
Barry Saturday. This was before the
publication of the allegations that the
officers of the flag ship West Virginia
contemplated charges reflecting on the
moral character of Barry.
PRISONER TRIES TO
Because He Couldn't Sell Booze Judd
Taylor Drinks Small Bottle
of Iodine.
j
Declaring that if he couldn't sell
liquor he would die Judd Taylor yes-
terday attempted to take his own life
in the county Jail.
Taylor was released from the jail
COMMIT SUICIDE;
Thursday night on bond to appear tralization of all inter-oceanic water-
in the county court to answer a liquor ways.
charge. Yesterday he was again ar- Because the United States in
rested. In some way he succeeded in a11 its history has never been attack-
getting past the Jailer with a small ed and began every foreign war it
bottle of iodine. In a short time after ever had and is too important a custo-
being locked in the cell he drank this mer for any great nation at this late
iodine . Fearing this would not ac- day to wantonly attack. Though an
complish the desired result he also enemy might in stress of war be tempt-
drank a portion of a bottle of liniment ed t0 break its pledge to us no nation
he had been using. would dare break its neutralization
The jailer found the man in a ser- pledge with the combined powers as
ious condition and summoned the tne penalty of non-intercourse which
county physician. After administer- could be included in the general trea-
ing an antidote the patient soon re-
covered the only effect being a very j
sick man.
CHAMBERLIN IS TENDERED
TRUANT OFFICERS JOB
tions have signed one hundred arbitra-
At a meeting of the school board tion treaties and President Taft has
Saturday night the bond of the McKee made the impressive declaration that
Construction company the contrac- he sees no reason why any question
tors who were awarded the work of whatever should not be arbitrated;
building the high school was approv-
ed. This leaves the contractors free
to get to work on the building. The
bond is given to guarantee that the
contractors will complete the work
according to contract
The board approved the selection of
S. H. Roark as a teacher 1n the graded
schools. The board also decided to
tender to Robert L. Chamberlin the
position of truant officer. Mar 'Cham
berlin acted as probation officer for
the county and performed his duties
so well that when Judge Parks failed
to reappoint him the board decided to
employ him to keep the boys and girls
in school.
purchase of buildings already eon-
atmcteA.
The senate adjourned at noon and
the house at 1:30 p. tn. to attend the
aviation meet at the fair grounds. All
members of the legislature were given
free admission.
SHOE COMPANY
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ANAMA NEUTRALIZATION IS
URGED ON
isoston Mass. .lau i j A state -
nient embodying y rento-u why the the world by mutual agreement of the
Panama canal oliould neutralized 'nations and to constitute the world
t earing the signa'ures n' men and wo- navies 'an international force for the
men 'prominent in thi United States ' preservation of universal peace and
and abroad was made public Sunday
Richard Olney former secretary of
state; David Jordan president of Le-j "6. Because in the words of Hon.
land Stanford Jr. University; Wil-j David J. Foster chairman of the com-
Ham Dean Howells author; Charles mittee of foreign affairs in the house
P. Anderson Protestant Episcopal of representatives: The initial expense
bisop of Chicago; William II. P.
Faurce president of Brown Univer -
sity; Jane Addams of Hull House
Chicago; George B. Holt justice of the
United States district court and
George Foster Peabody the New
York banker are among the sponsors
of the document. The statement fol
lows:
"Why the Panama Canal should be
neutralized not fortified:
"1. Because the canal would be
safer in war time without fortification.
According to the agreement signed by
the Hague conference in 1907 unforti
fied coast places cannot be bombarded.
"2. . Because the original intention
of our government as distinctly ex-
pressed in 1900 and previously was to
prohibit fortifications' on the canal.
Through this prohibition was omitted
in tne Anally revised Hay-Pauncefort
treaty signed in 1902 this in no wise
implies that we ought to fortify it
nor was its construction proposed as
! primarily a military undertaking.
4. uecause tnougn tne buez canal
was DuiIt w'tn English mone Eng-j
lana agreed to its neutralization. The
Straits of Magellan- are also neutraliz-
ed and the Interparliamentary Union
ia 191- declared in favor of the neu-
ty would involve commercial ruin
"5. Because with the experience
or nearly a century's peace with Eng
land ensured by our undefended Can-
'adian border line until we have ask-
ed for complete arbitration treaties
with all possible future enemies and
have been refused we should be in-
sincere in increasing our war meas-
ures. This is especially true in view
of the facts that since 1902 the na
tnat lne second Hague conference In
vanous ways diminished the likeli'-
hood of war; that not only the Prize
court but the court of arbitral justice
is Poetically assured; and that in the
summer of 1910 congress unanimous-
y Passed a resolution asking the pres-
ldent t0 appoint a commission of five
t0 consider the utilization of existing
DETECTIVE NURSE CONTINUES
TO CONDEMN MRS. SCHEI
By Associated Press.
Wheeling W. Va. Jan. 16. Mrs.
Schenk spent Sunday quietly in her
m n tnehJa11- She dev ed
TOUch 0me readlng e"ers' which
?re T". g ? rate
trevd a fr0m a" pfrts of the
English-speaking world. All express
sentiments In her favor. One contain
ed a proposal of marriage.
Miss Eleanor Zoecheller the detec-
tive nurse took the stand when the
court convened today. "Mrs. Schenk
told me on one occasion" said the wit-
ness in a low voice that could not be
heard in the audience "that when
John Schenk died I would be well
provided for. Finally following the
offer to give me one thousand dollars
to poison Schenk Mrs. Schenck came
to the hospital and begged to be left
alone in the room with Schenk a few
minutes. We left them alone and
there were hot words between them.
On one occasion I remarked to Mrs.
Schenk 'Well he is making some im-
provement' and she replied 'Yes to
my sorrow.' " -
GOOD GROUNDS
1 agencies to limit the armaments of
to consider other means to diminish
i expenditures for military purposes.?
of the necessary fortifications would
'not be less than $25000000; in all
probability it would not be less than
$30000000. The annual expense of
maintaining such fortifications 2000
miles from home would probably
amount to $5000000. With all the
fortifications possible it is still ap-
parent that in order that the canal
might be of military advantage to the
United States In time of war a guard
of battleships at each of its entrances
would be an absolute necessity. It Is
equally apparent that with such a
guard the fortifications would be un-
necessary If not entirely useless. We
are bound by solemn treaty obliga-
tions to see to it that the canal shall
be and remain forever open to British
ships in time of war as well as in
time of peace and while it is prob-
ably true that no other nation could
claim any advantage by virtue of this
treaty it. is also true that we have
thereby placed ourselves under moral
obligation to maintain an open canal
j tor the ships of all nations at all
times in war as well as in peace'"
J Other signers of the statement are
Henry Wado Rogers dean of the Yale
i law school; John Graham Brooks lec-
turer on economics; Francis Lynde
Stetson attorney of New York; Ida
Tarbell historian; N. O. Nelson man-
ufacturer St. Louis; E. P. Wheeler
attorney of New York; Samuel P.
' Copen-president' of the American
board of commissioners for foreign
missions Boston; Marcus M. Marks
and Thomas Mott Osborne manufact-
urer Auburn N. Y.
TO DEVELOP MINERAL .
RESOURCES OF OKLAHOMA
The geological survey at Norman is
attempting to carry on a number of
lines of work the chief object of
couse being the development of the
mineral resources of the state. But
at the same time Mr. Gould is so much
of a scientist that he never fails to
make collections of queer and rare
specimens from different parts of the
state. During the Christmas holidays
Mr. L. C. Snider assistant director of
the survey made a trip into Marshall
county and found near Woodville a
number of very peculiar fossils. This
region was evidently at one time an
ancient sea bed where a great number
of animals lived and their bones and
shells have been preserved in the
rockB.
The finest specimens found however
were some large fossils or shells
known as ammonites. The time when
Cretaceous rocks were being laid
down the animals which formed these
shells lived in great numbers swim
ming about in long-gone pre-historic
seas.
Professor Gould says that the near
est modern relative of the ammonite
is the chambered nautilis as ably de-
scribed by Oliver Wendell Holmes'
poems. This animal now lives in trop
ical waters. Another animal of same
type of life is the octopus-quid or devil
fish which lives in various warm ocean
waters today. '
The largest ammonite so far found
in the world comes from Europe.
There Is a cast in Washington of a
specimen nearly five feet In diameter.
Some very large forms have been
found near the Black Hills in Dakota
and Wyoming.
Mr. Snider was successful In secur
ing what Professor Gould claims to be
the largest ammonite so far discovered
in the southwest. It is about two feet
in diameter and weighs about 150
pounds. It has 6o far remained un-
packed in the geology rooms and when
cleaned up will be placed on exhibition
in the museum rooms.
II. H. Parker expects to leave to-
morrow night for a visit to his stump
farm m northern Wisconsin.
Mistaken for a Spy.
By Associated Press.
London Jan. 16. Dr. Champlain of
Kansas City Mo. proprietor of the
Kansas City Milkman was mistaken
for a spy at Guernzy today and arrest
ed. Afterwards he was released
Cnamplnin visited the fort carrying a
camera and the soldiers seized him
and handed him over to the police. The
American had no trouble in explaining
his innocence. The police nnoloeized.
RENEWAL OF FIGHT ON
SECRETARY BALLIN6ER
By Associated Preps.
Washington( D. C Jan. 16. A re
newal of the fight on Richard A. Bal-
linger secretary of the Interior is con
templated in a resolution introduced
today by Senator Purcell. which seeks
to force Into the open the report of
the joint congressional committee that
investigated the charges made against
the cabinet officer by GIfford Pinchot
former chief forester.
SIXTEEN HOUR BATTLE IS
REPORTED IN CHIHUAHUA
By Associated Press.
Chihuahua- Mex. Jan. 16. A six
teen hour battle between seventy gov
ernment volunteers so-called and a
hundred revolutionists occurred at the
village of Coyome Saturday. The re-
port reached General Hernadez com-
manding the military zone today. No
details were given. With General
Oroszco holding the attention of Gen
eral Navarro in the western part of
the state the foreigners look for in
teresting developments in the eastern
part. Oroszco talking recently with
a prominent railroad man who met
him in the mountains said that all
toM since the revolution started the
insurrectos had lost a hundred and
fifty men.
"Paid in Full."
Those who are curious about the
theatre and no other single contribu-
tory to the present day social structure
possesses so general interest will be
entertained by some striking bits of
information relating to a successful
play. The play is "Paid in Full"
written by Eugene Walter produced
by the United Play company pronounc
ed by public and critics the greatest
and most enjoyable American drama
of the time and shown by actual proof
to be the most notable success the
stage in this country has known.
"Paid in Full" Is now in only its
third year its second outside of New
York yet it has been played a total
of 244 weeks with 2.012 performances.
This astonishing result was attained
by five companies simultaneously in
different parts of the United States
and in Canada. Never before had any
one play been acted by so many com-
panies. No other play could have
stood it.
All last season these five companies
presented this play in New York in all
the big cities In the smallones as well
from coast to coast from interior Can
ada to the gulf back and forth cover
ing the same territory repeatedly de-
manded by theatre managers for re
turn engagements frequently as many
as five and six times invariably doing
greater business on each "repeat" and
this in cities which too often for
theatrical good turned out a mere cor-
poral's guard for other attractions
known as popular successes.
The career of "Paid In Full" is the
most remarkable in theatrical hlstorv.
Never since the beginning has a play
grown in favor like this one. Truly
astonishing is its record of return
visits. Back to a city for the fifth and
sixth time it was sure to draw a big-
ger house than before. As elsewhere
so in New York. After the play had
run for two years on Broadwav the
four other companies were called upon
at various times to renew the New
York engagement and in every in-
stance they were received with all
the enthusiasm that had marked the
course of "Paid In Full" at the Astor
Theatre. It is a New York cast that
will be seen at the Audittorium Jan-
uary 23 when the United Play com
pany presents "Paid in Full." Don't
allow yourself to miss this great play
with a New York company and pro
duction.
Ambassador Bryce to Retire.
London Jan. 16. Rumors that Am
bassador Bryce contemplates an early
retirement from the post at Washing
ton are again current. Sir Maurice
Bunzen the British ambassador to
Madrid is mentioned as a possible suc
cessor.
VINITA 10 GET NEW
MASONIC
TEMPLE
Committee Already at Work S
ecunng
Tenants For Store Rooms
Proposed Building.
of
Vinita will soon' have a new Masonic
temple If the plans decided on at the
last meeting of the local lodge are
carried out
The Masons propose to erect a new
building with a fifty-foot frontage on
Scraper street. The building will be
50x125 feet and two stories and will
be modern in every respect. The en
tire upper floor will be arranged for a
Mason's home. The lower floor will
be divided into two store rooms to
rent for $50 per month each.
A committee consisting of Judge
Parker chairman Dr. Oliver Bagby
and O. L. Conner was appointed to
formulate plans and to secure tenants
for the two 6tore rooms. The lease
contracts have been prepared and as
soon as tenants can be found for the
two lower rooms work on the project
will be pushed.
With the heavy demand for store
rooms it Is not likely the committee
will be long delayed in getting the
tenants. Thus Vinita is assured of an-
other handsome new building in the
early spring.
BIG TUMBLE IS PREDICTED
FOR PRICES OF FOOD STUFF
Chicago 111. Jan. 16. Millions of
pounds of butter eggs cheese and
poultry held in the cold storage ware-
houses here will be thrown on the.
market before May 1 and a general
tumbling of food prices is expected
at once according to commission mer-
cnants.
Numerous Chicago commission men
are said to be factor failure as a re-.
suit of their efforts to maintain an ar-
tificial price on the- necessities of life.
The Inability furtheF to uphold this
price is said to be due to a combina-
tion of circumstances chief of which
are the open winter of 1911 and the
banner crops of 1910.
Three commission men failed last
week as a result of holding great
quantities of butter which they pur
chased at an average price of 31 cents
a pound and now are unable to market
for more than 27 or 28 cents a pound.
While the wholesale prices of butter
and eggs have dropped decidedly with-
in the last few weeks there has as yet
been no decline in the retail prices.
Much of the produce which now is
to be unloaded on a falling market has
been in the warehouse for as long as
five years. By means of cold storage
commission men have been able to-
maintain an artificial price not only to
the consumer but to the producer it
is said.
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produce in the hands of Chicago firms
cannot be estimated. Thirty-two ware-
houses are known to have 44000000
pounds of butter eggs and poultry
Men familiar with the market con
dition today said it would be impos
sible to say whether that figure rep-
resented nearly the total or whether
it was only a small percentage of the
entire amount.
The increased sale of oleomargarine
is given as an added cause for the sit-
uation the commission men now find
themselves facing. Thousands of con-
sumers unable to pay the price at
which butter has been held have be
come users of oleomargarine.
Butter is 6 cents a pound lower
wholesale than it was a year ago and
is selling at the lowest fi eur in flvp
years. An indication of the decline in
the last ten days is shown in the fol
lowing:
January 5 Eggs 34 cents: prime.
32 cents: firsts. 30 cents
January 15 Eggs fresh 33 cents: '
prime 29; firsts 28.
January 5 Butter extra creamerv.
29 cents; firsts 2544; dairy 25.
January 15 Butter extra creamry.
27 cents; firsts 22; dairy 23.
The wholesale price on smoked
meats beef and pork has been slightly
reduced in price. The big corn crop
of 1910 is given as the cause.
Big Fire at King City.
St. Joseph Mo. Jan. 16. Half a
black of business building at King City
Mo. were destroyed by fire today.
The loss is estimated at fifty thousand
dollars.
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