Vinita Daily Chieftain. (Vinita, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 7, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 27, 1910 Page: 1 of 4
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YINITA DAILY CHIE
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H VOL XII. NO. 7.
VINITA OKLAHOMA WEDNESDAY APKIL 27. 1910
FIVE CENTS PER 00 PY
CARTHAGE MILLER
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SUICIDE
Note Fails to Explain Reason for His
Act May Have Become
Lonesome.
Carl Junction Mo. April 27. "I am
going to take a little sleep; if I don't
wake up notify my folks at 803 Wal-
nut street Carthage Mo."
Leaving this note together with
three letters sealed addressed and
stamped Henry Kammerdiener a
German 53 years old committed sui-
cide yesterday by .drowning himself
in Spring river opposite the small
grist mill at Smithfleld. two and one-
half miles west of this place. Finan-
cial difficulties are thought to have
prompted the action.
A bottle of chloroform was found be-
side the letters and the note In the
norrow office in the mill. It is sup-
posed . that Kammerdiener drank the
poison sometime Monday afternoon
with suicidal intent and reviving this
morning leaped into the river. The
body was found several hours later In
covery of the note by C. E. Amos
eight feet of water following the dis-
Btation agent for the Frisco railway
at Smithfleld. An Inquest will be held
at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning in an
undertaking establishment in Carl
Junction where the body was remov-
ed. Kammerdiener had been missing
since Sunday afternoon. In view of
his usual cheerful demeanor and the
fact that no inkling of his intention
was kjown his disappearance failed
to cause any apprehension until the
note was found. It is thought he leap-
ed into the river yesterday morning
when he awoke in his office after
drinking the chloroform.
Smithfleld consists of two stores
a blacksmith shop a church and the
small mill. Kammerdiener had been
there for the last six months running
the mill in addition to buying grain
for the John W. Boyd Grain company
of Joplin. Prior he had been the
owner of the Quaker mill near Alba.
; Henry Kammerdiener was widely
known In Carl Junction as a cheer-
ful industrious and supposedly well-to-do
German. He was generally liked
and of a most affable disposition. It
is the opinion of the few persons in
Smithfleld with whom he came in daily
contact that was in no financial
straits and that his death was the re-
sult of a sudden attack of melancholy
brought on by the unusual lonesome-
ness of his surroundings though when
last seen his actions were normal.
MEETINF TO DISCUSS ; 7
COUNTY FAIR CALLED
Tomorrow night a meeting to which
all interested are invited will be held
at the Commercial Club rooms which
will in all probability be the starting
of a movement for a permanent county
fair to be held in Vinita each fall
that will be the pride of all Craig
county.
It is probable that an association
win be formed and stock sold suffi-
cient to purchase grounds build stands
etc. necessary for the accommoda-
tion of the exhibits from all over the
county.
WOLTER TO BE ELECTROCUTED
FIRST WEEK IN JUNE.
New York April 27 Albert W.
Wolter convicted of the murder of
Ruth Wheeler fifteen years old was
sentenced today by Judge Foster in
the general sessions court to die in
the electric chair at Sing Sing prison
during the week beginning June 6.
The condemned man displayed only
languid interest in the court proceed-
ings. ...-.
OPINION DN GAME
FUND GIVEN BY WEST
Guthrie Okla. April 27. Attorney
General West settled many differences
of opinion as to the disposition of the
game protective fund in an opinion
to J. S. Askew state game warden
Tuesday. The game warden is en-
titled to $1800 salary and fSOO ex-
penses per year while each deputy is
to receive $800 salary and expenses
not to exceed $600 a year. Out of the
$1.25 collected for resident hunter's
licenses the game warden is to be
charged with one dollar the remain-
ing twenty-five cents to go to the
county clerk or deputy warden which
ever officer issues the license.
All salaries .must come from the
receipts of the .office.
The attorney general incidentally
chides the game warden for criticising
the legal department and says:
"Kindly consult this office before ex-
pressing your opinion as it is the
effect of opinions of the attorney gen
eral's office."
ROOSEVELT
NEVER
SENT SUCH A BILL
Legislator Declared That Regular
Leaders Had Read Themselves
Out of Party.
Washington D. C April 27. The
railroad bill was one of the conspic-
uous features before both the senate
and house Tuesday. In the house the
body of insurgents joining the demo-
crats practically took charge of the
measure. They succeeded in having
it adopted with numerous amend-
ments one of which would remove
from the president to the supreme
court of the United States authority
for the organization of a court of com-
merce as provided in the bill.
A motion of Hubbard of Iowa to
strike out the entire commerce court
provision was defeated by a tie vote.
The vote as first stood 131 to 130 as
announced by Bennett of New York
who was in the chair. He then an-
nounced his own vote in the negative.
Fitzgerald of New York protested
that the chair had not the right to
vote in such cases but he was over
ruled and a demand for a vote by
tellers was made.
While this vote was being taken
Cannon rushed into the house from
his private room to vote with the or
ganization. The vote by tellers was
140 to 139 and Bennett again voted in
the negative. Cannon's hurried en-
trance was spectacular. He appeared
without a collar having been called
from bis private room unexpectedly
The amendment by Macon of Ar
kansas to reduce the number of
judges on the commerce court from
five to three was defeated.
In the senate Ciapp delivered a de-
fiance to the administration and the
regular party leaders in congress in
connection with the supposed effort to
read the insurgents out of the party
Clapp intimated the mass of the peo
ple . were following the leaders who
he said were merely reading them
selves out of the party by the course
they were adopting.
Referring to what he characterized
as Crawford's "frantic appeal" to the
Roosevelt policies in support of the
amendment Clapp declared Roosevelt
never had attempted to dictate to the
party. "Next to Abraham Lincoln no
man had ever so accurately interpret-
ed the public will nor had been so far
from attempt at dictation as had Roose
velt" he said. Holding at arms length
a copy of the railroad bill Clapp de-
clared Roosevelt never had sent to
congress a "document like that with
orders to put it through."
SSI
I fflf HI
CHE OF PO
IS BOUGH
Druggist and Three Assistants Testify That on
Three Occasions the Accused Physician
Bought Capsules of the Deadly Pois-
on Two Swope Sisters Testify
Against Brotherin-Law.
M1LF0RD - BERGER SHOE COMPANY.
HOT OFF THE BAT:
Men's Belts
Suspenders
Neck Ties
UTZ & DUNN'S LADIES' SHOES OUTWEAR
ALL OTHERS
By Associated Press.
Kansas City Mo. April 27.
Cyanide of potassium a deadly poison
which the state contends Dr. Hyde
used in killing Colonel Swope played
an important role in the physicians
murder trial today. Hugo Grecklein
a druggist and three of his employes
testified that on three occasions in
September and December Dr. Hyde
had purchased a total of twenty five-
grain capsules of the poison at their
place of business.
Just before the noon recess Dr.
Stewart a bacteriollglst took the
stand. It was from him that Dr.
Hyde obtained the germs with which
he is alleged to have lnnoculated the
Swope family and others.
On account of the Hyde trial the
hanging of Robert Davis which was
to have taken place next Friday in the
jail across a corridor from the court
room was yesterday postponed at the
order of Governor Hadley until May
22.
There was plenty of testimony in the
Hyde murder trial Tuesday.
Two of Mrs. Hyde's sisters Lucy
Lee and Sarah Swope were witnesses.
Neither recognized Mrs. Hyde. . She
made no attempt to speak to them.
Lucy Leo Swope said that Dr. Hyde
gave her a drink of water while com-
ing home on a train from New York
with him on December 14. She admit-
ted she took some of Jordan the
yarb" man's remedies on the train
and she was ill before she reached
home. Typhoid fever developed in
four days after her arrival in Inde-
pendence. Sarah Swope who is but
14 years old was on the stand only
a few minutes and was asked only
one question by the defense.
"I would as soon drink poison as
the cistern water on this place" Miss
Nora Bell Dickson a second cousin
of Mrs. Logan O. Swope testified.
Miss Dickson also said she noticed
the drinking water at the Swope house
was bitter last November 27. Chris-
man Swope and Stewart Fleming not-
ed the same thing she said. All were
attacked by typhoid in a few days. Dr.
MUCH INTEREST AROUSED
IN NEXT CLUB DINNER
The dinner to be served next Mon-
day evening to the Knife and Fork
Club by the ladies of the Presbyterian
church is arousing much Interest.
Those who have the matter in charge
are selling tickets for the dinner and
are meeting with gratifying success.
The dinner will be served in ample
time for those who attend to go to
either the splendid lecture that is to
follow the dinner or to go to the
Sparks circus which will be here on
that night so that the desire to attend
either of these need not affect the
plans to attend the dinner. Don't for-
get to be there Monday night.
ROOSEVELT A SPECTATOR
AT ARMY MANEUVERS
By Associated Press.
Paris France April 27. Col. Roose-
velt this morning saw a portion of
the garrison of Paris perform war op-
erations on the field of Vincennes out-
Bide the gates of that town. He was
accompanied by General Dalsteln the
military governor of Paris American
Ambassador Bacon and other digni-
taries. Roosevelt warmly congratulat-
ed General Dalstein on the dash and
discipline 6hown by the troop3 and
the admirable fashion in which the op-
erations were performed. When the
maneuvers were "oncluded the troops
defiled before DaL'tein and Roosevelt
while the bands played "The Star
Spangled Banner."
Hyde and his wife laughed quietly
when Miss Dickson answered at leaBt
twenty of Attorney Walsh's questions
with "I don't remember."
After hearing Miss Dickson's testi-
mony regarding her illness. Judge Lat-
shaw ordered it stricken out as he
did not regard it as relevant to the
case.
Mrs. Swope cried yesterday when
Mrs. Mae Pierce a nurse testified that
in his last hours probably during a de-
lirium the nurse thought Chrlsman
Swope beseeched his caretakers to
bring his mother to him as he knew
he was going to die and wanted to
make his will.
Miss' Rose Churchill a nurse was
the only other witness Tuesday.
The trial of Chessing Hatred Chase
Jordan on a charge of practicing medi-
cine in Kansas without a license was
set for May 3.
GRANDOAUGRTER OF
JEFFERSON OAVES HONORED
Mobile Ala. April 27. A slender.
black-Ind frightened girl stood on a
raised platform Tuesday and while six
thousand confederate veterans cheer-
ed and while the band played "Dixie"
a score or more of gray bearded con-
federate veterans passed a review be-
fore her and with uncovered heads
kissed her hand.
The young girl was Miss Lucy White
Hayes a granddaughter of the only
president of the Confederacy. The in-
cident was a fitting climax of the
first days of the session of the United'
Confederate Veterans. The afternoon
session was brief. The Sons of Unit-
ed Confederate Veterans at an elec-
tion last night elected all of the old
officers.
PROGRA
H
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IIC
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Five Hundred Peported Killed.
By Associated Press.
London England April 27. A spe-
cial from Salonika Bays five hundred
Albanians chiefly women and chil-
dren are reported to have been killed
in the artillery bombardment of
Goderintz by the Turkish forces.
Pole vault 5 points for first place.
Mile run 5 points for first place.
The team winning the meet as
shown by the points scored will get
a banner presented . by the organiza-
tion and for the relay race a medal
will be presented to the winning team.
The people of our town should
make a good showing as to attendance
and help the boys by their support to
win this meet. Admission will be
charged twenty-five cents for the af-
ternoon events.
About Fifty Contestants Have Been
Entered for the Various Events
Next Saturday
Saturday the first annual track and
field meet of the high schools of
northeastern Oklahoma will be held
at the high school grounds. The en-
tries have all been made and a pro-
gram gotten out giving the name and
residence of all the contestants. In
the neighborhood of 50 entires have
been made and there promises to be
a great day for the high schools boys.
Teams representing the high schools
of Miami Chelsea Pryor Creek Af-
ton Fairland and Vinita will partic-
pate. The meet will begin at 1 p. m.
and will occupy several hours. The
events in order are as follows:
100 yard dash prize and 5 points.
Discus throw prize and 5 points.
220 yard run prize and 5 points for
first place.
High jump prize and 5 points for
first place.
120 yard 8 hurdles 5 points for first
place.
Hammer throw f five points for first
place.
Running hop step and jump 5 points
for first place.
440 yards run 5 points for first place
Shot put 5 pointSifor first place.
Running broad Jump 5 point3 for
first place. y
Relay race 5 points for team winning.
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Marrs, D. M. Vinita Daily Chieftain. (Vinita, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 7, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 27, 1910, newspaper, April 27, 1910; Vinita, Okla.. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc773796/m1/1/: accessed March 29, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.