Vinita Daily Chieftain. (Vinita, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 91, Ed. 1 Monday, August 12, 1912 Page: 1 of 4
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VINITA DAILY CHIEFTAIN.
VOL XIV. NO. 91.
VINITA OKLAHOMA MONDAY AUGUST 12. 1912.
FIVE CENTS PER COP
LATEST RETURNS
GIVE OWEN LEAD
OF
40.000 VOTES
Pinal Majority of Senator May Yet
Past the 40000 Mark Seven
Counties Missing.
BACK
GUTHRIE
Oklahoma' City Aug.12 If the ma-
jority of United States senator Robert
L. Owen over his opponent former
Governor Charles N. Haskell con-
tinues to dimb in the eight counties
yet to be heard from in the manner
it moved up Saturday it will exceed I
40000 votcB when the complete count)
is made for the senator now is leading
by 35651 votes. Present indications
are that Haskell will carry six or seven
counties in the election.
The vote incomplete from all ex-
cept a few of 68 counties gives Owen
72383 votes to 38732 for Haskell.
The counties in which Haskell has a
majority over Owen are Ellis 29 votes;
Love 22 votes; Major "24 votes; Se-
quoyah 288 votes; and Wagoner 168
votes. Haskell also carried Cherokee
county by 305 votes. Returns yet are
to be received from Beaver Delaware
Dewey Harmon Harper Mayes Ok-
mulgee and Texas counties and of
these it appears probable that HaBkell
Will carry only Mayes and Texas.1 It
is possible that he will get Dewey and
Beaver which would give him nine
counties at most.
The full returns from Bryan county
came in Saturday and they make plain
why Bill Durant came very near be-
ing the choice of the democratic vot-
ers down there to stay at home instead
of t oreturn to the legislatuer and run
for speaker. The Hapkell lieutenant
received 600 more votes than the man
fetf supported for United States sena-
tor. The final count showed 2036
votes for Owen and 1456 for Haskell.
Wagoner for Haskell.
Wagoner county showed up for the
first time Saturday and Owen carried
the city of Wagoner by 51 votes but
lost the county to Haskell by 168 votes.
Adair came in and showed a mapority
of 300 for Owen and Delaware is ex-
pected to show a like count. Pawnee
and Noble gave Owen 200 majorities
and Osage made it 400. Okfuskee be
lieved two weeks ago to be a Haskell
"ranghold went for Owen and regis
tered in favor of retaining the present
senator by 430 votes.
In the race for eongressman-at-large
with incomplete returns from 54 coun
ties Bill Murray now has 30016 votes
When 54 had been heard from in the
senatorial race Haskell was below the
30000 mark and the wise ones are
predicting that Murray will be given
a larger vote in the end than was the
He is 8000 votes
and 13 counties behind.
All the lead in in this race advanc
ed Saturday Thompson now having a
vo nf arilOfi. Weaver 23071 Ross
15639 and Franklin 15422. Branson
dropped to sixth place in the race with
i- m Itnhprtsnn has r-cnoi
9686 and Pruiett 9514.
intentions of any of the other gentle
men who aspired to the high office.
They were all equally manly in the
treatment of myself. Prom a farmer
boy I have struggled up to this nomi-
nation and if the people in Novem-
ber see fit to elect me I shidi devote
my entire energy and ability toward
restoring to the people the govern
ment which has been drifting more 0ne Thousand Farmers With Teams
and more under the control of special
interests. In my opinion the greatest
question before the people at this time
is one repeatedly propounded by the
democratic state and national plat-
forms Shall the People Rule?' I Guthrie Okla. August 12.-The far-
"When the question is settled and mers of the country surrounding Guth-
the people do in fact rule we will have irie arp -iow being enga&ed Dy the Wo.
a rule of righteousness and justice not'raeI1.s chamber of Commerce of this
TO
IS IT A JOKE?
And Wagons Engaged to Haul
Capital Back to Guthrie.
before Known since time began. cltv t0 haul tne furniturei arcnlves
'and records of the various state de-
jpartments back to Guthrie following
the regular election in November.
Ao do the job and to do it in one
day it Is estimated that It will take at
: least one thousand regulation farm
wagons two thousand horses and
mules and two thousand men as driv
ers and helpers.
i When the first half of the distance
Senator Owen And Judge Dickerson is covered the men will be rested and
served with substantial meals near
SENATOR ELECTED
BY THE PEOPLE
GOVERNOR
E
S
DUNLOP
'You Have Nothing to Resign" Says
the Executive History of the
Board's Removal.
Oklahoma City Aug. 12. It is held
Edmond by the Women's Chamber of
Commerce.
In the evening a banquet will be'
served to the farmers at the Guthrie
city hall the building where the Ok-
lahoma state constitution was drafted
by the republicans that in different &nd enactedby the Women8 Cnam.
pans oi me suue uiai uiu inumieu u f rmmorpe 4n( tn M . hnrga
the recent primary providing for theand mue that
back a big ration of oats and alfalfa
hay will be given.
To have charge of this department
of the Women's organization a corn-
adoption of the Oregon pla for elect
ing United States senators in Okla
homa becomes effective at once and i
that under its provisions Senator 1
Oweos will have to defeat Judge Dick-1
erson the republican nominee for
United States senator in the Novem
ber election. i
ney General West for an opinion on
this point over the long distance tele
phone but he declined to give an opin-
ion stating as a reason that he was
not supposed to render opinions ex-
cept on official request. Right at that
time the World had in its possession
an opinion which the attorney gen-
JOE B. T
WRITES HIS APPRECIATION
Congressional Nominee Visited Seven
ty-One Counties During His
Campaign.
Oklahoma City Aug. 12. In a state
ment which he issued Sunday Joe B
Thompson one of the three demo
cratic nominees for congressman-at
large took occasion to thank his friends
for their support at the recent primary
and pledged himself to work for the
interest of the whole people if elected
this fall.
His statement follows:
'rt ntn he impossible for me to
write to each of the more than 30000
democratic voters of the state who
bore we to victory last Tuesday in my
campaign for one of the democratic
nominations tor congressman-ai-iaise.
I take advantage of the generosity of
the press to express to them my pro-
found gratitude for their loyalty and
support.
"In a campaign of more than three
and a half months which carrier me
into seventy-one of the seventy-six
ioi" ties I never found it necessary to
Ittack the character or befoul the good
Will Be Voted on at the No-
vember Election.
mittee has already been named by the
president the chairman being Mrs. E.
H. Furrow who first suggested this
nlan In haul the panitnl hark wRIinnt
The World yesterday asked Attor- . . . ... . ...
: . cost to the state. Assisting n this
work too are the wives of the farm-
ers In the surrounding country. These
women are organized in district aux-
iliaries to the county farmers' insii-
Oklahoma City Aug. 12. "I am not
asking you for your resignation; you
have nothing to resign you ceased to
be a member of the state board of edu-
cation of Oklahoma at 9 o'clock Mon-
day morning July 29 1912."
Foregoing was the closing para-
graph in Governor Lee Cruce's letter
to State Treasurer Robert Dunlop an-
swering the communication sent the
governor by Dunlop last week regard-
ing the status of the state board and
the recent text-book adoption.
The controversy over the adoption
and attending circumstances are
taken up by the governor in detail as
well as the statement of the treasurer
that he (the governor) had ignored
the advice of Attorney General West
and had followed the advice of the law
firm of which the governor's brother
is a member. The governor says that
when the question of appointing Dun-
lop on the state board was up he told
Dunlop that he did not believe an elec-
tive officer could serve in the appoint-
ed capacity. The law firm held in an
opinion that the state treasurer could
not legally hold a place on the board
while the attorney general held that
he could.
"I took the attorney general's opin-
ion and made the appointment" the
governor says "but you requested that
before I acted upon the attorney gen-
eral's advice you be permitted to con-
sult your attorney and after you re-
ceived a favorable reply from him
you asked that the appointment be
they are helping both in raising funds
and in making the plans.
Automobiles will also he nroviriori
eral had given to a private citizen on for Btate offlclaB and departmenta
the gas question which he is seeking
to dominate.
If the contention of republicans is
tute. and through these organizations jmade.
"Not only have I followed the attor-
ney general in matters that I have
submitted to him heretofore but In
removing you as a member of the state
clerks and their families to make the
trip arriving in Guthrie for the ban
nnet at Tiieht. H ia nbinnoH tn hnvo
correct it will inject a new impetus - . . . .
.. the governor and his private secre-
into the fall election that was not ex
pected. Regardless of what the attor
ney general may hold in the matter if
the view many republicans have of the
situation is backed by lawyers to
whom the matter will be referred is
taries ride in the first automobile
carrying back the great seal of the
state.
The citizens of Guthrie have given
their word that all the quarters neces-
sa.rv fnr hrmsintr th atatp ripnartmnnta
upheld the direct election of senators ... . . ...
. . . ... will be ready for Immediate occupancy
will become a fact in Oklahoma this
fall for the first time in the history of
the nation.
board of education I am following the
advice of the attorney general. He
has 'given me an opinion that I have
the right to remove members of the
board of education and that all acts
attempted to be performed by the
three members removed after the or-
der of removal was entered in my office
at 9 a. m. July 29 1912 are absolutely
void."
In his letter the governor again ex-
plained his reason for asking a post-
ponement of the school book adoption.
SERIOUS
WRECK
ON THE ERISGO
Frisco Fast Train is Derailed Neai'
Rogers Ark. Turns Over
Embankment.
when the first wagons begin to arrive
on the pull from Oklahoma City and
the women have asked to have this as follows:
part of the work assigned to their or- School and Politics
ganization' also. The city hall the j "l stated to the board that I had
county court house and the temporary j tried as hard as I knew how from the
capitol building built by Guthrie five time I entered the governor's office
years ago and donated to the state jto divorce the schools from politics
are to be in readiness to receive their and to keep politics out of the schools;
the governor in getting over the situ-
ation without the necessity of having
summary removals.
Governor Cruce says that he accept
ed the good offices of ledbetter and
several months ago sent for him and
said he thought the time had arrived
to act. He had delayed the matter in
order that the passion of the people
might abate he says and until a time
when there would be as little turmoil
in the schools as possible. The gover-
nor says that he told Ledbetter that
he was convinced that a change in the
board was necessary for the welfare of
the school system but that he had de-
termined to allow Dunlop to remain
on. the board. The governor says he
did not intimate to Ledbetter that
nothing had been found against Dun-
lop In the investigation.
Maintaining Friendly Relations.
"On the contrary" says the gover-
nor's letter "I told him expressly that
while 1 believed you were honest I
did not believe you were fit for the
position; but that you were a state
official and we were members of the
state board of equalization and that
it was necessary for more than two
and a half years for us to have official
intercourse with each other and that
I did not care to disturb the friendly
relations existing between the departments."
The governor says he also told Led-
better that upon the removal of Hayes
and Glenn the board would be reor
ganized in a way to break up the "com
bination" as he terms it over which
there had been so much complaint.
Ledbetter then premised to obtain the
resignations of Hayes and Glenn (two
of the members since removed with
Dunlop) and after several weeks of
delay informed the governor he could
rqake no headway and then it was the
governor says he prepared his find
ings upon which the members were re
moved.
The governor calls attention to tlu
adoption having been made by the
four members constituting themselves
as the state board of education in ex-
actly twenty-four minutes and says
that such an outrage as that has never
been perpetrated in educational cir
cles before. The adoptions this con
tingent of the board made the gov-
ernor terms "spurious."
The governor also says that in the
purported adoption there is a substan-
tial losk to school patrons in most in-
stances he says an effort is made to
protect as far a possible the patrons
from this' loss by requiring an ex-
change of books. The contracts which
the board is executing the governor
says provides that the exchange period
shall not continue longer than one
year from the date of the contract.
This would expire and could not be
enforced he says after July 28 1913
more than a month before the pur-
ported adoption goes into effect."
OLD RESIDENT
OF FORT Gl
8
F. H. Nath Tells Experience in Navi-
gating Arkansas River Made
Trip in 1853.
Fort Gibson Okla. Aug. 12 Fifty-
nine years ago on August 1. in 1853
F. H. Nash boarded a river steamboat
bound for Fort Gibson. There was
fair running to Webbers Falls but
here the boat stuck being unable to
get over the falls on account of low
water. After waiting about two days
Mr Nash hired a horse and proceeded
by land to Fort Gibson which he
heached the same day fording the
Arkansas river Just below where the
Frisco railroad and interurban car line
bridge Is now located. It was a dry
time for about three months and load-
ed boats had a hard time to navigate.
At that time this section of the
country was almost an unbroken wild
erness with here and there a settle-
ment and small clearings with log-
houses and primitive surroundings.
From the Arkansas river west miles
beyond where the great city of Mus-
kogeo is now located was a vast un-
settled prairie. The bottom land on
the east Hide for miles was a vast tim-
bered cane-brake even within a short
distance of the old fort. It was a
strange sight to Mr. Nash then less
than 20 years of age.
The young traveler had a letter of
introduction to Col. Pitkin Morris
commander of the fort and soon Mr.
Nash was installed in a position in
the sutler's department where he stay-
ed until he married a Cherokee Indian
woman and went into business for
himself. He has resided here continu-
ously except for a few monthR during
the war of the rebellion.
Mr. Nash is the oldest merchant in
this section and lias done a vast
amount of business a good deal being
on the credit system in which he lost
much. He has helped m.'ny poor and
unfortunate people in the past for
which he received nothing except
perhaps a higher reward. Indeed If
this man. had all that is due him
which he sold on credit and promise
to pay he would have many thousands
of dollars today.
He has good health a good home a
fine family and a competency for the
future. The Nash block the finest
building in town is a monument to
his enterprise and at the age of 76
years he is the most active and young-
est appearing man for his age tn this
section.
former occupants.
Springfitld Mo. Aug. 11. Fireman
Charles Bryant was killed and nine-
teen other persons were injured when
Frisco passenger train No. 6 bound
from Texas to St. Louis left the rails
four miler south of Rogers Ark. last
midnight. The train was being drawn
by two engines and was running thirty
miles an hour. The mail car express
car Pullman and diner turned over
and went down a steep embankment.
.Many passengers had narrow es-
capes from death being hurled about
Cigaret Crusader Dies.
Sulphur Okla. Aug. 11. Joe Lister
for years secretary to the anti-eigaret
league in -this state and known to a
big per cent of the school children of
Oklahoma died suddenly Thursday
night. Mr. Lister was offering prayer i
at a camp meeting which is in progress
here when he was struck with heart
failure dying in a short time. The
news of his death will be heard with
regret especially among the young
folks among whom he labored to stir
up sentiment against the cigaret. "Call
me Joe" he used to say to the chil-
dren when he addressed them "and
if you see me across the street al-
ways hallo to me but don't ever begin
smoking cigarets it will ruin your
health impair your mind and perhaps
caus j you to lose your soul." His fun-
Oklahoma Railroads Appeal.
Oklahoma City Aug. 12 All of the
railroads operating in Oklahoma have
In the wreekeft pnnphes in eonfiisinn.
. . ... . . eral took place today in this city
Those who escaped injuries worked '
heroically to free others who were
pinioned' underneath or in their berths.
irtntman Rrvont woo linnhla tn tlimn
. . . .u . yn appealed to the supreme court from
and wa scalded to death when he "77
... . . theh order of the corporation commis-
was buried under the wreckage of the
i i h-4 ..i sion regulating charges for the storage
two locomotives. Relief trains Vere "
1- . ... .. of baggage. It Is alleged that it is an
sent to the scene of the wreck from . .
luienereuce wiut iuieruue commerce
and that the compensation allowed is
Insufficient and inadequate.
Springfield and Monett to care for the
injured.
The cause of the wreck has not been
determined. General Manager Tyler j
personally directed the work of clear-1 Protect the Children
ing the line but it was not till this i When the government sends" out or-
afternoon that service was resumed ders that certain moths grasshoppers
This is the second serious wreck to or English sparrows should be killed
occur on that division within a week ' children should not be encouraged
an done of a series of eight on various nor even permitted to take part in the
lines of the road in the last month campaign. They learn to dcr.?roy life
As a result all passenger trains are and they learn to enjoy lilling de-
moving ovef the cgperal division nn- fenceless living creatures a bad les-
der slow orders. son for children to learn.
j Society now says that cl i'dren must
Gaylord Nelson and Keuneth Miller not be permitted to cause pain bc-
were guests at the Vinita hotel this cause of the effect oh
morning from Tulsa. themselves.
the children
that I felt that it was the duty of every
member of the board to do what he
could in that direction; that the ad-
option no matter when it took place
no matter how honestly made would
occasion criticism; that under ordi-
nary circumstances it would be large-
ly confined to hotel lobbies in Okla-
homa Citv and to disappointed book
men; but that at the present time in
the midst of a heated political cam-
paign when politicians were seeking
every sort of political advantage the
criticism of these book men would be
seized upon by a thousand speakers
and from every stump poison against
the board's work would be circulated
with the result that thousands of the
school patrons would become dissatis-
fied with the board and that it was
the duty of the board so far as it lay
In its power to avert this calamity to
the schools. You and every other
member of the board know that my en-
tire argument was along the line of
pursuing the couse that would prevent
your work becoming a factor in the
political arguments. The game of poll-
times as it is commonly interpreted
to niefi is by no means an interesting
one and when played in the schools
of the state as it has been In the past
becomes absolutely obnoxious."
Dunlop's letter of last week told the
governor that the latter told W. A.
Ledbetter his attorney that he (Dun-
lop) would not be removed and that
none of the charges against him had
been sustained. The governor corrects
this idea and relates of the confer-
ence of which Dedbetter held with him
regarding the proposed removal of
members. Before the investigation of
last year ended "when the proof was
piled mountain high as the governor
puts it Ledbetter told him if he found
it necessary to make changes in the
board to let him (Ledbetter) know in
advance what the findings would be
I .yirg that he thought he could aid
The Time to Stop Your
Ad is the Day Your
Property is Sold!
If every one who bad property to selHollowed
lhe plan of advertising it contiuually and per-
sistently Until It is Sold
no one would feel "property poor." And
while occasionally an ad might have to be re-
peated a score or more of times the cost of it
would be but trifling compared to the advantage
of finding the buyer to whom that particular
property would be a bargain at the price asked.
All pjopertyin or near the city is saleable.
Thus tne rule o fadvertising
Your Property Until it is Sold
is a safe and prudent one. Of course the best
time to begin is now and as suggested the
only time to stop is when your sale is made
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