Vinita Daily Chieftain. (Vinita, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 111, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 21, 1909 Page: 1 of 4
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VINITA OKLAHOMA yATURDA Y AUGUST 21 1909
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Public Opinion Aroused to Extent of
Forcing City Commission to Stop
Sale of Beer And Near Beer.
Wichita Kans. Aug. 21. Public
sentiment has been aroused to such a
pitch by the open violation of the
prohibitory law by at least fifty joint-
ists and the talk of recall has become
so strong that Mayor Davidson called
a special meeting of the commission-
ers yesterday afternoon and they pass-
ed an ordinance which is calculated to
stop the sale of near-beer or real
beer and liquor which is being sold
in all of the numerous open Joints.
For some reason which they did not
deem wise to make public the com-
missioners will not have the new or-
dinance published in the official pa-
per until Sunday morning and it will
not take effect until Monday morning.
This will give the jointists two days
In which to continue their wide-open
sales before any attempt will be made
to molest them on the part of the po-
lice. -
The new ordinance provides that
near-beer cannot be sold In less than
gallon lots and the sale of it is other-
wise hedged about The mayor de-
clares that his chief of police can en-
force this ordinance and thus he will
be able to close all the joints. The
chief says ha can -easily arrest joint-
ists under the new ordinance and ha
will do so instead of paying no at-
tention to them aa the present method.
The quantities of beer which have
been consumed In the city during the
past four days 3s beyond belief. It is
stated by those in a position to know
that twenty-two car loads of beer have
been received and sold. This seems
Impossible 1wt a visit to one of the
joints disclosed five barkeepers work-
ing as hard as they could. Other places
are said to be as busy.
FG03 SHOD BASEBALL
BASSES FOrlCTH
During the next four days Vinita
fans will have an apportunity to see
some classy baseball. Tomorrow the
strong Seneca team comes for a con-
test with the locals. The Seneca
team Is & fast aggregation and will
make the Vinita boys go some to win.
Monday Tuesday and Wednesday
the Keifer team will be .here. This
team is one of the claimants for the
state amateur championship. The lo-
cals will try to keep the champion-
ship at home The following is the
line-up for tomorrow's game:
H. Raines 2b; Parks ss; Bagby
3b; Reamer lb; Blllingslea If;
Deweese p; M. Raines c; McClure
rf; Marrs cf.
WRESTLING MATCH POSTPONED
ON ACCOUNT OF MINSTREL.
Owing to the florida Blossoms min-
strel being a counter attraction in the
city last night th wrestling match
between Foxy Miller and Kid Farmer
was postponed until Sunday night.
These two wrestlers gave a short ex-
hibition of scientific wrestling at the
airdomo in Electric park last night.
The money paid for admission by
those present was returned.
JUDGE BURGESS AGED 73
MARRIES IN CALIFORNIA.
By Associated Press.
Los Angeles Cal. Aug. 21. It was
announced here today on July 29th
last Judge Gavin D. Burgess of the
supreme court of Missouri was mar-
ried here to Miss Mary Burger. Judge
Burgess is seventy-three years of age
and his wife forty-seven.
Milford -Berg'cr Shoe Co. j
Cut Prices on Oxfords
Ladies' $1.50 Canvas Oxfords 75c
Ladies' $2.00 Canvas Oxfordi $100
Children's Canvas Oxfords 70c
1-4 to 1-3 off on all Children's Oxfords
Ladies' $4.00 and $3.50 Oxfords $2.75
Ladies' $250 and $3 00 Oxfords $2.00
Ladies' $1.75 and $2.00 Oxfords $125
Men's $5.00 Oxf.rds i $3.50
. Men' $4.00 Oxfords $2.85
iUOT AIRSHIP PLUNGES
DOWNWARD INTO LftKE
By Associated Press.
Rome Italy Aug. 21 While cruis-
ing about high in the air a military
airship with a crew of six suddenly
plunged downward six hundred feet
and landeu into Lake Bracciano with
a tremeudous splash. The accident
was caused by the escape of gas. The
entire crew was rescued but the diri-
gible was badly damaged. Had the
craft fallen on land all probably
would have been killed.
ENLARGING STORE
Room Formerly Occupied By Woodall
Grocery is to Be Occupied By
Department Store.
The Sanders-Wright department
store has begun the work of remodel-
ing the room formerly occupied by the
Woodall grocery in the Thomason
building preparatory to enlarging the
store. The partition will be removed
between the room now occupied by
the lady's ready-to-wear clothing de-
partment and the new addition. A big
archway will be cut in the rear of the
two center walls nd the office in-
stalled there with carrier baskets run-
ning to all parts of the great store
room
This change will give this mam-
moth store the largest floor space of
any store in eastern Oklahoma The
stock carried will consist of every-
thing to be found in the big .depart-
ment stores f the cities. Several
new clerks will be employed and a
general increase in all departments
will be made.
EELEH SEWER -E3SDS
. m. LOST CB STOLEN
Chandler Okla. Aus. 21. Twenty-
five muukiipal sewer lsonds of $1000
each issued by the city of Chandler
and dated July 1 which were deliver-
ed to the Wells-Fargo Express com-
pany for shipment to Guthrie August
9 have been lost or stolen. The first
indication of theft was discovered
yesterday when the cashier of the
First National bank of Davenport
found one of the bonds on the street
in Brlstow last Saturday. 1
The bonds were ready for shipment
to the state auditor. Investigation
oroved that the package was put on
the trucks with other packages at
Chandler but the express messenger
on the train discovered that the bond
package was missing.
GOTOB SPEECH GUP !
RACE TO BE FEATURE i
By Associated Press.
Indianapolis Ind. Aug. 21. The
principal event in today's program at
the automobile speed carnival here
was the three hundred mile race for
the Indianapolis motor speedway cup
said to be the most valuable trophy
ever offered for a motor race and with
all of the famous drivers and with cars
or foreign and domestic make com
peting a stirring contest was expect-
ed. The ex-Confederate veterans are
tiolding a meeting here this afternoon
for the purpose of choosing a delegate
to the state convention at Chickasha.
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Child Over Which There Was Much Litigation
Carried From Home of Mrs. Blakeley in To-peka-Fired
at Young Man Who Attempted
to Interfere-Two Ftlen and Woman Ap-
pear in Baggy and Carry Off Child.
By Associated Press.
Topeka Kans. Aug. 21. Marion
Bleakley the St. Louis World's Fair
incubator baby who was the cause
of litigation extending over several
years was kidnapped in a sensational
manner from the home of her mother
in this city today.
Mrs. Charlotte Bleukley who was
awarded the child by the federal
court two' years ago lived with her
mother fit 1027 Garfield avenue about
a mile and a half from the business
district. She worked down town as
a stenographer. Little Marion who
is five years old had been carefully
guarded in Topeka and constantly at-
tended. This morning a woman os-
tensibly selling soap appeared at the
Bleakley home. She soon left and
half an hour later a buggy in which
were two men and the woman appear-
ed in front of the house. One of the
men entered the Bleakley yard where
GRIST KILL JONES IS
FIRST TO ANNOUNCE
Guthrie Okla. Aug. 21. The --first
to announce his candidacy for the
gubernational nomination in the pn
m&rtea of next year is C. G.. Jones of
Oklahoma City commonly known as
"Grist Mil!" Jones. He wiD be a can
didate for the republican nomination
Mr. Jones has been a resident of
Oklahoma City since 18S9 and was
at one time mayor of that city. As
a member of the joint statehood com
I mittee Jones was a prominent figure
in the fight for Joint statehood in
Oklahoma and for years devoted most
of his energies toward securing state
hood for Oklahoma and Indian Terri-
tory. He Wns a member of the first
territorial legislature and also of the
first and second state legislatures of
Oklahoma and also spent several other
terms in the territorial legislature. He
has also been prominent as a railroad
builder and promoter.
It is likely that Jones will not have
the support of the republican stats
organization and will have to make
his fight independent of the organi-
zation. '
CRITICISES TREATMENT
HCCOBDED HOT THUS!
By Associated Press.
Matteawan N. Y. Aug. 21. Mrs.
Mary Copeland Thaw mother of Harry
Tuaw today made public a statement
criticising the treatment accorded her
son in the Matteawan asylum since
his return to that lustitulion. She
asserts that not only the comforts ac-
corded Thaw when he was first sent
to the asylum have not been restored
after his return but he has been deni-
ed the privileges he enjoyed for eigh-
teen months while in the asylum. She
said when she asked the superintend-
ent of the asylum why this was be
ansewered that Thaw had not appre-
ciated what had been done for him.
INDIAN BLOOD SAID
TO BE A BENEFIT.
Chicago Aug. 21. Trof. Thomas
of the Vniversity of Chicago declares
the mixture of negro blood with
Americans Is of no value whereas
Indian blood is good. -He points to
many prominent citizens including
Senator Owen and Representatives
Custer and Davenport all of whom
have Indian blood and are statemen.
A fire alarm was turned in this af-
ternoon and the department made
run to the south part of town but it
was cr.'y a rs fire.
BATOR BABY
the child was playing with a young
man of the neighborhood in whose
charge she had been left. As the
kidnapper ran toward the girl the
young man attempted to interfere The
kidnapper shot at him but missed he
then knocked the boy down with the
revolver and carried the child to the
buggy and drove off.
The police were notified and a large
posse was soon in pursuit.
The young man who was in charge'
of the kidnapped child was Clarence
Belknap of Jackson Teiin. a cousin
of Mrs. Bleakly. After he was struck
down he recovered sufficiently to fol-
low the buggy and. caught on the rear
of the vehicle but was beaten off.
The kidnappers headed west and it is
supposed they will go to small station
on the Rock Island west of Topeka
where they expect to board the west
bound train.
The buggy in which the kidnappers
escaped was found at ono o'clock this
afternoon in the street at Fifth and
Fillmore streets two miles from
where the child was stolen. It had
been abandoned and was a livery rig.
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SECRETARY CROSS
APPOINTS SPONSOR
Guthrie Okla. Aug. 21 With visi-
tors forbidden by his physicians but
nevertheless always appearing the
condition of Secretary of State Bill
Cross grows no more hopeful. Ilia
heart worn by activities of the sixty-
odd years of the veteran statesman
labors weakly along.
Mr. Cross persists in interesting
himself in outside affatrs and has
announced the appointment of Miss
Illadys Bruce Torbett of Ada as spon-
sor; Misses Eula Clare Sims and Helen
Joues of Ada as niaids of honor for
the reunion of the United Confederate
Veterans at Chlckasha August 25-27.
FINAL SOLUTIO
OF RAIN MAKING
"Rain Maker" Declares He Has De-
veloped Apparatus to Control
Precipitation of Moisture.
By Associated Press.
Wichita Kans. Aug. 21. Mikala
Tesla the renowned inventor in a
letter received here today by George
C. Mathews a "rain maker" of Wich-
ita in regard to the final successful
solution of the artiflscial production of
rain says: "1 cannot really say that
I have expressed myself substantially
before but it is a fact that I have de-
veloped certain electrical appliances
with which it will ho possible to con-
trol the precipitation of moisture from
the atmosphere."
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VimTA'5 BIG DEPARTMENT STOIiY
PRISONER HAKES
SEGOIJDjTTEfilPT
Charley Hobart Sentenced to Prison
For Highway Robbery Success-
fully Escapes Officers.
McAlester Okla. Aug. 21. Charley
Hobart sentenced from "Tulsa for
highway robbery made his second at-
tempt to escape from the state peni-
tentiary last night and this time it ap-
pears he has succeeded for the time
being at least. '
When the convicts were checked in
from the work Thursday night Hobart
was missing. It was supposed he had
hidden some place in the works and
the search for him began promptly.
With so many men having gone over
and over the ground all day long it
was impossible for the dogs to pick
up the trail.
The Bearch for him in the surround-
ing country continues and as he could
have had only a few minutes start
before the guards wore after him he
may bo captured.
About four weeks ago Hobart made
an attempt to escape and worked a
very ingenious plan. The men were
at work in a deep trench and he dug
a hole in one side of the wall of the
trench set a long board In there to
protec t him and had some of the men
cover him up after he had gotten in
there.
He was missed when the men were
checked in and the search for him be-
gan. The man in charge of the work
was satisfied he had not left the place
and after they had gone over the
ground several times he still insisted
on looking farther. Some of the con-
victs were set to work digging along
the trench and when he thought the
very next blow of the pick might land
on him he cried out and was discover-
ed. This time he was more fortunate
and managed to get away.
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