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YINITA BA:
ELY
CHIJE
VOL XIII. NO. 16j.
VINITA OKLAHOMA FRIDAY NOVEMBER 3. 1911.
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
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JUROR
MIWASE
Counsel For Both Defense And Prose-
cution Hope to See Jury Box
Filled By Tonight.
Los Angeles Cal. Nov. 3 Barring
one man the third venire of prospec-
tive jurors was exhausted at the close
of court last night in the McNamara
murder case. Altogether 207 venire-
men have been drawn. Of these ten
sat in the jury box last night having
been accepted as to cause by both sides
a gain of one man since yesterday's
session in which no talesman 'was
passed.
Counsel fur both prosecution and de-
fenes renewed predictions that the en-
tire twelve might be accepted by to-
night if there were no hitch in getting
more veniremen to examine.
The newcomer is M. T. McNeely a
retired tailor with a venerable board
who credited himself on examination
with more divergent sentiments than
any other talesman has revealed. He
is a Presbyterian an admirer of the
Merchants and Manufacturers' Associ-
ation of Los Angeles as a "builder-up"
of the city; he has participated In
strikes and as a union official has aided
in directng them but he is opposed to
them at all times; and the state
brought from him the assurance that
a wide course of reading had not prej-
udiced him against a verdict of guilty
in cases where the death penalty was
involved.
McNeely still is subject to peremp-
tory challenge if the state or the de-
fense should desire to exercise it. It
was considered unlikely last night that
the defense so desired.
Counsel for the defense stirred up
some excitement yesterday when Judge
Walter Boardweli excused two tales-
men on the ground that they do not
believe In convictions on circumstan-
tial evidence where the death penalty
is involved. In one of these cases the
state asserted it had exercised a chal-
lenge although it admittedly was not
couched in formal phrasing but in the
other the talesman was brought back
and re-examined over protest by the
defense.
The incident lost significance when
O. H. Hayes the returned talesman
was excused for actual bias after he
had said he believed he could not give
McNamara a fair trial. Judge Bord-
well said he would refrain from ques-
tioning any more jurors on that point.
Byron L. Llsk the talesman under
examination when court adjourned last
night seemed to meet the approval of
counsel for the defense. He and H.
V. Blenkiron were the only two In the
box not accepted as to cause and the
defense said last night that it had only
one more question to ask Lisk.
W. H. Andrews la the sole talesman
left in the third venire. Judge Bord-
well said last night he was undecided
as to when the next venire will be
drawn.
Western Indians Want Money.
Spokane Wash. Nov. 1. Nine
tribes of western Indians in Washing-
ton Oregon and Montana have retain-
ed Harve II. Phipps of Spokane to
represent them in presenting a memor-
ial at the next session of congress to
obtain moneys belonging to them. He
will start for Washington the latter
part of November. The tribes in the
pact are: Flathead Cayuse Pend
d'Oreille Walla Walla Umatilla Nez
Perce Colville Kootenay and Black-
feet. In addition to the awards some
of which date back twenty-five years
efforts will be made to obtain allot-
ments of 80 acres of agricultural land
or 160 acres of grazing land for each
Indian child horn since the adoption
of the 1907 treaty. It is purposed to
present these tribal claims to the court
of claims for adjustment by the gov-
ernment. The Indians are losing the
use of vast sums of money belonging
MILFORD- BERGER
SOUTH WILSON STREET
IMPERIAL NUBUCK
Champagne Shade
16-button Boot Goodyear Welt Short Vamp Tip
New Toe 2-inch Cuban Heel.
The Newest Thing in High-Grade Footwear
New Tans and a New Patent
Columbu And Vinita Meet.
The Columbus Kans. high school
football team arrived In the city on
the Frisco this morning and this after-
noon are engaged in a gridiron battle
with the gladiators of the Vinita high
school. The Columbus team is a husky
looking bunch of youngsters and look
to be heavier than the locals. This
team looks the best of any seen here
this season. The Vinita team is in
better shape to meet this team than
it has been In any of the preceding
contests and the game promises to be
a hard battle.
1
OF SEASON HERE
All Records For Early Snows Broken
Temperature Rising With Fair
Weather Predicted.
When Vinita awoke this morning she
beheld for the first time in her his-
tory a blanket of snow on November
3. The snow was very light but was
sufficient to cover the roofs of the
houses and give the earth the appear-
ance of a great white field. The snow
began falling long before daylight and
continued until about 8 o'clock. Prob-
ably half an Inch of snow fell. This
season holds the record for two things
the latest time for the first frost and
the earliest for the first snow. It has
been but two weeks since the first
frost of the season and the trees and
vegetation had not yet shed their
leaves. It was a most unusual sight
to see a tree In almost full foliage cov-
ered with snow. '
Although the snow came the temper-
ature was higher than on Wednesday
night and no ice was formed last
night. This morning a wind from the
south sent the mercury still higher and
the snow soon disappeared. The clouds
are breaking up this afternoon and the
indications are for fair weather.
M K. & T. RAILWAY SPENDS
BIG SUM FOR IMPROVEMENT
The Missouri Kansas & Texas Rail-
way is now Investing approximately
$10000000 a year to improve its prop-
erties and furnish the best facilities to
the southwest. As a result of the en-
ergetic policy of betterment the an-
nual expenditure on new equipment
roadbed track and terminals promises
to keep at a high total.
The money put in the roadway and
equipment for maintenance and better-
ment amounted to $14332844.39 and
for expenditures on the freight term-
inals at St. Louis $4053903.77 for the
fiscal year just closed. This enorm-
ous sum is in addition to the capital
employed towards expanding the sys-
tem. For additions and betterment to road
and equipment the company spent $6-
881808.29; for maintenance of way
and structures $3900643.24; and for
maintenance of equipment $3550-
392.86. New equipment cost $3840420.88
which added to the expense of main-
tainingjequipment brought the equip-
ment expenditures to $7790813.74. In
addition to that there were $87669147
of equipment purchased to replace de-
stroyed cars.
The large expenditures to better the
condition of the properties and to buy
and maintain cars and locomotives ex-
emplify the special efforts of the man-
agement to render satisfaction to the
public in the territory which the lines
traverse.
to the tribes and this action is to se-
cure a settlement. Judge Webster of
the district court at Missoula Mont.
has made the formal certification au-
thorizing Mr. Phipps to represent the
various tribes.
SHOE COMPANY.
RS
SNOWFALL
3S
BANKS f!0W PAY
FORSTATESAL
School Land Commissioners Place $800000 In
Banks Accepting State Warrants At Par
Much Indignation Expressed Toward
Banks Which Refused To Cash
Salary Warrants
Oklahoma City Nov. 3. As the re
sult of the action of the board of state
school land commissioners early Thurs
day morning in directing the secre
tary John K. Williams to deposit the
$SOO000 in its hands in banks that
would accept current Oklahoma war-
rants at par no trouble was experienc
ed Thursday afternoon in getting one
hundred cents on the dollar in gold
for every salary warrant held in Okla
homa City.
At least three banks in Oklahoma
City the Tradesmens State the State
Exchange and the Guaranty bank were
paying cash for all current warrants
presented Thursday and in fact the
officials of the State Exchange bank
telephoned to a large number of the
state offices that more state warrants
wer desired. The relief is not only
temporary for arrangements have been
made so that the succeeding issues
will have Immediate market at par.
The board of state school land com
missioners consisting of Governor Lee
Cruce President G. T. Bryan of the
state board of agriculture Secretary
of State Ben F. Harrison and State
Auditor Leo Meyers met in the gover
nor's office early Thursday morning.
State Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion R. H. Wilson who is out of the
city being the only absentee. A short
discussion ensued after which the
board adopted the following resolution;
"Be it resolved that the secretary of
the board until otherwise ordered by
this board be directed to accept as
security for deposits for funds under
the control of this department only
state warrants and that so far as it
may be necessary to protect the credit
of the state and keep warrants issued
for the current year's expenses at par
that he be authorized to give prefer-
ence to warrants drawn for the fiscal
year of 1911 and that banks which
are now holding funds secured by
surety bonds be notified of this ac
tion and that money in such banks will
be first drawn upon unless they sub
stitute the security required by this
resolution."
After the resolution had been adopt
ed State Treasurer Robert Dunlop was
called in and apprised of the board's
action. He stated that he thought it
was a good thing but that he could not
see his way clear to make any change
in the manner of handling the funds
in his hands. Incidentally the ques-
tion of whether the state treasurer or
The ladies of the Catholic church
gave an oyster supper at the parson-
age last night to raise funds to re-
furnish the parsonage. The net pro-
ceeds of the supper were $76.
Miss Edna Stutsman daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Stutsman formerly
of this city but now of Shreveport
La. was married Wednesday at the
home of her parents in Shreveport to
Mr. John Clyde Edwards of Morris-
ville Mo. The young couple will be at
home after November 15 at Morris-
ville Mo. The bride was a teacher in
the city schools here last year and
practically grew to young womanhood
here. She has many friends here who
wish the young couple much happi-
ness. George and Fred Kelley Jr. arrived
this morning from East Alton 111. to
attend the funeral of their father.
Ncvember Attractions at Grand.
The following are some of the attrac-
tions booked at the Grand theatre for
November:
Stock Companies.
Spooner Dramatic Company.
Dorothy Deeves Stock Company.
Howard Stock Company.
One Night Attractions.
November 7 The Common Law of
Marriage.
November 25 The Wolfe.
November 28 The Traveling Sales-
man. There will be a show every night
throughout the entire month.
PAR VALUE '
1
the board of school land commission-
ers should handle the school funds is
now before the supreme court for de
cision.
"The credit of the state will be taken
care of without calling on the state
treasurerir said Governor Lee Cruce.
Thursday. "The action of the board
was unanimous and it was the opinion
of the members of the board that it is
the duty of the state officials to look
after the interests of the people ahead
jor me interests or the banks.
"This apparent effort to force the
calling of a special session has not
strengthened the cause of those who
have been requesting it one particle."
Considerable Indignation- was ex-
pressed in state circles on account of
the action of those banks that refused
to accept current state warrants Wed-
nesday. According to State Auditor
Leo Meyer the monthly payroll of the
state is In the neighborhood of $100-
000. The first half of the state taxes Is
already being paid in many places and
it is estimated that 60 per cent of it
will be turned in by the first of the
year. That will mean that the state
will have nearly $2000000 in cash on
hand by the time these warrants come
due.
Most of the state institutions are
getting along with no trouble what
ever. It was5 stated Thursday after-
noon" by one of the members Of" tin
state board of agriculture that the
board has $8200 to be used for ex-
penses of the A. & M. college at Still-
water and that all of the Institutions
under the charge of the boar dof agri-
culture have sufficient funds to get
along all right.
"The action of the school land com-
missioners will afford temporary help"
said State Treasurer Robert Dunlop
Thursday "but it looks to me like they
might have taken it sooner than they
did. I have not changed my mind as
to my duty at all since yesterday and
still believe that conditions will not be
what they should be until those $3.-
000000 of old warrants have been fund-
ed. Neither would I even consider de-
positing the money in my control out
of the state. The banks have stood by
us and are loaded down with warrants
and it manifestly would be unfair for
me to withdraw the deposits from
them leaving them in the lurch."
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS
SOON RETURN TO CAPITAL
Washingvon D. C Nov. 3. Political
activity will characterize the return of
members of the senate and house to
Washington early In November. Elec-
tions in several states next week will
terminate congressional and state con-
tests and many congressional leaders
are expected to reach Washington be-
fore November 15.
Important committee work will be-
gin on that date when the senate com-
mittee on interstate commerce will be-
gin hearings on trust legislation. The
steel trust and sugar trust investiga-
tions the Inquiry into state depart-
ment matters and the work of other
special committees will be in full
swing two weeks before congress
opens.
Members of the house committee on
appropriations will sail November 9
for Panama to Investigate the needs of
the canal. Members of the senate ap-
propriations committee already are in
Panama. The congressional employ-
ers' liability and workingmen's com-
pensation committee will resume hear-
ings here next Monday. The national
monetary commission will meet in a
month to consider its final report to
congress which must be made by Jan-
uary 8.
The republican national committee
is scheduled for December 12 in Wash-
ington. The democratic national com-
mittee will meet January 8. The dem-
ocratic and republican congressional
committees will not meet until later.
To Decide Baseball Fate.
Tulsa Okla. Nov. 3. The fate of
1912 league baseball in Oklahoma
towns will be decided on Novembf r
20th at which time the baseball "mag
nates" and fans of Oklahoma cities and
border towns In neighboring states will
bold a meeting in this city. The ad-
visability of forming a minor league
of baseball teams In this state next
spring will be discussed and possible
.plans for the new league will be formu-
lated. So far it looks favorable for a
team at Muskogee Tulsa Sand Springs
I Okmulgee and Fort Smith. Ark. Fans
and promoters of Sapulpa. Bartlesville
Knid and Guthrie have also partially
signified their intentions to enter such
a league.
AVIATOR FLIES AT
GREAT HEIGHT
I
Aviator Soared So High People Along
the Rcute Failed to See Him
Pass.
Yuma Ariz. Nov. 3. Aviator Cal
P. Rodgers flying at an altitude of
more than 3000 feet was compelled to
land at Stoval. Siding sixty miles east
of Yuma late yesterday because his
supply of gasoline was exhausted. He
will resume his westward flight early
today with Yuma as his first stopping
place.
I Rodgers' gasoline tank will carry a
supply to feed his engines on a flight
of about 200 miles but he tried to do
more than 200 miles.
1 Leaving Maricopa at an early hour
he started for Phoenix going first voer
Temple. This was a distance of thirty-
three miles. He arrived at Phoenix at
10:30 o'clock and after a flight around
the city and a short landing at the
state fair grounds resumed his jour-
ney announcing he would "make Yuma
before night."
Yuma however was more than 200
miles away.
Not wishing to retrace his Bteps
Rogers flew directly over the moun-
tains rising to an altitude of about
3500 feet in order to make the pas-
sage instead of going back to Tempe
and following the easier route down
the Southern Pacific tracks.
The start from Phoenix was a beau-
tiful one and his speed was terrific.
This was the last heard of him as
he probably flew too high to be seen
from any of the numerous small water-
ing places on the route until word
came to Yuma that he had landed at
Stoval Siding. Counting his trip from
Maricopa to Phoenix and over the
mountains to Stoval Rodgers covered
about 225 miles yesterday.
Ft. Gibson Postoffice is Robbed.
Muskogee Okla. Nov. 3. Using
picks which they had stolen from a sec-
tion house to batter down the rear win-
dow two robbers entered the post-
office at Fort Gibson near here early
yesterday blew the safe and made
away with $200 in money and $400 in
stamps. Postoffice Inspector Lewis is
working on the case.
Sunday School Rally.
Members and friends of the Sunday
school at the First Christian church
are requested to make an extra effort
to be present next Sunday November
5th and be on time 9:45. Officers
and teachers will answer roll call with
short scripture. The mark is for 400
j present.
N ORTH EASTERN
OKLAHOMA
By patronizing home retailers home wholesalers home
printers home laborers and home industries of all kinds.
Be a Vinita Booster
Trade At Heme
It wont cost you a single solitary cent extra and you'll
have the satisfaction of knowing that you are doing your
duty as a Vinita citizen.
BOARD TO FORCE
3:
It it Reported Members of Board Sub-
jected to Investigation Lay Blame
to John R. Williams.
Oklahoma City Nov. 3. The board
of education row took a sensational
turn when friends of the board went
to a number of appointees of Governor
Cruce yesterday and gave them to un-
derstand that if they did not use their
influence with the governor to prevent
the removal of members of the board
they would proceed to get the scalps
of these appointees. It is said that
embers of the board who were sub
jected to charges laid the blame for
part of their troubles to the doors of
John Williams secretary of the com-
missioners of the Oklahoma land office
and John Doolin ptate flrsh and game
warden.
It is said certain members of the
board of education and their friends
hope to form an allegiance with the
state board of agriculture which also
is at outs with the Cruce administra-
tion and form a combination to force
John Williams and John Doolin out
of their official positions. In the event
these same board of education mem-
bers are removed. One of the combin
ations is hoped to be made on the
board of school land commissioners
with a view of getting enough votes to
oust John Williams as secretary of the
board.
The board of agriculture recently
opened fire on Doolin by causing the
adoption of resolutions at the annual
meeting at Stillwater advocating the
consolidation of the game department
with the board of agriculeure.
The Cruce appointees who have said
to have received such threats say they
are not in the least frightened. They
declare that the governor will have
abundant justification before the peo-
ple for any action that he may take
in the board of education matter that
no influence Intended to Intimidate him
can have any effect upon his probable
course and that he will stand by his
appointees to the last ditch rather than
to yield to the wishes of his political
enemies through fear of consequences.
Advccates Federal Control.
Spokane Wash. Nov. 1. United
States Senator Miles Poindexter said
on returning to his home here from a
trip to Alaska on which he was ac-
companied by Gi fiord Pinchot former-
ly forester of the United States that
after seeing the real situation In the
far northern territory be is still of the
opinion that the federal government
should open and operate enough coal
mines there to control the price and
insure competition. Regarding the po-
litical situation he said there is a
strong sentiment for La Follette in
Alaska and on the Pacific coast and
when asked if it were stronger than
it is for President Taft he replied: "I
cannot say that. I only know that La
Follette seems to have a 6trong fol-
lowing." Senator Poindexter also ex
pressed himself in favor of reapportion-
ing the state of Washington into five-
congressional districts and the passage
of a law giving the voters the right to
express preference for the presidential
nominations. He favors a special
meeting of the legislature.
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Marrs, D. M. Vinita Daily Chieftain. (Vinita, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 165, Ed. 1 Friday, November 3, 1911, newspaper, November 3, 1911; Vinita, Okla.. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc774082/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.