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VINITA OKLAHOMA THURSDAY- NOVEMBER 17 1910.
VOL XII. NO. 180.
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
VINITA BAILY -CI
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GLINKSCALES
DIES OF APOPLEXY
One of Vinita's Pioneer Physicians and
Prominent Citizens Becomes Sud-
den Victim of "Grim Reaper.
Dr. A. M. Cllnkscales was stricken
with apoplexy between six and seven
o'clock this morning and died about
10:30 without regaining consciousness.
Dr. Clinkscales had finished feeding
his horses and was returning to the
house when the cook saw him stumble
forward regain his poise for a moment
and then collapse and fall backward.
Neighbors were called and the un
conscious man taken into the house.
Drs.! Neer and Craig were at once
summoned but nothing could be done.
Dr. Clinkscales was 55 years old
and a Texan by birth. After studying
at the Louisville Medical school he
practiced for a time in his native state
and then took his degree at the Jeffer-
son Medical College in Philadelphia
which was considered at that time to
give the best training obtainable in
America. 5
He came to Vinita about 20 years
ago and soon became one of the prom-
inent figures in the life of the city.
His practice was large and lucrative
and be was well and favorably known
Jn the medical circles of the state.
Dr. Clinkscales was twice married.
His first wife died in 1898 and his sec-
ond marriage took place five years
later. His second wife survives him
together with two boys and one little
girl the last being the child of the
present Mrs. Clinkscales.
The deceased was a Mason and a
member of the Modern Woodmen:
Hearing Contempt Proceedings.
The county commissioners are be-
fore County Judge Frear this after-
noon on contempt proceedings lnltiat
ed by Dr. A. H. Stolper of the state
department of charities and correc-
tion. Judge Frear appointed E. J.
Hobdy probation officer in June' 1910.
The commissioners have refused to
pay his salary which is fixed by law at
$50 per month. Dr. Stolber and Mr.
Hobdy are appearing against the com-
missioners and County 'Attorney Brady
and E. M. Probasco In their behalf.-
TWO LABORERS CONFESS
PLOT TO DESTROY PROPERTY
By Associated Press. ?
Kansas City Mo. Nov. 17. A plot
by the leaders of the striking machin-
ists to destroy the 'property of the
Missouri Pacific railway was disclosed
here this morning in the criminal
court when P. E. Sweeny and W. G.
Owens both twenty years old and
both of Sedalia plead guilty to a
charge of malicious mischief. In their
confessions both said they were "In-
side" men working under an alias as
non-union men and were gettig an op
portunity to destroy property. One
"job" they confessed was at Argenta
Ark. where they said they placed a
chisel and capsules filled with steel
i and emery dust in two of the ; great
laths used for turning out locomotive
and car wheels. Each machine is
valued at thirty thousand dollars and
would have been ruined they said had
not the attempt been discovered and
frusterated. Both men were working
in the shops under assumed names.
County Superintendent of Schools
Suelton is trying to educate the grown
people of the. county in clean politics
as well as teach the children the "three
Rs." . In several school districts the
teachers are meeting the parents of
the children once or twice a month
and reading aloud to them the story of
Judge Ben Lindsay's fight with the
'machine" in Denver.
MILFORD BERGER SHOE COMPANY.
Line of Sample Barker Brown
Shoes Will Be On Sale
In a Day or Two
MILFORD -BERGER SHOE COMPANY
Anti-American Rioters Expelled.
By Associated Press.
Washington D. C Nov. 17. The
liberal leadersalleged to be responsi-
ble for the anti-American riots at
Leon Nicaragua were today expelled
from the country by President Estrada
according to a telegram to the state
department from Thomas D. Moffatt
fjnited States consul at Bluefields.
AGENTS
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Mrs. Conine in Kickapoo Case Says
She Left Mexico Because Hus- .
band's Wards Annoyed Her.
Guthrie Okla. Nov. 17. The disad
vantages of acting as trustee for Indian
funds were portrayed strikingly by
Mrs. R. C. Conine wife of one of the
defendants in the Kickapoo cases who
testified that Indians came to their
house almost continuously inquiring
about their money which temporarily
was in Dr. Conine's charge and be
came such a nuisance that she was
unable to receive her friends and left
Muzquiz on that account.
Mrs. Conine who has been too ill
to testify until yesterday afternoon
probably will be the last witness for
th defense. She corroborated her hus
band's testimony with regard to his
mdvemehtff in Mexico during the last
three years and his continuous rest
derice during that lime. She also re
lated a conversation with Alberto San
tos to confirm Dr. Conine's statements
that he had nothing to do with the
checks given to Santos and Jimlnez
while they were in Mexico. ' !
W. L. Chapman one of the defend-
onts was under cross-examination
most of the day.' Strenuous- efforts
were made by the prosecution to find
out what had become of Chapman's
checks issued in connection with the
purchase of Kickapoo lands. The only
information that could be obtained
however was Chapman's statement
that he had turned them over to
Blakeney and Maxey April lo 1907
and produced a receipt in court. It
was dated April 15 1906 however
and Prosecutor. Kearful declared that
the receipt ratlly was made out at a
much later date and dated back.
In. the same connection many ques
tions were asked concerning various
amounts drawn out by - Chapman ; in
cash during the same period . all of
which he testified were for expenses.
It also was shown that in addition to
the amounts paid out by Chapman
A T. Brown another defendant - re-
ceived $3-000 in cash from Oklahoma
during the same period which was
also paid out for "expenses." The
only specific accounting for any of the
disbursements was the statement that
amounts of from $2 to $10 in Mexican
money were- given to various Indians
who asked for it.
Disappearance Still a Mystery
Guthrie Okla. Nov. 17 B.;C. Pit-
tuck dean of the secondary schools
of Oklahoma who mysteriously disap-
peared two months ago returned to1
day but gave no explanation of his
dissappearance. It is believed he was
afflicted with a strange illness.
WOULD DIVERT IMMIGRATION
TO UNDEVELOPfD SOUTHWEST
By Associated Press.
Springfield Mo. Nov. 17 John H.
Curran immigration commissioner for
Missouri announced today that Gov-
ernor Hadley will call a conference
of governors and immigration officials
of the southwest to urge national leg-
islation that will divert immigration
from the crowded cities of the east to
the undeveloped west. The confer-
ence 'J to be at St. Louis in December.
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IS
GREA
LYANNOYED
UCTIDN ONLY FICT1GI0
DECARES H
Head of Bureau of Che .kry Says Hold on
Throats of Consumers is Only Loosened in
Order to Get a Firmer Grip-rReduction
mi Price of Meat was Deliberate Man-
ipulation of the MarfatsSome In-
fluences that sent Prices up Be-
hind Temporary Reductions r
Washington D. C Nov. 17. "The
interests which manipulated the prices
upward have released their hold on
our throats temporarily for the pur-
pose of getting a fresh grip. The so-
called reduction in meats is fictitious."
This statement was made yesterday
by Dr. Harvey W. Wiley chief of the
bureau of chemistry of the department
of agriculture in connection with per-
sistent reports to the effect that there
had been a reduction in the prices of
all kinds 'of meats.
"This so-called reduction in the price
of meats" said Doctor Wiley "is mere-
ly a deliberate manipulation of the
market just as the increase in prices
was unjust unreasonable and uncalled
for by conditions prevailing through-1
out the country.. The prices were
fictitious when they reached thetop
notch because they were forced to
that high level arbitrarily by the in
terests; i
"The alleged reduction is also fic
titious because the reduction is not a
reduction in fact but merely market
manipulation deliberately planned to
meet the selfish ends of the Interests
who have dominated the markets for
years. ' .
"If you do not believe that the so-
called reduction is fictitious go into
the markets and try to buy-a pound
of beef. You will suddenly discover
that the reduction in prices is very un
real and if you want the beef you
will come pretty close to paying ex-
actly what you have been paying for
it in the past.
"But even if there is an actual re-
duction at this particular tim it is
far from belrtg permanent. Why?
Simply ' because the interests which
controlled the market a year ago and
forced the price of meats up to an ab-
normal level are still in control of the
market.
"It is impossible to believe that
they have suddenly become philan-
thropic and decided to give the people
a square deal. No. Developments
will show that the interests are after
someone. There may be some inde-
pendent movement they hope to' drive
from cover or take into camp. The
hands of. the interests at our throats
just simply got tired from holding on.
They have relaxed their hold tempo
rarily in order that they may get a
better and fresher grip.
'"There is some reason best known
to themselves why the interests have
announced a reduction in the price of
meats. Believe me it was not prompt
ed by any desire to help the consumer
Water Famine at Bartlesville.
Bartlesville Okla. Nov. 17. Barf-
tlesville and Washington county are
threatened with a water famine. Al
ready drilling operations have ceased
in the oil field and many men are out
of work. The three zinc smelters here
will close within a week if rain does
not fall and cattle raisers already are
driving their herds several miles to
water. -
AEROPLANE BUILDING IS
RECOGNIZED BY FEDERATION
St. Louis Mo. Nov. 17. Aeroplane
bu:Iding'.was recognized as a new
branch of the American Federation of
Labor today. The carriage and wagon
union in a petition to the federation
shows a decline in the carriage and
wagon building industry stating' it
was due to the automobile and aero-
plane. The members asked'that their
charter be broadened to include the
trade's engaged in the building of these
new agencies of transportation. The
new name which the union desired is
"The Carriage Wagon Automobile
and Aeroplane Workers International
Union of North America. The peti
tion was referred to a committee.
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solve this problem of the high cost of
living."
Secretary Wilson of the department
of agriculture said that the announc-!of
ed reduction in prices was abnormal
He said It was due to the fact that the
drought in the cattle raising country "Following the activities of the de-
had Increased the cost of hay. i partment of the interior and the de-
"The farmer with cattle on his ! partment of Justice' in Investigating
hands" said Secretary Wilson "must the PsoU.Ie existence of a combine of
pay ?3.50 a ton for his hay instead of
$3.00 the price of a year ago and
rather than do this he is sending his
cattle to market. This has caused a
flood of cattle in the Chicago market
and accounts for the sudden tumble in
prices.
Thia tumble is abnormal and will
not be permanent. However a plenti-
ful corn crop and plenty of grain will
enable the farmer to feed freely and
we should get a lower level of prices.'
Lower prices are certain to come pro
vided that somewhere between the
v .u
farmer and the consumer there is no i
combination or agreement to keep the
prices up
WALKER WHITESIDE CHARMS
AUDIENCE AT AUDITORIUM
Walker Whiteside and his company
gave Vinita a pleasure which will lin-
ear Inns- nnri prntofnllv 1n t) a momni-v
of all who witnessed the performance
of "The Melting Pot" at the Auditor-'
ium last night. Zangwill's truly great
play is in itself an inspiration. Even
in thA hnnlr It prlrtn tho roarioi- onH
i .i.i w Am u 'i.
it would be difficult to present it so
o fw h m 4
. . ..
tator spell-bound. The conception of
i iwi i u v ..v.
America as the crucible in which the
- . ... ..
. .. . ..
' . . .
coming superman" is a tremendous one
to have been so clearly conceived and
so vividly presented by an English
Jew. The tribute of David to the
stars and stripes by the way might
have been the production of a first
class Fourth of July orator.
Walker Whiteside and his company
as a whole were equal to their) play.
Whiteside's presentation of David the
young Jewish American musician and
idealist was a characteristic piece of
work so delicately perfect that hard-
ly any details stand out in the retro-
spect. Whiteside was David Quixano.
The comedy parts wire indifferently
sustained. s Herr Pappelmeister would
have been improved by being made
fatter more elderly and more paternal
in his attitude towards David and
Vera. Miss Fisher as Vera Ravendal
was positively enchanting. She made
love in a way that wquld make a
ba'chelor home-sick and the very soul
of horror vibrated in the shrieks with
which she repudiated her father when
she learned that he was "the Butcher
of Kishineff." Only once did she fail
to score in an important crisis; in the
passionate quotation of the words of
Ruth to David. That has been made
by other actresses the real climax of
the play.
One would like to go down the list
and give a word of praise to nearly
every one of the performers. But spe-
cial mention is due to Miss Von Ottin-
ger's interpretation of the Baroness
Revendal. The frivolous and selfish
aristocrat could not have been better
done. The fairness of Zangwlll the
Jew Is strikingly manifest in his nobie
conception -of Baron Revendal: and
Will E. Corbett's work in that part
though sometimes a bit stiff gave on
the whole an accurate impression of
the strength and the limitations of the
finest type of Russian character.
A. R. Love and family who have
been living at the Hotel Green have
moved to the house of Mrs. M. J. Skin-
ner near the Presbyterian church on
Illinois 'avenue.
Petition For Reprieve For Crlppen.
By Associated Press.
London England Nov. 17. Solici
tor Newton has secured several thou-
sand signatures to his petition for a
reprieve for his client. Dr. Crippen
is sentenced to die Wednesday. It is
probable the petition will be present-
ed to the home of Secretary Churchill
today.
OIL ADVANCE WILL
Important And Comprehensive State-
ment From Interior Department
on Result of Influence.
Washington D. C Nov. 17. The de
partment of the interior Wednesday
gave out an important and comprehen
sive statement regarding the influence
government efforts in dealing with
the oil situation in Oklahoma. The
department says:
plpe llne owners in Oklahoma the
market prlce of 011 has one up t0 42
cents a barrel in that state the high
est price it has reached for a long
time. The collection of the royalty on
Indian oil land leases under the con-
trol of the department of the interior
will be on the 42-cent basis until a fur-
ther movement of the market.
"A year ago last summer the price
went down to 55 cents. At that time
only three pipe lines were operating
Since then under the encouragement
of the department a fourth pipe line
nas been completed to the Gulf
I "The royalty payments upon most
of the leases of Indian lands are at
the rate of one-eighth of the market
price
I "The oil situation in Oklahoma has
been somewhat difficult to deal with
.In May 1908 congress granted citizen
ship to approximately seven-tenths of
the total population of the Five Civil
ized Tribes. These Indians thus granted
citizenship are in full control of their
own oil lands and' may make such
leases as' they' choose. Immediately
adjln1" Tthf an!8 those of the
restricted Indians whose leases are un
der the control and regulation of the In
terior department. Thus the depart
ment can control only the lands of 30
cent of the Indians and Is not in a
. . ' .
.position to suspend operations in order
to secure an advance in prices.. A sus-
. ......
pension simply would mean that the
t . .
wells on the lands of the unrestricted
I Indians would continue to operate
draining not only the oil from those
' .. . .
partment of the interior regards the
advance Jn price to 42 cents as decid
edly encouraging and of large benefit
to the restricted Indians as well as to
the general prosperity of the country.'
COUNT TOLSTOI'S CONDITION
ONLY SLIGHTLY IMPROVED
By Associated Press.
Tula Russia Nov. 17. Count . Tol-
stoi is slightly improved this morning
but his condition continues ' critical.
For many hours the symptoms 'were
such as to cause frequent reports of
death. The aged alitor passed a rest-
less night at the home of the station
master at Astapova. The Countess
Tolstoi was not admitted to the . sick
chamber. The fact of her arrival is
concealed from Tolstoi lest it over-
excite him. The count was not pleas-
ed when the presence of his son Her-
guls was made known
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PROGRAM OF MEETING OF
COHECIAL CLUB TONIGHT
The following is the program for
the open meeting of the Commercial
Club tonight. The meeting is callede
to consider possible ways of enlarg-
ing the Craig county association of
charities and plans for Intertaining
the state conference. '
1. Section Vinita Quartette.
2. . Reading "The Old Minstrel"
H. J. Swarts. .
3. Address-VThe Insane of Our
Land." E. J Hobdy . ..."
4. Selection Vinita Quartette .
5. Address Hon. Jos. A. Gili
6. General Discussion and Business.
All are cordially Invited. j
RESULT IN BENEFIT
WILL ONLY PAY
FIRST OF MONTH
City Council Holds Long Session And
Disposes of Great Lot of Routine
Business No Appointments.
Many of the city employes are wear
ing long faces today art a result of the
action of the city touncil at its meet-
ing last night in abolishing the prac
ticing of paying . salaries .. twice- a
month. Under ihe. provisions of a
resolution adopted last night all bills
agiinst the city mnst be allowed if at
all at the first regular meeting iu each
month.
The session of the council last night
was one of the busiest of the last few
months. So much : routine business
bad accumulated that a general clean-
ing up was thought advisable.
An ordinance was adopted approv-
ing the contract with R. V. McSpad-
den for the construction of a sanitary
sewer in blocks 75 89 and 1 all in the
south part of town. -
By ordinance the council levied a
special tax against property on Gun-
ter street to pay for th cost of grad
ing curbing; and gutter' ..at thor
oughfare. Anothes ope" levied
last night was to pay for the exten-
sion of sidewalks aeroBS the parking
on several corner lots in the city. The '
lots thus affected are IncludeA fnthe '
notice to found elsewhere in this
paper. .' .' ' x
The matter of assessing the Frisco-
railway company for the cost of pav-
ing Scraper street across the right-of-
way was again taken : up. An ordin-
ance correcting the description of the-
property was adopted and Xhe matter
settled.
i
Two appointments were made by
Mayor Rider but neither was approv-
ed by the council.1 The action of the
council was unexplained. When the
name of B. G. Cbandle'r was presented
for the position on Ahe police force
created at the last meeting of the coun-
cil : the niembers voted against the
confirmation without discussion. The
cause of this action is - said to have
been the low condition of the police
fund. The appointment of George
Kerr to the position of engineer at the
city water plant was also turned down
by the council.' ' ' :
GOVERNOR rAY NOT ISSUE
CALL FOR SPECIAL ELECTION
Guthrie Okla. Nov 17. State of-
ficials here now consider that the pros-
pects for a special session of the legis-
lature on the' capital 'question are
rather remote. It is known that Gov-
ernor Haskell was strongly consider-
ing such actionj. 'hut a flood of pro-
tests has reached him from democratic
leaders over .the state who are dis
couraging it on . political grounds.
They point oif. that a special session
WOUIO COBl ai leaei $4uiwu even u 11
were only in session for ten days' and
that it would be only thirty days un-
til the regular session.
There is a possibility that Guthrie
may be crippled seriously in the cap-
ital fight during the regular session' if
a report which is eurrent here yester-
day should prove well founded. The
report is that the state election board
is planning to throw 'out the vote of
Logan county entirely on legislative
candidates on account' of alleged ille-
gal -. negro votes leaving vacancies in
the three representatives and one sen-
ator from this county. . '
ROOSEVELT SAYS NOTHING
IN REGARD TO ELECTION
By Associated Press.
New Yprk Nov. 17 "Not a word
not a word.' said Ropsvelt.iu answer
to the question as to what he thought
of the recent election when he return
ed to his magazine- labors today for
the first time slnwi election.
"They are saying you can't come
back" entured a repotted.
"Not a Mord not a word" said the
colonel bounding out of the autoniobile
which brought him from Oyster Bay
and hurrying into the office.
The Elks' are planning a big mas-
querade ball for 'the' Tuesday evening
after Thanksgiving. Committees' are
at. work on .the .'arraugements and In-
vitations will soon be out -
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