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DAILY CHEEFTAIK
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VOL XIII. NO. 91.
VINITA OKLAHOMA MONDAY APRIL 1. 1912.
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
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THE DEMOGRATS
BILL 60NTH0L
HOUSES
(By Winfield Jones.)
Special to The Chieftain.
Washington D. C April 1. Demo-
crats already in control of the house
believe that they will have a majority
in the next senate.
The democratic gains of last fall
with the factional troubles within the
republican ranks lias given rise to a
feeling of expectation among the dem-
ocratic leaders that they will not only
increase trMr majority In the house
but will gain control of the senate as
a result of the elections to be held
next November.
The appearance of four new sena-
tors two from New Mexico and two
from Arizona does not help either
party foi- New Mexico is sending up
two republicans and Arizona two dem-
ocrats. With the arrival of these four
senators the upper branch will stand
as follows: Republicans 51; demo
crats 44; vacancies 1. The vacancy
is in the state of Colorado where Sen-
ator Charles J. Hughes died thus cost-
ing the democracy one of its ablest
members and the legislature although
democratic could not get together on
a man before its adjournment
On March. 3 next 30 senators will
retire to private life if they have not
meanwhile been re-elected by the leg-
islatures of their several states. The
outgoing list numbers 17 republicans
and 13 democrats. Among them are
some of the most influential members
of the upper house on the democratic
side as well as on the republican side.
The 17 republicans are Cullom of
Illinois; Nelson of Minnesota; Rich-
ardson of Delaware; -Wetmore of
--Rhode Island; Warren of Wyoming;
Smith of Michigan; Kenyon of Iowa;
Guggenheim of Colorado; Gamble of
South Dakota; Dixon) of Montana;
Curtis of Kansas; Crane of Massa-
cbusetts; Burnhani of New Hamp-
shire; Brown of Nebraska; Briggs of
New Jersey; Bourne of Oregon and
Borah of Idaho.
. Democratic senators whose terms ex-
pire next March are Davis of Arkan-
sas; Bacon of Georgia; Paynter of
Kentucky; Foster of Louisiana; Gard-
ner of Maine; Percy of Mississippi;
Simmons of North Carolina; Owens
of Oklahoma; Tillman of South Caro-
lina; Taylor of Tennessee; Bailey of
Texas; Martin of Virginia: and Wat-
son of West Virginia.
Of the 13 democrats several are al-
ready assured of re-election and of
the remainder the majority are cer-
tain to be succeeded by democrats.
Maine and West Virginia are the only
two states in which there appears to
be a possibility of the democratic sen-
ators being succeeded by republicans.
The republicans in Maine believe that
the democrats despite their victory
of last year will not be able to elect
the legislature' this fall. Senator Gard-
ner was arybinted by the. democratic
governor 6 fill out the term of the
late Senator Frye.
In West Virginia normally a repub-
lican state the leaders of that party
the hopeful that they will be able to
unseat Senator Watson who is filling
the vacancy caused by the death of
Senator Elkins and who must come
up for re-election next winter.
The possible gains on the demo-
cratic side of the senate are believed
to ba considerably in excess of their
possible losses. First of ail they are
confidently counting on a democratic
senator to succeed Guggenheim of
Colorado who will not be a candidate
for re-flection. The last Colorado leg-
islature was democratic and the dem-
ocrats believe the next one will be of
the same complexion. Another demo-
cratic gain is expected to be contribut-
ed by the neighboring state of Wyom-
ing as a result of the serious split be
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MlLFORD-BERGERtSHOE COMPASY
Don't Spend A Cent
for Shoes until you have
looked over our stocks
No End of Easter Slippers
tween the insurgent and standpat re-
publicans. Two other republican senators whom
the democrats hope to supplant are
Dixon of Montana and Richardson
of Delaware. The fight between the
republican factions in Idaho makes
that state interesting ground. The in-
dications are that Senator Borah will
have no opposition for the republican
nomination but the activity of the
democrats and their success in elect-
ing the governor last year make it ap-
pear that a democratic successor to
Mr. Borah is among the possibilities.
New Jersey which will choose a suc-
cessor to Senator Briggs is also re-
garded by the democrats as hopeful
ground.
Following the establishment of a
new precedent by the election of four
new United States senators by the
two new states on the same day an-
other precedent was established when
the four new members were sworn In.
The new members are A. B. Fall and
j T. B. Catron both republicans from
New Mexico and Mark Smith and
Henry F. Ashhurst both democrats of
Arizona.
S. E. Wallen Postmaster.
S. E. Wallen the new postmaster
took charge of the Vinita postofflce
this morning. There are few changes
in the office force. George Finley as-
sistant postmaster resigns and J. C.
Kropp takes his place In the office
Mr. Kropp. has been a city carrier until
now and Ch&s. Wasmund a substi-
tute carrier takes his place.
Resurrection of the 8ampler.
Happy is the woman who numbers
among her inherited treasures a fam
ily sampler showing the needlework
of her female forebears and recording
interesting ancestral dates and facts.
A few years ago such things were re-
garded as useless if interesting rel-
ics and were carefully put away
where no one ever saw them. Now
thT ar rtlpHshrl nrA SThihltsd nrlth
pride their perfect stitches examined
ana tneir coloring raved over. One
finds them hung on walls and used as
table covers but perhaps the best dis-
position to make of them is to place
them under glass in the bottom of a
tea tray for here the treasure is safe
from harm though in constant use.
" Sola Topi.
Our correspondent at the durbar
made mention in a recent letter of a
"solar" helmet. A Manchester Guard-
Ian contributor points out that the
word has no connection whatever
with the sun. "Sola" is the Hindu and
Bengali name for the tall leguminous
swamp plant known to botanists as
Aesehynomene aspera the stems of
which furnish the pith otherwise
spongewor-d which is made up Into
the helmets worn by Europeans in the
tropics. Hence "sola ton!" Is not to
be translated verbally as "sun hel
met although the confusion is nat-
ural enough considering how precise
(a the translation in fact.
Good' Clear Definition.
"Grover Cleveland gave a good defi-
nition of a hobby a few years ago to
me" said Dr. Edward Stelner of Iowa
college at the annual banquet of the
Chicago Jewelers' association. "lie
said he was visiting an insane asylum
one and saw; a man riding about on
a stick. 'Suppose you think that's a
horse' said the unfortunate to the
president. 'Well it isn't. It's ihob-
by.' 'You mean a hobby horse don't
you?' asked Mr. Cleveland. 'I should
say not! returned the other. 'You see
the difference Is that although you can
ride both you can get off a horse but
you can't get off the hobby.'"
Population by Race.
The population of the world by race
Is: Indo-Germanio (white) 550000-
000; Mongolian (yellow and brown)
630000000; Semitic (white) 65000-
000; Negro (black) 150000000; Ma-
lay (brown) 35000000; American In-
dian (red) 15000000. This latter va-
riety includes every variety of the
red man in all parts of the earth the
actual number of Indians in North
America being much less than a million-
The white race is increasing
much faster than the others owing
probably to its superior Intelligence
and scientific knowledge of medicine
and sanitation.
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AT APRIL'S GATE.
(By Harriet
Ho! keeper of the gate of spring
Bestir you from your slothful dreams!
The southland wind is whispering
Of singing sap and rushing streams
Of upward-stretching roots that wake
A quiver in the mellowed sod
Of misty mosses In the brake
And tiny tasseled caps a-nod.
With silver piping clear and shrill
The hyla calls from marshes low
At twilight for the daffodil
To set her yellow lamps aglow;
In copses cozy-6oft and deep
Beneath the lichen's rusty thatch
A thousand restless plants a-peep
Are yearning for the lifted latch.
Gay troops importunate and bold
From woodland camps are marching on
In uniform of green-and-gold
With pomp of plume and gonfalon.
Goodkeeper. shake the rain and sleet
From shaggy beard and grizzled pale;
Let Nature and her cortege sweet
Rush fragrantly through April's gate.
And know that something sweeter yet
Is lying at the heart of spring
Than hyancinth or violet
Than birth of bloom or bird a-wing
A charm that may not be complete
Until the bud-time of the year;
Ho! keeper speed your lagging feet
My love and I are waiting here!
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Even on Saturday Night the Grand is
Filled to Overflow One of the
Best Bills Offered Tonight.
It is proof positive of the favor in
which the Harrison Stock company is
held by the theatre goers of Vinita
when on Saturday night the audience
was so large that even the entire
standing room w;as taken and many
had1 to be turned away. This was the
case Saturday night when this splen-
did company preiented the four-act
western comedy drama "June The
Gambler." This was another of Mr.
Charles Harrison's own plays and like
the others was better than any sim-
ilar play ever produced in this city.
(Unlike many of the plays drawn from
f the picturesque life of the western min
ing camp this one had all of the nat-
uralness to make it real and appreciat-
ed by the audience mostly of western
people. Again Mr. Harrison not only
showed his ability to portray the real
life in the mining regions but demon-
strated his ability to play the role of
a hardy honest man of the mountains.
No action that has ever been seen in
Vinita who carries this kind of a
part better than does Mr. Harrison.
His work is natural and not of .the
overdrawn bravado type usually seen
in popular priced shows. The work
of Gertrude Harrison in the title role
was without a flaw. Her part was that
of a girl born in a mining camp; the
daughter of a gambler whose death
left her to earn her own liviihood by
the only means she knew gambling.
Other characters worthy of mention
were the "Parson" portrayed by Bert
Hedden ; Winters the gambler by Guy
E. McDonald; the work of Miss
as Iren W'atson the "White Lily"
and that of Mr. Taylor as Big Foot
the Indian.
This company will remain in Vinita
another week opening the second
week of their engagement tonight with
Mr. Harrison's four-act society comedy
drama' "Tha Love of a Thief." This
is a story of every day life that will
touch the hearts of all who see it. The
comedy is rich and wholesome. Don't
fail to see it.
Shocked the Clergyman.
A Maine clergyman living at the
hotel In bis town ordered a type-
writer and had it sent to his rooms.
It came when the clergyman was out
and the proprietor took charge of It
When the minister returned the 'pro-
prietor led him behind the desk and
whispered: "That case of yours is
on the ice parson. I guess it will be
all right by dinner time." '
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Whitney Durbiu.)
A CHEROKEE FIGHT
Ill THE OLD DAYS
Courthouse Battle in Cherokee Nation
Left Ten Dead Nine Wounded-
Was in April 1872.
Talilequah Okla. March 30. The
battle of the Carroll county Virginia
courthouse while fatal to some few
participants is greatly overshadowed
by an occurrence of similar nature at-
tended by much greater fatalities
Rhici was fought iueastern Oklaho-
ma nearly forty years ago. In this
fight ten were killed and nine wound
ed. .
It v.as at the courthouse of Going-
sw.kc district in the Cherokee nation
now a part of Adair county Oklahoma
en -April 15 1872 that a Cherokee by
the mine of Ezekiel Proctor was be-
ins; tried by a Cherokee court on the
charge of having murdered a Chero-
kee woman one Polly Chestersou.
While the case was pending a.'vnr-
rant was obtained for the arrest oi
Prcior to bring him before the Vn ti-
ed States district court for the west-
ern district of Arkansas at Fort Smith
on the charge of assault to kill on the
person of Chesterton husband of
Polly Chestersou. Chestersou was a
white man but married a Cherokee
woman and by adoption was a citi-
zen of the Cherokee nation.
The treaty of 180G put both cases
under the jurisdiction of the Chero-
kee courts. Vet two United States
deputy marshals with a posse cotni-
tatus and accompanied by a number
of Cherokees (said to have been en-
emies of the prisoner Proctor) made
an assault on the Cherokee court foi
the purpose of taking him from the
court by force.
The marshal's party having fired
on the prisoner and the court the
guard having suctory of the prisoner
returned the fire and a most terrible
fight ensued. The prisoner securing
a gun from someone near him fought
most desperately.
The result was that Deputy Marshal
J. O. Owens James Ward Riley Wood
Samuel Beck George Selvage William
Hicks Black Sut Beck and William
Beck of the marshal's party were kill-
ed on the spot or died soou after. Of
the same party the following were
wounded: White Sut Beck George Mc-
Latiglin Paul Jones.
6f the Cherokees in attendance on
the court the following were killed:
Johnson Proctor brother of the pris-
oner and Andrew Polone. These were
wounded: The presiding judge B. If.
Sixkiller; the prisoner Ezekiel Proc-
tor; Ellis Foreman a juror; Joseph
Chuwee deputy sheriff; Isaac V:nn
and John Proctor. - '
Proctor recovered from his wounds
received in the courthouse fight and
was later taken from the custody of
the Cherokee officers by a detail of
infantry sent t Tahlequah from Fort
Gibson far that purpose. Me was later
released and lived for many years
thereafter at his home near the old
courthouse and died only a few years
ago.
1011 REYNOLDS
CAUGHT IN CANADA
Cashier Who Absconded in 1903 May
Be Returned For Trial.
Afton. Okia. March .11. A warrant
I has been sworn out s;t Miami in the
county attorney's ofiire for the arrest
of T. M. Reynolds fo'iWr cashier of
the Pank of Afton who in August of
1908 absconded according to reports
115000 short in his accounts at the
bank. It is' reported hero that Rey-
nolds is under arrest at Winnipeg
Canada. Requisition papers will be
secured from both state and nation
effecting his return.
When Reynolds left here every ef-
fort was made to cover up the fact
that he secured any of the bank's
funds but common reports and ru-
mors were to the effect that he took
along $15000 belonging to the bank's
depositors. It also was reported that
ho swindled other parties before leav-
ing; these transactions being kept
from the records of the bank.
The bank was saved from failure
after his disappearance by the state
bank and guaranty fund tills case be-
ing the first to come up after the
banking law went into effect. It was
reorganized soon after and still Is in
existence.
America' Castle.
Tb castle is a comparatively mod-
am structure. It was erected at a
coat of more than $1000000 by the
late Mitchell Henry a wealthy mer-
chant and one-time home rule mem-
ber of parliament. His son In' turn
erected the $100000 memorial chapel
situated a short distance from the cat-
tle. The estate was bought by Mr.
Eugene Zimmerman the American
railroad man who bag presented It
to his only daughter the duchess of
Manchester. The American buyer re-
mains to this day the nominal master
of this unique property and he
spends about half of each year at
Kylemore developing the mountain do-
main. His revolutionary policy Is as
manifest within the castle as without
and a complete installation of bath
rooms is one of the American com-
forts he has Introduced at Kylemore.
Harper's Bazar.
has been continued
until
Friday the 5th
tor your benefit as
well as ours.
"Steel and Wool
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our fFnrasDTF
Mis' i"
Guaranteed to wear one-third longer than any
rubbers you can buy elsewhere in Vinita.
A new pair if they do not give satisfaction.
Rubber Boots for men' women hvs and
girls
New Rubbers in AH Sizes
Men's and Women's Raincoats
Girls' and Misses' Raincapes Priced at $1.69
to $2.75
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VINITA'S BIG DEPARTMENT STORE
WESTERN UNION TO
PENSION
S
The president of the Western Union
Telegraph company has announced
the following order:
A pension plan for the benefit of
the Western Union Telegraph com-
pany's 30000 employees was announc-
ed today by President Theor N. Vail.
President Vail said:
A pension committee has been com-
piling statistics and analyzing exist-
ing pension plans for many months.
While the plan which we are inaugur-
ating does not go as far as we would
like to have it still It is a beginning
and we believe will materially assist
In earing for those employes qualified
through length of service who be-
cause of Incapacity or disability are
compelled to discontinue active work.
The solution of the problem has not
been an easy one in view of the large
number of employes tlieis widely di-
versified occupations and the large
territory over which the system ex-
tends together with the heavy ex-
pense to the company incident ta the
inauguration of the pension.
However it is my firm belief that
all employes identified by years of
faithful service are entitled to some
financial protection against the neces-
sity of retirement and It Is the hope
of the company- that this beginning
will extend to a further protection of
employes. Meanwhile the inaugura- '
tion of a pension plan marks an ex-
pression of appreciation on the part
of the company of the loyal and effi-
cient service rendered by its employes.
The plan in detail is as follows:
"After 20 years of service and up to
and including the 25th year of such
service 1 per cent of the average salary
for the ten years immediately preced-
ing retirement multiplied by the total
years of service. ':
After 25 years of service and up to
and Including the 35th of such service
lA additional for each additional year.
After 35 years of service and up to
and Including the 40th year of such
service 2 per cent additional for each
additional year. ..After 40 years of
service 50 per cent.
The minimum pensio uallowed to be
$23.00 per month except when other-
wise directed.
No pension under this plan to ex-
ceed $100.00 per month."
(Signed) H. BROOKS Gen'l. Mgr.
Very respectfully
F. R. SIN'GAFEER
District Superintendent.
Sole" Rabbet Goods
AM
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