Vinita Daily Chieftain. (Vinita, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 294, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 4, 1912 Page: 1 of 4
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YIN IT A BAILY CHIEFTAIN
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VOL XIII. NO. 294.
VINITA OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY APRIL 4 1912.
FIVE CENTS PER CUPY
ffi P. ROGERS
AVIATOR KILLED
Crushed Benetth His Biplane He Died
Almost Instantly Death Had
Been Near Before.
Long Beach Cal. April 4. Cal-
braith P. Rodgers the first man to
cross the American continent in an
aeroplane was killed here almost in
stantly late yesterday when his bi-
plane in which he had been soaring
over the ocean fell from a height of
two hundred feet and buried him in
;he wreck. His neck was broken and
his body bridly smashed by the en-
gine. He .ived but a few moments.
Roilgers Tar a week had been mak-
" ing daily flights .here and had taken
up with him miny passengers both
men and women. Yesterday he start-
ed from his usual place and soared out
over the ocean crossing the pier and
then turned and dipped close to'- a
roller coaster In a beach amusement
park. ( - ' --
themselves among- a great shoal of
sardines Just over the breakers Rod-
gers again turned and dived down
into them scattering the seat fowl in
all directions.
Highly elated with the outcome of
his dive he then flew further out to
sea all the time gradually rising un-
til he had reached' a height of about
200 feet. Making a short turn he
started at full speed for the pier then
suddenly dippeu his planes and his
machine began a frightful descent.
Rodgers was seen by hundreds of per-
sons on the pier to relax his hold on
the levers and then seemingly realiz-
ing that he was in danger he made
strenuous efforts to pull the nospiOf
bL: .' iachine to a level position.
Failing In this he managed to turn
h.j craft further a shore and an in-
siant later the craft crashed into the
edge of the surf not five hundred feet
from the spot whee on December 10
last he had finished1 Ols oeean-to-oceau
flight. Many men rushed to his 'aid.
Ernest Scott and James Goorwin life
guards were first to reach him. They
said Rodgers head was hanging over
cne wing of the machine tho heavy en-
gine was on his back and his feet were
drawn up nearly doubling over his
6houlder. I
Rodgers was lifted from the wreck
mid hurried to the bath house hos-'
pital. He died on the way.'
Examination showed that' his neck
jawbone and back had been broken. .
A telegram was sent) to the aviator's
widow who lives in Pasadena Cal. t
and a cablegram to his mother Mrs. '
H. S. Schweitzer who is now in Lon-
don. The body was prepared for bur-'
:al and sent to Pasadena last night. '
Rodgers' cousin Lieut. John Roft
gory- IT. S. N- now is attached to tho
aoroplane section of the navy sta-
tioned at San Diego. ;
Charles Shaffer a close friend of
Rodgers and who came here on the
special train that followed the avia-
tor on his trans-continental trip wit-
nessed the accident.
In speaking of Rodgers care-free '
spirit while in the air Mr. Shaffer
said lie ha.2 taken many flights with J
Rodgers but the most suprising' ex- '
ample of recklessness l:e had ever
seen was yesterday.
"We had risen to a height of about
5.000 feet"" said Shaffer "and were
off to the northeast. The wind was
strong but not puffy. Rodgers feign-
ing he was tired lay back folded his
hk da behind his head and streaehed
out his feet' seemingly enjoying the
scenery. I said to him. 'You better
watch out. Cal the wind might get
you' but he answered 'Oh we're all
fight; she's ridden the wind before
and she'll ride It now.' " I
wright. Numerous of the dramas that
her peu has developed are still cur-
rent attractions and firmly entranched
in the favor of the people. 'Introduce
Me' however she regards as the best
work she has done In this direction.
But the fact that is not so well
known is that Miss Clarke is her own
stage director and manager. It was
not a sudden impulse that made Miss
Clarke a stage director. She fitted
herself 'or this difficult and trying
work after a numbe rot years of care-
ful study experience and observation.
Books practical knowledge and the
best of experience were the courses
she pursued until finally she found
herself equipped for the handling of
productions.
Today it would be difficult to find a
person more familiar with every
branch of the stage than is Miss
Clarke. Not only this but it Is that
fine intuition that Nature must give
to the successful stage director that
Miss Clarke possesses to a marked degree.
THE PUBLIC FORI
This department in the Dally and
Weekly Chieftain will be for tho
of correspondents who" wish to discuss
suo;ects or interest to intelligent rend-
ers. The Chieftain is not rpsmmcihln
for the various views hereunder ex-
pressed. All communicatious should
be brief pointed and courteous. The
long-winaea disquisition will be slower
in eettine nublislieil nmi tho cimrt
article will get the most readers.
Vinita Building & Loan Association
Elect Officers.
The annual meeting of the Vinita
Building & Loan Association was held
at the offices of the secretary . last
night. The past year was the most
prosperous in the history of the associ-
ation. A dividend of 15 per cent was
passed to the credit of the stockholders
composed. of 150 citizens of Vinita.
S. E. Wallen Harry Warner R. E.
Thompson and Harry Bagby were
elected directors for the ensuing three
years. At the meeting of the board
of directors Geo. E. Harris was elected
president; Harry Bagby vice presi-
dent; B. A. McFarland secretary;
Harry Warner treasurer and Sey-
mour Riddle attorney. Geo. E. Harris
J. W. Craig and W. M. Malone were
selected as the appraising committee
and A A. Scott R. E. Thompson and
Herman Bear as the auditing committee.
Scottish Rite Banquet.
Tonight at the Masonic hall in this
city the local Scottish Rite Masons
will b) hosts to the Scottish Rite Ma-
sons of Miami and other surrounding
towns in the observance of Maun-
day Thursday services whieh y ill con-
sist of partaking of roast lamb un-
leavened bread and wine In cOinmeru-
oration of the cotnmC dment given by
Christ to his disciples to observe his
last suffer or the new commandment
which he gave to "love one another."
Folowing the mystic banquet at the
Masonic hall the hosts and guests
with their wives wl'.l repare to the
hall in the Auditorium building where
a season of feasting and speaking will
be enjoyed. The Harvey people have
been engaged to serve the banquet.
This will be the most elaborate af-
fair of the kind ever held. in Vinita.
About 130 will surround the banquet
boards.
Will Present Feature Play.
The Harrison Stock company pre-
sented one of the most pleasing plays
in their entire repertoire last night
at the Grand when they produced Mr.
Harrison's great pastoral drama "In
the Days of Auld- Lang Syne" The
house as on the former night's of this
company's engagement here was filled
to its utmost seating capacity. To-
night tli is company will present Mr.
Harrison's feature play "The Higher
Law." This is a play said to be as
good as any of the high priced shows
that visit the Grand. The ability of
this 'company is so well known that
we need not say that all who see this
play will be well pleased.
"Introduce Me."
There is considerable of the unique
as well as the interesting about Dela '
Clarke author and also star of the j
new comedy "Introduce Me" that will
be Been at the Grand Theatre Thurs-
day Aprilll.
Miss Cla:ite today is the only wo-
man in America an dit might be said
tiie entire world who writes -her own
plays stages them to the last detail
and plays the principal role in each
as it is produced.
Miss Clarke's record as an actress
is too well known to need comment
at this time. She Is very happily re-
nieriiberid from the time "when she
was an important member of the forces
of Charles Frohman. Her reputation 1
as an actress was established in those
days and sli; has been adding con-'
stantiy toher fame ever since.
It was later that eh" became a play-"
Vinita Okla. April 4 1912.
Olliee of County Treasurer
Vinita Craig County Okla.
The . following registered "' Cra:.;
County warrants will be paid on pre-
sentation; Court Fund Warrants Nos. 209 to
326 inclusive.. '
Salary Fund Warrants Nos. 147 to
1G8 inclusive.
Poor and Insane Fund Warrants
Nos. 138 to 154 inclusive.
Contingent cash when issued.
Separate School cash when issued.
Cattle Fund Warrants Nos 58 to 68
inclusive. -
Respectfully
E. D. FICKLI.V
County Treasurer.
Town Owns Hit Wooden Leg.
Manchester Conn. The selectmen
iff this town after much discussion
have purchased a wooden leg for Wil-
liam Armstrong a pauper and on it!
have placed this Inscription: "This
leg is the property of the town of Man-'
cheater loaned to William Armstrong
tnd Is not to be hocked sold or ex-
changed without a majority vote of
the board of selectmen." The select-
men say that they hav-had a great
leal of trouble from paupers who
pawned their artificial limbs.
THE REASON WHY.
By .lolin .Marcus S. S.
I have come in contact with many
infidels in my time and have found
very few o fthem who were at all in-
clined to be fair in their arguments
against the Bible and Christianity. In
fact the very mention of the Scrip
tures would stir up their wrath and
j elicit from them the bitterest denunei-
jatlons of the Book. Now there must
be a reason for this. In so far as my
experience goes I am thoroughly con-
vinced Unit infidelity is the product of
two causes. First the remote or pri-
mary cause is. MAN'S DEPRAVITY;
and secondly MAN'S WANT OF
TRUE KNOWLEDGE.
As to the first cause man's deprav-
ed and wicked nature we can readily
discover how it would bias him In his
belief towards the side of falsehood
He would naturally reject the Book
which enjoins everything that Is right-
eous self-denying pure and holy. And
this first cause of unbelief logically
drifts into the second cause that is
no true knowledge of the book he at-
tacks; or in other words lack of cor-
rect information.
But to recur to the HrBt cause:
There are two notable things that
stand out as clear as crystal on the
pages of the Bible and these are the
fact' of man's depravity and his love
of lies. Never was there a trues axiom
than this: "The carnal mind is en-
mity against God." To an unbeliever
this sounds strange. He is not con-
scious "of any enmity against God. He
imagines usually that he loves his
Creator. It iajiard to "convince.-. him
though Aliat his god is not the God
of the Bible. The god he worships !s
a god of his own manufacture and
such a god resembles more or less
the character of the Individual who has
made it. Heathenism is a proof of
this assertion. To the Scandinavian
of ancient times the god Thor was a
god of battles and plunder; but holi-
ness and purity he did not love. Take
the Greek of two thousand years ago
had you asked him if he loved God
he would have replied "Yes." "But
who is your God?" and he would have
answered "Bacchus Venus or Mars."
A deity of wine or revelry or sen-
suality or war he did not hate; hut
if you had placed before him the full
character of the God of (the Bible as
the apostle did.he would have turned
away in anger Take any of the
heathen religions despite a glimmer
of truth scattered here and there in
their so-called sacred writings and
you will find at the base of all of them
lust cruelty and pollution that which
represents the character of the indi-
vidual who is to a great extent its de-
votee. Rut the moment you call his
attention to the God who loves jus-
tice and humility purity and peace
he cannot bear to hear you.
Then as to the natural man's love of
lies:
"Men have loved darkness .rather
than the light." Light iu the Bible
is always the synonym for TRUTH;
Darkness always means LIES. Again
it does not seem to the unbeliever
that he prefers falsehood to truth.
The most prejudiced man thinks him-
self impartial. It is so on any sub-
ject. The most bigotted partisan poli-
tician imagines himself unbiased in
his judgment; and the most deadly
enemy in speaking of the one he hates
will tell you that his views are not
the offspring of passion yet he wouhi
believe evil of his neighbor more
readily than good even when the good
was true.
And this has been my observation
with regard to infidels that one cunningly-devised
fie will influence him
further than one hundred plain and
forcible arguments In favor of Revela-
tion. A defender of the Christian
faith once said:
"A man may stand on the side of a
precipitous mountain and long for the
top yet the impetus of an ounce will
push him further down than many
times that force will cast up. One who
desires the valley below can get there
without a struggle. The nan who
has sinned may desire the summit of
truth but he stands oil the declivity
cf a sinful nature. Every transgres-
sion or sensual indulgence has added
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OIVIGANOEGONOftllG
coin
IN
SOUTH
jerners are studying economics. They
I realize that they have considerable
srounu 10 cover ana mat to move
quickly and successfully they must
make Rood use of their resources.
N ishville Tenn. April 4. Civic and
ecouotuic conditions in the south were
discussed in a paper by Erwin Craig-
head of Mobile Ala. before the Con-
ference for Education iu the South
here today. The subject was "The
Conference for Education In the South
in Relation to Civic and Ecommrtc Ad-
vancement In the South."
Mr. Craighead first reviewed condi-
tions existing before the civil war
when there were no great industries
and no great cities comparatively
speaking in the South. In this con-
nection he said:
"The educational facilities were
limited to the cities and towns chiefly.
The absence of good roads made com-
munication in the rural districts diffi-
cult. Public schools had small and
intermittent patronage. Well-to-do
people had their children taught in
private schools or by tutors or taught
them at home and had them 'finished'
at northern colleges or universities."
The speaker then compared the past
with the present conditions pointing
out striking examples of great pro-
gress that has been made. He spoke
of the South's rebuilding saying that
"has now development equal to that
of the North."
The speaker later referring to Im-
migration said:
"We have come now to a new era.
I may call it the era of educational
agricultural and Industrial develop-
ment. It has been brought about part-
ly by the changed conditions the new
spirit In the South and partly by the
economic movement the immigration
movement into the south the land
seekeiB having learned that there is
really little ground to fear that the
South is no place for the uito live in
or their children to be raised in. A
point worth mentioning is that the
immigrants are for the most part not
raw foreigners without experience
but Americans who have tilled the
soinii the 'west and know 'what they
have to do to establish themselves in
a new locality."
Closing with a reference to govern-
ment in the South Mr. Craighead de-
clared: "In government there is
every sign that the South always
honest in its government is learning
more of what is the meaning of popu-
lar government as a people the south-
TRAVELING MAN COMPLAINS.
Charges Station Men Left Luggage
Outside And Insulted Him.
Oklahoma City April 3. A general
complaint against the employes of the
Frisco railroad at the Vinita station
was filed with the corporation com-
mission today by 1). tlammill a travel-
ing newspaper subscription agent.
Hammill alleged that his baggage
was left on the depot platform at Vin-
ita from March 7to March IS al-
though he says he made several re-
quests to have it placed in the baggage
room. He declared that when he In-
quired at the ticket window as to the
time of arrival of a train "the operator
butted in" Informing him that if lie
would ask the right person he would
find out about the trains. Hammill
according to his complaint replied
that he believed he was asking of the
right person when the operator he al-
leges told him he was a liar.
BANK
GUARANTY
tic dnnnnn
JlJGUUU
Disbursements Show Heavy Payments
Caused By Bank Failures.
c neum
IUI1UUI UH
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.
The stage In the auditorium is now-
equipped with three new curtains and
a set of wings.
Superintendent Masterson opened
school last Monday morning with an
address on things pertaining to the
order and discipline In the high school.
The track team expect to hold the
preliminaries during the next week
and choose the ones that are to rep-
resent Vinita at the track and field
meet held nt Chelsea April 20th.
The. first literary program was ren-
dered by the high school last Friday
afternoon. Since entering the new
building. The program 'was good but
the students were handicapped on ac-
count of ''not being uble to use the
stage as the new curtain was being
painted and could not be raised.
The students were entertained at
opening exercises this morning with
a "Mutt and Jeff' dialogue by Max
Campbell and Willard Berry.
The first baseball game of the sea-
"son will be played tomorrow afternoon
with the Miami high school. The
Vinita team is in good condition and
expect to start the season with a vic-
tory. The game will be played nt
Electric Park ami will be called at
3: 15. Every body is invited to see it.
There will be an entertainment given
under the auspices of the senior class
tomorrow night for the purpose of ruis-
Oklahoma City April 4. There is
to the credit of the state bank guar-
anty fund $29054.89 in cash as shown
by a statement issued last night by
F. G. Dennis treasurer of the state
banking board covering three months
ending March 31. The December re-
port showed cash amounting to $61-
119 to which was added $16444 re-
ceived from banks ou assessment and
$12955.11 collected oil assets of failed
b.tnks making the total resources for
the quarter $90518.56.
Among the collections in the latter
instance were: Oklahoma State Bank
Durant $1721; Columbia Bank and
Trust company $197.94; Citizens'
bank Mountain Park $5000; Creek
Rank and Trust company Sapulpa
$1000 and State Guaranty bank of
Watonga $48S6.04. The last three
being on bonds given to tho state..
The disbursements show heavy pay-
ments from the fund on account of
previous bank failures and the
amounts are in addition to those
shown in the last statement. The
board paid out $45244.33 on account
of the Night and Day bank of Okla-
homa City aud $10135; on account of
the Alamo State bank of Muskogee.
Other disbursements owing to bank
failures were: Citizens' State Cov-
ington $125'; State bank Calumet
$5000; First State Kiefer $200; Bank
of Ochelata $50; Columbia Bank and
Trust company $400; Planters and
Merchants' bank Oklahoma City
$710; Creek Bank and Trust company
Sapulpa $1C89; Bank of Snyder $2'5
and State Guaranty bank Watonga
$5000 making a total of $69628.24.
ing money for their annual.
Among other good numbers on the
next literary program will be music by
the high school orchestra and selec-
tions by the glee club.
The grade school is preparing for
the big spelling match to be held the
last of April. The grades from the
fourth up will take part and each
room will be represented by eight con-
testants. The prize will be a medal
given by Superintendent Masterson.
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j' STOREI
If possible do
7
OUR
Easter shop-
ping tomor-
row Friday
for the dav
before Easter is usually the busiest day in
the year for dry goods and clothing stores
not even excepting. Xmas eve day.
n. Vinita people can do their shopping with
more satisfaction Friday and at the same
time they will be confering a favor on the
stores for they will enable us to give more
attention "to shoppers from a distance"
Saturday. '
Tomorrow Friday
. will be the last day of
our annual
WHITE SALE
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