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VINITA DAILY CHIEFTAIN.
VOL XIV. NO. 194
VINITA OKLAHOMA FRIDAY DECEMBER 18. 1912.
FIVE CENTS. PER COPV
JUDGE PITCHFGR Q
ON JAY WAR
Grove Okla. Dec. 12. Jay tonight
is still awaiting the battle between
the sheriff's posse and the mob from
Old Jay for the possession of the
court house. Over half the sheriff's
force have deserted and he now has
less than a dozen men while the
raiders have swelled their number to
at least a hundred.
All roads leading to Jay are guarded
tonight by members of the Old Jay
faction and practically no news can
get by the sentinels.
The tow nis quiet and it is believed
that the mob has completely intimi-
dated the sheriff's men.
Decrees Like Love Letters.
Grove Okla. Dec. 12. Declaring
that "court decrees look like love let-
ters" the citizens of Old Jay tonight
still are holding the fort figuratively
and in fact.
Failure of Governor Cruce to send
state troops to take care of tie situa-
tion at the county seat of Adair is
regarded here as an admission that
civil law cannot be enforced at the
town of Jay.
The decree of the supreme court in
the mandamus suit against the county
officials can not be enforced except
by aid of the state militia as the
county officials are neutral and are
prevented from executing the court's
order by a mob of fifty armed men.
In the mob are men trained in the use
of firearms and they are in possession
of hard-shooting rifles which they
freely display.
Some of the officials are still with
the records in their offices but prac-
tically no business is going on.
The pitched battle that was sched-
uled to take place this morning did
not transpire for the reason that Sher-
iff Bud Thomason could not secure a
sufficient number of posscmen to ren-
der probable the successful carrying
out of his purpose of securing the
records and carrying out the orders of
the court and the county commission-
ers. Citizens Fear to Serve.
The sheriff still is seeking deputies
but only a few men caii be secured.
Private individuals realizing that to
carry out the court's order means
bloodshed and possibly death shirk
the duty.
The holding up and assaulting of
Enforcement Officer Sherdon served to
indicate the desperate determination
of the mob that controls the court-
house at Old Jay.
The situation is more critical than
any other in the history of the state.
County Judge W. C. Hall in a state-
ment given out this evening said:
"The majority of the residents of this
county governor of Oklahoma to send
state troops to save bloodshed and
restore order." That is the way peo-
ple here are viewing the situation tl
is not believed that bloodshed can be
Avoided if the records are removed un-
less it is done under the protection of
the state militia.
Judge Pitchford's Statement.
SUUwell Okla. Dec. 1 2. District
Judge John If. Pitehford in a message
to the Associated Press today con-
firmed the report sent out last night
that he appealed to Governor Cruce
to send troops to Delaware county
where factions from the towns of Old
and New Joy are said to be on the
verge of a serious clash because of a
dispute over the recognition of the
county seat.
Judge Pitehford today gave out the
following signed statement in regard
to the beginning of the county seat
war:
"The trouble at Jay is the result of
a light over the location of the court
house. The place selected by a ma-
jority of the voters of the county was
a plat of ten acres in the center of
the county. After the election the
county commissioners contracted with
one Creekmore for a building in ain
addition to the original ten acres and
the county officers moved into the
Creekmore building.
When the Governor Acted.
"The governor ordered the adjutant
general to remove the records of all
county officers to a building ou the
original ten acres which order was
duly executed. Mandamus proceed-
ings were brought before me to com-
pel the officers to move back to the
Creekmore building.
The writ was denied an appeal was
taken to the supreme court my de-
cision was reversed and the mandate
of the supreme court was that I issue
a writ commanding the county officers
to remove to the Creekmore building.
' The officers reported that In their
effort to comply they were overpower-
ed and prevented by a superior force.
Thereupon an order was directed to
the sheriff of Delaware county to exe-
cute the orders an dto call to his assistance
USE
T
WILL BE MOVED
County Leases Buffington-Harris Biuld-
ing For Five Years.
17 PANIC HQW
I
BROUGH
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Henry Allen Explains
Trust" Power and
the
How
Rules the Nation.
The testimony already has shown
that 400 million dollars of bunk funds
in New York are absolutely controlled
by live men. These men led by .Mor-
gan dominate the New York clear-
ing house committee. Water Frew of
the Xew York Corn Kxchange Unnk
Yhaiiiiuin of the celaring house com-
mittee after skillfully dodging for two
Money hours finally admitted that the 1907
panic precipitated by the failure of
the Knickerbocker Trust company
was caused by the refusal o ft ho Na-
I
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BOARD
15
EMBARRA
S
SED
Yesterday the county commissioners
of Craie countv closed a lease for Ave
vinra nn rtiiffhnrtrm.Hj.rric hnil.l. 1 "' "'"ry J. Altell.
ing to be used for county court house! Washington Dec 12. When out of
purposes. The lease begins January a llear y OM Sunday night
the first 1913 at which time all the in 1907 wort1 tllushed that lhe banks
aunty offices will be moved from thePvouU1 yay out 00 nuley the next day
present location at the corner of Wil- e lloar1 :i" about tlu' monoy trust
son and Canadian. lU'non tn Tueaday morning we went
The lower floor of the north room i humbly aml into the bank
will be lifted up for a court room and to diay tlle 15 i:l currency which was
the county offices will occupy about tho maxiluul limitation the banker
40 rooms above. This building is had aBSumed ' st "non what
nmctuflilv RuMtmaf nnrt ill h .-. 001111 nv lr) our own money he
tional Dank of Commerce to clear for
cided improvement
quarters.
on the
SOME APACHES TO STAY.
t n Uriil f f 1 1 u aHnI ! t US? a 11 Ht hJSl h n
present I . -v
I money center and the need of moving
it further west. If we remember cor
rectly some indignant western bank
ers declared that we would move it110 association."
west to where u few speculative mom
1 Knickerbocker Trust company.' Mr.
Frew admitted that tho Knickerbocker
Trust company would have been
cleared It it had belonged to the New
York Clearing Association that it was
solvent and afterwards paid all its
debts and had a good sized reserve.
Ho admitted that the Bafoty of the
business community would have been
bettor cared for if the Knickerbocker
Trust company had been a member
of the clearing aisoc atton and that
it properly was entitled to member-
ship but that it had not been admitted
because to quote the only reason Mr.
Frew gave "it had been thought best
to limit the. number of institutions in
Throughout the day. While Mr. Frew
Prisoners of War Prefer Freedom at bore of the money trust could not tie .dodged from one subterfuge to an-
Fort Sill to Old Home in New
Mexico.
Washington Dec. 12. Plana have
been made for the final disposition of
the famous Geronimo band of Apache
Indians held as military prisoners at
' Fort Sill Okla. Acting Commissioner
of Indian Affairs Abbott accorded
them the right to choose whether to
! remain at Fort Sill or go to their old
home and fighting ground in Mescalero
I section of Xew Mexico. Eighty-six of
j them elected to stay at Fort Sill and
I the remainder of the two hundred will
I be located on permanent homos in
I New Mexico as soon as a needed $75-
i000 appropriation for Hie expense is
obtained from congress.
up all the cash and bring on a money
panic with all its attendant tragedies
in the very high tide of prosperous
times.
The ordinary depositor came out of
the depressing episode with a mem-
ory of clearing house certificates of
vague terms like elasticity of the cur-
rency and also a fixed animosity to-
ward the money trust concerning the
other he was obliged to make many
admissions and tho sum total of all of
them is that tho Now York Clearing
House committee has autocratic pow-
ers in the money world of New York
which means the real money center of
the country.
How Wall Street Attracts Cash.
Mr. Untermeyer succeeded in making
Mr. Frew admit that in tho fall of tho
"JUST AHEAD OF THE SHERIFF."
Warrant Was Out for Oklahoman Who
Leaped to Death From Bridge.
TRUSTEE'S SALE.
Ou December 10 1912 the under-
signed will sell the Hudson drug and
jewelry stock at Ratcliff Huilding
Vinita Okla. for the benefit of credi-
tors at 2 o'clock p. m.
Jewelry stock and fixtures $4400.
Drug stock and fixtures $2600 will
Ikj sold separately for cash to highest
bidder. H. M. WILLIAMS
Trustee.
jsives In the last campaign ho romom-
Muskogee Okla. Dec. J 2. It devel-ibered that tho standpatters had warn-
oped today that B. E. Gray who com- ed hi mthat ambitious demagogues
mltted suicide at Fort Gibson yester- were always trying to make political
day by jumping off the Iron Mountain capital by attacking the rich.
definite existence of which he had few year when money is needed through-
rational ideas. He Intended to look out the country to move crops the
it up some day and get an Intelligent jPrice of call money in Wall Street the
idea of what it was all about. only open money market in the COUn-
Then He Called it "Politics." ry is bid up in order that cash may
Than the banker resumed his uor-'be attracted to Wall Street for specula-
iiial habit of honoring individual tive purposes.
cheeks and In the time even the over-1 Mr. Frew testified reluctantly that
draft was performing again its mel- on November 1 of this year when call
ancholy functions with no more than money was at K per cent tho ninety-
its customary reluctance. Normal four out of town correspondents ot
times having returned the ordinary the Corn Exchange Dank had a bal-
business ma i lost interest in the ance of $11044000 on deposit with that
money trust and when lie heard it bank while on Juno I last when
mentioned he called it politics. When money was not in demand throughout
it was talked about by the pi-ogres- tho country these banks had nearly
i million dollars less o:ii deposit.
Two magiiiilcont Christmas arches
are being erected this afternoon at the
railway bridge into Grand river was
"just ahead of the sheriff."
After the identification of tho body
it was learned that the sheriff of Wag-
oner county had a warrant for Gray
charging that he was short in his ac-
counts as guardian of a number of
grandchildren. Tho amount of tho
shortage is variously reported at from
$5000 to $17000.
Yet the money trust has been doiug entrance of Sanders-Wright store.
business at the old stand ever since
the bankers' panic just as it did be- ( The girls' basket-ball team of the
fore. The disclosures of the congres- Adair high school arrived this after-
Bkmal Investigation now going on noon and will play the girls of the
promise to be sufficiently sensational Vinita high school at the school gym-
to reawaken even the interest of the nasium tonight. The sophomore and
ordinary business man In the money the senior class teams of the boys
trust. will also play. Both of these games
Five Men Control 400 Millions. wil lbe good ones.
Senate's Action In Rejecting Both
Bring No Relief to State
Institutions.
Oklahoma City Dec. 13. The sen-
ate's action in rejecting both state
boards of education did not bring Im-
mediate relief to the state Institutions
as is revealed in correspondence pass-
ing between Attorny General West and
State Superintendent. R. H. Wilson
made public today.
The state sup 'rintondent told the
attorney general that pay claims of
500 employes were held up as the
result of his instructions to the state
auditor and the hoard of affairs fol-
lowing the board muddle notwith-
standing the ouilms had been ap-
proved by the state superintendent as
chairman of tho board.
The attorney general informed the
state superintendent that such was a
natural result of tho case filed by the
old board members in the Oklahoma
county district court and the decision
rendered by the court. A modifica-
tion of tho decree the attorney gen-
era lsays was suggested whereby all
claims could have been paid but as
it stands the board is without a
quorum and can not act. He added
that there Is no provision in law for
tho educational board such as there
is for the board o fagriculture that
in tho absence of other members the
president may act for' the board. The
only alternative the law officer ex-
plained is for the governor to name
a now board.
State Superintendent Wilson quickly
seat a reply to the attorney general's
communication denying that he (the-
attorney general) at any time request
ed of him a modification of the dis
trict court's opinion. Superintendent
Wilson says that prior to appointment
of the old educational board he as
I president of the board approved salary
j claims which act met with approval
of the board of affairs; upon them
he state auditor Issued warrants and
(that the situation is no different now.
The old board directed by resolution
that the president ohould approve the
( claims in the board's name and at no
.time the superintendent says has a
board mooting been held for such form
ality.
When asked about the controversy
tonight Governor Cruce said he had
not given the matter of new appoint-
t continued on '.as: page)
December Reductions Throughout Our Immense Stock of Ladies' and Children's
Ready-to-Wear Suits Coats Skirts Dresses Waists and Children's Coats
Knit Goods
Sweater Coats
Toques Aviation
Caps Knit Skirts
Knit Gloves etc.
ONE-THIRD under
regular price s
each line cemes in
in all grades and
you are sure to find
what you want at
less than usual
wholesale prices.
EVERY TAILORED SVIT
in our store included in these lots for quick
clearance:
$24.75
for all suits
worth up to
837.50
$16.50
for all suits
worth up to
$25.00
$13.95
for all suits
worth up to
$18.50
$11.95
for all suits
worth up to
$15.00
An opportunity to buy Suits Coats and Dresses
at February clearance prices and with months of
service before you.
EVERY SILK AND SERGE DRESS
also including Evening Dresses al these end of the
year reductions.
$20.00 for Dresses worth. $25.00
$18.00 for Dresses worth... $22.50
$16.00 for Dresses worth $20.00
$12.00 for Dresses worth. .'.... $15.00
$10.00 for Dressed worth 7777771" .". $1250
$7.98 for Dresses worth $9798
$5.98 for Dresses worth $7.48
EVERY COAT IN OUR STORE
Russian
Pony Plush Caracul Chinchilla
and Fancies:
28.00 for
$35.00 Coats
$24.00 for
$30.00 Coats
$20.00 for
$25.00 Coats
$18.00 for
$22.50 Coats
$16.00 for
20.00 Coats
$14.40 for
$18.00 Coats
$13.20 for
$16.50 Coats
$12.00 for
$15.00 Coats
$11.16 for
$13.95 Coats
$10.00 for
$12.50 Coats
$8.00 for
$10.00 Coats
$6.00 for
17.50 Coats
There lots although they may appear small in-
clude thousands of dollars worth of this season's
best and newest ready-to-wear garments.
EVERY MISSES' AND GIRL'S COAT
in Our Stock of Plush Caracul Chinchilla Fancies
Etc. Etc.
$12.00 for all Coats sold at
$10.00 for all Coats sold at
$8.00 for all Coats gold at
$0.80 for all Coats sold at.
$6.00 for all Coats sold at.
$4.00 for all Coats sold at.
$15.00
$1160
$10.00
..$8.50
$70
$5.00
$2.80 for iill Coats sold at . . .". . . . . .7. ...... . .$3.60
ALL SILK AND OVER-SILK WAISTS
In Our Entire Stock.
$7.50 Waists to go at $6.00
$6.50 Waists to go at $5.20
$5.00 Waists to go at $4.00
$3.98 Waists to go at . $3.18
$3.48 Waists to go at $2.78
ft
VINIT.. 8 RIG rF.PAttTMENT STORE
ALL DRESS SKIRTS FROM OUR
REGULAR STOCK
$12.50 Dress Skirts for .$10.00
$10.00 Dress Skirts for.;7..i $8.00
$8.50 Dress Skirts for.!! ' . . . :. . . .$6.80
$7.50 Dress Skirts for $6.00
$5.00 Dress Skirts for $4.00
Drummers'
Samples
f New
Dress Skirts
AT
One -Third
Under Usual Prices
$10.00
for $15.00 Values
$6.00
for $10 Values.
all suts all fabrics
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Marrs, D. M. Vinita Daily Chieftain. (Vinita, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 194, Ed. 1 Friday, December 13, 1912, newspaper, December 13, 1912; Vinita, Okla.. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc775528/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.