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I VINITA DAILY CHIEFTAIN.
VOL XIV. NO. 282
VINITA OKLAHOMA TUESDAY JANUARY 28. 191;.
FIVE CENTS PER COl-Y
STATE OFFICIALS
TO BE IMPEACHED
Oklahoma City Jan. 2s. The offi-
cial scandal is gathering headway. To
the various important and open de-
velopments .Mondny including the ac-
tion of the house of repreentatives
in. approving almost unanimously the
committee report recommending im-
peachment of Stat? Auditor Leo Meyer
and State Printer Giles W. Farris was
added Monday night the report that
members of the house committee on;
nmpeaebmment and removal had pre-
pared a list of a score of witnesses to
be Subpoenaed to testify before the
comifliti.ee relative to matters in which
the audit ir and state printer are not
involved. The senate was notified
that the impeachment proceedings
had been started.
The members of the committee re-
fused p give out any information!
either as to the witnesses desired or
to what the new lino of inquiry turns.
It is understood however that Demo-
cratic National Committeeman Robert
ialbreaith is among those to be sub-
poenaed and that the oil and gas
leases by the school land department
as well as sand and gravel matters
and probably the expenditure of the
$15000 appropriated by the last legis-
lature for the defense of election offi-
cials as to bo probed.
The other developments Monday in-
cluded the reply of Governor Cruce
as to the attorneys receiving portions
of the 115000 appropriated by the last
legislature for the defense of election
officers; the passage of a house reso-
ution by Chase of Nowata to "hogtie
the school land department" ire the
matter of oil and gas leases until the
legislature can act and the formal
submission of thirteen interrogatories
to Attorney General West as to his
official expenditures and policies in
office since statehood.
The Vote on Impeachment.
The bouse of representatives Mon
day approved the report. of the com
mittee recommending impeachment of
State Auditor Leo Meyer by a vote of
84 to 6 and impeachment of State
Printer Giles W. Farris by a vote of
S8 to 1. Speaker Maxey immediately
named Messrs. Chase Vosburg and
Smith rf Pottawatomie to formally
notify the senate that the house would
present impeachment charges against
the state officials and Messrs. Wyand
Hinkham and McGuire as special com-
mittee to draw up the articles of im-
peachment. It is understood that
these articles will merely reiterate in
a more formal form the charges ap-
proved by the committee in its report
to the house.
The house did not spend much time
i discussing the report. Letters from
Ledljetter Stuart and Bell attorneys
for the state auditor and Giddings and
Jiddings attorneys for state printer
isking a hearing or thafi the cases be
pesdily checked up tp the senate
vere read. Representative Chase
member of the impeachment commit-
tee moved adoption of the report.
In speaking to his motion Mr. Chase
-aid that there were many rumors cur-
rent of official irregularities but that
the committee had not listened to
these at a'l tuning made its report I
'mm the examinations of lour or five
witnesses and all the official docu-
ments involved and had found plenty
sf matter to substantiate each and
every charge.
Evidence Before Senate.
Representative Ashby urged that
the accused officials should have been
given a hearing before the committee.
Representative Pinkham another
member if the committee stated that
th? sworn statement of the auditor
bowed he had violated the law and
that it was the duty of the house to
return the indictmentc the senate to
try the accused and that the place
for the defense to present Its case
was before the senate. Representa-
tive Riddle agreed to this view.
Upon the case of Mr. Meyer the
house stood 84 to 6 for the inaugura-
tion of impeachment proceedings:
Messrs. Ashby. Hishop Covin-. .loyner
't.xroat iind Tener voting "no."
Upon the case of Mr. Farris Mr.
bishop alone voted "uo."
Governor Cruce's answer to the
resolution as to the $ir.000 for de-
fense of election officials of which it
is charged that A. C. Crucc brother
to the governor received a fee against
the- anti-nepotism laws of the state
recites in brief that Judge C. B.
Stuart handled these cases and that
all the claims against the $K00u ap-
proved by the governor were to Judge
Stuart for $7500 r-000 and 11000 re
spectively.
The -. o
ssage included a
statement from Judge Stuart as to
whom he disbursed the sums he re
ceived in gross from the governor"
Statement of Stuart.
The itemized statement rendered by
JUdge Stuart shows that he forwarded
$4500 to ex-Governor C. N. Haskell
who in turn divided it among Mr. Led-
better Mr. Branson and Xorman Has-
kell; that he paid $3100 to A. C. Cruce
and $220 to Xorman Haskell direct;
and $400 to Fred P. Branson direct in
addition to court costs and other lesser
expenditures Judge Stuart states that
he himself received only $1667 for
directing the cases.
The resolution by Mr. Chase tieing
the hands of the school land depart-
ment so far as oil and gas leases is
concerned intends to prevent that de
partment making any more such leases
until the legislature passes legislation
regulating such or adjourns. Mr
Chase made a brief statement the
substtuce of which' was that though
one Tulsa man had offered $1000
bonus for one section of school land
he had been turned down and this
section and 149 other sections 96000
acres in all had been leased to other
parties for a $50 bonus and that bonus
not to be paid unless producing wells
were struck.
L
OF
Beaten With Baseball Bat by Students
He Had Chastised For Mis-
behavior. Tecuniseh Okla. Jan. 27. Robert
Adams 19 years old teaching his first
term of school in district No. 101 six-
teen miles southwest of this place is
dead as the result of a cowardly as-
sault made upon him in his school
room last Wednesday morning by the
two sons of J W. Parks when they
felled him with a baseball bat and
lieat him into unconsciousness after
he had fallen in the presence of many
of the pupils.
It is said the trouble followed the
thrashing the Parks boys aged 17
and 15 for misbehavior. The boys
left the school but later returned
armed with ball bats and immediate-
ly proceeded to beat up the teacher.
Pending the outcome of the injuries
inflicted the younger of the boys was
taken into custody and is being held
here at the county jail while the older
boy has disappeared and up to the
present time has not been appre-
hended. Child-Mother. 14. Dies Giving Life.
Hugo Okla. Jan. 27. News of the
death of a child-mother Mrs. Bertha
Garrett which occurred .at her home
ten miles northeast of the Rockhill
school has reached this place. Denth
was due to child birth.
The death is a particularly sad one
by reason of the fact the little mother
who gave up her own life that an-
other might be bom was but '14 years
of tige at the date of her death al-
she had been married the past eigh-
teen months.
Little could be' learned
cerniug the family but the
child-mother was given as
here con-
age of the
above stat-
record of
ed in
death.
the
dert aker's
Price Faces Train Robbery Charge.
Muskogee Okla. Jan. 27. Frank
Price charged with holding up and
robbiiiK a Rock Island train between
Wister and Howe last summer was
placed on trial here today In the
United States court. Thomas L. Wolf
the mail clerk this afternoon told of
his experiences during the .holdup.
The government says it will identify
Price by the engineer.
Take Deserters to Leavenworth.
Fort Sill Okla. Jail. 27. John P.
Btreever i.awrence C. Gragesser and
Floyd Wynn convicted in court mar-
tial here on charges of desertion were
Monday afternoon taken to the fed-
eral prls03 at Leavenworth Kansas
to serve terms of from one year to
eighteen months. Color Sergeant Rob-
ert W. Cireblet with two private' sol-
dier assistants had the prisoners in
charge.
To Work Against Oil and Gas Tax.
Tulsa Okla. Jan. 27. At a mass!
meeting fifteen oil producers and bus-!
inefs men were appointed a legisln-1
tive committee to work against a bill
now before the legislature which ;
would impose a 3 per cent gross pro-'
duction tax on oil and gas.
H00
TEACHER
DIES
INJURIES
EDUCATED
101
OFF TO THE PEN
Charged With Fleecing a Hugo
Widow Out of About $2000.
Muskogee Okla. Jan. 27. Richard
McKinney a weil educated Choctaw
Indian who has a college training
and who believes in literature will
have ample time to study for the com-
ing twelve months for he was taken
Monday night to Leavenworth Kans.
where he is to serve a one year term
in the federal prison for using the
Cnited States mails for the purpose
of perpetrating a fraud.
McKinney was convicted at the Me-
Alester term of court and the circuit
court of appeals has just affirmed the
finding of the lower court.
MeKinney's love letters to Millie
Pope a Hugo widow are in the Edgar
Allen Poe class. The Indian met Mrs.
Pope in Hugo about two years ago
and he put up such a front and so
convincing a line of talk that the wo-
man fell for his story and like Des-
demona she captiualed.
McKinney left Hugo and Mrs. Pope
first received a letter from "Darling
Dick" in which he said he was about
to be operated upon and he needed
fifty. The fifty was sent and then a
tender missive came back from "Dick'
in which he said that pneumonia had
developed and he needed another
"half century." Afterwards he "lost"
his grip containing the wedding
clothes was ''arrested" in Muskogee
for defending the reputations of
widows and his trials and tribula-
tions were numerous and varied ac-
cording to his letters to Mrs. Pope.
The widow "got next" after she had
squandered about $2000.
McKinney was arrested and Judge
Campbell gave him one year for medi-
tation. TULSA JEWELER ACQUITTED.
Benjamin Rice Had Been Charged
With Robbing His Own Store.
Tulsa Okla. Jan. 27. By a super-
ior court jury acting on instructions
from the bench Benjamin Rice for
years iu the jewelry business in
Tulsa waB acquitted on a charge of
stealing from his own store a tray of
diamonds valued at $3700.
The charge against Rice was a tech-
nical one. His business had passed
into tlie hands of a receiver and after
this time it was claimed lie took the
diamonds. His defense was Hint the
tray of diamonds was the property of
mother company and not a part of
his stock.
Previous to the failure of Rice's
store it was robbed of diamonds valu
ed at several thonsand dollars the
robbery it is said being responsible
for the failure.
OKLAHOMA NEWS IN BRIEF.
Federal authorities at Guthrie liaVe
been notified of the robbery of the
postofflce at Greenfield. Blaine county
Sunday night. The robbers obtained
$400 in addition to stamps and other
loot.
William Larkin Lee Johnson W.
11. Hall and A. .1. Denton convicted
at Muskogee of robbing the postoffice
at Big Cabin were denied a new trial.
ludge Campbell announced he would
sentence the men Wednesday.
William A. Davis former postmas
ter at Clovis X..-M. was arrested at
Oklahoma City on a federal warrant
charging enibe.ajement of $773 postal
funds. Davis gave $1500 bond for
preliminary trial at Oklahoma City
February 12.
Jim Thorpe Dethroned.
Xew York Jan. '27. James Thorpe
the Indian athlete and Olympian
champion. today admitted that
charges of professionalism brought
against him were true and formally
retired from amateur athletics.
Thorpe's confession was contained in
it letter to the registration commit-
tee of the Amateur Athletic Union
which met today to investigate his
case.
The letter admitted that Thorpe
had played baseball fori a salary on a
professional team three years ago
while a student of the Carlisle In-
dian school but that on the same
team there were several northern col-
lege men who were regard' I as ama-
tenra and Thorpe did not believe his
participation was wror . Thorpe
added that he did not play for the
money he made but for the love of
the game.
MEYER AND FARRIS
TO BE PUT ON TRIAL
Oklahoma City Jan. 27. The house
today by an overwhelming majority j
voted for the institution of impeach-
ments proceedings against Leo Meyer
state auditor and Giles W. Farris'
state printer.
A communication was read from at-
torneys for Farris stating willingness
on the part of the state printer to
submit to the impeachment hearing.
Attorney's for Meyer requested that
the matter be referred back to the
committee to give the auditor a
chance to be heard there. The house
appointed a committee today to draw I
up the impeachment indictments as
they were presented to the senate and
under the constitution it is then the
duty of the latter body to alt as a
jury and ttjf the cases. I
In the midst of consideration by the
senate of a bill by Carpenter to give
the state rights to sand and gravel
and minerals in the beds of navigable
streams Governor Cruco sent a mes-
sage to the senate incorporation res
olutions from the school land com-
missioners asking to be heard before
the bill was finally disposed of. V
bill on the same subject had been
killed in the house the day before.
The governor declared iu his mes-
sage that in spite of prejudice against'
the sand and gravel contracts thej
legislature should pass the bill other-
wise tlse state school fund would lose
oil and gas rights alone worth $21-
000000. The governor attributed
some of the opposition to the bill to i
the allied Standard Oil interests. The j
senate did not finally dispose of the
hill.
How $15000 Was Spent.
(iovernor Cruce sent a mef-age to
the legislature in response to a "i
quest showing that the $15000 appro-
priated by the 1911 legislature tot:
defense of election officers indicted
for enforcement of the "Grandfather '
clause was paid to the following at-.
torneys through C. B. Stuart of this
city whb' secured the contract from ;
the governor: Former (Jovernor C. N. I
Haskell $4500 which was subdivided
by bin as follows: Fred Branson fpf
mer democratic state chairman $l-;
250: W. A. l.edbetter of Oklahoma
City $1750: Kistler and Haskell oA.j
Muskogee $1200; C. G. Homer of i
Guthrie $750; A. C. Cruce brother'
of the governor $3100; Fred Brans-;
ton. $40u; McKeever and Walker
$250 Norman Haskell $220. Former
(kivernor Haskell claimed that he did i
not retain any of the $4500. Stuart
claimed be retained for himself only
$1667.10.
I f!Aroinnr f'vtit aont u MXilHLTt in
JIJ I II'.' 1 V 1 M ' .JV. ( U. UVUnU W I
the legislature recommending that no
action be taken toward accepting Ok- j
lahoma City's offer of $100000 cash i
and 660 acres of land for capitol file
purposes until clear titles are pre-
sented to the land stating that the i
Capitol Building company has not yet i
cured defects to titles of a number of
the tracts. Following receipt of the
message Senator McMeehan of Okla-
homa City introduced a joint resolu-
tion for acceptance of the money and
land offered by Oklahoma City.
Legislative Notes.
A bill by Rexroat and Randall to
make a deficiency appropriation of j
$2116.19 to pay for some lumber used
in the building at the Arddmore Con-'
federal home has been introduced.
The proposition to vote a pension
by the state for the benefit of ex- j
Confederate soldiers which has be:m J
defeated in every session of the legis-1
lature since statehood has been re-1
vived through a bill introduced by j
Representative Curtis.
A bill has been introduced By Rex- j
roat Ashby Halsell and Morgan of i
the house; Kendrick Carpenter and
Tucker of the senate appropriating
$16500 for erecting and equiping aj
fireproof building for the home at
Ardmore for ex-Confederate soldiers.
Several members of the house and
senate have joined in presenting a
bill making an appropriation for thej
payment of expenses of Oklahoma i
T'nlon and Confederate soldiers who j
foUftht at Gettysburg who attend the
anniversay celebration of the battle.
Senator Roddie offered a bill amend-
ing Ihe initiative and referendum
laws Mat wouiu Hue it more uiin-
cult to initiate a proposition and re-
quiring the people to manifest some
interest iu a measure before the stnte
may be forced to bear the expense of
an election.
The recall of any official in the stas-
is proposed in a constitutional amend-
ment offered in the house by Smith
of Pottawatomie. It provides that re-
call petitio: s shall carry signatures
of 25 per cent of the voters in the dis-
trict from which the officer is elected.
No petition shall be circulated for re-
call until the officer has served for
six months save in cases of sena-
tors Or representatives which they
may be filled within five days after
the session begins. If an election is
unsuccessful no more shall be called
against an official during his term.
Business Men's Luncheon Tomorrow.
Ab the result of a canvass made
yesterday afternoon of the business
men of the town there were consider- j
able more than one hundred tickets I
sold for the luncheon tomorrow. This I
speaks mighty well for the business '
men of Vinita. It shows a public-
splritedncss that can do anything it
wishes to do. And it will mean in
the end a better town commercially
morally and every way.
It is hoped that every man who lias
secured a ticket sr!" be present at
the luncheon. It will be one of the'
best advertisements this town hasl
ever had. One ma i working alone'
can accomplish little but a lot of men
who understand each other and are
in harmony can accomplish much. It
is public spirit that does big things.
300 Insane Arrived Today.
The train from Xorman arrived
with five cars of patients for the hos-
pital for the insane at ir-:) o'clock this
afternoon. They were unloaded at.
the spur on the Frisco a mile 'nst of
town.
Indians Make Annual Visit.
Pawhuska Okla. Jan. 27. Large
numbers of Cheyenne and Arapahoe
Indians are paying their annual visit
to the Osages here. Feasts gift
dances and other celebrations are in j
progress continually. This is a return)
visit to one paid the Cheyemies and
Arapahoes last fall by the Osages.
If
Mid-Winter
Ladies' and Children's Shoes
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$2.50 Women's Shoes $1.69
One lot of Women's Shoes in vici kid patent and gun
metal button and lace styles heavy and light soles high
and low heels. These shoes arc made by the H. C. God-
man Co. .and we recemmend them for service and style.
r-or quicK sate we nave made
rceguiarj.su values tor
the ;air .
$2.50 Children's Shoes for $1.69
50 pairs Misses' and Children's Shoes in kid patent and
gunmetal lace and button styles 1-2 double soles made by
H. C. Godman Co. and R. 1. Wood Co. Here's your
chance to buy your children school shoes at a big saving
Sizes 11 1-2 lo 2 $2.00 valves A QQ
for only .. uliUJ
$2.00 Children's Shoes for $1.19
This lot csmprises about 60 pairs of Children's Shoes in box
calf kid and nunmetal lace and button patterns high top
and regular tops good weight soles comfortable soles
McKav sewed soles sizes 8 1-2 to 11. Pi Q
$2.00 values for only.. OliiU
$1.25 and $1.35 Comfy Slippers 98c
These are made of warm felt padded leather bottoms made
in the well known "comfy" style. They come in colors of
maroon red brown and gray. All sizes from 2 to 7. Reg-
ular $1.25 and $1.50 values during this QQfl
sale for.. . JUU
Bargain Shoes
Fur trimmed House Slippers 59 pairs women's felt Juliets
made of all wool felt very flexible leather soles low com-
fortable heels in colors of black scarlet red maroon
smoke gray quakernray and brown. All sizes QQa
from 3 to 8 worth $1.25 on sale at thepair. Owv
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VINITAS BIG DEPARTMENT STORE
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NEW LOAN COMPANY
In the market for 1 2
3 and 5 year farm loans
Prompt Service
Best Rates
GERMANIA INVESTMENT CO.
Kosm 4 Cherokee Bldg.
Farmer Stabbed.
Perry Okla. Jan. 27. Word was
received hare Monday afternoon that
in a light Sunday afternoon near Lela
Okla. Clovor Dunu age 22 was fatal-
ly stabbed by Thomas Stone and his
son Aaron Stone.
According to the details of the light
which reached this place the trouble
between the parties arose over pay-
ment for a bushel of pecans picked
up by the Stone lad and sold to the
Dunn boy. Tom Stone took up the
quarrel his son had started with the
young Dunn and was knocked down
by Dunn. Stone and his boy drew
their knives and slashed Dunn in the
neck back and lungs inflicting
wounds from which the statement is
made ho may not recover. Ko is un-
conscious. Both families in the affair are re-
spected farmers of the Lela neighbor-
hood. .1. II. W'imer went to Welch yester-
day afternoon returning on the six
o'clock train.
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Clearance of
I $4 Womens Shoes
$2.48
A u . . . r : i i
uuui 10 nair.s iiijmi i'taue
women's dress shoes in
button and lace sryles pat-
ent kid and dull leathers
suede satin and velvet
welt and turn soles. This
lot comprises odd pairs
trom our regular stock
made by the Selby Shoe
Co. noted for its output of
beautiful serviceable and
durable shoes. $400 val-
ues during this bargain
event the
pair
S2.48
big reductions in the price.
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