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BAILY
VOL XII. NO. 243.
VINITA OKLAHOMA WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 1. 1911.
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
YINITA
CHIEFT
FRISCO IS CHOSEN
FOR EXPOSITION
Oklahoma Delegation ! Split Three
Favoring New Orleans And Two
San Francisco.
Washington D. C Feb. 1. The
house of representatives yesterday by
a vote of 189 to 159 decided In favor
of San Francisco and against New
Orleans as the city in which an ex-
position to celebrate the opening of
the Panama canal in 1915 shall be
held. This vote was taken on a roll
call to determine whether the San
Francisco resolution or the New Or-
leans bill should have consideration
in the houre. On a final vote the San
Francisco resolution was adopted by
a vote of 259 to 43.
The advocates of San Francisco are
claiming that their fight is won and
that the senate will ratify the action
of the house.
San Francisco won by capturing the
republican vote in the house. New
Orleans support came from the demo-
crats. Only thirty republicans voted
for New Orleans. Thirty-six democrats
voted for San Francisco.
The San Francisco resolution does
not ask for government aid In any
form. It simply . authorizes the pres-
ident of the United States to invite
foreign nations to participate in the
fair.
An effort to amend the resolution
to Include provisions for an interna-
tional naval parade - from Hampton
Roads through the Panama canal up
the west coast to San Francisco was
defeated on a parliamentary point of
order; v
The New Orleans bill called for an
appropriation of $1000000 for a gov-
ernment exhibit and the creation of
a government commission.
The proceedings in the house mark-
ing the culmination of the exposition
fight were unique. The' galleries held
the greatest throngs of the present
session and there was no attempt to
restrain the applause that came from
The rival claims of the two cities
recently were put up to the rules com-
mittee of the house. That committee
would not undertake to say which ex-
position measure should have the right
of way but gave a solemn-like decision
that there should be a call of the house
and each member was to rise in his
place and vote "San Francisco" or
"New Orleans" instead of "aye" or
"no" as usual on roll calls.
During the taking of the ballot ex-
citement ran high. The race between
the two cities was exactly a tie when
87. votes bad been cast on each side.
It remained even up to the 100 mark
and then San Francisco began to forge
to the front. ..
When the decision in favor of the
California city was announced there
was a demonstration both on the floor
and in the galleries. .
On the roll call on the motion to
consider the San Francisco resolution
among those who voted for San Fran
cisco were:
Anthony Calderhead Madison Mil
ler Reeder Scott Kansas; Crea'ger
and McGuire Oklahdma; Crow and
Morgan Missouri.
For New Orleans:
Campbell Kansas; Carter Morgan
and Ferris Oklahoma; Alexander
Bartholdt Booker Borland Clark
Dickinson Elvins Gill Hamlin Lloyd
Murphy and Shacklefprd of Missouri.
The Arkansas and Texas congress-
men voted solidly for New Orleans.
J. A. Holmboe left last night for
Norman where he has the contract
for building the new administration
hall at the state university.
A deputy sheriff from Centralia to-
day brought la Red Cloud Scruggs
from that place and turned him over
to the sheriff on a whiskey charge.
MILFORD - BERGER SHOE COMPANY.
Cushion Sole Shoes
MEN AND WOMEN
Are the Limit for Foot Comfort. A Dozen Styles
to Select From
MILFORD -BERGER SHOE COMPANY
Retired Admiral Sperry Dead.
By Associated Press.
Washington D. C Feb. 1. Rear Ad
miral Charles Stillman Sperry re-
tired commander of the Atlantic fleet
on the Jast leg of the around the world
cruise died suddenly here this morn-
ing of pneumonia.
NO "NIGGER" BOTLEGGER
10 ACT AS
After General Blunt Martin had been
convicted the scond time in the county
court today Judge Parks called him
up and told him that he was removed
as guardian in all cases in his court.
In discharging the General the court
directed that the bondsmen be notified
of this change and remarked that "No
nigger bootlegger is fit or competent
to act as guardian in my court."
LEAGUE INDORSES
COUNTY OFFICERS
Law And Order League Adopts Reso
lution Approving Work of Parks
Ridenhour And Caldwell.
At the meeting of the Vinita Law
and Order League Tuesday night
January 31 the following resolution
was presented and unanimously adopt-
ed. Whereas That the rulings of Judge
Parks in the cases that have been
tried before him have shown that he
is showing ho partiality toward any
one but of absolute fairness to all and
that he has taken a commendable
stand in not allowing trivial techni-
calities to interfere in the execution of
Justice and
Whereas: It has been shown that
County Attorney Caldwell and Sheriff
Ridenhour have used dilligent effort
in getting evidence to convict and have
come to trial showing that they are
fully" prepared. - -Therefore
be it resolved: That the
Vinita Law and Order League show its
appreciation thereof by letting these
officers know we heartily endorse the
work that they have been doing and
that they may feel that the Law and
Order League is behind them as long
as they continue as now and we feel
satisfied they will that we pledge our-
selves to assist and co-operate with
them in any way we can in seeing that
the various laws are enforced which
will tend to make Craig county and
Vinita a better place to live in; and
that a copy of this be placed on the
minutes of the meeting and that a
copy be sent each gentleman and that
the papers of the city be asked to pub-
lish same.
THREE BABIES EXPERIENCE .
- AN EXCITING RUNAWAY
An exciting runaway occurred on
South Wilson street at noon today. A
team attached to one of the gypsy
wagons that have been about the city
since yesterday became frightened and
ran north on Wilson street. Just in
front of the Enterprise grocery one
of the horses fell and this gave men
on the street an opportunity to seize
the bits and control the horses. Soon
after the runaway was stopped several
of the gypsy women came running up
jabbering In their lingo and took from
the spring wagon three bundles in
which were wrapped three gypsy
babies. One of the gypsies who ap-
peared not over twenty years of age
weeped as she clasped her little one
to her breast. None of the babies were
Injured.
FRIENDS OF TOO LftTES TO
FIGHT FOR ENROLLMENT
Meeting Held Here Tuesday NightPrepare
to Have Citizens of Old Cherokee Nation
Write Letters to Their Representatives in
CongressDeclare Frank Boudinot is
Not Representative of Cherokees
At a meeting of those interested in
the so-called "too late" baby case held
at the court house last night it was
decided to issue a circular letter call-
ing the attention of the people of the
Cherokee nation to the following
facts:
The United States supreme court on
Monday January 23 last remanded
the Muskrat and Dick case which in-
volved the right of enrollment of the
"new born" children in the Chorkee
nation to the court of claims with an
order to dismiss the same for want
of jurisdiction. This while not pass-
ing upon the constitutionality of the
act has the effect of letting the act
stand and the children will be enroll-
ed unless the act in some other pro-
ceeding is declared unconstitutional.
While the Indian appropriation bill
was pending In the senate on Wednes-
day January 25 Senator Owen offered
an amendment to again refer the mat-
ter to the court of claims with the
right of appeal to the supreme court.
This amendment allowed William
Brown and Levi Grltts to represent all
citizens enrolled as of date September
1 1902 and to" employ counsel and
in the end to permit them to be paid
out of the tribal funds. An objection
was made and this proposed amend-
ment was ruled out on a point of or
der. There will be other legislation
similar to this introduced before the
close of this congress.
We want to call your attention to
the fact that during the . past three
years while this fight has been going
on our representatives in Washing-
ton have never had the slightest moral
support from the people most inter
ested. We are opposed to any addi
tional legislation. We think 99 per
cent of the Cherokee people favor the
enrollment of the "new born" children.
We know practically no one wishes
Millions Wasted by Disuse
of Public School Buildings
Dallas Tex. Feb. 1. Believing that
this nation annually wastes millions
of dollars in the disuse of its public
school buildings Col. Frank P. Hol-
land president of the Texas Farm and
Ranch Publishing company today is-
sues a call for a conference in Dallas
February 17 to discuss freely the use
of the public school as a social center.
This call Is addressed to every citi-
zen of the southwest. The conference
will be strictly non-partisan; and Col.
Holland urges every one with the wel-
fare of his community at heart to at-
tend. Wider Use of the School Plant.
"Wider use of the school plant" has
become the demand of educators and
social workers over all the nation. One
of the most important phases of this
demand is that the public school be
the social center of the community a
kind of clubhouse for the neighborhood.
The cities of Rochester N. Y. Co-
lumbus O. Milwaukee Wis. Chicago
New York and others have opened
their public schools outside school
hours as social centers. The centers
have become regular Institutions
they have met and satisfied a popular
demand. At these public school cen-
ters debating clubs sewing and cook-
ing clubs civic improvements societies
etc. meet regularly. Social diversions
form an. important part of the even-
ings. Musical entertainments are
given. These centers have opened
reading" rooms and placed at the serv-
ice of the people physical training for
both men and women.
Results in these cities have sur-
passed the expectations of those who
originated the movement. People have
responded to the idea. The moral tone
of the neighborhoods has improved.
Gangs of bad boys have become am-
bitious young citizens.
The social center idea for country
communities is being tried out in Wis
Frank Boudinot to represent the Cher-
okee people before the courts or before
the departments at Washington still
he appears and signs his name as rep
resenting them. We think letters and
telegrams should be sent from every
community in the old Cherokee na-
tion to Senators R. L. Owen Chas.
Curtis T. P. Gore; also Congressmen
P. P. Campbell und Chas. II. Burke
and secretary of the interior and the
j commissioner of Indian affairs. These
letters we think should set forth in
substance:
1. That our people are practically
unanimously in favor of the enroll
ment of the minor children.
2. That Frank J. Boudinot does not
represent any one In our country.
3. Make such other statements as
you may think desirable and under
this head we would suggest that both
tribal parties in 1903 had a clause in
each of their platforms favoring the
enrollment of mlnoi children and that
the Cherokee council In September
1905 passed a resolution unanimously
instructed the Cherokee delegation to
Washington to have these children en
rolled if possible.
To be frank about it the time has
come when we people at home should
take some action. We should get to
gether and go at this matter as we
would any other business affair. We
think the people who are interested
should be active and energetic in let
ting congress the department and the
courts know that the statements per
sistently made by Boudinot that he
represents - the Cherokee people are
not true.
The people . interested throughout
the Cherokee nation should organize
at once and see to it that a stream of
letters and telegrams from all over
the Cherokee cation reach the parties
named and that at once.
consin and the southwest. Results al
ready warrant a fighting faith in the
'Idea.
The social center Idea has set the
educational world a-thinking and put
in motion forces that promise to create
in the people new ideals of demo
cracy.
Call For Conference.
Col. Holland's call to the southwest
! follows:
"To every educator' and teacher
minister of the gospel worker in so
cial reform newspaper man; to every
holder of public office connected with
the public free school system; to the
organized club women and members
of mother's clubs to organized labor
to all formers' organizations; to any
organization or individual having at
heart a sincere Interest in the prog
ress of the southwest:
"There is need for the people of all
classes and occupations to become bet
ter acquainted. Farmers bankers and
business men wage workers and em
ployers must realize that their inter
ests are in common. We must draw
closer the members of communities
We must fight prejudice and the ef
fects of isolation. We must seek to
.bring about a more neighborly feeling
between co-residents of communities.
I "Today the southwest stands in need
of a greater number of children at
tending our schools in day time; of
more commodious and modern school
'buildings to house them; and of a
'greater number of grown people using
.these institutions outside school hours
Our section needs mor high class
reading matter. And in the rural dis
tricts we especially need the country
high school.
"It is wasteful public business to
keep school buildings shut up at night.
Let us get our money's worth out of
them.
fC'Mitinued on Pago Two.)
Hot Wave Over Southwest.
Dallas Tex. Feb. 1. The southwest
is enduring an unprecedented heat
wave. Yesterday afternoon the ther-
momenter reached ninety-three de-
grees at Fort Worth. -
OX AND HOUNDS CHASE
HERE SATURDAY AFTERNOON
An event that promises to take first
rank in winter sports Is the big "fox
and hounds hunt" next Saturday rjter-
noon. This sport is now very popular
among athietes in the eastern colleges.
The chase Saturday will be the first to
be held in Oklahoma and is being pro
moted by John Clark. The start will
be made from the Chieftain office at
o'clock Saturday afternoon. Every
boy In the city is eligible to enter and
it is expected more t!ian a hundred
will be In the chase. The "fox" will
be given a start of fifteen minutes and
the chase will last an hour and a. quar-
ter. County Court Still Grinding Away on
Whiskey Cases Two Enter
Pleat of Guilty.
The county court is still grinding
out convictions in the so-called whis-
key cases. Yesterday afternoon the
jury brought in a verdict of guilty in
the case of the state vs. Mayes Thatch-
er charged with violation of the pro-
hibition laws. His penalty was placed
at thirty days in jail and a fine of $50.
Henry Brune entered a plea of guilty
to violation of the liquor laws. He will
be sentenced Monday. Slim Walls also
plead guilty and will receive his sen-
tence Monday.
Blunt Martin was convicted for the
second time at this term of the county
court and the jury recommended that
he be sentenced to 180 days in the
county jail and to pay a fine of $400.
This is the same penalty as was fixed
at the former trial.
The court today is hearing the case
of Phil Buford a negro. When the
case was called Buford was not in
court and his bond was declared for-
feited and a bench warrant issued.
When brought into court Buford Baid
that he was sick
WITNESS BEFORE GRAND JURY
llflUNE FROM INDICTMENT
By Associated Press. :
Danville 111. Feb. 1. Judge Klin-
brought in the circuit court this morn-
ing handed down a decision in the
case of City Attorney Jones who yes-
terday declined to answer questions
regarding vote selling which the grand
jury asked. The court instructed
Jones td answer all questions stating
that according to a decision of the su-
preme court of the United States a
witness before a grand jury was im-
mune from indictment. Jones imme-
diately went before the grand jury
with instructions from his attorneys to
answer every question. This means
that the investigation will continue un-
til all the witnesses now summoned
are questioned. .
WILL FORCE VOTE ON
LORD CASE IN SENATE
By Associated Press.
Washington D. C Feb. 1. Unless
the senate at this session votes on
the Lorimer case Senator Brown of
Nebraska and several colleagues are
determined the appropriation bills also
shall fail. Senator Brown made this
known in a speech before the senate
today. He also denounced Lorimer
charging that the Illinois senator was
aware of bribery being used for his
election. The failure of anyone of the
appropriation bills at this session
would necessitate an extra session of
congress.
Mrs W. P. Thompson is entertain-
ing the ladies of the Wednesday
Bridge Club at her home this afternoon.
BLUNT MARTIN IS
A6AIII CONVICTED
FREE LEXT
BOOK
UP IH COMMITTEE
Speaker Durant Announces Appoint
ment on Committee on Congres-
sional Reapportionment.
Oklahoma City Feb. 1. Passing the
Williams' free text book bill in com-
mittee of the whole in the house and
the Roddle banking bill in the senate
constituted about all of any import-
ance in the legislature Tuesday.
The banking bill was short of the
provision whereby national banks ex-
cept those In a regularly accepted re-
serve center shall become reserve
agents of banks under the guaranty
plan. The bill went through with the
governor's suggestion that he with
two appointed by himself shall be the
banking board. The provision where
by the banking commissioner should
receive $4000 a year salary was ad-
opted. The senate considered the rail-
way employers' bill for a short time
before adjournment.
Williams' free text book bill was
thoroughly discussed in the house.
Considerable opposition was gathered
to the measure started by Edwards
who argued that the fact of rotating
the books from one scholar to another
after they had been used was not very
good from a sanitary standpoint of
view. The fact that the' poor chil-
dren would have to accept the " old
books used by another also entered
into the argument against the particu-
lar bill but the principle of the thing
was right. . .. y . . .
A new section added to the bill by
Anthony provides for an appropria-
tion o $500000 for the bill for the
years ending July . 30 1912 and 1913.
The state is to furnish the mriey to
teach district in the state applying for
funds .with which to supply the books.
A provision for supplies . -for the chil
dren was cut out today.
Speaker Durant of the house se
lected the committee on congressional
reapportionment consisting of An-
thony chairman; Crawford Steen
Woodson Webb McClintock Jayne
Champion Coyne ' Kerr Coughlin
Jones Edwards Killiam Tooley and
Smith of Creek the latter two being
the only republicans on the committee.
From now on this will be the most
important committee In the house.'
Two redisricting bills have already
been introduced in the house.
The sheriffs' fee bill was signed by
the senate yesterday and that sends
the bill to the governor.
A resolution was adopted thanking
United State Senator ftore for a lib..
eral supply of garden seeds.' "'
The house passed favorably on the
bill providing for the' creation of new'
counties. With amendments put into
the bill new counties may be created
when 51 per cent of the qualified vot-
ers of a given territory to be affected
petitions for an election and. when 60
per cent of the voters have asked for
the' division the new county shall be
created provided It is within the con-
stitutional requirements which are the
game as in the present laws-'
JACK SCOUT CHRISTENED
WITH 'USUAL CEREMONY
The "Jack Scout" the . handsome-
steel boat presented to W. . P. Thomp-
son as a Christmas present by Mrs.
Thompson may now ply the waters of
Cabin creek as gayly as any of her
sister craft plies the waters of the
deep for the Jack Scout has been
duly chistened even to the breaking of
a bottle of (Oklahoma is extra
dry) across its bow. The christening
occurred at the Thompson ranch four
miles east of town and was attended
by about fifteen friends of Mr. and
Mrs. Thompson. Mrs. James S. Dav-
enport officiated In the christening.
PRESIDENT TAFT COfflUTES
FRED WARRENS SENTENCE
By Associated Press.
Washington D. C Feb. 1. Presi-
dent Taft today commuted the sen-
tence of Fred Warren the socialist
editor of the Appeal to Reason to six
months imprisonment and fifteen hun-
dred dollars fine by striking out the
imprisonment and reducing the fine to
one hundred dollars. '
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Marrs, D. M. Vinita Daily Chieftain. (Vinita, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 243, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 1, 1911, newspaper, February 1, 1911; Vinita, Okla.. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc776827/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.