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J. . o r r i o i a ii i i k h o i.
HtfYAN OOOlfTT
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mm.NT OKLAHOMA I'lUDAV AKUHf 7 lllin.
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EXHIBIT TO BIG
TO TAX PUBLIC DRILL FOR OiL
QjllLDING BONDS; IN SIXTY DAYS IOWA STATE FAIfl
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.MHlnti(iirhralito'II.Mrallaoi.vimilMNn)nNiiilrli LM of sample of lluii.r
" Xn. I-nim- A.ljolnlni Ouiiuit ami Hit; fninil Agileultuial Hx'tlKi. IrtV.
MmhIUii.; Will ell On the Sn l jJ shown m Umni INilr in ho Mhl.
Omnly Hank. Own
lloml. Slil hi
Tihlt Sim
lion Order The
Stair IlulUUnK bonds1
per cent Interest which
tho State a few years ago to?
nient under th guarantee thar
would not be taxed or su6jrt lo
ul valorem Uxor.
Slim
lliHs
Kj .
'wgnw
unmani
plat
limn Tim Mouth.
within the neat sixty dt  nl Hit
outside uclual drilling operations are
peeled to rommenr iu niUi of
clty limit of Durau. Hie pr;et
K financed by 0 W. rinU of
opeka. Kansas. Mr. I.ttchfttdd. mil-
........ .L- ... 1- 11.1. . ..- It. ...
.u-vh me i ran mis jear avroru- uonaire hanker ami oil matt of Inde-
Ing to a decision of the jjWu Board j penitence. Kanws. and Harry Sln-
of Kqualltation thU L In' v-ieUlr. millionaire oil tuna of Tulsu.
ponse 10 suen nonce tjhe county all of whom art confldmit thnt oil
board or equalltatlon. wnfrWrv theln paying quantities un.lerllM all r
county coRtmiMloner aniTAlie coun-Mhe territory Imminliaioi i.n.r.1 in
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iy assessor reel In special session
the middle of the week at wltloh time
the various banks of thPt ewnnti.
which hold In all a total of one bun
tired thousand dollars worth of then?
bond were notified to apWrr be-
fore the board next Monrfaivto show
why the bonds should not. be laved.
"Vtiat caused the Slate' Bonni to
take this action. In iew of the suar-
antee of the State that the secur-
ities should be non-taxable. I not
known here the only notice that ha
been received being the noticed by
the county equalization board to Hut
the bonds for taxation One jauk In
this rlty owns JtO.000 or the bonds
and by reason of the board's dectMou
will probably be compelled .o puy In
the neighborhood of $1200 adilitiou-
nl taxes this year
The bankers are. so to speak ap In
the air over the matter. They un-
questionably bought the bonds I.rce-
1' on account or their non-taxable
folture .and took the State of Okla-
.iitaa at its word whea thtf bonds
were offeggi ror sale wlth'th'at por-
vision. TJbc local banker) wll prob-
ably payhAtaxes under protest
pending a decision of the Supreme
Court on. the questtbn of tho p.iwor
of the Board of Equalization of Iho
the city. Twe reoloslns unio iikii
sunt here at different 1h by Hioh
ln riles and both have cnoud that
all Indications point to tlu exwtance
fof Immense quantities oil. rnd
probably gas too undr ihii eu'intry.
The matter of security Iimimm has
been 'coins on quietly for ttvornl
months and up until taiel? the pio-
motors haie succeeded In kenlg -he
facts out of print and een now It
Is almost Impossible to secure a def-
inite statement from the ra note -s.
saio that drilling operatlonx will ho
commencing In less than . 10 months
time. Hundreds and hundred) of
acres of land to the south and east-
ward of this city arc under lease nnd
while no statement to that effect Is
made. It is thought that the promot-
ers have at least fifty thousand acres
under lrasc almost all In one great
big bodj or close together.
Mr. Flnlcy was here from Topekn
Thursday morning seeing after tho
details of getting thel rig on the
ground and he appeaiel opt'mlsllc
as to the outcome of their operations
Other persons who are aUo get-
tingallthc leases possible tn Pond
near the city. Independently of the
three gentlemen who will lart opi
atlons and already iwral assign
recorded.
ITALY AT WAK WITH TUItKi:
Stale to force the bonds quto tae uximents of leases have bicn madd and
rolls.
A list of Bryan County banks hold-
ing bonds together rnlta pe amount
which' eacb Institution hold Is fur-
turant National Bank or Durant.
540.000.06. -
First State Bank
51.000.00.
State National Bank or
1:0.00.00.
' First National Bank
16.500.00.
Oklahoma State Bank df Caddo.
51.500.00.
of Durant
Durant.
or Colbert
Security National Bank of Caddo
57460.00.
First National Bank of Kenefick.
510.000.00.
First National Bank of Bokchlto.
515.000.00.
First Bank or Kemp at Hendrix
55.000.00.
If the action of the 'State Board Is
made to stick. It will undoubtedly re
sult In a serious impairment of th
State's credit and good name In a f!
naocial way especially as roaarUi the
bonds. Bonds that yield fr per tent
Interest net. are considcrod good In
vestments. Any order that place
those same bonds on tho lax rolls
thus eating up about tbret-tlfths or
the Interest on them naturally ven-
dors the bonds of little taiue as An
Investment.
The paramount evil of Oklahoma
legislation a ad adnilnlvratisu has
-ever bee.n doing sorueiMer on year
and undoing It the nxt. ThU policy
has continued every year alnee state
hood with no signs a' a change.
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The European- war was miiierltll
changed Saturday when" Italy declar-
ed war on Turkey and sent' a big de-
tachenjent of men and sevtiral 'Wat
vessels to the Dardanelle lo .-tlst
the allies In reducing ho Turkish
fortifications of the straits. The dec
taratlon or war by Italy on Turkey
was the result or vlolntlont- or treaty
provisions on the part of Turkey.
Heretofore Italy bar been at wnr on-
ly with Austria.
die VH
Through the efforts of I'nl Gliajfl
It. Alton derail land man of tMi
city ulm Is now In Iowa vlilm huh
attending to business a com plotu list
of samples of llriin Couiilyn ngrlriiii
tural prodoets will he shown at -tm
hlg Iowa State Fall to he hiM lllin
fall at Do Moines and Frank t.hw'lH
andvUounty nrtn Agent Fault hHsfo
been busy ail this week prepnrlntf'vxit
Ull.ll. 1.1- . ' '
llliilin ur riiiinill III IIIW.I i . -
The samples to ho exhibited tudfj
ptise nine varieties of eorn rtfvM
In thtii county ai follows Oofllen
Kagle. Yellow Dent. Big Yellow Diml
Blood Butcher. Boone County A'hfieJ
While Wonder. Hickory Cane. JtfJ
Fop Corn. A nine-foot bunch of-flO-dan
grass a dozen Inrge pears ' &
hunch o peanuts heads of knflr.n)U
lo. feterlln cane sorghum. Egyptian
wheat outs wheat nlfalfa po'H'oiist
sweet potatoes yams peaches "ap
pies apricots and every known kind
of garden product. ii
The heads of kaflr mllo fterljt!(f
sorgmum. cane the hunch of sudan
grass and several of the exhibits 'of
corn are being furnished through tho
kindness of Bort Kay of the Caddo
Corn Carnival. Many corn samples
aro also being provided by Johtf V
Hall of Bennington nnd Farm Agi)1l
Fash..of Durant. All or the corn ami
grain to he exhibited wan grown on
prairie upland am! the exhibits!
elude some very fine specimens of ujf
the products to be shown.
in Hiiiiiiiun io ine exmniin tojfoy
shown at the Stntfc fair another wiil
ho sent to Independence Iowa tlTbo
exhblted at the DuChnnnan Coun(
Fair
OR. J. C. TERRELL
PASSES AWAY
lMtmeer tltlsen of lliN t'Omiuuiiil.v
Siiii'iitohi lo no Mlurk of Ileal I
ImiIIiiiv at the Am of nj.mx
em. ruiienil Thtitvta).
COUNTIES WANT
iLLS CERTIFIED SHOT TO DEATH
;.
Dr .lames C. Terroll. aged 6(1. died
i the family hntiii three mil vul
of Durant. nt I 5 oclook Tuesday
afternoon death being Immediately
in to heart failure Dr. T. rro'l had
been stricken n week or more before
hla demise hut rallied nnd Was able
lo bo up and ntotind but took n back
art from which ho never recovered.
Funeral services wore hold and In-
terment niado at Highland eemetory
at 10.30 Thursday morning nmld a
Isrge concourse of sorrowing rela-
tive and rrlettds
James C. Terrell wan born on thn
Slth day of August lSt. at Flor-
enre Alabama being th. olWt of
four children three boya and one
girl. At the ago of fourteen years'
he enlisted In tho Confederate army
and served under General Forrest un-
til lio close of the war. After un-
dergoing many hardships nnd when
beginning to otercome the evil ef-
foots on his health froth the hard-
ships of the war he wai married nl
Utlca. Mississippi on December Cth
1S6" to Miss Lavlsa Anno Hartzng
who survives him. To lite union were
born twelve children nine of whom
are living as follow- Walter S.
Terrell of Dallas Tcxns; Clarence
li Terrell of I'urla. Texas; Urnest F.
Terrell .of Hugo Okla.; Chnrllo H.
Terrell of Columbus Miss.; Trenton
K. Tenell of Durant; Mrs. Myrtle M.
Ncely. or Durant; Mrs. Ulln II Low
ry Durunt; and Oeorgo W. Terrell
Durant.
For two years after his marriage
Jf. Terrell farmed. He then entered
Tulnno Medical University at New
Orleans vvucio he graduated and
inas ueen active in the practice of
COTTON ADSOLCTi: CO.YTHAUAND
The British council Saturday Is-
sued a norder placing cotton cotton
llnters. cotton yarn and cotton irili
on the absolute contraband list nn.l
subject to seizure at any time. Tho
British government also uoiuos out
with a statement that the Govern-
ment will stand behind the cotton
market to prevent abnormal dopres-
!on of prices oven to the limit of
making purchases of actual cotton
f necessary. The action Is takan
over lite protest or the the U. S. Oov -eminent
and hundreds of the coun-
try's leading business men nnd institutions.
..
It is believed by Messrs Alien tind
Lewis and Mr. Fash that tlue exliltr-l cdlclnc ever slnced
Its of Bryan Oountys products In tli
older states and etDcclallv at -such In.
.Ultutlons as tho Iowa State Pnr."bji
of thu greatest falra la the wordr
vyUt da much to Interest thtfTarnreft
of tho. older states n Urjnn Connfy.
land and will probably result 111
bringing many of them hero to bur
and put Under'. cultivation much of
our land which- is now useless i
Messrs. Allen Lewis Fash. Hall
arid Bay. are to be complimented upj
on their prngressivcnesN lit neelni
lhat the resourcos of our county ar
thus to be placed before the peoplo
in ine state ot lowa.
No Tlplj Win rnnl. Mni He lliitiiti On
fofinf) I'limlx lliinki (liunnl- t
I'luhl IIiiIIiik Tnvlovi I olitv.ihli
HoinN nud WniutoK
nklnlinina City. Aug afl A grwit
deal of clamor has been rn'ioil by the
roitiit) boatds of eiiialUnllou and
county nssotwors ns a result of the
HlHto lloatd or I5iiiHllntloii having
tlnlaynd rorllfylng out the lax rolls
of the comille. Many couutle nr
nnxlniis lo Issue warrant based up-
on tho taxe lo he rollot'tH fnnu dm
101 S assessment and they Atnnot do
this legally until tho HxclsV lloitrd
have mudn otdlmiites hh rniuned hy
lar. This cttnnoi he done in thn h-
sonce of the tax rolls Wh'lu it una
been the Intention of the llnnrd of
Equalization not to rcrtlfs mo mils
until after tho meeting Hept. .. U la
likely that a meeting of th ! oard
twill bo held In a few tiny for the
purposo of dually passing upon the
taxable value of those rountlei Hint
have filed Affidavit that th rnUew
ordcreil by Iho board have boon made
Then these counties will l rot titled
and Ihe ntnohlnery of lite conn y gov
ernment may proceed.
The Hucrutary of Stale has btwn
rocelvlng'a heavy mall eousliflng
largely of jirotest sfrom county n-
Itessors banks plpo line cotupanloH
tank car compunlr-ti an dothers pro
testing ngnlnsl'asHesaments
The banks are wWtli'v er tho plac-
ing or 51000000 bf State u'loll-
building bonds held by them an pail
or their Invested capital stock ouAliu
list of taxable proport). The law au-
thorizing the bonds stipulate ifli.'it
NU.MHUlt THIHTV.I tM'K
JB3Mtf"w "- " - WMfcin. HJLv
NEWT. GARRIKER
i
LLEt.OinT ASKS BOND O.V
ACCOl'XT OF BAD IIL'AII'll'
Attorney J. M. Legge(t. or Idabel'
who several weeks ago shot and kill
He wsK a tlK'ouf1 iriontbor 6f tho
Christian church add 'wM a member
or tho WoodttH'j of tnelWoild. and
ino rnw'iorian.
they wor to be non-tax vbltrgrho
preiont Htltle Ilbnrtl of EquailvJtlon
under art opinion by the Attonii)
Oenernl 'placed1 them on the lax olls
nh well motile fltate hank gvsariulty
fuii'l warrn'ats Hint had alii hisb'ii
'or'mftnv veari(lclil.for evrnl years lo be cYtifpl.Tu!sdByf
in Mississippi' for oni'yar n Texa.r!'0"' tux' Thp mnk arp maltltiV n Bokchlto
ana since-1S38 lu'DUrrtnt. Ho has nl
wtyi betfn counted among the host
Physicians Itj every .cpmrnUnlty' In
wblohf hhrverpractlvtl? filll 'tfTM
lvftd and respected by ull'who' Mielr
Jtltn (.! i
title Hmlllt. rtl llokililln Killed .Han
Who Dalleil on III HUler MUler
nml Dead .Man Weiv In llavr Wrn
'vtaiili'd oil MiiihIs.
When wt Cartlkn? enlleil to sr-
Mis Ailille Mnffal. at Itir- lio.m of u
brolltpr Oale Hmlth. west of Ilok)
lo. nhdlil 1 o'clock Wednesday ion
log Itmltti look his wlnnlteit.- tt-
wlth an oath ordred CurrUr off of
tin plaro and almost Immeiin ir
shot I 1 114 Ihintlgh the body deiv.lv b-
tug Jhslitiitaiieotm. Smith then wntt
Into llokoltllo. where he told Crtiista
hie 8ol Adams what he had dune in
gave himself up County Altonier
Tiirnbull nnd Hherlff Phillip wnr
Immediately notified and at on-
tu the scene of the tragedy bringing
Hmlth bank to Durant And lodging
him (it the county jail the same ev-
ening. Cnrrlkcr'a home Is at Cathj. wjjere
his father runs a store. He f a wld
ovver and has one child. Mm. Mpf-
fai I a widowed sister of Cle Smith
nr.d she ntifv t'arrlkcr were to hvn
been mairlUl this coming fStday
.UCt.rtllng to StLtollletlls of tlienlSMn.
of fie fnmllf. Sntlth and his umjl
and Afrs'VMoffat and her children dc
Cltpled tW same house except that
Mrs Sfoffnf did Imr rooking In lli
kitchener the hotis.i. while Hmlth's
folks cooked In n little outside build
Ing nearvW. Ho far as has been as
cerlnliiviythrre had been no trouble
between ttdtilth and Carrlker. but
Smith hiid offered ohjocttons to Car-
rlkur paying court to his sister so It
Is said Last Sunday evening As it
Is totdCarrlker had called upon Mm.
Moffat uhd Hmlth addressing hot in
CarrlW's Presence told' her lhat
Carrlker! cduld not conio Into tho
hotso; aflitr which Carrlker and Mrs
(ito to bo taken up to the coin 'a'. In
Hllch they will contest the taxing ot
fhcho seourltlek. '
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A committee appointed' by. ttg
bunkers has the stilt under conalde.i-
tlqn and Ihe couits will rinall drier-
MEXICANS I'HF.I'AltlNO
TO CltOhS BOItDHH'
Boports rrom the l.f.dvr intllonto
tho rear that largo bodies or Mexi-
cans are preparing to tiro-is the bor-
der Into Texas and it Is roported that
a' body of about two hundred huvo
ill rjnfi..t II... .1 ..
..v..... i-iiruivuH on ine Texan
side of the Itlo Ornudo nbout four
HMe whether the Imposil'on of Iho
t.tx js Just nnd lawful. The public
b'dluKjbpnds.boar (hitti.- ceut In.
IfjWllfaytKmMl "nbB un-
til 7odjyoarfuo. when decision wn"
made to exempt them from taxation
uhrn held as Invostirtont-foi- ihe enp-
lt.1l of banks.
Moffat remained In Ihe yard.
CurrlKer lia'd been In Durant oti
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HTKflHLMA.V-FASH NUPTIALS
nil... ......II. -. .. . .
ed Hiram Strawn. at Idabol. and  alio ri  " 0WM 0f '0I'"'-
i.- i. '..... ''.' nn".--' '?. Jlnnchers rnpdrt Iho thofl of ..!
I
st. louis iiooi)s simiors
LLIRS I'KRDICT 1frii;i
l.N THK DAISDAWIILLHS
Predictions are now frr.rfijjoxprf-w-cd
that is but a matter o fa fBw weeks
until the allied armies and navJoj
which have ten pound'n at the lm
pregmiMe doors of CoMtantlnopI
for Msnths. through the Djplaii'dles
strait shall have compliMbay sabdued
the Turkish arnih tha hrt offored
thuni such a stubborn rofiialL'nti' and
nhall have occupied tho Tifh cap-
ital. The Turks are reported to have1
foreseen their defeat aiid plan to
make their last desperaU Maud at
tho capital.
The flood situation at St. Loula
has been a serious proposition the
past ten days there being about fif-
teen deaths reported to date a a 10-
sult of the high waters that swept
the low part of the city tho end of
last week. Much property haa l-oea
damaged and train service In and out
of the city was crippled. Kal train
through Durant wore from two to
six nours laio tor several days on
account of tho high waters.
rj.r L "vrr' biot .o w'?Up. ch i.
... jn mi uuiiu in iiuw niiemitttng to
got out on habeas corpus proceodiftca:
alleging that he Is physically utmhlii
to stand confinement in Jail. J'ldzo
Armatrong. of tho Criminal Crmrt of
Appeals referred the case to Judhfi
'oni McKeown or Ada. but tin im
tlmony of the various doctors was so
much In conflict that Pudgd Mc
oKown aummonad tho penitentiary
Physician to iostlfy In (lie cas" afoli
uxuiiiiiiwiK i.uKguu. .vioman rrniett;
or Oklahoma City one or LeRfcdt'i'
attornoya and the prison nlifeif.'
wore in Durant Tuosday mor.ilng pn.
mum iruiii iiiauot wnero mio doctor
examined Loggott to Ada. where-
report will be made by tho phyalcuQ
to Judge McKeown.
ItL'KSLV AISO NIUHLY IIKOKK
JII IfAItKIS VISITHIl DUItAXT
Jim Harris or Wagoner big oil
producer Republican National Com-
mitteeman from Oklahoma .and State
Jlepublfcaa boss was' In th.e city for
a few hours Wednesday morslBg ami
-walle Sere toalc adraatnxe  of th
tine
CMS
e l hebaeb iwlth- lcljRepiiMI.
Heal fpA 7 t.
Stories are printed this wook in
metropolitan newspapers telling that
Itttssla also Is nearly bankrupt and
that that government cannot float a
new foreign loan for the purposo of
further equipping and maintaining
its army. Russian officials are said
to have freely admitted that the gov-
ernment faces a financial catastrophe
In the very near future unless dras-
tic measures are adopted. One of the
high officials has suggested offering
government currency In' exchange for
gold at the rate of one and a half for
one ' Another ug?eMs that the gov.
erBerBl' eeMfiatVfl'tajd jalney
IlEPItUSBNTATIVBS WA.TM.--f
Here Is an exceptional opportiiu'tjj
for women of refinement to a- n?
local roprosentatlves for largest i'illif
In country manufacturing and k.-n-
Ing hosiery and undorwoar dlfji
from mill to the homo. Liberal ml
mission protected territory complete
linos prompt dellerle. No prev-
exporiance necessary. We bhow you
how. Write for full InformaUon
Address World's Star Knitting Co?.
Dept. 805 Hay City Mich. vji
lam at the door fi
ne invaders all of whom are nnll
'firmed. They aro hidim-mi in i.
hianch or tho Cnrranzn army. Unlto.i
Hiatus troops aro being rushed to thn
scone u Ih not at all unlike! v thm
fa battle may ensue.
OKII.MANV rOl'NSHLKD TO
m:i:k ax haiily vkach
Imperial Chmirolloi- and Tf.ai.Mi.ir
Holh ItorOimnciMl larl I'ixko
Ovvlnj; to shoririKfof Fimti-i'
To Cutij Oil War.
UNITKD hTATHS WOULD 1111
CUAItDfAN f'Oll HAITI
i
The United States government thl
week offered to tho turbulout gov-
prnment pf the republic of Haiti hor
services ror ten yenrs as an adminis-
trator of' the affairs of the Island re-
public It la expected however that
strong opposition to this plan will de-
velop en the' cart ef the YnvnUilW-
'SV&VkV' yrpfjsArnimHrtiigitbx
News dlspatchos publlsh this
week in the metropolitan iiHtiora la-
dlcato that tho German government
is running very short of war funds.
and ns u rosult of a socrot confoienct.
on tho subject tho German li.iimilnl
vOImiiRflloi. von Ilethmann Hollwelg.
unit tho Imperial Treasurer Karl
Heirrorlch nio counsollng tho Ininer-
dal Go rni tin government to souk 'an
any peace.
Tlio rocommendntlons nre that all
holllooo Inclinations In tho Gorman
Itsichstng (CongroM) ba fcoftaitml
down and that ncnen nluns nml inn.
posals he carefully planned Tho lnJfr0"lH hy lor cnulng ways
The mnrrlags or MiM Ilertha He-
dun Fash daughter of County Farm
Agent nnd Mrs. L. II. "Fash and Mr.
Henry D. Slugeliuttii sou of Mr. and
Mrs. II. L. Htogolinun of Oklahoma
City Oklahoma watt Nolomnlred Wed-
nesday morning nt 7:115 o'clock tit
the homo of the bride's parents at
1202 W. Main stroot. Tho ceremony
vmik potformed by Itov. J. T. Olo of
the First Clulstltui churoli In lliu
pit Mince of tho Immudlnte fnmlly and
n !ow friends.
The brldu was unttttended She
wore a lovely gown of vvhltr. olll;
cttpo trlmmoil piettlly with lae.
tie otiiis'4 gotng-away uii wa
uf white oordutoy. with wn'.-.u rhr.
rgTou chic bluck velvet hut onthnd-it-red
In white.
The house was beautifully tlecor
aled for tho occasion and Immediate
ly after the ceremony n dainty threo-
courso wedding hreukfast was sorved
by Miss Tslher Fash sister of tho
hrldo and Miss Hthol Foul of King
ifNhnr Oklahoma.
The bride In the accomplished
daughter of County Farm Agont ami
Mrs l'n oh and has only resided In
Uils oily for the pnst year. She Is a
griiduato of the Kingfisher High
School and has taught school near
Dm ant ror the past year during
which time she has mndo many warm
porlal Treasurer Mr Hutrforlcli
pointed out to tho conference lhat the
newGermnn war loan will completu
y- exhaust Ihe empire's lenotircrm
and that tho IncicnNe In exchoquor
bondswlll surely cause tho bankrupt-
cy of tho empire. Former Chief or
Stnff of tho Army von Moltke agreed
entirely with tho findings of tho cou
foronco
i Nobo III. M3. C. Boyle has an egg
laid by one of his hens on which are
fine' pltiire rffcfelcken awleg. a
l.l.l ..... I...T t..V .k. li.
Otit-or-lowu guests vvoio: MIhh
Verna filegolinuti of Oklahoma City
slstor or tho groom: Miss Hthol Foul
of KlngfUhor nnd Miss Helon Weber
of Wllburton Oklahoma. The other
guests present weio Mrs. A. V Ilniu
Hton Hev. J. T. Oglo nnd Miss Frnn
ces Davison.
Mr. nnd Mrs. StogoliuHn loft on
tho Frisco train nt 0:po for Oklaho-
ma City acconipqnlfitj y Mdi Yfrna
hlegelman whore ey. wlj;iMpi!(nd
tome tlip(e and w bo a.t frwt aftr
and had evidently gone to
on (he night train. Wed
nesday morning he came afoot to th
Smith ulnro. and walked Into Mrs.
Mof CntVpaH of the house just alT
theyTuMrTliilshcd breakfast. Je Is
then said to have asked for a drink
bf water and had Mopped to n.ear th
iioor or window wbiro the pall hung
and was In the act of taking a drink
.when lip heard a Bitot outside fired
evidently nt random or through Hip-
roof ns It did not strike near film
A uiQiuont Inter Hmlh appeared at
Ihe south window or tho kitchen nnd
pointing his rifle nt Carrlker. cumM
lilm and then flrctl pno shot The
hall entered Carrlkor's right shool-
der at about the itl'nlplt pn:ed clear
through .the nrm. body niltf left arm
and hung on the Inside of tils' sloe re
Carrlker without a word staggered
to the porch and sank upon the floor
n corpse.
Smith's wife is said to havo told
the officers that thoy did not see
Carrlker tuijor Ihe house but that
their four-year-old boy came running
to his papa telling him thnt Carrl-
ker was In the house whereupon
Smith ko down his Winchester from
whore It was hanging saving that
Cnrrlkoe could not stay thero Mrs.
Smith then Intervened anbirf to li. r
husband. It Is said thut he must not
make any trouble whereuoon she
v.ti8 repulsed and told not :o meddle
Those tiro the fact sas told to tho
county nUorncy. and ns given hy Mm
lo llm JWh.
Smith bus retained McPlteriun Jfe
Cnohrnn as attorneys. Xo hearing
litis yet been held.
(IALVHSTOX MAKIXU
tn:i:iiv inicovi:itv
Late reports Indicate that tho city
of Oalvostop ten days ugo dovastatcil
by liurrleuna and water Is making .
speedy recovery and. that In a Hhort
tlmo things will bo ' running nlong
normally theie. Street cam are op
crating eloctilc lights aro turned on
ngnln utd resit drliikltig water l
now lujiiv from tho mainland this
reiifhliiAYtu city through temporary
mnluu UiUfHday. Work of cleaning
up has$toyn pushed with renewed
vigor iud tho city will 'regain U
eiiuallbilyiii wllhlii a shotr time.
liJl) OX CONHTANT
inopli:
All!
IV

Hushlftn noroplanes mado a raid
on the outskirts or Constantinople
the Turkish capital late Monday do
Ing a lot ot damage to preperiy and
fHber killing or weUHdlag' forty pee
pie. This ls the nrst'Vjjhret8lBic
irt of e tl:lot JhtfMaiii capital
Bttcal feaces. -
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