Luther Register. (Luther, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 13, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 28, 1913 Page: 2 of 8
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OVER IRE STATE
express companies apply for
REHEARING THE $600,000
REFUND CASE.
CRITICISE CORPORATION COMM.
Declare Scientific Methods Were Not
Used In Figuring Costs and That
They Have Had A Raw Deal
Generally In the Case.
Claiming that the state supreme
court by its decision in the express
rate case has done the companies a
grave injustice, and that the court dis-
posed of the issues in the case In an
unscientific manner and contrary to itB
former decisions, attorneys for the
Wells Fargo and three other express
companies filed a lengthy brief in sup-
port of the petition for a rehearing of
the case, in which the court recently
gave a decision affirming a rate order
of the corporation commission. The
petition was filed by Cottingham &
Bledsoe, attorneys for the Wells Far-
go,, the United States, American and
Pacific express companies.
The express rate case was taken
to the higher court by the companies
on appeal from an order of the corpo-
ration commission made in 1909,
which order reduced the rates on ex-
press shipments In Oklahoma. In
the aggregate from 1909 to the time
of the decision of the court, the
amount of the reduction is estimated
to exceed $600,000. This amount
under the order, If not reversed by a
higher court, will have to be refunded
to the shippers in the state
The express companies set forth
three grounds for rehearing the case;
That the court erred in wholly disre-
garding the value of the property de-
voted to intrastate business, the rev-
enues derived from intrastate business
and the cost of such business; that it
erred in arriving at a reasonableness
of rates by a comparison with rates of
other states; that the proposed rates
ot the commission were guessed at
and if enforced would mean confisca-
tion of property.
The attorneys cite a large list of
cases which they believe show that
the opinion, as written by Justice
Robert L. Willims, is unfounded in
law', unjust, unfair in its application
and not the proper method of deter-
mining the justness of a schedule of
rates, and is in violation of the state
and federal constitution.
Both Nation and State Prosecute.
Ardmore.—G. D. Auld, whose arrest
was effected September 10 by Rev.
Dan Curb, pastor of the Baptist
church nt Ryan, was held to the fed-
eral grand jury in an examining trial
here before United States Commis-
sioner William Hutchinson. He is al-
leged to have violated the Mann act.
In company with him at the time of
his arrest were Ruby Doyle, 18, and
her sister, Pearl, 14. A charge of
criminal assault against the man has
been filed In JefTerson county and
In case he is acquitted in the federal
court he will be re-arrested under the
state laws.
NEGRO CONVICT ACCUSED
Woman Selects Recaptured Bl^ck At
Assailant of Last July.
McAlester.—Will Williams, a negro,
serving a sentence of five years from
Hughes county for assaulting a white
woman, is the man who entered the
home of Hannibal Morrison at Cana
dian last July, beat Morrison to insen-
sibility and then attempted an assault
upon his wife, according to Mrs. Mor-
rison, who picked Williams out of a
line of twenty negro convicts as the
man who asasulted her
The crime was committed at 2
o’clock on the morning of July 15.
Williams had escaped from the peni-
tentiary at noon of July 14. He was /
arrested at 1 {alleyviile last week on
a charge of carrying concealed weap |
mis and when sent to the county jail j
here to serve justice court sentence,
was recognized by county officers.
The fact that he had ercaped from
the penitentiary so near the time of
the Canudian offense, caused suspi- ,
cion of him and Mrs. Morrison was
sent for. She was positive in her idem
tification. Williams, however, says he
cun prove by a Rock Island brakeman
247 ARE BELIEVED
10 HIVE II DEATH
IN MINE DISASTER
Hopes of Rescuers Sink Low As They
Delve Into Wreckage in Effort to
Reach Buried Miners
FIND 23 HIVE: 14 DEAD BODIES
cun prove ny a kook island DraKeman * i. m, /^vllC £0* • ir» l
that o" night the crime wne com [Nineteen- Year-Uld jon or rrincipal otock-
mitt od lin WOa r i/I intr a frnlirhi onoi t
holder is Thought to Be Among the
Dead; Deadly Fumes Sufficate
mltted he was riding a freight east
out of Wilburton. Shortly after the
assault upon the Morrisons, h mob
was formed to lynch August Harry,
another negro whom Sheriff D. J. Ta-
tum had arrested for horse theft. The
lynching was prevented only by the
sheriff spiriting Ills prisoner away
and hiding him in creek bottoms over
night. The next day Mrs. Morrison
saw Harry and said he was not her
assailant.
Dawson, N. M.—Two hundred and
forty-seven miners are believed to be
dead beneath tons of fallen earth,
timber, coal and rock in the huts and
rooms of mine number 2 of the Stag
in Washington, wired Governor Mc-
Donald to draw on the society for
$1,000 with which to alleviate the suf-
fering families here, but the governor
replied that the mine officials had
PEANUTS! PEANUTS! PEANUTS!
Duncan's Goober Carnival Draw Crowd
Numbering Thousands.
Duncan.—The Stephens countv pea
nut carnival, the only attraction of
the kind ever held, was In full blast
last week and thousands of visitors,
many from other states, were in at-
tendance. It is estimated that the
crowd exceeded the 10,000 mark edu-
cational day. More than 600 school
children formed a parade on the high i
school campus and marched through
! non Fuel company here. Hundreds of given him assurance that the destitute
j miners, working in shifts of fifteen would he provided for and that the
I each, are slowly forcing their way company would defray the expenses
I through the rooms and entries, fight 0f all funerals.
ing against dangers of gas and of ;i Inspector Had Just Examined
! lire which started in an adjoining The mine was supposed to have
I mine and w hich threatens to reach the been a model one and that such a dis-
i i
space in which the entombed men aster could befall the men had beer,
were trapped. considered impossible. Two days be-
Only twenty-three men have been fore the explosion State Mine Inspect-
taken from the mine alive. The first or Blddow had examined the property
miner to be rescued alive was taken and pronounced it in excellent condi-
from the main entry. He w as found | tion.
unconscious not far from the place
where a mule had been found alive.
Fourteen dead bodies and twenty-
Masonic Building Burned.
Lehigh.—The Lehigh opera house
and Masonic building was burned here
last week. The Masonic building was
one of the oldest in the state and nine
charters of subordinate lodges with
all pharphernalia were lost, including
Masons, Odd Fellows. James Holland
lodge K. of P.. Woodmen and Wood-
men circles, Eastern Star. Pythian
Sisters and others. The lower floor
was used for the opera house. A
movement is now' under way to build
a modern building, to replace the
burned structure.
Stolen Goods Recovered.
Tulsa.—-More than $500 of fine silk
and satin goods which the police be-
lieve was stolen recently from a store
In Oklahoma City, was recovered by
Mel Bowman, special agent for the
Frisco. Hernlan Llnsky, in whose
possession the merchandise was found,
is held On a charge of investigation
by the city police. He was released
from the state penitentiary at Mc-
Alester Just two months ago after
serving a sentence of two years for
robbing a department store at Ban.
lesville.
Forty-Year Prison Term For Maddox.
Cordell.—After deliberating less
than two hours, the jury brought in a
verdict finding Charles Maddox guilty
of the murder of W. T Elam and as-
sessed his penalty at forty years in
the state penitentiary. The case has
attracted a great deal of attention
and the courtroom was crowded when
the verdict was read. Maddox is weal-
thy and will continue to fight the case.
His attorneys will file a motion for a
new trial in a few days.
the principal streets of the city, wind- three rescued make the total of the
ing up at the camp, where they were day’s work of recovery. The finding
addressed by State Superintendent °f the live mule in
Wilson. aged officials in charge of the rescue
There were several hundred ex- "ork to hope that some live miners
hibits of farm products on display, perhaps are still entombed in a
many being made bv Individuals and room located more than 4,000 feet
In one instance fifty-five different va-
rieties of products raised on one farm
were shown in a booth. Four hun-
dred exhibits of livestock, including
horses, cattle and hogs were shown,
while several hundred coops of Chick-
ens, turkeys, ducks, geese and other
fowls were on display, making the ex
hibition the greatest ever attempted
in this section. ^
ACCUSE McGUI RE’S EX-WlFE
Federal Indictment Charges Forgery
of Indian Lease.
Pawhuska.—Mrs. George Lamott. di- \
vcrced wife of Congressman Bird Mc-
Guire of the old First Oklahoma dis- 1
trict, was arrested hero by United '
States Marshal W S. Cade of Guthrie, i
upon a warrant following an indict-
ment by the federal grand jury at 1
Lawton, said to charge forgery of In-
dian leases
General Manager T. H. O’Brien, who
was in the office near mine number 2
at the time of the explosion, at once
summoned the men from three other
mines by means of the mine Biren and
the mine encoui- Put them to work diselnK 1,1 the main
entry and the airway, both of which
were blocked by tons of fallen rock
and timber. O’Brien, with other offi-
cials, hastened to the air shaft, which
ts equipped with a ladder and steps
designed to he used as a means of
! escape in such emergencies. There he
found the air unbearable and knew
thp rreat fans had stopped
With oxygen helmets he and his fol-
lowers went into mine number 5, con-
; nected with number 2 w ith a tunnel,
believing they could then connect the
laterals of the mine but they found
I the passage blocked. Communication
j was established with nearby mines
FIIIPIOIIS SEE
ACKNOWLEDGE MESSAGE PRESI-
DENT HAD SENT THROUGH
NEW GOVERNOR.
FREE GOVERNMENT L0f:3 SOUGHT
Gov. General Harrison Declared the
Harbinger of a New Era of Prog-
ress For the Arch-
ipelago.
from an entrance.
Henry P. McShane, son of Mrs. E.
P. McShane, of New York city, widow
of a former heavy stockholder In the
mine, is among the known dead. Mc-
Shane, who was 19 years old, had
come to the mine, in which his fath-
er's estate still held an interest, to
learn mining from practical experi-
ence.
Explosion's Cause Unexplainable
J. C. Roberts, chief of the United and all available assistance was ob-
States Mine Rescue bureau, in this j tained.
district, is in charge of the rescue The renort of the explosion attracted
work Mr. Roberts said it was impos- practically the entire population of the
sible to tell what caused the explosion town to the mine and women fought
The marshal is silent upon the Law-
ton Indictment but Mrs. Lamott is in I
possession of information leading her
to believe that it Is based upon the
alleged forgery of the name of R. E.
Fletcher, an Osage county cattleman
to a grazing lease upon Indian lands.
Mrs. Lamott signed the name, she
says, but expresslv as Fletcher’s
agent. She says that he gave her
authority to do so in the presence of
witnesses. The value of the lease
was nominal, only $50 per quarter,
and so far she has received no pay
for looking after it nor received any
money in connection with it in any
way.
hut that it was of such violence as to \
cause him to lose hope for the rescue
alive of any more of the entombed j
men.
In the mine at the time of the ex- j
plosion were 284 miners and that the j
death list will reach so great a figure ]
I is attributed to the fact that the great [
j fans which kept the air circulating >
within the mine were rendered use-1
! less by the force of the explosion. Not j
until four hours after the explosion
were the fans repaired.
Some of the rescue parties declared
their belief that a party of the en-
tombed miners had reached a room
and had sealed it in time to keep the
gas from overcoming them.
Dr. S. P. Morris, representative of
this district In the American Red
| Gross society, reached here and at
once made preparations to relieve the
families of the victims.
Ernest P. Bicknell, of the Red Gross
frantically to get vantage points
from which they could observe the
slow nroeress of the rescuers. Soon
they began to interfere with the work
and the entries were roped off.
HUERTA IS HOPEFUL
Mexico City.—General Victoriano
Huerta, provisional president of Mex-
ico, made a statement which was af-
terwards read in the presence of all
the members of the diplomatic corps
and the cabinet ministers. In this
statement General Huerta gave his
moet solemn assurances that the sole
use he has made, or will make, of his
power as interim president, is, first,
tj establish peace in the republic, and
second, to comply with the law’ of his
country in holding fair elections so
that the choice of the people, who-
ever it may be. shall be installed in
power.
BOND IS ALLOWED
Lesenys and Dr. Stephens Also Get
Change of Venue.
Walter.—Bond was allowed by the
Cqurt to Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Lesncy
and Dr. J. M. Stephens, and also a
change of venue granted the defend-
ants who are held responsible for the
murder of Joseph Howard, former
husband of Mrs. Lesenv. It was ar-
gued that the defendants could not
get a fair trial in Gotten county and
the case was sent to Stephens.
TORNADO SWEEPS LOUISIANA
Charged With Impersonating Officer.
Tulsa—That Walter Duckett, form-
er deputy Un'.ted States marshal and
at preseut manager of a local detec-
tive agency, posed as "mayor of Tul-
sa” and fined him $200 for committing
the crime of adultery, is the allegation
preferred by Benito Fabela. Spaniard.
In an information charging obtaining
money under false pretense, filed by
the county attorney’s office. Duckett
1s charged jointly with C. C. Woods,
one of his operatives who is a former
United States special liquor enforce-
|T' nt officer.
COUNTY RECORDS BURN
Fire at Stilwell Believed of Incendiary
Origin.
Stilwell.—Some of the Adair county
records were consumed by a fire sup-
poked to be of Incendiary origin and
persons against whom criminal pro-
ceedings might have been commenced
are suspected. Judge John H. Pitch-
ford had just opened a term of court
in which several criminal cases were
to be taken up.
HORSE RACE IS FATAL
H. E. Stenett. of Swink, Dies From
Injuries Received at Valliant
Valliant. H. E. Stenett, living near
Swink, died of injuries received in a
horse race at Valliant. Stenett’s
horse became unmanageable after the
race started and in coming under the
wire the horse ran into another. Sten
ett. was thrown to the ground and his
horse fell on him. Internal injuries
caused his death a few hours after
the accident.
Death Dealing Storm Breaks Without
Warning—Nine Dead.
New Orleans.—A white woman and
her two months’ old babe and seven
negroes lost their lives and thirty-
eight persons were injured, none seri-
ously, in a tornado that swept over
southern Louisiana. Gane crops were
razed, dwellings and fences demolish-
ed and other damage was visited upon
plantations southwest of this city.
The hurricane swept over Energy
plantation, near Thibodeaux, La.,
where Mrs. Valize Borne and her two
months’ old baby were killed, together
with two negroes. The negro quar-
ters were demolished on this planta-
tion, resulting in injury to eleven ne-
groes.
Cutting a clean path 500 feet wide,
the tornado tore through the Elling-
ton plantation at Lula, La., demol-
ishing the negro quarters, killing five
! persons and maiming several others,
1 including a white woman and man.
The houses were of wood and the in
; mates were caught beneath falling
i timbers.
The storm came shortly before day-
light and the terrified negroes were
caught in their shacks unable to seek
shelter because of a terrific down
pour of rain driven before an exces-
sively high wind.
Wire communication wdth several
cities in southwestern Louisiana wap
cut off. It is believed the tornado
spent itself in the gulf after sweep
ing over southern Mississippi. Dis
patches say the wind blew at the rate
of sixty miles an hour at Gulfport.
In New Orleans considerable dam-
age was done to roofs, fences and
swinging signs. One residence lost
its entire front while the family was
huddled together in rear rooms.
Many other dwellings, most of which
were unoccupied, were considerably
damaged.
Seattle Alarmed By “Plague’’ Rats Beating Sunday Law
Seattle. Wash.—I)r. James E. Grich- Edmonton, Alta.—Operation of mov-
ton, health officer of Seattle, said ing picture theatres on Sundays by
the bubonic plague rat situation in placing collection plates at the doors
Seattle was serious but that the in lieu of selling regular admission
health department hoped to prevent I tickets is not in violation, directly
an outbreak of the disease. "Not for or Indirectly, of the Lord's Day act
six years,” he said, “has there been j in Alberta, according to a majority
a case of bubonic plague in a human judgment just handed down by the
being in Seattle. In those six years supreme court of the province. The
we have found twenty-four plague j ruling followed certiorari proctedingt
rats. A considerable number were in the case of Grant Churchill, an
taken during the plague outbreak six j American, who w ith three other then
years ago and recently seven were tre owners in Edmonton, was fined
killed in a section of the waterfront $40 and costs.
Washington.—The answer of the
Philippines to President Wilson’s mes-
sage delivered through Governor Gen-
eral Harrison, came by cable in the
form of a resolution adopted by the
Philippine assembly. It is strong in
the belief of the Filipinos of their
right to free government and says
the president's words are “gratefully
accepted as a categorical declaration
of the purpose of the nation to recog-
nize the independence of the islands.”
The text of the resolution, made
public by the war department, fol-
lows:
"We, the representatives of the
Filipino people, constituting the Phil-
ippine assembly, solemnly declare that
it is evident to us that the Filipino
people have the right to be free and
independent so that in advancine
alone along the road of progress It
will on its own responsibility work
out its prosperity and manage its own
destinies for all the purposes of life.
This was the aspiration of the people
when it took up arms against Spain
and the presence of the American flag
first on Manila bay and then in the
interior of the archipelago did not
modify, but rather encouraged and
strengthened the aspiration, despite
all the reverses suffered in war and
difficulties encountered in peace.”
Have Repeatedly Ratified.
’ Being called to the ballot box, the
people again and again ratified this
aspiration and since the inauguration
of the Philippine assembly the na-
tional representative body has been
acting in accordance with the populai
will only; thus in the midst of the
most adverse circumstances, the ideal
of the people never wavered and was
respectfully and frankly brougnt be-
fore the people of the sovereign coun-
try on every occasion. On the other
hand, our faith in the justice of the
American people was as great and
persistent as our ideal. We have
waited in patience, confident that soon-
er or later all errors and injustices
would be redressed.
"The message of the president of
the United States to the Filipino is
eloquent proof that we have not wait-
ed in vain. We accept said message
with love and gratitude and consider
It a categorical declaration of the pur-
pose of the nation to recognize the
Independence of the islands. The im-
mediate step of granting us a major-
ity on the commission places in our
hands the instruments of power and
responsibility for the establishment
by ourselves of a stable Filipino gov-
ernment. We fully appreciate and
are deeply grateful for the confidence
reposed in us by the government of
the United States. We look upon the
appointment of the Hon. Francis Bur-
ton Harrison as governor-general as
the unmistakable harbinger of the new’
era in which we expect the attitude of
the people to be one of co-operation;
and, finally, we believe happily the
experiments of imperialism have come
to an end and that colonial exploita-
tion has passed Into history.
Opportunity Closed for 13 Years.
"The epoch of mistrust has been
closed and the Filipinos, upon having
thrown open to them the doors of op-
portunity are required to assume the
burden of responsibility—which It
would be inexcusable cow’ardice on
their part to avoid or decline. Owing
to this, a few days have sufficed to
bring about a good understanding be- |
tween Americans and Filipinos, which j
it had been impossible to establish
during the thirteen years past. We |
are convinced that every onward step,
while relieving the American govern-
ment of its responsilibities in the is-
lands, will, as in the past, fully dem-
onstrate the present capacity of the
Filipino people to establish a govern-
ment of its own and guarantee in a
permanent manner the safety under
such government of the life, property
and liberty of the residents of the is-
lands, nationals as well as foreigners.
"We do not wish to say by this,
that there will not be difficulties and
embarrassments, nor do wre even ex-
pect that the campaign open or con-
cealed, of the enemies of the Filipino
caues, will cease soon, but we feel
sure that through a conservative use
of the power entrusted to us, the Fil-
ipino people will, w ith God’s favor and
the help of America, emerge trium-
phantly from the test, however diffi-
cult it mtiy be.”
William Jennings Price, who suo
ceeded Percival Dodge as United
States minister to Panama, Is a Ken-
tuckian and lives In Danville. He has
never married and is one of the eligi-
ble bachelors of the new diplomatic
corps.
28 ARE VICTIMS OF AIR OISASTEF
EXPLOSION COMPLETELY DE
STROYS LATEST ZEPPELIN.
Trial Trip Was Being Made by Ad
miralty Board Near Berlin.—
Three Aviators Killed.
Berlin.—Twenty-eight persons were
killed near Johannisthal in the explo-
sion and fall of Count Zeppelin's latest
dirigible balloon, the "L-II.” The
tw’enty-eight men represented the en
tire personnel of the admiralty board
which was to conduct the final trial
ot the dirigible looking to its accept
ance by the government as a new unit
of the German aerial navy, the pilot
and crew’ and invited guests. Ever>
person that went aloft in the big air
ship is dead.
Twenty-seven of them were killed
almost instantly by the explosion of
gas in the balloon or burned to death
as the flaming wreck fell to the ground
from a height of 900 feet and en
veloped them. One man, Lieutenant
Baron Von Bleul of the Queen Au
gusta grenadier guards, a guest of the
admiralty board, was extricated alive
from the mass of twisted wreckage
His eyes were burned out and he
suffered other Injuries. Begging his
rescuers to kill him and end his suf-
ferings he was taken to a hospital*
where he died.
The "L-II” had it proves successful
would have been added to the aerial
corps of the navy which after thes
fatalities now’ has only two me"
trained to command airships. The of-
ficial report of the accident says the
explosion was due to the ignition of
gas in or above the forward gondola*
but not within the body of the air-
ship.
The navy was not the only sufferer
through aviation accidents for three
army officers were killed in aeroplane
flights—Captain Haeseler, Lieutenant
Koch and Sergeant Mante.
The dirigible disaster occurred
above the main street of the city of
Johannisthal. The shattered hulk, a
mass of blazing canvas and crumpled
aluminum, dropped 900 feet into the
public highway. Hundreds of people
rushed to the scene but there was
nothing to be done, except to take the
dead from the twisted w’reckage.
The victims include Lieutenant
Commander Behnisch and Senior Lieu
tenant Freyer of the German naval fly-
ing corps. Captain Glund, the pilot, a
veteran steersman; Naval Construct-
ors Neumann and Pietzler and Naval
Engineer Busch.
The six inmates of the center gon-
dola of the Zeppelin airship were
We | blown through the sides of the car by
the first explosion and their bodies
fell a quarter of a mile away from
the wreck of the balloon, which was
traveling forty miles an hour.
All the others, except two, were
apparently killed by the explosion of
the gasoline tank, and probably were
dead before the wreckage reached the
earth.
The commander and members of the
admiralty trial board were seated in
the officers’ gondola. After the fire
broke out they w’ere caged inside a
network of red hot girders.
Besides the officers already men-
tioned Lieutenant Trenk, who was sec-
ond in command; Chief Engineer
Haussmann and three engineer secre-
taries from the admiralty board, were
killed.
The pilot, Captain Glund, was the
only civilian on board. Engineers ex-
pressed confidence, when the “L-II”
was completed, that she would be able
to cross the Atlantic.
Wife of Spencer Asks For Divorce
New York.—Mrs. Nellie Koenig
Spencer, wife of Henry Spencer of
Chicago, the confessed murderer,
brought suit for the annulment of her
marriage to Spencer on September 10,
1903. Spencer told the Chicago police
he met Miss Koenig at tHe Martha
Washington hotel here when she was
employed by Helen Gould, married her J
after a three days' courtship, took her |
to Fort Montgomery, N. V., four I
months later and killed her with a !
hammer. Mrs. Spencer denies most
ii his story.
Three-Fourths of Portugal Illiterate.
Lisbon.—Three-fourths of the Por-
tuguese people ran neither read nor
write, according to the latest official
census, which shows that in Portu
gal, Madeira and the Azores there
was a total population of 5,960,056, ot
whom 4,478,098 were totally illiterate.
There are 2.828,691 men and 3,181,365
women. The Americans living in Por-
tugal, 1,645 out number the Italians,
of whom there are 547, and the tier
mans, who have 969, and are nearly as
numerous as the French colonv with
1,832.
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