The Oklahoma County News (Jones City, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, September 8, 1916 Page: 4 of 8
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FAIR DAY
The Big Day in Jones
On this day arrangements have
been made to make your visit as
pleasant and instructive as possi-
ble. Your neighbors will all have
something on display, and so will
you. As for us we extend to you
a hearty welcome.
Come And See Us.
ARCH
Watch Us Grow!
COL. N. N. EVANS.....
The Old Reliable
AUCTIONEER. —
CHOCTAW, OKLA.
1 Cried More Sales Last Year Than All Other Auctioneers in the
County. Rates Reasonable.
TELLS GHASTLY
TALESOF YUAN
Last Days of the Late President
Yuan of China Full of
Tragedy.
MURDERS WOMAN AND BABE
Maddened by Desertion of Trusted
General He Commit* Double
Crime—Quarrel* in Family
Embittered HI* Last Hour*.
Some ghastly stories of the last
day* of President •Yuan Shi Kul are
now passlug from lip.to Up In Peking
und are even finding their way Into
the Chinese newspapers. Between
wives and children he leaves, It Is
said. 67 mourners in Ills family. But
few of them really lament his loss.
AJuurrWs between them embittered Ills
last hours and his uume Is disgraced
by revelations of the greed and dishon-
esty of the princes designate who were
to have Inherited the dragon throne.
Ilut the most gruesome story Is cue
that tells how the old mah, maddened
by the desertion of a trusted general,
with his own hands killed his favorite
concubine aud lier new-born tmbe in
the palace a few days before his own
deuth. This story is given on the au-
thority of the Peking Gazette, the
leuding Chinese journal. It was re-
lated to the Gazette by an eyewitness
In the pulace as follows:
“It Is eveniug. A telegram Is hand-
ed to Yuan. It Is Chen Yf* dispatch
declaring the Independence of the great
province of Szechuan.
Slay* Woman and Child.
“The news moves Yuan powerfully
und his body shakes under the passUm
rising in him. His eyes grow cruel,
and with the telegrum held In one
tiuud like a death warrant he pusses
swiftly Into the chamber of his fa-
vorite concubine und slays her and
the child she had borne him.
"Blood and the death of the one he
loves break the passion that might
have choked him to death in an apo-
plectic fit. aud save him In u mysteri-
ous wuy for a few days more from the
deuth tliut might befall him through
his hutred of the muu who failed him
ut the lust moment.
“Those In the dead ruler’s confi-
dence say that he trusted Chen Y't
greatly. It was Chou Yl who first
spoke to him of the throne and who
helped him to remove 1,1 Yuan Hung,
now president, from ihe stronghold of
Wuchang us well as Tsai Ao from
Yunuan to Peking. He stHggered uu
Uvr the new* of Chon Yl's desertion,
aud his death followed fast, quickened
by a mighty hatred against his late
general and remorse at the death of
his favorite concubine. Accompanying
Yuan’s bier to Its resting place In his
native province was a cofiln In which
lay the remains of the dead womuo
und her child.
“Yuun’s last days were troubled by
Incessant quarreling among his fam-
ily. He was given a great variety of
medicines. The eldest son believed
In foreign doctors but the other sons
and coucubiues believed in native doc-
tors and their drugs. The result
was that the patient was dosed with
all sorts of medicines.
"The. fifth concubine Insisted that
the medicine offered by one ‘Blind Lo'
was the best, but the fifth son said
that the drugs of Pu Chung were bet-
ter. The quarrel went on continuous-
ly, and the advocates of the various
quacks are supposed to huve given the
medicines they favored to the patient
unknown to the others.
“Finally a foreign doctor proposed
to bleed the president aud extracted
six tubefuls. This so dlshcurtened
the other sons that they asked Yuan
Ko Tl. the eldest, If he wanted to kill
his father. When he died at length
there was u violent dispute, each blunt-
ing tlie other for his death.
“Yuan’s device for nominating his
successor wus to write the names of
three candidates from whom his suc-
cessor was to be chosen and deposit
them In a gold box to be opened
ufter his death. This was actuully
incorporated In the revised presidential
election law. The names were writ-
ten on a gold plate In Y’uan's own un-
scholurly handwriting, aud the box
was sealed up aud stored In a store
room In the palace. The box was
opened by President LI Yuan Hung
and General Tuan Chi Jul, the pre-
mier, and the names they found were
those of Yuan Ko Ting, the president's
eldest son, IIsu Sht Chang, und Liang
Shi Yl. The new president Is said to
have shown no sign of emotion at the
names, hut General Tuan was visibly
angry, especially at finding the name
of Liang, who was the president’s
henchman In some of his most secret
enterprises."
Diving Boy Find* 50 Cent*.
Jeffersonville, Ind.—Charles Worden
Field, aged twelve, of this city, while
diving In the Ohio river opposite his
home felt something hard on the bot-
tom of the river and grnbbed It. It
proved to be a 80-cent piece, and he
applied the principle of “finders keep-
ers" and bought a pair of wuter wings
for himself and another pair for his
brother Ellison, aged ten.
$500 for Wabash Pearl.
Lafayette, Ind.—Lee Simons, a pearl
nunter In the Wabash river, brought
to this city the other day a sky blue
pearl, weight 85 grains, which he
found neat the Birmingham Bluffs.
HAS FUN JUST
LIKE GUARDSMEN
Rafferty’s Commander Says He
Will Have to Make Ex-
ample of Him.
PRIVATE GETS GREAT IDEA
Sergeant Finds Him Bombarding
Juarez All Alone—Story Stops Re-
ports of 8klrmlshe* with Snip-
er* by Militiamen.
El Paso, Tex.—During one very
brisk week after the Guardsmen had
become accustomed to the bordet
climate, there were endless reports of
skirmishes ucross the Rio Grande with
Mexican snipers.
Volley after volley of perfectly good
ammunition was sent whistling into
Carrunzlsta territory. It was some-
thing to write home about, but event-
ually It wore on the nerves of the regu
Inrs. The regular officers complained
about their sleep being broken and
merely smiled when nsked for official
reports of the skirmishing.
The regular enlisted men took It In
a different mood. The regular soldier
has peculiar views of the militia, any-
way. In the end—
Well, Private Rafferty's command-
ing officer says he’ll have to make an
example of Private Rafferty.
Private Rafferty, In the guardhouse,
sheepishly pleads guilty, but points to
extenuating circumstances.
Keep Eye on Rafferty.
Private Rafferty is one of the best
soldiers In his regiment. Occasionally
on a pay day he will go a bit wide. At
such times the sergeant he reveres and
reviles keeps a sharp eye on Rafferty.
This time the sergeant's keen eye
was otherwise engaged. He had been
ordered to teach a squad of militiamen
the Intricacies of the army rifle. So
Private Rafferty was unwatched. He
bad a gloomy little time of It by him-
self In an ont-of-the-way cantina. Any-
one who knew Private Rafferty would
have known that he was possessed of
a despondent mood. But no one who
knew him saw him.
That evening Private Rafferty went
onek to camp with the light of an
original idea In his eye. That was
characteristic of him after a “mood.”
No one saw him ns he left camp just
after dark. If they had, he would not
have left. There would, at least, have
been some comment on his peculiar
equipment. Private Rafferty was ac-
coutred with seven bandoliers,
crammed with cartridges. Under each
ann was tucked a rifle.
An hour later came the brisk sound
of rifle fire, vaguely from the direc-
tion of a bridge overlooking Juarez a
quarter of a mile away. An hour later,
also, excited Carrnnelsta officers were
telephoning General Roll's headqunr-
ers in El Paso and asking If war had
started. This report, incidentally, has
been quietly smothered.
The commanding officer of the camp
near the bridge hastily summoned Ills
most trusted sergeant.
“For heaven’s sake, find out what
that shooting Is!” he ordered. “I sup-
pose It's those qualified militiamen
pluying Roldler again."
Wanted Some Fun, Too.
The sergeant started for the sound
of the firing. It was going quite brisk-
ly as he reached the bridge. On the
fround lay an Intent figure with seven
bandoliers at his side. One was empty.
One rifle was engaged In potting at
the lights of Juarez. The other lay
handily by the side of the marksman.
"What the—?” demanded the ser-
geant. "Rafferty, you bllnkety blank
dnsh, what’s the matter with you?”
Rafferty ceased firing and started to
arise. Then he flung himself on the
ground and began sobbing violently.
The sergeant casually confiscated the
two rifles, pocketed the telltale shells
and gazed In wonder at the weeping
soldier.
"You'll be court-martialed for this!"
he said. “Why bnmhard Juarez?
What’s the Idea, you drunken loafer!"
Private Rafferty raised a teur-stulned
face.
“I don’t care,” he wept. “I wanted
to have some fun, too. They let those
militiamen—dag-gun those patriotic
citizens—shoot all they want to and I
guess I want to have some fun, too."
Pretty soon Rufferty will have com-
pleted his punishment and he’ll he a
good soldier again until he has an-
other Idea. Meanwhile, the story has
drifted around to the militia camps
und there have been no further reports
of skirmishes with snipers.
LAW GIVES HIM HAIR CUT
It Was Done In Jail Despite the Ob-
jection* of Italian’* At-
torney*.
Nevada City.—Despite objections of
his attorneys. Giovanni Margaroll has
hud hla hulr cut at the county Jail.
Margaroll has been In Jail, charged
with murder, since December 18, and
luring that time his hair had become
long and unkempt. He Intends to
plead Insanity, and hts attorneys
wished him to look the part.
His attorneys talked of getting out
sir injunction,-but examination of the
taw develops the sheriff had a right to
cut the prisoner’s hair.
Accordingly, Fred Demertean, also
In Jail on a murder charge, gave Mar-
garoll a hair cut. ulargaroll did not
Jbject
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If You Are Thinking of Holding a
PUBLIC SALE!
It will pay you to consult us about
the matter before you make your fi-
nal arrangements. We will handle
your notes at 5 per cent discount and
will clerk your sale for a reasonable
fee. We have had considerable ex-
perience in the Sale business and we
are confident that we can help you
along this line. .....
See us About It!
THE BANK OF JONES.
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MINING INTERESTS IN PERU
Definite Efforts to Be Made to De-
velop the Industry in the South
American Republic.
In the department of Junln, the
principal mining district of Peru, a
chamber of commerce has been or-
ganized, with headquarters in the city
of Cerro de Pasco. The statutes of
the new organization have received
the approval of the ministry of finance,
on the recommendation of the cham-
ber of commerce In Lima, and are
published in El Peruano. The pur-
poses of the chamber, as stated lu
the statutes, are to promote the de-
velopment of mining, commerce, stock
raising, agriculture and other Indus-
tries in the department of Junln.
The chamber of commerce will Is-
sue reports, including detailed statis-
tics, to the government of Peru, on
Ihe mining, commercial and agricultu-
ral activities In the department. It
will disseminate needed Information
on these subjects, on the commercial
laws of the country, and on modern
improvements. To this end It will
Initiate and encourage the establish-
ment of special schools. All the com-
mercial centers in the department of
Junln will he notified by the cham-
ber of commerce in Cerro de Pasco of
ihe latest quotations on mineral prod-
ucts. Ihe movement of foreign ex-
change, and prices current in the prin-
cipal markets. A library will be
formed of publications on mining, com-
merce, stock raising and agriculture.
The chamber will serve as nn arbi-
tration hoard, or a friendly adjuster
of differences. In any question that
may be submitted for Its considera-
tion, with the understanding that per-
sons presenting disputes will agree to
accept the decision of the chumber as
final.
ENGLAND MUST FEED SELF
New S'oQan Is Expected to Bring
Great Agricultural Revival in
United Kingdom.
London.-*—On«* of the offocts of tin*
tvnr will ho Keen In n groat rovlvnl
of agricultural llfo'ln England and the
United Kingdom. The outbreak of the
conflict caught the Hrftlsh Isles, de-
pendent on foreign commerce for four-
fifths of their, food supply barring
meat, of which between CO and 70 per
cent Is produced at home.
The motto of a few years ago,
“Back to the land.” thus has given
way to the slogan. "England must feed
herself.” Lord Solborne, the lender of
the crusade, declares that tin1 attain-
ment of this Object Is the country’s
sacred duty, and he emphasizes the
point that the farmer can do as much
for the country ns the soldjer In the
trenches.
BABY HAD FIVE “FATHERS”
But Women’* Trick to Save Their
Husbands From Duty in the
Militia Didn’t Work.
A year-old baby recently did duty
for five wives who sought to have
their husbands released from service
in the West Virginia National Guard.
Here Is the wny It came about:
The first wife, a pretty, buxom
mountain woman, sought the office of
Adjt. Gen. John C. Bond, carrying a
jenr-otd haby boy. She made her
plea and then retired. Half an hour
later a second woman sought Adjutant
Bond and prayed for her husband’s
release from the Guard, declaring
that she needed tils support for her-
self and the haby she carried. An hour
Inter another miserable woman en-
tered the adjutant general's office and
made a plea similar to that made by
the two women who hnd preceded her.
When the fourth woman entered his
jffiee carrying a baby that looked
slightly familiar, Adjutant Bond hoard
her plen nnd then took a look at the
baby. Shortly after this “mother”
was dismissed, In emne the fifth, im-
ploring the adjutant to release her
husband.
Wisdom on his countenance, Adju-
tant Bond took the baby In his arms
and said:
“Are you the godmother, stepmother,
foster mot tier, or nurse of this baby?
It's been mighty well mothered today,
but, unfortunately, all of Its fathers
are going to serve Uncle Sam when
called on.”
a
r OKLAHOMA
.STATE FAIR.,
PLAN NOW
TO COME ANO
BRING ALL THE
FAMILY IT WILL
BE A RECORD
BREAKER THIS YEAR
, The Wonderful ,,
LAST DAYS OF POMPEII
At Night
Dr. Ira J. Wood,...
PHYSICIAN AND SUNSEON.
Office, City Drug Stare Phone 16
JONES, - - OKLA.
...I. H. DeTURK,...
PAINTER AND PAPER HANGER
Estimates Furnished.
Jones, - - Okla
1. L. HARRIS. Lawyer,
11312 W. Main. Oklahoma City
(Over Kntyress Theater)
Office Phone Walnut 2780
Residence Phone, Britton
Practice In All Courts, State and Federal.
Frisco Time Card.
In effect April 80, 191H.
413—West—Governor.. .6:35 a. m.
407— West—...........3:58 p. m.
417— West—...........0:45 p. m.
114—East—Governor.. 12:45 a. m.
418— East—.......... 8:20 a. m.
408— East—..........11:15 a. in.
412—East —.......... 7:49 p.m.
For Farm Loans,
and Insurance quick action, Call
on or write card to
F. W. Wright, Route 4 Jones.
NOTICE.
Notice I • hereby gl van that Char ha Hrown
who wai convicted In the District Court of
Carter County, on the---day or Sent., 191b. of
the offense of manslaughter and sentenced to
serve a term of 80 years In the Penitentiary,
will. 30 days from date hereof, apply to the
Governor or Oklahoma for clemency.
Dated this loth day of A usual, IIIIB.
CIIARU5S HROWN.
Head the ads and trade with the
advertisers. Jones City’B most pro-
gressive and enterprising merchants
are patrons of the advertising colum-
ns of this paper—the paper with the
largest county circulation.
Don’t make a nuisance of yourself
by continually borrowing your
neighbor's paper. If tills paper is
worth borrowing, it is worth sub-
scribing for. Do it now.
J. H. McEWENS —
Short Order and Cold Drink Stand
Ice Cold Drinks
and Lunoh.
Wasson Building
Woat of City Drug Stora
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Keyes, Chester A. The Oklahoma County News (Jones City, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, September 8, 1916, newspaper, September 8, 1916; Jones, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc860533/m1/4/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.