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GUTHRIE, OKLA., THURSDAY.
JANUARY zi. 1 u3
The Lost Continent of Atlantis.
Far out beyond the Pillars of Her-
cules, where the Atlantic Ocean
stretches broad and deep today, inen
of imagination like to believe there
lies a buried kingdom. The sea
washes over its once fertile plans
and creatures of the deep float in
and out among its topless towers;
seaweed and silt have buried its
temples for ten thousand years.
Here scientists of a romanic turn
will tell you, lies the lost island of
Atlantis where once there ruled the
richest and most powerful of the
earth, a world power while wolves
still howled upon the seven hills of
Home, and the glory that was Greece
lay yet undreamed.
But today all that remains of the
lost kingdom is a little group of Is-
lands, the Azores; mountain tops
these that were not wholly over-
whelmed when the proud island
Bank into the sea. Thirty years ago
an Irishmen. Ignatius Donnelly, who
possessed an active imagination and
a mind which worked along inter-
esting and unusual lines, wrote a
book about Atlantis, In which he
proved to his own sotisfaction at
least that the lost kingdom really
existed and was not a fable.
Plato \\role of the Island.
The earlist authentic information
about this mysterious land we find
tn Plato, who averred he had it
from his grandfather, Solon, the fa-
mous lawgiver, who had spent some
years among the Egyptians, l'lato
told of a great continent which had
existed nine thousand years before,
"lying to the. west of the Pillars of
Hercules and making war upon the
nations to the east. Only Athens
and Egypt were able to withstand
the onsloughs of the Atlantans, and
then suddenly, "in a day and a night
the lisand was overwhemed and suuk
into the sea. This was the story
Solon had from the Egyptians and
which his grandson wrote down, and
the legend has persisted ever siiice.
Diodorus Siculus, a Roman writer
tellB how the Phoenicians discovered
"a large island in the Atlantic Oc-
ean, beyond the Pillars of Hercu-
les, several days' sail from the coast
of Africa. This island abounded in
all manner of riches. The soil was
exceedingly fertile; the scenery was
diversified by rivers, mountains and
forests. It was the custom of the
inhabitants to retire during the sum-
mer to magnificent country homes
which stood in the fidst of beautiful
.gardens. Fish and game were found
in great abundance; the climate was
delicious and the trees bore fruit at
all seasons of the year."
Sounding Shows u plateau.
Soundings made by the British and
American vessels have shown con-
clusively that surrounding the Az-
ores there is a submerged plateau,
which is does not require much im-
agination to identify with the "rich
plain" mentioned by Plato. From
this lost continent Donnelley believes
that the ridges of land ran to the
present, coasts of South America
and Africa, originally, so that before
the time of which Plato wrote the
eastern and western hemisphere^
were connected by land. Thus he ac
counts for many similarities in the
plants and animals of the two hem-
ispheres which otherwise are very
difficult to explain.
One side of the lost continent was
described by Plato as being moun-
tainous, but the capital city was
surrounded by a great fertile plain.
There was canals and docks and in
the capital a temple to Poseidon.
' god of the sea. This temple was
| coated with silver and it had pin-
nacles of gold, and its ceiling was
' of ivory, for there were elephants
! upon Atlantis. In the temple were
statues of gold and all about it on
j the outside images of the kings of
; the islands and their wives.
The mountains which lay toward
the sea. were celebrated for their
size and beauty, and there were in
thein many rich villages and rivers
and lakes and meadows supplying
food enough for every animal, wild
] or tame."
Every fifth and sixth year the
| people of the island gathered around
■ the shrine of Poseidon at the cen-
I ter of the island, Plato says, and of-
fered burnt offerings to the god of
i the sea; "and after spending some
necessary time at supper, when dark
, ness came on and the tire about the
, sacrifice was cool, all of them put
| on the most beautiful azure -robes
and sitting on the ground at night
| near the embers of the sacrifices on
which they had sworn, and extin-
guished all the lire about the temple
they received and gave judgment, if
nay of them had any accusation to
bring against am one; and when they
had given judgment, at daybreak
they wrote down their sentences on
! a golden tablet and deposited them
[ as memorials with their robes.
| Traces Story of the Flood.
; In the sudden and violent destruc-
] tion of Atlantis, "in one dreadful
i day and night," Donnelley believes
! he sees the origin of the legend of
the deluge, so universal among the
followers of all religions The Bib-
j Ileal deluge, the flood in which the
j Greeks believed, from which only
, Deukalion and Pyrrha escaped, the
overflow which Chaldean legends
tell of. all these, Donnelly believes.
, had their foundation in the destruc-
tion of Atlantis.
| Plato tells us that the race of the
. Atlantans had fallen from their high
estate and committed sins, and that
I Zeus determined to overwhelm them.
| An earthquake preceded the sinking
of the land, and there came a great
storm which brought the sea rush-
ing over the once fruitful land.
Before this deluge Atlantis das
the greatest power in the world, Don
nlley says. Not only had it made
war against the infant nations of
Kurope. conquering France and Spain
and Africa as far as the Nile, but
colonies were established in Mexico
j in Central America and along the val
I ley of the Mississippi. The mound
I builders were conolists from Atlan-
I tis. After the destruction of the pa-
I rent continent the Eastern and the
Western Hemisphere lost all rem-
| embrance of each other, as both of
them at last forgot the great Atlan-
| tis, or if they remembered at all re-
! membered is only as a legend, a
I faint and shadowy tradition.
I Only a few of the thousands of in-
| habitants of Atlantis escaped, but
■ these few carried to Europe the seeds
ofthe white man's civilization. They
| settled in Egypt and in Eastern Eu-
| rope and were the forbears of the
Arvan race.
POINCARE WON IN FRANCE.
TUe Premier Eelected President after
a Stormy Session.
Versailles, France, Jan. 17.—Pre-
mier Raymond Poiticare was elected
President of France today by the
chamber of deputies and the senate in
joint session. The election was on the
second ballot.
Preceding the voting M. Poincare
received a letter from George Clemen-
ceau, former premier, which he con-
sidered insulting. The premier sent
his seconds, M. Briand, minister of
education, and M. Klotz, to demand an
apology or challenge for a duel.
M Clemenceau made a statement in
the national assembly explaining that
he had intended no insult and the af-
fair is considered closed, although the
situation is admitted to be most deli-
cate.
While the deputies were excited ov-
er the Poincare-Clemenceau affair
1'aul lloncour, ex-minister of labor,
and A. DeMcnzie, a deputy, became in
volved in a quarrel in the corridors
of the palace and M. De Menzie sent
his seconds to demand satisfaction.
There was great tension of feeling
throughout the session of the national
assembly.
The new president will be inaugu-
rated February 18.
The national Assembly was opened
promptly at two o'clock this afternoon
Every inch of space in the great hall
was occupied. Nine-tenths of the
spectators in the galleries wore wo-
men.
Everybody present was listening
with strained attention when sudden-
ly a thunderous voice from the body
of the hall shouted, "We protest
against "
The rest of the phrase was lost in
a tumult of cries and exclamations.
The voice was that of the Conser-
vative deputy, the Marquis Albert tie
Dion, who when the uproar had some-
what subsided, started afresh:
"We protest against the election of
the president of the republic by parlia
ment instead of by the people."
The assembly was agitated anew by
a shout from a Socialist deputy:
' Down with the empire."
The republicans replied by cheering
"Ixmg live the republic."
Senator Dubost, president of the
senate, a veteran parliamentarian,
gradually restored order by admonish-
ing the assembly that auch interrup-
tions were deplorable an<J futile; as
being contrary to the rules of what
was merely an electoral college,
where motions and speeches, whatever
their character, were not permissible.
FARM TIUJST TO CUT COST OF LIV-
ING.
UNCLE JOE CtNNON SINGS I SHAN
SONG.
Farewell Speech in Congress Optimis-
es, Philosophical and Witty. I
Washington, Jan. IS.—Uncle Joej
Canno mare his farewell speech in i
the House to-day. It was full of po-
litical philosophy, good wishes for
the incoming democratic administra-
tion anil expressions of faith tnat the
republican party in time would come
again into its own.
Uncle Joe took a crack at the pro-
gressive party and was wildly ap-
plauded. He announced that he would
not again seek public office, advocat-
ed the maintenance of the Monroe
ijoctrine, predicted it would not be
long before the civilization ot tue
I nited States would push its way
southward on this continent and nrg-
d the creation of a greater navy, a
greater army and a greater cuum i >
Mr. Cannon began his speech by
criticising the announced policy of the
tltOLISH FEDERAL COUNTS
Kansas House I'asses Resolution A k-
in.' Congress to Keduee Judi-
cial Branch to the Su-
preme Court \lone.
Topeka, Jan. 21.—By a vote of 77 to
11 the kansas house at noon today
adopted the Gordon resolution calling
for the abolition of all federal courts
and the establishing of jurisdiction in
s'ate courts and altording direct ap-
peal lo the I nlted States supreme
court. Copies of the resolution will
be s^ut to ilie Kansas delegation in
Washington, urging the enactment of
a federal laws In connection with tlWS
provisions of the Gordon resolution.
While the credit for the passage of
the resolution ejes to the democratic
side of the house, it succeeded in
drawing fully as many Republican vot
es as it lost democratic votes.
S< IIOIH. LESSEES VRE CP IN ARMS
democrats to grant independence toi oi, |,eil(|s l.egislai-
Philippines. j((. i>,.|iiioii Asking Rights.
ALL FRANCE GREETS PRESIDENT-
ELECT.
Choice of II. Poincare Prows llis
Popularity Throughout Republic
1 arts, Jan. IS.—The newspapers
thioiiguout 1'ranCe are enthusiastic
and unanimous in welcoming the el-
action of .'-I. I oincare as President
,f the republic, it seems that the
leeling througnout the country was
. u -*tron".i> in iavur of the Premier
that the National % Assembly at Ver-
sailles feared to render any other de-
cision.
Tue election of M. Poincare seems
io oe well received in all other ctmu-
■ ries. The St. Petersburg correspon-
dent of the Temps quotes a high po-
litical personage, who is probaoly
frinie Minister Kokovetsetf,j}s saying
"At last you are going to have a
President who will not only preside
out will direct, one who will be a
second Thiers. We Russians feared
that you were about to lose the valu-
able collaboration of a man who has
placed your country in the very first
rank of the Powers during the last
lew months."
M. Poincare is already experiencing
the results of the bitterness of the re-
cent campaign. In theory there is
not ling to prevent the President-elect
from remaining at the head of the
Ministry and placing his resignation
in his own hands when he has taken
up the Presidency. Ordinarily it
might be expected that Parliament
would treat a month as the ad inter-
I Oklahoma]!.
I Holding that the state school land
I department had no right to grant E.
A'. -Marland the oil and gas rights to
approximately 100,000 acres of school
land in nine counties in the oil pro-
| (hieing region in Oklahoma about 100
j lessees of the land involved met at the
l^c-Iluckins hotel Monday and draft-
ed a petition to the legislature to be
presented in the house Tuesday by
John Uees. representative from Payne
county.
According to the present tenants of
the land. Marland paid a bonus of but
$50 for the oil and gas rights to the
land in addition to 12 per cent royalty
on all oil and gas developed., They
contend that for jsuch a blanket lease
as has been given him the board
might easily have commanded a bon-
us of $2">0,000 and it is claimed fur-
ther by the lessees that they hold the
preference right to buy the land and
that the state board had no authority
to lease it for oil and gas purposes.
It is charged also that the board gave
no notice of their leasing or segre-
gation o fthe surface rights and con-
siderable indignation lias resulted.
The resolution asks that the legis-
| lature investigate the Marland lease
I and guarantee to the lessees their
rights in the case, also grant them the
"Free" Rents For State Headquarters
at Oklahoma City Demanded by Senate.
Oklahoma City, Jan. 20.—-There was i State Treasurer, State Examiner and
plain talk in the Senate today about Inspector, the Sui reme Court and the
certain state oiticials who had failed: Criminal Court of Appeals had failed
lo comply with resolutions passed
during the special session of the Sen-
ate last month asking for information
concerning departments, and notice
was sent to the delinquent ones to get
in quickly Senator Thompson in this
connection, declared that a report of
the State Board of Affairs shows the
State is iiossessing about 7,000 acres
of lanafl but there was a great deal of
it to which the state had no title. He
said that the penitentiary investiga-
tion which a committee of the sen-
ate was making revealed that there
was a question as to the title to the
land upon which the State had expen-
ded more than $1,000,000. At least he
said, no one could give information
regarding the title.
Senator Thomas gave the informa-
tion that an unsatisfied mortgage res-
ted upon some of the land the State
was using in connection with the
Granite reformatory.
to comply with some or all of the nu-
merous resolutions requesting infor-
mation. 1'he Senate secretary was di-
rected to notify all of them lo get
their reports in.
Senator Barrett suggested that it
was out of place for one co-ordinate
branch of the government to issue a
command to another, but the motion
stood.
Another delinquent was the Capit-
al Expense Committee of Oklahoma
City which had been directed to show
how much rent had been paid for
State oifleo and liow much of the ex-
pense fund the State was promised ia
connection with the capital removal
had been put up. A notice to make
report wus issued.
Senator Barrett here called up hie
concurrent resolution offered to col-
lect the Oklahoma City bond of $100-
000 upon the ground the town had
Senator Thompson called for the'tal1®?, maK® 8°0(1 with the free
report of the clerk of the Supreme f asked that themeas-
Court and was informed that W. H. L.
ure be made a special order for
Campbell, the official in charge had ll'ursday. Senator thomas announ-
made none. The Senator suggested ceti lllat had a J°'nt resolution to
that the sergeant-at- arms be sent for ®ct'ept the $100,000 already up and the
Mr Campbell 'and acreage, but which did not com-
"Three times we made an effort to 1 the State and he thought his reso-
get information from the clerk of the *u"on would reach the same end.
court last session and had to adjourn Senator I hompson replied that the
without it," said Senator Thomas. Barrett proposition was to recover to
"Mr. Campbell has been sick," explain Ule state amount of the bond, where-
ed Senator Rodtlie. lie is at work i,s the Thomas resolution would com-
again, and I a insure the information m'1 "le State to keeping the seat of
will soon be here." 1 government in Oklahoma City.
"We had that excuse for sixty days 5'0U believe the State will get
last year," replied Senator Thomas.! more than $100,000 and the land?"
Senator Roddie said that the sergeant "s^ed Senator Thomas.
at-arms was the same as a Sheriff | "We did not believe that when we
and it would be a humiliation to a' got a bond signed by thirty citizens
State official to be brought in as here reputed to be worth many mii-
though he had been arrested.
The situation was softened by a
motion by Senator Anderson dilut-
ing the Senate clerk to telephone Mr.
Campbell which was done and the
clerk of the court soon appeared. He
explained before the bar of the sen-
ate that he was at work upon the in-
lions of dollars."
Senator Thompson replied that
"they would make good their prom-
ises but they have not been kept, and
I am informed that no attempt has
been made to do so." The senator
from Pauls Valley added that he fa-
vored resubmitting the capital loca-
tion to a vote of the people with the
definite understanding there was to
be no free capital offered.
No actions was taken fin the Bar-
u |r_r. r _mi _ __ ing up found that the Lieutenant rett motion to make special order.
Im during which only routine business c'ommitiees to appear before the legis- governor who is tlie senuc's presid- To Resume Inquir) Today.
< ■ > a.. u . i.ni<,.F . ..... i..n tho Qonrohirv nt' tho _
Oklahoma City Jan. 22.—The Sen-
Iate committee oil investigation of the
penitentiary will resume sessions
here tomorrow morning. The first
WORKERS TO MEET IN GUTHRIE, FEB. 2 and 3 i West Who is a member of the Koard'
1 0f HHson Control, fie .yiJi bT foT-
would be carried oil. Such a belief
would have enabled President Fallter-
es to prevent M. Poineare from resign
ing over the incident of M. Millerand
reinstating Lieut. Col. du Paty de
Clam.
The animosity shown at Versailles
yesterday made it clear however that
nothing would give ex-Premier Clem-
enceau greater pleasure than the har-
assing and overturning of the Presi-
dent-elect One morning newspap-
er suggests ingeniously that President
Fallieres should resign at once and
allow M Poincare to occupy the place
of president, but such an expedient j
would be contrary to the spirit of the
Constitution which directs that there
shall be an interval of a months be-
tween the outgoing and incoming pres-
idents. The custom is for the Minis-
try to resign and a new Cabinet to be j
formed. in this work the outging
President consults the wishes of the j
President-elect rather than bis own. |
M. Briand, thme former powerful i
Premier, who carried out the govern- ]
ment program in the railway strike
has been asked to form a new cabi- j
net. He has requested the usual de-'
lay before accepting.
right to purchase the land improved 1 formation which covered a wide range
bv them It is announced that an-1 but he thought it would be ready by
other meeting of the lessees will be next week. Senator Thompson called
held at the city hall in Guthrie on Mon for the other resolutions and in check
day Janaary 22, at 11 o'clock
lperi -
ing officer, the Secretary of State, the
lature will be appointed there.
INTEMDENOMIIIIITIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL
Leaders in State Work To Be Here. Big Attendance and
Great Enthusiasm Expected in County Convention.
The Logan County Sunday School Some of the purposes of this meet-
Association will hold its annual con- ing are:
SMITH HILL SUBJECT OF SPIRITED
DEBATE.
Seeks to Restrict Political Activity of
Appointive Officials.
Oklahoma City, Jan. 17.—Mr. Smith 1
of Pottawatomie County led a fight
in the House today that placed on the
calendar his bill which had an un-
favorable committee report, prevent-1
ing appointive officials in the public
service from electioneering save for ,,fj evcentloua
themselves. The bill provides that meet|[lg jg expe'ctpd; '
lowed on the stand by 0 T. Bryan,
president of the State Board of Ag-
riculture and Governor Cruce and
other members of the board.
By an amendment to the house
resolution for general investigation
] adopted in the house yesterday, the
To inspire and strengthen interest document became a concurrent reso-
in Sunday School work. | lutlon, which necessitates passage by
To consider the practical Sunday the Senate oefore it can be effective.
School prombelms of the day. i Speaker Maxey 3aid tonight that he
To emphasize the Sunday School as would not appoint the committee
the Church's best evangelistic agency, members until the senate acted. No
To call attention to the World-wide senate members were asked for in the
Sunday School work as a missionary j resolution for the reason if it was
force. | found necessary to recommend im-
To cultivate as fur as possible the peachment of a state official the sen-
spirit of helpful co-operation. ate would have to sit as the court to
There will be four sessions; the try.
This committee will supplement Its
work through the standing House
Committee on Impeachment which has
before it the governor s message con-
cerning the Farris ease and other mat
ters which <t is said Attorney Gener-
al West is preparing to furnish. It
is probable the House committee
will also accept the findings of the
Senate committee which is investigat-
ing the State penitentiary.
Mrs. (J. E. Davis of Blackwell. |
ention In Guthrie February 2nd and
tOiuat'v interestirg
The State or-
, any appointive employe or official who gallization Qf Sunday, School work
l shall electioneer for another shall not
Seth Low, a former maytfr of New
York City, but who has now gone ex-
tensively into farming, has announced
that he and some of his friends are
getting up a movement which, they
believe will do much to solve the high
cost of living.
Capital; co-operation. These are
the two ideas on which the plans of
Mr. Low and his friends are founded.
They have founded a league, a large
part of the activity of which will be
the promotion of legislation which
will open up the way for the produc-
tion of New York state to organize
co-operative buying and selling asso-
ciations.
PLEA DGUILTY TO FEDERAL
CHARGE.
i only forfeit his position, but be denied
! salary for the time spent in such pro-
j scribed political work. The bill does
not prevent an appointive official from
electioneering for himself.
1 Mr. Smith said, during the debate
that he would consent to an amend-
ment confining application of the law
to primary elections and not to gener-
al elections, but the idea was to strike
I down a custom through which politi- ;
' cal machines were maintained. The
proposed change he said meets the ob-
jections of those who wanted the bill j
killed at once. After a spirited debate
the bill was placed on the calendar by
a vote of seventy-one to twenty-four.
| Mr. Smith's motion to place on the
I calendar brought an explanation from
Mr. Spangler, chairman of the com-
mittee making the adverse report, that
the committee was of the opinion the
measure was too broad and that it
propose! lie taid to interfere with the
political liberties of tho nt:'zen.
lias befcn aggressive and very success-
ful throughout the State and greaten- ■
thusiasm has been aroused.
The State Association will send to'
the convention here, Its General Sec-:
1 retary C. H. Nichols, Mrs. C. if. Nicli-'
ols and Mrs. G. E. Dowis of Black-!
well, all of them counted as experts in [
, Sunday School work.
S. C. Tucker, C. W. Floyd, H. R. T,
Thompson and Hugh Kiser, prominent
cattlemen of Southern Kansas and
Osage, County, Oklahoma plead guilty
in the federal court here to charges
of violating the federal quarantine
laws by driving cattle across the line
into Kansas without Federal Inspec-
tion. They were fined $200 each by
Judge Cotteral.
Judge Earl Former Guthrie < ilizen
Seeks Register of Land Office.
Judge Earl of Lawton, a former
resident of Guthrie is an applicant for
the position of Register of I^and Of-
fice In Guthrie a place now held by
Niles Houston of Enid Earl has be*n
in Guthrie recently circulating a pv
tltlon among former ti lends for pre-
sentation to President \Vilson
Jfrs. C. H. Nichols.
C. II. Nichols,
General Secretary State Sunday
School Association.
first one, Sunday afternoon from 2:30
to 4:30 (Feb. 2d.) and the last one,
Monday afternopn.
Watch for the program to be pub'
EmpifeTotters,SoTurks
YieldTo Peacelerms
Ixmdon, Jan. 22.—Plenipotentiaries
of the Balkan kingdoms are immense-
ly pleased over the decision of the
grand council at Constantinople to ac-
cept the advice of the powers. While
it had become increasingly certain in
the past forty-eight hours that the
Turkish elder statesmen were prepar-
ed to face the bitter fate that ends the
empire's history as an European na-
1 tion, it is hardly expected they would
i register their decision so quickly and
lished later. Every Sunday School in s0 definitely. '1 his ia so unlike the
the County is expected to send a large
delegation. Ixidging will be furnish-
ed free to out of town delegates. The
Convention will be held in the Chrls-
tion Church.
WANT POLL TAX ABOLISHED
Rural Mall Carriers Would Substitute
Ad Valorem Levy for Improve-
ment of Highways.
Oklahoma City, Ok., Jan. 17.—The
rural letter carriers of Oklahoma
have petitioned tho legislature for the
passage of a bill abolishing the poll
tax and substituting an ad valorem
tax on land, which Bhall be collected
In cash to be spent on road Improve-
ment.
Tho carriers ask that the first mon-
ey be spont on rural postal routes.
The employment of a competent en-
gineer in each county to supervise
road Improvement Is favored.
customary supporting proof that
Turkey might still have cards up her
sleeve. j
POLITICS 0 FIE DE HAL JURIES
The Federal Grand Jury in session
In Guthrie during the past two week*
and which is to convene again on
January g9, is a well-mixed body po-
HUcally, for a poll shows that there
are six democrats, six progressives,
three standpat republicans and two
socialists. The Grand Jury worked
fast and returned thirty-nine Indict-
ments during the past two weeks or
an average of more than three a day.
On a certain petit jury equally aa
astonishing results wore shown. Tak-
ing a secret ballot It was found ther*
were six Bull Moosers and six Demo-
crats, with not a single Republican
or Socialist.
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