Oklahoma State Register. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 1, 1913 Page: 4 of 8
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•ILIIIM STITH RltlSTEl j
tttered at the Postoffice at Guthrie. Oklahoma as Second ■
Class Mall Matter.
Published Every Thursday by
OKLAHOMA PRINTING COMPANY,
lfctablished Dec. 17, 1890. Inc., De<
1", 1903.
J. M. DOLPH. Pres.
JOHN GOUJB1E, Sec.
Subscription Price per Year, *1.<N>.
j THURSDAY, WAY 1, 1913,
JOHN GOLOBIE, Editor
HISTORIC PAGEANT OK THE '69FRS.
That was a fitting thing by the State Association ol
•Mere at Crescent City— the locating permanently
•f the celebration anniversaries of the opening of Ok-
lahoma to settlement April 22, 1889, in Guthrie.
Having secured the permanent location of the an-
fcveraary celebration, >Guthrie will now proceed to or-
ganise on a large scale to make it a apectaoular pag-
wutt like unto rfcat or the' Priests of Palis, of Kansas
City, Knights of Ak-sar-'ben of OihahA. There it plenty
ef historic matter W build mMrelous float's out of for
tbe delight of the 'Old Boomere anil all later citizens
who have fallen heir to their achievements.
. Guthrie showed last year, when It dramatized the
■re*t celebration Into a moving picture what cum be
done on such as ecoaeion. It-is- logically the center of
Ike original opening. If Is the only etty that has taken
a sore than a local Interest in the Celebration of the
"Opening Of Oklahoma" that, the more thne recedes
the more tt will become an Interesting romance. Quth-
trie la, therefore, the place to which the old settlers
vtll nock annually, if It prepares a great pleasure for
The dlclahoma farm development conference at Tul-
sa last wnek nbBorbpfi nil organizations of like charact-
er in the stafi, which is the right plan. There have
been too imvny divisions of so-called state promoting j
organizations in Incompetent hands that Increased the
value of no resources but salaries and expenses. The
Federal Department of Agriculture, the united efforts
of the railroads, working through the state agricultural
college and county agricultural societies ought to be '
ample means of promoting the agricultural interests
of Oklahoma.
r
\ PRIVATE INSTITUTION.
From the report of a Special legislative committee,
it would seem that the only public institution In Okla-
homa that is conducted honestly and without flaw, for
the best service of the inmates and greatest economy
of the state is the asylum for the insane at Norman, a
private institution.
The report shows that the cost per person of this
.institution Is from ten to thirteen cents a day less than
the state institutions, and commends the care and man-
ner of supervision in the highest terms.
V 18 IT POSSIBLE)
* Rumors are continually circulating that members of
the legislature have been followed up by Oklahoma City
secret agents and photographed now and then to their
detriment, aa an Intimidation to "come tkrough" on the
capital question.
If there Is anything in the rumor the secret agents
ought to be made to show their hand. A man's own
wife wouldn't believe a photograph gotten under such
circumstances.
Really H. Clay Pierce shouldn't have testified that
Senator Bailey took advantage of him while he was
supposed to be expounding the sacredness of the con-
stitution. no matter what has happened since.
, AMBASSADOB BRICK
Somehow or other Oklahoma was too much occu-
pied with Its Immediate affairs shortly after the making
of Its Constitution and before it was approved in Wash-
ington or adoptiftd at home, to give that attention to a
vlstt -of Ain-bassador Bryce to the state that his pro-
minence as a man of letters and statesman deserved..
Now that he has resigned his post and departed, per-
haps never to return, because his years are many, it
suggests Itself that Oklahoma could have derived mach
more b*tH-flt by having taken him more in hand upon
his visit and have-extracted more from him In the way
of the social«Bd political bases in the forming of state*.
For none but those poorly Informed have been aware
for these many years that he has been, and is, the most
considerable Intellectual and moral force living today
that has worked, and is working to make all English
speaking people one people.
Taking the range of his works Mr. Bryce is by far
the most versatile of English statesmen and the breadth
of his vision and sympathies are beyond compare, so
it is with more than perfunctory regret that the Ameri-
acn people, of whom he holds a just estimate, see him
leave his post In Washington as the representative of
his country.
If the fire insurance companies leavethe state of
Missouri, state insurance may prevent them coming in
again and spread the epidemic all over the country.
CHANCELLOR BRADFORD FOR THE
FAIR.
1 am very glad to say a word con-
cerning the re-organization of the Lo-
gan County Fair. Many fairs have
failed because of their incomplete-
ness. They did not touch as many
human interests as they should. The
men who are active in the reorganiza-
tion of our vounty fair propose some
new features which will add greatly
to the efficiency of the fair; and thus
*dd to the prosperity of the county.
A county has an identy and the
jounty problems differ from those of
a state. There is not better way or
place for county interests to center
than in a county fair.
One great and new feature in the
fair is an Athletic Field. Physical
perfection in humanity is as import-
ant as the display of fat stock. There
Is no better way to interest the young
people of the county than through
wholesome athletics. This will in
time grow to contests in music, debate
and oratory. On this athletic field
these young people can be taught the
value of aggressive, manly fair play.
1 would be glad to see every country
boy in the pasture practicing for
these athletic contests which are to
come next fall
With this enlarged Idea of a county
fair which includes these items of in-
terest our fair will meet with the suc-
cess which it deserves.
LEWIS SEES WAR CLOUDS
entered at England's invitation( to
meddle in the matter of China and
her obtaining money from the world
to start her new republic. We went
into Japan with our stocw manipu-
lators and then we put behind them
the federal government and this gave
Japan the light to demand reciproc-
ity—that the federal government
stand behind the Japanese in Amer-
ica. as against any state regulation
protecting that state from the effect
of foreigu Influence in domestic mat-
ters. Now we are threatened with
the reprisals that can at any time
mean the ziseure of the Philippines
and Hawaii, precipitating war of
worlds on America."
BANIHT SOLD HIS BRAIN
Soup for the l'oor was to be Hough!
with the Money.
United Stales
lllinoit
is liesel by E Hemic!
Senator Says.
Paris, April 21.—To get money to
buy soup for the poor. Soudy, one of
the three motor bandits who died on
the guillotine this morning, bequeath-
ed his brain to science. He left his
skull to a museum. His autograph
should be sold at auction, he directed
and the proceeds given to the cause
of Anarchy.
In a drizzling rain, which made ev
MAY SAVE A
Girl
PASTOR'S LIKE
Repudiates Confession Father
Kurncd Three Children.
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Fort Smith, Ark.. April 27.—Bertha
Capps, 15 years old, daughter of the
Rev. Marion Capps, recently convicted
and sentenced to hang for burning
his three children to death, today
repudiated her testimony given in the
trial of her father and which was
largely responsible for his convic-
tion. It is said that Ellis Capps, 13
years old, her brother, also made the
statement that his testimony against
his father was false. i|
Mr. Capps, a Methodist minister of
White Bluff, was convicted here
February, for the deaths of his thrrie |
children in a fire that destroyed his !'
home December 18. Bertha Capps, in MOKE
her testimony, said that she was tied i
in an oil-soaked bed and the doors of Arbitration Board Boosts their Wages
the room locked. She also swore jo to 12 per cent.
that she saw her father leave her |
and lock the door while the!
A Home Proposition
Opportunity Knocks Once!
Major George W. Littlefield, banker, land owner and cat-
tleman. of Austin, Texas, has decided to place on the market the
famous Yellow House Ranch of 300,000 acres, located in the shal-
low water belt of the South Plains of Texas. 70,000 acres of
this tract, together with the town site has been surveyed and
staked.; not an acre over six milts from ttie Santa Fe Trans-Con- i
tinentai line of r^ilwav from ocean to Gulf. Grade finished ktld
track will be completed to Littlefield by July 1. Opportunity
knocks once. It's up to you to heed this knock, Terms: Teo
years' time 6 per cent interest, small cash payment which will en>
able you to improve: if you raise and preserve your feed, we will - \
sell you high grade Hereford cattle out of the famous T, D. '
or Yellow House herd for feeding.; you pay. for the catfltr wbefc . ,
KOld. ' / €■" • ' •-
When purchaser will agree to mote upon said li d an<i
make it his home and place improvements thereon.to theoralue of ,
$500.00. said improvements to include a residence, and cultivate • •
r > V'' mj; [Mr/ rA/firfffc** •' *' . '*
as much as 40 acres duritig 1913, we Will waive wish payment1 ••
waive the interest until January 1, 1914. By goipg on tjbig
sion you will be able to buy on the improvement plirt. ' v
Terms on lots in the town of Littlefield:,.Ofle-Thir^
ttnd the balance in one, two and three y^rs, with interest at S 'v "
per cent, payable annually This- is a home proposition and an
opportunity to get a home which will never be duplicated. 'Fully
$3,000,000 have been invested in the Shallow Water Alfalfa Belt
in theipast few months. Rapid development will boost prices in
this immediate section.
We will make the town of Littlefield a city of no little im-
portance, being located in the largest level fertile farm belt in the
world, only a few miles from the center of county, on Santa Fe
main line. Alll lines of business and professions are needed. Suc-
cess sure. Investments will double in value quick. The greatest
townsite buy on earth.
The one opportunity to get a home. Nothing of the kind
will ever be offered again on the American continent. Excursion
July i, 1913, from all points. Land and Townsite Sale July 3d,
4th and 5th, 1913. Buy tickets via Santa Fe to Lubbock, Tex.
That accomodation may be provided drop postal to
C. H. WHITE, Lee-Huckins hotel, Oklahoma City
Reserve this for future reference. C. H. WHITE & SON, Littlefield, Tex.
Any further information see Pryor Gardner, Oklahoma City, Okla.
l'AY TO K. R. FIREMEN.
Springfield, 111., April 23.— The
United States i« in "prospect of war
with Japan." It has a disturbance '
with England over the Panama Canal
treaty and Mexico and Central Amer-
ica are enemies to this country, ac-
cording to the views of United Stat-
es Senator James Hamilton lyjwis as
expressed by him tonight in an ad-
dress before a joint session of the
Illinois legislature.
Senator Lewis declared that Mexi-
co, Central and South America were
room and lock the door while the1 ^ew York. April 23.—Railroad fire-
fire was being started. | men are gvanted Un increase in pay
The room was saturated in oil she ' estjmated at from ten to twelve per
said, and oil soaked clothing scat- cent by the award of the Erdman Act
tered about the room. In her con- Arbitration Board in their case,
fession she makes a general denial handed down tonight. Other claims
of her testimony and now says that ot t|le firemen are allowed, but the
the fire undoubtedly was caused by demand for two firemen on large
the explosion of a lamp and that her locomotives is denied, except in case
en more than usually dismal the father was in no way responsible for 'f necessity
dawn of a Paris blue Monday, Soudy. ! thn rinntho i,,-u ,.1,11.1.. ti. , necessity.
allemln and Monler, were gullloned in I ' '3 CH" The COn"1 A,,other request for whiCh theJ,re-
exactly three minutes. j fessi°n wiU be used by the attorneys men fought, namely, the standardizat-
The beheadings carried out preuiu 1 °L in V'1?1 for f npw tria1' j ion of wages, based on the weight of
turely to forestall a demonstration.! ., , a,),I)S children who were burn locomotives on drivers, was granted
occurred at 4:30 o'clock in the Boule-j . . a*t were: IJosie. 8 years old; although the award provides that all
vard Arago, outside the prison de I ''' iscilla 3. an d.Mack 12. Ellis and wages that were higher or condi-
la Sante. A cordon of police and sol- j Bertha wore Injured. i tj0„s that were better than fixed in
diers entirely surrounded the guillo- | It was said by (he officers that they the award shall not be interfered
tine and prevented the small mob found that Capps had purchased a
ing the men j 5-gallon enn of oil at Bonanza the
night before the fire and that be had
nuarrt led with a merchant over a
bill of goods purchased for the chil-
dren. Capps, April 9, was sentenced
lo hang May :;0. Throughout the trial
that
die.
gathered from
The same lumbering 2-wheeled cart
brought the three men from the pris-
Soudy, 21 years old the youngest of;
the murderers was the first to die i
and apparently was cheerful. Ills
making •combinations and alliances ■ hands and feet were bound and his!
against the United States as revenge" head placed on tho block, he smiled
and he added: All of these are bid-I at his guards and said:
Capps dls
l.AM.'MIP
tyed little ei
death verdlr
notion and
1 calmly.
with. This provision affects a num-
ber of railroads, The firemen also
were; relieved of the duty of clean-
ing engines.
The award is considered in
nature of a compromise, as
men asked an increase estimated in
tlie neighborhood of 15 per cent.
the
the lire- I APr" 5.
gotiatious for an increase in wages
and a betterment of working condi-
tions begun by the firemen on Febru-
ary 15, 1912. The demands were
formally taken up by a conference
committee of railroad managers and
a committee representing the fire-
men on July 1, 1912, but after de-
bate at intervals until February the
negotiators found themselves unable
to reach a settlement. Announce-
ment by the railroads that they
would not agree to the demands of
the firemen was followed by a strike
vote by the men.
Immediately following this, the
assistance of Martin A. Knapp, presi-
ding judge of the United States Com-
merce Court, and G. W. \V. Hanger
acting commissioner of labor was
invoked but they, too, failed to bring
about a settlement. Aa agreement
was reached, however, on February
18, to arbitrate the questions in dis-
pute under the Erdman Act and the
arbitrators who made tonight's award
were appointed. They began their
sessions on March 10 and concluded
aid Japan or any
"It Is
Soudy'
:et at 4
' on f es sic
Ptobd-bye. frie
TO I;I
won
VlTKOl'lUA.
The total
firemen, v
mount ,o£ wages paid the
ho number about thirty-
und, is 29 inilliondollars
> increase of from ten to
it will <'ost the railroads 1
1.1,000 to'-$3480,000 annual-
iward is effective May 3,
OKLAHOMA ELKS MILL OPEN
SESSION MAT a
Annual Conclave to he held at Ok-
lahoma City.
■n hunu
Elks a
Receptioi
:lty, Ok., April 28.
members of the
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
t atharine J. Tempey to Sarah E.
Berry lots 2 and 3 b 24 C. H. Uuthrie
*750.
Wilson Wm. to J. N. Curl lots 1 to
4 b 33 $10.
Lavisa Houser to Lida Gaffney SW
Of NVV 33-17-2\V $4500.
Emma J. Druse to G. W. Ball, 50
acres of E half of SW 32-15-1W $1.
Eida Gaffney to Ada Walton SW ot
NW 33-17-2 W Trade.
W. H. Humphrey, admr., to Elmer
Chilton N half of SE 14-15-1E $205.
'7'"11 Warren to Emma Cooper W
halfof NW 2-15-2VV (q. c.)
R. M. Kincaid to Maggie Gaffney E
half of 17-18-2W ^ (q. c.)
Bertha Foster et al to John C. Daves
lots 3 and 4 and S half of NW 3-16-1
W (q. c.) also SE 14-19-3W.
G A. Holler to H. M. Ferguson lots
1. 2 and 3 b 38 Guthrie $3,100.
H. M. Ferguson to Chas. C. Smith
lots 1, 2 and 3 b. 38 $3,200.
Mary E. Blass to T. W. Johnson S.
half of S W 1-16-1W $675.
Eva M. Hall to Dale Hall lots 25
and 26 b 68 Guthrie (q. c.)
T. E. Bryan to J. M. Bryan \V half
of SW 17-16-1E $50.
,„M- L- Morrison to Lida Gaffney lot
10, 11 and 12 b. 32 W. Guthrie, also
lo m JJaud 14 and w- 10 ft. of 15 t>
Trade.
Maggie Gaffney to Martha J. Mor-
rison E half of 17-18-2W Trade
I. B. Nlswander to Robt. ICisele 60
| acres of SE 27-17-2W $3 600
j ™ oSi0^ery t0 B' R leonard
I E half of SE 14-15-4W $3,300
| Marie A. Brown to J. W. Price lot
0 b. iC E. Guthrie $500.
annual
y 8 and
of dele-
J. W. Price lot 6
c.)
> R. S. and R. l.
O. G. Ad. Crescent
LOVE IIS LEAP T(
ielgiur
of the 1'anama Canal. Behold the
hatred of us as expressed by all or
Central and South America—all of
these caused by our late course of |
unnecessarily meddling at the dlr-,
ectjon of stock speculators Into the
private and financial affairs of for-1
eign lands.
"We went into Asia and joined
England In the seising of railroad
territory In Manchuria. We had no
object other than the aiding of fin-
ancial jobbers In Asia who claimed
t be American hot were representing
English and European interests. We
.9
MAI
iAT CELEBRATION OF GUTH-
RIE SCHOOLS.
Guthrie schools are holding a ser-
ies of May Day festivals Thursday
and Friday. Elaborate programs
have been prepared of recitations, mu-
sic farle dances, May pole dances and
contests In march reviews. The work
of the domestic science and mechani-
cal arts Is on display: and the pupils
are to be given beautiful lessons In
the enjoyment of nature.
M. Sfl
cin't of Guthrie. At noon an excelldht
luncheon was served the visitors, as
follows, by the University dome
science department:
Cream of Potato Soup; Crackers:
Olives: Steak; Rice; Gravy; Maca-
roni with Cheeso; Corn Bread. Dettuce
and Peach Salad. Leuion Pie; Cof-
fee; Assorted Cakes.
The committee visited all the de-
partments, the various buildings and
viewed the University's farms. Every
thing was found in excellent order
and President and Mrs. Page were
highly commended: the latter becauso
of her excellent control over the girls'
dormitories and the boarding depart-
ment . . «■
driver
day
They
ill be
clpi
en In ti
■iponse on beh;
tio by Carol Bo
Among the
•d" will
entert
iveuts
iln-
lline
ward increases ranging
from $2.45 on weights less than 80,-
000 pounds to $3.60 on all engines of
as I more than 350,000 pounds and $4 on ment will b
tic mallet engines, regardless of weight the local fire department under the di
i On freight servlc ethe awards were I i i-ctlon of Chief Mark ICesler, form-
| somewhat higher on engines of more j. rly of the Kansas City fire depart-
than 300,000 pound drivers, firemen J ment, who Is said to have tho best
getting an increase to $4 a day. |. xhlbition features of any depart-
Ten hours or less or one hundred i ment In the southwest. McAlester sight fainted,
miles or less, shall constitute a day's and Oklahoma City baseball teams The letters
1 characters
enacted here yes-
arm they climbed
! in the tower
ne Cathedral and
80 feet leaped into
is feet of passers-
by.
bon6 ln tlle of the boy
n l T ?(™p'in,on broken. As
they hurled through the air several
aftrht a,nl.™n who witnessed the
work ln all classes of service with
certain exceptions and the time for
which a fireman shall be paid shall
begin at the time he is required to
report for duty and when the engine
Is delivered at the point designated.
will meet at Fair Park especially for show that the youtl ° er
the visiting Elks, and on the first \ er and that
night there will be an Illuminated eity
was Elsie Walk-
hls home was ln this
parade. The next afternoon the visl- : Both belonged^ "wfii 1!!*® P®tel*-
tors will give an Elk« nararia ftnri Una Tv... i-.. Known fami-
tors will give an Elks parade and j lies. The letters stated
delivered at the point designated, terminating at Fair Park to partake been driven "to" «IcmTT h"1
The award tonight culminates ne- of a barbecue. lffalr n ,0 *ulclde by their lov*
affair.
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