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VOL. 14.—No. 240.
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Young Calls Convention to
be held at Oklahoma City
-Those whom Columbia
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Oklahoma City, Okla., Oct. 27.
Bank Commissioner Young, it Is sai l,
bas issued invitations for a bankers'
convention to be held In Oklahomi
City soon, and those eligible to at-
tend are men to whom the ColumblH
Bank & Trust Co. is indebted to the?
extent of $1,000 or more. Of these
there are something more tban fifty.
What Is the convention for, Is the
main question.
Well, Mr. Young wants to ask them
if they won't permit him to turn over
to the Bank of Commerce of Kansas
City such securities as the Columbia
may hold, with the endorsement of
the old Columbia officials as well as
himself thereon, and give them (the
state bankers) credit therefor with
the Commerce bank.
In fact, some of the state banks
have already been given credit with
the Commerce bank of Kansas City,
and Mr. Young has turned over to
tlie Commerce bank certain collateral
in the shape of "paper." And Mr.
Young, as bank commissioner, has
endorsed said paper.
There Is a grave question as to
whether or not he has the authority
to do this.
And there is also a grave question
as to whether or not the 6tate will
not be held liable for a deficit, if
deficit should accrue or occur.
Another little matter for the con-
vention to attend to Is the action
taken by group four of state bankers
at Tulsa last week. This is decida-
ly one piece of business that needs
an ironing out.
And these are not all the little
matters that the convention would bs
called upon to consider. There prom-
ises to be plenty doing for the "more
than a thousand dollars" men.
have been put on a commission basis,
which system he characterizes as
"damnable and corrupting."
"If the officers can not make
enough seizures to pay them for
their work," he said, "they are liable
to hold up the Jolntlsts for enough
to make up the amount which they
think they ought to earn."
Stone asserts that because of thd
fact that the state had several men
working on commission Waugh went
to work Independently, hoping to be
paid on the same basis.
'His work was entirely indepen-
dent," said Mr. Stone, "and he had
only the same authority that you or
any other citizen would have to
swear out a warrant and get an offi-
cer to serve It."
The dispensary superintendent ad-
mits, however, that Waugh did some
good work, and says that he is en-
titled to some compensation. The
amount of that compensation, how-
ever, and the basis on which it is r.o
be fixed have not yet been deter-
mined, but were the subject of nu-
merous conferences yesterday be-
tween Stone, "Waugh and the gover-
nor. Stone says that he believes
that the matter can be adjusted on
an amicable basis.
Waugh's statement that he Is doubt-
ful as to whether the law can ever
be enforced where public sentiment
Is against it does not suit the dis-
pensary officials, who say that that
Is only his opinion in regard to the
matter.
"In a community where the publi
sentiment Is favorable to the law.
like Washita County," says Mr.
Waugh, "the county officers and local
police can very easily look after its
enforcement, but in a city like Okla
homa City, where the sentiment is
against it, no matter how many of
fleers you have, there are so many
obstacles thrown in the way that I
doubt whether it can ever be suc-
cessfully enforced."
m MMWcr .bat Shawnee famout-fcat So*. Sc.. .begruH. an^hameUKPctU"
SHAWNEE. nK~LAHOMA. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1909.
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Davis, Okla., Oct. 27.—Charles C.
Smith, a railroad section hand, and
Mrs. Mary Smith, his former wife,
have been arrested here charged with
the murder of Albert Smith, the
woman's husband and cousin of
Charles Smith. Charles Smith was
taken to Jail at Sulphur and the
woman is held here under guar!
pending a preliminary examination
tomorrow.
The headless body of Albert Smith
was found In the Washita River Sat-
urday. The skull was crushed.
Rock Island and branch... .*10,000.00
Santa Fe 9,979.00
M., K. & 9,701.00
Taxes due from three Shawnee
hanks for the last half of 1908—
State National $3,321.00
Union Savings 784-^2
Oklahoma National 1,762.75
Estimated amount to be collected
from present delinquent tax sales.
$12,000.
Total tax yet to be collected, $47,-
537.75.
Outstanding bonds, $50,250.
Amount in sinking fund to date to
pay bonds when due in 1924, $C,713.
The county funds are at present
exhausted.
Stockholders are to be Ass
essed Double Amount
of shares
TAXESjUM
On the Ground that there
has bean no legal assess-
ment
NEVER WHS THE UW
IN
QUESTION. CAN THEY PM?
Tulsa, Okla., Oct. 27.—At Bixby,
in the southern part of Tulsa County,
resides G. W. Angell, who was a
trombone player In the band which
accompanied Abraham Lincoln over
Illinois during his memorable debate
with Stephen A. Douglas in 1850.
Mr. Angell was a neighbor of Lin-
coln in Springfield, 111., for a number
of years. Over 70 years of age, ha
is still hale and hearty and works
every day at the bench as a shoe-
maker. He delights In telling stories
of Lincoln.
tho action of the coroner.
The child over whom the parents
quarreled Is a 3-year-old girl.
Martlne edited the Tyro Herald for
short time, but failed to make i
success of It.
SEE OS
Another State Bank Organ
izes as a National
Guthrie, Okla., Oct. 27.—A sensa-
tional development in connection
with the liquidation of the Columbi i
Bank & Trust Co. is the decision of
Bank Commissioner A. M. Young,
made public last night, that he will
is each of the stockholders of
the defunct institution double tha
amount of their capital stock. This
action is taken under authority of the
provision of the Oklahoma banking
law making stockholders liable for
double the capital stock where the
assets of the bank are not sufficient
to liquidate Its affairs.
The assessment decided upon by
the bank commissioner last night will
raise $200,000, if each of the stock
holders has property to the amount
Th
J. E. Winans of Muskogee, as agent
for the Haney School Furniture Com-
pany of Grand Rapids, Mich., has
filed with the secretary of state on
behalf cf that company an affidavit
that it is not affiliated with any trust
or monopoly, as is required by the
textbook law.
Washington, D. C., Oct. 27. The
Oklahoma system of guaranteeing de
posits of banks operating under state of the stock he held In the bank
charters received the second shock. | capital stock of the bank was $200,
in the view of treasury officials, with
in the last week when the Union
National Bank of Bartlesville. Okla.,
capitalized at $100,000. M. F. Still-
well Is president. The other case
was the changing of the state bank
to a national bank.
LOVE MO
The Farmers' State Bank at Okla-
homa City has forfeited its charter
__ a state bank and organized as
national bank, having been driven to
the change by the guarantee act.
Minister Doubts if Law Can
be Enforced Successfully
WHERE SENTIMENT IS A6AINST
Muskogee, Okla., Oct. 27.—Because,
she says, George Kilns, a farmer,
tried to make love to her, Emma
Youngblood, a fullblood Cheroke.*
woman, has probably fatally wounded
him with two revolver shots. Mrs.
Youngblood came here and surren-
dered herself to the sheriff. She was
released on $1,000 bond.
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Guthrie, Okla., Oct. 27.—The Rev.
B. J. Waugh, who says he has con
fiscated more liquor than any oth?r
four men in the state, Is no longei
a "booze sleuth." Waugh states he
handed in his resignation to the gov-
ernor last Saturday. Dispensary Su-
perintendent S. W. Stone says Waugh
lias not been working under the di-
rection of the state agency since
Aug. 1. In any event, Waugh is out
of the business for good. He declare"!
so himself.
The chief ground on which the ex-
minister bases his withdrawal is the
that the
Ten county prisoners, in the cus-
tody of guards, at Lawton, are now
employed on the county roads. Head-
quarters have been established at
Sterling, and the prisoners will be
kept there at night instead of bein-j
returned to Jail.
fact
The charges of fraud in the Cho.:-
taw-Chlckasaw Indian case In the
United States Supreme Court have
been withdrawn. The charge of
fraud was made against the Dawes
commission. The motion to withdraw
enforcement officers was made by Carlisle.
000.
Bank Commissioner Young has no
made public a list of stockholders In
the "busted" Columbia bank Instltu
Hon, so that It is difficult to esti-
mate how many of those who own
stock in the institution will be able
to come up with the assessment. As
nearly as can be ascertained $110,000
of the stock was held by W. L. Nor-
ton, who was president of the Insti-
tution. H. H. Smock, vice president,
held $11,000 and State Treasurer
Menefee $25,000. Who the other
stockholders are will not be known
until Mr. Young makes public his re
port, which, for some reason, Is still
being kept from the public.
It Is feared by many of the state
bankers, who have put up the guar-
antee fund, that the holders of the
greater part of the capital stock are
financially unable to put up th'
amount which the law provides they
should, and consequently the guaran
tee fund will lose many thousands of
dollars through the fact that the
state will be unable to realize suffi
clent from the bank's resources to re-
pay the fund.
There is considerable speculation
j to why the state banking boar i
did not Issue the call upon the stock
holders of the institution some tim"
ago, and which it is thought should
have been done. Anyway the bank
ing board puts it they are being cen-
sured, not only by the Democratic
press of the state, but by the stat-s
To be Established in Each
County in the State
WILL MAKE CONTRACTS
bankers.
THE MOT'S
Of General Interest to Our Patrons
Our Bank Is growing. We are constantly trying to Improve the ser-
vice rendered our customers and the public. If, however, you are
compelled to wait for a minute In line for your turn, we would ask
you to kindly be patient. We aim to give the quickest service pos-
sible, with accuracy.
bank of commerce
SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA
The News has been asked to get
a statement from the records to show
more accurately the amounts due the
county and at the present uncollect-
able. The county books show tho
following:
Taxes due from railroads for the
last half of 1908—
Guthrie, Okla., Oct. 27.—The sta'e
board of agriculture has added to its
uher duties this fall the location of
a demonstration farm in each county
□f the state in which there is not al
ready an agricultural college or dis-
trict agricultural school. A. C. Cobb,
member of the board from Wagoner
County, was appointed superintendent
>f demonstration farms. Other mem
jers of the board were designate!
is agents to make contracts with
farmers selected through the m°dlum
of the county farmers' institutes to
have charge of the farms
Under the law, which was passed
last winter, an appropriation of $20,
000 a year was made to defray the
expense of seed, supervision and in
demnlty to the farmer in cases
where, by following the Instruction
of the board, the cost of the farm
exceeds returns. The board does not
expect to the method of culture pre-
scribed in carrying out experimentil
work, as staple crops in each section
will be practically the only crops
planted, and the method of culture
prescribed will he the best known to
agricultural science which has al
ready proven successful In Oklahoma
and other states.
Contracts have been signed and
filed from a large number of the
counties. Other meetings have been
called and Supt. Cobb expects to
have contracts completed In each of
the seventy counties that will be en-
titled to one of these farms by Nov.
15.
In some instances, notably Carte--
County, a request has been made to
have the board designate two farms—
Atoka, Okla., Oct. 27—Hon. J. M.
Humphreys, Republican member of
the second session of the state legis-
lature, and a lawyer of tho Atok*
County bar, Is preparing bills to en
Join the collection of taxes In Atoka,
Coal, Bryan and other counties, by
the county treasurers In those coun
ties, upon the ground that there is ni
legal assessment by township trus-
tees In the municipal townships in
those counties mentioned.
Mr. Humphreys has examined the
law thoroughly and has come to the
conclusion that Chapter 34 of the ses-
sion laws of 1903 Is not, and nevvr
was, the law. Tho law mentioned Is
supposed to have been approved on
the 11th day of March, 1903, but 1'
will be found upon a careful search
of the records that this bill, entitled
"An act repealing the law creating
the office of county assessor, of Ar-
ticle 5, Chapter 12, of the acts of
1907, and re-enacting Article Z, Chap-
ter 80, of the statutes of 1903, re-
lating to township assessor, as herein
amended," is filed with the secretary
of state with other bills labeled "ve-
toed bills," and was never signed by
the speaker of the house of repre-
sentatives, neither was it signed by
the lieutenant governor, and was
never signed by the governor of the
state; hence, never became a law.
This would leave the statute requir-
ing the office of county assessor
created by virtue of Article 5, Chap
ter 12, of the acts of 1907, In full
force and effect and the oounty as-
sessor Is the only legal official who
could make a valid levy on the prop-
erty in the counties throughout the
state. Consequently there could be
no legal assessment for either town-
ship, county or state purposes by
township assesors under the law of
March 11, 1903.
If the contention of Mr. Humphreys
Is true, It would seem that an Imme-
diate session of the first legislature
should be called, for the purpose of
properly passing a bill for the valid
assessment and collection of taxes.
It Is probable that all counties In
the state will bo harassed In the col
lection of their taxes, because of the
Invalid assessments. At least, they
will be tested In Atoka and other
counties In the fourth congressional
district, before Jan. 1, 1910, and l(
the supreme court finally sustains th<
contention of Mr. Humphreys the
state will be In a deplorable condition
so far as the levying of taxes Is con-
cerned.
FRIENDLESS MAIDEN
1SJJR0ERE0
A Week Ago H r SkeL ton
Was Discovered
It GERMAN CONFESSES
New York, Oct. 27.—A year and a
half ago a friendless girl was mur-
dered near Insllp, lxrng Island. \
week ago her skeleton was f.mnd
with nothing to indicate Its identity
but her Jewelry and a bill of sale
from a German shop; three days
coat and vest, and cast himself on a
couch.
Young Joe Martlne, a friend j of
Mrs. Martlne, stood wati i jver the
scene.
He thought his uncle asleep when
suddenly thore was a pistol report.
Martlne had discharged a 38-caliber
revolver which he had concealed un-
der his body. The bullet entered
Mrs. Martlne s head near the eye.
Then Martlne shot himself through
the body, aiming at tho heart. Joe
tried to take the pistol from him, but
falling, rushed from tlie room.
Martlne then shot his wife through
the breast, and again turned the gun
upon himself, the second bullet pass
Ing through his head, killing him.
The pillow upon which Mrs. Martine's
head rested caught fire, but the
flames were soon extinguished.
Hundreds of persons were attracted
to the scene, which was on Main
street In the center of the city The : ^ ^ ^ of Hamburg.
bodies of both husband and wife, was estab
were removed to the inor?ue to await Germany, her tde y
OF
FALLS DEAD
F. M. Harbert of Shawnee has re-
ceived word of tho sudden death of
his daughter, Mrs. Sadie F. Anderson,
wife of A. H. Anderson of Blackwell,
Okla. She dropped dead at her home
Tuesday.
Mrs. Anderson leaves her husband,
four children and a number of other
relatives to mourn her demise.
lished as Anna Luther, although the
cables at first carried tho name as
Ijatter; her husband, Frederick Geb-
hardt, who was caught In Astoria, L.
confessed over his signature that
be is the murderer.
Gebhardt says a desire to return to
his first wife and child caused him
to want to put his second wife out
of the way. He dictated a long con-
fession, telling all his plans for th"
murder. Gebhardt married the girl
under the name of Otto Mueller.
"I had to get rid of her," Geb-
hardt told the police. "I thought a!
first I could get her to give me some
money for land I did not own, so I
took hor down to I>ong Island near
some lots I did own to let her see
the land. She would not come to
terms and I told her then I was al
ready married and had a child '
loved; I was tired of her and wanted
to go back to my wife.
"She began to cry and plead and
scream and run about. She told me
she loved me and kissed me. As she
put up her face to kiss me again, T
shot her In the head."
Gebhardt told the police that b"
never thought it worth while to go
back and bury her. Instead he wrot.
letters to her friends in Newark ant!
Germany, telling -them that Anna wan
in poor health and had gone to Flor-
ida. Then he quite bothering about
I her.
Senator Owen is at Washington
fighting to secure a claim for five
I million dollars that he claims is due
Atoka, Okla., Oct. 27.—The state lllm from tj,e Mississippi Indians, who
game laws have been published In be represented and secured for the
the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indian
languages and today 3,000 copies
were sent out from here for dis-
tribution among the fullblood Indians
throughout the timber districts and
Kiamltla Mountain regions. State
game wardens having been having
much trouble with tho Indians, who
disregard the game laws and main-
tain that their treaties permit them
to hunt game "so lang as the grass
grows and water flows."
rights of allotment in tho Choctaw
reservation. Since becoming a sen
ator, Owen has secured the passag"
of a bill which makes his claim *
lien upo.t the land secured by the In
dlans through his efforts.
KILLS IIFEJEN SELF
Was an Editor then a Kid
napper— Chases Far-
mers Cbildrn
TRAGEDY IN SALT FIELD
A cold wave struck Sterrett Mon-
day. Tho thermometer registered 40
degrees early In tho day.
during the past week. He was an'at Fibus' barn. Every one should
home of his nephew, east of Peary,! get In the line and help swell the
Clair McGee, a boy employed In biggest parade that Shawnee over
driving a delivery wagon, was badly saw. It will be a great pageant an>
Injured in a runaway at lawton by ; way and every merchant should b
being thrown from the wagon. He | represented with some sort of a ve-
may recover. hide.
Independence, Kan., Oct. 27. With
wife murder and suicide following
the kidnaping of their child, Samuel
Martlne, former editor of the Tyr-j
(Kan.) Herald, ended his family
troubles.
Martlne and his wife have been on
unfriendly terms fir some tim
They were preparing to start divorc:
proceedings and both were strong for
possession of the child. The arrest
of Martine on a charge of attempted
kidnaping was considered a piece ot
spite work by the officials, and he
was permitted to go on bis way on
payment of costs.
Later Martlne went to the rooms ot
his wife. His nephew, Joe Martlne,
was present. Husband and wife did
She lay on a bed, anl
J. L. Baldwin, aged 72, died at the
EWILL
511 Al 130
The livestock sale day parade will
start Saturday morning at 10:30
o'clock at Carey's barn and will end
LIQUOR CASES ARE FILED
IK TIE SUPERIOR COURT NOW
Tuesday afternoon three liquor cases were filed In the superior court.
These are the first to be filed anywhere except in the county court, as un-
der the constitution It has always been believed that the county court
held exclusive jurisdiction over such cases.
Recently the criminal court of appeals in a decision held otherwise,
declaring the section of the law creating superior courts, which gives jur
isdiction coextensive with the Jurisdiction of the county courts except in
probate matters, to be constitutional.
It is probable that under this decision a large number of liquor cases
will be tried In the superior court here.
nave ine uua.u — Peak-
the farmers pledging themselves to apparently w?nt to sleep.
hold the state free from any Indem- Martlne sat In u chair by awn
nlty In the case of a second location, dow for about forty minutes.
This proposal has not yet been de-inot utter a word.
elded by the board. ' ®W « was warm
Cracksmen blew the safe In a Jew-
elry store at Hartshorne early Sat-
urday morning and something Ilk"
He did $1,000 worth of watches, cases, chains
Finally he arose, and other Jewelry taken therefrom.
thieves made their escape.
DR. G. H. TAYMAIN
...DENTIST...
Office over Shawnee National Bank
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