The Shawnee News. (Shawnee, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 269, Ed. 1 Friday, April 8, 1910 Page: 1 of 8
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WEATHER
Oklahoma: Unsettled tonight and
Saturday; cooler tonight.
Kansas: Fair tonight and Satur-
day, with moderate temperature.
The shawnee news.
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VOL. 14, NO. 269.
THE SHAWNEE NEWS, FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1910.
the news, thrrb months, ji.oo
SYNDICATE TO BUY IHE
/.x GRAVEL HILL OF
It is reported that an eastern syndi-
cate has made an offer of $20,000 to
the Shawnee Rock Products Co. for
their gravel hill half a mile from Ho-
tulke. They recently visited the place,
and it is said that negotiations for
taking over the property will be com-
pleted soon.
Hotulke is a station on the M. K. &
T. railway eight miles south of Shaw-
nee. The geological formation is very
peculiar there, and the property of
the Shawnee Rock Co. consists of a
hill of excellent gravel mixed with
red sand. Some of it has been used in
paying the streets of Shawnee. The
means employed in getting out the
gravel were, however, very crude, and
not to exceed a carload a day could «e
handled. The company nas been con-
sidering the proposition of putting in
a cable line from the hill to tne rail-
road to carry the rock, and thus dis-
pense with the use of wagons, and it is
probable that this would have been
done had not the present deal come
up.
The new company, so it is said,
proposes to run a spur track to the
hil and operate a steam shovel to get
the gravel out. A considerable sum
of money is to be spent in the vicinity
as soon as operations start.
WEST MAKES NO
E
ROOSEVELT HAS
ABANDONED CARRIAGE
Special to The News.
Guthrie, Okla., April 8.—In announc-
ing himself a candidate for re-election
on the democratic ticket as attorney
general of Oklahoma, there are many
confessions that Mr. West should
have made that he failed to mention.
By so doing he still keeps the tax-
payers, who elected and pay him, in
the dark as to why he persists in be-
ing a quitter.
Mr. West should have told the tax-
payers if he really wants to be re-
nominated and elected:
Why he quit after commencing suit
against the so-called coal trusts on
the day of his inauguration.
Why he quit when the recent legis-
lature gave him an opportunity to let
the taxpayers know the rottenness
connected with the failure of the Co-
lumbia Bank and Trust Company.
Why he quit defending the 2-cent
fare cases, and made It compulsory to
employ Frederick N. Judson of St.
I^ouis and Senator Joe Bailey of Tex-
as at enormous salaries.
Why he quit in defending the bank
guaranty law in the higher courts and
made it necessary to employ addition-
al council at a heavy expense to tne
state.
Why did he consent to an appro-
priation of fifty thousand dollars to
give Joe Bailey of Texas with which
to defend the 2-cen fare rate.
Why did he permit the governor to
"buffalo" him when he was attempt-
ing to make the Standard Oil Com-
pany domesticate?
Why does he permit W. A. Ledbetter
of Oklahoma to be the real attorney
general of the state In all matters of
Importance, when he Is elected and
paid by the taxpayers to do the work?
If the attorney general will explain,
perhaps then he might be seriously
considered for re-election.
International News Service.
Rapallo, April 8.—Roosevelt has
abandoned his carriage and is finish-
ing his trip in an automobile.
He took lunch at Porto Fino this
morning. He is recognized by the
people everywhere along his Jour-
ney, and hailed witn an unbroken
ovation all along the route of his
journey.
TRIPPLE WRECK NEAR
RONE, NEW YORK
STRIKE AT
ELK CITY,
IDAHO
International News Service.
Chicago. April 8.—Word was- re-
ceived here this morning which says
that a rich strike of gold has been
made at Elk City, Ida., on the Nor-
thern Pacific railroad.
It is claimed that the samples se-
cured will run $500 to the ton.
The news has brought the gold fe-
ver in its most alluring form to
many Chicagoans, and a rush in that
direction may result, if the report
should be confirmed.
EARTHQUAKE IN ITALY.
International News Service.
Rome, April 8.—Several earthquake
shocks were felt at Galllan, Calabria
and other points last night.
The shocks were accompanied by
subterranean rumblings, but no dam-
age is reported to have taken place.
PIONEER UNITED BOARDED
By BANDITS AT OAK DALE,WIS.
International News Service.
Minneapolis, Minn., April 8.—Two
bandits boarded the Pioneer Limited
early this morning near Oakdale,
Wis., and when the conductor went
forward for the purpose of ascer-
taining what the trouble was, he was
met at the engine and returned to
the vestibule, where they proceeded
to go through his pockets, although
he grappled with them until over-
powered.
None of the other members of the
crew were aware of the difficulty.
After liberating the conductor, they
cut the hose to the air-brakes and
disappeared in the darkness.
They secured nothing of value, al-
though the first reports stated that
they had secured $18,000.
WATER TANK COLLAPSES.
International News' Service.
Malvern, Kan., April 8.—A 60-foot
water tank which the Santa Fe had
built here caused the ground to sink
and the tank collapsed suddenly last
night.
Three men were at work on the
top of the tank when It fell, one of
them being crushed undgr the fall-
ing timbers and another was thrown
across the river, receiving a broken
rib or two, while the third one was
slightly injured.
The tank was 16 feet In diameter,
and was fined with water.
AMERICAN SUGAR
COMPANY FINED
international News Service.
New York, Apri 8.—The American
Sugar Co. was fined $600 in the cir-
cuit court here this morning.
The fine Is imposed for failure to
prdouce the books and other docu-
ments at the request of the court.
TO BOYCOTT OK. CITY
of State
Hog-
Industrial Interests
Indignant over
gish Attitude of Ok-
lahoma City
Armourdale lots are still prime fa-
vorites, and are now rapidly increas-
ing in value. The prices of the lota
have been raised to figures ranging
from $100 to $300 per lot, and many
are being sold at these prices.
As an Indication of how desirable
Armourdale lots are considered, the
following facts are published:
F. D. Brown has been offered $300
each for three lots, Nos. 10, 17, 18,
block 26, of the Armourdale addi-
tion. These lots were purchased
In an entire block at the lot sale,
and were then resold to Mr. Brown,
who paid $200 each for them, only
a small payment down being made.
A prlc© of $300 per lot, then, would
niake him a handsome profit on an
investment of only a few dollars for
a very short time. Such an invest-
ment cannot be beaten in Oklahoma
or elsewhere.
This Is just a sample of what is
doing. Numerous other instances of
the same kind might be named. Out-
of-town people are beginning to take
more and more interest in Armour-
dale, and as the prices advance, the
demand will become greater, and
vice versa.
The moral is this: The time to
buy Armourdale lots is right now,
while they are cheap.
NO INQUEST ON OLSEN'S DEATH
Kansas City, Mo., April 8—There
will be no inquest for the purpose
of Inquiring into the death of Olson,
as the coroner Is satisfied that it
was a case of suicide.
Word has been received from Syl-
via, Kan., that his sisters are com-
ing to Kansas City for the purpose
of taking the body home with them
for burial. In case they do not ar-
rive by tomorrow, he will be buried
here in the potters' field.
International News Service.
Rome, N. Y., April 8.—One killed,
one fatally injured and a score in-
jured in a triple wreck at daylight
this morning, near here. A local
freight had stopped at the water-
tank to take water, when a switch
engine following stopped near the
local, and a fast freight ran into
them, grinding the switch engine to
scrap-iron.
Michael Bennett, who was In the
local caboose, was Killed^ and the
conductor of the local v. is fatally
injured.
The wreckage blocked all four of
the tracks and caught fire after the
accident.
A few minutes after the first acci-
dent the Western express, with all
Pullmans, crashed into the wreckage.
The engine crew jumped and the en-
gine rolled Into the ditch. The pas-
sengers on the Pullman fled in their
night clothes.
The fire department and doctors
were rushed to the wreck, to care
for the Injured and remove the dead.
McVeigh Denies Rumor.
Washington, D. C., April 8.—Mc-
Veigh told a reporter this morning
that he had no intention of offer-
ing his resignation, and was at a
loss to know where and how any
such report could have started.
He has no desire to retire from
the cabinet, and has no occasion for
doing so.
The big thing is off!
I lack, editor of The Leader; Mayor A.
Oklahoma City is to get it In the O. Farquuharson, J. M. Brooks, Bank-
neck!
Oklahoma City is to be boycotted 1
Masonic arrangements, with 24
polled towns of the state means stag-
nation of business for Oklahoma City.
Oklahoma City has worked up a con-
spiracy to grab the state capital, in
the interest of real estate boomers,
to the detriment of all other Okla-
homa towns and cities, and now the
worm has turned!
Guthrie, Shawnee, Enid, El Reno,
Norman, Tulsa, Newkirk, Perry, Pon-
ca City, Pawhuska, working hand in
hand, will proceed to put the "fix-
ings" to f Blowtown.
Leslie G. Niblack, editor of the
Daily Leader, of Guthrie, proposes
the boycott, and his sentiments are
backed up by the business men of
the towns named above.
The compact of agreement was
signed today when a committee from
Guthrie composed of Leslie G. Nib-
er N. Halman, Capitalist S. L. Spur-
rier, representing the chamber of
commerce of Guthrie, and fully au-
thorized to speak for Guthrie, arriv-
ed in the city at 11 o'clock this mor-
ning and met with the capital loca-
tion committee of the chamber of
commerce of Shawnee.
Mayor Frank Stearns received the
committee and an informal discus-
sion was had of capital location
plans. This afternoon the Guthrie
committee met with the directors of
the chamber of commerce and after-
ward were given a ride over the
city.
"Yes, Shawnee is working hand in
hand with Guthrie on the capital
proposition," said Mayor Stearns.
"The Niblack boycott idea strikes us
favorably. It may be In restraint of
trade, but Oklahoma City has been
grabbing the works so long that we
are tired. An election June 11 means
hardship to both Shawnee and Guth-
rie. Oklahoma City business inter-
ests must withdraw their support to
this capital business or suffer."
"Tie the bill up in the courts or
defeat the election," said Mayor Far-
quharson. "Any plan is satisfactory
to us.
"Oklahoma City, being benind this
brazen game of loot, must suffer. For
eight years Oklahoma City has ad-
vertised herself as OKi&homa. She
even got the postoffice department to
strike off "City" in order to deceive
eastern investors. We are white-hot
with wrath. We don't want this
election held, and unless Oklahoma
City business men meet and pass
resolutions showing they are not in
sympathy with the real estate boost-
ers' plans for June 11, Oklahoma
City trade will suffer."
"Boycott Oklahoma City, la the
thing," said J. M. Brooks of Guthrie.
"Give their traveling men the cold
shoulder. Cut off their daily papers,
their local shipments."
The boycott idea has caught on
like wildfire and will spell loss to
Oklahoma City.
900 MIGRANTS TRANSFERED
ENGAGE IN A MUTINY
Bai
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15 STATE PAYING ORVILLE'S
EXPENSES IN WASHINGTON?
Bank Aecunts and Happy Homes
The owners of happy homes may not always own a banlf ac-
^ * count, but a bank account will hel" make a happy home happier.
THE BANK OF COMMERCE makes every effort to accommo- O
date the man struggling to gain a home. It wishes, also, to aid ^
the man who Is ambitious in laying money away to protect his
home.
"Open Saturday Evenings From 6 Till 8."
Special to The News.
Guthrie, Okla., April 8—The an-
nouncement comes from Washington,
D C., that Orville T. Smith, executive
attorney to the governor (whatever
that is), is there as personal attorney
defending the governor against his
federal indictment for grafting Mus-
kogee town lots.
As executive attorney to the gov-
eror Smith draws a monthly salary
from the state of $250 and has done so
since statehood was Inaugurated.
Then why is he the personal attorney
of the governor in Washington? Is
the federal prosecution of the gov-
ernor one wherein the state is finan-
cially interested. Must te tax payers
pay for defending the governor against
federal graft indictments?
Smith is seeking to search record*
in the interior department to get data
that may be used as evidence in the
governors' defense.
continuance in his unpaid board bill
case. And the state continues to foot
the bill.
$50,000 HONG UP IN
PURSES AT SPOKANE
International News ftervice.
Spokane, Wash., April 7.—Seventy-
five thousand dollars, of which $60,*
000 is in the light harness division,
will be hung up In purse.? this sea-
son by nine Interstate, state and
county fairs in Was-hlngton, Oregon
and Idaho, composing the North Pa-
cific Fair association. Portland, Spo-
kane Salem and North Yakima are
offering substantial stakes and the
revival of interest in the harness
horse is certain.
Some of the best races are for
green classes, thus putting them
more in the line of breeders'' stakes.
Three hundred and fifty men and
firms are now breeding or training
harness horses In the three states,
and more attention Is being paid to
blooded stock than ever before.
Owners say it has been demon-
strated that the northwest horse is
the equal of the animal bred In some
of the older districts In the country,
so far as speed and stamina are con-
cerned, while In many respects, espe-
cially fe*t and sinews, it is a better
animal and more enduring.
International News Service.
Dover, Eng., April 8.—The 900 im-
migrants who were transferred from
the Kanawha yesterday, after the
accident, mutinied today, and It was
necessary for the government to
send armed guards from the war
ships aboard the Kanawha, in order
to subdue them and to restore or-
der. The appearance of the armed
guards1 held the angry and hysteri-
cal people in check.
The prospect of having to return
to England, when they thought their
journey across the Atlantic had com-
menced, was the cause of the riot
Meager reports say that the deputa-
tion failed to Induce the captain to
sail toward America.
The mutineers made an attack on
the crew of the vessel, the women
leading the uprising and fighting
with the men. The crew finally
drove them back with clubs ajid pis-
tols and it was found necessary to
place many of them in irons, after
the bluejackets had arrived.
TAFT'S TROUBLES INCREASING.
International News Service.
Washington, D. C., April 8.—If all
the reports can be relied upon as
true, the president's troubles are in-
creasing at an alarming rate
Reports say that there has sprung
up a friction in the cabinet and that
Prior to going lbree memt>ers are expected to ten-
to Washington he represented the
Muskogee, getting for him a third
'►The Bank of Commerce in Shawnee;;
SHAWNEE'S OLDEST
STATE BANK.
Wallace Estill, Jr.
Vice-President.
SECURITY
Today the depositor in any bank
is looking for security. This bank
is managed by men of business and
experience, backed by a CAPITAL
OF $100,000.00. THE UNITED
STATES GOVERNMENT truats us
with part of Its money; why not you
Your account, either large or small,
will be welcomed.
THE STATE NATIONAL BANK
The Only U. S. Depositary In Pot- tawatomle County.
der their resignations In a short
time. The three are Knox, McVeigh
and Hitchcock.
Hitchcock has been chosen to di-
rect the Interests of the republicans
In the approaching congressional
light, and will probably give all his
time to politics. It has been known
for some time that there was no ex-
cess of harmony between the presi-
dent and McVeigh. A powerful pres-
sure has been brought against Mc-
Veigh from the outside, and the cabi-
net has been accused of a lack of
respect for the republican party or-
ganization.
NEGO IS HANGED AT WATONGA
Rumor Without Any Foundation.
International News 8ervice.
Washington, D. C., April 8.—Sec-
retary (Carpenter, la speaking for the
president this afternoon said that
there was not the least ground for
the rumor of any changes being
made In the president cabinet, either
by request or voluntarily on the
part of the members.
The rumors which have been In
circulation for the past week are
without foundation and are inertly
sensational.
PEPUDIATED THEIR
PEERLESS LEADER
Special to The News.
Guthrie, Okla., April 8.—When the
Oklahoma democrats recently voteO
for the Bryan general election law,
tho Taylor initiative-referendum law,
and the Taylor suggestion for the
"Grandfather Clause" amendment to
the state constitution, they repudiated
Wm. J. Bryan, thrice presidential can-
didate. In a letter to tae constltu-
tlcnal convention of Oklahoma, now
aopearing on page 8!)l in the journal
of that convention, Br. an says:
"Elections should be scrupulously
guarded and no better security has
yet been found than a law giving each
party representation on election
boards. It is not wise to permit the
dominant party to select the repre-
sentatives from the minority party or
parties. Each party should have the
right to select their own representa-
tives; In no other way can fairness be
insured."
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International News Service.
Watonga, Okla., April 8.—Alf Hun-
ter, the negro who murdered Sheriff
Garrison of Oklahoma City, was
hanged here today.
Poor Richard Says
"A man may, If he knowB not how to save as he gets, keep
his nose all his life to the grindstone, and die not worth a groat
at last."
Deposit your savings with this bank, and you will be surprised
how they grow. We pay 4 per cent, interest, compounded semi-
annually.
THE OKLAHOMA STATE BANK
Shawnee, Oklahoma
The Deposits in This Bank are Guaranteed.
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