Cherokee County Democrat (Tahlequah, Okla.), Vol. 29, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 18, 1915 Page: 4 of 8
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SENATORS AGAIN SEEK PROBE
tiif. Rfi corvrt rrM.xT.AT tahlequah, oklahoma
MKUfTl SOTEB
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OF RUSSELL'S "NO. 179" BILL
OKLAHOMA CITY, Mirth 17—
Still dln**tij>£ed iti lb<? prcicrii.it
by which Iodm bill No 17*. re-
latisg to salaries or eer
official* !d Muskeg** coasty. be-
came a law without action of ti*
•eoatt, H^nator CinjiWll BoateU
op«ied th* n. ore in* ion of tkt
M-nat« Tuesday with a recolm.os
asking for the appoiatciexit of a
committee to z^ak* a fall
t! on,
A fe* days ago the t«ul«r se-
cured the paacage of a etiteemti
resolution reciting practically the
nam*- fact* and secured its pataajee
by the kbiK, bat when it reached
the house wa* jokingly referred to
tb« rule* committee with whkb it
bu since found a decidedly quiet
retting place.
The senate again passed the Ru -
nell resolution without a dissenting
vote and a committee cor.-:«ting ol
Senator* Russell, Keller aad Car-
penter has been appoint*-! to cor.-
duct the favestigat!/: r
In prei~enting his r> aiution Sen-
ator Ku--ell res ! an "iilorlal from
the Muskogee Tim<- -r>erriocrat re-
ferring to the passage of the bill
and he denounced the editorial. If
false, as a libel upon the governor
of this state, and if true, be said, the
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r itd social
i.ad Mr* J.
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: APPROVES THE
HEARING OPENS IMIERIIANGE LAW
Presby-
at the home of
M Haekler Sat-
i 20. All mem-
are invited.
ds We*dn
,e Woew
be Met ho
J. B Pe
In
wlay's Daily Arrow)
t Hitsionary Society
1st church met with
rson Tester lay after-
WHTTE MAN
fP«te^ of the
weather a good membei
prei-eat.
The subject for the
study was "The Adolesce]
—Our Opportonity
Tiotspson read a
Child at Home," Mrs
The Hone and the C
isant
was
the afternoon
escent at Home
Mrs J F
paper on "The
■J. Hot
Mrs J.
rouid be attended to if th
esaptej to participate in thi
ion. This added to the exci'
is the notices were tacked up i
n the parts of the city whe
rroes lived, asd tt> a gun?
;rt-d immediately afterward •
l little zest to tbe notices.
add
RBTtRXS UITHOIT INDIAN.
-larch
<r Ti xa«
—A
fro/:, j
DLNVBK, Colo
{.ecial to the Lx
'kim, Colo., says
'"Brigadier General H. L. Scott j
governor wa* a libel upon tbe citl U reported to have retu ned to j
zenahip of the state Bjr reason of Bluff. Utah from Douglas Mesa aL.; I
the strictly local features of thf an unsuccessful search for Tse-m-
blll and for the reason that it is re- Gat the Piute Indian wanted or. a
T. Parks "The Adolescent Girl in
the Home." Rer. Alexander talked
on "The Adolescent About Us and
What We Owe Them."
The meetings are growing in in-
terest and two new names were
add^e-d to the roll—Mrs. John
Leathers and Tom Brewer. Twenty
members were present and one
guest. Mips Al«le Stephens.
After the program Mrs. Pearson
a>- -ted by Mrs Pyeatt and Miss
Stephen* served a most delicious
spread.
The place for the next meeting
will be announced later.
OKLAHOMA CITY, March 1".—
I The 2-cent passanger rate hearing
' wa* opened with the introduction by
' tbe railroad* of the general formula
j upon which all their cases are based.
Judge Frank M. Youmans of Vfle
| Western district of Arkansas ar-
rived here and lost no time in get-
ting the case started.
A. L. Conrad, assistant auidtor of
the Santa Fe, wae Caileu 'o explain
j the formula. It is by far .ne most
comprehensive scheme ever prepares
I by the railroadg to combat the 2-
eent fare.
The formula divided the expenses
j of the roads into "line" and "ter-
| minal'' expense. The explanation
I of this formula probably will occupy
the time of the court for the next
three days, aftei which the applica-
tion of the formula to each road,
howing incomes and expenditures,
vill be introduced.
SWISS LOAN IN NEW VORK.
CONGRESS LOST BILL IN RUSH.
charge of murder. The best in-
formation obtainable here is that
the Indian* are In secret positions
In Douglas Mesa."
garded in the nature of a "family
row" It ha* failed to create any in-
tense interest about th<* senate
chamber.
The Ryan-Council assessor bill
which was introduced tbe fourth |
day of the w -cion and over which MAY CUT DOWN yi'AIL SEASON.
many turbulent scenes bare arisen
in both houses was passed on final OKLAHOMA CITY, March 11.—
roll call at the morning session. It Sportsmen of the state are much
places the assessors on a salary, interested in the several game bills
ba*is effective January, 1917, and now before the Oklahoma legislature
also makes it optional with each
county as to whether tbe county-
will adopt the Arkansas system of
giving notice and having the tax-
payer meet the assessor or whether
the present plan of individual as-
sessment will be continued.
The conferee* on the income tax
bill have been unable to agree on
the terms of a roeasum that will
prove satisfactory to both houses,
and this being strictly a revenue
measure which must, under the con-
stitution. be passed at least five
days before adjournment of th<-
leglalature its final defeat Is practi-
cally conceded.
The state capltol appropriation
bill providing the remaining $750,-
000 for the completion of the build-
ing was passed without opposition
The money is taken from the sink-
ing fund for the public building
bonds anil the appropriation at this
time will create no additional taxi
levy.
According to .Representative Thomas
Hunter, of Hugo, who takes great
Interest in game laws, there is little
which will interfere with legitimate
sport. Hunter states that in all
probability the quail season will be
cut to thirty days but 'he bag will
be unlimited.
CAMERA FIENDS'
ENEEREAINMtNl
The Camera Fiend has kept the
citizens ol Tahlequah in a state of
suspense and cxcitem%nl all week
by roaming our streets with the lit
tie black box and snapping pictures
of everyone he has come in contact
with.
He has caught our most prominent
Kln „ or„ ' ' people In all kinds of laughable and
N? A - creatl"R th*: «iii> poses, doing all kinds of ri-
h dt . pharmacy board, was returned cIIcuIoub stunts
fnr0^vt„hre.hC,°nferenCr cotnmlUe<- ,w,Ul It makes no difference to the
a favorable report and passed as Kiend whether his
amended. The section disqualify- jump, fly or crawl,
lug druggists to whom government jUHt the same
ha'' .br\lHBl""1 W*B ' 1 ' -• Pictures will be shown at the
amended so as not to be retroach- Sequoyah theatre Thursday, Friday
| and Saturday nights.
The fiend Informs us he will
change a lot of the pictures and
have the ladies' heads on the men'*
bodies and vice versa. He will
also feature some of Tahlequah's
best in very appropriate cartoons.
The entertainers come here well
recommended Hnd needless to say
do a capacity
WASHINGTON, March 11—In the
rush of legislation through congress
.n the closing hours of the session
.ist week a bill which had passed
both houses providing for reorganiza-
tion of the uatent office mysteriously
disappeared.
The measure, of considerable im-
portance to the patent office, was
iost after it had passed the senate,
and never went through final stages
of inrollment.
.Sena'e officials say the bill prob-
ably was turned over to a page to
take to the secretary's office and was
lost in transit. It had been pending
:c the senate since last September,
when it passed the house, and pro-
vided for an increase staff of ex-
aminers and other changes in the
office.
NEW YORK, March 11.—Bankers
Tuesday announced arrangements
for lending 15 million dollars to
Switzerland to purchase goods In
this country. Notes running one to
Ave years at 5 per cent will be
taken, and offered to investors at
slightly under par.
1IND NEW PROCESS.
BERLIN, March 11.—"German
-dentists have found a process of
obtaining nitrogenous products from
the air. This will make possible
cheaper fertilizer than nitrates from
Chile."
The above announcement was
made yesterday by the Overseas
News Agency.
CANADA SENDS MORE TROOPS.
victims run,
he gets thern
CONSPIRACY MUST BE PROVEN.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 11.
—That, under the law, every per-
son is presumed to be Innocent until
proven guilty and that the 28 de-
fendants In the Terre Haute elec-
tion case are on trial for conspiracy 'he Sequoyah will
and not the various alleged overt
acts, was the contention of Frank
8. Hoby, who yesterday made th<>
opening statement for the defense
in the United States district court
His speech was very brief Special
counsel for some of the defendants
yrlived the right to make opening-
statements and the witnesses were
sworn.
business these three nights.
Dl PONT POWDER COMPANY
GIVES WAGE INCREASE
WILMINGTON, Del., March 17
Notices have been posted In all of
the Dupont Powder company's
plants throughout the country sin-
nounclng that beginning April 1,
each payroll employe will receive
an advance of twenty per cent In
his wages Till* increase 1* to con-
tinue until the end of the current
year and possibly longer.
ORDER FOR HEARING PETITION
TO SELL REAL ESTATE.
WOMAN AT PRAYER IS SHIN.
ST. LOUIS, March 17.—While
counting her beads In evening
prayer, Mrs. Thresea Crotto was
murdered In her home here Sunday.
A 6-year-old daughter, sitting at her
mother's feet, witnessed the deed
and said she recognized the mur-
derr as a former hoarder at the
house.
The c'fld said the man opened
the door and without uttering a
word or stepplug Into the room,
lired once and then closed the door.
The bullet entered Mrs. ("ratio's
heart.
The police arrested John Jaeone
and :i few minute* later obtained
:>n admission from him that he had
shot Mrs. Cratto. He would not tell
the motive for his act nor discuss
it further than to say that Mrs.
Cratto had ordered him fr9m the
bouse Saturday.
State of Oklahoma, Cherokee Coun-
ty. In the County Court.
In the matter of the estate of Bet-
tie Christie, nee Swimmer, minor,
Adam Swimmer, guardian.
Probate No. 190G.
Now on this 17th day of March,
1915, Adam Swimmer, guardian of
Bettie Christie, nee Swimmer, a
minor, having filed herein his peti-
tion for the sale of the real estate
descrbed in said petition, for rea-
sons in said petition stated.
it Is ordered that said pettlon be,
and hereby Is, set for hearing on the
17th day of April, 1915, at ten
o'clock a. in., at the county court
room at Tahlequah, Oklahoma, at
which time the next of kin of the
ward and all persons interested In
the estate are required to appear
before the court and show cause, If
any they have, why an order should
not be granted for the sale of so
•nuch of the real estate of said
Bettle Christie, nee Swimmer, a
minor, br Is necessary or beneficial
for the reasons In said petition
st at erl.
It Is further ordered that copies of
this order ho posted In three public
nlaces hi Cherokee County, Okla-
homa, one of which shall be at the
courthouse, and personally served
on or mailed with the postage pre-
paid to the next of kin of the ward
and all persons Interested In the
estate of said ward, and that a copy
'•f this order he published for two
successive weeks In some news-
'riper riiibllshed In Cherokee .Coun-
ty, Oklahoma.
(Seal) K. C. McMICHAEL.
County Judge
First published March 18, 1915.
Jt—w.
DRY8 WIN OUT IN 30 TOWNS.
ST. PAUL, Minn., March 11.—Al-
most complete returns yesterday
from the municipal elections which
were held Tuesday in about 200
towns and cities of Minnesota show-
ed the anti-saloon forces had been
successful in more than thirty towns
previously in the vet column. Four
towns that had been without saloons,
however, went over to the wet side,
leaving the division of towns that
voted at 102 dry and 96 wet.
Rochester, the largest town voting
on the license issue, remained with
the wets.
'JEPL'TY MARSHAL
SHOT FROM AMBUSH
MUSKOGEE, Okla., March 11.—
James R Logan, United States dep-
uty marshal at Wister, Okla., was
shot down and killed Tuesday on
'he main street of that place. Noah
Emory has been arrested, charged
with the crime. Logan and Emory
have been enemies since Deputy
Logan arrested Emory four years
ago Logan received a slight wound
•M that time.
The officer was shot from ambush
Tuesday. His slayer fired from in-
side a livery barn. Two shots, each
of which took effect, were fired.
Logan fell at the first shot.
CROCHETtD AT
KANSAS POLLS
INDEPENDENCE, Kan., March
11.—A primary election was held
here Tuesday for the purpose of
choosing candidates for commission-
er of finance and revenue for the
city, a treasurer of the school board
and three candidates for school
board members. All the present in-
cumbents were named without op-
position and will have none at the
April election. The election boards
were all made up wholly of women
who spent most of their time
crocheting. The vote was very
light.
A DOIT SUBSTITUTE
FOR PENALTIES RIM.
OTTAWA, Ontario, March 11.—
Four thousand Canadian troops, who
recently left Halifax have landed
safely and are now stationed at var-
ious points in England, it was an-
nounced to parliament Tuesday aft
noon by Premier Sir Robert Bordea.
This brings the number of men sent
from Canada to about forty thous-
and. Large additional numbers will
go forward in the near future, it is
expected.
OKLAHOMA CITY, March 17.—
Governor Williams Monday after-
noon gave his approval to the in-
heritance tax law by Johnson of
Okmulgee and Glasco of Purcell, a
law similar to that by which the
state of I.'tah collected $800,000
from the Harriman estate—enough
very nearly to complete the Utah
state capltol.
The bill exempts $15,000 to wid-
ows and $10,000 to children. Its
rate* are: Two per cent on sums
from $25,000 to $50,000; three per
cent on sum* between $50,000 and
$100,000, and four per cent on all
amounts above $100,000, these to
apply where the bequests are to the
Immediate relations. On estates ln-
lerited by distant relatives or be-
quests to others, the rates are: Five
per cent on $2,500 to $25,000; six
per cent from $25,000 to $50,000;
eight per cent from $50,000 to
$100,000, and ten per cent on every-
thing in excess of $100,000.
VOTE TO POSTPONE
PP.OBE RESOLUTION
OKLAHOMA CITY, March 11.-—
Absolutely stibing all debate, Rep-
resentative Durant yesterday forced
a vote on a motion to indefinitely
postpone the McCollister resolution,
providing for a general investiga-
tion of tbe Oklahoma corporation
commission. Democratic members
lined up behind Durant and the mo-
tion was carried.
AMERICANS HELPING.
EIRSE SERIOUS SIEP
10 "lARCEST NAVY"
WASHINGTON, March 11—Amer-
ica begins to respond to the spread-
ing sentiment in favor of "the big-
test navy."
Congress, recording this popular
force, has just authorized President
Wilson to increase the number of
our commanding admirals, adding
three supreme heads, with power
exactly equalling that now enjoyed
only by Admiral Dewey.
Under the new law creating the
grade of admiral in the U. S. navy,
President Wilson yesterday designat-
ed as admirals Rear Admirals Fletch-
er, Howard and Cowles, command-
ers-in-chief respectively of the At-
lantic, Pacific and Asiatic fleets.
Secretary Daniels at once cabled
Admiral Fletcher now with the At-
lantic fleet at Guantanamo, Cuba,
to hoist his flag yesterday and thus
become senior in rank. Admiral
Howard was ordered to hoist his
flag today, while Admiral Cowles in
Asiatic waters, will assume his new
rank tomorrow. Mr. Daniels said
the selection of the three vice ad-
mirals and the chief of operations
provided for in the new law had
not yet been considered.
The new admirals will fly blue
flags with four stars. They hold
their advance rank only so long as
they continue as fleet commanders.
If detached for other business they
will return to their former grade
and salaries.
WASHINGTON, March 11. —
Americans residing In various parts
of the world have helped to swell
the American Red Cross fund for
the relief of European war sufferers.
One contribution reaching headquar-
ters here was $400 from the Brazil-
ian Guild of American Ladies in Rio
De Janeiro. Americans living in far
off southern Asia even, have con-
tributed their mite to the Red Cross
fund.
WORK CONVICTS ON
ROADS WITHOUT PAY
OKLAHOMA CITY, March 11—In
the course of debate on the roaiis
and highway bill, now consuming
the time of th? senate, that body
Tuesday night voted to work con-
victs in the state institutions on the
public roads, without pay. Debate
that preceded the adoption of the
motion was bitter in the extreme,
and the fight terminating in the
record vote w^s vigorously prose-
cuted by opponents and advocates of
the provision.
A VERY MODEST MEMORIAL
IS BETTER THAN NONE
Many people, sometimes becausc
of foolish pride, neglect to erect a
memorial at all just because they
do not feel that they can afford to
erect one so large and expensive as
Neighbor Jones. They think that by
waiting a number of years they may
be able to out-do Jones and then
they will be proud to do it. But,
alas! with the passing of the yearj
wounded hearts gradually heal, the
demands for outgo multiply just as
fast as the income increases and
nothing is done.
Do not let another Decoration
Day pass with the graves of your
loved ones unmarked.
Call and see Mohler & Parris, they
can supply your wants at a very low
price.
FOR SALE—Team of 15 hand
mules coming 4 and 5. Weber
wagon and $42.50 set of harness,
both bought last spring. Could ar-
range terms on part. Alson one
pure bred Duroc sow with pigs, and
20 shoats.—H. A. Pugh, Welling
Okla. dw_tf
FOR SALE—Rhode Island Red
eggs, 50c per ^5. One block west of
Miller and Leitcb Grocery.—Mrs.
Fry. 3-18-dw
OKLAHOMA CITY, March 11.—
The house of representatives late
Monday afternoon killed the Dicker-
son-Abney bill proposing abolition of
apltal punishment In Oklahoma.
The bill ,vas killed by a substitute
measure provitling that the governor
may direct whether a condemned
person shall be put to death by
'eft locution or by hanging.
WIDOWS THE WAR WILL MAKE.
CHICAGO, March 11.—By the
time peace comes to Europe there
■••ill be two and one-half million
"•dow*. <1.700,000 fatherless chll-
dren an'! two and one-half million
women forced to marry "Inferior
men," according to Hamilton Holt, I
editor of the Independent. He gave
figures at a neace meeting at the
University of Chicago.
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FOR EVERY
PURPOSE
No Matter for What Purpose You Want Iron
Fence We Can Supply Your Wants
For Retldences, Division* on Property Line*, Cemeteries, Private Burylnft
Grounds, Cemetery Lot Enclosures, Church and School
Property, Court Rouses and Jails
WE art direct factory representative
in this section for The Stewart Iron
Works Co., "Tbe World's Greatest Iron
Fence Works." Their immense output
enables them to figure on a small manu-
facturing profit, thereby giving us advan-
tage of the lowest prices, which puts us
m a position to quote low prices to the
property owners.
Beautify and Protect the
Cemetery Lot
For BEST FRICE Cull Oo or Addrra
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