El Reno Daily Democrat (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 73, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 23, 1913 Page: 1 of 4
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EL RENO DAILY DEMOCRAT
VOLUME NO 23.
EL RENO. OKLAHOMA, TUESDAY, JUL^tti'1913.
NUMBER 72
SENATOR FAIL WANTS
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Washington, July 23.—An attempt
by Senator Fall of New .Mexico to
force the senate to enunciate a
strong policy of protection for Amer-
ican citizens in'foriegn countries on
Tuesday precipitated a lively debate
which demonstrated appreciation on
the part of senators of the gravity of
the Mexican situation and the neces-
sity for a determined stand by the
United States.
Denunciation of the policy of delay
on the part of the Taft administra-
tion was emphatically pronounced by
Senator Fall and blamed by him for
the present critical situation, which,
he says, could have beea prevented
by a sterner national policy. This
declaration was approved by Senator
Lodge of Massachusetts who express
ed disappointment that the new pres-
ident and new secretary of state had
inaugurated a different Mexico pol
icy.
That the delicacy of the situation
was keenly appreciated was evinced
by the insistence of many senators,
led b'y Senator Bacon, chairman of
the foreign relations committee, that
any proposed pronunciainento be de-
Ubeiately and seriously considered
before being acted upon.
Senator Fall called up his resolu-
tion which would commit the govern-
ment to full protection of constitu-
tional rights of American citizens in
foreign nations. That the resolution
was directed against Mexico Senator
Bacon said could not be concealed
and in moving to refer it to the for-
eiga relations committee he asserted
"that words ate very serious things
sometimes and this one of the
times."
Senator Works of California as-
serted that the Kail resolution con-
stituted a declaration that the United
States was prepared to make war on
Mexico if Americana there were not
protected and that no hasty action
be taken.
Senator Fall averred that every act
of his had been prompeted with the
earnest desire to prvent war and
that he had vainly sought to bring
the former administration to a real-
ization of the fact that a stern Mex
icaa policy would have prevented ra-
ther than precipitated war.
I
Chicago, July 23. A world's goliing
record was established Tuesday in
the elimination play of the Western
championship tournament at the
Homewood Country Club by A. F. Al-
lis ill of Milwaukee. The young man
holed out in oae from the lirst tee,
the lirst time in recorded annuls of
the gai>;e that such a feat has been
accomplished at the distance -Uu
yards. Allis's drive was perfect, ae
cording to experts, who said the ball
would not have lulled mx inches l'ur
tiler had it missed the cup. Chick"
Evans, present Western champion,
scored a two on the eighteenth green,
his brilliant work netting him a 73,
the best thus far of the tournament.
Yesterday his card totaled 7$, so his
total of 151 for the complete 3ti-Uole
qualifying round put him ahead at
least temporarily, for medal score
honors.
His closest competitor among the
early cards today was that of War-
ren K. Wood, of llomewood, who had
77 yesterday and 75 today. Less
wind than greeted the initial play,
and familiarity of the men with the
lightning fast green. , resulted in
general tightening up of play today.
Jackson, Miss., July 23.—Trapped
tyy flames in the second floor of an
antiquated convict cage, thirty-five
negro prisoners were burned to deata
at the Oakley convict camp, 20 miles
from here, late Monday night.
While the flames rapidly ate away
the only stairway leading to the
second floor, the prisoners frantical-
ly tore at the heavy bars that cover-
ed the jail windows, but to no avail.
Their screams brought guards and
other attaches, but the flames drove
back members of the rescue party
each time they attempted to liberate
the negroes who one by one fell back
into the flames and perished.
The building was constructed ten
years ago of lumber taken from a
discarded penitentiary; there was no
lire fighting appartus at the camp and
the first floor of the building was
filled with inflammable matter. Farm-
ers living nearby hurried to the jail
to help the lire fighters, but they
were of no assistance, as the fire
burned rapidly.
Ernest Hodgkinson having bought
his discharge from the navy, is back
to his native heather and ills return
is hailed with delight by the local
ball fans, as he was considered one
of the fastest infielders In the en-
tire navy and will more than likely
be seen in the local lineup next Sun-
day when the Flreflya cross bats
with the Operator* on the home
grounds.
"Biiney" Streams, who has been a
star actor on the local bail lot since
several years ago, has returned from
Texarkana and will give some of the
lnlielders a hard chase for that po-
sition, as he Is a southpaw pitcher,
a fast flrst sacker and can pick them
up behind the bat at the rate of one
nothing and a half, and Hod Rey-
nolds who it was thought would be
on the local lineup last Sunday, will
probably be here for the coming
game, as Manager Moss has written
to him to put in his appearance, as
he has secured a good position for
him ,and it Is quite probable that
next Sunday's game will be played
with these three new men on the line
up, and with Smith, Brown and Ted
or Ernie Hodgkinson in the outfleld
and Streams and Red Reynolds bat
tllng for in field rights, or possibly the
opposite, the locals should turn out
na Invincible team, and it la a safe
bet with any one of the new acquisi-
tions on third, there Is no team in
the Commercial League that can put
one over on the locals.
The Operators have signed up
seven new players since their last
appearance here and are playing a
much better game than they were
earlie rln the season, and it is prob-
able they will have more new men by
next Sunday and the going may be
hard for the home team. But no near
tailenders ever had a look in with the
Fireflys and hereatfer the topnotch-
ers will not. No one can say but the
Fireflys hav® the best team In the
sacker, and that position will be at-
tended to before next Sunday's game,
league except for the lack of a third
Leroy Cranshaw, the 11-year-old
son of T. C. Cranshaw, who runs a
grocery store at Darlington, lost
eight teeth in a runaway accident
yesterday morning. In company with
his younger brother, he was raking
hay In the vicinity of Darlington
whvn the horse suddenly took fright
and ran away. Leroy was thrown
against a post striking on his face
and eight of his teeth were knocked
out and he sustained Injuries to the
lower jaw. The younger boy escaped
injury. The injured boy was brought
to this city for treatment.
The explosion of a gasoline stove
called the fire department to 306 N.
Barker at 10:30 this morning. Ow
ing to the prompt arrival of the flre
boys there was but slight damage
done. Dan, the new fire horse re-
cently purchased by the fire depart-
ment, made his flrst run with the de-
partment this morning and behaved
like a veteran fire horse.
STAIE CHI
III IKE on
Prof. Edwin DeBarr, state chemist
at the University of Oklahoma at
Norman, is in the city today for the
purpose of making a chemical analy-
sis of the water used in the manu-
facture of ice by the Peoples Ice Co.
at the packing plant.
"To ii person who has kept in close
touch with the growth and work ol
the International Dry Farming Con-
gress from the lime of Its birth seven
, years ago as 1 have (lone, for 1 al-
| tended the tlrst convention ot the
i congress which was held In my state,
| Colorado, and have been at nearly all
j of them since that time, it is noth'ng
| more than natural that I should be
enthusiastic regarding the movement
and what the meeting of the con-
gress and exposition to be held iu
Tulsa Oct. 22 to Nov. 1 means to Ok-
lahoma, said Prof. W. Q. Branden-
burg, field commissioner for the in-
ternational board, who visited El
Reno today in the interest of the
coming meeting."
"Sometimes people say we suppose
your methods are very good, but will
the average farmer apply them? To
this we make answer that many thou j
sands of the best farmers in all parts
of the West, where the rainfall J
comes at such irregular intervals |
during the growing season, that un-
less proper methods of cultivation
are employed with the idea of con
serving the moisture when it does
fall, the farmer would have small as-
surance of success.
Thousands of these men have j
made the conquest of the desert well
nigh complete and are today the own-
ers of prosperous homes on the land
and have developed in a great many
instances that by attending a meet-
ing of our congress and seeing the
crops on display and talking with the
farmer who grew them, has been re-
■I'uuaible lor his success.
Wherever the cougresg meets (and
we are in different sections of the
West every year) we endeavor to be
ol the highest possible benefit to the
farmers of that particular section of
the country.
in the building of our program this
year the interest of the Oklahoma
farmer will be largely consulted.
Questions that vitally affect him as
to soil, cultivation, evaporation, etc.,
will be fully discussed both by the
practical Oklahoma farmer and sci-
entist as well.
Then the exposition will be so
planned that it will be of great edu-
cational value.
All exhibits are to be labeled to
show under just what conditions they
weie produced, and the farmer wiU
have the privilege of comparing the
different exhibits in such a way that
it will be of great value to him.
We hope to have every county la
Oklahoma represented, for It is a
rare opportunity for this state to
show what she can do along agricul-
tural lines. It will prove a most val-
uable advertisement, as we expect
representatives from at least twenty
foreign countries. Exhibits will be
shown from at least fifteen different
Western states.
We are delighted to know that a
fine exhibit is to be made from this
county. I believe you will find it the
bost investment the county has ever
made—especially if you back it up
with a blg'llxe exhibit of your farm-
ers and business men as well."
Ill POLICE COURT ■] COURT
Minor Led well, the negro who was D. Ward and A. W. Brown, the two
arrested yesterday charged with j young men charged with the theft of
procuring a consignment of liquor ' a saddle and some belting from Allen
under false pretends, was fined $25 j Cash, pleaded not guilty to the
in police court this morning. I charge In county court this morning
John Henry, colored, was fined >16 I and their prel'mlnary hearing was
for keeping a disorderly house and set for Saturday morning at ten
a male Inmate drew the same fine. o'clock
R.i I. SIIPT,
HIS (US DUD
AT AIR DIME.
Timely Talks by El
Reno Business Men
No. 1—By S. E. BRADY, Jeweler
The superintendents of the various
divisions comprising the third dis-
trict of the Rock Island, held a staff
meeting today at the local Rock Is-
land offices. The meeting was called
for the purpose of discussing mat-
ters of importance to the different di-
visions. Those in attendance are
General Manager C. W. Jones, Assis-
tant General Manager P. J. Easley,
C. L. Rupert, superintendent of the
Oklahoma division, and F. N. Tins-
man, superintendent of the Panhan-
dle division, all of this city; Superin-
tendent Davis of the Louisiana divi-
sion of Eldorado, Ark.; A. B. Copley,
of Little Rock, superintendent of the
Arkansas division; H. F. Redding, of
Haileyville, superintendent of the
Indian Territory division; A. E.
Walker, of Aniarillo, superintendent
of the Amarlllo division, and A. B.
Warner, of Ft. Worth, vice president
and superintendent of the Chicago,
Itock Island and Gulf Railroad.
The Whittuker Stock Company of-
fers the original version of St. Elmo
tonight with the best acting com-
pany attempting to perform this
play. Mr. Whittaker has a score of
pres notices of praise for the splen-
did manner in which his company de-
livers this beautiful four act drama.
You may have seen this play present-
ed in many ways by many companies,
but this production will outclass any
you have ever attended at three
times the price we ask.
Bobby Burns, the little Texas ban- | They say the western people are a I individual business and all join to-
tam weight boxer, whose career many ' (rge and easy lot. That may be in j gather for the betterment of our
local tight fans are watching with in- | aome instances, but It seems to me i community.
terest, came near being a winner over : '.hat we are so much interested in our j The natural resources of our cho-
Mlke Orrison, of Kansas City in their j personal affairs that we forget that (sen country are unexcelled anywhere
fit teen round battle at St. Joseph, there are thing? that we are all in- ! All we ned is a united effort to get
RETURNS FROM COL
Mo., the 20th. The Kansas City and
St. Joseph paers state that the little
Texas was clearly the winner through
fourteen rounds of the flght and had
the veteran in a bad way several
times, but In the final round, after
apparently a decisive winner, left
the best out of what we have. This
can beBt he accomplished through an
organization for that purpose, and for
Mrs. oGell, 507 N. Evans, will be
hostess to the ladies of the Christian
church Thursday afternoon at her
home.
The ladles of the Altar Society ot
the Catholic church will be enter-
tained tomorrow evening by Mrs. Jas.
Harkin. Mrs. Harkin will be assist-
ed In entertaining by Mrs. T. J. Rasp.
terested in and that must have our
combined effort to get results. We
as citizens of this great state should
be personally Interested in Its wel- J that reason I believe that every cltl-
fare; should do our share to see that j zen of El Reno and Canadian county
the best metrodc of farming are em 1 that has the advancement of this
ployed and aid In establishing those community at heart should join the
himsel fopen and Orrison slipped I crops that are most adapted to our j Booster Club and give part of his
over a wallop that all but finished j soll, as well as alU In the establish- time, his interest, his influence and
Burns and justified the referee in ment of new industries In our cit- his support to the cause that means
giving the decision a draw. Burns is ies. How niasy of us have done our'more to his individual business in
a gnat little battler and Is climbing share? How many o' us have rldl- the future than anything he cnuld
toward the top, but appears to be un- culed and censured others for their possibly do. For upon the prosper-
fortunate as in several Instances he;failures when these failures were Tt yof the community depends our in-
has had things all his own way un- j probably caused In the most part by dividual success. Iur trouble is we
til near the finish and then fell the our lack of Interest and non-support? do not look far enough Into the fu-
prey of over-confidence, but his many j What we need here more than any- ture, but think only of the present,
devotees here and in Texas predict I thing else, in my opinion, is an and until we unite together for tlie
that the little fellow will Inside of awakening our people to those In-
another year be traveling a fast gait J terests that are of vital Importance to
with the topnotcherg.
betterment of all we cannot expect to
reap the full measure of success d"9
I all of u . To forrit (or a Urns our u
S. Boyd Wilson, of the Commercial
bank, who has been sojourning In
Colorado during the past two weeks,
lias returned and except for several
i large mcraquito bites and a sun-
pealed neck, looks well enough It I.
said by Boyd's intimate friends that
he complained of the Colorado atmos-
i here not being as vitalizing as that
of Oklahoma and spent his nights
roosting on the park benches under i
rain coat, therefore the "Amos" blte3
and that his continuous rubberneck-
ing at the tall buildings was causing
cramps In his neck and he removed
his collar to better facilitate matters,
therefore the sun pealed neck. It is
understood that on his next trip he
will wear a decolete shirt and a veil
and an ox yoke for a bracer to his
neck. He also states that the water
i was fin*.
FIFTT PERSONS
Blnghampton, N. Y., July 23.-- Fifty
persons were killed, according to late
estimates, and as many injured, a
duzon or more fatally, in a fire which
swept tlie four-story factory building
ol ihe Binghampton Clothing Com-
pany Tuesday afternoon. The vic-
tims were chiefly women and girls.
At midnight twenty-six bodies had
been recovered. In the city hospital
and in private institutions are thirty
injured. Some two score persons are
known to have escaped as If by a
miracle from the building, which
burst into flame like a under, box
and became a roaring furnace almost
instantly after the flrst alarm was
mounded.
About 120 persons were in the fac-
tory when the lire broke out. Those
unaccounted for, or most of them,
are bellev*'d to be still in the red hot
iuins pf the structure.
Around the scene of the catastro-
phe, the greatest this city has ever
known, thousands last nigiit watched
lite rescuers work In the glare of
three big searchlights, many in th«
great throng being restrained only
uy the closely drawn police lines
1 11 jrn ; ii : 1 t!ie ri us to Beea
tlie bodies of relatives or friends.
Many streams of water are being
Poured into th.-> fiery pit, which a few
hours ago was the cellar of the burn
ed building. As the ruins were cool-
ed slightly from time to time In a
spot upon which streams were cen-
tered mea went forward to dig as
long as human endurance would al-
low them to work Occasionally a
body was found and quickly taken
away.
Bob Prettyman, or Lawton, is vis-
iting El Reno friends today en route
to Seattle, Wash , and other western
points.
Mrs. Bertha Zblnden has gone to
Chllllcothe, Mo., and Chicago, where
she will visit for several week*.
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Kavanaugh, John E. El Reno Daily Democrat (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 73, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 23, 1913, newspaper, July 23, 1913; El Reno, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc90886/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.