El Reno Daily Democrat (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 21, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 25, 1914 Page: 1 of 4
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EL RENO DAILY DEMOCRAT
vOLUM* 24
■L RENO, OKLAHOMA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1914
NUMBER 21
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The annual meeting of the Wo-
men's Hospital Association was hell
March 6th tut Carnegie Library. Only
twenty members attended. The fol-
lowing shows the work done for pa-
tients and many otters were called
upon by the committee.
Case No. 1, who entered March 12
jwaS that of an old lady with a brok-
en ialp. The case w;is reported by
Dr. Taylor investigated and accepted
by Mesdames Beebe and Tinkle-
paugh for a definite time. So little
improvement was made after two
weeks that the County Commisison-
ers took the case. The woman is
dtill an invalid and only left the
hospital one month age She is now
being cared for in a private - homo
Case No. 2 entered in March was
reported by Dr. Hatchett and was a
man suffering with * oroken leg. We
wish to thank tae County Commis-
sioners who so generously took over
the case. It proved to be of so long
a duration that it would exhaust our
funds.
Case No. 3. Entered July 21s'.
Operative case reported by Dr. 1) v-
er, visited and accepted by Mrs.
Tinklepaugh. Operated by Drs.
Hatcli'jtti and Aderhold. Patient'
left the hospital August 28. The W.
H. A. help was only needed tempor-
arily in this case and n large portion
of t.'ae cash has beea refunded.
Case No. 4. Reported by Mrs.
Burger visited by Mrs. Tinkiejjaugh,
who found a boy of seven years suf-
fering with typhoid fever ani no one
to care for him but a chili of 12
years. He was taken to the hospi-
ta November 13 and put in care of
Dr. Aderhold. He left the hospital
Dec. 15 and placed Iti charge of a
good woman for one week more
when he was dismissed.
Case No. 5. Was reported by Dr.
Koons. Thin w as tae mother of sev-
eral smell children. She had a very
bad attack of typhoid fever and
there was little hope of Cier life
from the time she entered, Dec. 10
and on December 12 she passed
away.
Case No. 6 was reported by Dr.
Dever and visited by Mrs. Beebe.
This was a little girl of six years |
sufering with typhoid fever. Entiw-1
©d Dec. 2&tii. Left Feb. 15. Tais ]
whs one of the longest ani most
difficult cases. Only tho most oan?
ful nursing by those trained in the
work could possibly iave saved tais
child'c life and we feel grateful that
our patients receive this care at the
El Reno Sanitarium.
Case No. 7. Operative case, re-
ported by Dr. Aderhold. Accepted
by1 Mts. Tinklepaugh, entered Jan,
7th, left Jan. 22. This was a young
lady wao had been an invalid for a
number of months. She left much
improved.
Case No. 8. Reported by Dr
Clark and accepted by Mrs. Tinkle-
paugh. This was s.n operative case.
Entered Jan. 24, and we regret to
say she passed away Jan. 25.
Report of Secretary showed the
work of Hospital and Board of Dl-
Secretary and Treasurer were audit-
ed and found to bo correct. Follow-
ing is the report ol tho treasurer
for the years 1913 and 1914.
Receipts from all sources
during year $113.90
Cash on hand
March 1, 1914 *100.18
Total amount on hand |214.08
Monoy spent during the year $221.90
Overdrawn $7.82.
Officers elected were:
President—Mrs. V. D. TiuklepatiBh
V.-X'res.—Mrs. S. B Pettee.
Sec.—Mrs. M. D. Libby.
. Treas.—Mrs. J. T. Riley.
Chairman of Membership Commit-
tee—Mrs. H. C. Bradford.
Chairman of Hjouse Committee—
Mrs. Charle3 Engle.
Chairman of Visiting Committee
—Mrs. Earl Beebe.
These officers v'th the caairinan
of the committees compose tae
Board of Directors and meet the
first Friday of each month. Any
member or anyone interested in the
work are cordially invited to attend
any of these meetings: The annual
dues are now duo and the Board of
Directors earnestly request that the
members and anyone wishing to he-
me, a member ready to pay
said dues of $1.00 to any member of
membership committee that calls
upon them.
The Association wishes to extend
a vote of thanks to the Elks lodge
and individuals for tho liberal don
tions during the year, also to the
doctotrs who gave their services
'ie work and the nurses of the El
Reno Sanitarium taat gave our pa
tents such faithful care.
Mrs. V. D. Tinklepaugh, Pre...
I) Lilby, Secretary.
Mr
McCONNELLCOMING
Rev. Lincoln McConnell will lec-
ture in the convention hall Saturday
evening, the 28th at b o'clock His
subject will be "A . HAnpy Home and
How to Make It." Everybody
shoald lear 'his great lecture. Ad-
mission W)c m It
The barn of George Rinderhagen
living four miles south of El Re.io
v- nck by lightning last nigat
during the thunderstorm, and was to
tally destroyed by tli9 fir° which en
sued. The barn was struck about
seven o'clock and inside of ten mi.i-
utes was a mass of fIameB. The
horses and cattle were all gotten out
in safety but all the rest of he con-
tents were destroyed, including some
■hay, grain and farm maCaljeryV
The barn was pajtlally insured but
Mr. Rinderhagen will be a heavy
loser regardlws of the insurant?
Mrs. W. A. Maurer who has been
seriously ill for seevral days is
somewhat liaproved today.
Miss Maun* Fergufon of the
Conuty Treah-ivrs office who has
been ill for nf ral days is again
able to resum* her duties at fie
rectors through the year. Books of tr(msHrers ofii-w-
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GILMORE SAYS:
If elected ' e will favor ©tie night each month for the citizens
to gather ait the city hall and talk over matters of interest to us all
thus getting the vi«ws of the people. Tue Commissioners fan then
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ac more intelligently for the be*t inerest Mr ub all I've always
fonnd if you treat tae people right they will act fair with you.
Yesterday Mayor P. P. Duffy and
City Attorney Tom Reid went to
Oklahoma City to interview the 'n-
terurbau officials and ace if they
could not be Induced to change their
receipt decision regarding the exten-
sion of the city car line to the pr v
posed park and baseball park. The
gentlemen returned borne last even-
ing and have issued tie following
report to the e'tjzena of the city
which is self explanatory.
"Knowing the Intense interest
taken in the park project by El Reno
citizens, and knowing the disap-
pointment felt by our citizens in not
securing the extension to the El Re-
no Street Railway we took it upon
ourselves to constitute a committao
A) wait upon the officials of the Ok-
lahoma Railway company.
On yesterday we went to Oklaho-
ma City to interview the officials of
the Oklahoma City street railway
company with reference to extending
their lines to the park west of the
city and to see if we could not pre
vail ii]K>n them to retract their de-
cision indicated in their letter a few
days ago to the mayor. They ap-
peared willing and ready to do any-
thing they could and assured us that
there was no feeling upon their part
against El Reno or any of its citi-
zens and that t'aeir actions as indica
ed in their letter of laBt week was
not ia a spirit ol' retaliation for any
action of any of "the citizens of this
city, but that the sole and only rea-
son for not making said extension
was that they had no money to build
the line and could not raise that
amount. Mr. Shaitell opened tie
books of the company, showing and
explaining to us the different month-
ly, quarterly and annual statments
of the ''arnings and expenditures of
the railroad system, and that there
was no surplns monev or earnings
on hand.
That the extension of the Interir
ban line to Norman tad been done
by the stockholders t-emeslvefl, be-
cause the line to Mocie had been
very heavy looser and to protect
hemselves against further loss they
had extended this line on to Norman
which line was now paying expen-
ses. That he had lust returned
from New Yoirk where he had en-
deavored to get some of che finan-
ciers wio are already Interested In
•he railroad company to advance
or ral e tVie money to complete the
extension of the lnterurban from
Edmund on to Guthrie, for the same
reason that the Norman extension
■ made, but that ne did not know
whether he would succeed in that or
not Mr. Shartell also Informed us
that it was t ie Intention of tho com-
pany to devote the first surplus or
money that could be taised by them
'o the extens'on of the El Reno
lives west, not only tin the park and
vi'.amv lake cm the werat. hut to Ft.
Reno and the Masonic home, and
that it would be their first exten-
sion He informed us that it was
'.lis earnest desire to make this ax-
tension and that it w-ould be made
as soon as money could be raised to
build it but fiat at this time, and
during this year, it was an utter im-
possibility to raise money in any
manner whatever to extend tae line j
even as far west aa
they had etralned the credit of them-
selves, the stockholders and the
company to the limit In keeping 'he j
Society
Notes
* PHONE (.>57,
Mr. and Mrs. Hjrace Williams
went to Oklahoma City last evening
to witness tho production of "Kis-
met."
♦ ♦ ♦
Master Harold Higgins will enter-
tain a number ol' llUJe friends from
four thirty until seven, tomorrow af-
ternoon to help him celebrate his
eighth birthday.
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I^ast evening at six o'clock Mr.
Frank H. Lash of the Christian
church performed a marriage ser-
ce the contracting parties being
Raymond A. Grady of Mt. Vernon,
Indiana and Miss 'narose Hastings
•of Oklahoma City. They will make
their 'home in Oklahoma City.
♦ ♦ ♦
Mrs. Howard Crocket will enter-
tain the Elite Club on Thursday.
, L C. KELIEI
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Dr. and Mr.i. J. A.
Hatchatt
Sturgeon, Mo.,
this
turned from
morning.
♦ ♦ ♦
The suburban home of Charles
Engle will be the scene of a birth
day party Saturday afternoon Miss
Josephine gives the party compli-
mentary to her cousin Doris Engle
who is spending tie winter in the
city.
( <.
Mr'si. R. O. Callahan delightfully
entertf.itfed the memlw of the Prls-
cilla Embroidery Club Tuesday af-
ternoon.
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Dainty announcements have been
receiiod by the friend of Mr. and'
Mrs. E. W. Alley o{ Fairview, Texas
telling of the birth of a son March
19th. Mrs. Alley w'll be remember-
ed in this city as Miss Clarice
Olymer. She is with her parents In
Oklahoma City.
♦ ♦ ♦
Misses Maude and Bert'm Carson
who are students at a business col-
lege in Oklahoma City were guests
of their sister, Mrs. M. P. Lattimer
tho first of the week.
♦ ♦ ♦
The Lady Macabees held a very
interesting meeting yesterday after-
noon. The new drill work was put
on and the following ladies became
members of the hive. Miss Emma
Rosn, MesdameB G'adys Buach, El-
mer Brown and Maude Wiard.
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Tae P. E. O. Sisterhood had a
pleasant meeting at the 'lome of
Mrs. L. B. Myers on Tuesday after-
noon. Mrs F .P. Hocker newly
elected prviJcnt p vshiaa Miss
Tlizabeth Sinclair read an excell-
ent >n books, Good aa 1 Bad
or wj it :s n fvni by * good or r>r :
book. Tin hostess served dalaty re
lieshme.it*
The preliminary tearing of Mrs
Lucy Kelly, colored, charged with
the murder of her husband L. C
Kelly, on Friday oveung, Marca 20
was hold tils morning in county
court before Judge Maurer. Owing
to tae crowded couJ:*.;oa of the
county court room, u..: ailjj .nm'iu.
w?.s taken to the District co rt iooin
aiui the hearing was called abou:
9:30. Attorney It. U. Forrest repre-
tlie state and the defendant was rep-
sented by Attorneys Bannister and
Barbour. Dr. G. W. Taylor was tie
first witness called b/ the state. He
told of being called to the Kelly
home about eight oilock on the ev-
ening of tho crime, ani of the con-
dition in which h« found the body of
"Mexican Pete" He described the
course of the bullet and stated that
the wound caused instamanoua deata
P. G. Rowe, deputy sheriff was the
next witness and he told of tho ar-
rival at tht scene ol the crime in
company with Deputy. Press Canon.
Seated that they arrived about eitf'it
o'clock. Saw Mrs. Kelly and she
stated that she had killed her hus-
band, and that she was forced to
do it because tae had come at her
with an open knife in his hand.
Witness stated that he had found the
bullet lying near th i body and also
had found two knives in the pocket
of the deceased. Sheriff Jason Clark
was next called to the stand and told
of the condition existing at the
time of his arrival at the Kelly
home. He also told of tho talk he
had with the defendant a few hours
after the commision of tho crime.
Mrs. Kelly had told him that Kelly
IkwI been whetting his knife and
liad made threats against her life
and that sho 'aad been forced to kill
him. After these witnesses had giv-
en their testimony the state rested.
The defense then called George
Collins the thirteen year old grand-
son of Mrs. Kelly to the stand. His
her work about I've o'clock, 'oho
then got supper and alter the even-
ing meal she had gone into tho par-
lor a'ld sat down. Her husband
came in alter tie lamily aad com-
pleted their meal auu asked what
there was to oat. He semed angry
when told that there was nothing
left, and scut the boy lor some
meat. When the boy returned Kelly
cooked the meat himself and at his
supper. V\ h'u Kelly asked his wile
waat tie family had lor supper she
told him nothing but some stewed
apples anil bread and mentioned a
few other eatables. Kelly then call-
ed her a damned liar, bhe then went
to her own room and ate an apple
and then read a paper. She heard
her husband asked for a whetstone
and about 20 minutes afterwards he
came into the room in which she
was sitting and sat down on the
sofa. Tae witness became visably
ei footed at this point in her tet
luony and amidst her tears she told
how her husband hud jumped up
from the so;a and with aii epithet
told her he would, cut ier throat.
Ho then went into the west room
and ohe said to him "Pete y.ou have
got to cut this out ant! Btop abusing
me." He- started back toward her
and said " You shut your mouth or
I'll cut your throat and I have a no-
tion to do 't anyhow." As he came
througa tae west room she raised
the litle, fired the ball which passed
through the bead of her husband
and killing him nstantly. Mrs.
Kelly said that she felt sure that
Kelly was going to kill her and toat
s'ae was forced to fire to save her
own life. Taking the rifle In her
hand he showed tho court just how
she fired the falal bullet. This con-
eluded the examination of witnesses
and Attorneys Forrest, Bannister
and Barbour jacli made . a brief
talk. County Judge Maurer said
taat the jurisdiction of iae exarnin-
testiuicny was the same as given al ing court w very limited under t'ae
Flo coroner's inquest, as was also ^ law, and In this < he could only
tho testimony of his sister Nina Col hold tho defendant to tho .ilgher
lins wao followed iilin on the stand, court or d smiss the case. He had
May Wilson the next witness told no jurisdiction .to admit the defen-
practlcaily the same story as she dan* to bail, alid staled that If he
did at the time of the coroner's in-j had such jurisdiction ae would un-
quest. Ait<T a short consultation doubtodly release ler on bond, and
between the attorneys for the de- was doubtful if a conviction 'could
tense and the defendant, Mrs. K.dl) lie .... ui. i wilh ' at hand
Don't fail to hear *ine of the great-
est lectures, by one of the world's
creates' lecturers, Lincoln McCon-
nell, at the Convention hall Satur-
av nlgl'.t at 8 o'cloci.
^' JTuuui
1} Hear yel Hear ye:
flThe old town criej
was in his day a most ef-
fective medium for dis-
the park. Thai tributing information.
But he has been relega-
strenot car system In operation the j ted to the scrap heap,
ye*™ p. p. DTJFFT, Mayor, along with the "Bo)
T R. RErojMiy^ttorney Wanted" placard.
of ovu ((]J Our want ads are
the official town ciier?
of this community.
5 The cost is little*
was put upon the stand in aer own
defense. Mrs. Kelly showed no
Signs of emotion as she took the
stand. She stated to the court taat
she had been a resident of this city
for about twenty fo ir years and had
resided at 220 North Barker for the
past 22 years. Duri u-; her residence
here she aad worked for many of
the r'slden's of too city. She said
she owned the property at 220 North
Barker and was married to L C.
Kelly three years ago last April, i
Her two grandchildren had resided!
wfth her for the pas! seven years
On the morning of Friday March 2"
sae had washed during the morning
and flnls'aed at noon.
Her b'isband had come home at
noon to feed his 'lorses but there
had been no conversation between
them. During tae afternoon assls'
ed by her grandchildren she had
done none papering tnd completed
The judge then stated iliat the de-
fendant would be held to await the
action of the higher court without
bail.
Police officer.; picked up a sick
man rl the railroad yards last night
and when he' was examined at the
police station lie Vas fou'.id to be
suffering from stmnll pox. He was
taken to the county ftr.in by Dr. G.
W. Taylor.
Park' r S. Sn it'.,
know 'aim, and dou *
flcatlons for tho of
sioner of Highways,
banks, or the older
know him, as his
dates from 1890.
y ■ if yr,u dm't
kn iv his quall-
loe of Commit*
a~k any of the
*iFrchants t'ley
residence here
3 25 It
FOR SALE
Phone 828.
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ipland It.
■d eggs.
3 25 3t
Mike Casey a detective
■noma City was a visitor at
'aeadqttarters today.
Ed Granjean and Joe Shanlaw
heeded the call of Iwac Walton to-
day and went out to the North Can-
adian to spend Che day communing
wlfi the finny tribe.
WANTHD Bv ry union man t«
know that Tom Henne y Imib earrt -]
a «ari in tiie International Ty;«>*r*.
pfcleal union for ten yeari. Mr.
ion man he will appreciate } rr ,
port at the coming city ele< Ion
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Kavanaugh, John E. El Reno Daily Democrat (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 21, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 25, 1914, newspaper, March 25, 1914; El Reno, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc90946/m1/1/: accessed April 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.