Cimarron Valley Clipper (Coyle, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 20, 1911 Page: 2 of 8
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COYLE CLIPPER
E. GARNER
oCOYLE.
OKLAHOMA.
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News Notes
Epitome of the Most
Important Happenings
at Home and Abroad
J !_I
WASHINGTON
Colonel Frank Honns, of»tlje old
nance department of the Rock Island
Ills., arsenal, died at Hot Springs, Ark.
Thursday after being at the Army and
Navy hospital for one nrbntli. 'I he
hodf was shipped to Roc k Hand, 111.,
for interment in the national ceme-
tery. 9
United State; Consul JJilh-r at lux
pan. Mexico, i%p8rted to the state de
partment Friday that the investiga-
tion of the murder of (5. W. Critcn-
he:ti. the New .lers'-.v min in tg mall, has
been completed and that the murder-
ers are, unil'-r arrest. They will l)e
vigorously prosecuted by the Mexican
® olflcialB. #
A national arbitration tribunal with
power under certain restrictions to
oversies in oa*e of a threat-
ened or exist inf? strike or lockout4 in
which is involved any connive roe .with
foreign nations, among two^or more
states or w ith the Indians, or Itr ease
>.j, i, in any ti i ritorv of
tile United States, is provided for in a
bill Ifltmdrced Frida.' t> Represent a
live Foss of Illinois, a republican. ®
A bill was introduced in the house
Friday by Representative Hardwick of
tleorgla, providlng for te reptul ol the
fourteenth anrendment to the consti-
tution. The moesurr seeks to prevent
congress from limiting the repreeSn-
tation of tlie southern states b#cause
of the disfranchisement of the negro,
which ehi^iils the voting population
of the states.
Steadily increasing interest in the
postal savings bank system is indicat
ed by a statement made public Monday
by Postmaster General Hitchcock. It
shows that $201,906 was on-deposit at
the -18 postal savings banks at the
close of business on March 31, an in
ci%ase of $68,01 2. The number of
open accounts increased from 3,364 to
4,307 in March and the average bal-
ance of depositors from $36.34 ^to
$46.89. This represents tl^e®business
of only two months.
The hunt for squirrels and other ro-
dents which carry ®the deadly ilea
which spreads the bubonic plague is
to be carried into Monterey national
forest. Hunting parties organized by
the public health seiAice-' will begin
work as soon as the department of ag-
riculture gives pei mission. Since hist
July 85,000 squirrels have been |xam-
• Ined in the suspended districts. The
government has so far spent $S00,0OO
on this work and the state and coun-
ties of California have spent® $500,-
000. •
Senatoi^ LaFolleue's resolution for
a new investigation®of the Lorimer
case is regarded now as certain to
pass the senate. Supporters of the
Illinois senator have lost their nerve.
' Saturday one of tbe senators who vot-
ed for Lorime^at the last sessron gave
out*confidentially8to anti-Lorimer col®
lockups that he will hereafter vote
J w ith them. This senator stated That
he aud others who entertain his sent!
ment say they can no longer stand
• out against a new vote to retain Loti
merjn his sent.
Ludwig Wolff, a millionaire manu-
acturer of bathtub and enameled
ware, died in Chicag® Friday. He
was 75 years old.
The third biennial convention of the
Young Wov on'B Chrisyan Association
of the United States opened Wednes-
day at Indianapolis, anti will continue
until April 24. The organization now
has 216,000 members.
Fifteen hundred tons of Chines#
money is aboard the steamer Katuna,
which reached New York Sunday from
the far east. The money is worn and
mutilated and was sold as old copper
by the Chinese gdvernment.
Alexander Doty, 16 years old, lost his
life Sunday at Chicago, trying to save
his chum, Osborne Dabry, 18 years old
with whom he bad gone boating on
I.ake Michigan. #Their canoe capsized
about a quarter of a mile from shore.
Colonel Chatles O'Conner and the
Sixth Cavalry, stationed at Fort Des
Moines, left Des Moines, la., Tuesday
morning for-Arizona. The tirst squad-
ron will go t* Douglas, Ariz., the sec-
ond ti> Nogales, and the third to Huach-
uca.
Twenty thousand dollars damage Is
asked by Margaret Chase, <n St. Jo-
seph, Mo., in a suit filed Saturday
against W. T. Magot,.a wealthy farmer
of Crawford township, 'whom she ac-
cuses of having hugged and kissed her
against her will at her borne on
April 5.
The Lakewood Flyejj of the New Jer-
sey Central railroad plunged through
a crowd of several# hundred persons
about to board a local train at ‘ the
Elizabeth avenue station at Elizabeth,
N. J., Sttnday, scattering them right
and left and killed two women and a
baggagemaster who tried to rescue
^them.
Fire late Friday,®due to an explo-
sion, the cause of which has not been
explained, endangered the lives of 200
persons, mostly women and girls, at
817-19-21 .Washington avenue, Chica-
go, 111., the lofts of which are used
principally by manufacturers of men's
and women's wear. All escaped.
The 6 year old son of O. S. Knight,
a farmer, living near Ellsworth, Kan.,
w hile taking a small caliber rifle from
a cupboard, accidentally discharged
the weapon, killing his 8 months' old
sister, who lay asleep in a cradle at
the opposite side of the room.
James J. Jeffries Friday gave Chi-
cago its first glimpse at his bronzed
countenance and giant frame since
the memorable day at Reno, when he
jwas knocked out by Jack Johnson.
The former champion arrived1 Thurs-
day from Los Angeles with his wife
and a party of coast friends. • They
will remain in Chicago for a week,
then go to New York for a short siay.
They will sail for Europe in May tq
make a three months visit.
What is claimed to be evidence of
an ndYnission by Edward Hines, the
millionaire lumber king that he t ssist-
ed In collecting the Lorimer slush
fund alias been found by investigators
working for the Helm committee. It
Ifts leaked out that M. B. I'tsu), who
has been working on the case, unearth-
ed in Marquette, Michig t, parties ’ftho
will testify that Hines ^remarked tc
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News of Oklahoma
■MMHial
BIGHEART WIPED OUT.
Osage
County Town Hard Hit 9y
Devastating Tornado
Tulsa, Okla.-*-Bigheart, In the Osage
nation, thirty-five miles northeast
BALLARD STARTS ACTION
Asks for Receivership for Union Mu-
tual Insurance Company
Oklahoma City—Suit was filed in the
_____________ of j district court here Tuesday in the
Tulsa!'Wednesday a thdvl'ng little city name of the state on relation of P. A.
of 200 souls, in the heart of a rich Ballard, commissioner of insurance,
country, today is in total ruins, practiL and Sam Hooker, county attorney, to
tally sewpt off the map8; with 25 per require the Union Mutual lnsuarnce
cent of its people either killed or ,seri- j company of Enid to show why if is
ously injured still writing hail insurance when its
The village was struck by the most I »ce»sq has been revoked by the fom-
i ne village x of | missioner. A receiver for the company
MY
DAUGHTER
WAS CURED
By Lydia 13. Pinkham’a
Vegetable Compound
destructive tornado in the history
the state and five people were killed, 18 “>so asked,
thirty .tine injured and nearly $1,000,-1 The controversy between the nsur-
000 damage done. ' *nce department and the Union Mutual
n. . dates back to the legislature of 1909,
Rescue workers rushed to Bighea^t when a ,aw wa8 passed requiring all
from Tulsa and the train returned car- unleg organlzed under the
tying al of the njured who are now ^ ,errUorial ,RW ,0 come under the
In Tulsa e three hospitals. Lvery tele- islorfg g[ the new ,aw by ,-esolu-
phone and telegraph wire in Bigheam ^ ^ ded among other
is down and the first -news °things that such companies should not
storm was brought by the Midland write hall or crop inaurance. The ifn-
\ allev train at i oc oi a. jon Mutual accepted the provisions of
-ihe train crew was forced t.dear, new b‘ ,Q wrlte
wreckage from the track before "
could get the train through.
The dead and injured were in the er ^ Enid, but on an opinion by the
Osage inn and Midland hotel, w c attorney general that the
were co-verted into morgues. 1 he
hail ♦ insurance. Suit was brought
| against it by County Attorney McKeev-
Baltimore, Md.—“I send you here-
with the picture of my fifteen year old
-daughter Alice, who
was restored to
health bjr Lydia E.
Pinkham’s Vegeta-
ble Compound. She
was pale, with dark
circles under her
eyes, weak and irri-
table. Two different
doctors treated her
and called it Green *
Sickness, but she
grew worse all the
time. Lydia E.Pink-
roofs of both these buildings were
bloyvn off. Uninjured citizens throng-
ed about to Identify the dead and lend
feeble assistance to the injured, who
lay In a groaning bleeding mass. Six
of the slightly injured were rushed to
Avant, a nearby town. The wind was
accompanied by heavy rain, which
mused the survivors much suffering
last night.
In the oif fields surrounding Big-
heart hundreds of tigs and derricks
were blown d'ftwn and many tanks
destroyed^ doing probably $250,000
damage. • ®
The people of Bigheart and of other
Oklahoma towns are raising funds to
help the stricken people.
—---
company
could not surrender its charter rights,
even by the adoption of such a resolu-
tion, the suit was dismissed. Another
suit later was started in Alfalfa county
which is still pending.
Insurance Commissioner Ballard Is-
sued to the company a license under
the old law' on March 14 of this year,
but after another bill was passed deny-
ing the mutual companies the right to
write hail Insurance, Ballard revoked
its license. The company came back
with a big damage suit, alleging a con-
spiracy between Ballard and a rival
company to Injure its business.
ham’s Vegetable Compound was rec-
ommended, and after taking three bot-
tles she has regained her health, thanks
to your medicine. I can recommend it
for all female troubles.”—Mrs. L. A.
Corkran, 1103 Rutland Street, Balti-
more, Hd.
Ilundreds of such letters from moth-
ers expressing their gratitude for what
Lydia K. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com
pound has accomplished for them have
been received by the Lydia E. Pinkham
Medicine Company, Lynn, Mass.
Young Girls, Ileecl This Advice.
Girls who are troubled with painful
or irregular periods, backache, head-
ache, dragging-down sensations, faint-
pells or In
Contempt Case* Dismissed
Oklahoma City —The corporation
commission dismissed the contempt ci-
tations against the El Reno, Lawton,
Future Meetings Separate
Oklahoma City.—Meetings of the Ok- Chickasha and Tulsa street railway
iahoma grand lodge and of the state ; companies for failure to make reports
grand encampment will be held sepa-1 on the cost of construction, their rer
lately hereafter. Such was the deei- ports having been filed as required by
sion of the grand encampment Satur- the commission.
day, at its closing meeting, following
the consolidation of the grand encamp-
ments of Oklahoma a id Indian Terri-
tory. Chickasha was selected as the
next meeting place and teh second
New Depot for Ravia
Ravia, Okla.—The Frisco has start-
ed work on a new depot at this place.
Tuesday® in April, 1912, as the time. The building is to be 24 by 82 feet
The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs will and will cost $6,000. The depot was
■told their next grand lodge and as-
'embly at Muskogee.
DOMESTIC
Addison Phillips of West Barre*
Another Bank Nationalizes
Dewey, Okla.—The Security State
Bank of this city Saturday divested it-
self of its state charter and henceforth
will be known as thl Security National
bank. The capital stock of the bank
ijH-in that he had hjen instrumental in h boen changed from $15,000 to $20,-
securing Lorimer's election. as ,p ref|llired „„ law.
1 lie thirty-four bolting members of • ® _____•
the Tennessee
legislature, who fled poteau Gas F|ow ,
from the state to prevent the enact poteau okla _The flow of the gas
ment of legislation they hold to be in- „ g’k near Poteau recently has
Imicnl went to Birmingham. Ala., pro ^ fronl 3*000,000 feet to 4.000,-
N.
Y., committed suicide in the Orleans
county jail at Buffalo, N. Y„ by hang-
ing himself from the®hars of his cell.
On Saturday Phillips shot and killed
hls*mother-in-la^\* Mrs. George Addi
sou.
Denman Thompson, the veteran ac-
tor and creator of tlie part *of "Josh
Whitcomb” in the rural play, "Old
Homestead," died at tiis home at West
Swanzey, N. H„ Friday. He was 77
years old and Intel been ill for some j
time.
@ It was reported at El Paso Friday |
that Ojlnaga, Mex., has been captured
by the rebels under General Sanchez.
There has beenosevere lighting In the
vicinity of Ojinaga for seviA-al weeks.
The tin plate mill at Souths Sharon,
Pit., closed Thursday throwing about
200 men out of work? It is said the
plant will resume in the near future.
George W. (Hick, the only demo-
cratic governor Kansas ever had, for
seventeen years a member of tlie state
legislature and a powerful factor In
promoting the growth jmd develop-
ment0 of the state and the city of At-
chison, died at tils home In Atchison
Thursday.
The New York News bureau an
nounces ihut President I). F. Bush of
(lie Western Maryland Railway com-
pany has been decided upon to suc-
ceed George j. Gould ns president of
the Missouri Pacific and v ill probably
he elected at next week's election.
pared to stay out of the state for six
gignths if necessary. Governor Plooper
was in conference with United States
Senator Lea for several hours Satur-
day trying to devise a way of breaking
the deadlock. • %
Forty or more insurrectos were
kileld and more than 100 were wound-
ed in a battle foiipht between Sause
and Santa Clara s> Canyon, about 5C
miles onrth of Chihuahua, Mex., ac-
cording to tVderal couriers who arri*
ed Sunday. They brought orders to ]
have hospital cots ready for federal
wounded. The federals report
killed, but later developments ft ay
change the figures. Several© women
and children are believed to be among
the wounded.* 9
Preparations have been completed
for a dollar dinner which will bef giv-
en Wllliatft J. Bryan at Dennison,
Tex. Mr. Bryan will deliver Itis ad-
dress "Prince of Peace" at the Den-
nison opera house following the din-
ner.
, While thousands passed l>> ip the
streets outside, three bold tnleYes
Thursday robbed Ihe pawnshop of J.
' H. Nels at 309 Third avenue. New York
City, of $3.0n0t,W(irth of diamonds and
escaped. Afler getting out of the shop
the thieves placed a wedgeoundor the
doors, which sprung outward, pre-
venting their being opened and kept
those Inside the place, prisoners.
000 *eet and is now said to be the larg.
est in eastern Oklahoma. The oil men
haveemoved their derrick 1,500 feet
south of the first well Slid will sink
another.
-$-«—-#
burned here last August and box ears
have been used for office purposes
since then.
Score One for Cupid
Chickasha, Okla.1—Thomas Stemp,
aged 20 and Miss Nora McPhail, aged
16, were given a permit to wed. The
minor lovers produced affidavits from
their parents giving the permission to
the nuptuals. Both of the parties live
at Verden, Okla.
J ® -
Millers to Meet
Blackwell Votes ®
Blackwell, Okla.—A special election
held here Tuesday for the®purpose of
voting $175,000 of school bonds and
$13,000 of park bonds resulted in
large majorities for both propositions.
From the proceeds will be erected a
fire j $60,000 high school building and a
$15,000 w ard stfitool. The purchase of
the park site insures Blackwell one of
the most beautiful natural parks in
the state. .
Oklahoma City,—The Oklahoma Mill-
ers and Grain Dealers’ association will
hold its annual meeting in this city
May 23 and 24. It is expected that
400 Inembers of the organization will
attend the gathering. The association
has engaged the assembly hall of the
chamber of. commerce for the dates
above indicated, where the meetings
ing spells or Indigestion, should taka
immediate action and be restored to
health by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege-
table Compound. Thousands have been
restored to health by its use.
Write to Mrs. Pinlrham, Lynn,
Mass., lor advice, free.
Why Rent a Farm
ind be compelled to pay to your landlord most
if your hard-earned profit*? Own your own
farm.
'60 ache
Secure a Free Homestead In
Manitoba, Saskatchewan or
Alberta, or purchase
land in one of these
districts and bank n
profit of $ I ().()(> or
$12.00 an acre
e\ery year.
Land purchased 3
years ago at $10.00 an
acre has recently
changed hands at
$25.00 an acre. The
vops grown on these
lands warrant the
advance. You can
Become Rich
m
fcj
mm
by cnttleraising,dairying,mixed
farming and grain growing in
the provinces of Manitoba,
Saskatchewan and Alberta.
Free homestead and pre-
emption areas* as well as land
held by railway and land com-
anies, will provide homes
millions.
Adaptable soil, healthful
climate, splendid schools
and churrhes.dood railways.
For settlers’ mtos. descriptive
literature ”Last Best West, how
to roach thacountrv and other par-
ticulars, wfite to Sup't of Immi-
gration, Ottawa. Canada. or to the
Canadian Oovarnment At
Agent.
J*?'
CANADIAN OOVfRNMfNT AGtNT
N*. 125 W. Math Street hmws City. $9.
(Use address nearest you.)
88
WHO IS
TO
BLAME
wfill be heid.
• -
Branch Office in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City—The Jefferson Trust
company of McAlester, one of the big
financial institutions of Eastern Okla-
homa, opened a branch office in Okla
homa City Wednesday, on the tenth
floor of the Colcord building with
ElmW A. Gill in charge.
To Jail for $1.50
I Tulsa, Okla.—Charged with passing
Guthrie, Okla. C. B. Ames, of Okla- a bogU8 ckeck for the insignificant sum
Ames Ready for Work.
homa City, recently appointed the sixth
member ot the state supreme court
comrassiin, visited the state supreme
court members in their office and as-
sured them he would be ready to enter
upon the duties of his new offlce?when-
ever the date for beginning work is
announced.
of $1.50 on M. Murphy, a pawnbroker,
J. W. Sander^, a well-known Tulsa
reuth, was bound over to Ihe district
court under $500 ’bond. in default of
bail he was committed to the county
jail
Lawton Will Pave
Lawton, Okla The Inrgest paving
contract in
Oratorical Delegate Named.
Enid, UKla.—K. W. Nelson will rep-
Women as well as men
are made miserable by
kidney and bladder trou-
ble. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-
Root the great kidney
remedy promptly relieves.
At druggists In fifty cent and dollar sizes.
You may have a sample bottle by mall
tree, also pamphlet telling all about it.
Address, Dr. Kilmer > fn. Ulnehsmton, N. Y
PATENTS F'ort,,n*8 ll^,' made in
patei
nls. Tro
buck free
rm I kn I tectyourldeas. (JurW pane bookfree.
Yltkgerald A Co.. Hoi K, Washington, D. C.
Oklahoma Directory
Oklahoma City
Lee Huckins Hotel
European Rates #1.00 per day.
Popular price Cafe in connection.
BILLIARD TABLES
POOL TABLES
LOWEST PRICES EASY PAYMENTS
You cannot afford to experiment with
untried goods sold by commission
agents. Catalogues free.
THE BRUNSWICK-BALKE-C0LLEN0ER CO.
14 W. Main Street. Dept. B. Oklahoma City, Okie.
Automobile School
awarded Tuesday lien the city council
let a contract for the paving at 45
Four members ot the signal corps blocks to C. H. Shaw, a local comme-
nt the n*ilonal guard of Mlssour^vere t0r The contract provides for the ex
(lightly injured when their balloon
sprung a leak and dropped from an ele-
vation of 4,000 feet. Lieutenants
Andrew Drew and John I*. Hart, and
Sergeants Bayard T. Bookman and J.
A. Obermeycr, who comprised the ae-
ronautic party, saved themselves from
serious injury after collldiug0with the
smokestack of a tobacco factory, less
than three miles from the starting
point at St. Louis. Mo., by dumping
ill their ballast overboard.
resent Christian University, of Enid, in
.the state oratorical contest to be held
tlie history of Lawton was ,l( g(jnwater on April 24. Nelson was
awarded first prize in the preliminary
contest held at the University and by
virtue of his victory will represent O.
C. U. at the state contest.
pendjturp of $156,000 for this cluss of
nublli improvement.
Real Watermelon King
JeffersoR. Okla. Oscar Drewltz, the
/atermelon king of Oklahoma, says
be will plant about 160 acres of water-
melons this year. There will be un
enormous acreage of watermelons in ,
Brant county this year. Some farmers i passenger station awaiting a train to
are preparing to plant musk melons |hospital. He hns a son »t Arkau-
4i.(l pumpkins for the seed also. i »»* ('it)\ Ark.
Killed by a Fall
Marble City, Okla.—George Griggs,
aged 50, widower, of Moberly, Mo, was
killed in the marble quarry here.
Griggs fell over a cliff in the quarry,
falling a distance of fifteen feet. Hie
skull was fractured and he died at the
Motor repair men and small shops needed
everywhere. Learn a business you can
begin with small capital Learn it righL
Ours is a practical course We use no books
but real motors and cars. Write tor circular.
OKLAHOMA CITY AllIOMOlilir SCHOOL
17 NOR III UIWLY STREET
For Best Results Use
A IT SEEDS
They
Are the Best
That Grow
ASK YOUR DEALER FOR THEM
BARTELDES SEED CO.
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