Cimarron Valley Clipper (Coyle, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 30, 1913 Page: 3 of 6
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EDITORS IN THE LEGISLATURE *
Thirteen Oklahoma newspaper men are at the state capital for a sixty
days' sojourn—which, being interpreted, means that an even dozen* Ok!a
homa editors are in Oklahoma City iti attendance upon the state legislature
as members and the thirteenth. C. S. Gilkerson, editor of the Waurika News-
Democrat, has been selected to till one of the Important appointive positions.
All of the legislators shown in the picture are either active in newspaper
work or have been very recently
M. S. Blassingame Is from Sallisaw; II. It Shegman hails from Mannford;
Shawnee is the heme of C. F. Barrett; J. R. Williams is elected from Lawton;
Chas, B. Peters comes from Hominy; E. L. Mitchell's home is in Cheyenne*
Tom G. .Taylor is editor and-owner of the Democrat-Record, Idabel: Senator
F. W. Anderson is publisher of the Waurika News: A. MeCrorey comes from
Cornish; Senator W. R. Dutton is from Foraker; 1. L. Cook is from Atoka,
and Andred Allen Veatch is editor of the Remonstrator, Tishomingo.
THE WEEK’S NEWS
1L
STATE /yUDITOR
NiYER IS ENJOINED
ROBBERS LOC?T STAfE BANK OF
MOUNDS. SECURING $3^500
IN CURRENCY
CASHIER LOCKED IN VAULT
—
Daring Robbery Occurred During Busi-
ness Hours—General Warning
Is Sent Out For the *
.Suspects
M. K. & T. Piailroad Wins Suit In
Federal Co\jrt At
* Guthrie
(Juthrle.—In *the federal district9
court the case of the M. K & T. rail-
y>ad against State Auditor Leo Moyer,
was decided by Judge J. H. C >tteral
in »f lengthy opinion. The suit wa#
IN CURRENCY I brought by the railway company to ob-
tain a decree enjoining the state au-
ditor from c nforeing the collection of
muss rev»>in:**tax<'s imp; •(! upini re-
teipts derived from its railway op-
erations under the laws of the stato
found in sections 2 ami 3, of the act
of May 26, 1908, and upon coal mined
and produced by the company in the
state, under section 6 of the same act,
and under that section as amended
| by act of March 27, 1909.
Mounds. The state bank at Mounds The grounds of complaint mainly
was held up at o’clock Fridtft by urged against the • ...
j three masked men and robbed of ; the acts do not apply to coal produced
| $3,500 in currency and silver. The rob- j by the railway as it does not sell but
|.bers escaped and wen1 not even V. . n uses the « >al (21, that the acts are
by any resident of the place except violative of section 56. article 5, and
the assistant cashier of the hank. section 19. article* In. of the state* eon
Assistant Cashier C. T. Brown was stitution; (3), that, the tax is void as a
alone in the bank when he* heard a ! burden upon interstate commerce; and
knock at the back door. He4 unsus (4). that it is void because impose*d
pectingly opened it And one of the upon rights and privilege co./erred
robbers thrusi a revolver into hi:- b> the* federal ^ nernmem
face, at the same time commanding I be court held that while* tin tax
1 him to throw up his hands and mak* ^ purports to be laid upon a per eentum
i o outcry. Brown win backed into , from the* total production oh coal, yet
the baqk and covered with revolvers thdfttax is payable by all persona en
i while two of tin* robbers searched*th« gage*d in mining err producing coal,
vault and counters for all the money and not in selling it, and fhe law au
• taking .if! tl orizet the computation of the tax
j e>n the amount and value of the pro*
duegon i, inte nt as taken from the
j several provisions being the obtaining
I e»f revenues from all productions ro
I gardless of use.
rhe cc urt cited num< rous udr
CRUDE'S PLAS !S
ACTION ON BILL INDEFINITELY
POSTPONED BY A ONE-
•m
SIDED VOTE
RILEY CLAIMS HE IS CONFIRMED
Will Stay on Job—Election Board
Secretary Occupies Similar
Position to Lon
Frame
The house of representatives took
decided issue with' Governor Cruce
over his action in holding up the pub-
lication of the Oklahoma code be-
cause of the sand and gravel con-
tract.
A bill in accordance with Governor
Cruce’s wishes, to repeal that section
In theh code to which he objected and
upon which he based his argument
for ordering work on the code sus-
pended, was indefinitely postponed by
a vote of 62 to 28 after a one-sided
debate in which Speaker Maxey and
other house leaders had expressed
their views with some warmth in op-
position to the governor’s action.
The code, or sand and grave! con-
troversy, has bpen raging pretty
steadily ever since Governor Cruce
issued his famous order stopping work
on the code. Governor Cruce con-
tended that if the code went into
effect with the obnoxious statute in
It, the state would surrender valuable
1 gravel leases in the bed of the Ar-
kansas river. Those unfriendly to the
gubernatorial move, charged that the
action by the governor was directly
to the benefit of the Builders' Sand
and Gravel company of Oklahoma
City, a company which they asserted
was backed by Oklahoma City parties,
including one or two prominent attor-
neys. The statement was even made
that A. C. Cruce. brother of the gov-
ernor, was materially interested.
Riley Confirmed—Maybe
| After an executive session, lasting
1 until nearly midnight, the senate vot-
, ed 22 for and 10 against the confirma-
tion of the appointment of Ben W.
Riley as secretary of the state elec-
1 tion board.
This vote, according to the decision
! of the senate several days ago that
a constitutional majority of twenty-
three votes*ts necessary for the con-
\ firmation of appointments, rejects
Riley's appointment, but Riley takes
another view of it. When notified
oviy the telephone of the action the
senate had taken, Riley stated that
he considered his appointment con-
firmed and would stay on the job
until the courts decided differently.
He bases this decision on the fact
that he received a majority of the
votes of the members participating
and thnt a constitutional majority is
not necessary. *-
This is the same condition that
■ exists in the vote on the confirmation
of the appointment of Lon Frame as
; chairman of the board of affairs, only
Riley came one vote nearer the con-
J stitutional majority than did Frame,
; who received twenty-one votes. Frame
has already declared his intention of
inking the question to the supreme
court.
Riley will undoubtedly have the
support of Governor Cruce in his con-
i' tention since the governor has already
expressed his belief that a constitu-
IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS
The house of representatives ap-
proved the report of the committee
recommending impeachment of State
Auditor Leo Meyer by a vote of 84 to
6, and impeachment of State Printer
Giles W. Farris, by a vote of 88 to 1.
Speaker Maxey Immediately named
Messrs Chase, Vosbnrgh and Smith
of Pottawatomie to formally notify the
senate that the house would present
impeachment charges against the
state officials, and Messrs Wyand.
Pinkham and McGuire as special oonv
mittee to draw up the articles of im-
peachment.
Members of the house committee on
Impeachment and removal have pre-
pared a list of a score of witnesses to
be subpoenaed to testify before the
committee relative to matters in
which the auditor and state printer
are not involved. The senate was
notified that the impeachment proceed-
ings hud been started
The members of the committee re-
fused to give out any information
Rural Telephone Order
Thpi rural party telephone lines
shall pay switching charges in ad-
vance quarterly and that the tele-
phone company has the right to dis-
continue service for non-payment, was
the substance of an order promulgated
by the corporation commission, lu
making the rule (lie com mission staled
that It had sought to agree upon a
reasonable plan and (hat if objection
able features arise luter such qucs
Uons ;vllj be heard and acted upon.
I either as to the witnesses desired or
to what the new line of inquiry turns.
Tt is understood, however, that Demo-
cratic National Committeeman Robert
; Galbreith is among those to be sub-
, pohsaed. and that oil and gas teases
by (he school land department, as
well as sand and gravel matters, and
probably the .expenditure of the $15,-
(100 appropriation by the last legis-
lature for the defense of election offi-
cials, are to be probed.
Other developments included the re-
ply of Governor Cruce as to the at-
torneys receiving portions of the $15,-
000 appropriated by the last legisla-
ture for the defense of election offi-
cers; the passage of a house resolu-
tion by Chase of Nowata to ‘‘hogtie
the school land department” in the
matter of oil and gas leases until the
legislature can act, and the formal
submission of thirteen Interrogatories
to Attorney General West as to his
official expenditures and policies in
office since statehood.
Against Health Bill
The committee on judiciary No. 1 j
is opposed to a health certificate be-
fore marriage licenses can be issued
by the clerks of the county courts of
the state. The bill of Bond was re-
ported by the committee that it do not
pass. The bill provided that before u
marriage license shall be issued that
each party wishing to marry produce a
cerlificate from u county or city health
officer that they are not suffering from
any contugious, hereditary or tl'aua-
I mleslble diseases.
tional majority is not necessary for
the confirmation of appointments.
Tile fight afcninst Riley was led by
Senator Elmer Thomas and Senator
McIntosh, and the fight in his behalf
was conducted by Senator Carpenter.
Several Bills Passed
The house passed finally the first
of the “abolition bills,'’ by Represen-
tative Chase to abolish the office of
state school inspector under the de-
partment of education,* at a salary of
$1,800, which henceforth, if the hi!!
gees through the seriate also, will be
saved to the state. E F* Proffitt is
now holder of this position.
Representative H. H. Smith's bill
to prevent the making of unlawful
contracts between common carriers
and individuals in settlement, as com-
pensation for injuries received to per-
sons or property, was passed finally
also. The bill intends to prevent rail-
road companies enforcing clauses to
limit the loss to much less than the
actual values of the shipment.
The house passed the resolution by
Edwards. Christian and Cordell, ask-
ing the government for an accounting
of the $15,000 appropriated by the last
legislature to pay the legal expenses
of state election officers arrested and
tried in the federal courts because of
enforcement of the grandfather
clause.
News of the Mounds bank robbery
reached the house in time to catch
the senate *hill by Senators Barefoot
and Barrett, providing penalties of
twenty to fifty years for such rob-
beries, just going into committee* The
bill was recalled and immediately put
upon final passage, and went through
without a dissenting vote, and goes
over to the governor for approval at
once.
Another senate bill, by Senator
Thomas and Representative Berry, to
appropriate $74,000 to pay the salar-
ies of district court stenographers
Doings of The Senate
The senate committee on military
affairs reported favorably on the bill
by Barrett providing for the organiza-
tion of the state militia and how it
shall be conducted. A petition from j
citizens of Cleveland county was pre- j
sented by Senator Thompson protest- i
ing against the abolishment of the ■
office of register of deeds. The bill
reported by the committee on appro-
priations for a deficiency for the state
mining board, with some amendments,
was acted upon favorably.
Senator Thompson presented a re
port on the condition of the building
for the deaf.at Sulphur, which was
made a subject of a resolution sever*
al days ago. The data having been
furnished by the board of affairs,
which showed that $28,000 still re-
mains, of the appropriation made tor
the building which is now practically
worthless, except for the material that )
may be secured from it The senate ;
agreed to a request by Senator Thom-
as to have the report printed.
front July 1, 19X1, to July 1, 1913,
was passed by the house also. The
bill making this appropriation passed
by the 1911 legislature waB disap-
proved by the governor because of
being coupled up with other matters
wiiii jj the governor could not approve.
Impeachment Proceedings
I the cash in the hank at the time.
Brown was then shoved into the
I safe and the door was closed on him.
The robbers h ft through the rear en
I trance and are believed to have es-1
caped on their horses hitched at con , ^ i m- cuui i men numerous references
I slderjfile distance from the bank.*! ami quoted from decisions of*the state
1 They wore not seen in Mounds after supreme court at length to show that
j they left the hank this tnx*was intended to he laid upon
All the farmers In the vicinity were the pursuit of mining coal. "A con-
notified by telephone to watch for the ^deration of the character and effect
rul'ly s and the officer* in all the near ,,f the tux In the cast of the plaintiff
j by towns have been asked to help in lends to the conclusion that it so di-
! a search for them. Brown is unable \ rectly bears upon the leases and the
1 to give an accurate description of the rights conferred thereby that it should
I robbers. *as *thtvs- wore masks when la declared invalid as a burden upon
they came into file bank. * an instrumentality of the federal gov-
ernment.”
A final decree was entered perpetual-
THE INAUGURAL
TRAIN SCHEDULE
Committee Announces Itinerary F
Booster Special to
Washington
Oklahoma City -The commit!'*
Impeachment proceedings are rec- i charge of the special train to Waste
ommended against State Auditor Leo I Ington for the inauguration, announces
| Meyer and State Printer Giles W. j the following schedule, for the trip
Farris, respectively, in two reports ! going:
) by the house committee on impeach j February 27 Leave Lawton 7 00 a.
ment and removal, filed with Chiel ;m ; leave Chickashn 9 a. m.; leave
Clerk (Ins Poole of the house of rep Oklahoma 'Wily 11:20 a. m : leave
resentat i ves. a Warwick 12: ad p m.; leave f handler
charges * of forgery
The criminal charges of
made by Attorney General West in
connection w ith warrants •issued for
the compilation and- publication of
the famous “Red Book," as well as
wilful neglect of ifpt . corruption and
incompetency in office in regard to
various matters for the bulk of the
charges against State Printer Farris.
The criminal charge or perjury filed
in the county court here by Attorney
General West against State Auditor
Leo Meyer, as well as neglect of duty,
corruption in office and incompetency
also his connection with the “Red
Book” contract, make up the sub
stance of the flndngs against Stato
Auditor Leo Meyer.
Among the recent bills introduced
[ into the house was the second con-
gressional reapportionment bill to ap
pear. The authors are Wyand of
Muskogee and Lenox of Okmulgee of
; the house and Barrett of the senate.
Woman Question Up
Jfhe old question of women suffrage
was almost reached in the house in
the debate over the resolution of King
asking the governor to appoint one or
two women on the boards of control oi
all the state educational, charitable
i and penal institutions, .
Riley Is Not Confirmed .
Ben \V, Riley, who has served for
nearly two years as secretary of the
slate chwtion board, failed of con-
firmation by the senate" of the Okla-
homa legislature when that body
took a final vote on the matter, the
vote standing 22 against and 19 for
confirmation. Governor Cruce was
notified of tff<- action taken by the
senate, the official notification simply
being that the senate failed to con
firm Mr. Riley, and not giving the vote
by which it was done.
The absence of a secretary on the
board may have some bearing on the
county seat election to be held in Pot-
tawatomie county on February 5 No
officials have been appointed yet to
hold the election. This is always done
by the secretary of the state board
It is near time to name them. 11
there is no machinery to hold the
election there will be none held. Just
what the two remaining members of
the state election board can do in thjt
respect is a question, and the govern-
or will ask the attorney general for
an opinion on the matter.
Do Away With Office.
The office of state printer will cease
to be if the house heeds the recom-
mendation of judiciary Committee No.
1. The bill providing for the abolish-
ment of the office of which Giles W.
Farris is the head was favorably re-
ported by the committee. The build-
ing of a new $16,000 Confederate home
nt Ardmore is the object of a kill
Introduced by Ashby R»xroat. IIrIdcII
end Morgan of the house and Rond rick
Carpenter and Tinker rf the senate,
last week
Bankers Want Change in Law
Several changes are made in the
banking laws by a bill Introduced by
the senate committee on banks. The
bill is understood to be agreed to by
the bankers’ association of the state
j and represents their desires in the
hanking system of the state. Relative
to the guarantee fund, which is the
tno:-t important feature of the banking
system, It provides that not more than
one-fifth of one per cent of the de-
nosits of any bank may he required
: In unv one year.
1:10 p. m.; leave Sapulpa 3:25 p. m.;
arrive Tulsa 4:05 p. m.; leave Tulsa
4:15 p. m.; arrive Claremore 5:15 p.
m.; leave Chelsea 5:35 p. m.; leave
Vinita 6:30 p. m.; leave Afton 7 p. m ;
arrive Monett 9:45 p. m.; leave Hon-
rtt 9:55 p. m.: arrive Springfield >I 10
p. m.; leave Springfield 11:15 p. m.
February 28 Arrive St,Louis I’.:30 n.
m. February 27—Leave Ardmore 7
a. m ; leave Madill 8:10 a. m.; leave
Ada 10:30 a. m* leave Holdenville
12 03 noon: leave Weleetka 1 p m.;
leave Henryetta 1:30 p. m ; leave Ok-
mulgee 2:01 p. m.; leave Sapulpa 3:15
p m.; leave Hugo 6:47 a. m.; leave
Antlers 7:28 a. m.; leave Wisler 10:56
a m.; leave Poteau 11:25 a. m ; leave
Fort Smlthh 1:15 p. in; leave Fay-
etteville 4:20 p. m.; arrive Monett
7:40 p. m. February 28—Leave St.
Louis 10 a. m.; arrive Louisville 6
p. m. March 1—Leave Louisville 1
a. m.; arrive Cincinnati 4:30 a. m.;
leave Cincinnati 12 noon; arrive Co-i
lumbus 3:30 p m ; leave ColunMms 1
5:30 p. m.; arrive Newark 6:30 p in.;
leave Newark 7:30 p. m.: arrive
Zanesville 8:20 p. in.; leave Zanesville
9:20 p. m.; arrive Wheeling 12:35 a.
m Marel* 2- Leave Wheeling 10 a.
m.; arrive Pittsburgh 12:30 p. m ;
leave Pittsburgh 11 p m. March 3—
Arrive Washington 7:30 a. m.
• Mail Order Houses for Vinita.
Vinita-—Representatives of two
mail order houses of Chicago have
been Investigating the advisability of
establishing a distributing house in
this par^ of Oklahoma and it is re-
ported Vinita has already been se-
lected by one large concern as the
location for a new branch house.
Year in Prison fo'r Oklahoman.
Fort Smith, Ark.—Thomas Ryburn
of Seipio, Okla., recently convicted in
the United Stales court here on a
charge of “white slavery,” was sen-
tenced by Judge Youmans to serve a
year and a day in the federal peni-
tentiary at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
His crime consisted in .eloping with
his wife's sister.
I.v enjoining the collection or enforce-
ment of the taxes Involved*!!) the suit,
and the costs were taxed to the de-
fendant.
SCHOOL TEACHER
DIES,OF INJURIES
#'
Beaten With Baseball Bat By Students
He Chastised for Mis-
behavior.
Techumseh.—Robert Adams, 19
years old, teaching his first term of
school in district No. 101, sixteen miles
southwest of this place, is dead as
the result of a cowardly assault made
upon him in his schoolroom by the
two sons of J. W. Paks. when they
felled with with a baseball bat and
beat him into unconsciousness after
lie had fallen, in tile presence of many
of the pupils.
It is said the trouble followed the
thrashing of the Parks bpys, aged 17
and 15, for misbehavior* The boys
left the school, but later returned
armed with ball bais and immediately
proceeded to beat up the teacher.
Pending the outcome of the injuries
Inflicted, the younger of the boys was
taken into custody and is being held
IV’te at the county juil while the older
hoy has disappeared and up to the
present time has not been apprehend-
ed.
Car Of Alfalfa Seed To Oklahoma City
Vernon.—A solid car of alfalfa seed
hasi been shipped from Vernon to an
Oklahoma City seed firm. Growers
represent in this car were W. S.
Thompson, T. B. Bourland, J. H. To-
lan, J. C. Heard, Davie Thompson,
William Thompson, D L. Greer, and
W. S. Lundy. The weight of the con-
signment was 35,000 pounds and the
price pnid to the grower was 10 cents
per pound, making the total value of
car, f. o. b. Vernon $3,500.
To Erect 150-Ton Crusher.
Poteau. S. A. Braswell, a con-
tractor of this place, closed a deal
for I he erection at once of a 150-tou
s'ton? crustier
Death Blow Dealt Four Big Leases.
Pawhuska.—The election of the
Osage council held here was an all
but unanlmeus approval of the action
of Secretary Fisher of the interior
department in dismissing the former
council.
Former Chief Bacon Rind received
one vote, while tl is opponent, Fred
Lookout, received 163 out of a total
of 16C votes cast for chief. Edgar
McCarthy received 162 votes for as-
sistant chief, while Henry Red Hague,
tho former incumbent, received only
one vote.
The election practically assures the
approval of the leases which have
been indorsed by Secretary Fisher and
Ideals a death blow to the Recalled
"Four Big Leases," In which the
J Uncle Sam Oil company was so
keenly interested.
Tile others elected to the council
were Wy-Uhuhkah, Charles Michelle,
Charles Tinker, Andrew Trombly, Ro-
man Logan, Albert Henn. Edward Cox
and Simon Henderson, none of whom
were members of the deposed coun-
cil.
I Not Enough Girl* In Alfalfa
May Extend Line to Oklahoma City. | Cherokee The annual report of Dr.
Tecum neb. Provided Teouinseh re ; Lancaster, county superintendent of
tains the county seut after the coming health, shows there were a total of 380
eh' lion In Pottnwatomle county, It Is births In Alfalfa county last year, of
announced by officials uf the Rapid 1 which number 201 were boys and 179
Transit Inlerurban company, which ' girls.
has Its general offices at this place j --——
that on extension of the line will be I Bartlesville Wants Improvements
made from Tecumseh to Oklahoma Bartlesville. Bart! ‘svllle nun soon
City. Survi-n have already been vote on an Issuance of bonds t i u sum
made front Tecumseh to Sulphur, and | sufficient to beautify the parks and
If the county seat Is retained by Te pul'll.: |i.'«j grounds owned by the
mtnseh the line will be extended Oh el'y I he matter is to hi taken up
:-y Ohlnboina City. with the city < oiiimlssloueia at once
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